Editing Carson, California (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Ab-Soul]], rapper and member of group [[Black Hippy]]
*[[Justin Bibbins]], basketball player
* [[Bishop Lamont]], rapper
*[[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.|Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]], Hip Hop Band
* [[Chuckii Booker]], singer, songwriter
* [[The Boys (American band)]]
* [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], singer/actress
* [[Chad Brown (American football official)|Chad Brown]], former National Football League referee
* [[Antwuan Dixon]], professional skateboarder
* [[Dr. Dre]] (Andre Young, Sr.), rapper/producer, lived in Carson during his middle school years<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lapromovers.com/carson.html|title=Moving Company in Carson, California: Los Angeles Movers|website=lapromovers.com|access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114523/https://www.lapromovers.com/carson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rocky Fellers]], pioneer Asian-American pop/rock band of four young Filipino brothers during the 1960s with multiple hits including the 1963 chart-topper "Killer Joe".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefilam.net/thefilamla/?p=585|title=Celebrating the brilliance of Filipinos in Carson|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626110919/https://thefilam.net/thefilamla/?p=585|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Vince Ferragamo]], NFL quarterback for [[Los Angeles Rams]] 1977–86, [[Super Bowl XIV]], played for No. 1-ranked Nebraska 1976, an Academic All American, was LA City's MVP 1972
* [[Game (rapper)|The Game]] (Jayceon Taylor), rapper, lived in Carson age 7 to 15 while in foster care<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/compton-rapper-game-returns-to-an-industry-thats-gone-soft-2171745|title=Compton Rapper Game Returns to an Industry That's Gone Soft|last=Weiss|first=Jeff|date=August 25, 2011|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=July 3, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502115502/http://www.laweekly.com/music/compton-rapper-game-returns-to-an-industry-thats-gone-soft-2171745|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Courtney Hall]], former San Diego Chargers center and guard 1989–1999
* [[Ekene Ibekwe]], University of Maryland basketball forward, 2012 and 2016 Olympian (Nigerian Basketball National Team)
* [[Ras Kass]], rapper 
* [[Baby Keem]], rapper
* [[Tommy Lister, Jr.|Tommy "Tiny" Lister]], actor, NCAA shot put champion and former professional wrestler
* [[A$ton Matthews]], rapper
* [[Juanita Millender-McDonald]], Democratic U.S. Congresswoman from 1996 to 2007
*[[Kyla Pratt]], actress 
* [[Michael Quercio]], musician
* [[Ray J]] (Willie Norwood, Jr.), singer/actor
* [[Reason (American rapper)|Reason]], rapper
* [[Danny Reece]], NFL cornerback and punt returner, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976–1980, punt return leader 1979 and 1980
* [[Kris Richard]], NFL player and coach
* [[Albert Robles]], mayor of Carson from 2015 until 2020<ref name=CarCity>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Past Elected Officials  |website=[[Carson City]] government website|date= |url= https://ci.carson.ca.us/government/pastmayors.aspx |accessdate=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430143857/https://ci.carson.ca.us/government/pastmayors.aspx| archive-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Rex Salas]], musician
* [[Ashton Sanders]], actor
* [[Demetrius Shipp Jr.]], actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/06/demetrius-shipp-all-eyez-on-me-tupac-profile|title=Demetrius Shipp Jr. Has The Hardest Job In Hollywood—Playing 2Pac|website=Complex|access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613000758/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/06/demetrius-shipp-all-eyez-on-me-tupac-profile|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Gilbert D. Smith]], first African-American mayor of Carson<ref name=CarCity/> 
* [[SoShy]], (Deborah Epstein), a French singer and songwriter
* [[Kia Stevens]], also known as Awesome Kong and Amazing Kong in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]], professional wrestler
* [[Tammy Townsend]], television actress
* [[Wesley Walker]], NFL wide receiver, NY Jets 1977–1989
* [[Elbert Watts]], Green Bay Packers defensive back 1986
* [[Forest Whitaker]], director, producer, and Academy Award-winning actor
* [[Bob Whitfield]], Stanford University graduate, NFL offensive lineman, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars
* [[Brett Young (Canadian football)|Brett Young]], football player
* [[James Anderson Jr.]], first African-American Marine to receive the Medal of Honor