Editing Oxnard, California (section)

==Notable people==

===Political and cultural===
* [[Lucy Hicks Anderson]]: trans-woman, socialite, and chef, most notable for being tried in the Ventura County court for perjury for marrying a man while "masquerading" as a woman in 1945.<ref>{{Cite book|title=She caused a riot : 100 unknown women who built cities, sparked revolutions, and massively crushed it|last=Hannah|first=Jewell|isbn=9781492662921|location=Naperville, Illinois|oclc=1008768117|date = March 6, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lupe Anguiano]]: former nun and civil rights activist known for her work on women's rights, the rights of the poor, and protecting the environment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivers |first=Kimberly |date=2020-03-11 |title=“LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE” {{!}} Lupe Anguiano: Lifelong Activist |url=https://www.vcreporter.com/news/let-your-light-shine-lupe-anguiano-lifelong-activist/article_9e14b62b-fc39-5c5b-a05c-07cbf275411c.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=VC Reporter {{!}} Times Media Group - News, Culture, Arts and Opinion |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leung |first=Wendy |date=March 16, 2019 |title=Meet Ventura County's 'she-ro,' a 90-year-old whose impact is felt from City Hall to D.C. |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/03/14/still-fighting-oxnard-activist-lupe-anguiano/3056362002/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[John Canley|John L. Canley]]: retired [[United States Marine]] and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kisken |first=Tom |date=January 6, 2024 |title='Absolutely fearless:' USS John L. Canley honors Oxnard Marine who neither ducked nor ran |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2024/01/05/uss-john-l-canley-honors-oxnard-marine-who-neither-ducked-nor-ran/72062808007/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kisken |first=Tom |date=February 18, 2024 |title=Gunny lives forever: Warship commissioned in name of Marine hero from Oxnard |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2024/02/18/oxnards-heroic-gunny-canley-lives-on-via-navy-warship-commissioning/72545337007/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Lee Van Cleef]]: An American actor who appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of Italian Spaghetti Westerns, particularly the Sergio Leone-directed Dollars Trilogy films For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). He received a Golden Boot Award in 1983 for his contribution to the Western film and television genre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1989-12-18 |title=Lee Van Cleef, 64; Actor Was a Villian In Many Westerns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/18/obituaries/lee-van-cleef-64-actor-was-a-villian-in-many-westerns.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Ashley |date=1989-12-17 |title=Cowboy Film Villain Lee Van Cleef Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-17-mn-1417-story.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-12-17 |title=WESTERN ARCHVILLAIN LEE VAN CLEEF DIES |url=https://www.deseret.com/1989/12/17/18836989/western-archvillain-lee-van-cleef-dies/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref>
* [[César Chávez]]: farm worker, political activist, and union leader lived in the [[Colonia, Oxnard, California|Colonia]] area of Oxnard during his childhood. Several streets and schools in the Oxnard area and surrounding areas bear his name. A home on Wright Road in the El Rio neighborhood, northwest of Highway 101 and Rose Avenue, is where Chavez lived with his family in the late 1950s while advocating for local farm workers. Also, the office of the National Farm Workers Association – which later became [[United Farm Workers]] — was on Cooper Road, east of Garfield Avenue in the [[Colonia, Oxnard, California|Colonia neighborhood]]. The Oxnard office opened in 1966, the year of a historic march from Delano to Sacramento.<ref>{{cite news|first=Wenner |last=Gretchen |date=October 29, 2011|url=http://archive.vcstar.com/news/oxnard-sites-on-list-of-historic-places-linked-to-cesar-chavez-ep-364286789-352255051.html/ |title=Oxnard sites on list of historic places linked to Cesar Chavez|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331203933/http://archive.vcstar.com/news/oxnard-sites-on-list-of-historic-places-linked-to-cesar-chavez-ep-364286789-352255051.html/}}</ref><ref name="LAT">{{cite news|last=Alvarez |first=Fred |date=May 28, 1993|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-28-me-40997-story.html |title=Chavez Home In Oxnard Was Razed Years Ago : La Colonia: Mourners mistakenly visited a dwelling next to the site where the late labor leader lived as a boy.|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
* [[William P. Clark]]: politician, served under President [[Ronald Reagan]] as the [[Deputy Secretary of State]] from 1981 to 1982, United States [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] from 1982 to 1983, and the [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] from 1983 until 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=2013-08-13 |title=William P. Clark, top aide to President Reagan, dies at 81 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whitehouse/william-p-clark-top-aide-to-president-reagan-dies-at-81/2013/08/12/2556f0a0-020c-11e3-96a8-d3b921c0924a_story.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strickland |first=Tonya |date=2021-01-04 |title=Former Reagan cabinet member William Clark Jr. laid to rest {{!}} San Luis Obispo Tribune |url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article39452439.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104172308/https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article39452439.html |archive-date=2021-01-04}}</ref>
