List of people from Oakland, California explained

This list includes people born in Oakland, California, or who lived in Oakland for a significant time.

Academics

• George H. Hildebrand  - industrial relations scholar at Cornell University
• Gail Mahood  - geology (born in Oakland)^[1]

Artists and designers

• Natalia Anciso  - artist and educator
• Steven F. Arnold  - filmmaker, photographer, painter, illustrator, set and costume designer, and assemblage artist
• Olive Ayhens  - painter^[2]
• Garry Knox Bennett  - woodworker, metalworker, furniture maker, artist
• Bernice Bing  - artist, activist
• Warrington Colescott  - artist and educator
• Henry Doane  - landscape painter, commercial artist
• Janet Doub Erickson  - artist and author
• Roger C. Field  - industrial designer, graduated from California College of the Arts
• Linda Geary  - painter, teacher^[3]
• Liz Hernández  - painter, sculptor, graphic designer
• Oliver Lee Jackson  - painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Walter J. Mathews  - architect, designed the First Unitarian Church of Oakland
• Bernard Maybeck  - architect
• Jeremy Mayer  - sculptor
• Julia Morgan  - architect, raised and buried in Oakland
• Willis O'Brien  - animator
• Nathan Oliveira  - painter, printmaker, sculptor, professor
• Adrienne Keahi Pao  - photographer, artist
• Lisa Quinn  - artist, author, designer
• Mel Ramos  - painter
• Favianna Rodriguez  - painter, artist^[4]
• Galen Rowell  - photographer
• J. Otto Seibold  - artist, illustrator, author
• Elizabeth Sher  - documentary and short filmmaker, artist
• Seasick Steve  - blues musician
• Betty Swords  - cartoonist
• Morrie Turner  - artist, illustrator, author of the Wee Pals comic strip
• Wendy Yoshimura  - artist

