List of people from Santa Barbara

The following is a list of notable people connected with the city of Santa Barbara, California.

People Born in Santa Barbara

*Taylor Atelian, actress
*Donald Spence, Versus The World co founder, musician
*Anthony Edwards, American actor
*Ryan Church, Major League Baseball player, outfielder for the New York Mets
*Edie Sedgwick, actress
*Jeffrey Peterson, famous technology entrepreneur
*Randall Cunningham, former National Football League player
*Jay Dee Daugherty, drummer
*Cole Hauser, actor
*Kathy Ireland, supermodel
*Chuck Liddell, Ultimate Fighting Championship Light Heavyweight Champion
*RKL, punk rock band
*Patricia Soltysik, aka Mizmoon, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
*Toad The Wet Sprocket, folk rock band
*Sugarcult, rock band
*Dishwalla, post-grunge alternative rock band
*Alex D. Linz, American actor
*Tom Curren, surfer, musician
*Cady Huffman, American actress
*Todd Rogers, professional beach volleyball player on the AVP Tour
*Chip Foose, star of Overhaulin' on TLC
*Bobby Martinez, professional surfer
*James Arnold Taylor, American Voice Actor
*Kami Craig, Olympic water polo player
*Katy Perry, singer-songwriter
*Ryan Spilborghs, Major League Baseball player
*Marco Gonzalez, Photographer
*Jason Johnson, Major League Baseball player, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

People who grew up in Santa Barbara

*Laura Bialis, filmaker
*Karch Kiraly, volleyball player
*Brian Townsend, poker player
*Joely Richardson, actress
*Jeff Madsen, poker player
*David Crosby, musician
*Eddie Mathews, baseball hall of famer
*Jamaal Wilkes, NBA all star
*Sam Cunningham, NFL running back
*Randall Cunningham, NFL Pro Bowl Quarterback
*Don Ford, former NBA player
*Doug Margerum, winemaker
*Katy Perry, songwriter, singer
*Kami Craig, Olympic water polo player
*The Mad Caddies, Ska Punk band

Celebrities who own or owned homes in the Santa Barbara area

*Taylor Atelian, actress
*Steven Spielberg, director
*Douglas Adams, author
*Dame Judith Anderson, actress
*Jennifer Aniston, actress
*Marc Anthony, singer
*Rona Barrett, columnist
*T. Coraghessan Boyle, writer
*Henry Brant, composer
*Jeff Bridges, actor
*Mary Brunner, Manson Family member
*Ashleigh Brilliant, writer, cartoonist, columnist
*Major Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO, father of Scouting
*Charles Champlin, columnist
*Charlie Chaplin, actor, film-maker
*Julia Child, chef, television personality
*Thor Nis Christiansen, serial killer
*Warren Christopher, statesman
*John Cleese, actor
*Gary Collins, actor
*Kevin Costner, Actor
*Fred Couples, golfer
*David Crosby, musician
*Tom Cruise, actor
*Tom DeLonge, musician
*Doug Davidson, actor
*Ellen DeGeneres, talk show host
*Bo Derek, actress
*Kirk Douglas, actor
*Danny Elfman, musician
*Fannie Flagg, actress/author of "Fried Green Tomatoes"
*Jane Fonda, actress (1977 to 1991) [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/jane_fonda/index.html?offset=40&]
*John Forsythe, actor
*Anne Francis, actress
*Dennis Franz, actor
*Peter Racine Fricker, composer
*Lynette Fromme, attempted assassin, Manson Family member
*Whoopi Goldberg, comedienne, actress
*Andy Granatelli, race car owner
*Martha Graham, dancer
*Martin Gore, musician Depeche Mode
*Maggie Grace, actress
*Sue Grafton, novelist (whose Kinsey Millhone "alphabet series" books are set in a fictionalised version of Santa Barbara)
*Lena Horne, actress, singer
*Jack Johnson, surfer, musician, film-maker
*Bruce Johnston, musician
*Carole King, musician
*Lora Knight, heiress, believed to be the wealthiest woman in the United States in the 1930s
*Cheryl Ladd, actress
*Avril Lavigne, singer
*Charles Lloyd, jazz saxophonist
*Christopher Lloyd, actor, producer
*Kenny Loggins, musician
*Jennifer Lopez, singer, actress
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
*Mike Love, musician, The Beach Boys
*Rob Lowe, actor
*Ross Macdonald, author
*Karl Malden, actor
*Charles Manson, leader of murder cult
*Steve Martin, actor
*George Michael, Musician, Wham
*Dennis Miller, comedian
*Robert Mitchum, actor
*Mary Ann Mobley, actress
*Stevie Nicks, musician, singer
*Peter Noone, singer (Herman's Hermits)
*Jack Palance, actor
*Brad Pitt, actor
*Ronald Reagan, actor, politician
*Ivan Reitman, director
*Jason Reitman, director
*Jane Russell, actress
*Laura Schlessinger, radio talk show host, author
*Charles R. Schwab
*Elizabeth Short, posthumously well-known as the Black Dahlia
*Edie Sedgwick, model, actress, and companion to Andy Warhol
*Joshua Seth, voice actor and comedy hypnotist
*Kelly Slater, surfer
*George Washington Smith, architect (renowned for his Spanish Colonial Revival masterpieces throughout Southern California)
*Ernest Thayer author of "Casey At the Bat"
*Alan Thicke, actor
*Cheryl Tiegs, model
*John Travolta, actor
*Eddie Vedder, musician
*Paul Walker, actor
*Joe Walsh, musician, singer, song writer, member of the Eagles
*Ty Warner, entrepreneur, real estate tycoon
*Stuart Whitman, actor
*Brian Wilson, member of the Beach Boys
*Oprah Winfrey, TV host
*Jonathan Winters, comedian
*Dick Wolf, producer
*Robert Zemeckis, director
*Warren Zevon, Singer/Songwriter