Artists

* Ansel Adams (1902—1984), photographer
* Larry Gonick (1946-), cartoonist
* Ester Hernandez (1944—), Chicana artist
* Richard Serra (1939-), minimalist sculptor and video artist
* William Ware Theiss (1930-1992), costume designer
* Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), ceramicist

Athletes

Baseball players
The following Major League Baseball players were born in San Francisco:

* Ping Bodie (1887-1961)
* Barry Bonds (1964- ), holds the all-time Major League home run record
* Bobby Bonds (1946-2003), right fielder
* Dolph Camilli (1907-1997)
* Gino Cimoli (born 1929), outfielder
* Joe Corbett (1875-1945)
* Joe Cronin (1906–1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
* Frankie Crosetti, (1910—2002), shortstop and coach
* Tim Cullen, (born 1942), infielder
* Babe Dahlgren, (1912—1996), 1st baseman
* Joe DeMaestri (born 1928)
* Dom DiMaggio (born 1917)
* Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), Hall of Famer
* Bob Elliott (1916-1966),
* Jim Fregosi (born 1942), player and manager
* Harry Heilmann (1894-1951), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
* Keith Hernandez (born 1953),
* Jackie Jensen (1927-1982), (also in the College Football Hall of Fame)
* Eddie Joost (born 1916)
* Willie Kamm (1900-1988)
* George Kelly (1895-1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
* Tony Lazzeri (1903-1946)
* Charlie Sweeney (1863-1902) See San Francisco Giants#Baseball Hall of Famers for San Francisco Giants players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Basketball Players

* Phil Smith (1952-2002)


Boxers

* Abe Attell, (born 1884), world Featherweight champion

Football players

* Mike Holmgren (born 1948), former NFL head coach for the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks
* O. J. Simpson (born 1947)

Golf

* Johnny Miller (born 1947), former professional golfer and a leading golf commentator for NBC Sports
* Ken Venturi (born 1931), former professional golfer

Other fields of sport

* Laird Hamilton (born 1964), surfer
* Jeremy McGrath (born 1971), MX rider

Business People

* Albert Abrams, (1863?-1924), inventor of medical equipment in the field of Electricity therapy
* Gordon Getty (1934- ), oil philanthropist and composer
* Jess Jackson (born 1930), American wine entrepreneur and founder of Kendall-Jackson wine company
* Gordon E. Moore (born 1929), co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law
* Theresa Sparks (born 1949), CEO of multimillion-dollar sex toy company, Good Vibrations

Entertainers

Dance

* Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), "mother" of Modern dance

Directors/Filmmakers

* David Butler (1894-1979), film director, actor, writer and producer
* Chris Columbus (born 1958), director
* Clint Eastwood (born 1930), director, actor, producer
* Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987), director, producer, actor
* Andy Luckey (born 1965), TV writer, producer, director
* Jay Ward (1920-1989), creator and producer of animated TV series

Actors

* Gracie Allen (1895-1964), comedian
* Bill Bixby (1934-1993), actor
* Joan Blackman (born 1938), actress
* Mel Blanc (1908-1989), voiceover actor
* Lisa Bonet (1967- ), actress
* Benjamin Bratt (1963- ) actor
* Margaret Cho (born 1968), comedian
* Barbara Eden (born 1934), actress, graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco.
* Danny Glover (born 1946), actor
* Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
* Melissa Ng (born 1972), actress, graduate of San Francisco State University.
* Sean Penn (born 1960), actor
* Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor
* Liev Schreiber (born 1967), actor
* Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress
* David Strathairn (born 1949), actor
* Phillip Terry (1909-1993), actor
* Stuart Whitman (born 1928), actor
* Robin Williams (born 1951/1952), actor
* B.D. Wong (born 1960), actor
* Linda Wong (1951-1987), pornstar
* Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress
* Kari Byron (born 1974),

Television Personality

Musicians

* Craig Chaquico (born 1954) rock, jazz and new age guitarist
* Jerry Garcia (1942—1995) psychedelic and folk-rock guitarist and singer
* Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), Jazz musician and pianist
* Cindy Herron (born 1961), R&B singer
* Gary Holt (born 1964), thrash metal guitarist
* Kirk Hammett (born 1962), lead guitarist for rock band Metallica
* Paul Kantner (born 1941), rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
* Huey Lewis (born 1950), rock singer, raised in Marin County.
* Courtney Love (born 1964), singer and actress
* Johnny Mathis (born 1935), pop singer
* Kristina Olsen (born 1957), folk singer-songwriter
* Linda Perry (born 1965), lead singer of the rock band 4 Non Blondes
* Carlos Santana (born 1947), rock, blues, and salsa guitarist and singer
* Ross Valory (born 1949), bass player for many bands but most notably for Journey
* CoCo Lee (born 1975), CantoPop singer and actress.