Athletes

• Ron Allen  - professional skateboarder
• Zack Andrews  - baseball player
• Pervis Atkins  - NFL football player, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, actor, The Longest Yard
• Don Barksdale  - basketball player
• Drew Barry  - basketball player^[5]
• Jon Barry  - basketball player and sportscaster^[6]
• Charlie Beamon  - baseball pitcher^[7]
• Charlie Beamon Jr.  - baseball player
• Davion Berry (born 1991)  - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Davone Bess  - football player^[8]
• Will Blackwell  - football player^[9]
• Linc Blakely  - Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Marlin Briscoe  - football player^[10]
• John Brodie  - football player and sportscaster^[11]
• Jabari Brown  - basketball player
• Steve Brye  - baseball player, No. 1 pick of Twins, played nine years in majors
• Don Budge  - tennis player
• Chris Burford  - football player
• Glenn Burke  - baseball player^[12]
• Tiffany Chin  - figure skater
• Steve Clark  - swimmer, won five Olympic gold medals
• Ray Crouse  - football player^[13]
• Bruce Cunningham  - Major League Baseball player, Boston Braves
• Jared Cunningham  - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Antonio Davis  - basketball player^[14]
• Steve DeBerg  - football player^[15]
• Bernie DeViveiros  - Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
• Taylor Douthit  - Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
• Forey Duckett  - football player^[16]
• Dennis Eckersley  - baseball player^[17]
• Manny Fernandez  - football player^[18]
• Eric Fernsten  - basketball player, NBA, CBA, and Europe^[19]
• Curt Flood  - Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators; known for challenging the reserve clause
• Greg Foster  - basketball player^[20]
• La Vel Freeman  - baseball player^[21]
• Len Gabrielson  - Major League Baseball player, first baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
• Len Gabrielson  - Major League Baseball player, outfielder, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Joe Gaines  - Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros
• Derrick Gardner  - football player^[22]
• Kiwi Gardner  - basketball player
• Brad Gilbert  - tennis player and coach^[23]
• John Gillespie  - Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Jesse Gonder  - baseball player
• Drew Gooden  - basketball player^[24]
• Alexis Gray-Lawson  - basketball player, Phoenix Mercury
• Bob Greenwood  - Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
• Bud Hafey  - Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
• Tom Hafey  - Major League Baseball player, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns
• Roger Harding  - football player^[25]
• Rickey Henderson  - baseball player^[26]
• Jan Henne  - swimmer, two-time gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics
• Steve Hosey  - baseball player^[27]
• Al Hrabosky  - baseball pitcher and sportscaster^[28]
• Proverb Jacobs  - NFL football player, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants
• Jackie Jensen  - baseball player^[29]
• Brian Johnson  - baseball player^[30]
• Josh Johnson  - quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Maurice Jones-Drew  - football player^[31]
• Robert Jordan  - football player
• Bobby Kemp  - football player^[32]
• Jason Kidd  - basketball player and coach^[33]
• MacArthur Lane  - football player
• Cookie Lavagetto  - baseball player and manager^[34]
• James Yimm Lee  - martial arts teacher
• Tony Lema  - golfer^[35]
• Bill Lester  - NASCAR driver^[36]
• Damian Lillard  - basketball player^[37]
• Don Lofgran  - professional basketball player
• Ernie Lombardi  - baseball player^[38]
• Terrell Lowery  - baseball player^[39]
• Lorenzo Lynch  - football player^[40]
• Marshawn Lynch  - football player^[41]
• Eddie McGah  - baseball player, part-owner of Oakland Raiders^[42]
• Bill McKalip  - college All-American football player, NFL player, Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions
• Joe Mellana  - Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics
• Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell  - streetball player
• Joe Morgan  - baseball second baseman and sportscaster^[43]
• Kirk Morrison  - football player^[44]
• Hank Norberg  - football player^[45]
• Mike Norris  - baseball player^[46]
• Lee Norwood  - ice hockey player^[47]
• Zoe Ann Olsen  - Olympic diver^[48]
• Gary Payton  - basketball player, born and raised in Oakland^[49]
• Gary Pettis  - baseball player and coach^[50]
• Paul Pierce  - basketball player^[51]
• Vada Pinson  - baseball player and coach^[52]
• Jim Pollard  - basketball player^[53]
• Leon Powe  - basketball player^[54]
• Damon Powell  - basketball player^[55]
• Jarrod Pughsley  - football player^[56]
• John Ralston  - football player and coach^[57]
• Isiah Rider  - basketball player^[58]
• Chris Roberson  - baseball player^[59]
• Cliff Robinson  - basketball player, youngest (teenaged), highest scoring NBA Player, 1976 TOC Champions
• Frank Robinson  - baseball player and manager^[60]
• Jimmy Rollins  - baseball player^[61]
• Bill Russell  - basketball player and coach^[62]
• Brian Shaw  - basketball player and coach^[63]
• Paul Silas  - basketball player and coach^[64]
• Fred Silva  - football official^[65]
• Marvel Smith  - football player^[66]
• Dave Stewart  - baseball player and executive^[67]
• John Sutro  - football player^[68]
• Ron Theobald  - baseball player^[69]
• Jim Tobin  - baseball player^[70]
• Marviel Underwood  - football player^[71]
• Kwame Vaughn (born 1990)  - basketball player for Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Basketball National League
• Langston Walker  - football player^[72]
• Andre Ward  - professional boxer
• George Wells  - professional wrestler

Businesspeople, entrepreneurs and industrialists

• Stephen Bechtel  - engineer, president, CEO of Bechtel Corporation, 1933–1960^[73]
• Anthony Chabot  - entrepreneur, father of hydraulic mining, namesake of Chabot Space & Science Center, Lake Chabot, and Chabot College, buried in Oakland^[74]
• Charles Crocker  - railroad tycoon, buried in Oakland^[75]
• Debbi Fields  - entrepreneur, founder of Mrs. Fields cookies^[76]
• Domingo Ghirardelli  - founder of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company based in San Francisco, buried in Oakland^[77]
• Ken Hofmann  - former owner of the Oakland Athletics^[78]
• Henry J. Kaiser  - entrepreneur, businessman, founder of Kaiser Permanente and Kaiser Family Foundation, buried in Oakland^[79]
• Mark Mastrov  - founder of 24 Hour Fitness, partial owner of the Sacramento Kings^[80]
• Jonah Peretti  - founder of BuzzFeed^[81]
• Francis Marion Smith (also known as "Borax" Smith)  - miner, business magnate^[82]

