List of people from Malibu, California explained

The following is a list of notable people who were born in, or have been residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of Malibu, California. The listed people are Americans unless otherwise noted.

A

• Cisco Adler musician
• Rick Allen British drummer; Def Leppard
• Paul AlmondCanadian filmmaker and novelist
• Herb Alpert musician, founder of A&M Records
• Carlos Amezcua Los Angeles television news anchor
• Pamela Anderson Canadian-born actress
• Richard Dean Anderson actor
• Angelyne singer and model
• Jennifer Aniston actress
• Rachel Ashwell English-born author, designer, entrepreneur
• Emilie Autumn singer

B

• Simon Baker actor
• Lucinda Bassett motivational speaker
• Beck musician
• Kristen Bell actress
• Justin Berfield actor, producer and writer
• Halle Berry actress^[1]
• Valerie Bertinelli actress
• Emily Blunt English actress
• Ben Bostrom motorcycle racer
• Clara Bow (deceased) actress
• Ryan Braun professional baseball player
• Jeff Bridges actor
• James Brolin actor, producer and director
• Charles Bronson (deceased) actor
• Mel Brooks film director, producer, and writer
• Pierce Brosnan Irish actor^[2]
• Bruce Buffer UFC announcer
• Geneviève Bujold actress
• Mark Burnett British-born director, producer

C

• Colbie Caillat singer
• Dean Cain actor
• James Cameron Canadian-born director and producer
• Dyan Cannon actress
• Adam Carolla comedian
• Jim Carrey Canadian-American actor
• Colette Carr singer and rapper
• Johnny Carson (deceased) talk show host
• Chris Chelios retired NHL player
• Cher singer, actress
• Dick Clark (deceased) television personality; businessman
• Jackie Collins (deceased) British novelist
• Carl Colpaert director; founder of Cineville
• Lauren Conrad reality-television personality
• Robert Conrad (deceased) actor
• Courteney Cox actress^[3]
• Cindy Crawford supermodel
• Leo Cullum (deceased) cartoonist, best known for his work in The New Yorker^[4]
• John Cusack actor
• Miley Cyrus singer

D

• Tony Danza actor
• Bette Davis (deceased) actress
• Eileen Davidson actress, reality star
• Olivia De Berardinis pin-up artist
• Giada De Laurentiis Italian television chef
• Lana Del Rey singer
• Patrick Dempsey actor
• Bruce Dern actor
• Laura Dern actress
• Danny DeVito actor, director, producer
• Leonardo DiCaprio actor
• Joan Didion (deceased) writer
• Shannen Doherty (deceased) actress
• Stephen Dorff actor
• Robert Downey Jr. actor
• Roma Downey actress
• Fran Drescher actress, author, producer
• David DreierU.S. congressman, chairman of Tribune Publishing Company
• Minnie Driver actress
• David Duchovny actor
• Bob Dylan singer^[5]

E

• Sam Elliott actor
• David Ellison film producer, founder of Skydance Productions
• Lawrence Ellison businessman, founder of Oracle Corporation
• Megan Ellison film producer, founder of Annapurna Pictures
• Cary Elwes actor^[6]
• Emilio Estevez actor, director
• Melissa Etheridge singer

F

• Tami Farrell Miss Teen USA 2003, Miss California USA 2009
• Norman Fell (deceased) actor
• Sally Field actress
• Erin Fitzgerald voice actress
• Joe Flanigan actor
• John Fante writer
• Jane Fonda actress

G

• Kenny G saxophonist
• Lady Gaga singer, songwriter^[7]
• John A. Garcia chief executive officer of Novalogic Inc., philanthropist
• James Garner (deceased) actor, The Rockford Files
• Kevin Garnett NBA basketball player
• Brad Garrett actor
• David Geffen producer, record producer^[8]
• Richard Gere actor
• Mel Gibson actor, director, producer
• Brad Gilbert (born 1961) tennis coach, television tennis commentator, and former professional tennis player
• Whoopi Goldberg actress, comedian
• Taylor Goldsmith singer, songwriter, Dawes
• Louis Gossett Jr. actor, Roots
• Thomas Gottschalk German radio host, television host, entertainer, actor
• Camille Grammer ex-wife of actor Kelsey Grammer, former castmate of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, dancer and model
• Kelsey Grammer actor, Dr. Frasier Crane on TV's Cheers and Frasier^[9]
• Cary Grant (deceased) actor
• Josh Groban singer
• Matt Groening cartoonist of The Simpsons and Futurama

H

• Gigi Hadid model
• Larry Hagman (deceased) actor
• Mark Hamill actor
• Laird Hamilton surfer
• Tom Hanks actor, producer
• Ed Harris actor^{[10] [11]}
• Goldie Hawn actress
• David Hemmings British actor
• Don Henley musician, co-founder of the Eagles^[12]
• Henry Hill (deceased) gangster
• Jonah Hill - actor^[13]
• Paris Hilton heiress
• Dustin Hoffman actor
• Anthony Hopkins Welsh actor ^[14]
• Kate Hudson actress
• Jim Hutton (deceased) actor
• Timothy Hutton actor, producer and director

