Editing Imperial Beach, California (section)

== Notable people ==
* California Congressman [[Brian Bilbray]] grew up in Imperial Beach. Bilbray graduated from Mar Vista High School in 1970.
* [[Aaron Chang]], award-winning American photographer specializing in surfing and ocean photography for [[Surfing Magazine]]
* [[Serge Dedina]] is the director of environmental organization [[Wildcoast]]. He was the mayor of Imperial Beach.
*[[Allen Holder|Allen "Dempsey" Holder]], was a pioneering surfer in the [[San Diego, California]] South County area. He is noted for riding the large surf of the Tijuana Sloughs and he headed up the [[Imperial Beach]] lifeguard services for many years. The local public safety/lifeguard facility is named in his honor.
* Software entrepreneur [[Charlie Jackson (software)|Charlie Jackson]] grew up in Imperial Beach and graduated Mar Vista High in 1967.
* Actor and screenwriter [[Jordan Jacobo]] lives in Imperial Beach.
* [[Eleanor Mariano]], retired USN Rear Admiral and physician to the President of the United States at the White House for 9 years.
* [[Marco Minnemann]], drummer
* Film actor [[Matthew Modine]] attended high school in Imperial Beach.
*Travis Ryan, vocalist of Deathgrind band [[Cattle Decapitation]] and Grindcore band [[Murder Construct]].
*[[Kevin Smith (American actor)|Kevin Smith]], character actor was born in Imperial Beach.