List of people from Los Angeles
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The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with the city or county of Los Angeles, California. Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}} Template:Compact TOC
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- Jack Quaid (born 1992) – actor (The Boys)
- Anthony Quinn (1915–2001) – actor (originally from Chihuahua City, Mexico)
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- Andrew Ullmann (born 1963) – politician
- Brendon Urie (born 1987) – singer (born in St. George, Utah)
- Terdema Ussery (born 1958) – CEO of NBA's Dallas Mavericks
- Cenk Uygur (born 1970) – host of The Young Turks (born in Istanbul, Turkey)
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- Ritchie Valens (1941–1959) – musician, composer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Grace Van Dien (born 1996) – actress
- Leslie Van Houten (born 1949) – Charles Manson acolyte (born in Altadena, California)
- Laura Vandervoort (born 1984) – actress, martial artist (born in Toronto, Canada)
- Cristina Vee (born 1987) – voice actress
- Gwen Verdon (1925–2000) – actress, dancer (born in Culver City)
- Sofia Vergara (born 1972) – actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Victoria (born 1971) – professional wrestler (born in San Bernardino, California)
- Antonio Villaraigosa (born 1953) – former mayor of Los Angeles
- Brandon Vincent (born 1994) – soccer player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris (1919–2005) – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels
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- Elliott Yamin (born 1978) – singer
- Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948) – politician
- Dwight Yoakam (born 1956) – country music singer and songwriter (born in Pikeville, Kentucky)
- Sam Yorty (1909–1998) – 37th mayor of Los Angeles (1961–1973)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (originally from Lincoln, Nebraska)
- Ace Young (born 1980) – singer (originally from Boulder, Colorado)
- Lee Thompson Young (1984–2013) – actor (originally from Columbia, South Carolina)
- Nick Young (born 1985) – basketball player
- Robert Clark Young – novelist<ref name=graduate>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref> and Wikipedia "revenge editor"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Tony Young (1937–2002) – actor (originally from New York City)
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- Louis Zamperini (1917–2014) – Olympian and war hero (born in Olean, New York, raised in Torrance)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Richard D. Zanuck (1934–2012) – film producer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ahmet Zappa (born 1974) – musician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Dweezil Zappa (born 1969) – musician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Todd Zeile (born 1965) – baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
- Lance Zeno (born 1967) – NFL player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956) – actress (born in New York City, raised in Los Angeles)
- Valerie Zimring (born 1965) – rhythmic gymnast