Chefs

• Nelson German  - chef^[83]
• Tanya Holland  - chef, restaurateur, podcast host, and cookbook author^[84]
• Nite Yun  - chef and restaurateur^[85]

Entertainment

• Mahershala Ali  - Academy Award-winning actor
• Eddie Anderson  - actor
• Max Baer Jr.  - actor, film director
• Matt Bettinelli-Olpin  - filmmaker and musician
• Pamela Blake  - actress
• True Boardman  - silent film actor
• Alex Bretow  - film producer, director, and screenwriter
• David Carradine  - actor
• Rafael Casal  - actor, writer
• Connie Cezon  - actress
• Angus Cloud  - actor
• Keyshia Cole  - musician
• Tracie Collins  - actress, writer, theatre director and producer
• Ryan Coogler  - director
• Buster Crabbe  - actor
• T. D. Crittenden  - silent film actor
• Robert Culp  - actor
• Mark Curry  - actor/comedian
• Gloria Dea  - actress, dancer and magician
• Walter DeLeon  - screenwriter
• Dimitri Diatchenko  - actor
• Daveed Diggs  - actor and rapper
• Rockmond Dunbar  - actor, mixed-media artist
• Michael Earl  - puppeteer
• Clint Eastwood  - actor, Academy Award-winning film producer, and director
• Lyndsy Fonseca  - actress
• Squire Fridell  - actor
• Cary Fukunaga  - Emmy Award-winning director
• Sylvia Gerrish  - performer of musical comedy and light opera
• Sumner Getchell  - actor
• Gary Goldman  - filmmaker
• Michael A. Goorjian  - actor and filmmaker
• R. Henry Grey  - silent film actor
• Khamani Griffin  - child actor
• Mark Hamill  - actor
• Bernie Hamilton  - actor, Starsky and Hutch
• MC Hammer  - rapper
• Tom Hanks  - Academy Award-winning actor, raised in Oakland
• Susan Seaforth Hayes  - actor
• Claude Heater  - opera singer and actor, Ben-Hur
• Russell Hornsby  - actor
• Moshe Kasher  - comedian, actor, and author/writer; raised in Oakland
• Kehlani  - singer
• Joe Knowland  - newspaper publisher, actor
• David Labrava  - actor, writer, tattoo artist
• Remy Lacroix  - adult actress
• Ted Lange  - actor
• Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee)  - actor, born in Oakland
• Bruce Lee  - actor, martial artist
• Nnegest Likké  - film director
• Caryl Lincoln  - actress
• Delroy Lindo  - actor
• Dakin Matthews  - actor
• Russ Meyer  - film director
• Jefferson Moffitt  - screenwriter, film director
• Paul Mooney  - comedian
• Shemar Moore  - actor, model
• Mitch Mullany  - actor
• Kali Muscle  - actor
• Roger Nichols  - recording engineer
• Natalie Nunn  - television personality
• Laura Oakley  - silent film actress
• Orunamamu (Marybeth Washington-Stofle)  - storyteller
• Frank Oz  - actor, director, puppeteer for Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover on Sesame Street
• Chelsea Peretti  - comedian, actress
• Dorothy Revier  - silent film actress, dancer
• Cherie Roberts  - adult model, photographer
• Raphael Saadiq  - singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• Timothy B. Schmit  - singer, bassist of The Eagles, born in Oakland
• Sheila E.  - percussionist, born in Oakland
• Kellita Smith  - actress and model
• Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki)  - comedian, actor, Barney Miller
• George Stevens  - Academy Award-winning film director
• Cynthia Stevenson  - actress, born in Oakland
• Ethel Grey Terry  - silent film actress
• Colin Trevorrow  - film director
• Jo Van Fleet  - actress
• Matt Vasgersian  - actor, sports broadcaster
• Mills Watson  - actor
• Robert Webber  - film and TV actor, 12 Angry Men
• Will Wright  - game designer
• Daniel Wu  - actor
• Bassem Youssef  - satirist
• Zendaya  - Emmy Award-winning actress

