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This is a list of notable past and present residents of
Orange County.
Athletics
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Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
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Shane Bieber, baseball player
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Kobe Bryant,
NBA player (born in
Pennsylvania)
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Gary Carter,
MLB player, member of Hall of Fame
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Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey)
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Sasha Cohen, figure skater
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Allen Craig, baseball player
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Isaac Curtis, professional football player
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Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player
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Phil Dent, professional tennis player
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Taylor Dent, professional tennis player
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Super Dragon, professional wrestler
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Janet Evans, swimmer
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Jim Fassel, professional football coach
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Julie Foudy, soccer player
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Kyle Harrison (born 2001), baseball pitcher for the
San Francisco Giants
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Matthew Hoppe, professional soccer player
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Phil Hughes, baseball player
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Nyjah Huston, professional skateboarder
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Kevin Jepsen, baseball player
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Samoa Joe,
multi-time
world heavyweight professional wrestling champion
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Magic Johnson, former
NBA player
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Stanley Johnson,
NBA Player
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Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team
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Mark Kotsay, baseball player
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Iris Kyle, 10-time overall
Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
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Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of
Los Angeles Dodgers (born in Pennsylvania)
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Adam LaRoche,
Washington Nationals first baseman
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Jason Lee, professional skateboarder and actor
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Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach
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Tito Ortiz,
mixed martial arts fighter
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Carson Palmer, professional football player
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Aaron Peirsol, swimmer
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Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey)
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Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player
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Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback
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Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion
[1]
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Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP
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Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer
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Garry Templeton, professional baseball player
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Matt Treanor, baseball player
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Peter Vidmar, gymnast
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C. J. Wilson, baseball player
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Tiger Woods, professional golfer
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Sara Ramirez, gymnast
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Kalia Pang, roller derby player
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Anthony Aiesi, soccer player
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Chase McQuown, professional skateboarder
Business
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George Argyros, diplomat, real estate investor
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Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of
Lifted Research Group
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Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company
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Dan Caldwell, co-founder of
Tapout
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Christopher Cox,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman
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Mark Cuban, businessman, investor, owner of the
Dallas Mavericks
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Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois)
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Lucy Dunn, CEO of
Orange County Business Council
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Scott Fox (author), best selling entrepreneurship author
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Ray Grainger, founder of Mavenlink
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Justin Hartfield, co-founder of
Weedmaps
[2]
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Reza Jahangiri, CEO of
American Advisors Group
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James Jannard, businessman, designer and founder of
Oakley Inc.
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Paul Merage, co-founder of
Chef America Inc.
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Arturo Moreno, businessman
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Michael Morhaime, businessman, co-founder of
Blizzard Entertainment
[3]
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Henry Nicholas, CEO of
Broadcom Corporation
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Igor Olenicoff, real estate developer
- Dan Rodrigues, founder of Kareo
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Rodney Sacks, businessman, chairman, and CEO of
Monster Beverage
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Henry Samueli, owner of the
Anaheim Ducks
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Hilton Schlosberg, businessman
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Henry Segerstrom, entrepreneur
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Vinny Smith, founder of Toba Capital
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Lynsi Snyder, owner of
In-N-Out Burger
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Chad Steelberg, businessman
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David Sun, founder of
Kingston Technology
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Dean Stoecker, CEO of
Alteryx
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William Wang, founder and CEO of
Vizio
Literature
Movies, television and media
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Mitch Hurwitz, writer, creator of Arrested Development
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Scott Aukerman, comedian, writer, host of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast and TV show
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Gene Autry, singer-actor, longtime owner of Angels baseball team (born in Texas)
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Tara Lynne Barr, actress
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Jimmy Bennett, actor
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Nate Berkus, designer and TV personality
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Joey Bishop, comedian and actor (born in Pennsylvania)
