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

Notable people from Santa Barbara

* Douglas Adams, author * Elizabeth Laura Adams, writer *

Dylan Axelrod Dylan Davis Haines Axelrod (born July 30, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. At Santa Barbara High School Axelrod was the 2003 ...

, Major League Baseball player * Jeff Bridges, actor * Ashleigh Brilliant, cartoonist and writer * Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and actress * Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, fifth in line of succession to the British throne. *

Prince Archie of Sussex Prince Archie of Sussex (Archie Harrison; born 6 May 2019) is a member of the British royal family. He is the son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. He is a grandson of King Charles III and is sixth in the line ...

, sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. *

Princess Lilibet of Sussex Princess Lilibet of Sussex (Lilibet Diana; born 4 June 2021) is an American-born member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. She is a granddaughter of King Charles ...

, seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. *

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (; born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981) is an American member of the British royal family and former actress. She is the wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III. Meghan was ...

, wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex * Spencer Barnitz, musician *

Edwin Burr Babbitt Edwin Burr Babbitt (July 26, 1862 – December 9, 1939) was a major general in the United States Army. Biography Babbitt was born at Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York on July 26, 1862, to Lawrence Sprague Babbitt, a U.S. Army Colon ...

, U.S. Army major general *

Colleen Ballinger Colleen Mae Ballinger (born November 21, 1986) is an American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer and writer. She is best known for her Internet character Miranda Sings, posting videos of the character on YouTube, performing her one-woman come ...

, YouTube personality * Red Barrett, Major League Baseball player * Bobby Beausoleil, former member of the Manson Family, currently serving life imprisonment for the murder of his friend Gary Hinman * Ryan Church, Major League Baseball player *

Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...

, Tennis champion * Kami Craig, Olympic water polo player *

Randall Cunningham Randall Wade Cunningham Sr. (born March 27, 1963) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and is also known for ...

, National Football League player *

Shawn Dailey Shawn Dailey (born December 7, 1981) is an American bassist, music manager and producer from Santa Barbara, California. Television Performed on the following: * Letterman - Rock Kills Kid, Hole * Leno - Hole * Craig Ferguson - Rock Kill ...

, musician *

Jay Dee Daugherty Jay Dee Daugherty (born March 22, 1952) is an American drummer and songwriter most known for his work with Patti Smith. As a member of the Patti Smith Group, he has been nominated twice to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Biography Moving to N ...

, drummer *

Marko DeSantis 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 Liv ...

, musician * Dean Dinning, musician, music producer, bassist * Dishwalla, post-grunge alternative rock band * Anthony Edwards, actor * Cynthia Ettinger, actress * Chip Foose, actor *

Tyler Fredrickson Tyler Fredrickson (born February 26, 1981) is a former American football placekicker, and TV personality. He played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders in 3 preseason games during the 2007 season but was cut on September 2 ...

, National Football League player, TV personality * Keith Gledhill, tennis player *

Phillip Gonyea Before the Mourning (also initialized as B4TM) was an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles. The band has released two EPs entitled'' Remembrance'' as well as'' Damned and Forsaken'', and published full-length album'' Etherial End ''on Aug ...

, musician * Martin Gore, english songwriter, founding member of the British group

Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting). Depeche ...

Sue Grafton Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" (''"A" Is for Alibi'', etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fic ...

, author *

Parry Gripp Parry P. Gripp (born September 22, 1967) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf Herder from its formation in 1994. Gripp has written numerous novelty songs for children, and ...

, musician * Brad Hall, actor * Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (d. 1899), poet, editor, author *

Cole Hauser Cole Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for film roles in ''Higher Learning'', ''School Ties'', '' Dazed and Confused'', ''Good Will Hunting'', '' Pitch Black'', ''Tigerland'', ''Hart's War'', ''Tears of the Sun'', '' ...

, actor *

Marianna Hill Marianna Hill ( Schwarzkopf, February 9, 1942) is an American actress. She predominantly worked in American television and is known for her starring roles in the Western films '' El Condor'' and ''High Plains Drifter'' and the cult horror film '' ...

, actress * Eric Christopher Houston, mass-murderer * Cady Huffman, actress * Kathy Ireland, supermodel * Jason Johnson, Major League Baseball player *

William Lassiter William Lassiter (September 29, 1867- March 29, 1959) was a career in the United States Army. He was a veteran of the Spanish–American War, Occupation of Veracruz, World War I, and Occupation of the Rhineland and attained the rank of major gener ...

, U.S. Army major general *

Jan Lee Jan L. Lee (born May 30, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 until 2003. Biography Lee was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1943. She graduated from Linfield College in 1982, and receive ...

, former

Oregon State Representative The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of the ...

* Chuck Liddell, mixed martial artist *

Alex D. Linz Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989) is an American former child actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television series. His film roles include ''Home Alone 3'' (1997) and ''Max Keeble's Big Move'' (2001). He ...

