This is a list of notable people from

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

. It includes people who were born or raised in, lived in, or spent significant portions of their lives in San Francisco, or for whom San Francisco is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Francisco. This list is in order by primary field of notability and then in alphabetical order by last name.

Academics

Andrew Smith Hallidie Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, USA. This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of ...

(1836–1900) promoter of the first cable car line, regent of the University of California from 1868 to 1900 *

Phoebe Hearst Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. Hearst was the founder of the University of California Museum of Anthropology, now called the Phoebe A. Hearst Mu ...

(1842–1919) first woman Regent of the University of California, socialite, philanthropist, feminist and suffragist * Terry Karl (born 1947), professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University

Artists and designers

Architects

Edward Charles Bassett Edward Charles "Chuck" Bassett (1921–1999) was an American architect based in San Francisco. History Edward Charles Bassett was born on September 12, 1921 in Port Huron, Michigan. Between high school and college Bassett worked for his fathe ...

(1922–1999) San Francisco based architect, designed many of the buildings in San Francisco with

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The fir ...

. *

Vernon DeMars Vernon Armond DeMars (February 26, 1908 – April 29, 2005) was an American architect and professor at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. He specialized in Modernist housing projects and public housing complexes. Biography Vernon ...

(1908–2005), architect and professor; born in San Francisco. * Joseph Esherick (1914–1998), residential architect. * Richard Gage, San Francisco based architect and 9/11 activist, founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth * George W. Homsey (1926–2019), known for design of

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stations, among other things. *

Edgar Mathews Edgar Aschael Mathews (September 8, 1866 – December 31, 1946) was an architect who worked in the Bay Area of California, particularly in San Francisco. He primarily designed houses but was also responsible for some Christian Science churches an ...

(1866–1946), architect that designed many houses in Pacific Heights, often in a

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

influenced style with half-timbered, half-stucco, he resided in San Francisco at 2980 Vallejo Street. * George Matsumoto (1922–2016), Japanese-American

Modernist architect Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that Form f ...

, born in San Francisco. *

Bernard Maybeck Bernard Ralph Maybeck (February 7, 1862 – October 3, 1957) was an American architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He was an instructor at University of California, Berkeley. Most of his major buildings were in ...

(1892–1957), architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement. *

Julia Morgan Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career.Erica Reder"Julia Morgan was a local in ''The New Fillmore'', 1 Febr ...

(1872–1957), architect; born in San Francisco. * Timothy Ludwig Pflueger (1892–1946), architect, interior designer and architectural lighting designer; born in San Francisco *

Willis Polk Willis Jefferson Polk (October 3, 1867 – September 10, 1924) was an American architect, best known for his work in San Francisco, California. For ten years, he was the West Coast representative of D.H. Burnham & Company. In 1915, Polk oversaw t ...

(1867–1924), architect of many well-known buildings in San Francisco *

William Wurster William Wilson Wurster (October 20, 1895 – September 19, 1973) was an American architect and architectural teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, best known for his residential desig ...

(1895–1973) architect, professor of architecture at University of California, Berkeley, and at MIT.

Designers

* Gilbert Baker (1951–2017), artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the

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, lived in San Francisco from the 1970s until 1994. * Josh Begley (born 1984), digital artist and designer that works with data visualization, born in San Francisco *

Yves Béhar Yves Béhar (born 1967) is a Swiss-born American designer, entrepreneur, and educator. He is the founder and principal designer of Fuseproject, an industrial design and brand development firm. Béhar is also co-founder and Chief Creative Off ...

(born 1967), industrial designer, resides in San Francisco in Cow Hollow. *

Stanlee Gatti Stanlee Ray Gatti (born October 28, 1955) is an American event designer and arts administrator, based in San Francisco, California. He is famous for his innovation and unique style in the decoration and design of large and lavish parties. He has ...

(born 1955), celebrated event designer, art fair founder, and local arts administrator; moved to San Francisco in 1978. *

Gary Grimshaw Gary Grimshaw (February 25, 1946 – January 13, 2014) was an American graphic artist active in Detroit and San Francisco who specialized in designing rock concert posters. He was also a radical political activist with the White Panther Party and r ...

(1946–2014), music poster artist *

Frank Kozik Frank Kozik (born January 9, 1962 in Madrid) is an American graphic artist best known for his posters for alternative rock bands. History Kozik has worked with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Me ...

(born 1946), music poster artist, toy designer, resides in San Francisco

Fashion, apparel

* Melrose Bickerstaff (born 1983), model and fashion designer, runner-up of ''

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'', Cycle 7 *

Donald Fisher Donald George Fisher (September 3, 1928 – September 27, 2009) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded The Gap Inc. clothing stores with his wife Doris F. Fisher. Early life and education Fisher was born i ...

(1928–2009) and Doris F. Fisher (born 1931), apparel entrepreneurs, co-founders of

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; both were born, raised and lived in San Francisco. *

Jessica McClintock Jessica Gagnon McClintock (June 19, 1930 – February 16, 2021) was founder, President and CEO of Jessica McClintock, Inc., an American retail company based in San Francisco, California. She was a designer of formalwear for women. In 2013, after ...

(1930–2021), fashion designer. *

Levi Strauss Levi Strauss (; born Löb Strauß ; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisc ...

(1829–1902), German-born American

Gold Rush A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, New ...

-era businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans, Levi Strauss & Co., headquartered in San Francisco *

William Ware Theiss William Ware Theiss (; November 20, 1931 – December 15, 1992), was an American costume designer for television and film. His film credits as costume designer include ''Spartacus'', ''Harold and Maude'', '' Bound for Glory'', '' Pete's Drag ...

(1930–1992), costume designer. *

Douglas Tompkins Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. He co-founded the North Face Inc, Esprit and various environmental grou ...

(1943–2015), apparel entrepreneur, co-founder of

Esprit Holdings Esprit Holdings Limited () is a publicly owned manufacturer of clothing, footwear, accessories, jewellery and housewares under the Esprit label. The company is headquartered in North Point, Hong Kong, and Ratingen (near Düsseldorf), Germany. In ...

, and later

The North Face The North Face is an American outdoor recreation products company. The North Face produces outdoor clothing, footwear, and related equipment. Founded in 1968 to supply climbers, the company's logo draws inspiration from Half Dome, in Yosemite ...

. * Susie Tompkins Buell (born 1943), apparel entrepreneur, co-founder of

Fiber art, textile design

Dominic Di Mare Dominic L. Di Mare (born 1932) is an American artist and craftsperson, known for his weaving, abstract mixed-media sculpture, watercolor paintings, cast paper art, and fiber art. His work touches on themes of personal spirituality. He is based i ...

(born 1932), fiber arts, mixed media sculptor, watercolorist; born in San Francisco and lived there for many years. *

Trude Guermonprez Trude Guermonprez, born Gertrud Emilie Jalowetz (1910 1976), was a German-born American textile artist, designer and educator, known for her tapestry landscapes. Her Bauhaus-influenced disciplined abstraction for hand woven textiles greatly contr ...

(1910–1976),

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-born American

textile artist Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects. Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization. The methods and materials u ...

, designer and educator, known for her

tapestry Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike most woven textiles, where both the warp and the weft threads ma ...

landscapes; lived in San Francisco from 1951 until 1976. * Kay Sekimachi (born 1926), Japanese–American

fiber art Fiber art (fibre art in British spelling) refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labor on the part of the artist as ...

ist best known for her three-dimensional woven monofilament hangings; born in San Francisco and taught at City College of San Francisco.

Illustrators, comic book artists

* Arthur Adams (born 1963), comic book artist known for his work on '' Longshot'' and ''

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"The Art of Arthur Adams"
reprinted from ''Comic Book Artist'' #17, November 15, 2001George Khoury and Eric Nolen-Weathington. ''Modern Masters Volume Six: Arthur Adams'', 2006, TwoMorrows Publishing. *

Scott Adams Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the syndicated '' Dilbert'' comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. ''Dilbert'' gained natio ...

(born 1957),

Dilbert ''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title charact ...

creator *

Robert Crumb Robert Dennis Crumb (; born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contem ...

(born 1943), cartoonist, started his career in San Francisco * Rube Goldberg (1883–1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. * Larry Gonick (born 1946), cartoonist and comic artist, born in San Francisco *

Aline Kominsky-Crumb Aline Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith; August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 20 ...

(born 1948), cartoonist, lived in San Francisco for many years * Paul Terry (1887–1971), cartoonist and film producer who created

Mighty Mouse Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character was originally called Super Mouse, and made his debut in the 1942 short ''The Mouse of Tomorro ...

* Mark Ulriksen (born 1957), ''

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'' illustrator, lives in Cole Valley, San Francisco

Jewelry

* Vera Allison (1902–1993), American Modernist jeweler, and abstract painter; born in San Francisco. * Irena Brynner (1917–2003), sculptor and jewelry designer, part of the mid-century jewelry movement * Margaret De Patta (1903–1964), jewelry, part of the mid-century jewelry movement; lived and died in San Francisco. * Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001), and his spouse Virginia Macchiarini, jewelry designers and have a workshop in North Beach * Merry Renk (1921–2012), jewelry design, goldsmith; lived and died in San Francisco. * Byron August Wilson (1918–1992), jewelry design and sculptor * Bob Winston (1915–2003), jeweler, sculptor, and educator; active and founding member of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco

Mixed media, installation

* Mark Adams (1925–2006), public art, watercolors of still life subjects, tapestry designers, and stained glass artist *

Craig Baldwin Craig Baldwin (born 1952) is an American experimental filmmaker. He uses found footage from the fringes of popular consciousness as well as images from the mass media to undermine and transform the traditional documentary, infusing it with the ...

(born 1952), experimental filmmaker * Jim Campbell (born 1956), artist known for his LED light works *

Bruce Conner Bruce Conner (November 18, 1933 – July 7, 2008) was an American artist who worked with assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography. Biography Bruce Conner was born November 18, 1933 in McPherson, Kansas.His well- ...

(1933–2008), multimedia artist, lived in San Francisco in the mid-1960s * Pam DeLuco (born 1968), textile and fiber artist, papermaker and book arts, based in San Francisco * Jo Hanson (1918–2007), environmental artist and activist * David Ireland (1930–2009), American sculptor, conceptual artist and Minimalist architect * Aaron Kraten (born 1974), mixed media artist * Gay Outlaw (born 1959), sculptor, photographer & printmaker based in San Francisco. * Rex Ray (1956–2015), graphic designer and collage artist, lived and worked in the Mission District. * Reminisce (born 1970), also known as ''Ruby Rose Neri;'' street artist, sculptor, painter, part of the

Mission School The Mission School (sometimes called "New Folk" or "Urban Rustic") is an art movement of the 1990s and 2000s, centered in the Mission District, San Francisco, California. History and characteristics This movement is generally considered to have ...

art movement * Antonio Sotomayor (1902–1985), Bolivian born muralist,

ceramicist Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Wh ...

, illustrator. * Carlos Villa (1936–2013),

Filipino-American Filipino Americans ( fil, Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos and other Asian ethnicities in North America were first documented in the 16th century as slaves and prisoners on ships sailing to and from New ...

mixed media visual artist, painter, curator and educator; born and raise in the Tenderloin neighborhood. *

Al Wong Al Wong (born 1939) is an American artist and educator, known for his experimental film and mixed media installation art. He is based in San Francisco, California. Biography Al Wong was born in 1939 in San Francisco, California to father Willie ...

(born 1939), experimental filmmaker and mixed media installation artist

Painters

Tauba Auerbach Tauba Auerbach (born 1981 in San Francisco, California) is a visual artist working in many disciplines including painting, artists' books, sculpture and weaving. They live and work in New York. Early life and education Auerbach grew up in San Fra ...

(born 1981), visual artist, painter, born and raised in San Francisco * Ruth Armer (1896–1977), abstract painter, lithographer, fine art teacher and collector *

Robert Bechtle Robert Alan Bechtle (May 14, 1932 – September 24, 2020) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator. He lived nearly all his life in the San Francisco Bay Area and whose art was centered on scenes from everyday local life. His paintings ar ...

(born 1932), American photorealist painter. *

Bernice Bing Bernice Bing (10 April 1936 – 18 August 1998) was a Chinese American lesbian artist involved in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene in the 1960s. She was known for her interest in the Beats and Zen Buddhism, and for the "calligraphy-inspir ...

(1936–1998), painter * Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter, born in San Francisco *

Joan Brown Joan Brown (born Joan Vivien Beatty; February 13, 1938 – October 26, 1990) was an American figurative painter who lived and worked in Northern California. She was a member of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.Glu ...

(1938–1990), painter * Lenore Chinn (born 1949), painter *

Jess Collins Jess Collins (August 6, 1923 – January 2, 2004), simply known today as Jess, was an American visual artist. Biography Jess was born Burgess Franklin Collins in Long Beach, California. He was drafted into the military and worked on the product ...

(1923–2004), painter *

Jay DeFeo Jay DeFeo (March 31, 1929 – November 11, 1989) was a visual artist who first became celebrated in the 1950s as part of the spirited community of Beat artists, musicians, and poets in San Francisco. Best known for her monumental work ''The Rose' ...

(1929–1989), visual artist, a co-founder of '' Six Gallery'' * Pele de Lappe (1916–2007), social realist painter and printmaker, and political cartoonist. She was born in San Francisco and lived there many years. *

Richard Diebenkorn Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he bega ...

(1922–1993), painter * Guy Diehl (born 1949), still life painter *

Maynard Dixon Maynard Dixon (January 24, 1875 – November 11, 1946) was an American artist. He was known for his paintings, and his body of work focused on the American West. Dixon is considered one of the finest artists having dedicated most of their art o ...

(1875–1946), painter of the American West. *

Kevin Geary Kevin Geary (born 1952 Lincoln, England.) is an English portrait and abstract artist and poet. Some of his works are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Abbey Theatre, Dublin ...

(born 1952), English portrait and abstract artist, lived in San Francisco in 1998 and 1999. * Howard Hack (1923–2015), representational painter * Saburo Hasegawa (1906–1957), painter, calligrapher *

Wally Hedrick Wally Bill Hedrick (1928 – December 17, 2003)Gerald D. Adams, San Francisco Chronicle, Wally Hedrick: Iconoclastic Painter, Sculptor, Wednesday, December 24, 200/ref> was a seminal American artist in the 1950s California counterculture,Peter ...

