List of People From California - B

B

• Max Baer, Jr. – actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies)
• Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. – actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
• Diane Baker – actress (The Silence of the Lambs)
• Dusty Baker – manager of the Cincinnati Reds
• Tyra Banks – model and actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
• Adrienne Barbeau – actress (Maude)
• Travis Barker – Blink-182
• Matt Barnes – National Basketball Association player
• Drew Barrymore – actress (50 First Dates)
• Summer Bartholomew – Miss USA 1975
• Michael Bay – director
• Amanda Beard – Olympic swimmer
• Beck – musician
• Captain Beefheart – musician
• Tory Belleci – filmmaker and model maker (MythBusters)
• Marcus Benjamin (born 1857) – early biographer at the Smithsonian Institution
• Candice Bergen – actress (Murphy Brown)
• Carolyn Beug – passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11
• Thora Birch – actress
• Bradford Bishop – indicted murderer and at-large fugitive
• Bill Bixby – actor (The Incredible Hulk)
• Mel Blanc – cartoon voice actor
• Jack Black – actor (Tenacious D)
• Hank Blalock – baseball player (Texas Rangers)
• Andy Bloom – Olympic shot putter
• Betsy Bloomingdale – socialite
• David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Jonathan Blum – hockey player
• C-Bo – rapper
• Aaron Boone – baseball player (Cleveland Indians)
• Barry Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
• Bobby Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
• Barry Bostwick – actor (Spin City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
• Bruce Bowen – National Basketball Association player (San Antonio Spurs)
• Tom Brady – football quarterback (New England Patriots)
• Benjamin Bratt – actor
• Ryan Braun – baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
• Nicholas Brendon – actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Jan Brewer – Governor of Arizona
• Stephen Breyer – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Beau Bridges – actor (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
• Jeff Bridges – actor (The Big Lebowski)
• Lloyd Bridges – actor (Sea Hunt, Airplane!)
• Adam Brody – actor (The O.C.)
• Albert Brooks – actor and director (Lost in America)
• Josh Brolin – actor (No Country For Old Men)
• Alton Brown – television host
• Jerry Brown – Governor of California (1975–1983; 2011–present), Mayor of Oakland, California
• Pat Brown – Governor of California (1959–1967)
• Willie Brown – 58th Speaker of the California State Assembly, Mayor of San Francisco
• Lindsey Buckingham – musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• Bill Buckner – baseball player
• Don Budge – tennis player
• Hunter Burgan – bass player for AFI
• Cruz Bustamante – Lieutenant Governor of California
• Kari Byron – artist and television personality (MythBusters)