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This list includes people born in Oakland, California, or who lived in Oakland for a significant time.

Academics

• George H. Hildebrand – industrial relations scholar at Cornell University
• Gail Mahood – geology (born in Oakland)

Artists and designers

• Natalia Anciso – artist and educator
• Steven F. Arnold – filmmaker, photographer, painter, illustrator, set and costume designer, and assemblage artist
• Olive Ayhens – painter
• Garry Knox Bennett – woodworker, metalworker, furniture maker, artist
• Bernice Bing – artist, activist
• Warrington Colescott – artist and educator
• Henry Doane – landscape painter, commercial artist
• Janet Doub Erickson – artist and author
• Roger C. Field – industrial designer, graduated from California College of the Arts
• Linda Geary – painter, teacher
• Liz Hernández – painter, sculptor, graphic designer
• Oliver Lee Jackson – painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Walter J. Mathews – architect, designed the First Unitarian Church of Oakland
• Bernard Maybeck – architect
• Jeremy Mayer – sculptor
• Julia Morgan – architect, raised and buried in Oakland
• Willis O'Brien – animator
• Nathan Oliveira – painter, printmaker, sculptor, professor
• Adrienne Keahi Pao – photographer, artist
• Lisa Quinn – artist, author, designer
• Mel Ramos – painter
• Favianna Rodriguez – painter, artist
• Galen Rowell – photographer
• J. Otto Seibold – artist, illustrator, author
• Elizabeth Sher – documentary and short filmmaker, artist
• Seasick Steve – blues musician
• Betty Swords – cartoonist
• Morrie Turner – artist, illustrator, author of the Wee Pals comic strip
• Wendy Yoshimura – artist

Athletes

• Ron Allen – professional skateboarder
• Zack Andrews – baseball player
• Pervis Atkins – NFL football player, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, actor, The Longest Yard
• Don Barksdale – basketball player
• Drew Barry – basketball player
• Jon Barry – basketball player and sportscaster
• Charlie Beamon – baseball pitcher
• Charlie Beamon Jr. – baseball player
• Davion Berry (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Davone Bess – football player
• Will Blackwell – football player
• Linc Blakely – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Marlin Briscoe – football player
• John Brodie – football player and sportscaster
• Jabari Brown – basketball player
• Steve Brye – baseball player, No. 1 pick of Twins, played nine years in majors
• Don Budge – tennis player
• Chris Burford – football player
• Glenn Burke – baseball player
• Tiffany Chin – figure skater
• Steve Clark – swimmer, won five Olympic gold medals
• Ray Crouse – football player
• Bruce Cunningham – Major League Baseball player, Boston Braves
• Jared Cunningham – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Antonio Davis – basketball player
• Steve DeBerg – football player
• Bernie DeViveiros – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
• Taylor Douthit – Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
• Forey Duckett – football player
• Dennis Eckersley – baseball player
• Manny Fernandez – football player
• Eric Fernsten – basketball player, NBA, CBA, and Europe
• Curt Flood – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators; known for challenging the reserve clause
• Greg Foster – basketball player
• La Vel Freeman – baseball player
• Len Gabrielson – Major League Baseball player, first baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
