Editing Santa Paula, California (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Gaston Méliès]] (b. 1852): Brother to [[Georges Méliès]]; he set up the American branch of their [[Star Film Company]] in Santa Paula, filming many movies in the area.
*[[Jim Colborn]] (b. 1946): former [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] and pitching coach; he was a 20-game winner in 1973.
*[[Laura Diaz (TV anchor)|Laura Diaz]]: (b. 1958): newscaster, most notably with [[KABC-TV]] from 1983 to 2002, [[KCBS-TV]] from 2002 to 2011, and [[KTTV-TV]] from 2012–Present.
*[[Dana Elcar]]: actor, played Pete Thornton in the ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' television series from 1985 to 1992 and was featured in many films including ''[[The Sting]]''; spent later years at his home on Laurel Road in Santa Paula.
*[[Nola Fairbanks]]: born Nola Jo Modine, had a notable singing career on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].
*[[Eric Fleming]]: actor, star of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''; born as Edward Heddy, Jr., July 4, 1925.
*[[Danny Flores]]: musician, a.k.a. Chuck Rio, wrote and played sax on the 1958 song “Tequila”, winner of best R&B song at the [[1st Annual Grammy Awards]]; he became known as the "Godfather of Latino Rock ‘n’ Roll"
*[[Grupo Bryndis]]: internationally known [[Mexico|Mexican]] musical group. Formed by their leader and songwriter Mauro Posadas in 1983, they won a [[Latin Grammy Award]] for best album in 2007.
*[[Joi Lansing]]: Actress and pin up model is buried there.
*[[William Lucking]]: actor, played Piney on [[Sons of Anarchy]]; spent much of his early career as a resident, raising two daughters and serving on the school board.
*[[Steve McQueen]] (1930–1980): actor, spent the last two years of his life (1979–1980) in Santa Paula, often flying his biplane from the [[Santa Paula Airport]]; he and his soon-to-be wife Barbara lived in his hangar at the airport until they moved into a home on South Mountain Road<ref>{{gnis|249741|South Mountain}}</ref> just outside town.<ref>Johnson, Brett (January 13, 2008) [http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/13/big-legend-in-a-small-town/ "Steve McQueen turned to quiet life in Santa Paula before 1980 death"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515190809/http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/13/big-legend-in-a-small-town/ |date=May 15, 2009 }} ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref>
* [[Randy Mendoza]] (b. 1996): soccer player
*[[Charles M. Teague]] (1909–1974): U.S. Representative from California, born in Santa Paula and buried in the local cemetery. He served as director of McKevett Corp. and Teague-McKevett Co.