Editing Monterey, California (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Mike Aldrete]], [[major league baseball]] player (1986–96); coach, [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
* [[Gina Aliotti]], [[International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness|IFBB]] professional figure champion
* [[John Whitby Allen]], model railroader
* [[Bruce Ariss]], artist 
* [[Jean Arthur]], actress
* [[Art Bell]], resident in the 1970s
* [[Tory Belleci]], ''[[MythBusters]]'' presenter
* [[Josh Billings]] ([[pen name]] of Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818–1885<ref>''[[The Encyclopedia Americana]]'', vol. 3, Danbury, Connecticut, Grolier Incorporated, 1986, p. 748.</ref>), second most famous humorist (after Mark Twain) of the mid-to-late 19th century; died at Monterey
* [[Lisa Bruce]], film producer
* [[Walter Colton]] (1797–1851), first Alcalde (mayor) of Monterey
* [[Juan B. R. Cooper]], rancher, merchant, land owner, builder of the Cooper-Molera Adobe
* [[Claude Crabb]] pro football player 1962 – 1968
* [[Nick Cunningham]], Team USA bobsledder; 2010–2014 Winter Olympian (2-Man & 4-Man)
* [[Peter J. Cutino]], educator and head coach of [[University of California, Berkeley]], water polo program
* [[Salvador Dalí]], artist; had a studio in the 1940s on the present-day [[Santa Catalina School]] grounds
* [[Doris Day]] (1922–2019), actress, singer.
* [[Olin Dutra]], 1934 [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] [[golf]] champion
* [[Clint Eastwood]], film actor, Oscar-winning director, and producer<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/clint-eastwood-9283502?page=3 Clint Eastwood Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529170219/http://www.biography.com/people/clint-eastwood-9283502?page=3 |date=May 29, 2013 }}. Biography.com (May 31, 1930). Retrieved on July 19, 2013.</ref>
* Darcie Edgemon, children's author
* [[Herman Edwards]], [[NFL]] player for [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (1977–1986); head coach with [[New York Jets]] (2001–2005) and [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (2006–2009); TV commentator
* [[Abe Espinosa]], professional golfer, winner of [[Western Open]]
* [[Chris Feigenbaum]], Puerto Rican international soccer player
* [[Joan Fontaine]], Oscar-winning actress, ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'', ''[[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]''
* [[John W. Frost]], professional tennis player
* [[Percy Gray]], artist, early California [[impressionist]]
* [[Harry Ashland Greene]], businessman and philanthropist
* [[Milton B. Halsey]], U.S. Army major general<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news |date=October 30, 1990 |title=Obituaries: Retired General Milton B. Halsey |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings//njurvrklmpijdbjjzmyguepeyqptsovy_wma-gateway020_1694904732101 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |location=San Francisco, CA |page=B6 |via=[[GenealogyBank.com]] }}</ref>
* [[Richard Hamming]], mathematician whose work influenced [[computer science]] and [[telecommunications]]
* [[Lou Henry Hoover]] (1874–1944), wife of U.S. President [[Herbert Hoover]]; First Lady of the United States, 1929–33<ref>Allen, Anne Beiser and Jon L. Wakelyn (2000). ''An independent woman: the life of Lou Henry Hoover''. Greenwood Press, p. 12.</ref>
* [[Pete Incaviglia]], [[major league baseball]] player (1986–98); manager, [[Grand Prairie AirHogs]] ([[minor league baseball]])
* [[Ron Johnson (wide receiver, born 1958)|Ron Johnson]], American football player
* [[Christopher Kasparek]], author, translator, physician
* [[Edward Kennedy (journalist)|Edward Kennedy]], journalist
* [[Gary Kildall]] (1942–1994), founder of [[Digital Research]], designer of the [[CP/M]] operating system, and teacher at the [[Naval Postgraduate School]]; lived in [[Pacific Grove, California|Pacific Grove]] and later [[Pebble Beach]]
* Major General [[Walter E. Lauer]] (1893–1966), served in [[World War I]] and [[World War II|II]], commanded [[99th Infantry Division (United States)|99th Infantry Division]] in the [[Battle of the Bulge]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/27819/069_05.pdf;jsessionid=73D3B4E07C6A2412F6F9F85D0C7A8C9C?sequence=1
|journal=Cornell Alumni News 
|title=Necrology |date=December 1966
|access-date=October 22, 2020 |page=69
|quote=Ί9-Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lauer of 800 Via Mirada, Monterey, Calif., Oct. 15, 1966, commander of the 99th Infantry in Germany during World War II. He also had retired in 1946.}}</ref>
* [[Henry Littlefield]], author, historian, former headmaster of the [[York School (California)|York School]]
* [[Sondra Locke]] (1944–2018), Oscar-nominated actress, director
* [[James Lofton]], football player for [[Green Bay Packers]], [[Los Angeles Raiders]], [[Buffalo Bills]], [[Los Angeles Rams]], and [[Philadelphia Eagles]]; member of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[Jack London]] (1876–1916<ref>''[[The Encyclopedia Americana]]'', vol. 17, Danbury, Connecticut, Grolier Incorporated, 1986, p. 700.</ref>), author
* [[Katerina Moutsatsou]], Greek actress
* [[Michael Nesmith]], member of the band [[The Monkees]], songwriter
* [[Kim Novak]], actress
* [[Leon Panetta]], [[Congressman]] (1977–93); [[White House Chief of Staff]] (1994–97); [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] (2009–2011);   [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] (2011–2013)
* [[Wayne Rainey]], three-time [[500 cc Grand Prix]] champion (1990, 1991, 1992)
* [[Ed Ricketts]] (1897–1948), [[marine biologist]], pioneer [[ecologist]], influence on [[John Steinbeck]] and [[Joseph Campbell]]
* [[Moqut Ruffins]], American football player
* [[Allison Scagliotti]], actress
* [[Charles R. Schwab]], businessman
* [[Jean Bruce Scott]], actress
* [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] (1820–1891<ref>''[[The Encyclopedia Americana]]'', vol. 24, Danbury, Connecticut, Grolier Incorporated, 1986, p. 706.</ref>), later [[U.S. Civil War]] Union general, lived in Monterey 1847–49.
* [[Vera Steadman]], actress
* [[John Steinbeck]] (1902–1968<ref>''[[The Encyclopedia Americana]]'', vol. 25, Danbury, Connecticut, Grolier Incorporated, 1986, p. 674.</ref>), Nobel Prize-winning author of ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' and ''[[Of Mice and Men]]''
* [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850–1894<ref>''[[The Encyclopedia Americana]]'', vol. 25, Danbury, Connecticut, Grolier Incorporated, 1986, p. 707.</ref>)), Scottish author of ''[[The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' and ''[[Treasure Island]]''; stayed in Monterey, 1879
* [[Jeremy Sumpter]], actor
* [[Edward Weston]] (1886–1958<ref>''[[The Encyclopedia Americana]]'', vol. 28, Danbury, Connecticut, Grolier Incorporated, 1986, p. 669.</ref>), photographer
* [[Douglas Yeo]], bass trombonist, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1985–2012)
* [[Frank Zappa]], composer and musician<ref>{{Cite news
| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-06-mn-64545-story.html
| title = Frank Zappa, Iconoclast of Rock, Dies at 52
| last = FELDMAN
| first = PAUL
| date = December 6, 1993
| newspaper = Los Angeles Times
| language = en-US
| issn = 0458-3035
| access-date = February 28, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110527060244/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-06/news/mn-64545_1_frank-zappa
| archive-date = May 27, 2011
| url-status = live
}}</ref>