List of people from Santa Barbara, California
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The following is a list of notable people from Santa Barbara, California.
Notable people from Santa Barbara
[edit]- Douglas Adams, author
- Elizabeth Laura Adams, writer[1]
- Dylan Axelrod, Major League Baseball player
- Jeff Bridges, actor[2]
- Ashleigh Brilliant, cartoonist and writer[3]
- Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and actress[4]
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, fifth in line of succession to the British throne.[4]
- Prince Archie of Sussex, sixth in the line of succession to the British throne.
- Princess Lilibet of Sussex, seventh in the line of succession to the British throne.
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex[5]
- Spencer Barnitz, musician
- Edwin Burr Babbitt, U.S. Army major general
- Colleen Ballinger, YouTube personality[6]
- Red Barrett, Major League Baseball player[7]
- Bobby Beausoleil, former member of the Manson Family, currently serving life imprisonment for the murder of his friend Gary Hinman
- Ryan Church, Major League Baseball player[8]
- Jimmy Connors, Tennis champion
- Kami Craig, Olympic water polo player[9]
- Randall Cunningham, National Football League player[10]
- Shawn Dailey, musician
- Jay Dee Daugherty, drummer
- Marko DeSantis, musician
- Dean Dinning, musician, music producer, bassist
- Dishwalla, post-grunge alternative rock band[11]
- Anthony Edwards, actor
- Cynthia Ettinger, actress
- Chip Foose, actor
- Tyler Fredrickson, National Football League player, TV personality
- Keith Gledhill, tennis player
- Phillip Gonyea, musician
- Martin Gore, english songwriter, founding member of the British group Depeche Mode
- Sue Grafton, author[12]
- Parry Gripp, musician
- Brad Hall, actor
- Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (d. 1899), poet, editor, author
- Cole Hauser, actor[13]
- Marianna Hill, actress
- Eric Christopher Houston, mass-murderer
- Cady Huffman, actress
- Kathy Ireland, supermodel[14]
- Jason Johnson, Major League Baseball player
- William Lassiter, U.S. Army major general[15]
- Jan Lee, former Oregon State Representative
- Chuck Liddell, mixed martial artist
- Alex D. Linz, actor
- The Little Heroes, indie rock band
- Rob Lowe, actor[4]
- Alex Mack, National Football League player
- George K. McGunnegle, U.S. Army officer[16]
- Randy Mantooth, actor
- Margaret Millar, writer
- Kim Miyori, actress
- Maika Monroe, professional kiteboarder, actress
- Harriet Moody, architect
- Thomas Moran, American landscape artist
- Luke Mullen, actor, filmmaker, environmentalist
- Todd Nichols, musician and member of Toad the Wet Sprocket[17]
- Floyd Norman, animator, writer, comic book artist
- Monica I. Orozco, historian, archivist
- Charles A. Ott, Jr., United States Army Major General, director of the Army National Guard
- Katy Perry, singer-songwriter[18]
- Jeffrey Peterson, technology entrepreneur
- Lakey Peterson, professional surfer[19]
- Glen Phillips, singer-songwriter
- Ben Rattray, founder of Change.org
- Michael Redmond, professional Go player
- James Read, actor
- Todd Rogers, professional beach volleyball player
- Charles R. Schwab, financial executive, founder of Charles Schwab & Co (world's largest discount stockbroker), multi-billionaire
- Edie Sedgwick, actress, model
- Scott Sipprelle, 2010 Republican nominee for Congress (NJ-12)
- Patricia Soltysik, aka Mizmoon, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Donald Spence, musician
- Ryan Spilborghs, Major League Baseball player
- Jeffrey C. Stewart, Professor of Black Studies and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Jackson Stormo (born 1999), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Soul Majestic, reggae band
- Sugarcult, rock band
- James Arnold Taylor, voice actor
- Mia Talerico, actress
- Toad the Wet Sprocket, folk rock band
- Shaun Tomson, South African world champion surfer
- Sigourney Weaver, actress
- Oprah Winfrey, host[4]
- David Woodard, conductor
- Felix Wormser, engineer and U.S. government official[20]
Eddie Mathews (1931-2001) - Hall of Fame MLB 3rd Baseman for the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1962-66) Houston Astros (1967-68) and Detroit Tigers (1968) grew up in Santa Barbara and was nicknamed "The Santa Barbara Bomber" for his home run prowess.
References
[edit]- ^ Encyclopedia of African American women writers. Yolanda Williams Page. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-313-04907-1. OCLC 212958020.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Jeff Bridges's Home Up for Sale". The Santa Barbara Independent. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ Apr 09, Lyz Hoffman Fri; 2010 | 8:00pm (2010-04-10). "Brilliance in Under 17 Words". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d Lakritz, Talia. "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live in Montecito, California. Here are the other celebrities who call the exclusive neighborhood home". Insider. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ Lakritz, Talia. "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live in Montecito, California. Here are the other celebrities who call the exclusive neighborhood home". Insider. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ Mar 04, Tyler Hayden Tue; 2014 | 12:00am (2014-03-04). "Miranda Sings to Santa Barbara". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Red Barrett Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ "Ryan Church Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ "Kami CRAIG | Profile | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ May 12, Delaney Smith Wed; 2021 | 10:31am (2021-05-12). "Track at New Santa Barbara High Stadium to Be Named for Cunninghams". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Mason, Dave (2022-09-16). "Concert to help first responders". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "In 'Alphabet' Mysteries, 'S' Is Really For Santa Barbara". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser tries to corral a buyer for Agoura Hills horse ranch". Los Angeles Times. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ Sep 29, Ray Estrada Thu; 2011 | 1:00pm (2011-09-29). "Kathy Ireland Discusses Failures". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Thayer, Bill (January 9, 2016). "William Lassiter in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Volumes III-VIIII". Bill Thayer's Web Site. Chicago, IL: Bill Thayer. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "Col. McGunnegle Dies In California". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, MD. January 18, 1938. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Toad the Wet Sprocket guitarist Todd Nichols stays busy on and off the road | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ Feb 01, Charles Donelan Tue; 2022 | 11:47am (2022-02-01). "Pano: Santa Barbara's Katy Perry Brings Down the House in Las Vegas". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Surfer Lakey Peterson has always felt a connection with the ocean". ESPN. September 4, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ Nomination of Felix Edgar Wormser: Hearing, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Felix Edgar Wormser to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior. April 13, 1953. (1953). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.