(1928–2003), painter *

Ester Hernandez Ester Hernández (born 1944) is a California Bay Area Chicanx visual artist recognized for her prints and pastels focusing on farm worker rights, cultural, political, and Chicana feminist issues. Background Hernández is a Chicana of Yaqui ...

(born 1944), Chicana artist and painter *

Peregrine Honig Peregrine Honig (born 1976 in San Francisco, CA) is an American artist whose work is concerned with the relationship between pop culture, sexual vulnerability, social anxieties, the ethics of luxury and trends in consumerism. Honig appeared o ...

(born 1976), painter *

Chris Johanson Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement. Biography Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up skateboarding, attending punk rock show ...

(born 1968), painter, part of the

art movement *

Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In this tra ...

(1918–1998), Polish painter and

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

veteran, moved to San Francisco in 1953 and died in San Francisco in 1998. *

Margaret Kilgallen Margaret Leisha Kilgallen (October 28, 1967 – June 26, 2001) was a San Francisco Bay Area artist who combined graffiti art, painting, and installation art. Though a contemporary artist, her work showed a strong influence from folk art. She was ...

(1967–2001), painter, part of the

art movement *

Jane Kim Jane Kim (born July 9, 1977) is an American attorney and politician, and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019. She is a member ...

(born 1981), painter, science illustrator and the founder of Ink Dwell studio, based in San Francisco * Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856–1942), portrait and genre painter born in San Francisco, life partner of French painter

Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter of animals ( animalière). She also made sculpture in a realist style. Her paintings include ''Ploughing in the Nivernais'', fir ...

(1822–1899). *

Barry McGee Barry McGee (born 1966) is an American contemporary artist. He is a well known graffiti artist, and a pioneer of the Mission School art movement. McGee is known by his monikers: Twist, Ray Fong, Bernon Vernon, and P.Kin. Life and education Barry ...

(born 1966), painter, part of the

art movement *

Nathan Oliveira Nathan Oliveira (December 19, 1928 – November 13, 2010) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Oakland, California to immigrant Portuguese parents. Since the late 1950s, Oliveira has been the subject of nearly one hundred ...

(1928–2010), painter, lived in San Francisco for many years, part of the

Bay Area Figurative Movement The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th Century art movement made up of a group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area wh ...

* Frederick E. Olmsted (1911–1990), painter, born and raised in San Francisco, former student of

Ralph Stackpole Ralph Ward Stackpole (May 1, 1885 – December 10, 1973) was an American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator, San Francisco's leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s. Stackpole was involved in the art and causes of social realis ...

and he has a mural is at CCSF. * Jules Eugene Pages (1867–1946), painter *

Deborah Remington Deborah Remington (June 25, 1930 – April 21, 2010) was an American abstract painter. Her most notable work is characterized as Hard-edge painting abstraction. She became a part of the San Francisco Bay Area's Beat scene in the 1950s. In 1965 ...

(1930–2010), abstract painter * Lala Eve Rivol (1913–1996), worked with the

Works Project Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, in ...

to illustrate rock art sites in the western United States * Charles Dorman Robinson (1847–1933), painter *

Clare Rojas Clare E. Rojas (born 1976), also known by stage name Peggy Honeywell, is an American multidisciplinary artist. She is part of the Mission School. Rojas is "known for creating powerful folk-art-inspired tableaus that tackle traditional gender role ...

(born 1976), artist, painter, part of the

art movement * Peter Saul (born 1934), American painter associated with Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism. * David Simpson (born 1928), abstract painter and co-founder of Six Gallery *

Nell Sinton Eleanor "Nell" Walter Sinton ( née Eleanor Walter; 1910–1997) was an American artist, an art community leader, and educator. She was a distinguished San Francisco Bay Area abstract painter and collagist. Sinton served on the San Francisco Arts ...

(1910–1997), abstract painter *

(1885–1973) sculpture, social realist painter and muralist, active in San Francisco in 1920 and 1930s, contributed to the

Coit Tower Coit Tower is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, offering panoramic views over the city and the bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's beq ...

mural project. *

Wayne Thiebaud Morton Wayne Thiebaud ( ; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his la ...

(1920-2021), pop artist *

Leo Valledor Leo Valledor (1936–1989) was a Filipino-American painter who pioneered the hard-edge painting style. During the 1960s he was a member of the Park Place Gallery in Soho, New York City, which exhibited many influential and significant artists of ...

(1936–1989),

painter who pioneered the

hard-edge painting Hard-edge painting is painting in which abrupt transitions are found between color areas. Color areas are often of one unvarying color. The Hard-edge painting style is related to Geometric abstraction, Op Art, Post-painterly Abstraction, and C ...

style; born and raised in the

Fillmore district The Fillmore District is a historical neighborhood in San Francisco located to the southwest of Nob Hill, west of Market Street and north of the Mission District.Oaks, Robert F. San Francisco's Fillmore District. lectronic resource n.p.: Charles ...

. * Ted Vasin (born 1966), painter and sound artist *

Martin Wong Martin Wong (; July 11, 1946 – August 12, 1999) was a Chinese-American painter of the late 20th century. His work has been described as a meticulous blend of social realism and visionary art styles. Wong's paintings often explored multiple ...

(1946–1999) painter from New York's East Village art scene of the 1980s, grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown. * Bernard Zakheim (1898–1985), muralist

Photographers

* Ansel Adams (1902–1984), photographer and environmentalist, born and raised in San Francisco. * Victor Burgin (born 1941), photographer * John Gutmann (1905–1998), German-born American photographer and painter * Treu Ergeben Hecht (1875–1937), Tahiti-born American photographer * Michael Jang (born 1951), photographer *

Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Great Depression, Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administratio ...

(1895–1965), photographer *

Fred Lyon Fred Lyon (September 27, 1924 – August 22, 2022) was an American photographer. He was known for shots of foggy San Francisco, and photos of San Francisco life from the 1940s to the 1960s. Lyon worked in different roles within photography, inclu ...

(1924–2022), photographer

Printmakers

* Kathan Brown (born 1935), intaglio, founder of

Crown Point Press Crown Point Press is a long-established printmaking workshop, primarily creating and publishing etched, intaglio prints. Located in San Francisco since 1986, Crown Point Press was first established in 1962 in Richmond California by Kathan Brown. ...

. *

Ernest de Soto Ernest Frank de Soto (October 26, 1923 – December 29, 2014) was an American master printmaker and lithographer, who specialized in American and Mexican prints during his career. He established and directed his own printing workshop, the de Soto ...

(1923–2014), lithographer, founder of de Soto Workshop. *

Rupert García Rupert García (born in 1941 in San Joaquin Valley of French Camp, California) is an American Chicano visual artist and professor. He is known as a painter, pastellist, and screen printer. In the 1960s, as a leader, he led a movement against 'Yank ...

(b. 1941), silkscreen, one of the co-founders of

Galería de la Raza Galería de la Raza (GDLR) is a non-profit art gallery and artist collective founded in 1970, that serves the largely Chicano and Latino population of San Francisco's Mission District. GDLR mounts exhibitions, hosts poetry readings, workshops, a ...

, and part of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano Art Movement. *

Frank LaPena Frank Raymond LaPena, also known as Frank LaPeña and by his Wintu name Tauhindauli (1937 – 2019), was a Nomtipom-Wintu American Indian painter, printmaker, ethnographer, professor, ceremonial dancer, poet, and writer. He taught at California S ...

(1937–2019), Nomtipom-

Wintu The Wintu (also Northern Wintun) are Native Americans who live in what is now Northern California. They are part of a loose association of peoples known collectively as the Wintun (or Wintuan). Others are the Nomlaki and the Patwin. The Wintu ...

American Indian artist working in many mediums including printmaking, professor, curator, ceremonial dancer; born and raised in San Francisco. *

Ralph Maradiaga Ralph Maradiaga (1934–1985) was an American artist, curator, photographer, printmaker, teacher, and filmmaker. He was Chicano, one of the co-founders of Galería de la Raza and part of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano Art Movement. Biograp ...

(1934–1985), silkscreen, one of the co-founders of Galería de la Raza, and part of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano Art Movement. *

Jack Stauffacher Jack Werner Stauffacher (December 19, 1920 – November 16, 2017) was an American printer, typographer, educator, and fine book publisher. He owned and operated Greenwood Press, a small book printing press based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He ...

(1920–2017), letterpress, typographer *

Beth Van Hoesen Beth Van Hoesen (1926 – November 26, 2010), sometimes known as Beth Van Hoesen Adams, was an American artist who was best known for her prints and drawings of animals and botanical subjects. Biography Elizabeth "Beth" Marie Van Hoesen wa ...

(1926–2010), printmaker, painter, and drawer; she was known for her animal artwork and Castro District portraits.

Sculptors

Ruth Asawa Ruth Aiko Asawa (January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American modernist sculptor. Her work is featured in collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.< ...

(1926–2013), sculptor, lived and died in San Francisco * Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano (1890–1970), sculptor, lived and died in San Francisco *

Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and hi ...

(1898–1976), sculptor * Vincent Fecteau (born 1969), sculptor *

Sargent Johnson Sargent Claude Johnson (October 7, 1888 – October 10, 1967) was one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national reputation.

(1888–1967) sculptor, one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national reputation * Freda Koblick (1920–2011), American acrylic artist and sculptor *

Ron Nagle Ron Nagle (born February 21, 1939) is an American sculptor, musician and songwriter. He is known for small-scale, refined sculptures of great detail and compelling color. Nagle lives and works in San Francisco, California. Life Born in San Fr ...

(born 1939), sculptor, musician and songwriter *

Manuel Neri Manuel John Neri Jr. (April 12, 1930October 18, 2021) was an American sculptor who is recognized for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble. In Neri's work with the figure, he conveys an emotional inner state that is re ...

(born 1930), sculptor, part of the

Gottardo Piazzoni Gottardo Fidele Piazzoni (1872–1945) was a Swiss-born American landscape painter, muralist and sculptor of Italian heritage, a key member of the school of Northern California artists in the early 1900s. Life and career Born in Intragna, Switz ...

(1872–1945), painter, muralist, sculptor * Raymond Puccinelli (1904–1986), sculptor and educator; born and raised in San Francisco, lived in Italy in later life. *

Richard Serra Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) is an American artist known for his large-scale sculptures made for site-specific landscape, Urban area, urban, and Architecture, architectural settings. Serra's sculptures are notable for their material q ...

(born 1962), artist *

Adrien Voisin Adrien Alexandre Voisin (1890–1979), was an American sculptor. He was known for his bronze work, and had been one of the lead architectural sculptors at Hearst Castle. Early life and education Adrien Alexandre Voisin was born on May 8, 1979 i ...

(1890–1979), bronze sculptor and architectural sculptor; restored the Albion Castle from 1930s to 1950s. *

Beatrice Wood Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Avant Garde movement in the United States; she founded and edited ''The Blind Man'' and '' Rongwrong'' magazines in New York City with Fren ...

(1893–1998),

Business

* Albert Abrams (1863–1924), inventor of medical equipment in the field of electricity therapy *

Sam Altman Samuel H. Altman ( ; born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator. Early life and education Altman grew up in St. Louis, Missouri; his mothe ...

(born 1985), chairman of

Y Combinator Y Combinator (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator launched in March 2005. It has been used to launch more than 3,000 companies, including Airbnb, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash, Dropbox, Instacart, Quora, PagerDuty, Reddit, St ...

and co-chairman of

OpenAI OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company conducts research in the field of AI with the stated goal of promo ...

. *

Melvin Belli Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996) was a prominent United States lawyer, writer, and actor known as "The King of Torts" and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose". He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gab ...

(1907–1996), lawyer known as "The King of Torts", died in San Francisco *

Friedrich Bendixen Friedrich Bendixen (1864–1920) was an American-born German banker who made contributions to monetary theory. He was born in San Francisco, California in the United States, and received his education in Germany at Heidelberg and Leipzig. Bendixen ...

(1864–1920), American-born German banker *

Marc Benioff Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, an enterprise cloud computing company. In September 2018, Benioff acquired ''Time (mag ...

(born 1964), founder & co-CEO of

Salesforce Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, a ...

* Nathan Blecharczyk (born 1983), chief strategy officer & co-founder of

Airbnb Airbnb, Inc. ( ), based in San Francisco, California, operates an online marketplace focused on short-term homestays and experiences. The company acts as a broker and charges a commission from each booking. The company was founded in 2008 b ...

Thomas Henry Blythe Thomas Henry Blythe (born Thomas Williams; 1822–1883), was a Welsh-born American businessman; he became a successful self-made capitalist and tycoon after emigrating to San Francisco in the United States. Blythe is most remembered for purchasi ...

(born Thomas Williams, 1822–1883), emigrated to the San Francisco from

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

and became a wealthy capitalist. *

Bill Bowes William Eric Bowes (25 July 1908 – 4 September 1987) was an English professional cricketer active from 1929 to 1947 who played in 372 first-class matches as a right arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail end batsman. He took 1,639 wickets ...

(1926–2016), venture capitalist, philanthropist, and co-founder of U.S. Venture Partners * Luke Brugnara (born 1963), real estate investor *

Brian Chesky Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American businessman and industrial designer. He is the co-founder and CEO of the peer-to-peer lodging service Airbnb. Chesky was named one of ''Time'' "100 Most Influential People of 2015". Ear ...

(born 1981), CEO & co-founder of

Ron Conway Ronald Crawford Conway (born March 9, 1951) is an American venture capitalist and philanthropist. He has been described as one of Silicon Valley's " super angels". Early career Conway graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor's d ...

(born 1951), angel investor and philanthropist *

Jack Dorsey Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) is an American Internet entrepreneur and programmer who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc., as well as a co-founder and the CEO and chairperson of Block, Inc., the developer of the Squa ...

(born 1976), co-founder & CEO of

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

, founder & CEO of

Square In Euclidean geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90- degree angles, π/2 radian angles, or right angles). It can also be defined as a rectangle with two equal-length a ...

Mickey Drexler Millard "Mickey" S. Drexler (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and investor, currently CEO of Alex Mill, and head of Drexler Ventures. He was formerly the CEO and chairman of J.Crew Group, as well as the CEO of Gap Inc. Early lif ...

(born 1944), CEO of J. Crew and

Gap Inc. The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The c ...

