This is a list of notable past and present residents of Orange County.
Athletics
Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
Shane Bieber, baseball player
Kobe Bryant, NBA player (born in Pennsylvania) Gary Carter, MLB player, member of Hall of Fame Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey) Sasha Cohen, figure skater Allen Craig, baseball player Isaac Curtis, professional football player Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player Phil Dent, professional tennis player Taylor Dent, professional tennis player Super Dragon, professional wrestler Janet Evans, swimmer Jim Fassel, professional football coach Julie Foudy, soccer player Kyle Harrison (born 2001), baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants Matthew Hoppe, professional soccer player Phil Hughes, baseball player Nyjah Huston, professional skateboarder Kevin Jepsen, baseball player Samoa Joe, multi-time world heavyweight professional wrestling champion Magic Johnson, former NBA player Stanley Johnson, NBA Player Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team Mark Kotsay, baseball player Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of Los Angeles Dodgers (born in Pennsylvania) Adam LaRoche, Washington Nationals first baseman Jason Lee, professional skateboarder and actor Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter Carson Palmer, professional football player Aaron Peirsol, swimmer Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey) Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer Garry Templeton, professional baseball player Matt Treanor, baseball player Peter Vidmar, gymnast C. J. Wilson, baseball player Tiger Woods, professional golfer Sara Ramirez, gymnast Kalia Pang, roller derby player Anthony Aiesi, soccer player Chase McQuown, professional skateboarder
Business
George Argyros, diplomat, real estate investor
Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of Lifted Research Group
Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company
Dan Caldwell, co-founder of Tapout
Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman
Mark Cuban, businessman, investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois) Lucy Dunn, CEO of Orange County Business Council Scott Fox (author), best selling entrepreneurship author Ray Grainger, founder of Mavenlink Justin Hartfield, co-founder of Weedmaps Reza Jahangiri, CEO of American Advisors Group James Jannard, businessman, designer and founder of Oakley Inc. Paul Merage, co-founder of Chef America Inc. Arturo Moreno, businessman Michael Morhaime, businessman, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment Henry Nicholas, CEO of Broadcom Corporation Igor Olenicoff, real estate developer Dan Rodrigues, founder of Kareo Rodney Sacks, businessman, chairman, and CEO of Monster Beverage Henry Samueli, owner of the Anaheim Ducks Hilton Schlosberg, businessman Henry Segerstrom, entrepreneur Vinny Smith, founder of Toba Capital Lynsi Snyder, owner of In-N-Out Burger Chad Steelberg, businessman David Sun, founder of Kingston Technology Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx William Wang, founder and CEO of Vizio
Literature
Gregory Benford, science fiction author and astrophysicist
Cornelia ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
James P. Blaylock, fantasy author
Philip K. Dick, author and futurist (born in Illinois) Jeremy Gable, playwright Dean Koontz, horror author (born in Pennsylvania) Toni Turner, author