• Len Gabrielson – Major League Baseball player, outfielder, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Joe Gaines – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros
• Derrick Gardner – football player
• Kiwi Gardner – basketball player
• Brad Gilbert – tennis player and coach
• John Gillespie – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Jesse Gonder –baseball player
• Drew Gooden – basketball player
• Alexis Gray-Lawson – basketball player, Phoenix Mercury
• Bob Greenwood – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
• Bud Hafey – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
• Tom Hafey – Major League Baseball player, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns
• Roger Harding – football player
• Rickey Henderson – baseball player
• Jan Henne – swimmer, two-time gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics
• Steve Hosey – baseball player
• Al Hrabosky – baseball pitcher and sportscaster
• Proverb Jacobs – NFL football player, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants
• Jackie Jensen – baseball player
• Brian Johnson – baseball player
• Josh Johnson – quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Maurice Jones-Drew – football player
• Robert Jordan – football player
• Bobby Kemp – football player
• Jason Kidd – basketball player and coach
• MacArthur Lane – football player
• Cookie Lavagetto – baseball player and manager
• James Yimm Lee – martial arts teacher
• Tony Lema – golfer
• Bill Lester – NASCAR driver
• Damian Lillard – basketball player
• Don Lofgran – professional basketball player
• Ernie Lombardi – baseball player
• Terrell Lowery – baseball player
• Lorenzo Lynch – football player
• Marshawn Lynch – football player
• Eddie McGah – baseball player, part-owner of Oakland Raiders
• Bill McKalip – college All-American football player, NFL player, Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions
• Joe Mellana – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics
• Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell – streetball player
• Joe Morgan – baseball second baseman and sportscaster
• Kirk Morrison – football player
• Hank Norberg – football player
• Mike Norris – baseball player
• Lee Norwood – ice hockey player
• Zoe Ann Olsen – Olympic diver
• Gary Payton – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland
• Gary Pettis – baseball player and coach
• Paul Pierce – basketball player
• Vada Pinson – baseball player and coach
• Jim Pollard – basketball player
• Leon Powe – basketball player
• Damon Powell – basketball player
• Jarrod Pughsley – football player
• John Ralston – football player and coach
• Isiah Rider – basketball player
• Chris Roberson – baseball player
• Cliff Robinson – basketball player, youngest (teenaged), highest scoring NBA Player, 1976 TOC Champions
• Frank Robinson – baseball player and manager
• Jimmy Rollins – baseball player
• Bill Russell – basketball player and coach
• Brian Shaw – basketball player and coach
• Paul Silas – basketball player and coach
• Fred Silva – football official
• Marvel Smith – football player
• Dave Stewart – baseball player and executive
• John Sutro – football player
• Ron Theobald – baseball player
• Jim Tobin – baseball player
• Marviel Underwood – football player
• Kwame Vaughn (born 1990) – basketball player for Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Basketball National League
• Langston Walker – football player
• Andre Ward – professional boxer
• George Wells – professional wrestler