(1928–2009), co-founder of the Gap clothing company * Doris F. Fisher (born 1931), co-founder of the Gap clothing company * Philip Arthur Fisher (1907–2004), investor, author, entrepreneur * Aaron Fleishhacker (1820–1898), paper box manufacturer, Gold rush-era entrepreneur, local philanthropist *

Joe Gebbia Joseph Gebbia Jr. (born August 21, 1981) is an American billionaire designer and Internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Airbnb and Samara, an accessory dwelling unit startup that was formerly Airbnb's design studio, and of Airbnb.org, the ...

(born 1981), co-founder & Chief Product Officer of

Gordon Getty Gordon Peter Getty (born December 20, 1933) is an American businessman and classical music composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's fourth wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed ...

(born 1934), oil philanthropist and composer *

Warren Hellman F. Warren Hellman (July 25, 1934 – December 18, 2011) was an American investment banker and private equity investor, the co-founder of Hellman & Friedman, a multibillion-dollar private equity firm. Hellman also co-founded Hellman, Ferri Inve ...

(1934–2011), private equity investor and founder of

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB), originally Strictly Bluegrass, is an annual free and non-commercial music festival held the first weekend of October in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Conceived and subsidized by San Francisco ve ...

festival *

Elizabeth Holmes Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American convicted fraudster and former biotechnology entrepreneur. In 2003, Holmes founded and was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company th ...

(born 1984), founder and former CEO of

Theranos Theranos Inc. () was an American privately held corporation that was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. Founded in 2003 by then 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists a ...

Jonathan Ive Sir Jonathan Paul Ive (born 27 February 1967) is a British industrial and product designer, as well as businessman. Ive was the chief design officer (CDO) of Apple Inc. from 1997 until 2019 (known as senior vice principal of industrial design ...

(born 1967),

chief design officer Chief Design Officer (CDO), or design executive officer (DEO), is a corporate title sometimes given to an executive in charge of an organization's design initiatives. The CDO is typically responsible for overseeing all design and innovation aspects ...

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...

, industrial designer * Jess Jackson (1930–2011), wine entrepreneur and founder of

Kendall-Jackson Kendall-Jackson Vineyard Estates is a vineyard and winery, under the Kendall-Jackson brand, located in Santa Rosa, California in the Sonoma Valley wine country. As of 2010 Kendall-Jackson was the highest-selling brand of "super-premium" wine (retai ...

wine company * Steve Jobs (1955–2011), co-founder of

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...

, born in and adopted in San Francisco *

Max Levchin Maksymilian Rafailovych "Max" Levchin ( uk, Максиміліан Рафаїлович Левчин; born July 11, 1975) is a Ukrainian-American software engineer and businessman. In 1998, he co-founded the company that eventually became PayP ...

(born 1975),

PayPal PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper ...

co-founder * Lew Hing (1858–1934) Chinese-born American industrialist and banker; founder of Chinatown in San Francisco, as well as Chinatown in Oakland, California. *

James Lick James Lick (August 25, 1796 – October 1, 1876) was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick left the majority of his es ...

(1796–1876), real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. *

Larry Livermore Lawrence Hayes (born October 28, 1947), better known by his stage name Larry Livermore, is an American singer, musician, record producer, and author, best known as the co-founder of Lookout Records. Biography In 1977, Hayes began to attend pun ...

(born 1947), founder of

Lookout Records Lookout Records (stylized as Lookout! Records) was an independent record label, initially based in Laytonville, California and later in Berkeley, California, Berkeley, focusing on punk rock. Established in 1987, the label is best known for having ...

Marissa Mayer Marissa Ann Mayer (; born May 30, 1975) is an American businesswoman and investor. She is an information technology executive, and co-founder of Sunshine Contacts. Mayer formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!, a p ...

(born 1975),

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...

executive, and co-founder of Lumi Labs. Mayer formerly served as the president and

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...

Yahoo! Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Manage ...

* Jesse B. McCargar (1879–1954), banker and industrialist * Pete McDonough (1872–1947), Bail Bonds Broker, called "the Fountainhead of Corruption" in 1937 police graft investigation * Morris Meyerfeld Jr. (1855–1935), German-born entrepreneur and theater owner (Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit) * Gordon E. Moore (born 1929), co-founder of Intel Corporation, author of Moore's law *

Michael Moritz Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz (born 12 September 1954) is a Welsh billionaire venture capitalist, philanthropist, author, and former journalist. Moritz works for Sequoia Capital, wrote the first history of Apple Inc., '' The Little Kingdom'', ...

(born 1954), venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital *

Craig Newmark Craig Alexander Newmark (born December 6, 1952) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of the classifieds website Craigslist. Prior to founding Craigslist, he worked as a computer programmer for companie ...

(born 1951), founder of

Craigslist Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums. Craig Newmark began the ...

Alexis Ohanian Alexis Kerry Ohanian ( hy, Ալեքսիս Քերի Օհանյան; born April 24, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Ste ...

(born 1983), co-founder of

Reddit Reddit (; stylized in all lowercase as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website. Registered users (commonly referred to as "Redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, imag ...

* Jack O'Neill (1923–2017), founder of O'Neill surf equipment *

Jay Paul Joseph "Jay" Paul (born 1947/1948) is an American billionaire real estate developer, based in San Francisco. Early life Jay Paul was born 1947/1948 and is a native of Rhode Island. He has a bachelor's degree from Boston University. In the 1970s ...

, real estate developer *

Mark Pincus Mark Jonathan Pincus (born February 13, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur known as the founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company. Pincus also founded the startups Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and Support.com. Pincus served as ...

(born 1966), founder of

Zynga Zynga Inc. () is an American developer running social video game services. It was founded in April 2007, with headquarters in San Mateo, California. The company primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Zynga states its missio ...

Bob Pritikin Robert C. Pritikin (May 6, 1929–February 13, 2022), commonly known as Bob Pritikin, was an American advertising executive, creative director, author, art collector, and ''bon vivant'' active on the San Francisco social scene. Early life and ca ...

(1929–2022), advertising executive, creative director, author,

art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...

, and ''bon vivant'' *

William Chapman Ralston William "Billy" Chapman Ralston (January 12, 1826 – August 27, 1875) was a San Francisco businessman and financier, and the founder of the Bank of California. Biography William Chapman Ralston was born at Wellsville, Ohio, son of Robert Ralst ...

(1826–1875), founder of the

Bank of California The Bank of California was opened in San Francisco, California, on July 4, 1864, by William Chapman Ralston and Darius Ogden Mills. It was the first commercial bank in the Western United States, the second-richest bank in the nation, and considered ...

Kevin Rose Kevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He also served as production assistant and co-host at TechTV's ''The Screen Savers''. From 2012 to 2015, he was a venture partner at GV. Earl ...

(born 1977),

internet entrepreneur An Internet entrepreneur is an owner, founder or manager of an Internet-based business. This list includes Internet company founders and people brought on to companies for their general business or accounting acumen, as is the case with some CEOs ...

who co-founded

Revision3 Revision3 was a San Francisco-based multi-channel television network that created, produced and distributed streaming television shows on niche topics. Founded in 2005, it operated as a subsidiary of Discovery Digital Networks since 2012. The ...

Digg Digg, stylized in lowercase as digg, is an American news aggregator with a curated front page, aiming to select stories specifically for the Internet audience such as science, trending political issues, and viral Internet issues. It was launch ...

Pownce Pownce was a free social networking and micro-blogging site started by Internet entrepreneurs Kevin Rose, Leah Culver, and Daniel Burka. Pownce was centered on sharing messages, files, events, and links with friends. The site launched on June 27 ...

, and Milk * Charles R. Schwab (born 1937), businessman, founder of Schwab investment firm * Theresa Sparks (born 1949), CEO of sex toy company

Good Vibrations "Good Vibrations" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. It was released as a single on October 10, 1966 and was an immediate critical and commercial hit, topping record ...

Tom Steyer Thomas Fahr Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is an American climate investor, businessman, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, and liberal activist. Steyer is the co-founder and co-chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, founder and ...

(born 1957), hedge fund manager and political activist *

(1829–1902), German-American

-era businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans, Levi Strauss & Co., headquartered in San Francisco *

Rikki Streicher Rikki Streicher (1922–1994) was a leader in San Francisco's LGBTQ movement. In the 1960s, she had an active leadership role in the Society for Individual Rights, an organization that promoted equal rights for gays and lesbians. In 1966, she ...

(1922–1994) LGBT leader, bar owner and co-founder of the

Gay Games The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes, artists and other individuals. Founded as the Gay Olympics, it was star ...

Adolph Sutro Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia Cit ...

(1830–1898) German-American engineer, business man, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

from 1895 until 1897 *

Aaron Swartz Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. A prolific programmer, Swartz helped develop the web feed format RSS, the tech ...

(1986–2011), co-founder of

Eric Swenson Eric Leon Swenson (August 4, 1946 – June 20, 2011) was an American skateboard designer and magazine publisher. Born in San Francisco, Swenson was the chief skateboard designer for the Independent Truck Company, which he co-founded with skateboa ...

(1946–2011), co-founder of

Thrasher Magazine ''Thrasher'' is a skateboarding magazine founded in January 1981 by Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello. The publication consists primarily of skateboard- and music-related articles, photography, interviews and skatepark reviews. The magazine also ...

Independent Truck Company Independent Truck Company is a skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California. Established in 1978, the company is owned by NHS, Inc. and sponsors an extensive list of team riders. History The company was co-founded by Richard No ...

Peter Thiel Peter Andreas Thiel (; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in F ...

(born 1967), co-founder of

, founder of

Clarium Capital Clarium Capital Management LLC is an American investment management and hedge fund company pursuing a global macro strategy. It was founded in San Francisco in 2002 by Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook.

* Richard M. Tobin, (1866–1952), president of Hibernia Bank and Minister to the Netherlands * George Treat (1819–1907) early

-era pioneer in the

Mission District The Mission District (Spanish: ''Distrito de la Misión''), commonly known as The Mission (Spanish: ''La Misión''), is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name is ...

, of San Francisco, a businessman,

abolitionist Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The British ...

, a member of the first Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco, and horse racing enthusiast. *

Walter Varney Walter Thomas Varney (December 26, 1888 – January 25, 1967) and Continental Airlines,Continental Airlines WebsiteCompany History 1934 to 1958/ref> which combined under United Continental Holdings long after his death. Varney was also one of the ...

, (1888–1967), aviation pioneer, founded the predecessors to both United Airlines and Continental Airlines *

Fausto Vitello Fausto Vitello (August 7, 1946 – April 22, 2006) was an Argentine-American businessman, magazine publisher, and skateboarder. Vitello was the creator of ''Thrasher'' magazine and co-creator of Independent trucks. Early life Vitello was born in ...

(1946–2006), creator of ''

'' and co-creator of

Independent Trucks Independent Truck Company is a skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California. Established in 1978, the company is owned by NHS, Inc. and sponsors an extensive list of team riders. History The company was co-founded by Richard No ...

* Evan Williams (born 1972), co-founder and CEO of

, founder of

Medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane *Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ...

and

blogger A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...

* Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), co-founder of Diaspora * Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984), co-founder and CEO of

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk ...

Barry Diller Barry Charles Diller (born February 2, 1942) is an American businessman. He is Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia Group and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting. Diller was inducted into the Television Hall o ...

(born 1942), co-founder of

Fox Broadcasting Company The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an Television in the United States, American Commercial broadcasting, commercial terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by Fox C ...

Chefs

Mario Batali Mario Francesco Batali (born September 19, 1960) is an American chef, writer, and restaurateur. Batali co-owned restaurants in New York City; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; and Newport Beach, California; Boston; Singapore; Westport, Connecticut; and ...

(born 1960), chef * Danny Bowien (born 1982), chef and restaurateur; founder of Mission Chinese Food *

Cecilia Chiang Cecilia Sun Yun Chiang (; September 18, 1920October 28, 2020) was a Chinese-American restaurateur and chef, best known for founding and managing the Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, California. Early life Chiang was born as Sun Yun in Wuxi ...

(1920–2020), chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer * Chris Cosentino, celebrity chef, restaurateur and reality television personality *

Dominique Crenn Dominique Crenn (born 1965) is a French chef. she is the only woman chef in the United States to attain three Michelin stars, for her restaurant Atelier Crenn, in San Francisco, California. Biography Crenn, originally from Locronan, was adopted ...

(born 1965), chef and owner of the two Michelin stars rated,

Atelier Crenn Atelier Crenn is a French restaurant in the Cow Hollow neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Opened in 2011 by Dominique Crenn and Juan Contreras, the restaurant became the seventh restaurant in San Francisco Bay Area to be awarded three Mi ...

and Petit Crenn in San Francisco * Gary Danko, chef and restaurateur * Traci Des Jardins (born 1967), chef and restaurateur, previously ''Jardinière'' * Melissa King (born 1983), winner of ''

Top Chef ''Top Chef'' is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional ch ...

'' * Corey Lee (born 1977) chef and restaurateur; founder of Benu. *

George Mardikian George Magar Mardikian (November 7, 1903 – October 23, 1977) was an Armenian Americans, Armenian-born American restaurateur, chef, author and philanthropist. In 1938, he opened Omar Khayyam's restaurant in San Francisco, California, which wa ...

(1903–1977), chef and restaurateur; founder of ''Omar Khayyam's'' restaurant * Thomas McNaughton (born 1983), chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer, ''Flour and Water'' *

Michael Mina Michael Mina ( ar, مايكل مينا; born 1969) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the founder of the Mina Group, a restaurant management company operating over 40 restaurants worldwide. He is the exec ...

(born 1969), chef, restaurateur * Daniel Patterson, chef, food writer, and owner of Coi from 2006 until 2022. * Judy Rodgers (1956–2013), chef, cookbook writer, restaurateur; founder of Zuni Cafe * Ron Siegel, chef in San Francisco, from 2002 to 2016. *

Jeremiah Tower Jeremiah Tower (born 1942) is an American celebrity chef who, along with Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck, has been credited with pioneering the culinary style known as California cuisine. A food lover from childhood, he had no formal culinary ...

(born 1942), chef at

Chez Panisse Chez Panisse is a Berkeley, California, restaurant, known as one of the originators of the style of cooking known as California cuisine, and the farm-to-table movement. The restaurant emphasizes ingredients rather than technique and has develo ...

and

Stars A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...

René Verdon René Verdon (June 29, 1924 – February 2, 2011) was a French-born American chef and author. Verdon was the chef for the White House during the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Verdon was hired by First Lady Jacqueline ...