Writers

* Greg Downs (1971- ), short-story writer
* Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
* Daniel Handler (born 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket
* Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
* Gus Lee (born 1946), Asian-American author
* Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
* Armistead Maupin (born 1944), American writer
* Gary Snyder (born 1930), poet
* Amy Tan (born 1952), Asian-American writer
* Walter Tevis (1928-1994),


Author

* Robert Alfred Theobald (1884-1957), US Navy Rear Admiral and author of The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor: The Washington Background of the Pearl Harbor Attack
* Naomi Wolf (born 1962), writer
* Helen Zia (born 1952), writer, journalist, and activist
* Laurence Yep (born 1948), Asian-American writer


News/Commentary

* Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913), journalist
* Tucker Carlson (1969- ), television political commentator and host
* William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), newspaper magnate & publisher
* Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's
* Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), Journalist


Political figures

See also List of mayors of San Francisco, California

* Luis Antonio Argüello (1784 - 1830), first governor of Alta California
* Stephen Breyer (1938- ), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
* Jerry Brown (1938- ), former Governor of California, former Mayor of Oakland, California Attorney General
* Pat Brown (1905-1996), former Governor of California
* Christopher Augustine Buckley ("Blind Boss" Buckley, 1845-1922), Democratic Party boss
* Dianne Feinstein (born 1933), San Francisco's first female mayor (1978-1988) and U.S. Senator since 1992
* Robert McNamara (born 1916), former Secretary of Defense
* Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006), former Secretary of Defense

Other

* Abigail Folger, (1943-1969), Folger coffee heiress
* Clifford Geertz (1926-2006), anthropologist
* William T. Shorey (1859-1919), First Black SF Sea Captain
* John W. Young (born 1930), Astronaut
* Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (1920-2000), US Navy Admiral
* The Zodiac Killer, unidentified serial killer active in the 1960s
* Jim Jones (1931-1978),

Cult leader

Non-native San Francisco residents

* Melissa Anderson, pro wrestler
* Maya Angelou, poet
* Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author
* Clark Blaise, Canadian author
* Victor Burgin, artist
* Vanessa Carlton, singer
* Herb Caen, newspaper columnist
* Carol Channing, actress and comedian
* Chris Columbus, film director
* Francis Ford Coppola, film director
* Andrew Smith Hallidie, promoter of the first cable car line
* George Hearst, politician
* Phoebe Hearst, first woman Regent of the University of California
* Philip Kaufman, film director
* Jason Kidd, NBA player
* James Lick, real estate investor
* Cheech Marin, actor
* Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, activists, first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in San Francisco
* Kirke Mechem, composer
* Midori, author and (kinky) sex educator
* Harvey Milk, former city supervisor of San Francisco
* The Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, adult industry pioneers
* Joe Montana, football player
* Matt Nathanson, singer/musician
* Emperor Norton, notable local eccentric
* Gary Payton, NBA player
* Linda Perry, lead singer of 4 Non Blondes
* William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California
* The Residents, Avant-Garde music and visual arts group
* Anne Rice, author
* Tina Root, ex-vocalist of the now defunct darkwave band Switchblade Symphony
* Kevin Rose, founder, digg.com
* Michael Savage, conservative radio personality
* Danielle Steel, author
* Robert Louis Stevenson, from 1879 to 1880
* Sharon Stone, actress
* Amy Tan, author
* Mark Twain, author
* Wayne Wang, film director
* Robert Wartenberg, neurologist
* Oscar Wilde, spent 1882 there
* Cecil Williams, pastor
* Robin Williams, actor
* Martin Yan, television chef
* CoCo Lee, CantoPop singer and actress

Alphabetical index

* Abrams, Albert (1863?–1924), inventor
* Allen, Gracie (1895-1964), comedian
* Argüello, Luis Antonio (1784 - 1830)
* Attell, Abe (1884-1970), boxer
* Bixby, Bill (1934-1993), actor
* Blanc, Mel (1908-1989), voiceover actor
* Bonds, Barry (1964- ), baseball player
* Bonds, Bobby (1946-2003), baseball player
* Bonet, Lisa (1967- ), actress
* Bodie, Ping
* Bratt, Benjamin (1963- ), actor
* Breyer, Stephen (1938- ), jurist
* Brown, Jerry (1938- ), politician
* Brown, Pat (1905-1996), politician
* Camilli, Dolph
* Carlson, Tucker (1969- ), political commentator
* Chaquico, Craig (1954 — )
* Cho, Margaret (1968 — )
* Cimoli, Gino (1929 — )
* Corbett, Joe
* Cronin, Joe
* Crosetti, Frankie (1910 — 2002)
* Cullen, Tim (1942 — )
* Dahlgren (1912 — 1996)
* DeMaestri, Joe
* DiMaggio, Dom
* Downs, Greg (1971- ), writer
* Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927), dancer
* Elliott, Bob
* Folger, Abigail, (1943-1969), heiress
* Fregosi, Jim
* Garcia, Jerry (1942 — 1995), musician
* Getty, Gordon (1934- ), philanthropist and composer
* Guaraldi, Vince (1928-1976)
* Heilmann, Harry
* Hernandez, Keith
* Herron, Cindy (1961 — )
* Holt, Gary
* Jensen, Jackie
* Joost, Eddie
* Kamm, Willie
* Kantner, Paul (1941-)
* Kelly, George
* Lee, Gus (1946 - )
* Lewis, Huey (1950 — )
* Mathis, Johnny (1935 — )
* Ng, Melissa (1972 — )
* Perry, Linda (1965 - )
* Santana, Carlos (1947 - )
* Sparks, Theresa
* Sweeney, Charlie
* Tan, Amy (1952 - )
* Williams, Robin (1951/1952 - )

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