List of native and notable residents in Compton
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[edit] Famous native and notable residents
[edit] Civic leaders
- Kelvin Filer - Los Angeles County Municipal Court Judge and Commissioner
- Douglas Dollarhide - California's first African-American mayor of a metropolitan city, Compton
- Doris A. Davis - the first African-American female mayor of a metropolitan city, Compton
- U.S. Presidents George H. W. Bush & George W. Bush - briefly residents of Compton, circa 1949-1950 [1]
- Xenophan F. Lang, Sr. - Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge
- Paul H. Richards II - Compton City Manager and Lynwood mayor
- Omar Bradley - Compton mayor
- Lionel Cade - Compton mayor
- Walter R. Tucker Jr. - Compton mayor
- Walter R. Tucker III - U. S. Congressman and Compton mayor, son of Walter R. Tucker Jr.
- Del M. Clawson - U.S. Congressman and mayor of Compton
[edit] Sports
- Violet Palmer - first female professional sports official in the U. S. A., NBA, and WNBA
- Serena Williams - professional women's tennis player
- Venus Williams - professional women's tennis player
- Richard Davis - Major League Baseball (MLB) player
- Kenny Landreaux - MLB player
- Dennis Johnson - NBA player and coach (Deceased)
- Robin Cole - National Football League (NFL) player
- Nesby Glasgow - NFL player
- Tayshaun Prince - NBA player
- Tyson Chandler - NBA player
- Baron Davis - NBA Player
- Larry Holifield - UCLA basketball star
- Pete Rozelle - NFL commissioner
- Duke Snider - outfielder for the MLB Brooklyn Dodgers
- Frank K. Wheaton - sports agent, personal manager and former Official Spokesperson of Compton
- Don Klosterman - Los Angeles Rams general manager
- Charles Dumas - Olympic gold medalist
- Earlene Brown - Olympic medalist
- Reggie Smith - Major League Baseball player
- Jeanette Bolden - UCLA track coach
- Mickey Cureton - UCLA football star
- Tiny Lister - actor, professional wrestler
- Arron Afflalo-UCLA basketball player
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- B-Brazy - rapper, member of Damu Ridaz
- B.G. Knocc Out - rapper
- The Game - rapper, Member of Cedar Block Piru
- DJ Quik - rapper, producer
- Dresta - rapper
- Eazy-E - rapper, founder of Ruthless Records, member of N.W.A
- OG M.C.C. - rapper, member of The Real M.D.L
- Lil' Eazy - rapper, son of rapper Eazy-E, member of the Kelly Park Compton Crips
- MC Eiht- rapper, member of group Compton's Most Wanted
- TQ - singer
- MC Ren - rapper, member of N.W.A
- Dr. Dre - rapper, producer, member of N.W.A & World Class Wreckin' Cru, founder of Aftermath Entertainment
- Ice Cube - rapper, member of N.W.A and Westside Connection, award winning actor & film director
- DJ Yella - D.J. for The World Class Wreckin' Cru and N.W.A
- Suge Knight - CEO of Death Row Records
- 2nd II None - rap group
- Spider Loc - rapper, member of G-Unit, inactive member of the 97th Street East Coast Crips
- AMG - rapper
- Tyrese - R&B Singer, Actor
- Hi-C - rapper
- Krist Novoselic - bassist of the grunge band Nirvana, who lived in Compton for one year before moving to Gardena, California where he lived for most of childhood
- Leslie Sykes - television news anchor
- Coolio - rapper and actor
- Lynn Manning - award-winning playwright and co-founder of Watts Village Theatre Company
- William Hanna - co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Mort Sahl - satirist and comedian
- Anthony Anderson - comedian and actor
- Zachary Goertz - drummer for Stone Temple Pilots
- Young Hootie - rapper, member of Westside Piru
- K-Dot - rapper, member of a Compton Piru gang
- Elliott Pinkney - visual artist and poet
- King T
- Boo-Yaa Tribe - Rap/Hip-Hop Group
- War
