Editing Del Mar, California (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Desi Arnaz]] maintained a residence in North Del Mar on the beach west of Highway 101<!--note, this is not [[U.S. Route 101]]--> near the Del Mar Racetrack after his divorce from Lucille Ball. He was arrested once for brandishing a firearm and ordering people off of his beach area. He resided there until his death.
*[[Burt Bacharach]], songwriter, had a beach residence in north Del Mar.
*[[Gary Beck]] radio DJ lived on top of Del Mar Heights in the early 70's on Mission Carmel Cove.
*[[Drew Brees]], quarterback of the [[New Orleans Saints]].
*[[Rachel Buehler]], defender for the [[United States women's national soccer team]].
*[[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]], conceived the first handheld mobile phone.
*[[Tom DeLonge]], guitarist and founding member of the [[pop-punk]] band [[Blink-182]], [[rock music|rock]] band [[Angels & Airwaves]], and [[punk rock]] band [[Box Car Racer]].
*[[Jimmy Durante]], lived on the beach for many years and has a street named after him.
*[[Steve Fisher (American basketball coach)|Steve Fisher]], former head basketball coach at San Diego State University, resident since 1999.
*[[Rachael Flatt]], former figure skater, 2010 Olympian, 2010 US Champion, three-time US silver medalist and 2008 World Junior Champion, was born in Del Mar.
*[[Terry Gaasterland]], professor of biology at UCSD, serves on the Del Mar City Council and served as its mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Staff Directory • Del Mar, CA • CivicEngage|url=https://www.delmar.ca.us/directory.aspx?EID=13|access-date=February 12, 2022|website=www.delmar.ca.us}}</ref>
*[[Bill Gates]], co-founder of [[Microsoft]] Corporation, has a vacation residence on Del Mar beach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a32258636/bill-gates-melinda-california-del-mar-home-photos/|title=Peek Inside Bill and Melinda Gates' New $43 Million Southern California Mansion|date=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Payson R. Stevens]], science communicator, artist, writer, filmmaker, environmentalist
*[[Kamla K. Kapur]], writer, poet, playwright
*[[Craig Taro Gold]], author, entrepreneur and entertainer, was raised in Del Mar and attended [[Torrey Pines High School]]. 
*[[Tony Hawk]], skateboarder and business entrepreneur, was raised in Del Mar.
*[[Kristin Hayter]], singer-songwriter
*[[Gary E. Jacobs]], businessman, philanthropist, minority owner in the Sacramento Kings, founder of the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School, and owner of the Lake Elsinore Storm, lives in Del Mar.
*[[Sara Jacobs]], US Congresswoman
*[[Nate Kaeding]], former [[San Diego Chargers]] placekicker.
*[[Charles David Keeling]], American scientist known for the Keeling Curve, and Chairman of the Citizen Task Force responsible for developing the City of Del Mar's Community Plan (General Plan) adopted in 1976.
*[[George R. Lunn]], former US Congressman and Lt. Governor of New York.
*[[William Murray (writer)|William Murray]], American fiction editor and staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years and author of numerous fiction and nonfiction work, including a series of mystery novels with a racetrack setting, spent the majority of his later years living in Del Mar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/books/william-murray-novelist-and-new-yorker-writer-dies-at-78.html|title=William Murray, Novelist and New Yorker Writer, Dies at 78|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 12, 2005}}</ref>
*[[George Emil Palade]], Nobel Prize winner.
*[[Carson Palmer]], former NFL quarterback.
*[[Ardem Patapoutian]], 2021 [[Nobel Prize]] laureate, lives in Del Mar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Gary |title=Del Mar's Ardem Patapoutian receives Nobel Prize during special ceremony in Irvine |url=https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2021-12-09/ardem-patapoutian-nobel-prize |work=[[Del Mar Times]] |agency=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209172419/https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2021-12-09/ardem-patapoutian-nobel-prize |archive-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Steve Perry]], former lead singer of the rock band [[Journey (band)|Journey]], lives in Del Mar.
*[[Madeleine A. Pickens]], along with her deceased husband [[Allen Paulson]] owned a home in Del Mar overlooking the Del Mar Racetrack. She currently owns a home on the beach in Del Mar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rismedia.com/2007/06/01/regional-spotlight-35-million-home-sale-crushes-del-mar-record/#close|title=Regional Spotlight: $35 Million Home Sale Crushes Del Mar Record|website=RISMedia|date=June 2007}}</ref>
*[[Tristan Prettyman]], singer-songwriter.
*[[Zandra Rhodes]], celebrity fashion designer, splits her time between homes in Del Mar and London.<ref>{{cite news | title = Fashion designer crashes car into Calif. store | agency = Associated Press | url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grh5UTEAzEzqb3OfszCOAUvqXbxQD995DAA80 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712083759/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grh5UTEAzEzqb3OfszCOAUvqXbxQD995DAA80 | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 12, 2009 | access-date = July 1, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Aaron Rodgers]], quarterback for the [[Green Bay Packers]] previously had a residence in Del Mar, selling it in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2022/01/28/green-bay-packers-star-aaron-rodgers-sells-del-mar-home-for-5-13m/ | title=Green Bay Packers Star Aaron Rodgers Sells del Mar Home for $5.13M | date=January 29, 2022 }}</ref>
*[[Willie Shoemaker]], jockey, lived in North Del Mar on beach west of US 101 near [[Del Mar Racetrack]].
*[[Garrett Stubbs]], baseball player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/garrett_stubbs_785623.html|title=Garrett Stubbs - 2015 Baseball Roster - University of Southern California|website=www.usctrojans.com|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406023247/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/garrett_stubbs_785623.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Norv Turner]], former head coach of the [[San Diego Chargers]].