List of people from Marin County, California

This is a list of people from Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.

Josh Akognon, basketball player Juan Alderete de la Peña, Grammy-winning bassist Isabel Allende, writer Sam Andrew, musician Dave Archer (painter), artist Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease) Tom Barbash, author Arj Barker, comedian John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search Melba Beals, civil rights activist Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist Barbara Boxer, former United States Senator Terry Bozzio, musician Fairuza Balk, actress, born in Point Reyes Station Jesse Barish, musician Richard Brautigan, author Joe Breeze, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, mountain bike pioneer and industry leader Laurel Burch, artist Merritt Butrick, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek) Yvonne Cagle, Novato High School, Class of 1977, M.D., NASA Astronaut Gunnar Carlsson, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics Stanford University Pete Carroll, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head football coach of the Las Vegas Raiders Edwin Catmull, President of the Disney–Pixar Studios Bill Champlin, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician, Sons of Champlin, Chicago Chris Chaney, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician, Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel Brenda Chapman, animation director Sam Chapman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star, California Golden Bears; MLB) Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship Maxine Chernoff, author Julia Child, Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of The French Chef John Cipollina, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service Signy Coleman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress Elmer Collett, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman, NFL Jack Conte, musician, Pomplamoose Peter Coyote, actor Les Crane, radio announcer and talk show host David Crosby, musician Martin Cruz Smith, author Charlie Cunningham, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame) Jake Curhan (born 1998), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now Nataly Dawn, singer, Pomplamoose Joe DeMaestri, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946, MLB shortstop Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972 Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist David Dukes, actor, Redwood High School Louis Durra, jazz pianist Clint Eastwood, actor and director Dave Eggers, author Daniel Ellsberg, whistle blower, writer and anti-war activist Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess Mimi Farina, musician, singer, non-profit director and sister of Joan Baez and widow of Richard Farina Jake Farrow, actor and writer David Fincher, film director Jack Finney, author, The Body Snatchers, Time and Again Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer Jon Fisher, entrepreneur Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw Tyler Florence, celebrity chef Phil Frank, cartoonist David Freiberg, musician Jerry Garcia, musician, of The Grateful Dead Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of Fat City Adriana Giramonti, chef Jared Goff, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback, NFL Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the Fillmore West in San Francisco David Grisman, mandolinist and composer Pete Gross, broadcaster for Seattle Seahawks Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for standardized test preparation Sammy Hagar, singer Anna Halprin, choreographer Oren Harari, business professor at University of San Francisco, author, speaker David Haskell, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor Annette Haven, ex-porn star S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, president of San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983) Sterling Hayden, actor Matt Hazeltine, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker, NFL Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer George Herms, Beat Artist, museum director James Hetfield, Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion Lester Holt, NBC News anchor Tess Uriza Holthe, author Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com Chris Hulls, co-founder of Life360 Tessa Hulls, artist Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo Sam Vogel Jauz, American DJ/Music Producer Maz Jobrani, comedian and actor Booker T. Jones, musician Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in Larkspur, California Isabelle Keith, actress Charlie Kelly, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Ali Akbar Khan, musician, Ali Akbar Khan College of Music Lisa Kindred, blues and folk singer and guitarist Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas) Harmony Korine, film director, (born in Bolinas) Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist Jef Labes, keyboardist Travis LaBoy, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker, NFL Ned Lagin, artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist Anne Lamott, writer Jim Lange, TV game show host (The Dating Game) John Lasseter, film director and Disney executive Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey), Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan Ralph Lazar, artist Bill Lee, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964, MLB pitcher John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director Barry Levinson, film director Jane Levy, actress (Suburgatory) Huey Lewis, singer Kevin Lima, film director Tim Lincecum, baseball player John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the Taliban Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist Sondra Locke, actress and director Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria George Lucas, film director, founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. Creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Owner of Skywalker Ranch Andy Luckey, Redwood High School, Class of 1983, television producer, author, illustrator Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician Seán Mac Falls, poet Mike Machette, tennis player Peter Magadini, drummer, composer Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series Zekial Marko, pulp fiction writer, film & television series writer Brian Maxwell, marathon runner and, with his wife to be, Jennifer Biddulph, developer and founder of Powerbar Joyce Maynard, author Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for Human Terrain System Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician, of The Grateful Dead Bridgit Mendler, actress Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster Artie Mitchell, pornographic film producer Van Morrison, singer and songwriter Jonny Moseley, gold medal-winning Olympic skier Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "Midnight at the Oasis" Walter Murch, film editor Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current Governor of California Connie Nielsen, actress Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect Don Novello, actor and writer Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator Karl Olson, Tamalpais High School, MLB outfielder George Demont Otis, artist William L. Patterson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer Pat Paulsen, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Sean Penn, actor, activist Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer Kathleen Quinlan, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, Oliver Stone's The Doors) Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian Bonnie Raitt, singer Reminisce, street artist, sculptor Marc Reisner, environmentalist, author Howard Rheingold, author Meghan Rienks, actress Hal Riney, advertising executive Jason Roberts, author Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist Chris Robinson (singer), singer, The Black Crowes Brande Roderick, model and actress Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer Joe Ryan Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins Kay Ryan, United States Poet Laureate Dana Sabraw, U.S. District Judge Mort Sahl, comedian Carlos Santana, musician Aram Saroyan, poet Strawberry Saroyan, novelist Michael Savage, conservative radio host Eric P. Schmitt, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner Charles R. Schwab, investor Erik Scott, award-winning bass player, musician, writer, producer Vic Seixas (born 1923), Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player Tupac Shakur, Tamalpais High School, rapper, poet, and actor Peter Shor, Tamalpais High School, mathematician, MIT; MacArthur Fellow Grace Slick, musician, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship Gary Snyder, poet Tom Snyder, television talk host Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist John Stewart, musician, songwriter, Kingston Trio David Strathairn, Redwood High School, actor Nicholas Suntzeff, Redwood High School, cosmologist, Texas A&M, Gruber Prize in Cosmology Lisa Swerling, artist Amy Tan, author Gage Taylor, visionary artist Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for National Public Radio, author Twinka Thiebaud, writer and model Bill Thompson, Manager of Jefferson Airplane Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim) Scott Thunes, musician Peter Tork, musician, member of The Monkees Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer Lee Unkrich, employee at Pixar and director of Toy Story 3 Jean Varda, artist Max Venable, baseball player for the San Francisco Giants Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres Winston Venable, football player for the Chicago Bears Vendela Vida, author John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic Alan Watts, writer Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters) Bob Weir, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of Grateful Dead Lou Welch, poet Brett Wickens, designer Archie Williams, 1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner Robin Williams, actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, Redwood High School graduate Tony Williams, drummer Cintra Wilson, Tamalpais High School, writer Robin Wright, actress Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 1980s, "Song for Julia" Saul Zaentz, film producer Barry Zito, baseball player

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