List of people from Santa Rosa, California explained

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Santa Rosa, California, United States.

Artists, designers, and cartoonists

• Linda Geary (born 1960), painter, educator
• Jean Halpert–Ryden (1919–2011), painter, printmaker^[1]
• Stephan Pastis, cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine
• Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor
• Charles M. Schulz, creator and cartoonist of Peanuts
• Nancy Speir, children's book illustrator

Entertainers, actors, musicians

• Francis Boggs, actor, writer, and early movie director^[2]
• Warren Boyd, television producer, drug counselor
• Chad Channing, drummer for Nirvana
• Eftekhar Dadehbala, Iranian singer, known by her stage name "Mahasti", deceased
• Rebecca De Mornay, film and television actress
• Chris Hayes, musician, member of Huey Lewis and the News
• Dan Hicks, singer and songwriter
• Julian Lage, guitarist and composer
• Julie London, singer and actress
• Kevin Kwan Loucks, concert pianist and arts entrepreneur
• Ray Luv, rapper, native of the South Park and West 9th districts
• Jon Provost, film and television actor
• Jade Puget, guitarist for the band AFI
• Robert Quarry, film and stage actor
• Pete Rugolo, musician
• Jussie Smollett, actor and singer^[3]
• Stephanie St. James, actress, singer, and disease advocate
• Natalie Wood, film actress; lived in Santa Rosa as a child

Sports

• Scott Alexander, MLB player
• Kim Conley, professional distance runner, two-time Olympian in the 5,000m
• Gabe Cramer, baseball pitcher
• Maya DiRado, Olympic swimmer
• Jonathan González, Mexican soccer player
• Sara Hall, American middle distance runner
• Brandon Hyde, manager of the Baltimore Orioles
• Jenna Johnson, Olympic swimmer
• Levi Leipheimer, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour of California
• Koa Misi, football linebacker
• McKenzie Moore (born 1992), player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Alfonso Motagalvan, soccer player
• Brandon Morrow, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ernie Nevers, football star
• Tony Renda, baseball player
• David Terrell, fighter
• Stephen Tomasin, plays for United States national rugby sevens team
• Tony Trujillo, skateboarder

Writers, journalists

• Jacob Appelbaum, journalist, computer security researcher and hacker
• Shirlee Busbee, writer
• Robert X. Cringely, technology journalist
• Garen Drussai, science fiction writer
• Paul Gilger, author of the musical Showtune
• Richard Heinberg, ecological journalist
• Frank Herbert, science-fiction writer and author of Dune
• Robert L. Ripley, creator and columnist of Ripley's Believe It or Not
• Jim Ross, professional wrestling commentator and executive
• Greg Sarris, author, film producer and screenwriter, professor

Others

• Luther Burbank, horticulturalist
  • Efren Carrillo, member of Sonoma County Board of Supervisors María Ygnacia López de Carrillo, original grantee of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa
• Brett Crozier, Commander of the
• William Mark Felt, FBI agent and associate director, Watergate informant known as "Deep Throat"
• Guy Fieri, celebrity chef
• Mendy Fry, drag racer
• Thomas Lake Harris, mystic and prophet
• Edward J. Livernash, journalist and Congressman
• Joseph and William Hunt, founders of Hunt's foods
• Vicky Nguyen, television reporter
• Michael Robinson, rabbi and activist for civil/human rights

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jean Ryden Obituary (2011) . 2024-03-04 . . The Press Democrat.
2. Web site: Drew . William L. . California's First Film Studio . 29 April 2014 . Early Hollywood Films and Movie Stars . William L. Drew.
3. Web site: PM . Bobby Ilich 02/16/19 AT 11:30 . 16 February 2019 . Who Is Jussie Smollett? 'Empire' Actor Faces Police Questions About Possible Staged Attack . International Business Times.