Editing Davis, California (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|List of University of California, Davis faculty|List of University of California, Davis alumni}}
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These are some notable Davis residents, other than UC Davis faculty who were not previously from Davis.

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* [[Jalil Anibaba]], soccer player and club ambassador for [[Nashville SC]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jalil Anibaba {{!}} Columbus Crew |url=https://www.columbuscrew.com/players/jalil-anibaba/ |access-date=December 23, 2024 |website=[[Columbus Crew]]}}</ref>
* [[Karin Argoud]], actress
* [[David Henry Breaux]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Knoll |first=Corina |date=June 5, 2023 |title=He Devoted His Life to Compassion. His Killer Showed None. |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/us/david-breaux-stabbing-compassion-california.html |access-date=July 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Samuel G. Armistead]], anthropologist and linguist
* [[Ruthlane Uy Asmundson|Ruth Asmundson]], former mayor of Davis
* [[Peter S. Beagle]], author, ''[[The Last Unicorn]]''
* [[Eric Beavers]], American football quarterback
* [[Robert F. Berkhofer]], historian
* [[Nate Boyden]], soccer player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Howard |title=Soccermetrics Interview #2: Nathaniel Boyden |url=https://www.soccermetrics.net/soccermetrics-interviews/soccermetrics-interview-2-nathaniel-boyden |website=Soccermetrics Research |access-date=February 9, 2025 |date=June 20, 2012}}</ref>
* [[David Breaux]], local counselor
* [[William G. Burrill]], Episcopal bishop
* [[Cathy Carr (swimmer)|Cathy Carr]], American Olympic swimmer
* [[Robert Todd Carroll]] (born 1945), publisher of ''The Skeptic's Dictionary'' and fellow for [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]]
* [[Alexandra Chalupa]], American pro-Ukrainian activist
* [[Connie Chan (politician)|Connie Chan]], San Francisco politician
* [[Joseph Chiles|Joseph Ballinger Chiles]], trail blazer and early pioneer
* [[Tony Cline Jr.]], [[National Football League|NFL]] [[tight end]]
* [[Antoinette Clinton]], aka Butterscotch, musician
* [[Kim Conley]], 2012 Olympian, track and field
* [[Ross Cordy]], archaeologist
* [[Joe Craven]], musician
* [[Denise Curry]], basketball player
* [[Jerome C. Davis]], state figure and pioneer, and namesake of Davis
* [[Malachi Davis]], sprinter, Olympian
* [[DJ Shadow|Josh Davis]], aka [[DJ Shadow]], famous for his critically acclaimed sample based instrumental hip-hop
* [[Cecilia Dean]], fashion model and entrepreneur
* [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Russian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
* [[Delaine Eastin]], former [[California State Superintendent of Public Instruction]]
* [[Tony Fields]], actor, dancer; [[Davis Senior High School (California)|Davis High School]] alumnus. Fields is best known in his tenure as a ''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]'' Dancer (1979–1984) and his film roles of Alan DeLuca in the 1985 movie version of ''[[A Chorus Line (film)|A Chorus Line]]'' and Sammi Curr in the 1986 [[cult film|cult]] [[horror film]] ''[[Trick or Treat (1986 film)|Trick Or Treat]]''.