(1924–2011), chef and owner of Le Trianon from 1972 until 1985. *

Martin Yan Martin Yan (; born 22 December 1948) is a Hong Kong chef and food writer. He has hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show ''Yan Can Cook'' since 1982. Early years and education With ancestral roots in Taishan, Yan was born in Guangzhou, ...

(born 1948), television chef

Crime

Richard Allen Davis Richard Allen Davis (born June 2, 1954) is an American convicted murderer whose criminal record fueled support for the passage of California's "three-strikes law" for repeat offenders and the involuntary civil commitment act for sex offenders a ...

(born 1954), career criminal convicted of killing Polly Klaas; born and raised in San Francisco. *

David Carpenter David Joseph Carpenter (born May 6, 1930), a.k.a. The Trailside Killer, is an American serial killer and serial rapist known for stalking and murdering a variety of individuals on hiking trails in state parks near San Francisco, California. He ...

(born 1930), also known as the Trailside Killer, a serial killer on hiking trails around the Bay Area; born and raised in San Francisco. * The Doodler, also known as the Black Doodler, an unidentified

serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A * * * * with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...

believed responsible for up to 16 murders and three assaults of men in San Francisco, between January 1974 and September 1975. He had a habit of sketching his victims prior to their sexual encounters and slayings by stabbing. *

Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow Raymond Kwok-Cheung Chow (; born December 31, 1959), nicknamed "Shrimp Boy", is a Hong Kong-born felon with ties to a San Francisco Chinatown street gang and an organized crime syndicate, including the American branch of the Hong Kong-based t ...

(born 1959), Hong Kong-born felon with ties to a

Chinatown street gang and an organized crime syndicate. * Alice Maud Hartley (c. 1864 – 1907), she murdered Nevada State Senator Murray D. Foley by gunshot in 1894."Alice Maud Hartley," ''Online Nevada,'' undated
/ref>"Slayer of M.D. Foley Becomes a Bride," ''San Francisco Chronicle,'' January 5, 1899, page 15
/ref> *

Jim Jones James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide ...

(1931–1978), cult leader of the

Peoples Temple The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, originally Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was an American new religious organization which existed between 1954 and 1978. Founded in Indianapolis, Ind ...

. * Pete McDonough (1872–1947), crime boss working alongside his brother Thomas, nicknamed the "King of the Tenderloin". * Earle Nelson (1897–1928), serial killer and necrophile. *

The Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. The case has been described as the most famous unsolved murder case in American history. It became a fixture of popular c ...

, unidentified serial killer active in the 1960s. * Leonard Lake (1945-1985), serial killer alongside his accompliance

Charles Ng Charles Chi-tat Ng (born Ng Chitat) ( zh, t=吳志達, j=ng4 zi3 daat6; born 24 December 1960) is a convicted Hong Kong-born serial killer who committed numerous crimes in the United States. He is believed to have raped, tortured, and murdered ...

Entertainment industry

Actors

Gracie Allen Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man, ...

(1895–1964) actress, comedian, born in San Francisco *

Dianna Agron Dianna Elise Agron ( ; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. After primarily dancing and starring in small musical theater productions in her youth, Agron made her screen debut in 2006, and in 2007, she played recurring charac ...

(born 1986), actress *

W. Kamau Bell Walter Kamau Bell (born January 26, 1973) is an American stand-up comic and television host. He has hosted the CNN series ''United Shades of America'' since 2016, and hosted FXX television series '' Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' from 2012 ...

(born 1973), comic, television host * Bill Bixby (1934–1993), actor *

Joan Blackman Joan May Blackman (born May 17, 1938, in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. Film Blackman appeared in her first motion picture, ''Good Day for a Hanging'', in 1959. She had a significant role in two Elvis Presley films. She play ...

(born 1938), actress * Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voiceover actor * Lisa Bonet (born 1967), actress * Michael Bowen (born 1953), actor, son of Beat generation artist Michael Bowen (Sr.) *

Benjamin Bratt Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has worked in film and on television. He had supporting roles in the 1990s in such box office hits as ''Demolition Man'' (1993), ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1994), ...

(born 1963), actor *

Todd Bridges Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965) is an American actor. He portrayed Willis Jackson on the sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' and had a recurring role as Monk on the sitcom ''Everybody Hates Chris.'' Bridges worked as a commentator on the telev ...

(born 1965), actor *

Kari Byron Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is an American television host, best known for her role on the ''MythBusters'' and ''White Rabbit Project'' series. Early life Byron was born in the Bay Area, California. She graduated from Los Gat ...

(born 1974), television personality * Scott Capurro (born 1962), comedian, actor *

Colleen Camp Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a lead role in the comedy ''The Swinging Cheerleaders'' (1974), followed by roles in two installments of the '' ...

(born 1953), actress *

Carol Channing Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, ...

(1921–2019), actress *

Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Ka-wing (born 15 August 1969) is a Hong Kong American actor and singer who is currently under the management of the Hong Kong television network TVB. Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after playing his first lead role in the TVB drama ...

(born 1969), actor *

Mandy Cho Mandy Lee Cho (born 2 September 1982 in Sacramento County, California)Date of birth found on the ''California Birth Index 1905-1995'', under Cho, Mandy Lee, on 2 September 1982 in Sacramento County. is a Hong Kong beauty contestant and televisio ...

(born 1982), actress *

Margaret Cho Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, actress, LGBT social activist, and musician. She is known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially regarding race and se ...

(born 1968), comedian, actress *

Jamie Chung Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series '' The Real World: San Diego'' and subsequently through her app ...

(born 1983), actress * William Collier Jr. (1902–1987), silent film and stage actor *

Darren Criss Darren Everett Criss (born February 5, 1987) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He rose to fame starring on the television series '' Glee'' (2010–2015) and received Emmy and Golden Globe acting awards for his leading role as spree ...

(born 1987), actor in Glee *

Eric Dane Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role as Jason Dean in ''Charmed'', Dane was cast as Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama te ...

(born 1972), actor *

Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in the sitcom ''Ellen'' from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for " The Puppy Episode". Sh ...

(born 1958), comedian, television personality *

Dimitri Diatchenko Dimitri Diatchenko (April 11, 1968 – April 21, 2020) was an American actor. Life and career Diatchenko was born April 11, 1968, in Oakland, California. He was a native of San Francisco, California and a first-generation American; his fathe ...

(1968–2020), actor and musician *

Minnie Dupree Minnie Dupree (January 19, 1875 – May 23, 1947) was an American stage, film, and radio actress. During the Great Depression, she helped organize the Stage Relief Fund to assist unemployed actors and actresses. Biography Born in San Francis ...

(1875–1947), actress * Clint Eastwood (born 1930), actor and film director *

Barbara Eden Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and producer best known for her starring role as Jeannie in the sitcom '' I Dream of Jeannie'' (1965-1970). Other notable roles include Roslyn Pierce opp ...

(born 1931), actress * Richard Egan (1921-1987), actor * Jimmie Fails (born 1994), actor, screenwriter *

Kurt Fuller Kurt Fuller (born September 16, 1953) is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He is best known for his roles in the films '' No Holds Barred'' and '' Ghostbusters II'' (both 1989), '' ...

(born 1953), actor * Kathy Gori (born 1951), actress * Danny Glover (born 1946), actor *

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

(born 1956), actor *

China Kantner China Wing Kantner is an American actress in television, theatre and film. She is also a former MTV VJ, sometimes credited on-screen as China Slick Kantner. Biography Kantner was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of two Jeffers ...

(born 1971), actress * Bruce Lee (1940–1973), actor and martial artist *

Sondra Locke Sandra Louise Anderson (''née'' Smith; May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. She achieved worldwide recognition for her relationship with Clint Eastwood and the six hit f ...

(1944–2018), actress and film director *

Marjorie Lord Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg; July 26, 1918 – November 28, 2015) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (also known as ''Make ...

(1918–2015), actress *

Leslie Mann Leslie Jean Mann (born March 26, 1972) is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including ''The Cable Guy'' (1996), ''George of the Jungle'' (1997), '' Big Daddy'' (1999), '' Knocked Up'' (2007), '' 17 Again'' (2009), '' Funn ...

(born 1972), actress, born in San Francisco * Cheech Marin (born 1946), actor *

Marc Maron Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty ...

(born 1963), comedian & podcaster * Edna McClure (born c. 1888), Broadway actress *

Bridgit Mendler Bridgit Claire Mendler (born December 18, 1992) is an American singer and actress. In 2004, she began her career in the animated Indian film '' The Legend of Buddha'', later starring in the films ''Alice Upside Down'' (2007), ''The Clique'' (200 ...

(born 1992), actress and singer * Vera Michelena (1885–1961), actress, dancer and singer *

Melissa Ng Melissa Ng Mei-hang (born 5 May 1972) is a retired American Hong Kong television actress born in China. She had been under contract to the television station TVB since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring ...

(born 1972), Hong Kong television actress, raised in San Francisco *

Larisa Oleynik Larisa Romanovna Oleynik (; born June 7, 1981) is an American actress who became a teen idol in the 1990s. Born in Santa Clara and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, Oleynik began her career as a child actor, first appearing ...

(born 1981), actress *

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

(born 1969), comedian *

Brian Posehn Brian Edmund Posehn (; born July 6, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician, and writer. After numerous appearances as a television guest star, Posehn acquired his first major recurring role in HBO's '' Mr. Show wi ...

(born 1966), comedian * Paula Poundstone (born 1959), comedian and panelist on

NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me *

Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider (; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'', he went on to a career in feature films, including starri ...

(born 1963), actor *

Liev Schreiber Isaac Liev Schreiber (; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywo ...

(born 1967), actor * Harry Shum Jr. (born 1982), actor * Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress *

Genevieve Stebbins Genevieve Stebbins (March 7, 1857 – September 21, 1934) was an American author, teacher of her system of Harmonic Gymnastics and performer of the Delsarte system of expression. She published four books and was the founder of the New York Schoo ...

(1857–1934), actress, author, teacher *

David Strathairn David Russell Strathairn (; born January 26, 1949) is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has often portrayed historical figures such as Edward R. Murrow, J. Robert Oppenheimer, William H. Seward, and John Do ...

(born 1949), actor *

Sharon Stone Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femme fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various ...

(born 1958), actress *

Lyle Talbot Lyle Florenz Talbot (born Lisle Henderson, also credited Lysle Talbot; February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996) was an American stage, screen and television actor. His career in films spanned three decades, from 1931 to 1960, and he performed on ...

(1902–1996), actor *

Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom ''The Ropers'' (1979–1980), as Hank Kings ...

(born 1944), actor *

Phillip Terry Phillip Terry (born Frederick Henry Kormann, March 7, 1909 – February 23, 1993) was an American actor. Early years Terry was born in San Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick Andrew Kormann and Ida Ruth Voll. Hi ...

(1909–1993), actor *

Gregg Turkington Gregg Turkington (born November 25, 1967) is an Australian-born American entertainer, actor, musician and writer. He is known for his performances as Neil Hamburger, a stand-up comedian persona he developed in the 1990s. Alongside Tim Heidecker, ...

(born 1967), a.k.a.

Neil Hamburger Neil Hamburger is a fictional standup comedian and singer created by Australian-American entertainer Gregg Turkington. Distinguished for his misanthropic jokes and anti-comedy style, Turkington has released a number of albums as Hamburger and ...

Aisha Tyler Aisha Nilaja Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Criminal Minds'', Mother Nature ...

(born 1970), actress and TV personality * Terri J. Vaughn (born 1969), actress * Mai Wells (1862–1941), actress *

Stuart Whitman Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to ...

(1928–2020), actor *

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

(1951–2014), comedian, actor *

Ali Wong Alexandra Dawn Ali Wong (born April 19, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She is best known for her Netflix stand-up specials ''Baby Cobra'' (2016), ''Hard Knock Wife'' (2018), and ''Don Wong'' (2022). She starred in the film ' ...

(born 1982), actress, comic, writer *

BD Wong Bradley Darryl Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in ''M. Butterfly'', becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critic ...

(born 1960), actor *

Natalie Wood Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...

(1938–1981), actress *

Jacob Hopkins Jacob Turner Hopkins (born March 4, 2002) is an American actor. Early life Hopkins was born in San Francisco, California to Gerald and Debra Hopkins. He has an older brother named Gerad (Born 1998). Career Hopkins is best known for playing the ...

(born 2002), actor

Dancers

Carol Doda Carol Ann Doda (August 29, 1937November 9, 2015) was an American topless dancer based in San Francisco, California, who was active from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was the first public topless dancer in the United States. In 1964, Doda made ...

(1937–2015), first public topless dancer *

Isadora Duncan Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance, who performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US. Born and raised in ...

(1877–1927), "mother" of

modern dance Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th ...

* Margaret Jenkins (born 1942), choreographer *

Sarah Lane Sarah Lane (born August 3, 1984) is an American ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She served as a " dance double" for Natalie Portman in the 2010 film '' Black Swan''. Early life Lane was born in San ...

(born 1984), ballet dancer

Filmmakers

* David Butler (1894–1979), film director, actor, writer and producer * Chris Columbus (born 1958), director *

Francis Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...

(born 1939), film director, writer, producer, winery owner, San Francisco restaurateur *

Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and actress. The youngest child and only daughter of filmmakers Eleanor Coppola, Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, she made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed ...

(born 1971), director *

Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially '' Broke ...

(1904–1977), director * David Fincher (born 1962), director *

Sarah Jacobson Sarah Jacobson (August 25, 1971 – February 13, 2004) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Early life Jacobson was born in Connecticut, moved to New Jersey in 1975, then to Edina, Minnesota in 1982. She graduated with ho ...

(1971–2004), film director, screenwriter, and producer *

Philip Kaufman Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning more than six decades. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versati ...

(born 1936), film director *

George Kuchar George Kuchar (August 31, 1942 – September 6, 2011) was an American underground film director and video artist, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic. Early life and career Kuchar trained as a commercial artist at the School of Industrial Art, now k ...

(1942–2011), underground film director and video artist, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic * Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), director, producer, actor * George Lucas (born 1944), director and producer *

Andy Luckey Andrew A. Luckey (born October 7, 1965) is an American animator, artist, author, designer, director, illustrator and television producer, primarily of animated works. He also writes and illustrates children's books and Bible studies. Luckey ha ...

(born 1965), TV writer, producer, director *

Mary Eunice McCarthy Mary Eunice McCarthy (March 4, 1899 – August 7, 1969) was an American screenwriter, playwright, journalist and author, perhaps best known today as the screenwriter of, and driving force behind, the biopic ''Sister Kenny'' (1946).Cohn, Victor ( ...