* [[Alicia Cuarón]]: Mexican-American educator, human rights activist, and Franciscan nun
* [[Jean Harris (environmentalist)|Jean Harris]]: credited with protecting Ormond Beach Wetlands and [['olołkoy Beach Park|'olołkoy State Beach]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCARTNEY |first=PATRICK |date=1992-07-10 |title=OXNARD : School Board Head Will Step Down |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-10-me-1698-story.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Daryl |date=2001-04-29 |title=Illness Forces Environmental Crusader to Sidelines |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-29-me-57192-story.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Shooting of Meagan Hockaday|Meagan Hockaday]]: killed by police<ref name="VC Star - initial report">{{cite news|last1=Leung|first1=Wendy|title=Oxnard woman killed by police after domestic dispute call|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/oxnard/oxnard-woman-killed-by-police-after-domestic-dispute-call_34372240|newspaper=Ventura County Star|date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Maria Gulovich Liu]]: Ventura County real estate agent, [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] agent in WWII<ref name=liuobit>{{cite news|author=Dennis McLellan|title=Maria Gulovich Liu, 1921 – 2009; Teacher helped U.S. agents escape Nazis|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-maria-gulovich-liu1-2009oct01-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 1, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Armando Xavier Ochoa]]: was the Bishop of Fresno and was formerly the Bishop of El Paso.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Jim |date=2015-05-29 |title=Caring for the Flock in the Breadbasket of the Nation: An Interview with Bishop Armando Ochoa |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/content/dispatches/caring-flock-breadbasket-nation-interview-bishop-armando-ochoa |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=America Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Emeritus Armando X. Ochoa D.D. |url=https://dioceseoffresno.org/bishop-emeritus-armando-x-ochoa-dd |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Diocese of Fresno |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Carmen Perez]] is an activist on issues of civil rights, including mass incarceration, women's rights and gender equity, violence prevention, racial healing, and community policing.<ref name="VCS 2019-02-22">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/02/22/womens-march-leader-carmen-perez-activism-anti-semitism/2906745002/|title=The girl from Oxnard grew up to lead the Women's March|last=Kisken|first=Tom|date=February 22, 2019|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Alfred V. Rascon]]: awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Stuart |title=The Inspiring Story Of Immigrant Medal Of Honor Recipient Alfred Rascon |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/05/08/the-life-of-immigrant-medal-of-honor-recipient-alfred-rascon/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sisk |first=Richard |date=2020-11-11 |title=This Immigrant Soldier Earned the Medal of Honor a Year Before He Became an American |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/11/immigrant-soldier-earned-medal-of-honor-year-he-became-american.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Military.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[James Sumner (Medal of Honor)|James Sumner]]: After military service, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration. He resided in Oxnard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chawkins |first=Steve |date=2024-09-14 |title=Just Another Park (but Only on the Surface) - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-10-me-outther10-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914085707/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-10-me-outther10-story.html |archive-date=2024-09-14}}</ref>
* [[Nao Takasugi]]: [[California State Assembly]] and mayor of Oxnard.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Web |first=Nichi Bei |date=2009-12-04 |title=OBITUARY: Nao Takasugi {{!}} Nichi Bei News |url=https://www.nichibei.org/2009/12/obituary-former-assemblyman-and-oxnard-mayor-takasugi-dies/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241004061640/https://www.nichibei.org/2009/12/obituary-former-assemblyman-and-oxnard-mayor-takasugi-dies/ |archive-date=2024-10-04 |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=Nichi Bei News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2009-11-22 |title=PASSINGS: Nao Takasugi |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-22-la-me-passings22-2009nov22-story.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Authors===
