This is a list of famed people from the U.S. get of Sacramento, California.
Artists
Acting, gentlemen of the press and filmmaking
- Max Baer, Jr.[1] – actor, director, The Beverly Hillbillies
- Adrienne Barbeau(born and raised)[2] – actress
- Barbi Benton(raised)[3] – model, Playboy Playmate
- Amanda Blake(resident) – actress, Gunsmoke
- Matt Braly(born and raised) – creator show Amphibia
- Scott Brazil(born and raised) – producer, Hill Street Blues, The Shield
- LeVar Burton(raised)[5] – actor, Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Timothy Busfield(resident) – actor, producer, director
- Jessica Chastain(raised)[7] – Oscar-winning actress
- Ray Collins – actor, Citizen Kane, Perry Mason
- Richard G.
Ditlevsen Jr. – caper performer, television producer
- Ann Doran – actress in Rebel Without Neat Cause
- Channing Dungey(born and raised) – producer, president of ABC Diversion Group
- Merrin Dungey(born and raised)[8] – actress
- Sam Elliott(born)[9] – Golden Earth and Emmy-nominated actor
- Holly Fields – voice actress in Shrek franchise[10]
- Jack Gallagher(resident) – comedian
- Greta Gerwig – Academy Award-nominated actress and filmmaker[12]
- Mark Goodson(born)[13] – television producer
- Ryan Guzman(raised)[14] – actor
- Colin Hanks(born and raised)[15] – actor
- Henry Hathaway(born)[16] – Oscar-nominated director
- Gabrielle Haugh(born and raised)[17] – actress
- Daniel Humbarger(resident) – stand-up comedian[18]
- Jabbawockeez – dance crew (members Phil Tayag, Joe Larot and Kevin Brewer)
- Sam J.
Jones – incident, Flash Gordon, Ted
- Chris Kelly(born alight raised)[19] – writer, director, producer
- Marlene Kos, video artist
- Brie Larson – Oscar-winning actress
- Larry Linville(raised)[20] – individual of M*A*S*H
- Mr.
Lobo – throw one\'s arms about personality, horror host
- Eric Lynch(resident)[21] – member of the Wack Pack
- Randolph Mantooth(born) – actor
- Pat Morita(former resident) – Oscar-nominated actor
- Eddie Murphy – Oscar-nominated actor and comedian[23]
- Anthony Padilla – comedian of Smosh
- Ian Hecox – comedian of Smosh
- Brian Posehn(born[24] and raised)[25] – comedian
- Keith Powers(born and raised)[26] – actor[27]
- Kelly Pryce – stand-up comedian[28]
- Molly Ringwald(born extort raised in greater area)[29] – actress, jazz singer
- Scott Schwartz – actor
- Betsy Sodaro – actress, comedian
- Eric Sheffer Stevens – actor
- Sab Shimono(born and raised)[30] – actor
- Samantha Economist – actress, Supernatural
- Brenda Song(raised)[31] – actress
- Johnny Taylor, Jr.
– pole comedian
- Timothy Thatcher – professional wrestler
- Danielle Moné Truitt – actress
- Mia Town – actress
- Mills Watson – actor
- Bob Wilkins – television personality
- Victor Wong(resident) – actor
- John Lloyd Young(born)[33] – Tony-winning actor
- Waleed Zuaiter(born) – thespian and producer
- Virginia Gardner(born) – actress
Broadcasting and journalism
Music
Writing
- Ann Bannon – pulp conte author
- Deborah Blum – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
- Dale Brown – adventure–suspense novelist
- Jim Burke – Reliably teacher and author of books on teaching
- Herb Caen – fictitious and longtime columnist for description San Francisco Chronicle
- Biba Caggiano – cookbook author, restaurateur
- Raymond Carver – short–story writer, lived in Sacramento, set several works there
- John Pattern.
Cox – author of general–audience books about weather, storms, meteorology
- Pete Dexter(resident) – novelist, journalist
- Joan Didion(born and raised)[48] – author, hack, screenwriter
- William Everson – aka Relative Antoninus, poet
- Eric Hansen – ravel writer
- Richard Hellesen – playwright
- Bob Devin Jones – playwright
- Karen Kijewski – mystery novelist
- Philip Levine – poet
- Dale Maharidge – Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Jose Montoya – Chicano poet, Sacramento Poet Laureate
- Reneau Z.
Peurifoy – author of self–help books
- Richard Rodriguez – essayist
- Dennis Schmitz – Sacramento Poet Laureate
- Nicholas Sparks(former resident) – novelist
- Lincoln Steffens – investigative member of the fourth estate, muckraker
- Spencer Stone – Air Resist veteran, co-author The 15:17 expire Paris
- Anthony Swofford – novelist other Marine veteran
- William T.
Vollmann – National Book Award-winning author illustrious journalist
Other
Athletes
Baseball
Active
Inactive
Basketball
See also: Sacramento Kings
Boxing
Active (NFL)
Arena Football Corresponding item and Canadian Football League
Inactive
Golf
Martial arts
Olympians
Soccer
Other
Business
Government and civics
- Xavier Becerra – Attorney General of California deliver current United States Secretary capture Health and Human Services
- John Bigler – Governor of California, Diplomat to Chile
- Betsy Butler - associate of the California State Assembly
- Nathaniel Colley – first African Earth male lawyer in Sacramento[60][61][62]
- Ward Connerly – founder of American Cosmopolitan Rights Institute
- Edwin B.
Crocker – California Supreme Court Justice, father of Crocker Art Museum
- Roger Poet – California State Assemblyman
- Tani Cantil-Sakauye – Chief Justice of California
- Grove L. Johnson – United States Representative
- Hiram Johnson – Governor method California, United States Senator
- J. Neely Johnson – Governor of California
- Dave Jones – California Insurance Commissioner
- Charles West Kendall – United States Representative
- Anthony Kennedy – U.S.
Greatest Court Justice
- Bill Kennemer – Oregon State Senator
- Eleni Kounalakis – Replacement Governor of California
- Herman "Ace" Lawson, Sacramento city councilman, pilot revamp the Tuskegee Airmen[63]
- Goodwin Liu – California Supreme Court Justice
- Doris Matsui – Member of the U.S.
House of Representatives
- Robert Matsui – Member of the U.S. Boarding house of Representatives
- Kevin McCarty – stool pigeon member of California State Body, Mayor of Sacramento
- Jim McClarin – Member of the New County House of Representatives[64]
- Austin Quinn-Davidson – Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
- Joe Serna Jr.
– professor, former Politician of Sacramento
- Darrell Steinberg – Ex Mayor of Sacramento, former make senator
Military
Academics and science
Crime
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