(1899–1969), screenwriter, playwright, and author * The

Mitchell brothers Brothers James Lloyd "Jim" Mitchell (November 30, 1943 in Stockton, California – July 12, 2007 in Petaluma, California) and Artie Jay Mitchell (December 17, 1945 in Lodi, California – February 27, 1991 in Marin County, California) were Amer ...

, Jim and Artie, adult industry pioneers including adult cinema and adult film production *

Jon Moritsugu Jon Moritsugu (born February 15, 1965) is an American cult- underground filmmaker. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The ''New York Times'' describes them ...

(born 1965), cult-underground filmmaker *

Jenni Olson Jenni Olson (born October 6, 1962) is a writer, archivist, historian, consultant, and non-fiction filmmaker based in Berkeley, California. She co-founded the pioneering LGBT website PlanetOut.com. Her two feature-length essay films — '' The Jo ...

(born 1962), film curator, filmmaker, author, and LGBT film historian *

Lourdes Portillo Lourdes Portillo is a Mexican film director, producer, and writer. Biography Portillo got her first filmmaking experience at the age of twenty-one when a friend in Hollywood asked her to help out on a documentary. Her formal training began se ...

(born 1944), screenwriter and filmmaker * Walter Shenson (1919–2000), film producer * Cauleen Smith (born 1967), filmmaker and multimedia artist *

Joe Talbot Joseph Lyle Talbot (born July 11, 1990) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature film, ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019), which he co-wrote and directed, won the Best Director prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The film i ...

(born 1991), director *

Jay Ward Joseph Ward Cohen Jr. (September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989), also known as Jay Ward, was an American creator and producer of animated TV cartoon shows. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bu ...

(1920–1989), creator and producer of animated TV series *

Wayne Wang Wayne Wang (; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong–American director, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese-American filmmakers to gain a major foothold in Hollywood ...

(born 1949), director *

Tommy Wiseau Thomas P. Wiseau ( or ) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for writing, producing, directing, and starring in the 2003 film '' The Room'', which has been described by many critics as one of the worst films ever made and has gaine ...

, director of the cult film ''

The Room ''The Room'' is a 2003 American drama film written, produced, executive produced and directed by Tommy Wiseau, who stars in the film alongside Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero. The film centers on a melodramatic love triangle between amia ...

Promoters and managers

* Bill Graham (1931–1991), rock promoter, known for

Winterland Ballroom Winterland Ballroom (more commonly known as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco, California. The arena was located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street. It was converted for ...

The Fillmore The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California. Built in 1912 and originally named the Majestic Hall, it became the Fillmore Auditorium in 1954. It is in Western Addition, on the edge of the Fillmore District and Upper Fillm ...

Fillmore West The Fillmore West was a historic rock and roll music venue in San Francisco, California, US which became famous under the direction of concert promoter Bill Graham from 1968 to 1971. Named after The Fillmore at the intersection of Fillmore Str ...

and Bill Graham Presents *

Chet Helms Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 – June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 " Summer of Love," was a music promoter and a counterculture figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the mid- to-late 196 ...

(1942–2005), 1960s rock promoter *

Rock Scully Rock Robert Scully (August 1, 1941 – December 16, 2014) was one of the managers of the rock band the Grateful Dead from 1965 to 1985. Living in Haight-Ashbury as a graduate student prior to the Summer of Love, Scully first saw the Grateful Dead ...

(1941–2014), manager of the Grateful Dead

Theatre

David Belasco David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of ...

(1853–1931)

theatrical producer A theatrical producer is a person who oversees all aspects of mounting a theatre production. The producer is responsible for the overall financial and managerial functions of a production or venue, raises or provides financial backing, and hire ...

impresario An impresario (from the Italian ''impresa'', "an enterprise or undertaking") is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer. His ...

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

and playwright, born in San Francisco *

(born 1987) Broadway actor, singer and songwriter, born in San Francisco * Alice Oates (1849–1887) actress and pioneer of American musical theatre, lived and worked in San Francisco *

Carole Shorenstein Hays Carole Shorenstein Hays (born September 15, 1948 as Carole J. Shorenstein) is an American theatrical producer. Biography Shorenstein was one of three children born to real estate developer Walter Shorenstein and Phyllis Finley. Her father was ...

(born 1948), theatrical producer and owner of

Curran Theatre The Curran Theatre, located at 445 Geary Street between Taylor and Mason Streets in the Theatre District of San Francisco, California opened in February 1922, and was named after its first owner, Homer Curran. As of 2014, the theater is owned by ...

Military

* James Millikin Bevans (1899–1977), U.S. Air Force general * Daniel Callaghan, (1890–1942) U.S. navy admiral and Medal of Honor recipient * Robert L. Fair (1923–1983), U.S. Army general and Silver Star recipient * Kenneth J. Houghton (1920–2006), U.S. Marine Corps general and Navy Cross recipient * William Payne Jackson (1868–1945), U.S. Army major general * William Harrington Leahy (1904–1986), U.S. Navy admiral * Robert Houston Noble, U.S. Army general * G. S. Patrick (1907–1999), U.S. Navy admiral and Navy Cross recipient * William T. Shorey (1859–1919), first black San Francisco sea captain *

Thomas Selfridge Thomas Etholen Selfridge (February 8, 1882 – September 17, 1908) was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash whil ...

(1882–1908), U.S. Army

first lieutenant First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment. The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a ...

, Aviator, known for being the first person ever to die on a plane crash * William Renwick Smedberg Jr., U.S. Army general * Arthur Wolcott Yates, U.S. Army general * John C. Young (1912–1987), U.S. Army officer, Chinatown leader *

Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. (November 29, 1920 – January 2, 2000) was a United States Navy officer and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a m ...

(1920–2000), U.S. Navy admiral

Musicians and bands

* 4 Non Blondes, rock band * 8 Legged Monster, Jazz band based in San Francisco * A.B. Skhy, 1960s blues-rock band * The Ace of Cups, 1960s rock band *

The Aislers Set The Aislers Set is an American indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997, after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton's former band Henry's Dress. The Aislers Set's music is influenced by C86-style British indie pop. The founding me ...

, indie rock band *

Allegiance An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or citizens to their state or sovereign. Etymology From Middle English ''ligeaunce'' (see medieval Latin ''ligeantia'', "a liegance"). The ''al ...

, hardcore band *

American Music Club American Music Club was an American, San Francisco-based indie rock band, led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Formed in 1983, the band released seven albums before splitting up in 1995. They reformed in 2003 and released two further albums. ...

, indie rock band * A Minor Forest, math rock band *

Lorin Ashton Lorin Gabriel Ashton, better known under his stage name Bassnectar (born February 16, 1978), is an American DJ and record producer. Biography Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. He initial ...

a.k.a.

Bassnectar Lorin Gabriel Ashton, better known under his stage name Bassnectar (born February 16, 1978), is an American DJ and record producer. Biography Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. He initiall ...

(born 1978), DJ & record producer * Avengers, punk band ** Penelope Houston (born 1958), singer *

Marty Balin Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin (), was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder/leader and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and J ...

(1949–2018), singer Jefferson Airplane * Beau Brummels, 1960s relectro soul-punk), singer, signature song "

I Left My Heart in San Francisco "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in the fall of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, with music by George Cory (1920–1978) and lyrics by Douglass Cross and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett. In 1962, the ...

" *

Jello Biafra Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Initially ac ...

(born 1958), singer for

Dead Kennedys Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978. The band was one of the defining punk bands during its initial eight-year run. Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing p ...

Black Pearl The ''Black Pearl'' (formerly known as the ''Wicked Wench'') is a fictional ship in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series. In the screenplay, the ''Black Pearl'' is easily recognized by her distinctive black hull and sails. Captained by ...

, 1960s/1970s rock band *

Kat Bjelland Katherine Lynne Bjelland (born December 9, 1963) is an American musician. She rose to prominence as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the alternative rock band Babes in Toyland, which she formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1987. ...

(born 1963), bassist for Babes in Toyland *

Blue Cheer Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues rock or acid rock style, and ...

, early hard rock band *

Mike Bordin Michael Andrew Bordin (born November 27, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Faith No More. He has amicably been known as "Puffy", "Puffster" or "The Puff", in reference to the afro hair style he wore in ...

(born 1962), drummer for Faith No More and

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

* Mike Burkett a.k.a. "Fat Mike" (born 1967), bassist/songwriter for NOFX *

Jack Casady John William "Jack" Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including " S ...

(born 1944), bassist for Jefferson Airplane & Hot Tuna *

Billy Gould William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist of Faith No More. Biography Early years Billy said he is of Hungarian descent from his father's side. ...

(born 1963), bass guitarist for Faith No More *

Paul Bostaph Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

(born 1964), heavy metal drummer *

Jim Campilongo Jim Campilongo (born July 8, 1958) is a New York roots rock guitarist, known for recording a series of mostly instrumental albums. He is also known for being a member of The Little Willies with Norah Jones. Campilongo primarily plays Fender Tele ...

(born 1958), guitarist *

Kevin Cadogan Kevin Rene Cadogan (born August 14, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. A founding member of the band Third Eye Blind, he performed with the band from 1993 to 2000. He co-wrote some of Third Eye Bl ...

(born 1970), guitarist, known for his work with the band

Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label reco ...

on the albums ''Third Eye Blind'' and ''Blue'' *

Michael Carabello Michael Carabello (born November 18, 1947) is an American musician, best known for playing percussion with Santana during that band's early years. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Career Carabello was born in San Francisco and ...

(born 1947), percussionist with Santana *

Caroliner Caroliner, a group formed in 1983 in San Francisco, is an industrial bluegrass–experimental–Noise conceptual art band that uses instruments from bluegrass and rock traditions, as well as homemade electronics and other modified instruments. In ...

, experimental band *

Vanessa Carlton Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York City bars and clubs while ...

(born 1980), singer *

Adam Carson Adam Alexander Carson (born February 5, 1975) is the drummer of the alternative rock band AFI. He and Davey Havok are the two original members left in the lineup. Carson also filled in as drummer for the psychobilly band Tiger Army. His drumm ...

(born 1974), drummer for

AFI AFI may refer to: * ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol * Ashton Fletcher Irwin, an Australian drummer * AFI (band), an American rock band ** ''AFI'' (2004 album), a retrospective album by AFI rele ...

The Fucking Champs The Fucking Champs are a three-piece rock band from San Francisco, California. They are known for their heavy metal sound, based largely around shifting time signatures, guitar harmonies, and plentiful rhythm. Most songs are instrumental. They ...

, progressive punk band *

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason". Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released ...

(born 1964), singer-songwriter *

Craig Chaquico Craig Clinton Chaquico (or Chaquiço, ; born September 26, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer. From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. In 1993, he started a solo career as ...

(born 1954), rock, jazz and new age guitarist * The Charlatans, folk rock & psychedelic rock band * Chrome, foundational industrial rock band * Clown Alley, punk band *

Counting Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist M ...

, alternative rock band * Patrick Cowley (1950–1982), disco composer * Todd Tamanend Clark (born 1952), poet and composer * Consolidated, alternative dance/industrial music band *

Jack Conte Jack Conte (; born July 12, 1984) is an American musician and co-founder and CEO of Patreon. He is one half of the band Pomplamoose, along with his wife Nataly Dawn, co-leader of the band Scary Pockets, and leader of the band Magaziine. Career C ...

, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, half of the musical duo

Pomplamoose Pomplamoose is an American musical duo composed of husband-and-wife multi-instrumentalist Jack Conte and singer-songwriter and bassist Nataly Dawn. The duo formed in 2008 and sold approximately 100,000 songs online in 2009. They are known for ...

, and CEO of

Patreon Patreon (, ) is a membership platform that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service. It helps creators and artists earn a monthly income by providing rewards and perks to their subscribers. Patreon charges a com ...

Helios Creed Barry Johnson (born on November 3, 1953), known professionally as Helios Creed, is an American guitarist, singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome, who were considered an early infl ...

(born 1953), singer/songwriter *

Creeper Lagoon Creeper Lagoon is a San Francisco indie-rock band originally started by Sharky Laguana as a solo project in 1991. They are currently on Laguana's digital record label, Neglektra. History Sharky Laguana and Ian Sefchick both played in the Cin ...

, rock band *

Crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

, early punk band * Cypher in the Snow,

queercore Queercore (or homocore) is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the punk subculture and a music genre that comes from punk rock. It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifical ...

band *

, punk band * Dead to Me, punk band *

Paul Desmond Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " Take Five". He ...

(1924–1977), jazz saxophonist *

The Dicks ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

, early punk band *

Dave Dictor Dave Dictor (born December 4, 1956) is an American musician, singer of the punk rock band MDC (of which he is a founding member), and founder of the band's label, R Radical Records. Dictor is known for his political lyrics, involvement in the ...

(born 1951), founder & singer of MDC *

Dieselhed Dieselhed was a San Francisco-based band, originally from Arcata, California.Prato, Greg. " Dieselhed: Biography, Allmusic. Retrieved May 22, 2010. Early career Dieselhed formed in 1989 in Arcata, California later moving to San Francisco, Californ ...

, country punk band *

The Dils The Dils were an American punk rock band formed 1976 and active until 1980, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by the brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman. They appeared as the second act in the "battle of the bands" sequence i ...

, early punk band * Dominant Legs, indie pop group *

David Dondero David Dondero (born 24 June 1969 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. In 2006, NPR's All Songs Considered named David one of the "best living songwriters" alongside Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and T ...

(born 1969), singer/songwriter * DUH, alt/noise rock band *

The Dwarves The Dwarves are an American punk rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois and based in San Francisco, California as of 2009.Gentile, John (2009)Interview: Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves, ''The A.V. Club'', April 13, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010 ...

, punk band * John Dwyer (born 1974), multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter *

Mark Eitzel Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club. Biography Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...

(born 1959), musician *

Hanni El Khatib Hanni El Khatib (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer as well as visual director and co-owner of the Los Angeles-based independent record label Innovative Leisure. His 2013 sophom ...

(born 1981), a blues rock artist born in San Francisco, currently based in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ...

* Engine 88, rock band * Andy Ernst, punk rock music producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter *

Erase Errata Erase Errata was a band from San Francisco, California. The group favored improvisation as a compositional tool and each of their performances were a unique manifestation of established songs. History Erase Errata formed in Oakland, California ...