Businesspeople, entrepreneurs and industrialists

• Stephen Bechtel – engineer, president, CEO of Bechtel Corporation, 1933–1960
• Anthony Chabot – entrepreneur, father of hydraulic mining, namesake of Chabot Space & Science Center, Lake Chabot, and Chabot College, buried in Oakland
• Charles Crocker – railroad tycoon, buried in Oakland
• Debbi Fields – entrepreneur, founder of Mrs. Fields cookies
• Domingo Ghirardelli – founder of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company based in San Francisco, buried in Oakland
• Ken Hofmann – former owner of the Oakland Athletics
• Henry J. Kaiser – entrepreneur, businessman, founder of Kaiser Permanente and Kaiser Family Foundation, buried in Oakland
• Mark Mastrov – founder of 24 Hour Fitness, partial owner of the Sacramento Kings
• Jonah Peretti – founder of BuzzFeed
• Francis Marion Smith (also known as "Borax" Smith) – miner, business magnate

Chefs

• Nelson German – chef
• Tanya Holland – chef, restaurateur, podcast host, and cookbook author
• Nite Yun – chef and restaurateur

Entertainment

• Mahershala Ali – Academy Award-winning actor
• Eddie Anderson – actor
• Max Baer Jr. – actor, film director
• Matt Bettinelli-Olpin – filmmaker and musician
• Pamela Blake – actress
• True Boardman – silent film actor
• Alex Bretow – film producer, director, and screenwriter
• David Carradine – actor
• Rafael Casal – actor, writer
• Connie Cezon – actress
• Angus Cloud – actor
• Keyshia Cole – musician
• Tracie Collins – actress, writer, theatre director and producer
• Ryan Coogler – director
• Buster Crabbe – actor
• T. D. Crittenden – silent film actor
• Robert Culp – actor
• Mark Curry – actor/comedian
• Gloria Dea – actress, dancer and magician
• Walter DeLeon – screenwriter
• Dimitri Diatchenko – actor
• Daveed Diggs – actor and rapper
• Rockmond Dunbar – actor, mixed-media artist
• Michael Earl – puppeteer
• Clint Eastwood – actor, Academy Award-winning film producer, and director
• Lyndsy Fonseca – actress
• Squire Fridell – actor
• Cary Fukunaga – Emmy Award-winning director
• Sylvia Gerrish – performer of musical comedy and light opera
• Sumner Getchell – actor
• Gary Goldman – filmmaker
• Michael A. Goorjian – actor and filmmaker
• R. Henry Grey – silent film actor
• Khamani Griffin – child actor
• Mark Hamill – actor
• Bernie Hamilton – actor, Starsky and Hutch
• MC Hammer – rapper
• Tom Hanks – Academy Award-winning actor, raised in Oakland
• Susan Seaforth Hayes – actor
• Claude Heater – opera singer and actor, Ben-Hur
• Russell Hornsby – actor
• Moshe Kasher – comedian, actor, and author/writer; raised in Oakland
• Kehlani – singer
• Joe Knowland – newspaper publisher, actor
• David Labrava – actor, writer, tattoo artist
• Remy Lacroix – adult actress
• Ted Lange – actor
• Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee) – actor, born in Oakland
• Bruce Lee – actor, martial artist
• Nnegest Likké – film director
• Caryl Lincoln – actress
• Delroy Lindo – actor
• Dakin Matthews – actor
• Russ Meyer – film director
• Jefferson Moffitt – screenwriter, film director
• Paul Mooney – comedian
• Shemar Moore – actor, model
• Mitch Mullany – actor
• Kali Muscle – actor
• Roger Nichols – recording engineer
• Natalie Nunn – television personality
• Laura Oakley – silent film actress
• Orunamamu (Marybeth Washington-Stofle) – storyteller
• Frank Oz – actor, director, puppeteer for Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover on Sesame Street
• Chelsea Peretti – comedian, actress
• Dorothy Revier – silent film actress, dancer
• Cherie Roberts – adult model, photographer
• Raphael Saadiq – singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• Timothy B. Schmit – singer, bassist of The Eagles, born in Oakland
• Sheila E. – percussionist, born in Oakland
• Kellita Smith – actress and model
• Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki) – comedian, actor, Barney Miller
• George Stevens – Academy Award-winning film director
• Cynthia Stevenson – actress, born in Oakland
• Ethel Grey Terry – silent film actress
• Colin Trevorrow – film director
• Jo Van Fleet – actress
• Matt Vasgersian – actor, sports broadcaster
• Mills Watson – actor
• Robert Webber – film and TV actor, 12 Angry Men
• Will Wright – game designer
• Daniel Wu – actor
• Bassem Youssef – satirist
• Zendaya – Emmy Award-winning actress

Leaders (activists and politicians)