*[[Gilbert Hernandez|Gilbert]], [[Jaime Hernandez|Jaime]], and [[Mario Hernandez (comics)|Mario Hernandez]]: creators of the black-and-white independent [[comic book|comic]] ''[[Love and Rockets (comic)|Love and Rockets]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Alex |date=2022-11-03 |title=Oxnard's Hernandez brothers celebrate 40 years of Love and Rockets at Bart's Books |url=https://www.vcreporter.com/features/oxnard-s-hernandez-brothers-celebrate-40-years-of-love-and-rockets-at-bart-s-books/article_a5481294-5bc1-11ed-b4b2-cb61b52b2ea9.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=VC Reporter {{!}} Times Media Group - News, Culture, Arts and Opinion |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Varela |first=Brian J. |date=October 19, 2022 |title='Love and Rockets': Documentary celebrates sci-fi comic book created by Oxnard natives |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2022/10/17/kcet-documentary-celebrates-comic-book-series-love-and-rockets-oxnard-gilbert-jaime-hernandez-sci-fi/8235562001/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Recinos |first=Eva |date=2022-10-04 |title=How a 40-Year Old Comic Series Grew Out of a Punk Mentality |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/artbound/love-and-rockets-oxnard |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=PBS SoCal |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Timberg |first=Scott |date=2007-10-07 |title=Drawn to a dark side |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-07-ca-gilbert7-story.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Siqueira |first=Cris |date=2024-01-23 |title=20 Years Later: Lion's Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Jaime Hernandez |url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/arts/20-years-later-lions-tooth-co-owner-cris-siqueira-in-conversation-with-jaime-hernandez/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Milwaukee Record |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Joyce La Mers]], author of [[light poetry]].
*[[Michele Serros]], American author, poet, comedic social commentator, and writer for the ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'' TV series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sonksen |first=Mike |date=2015-01-14 |title=Remembering Michele Serros |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/remembering-michele-serros |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=PBS SoCal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Michele Serros Collection {{!}} Digital Archives |url=https://archives.calstate.edu/collections/j098zf712 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=archives.calstate.edu}}</ref>

===Musicians and singers===
* [[DJ Babu]]: [[Filipino American]] disc jockey for the [[Beat Junkies]] and [[Dilated Peoples]]
* [[Ritchie Blackmore]]: guitarist with [[Deep Purple]] and founder of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowe |first=Cameron |date=1975-04-10 |title=Ritchie Blackmore: Shallow Purple |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ritchie-blackmore-shallow-purple-2-226355/2/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Steve |date=2016-05-06 |title=Behind the Curtain: Ritchie Blackmore |url=https://rockcellarmagazine.com/behind-the-curtain-ritchie-blackmore/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Rock Cellar Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sonny Bono]] & [[Cher]]: record producers, singers, actors; famous for [[Sonny & Cher]] pop duo and TV series, had a beach home in Oxnard Shores, Oxnard<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beachcalifornia.com/oxnard-california-vacation.html |title=Oxnard, The Other Hollywood – Oxnard Vacation |publisher=Beachcalifornia.com |access-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Cola Boyy]]: (Matthew Urango) musician and activist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Emily |date=August 29, 2019 |title=Cola Boyy {{!}} Bringing the heart of Oxnard to the PACC |url=https://vcreporter.com/2019/08/cola-boyy-bringing-the-heart-of-oxnard-to-the-pacc/ |access-date=July 2, 2022 |work=VC Reporter |publisher=Times Media Group |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Brooke Candy]]: rapper<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxnard Embraces Its Music Culture with Diverse Musical Offerings |url=https://visitoxnard.com/media-press/press-room/oxnard-embraces-its-music-culture-with-diverse-musical-offerings/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Visit Oxnard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Skudder |first=Jake |date=2024-01-08 |orig-date=January 8, 2024 |title=Brooke Candy Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rapper |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/713566-brooke-candy-net-worth#google_vignette |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dave Carter]]: American folk singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2002-07-24 |orig-date=July 24, 2002 |title=Dave Carter, 49; Folk Music Writer Toured With Joan Baez |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-24-me-passings24.1-story.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=EDITOR |first=BILL O'NEILL,LIFESTYLE |date=January 5, 2011 |title=Dave Carter earned folk's highest prize |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2002/07/25/dave-carter-earned-folk-s/50904581007/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Cape Cod Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Down AKA Kilo]]: rapper
* [[Dave Grohl]]: musician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beale |first=Lauren Beale Lauren Beale is a former |last2=Times |first2=staff writer for the Los Angeles |date=2015-09-22 |title=Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters puts his Oxnard beach pad up for grabs |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-dave-grohl-20150922-story.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haro |first=Alexander |date=2015-10-01 |orig-date=October 1, 2015 |title=Dave Grohl is Selling His Insane Beach House in Oxnard |url=https://www.theinertia.com/surf/dave-grohl-is-selling-his-insane-beach-house-in-oxnard/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Inertia |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ill Repute]]: hardcore punk band and leaders of the [[Nardcore]] movement{{r|AMP 2022-02-16}}
