This is a list of notable past and present residents of Orange County.
Athletics
Corey Ashe, soccer player Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer Shane Bieber, baseball player Kobe Bryant, NBA player (born in Pennsylvania) Gary Carter, MLB player, member of Hall of Fame Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey) Sasha Cohen, figure skater Allen Craig, baseball player Isaac Curtis, professional football player Sam Darnold, professional football player Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player Steve Deberg, professional football player (born in Oakland) Phil Dent, professional tennis player Taylor Dent, professional tennis player Super Dragon, professional wrestler Janet Evans, swimmer Jim Fassel, professional football coach Julie Foudy, soccer player Kyle Harrison (born 2001), baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants Jaylinn Hawkins, professional football player Matthew Hoppe, professional soccer player Phil Hughes, baseball player Nyjah Huston, professional skateboarder Kevin Jepsen, baseball player Samoa Joe, multi-time world heavyweight professional wrestling champion Magic Johnson, former NBA player Stanley Johnson, NBA player Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team Mark Kotsay, baseball player Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder Adam LaRoche, Washington Nationals first baseman Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of Los Angeles Dodgers (born in Pennsylvania) Jason Lee, professional skateboarder and actor Matt Leinart, professional football player Michael Lorenzen, professional baseball player Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter Carson Palmer, professional football player Aaron Peirsol, swimmer Sara Ramirez, gymnast Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey) Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion"Monte Scheinblum Shines When He's Hitting Off the Tee", Bucky Albers, Dayton Daily News, May 19, 1993, Retrieved December 23, 2010 Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer Garry Templeton, professional baseball player Matt Treanor, baseball player Peter Vidmar, gymnast C. J. Wilson, baseball player Tiger Woods, professional golfer
Business
George Argyros, diplomat, real estate investor Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of Lifted Research Group Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company Dan Caldwell, co-founder of Tapout Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mark Cuban, businessman, investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois) Lucy Dunn, CEO of Orange County Business Council Ray Grainger, founder of Mavenlink Justin Hartfield, co-founder of Weedmaps Reza Jahangiri, CEO of American Advisors Group James Jannard, businessman, designer and founder of Oakley Inc. Paul Merage, co-founder of Chef America Inc. Arturo Moreno, businessman Michael Morhaime, businessman, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment Henry Nicholas, CEO of Broadcom Corporation Igor Olenicoff, real estate developer Rodney Sacks, businessman, chairman, and CEO of Monster Beverage Henry Samueli, owner of the Anaheim Ducks Hilton Schlosberg, businessman Henry Segerstrom, entrepreneur Vinny Smith, founder of Toba Capital Lynsi Snyder, owner of In-N-Out Burger Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx David Sun, founder of Kingston Technology William Wang, founder and CEO of Vizio
Literature
Gregory Benford, science fiction author and astrophysicist James P. Blaylock, fantasy author Philip K. Dick, author and futurist (born in Illinois) Jeremy Gable, playwright Dean Koontz, horror author (born in Pennsylvania) Corrie ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer Toni Turner, author
Movies, television and media
Scott Aukerman, comedian, writer, host of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast and TV show Gene Autry, singer-actor, longtime owner of Angels baseball team (born in Texas) Tara Lynne Barr, actress Jimmy Bennett, actor Nate Berkus, designer and TV personality Joey Bishop, comedian and actor (born in Pennsylvania) Marlon Brando, film and stage actor (born in Nebraska) James Cameron, film director (born in Canada) Marc Cherry, creator and executive producer of Desperate Housewives Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills) Kevin Costner, actor, director Valorie Curry, actress Heather Dubrow, actress and TV personality on The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in New York) Terry Dubrow, plastic surgeon and star of Botched (born in Los Angeles) Kyle Echarri, Filipino actor Susan Egan, actress, singer Will Ferrell, comedian and actor Jere Fields, actress Yasmeen Fletcher, actress and musician Cuba Gooding Jr, actor Vicki Gunvalson, TV personality, The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Chicago) Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants (born in Oklahoma) Mitch Hurwitz, writer, creator of Arrested Development Tamra Judge, TV personality, The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Glendora near Los Angeles) Diane Keaton, actress and author (born in Los Angeles) Jeana Keough, TV personality on The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Milwaukee) Devinn Lane, porn star Penny Marshall, actress and director (born in New York) Steve Martin, comedian, actor, author, musician (born in Texas) Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer Scott McGehee, filmmaker Tarek El Moussa, TV personality, Flip or Flop Donny Osmond, singer and actor (born in Utah) Michelle Pfeiffer, actress Shelby Rabara, actress Jessica Rey, actress Mark Rober, mechanical-engineer, YouTube personality Jim Rome, sports radio personality Mirela Rupic, costume designer Keri Russell, actress Emily Skinner, actress Roger Craig Smith, voice actor John Stamos, actor and musician Jeffree Star, internet celebrity Kristy Swanson, actress Milo Ventimiglia, actor John Wayne, iconic film actor; Orange County airport named for him (born in Iowa)
Music
Adolescents, rock band Agent Orange, rock band Avenged Sevenfold, rock band Banks, singer Aloe Blacc, singer Jackson Browne, musician Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, musician Rebecca Black, singer, songwriter, YouTuber, DJ Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman Jim Morrison Dick Dale, musician Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar The Garden, band composed of twins Wyatt and Fletcher Shears Bobby Hatfield, singer, The Righteous Brothers (born in Wisconsin) Dexter Holland, musician and singer (The Offspring) Kiev, indie rock band Lee Soon-kyu (English name: Susan Soonkyu Lee), singer and member of Girls' Generation Crystal Lewis, Christian singer Lit, rock band Mark McGrath, lead singer of Sugar Ray Mike Ness, pioneer in O.C. punk music (Social Distortion) Terri Nunn, singer, actress Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt Jeff Timmons, founder, singer and producer of 98 Degrees Lisa Tucker, singer Brian Tyler, composer, conductor, arranger and producer Noah Urrea, singer, actor and member of Now United Scott Weiland, lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver Yeat, rapper
Politics
Sean Faircloth, executive director of Secular Coalition for America, former majority whip of Maine House Jim Gilchrist, politician Richard Nixon, vice president and 37th president of the United States Marian Elaine Walters, politician
Miscellaneous
Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player Dominic Brooklier, former boss of the Los Angeles crime family Michael Carona, sheriff Paul Frank, clothes designer Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for Al Qaeda, first American charged with treason since 1952 Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of Indore 1926–1961 (lived in Santa Ana 1938–1939) Usha Devi Maharani Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, current ruler of Indore since 1961 (grew up in Santa Ana) Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer Sean McMahon, aerospace engineer Alex Odeh, murdered Arab-American activist Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy (stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9) Robert Schuller, clergyman, ministry based in Garden Grove (born in Iowa) Brett Thomas, teenage spree killer and rapist Miranda Weese, ballet dancer
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