List of People From California - S

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• Daryl Sabara – actor (Spy Kids film series
• CC Sabathia – baseball player
• Pierre Salinger – White House Press Secretary (under John F. Kennedy)
• Andy Samberg – comedian (Saturday Night Live)
• Eugene Schmitz – Mayor of San Francisco
• Rob Schneider – actor and comedian
• Liev Schreiber – actor
• Charles R. Schwab – businessman and philanthropist
• Cathy Scott – true-crime author (The Killing of Tupac Shakur)
• Junior Seau – American football player
• Tom Seaver – Hall of Fame baseball player
• Eugene Selznick – Hall of Fame volleyball player
• Richard Serra – sculptor
• Tony Serra – civil-rights attorney
• Tupac Shakur – rapper
• Harry Shearer – actor and comedian (Spinal Tap)
• Larry Sherry – major league baseball 1959 World Series MVP
• Mike Shinoda – painter, musician, producer, singer and rapper (Linkin Park and Fort Minor)
• Too Short – rapper
• Alicia Silverstone – actress
• O.J. Simpson – football player
• Charles Martin Smith – actor (American Graffiti)
• Roger Smith – actor (77 Sunset Strip)
• Samuel H. Smith – president emeritus of Washington State University
• Duke Snider – baseball player
• Gary Snyder – poet
• Suzanne Somers – actress (Three's Company)
• Brenda Song – actress
• Gary Soto – poet
• Robert Stack – actor (Airplane!)
• Walt Stack – first Nike "Just Do It" advertisement subject (San Francisco)
• Leland Stanford, Jr. – namesake of Stanford University
• Steven Stayner – kidnap victim
• Danielle Steele – author
• Gwen Stefani – singer
• John Steinbeck – author (Of Mice and Men)
• George Stevens – film director, producer and writer
• Cynthia Stevenson – actress (Dead Like Me)
• Ted Stickles – world-class swimmer
• Terri Stickles – Olympic swimmer
• Saleisha Stowers – model
• David Strathairn – actor
• Robert W. Straub – Governor of Oregon (1975–1979)
• Darryl Strawberry – baseball player
• Lynn Swann – football player
• Jodie Sweetin – actress (Full House)
• Bob Swenson – football player
• Jessica Sanchez – American Idol contestant