• Richard Aoki – activist
• William P. Baker – politician
• Sonny Barger – founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
• Henry G. Blasdel – first governor of Nevada; resident of Oakland
• Jerry Brown – politician, former governor of California and mayor of Oakland
• Albert E. Carter – politician
• Frank Chu – eccentric street protester
• C. L. Dellums – organizer and leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Ron Dellums – politician, former U.S. Congressman and Representative, mayor of Oakland
• Frank M. Dixon – politician, former governor of Alabama
• Warren B. English – Confederate war veteran, politician, realtor
• Lydia Flood Jackson – businesswoman, club woman, suffragist, an oldest living native of Oakland when she died in 1963
• Marcus Foster – educator, first African-American Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District
• Alicia Garza – co-founder of Black Lives Matter
• Elihu Harris – politician, former mayor of Oakland
• JuJu Harris – food-affordability activist
• Kamala Harris – politician, U.S. Senator, first female African-American attorney general of California; first female, African-American, and Asian-American vice president of the United States; born at Kaiser hospital in Oakland but lived and attended school in Berkeley
• Van Jones – founder, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Special Advisor for Green Jobs under US President Barack Obama
• Joseph R. Knowland – former U.S. Representative and former owner of the Oakland Tribune, cremated in Oakland
• William F. Knowland – former U.S. Senator
• Fred Korematsu – Japanese-American who fought forced internment, testing the law in Korematsu v. United States
• Barbara Lee – U.S. Representative
• Charles Goodall Lee – dentist, civic leader, benefactor of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance
• Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee – activist, first Chinese-American woman voter in the U.S.
• Richard Lee – horticulturist, activist for the legalization of marijuana
• Edwin Meese III – former U.S. Attorney General
• Victor H. Metcalf – politician, attorney, banker
• Jessica Mitford – writer, activist, former communist
• Paul Montauk – Communist politician and two-time candidate for Oakland mayor
• Ethel Moore – civic, education, and national defense work leader
• Anca Mosoiu – technology activist
• Nancy Nadel – member of the Oakland City Council
• Huey P. Newton – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
• Andrew Nisbet Jr. – member of the Washington House of Representatives and United States Army officer
• Pat Parker – Black lesbian poet and activist
• Ed Rosenthal – horticulturist, publisher, activist for the legalization of marijuana
• Byron Rumford – pharmacist
• John A. Russo – Oakland city attorney, former city councilman
• Bobby Seale – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
• Nicole Shanahan – attorney and running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 presidential campaign
• Hettie B. Tilghman – African-American activist and suffragist
• Robert Treuhaft – activist for labor and leftist causes, attorney, writer
• Earl Warren – Assistant Attorney City of Oakland, District Attorney of Alameda County, Attorney General of California, Governor of California and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Charles Stetson Wheeler – attorney, Regent of the University of California
• Lionel J. Wilson – politician, first African-American mayor of Oakland
• Mother Wright – anti-hunger activist

Military

• Bud Anderson – USAF (served 1942–1972) fighter pilot and commander, triple ace who retired at the rank of colonel
• Jeremiah C. Sullivan – Civil War general in the Union Army and staff member of Ulysses S. Grant, buried in Oakland

