The following is a partial list of notable people who have been full-time or significant part-time residents of Laguna Beach, California, United States.

Actors

George Beranger William BoydObituary Variety, September 20, 1972. Barbara Britton America ChedisterDianne Russell, "The Griffith Three Arch Bay property added to National Register of Historic Places", Stu News Laguna, March 19, 2021, accessed 8 October 2023 Bette Davis Robert Englund Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Mike Farrell and Judy Farrell Judy Garland Sterling Holloway Rock Hudson Tab Hunter Elmo Lincoln Fredric March Victor Mature Kent McCord Bette Midler Mary Miles Minter Polly Moran Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson Franklin Pangborn Gigi Parrish Mary Pickford Adele RitchieMrs. Guy Bates Post and Hostess Found Dead in Home. The New York Times, April 25, 1930, p. 1 Mickey Rooney Ruth Roman Rita Rudner Charlotte Shelby Margaret Shelby Grant Sullivan Slim Summerville Claire Trevor Bobs Watson Rudolph Valentino

Artists

Mark Bloch, conceptual artist, writer Bloch, Mark. "Why Am I Sitting in the Window of the Farehheit 451 Bookstore?," Panmag (ISSN 0738-4777) Issue 451 (Nov. 16, 1980), pp. 1,2,8, Laguna Beach, New York. Mark Chamberlain, photographer Daniella Walsh “Still Tilting at Windmills, Chamberlain Earns the Praise of His Peers” Laguna Beach Independent, 16 October 2014. Elanor Colburn, painter, and muralist; early artist in Laguna Beach Frank Cuprien, painter and "Dean of Laguna Artists" Paul Blaine Henrie, painter Abby Williams Hill, painter Anna Althea Hills, painter and founder of Laguna Art Museum Thomas Lorraine Hunt, painter George Hurrell, photographer Postrel, Virginia: "Starlight and Shadow", The Atlantic July/August 2009, P148. Frank Interlandi, editorial cartoonist Dennis McLellan, "Frank Interlandi dies at 85; former L.A. Times editorial cartoonist," Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2010 Bil Keane, cartoonist Marie Boening Kendall, painter Joseph Kleitsch, painter Roger Kuntz, painter William Mortensen, photographer Edgar Alwin Payne, muralist and founder of Laguna Beach Art Association Ruth Eaton Peabody, modernist painter, and sculptor; early artist in Laguna Beach William Grant Sherry, painter George Gardner Symons, painter William Wendt, "Dean of Southern California artists" Robert William Wood, painter Robert Wyland, muralist Karl Yens, painter

Athletes

Hobie Alter, surfboard and sailboat designer Damon Berryhill, baseball player Dain Blanton, volleyball player Colt Brennan, football playerChris Dufresne, , Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2007. Ryan Campbell, soccer player Gavvy Cravath, baseball playerWilliam Swank. Gavy Cravath. In Society for American Baseball Research, Deadball Era Committee; Simon, Tom (Ed.) (2004). Deadball Stars of the National League, pp. 221–224. Brassey's. . Lindsay Davenport, tennis player Paul Deem, Olympic cyclist Annika Dries, water polo player Dusty Dvorak, volleyball player Seth Etherton, baseball pitcher Janet Evans, swimmer Scott Fortune, volleyball player Warren Gill, baseball player Tom Harmon, football player and sportscaster Nyjah Huston, skateboarder Jon Leach, tennis player Rick Leach, tennis player Tom Morey, inventor of the "Boogie Board" John H. Outland, namesake of college football Outland Trophy Mike Parsons, surfer John Pitts, football player Rachel Wacholder, beach volleyball player and model Dani Weatherholt, soccer player Lefty Williams, baseball player

Musicians and singers

Frieda Belinfante, conductor and founder of the Orange County Philharmonic OrchestraPasles, Chris, “Cultural Pioneer Still a Voice for Excellence”, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb 1987, p. OC-E1. Taylor Hawkins, rock drummer, Foo Fighters Marion Hutton, big band singer Paula Kelly, big band singer Ricky Nelson, pop singer Jack Norworth, songwriter (wrote "Take Me Out to the Ballgame") Lee Rocker, bassist, The Stray Cats Richie Sambora, rock guitarist, Bon Jovi Vic Schoen, big band leader Ty Segall, singer-songwriter

Writers

Gregory Benford, author and astrophysicist Forrest E. "Skip" Fickling, author M. F. K. Fisher, culinary writer Arnold Hano, sportswriter "Arnold Hano: History Not Always Made by a Committee". Laguna Life: The Laguna Beach Historical Society Newsletter. November 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-28. Lisi Harrison, author Hedda Hopper, gossip columnist Lawrence Clark Powell, author and librarian Barr, Norah Kennedy (1993), Foreword to Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me: journals and stories, 1933–1941, M. F. K. Fisher. New York: Pantheon Books p.XI John Steinbeck, author Theodore Taylor, author John Weld, journalist Tennessee Williams, playwright Charles Wright, poet

Other

George Adamski, ufologist Buzz Aldrin, astronaut Steve Arterburn, radio talk show host Heidi Baker, missionary Steve Bannon, political advisor Florence "Pancho" Barnes, pioneer aviator Warren Buffett, business magnate Ron Burkle, business magnate David P. Bushnell, businessman David O. Carter, federal judge Blair Conklin, professional skimboarder Jonathan R. Cohen, American diplomat Lauren Conrad, reality television personality, Fashion Designer William S. Darling, art director Bhagavan Das (formerly Michael Riggs), yogi Charles Douglass, inventor of the laugh track Frank Fertitta III, casino owner Joe Francis, founder of Girls Gone Wild Christine Fugate, film director Pelham D. Glassford, United States Army Brigadier General David B. Goldstein, human geneticist Bill H. Gross, investor and fund manager Sue Gross, investor Richard Halliburton, adventurer Douglas Hodge (born 1957), CEO of PIMCO John Mills Houston, United States Congressman John Houston, New York Times, April 30, 1975. Christine Jorgensen, transsexual pioneer Thelma Keane, businessperson Eiler Larsen, town greeter Timothy Leary, psychologist and LSD advocate Greg MacGillivray, filmmaker Alan MacPherson, patent lawyer Peter Navarro, economist and filmmaker Ward Ritchie, publisher and bibliophile Malcolm St. Clair, film director Robert A. Schuller, televangelist Walter Terence Stace, philosopher Samuel Totten, history professor Peter Ueberroth, sports commissioner Lila Zali, ballerina

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