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1 Native Californians

• Alexakis, Art - Musician
• Arden, Eve - Actress
• Blanc, Mel - Cartoon voice actor
• Brooks, Albert - Actor/Director
• Brown, Alton - Television host
• Brown, Jerry - Governor of California, Mayor of Oakland
• Brown, Pat - Governor of California
• Brown, Willie - Speaker of the California Assembly, Mayor of San Francisco
• Budge, DonJohn Donald Budge ( June 13, 1915 January 26, 2000) was a champion tennis player who became famous as the first man to win in a single year the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis. He was considered to have the best backhand in the his - TennisTennis is a racquet sport played between either two players ("singles") or two teams of two players ("doubles"). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis , an older form of the game player
• Cage, JohnJohn Milton Cage ( September 5, 1912 August 12, 1992) was an experimental music composer and writer, possibly best known (some might say notorious) for his piece 4 33 often described (somewhat erroneously) as "four and a half minutes of silence. He was an - ComposerA composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a perso
• Campbell, Ben NighthorseBen Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician. He has been a U. Senator from Colorado since 1993 and is the only Native American presently serving in the U. Campbell was a U. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn in - U.S. SenatorThe United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, smaller than the U. House of Representatives. Together, they compose the legislative branch of the United States government. Seal of the Senate Each state elects two senators throu from ColoradoThere are also three Colorado Rivers: two in the United States and one in Argentina. Colorado is a state in the western United States. The name of Colorado came from the Spanish word "colorado" which means "reddish color". The name comes from the Colorado
• Cranston, AlanAlan MacGregor Cranston ( June 19, 1914 December 31, 2000) was a U. journalist and politician. He was born in Palo Alto, California and attended Pomona College and the University of Mexico before graduating from Stanford University in 1936. He was a corre - U.S. SenatorThe United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, smaller than the U. House of Representatives. Together, they compose the legislative branch of the United States government. Seal of the Senate Each state elects two senators throu from California
• D'Aquino, Iva Toguri (Tokyo Rose) - Radio broadcaster
• de la Rocha, Zack - Singer
• Diaz, Cameron - actress
• Doolittle, Jimmy - U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General
• Folger, Abigail - Murder victim
• Frost, Robert - poet
• Garcia, Jeff - American football player
• Haggard, Merle - Country music singer
• Hanks, Tom - Actor
• Hearst, William Randolph - Newspaper publisher
• James, Jesse G. - Actor & CEO
• Kennedy, Anthony - Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Kingston, Maxine Hong - Author
• Law, Rick - Illustrator/Producer
• London, Jack - Author
• Lucas, George - billionaire filmaker
• Mineta, Norm - U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Transportation
• Minnelli, Liza - Singer
• Monroe, Marilyn - Actress
• Nixon, Richard - President of the United States
• Olsen, Mary-Kate and Ashley - Actresses and entrepreneurs
• Leon Panetta - White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton
• Partch, Harry - Composer
• Peck, Gregory - Actor
• Pfeiffer, Michelle - Actreess
• Peterson, Laci - Murder victom
• Ricci, Christina - Actress
• Rorabacher, Dana - Member of the United States House of Representatives
• Sarkisian, Cherilyn (Cher) - Singer
• Seau, Junior - American football player
• Stack, Robert - Actor
• Steinbeck, John - Author
• Vliet, Don Glen (Captain Beefheart) - Musician
• Warren, Earl - Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Williams, Paul R. - Architect
• Wood, Beatrice - Artist
• Woods, Tiger - Golfer