Musicians, composers and dancers

• 3XKrazy – male rap group
• A-Plus – rapper
• Ambrose Akinmusire – musician, trumpeter, composer
• Billie Joe Armstrong – co-founder of Green Day
• Tim Armstrong – musician, lead vocalist of punk rock band Rancid
• Paul Baloff (d. 2002) – former lead singer of thrash metal band Exodus
• Ant Banks – rapper, producer
• Gaylord Birch – musician
• Carla Bley – composer, musician
• Boots Riley – rapper, filmmaker
• Mike Botts – studio musician, drummer for rock band Bread
• Bobby Brackins – rapper, songwriter
• Ian Brennan – Grammy Award-winning record producer and author
• Antonia Brico (born Wilhelmina Wolthius) – classical pianist, first female conductor of New York Philharmonic
• Chris Broderick – musician, lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Megadeth
• Peter Buck – musician, guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
• Aaron Burckhard – musician, first drummer of the grunge band Nirvana
• Kevin Cadogan – musician, original lead guitarist of Third Eye Blind
• Emilio Castillo – musician, a founding member of Tower of Power
• Casual – rapper
• Mike Clark – musician
• Cold Blood – rock, soul, jazz band
• Keyshia Cole – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, born and raised in Oakland
• The Coup – hip hop group
• Jason Cropper – original band member of Weezer
• Del tha Funkee Homosapien – musician
• Daveed Diggs – rapper and actor
• Digital Underground – rap group
• Mike Dirnt – co-founder of Green Day
• Sue Draheim – fiddler
• Mac Dre – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in Vallejo
• Dru Down – rapper
• Isadora Duncan – dancer
• E-A-Ski – rapper, record producer
• En Vogue – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singing group, originated from Oakland in 1990
• Pete Escovedo – musician, born in Oakland
• Robb Flynn – musician best known as rhythm guitarist and vocalist for Machine Head
• Michael Franti – musician
• Fred Frith – improvisational musician, guitarist, composer, professor of music
• Nils Frykdahl – musician, a founding member of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh
• G-Eazy – rapper and producer
• David Garibaldi – musician, member of Tower of Power
• GGFH – industrial band
• Mic Gillette – musician, a founding member of Tower of Power
• Goapele – soul and R&B singer
• Larry Graham – musician
• Guapdad 4000 – rapper, musician
• MC Hammer – musician, born in Oakland
• Jeff Hanneman – former guitarist for heavy metal band Slayer
• Shawn Harris – musician; former member of The Matches
• Davey Havok – musician, lead singer for AFI
• Edwin and Walter Hawkins – gospel singers
• Hieroglyphics – rap group, originated from Oakland
• Earl Hines – jazz pianist
• John Lee Hooker – blues singer
• Paul Jackson – musician
• Henry Kaiser – musician, grandson of Henry J. Kaiser
• Keak da Sneak – musician
• Kehlani – singer
• Kid 606 – musician
• Sharon Knight – Celtic musician, founding member of pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
• Kreayshawn – rapper
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
• Thomas Lauderdale – musician and pianist
• LaToya London – singer; born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland
• Pep Love – rapper
• The Lovemakers – pop band
• The Luniz – Grammy Award-nominated rap duo
• Michael Manring – bassist, born in D.C., lives in Oakland
• Adrian Marcel – singer
• Jim Martin – musician
• Tony Martin – singer, actor
• MC Lars – rapper; post-punk laptop rap
• Dave Meniketti – rock musician; born and raised in Oakland; lead singer/lead guitarist for Y&T
• Seagram Miller – rapper
• Mistah F.A.B. – rapper
• David Murray – musician
• mxmtoon – singer/songwriter
• Fantastic Negrito – musician
• Noaccordion – multimedia project of Onah Indigo
• Numskull – rapper
• Ray Obiedo – musician
• Marty Paich – pianist, composer, arranger, producer, director, conductor
• Harry Partch – composer
• The Phenomenauts – science and space band, refer to Oakland as "Earth's capital"
• Phesto – rapper, producer
• Matt Pike – guitarist of Sleep and High on Fire
• The Pointer Sisters – Grammy Award-winning R&B singing group
• Pooh-Man – rapper
• PopLyfe – pop group
• Francis Rocco Prestia – musician
• San Quinn – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in San Francisco
• Perri "Pebbles" Reid – singer-songwriter, manager of TLC
• Richie Rich – rapper
• Cynthia Robinson – musician
• Raphael Saadiq – musician
• Arion Salazar – musician in Third Eye Blind
• Pharoah Sanders – musician
• Timothy B. Schmit – rock musician, bassist for the Eagles
• E.C. Scott – blues singer, songwriter and record producer; television host
• Tupac Shakur – rapper, lived in Oakland
• Shock G – rapper
• Sharon Shore – ballet dancer, model
• Calvin E. Simmons – symphony orchestra conductor, namesake of Calvin Simmons Theatre, born in San Francisco
• Souls of Mischief – rap group
• J. Stalin – rapper, co-founder of Livewire Records
• Steady Mobb'n – rap duo
• Jamie Stewart – frontman of the experimental group Xiu Xiu
• Shakir Stewart – record producer, senior vice president of Island Def Jam Music Group
• Freddie Stone – musician
• Rose Stone – musician
• Sly Stone – musician
• Bill Summers – musician
• The Team – rap group
• Tony! Toni! Toné! – R&B singing group
• Too Short – rapper, born in Los Angeles, lived in Oakland 1980–1994
• Tower of Power – band, formed and based in Oakland
• Tune-Yards – band; indie, afro-funk
• Weasel Walter – progressive rock and free jazz musician/composer
• Freddie Washington – musician
• Lenny Williams – musician, early member of Tower of Power
• Y&T – rock band, formed in Oakland 1974
• Yukmouth – rapper
• Baba Zumbi – co-founder of hip hop group Zion I