I

• Tris Imboden drummer for Southern California rock band Honk, and for jazz-fusion and pop band Chicago^[15]

J

• Janet Jackson singer, actress
• David Janssen (deceased) actor^[16]
• Brody Jenner reality-television personality
• Dakota Johnson actress
• Angelina Jolie actress
• Jennifer Jones (deceased) actress
• John Paul Larkin (deceased)
• Jaden Smith actor and rapper

K

• Terry Kath (deceased) guitarist, singer-songwriter of Chicago^[17]
• Jeffrey Katzenberg producer
• Stacy Keach actor
• Brian Keith (deceased) actor
• Miranda Kerr model
• Anthony Kiedis frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Jimmy Kimmel comedian, television presenter
• Suge Knight chief executive officer of Death Row Records
• John Krasinski actor
• Thomas Kretschmann German actor
• Chantal Kreviazuk Canadian singer-songwriter
• Kris Kristofferson (deceased) actor, singer-songwriter

L

• Michael Landon (deceased) actor
• Angela Lansbury (deceased) actress, singer
• Chloe Lattanzi singer; daughter of Matt Lattanzi and Olivia Newton-John
• Matt Lattanzi actor; former husband of Olivia Newton-John
• Jane Leeves English actress
• Louis Leithold (deceased) scholar and writer; wrote The Calculus, a widely used high school and college calculus textbook^[18]
• Jack Lemmon (deceased) actor
• Téa Leoni actress
• David Letterman talk show host, comedian
• Brian "Limmy" Limond Scottish variety entertainer
• Richard Littlejohn English journalist
• Sandra Tsing Loh writer
• Rob Lowe actor
• John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) British-Irish singer

M

• Ali MacGraw actress
• Shirley MacLaine actress
• Amy Madigan actress^{[19] [20]}
• Lee Majors actor
• Howie Mandel actor, comedian, game show host
• Dinah Manoff actress
• Stuart Margolin (deceased) actor
• Alden Marin painter, poet
• Shannon Marketic model, Miss California USA 1992 and Miss USA 1992
• Merrill Markoe writer
• Chris Martin British singer, frontman of Coldplay
• Nan Martin (deceased) actress
• Walter Matthau (deceased) actor
• Dave McCary comedian, writer, director
• Matthew McConaughey actor
• John C. McGinley actor
• Scott Menville voice actor, singer
• Reggie Miller retired NBA player
• Brian Moore (deceased) Northern Ireland-Canadian novelist, screenwriter and journalist^[21]
• Demi Moore actress
• Alanis Morissette Canadian singer-songwriter^[22]
• Eddie Murphy actor
• Bill Murray actor, comedian

N

• Randy Nauert (deceased) musician, co-founder and bassist for the surf rock band The Challengers^[23]
• Jack Nicholson actor
• Nick Nolte actor
• Olivia Newton-John (deceased) (Resident 1974-2009) - Australian singer, actress

O

• Merle Oberon (deceased) actress
• Carroll O'Connor (deceased) actor
• Edna May Oliver (deceased) actress
• Tatum O'Neal actress
• Roy Orbison (deceased) country/rockabilly singer-songwriter, guitarist^[24]

P

• Jimmy Page British guitarist; Led Zeppelin
• Brad Paisley country music singer
• Victor Palmieri attorney, businessman
• Gary Pattersonartist
• Sam Peckinpah movie director
• Sean Penn actor, director
• William Phipps actor, film producer
• Frank Pierson (deceased) screenwriter, director
• Pink singer
• Brad Pitt actor
• Eve Plumb actress
• Ron Popeil (deceased) direct marketing inventor
• Donald Prell (deceased) WWII veteran, venture capitalist
• Victoria Principal actress
• Tom Petty (deceased) American musician; Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Q

• Kathleen Quinlanactress
• Martha Quinn actress, original MTV VJ and Sirius satellite radio show host

R

• Prem Rawat Indian American inspirational speaker and former guru
• Robert Redford actor, director
• Nick Richards singer
• Rihanna singer-songwriter, actress, model, fashion designer
• Frederick Rindge & May Rindge (both deceased) founders of Malibu
• Linda Ronstadt singer
• Axl Rose singer
  • Edward P. Roski chief executive officer and chairman, Majestic Realty Co. Diana Ross singer, actress
• Katharine Ross actress
  • Rick Rubin record producer; co-president, Columbia Records Kurt Russell actor

