List of people from Oakland, California

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Academics

• Robert Harvey – comparative literature, philosophy
• Nanos Valaoritis – comparative literature, poetry

Artists and designers

• Natalia Anciso – artist and educator
• Olive Ayhens – painter[1]
• Steven F. Arnold – filmmaker, photographer, painter, illustrator, set and costume designer, and assemblage artist
• Garry Knox Bennett – woodworker, metalworker, furniture maker, artist
• Bernice Bing – artist, activist
• Warrington Colescott – artist and educator
• Henry Doane – landscape painter, commercial artist
• Roger C. Field – industrial designer, graduated from California College of the Arts
• 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
• Lisa Quinn – artist, author, designer
• 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

• Zack Andrews – baseball player
• Pervis Atkins – NFL fotball player, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, actor, The Longest Yard
• Drew Barry – basketball player[2]
• Jon Barry – basketball player and sportscaster[3]
• Charlie Beamon – baseball pitcher[4]
• Charlie Beamon, Jr. – baseball player
• Davone Bess – football player[5]
• Will Blackwell – football player[6]
• Linc Blakely – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Marlin Briscoe – football player[7]
• John Brodie – football player and sportscaster[8]
• Jabari Brown – basketball player
• Don Budge – tennis player
• Chris Burford – football player
• Glenn Burke – baseball player[9]
• Steve Clark – swimmer, won five Olympic gold medals
• Ray Crouse – football player[10]
• Bruce Cunningham – Major League Baseball player, Boston Braves
• Antonio Davis – basketball player[11]
• Steve DeBerg – football player[12]
• 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[13]
• Dennis Eckersley – baseball player[14]
• Manny Fernandez – football player[15]
• Eric Fernsten – basketball player, NBA, CBA, and Europe[16]
• Curt Flood – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators known for challenging the Reserve clause
• Greg Foster – basketball player[17]
• La Vel Freeman – baseball player[18]
• Len Gabrielson – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
• Len Gabrielson – Major League Baseball player, 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[19]
• Brad Gilbert – tennis player and coach[20]
• John Gillespie – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Jesse Gonder –baseball player
• Drew Gooden – basketball player[21]
• 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[22]
• Rickey Henderson – baseball player[23]
• Jan Henne – swimmer, two-time gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics
• Steve Hosey – baseball player[24]
• Al Hrabosky – baseball pitcher and sportscaster[25]
• Proverb Jacobs – NFL football player, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants
• Jackie Jensen – baseball player[26]
• Brian Johnson – baseball player[27]
• Josh Johnson – Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Maurice Jones-Drew – football player[28]
• Robert Jordan – football player
• Bobby Kemp – football player[29]
• Jason Kidd – basketball player and coach[30]
• MacArthur Lane – football player
• Cookie Lavagetto – baseball player and manager[31]
• Tony Lema – golfer[32]
• Bill Lester – NASCAR driver[33]
• Damian Lillard – basketball player[34]
• Ernie Lombardi – baseball player[35]
• Don Lofgran – professional basketball player
• Terrell Lowery – baseball player[36]
• Lorenzo Lynch – football player[37]
• Marshawn Lynch – football player[38]
• Eddie McGah – baseball player, part-owner of Oakland Raiders[39]
• 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, convicted for armed robbery
• Joe Morgan – baseball second baseman and sportscaster[40]
• Kirk Morrison – football player[41]
• Hank Norberg – football player[42]
• Mike Norris – baseball player[43]
• Zoe Ann Olsen – olympic diver[44]
• Gary Payton – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland[45]
• Gary Pettis – baseball player and coach[46]
• Paul Pierce – basketball player[47]
• Vada Pinson – baseball player and coach[48]
• Jim Pollard – basketball player[49]
• Leon Powe – basketball player[50]
• Jarrod Pughsley – football player[51]
• John Ralston – football player and coach[52]
• Isiah Rider – basketball player[53]
• Chris Roberson – baseball player[54]
• Frank Robinson – baseball player and manager[55]
• Jimmy Rollins – baseball player[56]
• Bill Russell – basketball player and coach[57]
• Luis Scott-Vargas – Magic: the Gathering player
• Brian Shaw – basketball player and coach[58]
• Paul Silas – basketball player and coach[59]
• Fred Silva – football official[60]
• Marvel Smith – football player[61]
• Dave Stewart – baseball player and executive[62]
• John Sutro – football player[63]
• Ron Theobald – baseball player[64]
• Jim Tobin – baseball player[65]
• Marviel Underwood – football player[66]
• Langston Walker – football player[67]
• Andre Ward – professional boxer
• George Wells – professional wrestler
• Ray Wells – football player[68]
• Bill Werle – baseball player[69]
• Archie Williams – runner[70]
• Dontrelle Willis – baseball player[71]
• Rodney Williams – American football player