* [[Jason Fisk]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[defensive tackle]]
* [[Karen Joy Fowler]], author
* [[Rebecca Fransway]], author and poet
* [[Michael Franti]], musician
* [[Nick Frentz]], politician, member of the [[Minnesota Senate]]
* [[Todd Gogulski]], former professional bicycle road racer and TV commentator for Universal Sports
* [[John Lawrence Goheen]], American missionary, educator and administrator, agriculturist, social worker, and writer
* [[Carol Greider]], molecular biologist and Nobel Laureate (at Johns Hopkins), raised in Davis
* [[Myril Hoag]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[outfielder]], three-time World Series champion
* [[Rita Hosking]], musician
* [[Winnifred Hudson]], painter
* [[Nyjah Huston]], professional skateboarder
*[[Katie Kitamura]], author
* [[John Lescroart]], author
* [[John Lieswyn]], American racing cyclist
* [[Ladule Lako LoSarah]] is an American-born [[South Sudanese]] international<ref>{{cite web |website=Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/4539/transfer-zone/2013/02/01/3722992/maldives-club-maziya-sign-south-sudanese-player-ladule-lako |access-date=April 12, 2013 |first=Khalis |last=Rifhan |title=Maldives club Maziya sign South Sudanese player Ladule Lako LoSarah}}</ref> footballer currently with [[FC Inter Leipzig]] of the German [[NOFV-Oberliga]].<ref>Sportbuzzer.de [http://dresden.sportbuzzer.de/sachsenliga/spiele/fc-international-leipzig-gegen-sv-einheit-kamenz/38141/4 retrieved August 25, 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019100304/http://dresden.sportbuzzer.de/sachsenliga/spiele/fc-international-leipzig-gegen-sv-einheit-kamenz/38141/4 |date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Deborah Madison]], chef, author
* [[Mike May (skier)|Mike May]], entrepreneur and athlete, regained sight after decades of complete blindness
* [[Jonna Mazet]], epidemiologist
* [[Barry Melton]], musician
* [[Gina Miles]], 2008 Beijing Olympic silver medalist, equestrian
* [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]], pop musician
* [[Hasan Minhaj]], comedian 
* [[Jennifer Moffitt]], politician
* [[Paul Moller]], engineer and developer of the [[Moller Skycar]]
* [[Rachel Moore (arts administrator)|Rachel Moore]], president and CEO of the [[Los Angeles Music Center]]
* [[Freddie Muller]], Major League Baseball infielder
* [[Dave Nachmanoff]], musician
* [[Gabe Newell]], co-founder of [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]
* [[Iyabo Obasanjo]], Nigerian politician
* [[Fiona O'Keeffe]], long-distance runner and marathon runner in the [[2024 Paris Olympics]]
* [[Thretton Palamo]], American rugby union player
* [[Dickie Peterson]], musician
* [[Orange Phelps]], Oregon businessman and politician
* [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], science-fiction author; famous works include [[Mars trilogy]].
* [[Stephen Robinson]], astronaut (received bachelor's degree from [[UC Davis]], 1978)
* [[Beth Rodden]], professional [[rock climber]]
* [[Halsey Rodman]], artist
* [[Ray Rohwer]], Major League Baseball outfielder
* [[Ed Ross]], tintype photographer and lawyer
* [[Paul Scheuring]], screenwriter (''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[A Man Apart]]'')
* [[Dave Scott (triathlete)|Dave Scott]], triathlete, six-time [[Ironman Triathlon]] world champion
* [[Jonathan Segel]], American composer and multi-instrumentalist
* [[Meredith Small]], anthropologist
* [[Peter Siebold]], member of the [[Scaled Composites]] astronaut team
* [[Colby Slater]], American rugby union player, Olympic gold-medal winner
* [[Sean Stewart]], author
* [[Charles Tart]], [[parapsychologist]]
* [[Donnette Thayer]], vocalist, guitarist and songwriter
* [[Helen Thomson]], state and county politician
* [[Alexandria Villaseñor]], climate activist
* [[Nick Watney]], [[PGA Tour]] professional golfer
* [[Zach Weiner]], web comic author and illustrator
* [[Andy Weir (writer)|Andrew Weir]], author of ''[[The Martian (Weir novel)|The Martian]]''
* [[Paul Whaley]], drummer for the band [[Blue Cheer]]
* [[Craig Wilson (water polo)|Craig Wilson]], water polo player and Olympian
* [[Mike Wise (American football)|Mike Wise]], NFL defensive end
* [[Lois Wolk]], state politician
* [[Paul Wulff]], former Washington State football head coach
* [[Steve Wynn (musician)|Steve Wynn]], musician, leader of the band [[The Dream Syndicate]]
* [[Mariko Yamada]], state politician
* [[Martin Yan]], cooking show host
* [[Sophia Yin]], veterinarian, animal trainer and author
* [[Gary Lee Yoder]], musician, part of several 1960s [[psychedelic rock]] bands
* [[Malcolm Clemens Young]], Episcopal priest, dean of [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco]]
* [[Robert Zirkin]], Maryland politician
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