List of people from Santa Barbara, California explained

The following is a list of notable people from Santa Barbara, California.

Notable people from Santa Barbara

• Douglas Adams, author
• Elizabeth Laura Adams, writer^[1]
• Dylan Axelrod, Major League Baseball player
• Jeff Bridges, actor^[2]
• Ashleigh Brilliant, cartoonist and writer^[3]
• Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and actress^[4]
• Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, sixth in line of succession to the British throne.
• Prince Archie of Sussex, seventh in the line of succession to the British throne.
• Princess Lilibet of Sussex, eighth in the line of succession to the British throne.
• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex^[5]
• Spencer Barnitz, musician
• Edwin Burr Babbitt, U.S. Army major general
• Colleen Ballinger, YouTube personality^[6]
• Red Barrett, Major League Baseball player^[7]
• Bobby Beausoleil, former member of the Manson Family, currently serving life imprisonment for the murder of his friend Gary Hinman
• Ryan Church, Major League Baseball player^[8]
• Jimmy Connors, Tennis champion
• Kami Craig, Olympic water polo player^[9]
• Randall Cunningham, National Football League player^[10]
• Shawn Dailey, musician
• Jay Dee Daugherty, drummer
• Marko DeSantis, musician
• Dean Dinning, musician, music producer, bassist
• Dishwalla, post-grunge alternative rock band^[11]
• Anthony Edwards, actor
• Cynthia Ettinger, actress
• Chip Foose, actor
• Tyler Fredrickson, National Football League player, TV personality
• Keith Gledhill, tennis player
• Phillip Gonyea, musician
• Martin Gore, english songwriter, founding member of the British group Depeche Mode
• Sue Grafton, author^[12]
• Parry Gripp, musician
• Brad Hall, actor
• Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (d. 1899), poet, editor, author
• Cole Hauser, actor^[13]
• Marianna Hill, actress
• Eric Christopher Houston, mass-murderer
• Cady Huffman, actress
• Kathy Ireland, supermodel^[14]
• Jason Johnson, Major League Baseball player
• William Lassiter, U.S. Army major general^[15]
• Jan Lee, former Oregon State Representative
• Chuck Liddell, mixed martial artist
• Alex D. Linz, actor
• The Little Heroes, indie rock band
• Rob Lowe, actor
• Alex Mack, National Football League player
• George K. McGunnegle, U.S. Army officer^[16]
• Randy Mantooth, actor
• Margaret Millar, writer
• Kim Miyori, actress
• Maika Monroe, professional kiteboarder, actress
• Harriet Moody, architect
• Thomas Moran, American landscape artist
• Luke Mullen, actor, filmmaker, environmentalist
• Todd Nichols, musician and member of Toad the Wet Sprocket^[17]
• Floyd Norman, animator, writer, comic book artist
• Monica I. Orozco, historian, archivist
• Charles A. Ott, Jr., United States Army Major General, director of the Army National Guard
• Katy Perry, singer-songwriter^[18]
• Jeffrey Peterson, technology entrepreneur
• Lakey Peterson, professional surfer^[19]
• Glen Phillips, singer-songwriter
• Ben Rattray, founder of Change.org
• Michael Redmond, professional Go player
• James Read, actor
• Todd Rogers, professional beach volleyball player
• Charles R. Schwab, financial executive, founder of Charles Schwab & Co (world's largest discount stockbroker), multi-billionaire
• Edie Sedgwick, actress, model
• Scott Sipprelle, 2010 Republican nominee for Congress (NJ-12)
• Patricia Soltysik, aka Mizmoon, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• Donald Spence, musician
• Ryan Spilborghs, Major League Baseball player
• Jeffrey C. Stewart, Professor of Black Studies and Pulitzer Prize winner
• Jackson Stormo (born 1999), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Soul Majestic, reggae band
• Sugarcult, rock band
• James Arnold Taylor, voice actor
• Mia Talerico, actress
• Toad the Wet Sprocket, folk rock band
• Shaun Tomson, South African world champion surfer
• Sigourney Weaver, actress
• Oprah Winfrey, host
• David Woodard, conductor
• Felix Wormser, engineer and U.S. government official^[20]

Eddie Mathews (1931-2001) - Hall of Fame MLB 3rd Baseman for the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1962-66) Houston Astros (1967-68) and Detroit Tigers (1968) grew up in Santa Barbara and was nicknamed "The Santa Barbara Bomber" for his home run prowess.

Notes and References

1. Book: Encyclopedia of African American women writers . 2007 . Greenwood Press . Yolanda Williams Page . 978-0-313-04907-1 . Westport, Conn. . 212958020.
2. Web site: 2019-05-17 . Jeff Bridges's Home Up for Sale . 2022-11-08 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
3. Web site: Apr 09 . Lyz Hoffman Fri . 2010 8:00pm . 2010-04-10 . Brilliance in Under 17 Words . 2022-11-08 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
4. Web site: Lakritz . Talia . Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live in Montecito, California. Here are the other celebrities who call the exclusive neighborhood home. . 2022-04-25 . Insider . en-US.
5. Web site: Lakritz . Talia . Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live in Montecito, California. Here are the other celebrities who call the exclusive neighborhood home. . 2022-11-08 . Insider . en-US.
6. Web site: Mar 04 . Tyler Hayden Tue . 2014 12:00am . 2014-03-04 . Miranda Sings to Santa Barbara . 2022-11-08 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
7. Web site: Red Barrett Stats . 2022-04-19 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
8. Web site: Ryan Church Stats . 2022-04-19 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
9. Web site: Kami CRAIG Profile FINA Official . 2022-04-19 . FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation . en.
10. Web site: May 12 . Delaney Smith Wed . 2021 10:31am . 2021-05-12 . Track at New Santa Barbara High Stadium to Be Named for Cunninghams . 2022-11-08 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
11. Web site: Mason . Dave . 2022-09-16 . Concert to help first responders . 2022-11-08 . Santa Barbara News-Press . en-US.
12. News: In 'Alphabet' Mysteries, 'S' Is Really For Santa Barbara . en . NPR.org . 2022-11-08.
13. Web site: 2020-11-06 . ‘Yellowstone’ star Cole Hauser tries to corral a buyer for Agoura Hills horse ranch . 2022-04-19 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
14. Web site: Sep 29 . Ray Estrada Thu . 2011 1:00pm . 2011-09-29 . Kathy Ireland Discusses Failures . 2022-11-08 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
15. Web site: William Lassiter in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Volumes III-VIIII . Thayer . Bill . Bill Thayer's Web Site . Bill Thayer . Chicago, IL . January 9, 2016 . October 20, 2020.
16. News: January 18, 1938 . Col. McGunnegle Dies In California . . Baltimore, MD . 32 . Newspapers.com.
17. Web site: Toad the Wet Sprocket guitarist Todd Nichols stays busy on and off the road The Spokesman-Review . 2022-11-08 . www.spokesman.com.
18. Web site: Feb 01 . Charles Donelan Tue . 2022 11:47am . 2022-02-01 . Pano: Santa Barbara’s Katy Perry Brings Down the House in Las Vegas . 2022-11-08 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
19. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27498962/surfer-lakey-peterson-always-felt-connection-ocean-body-issue-2019 "Surfer Lakey Peterson has always felt a connection with the ocean"
20. Nomination of Felix Edgar Wormser: Hearing, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Felix Edgar Wormser to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior. April 13, 1953. (1953). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.