Leaders (activists and politicians)

• Richard Aoki  - activist^[86]
• William P. Baker  - politician^[87]
• Sonny Barger  - founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club^[88]
• Henry G. Blasdel  - first governor of Nevada; resident of Oakland^[89]
• Jerry Brown  - politician, former governor of California and mayor of Oakland^[90]
• Albert E. Carter  - politician^[91]
• Frank Chu  - eccentric street protester^[92]
• C. L. Dellums  - organizer and leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters^[93]
• Ron Dellums  - politician, former U.S. Congressman and Representative, mayor of Oakland^[94]
• Frank M. Dixon  - politician, former governor of Alabama^[95]
• Warren B. English  - Confederate war veteran, politician, realtor^[96]
• Lydia Flood Jackson  - businesswoman, club woman, suffragist, an oldest living native of Oakland when she died in 1963^[97]
• Marcus Foster  - educator, first African-American Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District^[98]
• Alicia Garza  - co-founder of Black Lives Matter^[99]
• Elihu Harris  - politician, former mayor of Oakland^[100]
• JuJu Harris  - food-affordability activist^[101]
• Kamala Harris  - politician, U.S. Senator, first female African-American attorney general of California; first female, African-American, and Asian-American vice president of the United States; born at Kaiser hospital in Oakland but lived and attended school in Berkeley^[102]
• Van Jones  - founder, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Special Advisor for Green Jobs under US President Barack Obama^[103]
• Joseph R. Knowland  - former U.S. Representative and former owner of the Oakland Tribune, cremated in Oakland^[104]
• William F. Knowland  - former U.S. Senator^[105]
• Fred Korematsu  - Japanese-American who fought forced internment, testing the law in Korematsu v. United States^[106]
• Barbara Lee  - U.S. Representative^[107]
• Charles Goodall Lee  - dentist, civic leader, benefactor of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance^[108]
• Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee  - activist, first Chinese-American woman voter in the U.S.^[109]
• Richard Lee  - horticulturist, activist for the legalization of marijuana^[110]
• Edwin Meese III  - former U.S. Attorney General^[111]
• Victor H. Metcalf  - politician, attorney, banker^[112]
• Jessica Mitford  - writer, activist, former communist^[113]
• Paul Montauk  - Communist politician and two-time candidate for Oakland mayor^[114]
• Ethel Moore  - civic, education, and national defense work leader^{[115] [116]}
• Anca Mosoiu  - technology activist^[117]
• Nancy Nadel  - member of the Oakland City Council^[118]
• Huey P. Newton  - activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party^[119]
• Andrew Nisbet Jr.  - member of the Washington House of Representatives and United States Army officer^[120]
• Pat Parker  - Black lesbian poet and activist^[121]
• Ed Rosenthal  - horticulturist, publisher, activist for the legalization of marijuana^[122]
• Byron Rumford  - pharmacist
• John A. Russo  - Oakland city attorney, former city councilman^[123]
• Bobby Seale  - activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party^[124]
  • Nicole Shanahan  - attorney and running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 presidential campaign Hettie B. Tilghman  - African-American activist and suffragist^[125]
• Robert Treuhaft  - activist for labor and leftist causes, attorney, writer^[126]
• Earl Warren  - Assistant Attorney City of Oakland, District Attorney of Alameda County, Attorney General of California, Governor of California and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice^[127]
• Charles Stetson Wheeler  - attorney, Regent of the University of California^[128]
• Lionel J. Wilson  - politician, first African-American mayor of Oakland^[129]
• Mother Wright  - anti-hunger activist^[130]

