List of sons and daughters of the City of Oakland

This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Oakland ( California ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.

19th century

Frederick Gardner Cottrell
(1877-1948)

Sidney Howard
(1891-1939)

Henry Heyman (1838–1924), violinist and music teacher
Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877–1948), chemist and inventor
Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth (1878–1972), author and engineer
Ernst D. van Löben Sels (1879–1965), engineer and investor
Ethel Gray Terry (1882-1931), silent film actress
Willis O'Brien (1886–1962), animation technician
James Van Trees (1890–1973), cameraman
Sidney Howard (1891-1939), playwright
Ford Quint Elvidge (1892-1980), politician; Governor of Guam
Harry Jones (1895–1956), Canadian sailor
Albert White (1895–1982), basketball player and diver
Virgil Markham (1899–1973), teacher and writer

20th century

1901-1920

Don Budge
(1915-2000)

Russell Garcia
(1916-2011)

Fred Korematsu
(1919-2005)

Harry Partch (1901–1974), composer
Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), writer and screenwriter
Milman Parry (1902–1935), classical philologist and Homer researcher
Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), costume designer
Andrew L. Stone (1902-1999), film director
George Stevens (1904–1975), director
Eddie Anderson (1905–1977), actor and entertainer
Teddy Powell (1905–1993), singer and band leader
Hubert Caldwell (1907-1972), rower
Zinky Cohn (1908–1952), jazz musician
Buster Crabbe (1908–1983), swimmer and actor
Alvino Rey (1908–2004), jazz guitarist and band leader
Peter Clentzos (1909-2006), pole vaulter of Greek origin

Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), science fiction and mystery writer

Winslow Hall (1912-1995), rower

Tony Martin (1913–2012), singer and actor

Wally Rose (1913–1997), jazz musician

Miles White (1914-2000), costume designer

Pamela Blake (1915–2009), actress

Don Budge (1915-2000), tennis player

Jo Van Fleet (1914–1996), actress

Archie Williams (1915–1993), sprinter and Olympic champion

Russell Garcia (1916–2011), composer and arranger

Kenneth Tobey (1917–2002), theater and film actor

David Berg (1919–1994), preacher and founder of the Children of God religious group

Robert Duncan (1919–1988), poet

Fred Korematsu (1919–2005), American civil rights activist of Japanese origin

Jerome Richardson (1920-2000), jazz musician

1921-1930

Russ Meyer
(1922-2004)

Fernando José Corbató
(* 1926)

Claude Heater
(* 1927)

William Bergsma (1921–1994), composer
Alfred Coppel (1921-2004), science fiction author
Peter Hansen (1921–2017), actor
Thomas Schelling (1921–2016), economist and Nobel Prize winner
Clarence Anderson (* 1922), fighter pilot in World War II
Russ Meyer (1922–2004), director, screenwriter and producer
Jim Pollard (1922-1993), basketball player
Essex Scott (≈1922–1960), R&B singer
William Sylvester (1922–1995), actor
Warren Barker (1923-2006), composer
Don Barksdale (1923–1993), basketball player, member of the US Olympic team
Clarence Ross (1923-2008), body builder
David Turner (1923-2015), rower
William Bade (1924–2012), mathematician
David S. Hogness (1925–2019), biochemist, geneticist, developmental biologist and university professor
Marty Paich (1925–1995), jazz pianist, composer, arranger and producer of modern jazz and West Coast jazz
Rudy Salvini (1925–2011), jazz trumpeter and band leader
Leland Smith (1925–2013), composer, bassoonist and music teacher
Ian Turner (1925-2010), rower
Fernando José Corbató (1926–2019), computer scientist and Turing Prize winner
Ed Elisian (1926–1959), racing car driver
Herb Wong (1926–2014), jazz historian, radio journalist, music educator and author
Claude Heater (1927–2020), opera singer and actor
Joyce Bryant (born 1928), singer
John Stephen Cummins (born 1928), former Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland
Richard Wyands (1928-2019), jazz pianist
Scotty Beckett (1929–1968), actor and criminal
Robert Culp (1930-2010), actor
Stanley Miller (1930-2007), biologist and chemist

1931-1940

Rod McKuen
(1933-2015)

Ron Dellums
(1935-2018)

John Hamber (born 1931), sailor from the US Virgin Islands
Edwin Meese (* 1931), politician
Whitney Reed (1932-2015), tennis player
Rod McKuen (1933–2015), singer-songwriter, poet and composer
Ron Tomsic (born 1933), basketball player
Tony Lema (1934-1966), golfer
Ron Dellums (1935-2018), politician; Mayor of Oakland
Carla Bley (* 1936), jazz musician, composer, arranger, band leader, pianist and organist
Earl Freeman (born 1937), jazz musician
Nancy Simons (born 1938), swimmer
Ron Hudson (1939-2011), photographer
John Vaio (* 1939), Graecist
William Van Horn (* 1939), comic artist
Dakin Matthews (born 1940), actor
Mills Watson (born 1940), actor

1941-1950

Ron Williams
(born 1942)

Alan Mulally
(born 1945)

Ted Lange
(born 1948)

