List of Santa Cruzans

This is a list of Wikipedia-notable people and bands from Santa Cruz, California.

Lived in Santa Cruz

* Ralph Abraham, mathematician
* Bettina Aptheker, feminist and author
* Cam Archer, filmmaker and photographer
* Rob Brezsny, astrologer, poet, writer, and musician
* Susie Bright, sexuality expert
* Norman O. Brown, classicist and critic
* Cornelius Bumpus, saxophonist for bands Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan
* Rory Calhoun, actor
* James H. Clark, entrepreneur and computer scientist
* Angela Davis, professor, socialist, and anti-prison activist
* Frank Drake, astrophysicist
* Sandra M. Faber, astrophysicist
* Alison Galloway, forensic anthropologist
* Donna Haraway, professor, biologist, and philosopher
* David Haussler, computer scientist and professor
* Steven Hassan, mental health expert and cult exit counselor
* Robert A. Heinlein, author
* Glenallen Hill, Major League Baseball player
* John Hoyt, actor
* David A. Huffman, computer scientist and professor
* Kevin Karplus, bioinformatician and professor
* Edmund Kemper, serial killer
* Jim Kent, bioinformatician
* Frans Lanting, wildlife photographer
* Tom Lehrer, musician and satirist
* Noah Levine, author and buddhist teacher
* Matt Mahurin, film director and photographer
* James Alan McPherson, essayist
* Marisa Miller, "Sports Illustrated" and "Victoria's Secret" model
* Sarah Lane Moran, television personality
* Herbert Mullin, serial killer
* ZaSu Pitts, actor
* Adrienne Rich, feminist and writer
* Chris Sharma, rock climber
* Derek Sherinian, keyboardist for Alice Cooper and band KISS
* Grant Show, actor
* Nikki Silva, Peabody Award-winning radio producer
* Skip Spence, musician, singer/songwriter
* Ben Stein, lawyer, professor, writer, and actor
* Robert Sward, poet
* Ted Taylor, nuclear physicist and disarmament advocate
* Lex van den Berghe, "Survivor" contestant
* Scott Weiland, vocalist for bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver

Attended University of California, Santa Cruz

* Richard Bandler, author
* Jello Biafra, vocalist
* Adragon De Mello, child prodigy
* Gus Hansen, professional poker player
* Victor Davis Hanson, historian
* Miranda July, filmmaker, author, performance artist
* Camryn Manheim, actor
* Kent Nagano, conductor
* Huey P. Newton, activist and leader of the Black Panthers
* Bradley Nowell, guitarist
* Marti Noxon, television and film writer
* Norman Packard, chaos theory physicist
* Joe Palca, National Public Radio science reporter
* Dana Priest, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* Jason Roberts, author
* Rebecca Romijn, model and actor
* Maya Rudolph, actor
* Andy Samberg, writer and comedian
* Akiva Schaffer, Emmy Award-winning comedy writer
* Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan, astronaut
* Amy Tan, author
* Rubén Valtierra, keyboardist
* Ally Walker, actor
* Gillian Welch, musician
* Rich Wilkes, director and screenwriter
* Mia Riddle, musician

anta Cruz-based bands

* Arsonists Get All The Girls (Experimental Deathcore)
* Bl'ast (Punk)
* The Call (rock)
* Camper Van Beethoven (Alternative)
* The Chop Tops (Rockabilly)
* Comets on Fire (Psychedelic/Noise/Rock)
* Deth Specula (first live music concert broadcast over the Internet)
* The Devil Makes Three (Folk/Punk)
* Estradasphere (experimental)
* Good Riddance (Punk)
* The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada (pop rock)
* Sound Tribe Sector 9 (Electronic/Psychedelic Rock)
* Spot 1019 (Country Blues Punk Rock)
* Swingin' Utters (Punk)
* The Tikis with Dick Scoppettone, Ted Templeman and Randy Newman (Surf/British beat), renamed Harpers Bizarre (Pop)
* World Entertainment War (Tribal Funk)