List of people from Laguna Beach, California

The following is a partial list of notable people who have been full-time or significant part-time residents of Laguna Beach, California, United States.

Actors

• George Beranger ^[1]
• William Boyd ^[2]
• Barbara Britton ^[3]
• Charlie Chaplin ^[4]
• Bette Davis ^[5]
• Robert Englund^[6]
• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ^[4]
• Mike Farrell and Judy Farrell ^[7]
• Judy Garland ^[4]
• Sterling Holloway ^[8]
• Rock Hudson ^[4]
• Tab Hunter ^[9]
• Elmo Lincoln ^[9]
• Fredric March ^[9]
• Victor Mature ^[9]
• Kent McCord ^[9]
• Bette Midler ^[10]
• Mary Miles Minter ^[11]
• Polly Moran ^[12]
• Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson ^[13][14]
• Franklin Pangborn ^[15]
• Gigi Parrish ^[16]
• Mary Pickford ^[4]
• Adele Ritchie ^[17]
• Mickey Rooney ^[4]
• Ruth Roman ^[18]
• Rita Rudner ^[19]
• Charlotte Shelby ^[20]
• Margaret Shelby ^[20]
• Grant Sullivan
• Slim Summerville ^[9]
• Claire Trevor ^[9]
• Bobs Watson ^[21]
• Rudolph Valentino^[4]

Artists

• Mark Chamberlain ^[22]
• Frank Cuprien, painter and "Dean of Laguna Artists" ^[23]
• Paul Blaine Henrie, painter ^[24]
• Abby Williams Hill, painter ^[25][26]
• Anna Althea Hills, painter and founder of Laguna Art Museum ^[27]
• George Hurrell, photographer ^[28]
• Frank Interlandi, editorial cartoonist ^[29]
• Bil Keane, cartoonist ^[30]
• Joseph Kleitsch, painter ^[31]
• Roger Kuntz, painter ^[32]
• William Mortensen, photographer ^[33]
• Edgar Alwin Payne, muralist and founder of Laguna Beach Art Association ^[34]
• William Grant Sherry, painter ^[9]
• George Gardner Symons, painter ^[34]
• William Wendt, "Dean of Southern California artists" ^[35]
• Robert William Wood, painter ^[36]
• Robert Wyland, muralist ^[37]
• Karl Yens, painter ^[38]

Athletes

• Hobie Alter, surfboard and sailboat designer ^[39]
• Damon Berryhill, baseball player ^[40]
• Dain Blanton, volleyball player ^[41]
• Colt Brennan, football player ^[42]
• Gavvy Cravath, baseball player ^[43]
• Lindsay Davenport, tennis player ^[44]
• Paul Deem, olympic cyclist ^[45]
• Annika Dries, water polo player ^[46]
• Dusty Dvorak, volleyball player ^[47]
• Seth Etherton, baseball pitcher ^[48]
• Janet Evans, swimmer ^[49]
• Scott Fortune, volleyball player ^[50]
• Warren Gill, baseball player ^[51]
• Tom Harmon, football player and sportscaster ^[52]
• Rick Leach, tennis player ^[53]
• Tom Morey, inventor of the "Boogie Board" ^[54]
• John H. Outland, namesake of college football Outland Trophy ^[55]
• Mike Parsons, surfer ^[56]
• John Pitts, football player ^[57]
• Rachel Wacholder, volleyball player ^[58]
• Lefty Williams, baseball player ^[59]

Musicians and singers

• Frieda Belinfante, conductor and founder of the Orange County Philharmonic Orchestra^[60]
• Taylor Hawkins, drummer ^[61]
• Marion Hutton, big band singer ^[62]
• Paula Kelly, big band singer ^[63]
• Ricky Nelson, singer ^[9]
• Jack Norworth, songwriter (wrote "Take Me Out to the Ballgame") ^[64]
• Lee Rocker, bassist, The Stray Cats ^[65]
• Vic Schoen, big band leader ^[66]

Writers

• Gregory Benford, author and astrophysicist ^[67]
• Forrest E. "Skip" Fickling, author ^[68]
• M. F. K. Fisher, culinary writer ^[69]
• Hedda Hopper, gossip columnist ^[70]
• Lawrence Clark Powell, author and librarian ^[71]
• John Steinbeck, author ^[72]
• Theodore Taylor, author ^[73]
• John Weld, journalist ^[74]
• Charles Wright, poet ^[9]

Other

• Buzz Aldrin, astronaut ^[75]
• Steve Arterburn, radio talk show host ^[76]
• Heidi Baker, missionary ^[77]
• Florence "Pancho" Barnes, pioneer aviator ^[16]
• Warren Buffett, business magnate ^[9]
• Ron Burkle, business magnate ^[10]
• David P. Bushnell, businessman^[78]
• David O. Carter, federal judge ^[79]
• Lauren Conrad, reality television personality ^[80]
• William S. Darling, art director ^[81]
• Bhagavan Das (formerly Michael Riggs), yogi ^[82]
• Charles Douglass, inventor of the laugh track^[83]
• Frank Fertitta III, casino owner ^[84]
• Joe Francis, founder of Girls Gone Wild ^[85]
• Christine Fugate, film director ^[86]
• Richard Halliburton, adventurer ^[87]
• John Mills Houston, United States Congressman ^[88]
• Christine Jorgensen, transsexual pioneer ^[89]
• Eiler Larsen, town greeter ^[90]
• Timothy Leary, psychologist and LSD advocate ^[91]
• Greg MacGillivray, filmmaker ^[92]
• Alan MacPherson, patent lawyer ^[93]
• Peter Navarro, economist and filmmaker ^[94]
• Ward Ritchie, publisher and bibliophile ^[95]
• Malcolm St. Clair, film director ^[12]
• Robert A. Schuller, televangelist ^[96]
• Walter Terence Stace, philosopher ^[97]
• Peter Ueberroth, sports commissioner ^[98]
• Lila Zali, ballerina ^[99]

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