Military

• Bud Anderson  - USAF (served 1942–1972) fighter pilot and commander, triple ace who retired at the rank of colonel^[131]
• Jeremiah C. Sullivan  - Civil War general in the Union Army and staff member of Ulysses S. Grant, buried in Oakland^[132]

Musicians, composers and dancers

• 3XKrazy  - male rap group
• A-Plus  - rapper
• Ambrose Akinmusire  - musician, trumpeter, composer
• Billie Joe Armstrong  - co-founder of Green Day
• Tim Armstrong  - musician, lead vocalist of punk rock band Rancid
• Paul Baloff (d. 2002)  - former lead singer of thrash metal band Exodus
• Ant Banks  - rapper, producer
• Gaylord Birch  - musician
• Carla Bley  - composer, musician
• Boots Riley  - rapper, filmmaker
• Mike Botts  - studio musician, drummer for rock band Bread
• Bobby Brackins  - rapper, songwriter
• Ian Brennan  - Grammy Award-winning record producer and author
• Antonia Brico (born Wilhelmina Wolthius)  - classical pianist, first female conductor of New York Philharmonic
• Chris Broderick  - musician, lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Megadeth
• Peter Buck  - musician, guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
• Aaron Burckhard  - musician, first drummer of the grunge band Nirvana
• Kevin Cadogan  - musician, original lead guitarist of Third Eye Blind
• Emilio Castillo  - musician, a founding member of Tower of Power
• Casual  - rapper
• Mike Clark  - musician
• Cold Blood  - rock, soul, jazz band
• Keyshia Cole  - Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, born and raised in Oakland
• The Coup  - hip hop group
• Jason Cropper  - original band member of Weezer
• Del tha Funkee Homosapien  - musician
• Daveed Diggs  - rapper and actor
• Digital Underground  - rap group
• Mike Dirnt  - co-founder of Green Day
• Sue Draheim  - fiddler
• Mac Dre  - rapper, born in Oakland, raised in Vallejo
• Dru Down  - rapper
• Isadora Duncan  - dancer
• E-A-Ski  - rapper, record producer
• En Vogue  - Grammy Award-nominated R&B singing group, originated from Oakland in 1990
• Pete Escovedo  - musician, born in Oakland
• Robb Flynn  - musician best known as rhythm guitarist and vocalist for Machine Head
• Michael Franti  - musician
• Fred Frith  - improvisational musician, guitarist, composer, professor of music
• Nils Frykdahl  - musician, a founding member of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh
• G-Eazy  - rapper and producer
• David Garibaldi  - musician, member of Tower of Power
• GGFH  - industrial band
• Mic Gillette  - musician, a founding member of Tower of Power
• Goapele  - soul and R&B singer
• Larry Graham  - musician
• Guapdad 4000  - rapper, musician
• MC Hammer  - musician, born in Oakland
• Jeff Hanneman  - former guitarist for heavy metal band Slayer
• Shawn Harris  - musician; former member of The Matches
• Davey Havok  - musician, lead singer for AFI
• Edwin and Walter Hawkins  - gospel singers
• Hieroglyphics  - rap group, originated from Oakland
• Earl Hines  - jazz pianist
• John Lee Hooker  - blues singer
• Paul Jackson  - musician