Businesspeople 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[72]
• Francis Marion Smith (also known as "Borax" Smith) – miner, business magnate

Entertainment

• Mahershala Ali – Academy Award-winning actor
• Eddie Anderson – actor
• Billie Joe Armstrong – singer
• Max Baer, Jr. – actor, film director
• Matt Bettinelli-Olpin – filmmaker and musician
• Pamela Blake – actress
• True Boardman – silent film actor
• David Carradine – actor
• Connie Cezon – actress
• 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
• Walter DeLeon – screenwriter
• 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
• G-Eazy (Gerald Gillium) – rapper
• Sylvia Gerrish – 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
• Tom Hanks – Academy Award-winning actor, raised in Oakland
• Susan Seaforth Hayes – actor
• Claude Heater – opera singer and actor, Ben-Hur (1959 film)
• Russell Hornsby – actor
• Joseph Jackson – talent manager
• 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
• Dakin Matthews – actor
• Russ Meyer – film director
• Jefferson Moffitt – screenwriter, film director
• 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[73]
• Frank Oz – actor, director, puppeteer for Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover on Sesame Street
• John Pappas – actor
• Chelsea Peretti – comedian, actress
• Dorothy Revier – silent film actress, dancer
• Cherie Roberts – adult model, photographer
• Raphael Saadiq – singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• Sheila E. – percussionist
• Bob Smale – pianist on The Lawrence Welk Show, 1969-1982
• Kellita Smith – actress and model
• Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki) – comedian, actor, Barney Miller
• Marcus D. Spencer (Big Spence) – actor, writer, producer, film director
• George Stevens – Academy Award-winning film director
• Cynthia Stevenson – actress
• 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 – actress

Leaders (activists and politicians)

• Richard Aoki – activist
• William P. Baker – politician[74]
• Sonny Barger – founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
• Henry G. Blasdel – first governor of Nevada; resident of Oakland[75]
• Jerry Brown – politician, former governor of California and mayor of Oakland[76]
• Albert E. Carter – politician[77]
• Frank Chu – eccentric street protester
• William Clark, Jr. – diplomat, ambassador
• 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[78]
• Warren B. English – Confederate war veteran, politician, realtor[79]
• Heather Fargo – politician, mayor of Sacramento, California
• Lydia Flood Jackson, businesswoman, clubwoman, suffragist, oldest living native of Oakland when she died in 1963[80]
• Marcus Foster – educator, the first African-American Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District[81]
• Alicia Garza – co-founder of Black Lives Matter[82]
• Elihu Harris – politician, former mayor of Oakland
• Kamala Harris – politician, U.S. Senator, first female African-American attorney general of California, 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee
• Fred Korematsu – Japanese-American who fought forced internment, testing the law in Korematsu v. United States[83]
• Joseph R. Knowland – former U.S. Representative and former owner of the Oakland Tribune, cremated in Oakland[84]
• William F. Knowland – former U.S. Senator[85]
• Barbara Lee – U.S. Representative[86]
• 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
• Joseph McKenna – former Congressman, Justice 9th US Circuit, Attorney General and Associate Justice US Supreme Court.
• Edwin Meese III – former U.S. Attorney General[87]
• Victor H. Metcalf – politician, attorney, banker[88]
• Jessica Mitford – writer, activist, former Communist[89]
• Paul Montauk – Communist politician and two-time candidate for Oakland mayor
• Anca Mosoiu – technology activist
• Nancy Nadel – member of the Oakland City Council
• Huey P. Newton – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party[90]
• Andrew Nisbet, Jr. – member of the Washington House of Representatives and United States Army officer
• Pat Parker – black lesbian poet and activist[91]
• Ed Rosenthal – horticulturist, publisher, activist for the legalization of marijuana
• Byron Rumford – pharmacist
• John A. Russo – Oakland city attorney, former city councilman[92]
• Bobby Seale – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
• Hettie B. Tilghman – African-American activist and suffragist[93]
• Robert Treuhaft – activist for labor and leftist causes, attorney, writer[94]
• Charles Stetson Wheeler – attorney, Regent of the University of California
• 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[95]
• Lionel J. Wilson – politician, first African-American mayor of Oakland[96]
• 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
• Billie Joe Armstrong – musician, lead vocalist and guitarist for the punk rock band 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
• 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 woman conductor of New York Philharmonic
• Chris Broderick – musician, lead guitarist for 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, 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
• Jason Cropper – original band member of Weezer
• Del tha Funkee Homosapien – musician
• Daveed Diggs – rapper and actor
• Digital Underground – rap group
• Rose Ann Dimalanta – musician
• Mike Dirnt – musician, bassist for rock band Green Day
• Sue Draheim – fiddler
• Mac Dre – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in Vallejo
• Dru Down – rapper
• Isadora Duncan – dancer
• Sheila E. – drummer, born in Oakland
• E-A-Ski – rapper, record producer
• En Vogue – Grammy Award nominated female R&B singing group, originated from Oakland in 1990
• Pete Escovedo – musician, born in Oakland
• Robb Flynn – musician best known as lead guitarist and vocalist for Machine Head
• Michael Franti – musician
• Fred Frith – improvisational musician, guitarist, composer, professor of music
• Nils Frykdahl – musician, founding member of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh
• David Garibaldi – musician, member of Tower of Power
• G-Eazy – rapper and producer
• Mic Gillette – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
• Goapele – soul and R&B singer
• Larry Graham – musician
• MC Hammer – musician, born in Oakland
• Jeff Hanneman – 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
• LaToya London – singer; born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland
• Pep Love – rapper
• The Lovemakers – pop band
• The Luniz – Grammy Award-nominated rap duo
• MC Lars – rapper; post-punk laptop rap
• Michael Manring – bassist, born in D.C., lives in Oakland
• Adrian Marcel – singer
• Jim Martin – musician
• Tony Martin – singer, actor
• 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
• Fantastic Negrito – musician
• Noaccordion – multimedia project of Onah Indigo[97]
• 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
• Francis Rocco Prestia – musician
• Perri "Pebbles" Reid – singer-songwriter, manager of TLC
• San Quinn – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in San Francisco
• 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
• 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 from 1980 to 1994
• Tower of Power – band, formed and based in Oakland
• Tre Cool – musician, drummer for rock band Green Day
• 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
• Zendaya – singer, dancer, actress