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Marlon Brando, film and stage actor (born in Nebraska)
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James Cameron, film director (born in Canada)
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Marc Cherry, creator and executive producer of
Desperate Housewives
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Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills)
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Kevin Costner, actor, director
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Valorie Curry, actress
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Heather Dubrow, actress and TV personality on
The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in New York)
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Terry Dubrow, plastic surgeon and star of
Botched (born in Los Angeles)
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Kyle Echarri, Filipino actor
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Susan Egan, actress, singer
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Will Ferrell, comedian and actor
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Jere Fields, actress
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Yasmeen Fletcher, actress and musician
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Cuba Gooding Jr, actor
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Vicki Gunvalson, TV personality
The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Chicago)
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Diane Keaton, actress and author (born in Los Angeles)
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Jeana Keough, TV personality on
The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Milwaukee)
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Devinn Lane, porn star
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Penny Marshall, actress and director (born in New York)
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Steve Martin, comedian, actor, author, musician (born in Texas)
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Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
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Scott McGehee, filmmaker
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Tarek El Moussa, TV personality (Flip or Flop)
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Donny Osmond, singer and actor (born in Utah)
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Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
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Jessica Rey, actress
[4]
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Shelby Rabara, actress
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Mark Rober, mechanical-engineer, YouTube personality
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Jim Rome, sports radio personality
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Mirela Rupic, costume designer
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Keri Russell, actress
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Emily Skinner, actress
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Jeffree Star,
internet celebrity
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Kristy Swanson, actress
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Milo Ventimiglia, actor
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John Wayne, iconic film actor; Orange County airport named for him (born in Iowa)
Music
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Avenged Sevenfold, rock band
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Aloe Blacc, singer
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Jackson Browne, musician
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Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, musician
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Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman
Jim Morrison
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Dick Dale, musician
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Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar
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Bobby Hatfield, singer,
The Righteous Brothers (born in Wisconsin)
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Banks, singer
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Dexter Holland, musician and singer (
The Offspring)
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Kiev, indie rock band
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Lee Soon-kyu (English name: Susan Soonkyu Lee), singer and member of
Girls' Generation
[5]
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Crystal Lewis, Christian singer
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Mike Ness, pioneer in O.C. punk music (
Social Distortion)
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Terri Nunn, singer, actress
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Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist
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Gwen Stefani, lead singer of
No Doubt
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Jeff Timmons, founder, singer and producer of
98 Degrees
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Lisa Tucker, singer
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Brian Tyler, composer, conductor, arranger and producer
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Scott Weiland, lead singer of
Stone Temple Pilots and
Velvet Revolver
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Noah Urrea, singer, actor and member of Now United
Politics
Miscellaneous
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Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player
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Dominic Brooklier, former boss of the
Los Angeles crime family
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Michael Carona,
sheriff
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Paul Frank, clothes designer
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Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for
Al Qaeda, first American charged with treason since 1952
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Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of
Indore from 1926 to 1961 (lived in
Santa Ana from 1938–9).
[1]
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Usha Devi Maharani Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, current ruler of Indore since 1961 (grew up in Santa Ana)
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Sean McMahon, aerospace engineer
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Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer
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Alex Odeh, murdered
Arab-American activist
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Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of
John F. Kennedy (stationed at
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9)
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Robert Schuller, clergyman, ministry based in Garden Grove (born in Iowa)
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Brett Thomas teenaged spree killer and rapist
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Miranda Weese, ballet dancer
References
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"Monte Scheinblum Shines When He's Hitting Off the Tee", Bucky Albers,
Dayton Daily News, May 19, 1993, Retrieved December 23, 2010
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"Weedmaps Appoints New Chief Executive Officer". www.businesswire.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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"Mike Morhaime: The highlights and lessons of nearly three decades at Blizzard". VentureBeat. June 30, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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"Meta Con Announces Power Rangers Stars Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey".
Anime News Network. April 23, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
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"THE BIRTH OF SUSAN LEE". California Birth Index. Retrieved August 1, 2014.