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This is a list of people from
Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.
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Josh Akognon, basketball player
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Juan Alderete de la Peña, Grammy-winning bassist
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Isabel Allende, writer
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Sam Andrew, musician
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Dave Archer (painter), artist
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Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens),
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (
Our Miss Brooks,
Grease)
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Tom Barbash, author
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Arj Barker, comedian
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John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search
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Melba Beals, civil rights activist
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Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist
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Barbara Boxer, former
United States Senator
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Terry Bozzio, musician
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Fairuza Balk, actress, born in
Point Reyes Station
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Jesse Barish, musician
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Richard Brautigan, author
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Joe Breeze,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972,
mountain bike pioneer and industry leader
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Laurel Burch, artist
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Merritt Butrick,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (
Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek)
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Yvonne Cagle,
Novato High School, Class of 1977, M.D., NASA Astronaut
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Gunnar Carlsson,
Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics
Stanford University
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Pete Carroll,
Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head
football
coach of the
Seahawks
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Edwin Catmull, President of the
Disney–
Pixar Studios
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Bill Champlin,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician,
Sons of Champlin,
Chicago
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Chris Chaney,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician,
Jane's Addiction,
The Panic Channel
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Brenda Chapman, animation director
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Sam Chapman,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star,
California Golden Bears;
MLB)
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Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship
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Maxine Chernoff, author
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Julia Child,
Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of
The French Chef
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John Cipollina,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for
Quicksilver Messenger Service
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Signy Coleman,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress
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Elmer Collett,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman,
NFL
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Jack Conte, musician,
Pomplamoose
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Peter Coyote, actor
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Les Crane, radio announcer and talk show host
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David Crosby, musician
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Martin Cruz Smith, author
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Charlie Cunningham,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame)
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Jake Curhan (born 1998),
American football
offensive tackle for the
Seattle Seahawks of the
National Football League (NFL)
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Ram Dass, author of
Be Here Now
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Nataly Dawn, singer,
Pomplamoose
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Joe DeMaestri,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946,
MLB shortstop
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Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in
Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in
San Rafael and
Santa Venetia through 1972
[1]
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Mike Dirnt, bass player,
Green Day[
citation needed]
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Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of
Advise and Consent
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George Duke,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963,
jazz pianist
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David Dukes, actor,
Redwood High School
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Louis Durra,
jazz pianist
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Clint Eastwood, actor and director
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Dave Eggers, author
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Daniel Ellsberg, whistle blower, writer and anti-war activist
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Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player
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Joe Eszterhas,
screenwriter
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Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess
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Mimi Farina, musician, singer, non-profit director and sister of
Joan Baez and widow of
Richard Farina
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Jake Farrow, actor and writer
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David Fincher,
film director
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Jack Finney, author,
The Body Snatchers,
Time and Again
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Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer
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Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
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Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw
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Tyler Florence, celebrity chef
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Phil Frank, cartoonist
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David Freiberg, musician
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Jerry Garcia, musician, of
The Grateful Dead
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Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of
Fat City
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Adriana Giramonti, chef
[2]
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Jared Goff,
Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback,
NFL
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Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the
Fillmore West in San Francisco
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David Grisman, mandolinist and composer
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Pete Gross, broadcaster for
Seattle Seahawks
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Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for
standardized test preparation
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Sammy Hagar, singer
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Anna Halprin, choreographer
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Oren Harari, business professor at
University of San Francisco, author, speaker
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David Haskell,
Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor
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Annette Haven, ex-porn star
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S. I. Hayakawa,
semanticist, president of
San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983)
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Sterling Hayden, actor
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Matt Hazeltine,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker,
NFL
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Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley
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Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer
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George Herms, Beat Artist, museum director
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James Hetfield,
Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar
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J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver
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George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion
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Lester Holt,
NBC News anchor
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Tess Uriza Holthe, author
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Tony Hsieh, CEO of
Zappos.com
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Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo
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Sam Vogel Jauz, American DJ/Music Producer
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Maz Jobrani, comedian and actor
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Booker T. Jones, musician
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Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in
Larkspur, California
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Isabelle Keith, actress
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Charlie Kelly,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (
Sons of Champlin);
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
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Ali Akbar Khan, musician,
Ali Akbar Khan College of Music
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Lisa Kindred, blues and folk singer and guitarist
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Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas)
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Harmony Korine, film director, (born in Bolinas)
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Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist
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Jef Labes, keyboardist
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Travis LaBoy,
Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker,
NFL
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Anne Lamott, writer
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Jim Lange, TV game show host (
The Dating Game)
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John Lasseter,
