List of people from Marin County, California

This is a list of people from Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Josh Akognon, basketball player
Juan Alderete de la Peña, Grammy-winning bassist
Isabel Allende, writer
Sam Andrew, musician
Dave Archer (painter), artist
Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease)
Tom Barbash, author
Arj Barker, comedian
John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search
Melba Beals, civil rights activist
Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist
Barbara Boxer, former United States Senator
Terry Bozzio, musician
Fairuza Balk, actress, born in Point Reyes Station
Jesse Barish, musician
Richard Brautigan, author
Joe Breeze, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, mountain bike pioneer and industry leader
Laurel Burch, artist
Merritt Butrick, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek)
Yvonne Cagle, Novato High School, Class of 1977, M.D., NASA Astronaut
Gunnar Carlsson, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics Stanford University
Pete Carroll, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head football coach of the Seahawks
Edwin Catmull, President of the Disney–Pixar Studios
Bill Champlin, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician, Sons of Champlin, Chicago
Chris Chaney, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician, Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel
Brenda Chapman, animation director
Sam Chapman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star, California Golden Bears; MLB)
Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship
Maxine Chernoff, author
Julia Child, Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of The French Chef
John Cipollina, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service
Signy Coleman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress
Elmer Collett, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman, NFL
Jack Conte, musician, Pomplamoose
Peter Coyote, actor
Les Crane, radio announcer and talk show host
David Crosby, musician
Martin Cruz Smith, author
Charlie Cunningham, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame)
Jake Curhan (born 1998), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL)
Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now
Nataly Dawn, singer, Pomplamoose
Joe DeMaestri, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946, MLB shortstop
Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972
Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day
Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent
George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist
David Dukes, actor, Redwood High School
Louis Durra, jazz pianist
Clint Eastwood, actor and director
Dave Eggers, author
Daniel Ellsberg, whistle blower, writer and anti-war activist
Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player
Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess
Mimi Farina, musician, singer, non-profit director and sister of Joan Baez and widow of Richard Farina
Jake Farrow, actor and writer
David Fincher, film director
Jack Finney, author, The Body Snatchers, Time and Again
Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer
Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw
Tyler Florence, celebrity chef
Phil Frank, cartoonist
David Freiberg, musician
Jerry Garcia, musician, of The Grateful Dead
Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of Fat City
Adriana Giramonti, chef
Jared Goff, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback, NFL
Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the Fillmore West in San Francisco
David Grisman, mandolinist and composer
Pete Gross, broadcaster for Seattle Seahawks
Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for standardized test preparation
Sammy Hagar, singer
Anna Halprin, choreographer
Oren Harari, business professor at University of San Francisco, author, speaker
David Haskell, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor
Annette Haven, ex-porn star
S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, president of San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983)
Sterling Hayden, actor
Matt Hazeltine, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker, NFL
Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley
Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer
George Herms, Beat Artist, museum director
James Hetfield, Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar
J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver
George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion
Lester Holt, NBC News anchor
Tess Uriza Holthe, author
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo
Sam Vogel Jauz, American DJ/Music Producer
Maz Jobrani, comedian and actor
Booker T. Jones, musician
Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in Larkspur, California
Isabelle Keith, actress
Charlie Kelly, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
Ali Akbar Khan, musician, Ali Akbar Khan College of Music
Lisa Kindred, blues and folk singer and guitarist
Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas)
Harmony Korine, film director, (born in Bolinas)
Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist
Jef Labes, keyboardist
Travis LaBoy, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker, NFL
Ned Lagin, artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist
Anne Lamott, writer
Jim Lange, TV game show host (The Dating Game)
John Lasseter, film director and Disney executive
Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey), Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan
Ralph Lazar, artist
Bill Lee, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964, MLB pitcher
John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director
Barry Levinson, film director
Jane Levy, actress (Suburgatory)
Huey Lewis, singer
Kevin Lima, film director
Tim Lincecum, baseball player
John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the Taliban
Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair
Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist
Sondra Locke, actress and director
Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria
George Lucas, film director, founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. Creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Owner of Skywalker Ranch
Andy Luckey, Redwood High School, Class of 1983, television producer, author, illustrator
Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician
Seán Mac Falls, poet
Peter Magadini, drummer, composer
Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series
Zekial Marko, pulp fiction writer, film & television series writer
Brian Maxwell, marathon runner and, with his wife to be, Jennifer Biddulph, developer and founder of Powerbar
Joyce Maynard, author
Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for Human Terrain System
Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician, of The Grateful Dead
Bridgit Mendler, actress
Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster
Artie Mitchell, pornographic film producer
Van Morrison, singer and songwriter
Jonny Moseley, gold medal-winning Olympic skier
Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "Midnight at the Oasis"
Walter Murch, film editor
Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current Governor of California
Connie Nielsen, actress
Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect
Don Novello, actor and writer
Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator
Karl Olson, Tamalpais High School, MLB outfielder
George Demont Otis, artist
William L. Patterson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer
Pat Paulsen, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Sean Penn, actor, activist
Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer
Kathleen Quinlan, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, Oliver Stone's The Doors)
Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian
Bonnie Raitt, singer
Reminisce, street artist, sculptor
Marc Reisner, environmentalist, author
Howard Rheingold, author
Meghan Rienks, actress
Hal Riney, advertising executive
Jason Roberts, author
Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist
Chris Robinson (singer), singer, The Black Crowes
Brande Roderick, model and actress
Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist
Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author
George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer
Joe Ryan Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
Kay Ryan, United States Poet Laureate
Dana Sabraw, U.S. District Judge
Mort Sahl, comedian
Carlos Santana, musician
Aram Saroyan, poet
Strawberry Saroyan, novelist
Michael Savage, conservative radio host
Eric P. Schmitt, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
Charles R. Schwab, investor
Erik Scott, award-winning bass player, musician, writer, producer
Vic Seixas (born 1923), Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player
Tupac Shakur, Tamalpais High School, rapper, poet, and actor
Peter Shor, Tamalpais High School, mathematician, MIT; MacArthur Fellow
Grace Slick, musician, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship
Gary Snyder, poet
Tom Snyder, television talk host
Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist
John Stewart, musician, songwriter, Kingston Trio
David Strathairn, Redwood High School, actor
Nicholas Suntzeff, Redwood High School, cosmologist, Texas A&M, Gruber Prize in Cosmology
Lisa Swerling, artist
Amy Tan, author
Gage Taylor, visionary artist
Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for National Public Radio, author
Twinka Thiebaud, writer and model
Bill Thompson, Manager of Jefferson Airplane
Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim)
Scott Thunes, musician
Peter Tork, musician, member of The Monkees
Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer
Lee Unkrich, employee at Pixar and director of Toy Story 3
Jean Varda, artist
Max Venable, baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres
Winston Venable, football player for the Chicago Bears
Vendela Vida, author
John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic
Alan Watts, writer
Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters)
Bob Weir, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of Grateful Dead
Lou Welch, poet
Brett Wickens, designer
Archie Williams, 1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner
Robin Williams, actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, Redwood High School graduate
Tony Williams, drummer
Cintra Wilson, Tamalpais High School, writer
Robin Wright, actress
Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 1980s, "Song for Julia"
Saul Zaentz, film producer
Barry Zito, baseball player

References

Timberg, Scott (November 22, 2010). "Philip K. Dick's Masterpiece Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
"Adriana Giramonti Obituary (1929 - 2016) - San Francisco Chronicle". Legacy. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
McCoy, Carolyn (January 10, 2019). "Chris Robinson Finds a Home in Marin". Marin Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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