List of people from Los Angeles explained

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with the city or county of Los Angeles, California. Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos .^[1]

F

• Karen Fukuhara - actress
• Odd Future - hip-hop collective

I

• Grant Imahara (1970–2020) – electrical engineer, roboticist, and co-host of MythBusters
• Joe Inoue – singer
• Bob Israel (composer) – who works primarily on silent films^[2]
• Ice Cube
• Ashton Irwin – singer-songwriter, musician, member of 5 Seconds of Summer (born in Australia)
• Nick Itkin (born 1999), Olympic bronze medalist foil fencer, junior world champion
• Lance Ito – judge (presided over the O. J. Simpson trial)
• Daniel Inocente - architect

Q

• Jack Quaid – actor (The Boys)
• Anthony Quinn – actor (Originally from Chihuahua City, Mexico)

U

• Andrew Ullmann – politician
• Brendon Urie – singer (born in St. George, Utah)
• Terdema Ussery – CEO of NBA's Dallas Mavericks
• Cenk Uygur – host of The Young Turks (born in Istanbul, Turkey)

V

• Laura Vandervoort – actress, martial artists (born in Toronto, Canada)
• Ritchie Valens – musician, composer^[3]
• Leslie Van Houten – Charles Manson acolyte (Born in Altadena, California)
• Gwen Verdon – actress, dancer (born in Culver City)
• Sofia Vergara – actress^[4] (Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia)
• Victoria – professional wrestler (born in San Bernardino, California)
• Antonio Villaraigosa – former Mayor of Los Angeles
• Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels

Y

• Elliott Yamin – singer
• Zev Yaroslavsky – politician
• Dwight Yoakam – country music singer and songwriter (Born in Pikeville, Kentucky)
• Sam Yorty – 37th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1961 – July 1, 1973)^[5] – Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska
• Ace Young – singer (originally from Boulder, Colorado)
• Nick Young – basketball player
• Robert Clark Young – novelist^[6] and Wikipedia "revenge editor"^[7]
• Lee Thompson Young (1984–2013) – actor (Originally from Columbia, South Carolina)
• Tony Young – actor (Originally from New York City)

Z

• Louis Zamperini – Olympian and war hero (born in Olean, New York, raised in Torrance)
• Richard D. Zanuck – film producer^[8]
• Ahmet Zappa – musician^[9]
• Dweezil Zappa – musician^[10]
• Todd Zeile – baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
• Lance Zeno – NFL player^[11]
• Stephanie Zimbalist – actress (born in New York City, raised in Los Angeles)
• Valerie Zimring – rhythmic gymnast

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Angeleno. The Free Dictionary. September 28, 2011.
2. News: Sweet. David. May 4, 1990. Pianist Hears the Sound of Music in Silent Films. Los Angeles Times. June 25, 2020.
3. News: Ritchie Valens Park Nearer Reality Recreation: Council votes to rename a Pacoima site for the late singer. Commission must approve the action. https://archive.today/20130630042457/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59482601.html?dids=59482601:59482601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04,+1994&author=HUGO+MARTIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)desc=Ritchie+Valens+Park+Nearer+Reality+Recreation:+Council+votes+to+rename+a+Pacoima+site+for+the+late+singer.+Commission+must+approve+the+action.&pqatl=google. dead. June 30, 2013. Los Angeles Times. Hugo Martin. June 4, 1994. B3.
4. Web site: Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello shoot for $19.6 million in Beverly Hills . . July 15, 2022 .
5. News: Los Angeles Times. Sam Yorty. 4. June 14, 1998.
6. News: UC Davis graduate publishes first novel. Sherwin. Elisabeth. Davis Enterprise. November 12, 1999. May 26, 2013.
7. News: Leonard. Andrew. Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia. Salon. May 26, 2013. May 17, 2013.
8. News: Richard Zanuck. July 16, 2012. The Telegraph. January 5, 2013.
9. Web site: Ahmet Zappa Biography (1974–). Filmreference.com. January 5, 2013.
10. Web site: Dweezil Zappa Biography (1969–). Filmreference.com. January 5, 2013.
11. Web site: Lance Zeno NFL Football Statistics. Pro-football-reference.com. January 5, 2013.