, actor * The Little Heroes, indie rock band * Rob Lowe, actor *

Alex Mack Javon Alexander Mack (born November 19, 1985) is a former American football center. He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round with the 21st overall of the 2 ...

, National Football League player * George K. McGunnegle, U.S. Army officer * Randy Mantooth, actor * Margaret Millar, writer *

Kim Miyori Kim Miyori (born Cheryl Utsunomiya; January 4, 1951) is an American actress, best known for the role of Dr. Wendy Armstrong, a beleaguered resident, on the first two seasons (1982–1984) of the medical drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Miyori was born ...

, actress * Maika Monroe, professional kiteboarder, actress *

Harriet Moody Harriet Jean Moody (May 9, 1891 – March 9, 1966) was an American architect who designed distinctive Storybook Cottages in the Santa Barbara, California, area. The Historic Landmarks Commission has been working with the Santa Barbara County B ...

, architect * Thomas Moran, American landscape artist *

Luke Mullen People *Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known a ...

, actor, filmmaker, environmentalist * Todd Nichols, musician and member of Toad the Wet Sprocket *

Floyd Norman Floyd E. Norman (born June 22, 1935) is an American animator, writer, and comic book artist. Over the course of his career, Norman has worked for various animation companies, among them Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, ...

, animator, writer, comic book artist * Monica I. Orozco, historian, archivist * Charles A. Ott, Jr., United States Army Major General, director of the

Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States A ...

Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on modern pop music and her Camp (style), campy style, she has been ...

, singer-songwriter *

Jeffrey Peterson Jeffrey Peterson (born October 11, 1972 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American technology entrepreneur and California born millionaire who is considered the pioneer of Hispanic internet in the United States. He is best known as the founder ...

, technology entrepreneur *

Lakey Peterson Laura Louise "Lakey" Peterson (born September 30, 1994) is an American professional surfer. She has been ranked as high as #1 by the World Surf League, the highest professional level of women's surfing, and #6 on the ASP Women's World Ranking. I ...

, professional surfer"Surfer Lakey Peterson has always felt a connection with the ocean"
'' ESPN''. September 4, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2021. * Glen Phillips, singer-songwriter *

Ben Rattray Benjamin Michael "Ben" Rattray (born June 16, 1980) is the founder and former CEO of the online petition website Change.org, which he founded in 2007. Rattray was included in the 2012 ''Time'' 100 list of the world's most influential people, li ...

, founder of

Change.org Change.org is a worldwide nonprofit petition website, based in California, US, operated by the San Francisco-based company of the same name, which has over 400 million users and offers the public the ability to promote the petitions they care abo ...

* Michael Redmond, professional Go player * James Read, actor * Todd Rogers, professional

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player *

Charles R. Schwab Charles Robert Schwab Sr. (born July 29, 1937) is an American investor and financial executive. He is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation. He pioneered discount sales of equity securities starting in 1975. His company be ...

, financial executive, founder of Charles Schwab & Co (world's largest discount stockbroker), multi-billionaire * Edie Sedgwick, actress, model *

Scott Sipprelle Scott Mills Sipprelle is a venture capitalist and was the 2010 Republican candidate for Congress in . Sipprelle founded Westland Ventures, a Jackson, Wyoming-based investment firm, which helps emerging companies by providing growth capital. E ...

, 2010 Republican nominee for Congress (NJ-12) * Patricia Soltysik, aka Mizmoon, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army * Donald Spence, musician *

Ryan Spilborghs Ryan Adam Rene Jean Spilborghs (born September 5, 1979) is an American baseball broadcaster for AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain & SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio, and a former professional baseball outfielder. Baseball career College Spilborghs playe ...

, Major League Baseball player *

Jeffrey C. Stewart Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (born 1950 in Chicago) is an American Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He won the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book '' T ...

, Professor of Black Studies and Pulitzer Prize winner * Jackson Stormo (born 1999), basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

* Soul Majestic, reggae band * Sugarcult, rock band * James Arnold Taylor, voice actor * Mia Talerico, actress * Toad the Wet Sprocket, folk rock band * Shaun Tomson, South African world champion surfer * Sigourney Weaver, actress *

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), or simply Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', br ...

, host * David Woodard, conductor *

Felix Wormser Felix Edgar Wormser (died June 29, 1981) was an American engineering and former government official who served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Mineral Resources in the United States Department of the Interior from 1954 to 1957. Biography ...

, engineer and U.S. government officialNomination of Felix Edgar Wormser: Hearing, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Felix Edgar Wormser to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior. April 13, 1953. (1953). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office. Eddie Mathews (1931-2001) - Hall of Fame MLB 3rd Baseman for the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1962-66) Houston Astros (1967-68) and Detroit Tigers (1968) grew up in Santa Barbara and was nicknamed "The Santa Barbara Bomber" for his home run prowess.

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