, post-punk band *

Greg Errico Greg Errico (born September 1, 1948) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the drummer for the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone. Background Errico was born and grew up in San Franc ...

(born 1948), drummer for many bands, most notably

Sly & the Family Stone Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi- ...

* Faith No More, rock band *

Maude Fay Maude Fay (also spelled Maud Fay; 18 April 1878 – 7 October 1964) was an American operatic soprano who was known for singing dramatic roles.Cummings, David (1992). "Fay, Maude" in Sadie, Stanley, ed. ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' ( ...

(1878–1964), operatic dramatic soprano *

Jennifer Finch Jennifer Finch (born August 5, 1966) is an American musician, designer, and photographer most notable for being the primary bass player of the punk rock band L7. Active in L7 from 1986 to 1996, Finch also wrote music and performed with her ban ...

(born 1966), bassist for L7 *

Flamin' Groovies Flamin' Groovies is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965, originally co-led by Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. After the Groovies released three albums, on Epic ('' Supersnazz'') and Kama Sutra (''Flamingo'' and '' Teenage Hea ...

, rock band * Flipper, early punk band *

Michael Franti Michael Franti (born April 21, 1966) is an American rapper, musician, poet, activist, documentarian, and singer-songwriter, known for his participation in many musical projects, most with a political and social emphasis, including the Beatnigs ...

(born 1967), singer/songwriter *

Lars Frederiksen Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and ...

, guitarist/singer/songwriter with Rancid *

Bobby Freeman Robert Thomas Freeman (June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017)"Bobby Freeman"
Ace Records.co.uk. Retrieve ...

(1940–2017), rock, soul, and R&B singer and producer * Frightwig, punk band *

Girls A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.c ...

, rock band * Grass Widow, indie punk band * Grateful Dead, rock band ** Jerry Garcia (1942–1995), psychedelic and folk-rock guitarist and singer for Grateful Dead ** Bob Weir (born 1947), songwriter/guitarist for Grateful Dead ** Phil Lesh (born 1949), bassist for Grateful Dead ** Mickey Hart (born 1943), drummer for Grateful Dead **

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

(born 1946), drummer for Grateful Dead **

Tom Constanten Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist, best known for playing with Grateful Dead from 1968 to 1970, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Biography Early career Born in Long Branch, N ...

(born 1944), keyboardist for Grateful Dead **

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

(1949–1973), keyboardist and founding member of Grateful Dead *

Ryan Greene Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. In an over 25-year-long career he has worked with many art ...

, record producer & sound engineer *

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this series includ ...

(1928–1976), jazz musician and pianist, born in San Francisco *

Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo car ...

(born 1947), singer for Montrose &

Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Credited with "restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene", Van Halen was known for its energetic live shows and for the virtuosity of its lead gu ...

Henry's Dress Henry's Dress was an American noise pop band from Albuquerque, New Mexico (and later from San Francisco, California), consisting of Amy Linton (later of The Aislers Set) and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various ...

, indie pop band *

Cindy Herron Cynthia Ann Herron (born September 26, 1961), professionally known as Cindy Herron and sometimes credited as Cindy Herron–Braggs is an American singer and actress. Herron is best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of ...

(born 1961), R&B singer in EnVogue, born in San Francisco * Gary Holt (born 1964), thrash metal guitarist for Exodus *

Grotus Grotus, stylized as G̈r̈oẗus̈, was an industrial rock band from San Francisco, active from 1989 to 1996. Their unique sound incorporated sampled ethnic instruments, two drummers, two bassists, and featured angry but humorous lyrics. Biogr ...

, industrial rock band *

Hickey A hickey, hickie or love bite in British English, is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by kissing or sucking skin, usually on the neck, arm, or earlobe. While biting may be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superfic ...

, punk band *

Tiffany Hwang Stephanie Young Hwang (born August 1, 1989), known professionally as Tiffany or Tiffany Young, is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in California, she was discovered by South Korean entertainment agency SM Entertainment at the age ...

(born 1989), member of pop group Girls' Generation *

I Am Spoonbender I Am Spoonbender is an American/Canadian multimedia group formed in San Francisco in early 1997 by composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Dustin Donaldson, with Brian Jackson and cub guitarist Robynn Iwata (a.k.a. 'Cup', who joined halfway thro ...

, band *

Imperial Teen Imperial Teen is a San Francisco–based indie pop group made up of Roddy Bottum (Faith No More), primarily on guitar/vocals; Will Schwartz (also of Hey Willpower), primarily on guitar/vocals; Lynn Truell (née Perko, formerly of Sister Doub ...

, rock band *

Chris Isaak Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. He is widely known for his breakthrough hit and signature song " Wicked Game", as well as other songs such as "Blue Hotel", " Baby ...

(born 1956), singer and musician * Etta James (1938–2012), blues/R&B/soul icon * Stephen Jenkins (born 1964), singer/songwriter for

* Janis Joplin (1943–1970), rock singer * Jawbreaker, punk/emo band **

Blake Schwarzenbach Alexander Blake Schwarzenbach (born May 21, 1967) is an American musician. He is the singer and guitarist of Jawbreaker (1986–1996; 2017–present), and was also a member of Jets to Brazil (1997–2003), The Thorns of Life (2008–2009), a ...

(born 1967), singer, songwriter & guitarist for Jawbreaker & Jets to Brazil * J Church, punk band * Jefferson Airplane, rock band * Jefferson Starship, rock band *

Jessica Jung Jessica Jung (born Jessica Sooyoun Jung; April 18, 1989), also known by the mononym Jessica, is a South Korean-American singer, songwriter, actress, author, fashion designer and businesswoman known for her work as a former member of South Ko ...

(born 1989), former member of pop group Girls' Generation *

Journey Journey or journeying may refer to: * Travel, the movement of people between distant geographical locations ** Day's journey, a measurement of distance ** Road trip, a long-distance journey on the road Animals * Journey (horse), a thoroughbred ra ...

, rock band *

Krystal Jung Chrystal Soo Jung (born October 24, 1994), professionally known as Krystal, Krystal Jung or Jung Soo-jung (), is a Korean-American singer and actress based in South Korea. She debuted in 2009 as a member of the South Korean girl group f(x) and ...

(born 1994), member of pop group f(x) *

John Kahn John Kahn (June 13, 1947 – May 30, 1996) was an American electric and acoustic bassist. From 1970 to 1995, Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal musical collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead. Biography John Kahn was born in Memphis, Tennessee ...

(1947–1996), bassist for

Jerry Garcia Band The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side projects until his death in 1995. The band regularly tour ...

Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He con ...

(1941–2016) rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane *

Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bass ...

(born 1940), guitarist for Jefferson Airplane & Hot Tuna *

Mark Kozelek Mark Edward Kozelek (born January 24, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and occasional actor. He is known as the vocalist and primary recording artist of the indie folk act Sun Kil Moon and founding member of ...

(born 1967), singer/songwriter, Red House Painters & solo *

Kreayshawn Natassia Gail Zolot (born September 24, 1989), better known by her stage name Kreayshawn, is an American rapper, singer, and music video director from Oakland, California. In 2011, while serving as a member of a rap group with her friends, she ...

(born 1989), rapper *

Kronos Quartet The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for almost 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classic ...

, classical ensemble *

Jay Lane Jay Lane (born December 5, 1964) is an American drummer. He is a founding member of Bob Weir's RatDog, with Weir and Rob Wasserman, Wolf Bros, Furthur, Golden Gate Wingmen and Alphabet Soup. He was the 7th drummer to play in Primus, playing ...

(born 1964), drummer,

RatDog RatDog is an American rock band. The group began in 1995 as a side project for Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir. After the Dead disbanded later that year, RatDog became Weir's primary band. They performed some Grateful Dead songs, a mix ...

, Furthur, Primus,

Les Claypool's Frog Brigade Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is a musical project with rotating personnel, led by American singer/bassist Les Claypool. The Frog Brigade was formed during a hiatus from Claypool ...

Sausage A sausage is a type of meat product usually made from ground meat—often pork, beef, or poultry—along with salt, spices and other flavourings. Other ingredients, such as grains or breadcrumbs may be included as fillers or extenders. ...

The Uptones The Uptones are an American ska band, based in Northern California. Formed in 1981 by a group of high school students in Berkeley, California, The Uptones were influenced by the English 2 Tone sound, as well as the British mod scene, punk rock, ...

CoCo Lee Coco Lee (; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975) is a Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US m ...

CantoPop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ...

singer and actress *

Maxime Le Forestier Maxime Le Forestier (; born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Life and career Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to father Robert Le Forestier and mother Genevieve (née Lili 1917–2010 ...

(born 1949), French singer/songwriter *

Huey Lewis Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many o ...

(born 1950), Lead singer for Huey Lewis and the News * The Little Deaths, rock band *

Courtney Love Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as ...

(born 1964), singer and actress *

Bamboo Mañalac Francisco Gaudencio Lope Belardo MañalacVIDEO: "It's Francisco, that's my great-grandfather, then Gaudencio, that's my lolo, then it's Lope, then it's Belardo Mañalac." / (born March 21, 1976), popularly known as Bamboo Mañalac or simply by ...

(born 1978) rock singer, former lead vocals for

Rivermaya Rivermaya is a Filipino alternative rock band. Formed in 1994, it is one of the several bands who spearheaded the 1990s Philippine alternative rock explosion. Rivermaya is currently composed of original members Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarc ...

and

Bamboo (band) Bamboo was a Filipino alternative rock band formed in 2003 by lead vocalist Bamboo Mañalac, bassist Nathan Azarcon, lead and rhythm guitarist Ira Cruz and drummer Vic Mercado. Band origin Francisco "Bamboo" Mañalac serves as the band's ...

, coach of The Voice Philippines * Tony Martin (1913–2012), American actor and popular singer *

Mates of State Mates of State are an American indie pop duo, active since 1997. The group is the husband-and-wife team of Kori Gardner (born June 16, 1974) (vocals, organ, synthesizer, piano, electric piano, and occasional guitar and drums) and Jason Hammel ...

, indie-pop duo * Dmitri Matheny (born 1965), jazz flugelhornist * Johnny Mathis (born 1935), pop singer *

Bobby McFerrin Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American folk and jazz singer. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rap ...

(born 1950), singer/songwriter *

Kirke Mechem Kirke Mechem (born August 16, 1925) is an American composer. His first opera, '' Tartuffe'', with over 400 performances in seven countries, has become one of the most popular operas written by an American. He has composed more than 250 works in al ...

(born 1925), composer * Melvins, band * The Mermen, surf-rock band *

Metal Church Metal Church is an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in San Francisco, California in 1980 and then relocated to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly using the name Shrapnel. Led by guitarist and songwriter Kurdt ...

, heavy metal band * Metallica, heavy metal band **

Cliff Burton Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was an American musician who was the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986. He performed on ''Kill 'Em All'' (1983), ''Ride the Lightning'' (1984) ...

(1962–1986), bass guitarist for thrash metal band Metallica **

Kirk Hammett Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, ...

(born 1962), lead guitarist for thrash metal band Metallica ** James Hetfield (born 1963), singer and rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Metallica ** Lars Ulrich, (born 1963), drummer for thrash metal band Metallica *

Milk Cult Milk Cult was an American, San Francisco-based, electronic band. Founded as a studio-only project in 1990, the band's nucleus comprises musicians Dale Flattum, Eric Holland and Mike Morasky. Morasky and Flattum are also known for being founding m ...

, electronic band * Moby, electronic music artist *

Moby Grape Moby Grape is an American rock band founded in 1966, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting, and who collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz with rock and psychedelic music. They were ...

, rock band *

The Mojo Men The Mojo Men was an American rock band based in San Francisco. Formed in 1965, the group underwent several name and personnel changes until their 1969 breakup. Their highest-charting ''Billboard'' Hot 100 single was a cover of Buffalo Springfie ...

, 1960s rock band * Chante Moore (born 1967), R&B and jazz singer * Sonny John Moore a.k.a.

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead si ...

(born 1988), electronic producer, DJ, musician *

Bob Mould Robert Arthur Mould (born October 16, 1960) is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s. Early years Born in Malone, ...

(born 1960), singer/guitarist,

Hüsker Dü Hüsker Dü () was an American punk rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bassist/vocalist Greg Norton, and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart. They first gained notabili ...

, Sugar *

The Mummies The Mummies are an American garage punk band formed in San Bruno, California, in 1988. Exhibiting a defiantly raw and lo-fi sound, dubbed "budget rock", the Mummies' rebellious attitude and distinctive performance costumes exerted a major influe ...

, garage rock band * Stuart Murdoch (born 1968), singer/songwriter, Belle & Sebastian *

The Mutants ''The Mutants'' is the fourth serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 April to 13 May 1972. The serial is set on and high above th ...

, early punk band *

The Mystery Trend The Mystery Trend was an American garage rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1964. The band was among the first wave of San Francisco rock groups to emerge from the city's growing music scene. Exhibiting music prowess leaning toward ...

, 1960s garage rock band *

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...

(born 1942), singer, songwriter & guitarist for

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member ...

and

The Hollies The Hollies are a British pop rock band, formed in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke and Graham Nash founded the band ...

* Dan Nakamura a.k.a.

Dan the Automator Daniel M. Nakamura better known by his stage name Dan the Automator, is an American record producer from San Francisco, California. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music and the record label 75 Ark. Early life Nakamura was b ...

(born 1966), hip hop producer *

Matt Nathanson Matthew Adam Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both sol ...

(born 1973), singer/musician *

Negative Trend Negative Trend was an American punk rock band, active between 1977 and 1979. Before they disbanded, the band released one self-titled EP in September 1978.Charles Strong, Martin''The Great Indie Discography'': Negative Trend Canongate Books Ltd. ...

, punk band * New Riders of the Purple Sage, rock band * Andre Nickatina (born 1970), rapper * The Nuns, punk band * The Oh Sees, garage rock band * The Offs, punk band *

Christopher Owens Christopher David Owens (born July 13, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the frontman and songwriter for the now-disbanded indie rock band Girls. He released his debut album as a solo artist, '' Lysandre' ...

(born 1979), singer, songwriter * Christopher Olsen (born 1957), folk singer-songwriter * The Ophelias, psychedelic rock band * Bill Orcutt (born 1962), guitarist and composer *

Buzz Osborne Roger "Buzz" Osborne (born March 25, 1964), also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the rock band Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept. Biography Born in Morton, ...

