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List Of Los Angeles NativesList of Los Angeles natives This is a list of notable people born within the borders of the City of Los Angeles, California. Numerous other figures (too many to mention) were born elsewhere in Southern California or spent their childhood in the Los Angeles region. Politicians Athletes - Garret Anderson, baseball player
- Milton Bradley, baseball player
- Eric Davis, baseball player
- Joe Gordon, baseball player
- Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
- Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic Gold Medalist
- Bob Ojeda, baseball player
- Terry Pendleton, baseball player
- Dennis Rasmussen, baseball player
- Darryl Strawberry, baseball player
Other - Tyra Banks, fashion model
- Francesca Lia Block, author
- Stephen J. Cannell, screenwriter
- James Ellroy, author
- Lance Ito, judge
- Michael Milken, financier & philanthropist
- Sally Ride, astronaut
- Herb Ritts, photographer
- John Singleton, film director
- Edward Weston, photographer
Music related - Paula Abdul, singer/choregorapher
- Herb Alpert, composer, musician, record executive
- Beck, singer
- Busby Berkeley, choreographer
- John Cage, composer
- Belinda Carlisle, singer
- Natalie Cole, singer
- David Crosby, musician
- Ice Cube, rapper
- Nate Dogg, rapper
- Mickey Dolenz, singer
- Eric Dolphy, musician
- Daryl Dragon, musician
- Dr. Dre, rapper
- Dexter Gordon, musician
- Josh Groban, singer
- James Horner, composer
- Etta James, singer
- Jack Jones, singer
- Dave Koz, musician/deejay
- Robbie Krieger, musician
- Roger Linn, inventor of the digital drum machine
- Tone Loc, rapper
- Steve Lukather, musician
- Wendy Melvoin, musician
- Randy Newman (who made "I Love L.A." the city's official anthem), songwriter/singer
- David Paich, musician
- Harold Rhodes, inventor of the Rhodes piano
- Patrice Rushen, singer/musician
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
- Ritchie Valens, singer
- Ahmet Zappa, musician
- Dweezil Zappa, musician
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