• Henry Kaiser  - musician, grandson of Henry J. Kaiser
• Keak da Sneak  - musician
• Kehlani  - singer
• Kid 606  - musician
• Sharon Knight  - Celtic musician, founding member of pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
• Kreayshawn  - rapper
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka  - musician, founding member of Tower of Power
• Thomas Lauderdale  - musician and pianist
• LaToya London  - singer; born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland
• Pep Love  - rapper
• The Lovemakers  - pop band
• The Luniz  - Grammy Award-nominated rap duo
• Michael Manring  - bassist, born in D.C., lives in Oakland
• Adrian Marcel  - singer
• Jim Martin  - musician
• Tony Martin  - singer, actor
• MC Lars  - rapper; post-punk laptop rap
• Dave Meniketti  - rock musician; born and raised in Oakland; lead singer/lead guitarist for Y&T
• Seagram Miller  - rapper
• Mistah F.A.B.  - rapper
• David Murray  - musician
• mxmtoon  - singer/songwriter
• Fantastic Negrito  - musician
• Noaccordion  - multimedia project of Onah Indigo^[133]
• Numskull  - rapper
• Ray Obiedo  - musician
• Marty Paich  - pianist, composer, arranger, producer, director, conductor
• Harry Partch  - composer
• The Phenomenauts  - science and space band, refer to Oakland as "Earth's capital"
• Phesto  - rapper, producer
• Matt Pike  - guitarist of Sleep and High on Fire
• The Pointer Sisters  - Grammy Award-winning R&B singing group
• Pooh-Man  - rapper
• PopLyfe  - pop group
• Francis Rocco Prestia  - musician
• San Quinn  - rapper, born in Oakland, raised in San Francisco
• Perri "Pebbles" Reid  - singer-songwriter, manager of TLC
• Richie Rich  - rapper
• Cynthia Robinson  - musician
• Raphael Saadiq  - musician
• Arion Salazar  - musician in Third Eye Blind
• Pharoah Sanders  - musician
• Timothy B. Schmit  - rock musician, bassist for the Eagles
• E.C. Scott  - blues singer, songwriter and record producer; television host
• Tupac Shakur  - rapper, lived in Oakland
• Shock G  - rapper
• Sharon Shore  - ballet dancer, model
• Calvin E. Simmons  - symphony orchestra conductor, namesake of Calvin Simmons Theatre, born in San Francisco
• Souls of Mischief  - rap group
• J. Stalin  - rapper, co-founder of Livewire Records
• Steady Mobb'n  - rap duo
• Jamie Stewart  - frontman of the experimental group Xiu Xiu
• Shakir Stewart  - record producer, senior vice president of Island Def Jam Music Group
• Freddie Stone  - musician
• Rose Stone  - musician
• Sly Stone  - musician
• Bill Summers  - musician
• The Team  - rap group
• Tony! Toni! Toné!  - R&B singing group
• Too Short  - rapper, born in Los Angeles, lived in Oakland 1980–1994
• Tower of Power  - band, formed and based in Oakland
• Tune-Yards  - band; indie, afro-funk
• Weasel Walter  - progressive rock and free jazz musician/composer
• Freddie Washington  - musician
• Lenny Williams  - musician, early member of Tower of Power
• Y&T  - rock band, formed in Oakland 1974
• Yukmouth  - rapper
• Baba Zumbi  - co-founder of hip hop group Zion I

