The California Hall of Fame is an institution created in 2006 by Maria Shriver to honor important Californians. The award was designed by Californian artists Robert Graham. The hall is located in The California Museum in Sacramento.
Inductees
Class of 2006
César Chávez (To be removed 2026) Walt Disney Amelia Earhart Clint Eastwood Frank Gehry Hearst family David D. Ho, M.D. Billie Jean King John Muir David and Lucile Packard Ronald Reagan Sally K. Ride Alice Walker
Class of 2007
Ansel Adams Milton Berle Steve Jobs Willie Mays Robert Mondavi Rita Moreno Jackie Robinson Jonas Salk, M.D. John Steinbeck Elizabeth Taylor Earl Warren John Wayne Tiger Woods
Class of 2008
Dave Brubeck Jane Fonda Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Robert Graham Quincy Jones Jack LaLanne Dorothea Lange Julia Morgan Jack Nicholson Linus Pauling Leland Stanford Alice Waters
Class of 2009
Carol Burnett Andrew Grove Hiram Johnson Rafer Johnson Henry J. Kaiser Joan Kroc George Lucas John Madden Harvey Milk Fritz Scholder Danielle Steel Joe Weider Chuck Yeager
Class of 2010
Pat Brown James Cameron John Doerr A.P. Giannini Merle Haggard Anne Lamott George Shultz Kevin Starr Levi Strauss Barbra Streisand Wayne Thiebaud Betty White Serena Williams Mark Zuckerberg
Class of 2011
Buzz Aldrin The Beach Boys Elizabeth Blackburn Father Gregory Boyle Doris and Donald Fisher Magic Johnson Ed Roberts Carlos Santana Amy Tan Roger Traynor
Class of 2012
Gregory Bateson Warren Beatty Charles and Ray Eames Dolores Huerta Ishi Joe Montana The Warner Brothers: Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack L. Warner
Class of 2014
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Charlotta Bass Francis Ford Coppola Joan Didion Fred Ross Stephen Schneider Mimi Silbert Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine
Class of 2015
Kristi Yamaguchi Robert Downey Jr. Bruce Lee David Hockney Buck Owens Lester Holt Ellen Ochoa Charles Schulz
Class of 2016
Isabel Allende Harrison Ford Tony Gwynn Corita Kent William J. Perry Maria Shriver Russ Solomon George Takei
Class of 2017
Lucille Ball Susan Desmond-Hellmann Mabel McKay Mario J. Molina Jim Plunkett Gary Snyder Steven Spielberg Michael Tilson Thomas Warren Winiarski
Class of 2018
Joan Baez Arlene Blum Belva Davis Thomas Keller Ed Lee Nancy McFadden Robert Redford Fernando Valenzuela
Class of 2019
Maya Angelou France A. Cordova RuPaul Andre Charles Helen M. Turley Brandi Chastain Wolfgang Puck Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston James M. Lawson Jr. George Lopez Tony Hawk Tyrus Wong
Class of 2021
Ruth Asawa Jerry Garcia Larry Itliong Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Anna May Wong Ritchie Valens
Class of 2022
Lynda Carter Roy Choi Steven Chu Peggy Fleming Arlie Russell Hochschild Alonzo King Barbara Morgan Megan Rapinoe Linda Ronstadt Los Tigres del Norte Ed Ruscha
Class of 2023
Carrie Fisher Maggie Gee Etta James Bobby Kimball Minoru Namba Otsuji Jose Julio Sarria Vin Scully Shirley Temple Black Archie Williams
Class of 2024
Helene An Willie Brown Vinton G. Cerf Ava DuVernay The Go-Go's Thelton Henderson Los Lobos Cheryl Miller Leon Panetta Brenda Way
Class of 2025
Julia Child Ina Donna Coolbrith Vicki Manalo Draves Mitsuye Endo Dian Fossey Alice Piper Tina Turner Kamala Harris Doug Emhoff
Class of 2026
John L. Burton Jamie Lee Curtis Riane Eisler Janet Evans Carl Lewis Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles Nobu Matsuhisa Terry McMillan Arnold Schwarzenegger
References
External links California Hall of Fame The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts