List of famous people from Oakland, California
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This is a listing of famous people who were either born in, or have lived in, Oakland, California.
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[edit] Actors and Directors
- Shemar Moore – actor, model
- Eddie Anderson – actor
- Max Baer, Jr. – actor, film director
- Buster Crabbe – actor
- Robert Culp – actor
- Mark Curry – actor
- Clint Eastwood – actor, film director
- Mark Hamill – actor
- Tom Hanks – actor, raised in Oakland
- Susan Seaforth Hayes – actor
- Joseph Jackson – talent manager
- Ted Lange – actor
- Brandon Lee – actor, born in Oakland
- Bruce Lee – actor
- Russ Meyer – film director
- George Stevens – film director
- Jo Van Fleet – actor
[edit] Artists and Designers
- Julia Morgan – architect, raised and buried in Oakland
- Willis O'Brien – animator
- Galen Rowell – photographer
- Wendy Yoshimura – artist
[edit] Athletes
- Will Blackwell – football player
- Don Budge – tennis player
- Glenn Burke – baseball player
- Dennis Eckersley – baseball player
- Greg Foster – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland
- Brad Gilbert, former tennis player and tennis coach
- Rickey Henderson – baseball player
- Jason Kidd – basketball player
- Marshawn Lynch – football player
- Joe Morgan – baseball player
- Gary Payton – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland
- Paul Pierce – basketball player
- Isiah Rider – basketball player
- Chris Roberson – baseball player
- Nican Robinson – basketball player
- Jimmy Rollins – baseball player
- Bill Russell – basketball player
- Dave Stewart – baseball player
- Andre Ward – boxer
- Archie Williams – runner
- Dontrelle Willis – baseball player
[edit] Leaders - Activists and Politicians
- Richard Aoki – activist
- Sonny Barger – founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
- Frank Chu – activist
- Angela Davis – activist
- Ron Dellums – politician
- Marcus Foster – educator
- Barbara Lee – United States Representative
- Edwin Meese III – former United States Attorney General
- Huey P. Newton – activist
- Bobby Seale – activist
- Frederick HendersonFirst in history; First African American to marry a Chelyabinsk woman in the Russian federation
[edit] Musicians, Composers and Dancers
- Billie Joe Armstrong – musician
- Tim Armstrong – musician
- Gaylord Birch – musician
- Carla Bley – composer, musician
- Peter Buck – musician
- Emilio Castillo – musician
- Mike Clark – musician
- Keyshia Cole – singer
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien – musician
- Mike Dirnt – musician
- Isadora Duncan – dancer
- Sheila E. – musician
- Pete Escovedo – musician
- Robb Flynn – musician
- Michael Franti – musician
- David Garibaldi – musician
- Mic Gillette – musician
- Goapele – soul and R&B singer
- MC Hammer – musician, born in Oakland
- Shawn Harris – musician, The Matches
- Andre Hicks (aka Mac Dre) – rapper
- Paul Jackson – musician
- Henry Kaiser – musician
- Hershall Kennedy – musician
- Will Kennedy – musician
- Keak da Sneak – musician
- Kid 606 – musician
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka – musician
- Tony Martin – singer, actor
- Mary Mary – gospel duo
- Skip Mesquite – musician
- Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste – musician
- David Murray – musician
- Holly Near – singer, teacher, activist
- Ray Obiedo – musician
- Harry Partch – composer
- Francis Rocco Prestia – musician
- rad. (Rose Ann Dimalanta) – musician
- Cynthia Robinson – musician
- Raphael Saadiq – musician
- Pharoah Sanders – musician
- John Santos – musician
- Michael Sasaki – musician
- Tupac Shakur – rapper
- Too $hort – entertainer, lived in Oakland 1980-1994
- Freddie Stone – musician
- Rose Stone – musician
- Sly Stone – musician
- Bill Summers – musician
- Linda Tillery – singer
- Yukmouth – rapper
- Tre Cool – drummer/musician
[edit] Scientists and Inventors
- Fernando J. Corbató – computer scientist
- Frederick Cottrell – inventor
- Stanley Miller – chemist
[edit] Writers and Poets
- Catherine Asaro – writer
- Anthony Boucher – writer
- Daniel Clowes – comic book writer, screenwriter, currently resides in Oakland
- Robert Duncan – poet
- Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Sidney Howard – playwright, screenwriter
- Jack London – writer
- Rod McKuen – poet, composer, singer
- Joaquin Miller – poet, lived in Oakland 1886-1913
- Stephen Morse – poet, publisher,
- Ishmael Reed – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Alex Steffen – writer, born in Oakland
- Gertrude Stein – writer
- Amy Tan – writer, born in Oakland