* [[Kankick]]: American hip-hop producer
* [[Homer Keller]]: composer (1915–1996)<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOMER TODD KELLER LIBRARY |url=https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/Homer-Todd-Keller-Library.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218223106/https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/Homer-Todd-Keller-Library.pdf |archive-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Madlib]]: record producer, musician, rapper, and DJ noted for his work and collaborations in the jazz and hip-hop scenes<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2025 |orig-date=March 31, 2025 |title=Madlib |url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/artist/madlib/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Stones Throw Records |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Als |first=Hilton |date=2016-01-31 |orig-date=January 31, 2016 |title=Madlib's Genealogy of Hip-Hop |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/08/the-waves-critic-at-large-hilton-als |access-date=2025-03-31 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
* [[Rich Moore]]: [[Academy Award]]-winning animation director (''[[The Simpsons]]''), and co-owner of [[Rough Draft Studios]], Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rich Moore Movies & TV Shows List {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rich_moore |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaudiosi |first=John |date=2012-10-31 |title='Wreck-It Ralph' Director Rich Moore Has Plenty of Game, Literally (Q&A) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wreck-ralph-director-rich-moore-384730/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Nails (band)|Nails]]: [[powerviolence]] band<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rettman |first=Tony |date=2016-06-23 |title=Hard as Nails: getting hammered by the harshest band in America |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/23/nails-hammered-harshest-band-in-america |access-date=2025-03-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=Jeff |date=2017-11-03 |title=ESP Artist Spotlight: Todd Jones (Nails) |url=https://www.espguitars.com/articles/2008506-esp-artist-spotlight-todd-jones-nails |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The ESP Guitar Company |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Oh No (rapper)|Oh No]]: hip-hop rapper, producer and brother of Madlib<ref name="Wax Poetics">{{cite web|last=Ma|first=David|title=Oh No discovers foreign funk close to home|url=http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2007/08/uncooked-symphonies|work=[[Wax Poetics]]|date=August 1, 2007|access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Anderson Paak|Anderson .Paak]]: rapper, singer, songwriter, and drummer famous for reviving West Coast soul and R&B<ref>{{Cite web |last=II |first=Wes Woods |title=Anderson .Paak festival in Ventura County canceled; artist sets sights on 2025 event |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2024/09/24/anderson-paak-festival-canceled-event-set-for-2025/75350340007/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxnard: the West Coast's not-so-hidden music gem |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/08/09/oxnard-the-west-coasts-not-so-hidden-music-gem |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dudley Perkins (rapper)|Dudley Perkins]]: rapper, singer, songwriter, producer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odutola |first=Tayo |date=October 13, 2021 |orig-date=October 13, 2021 |title=Declaime shares “God's Grace” [Video] – EARMILK |url=https://earmilk.com/2021/10/13/declaime-shares-gods-grace-video/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 5 projects you should stream right now |url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/07/02/the-5-projects-you-should-stream-right-now |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Seaman]]: drummer
* [[Shirley Verrett]]: operatic mezzo-soprano, 1931–2010
* [[The Warriors (American band)|The Warriors]]: hardcore band<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Carlos |date=2025-01-24 |title=The Warriors: California Band Looks Back on 'War Is Hell' Album & Their Path to Hardcore {{!}} Features |url=https://www.noecho.net/features/warriors-war-is-hell-album-anniversary-interview |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.noecho.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |title=Hardcore vets The Warriors detail new album 'Burn Yourself Alive,' share "My Blood" |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/hardcore-vets-the-warriors-detail-new-album-burn-yourself-alive-share-my-blood/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Steve Zaragoza]]: internet personality, comedian, and host on ''[[SourceFed]]''

===Scholars and scientists===
