List of people from Santa Rosa, California

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Santa Rosa, California, United States.

• Linda Geary (born 1960), painter, educator
• Jean Halpert–Ryden (1919–2011), painter, printmaker^[1]
• Stephan Pastis, cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine^[2][3]
• Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor^[4][5][6]
• Charles M. Schulz, creator and cartoonist of Peanuts^[7][8]
• Nancy Speir, children's book illustrator

• Francis Boggs, actor, writer, and early movie director^[9]
• Warren Boyd, television producer, drug counselor
• Chad Channing, drummer for Nirvana
• Eftekhar Dadehbala, Iranian singer, known by her stage name "Mahasti"
• Rebecca De Mornay, film and television actress
• Chris Hayes, musician, member of Huey Lewis and the News
• Dan Hicks, singer and songwriter
• Julian Lage, guitarist and composer^[10][11]
• Julie London, singer and actress^[12][13]
• Kevin Kwan Loucks, concert pianist and arts entrepreneur
• Ray Luv, rapper, native of the South Park and West 9th districts^[14][15]
• Jon Provost, film and television actor
• Jade Puget, guitarist for the band AFI
• Robert Quarry, film and stage actor
• Pete Rugolo, musician
• Auggie Smith, comedian
• Jussie Smollett, actor and singer^[16]
• Stephanie St. James, actress, singer, and disease advocate^[17][18]
• Natalie Wood, film actress; lived in Santa Rosa as a child^[19][20]

• Scott Alexander, MLB player^[21][22]
• Luis Arriaga, soccer player^[23]
• Kim Conley, professional distance runner, two-time Olympian in the 5,000m^[24][25]
• Gabe Cramer, baseball pitcher^[26][27]
• Maya DiRado, Olympic swimmer^[28][29]
• Jonathan González, Mexican soccer player
• Sara Hall, American middle distance runner^[30][31]
• Brandon Hyde, manager of the Baltimore Orioles^[32][33]
• Jenna Johnson, Olympic swimmer
• Levi Leipheimer, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour of California^[34][35]
• Koa Misi, football linebacker^[36][37]
• McKenzie Moore (born 1992), player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Alfonso Motagalvan, soccer player^[38][39]
• Brandon Morrow, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ernie Nevers, football star^[40][41]
• Tony Renda, baseball player
• David Terrell, fighter
• Stephen Tomasin, plays for United States national rugby sevens team
• Tony Trujillo, skateboarder^[42][43]

• Jacob Appelbaum, journalist, computer security researcher and hacker
• Shirlee Busbee, writer^[44][45]
• Robert X. Cringely, technology journalist
• Garen Drussai, science fiction writer
• Paul Gilger, author of the musical Showtune^[46][47]
• Richard Heinberg, ecological journalist^[48][49]
• Frank Herbert, science-fiction writer and author of Dune
• Robert L. Ripley, creator and columnist of Ripley's Believe It or Not^[50][51]
• Jim Ross, professional wrestling commentator and executive
• Greg Sarris, author, film producer and screenwriter, professor^[52][53]
• Albino Brown, ska music writer, historian, producer, and director

• Madeline Bunch, businesswoman
• Luther Burbank, horticulturalist
• Efren Carrillo, member of Sonoma County Board of Supervisors^[54][55]
• María Ygnacia López de Carrillo, original grantee of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa^[56][57]
• Brett Crozier, Commander of the Theodore Roosevelt^[58][59]
• Frank Pierce Doyle, banker and philanthropist, known as the "Father of the Golden Gate Bridge"^[60]
• William Mark Felt, FBI agent and associate director, Watergate informant known as "Deep Throat"^[61][62]
• Guy Fieri, celebrity chef^[63][64]
• Mendy Fry, drag racer^[65][66]
• Thomas Lake Harris, mystic and prophet
• Edward J. Livernash, journalist and Congressman
• Joseph and William Hunt, founders of Hunt's foods
• Vicky Nguyen, television reporter^[67][68]
• Michael Robinson, rabbi and activist for civil/human rights^[69][70]
• Robley C. Williams, geneticist