Physicians

• Samuel Merritt  - physician, practiced in San Francisco, namesake of Merritt College, Merritt Hospital, and Lake Merritt, buried in Oakland^[134]
• Virginia Prentiss  - nanny to Jack London, midwife and former slave^[135]

Religious leaders

• David A. Bednar  - LDS apostle, born in Oakland^[136]
• David Berg  - controversial cult leader, founder of Children of God^[137]
• Yusuf Bey  - controversial Black Muslim activist^[138]
• Mose Durst  - author, educator, former president of the Unification Church^[139]
• James Ishmael Ford  - Zen Buddhist priest and Unitarian Universalist minister^[140]
• Ray Frank  - Jewish leader^[141]
• Jack Hayford  - minister, chancellor, songwriter^[142]
• Judah Leon Magnes  - prominent Reform rabbi, first president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem^[143]
• Carol Anne O'Marie  - Roman Catholic nun, mystery fiction writer^[144]
• Bebe Patten  - evangelist and founder of Patten University^[145]
• Clarence Richard Silva  - Catholic bishop from Oakland, current bishop of Honolulu^[146]
• Richard B. Stamps  - anthropologist, archeologist, president of the Taipei Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints^[147]
• Allen Henry Vigneron  - Catholic bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland^[148]

Scientists and inventors

• Dean Burk  - medical researcher^[149]
• Fernando J. Corbató  - computer scientist^[150]
• Frederick Cottrell  - inventor^[151]
• Frank Epperson  - popsicle inventor^[152]
• Lloyd N. Ferguson  - first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley^[153]
• Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat  - biochemist and virologist; died in Oakland^[154]
• Ansel Franklin Hall  - first park naturalist for Yosemite National Park, first Chief Forester for the National Park Service^[155]
• Richard F. Johnston  - ornithologist, academic and author^[156]
• Stanley Miller  - chemist^[157]
• Sten Odenwald  - astronomer and author^[158]
• Wendell Phillips  - archaeologist and oil magnate^[159]
• William Shurtleff  - researcher, technical writer, bibliographer, historian, and popularizer of soy foods^[160]
• Lydia Weld  - first woman to get a degree in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and naval architect in World War II^[161]

Writers and poets

• Daniel Alarcón  - writer, currently resides in Oakland^[162]
• Catherine Asaro  - writer^[163]
• Chauncey Bailey  - journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery^[164]
• Delilah L. Beasley  - first African-American columnist to be published in a major newspaper^[165]
• Anthony Boucher  - writer^[166]
• Garrett Caples  - poet, writer^[167]
• Jon Carroll  - columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle^[168]
• Frank Chin  - writer^[169]
• Daniel Clowes  - comic book writer, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, currently resides in Oakland^[170]
• Robert Duncan  - poet^[171]
• Sarah Webster Fabio  - African-American writer, poet, educator; born in Nashville, lived in Oakland 1955–1979^[172]
• Ben Fong-Torres  - rock journalist^[173]
• Maxine Hong Kingston  - writer, currently resides in Oakland^[174]
• Richard Lange  - Los Angeles-based author, born in Oakland^[175]
• Yiyun Li  - writer, former creative writing instructor at Mills College^[176]
• Jack London  - writer, raised in Oakland, namesake of Jack London Square^[177]
• Anthony Marra  - writer^[178]
• Rod McKuen  - poet, composer, singer^[179]
• Joaquin Miller  - poet, lived in Oakland 1886–1913^[180]
• Jessica Mitford  - author^[181]
• Leila Mottley  - author and poet^[182]
• Jess Mowry  - writer^[183]
• Colleen Patrick-Goudreau  - author, speaker, and podcaster^[184]
• Ishmael Reed  - writer, currently resides in Oakland^[185]
• Mary Roach  - science writer, currently resides in Oakland^[186]
• William Saroyan  - dramatist, author, lived in Oakland 1913–1918^[187]
• Jason Shiga  - author, cartoonist, puzzle designer^[188]
• Alex Steffen  - writer, born in Oakland^[189]
• Gertrude Stein  - writer^[190]
• Robert Louis Stevenson^[191]  - writer
• Tina Susman  - journalist, Time senior editor, former national editor of BuzzFeed News^[192]
• Amy Tan  - writer, born in Oakland^[193]
• Jack Vance  - science fiction writer^[194]
• Nellie Wong  - poet and activist, born in Oakland^[195]
• Shawn Wong  - writer, English professor
• Helen Zia  - writer, journalist, and activist, currently resides in Oakland^[196]

Criminals

• Felix Mitchell  - notorious drug lord and gang leader of the 1970s and early 1980s^[197]
• Hans Reiser  - computer programmer, owner of Namesys, convicted of murdering his wife^[198]
• Tommy Lynn Sells  - murderer and suspected serial killer^[199]

See also

• List of people from San Francisco
• List of people from Palo Alto
• List of people from San Jose, California
• List of people from Santa Cruz, California
• List of people from Berkeley, California
• List of mayors of Oakland, California

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