S

• Tom Schaar skateboarder
• George C. Scott (deceased) actor
• Jane Seymour British actress
• Tom Shadyacdirector
• Charlie Sheen actor
• Martin Sheen actor
• Shwayze singer
• Frank Sinatra (deceased) singer, actor
• Grace Slick singer
• Jaden Smith actor
• Suzanne Somers (deceased) actress, entrepreneur
• David Spade actor, comedian
• Britney Spears singer, actress
• Steven Spielberg director
• Rick Springfield Australian American singer and actor
• Sylvester Stallone actor
• John Stamos actor
• Barbara Stanwyck (deceased) actress
• Rod Steiger (deceased) actor
• Donald Sterling businessman; former owner of Los Angeles Clippers
• Jeffrey Stibel entrepreneur
• Sting British singer and composer
• Emma Stone actress
• Yvonne Strahovski Australian actress
• Barbra Streisand singer, actress
• Dominique Swain actress
• Gloria Swanson (deceased) actress

T

• Charlize Theron South African American actress
• Robin Thicke singer
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas actor
• Sandi Thom singer
• John Travolta actor
• Cicely Tyson (deceased) actress

V

• Dick Van Dyke actor, comedian
• Eddie Van Halen (deceased) guitarist; Van Halen
• Vince Van Patten television presenter
• Emmanuel Villaume conductor
• Jan-Michael Vincent (deceased) actor
• Lexi VonderLieth professional surfer
• Andrew von Oeyen concert pianist

W

• Rachel Ward actress
• Jordan Wilimovsky Olympic pool and open water swimmer^[25]
• Kimberly Williams-Paisley actress
• Bruce Willis actor
• Flip Wilson (deceased) comedian, actor, host of The Flip Wilson Show^[26]
• William Wyler (deceased) director

Z

• Roxana Zal actress

See also

• List of people from California

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inside Halle Berry's stunning $18M waterfront home for sale . . November 8, 2023 .
2. https://www.kron4.com/news/real-estate/off-the-market-actor-pierce-brosnan-cant-sell-his-100-million-malibu-home/
3. Web site: Courteney Cox's Malibu mansion where Prince Harry claims he took mushrooms . March 7, 2023 .
4. [William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]
5. Book: Newman, Martin Alan. Bob Dylan's Malibu. EDLIS Café Press. 2021. Hibbing, Minnesota. 9781736972304.
6. News: Hernandez . Joe . 2022-04-26 . A rattlesnake bit Cary Elwes. Here's what to do if it happens to you . en . NPR . 2022-04-26.
7. Web site: All the Glamorous Details from Lady Gaga's "Gypsy Palace" Malibu Home. September 10, 2018.
8. https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/david-geffen-s-malibu-mansion-sells-for-85-million-61637
9. Web site: Kelsey Grammer's Malibu digs go for $12.94 million, and other top sales. Los Angeles Times. December 3, 2015 . 2016-01-20.
10. News: Q&A: Ed Harris. Greenstreet. Rosanna. 2007-08-10. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-09-19.
11. Web site: Film industry locals behind new Malibu film festival. 2016-09-19.
12. News: Don Henley's Long Run. Jurgensen. John. Wall Street Journal. 0099-9660. 2016-03-06.
13. Web site: Jonah Hill Upgrades to Beachfront Home in Malibu Colony for $15.5M | American Luxury .
14. Web site: Sir Anthony Hopkins Sells Dramatic Malibu Home for $10.5M . July 21, 2020 .
15. Web site: Tris Imboden: About. Tris Imboden. April 25, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210005755/http://trisimboden.com/about.html. December 10, 2013. dead.
16. Web site: The David Janssen Archive. davidjanssen.net. 2016-01-02.
17. Book: Simmonds, Jeremy. The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches. Chicago Review Press. 2012-01-01. 9781613744789. en.
18. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/us/louis-leithold-an-innovator-in-the-teaching-of-calculus-dies-at-80.html?_r=0 Dr. Louis Leithold obituary
19. News: Q&A: Ed Harris. Greenstreet. Rosanna. 2007-08-10. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-09-19.
20. Web site: Film industry locals behind new Malibu film festival. 2016-09-19.
21. News: Smith, Dinitia. Dinitia Smith. Brian Moore, Prolific Novelist on Diverse Themes, Dies at 77. The New York Times. 12 January 1999. 7 October 2022.
22. News: Shea . Andrea . 2018-05-18 . You, You, You Oughta Know: Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' Is Now A Musical . WBUR.
23. Web site: Randy Nauert Remembered as Friend of Malibu . malibutimes.com . 2019-05-08.
24. News: Widow of singer Roy Orbison dies. Los Angeles Times. 2011-12-08. 2015-12-30. 0458-3035. Randy. Lewis.
25. https://swimswam.com/bio/jordan-wilimovsky/ "Jordan Wilimovsky - Bio"
26. News: Flip Wilson, Outrageous Comic and TV Host, Dies at 64. Watkins. Mel. 1998-11-27. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-03-11.