* [[William Bright]]: Linguist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2006-10-18 |title=William O. Bright, 78; UCLA Linguist Worked to Preserve a Tribal Language |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-18-me-bright18-story.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2006-10-23 |title=William Bright, 78, Expert in Indigenous Languages, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/books/23bright.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[J. Richard Chase]]: President of [[Biola University]] and [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2025 |title=Chase, J. Richard, 1930-2010. {{!}} Archives of Wheaton College |url=https://archives.wheaton.edu/agents/people/3553 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=archives.wheaton.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=2010-08-22 |title=J. Richard Chase, 1930-2010: Former president of Wheaton College |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/08/22/j-richard-chase-1930-2010-former-president-of-wheaton-college/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Robert P. Sharp]]: An American [[geomorphologist]] and expert on the geological surfaces of the Earth and the planet Mars, born and raised in Oxnard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2004-05-28 |title=Robert P. Sharp, 92; Expert on Surfaces of Earth and Mars |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-28-me-passings28.3-story.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nagourney |first=Eric |date=2004-06-14 |title=Robert Sharp Dies at 92; Linked Study of Planets |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/us/robert-sharp-dies-at-92-linked-study-of-planets.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Businesspeople===
* [[Martin V. ("Bud") Smith]]: developer and philanthropist, the most significant developer in the Oxnard area, built the Financial Plaza Towers and financed the construction of [[California State University, Channel Islands|CSUCI]]'s school of business and economics. His first real estate project was the [[Wagon Wheel, Oxnard, California|Wagon Wheel Motel & Restaurant]] and Wagon Wheel Junction.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mitchell|first= John |title=Influential developer Martin 'Bud' Smith dies |work=[[Ventura County Star]] |date= November 20, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Dirk|url=http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/?id=4168&IssueNum=106|title=Save the Wagon Wheel|newspaper=VC Reporter|date=January 11, 2007|access-date=March 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421072904/http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/?id=4168&IssueNum=106|archive-date=April 21, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Charles C. Lynch]] is the former owner of a city-sanctioned, awarded in 2006, a medical marijuana dispensary in Morro Bay, California. Lynch obtained a Medical marijuana dispensary Business License and a Medical Marijuana Nursery Permit and was a member of the local Chamber of Commerce. He was born in Oxnard.
* [[Stanley Clark Meston]]: An American architect, he is most famous for designing the original golden arches of McDonald's restaurants. He was born in Oxnard.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hess |first=Alan |date=1986 |title=The Origins of McDonald's Golden Arches |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/990129 |journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=60–67 |doi=10.2307/990129 |issn=0037-9808}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 20, 2023 |title=Origins of Golden Arches |url=https://www.instagram.com/cityofoxnard/reel/C1GMQFSJfoq/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
* [[Ben Rich (engineer)|Ben Rich]]: was director of Lockheed [[Skunk Works]] from 1975 to 1991 and retired to Oxnard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituaries : Ben Rich; Guided Lockheed's 'Skunk Works' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-me-16987-story.html |access-date=August 24, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824041322/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-me-16987-story.html |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |date=January 6, 1995 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Actors and TV personalities===
*[[Walter Brennan]], actor, three-time winner of [[Academy Award]], star of TV series ''[[The Real McCoys]]'' and ''[[The Guns of Will Sonnett]]'', died in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite news |date=1974-09-22 |title=Actor Walter Brennan Dead; Winner of 3 Academy Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/22/archives/actor-walter-brennan-dead-winner-of-3-academy-awards-financial.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olmo |first=Frank Del |last2=Jr |first2=Ted Thackrey |last3=Writers |first3=Times Staff |date=1974-09-22 |title=From the Archives: Walter Brennan, Oscar Winner, Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-walter-brennan-19740922-snap-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115172134/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-walter-brennan-19740922-snap-story.html |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Miles Brown (actor)|Miles Brown]], an actor who is best known for his role as Jack Johnson on the sitcom ''[[Black-ish]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miles Brown {{!}} black-ish |url=https://abc.com/cast/a46c87e1-290b-4228-ad72-9cd8e5c5ccf4 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=ABC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=TV show 'black-ish,' featuring Oxnard talent, earns six NAACP awards |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/oxnard/2016/02/08/tv-show-blackish-featuring-oxnard-talent-earns-six-naacp-awards/88687330/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[John Carradine]], actor, lived in Oxnard for many years<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-07-05 |title=John Carradine Married |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/05/archives/john-carradine-married.