List of people from Santa Rosa, California
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Santa Rosa, California.
- Jacob Appelbaum, journalist, computer security researcher and hacker
- Francis Boggs, actor, writer, and early movie director[1]
- Warren Boyd, television producer, drug counselor
- Luther Burbank, horticulturalist
- Shirlee Busbee, writer
- Efren Carrillo, member of Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
- Maria Ygnacia Lopez de Carrillo, original grantee of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa
- Chad Channing, drummer for Nirvana
- Kim Conley, professional distance runner, two-time olympian in the 5,0000m
- Gabe Cramer, baseball pitcher
- Robert X. Cringely, technology journalist
- Brett Crozier, Commander of the Theodore Roosevelt
- Eftekhar Dadehbala, Iranian singer, known by her stage name "Mahasti", deceased
- Rebecca De Mornay, film and television actress
- Maya DiRado, Olympic swimmer
- Garen Drussai, science fiction writer
- William Mark Felt, FBI agent and associate director, Watergate informant known as "Deep Throat"
- Guy Fieri, celebrity chef
- Mendy Fry, drag racer
- Paul Gilger, author of the musical Showtune
- Jonathan González, Mexican soccer player
- Sara Hall, American middle distance runner
- Thomas Lake Harris, mystic and prophet
- Chris Hayes, musician, member of Huey Lewis and the News
- Richard Heinberg, ecological journalist
- Frank Herbert, science-fiction writer and author of Dune
- Dan Hicks, singer and songwriter
- Joseph and William Hunt, founders of Hunt's foods
- Brandon Hyde, manager of the Baltimore Orioles
- Jenna Johnson, Olympic swimmer
- Julian Lage, guitarist and composer
- Levi Leipheimer, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour of California
- Julie London, singer and actress
- Kevin Kwan Loucks, concert pianist
- Ray Luv, rapper, native of the South Park and West 9th districts
- Koa Misi, football linebacker
- Alfonso Motagalvan, soccer player
- Brandon Morrow, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ernie Nevers, football star
- Vicky Nguyen, television reporter
- Stephan Pastis, cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine
- Jon Provost, film and television actor
- Jade Puget, guitarist for the band AFI
- Tony Renda, baseball player
- Robert L. Ripley, creator and columnist of Ripley's Believe It or Not
- Michael Robinson, rabbi and activist for civil/human rights
- Pete Rugolo, musician
- Greg Sarris, author, film producer and screenwriter, professor
- Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor
- Charles M. Schulz, creator and cartoonist of Peanuts
- Jussie Smollett, actor and singer[2]
- Stephanie St. James, actress, singer, and disease advocate
- David Terrell, fighter
- Stephen Tomasin, plays for United States national rugby sevens team
- Tony Trujillo, skateboarder
- Natalie Wood, film actress; lived in Santa Rosa as child
References
- Drew, William L. "California's First Film Studio". Early Hollywood Films and Movie Stars. William L. Drew. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- PM, Bobby Ilich 02/16/19 AT 11:30 (16 February 2019). "Who Is Jussie Smollett? 'Empire' Actor Faces Police Questions About Possible Staged Attack". International Business Times.
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