Physicians

• Eric Andrew Coleman – physician, practiced in Denver, recipient of MacArthur Foundation Fellowship ("Genius Grant") and Director of Care Transitions Program
• Samuel Merritt – physician, practiced in San Francisco, namesake of Merritt College, Merritt Hospital, and Lake Merritt, buried in Oakland

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, indicted for child rape
• Mose Durst – author, educator, former president of the Unification Church
• James Ishmael Ford – Zen Buddhist priest and Unitarian Universalist minister
• Ray Frank – female 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

• Harold C. Bradley – professor of biochemistry
• Fernando J. Corbató – computer scientist
• Frederick Cottrell – inventor
• Kim Eric Drexler – engineer, molecular nanotechnology theorist
• Frank Epperson – popsicle inventor
• Alexei Filippenko – astrophysicist, professor of astronomy
• Lloyd N. Ferguson – first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
• 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
• Ingemar Henry Lundquist – inventor and mechanical engineer
• Stanley Miller – chemist
• Wendell Phillips – archaeologist and oil magnate
• 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

Author Maxine Hong Kingston

• 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
• Charles Borden – writer, sailed around the globe four times
• 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
• Robert Harvey – literary theorist, born in Oakland
• Bruce Henderson – author, born in Oakland
• Sidney Howard – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
• Daedalus Howell – writer, currently resides in Oakland
• Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, currently resides in Oakland
• Jack London – writer, raised in Oakland, namesake of Jack London Square
• Rod McKuen – poet, composer, singer
• Joaquin Miller – poet, lived in Oakland from 1886–1913
• Jessica Mitford – author
• Jess Mowry – writer
• Ray Nelson – science-fiction writer
• Frank Norris – author, buried in Oakland
• 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 from 1913-1918
• Jason Shiga – author, cartoonist, puzzle designer
• Emji Spero – writer, poet, performance artist
• Jan Steckel – poet, writer, bisexual activist
• Alex Steffen – writer, born in Oakland
• Gertrude Stein – writer
• Robert Louis Stevenson[98] – writer
• Tina Susman – journalist, Time senior editor, former national editor of BuzzFeed News
• Amy Tan – writer, born in Oakland
• 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