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Services |first=News |date=1988-11-29 |title=ACTOR JOHN CARRADINE DIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/11/29/actor-john-carradine-dies/11f50fb9-90d5-476e-9192-f8a50e6e3e90/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*[[Lee Van Cleef]], actor, died in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=WESTERN ARCHVILLAIN LEE VAN CLEEF DIES {{!}} Deseret News |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/77244/WESTERN-ARCHVILLAIN-LEE-VAN-CLEEF-DIES.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074554/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/77244/WESTERN-ARCHVILLAIN-LEE-VAN-CLEEF-DIES.html |archive-date=2018-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1989-12-18 |title=Lee Van Cleef, 64; Actor Was a Villian In Many Westerns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/18/obituaries/lee-van-cleef-64-actor-was-a-villian-in-many-westerns.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[Jeffrey Combs]], actor, born in Oxnard
*[[Brandon Cruz]], child actor and lead singer of the punk band [[Dr. Know (band)|Dr. Know]], has family and a beach home in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Barbara |date=1993-02-11 |title=VENTURA : Ex-Child Actor Gets Probation and Fine |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-11-me-1364-story.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Cruz Know Interview |url=https://www.paradigmzine.com/brandon-cruz-know-interview |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Paradigm Zine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Cruz Interview 409 |url=https://www.punkglobe.com/brandoncruzinterview409.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.punkglobe.com}}</ref>
*[[Brad Garrett]], actor born in Oxnard
*[[Johnny Wadd|John Curtis Holmes]], pornographic film star of the 1970s, had ashes scattered at sea off the coast of Oxnard in 1988
*[[Isiah Mustafa]], the "Old Spice Guy," former NFL player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1991-12-03 |title=Mustafa Scores 20, Pacing Santa Clara Past Granada Hills |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-03-sp-450-story.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Fernando |date=1993-10-09 |title=Like Bo, Moorpark's Mustafa Has Found a Hobby : Junior colleges: A standout in track and field, he gives football a go and winds up as the Raiders' starting free safety. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-09-sp-43983-story.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Jamal Mixon]], actor
*[[Bob Stephenson (actor)|Bob Stephenson]], actor, film producer and screenwriter
*[[Tricia Takasugi]], reporter for KTTV Fox 11 News in Los Angeles
*[[Dan Tullis Jr.]], an actor most notable for his role on the sitcom ''[[Married... with Children]]''

===Athletes and sportspeople===
*[[Bobby Ayala]]: former [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher; graduated from [[Rio Mesa High School]]
*[[Mark Berry (baseball)|Mark Berry]]: coach for the Cincinnati Reds; graduated from [[Hueneme High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-24 |orig-date=March 24, 2013 |title=Reds 3B coach Berry diagnosed with cancer |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/spring2013/story/_/id/9092493/cincinnati-reds-3b-coach-mark-berry-diagnosed-cancer |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Curley |first=Joe |date=January 21, 2016 |title=COMMUNITY COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Oxnard College will welcome back illustrious alumni for baseball celebration |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/college/2016/01/21/community-college-notebook-oxnard-college-will-welcome-back-illustrious-alumni-for-baseball-celebration/88651674/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[The Bryan brothers]]: professional [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] tennis doubles players who have graduated from Rio Mesa High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=San Diego |date=2014-05-20 |orig-date=May 20, 2014 |title=Interview with the Bryan Brothers |url=https://sandiegomagazine.com/everything-sd/health-fitness/interview-with-the-bryan-brothers/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=San Diego Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Galluzzo |first=Steve |date=2011-09-08 |title=Bryan Brothers Are Doubling Their Efforts |url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/bryan-brothers-are-doubling-their-efforts |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Malibu, CA Patch |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lorenzo Booker]]: NFL running back<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2021 |title=See the Oxnard athletes featured on NFL Network |url=https://www.vcstar.com/picture-gallery/sports/2021/02/10/see-oxnard-hueneme-athletes-starred-nfl-ad/4463703001/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nuanez |first=Colter |date=2020-01-08 |title=Oxnard duo chasing dreams together at Montana – Skyline Sports |url=https://skylinesportsmt.com/oxnard-duo-chasing-dreams-together-at-montana/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Graciela Casillas]]: boxer and