* John Alvin, veteran stage, film, television actor
* Sparky Anderson, Baseball Hall of Fame (Sparky's son and my 6th grade boyfriend were best buds; met him several times)
* Robert Altman, Hollywood director
* Eve Arden, actress
* George Ball, Broadway performer
* Wayne Brady, comedian Whose Line is it Anyway?, host of Let's Make a Deal
* Jonathan Brightman, Grammy nominee and founding member of rock group, Buckcherry
* Amanda Bynes, actress, What I Like About You, attended [ABC] High School
* Dennis Blair, comedian and longtime opening act for George Carlin
* Colbie Caillat, singer, "Bubbly"
* Belinda Carlisle, singer, graduated from [XYZ] High School (my alma mater; don't remember her but she was just one year behind me)
* Richard Carpenter, singer and songwriter
* Lacey Chabert, actress in Party of Five and Lost in Space
* Jennifer Neidenbach Chiaverini, author of the Elm Creek Quilts books
* Chicago band members Danny Seraphine and Walter Parazaider (answered their phones when I worked for a local answering service; chatted occasionally [I was a huge fan])
* Dallas Cowboys, used to train in town
* Frances Dee, actress, owned 3,000 acres (12 km2) in the area with husband Joel McCrea
* Tony DeFranco, lead singer of "The DeFranco Family"
* Terry Donahue, UCLA football coach
* Joseph Donia, World Class Thespian
* Giselle Fernandez, television news anchor, TV co-host, attended [XYZ] High School (my alma mater)
* 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 (met him several times; worked with him on the auction of the Honus Wagner baseball card)
* Halifax, a pop/punk rock band
* Scott Hamilton, Olympic ice-skating champion
* Phil Hendrie, host of The Phil Hendrie Show
* Marion Jones, track and field, graduated from [ABC] High School
* Jack Kirby, comic book artist, creator of the X-Men (neighbor; was good friends with his daughters)
* Nancy Culp, actress, The Beverly Hillbillies (saw her around town a few times)
* Alan Ladd, actor
* David Lander, actor, best known for playing "Squiggy" in Laverne & Shirley
* Lisa Lavie, singer, songwriter
* Mike Lieberthal, professional baseball player, LA Dodgers
* Anne Lockhart of Battlestar Galactica (daughter of June Lockhart and granddaughter of Gene Lockhart)
* Heather Locklear, actress in Dynasty and Melrose Place, graduated from [XYZ] High School (knew her slightly in high school; she was a dolt)
* Sophia Loren, actress, once owned a ranch in Hidden Valley
* René Machado, retired Ventura County deputy sheriff, Hollywood security consultant, and celebrity bodyguard.
* Virginia Madsen, famous actress
* 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
* Virginia Mayo, actress
* Amanda McBroom, Broadway performer (who wrote Bette Midler's hit single, "The Rose")
* Joel McCrea, actor, owned 3,000 acres (12 km2) in the area with wife Frances Dee
* Kevin Mitnick, hacker
* Joe Montana, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
* Colin Mortensen, cast member on MTV's The Real World
* Tia Mowry, actress
* Ted L. Nancy, author of the Letters from a Nut series
* Nick Nolte, actor (saw him a few times around town)
* Terri Nunn, lead singer of Berlin, 1980s Billboard top ten group
* Brad Penny, pitcher for the Major League Baseball team, San Francisco Giants
* Danny Peterson, Chippendale's pin-up boy of the 1980s (his and my parents were good friends; knew him very well)
* Slim Pickens, actor
* Sam Querrey, professional tennis player, graduated 2006 from Thousand Oaks High School
* Mel Renfro, NFL Dallas Cowboys football player
* Robert Roldan, a dancer and contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
* Denise Richards, actress
* Mickey Rooney, actor
* Kurt Russell, actor, son of actor Bing Russell, was raised in the area, graduated from [ABC] High School (my mom knew his dad; met him a few times)
* Richie Sambora, musician, songwriter
* Mike Scioscia, former MLB catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, current MLB manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
* Tom Selleck, actor (Magnum, P.I.)
* Artie Shaw, composer, bandleader
* Charlie Sheen, actor
* Will Smith, actor/comedian, Men in Black, Enemy of the State and wife Jada Pinkett Smith, actress
* Sylvester Stallone, actor
* Mabel Stark, the late "world's only tiger lady trainer" appeared on What's My Line, promoting Jungleland
* Donna Summer, singer
* Zac Sunderland, yachtsman, at arrival 2009 the youngest sailor to do a solo global circumnavigation
* Abby Sunderland, yachtswoman, attempted a solo global circumnavigation, would have been the youngest ever had she been successful
* Frankie Valli, singer
* Valencia Vas, singer
* Lyle Waggoner of The Carol Burnett Show
* Robert Wagner, actor
* Brooks West, actor, husband of actress Eve Arden
* Cory Williams, aka "Mr. Safety", popular internet personality / TV show host
* Jack Wilson, current MLB shortstop for the Seattle Mariners
* Richard Widmark, actor
* Tiger Woods, PGA professional golfer
* David Wu, Entrepreneur, founder and president of RotoHog.com, a popular fantasy sports website