Ron Williams (born 1942), actor, voice actor, singer and presenter
Barbara Acklin (1943–1998), soul singer and songwriter
Carolyn Carlson (* 1943), dancer and choreographer
Stephen Clark (born 1943), swimmer
Squire Fridell (* 1943), actor and voice actor
David Gieseker (* 1943), mathematician
Edwin Hawkins (1943-2018), gospel musician
Geoffrey Picard (1943-2002), rower
Daniel Butler (1944–1970), racing cyclist
Gary Goldman (* 1944), film producer, director, screenwriter and animator
Oliver Johnson (1944–2002), jazz musician
Judee Sill (1944–1979), singer and songwriter
Stu Cook (* 1945), bassist in the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
Alan Mulally (* 1945), engineer and manager
David Garibaldi (* 1946), drummer who is considered to be the co-founder of funk rhythm
Ruth Pointer (born 1946), singer
Ronald Ridenhour (1946–1998), GI and journalist
Bill Champlin (* 1947), singer, guitarist, keyboard player, music producer and songwriter
Kirk Francis (born 1947), sound engineer
Jan Henne (* 1947), swimmer
Paul Jackson (born 1947), fusion bass guitarist
Ron "The Reverend" Stallings (1947–2009), saxophonist
Ted Lange (* 1948), author, director, film producer and film and theater actor
Anita Pointer (* 1948), singer
John Markoff (born 1949), journalist
Steve Woznick (* 1949), racing cyclist
Gary Fisher (* 1950), cyclist and two-wheel mechanic
Greg Losey (1950-2002), pentathlete

1951-1960

Mark Hamill
(born 1951)

Dennis Eckersley
(* 1954)

Sheila E.
(* 1957)

Anthony Bottom (* 1951), prisoners' union and member of the Black Panther Party
Mark Hamill (born 1951), actor
Seasick Steve (* 1951), blues musician
Carla White (1951-2007), jazz singer
David A. Bednar (born 1952), Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Glenn Burke (1952-1995), baseball player
Jane Frederick (born 1952), track and field athlete
Henry Kaiser (* 1952), fusion and rock guitarist as well as producer and underwater filmmaker
Dave Sewelson (* 1952), jazz musician
Amy Tan (born 1952), writer
Jon Faddis (* 1953), jazz musician, composer
Eric Fernsten (* 1953), basketball player
Alex Foster (* 1953), jazz musician
Lincoln Goines (* 1953), jazz musician
Mai Lin (born 1953), porn actress
June Pointer (1953-2006), singer
Dennis Eckersley (born 1954), baseball player
Lisa Hansen (* 1954), rower
James Robinson (born 1954), middle distance runner
Catherine Asaro (* 1955), science fiction and fantasy writer
Eric Drexler (* 1955), engineer, pioneer and visionary of molecular nanotechnology
David Murray (* 1955), tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist
Peter Buck (* 1956), guitarist in the rock band REM
Gregg Field (* 1956), jazz musician
Doug Padilla (born 1956), track and field athlete
Sheila E. (* 1957), percussionist, drummer and singer
Roy Sommer (* 1957), ice hockey player and coach
Alexei Filippenko (* 1958), astrophysicist and professor of astronomy
Mike Bauer (* 1959), tennis player
Stef Burns (* 1959), guitarist
Suzanne Eaton (1959-2019), molecular biologist
Cliff Robinson (born 1960), basketball player

1961-1970

MC Hammer
(* 1962)

Kamala Harris
(born 1964)

Brad Gilbert (born 1961), tennis player

Leslie Deniz (* 1962), discus thrower

MC Hammer (born 1962), rapper

Lorenzo Lynch (born 1963), American football player

Jeff Hanneman (1964–2013), guitarist for the thrash metal band Slayer

Kamala Harris (* 1964), lawyer and politician

Stephan Jenkins (* 1964), musician

Pebbles (* 1964), pop, soul and R&B singer

Tommy Lynn Sells (1964-2014), serial killer

Eugene Swift (born 1964), athlete

Tim Armstrong (* 1965), musician and record producer Rancid

Brandon Lee (1965-1993), actor

Michael Franti (* 1966), poet and musician

Raphael Saadiq (* 1966), musician and composer

Brian Shaw (born 1966), basketball player and coach

Too Short (born 1966), rapper

Jill Whelan (born 1966), actress

Robb Flynn (* 1967), singer and guitarist of the thrash metal band Machine Head

Antonio Davis (born 1968), basketball player

Mitch Mullany (1968–2008), actor and comedian

Gary Payton (born 1968), basketball player

Scott Amendola (* 1969), jazz drummer and band leader

Mario Bailey (born 1970), American football player

Mac Dre (1970-2004), gang star rapper

Shemar Moore (born 1970), actor

Tracey Snelling (* 1970), multimedia artist

Alexander Roger Wolf (* 1970), actor

1971-1980

Christa Campbell
(* 1972)

Mahershala Ali
(* 1974)

Isaiah Rider (born 1971), basketball player
Billie Joe Armstrong (* 1972), front singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day
Christa Campbell (* 1972), actress and film producer
Adam Duce (* 1972), bassist
Del tha Funkee Homosapien (born 1972), rapper
Rockmond Dunbar (born 1973), actor
Mahershala Ali (* 1974), film and theater actor
Russell Hornsby (born 1974), actor
Yukmouth (born 1974), rapper
Alan Ferber (* 1975), jazz trombonist and composer
Mark Ferber (* 1975), jazz drummer
Cary Fukunaga (* 1977), director, screenwriter, cameraman and film producer
Carina Vance Mafla (* 1977), Ecuadorian politician
Keak da Sneak (born 1977), rapper
Paul Pierce (born 1977), basketball player
Kelli White (born 1977), track and field athlete
Heather Petri (* 1978), water polo player