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Information on historically significant Californians.

Please note that Californians who are famous for something other than being from California or for their involvement in the state are listed in other sections of the directory. For example, Jerry Garcia is from San Francisco, but he is listed in Arts: Music: Bands and Artists.

Subcategories

• Adams, Ansel
• Brown, Edmund G.
• Brown, Jerry
• Burnett, Peter
• Child, Julia
• Cranston, Alan
• DiMaggio, Joe
• Doolittle, James H.
• Feinstein, Dianne
• Fremont, John Charles
• Frost, Robert
• Johnson, Hiram
• Knowland, William F.
• Lalanne, Jack
• McPherson, Aimee Semple
• Monroe, Marilyn
• Nixon, Richard Milhous
• Pacheco, Romualdo
• Reagan, Ronald
• Ride, Sally
• Stanford, Leland
• Steinbeck, John
• Temple Black, Shirley
• Thomas, Michael Tilson
• Warren, Earl

Resources in This Category

• Famous Californians

  http://www.city-data.com/states/California-Famous-californians.html
  Written essay on famous Californians, both native and non-native.

• Governor Gray Davis Digital Library

  http://www.gray-davis.com/
  Former Democratic Governor of California. Biography, accomplishments, and collection of official administration documents.

• Governors of California - Biographies

  http://governors.library.ca.gov/
  Biographical information on all the Governors of the State of California.

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