Editing Ojai, California (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Neffandwoodpic.jpg|thumb| [[Tom Neff]] and [[Beatrice Wood]]  in Ojai, 1993]]
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* [[Bud Abbott]], actor, producer, and comedian
* [[Beth Allen (golfer)|Beth Allen]], professional golfer
* [[David Allen (author)|David Allen]], author, ''[[Getting Things Done]]''
* [[June Allyson]], actress
* [[Colman Andrews]], writer and editor
* [[Ethel Percy Andrus]], founder of AARP
* [[Sergio Aragonés]], cartoonist
* [[Daniel Ash]], musician
* [[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]], film and television writer and producer<ref>David, Mark (August 23, 2016) [https://variety.com/2016/dirt/real-estalker/alan-ball-true-blood-selling-ojai-house-1201842217/ "'True Blood' Creator Alan Ball Lists Hilltop Hideaway in Ojai"]</ref>
* [[Irene Bedard]], actor, musician
* [[Ed Begley Jr.]], actor
* [[Lucy Bellwood]], cartoonist and illustrator
* [[Max Bemis]], comic book writer and lead singer of the band [[Say Anything (band)|Say Anything]]
* [[Paul Bergmann]], football player
* [[Elmer Bernstein]], film and television composer
* [[Jon Bernthal]], actor
* [[Bruce Botnick]], engineer and producer for The Doors
* [[Ingrid Boulting]], artist, actress
* [[Pierre Bouvier]], singer of Simple Plan
* [[Eileen Brennan]], actress
* [[Eric Burdon]], singer-songwriter and actor<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dager|first=Wendy|title=Eric Burdon, The Animals performing in Ojai|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/05/03/eric-burdon-animals-performing-ojai/101206596/|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2020|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en-US|quote=I love Ojai. I moved here from the beautiful desert of Joshua Tree, one vibrant artistic community to another, at the other end of desert. Ojai has a similar climate, but with plenty of shade trees and places to walk in town. The people are friendly, but leave you alone. This is greatly appreciated.}}</ref>
* [[Tim Burton]], film director<ref>Ryon, Ruth (June 28, 1998) [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-28-re-64291-story.html "Director Cuts His Ties to Ojai"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>
* [[Rory Calhoun]], actor
* [[Mario Calire]], Grammy Award-winning drummer
* [[Julie Christensen]], singer
* [[Julie Christie]], Oscar-winning actress
* [[Cory Coffey]], BMX rider
* [[Glenn Corbett]], actor
* [[Ted Danson]], actor
* [[Anthony de Mello (Jesuit priest)|Anthony de Mello]], spiritual leader
* [[John Diehl]], director, actor in ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' and ''[[The Shield (TV series)|The Shield]]''
* [[Vernon Dvorak]], meteorologist, [[Dvorak Technique]] for tropical cyclone analysis
* [[Dave England]], ''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]'' star
* [[Peter Farrelly]], film director, writer, and producer
* [[Maynard Ferguson]], jazz musician, composer
* [[Joe Flanigan]], actor
* [[Robben Ford]], blues/jazz guitarist and vocalist
* [[Mark Frost]], screenwriter and television writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ojaihub.com/the-storyteller-from-twin-peaks-to-ojai/|title=The Storyteller — From 'Twin Peaks' To Ojai|last=Bradigan|first=Bret|date=March 16, 2018|website=Ojai Hub|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sharon Gabet]], actress
* [[Donald Glover]], actor and musician <ref>Wes Woods II [https://eu.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2024/10/29/donald-glover-atlanta-creator-speaks-at-ojai-council-meeting-libbey-bowl/75057502007/ "'Atlanta' creator Donald Glover speaks at Ojai council meeting on Libbey Bowl future"]</ref>
* [[Lindy Goetz]], music manager ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]])
* [[Larry Hagman]], actor in ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' and ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''
* [[Anne Heche]], actress, director, and screenwriter
* [[Otto and Vivika Heino]], ceramic artists, "The Pottery"
* [[Toby Hemingway]], actor in ''[[The Covenant (2006 film)|The Covenant]]'' and ''[[Feast of Love]]''; moved to Ojai with his mother when he was 13
* [[Richard Anthony Jefferson|Richard Jefferson]], Australia-based molecular biologist, open source science advocate, founder of [[CAMBIA]]
* [[Mikael Jorgensen]], keyboardist for [[Wilco]]
* [[Steve Kanaly]], actor who played [[Ray Krebbs]] on the TV drama ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''
* [[Cody Kasch]], actor and SAG award winner for ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
* [[Byron Katie]], founder of The Work
* [[Roger Kellaway]], jazz pianist and composer
* [[Linda Kelsey]], actress in ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
* [[Ed Kowalczyk]], lead singer for [[Live (band)|Live]]
* [[John Krasinski]], actor<ref>Beale, Lauren (October 14, 2012) [http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-20121014,0,2994082.story "A place to get away from 'The Office'"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>
* [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]], philosopher
* [[James Kyson Lee]], Korean-American film actor, educated at [[Villanova Preparatory School]]
* [[Diane Ladd]], actress, writer, director nominated three times each for Emmys and Oscars
* [[John Langley]], creator of ''[[Cops (TV series)|COPS]]''
* [[Harry Lauter]], character actor in film and television
* [[Zachary Levi]], actor in ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'' and ''[[Less Than Perfect]]''
