Notable People
- Edward Burke, Olympic athlete.
- Actor Shiloh Fernandez (born 1985) was born and raised in Ukiah.
- AFI lead vocalist Davey Havok, guitarist Jade Puget, drummer Adam Carson, and tour manager Smith Puget were all raised in Ukiah, as were original-lineup guitarist Mark Stopholese and bassist Vic Chalker.
- Grace Hudson, artist and collector of Pomo Indian artifacts.
- Serial killer Leonard Lake lived near Ukiah in the early 1980s.
- American singer/songwriter Holly Near was born in Ukiah.
- Tiger Army lead singer Nick 13 was raised in Ukiah.
- Ukiah resident Carl Sassenrath introduced multitasking to personal computers in 1985 with the creation of the Amiga Computer operating system.
- William Harrison Standley, Chief of Naval Operations and later U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
- Gary Scott Thompson, television and film screen writer and producer, graduated from Ukiah High School in 1977.
- Aaron Rodgers, NFL Quarterback, spent four years of his childhood in Ukiah.
- Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County) was raised in Ukiah before his family moved to Southern California.
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