Acting & Entertainment
* Marilyn Monroe: (Los Angeles)
* Tom Hanks: (Concord)
* Leonardo DiCaprio: (Los Angeles)
* Cameron Diaz: (San Diego)
* Jennifer Aniston: (Sherman Oaks)
* Brad Pitt: (Oklahoma, but grew up in Missouri, then California)
* Drew Barrymore: (Culver City)
* Will Smith: (Philadelphia, but raised in West Philadelphia, later California)
* Selena Gomez: (Grand Prairie, Texas, but raised in California)
* Miley Cyrus: (Nashville, Tennessee, but raised in California)
* Zendaya: (Oakland)
Music
* Beyoncé: (Houston, Texas, but raised in California)
* Katy Perry: (Santa Barbara)
* Snoop Dogg: (Long Beach)
* Drake: (Toronto, Canada, but raised in California)
* The Beach Boys: (Southern California)
* Carlos Santana: (Autlán de Navarro, Mexico, but raised in San Francisco)
* Billie Eilish: (Los Angeles)
* Britney Spears: (McComb, Mississippi, but raised in California)
* Lady Gaga: (New York City, but raised in California)
* Tupac Shakur: (East Harlem, New York, but raised in Baltimore, then California)
Sports
* Kobe Bryant: (Philadelphia, but raised in California)
* Magic Johnson: (Lansing, Michigan, but raised in California)
* Tiger Woods: (Cypress)
* Serena Williams: (Saginaw, Michigan, but raised in California)
* Barry Bonds: (Riverside)
* Stephen Curry: (Akron, Ohio, but raised in California)
* LeBron James: (Akron, Ohio, but raised in California)
* Jerry Rice: (Crawford, Louisiana, but raised in California)
* Tom Brady: (San Mateo, but raised in California)
* Simone Biles: (Columbus, Ohio, but raised in Texas, then California)
Politics & Business
* Ronald Reagan: (Tampico, Illinois, but raised in California)
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: (Thal, Austria, but moved to California)
* Elon Musk: (Pretoria, South Africa, but moved to Canada, then California)
* Steve Jobs: (San Francisco)
* Larry Page: (East Lansing, Michigan, but raised in Michigan, then California)
* Sergey Brin: (Moscow, Russia, but moved to the US, then California)
* Mark Zuckerberg: (White Plains, New York, but raised in New York, then California)
* Oprah Winfrey: (Kosciusko, Mississippi, but raised in Milwaukee, then California)
* Bill Gates: (Seattle, Washington, but raised in Washington, then California)
Literature & Art
* Jack Kerouac: ( Lowell, Massachusetts, but raised in California)
* John Steinbeck: (Salinas)
* Maya Angelou: (St. Louis, Missouri, but raised in California)
* Walt Disney: (Chicago, Illinois, but moved to California)
* Andy Warhol: (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but raised in California)
* Jeff Koons: (York, Pennsylvania, but raised in California)
This is just a small sample of the many famous people born in California. The state has been a magnet for talent and ambition, making it a breeding ground for some of the most influential figures in the world.