* [[Ted Levine]], actor in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' and TV's ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
* [[Larry Linville]], actor in ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
* [[Lissie]], singer/songwriter
* [[Jackie Lomax]], musician, first artist signed to [[Apple Records]], a label started by [[The Beatles]]
* [[Noah Lowry]], former pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants]]
* [[Johnny Mandel]], composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz
* [[S.A. Martinez]], singer/rapper of the group [[311 (band)|311]]
* [[Stacy Margolin]] (born 1959), tennis player
* [[Dave Mason]], English musician, singer and songwriter
* [[Elisabeth Maurus]] (aka [[Lissie]]), folk-rock musician
* [[Orpheo McCord]], drummer/percussionist for [[Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros]]
* [[Malcolm McDowell]], actor
* [[Charles Millard Pratt]], oil industrialist and philanthropist
* [[Rodney Mullen]], skateboarder<ref>{{cite news|title=Skate legend Rodney Mullen lists his 360-degree view in Ojai| date=May 11, 2015|first=Neal J. |last= Leitereg|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-rodney-mullen-ojai-20150511-story.html}}</ref>
* [[Bill Paxton]], actor in ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' and ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''
* [[Paula Jean Myers-Pope]], Olympic diver
* [[Caspar Poyck]], actor, producer, chef, speaker and psychodigestive therapist
* [[Anthony Quinn]], actor, painter, and writer
* [[Betsy Randle]], actress, ''[[Boy Meets World]]''
* [[Rick Rossovich]], actor in ''[[Top Gun]]'' and ''[[Roxanne (film)|Roxanne]]''
* [[Louise Sandhaus]], graphic designer
* [[Peter Scolari]], actor in ''[[Newhart]]'' and ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show]]''
* [[Rose Schlossberg]], filmmaker, writer, actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Schlossberg Says It 'Feels Great' to Have Passed New York State Bar Exam on First Try (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/jack-schlossberg-feels-great-pass-bar-exam-first-try-exclusive-8384519 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Alex Sheshunoff]], author
* [[Jan Smithers]], actress in ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
* [[Mary Steenburgen]], actress
* [[Donna Steichen]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[journalist]] and critic of [[feminism]]
* [[Izzy Stradlin]], guitarist, formerly in rock group [[Guns N' Roses]]
* [[Peter Strauss]], actor in ''[[The Jericho Mile]]'' and ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''
* [[George S. Stuart]], sculptor
* [[Chuck Testa]], [[taxidermist]] and subject of an [[internet meme]]<ref name="hernandez2011">Hernandez, Marjorie (September 28, 2011). [http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/28/ojai-taxidermist-a-youtube-sensation-nope-its/ "Video of resident Ojai taxidermist goes viral"] ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref>
* [[Caroline Thompson]], screenwriter and director
* [[Christopher Trumbo]], screenwriter<ref name=venturabreeze>{{cite news|title=Local Screenwriter Dies|url=http://ventura.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=47312|work=[[Ventura Breeze]]|date=January 20, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206123138/http://ventura.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=47312|archive-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Rodney Walker (architect)|Rodney Walker]], mid-century modern architect
* [[Beau Weaver]], voice actor, narrator<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spokenword.com|title=Beau Weaver Hollywood Voice Over Actor Narrator Announcer|website=Beau Weaver Hollywood Voice Over Actor Narrator Announcer}}</ref>
* [[Anson Williams]], actor, [[Happy Days]]<ref>{{cite news| first1=Brooke| last1=Kato| first2=Tracy| last2=Swartz| url=https://nypost.com/2022/12/07/happy-days-star-anson-williams-loses-ojai-mayoral-bid-in-a-squeaker/| title='Happy Days' star Anson Williams loses Ojai mayoral bid in a squeaker|newspaper=[[New York Post]]| date=December 7, 2022| access-date=March 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/happy-days-star-anson-williams-is-married-at-73-7562773|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|author=Huamani, Kaitlyn; Strohm, Emily|title='Happy Days' Star Anson Williams Is Married! 'It's Never Too Late to Get It Right'|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=July 26, 2023|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231115164726/https://people.com/happy-days-star-anson-williams-is-married-at-73-7562773}}</ref> 
* [[Reese Witherspoon]], Oscar-winning actress and producer<ref>Beale, Lauren (January 18, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-20140119,0,3911593.story "Reese Witherspoon no longer legally bound to Ojai ranch"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>
* [[Beatrice Wood]], artist, teacher at the [[Happy Valley School]]
* [[Dana Wynter]], actress, ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''
* [[James Wysong]], author 
* [[Loretta Young]], actress and TV hostess
* [[Chloé Zhao]], filmmaker and Oscar winning director,
* [[David Zucker (filmmaker)|David Zucker]], director of ''[[Airplane!]]'', ''[[Top Secret!]]'', and ''[[The Naked Gun]]''
* [[Eugene Zubrinsky|Eugene Cole "Gene" Zubrinsky]], Master Genealogist and [[Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists]] (FASG)
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