(born 1964), singer/songwriter/guitarist with

The Melvins ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

Pablo Cruise Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

, pop/rock band * Pagan Babies, rock band *

Tim Pagnotta Sugarcult is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim Pagnotta (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Airin Older (bass guitar, backing vocals), Marko DeSantis (lead guitar), and Kenny Living ...

(born 1977), guitarist *

Pansy Division Pansy Division is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 1991 by singer-songwriter Jon Ginoli and bassist Chris Freeman. Conceived as the first openly gay rock band featuring predominantly gay musicians, P ...

, punk band *

Mike Patton Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, producer, film composer and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Faith No More. Noted for his vocal proficiency, diverse singing techni ...

(born 1968), singer for Faith No More *

Linda Perry Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, and has since founded two record labels and composed and produced hit songs for ...

, lead singer of 4 Non Blondes * Faith Petric (1915–2013), American folk singer *

Liz Phair Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to start a musical career ...

(born 1967), singer/songwriter *

Phantom 309 "Phantom 309" is a song written by Tommy Faile and released as a single by Red Sovine in 1967. It was a minor hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Country chart. The lyrics are spoken, rather than sung. Content The song tells ...

, noise rock band *

Polkacide Polkacide was a band based in the San Francisco Bay Area that played "punk polka". Band history Polkacide was founded in 1985 by Ward Abronski, originally organized to play a one-time show for the 50th anniversary of the Deaf Club in San Fra ...

, punk-polka band *

Rappin' 4-Tay Anthony H. Forté (born March 2, 1968), better known by his stage name Rappin' 4-Tay, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California. Early life Anthony Forte was born March 2, 1968 and grew up in San Francisco's Fillmore District. He has ...

(Anthony Forte) (born 1968), rapper * Red House Painters, rock band * The Residents, avant-garde music and visual arts group * Tina Root, ex-vocalist of the now defunct darkwave band

Switchblade Symphony Switchblade Symphony was an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Their music combined orchestral sounds with heavy synth sequences and ethereal vocals to create a union of classical music and gothic rock. History Switchblade S ...

Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, ...

, rock band *

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...

(born 1946), singer * Arthur Russell (1951–1992), cellist, composer, producer, singer *

Doug Sahm Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in San Antonio, Texas. Sahm is regarded as one of the main figures of Tex-Mex music, and as an important per ...

(1941–1999), singer-songwriter *

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...

(born 1958), Finnish orchestral conductor, composer, music director-designate of the San Francisco Symphony. * Carlos Santana (born 1947), rock, blues, salsa guitarist and singer * Santana, rock band *

Michael Shrieve Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second you ...

(born 1949), drummer for Santana * Sister Double Happiness, punk band *

San Quinn Quincy Brooks IV (born October 24, 1977), better known by his stage name San Quinn, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California. He is the cousin of Messy Marv, Stevie Johnson, and Ya Boy. Early life Brooks was born in Oakland, Calif ...

(born 1977) rapper, raised in the

Western Addition The Western Addition is a district in San Francisco, California, United States. Location The Western Addition is located between Van Ness Avenue, the Richmond District, the Haight-Ashbury and Lower Haight neighborhoods, and Pacific Heights. ...

, a neighborhood of San Francisco *

Ty Segall Ty (stylized as ty) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was founded by Ty Warner in 1986. It designs, develops and sells products, most notably Beanie Babies, exclusively to speci ...

(born 1987), musician * Boz Scaggs (born 1944), singer, songwriter, guitarist *

Deke Sharon Deke Sharon (born December 12, 1967) is an American singer, arranger, composer, director, producer and teacher of a cappella music, and is one of the leaders and promoters of the contemporary a cappella community. He has been referred to as "t ...

(born 1967), a cappella singer

The House Jacks The House Jacks is a professional a cappella quintet from San Francisco, founded in 1991 by Deke Sharon. The House Jacks describe themselves as a "rock band without instruments", their live shows typically include not only singing but also vocal ...

Virgil Shaw Virgil Shaw is an American singer-songwriter based in San Francisco. Shaw spent his early life in Fairfax, California. He released two country rock albums in the early 2000s, ''Quad Cities'' and ''Still Falling''. Early career He began his caree ...

, singer-songwriter, member of Brent's TV &

Sic Alps Sic Alps were an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 2004 by Mike Donovan and Adam Stonehouse, they released music on Siltbreeze, Drag City, Woodsist and several other independent record labels. After signing ...

, garage rock band *

Sir Douglas Quintet The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band, formed in San Antonio in 1964. With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state. When their career was established (subsequent to working with Texas record producer Huey Meaux), t ...

, rock band *

Grace Slick Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, and painter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music career spanning four decades, ...

(born 1939), singer for Jefferson Airplane *

Sopwith Camel The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed by the Sopwith Aviation Company as a successor to the Sopwith Pup and became one of the ...

, 1960s psychedelic rock band * Martin Sorrondeguy (born 1967), singer for

Los Crudos Los Crudos is an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois active from 1991 to 1998 and from 2006 onward. Comprising all Latino members, the band paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands in the United States and helped to ...

& Limp Wrist, & founder of Lengua Armada Discos *

Skip Spence Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence (April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only s ...

(1946–1999), singer-songwriter, and member of Jefferson Airplane,

, and

Sly Stone Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the ...

(born 1943), funk icon * Steel Pole Bath Tub, noise-punk band *

Steve Miller Band The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band is led by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock, as ...

, rock band *

The Stinky Puffs The Stinky Puffs were an early 1990s rock band composed of seven-year-old Simon Fair Timony, then-stepson of Jad Fair, and Cody Linn Ranaldo, son of Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo. After a 7" single an LP followed in 1995 titled '' A Littl ...

, alternative rock band * Stone Fox, rock band * Sun Kil Moon, folk rock band *

Swingin' Utters Swingin' Utters (often typeset as $wingin' Utter$, and originally called Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters) is a Californian punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s.Bush, JohnSwingin' Utters Biography, Allmusic, retrieved September 30 ...

, street punk band * Sylvester (1947–1988), disco singer & performer * Janice Tanaka (born 1963), bassist *

, alt-rock band *

Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of ...

(born 1944), conductor *

Those Darn Accordions Those Darn Accordions, commonly abbreviated as TDA, are an American accordion band from San Francisco, California, originally formed in 1989 by Linda "Big Lou" Seekins. Boasting several accordionists whose numbers have fluctuated over the years ...

, accordion band * Peter Tork (1942–2019), keyboardist and bassist for The Monkees * Trainwreck Riders, alt-country punk band * Tribe 8,

punk band * The Tubes, new wave/punk band * Two Gallants (band), Two Gallants, guitar/drum duo * Ross Valory (born 1949), bass player for many bands, most notably

* John Vanderslice (born 1967), musician, songwriter, & recording engineer * Sid Vicious (1957–1979), bassist for Sex Pistols * Von Iva, electro soul-punk band * Rob Wasserman (1952–2016), composer and bass player * Martha Wash (born 1953), R&B, Soul, and pop singer * George Watsky (born 1986), hip hop artist * Linda Watson (soprano) (born 1960), dramatic soprano and academic voice teacher * We Five, 1960s folk rock group * White Trash Debutantes, punk band *Betty Ann Wong, composer * Kevin Woo (born 1991), member of Korean boygroup U-Kiss * 11/5, rap group * Eric Melvin (born 1966), guitarist for NOFX * RBL Posse, rap group * Jane Dornacker (1947–1986), songwriter for The Tubes, lead vocalist of Leila and the Snakes (originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico)

News and commentary

* Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913), journalist * Ben Blank (1921–2009), television graphics innovator * Phil Bronstein (born 1950), editor of San Francisco Chronicle & San Francisco Examiner * Herb Caen (1916–1997), newspaper columnist * Tucker Carlson (born 1969), Conservatism, conservative political commentator for Fox News * Ben Fong-Torres (born 1945), journalist, best known for work with Rolling Stone * C.H. Garrigues (1902–1974), jazz reviewer * Lester Holt (born 1959), journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of ''NBC Nightly News'' and ''Dateline NBC'' * Gregg Jarrett (born 1955), news commentator with Fox News * Whit Johnson (born 1982), journalist * William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), newspaper magnate and publisher * Lewis H. Lapham, Lewis Lapham (born 1935), editor of ''Harper's'' * Rachel Maddow (born 1973), MSNBC host * Kent Ninomiya (born 1966), journalist * Jake Phelps (1962–2019), editor-in-chief of

* Michael Savage (commentator), Michael Savage (born 1942), radio personality and conservative political commentator * Randy Shilts (1951–1994), pioneering gay journalist at ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and author of ''And the Band Played On'', ''The Mayor of Castro Street'' and ''Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military, Conduct Unbecoming'' * Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), journalist * Kara Swisher (born 1962), technology journalist, New York Times writer, and co-founder of Recode and All Things Digital * David Talbot (born 1951), creator of Salon.com, journalist * Stephen Talbot (born 1949), reporter, producer, KQED and PBS Frontline * Jann Wenner (born 1946), Rolling Stone founder * Marla Tellez (born 1976), journalist * Tim Yohannan (1945–1998), founder of MaximumRockNRoll and 924 Gilman Street

Political figures, activists and civil servants

* Jeff Adachi (1959–2019), San Francisco Public Defender * Jewett W. Adams (1835–1920), List of Governors of Nevada, fourth Governor of Nevada; resident of San Francisco * Art Agnos (born 1938), 38th Mayor of San Francisco * Tom Ammiano (born 1941), California State Assemblyman, San Francisco Supervisor, Mayoral candidate and LGBT rights activist * Luis Antonio Argüello (1784–1830), first governor of Alta California * Earle D. Baker (1888–1987), Los Angeles City Council member, 1951–59 * George W.C. Baker (1872–1953), Los Angeles City Council member, 1931–35 * John Perry Barlow (1948–2018), poet and essayist, cyberlibertarian political activist, Grateful Dead lyricist, and founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation * London Breed, (born 1974), Mayor of San Francisco, (2017-) * Stephen Breyer (born 1938), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice * Jerry Brown (born 1938), former Governor of California, former Governor of California, former Mayor of Oakland, California, Oakland, former California Attorney General * Pat Brown (1905–1996), Governor of California * Willie Brown (politician), Willie Brown (born 1934), Mayor of San Francisco, 1996–2004, Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1980–1995 * Christopher Augustine Buckley ("Blind Boss" Buckley, 1845–1922), Democratic Party boss * Wayne M. Collins (1899–1974), civil rights attorney * Belle Cora (Arabella Ryan), (1827–1862) Madam of the Barbary Coast, Vigilance Committee * Ben Fee (1908) Chinese activist in San Francisco's Chinatown * Dianne Feinstein (born 1933), San Francisco's first female mayor (1978–1988) and U.S. Senator since 1992 * Sandra Lee Fewer (b. 1956/57), San Francisco Supervisor * Joseph Flores (Guamanian politician), Joseph Flores (1900–1981), Governor of Guam * John Gilmore (activist), John Gilmore (born 1955), co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions, creator of the alt.* hierarchy in Usenet and is a major contributor to the GNU Project. * C.J. Goodell (1885–1967), Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal (1945–1953) * Terence Hallinan (1936–2020), San Francisco Supervisor and District Attorney * Matt Haney (born 1982), San Francisco Supervisor * Peter D. Hannaford (1932–2015), aide to Ronald W. Reagan, Ronald Reagan; author, public relations consultant * Kamala Harris, Kamala D. Harris (born 1964), San Francisco District Attorney's Office, San Francisco District Attorney (2004–2011), Attorney General of California (2011–2017), United States Senate, U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021), United States Vice President, Vice President of the United States (2021-) * George Hearst (1820–1891), politician * Thomas Hixson, U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California * Frank Jordan (born 1935), police chief and former Mayor of San Francisco * Ed Lee (politician), Ed Lee (1952–2017), Mayor of San Francisco * Mark Leno (born 1951), California State Senator, former San Francisco Supervisor, and mayoral candidate * Monica Lewinsky (born 1973), activist and former White House intern, born in San Francisco * Rafael Mandelman, San Francisco Supervisor * Gordon Mar, San Francisco Supervisor * Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, activists, first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in San Francisco * Robert McNamara (1916–2009), United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense and CEO of Ford Motor Company * Harvey Milk (1930–1978), city supervisor of San Francisco, gay icon * George Moscone (1929–1978), attorney and Democratic politician, 37th mayor of San Francisco (1976–1978), "the people's mayor," California State Senator & majority leader (1967–1976). * Gavin Newsom (born 1967), current Governor of California, former Mayor of San Francisco & Lieutenant Governor of California * José de Jesús Noé (1805–1862), was the last alcalde of Yerba Buena, California, Yerba Buena, which became

after the Mexican–American War * Michael O'Shaughnessy (1864–1934), civil engineer who became city engineer for the city of San Francisco during the first part of the twentieth century and developed the Hetch Hetchy, Hetch-Hetchy water system. * Nancy Pelosi (born 1940), Congresswoman, current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives * Aaron Peskin (born 1964), San Francisco Supervisor * James Duval Phelan (1861–1930), civic leader and banker. Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902 U.S. Senator from 1915 to 1921. Central to effort to bring Hetch Hetchy & municipal water to San Francisco. * Dean Preston (b. 1969/70), San Francisco Supervisor * Anthony Ribera (born 1945), Chief of San Francisco police department. * James Rolph Jr. (1869–1934), 27th governor of California & 30th (and longest-serving) mayor of San Francisco. * Hillary Ronen, San Francisco Supervisor * John Roos (born 1955), former United States Ambassador to Japan under Barack Obama, technology lawyer, and CEO of Silicon Valley-based law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. * Angelo Joseph Rossi, Angelo Rossi (1878–1948), 31st mayor of San Francisco * Ahsha Safaí (born 1973), San Francisco Supervisor * Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (born 1933), Chief of Protocol, Trustee San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, widow of George Shultz * George Shultz, George P. Shultz (1920-1933), Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan and Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor & Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Richard Nixon * Theresa Sparks (born 1949) activist, former president of the San Francisco Police Commission, business woman * Catherine Stefani (born 1969), San Francisco Supervisor * Shamann Walton, San Francisco Supervisor * Edgar Wayburn (1906–2010), environmentalist, five-time president of the Sierra Club * Caspar Weinberger (1917–2006), Secretary of Defense * Cecil Williams (pastor), Cecil Williams (born 1929), pastor and community leader * Norman Yee (born 1949), San Francisco Supervisor

