Thousand Oaks, California - Notable People

Notable People

Notable current and former residents of the Thousand Oaks area include:

• Robert Altman, Hollywood director
• John Alvin, veteran stage, film, television actor
• Sparky Anderson, Baseball Hall of Fame manager
• Eve Arden, actress
• Lucy Saroyan, was an Armenian American actress and photographer.
• Frankie Avalon, actor and singer
• George Ball, actor, Broadway theatre performer
• Dennis Blair, comedian and longtime opening act for George Carlin
• Wayne Brady, comedian Whose Line is it Anyway?, host of Let's Make a Deal
• Walter Brennan, actor
• Jonathan Brightman, Grammy nominee and founding member of rock group, Buckcherry
• Aaron Bruno, singer for Awolnation
• Amanda Bynes, actress, What I Like About You, attended La Reina High School
• Colbie Caillat, singer, "Bubbly"
• Belinda Carlisle, singer, graduated from Newbury Park High School
• Richard Carpenter, singer and songwriter. In 2004, Carpenter and wife Mary pledged $3 million to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation in memory of Carpenter's late sister Karen Carpenter.
• Lacey Chabert, actress in Party of Five and Lost in Space
• Iman Crosson, aka "Alphacat" from YouTube, actor/ performer & popular internet personality
• Yvonne De Carlo, actress, best known portraying Lily Munster in the sitcom The Munsters
• Frances Dee, actress, wife of actor Joel McCrea
• Sandra Dee, actress
• Tony DeFranco, lead singer of "The DeFranco Family"
• Bob Denver, actor, Gilligan's Island
• Terry Donahue, UCLA football coach
• Lenny Dykstra, former Major League Baseball player
• Giselle Fernandez, television news anchor, television co-host, attended Newbury Park High School
• Megan Fox, actress, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Stephen Furst, actor, National Lampoon's Animal House, St. Elsewhere
• Gordon Goodwin, musician/composer
• Wayne Gretzky, NHL hockey player
• Halifax, pop/punk rock band
• Scott Hamilton, Olympic ice-skating champion
• Mariel Hemingway, actress
• Phil Hendrie, host of The Phil Hendrie Show
• Marion Jones, track and field, graduated from Thousand Oaks High School
• Tom Kelly, songwriter
• Jack Kirby, comic book artist, creator of the X-Men
• Richard Kind, Voice over artist (Toy Story 3, The Wild), lives here with his family
• Alan Ladd, actor
• David Lander, actor, best known for playing "Squiggy" in Laverne & Shirley
• Lisa Lavie, singer, songwriter
• Mike Lieberthal, All Star/Gold Glove major league baseball catcher
• Anne Lockhart of Battlestar Galactica (daughter of June Lockhart and granddaughter of Gene Lockhart) lives in the area and is very involved in local community theater groups including the Santa Susana Players.
• Heather Locklear, actress in Dynasty and Melrose Place, graduated from Newbury Park High School
• Sophia Loren, actress, once owned a ranch in Hidden Valley
• Virginia Madsen, actress who has lived in the Newbury Park area
• Matt Malley, Oscar nominated songwriter and founding member of multi-platinum rock group, Counting Crows
• Dean Martin, singer, film actor, member of the Rat Pack
• Ed Masry, former member of the city's council, attorney and activist. Masry achieved recognition beyond his own community when Albert Finney portrayed him opposite Julia Roberts in the 2000 Academy Award-winning film, Erin Brockovich.
• Virginia Mayo, actress
• Amanda McBroom, Broadway performer (who wrote Bette Midler's hit single, "The Rose")
• Tom McClintock, politician
• Joel McCrea, actor, owned 3,000 acres (12 km2) in the area with wife Frances Dee
• David Mikkelson, founder of snopes.com, graduated 1978 from Thousand Oaks High School
• Kevin Mitnick, hacker
• Jenny Mollen, lives here with husband Jason Biggs
• Joe Montana, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
• Colin Mortensen, cast member on MTV's The Real World
• Heather Morris, actress in television series Glee
• Tahj Mowry, actor, attended Westlake High School
• Tia Mowry, actress
• Chance Myers, professional soccer player with the Kansas City Wizards
• Ted L. Nancy, author of the Letters from a Nut series
• Terri Nunn, lead singer of Berlin, 1980s Billboard top ten group
• Trey Parker, South Park co-creator, lives in Thousand Oaks
• Brad Penny, pitcher for the Major League Baseball team, San Francisco Giants
• Slim Pickens, actor
• Pat Priest, actress, aka (Patricia Priest) best known for portraying Marilyn Munster in the sitcom The Munsters (1964–1966)
• Sam Querrey, professional tennis player, graduated 2006 from Thousand Oaks High School
• Mel Renfro, NFL Dallas Cowboys football player
• Denise Richards, actress
• Robert Roldan, dancer and contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
• Mickey Rooney, actor
• Bill Roy, former Olympian and world champion skeet shooter
• Kurt Russell, actor, son of actor Bing Russell, was raised in the conejo valley, graduated from Thousand Oaks High School
• Richie Sambora, musician, songwriter
• Mike Scioscia, former MLB catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, current MLB manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• George C. Scott, actor
• Tom Selleck, actor (Magnum, P.I.)
• Artie Shaw, composer, bandleader
• Will Smith, actor/comedian, Men in Black, Enemy of the State
• Jada Pinkett Smith, actress, wife of Will Smith
• Jaden Smith, child actor, singer, son of Will Smith
• Willow Smith, singer, daughter of Will Smith
• Sylvester Stallone, actor
• Hailee Steinfeld, actress
• Mabel Stark, the late "world's only tiger lady trainer" appeared on What's My Line, promoting Jungleland
• Britney Spears, singer
• Donna Summer, singer
• Abby Sunderland, yachtswoman, attempted a solo global circumnavigation, would have been the youngest ever had she been successful
• Zac Sunderland, yachtsman, at arrival 2009 the youngest sailor to do a solo global circumnavigation
• Frankie Valli, singer
• Lyle Waggoner, actor, The Carol Burnett Show
• Robert Wagner, actor
• Patrick Warburton, actor
• Richard Widmark, actor
• Larry Wilcox, actor, television series CHiPs
• Cory Williams, aka "Mr. Safety", popular internet personality / TV show host
• Jack Wilson, current MLB shortstop for the Atlanta Braves
• Lana Wood, actress, producer
• Natalie Wood, actress
• Tiger Woods, PGA professional golfer