film director and Disney executive
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Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey),
Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan
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Ralph Lazar, artist
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Bill Lee,
Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964,
MLB pitcher
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John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director
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Barry Levinson,
film director
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Jane Levy, actress (
Suburgatory)
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Huey Lewis, singer
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Kevin Lima,
film director
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Tim Lincecum, baseball player
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John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the
Taliban
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Mary Tuthill Lindheim,
sculptor,
studio potter, and a planner of the
Sausalito Art Fair
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Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist
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Sondra Locke, actress and director
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Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow),
Redwood High School in
Larkspur, CA; author of
The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver,
Hypatia of Alexandria
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George Lucas,
film director, founder of
Lucasfilm and
Industrial Light & Magic. Creator of
Star Wars and
Indiana Jones franchises. Owner of
Skywalker Ranch
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Andy Luckey,
Redwood High School, Class of 1983,
television producer,
author,
illustrator
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Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician
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Seán Mac Falls, poet
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Peter Magadini, drummer, composer
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Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series
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Zekial Marko, pulp fiction writer, film & television series writer
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Brian Maxwell, marathon runner and, with his wife to be, Jennifer Biddulph, developer and founder of
Powerbar
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Joyce Maynard, author
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Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for
Human Terrain System
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Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop
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Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician, of
The Grateful Dead
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Bridgit Mendler, actress
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Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster
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Artie Mitchell, pornographic
film producer
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Van Morrison, singer and songwriter
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Jonny Moseley,
gold medal-winning
Olympic skier
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Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "
Midnight at the Oasis"
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Walter Murch,
film editor
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Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current
Governor of California
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Connie Nielsen, actress
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Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect
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Don Novello, actor and writer
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Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
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Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator
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Karl Olson,
Tamalpais High School,
MLB outfielder
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George Demont Otis, artist
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William L. Patterson,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer
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Pat Paulsen,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic,
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Sean Penn, actor,
activist
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Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer
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Kathleen Quinlan,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (
American Graffiti,
Apollo 13,
Oliver Stone's
The Doors)
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Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian
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Bonnie Raitt, singer
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Reminisce, street artist, sculptor
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Marc Reisner, environmentalist, author
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Howard Rheingold, author
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Meghan Rienks, actress
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Hal Riney, advertising executive
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Jason Roberts, author
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Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist
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Chris Robinson (singer), singer, The Black Crowes
[3]
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Brande Roderick, model and actress
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Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist
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Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author
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George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer
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Kay Ryan,
United States Poet Laureate
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Dana Sabraw, U.S. District Judge
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Mort Sahl, comedian
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Carlos Santana, musician
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Aram Saroyan, poet
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Strawberry Saroyan, novelist
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Michael Savage, conservative radio host
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Eric P. Schmitt, journalist,
Pulitzer Prize winner
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Charles R. Schwab, investor
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Erik Scott, award-winning bass player, musician, writer, producer
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Vic Seixas (born 1923), Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player
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Tupac Shakur,
Tamalpais High School, rapper, poet, and actor
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Peter Shor,
Tamalpais High School, mathematician,
MIT;
MacArthur Fellow
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Grace Slick, musician,
Jefferson Airplane,
Jefferson Starship
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Gary Snyder, poet
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Tom Snyder, television talk host
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Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist
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John Stewart, musician, songwriter,
Kingston Trio
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David Strathairn,
Redwood High School, actor
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Nicholas Suntzeff,
Redwood High School, cosmologist,
Texas A&M,
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
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Lisa Swerling, artist
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Amy Tan, author
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Gage Taylor,
visionary artist
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Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for
National Public Radio, author
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Twinka Thiebaud,
writer and
model
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Bill Thompson, Manager of
Jefferson Airplane
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Courtney Thorne-Smith,
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (
Melrose Place,
Ally McBeal,
According to Jim)
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Scott Thunes, musician
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Peter Tork, musician, member of
The Monkees
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Lars Ulrich,
Metallica drummer
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Lee Unkrich, employee at
Pixar and director of
Toy Story 3
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Jean Varda, artist
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Max Venable, baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
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Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres
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Winston Venable, football player for the Chicago Bears
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Vendela Vida, author
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John L. Wasserman,
San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic
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Alan Watts, writer
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Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer),
Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (
Starship,
Sons and Daughters)
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Bob Weir, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of
Grateful Dead
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Lou Welch, poet
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Brett Wickens, designer
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Archie Williams,
1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner
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Robin Williams, actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, Redwood High School graduate
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Tony Williams, drummer
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Cintra Wilson,
Tamalpais High School, writer
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Robin Wright, actress
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Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 1980s, "Song for Julia"
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Saul Zaentz,
film producer
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Barry Zito, baseball player
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