List of people from Santa Ana, California
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Santa Ana, California, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Athletics
- Stephen Abas – three-time NCAA champion wrestler and Olympic silver medalist at 2004 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling
- Ben Agajanian – collegiate and professional football player
- David Aldana – motorcycle racer
- Frankie Amaya – soccer midfielder
- Bob Ammann – soccer goalkeeper
- Daniel Antúnez – soccer midfielder
- Victor Auer – sports shooter and Olympic medalist for the United States
- Bill Bean – Major League Baseball player
- Richard Bivens – Musician
- Eddie Bockman – professional baseball player and scout
- Cedric Bozeman – basketball player
- Isaac Curtis – professional football wide receiver
- Don Davis – professional football defensive tackle
- Fumio Demura – master of karate and kobudo
- Cynthia Denzler – alpine skier
- Sandro Dias – professional vert skateboarder
- Lenny Dykstra – MLB center fielder
- Don Edmunds – race car driver and car builder
- Clancy Edwards – track and field sprinter
- Danny Espinosa – second baseman for Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels
- Hebron Fangupo – football nose tackle
- Ben Francisco – professional baseball outfielder
- David Gibson – NFL safety
- Khaled Holmes – USC and NFL center
- Rosie Jones – professional golfer
- Jeff Kemp – NFL football quarterback
- Matt Leinart – USC and NFL football quarterback
- Colin Long – professional ice hockey center and assistant coach
- Larry Lutz – football player and coach
- Jeff MacPherson – driver
- Jamie Martin – quarterback of NFL and NFL Europe
- Gilbert Melendez – mixed martial artist
- Yaotzin Meza – mixed martial artist
- Donn Moomaw – football player and Presbyterian minister
- Kim Mulkey – women's head basketball coach at Louisiana State University
- Jack Musick – football player and coach
- Billy Preston – basketball player
- Christian Ramirez – soccer player
- Erasmo Ramirez – MLB left-handed relief pitcher
- Ronny Rios – professional boxer
- Jeff Robinson – MLB right-handed pitcher
- Jesse Ruíz – wrestler
- Marlene Sandoval – football defender and member of Mexico women's national team
- Bryan Save – football defensive tackle
- Nick Scandone – yachtsman
- Paul Soliai – football defensive tackle
- Dave Stieb – MLB right-handed pitcher
- Kelly Talavou – football defensive tackle
- Stephen Tepper – ice hockey right wing
- Lenny Vandermade – football coach
- Mitch Williams – MLB relief pitcher and TV commentator
Art and literature
- Kimberly Duran – "Shmi," Chicana muralist
- Carlee Fernández – sculptor and photographer
- Suzanne Mathis McQueen – feminist author
Film, television and theatre
- Wade Boteler – actor
- Dale Fuller – actress of the silent era
- Brett Halsey – actor
- Michael B. Jordan – actor
- Diane Keaton – actress
- Louie Olivos Jr. – actor, producer, director, and playwright
- Michelle Pfeiffer – actress and singer
- John Raitt – actor and singer
- Robert Webber – actor
Music
- Manuela Budrow – vocalist, composer, music educator based in Santa Ana after 1923
- Roy Estrada – bassist, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and convicted child molester, bassist with Frank Zappa, Mothers of Invention, Little Feat and Captain Beefheart
- Dinah Jane Hansen – singer, member of girl group Fifth Harmony
- Bill Medley – singer, one half of the Righteous Brothers
- Mr. Mixx – rapper
- Duke Montana – Italian-American rapper
- Lindsey Stirling – violinist, YouTuber, singer-songwriter
- Kathy Young – singer
Politics
- Lou Correa – U.S. representative, former California state senator, state representative, and Orange County Supervisor; lives in Santa Ana
- Anna Paulina Luna – U.S. representative for Florida
- Miguel A. Pulido – mayor of Santa Ana
- William H. Spurgeon – founder of Santa Ana