Physicians

• Samuel Merritt – physician, practiced in San Francisco, namesake of Merritt College, Merritt Hospital, and Lake Merritt, buried in Oakland
• Virginia Prentiss – nanny to Jack London, midwife and former slave

Religious leaders

• David A. Bednar – LDS apostle, born in Oakland
• David Berg – controversial cult leader, founder of Children of God
• Yusuf Bey – controversial Black Muslim activist
• Mose Durst – author, educator, former president of the Unification Church
• James Ishmael Ford – Zen Buddhist priest and Unitarian Universalist minister
• Ray Frank – Jewish leader
• Jack Hayford – minister, chancellor, songwriter
• Judah Leon Magnes – prominent Reform rabbi, first president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Carol Anne O'Marie – Roman Catholic nun, mystery fiction writer
• Bebe Patten – evangelist and founder of Patten University
• Clarence Richard Silva – Catholic bishop from Oakland, current bishop of Honolulu
• Richard B. Stamps – anthropologist, archeologist, president of the Taipei Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Allen Henry Vigneron – Catholic bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland

Scientists and inventors

• Dean Burk – medical researcher
• Fernando J. Corbató – computer scientist
• Frederick Cottrell – inventor
• Frank Epperson – popsicle inventor
• Lloyd N. Ferguson – first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
• Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat – biochemist and virologist; died in Oakland
• Ansel Franklin Hall – first park naturalist for Yosemite National Park, first Chief Forester for the National Park Service
• Richard F. Johnston – ornithologist, academic and author
• Stanley Miller – chemist
• Sten Odenwald – astronomer and author
• Wendell Phillips – archaeologist and oil magnate
• William Shurtleff – researcher, technical writer, bibliographer, historian, and popularizer of soy foods
• Lydia Weld – first woman to get a degree in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and naval architect in World War II

Writers and poets

• Daniel Alarcón – writer, currently resides in Oakland
• Catherine Asaro – writer
• Chauncey Bailey – journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery
• Delilah L. Beasley – first African-American columnist to be published in a major newspaper
• Anthony Boucher – writer
• Garrett Caples – poet, writer
• Jon Carroll – columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
• Frank Chin – writer
• Daniel Clowes – comic book writer, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, currently resides in Oakland
• Robert Duncan – poet
• Sarah Webster Fabio – African-American writer, poet, educator; born in Nashville, lived in Oakland 1955–1979
• Ben Fong-Torres – rock journalist
• Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, currently resides in Oakland
• Richard Lange – Los Angeles-based author, born in Oakland
• Yiyun Li – writer, former creative writing instructor at Mills College
• Jack London – writer, raised in Oakland, namesake of Jack London Square
• Anthony Marra – writer
• Rod McKuen – poet, composer, singer
• Joaquin Miller – poet, lived in Oakland 1886–1913
• Jessica Mitford – author
• Leila Mottley – author and poet
• Jess Mowry – writer
• Colleen Patrick-Goudreau – author, speaker, and podcaster
• Ishmael Reed – writer, currently resides in Oakland
• Mary Roach – science writer, currently resides in Oakland
• William Saroyan – dramatist, author, lived in Oakland 1913–1918
• Jason Shiga – author, cartoonist, puzzle designer
• Alex Steffen – writer, born in Oakland
• Gertrude Stein – writer
• Robert Louis Stevenson – writer
• Tina Susman – journalist, Time senior editor, former national editor of BuzzFeed News
• Amy Tan – writer, born in Oakland
• Jack Vance – science fiction writer
• Nellie Wong – poet and activist, born in Oakland
• Shawn Wong – writer, English professor
• Helen Zia – writer, journalist, and activist, currently resides in Oakland

Criminals

• Felix Mitchell – notorious drug lord and gang leader of the 1970s and early 1980s
• Hans Reiser – computer programmer, owner of Namesys, convicted of murdering his wife
• Tommy Lynn Sells – murderer and suspected serial killer

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