- List of people from Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
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This is a list of people who live or lived in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.
- J. J. Abrams - Screenwriter and creator of TV's Lost (Abrams is a graduate of Palisades Charter High School, aka Pali High)[1]
- Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Garner - Actor/Director/Producer and Actress, respectively[2]
- Eddie Albert - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Judd Apatow and his wife Leslie Mann - Film Producer/Director and Actress, respectively[4]
- Carol Arthur - Broadway actor and singer
- Lionel Atwill - Actor [5]
- Dan Aykroyd - and his wife Donna Dixon - Actor, Comedian, Musician and Businessman [6]
- James Robert Baker - Writer (committed suicide in his Pacific Palisades home in 1997) [7]
- Steve Bellamy - Founder of the Ski Channel and The Tennis Channel [8]
- Mel Blanc - Actor and voice talent. Also past honorary mayor.[3][9]
- Richard Boone - Actor[10]
- Kobe Bryant - NBA athlete [11]
- Francis X. Bushman - Silent Film star [12]
- Chris Carter - Writer, Director, Producer (Notably The X-Files.) [13]
- Chevy Chase - Actor/Comedian and past Honorary Mayor [14]
- Tommy Chong - Actor/Comedian (one half of the comedy duo 'Cheech and Chong')[15]
- Martin Cohan - Television writer and producer, creator of Who's the Boss?[16]
- Stephen Collins - Actor known from 7th Heaven [17]
- Bert Convy - Actor and Game Show Host, also past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Billy Crystal - Actor and comedian has lived in Pacific Palisades since 1978.
- Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest - Actress & Director [18]
- Larry David - Seinfeld co-creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm [19]
- Patti Davis describes growing up in the Palisades in her memoirs, including The Long Goodbye [20]
- Dom DeLuise - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Peter DeLuise - Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
- Vlade Divac - Retired NBA athlete [21]
- Nanette Fabray - Actress/singer and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Lion Feuchtwanger - German writer [22]
- John Forsythe - Actor, also known as the voice of 'Charlie' in Charlie's Angels
- Richard Buckminster Fuller - Inventor (lived in Pacific Palisades until his death in 1983 at age 87)[23]
- Marc Graboff - NBC President [24]
- John Goodman - Actor [25]
- Peter Graves - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Brad Grey - Producer and CEO of Paramount Pictures [26]
- Steve Guttenberg - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [27]
- Brad Hall and his wife Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Actors [28]
- Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson - Actors [29]
- Goldie Hawn and long-time partner Kurt Russell - Actors [30]
- Oskar Homolka - Actor [31]
- Joseph Morgan Henninger - Artist and Illustrator [32]
- Arthur Hill - Actor [33]
- Emile Hirsch- Actor [34]
- Anthony Hopkins - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Kate Hudson - Actress [35]
- Sylvia Juncosa - Guitar player [36]
- Stephen Kanner - Modernist architect and co-founder of the A+D Museum[37]
- Diane Keaton - Actress [25]
- Elizabeth Keifer - Actress
- Nicole Kidman - Actress [38]
- Ted Knight - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Lorenzo Lamas - Actor, martial artist and reality show participant
- Carole Landis - Actress [39]
- Sugar Ray Leonard -- Boxer and current Honorary Mayor.
- Jerry Lewis - Comedian and past Honorary Mayor [3][40]
- Mike Love and Dennis Wilson - Beach Boys band members [41]
- Ray Liotta - Actor
- Myrna Loy - Actor
- Thomas Mann - Novelist [42]
- Walter Matthau - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- John Mayer - Singer [43]
- Doug McClure - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Ted McGinley - Actor [44]
- Nancy Meyers - Director/Writer/Producer [45]
- Henry Miller - Author
- Rita Moreno - singer, dancer and multiple award-winning actress. Also past Honorary Mayor.[46]
- Patrick McGoohan - Actor [47]
- Gavin McLeod - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [48]
- Poppy Montgomery - Actress [49]
- Carrie-Anne Moss - Actress
- Michael Newman - Actor, Former Lifeguard, and Former Firefighter [50]
- Randy Newman - Musician, Singer/Song Writer, and Film Composer [51]
- Stevie Nicks - Singer [25]
- Louis Nye - Actor and comedian
- Chris O' Donnell - Actor [25]
- Ozzy Osbourne - Musician
- Jack Owens (singer-songwriter) - Singer and songwriter of the 1940s and Honorary Mayor of Pacific Palisades in 1955 [52]
- Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams - Country Singer & Actress [53]
- Stuart Pankin- Actor
- Alexandra Paul - Actress and Activist [54]
- Brad Pitt - Actor
- Sydney Pollack - Film director, producer and actor
- Anthony Quinn - Actor [55]
- John Raitt - Actor, father of singer Bonnie Raitt [56]
- Guy Raymond - Noted Character Actor [57]
- Ronald Reagan - 40th President of the United States, Politician, and Actor [58]
- Michael Richards - Actor
- Joan Rivers - Comedian (Owns a home in Pacific Palisades as well as in New York City)
- Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969), Los Angeles City Council member.
- Keri Russell - Actress
- Bob Saget - Actor/Comedian and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Adam Sandler - Actor/Comedian [59]
- Ken Sansom - Actor and Voice-Over Artist
- Vin Scully - Noted Baseball announcer (Los Angeles Dodgers) [60]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver - Actor/Politician and Journalist, respectively [61]
- Jason Segel - Actor
- Martin Short and Canadian comic actress-wife Nancy Dolman ("Soap") have lived in Pacific Palisades since 1987. Also past Honorary Mayor.[3]
- Sam Simon - Writer, producer[62]
- Rex Sinquefield - Investment banker
- Steven Spielberg - Director/Producer (keeps his main residence in the Palisades)
- Sylvester Stallone - Actor
- Matt Stone - South Park co-creator
- Hilary Swank - Actress [25]
- Thelma Todd - Famous actress who was found dead, in her car, in 1935, in the garage of her Palisades home, above the Roadside Cafe she operated on Pacific Coast Highway.
- William Tuttle - Hollywood make-up artist
- James Tyler - Architect, best known for the trademark "bridge building" dramatically spanning an arroyo and roadway at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
- Vivian Vance - Actress and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- Michael Waltman - Actor[63]
- Naomi Watts - Actress
- Adam West - Actor and past Honorary Mayor [3]
- James Whale - Director of horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein [64]
- Angela Wilder - Writer and ex-wife of basketball star James Worthy [25]
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