List of people from Compton, California

This article lists famous and notable people who are natives of Compton, California or have been residents of the city.

Kelvin Filer - Los Angeles County Municipal Court Judge and Commissioner
Douglas Dollarhide - California's first African-American mayor of a metropolitan city, Compton
Doris A. Davis - the first African-American female mayor of a metropolitan city, Compton
Xenophan F. Lang, Sr. - Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge
Paul H. Richards II - Compton City Manager and Lynwood mayor
Omar Bradley - Compton mayor
Lionel Cade - Compton mayor
Walter R. Tucker Jr. - Compton mayor
Walter R. Tucker III - U. S. Congressman and Compton mayor, son of Walter R. Tucker Jr.
Del M. Clawson - U.S. Congressman and mayor of Compton
U.S. Presidents George H. W. Bush & George W. Bush - briefly residents of Compton, circa 1949-1950 [1]

Michael Fletcher - CFL football player
Violet Palmer - first female professional sports official in the United States, NBA, and WNBA
Richard Davis - Major League Baseball (MLB) player
Kenny Landreaux - MLB player
Dennis Johnson - NBA player and coach (deceased)
Robin Cole - National Football League (NFL) player
Nesby Glasgow - NFL player
Tayshaun Prince - NBA player
Tyson Chandler - NBA player
Baron Davis - NBA player
Larry Holifield - UCLA basketball star
Pete Rozelle - NFL commissioner
Duke Snider - outfielder for the MLB Brooklyn Dodgers
Frank K. Wheaton - sports agent, personal manager and former official spokesperson of Compton
Don Klosterman - Los Angeles Rams general manager
Charles Dumas - Olympic gold medalist
Earlene Brown - Olympic medalist
Reggie Smith - Major League Baseball player
Jeanette Bolden - UCLA track coach
Mickey Cureton - UCLA football star
Tiny Lister - actor, professional wrestler
Arron Afflalo- former UCLA basketball player, current Detroit Pistons player

B.G. Knocc Out - rapper
The Game - rapper, Member of Cedar Block Piru
DJ Quik - rapper, producer
Dresta - rapper
Eazy-E - rapper, founder of Ruthless Records, member of N.W.A
Lil' Eazy-E - rapper, son of rapper Eazy-E
MC Eiht- rapper, member of group Compton's Most Wanted
TQ - singer
MC Ren - rapper, member of N.W.A
Dr. Dre - rapper, producer, member of N.W.A & World Class Wreckin' Cru, founder of Aftermath Entertainment
Ice Cube - rapper, member of N.W.A and Westside Connection, award winning actor & film director
DJ Yella - D.J. for The World Class Wreckin' Cru and N.W.A
Suge Knight - CEO of Death Row Records
2nd II None - rap group
Vince Neil - Mötley Crüe lead singer
Spider Loc - rapper, member of G-Unit, inactive member of the 97th Street East Coast Crips
AMG - rapper
Tyrese - R&B singer, actor
James Coburn - Actor
Krist Novoselic - bassist of the grunge band Nirvana, who lived in Compton for one year before moving to Gardena, California where he lived for most of childhood
Leslie Sykes - television news anchor
Coolio - rapper and actor
Lynn Manning - award-winning playwright and co-founder of Watts Village Theatre Company
William Hanna - co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Studios
Mort Sahl - satirist and comedian
Anthony Anderson - comedian and actor
King T - rapper
Boo-Yaa Tribe - rap/hip-hop group
War - funk music group
B-Brazy - rapper, member of Damu Ridas