Editing Garden Grove, California (section)

==Notable people==
===Entertainment===
* [[Justin Chon]], actor
* [[Wally George]], talk-show host
* [[Scott Klopfenstein]], backup singer, keyboardist, trumpeter and guitarist for the [[ska-punk]] band [[Reel Big Fish]]
* [[Dexter Holland]], lead singer, [[The Offspring]], also wrote the song "[[The Kids Aren't Alright]]" about the city<ref>{{cite web|title=The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2465|access-date= August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Steve Martin]], actor, comedian, musician and writer; graduate of Garden Grove High School
* [[Jennette McCurdy]], podcaster, author and actress, ''[[iCarly]]'' and ''[[Sam & Cat]]''
* [[Monique Powell]], lead singer, [[Save Ferris]]
* [[Eunice Pringle]], actress, notably who accused movie mogul [[Alexander Pantages]] in 1929 of rape
* [[Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman]], lead guitarist, [[The Offspring]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]], a metalcore band
* [[Kieu Chinh]], actress
* [[Poreotics]], dance crew
* [[Dave Mustaine]], guitarist, lead singer, [[Megadeth]]; played baseball in Garden Grove Eastside Little League, lived on Pearce Ave
* [[Vicky Nguyen]], news reporter, KFYR-TV, NBC Affiliate
* [[Shubhendra Shankar]], musician, composer and graphic artist
* [[Mick Mars]], musician and guitarist for [[Mötley Crüe]]
* [[David J. Peterson]], creator of the [[Dothraki language|Dothraki]] and [[Valyrian language|Valyrian]] languages from [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]''

===Sports===
* [[Bert Blyleven]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, [[Hall of Famer]], color commentator, graduate of Santiago High School
* [[Anthony Calvano]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Calvano |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/15dc68a2/Anthony-Calvano |access-date=February 24, 2025 |website=[[Sports Reference|FBref]]}}</ref>
* [[Ed Caruthers]], Olympic silver medalist, 1968 Mexico City. Taught at Bolsa Grande High School.
* [[Bobby Crosby]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] Rookie of the Year (2004), attended Pacifica High School and La Quinta High School
* [[Mary Decker]], runner in [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]]; grew up in Garden Grove
* [[Lenny Dykstra]], MLB player with Mets, Phillies; graduate of Garden Grove High School
* [[Amanda Freed]], Olympic gold medalist in softball (2004), attended Pacifica High School, Bell Intermediate and Patton Elementary
* [[Luis Gil (soccer)|Luis Gil]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luis Gil |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/luis-gil/ |access-date=February 24, 2025 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>
* [[Gary Hall Sr.]], Olympic swimmer, silver medalist
* [[Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison]], legendary surfer and surfing innovator
* [[Mike Iupati]], football player
* [[Jeremy Jackson (fighter)|Jeremy Jackson]], mixed martial artist
* [[Norm Johnson]], NFL kicker
* [[Darryl Kile]], MLB pitcher
* [[Leah O'Brien]], softball infielder, Olympic gold medalist 1996
* [[Craig Paquette]], MLB third baseman, graduate of Rancho Alamitos High School
* [[Nam Phan]], mixed martial artist
* [[Troy Polamalu]], NFL player with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* [[Dennis Sigalos]], [[motorcycle speedway]] rider, winner of the [[1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship]]
* [[Leo Sutherland]], MLB player
* [[Ed Templeton]], professional skateboarder and artist
* [[Alan Trammell]], MLB shortstop and manager for the [[Detroit Tigers]]
* [[Matt Treanor]], MLB catcher
* [[Randy Vataha]], football player at Stanford, [[Jim Plunkett]]'s favorite receiver

===Politics===
* [[Jim Silva]], former California Assemblyman, former Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, former mayor of Seal Beach
* [[Bill Thomas]], retired U.S. Congressman and former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee (and alumnus of Garden Grove High School)
* [[Robert K. Dornan]], former U.S. Congressman.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=The Almanac of American Politics 1988|publisher=[[National Journal]] |year=1987 |page=166|title-link=The Almanac of American Politics }}</ref>
* [[Janet Nguyen]], Orange County supervisor
* [[Curt Pringle]], former State Assemblyman, Speaker of the California State Assembly and former mayor of [[Anaheim]]
* [[Paul Jeffrey Watford]], Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Assumed office May 22, 2012, born in Garden Grove August 25, 1967

===Others===
* [[Steve Fossett]], aviator and adventurer
* [[Michael A. Monsoor]], [[Navy SEAL]], Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Tibor Rubin]], Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Robert H. Schuller]], television evangelist<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/business/21647976-robert-schuller-entrepreneur-televangelism-and-megachurches-died-april-2nd-retail |magazine=The Economist |title=Retail religion |date=April 9, 2015 |access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Nicole Brown Simpson]], murder victim and former wife of O.J. Simpson