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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[1]
- Elizabeth Laura Adams, writer[2]
- Tal Avitzur, sculptor
- Dylan Axelrod, Major League Baseball player[3]
- Jeff Bridges, actor[4]
- Ashleigh Brilliant, cartoonist and writer[5]
- Princess Lilibet of Sussex, seventh in the line of succession to the British throne.
- 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
- Salud Carbajal, U.S. representative[8]
- Ryan Church, Major League Baseball player[9]
- Dakota Collins, soccer player[10]
- Jimmy Connors, Tennis champion
- Kami Craig, Olympic water polo player[11]
- Randall Cunningham, National Football League player[12]
- Shawn Dailey, musician
- Jay Dee Daugherty, drummer
- Marko DeSantis, musician
- Dean Dinning, musician, music producer, bassist
- Dishwalla, post-grunge alternative rock band[13]
- 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[14]
- Parry Gripp, musician
- Brad Hall, actor
- Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (d. 1899), poet, editor, author
- Cole Hauser, actor[15]
- Marianna Hill, actress
- Eric Christopher Houston, mass-murderer
- Cady Huffman, actress[16]
- Kathy Ireland, supermodel[17]
- Jason Johnson, Major League Baseball player
- William Lassiter, U.S. Army major general[18]
- Jan Lee, former Oregon State Representative
- Chuck Liddell, mixed martial artist
- Alex D. Linz, actor
- The Little Heroes, indie rock band
- Kenny Loggins, musician[19]
- Alex Mack, National Football League player
- George K. McGunnegle, U.S. Army officer[20]
- Achok Majak, fashion model
- Randy Mantooth, actor
- Jordan Maron, YouTube personality
- Eddie Mathews, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player, grew up in Santa Barbara and was nicknamed "The Santa Barbara Bomber" for his home run prowess.
- MIchael McDonald, musician[21]
- Jerry Miley, 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[22]
- Peter Noone, lead singer Herman's Hermits
- 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[23]
- Jeffrey Peterson, technology entrepreneur
- Lakey Peterson, professional surfer[24]
- Glen Phillips, singer-songwriter
- Rebecca N. Porter, educator, author, journalist
- 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
- Chris Shiflett, Foo Fighters guitarist
- 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
- Oprah Winfrey, media personality[25]
- David Woodard, conductor
- Felix Wormser, engineer and U.S. government official[26]
References
edit- ↑ "Interview: Douglas Adams". Daily Nexus (Interview). Interviewed by Buhler, Brendan. University of California, Santa Barbara. April 5, 2001. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026.
When Adams – who has lived in Santa Barbara for the last two years – speaks today at UCSB, it's the book he'll talk about.
- ↑ 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) - ↑ Zant, John (June 24, 2015). "The 805 Vine Brings Booze to Your Front Door". Santa Barbara Independent.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Jeff Bridges's Home Up for Sale". The Santa Barbara Independent. May 17, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ↑ Apr 09, Lyz Hoffman Fri; 2010 | 8:00pm (April 10, 2010). "Brilliance in Under 17 Words". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Mar 04, Tyler Hayden Tue; 2014 | 12:00am (March 4, 2014). "Miranda Sings to Santa Barbara". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Red Barrett Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601. "Salud O. Carbajal (California (CA)), 119th Congress Profile". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Ryan Church Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Dakota Collins". Cal Poly Mustangs. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ↑ "Kami CRAIG | Profile | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ May 12, Delaney Smith Wed; 2021 | 10:31am (May 12, 2021). "Track at New Santa Barbara High Stadium to Be Named for Cunninghams". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Mason, Dave (September 16, 2022). "Concert to help first responders". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ↑ "In 'Alphabet' Mysteries, 'S' Is Really For Santa Barbara". NPR.org. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ↑ "'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser tries to corral a buyer for Agoura Hills horse ranch". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Cady Huffman". Masterworks Broadway. Sony Music Entertainment.
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Huffman graduated from San Marcos High School and was drawn to the theater early on, performing in local productions as a child and studying ballet.
- ↑ Sep 29, Ray Estrada Thu; 2011 | 1:00pm (September 29, 2011). "Kathy Ireland Discusses Failures". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
{{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.
- ↑ Houston, Fran (November 21, 2024). "Kenny Loggins House: The Santa Barbara Retreat". Urban Splatter. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Col. McGunnegle Dies In California". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, MD. January 18, 1938. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Rapp, Allison (July 12, 2024). "Michael McDonald Selling Santa Barbara Home for $4.6 Million". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Toad the Wet Sprocket guitarist Todd Nichols stays busy on and off the road | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ↑ Feb 01, Charles Donelan Tue; 2022 | 11:47am (February 1, 2022). "Pano: Santa Barbara's Katy Perry Brings Down the House in Las Vegas". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
{{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.
- ↑ OWN (January 29, 2021). Oprah Gives a Tour of Her Rose Garden in Santa Barbara | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN. Retrieved June 5, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ 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.