List of people from Marin County, California explained

This is a list of people from Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.

• • Josh Akognon, basketball player
• Juan Alderete de la Peña, Grammy-winning bassist
• Isabel Allende, writer
• Sam Andrew, musician
• Dave Archer (painter), artist
• Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease)
• Tom Barbash, author
• Arj Barker, comedian
• John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search
• Melba Beals, civil rights activist
• Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist
• Barbara Boxer, former United States Senator
• Terry Bozzio, musician
• Fairuza Balk, actress, born in Point Reyes Station
• Jesse Barish, musician
• Richard Brautigan, author
• Joe Breeze, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, mountain bike pioneer and industry leader
• Laurel Burch, artist
• Merritt Butrick, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek)
• Yvonne Cagle, Novato High School, Class of 1977, M.D., NASA Astronaut
• Gunnar Carlsson, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics Stanford University
• Pete Carroll, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head football coach of the Seahawks
• Edwin Catmull, President of the Disney - Pixar Studios
• Bill Champlin, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician, Sons of Champlin, Chicago
• Chris Chaney, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician, Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel
• Brenda Chapman, animation director
• Sam Chapman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star, California Golden Bears; MLB)
• Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship
• Maxine Chernoff, author
• Julia Child, Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of The French Chef
• John Cipollina, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Signy Coleman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress
• Elmer Collett, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman, NFL
• Jack Conte, musician, Pomplamoose
• Peter Coyote, actor
• Les Crane, radio announcer and talk show host
• David Crosby, musician
• Martin Cruz Smith, author
• Charlie Cunningham, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame)
• Jake Curhan (born 1998), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL)
• Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now
• Nataly Dawn, singer, Pomplamoose
• Joe DeMaestri, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946, MLB shortstop
• Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972^[1]
  • Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent
• George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist
• David Dukes, actor, Redwood High School
• Louis Durra, jazz pianist
• Clint Eastwood, actor and director
• Dave Eggers, author
• Daniel Ellsberg, whistle blower, writer and anti-war activist
• Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player
• Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
• Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess
• Mimi Farina, musician, singer, non-profit director and sister of Joan Baez and widow of Richard Farina
• Jake Farrow, actor and writer
• David Fincher, film director
• Jack Finney, author, The Body Snatchers, Time and Again
• Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer
• Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
• Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw
• Tyler Florence, celebrity chef
• Phil Frank, cartoonist
• David Freiberg, musician
• Jerry Garcia, musician, of The Grateful Dead
• Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of Fat City
• Adriana Giramonti, chef^[2]
• Jared Goff, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback, NFL
• Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the Fillmore West in San Francisco
• David Grisman, mandolinist and composer
• Pete Gross, broadcaster for Seattle Seahawks
• Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for standardized test preparation
• Sammy Hagar, singer
• Anna Halprin, choreographer
• Oren Harari, business professor at University of San Francisco, author, speaker
• David Haskell, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor
• Annette Haven, ex-porn star
• S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, president of San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983)
• Sterling Hayden, actor
• Matt Hazeltine, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker, NFL
• Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley
• Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer
• George Herms, Beat Artist, museum director
• James Hetfield, Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar
• J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver
• George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion
• Lester Holt, NBC News anchor
• Tess Uriza Holthe, author
• Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
• Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo
• Sam Vogel Jauz, American DJ/Music Producer
• Maz Jobrani, comedian and actor
• Booker T. Jones, musician
• Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in Larkspur, California
• Isabelle Keith, actress
• Charlie Kelly, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
• Ali Akbar Khan, musician, Ali Akbar Khan College of Music
• Lisa Kindred, blues and folk singer and guitarist
• Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas)
• Harmony Korine, film director, (born in Bolinas)
• Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist
• Jef Labes, keyboardist
• Travis LaBoy, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker, NFL
• Ned Lagin, artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist
• Anne Lamott, writer
• Jim Lange, TV game show host (The Dating Game)
• John Lasseter, film director and Disney executive
• Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey), Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan
• Ralph Lazar, artist
• Bill Lee, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964, MLB pitcher
• John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director
• Barry Levinson, film director
• Jane Levy, actress (Suburgatory)
• Huey Lewis, singer
• Kevin Lima, film director
• Tim Lincecum, baseball player
• John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the Taliban
• Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair
• Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist
• Sondra Locke, actress and director
• Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria
• George Lucas, film director, founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. Creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Owner of Skywalker Ranch
• Andy Luckey, Redwood High School, Class of 1983, television producer, author, illustrator
• Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician
• Seán Mac Falls, poet
• Peter Magadini, drummer, composer
• Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series
• Zekial Marko, pulp fiction writer, film & television series writer
  • Brian Maxwell, marathon runner and, with his wife to be, Jennifer Biddulph, developer and founder of Powerbar Joyce Maynard, author
• Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for Human Terrain System
• Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician, of The Grateful Dead
• Bridgit Mendler, actress
• Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster
• Artie Mitchell, pornographic film producer
• Van Morrison, singer and songwriter
• Jonny Moseley, gold medal-winning Olympic skier
• Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "Midnight at the Oasis"
• Walter Murch, film editor
• Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current Governor of California
• Connie Nielsen, actress
• Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect
• Don Novello, actor and writer
• Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
• Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator
• Karl Olson, Tamalpais High School, MLB outfielder
• George Demont Otis, artist
• William L. Patterson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer
• Pat Paulsen, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
• Sean Penn, actor, activist
• Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer
• Kathleen Quinlan, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, Oliver Stone's The Doors)
• Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian
• Bonnie Raitt, singer
• Reminisce, street artist, sculptor
• Marc Reisner, environmentalist, author
• Howard Rheingold, author
• Meghan Rienks, actress
• Hal Riney, advertising executive
• Jason Roberts, author
• Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist
• Chris Robinson (singer), singer, The Black Crowes^[3]
• Brande Roderick, model and actress
• Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist
• Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author
• George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer
• Joe Ryan Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
• Kay Ryan, United States Poet Laureate
• Dana Sabraw, U.S. District Judge
• Mort Sahl, comedian
• Carlos Santana, musician
• Aram Saroyan, poet
• Strawberry Saroyan, novelist
• Michael Savage, conservative radio host
• Eric P. Schmitt, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Charles R. Schwab, investor
• Erik Scott, award-winning bass player, musician, writer, producer
• Vic Seixas (born 1923), Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player
• Tupac Shakur, Tamalpais High School, rapper, poet, and actor
• Peter Shor, Tamalpais High School, mathematician, MIT; MacArthur Fellow
• Grace Slick, musician, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship
• Gary Snyder, poet
• Tom Snyder, television talk host
• Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist
• John Stewart, musician, songwriter, Kingston Trio
• David Strathairn, Redwood High School, actor
• Nicholas Suntzeff, Redwood High School, cosmologist, Texas A&M, Gruber Prize in Cosmology
• Lisa Swerling, artist
• Amy Tan, author
• Gage Taylor, visionary artist
• Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for National Public Radio, author
• Twinka Thiebaud, writer and model
• Bill Thompson, Manager of Jefferson Airplane
• Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim)
• Scott Thunes, musician
• Peter Tork, musician, member of The Monkees
• Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer
• Lee Unkrich, employee at Pixar and director of Toy Story 3
• Jean Varda, artist
• Max Venable, baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
• Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres
• Winston Venable, football player for the Chicago Bears
• Vendela Vida, author
• John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic
• Alan Watts, writer
• Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters)
• Bob Weir, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of Grateful Dead
• Lou Welch, poet
• Brett Wickens, designer
• Archie Williams, 1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner
• Robin Williams, actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, Redwood High School graduate
• Tony Williams, drummer
• Cintra Wilson, Tamalpais High School, writer
• Robin Wright, actress
• Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 1980s, "Song for Julia"
• Saul Zaentz, film producer
• Barry Zito, baseball player

Notes and References

1. News: Timberg. Scott. Philip K. Dick's Masterpiece Years. 20 April 2015. The New York Times. November 22, 2010.
2. Web site: Adriana Giramonti Obituary (1929 - 2016) - San Francisco Chronicle . Legacy . 3 January 2021 . en.
3. News: McCoy. Carolyn. Chris Robinson Finds a Home in Marin. 11 November 2019. Marin Magazine. January 10, 2019.