Notable Natives and Residents
- Dick Ackerman – politician and California State Senator
- Larry Agran – politician and Irvine Council member
- Joey Allen – guitarist for glam metal band Warrant
- Garret Anderson – Major League Baseball player
- Garrett Atkins – Major League Baseball player
- C. David Baker – commissioner of the Arena Football League and former Irvine Council member
- William E. Barber – Medal of Honor United States Marine Corps officer
- Dotsie Bausch – Olympic cyclist
- Amanda Beard – Olympic swimmer
- Eddie Breckenridge – bassist for the post-hardcore band Thrice
- Riley Breckenridge – drummer for the post-hardcore band Thrice
- Travis Brody – professional American football player
- John B. T. Campbell III – politician and U.S. Congressman
- Jeanne Carmen – model, pin-up girl, and actress
- Cashis – rapper
- Steven Choi – politician and current Irvine Mayor
- Justin Chon – actor
- Ryan Conferido - Quest Crew Dancer
- Austin Daye – National Basketball Association player
- Darren Daye – former National Basketball Association player
- Lindsay Davenport – professional tennis player
- Anthony Davis- former National Football League player
- Zack de la Rocha – lead singer for rock band Rage Against the Machine
- Jack DeSena – sketch comedy actor on Nickelodeon's All That
- Chuck DeVore – politician and California State Assemblyman and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010
- Kevin Drum – political blogger for the Mother Jones magazine web site
- Tom Dumont – guitarist for rock band No Doubt
- East West – Christian rapcore band
- Eric Ebert – professional football (soccer) player
- Jim Edmonds – Major League Baseball player
- Julie Ertel – Olympic triathlete (2008 Summer Olympics) and water polo player (2000 Summer Olympics)
- Benny Feilhaber – professional soccer player
- Will Ferrell – actor and comedian
- Larry C. Ford – Gynecologist found to have stored deadly biological toxins (including the agents of anthrax, botulism, cholera, and typhoid) in his home and office, and C4 and machine guns in his back yard
- Shawn Green – former Major League Baseball player; 2-time All Star
- Shane Haboucha – actor
- Bob Hamelin former Major League Baseball player
- Mishavonna Henson season 8 American Idol contestant
- Hugh Hewitt – author, radio talk show host, and blogger
- Quinton Jackson – professional mixed martial arts fighter and UFC Former Light-Heavyweight Champion
- Ross Johnson – politician and former California State Legislator
- Sukhee Kang – former Mayor of Irvine and former Irvine Council member
- Adam Keefe – former National Basketball Association player
- Mark Langston – former Major League Baseball player
- Dustin Kensrue – vocalist and rhythm guitarist of post-hardcore band Thrice
- Ezra Klein - Washington Post columnist, MSNBC contributor, blogger
- Carnell Lake – Five time NFL Pro Bowl player and UCLA Bruins football coach
- Nam Le – professional poker player
- Shallon Lester – star of MTV's reality series "Downtown Girls"
- Martin Leung – pianist known as the Video Game Pianist
- Jason Lezak – Olympic swimmer
- Ben Maller – sports radio personality
- Chris Mandeville – former National Football League defensive back
- Michael McClune – professional tennis player
- Mark McGwire – former Major League Baseball player
- Annalee Newitz – science and technology journalist
- Beverly Oden – Olympic volleyball player
- Aubrey O'Day - singer
- Elaina Oden – Olympic volleyball player
- Kim Oden – Olympic volleyball player
- Nicole Parker – comedian actress
- Nasim Pedrad - Saturday Night Live Featured Player
- Leonard Peikoff – Objectivist philosopher and intellectual heir to novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand
- Aaron Peirsol – Olympic swimmer
- Jason Peoples – winner of the reality television show Average Joe (Season 1)
- Gene Polito – Cinematographer and professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
- Chris Pronger – National Hockey League player
- Shar Pourdanesh – Former National Football League player. First Iranian born player in NFL. Starting tackle for the Washington Redskins and Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Jimmy Raye – former National Football League player and Offensive Coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers
- Kaysar Ridha – contestant on reality television show Big Brother 6 and 7
- Jim Rome – sports radio personality
- Joe Sambito - retired Major League pitcher
- Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National and World Long Driving Champion.
- Scott Spiezio – former Major League Baseball player
- Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh – sociologist and urban ethnographer
- Dita Von Teese – burlesque performer
- Teppei Teranishi – lead guitarist of post-hardcore band Thrice
- Thrice – post-hardcore band active from 1998-2012 (currently on hiatus)
- Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh – sociologist and urban ethnographer
- Tim Wallach – former Major League Baseball player
- Natasha Watley – Olympic softball player
- Irv Weinstein – retired television news anchor (WKBW-TV) and father of mayor Beth Krom
- Amy Yao – bassist for Riot grrrl band Emily's Sassy Lime
- Caroline Zhang – figure skater
- Young the Giant – Band
- Rebecca Black – Singer
See also List of University of California, Irvine people.
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, natives and/or residents:
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)