List of People From Santa Cruz, California - Lived in Santa Cruz County

Lived in Santa Cruz County

  • Joy Williams, Musician
  • Ralph Abraham, mathematician
  • Edward Brooks, UCSC grad (Pioneer Class), Editor, Investigator, Attorney
  • Bettina Aptheker, feminist and author
  • Cam Archer, filmmaker and photographer
  • John Battendieri, businessman, founder Santa Cruz Organics
  • Rob Brezsny, astrologer, poet, writer, and musician
  • Susie Bright, sexuality expert
  • Norman O. Brown, classicist and critic
  • Cornelius Bumpus, saxophonist for bands Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan
  • Rory Calhoun, actor
  • James H. Clark, entrepreneur and computer scientist
  • David Cope, composer
  • Angela Davis, professor, socialist, and anti-prison activist
  • Trent Dilfer, National Football League player, ESPN Sportscaster
  • Sasha Dobson, musician
  • Nate Doss, professional disc golfer
  • Frank Drake, astrophysicist
  • James Durbin, American Idol finalist
  • Sandra M. Faber, astrophysicist
  • Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
  • Alison Galloway, forensic anthropologist
  • Bathsheba Grossman, sculptor
  • Donna Haraway, professor, biologist, and philosopher
  • David Haussler, computer scientist and professor
  • Steven Hassan, mental health expert and cult exit counselor
  • Robert A. Heinlein, author
  • Glenallen Hill, Major League Baseball player
  • John Hoyt, actor
  • David A. Huffman, computer scientist and professor
  • Johnny Johnson, National Football League player
  • Kevin Karplus, bioinformatician and professor
  • Edmund Kemper, serial killer
  • Jim Kent, bioinformatician
  • Frans Lanting, wildlife photographer
  • Tom Lehrer, musician and satirist
  • Noah Levine, author and buddhist teacher
  • Ernie Lombardi, Major League Baseball player
  • Matt Mahurin, film director and photographer
  • Camryn Manheim, actor, author
  • Morton Marcus, poet, teacher, and film critic
  • Casey McGehee,Major League Baseball player
  • James Alan McPherson, essayist
  • Marisa Miller, Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret model
  • Sarah Lane Moran, television personality
  • Herbert Mullin, serial killer
  • Jack O'Neill, credited with developing the first surfing wet suits
  • ZaSu Pitts, actor
  • Stephen Quadros, MMA play-by-play broadcaster, musician
  • Chris Rene, X-Factor USA 3rd Placer, musician, singer/songwriter
  • Adrienne Rich, feminist and writer
  • William James Royce, writer, director, musician/songwriter
  • Adam Scott, actor
  • Chris Sharma, rock climber
  • Derek Sherinian, keyboardist for Alice Cooper, the band KISS, and the band Dream Theater
  • Grant Show, actor
  • Nikki Silva, Peabody Award-winning radio producer
  • Skip Spence, musician, singer/songwriter
  • Ben Stein, lawyer, professor, writer, and actor
  • Robert Sward, poet
  • Ted Taylor, nuclear physicist and disarmament advocate
  • Lex van den Berghe, Survivor contestant
  • Scott Weiland, vocalist for bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver
  • Ken Westerfield, disc (Frisbee) pioneer
  • Robert Anton Wilson, philosopher and psychonaut
  • George Winston, musician
  • Lorette Wood, first female city councilwoman and first female Mayor of Santa Cruz
  • James D. Houston, novelist
  • Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, novelist
  • Peter S. Beagle, novelist
  • Luke Rockhold, Strike Force MMA fighter

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