Scientists

* Augustus Jesse Bowie Jr. (1872–1955), technology engineer, inventor and entrepreneur * Mary E. Clark (1927–2019), biologist, professor, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science * Peter Eckersley (computer scientist), Peter Eckersley (1979–2022), computer scientist, computer security researcher, and activist * Paul Ekman (born 1934), pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions * Laura J. Esserman, surgeon and breast cancer oncology specialist who practices at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. * Dian Fossey (1932–1985), primatologist, researcher and animal advocate * Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), anthropologist * Eugene Gu (born 1986), doctor and CEO of Ganogen Research Institute Also a news media writer, born in San Francisco. *Mary Halton (1879–1948), Women's suffrage, suffragist, doctor and early Intrauterine device, IUD researcher, she was the first women appointed to the Harvard Medical School faculty. Born and raised in San Francisco. * Stephen Herrero, biologist, bear expert, professor at University of Calgary * Duncan Irschick (born 1969), evolutionary ecologist in animal performance * Daniel Levitin (born 1957) cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer * Gabriel L. Plaa (1930–2009), toxicologist * Mervyn Silverman, physician and public health supervisor of San Francisco during the city's initial response to the AIDS crisis * Kazue Togasaki (1897–1992) Japanese woman who served as a medical doctor in Japanese internment camps * Paul Volberding, American physician known for his pioneering work in treating persons with HIV * Robert Wartenberg (1887–1956) neurologist and clinical professor of neurology at the University of California * John Young (astronaut), John W. Young (1930–2018), astronaut, ninth person to walk on the Moon

Socialites

* Marian and Vivian Brown (1927–2013, 2014), identical twin socialites and locally known San Francisco personalities * Abigail Folger (1943–1969), Folgers coffee heiress and victim of the Tate murders *

(born 1933), heir to oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, Philanthropy, philanthropists, classical music composer, business man, born and raised in San Francisco *Noël Sullivan (1890–1956), concert singer, philanthropist and patron of the arts, born and raised in San Francisco. * Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (born 1933), philanthropist, socialite * Tabe Slioor (1926–2006), socialite, news reporter, photojournalist

Writers

* Maya Angelou (1928–2014), poet * Julian Bagley (1892–1981), author, veteran and hotel concierge * William Bayer (born 1939), crime fiction writer *

(1853–1931), playwright * Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914), journalist and author * Clark Blaise (born 1940), Canadian author * Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), poet, writer * Neal Cassady (1926–1968), beatnik poet, husband of Carolyn Cassady * Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), writer, wife of Neal Cassady * Eli Coppola (1961–2000), poet and spoken word performer * Diane di Prima (1934–2020), poet * Greg Downs (writer), Greg Downs (born 1971), short-story writer * Robert Duncan (poet), Robert Duncan (1919–1988), poet * Dave Eggers (born 1970), author * Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), author * Marcus Ewert (born 1972), writer, actor, and director * Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), poet, co-founder of City Lights Bookstore * Robert Frost (1874–1963), iconic poet * Adam Gidwitz (born 1982), children's book author * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), iconic poet of the beat generation * Clay M. Greene, Clay Meredith Greene (1850–1933), playwright, director, actor * Thom Gunn (1929–2004), poet * Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), author of hard-boiled detective novels * Daniel Handler (born 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket * George Hitchcock (poet), George Hitchcock (1914–2010) Poet, playwright, actor, professor, editor of the San Francisco-based ''Kayak'' poetry journal, lived in San Francisco from 1958 until 1970. * Jack Hirschman (born 1933), poet * Robert Hunter (lyricist), Robert Hunter (1941–2019), Grateful Dead lyricist * Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), author * Alan Kaufman (writer), Alan Kaufman (born 1952), author, poet, editor * Bob Kaufman, (1925–1986), poet * Joanne Kyger, 1934–2017, poet, writer * Gus Lee (born 1946), Asian-American author * Philip Lamantia (1927–2005), poet * Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (1910–1992), author of science fiction novels * Daniel Levitin (born 1957), writer, scientist, musician * Ron Loewinsohn (1937–2014), poet, novelist * Jack London (1876–1916), writer * Ki Longfellow (born 1944), writer * Devorah Major (active since 1990s), poet, novelist * Armistead Maupin (born 1944), writer * Midori (author), Midori, author and sex educator * Carol Anne O'Marie (1933–2009), Roman Catholic nun, mystery writer * Emelie Tracy Y. Swett Parkhurst (1863–1892), poet and author * Peter Plate, author * Charles Plymell (born 1935), poet, novelist, and small press publisher * Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982), poet * Anne Rice (1941–2021), author * Gary Snyder (born 1930), poet of the beat generation * Rebecca Solnit (born 1961), writer * Lorenzo Sosso (1867–1965), Italian-American poet * Jack Spicer (1925–1965), poet of the Beat Generation, beat generation, lived in the 1950s and 1960s in San Francisco and died in San Francisco * Joseph Staten, writer (''Halo: Contact Harvest'') * Danielle Steel (born 1947), author * Dale J. Stephens, author * Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), author, lived in San Francisco from 1879 to 1880 * Amy Tan (born 1952), author * Michelle Tea (born 1971), author, poet, editor * Walter Tevis (1928–1994), author, ''The Hustler'' * Robert Alfred Theobald (1884–1957), US Navy Rear Admiral, author of ''The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor'' * Alice B. Toklas (1877–1967), cookbook author, partner to Gertrude Stein, born and lived in San Francisco * Mark Twain (1835–1910), author * Vendela Vida (born 1971), writer * Lew Welch, (1926 – disappeared 1971), poet * Philip Whalen (1923–2002), poet * Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), author and playwright, spent 1882 in San Francisco * Naomi Wolf (born 1962), writer * Curtis Yarvin (born 1973), American political theorist and computer scientist * Laurence Yep (born 1948), Asian-American writer * Helen Zia (born 1952), writer, journalist, and activist

Athletes

Baseball

''See San Francisco Giants#Baseball Hall of Famers for San Francisco Giants players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.'' * Jim Baxes (1928–1996), third baseman * Ping Bodie (1887–1961), outfielder, played for the Chicago White Sox (1911–1914), Philadelphia Athletics (1917) and New York Yankees (1919–1921), born and raised in San Francisco * Sam Bohne (originally "Sam Cohen"; 1896–1977), Major League Baseball player * Barry Bonds (born 1964), outfielder * Bobby Bonds (1946–2003), outfielder * Fred Breining (born 1955), pitcher for San Francisco Giants (1980–1984) * Madison Bumgarner (born 1988), pitcher for San Francisco Giants * Matt Cain (born 1984), pitcher * Dolph Camilli (1907–1997), first baseman, played for the Philadelphia Phillies and History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Dodgers, born and raised in San Francisco * Ike Caveney (1894–1949), shortstop * Orlando Cepeda (born 1937), 1st baseman & inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame * Gino Cimoli (1929–2011), outfielder, born and raised in San Francisco * Joe Corbett (1875–1945), pitcher, born in San Francisco * Joe Cronin (1906–1984), infielder, Baseball Hall of Fame, born and raised in San Francisco * Frankie Crosetti (1910–2002), shortstop and coach * Tim Cullen (born 1942), infielder * Babe Dahlgren (1912–1996), first baseman * Joe DeMaestri (1928–2016), shortstop * Dom DiMaggio (1917–2009), outfielder * Bob Elliott (baseball), Bob Elliott (1916–1966), player and manager * Jim Fregosi (1942–2014), player and manager * Al Gallagher (1945–2018), third baseman for the San Francisco Giants and California Angels (1970–1973) * Jonny Gomes (born 1980), outfielder for Boston Red Sox * Herb Gorman (1924–1953), player in one MLB game * Harry Heilmann (1894–1951), outfielder, Baseball Hall of Fame * Keith Hernandez (born 1953), first baseman * Jackie Jensen (1927–1982), also in the College Football Hall of Fame * Eddie Joost (1916–2011), player and manager * Willie Kamm (1900–1988), third baseman * George Kelly (baseball player), George Kelly (1895–1984), first baseman, Baseball Hall of Fame * Steve Kerr (born 1965) head coach of the Golden State Warriors and eight-time NBA champion * Mark Koenig (1904–1993), infielder for 1927 New York Yankees * Tony Lazzeri (1903–1946), infielder, Baseball Hall of Fame * Tim Lincecum (born 1984), pitcher * Willie McCovey (1938–2018), 1st baseman & inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame * Nyjer Morgan (born 1980), outfielder for Milwaukee Brewers * Hunter Pence (born 1983), outfielder * Mark Prior (born 1980), baseball pitcher for Chicago Cubs (2002–2004), born in San Francisco * Charlie Sweeney (1863–1902), pitcher * Mike Vail (born 1951), outfielder * Tyler Walker (baseball), Tyler Walker (born 1976), relief pitcher for Washington Nationals

Basketball

* Jason Kidd (born 1973), basketball player * Tom Meschery (born 1938) * Pete Newell (1915–2008), Olympic and San Francisco Dons men's basketball, USF coach * Gary Payton (basketball), Gary Payton (born 1968), NBA player * Phil Smith (basketball), Phil Smith (1952–2002) * Phil Woolpert (1915–1987), San Francisco high school and college coach

Boxing

* Abe Attell (1883–1970), world featherweight champion * James J. Corbett (1866–1933), World Heavyweight Champion * Andre Ward (born 1984), 2004 Olympics light heavyweight gold medal winner

Football

* Andre Alexander (born 1967), CFL wide receiver * Gary Beban (born 1946), NFL quarterback and 1967 Heisman Trophy winner * Ed Berry (born 1963), NFL defensive back for Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers * Tom Brady (born 1977), NFL quarterback for New England Patriots and two-time NFL most valuable player * Tedy Bruschi (born 1973), NFL linebacker for New England Patriots * Al Cowlings (born 1947), Southern California Trojans football, USC and NFL defensive lineman * Chris Darkins (born 1974), NFL running back for Green Bay Packers * Bob deLauer (1920–2002), NFL center * Matt Dickerson (born 1995), NFL defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons * Eddie Forrest (American football), Eddie Forrest (1921–2001), NFL offensive lineman for San Francisco 49ers * Jason Hill (American football), Jason Hill (born 1985), NFL wide receiver for Jacksonville Jaguars * Mike Holmgren (born 1948), NFL head coach for Green Bay Packers and president of Cleveland Browns * James Hundon (born 1971), NFL player * Zeph Lee (born 1963), NFL player * Joe Montana (born 1956), NFL quarterback for San Francisco 49ers, inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame * John Nisby (1936–2011), NFL guard with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins; one of the first African American players to play for the Washington Redskins * Paul Oglesby (1939–1994), Oakland Raiders tackle * Igor Olshansky (born 1982), NFL defensive end for Dallas Cowboys * Jerry Rice (born 1962), NFL wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers, inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame * George Seifert (born 1940), Head Coach of the San Francisco 49ers (1989–1996), Carolina Panthers (1999–2001) * O. J. Simpson (born 1947), NFL running back with Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers (1985); inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame; previously, City College of San Francisco and USC running back * Donald Strickland (born 1980), current NFL cornerback for the New York Jets * Eric Wright (cornerback, born 1985), Eric Wright (born 1985), NFL cornerback for Detroit Lions * Steve Young (born 1961), NFL quarterback for San Francisco 49ers, inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame

Golf

* Danielle Kang (born 1992), professional golfer * Johnny Miller (born 1947), professional golfer, TV commentator * Ken Venturi (1931–2013), professional golfer, TV commentator * Michelle Wie (born 1989), professional golfer

Other sports

* Townsend Bell (born 1975), race car driver * Otey Cannon (born 1968), first black American player in the North American Soccer League (1968), North American Soccer League * Cheerleader Melissa (born 1982), pro wrestler * Mark Crear (born 1969), two-time Olympic medallist in 110m hurdles * Ann Curtis (1926–2012), two-time Olympic gold medalist and one-time silver medalist in swimming * Vicki Draves (1924–2010), two-time Olympic gold medalist, diver, first Asian American gold medalist * Ken Flax (born 1963), Olympic hammer thrower * Al Gordon (racing driver), Al Gordon (1902–1936), race car driver * Laird Hamilton (born 1964), surfer * Hans Halberstadt (1885–1966), German-born American Olympic fencer * Helen Jacobs (1908–1997), tennis player * Jeremy McGrath (born 1971), motocross rider * Jonny Moseley (born 1975), freestyle skiing Olympic gold medalist * Jimmy Murphy (racing driver), Jimmy Murphy (1894–1924), race car driver * Katelyn Ohashi (born 1997), artistic gymnast * Brooks Orpik (born 1980), NHL player for the Washington Capitals * Bill Schaadt (1924–1995), fly fisherman * Emerson Spencer (1906–1985), Olympic track and field gold medalist * Shawn Spikes (born 1996), thoroughbred jockey * Shannon Rowbury (born 1984), 2-time track & field Olympian, American Record Holder at 1500m, World Record Holder in Distance Medley Relay * Ben Wildman-Tobriner (born 1984), Olympic swimming gold medalist * Al Young (born 1946), drag racing world champion

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* Brace Belden (born 1989), columnist, militiaman, union organizer, Twitter personality * Maciej Cegłowski (born 1975), web developer, entrepreneur, speaker, and social critic * Thomas E. Horn (born 1946), lawyer, philanthropist, Publisher Bay Area Reporter, Trustee San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center * Madame Moustache, Eleanor Dumont (Madame Moustache) (1829–1879), Gold rush, Gold Rush era professional card dealer and gambler * Laurene Powell Jobs (born 1963), widow of Steve Jobs, founder of Emerson Collective * Anton LaVey (1930–1997), founder of the Church of Satan, author, musician and occultist, lived and died in San Francisco * Emperor Norton (1818–1880), Gold Rush entrepreneur, eccentric, egalitarian and original visionary of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge * Maria Seise, first Chinese woman to immigrate to CaliforniaYung, Judy. ''Unbound feet: A social history of Chinese women in San Francisco''. Univ of California Press, 1995., p. 48. * Owsley Stanley (1935–2011), American audio engineer and clandestine chemist * Tye Leung Schulze (1887–1972), interpreter and first Chinese-American woman to vote in a US primary election * Neville G. Pemchekov Warwick (1932–1993), modern interpreter of Buddhism and a central figure of the spiritual movement of California during the late 1960s and the 1970s. * Jacob Weisman (born 1965), publisher of Tachyon Publications, editor

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