kickboxer<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 7, 2025 |title=The Lioness Within - An Evening with Graciela Casillas |url=https://visitoxnard.com/events/the-lioness-within-an-evening-with-graciela-casillas/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Visit Oxnard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Black Belt |date=2023-11-28 |title=FULL INTERVIEW: Undefeated 2-Time World Champion, Graciela Casillas on Mastering Multiple Styles |url=https://www.blackbeltmag.com/full-interview-undefeated-2-time-world-champion-graciela-casillas-on-mastering-multiple-styles |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Black Belt Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Hugo Centeno Jr.]]: boxer in the Middleweight division<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buttitta |first=Bob |date=November 23, 2017 |orig-date=November 23, 2017 |title=Oxnard's Hugo Centeno poised for the fight of a lifetime |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2017/11/23/oxnards-hugo-centeno-poised-fight-lifetime/874908001/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BOXNARD: Experience Oxnard's Boxing Scene |url=https://visitoxnard.com/blog/boxnard-experience-oxnards-boxing-scene/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Visit Oxnard |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Keary Colbert]]: wide receiver for the [[Seattle Seahawks]], all-time reception leader for [[University of Southern California|USC Trojans]], graduated from Hueneme High School<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keary Colbert - Assistant Coach-Receivers - Staff Directory |url=https://georgiastatesports.com/staff-directory/keary-colbert/294 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Georgia State University |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Register |first=OC Disney Staff {{!}} Orange County |last2=Register |first2=News Reports {{!}} Orange County |date=2016-02-27 |title=Reports: USC adds former star receiver Keary Colbert to football staff |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/02/27/reports-usc-adds-former-star-receiver-keary-colbert-to-football-staff/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Jacob Cruz]]: outfielder for the [[Cincinnati Reds]], graduated from [[Channel Islands High School]]
*[[Tim Curran (surfer)|Tim Curran]]: professional surfer, graduated from [[Oxnard High School]] and resides in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Ethan |date=2008-08-07 |title=World Champion Surfer Timmy Curran Adds Another Notch to His Belt with Word of Mouth |url=https://www.independent.com/2008/08/07/world-champion-surfer-timmy-curran-adds-another-notch-his-belt-word-mouth/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-06 |title=Timmy Curran // Ventura // 3:32 |url=https://www.surfer.com/culture/timmy-curran-ventura-332 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.surfer.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lou Cvijanovich]]: winningest coach in California high school history, coached [[Santa Clara High School (Oxnard)|Santa Clara High School]] to 829 wins from 1958 to 1999<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ledin |first=Loren |date=November 24, 2018 |orig-date=November 24, 2018 |title=Legendary coach Lou Cvijanovich, who turned Santa Clara into a power, dies at age 92 |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/11/24/legendary-high-school-basketball-coach-lou-cvijanovich-dies/2103778002/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Mike |date=2018-12-07 |title=Remembering Coach C: A winner in the game of life |url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/remembering-coach-c-a-winner-in-the-game-of-life/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Maxim Dadashev]] trained in Oxnard with former world champion [[Buddy McGirt]]<ref name="ESPN">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27244105/boxer-dadashev-dies-friday-fight-injuries |title=Boxer Dadashev dies from Friday fight injuries |first1=Dan |last1=Rafael |first2=Steve |last2=Kim |website=ESPN |date=July 23, 2019 |access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rafael |first=Dan |date=2019-07-23 |title=Boxer Dadashev dies from Friday fight injuries |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27244105/boxer-dadashev-dies-friday-fight-injuries |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=reports |first=Staff and wire |date=July 25, 2019 |title=Oxnard boxer from Russia hoped to earn citizenship after fight that killed him |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/07/24/sports-world-mourns-oxnard-boxer-maxim-dadashev-who-died-after-fight/1815747001/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Justin De Fratus]]: relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, grew up in Oxnard, attended Rio Mesa High and Ventura Junior College<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=Justin De Fratus, Los Angeles Dodgers, P - News, Stats, Bio |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/1784923/justin-de-fratus/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Matt |date=2015-03-05 |orig-date=March 5, 2015 |title=Phillies Insights: Justin De Fratus leans on his faith |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/phillies/20150306_More_than_a_player__Phillies__De_Fratus_leans_on_his_faith.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.inquirer.