Editing Taft, California (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Sam Andrew]], artist and founding member and guitarist of [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], born in Taft<ref name="andrew">{{Cite news |last=Keepnews |first=Peter |date=February 16, 2015 |title=Sam Andrew, Guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/arts/music/sam-andrew-guitarist-for-big-brother-and-the-holding-company-dies-at-73.html |access-date=March 19, 2015 |work=New York Times |location=New York City |archive-date=March 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324165841/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/arts/music/sam-andrew-guitarist-for-big-brother-and-the-holding-company-dies-at-73.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Bill Bagnall]], editor and publisher, member of [[Motorcycle Hall of Fame]]
* [[Jordan Belfort]], businessman and convicted felon, "Wolf of Wall Street"; not originally from Taft, spent time at [[Taft Correctional Institution]]
* [[Jeanne Cooper]], actress
* [[Loren Cunningham]], co-founder of [[Youth With A Mission]]
* [[Dennis Fimple]], actor
* [[Leon Goldman (1904–1975)|Leon Goldman]], [[San Francisco]]-based surgeon and father of [[Dianne Feinstein]]
* [[Ronald Graham|Ron Graham]], mathematician, juggler
* [[Billy Nelson (athlete)|Billy Nelson]], 2008 Olympian, track & field
* [[Tracy Rogers]], NFL football player
* [[Ryan Shuck]], guitarist
* [[Benjamin Victor (sculptor)|Benjamin Victor]], sculptor<ref name="taftindependent">{{Cite news |date=April 3, 2009 |title=Oilworkers Monument Groundbreaking |url=http://www.taftindependent.com/News/ViewArticle/894 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315163032/http://www.taftindependent.com/News/ViewArticle/894 |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |access-date=August 18, 2010 |publisher=The Taft Independent}}</ref>