References

1. Albright, Thomas (1985). Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980: An Illustrated History. University of California Press. p. 259. ISBN 9780520051935.
2. "Drew Barry". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
3. "Jon Barry". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
4. "Charlie Beamon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
5. "Davone Bess". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
6. "Will Blackwell". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
7. "Marlin Briscoe". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
8. "John Brodie". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
9. "Glenn Burke Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
10. "Ray Crouse". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
11. "Antonio Davis". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
12. "Steve DeBerg". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
13. "Forey Duckett". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
14. "Dennis Eckersley Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
15. "Manny Fernandez". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
16. "Eric Fernsten". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
17. "Greg Foster". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
18. "La Vel Freeman Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
19. "Derrick Gardner". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
20. "Brad Gilbert". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
21. "Drew Gooden". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
22. "Roger Harding". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
23. "Rickey Henderson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
24. "Steve Hosey". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
25. "Al Hrabosky". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
26. "Jackie Jensen". sabr.org. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
27. "Brian Johnson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
28. "Maurice Jones-Drew". Pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
29. "Bobby Kemp". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
30. "Jason Kidd". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
31. "Cookie Lavagetto". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
32. "Tony Lema". theopen.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
33. "Bill Lester". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
34. "Damian Lillard". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
35. "Ernie Lombardi Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
36. "Terrell Lowery". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
37. "Lorenzo Lynch". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
38. "Marshawn Lynch". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
39. "Eddie McGah". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
40. "Joe Morgan". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
41. "Kirk Morrison". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
42. "HANK NORBERG". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
43. "Mike Norris". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
44. "Zoe Ann Olsen". localwiki.org. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
45. "Gary Payton". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
46. "Gary Pettis". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
47. "Paul Pierce". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
48. "Vada Pinson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
49. "Jim Pollard". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
50. "Leon Powe". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
51. "Jarrod Pughsley". Nfl.com. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
52. "John Ralston". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
53. "Isiah Rider". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
54. "Chris Roberson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
55. "Frank Robinson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
56. "Jimmy Rollins". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
57. "Bill Russell". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
58. "Brian Shaw". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
59. "Paul Silas". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
60. Chapin, Dwight (9 December 2004). "Fred Silva". Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
61. "Marvel Smith". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
62. "Dave Stewart". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
63. "John Sutro". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
64. "Ron Theobald Stas". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
65. "Jim Tobin". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
66. "Marviel Underwood". Nfl.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
67. "Langston Walker". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
68. "RAY WELLS". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
69. "Bill Werle". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
70. "Archie F. Williams The Joy of Flying: Olympic Gold, Air Force Colonel, And Teacher". The University of California Black Alumni Series. 1992. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
71. "Dontrelle Willis". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
72. "How BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Is Building A 100-Year Media Company". Fast Company. Fast Company Magazine. February 16, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
73. Niesar, Ortun (April 2004), Orunamamu: Rockridge Storyteller, Rockridge, Oakland, California: The Rockridge News, archived from the original on 2012-03-09
74. "William P. Baker". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
75. "Nevada Governor Henry Goode Blasdel". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
76. "Jerry Brown". National Governors Association. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
77. "Albert E. Carter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
78. "Ron Dellums". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
79. "Warren B. English". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
80. "Negro Pioneer's Daughter Dies" Portsmouth Herald (July 11, 1963): 7. via Newspapers.com
81. "Marcus Foster". University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
82. "The women behind #blacklivesmatter". The California Sunday Magazine. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
83. "Fred Korematsu". American Documentary, Inc. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
84. "Joseph R. Knowland". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
85. "William F. Knowland". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
86. "Barbara Lee". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
87. "Edwin Meese III". justice.gov. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
88. "Victor H. Metcalf". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
89. "Jessica Mitford". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
90. "Huey P. Newton". the Library, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
91. "Pat Parker". Regents of the University of Minnesota. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
92. "John A. Russo". WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
93. Brooks De Graaf, Lawrence; Mulroy, Kevin; Taylor, Quintard, eds. (2001). Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California. University of Washington Press. pp. 216–217. ISBN 9780295980829.
94. "Robert Treuhaft". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
95. "Earl Warren". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
96. "Lionel J. Wilson". The New York Times Company. 31 January 1998. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
97. Desk, BWW News. "noaccordion Turns South Indian Chant into Blissed-Out, Minimal Trap on Gurukula". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
98. "Oakland Literary Figures". Journalism.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

See also

• List of people from San Francisco
• List of people from Palo Alto
• List of people from San Jose, California
• List of people from Santa Cruz, California
• List of people from Berkeley, California
• List of mayors of Oakland, California