Editing Garden Grove, California (section)

===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