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Charles Dillon (American football)|Charles Dillon]]: wide receiver for [[Green Bay Packers]], played for [[Ventura College]] and [[Washington State University|Washington State]], graduated from Hueneme High School in 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Dillon 2004 Wide Receiver Washington St |url=https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/charles-dillon-104959?view=pv |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=rivals.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-18 |title=Charles Dillon Profile - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site |url=https://wsucougars.com/news/2013/4/18/208261110.aspx |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Washington State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-22 |title=Shock found instant spot for ex-Cougar Dillon |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/22/friendly-reception/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Terrance Dotsy]]: football player
*[[Justin Dumais]]: diver of the 2004 Summer Olympics<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ledin |first=Loren |date=June 3, 2019 |orig-date=June 3, 2019 |title=Homegrown talent honored at Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/06/03/homegrown-talent-honored-ventura-county-sports-hall-fame-induction-banquet/1330229001/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Covelman • • |first=Steven |date=2012-07-03 |title=Ventura Native Troy Dumais Seeks Elusive Olympic Medal |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/troy-dumais-olympics-ventura-diving/1927195/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Beverly Dustrude]]: second base-woman who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
*[[Tony Ferguson]]: a professional [[mixed martial artist]] in the lightweight division of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC), born in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Mike |date=October 9, 2017 |orig-date=October 9, 2017 |title=Oxnard native Ferguson wins interim title, wants McGregor next |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2017/10/09/oxnard-native-ferguson-wins-interim-title-wants-mcgregor-next/746707001/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Gavin |date=2023-12-13 |title=Tony Ferguson Will Always Be “El Cucuy” {{!}} UFC |url=https://www.ufc.com/news/tony-ferguson-will-always-be-el-cucuy-ufc-296 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.ufc.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Scott Fujita]]: [[National Football League|NFL]] linebacker for the [[Cleveland Browns]], graduated from Rio Mesa High School and [[University of California, Berkeley]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daily News |first=The Whittier |date=2007-01-13 |title=NFL: Fujita has own identity |url=https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2007/01/13/nfl-fujita-has-own-identity/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Whittier Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortega |first=John |date=1997-01-23 |title=Measuring Up, Rio Mesa Wins |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-23-sp-21366-story.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Mikey Garcia]]: boxer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Markazi |first=Arash |date=2017-01-26 |title=Mikey Garcia is fighting back the years |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/18554444/boxing-mikey-garcia-fighting-back-years |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=writer |first=Lance Pugmire Lance Pugmire is the Los Angeles Times’ former boxing/MMA/Ducks beat |date=2019-03-06 |title=Mikey Garcia and his trainer-brother shaken by recent tragedies as Spence fight looms |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-mikey-garcia-robert-20190306-story.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Robert Garcia (American boxer)|Robert Garcia]]: retired professional boxer, former [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] [[List of super featherweight boxing champions|Super Featherweight Champion]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=Francisco A. |date=January 17, 2019 |title=Oxnard famed boxing trainer Robert Garcia tries his hand at promoting fight cards |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/01/17/oxnard-famed-boxing-trainer-robert-garcia-tries-his-hand-promoting/2607659002/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Producer |first=Dean Fioresi Web |last2=events |first2=CBS Los Angeles Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles He covers breaking news throughout Southern California When he's not writing about local |last3=Sports |first3=He Enjoys Focusing on |last4=Fioresi |first4=entertainment Read Full Bio Dean |date=2025-03-08 |title=Former champ, renowned trainer Robert Garcia opens boxing gym in Moreno Valley - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/former-champ-renowned-trainer-robert-garcia-opens-boxing-gym-in-moreno-valley/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Phil Giebler]]: race car driver, won Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award for 2007<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oreovicz |first=John |date=2007-05-17 |orig-date=May 17, 2007 |title=Oreovicz: The other Indy rookie |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/columns/story?columnist=oreovicz_john&id=2873767&seriesId=1 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Robert |date=2002-09-27 |orig-date=September 27, 2002 |title=Red Bull F1 driver search candidates unveiled. {{!}} Crash.net |url=https://www.crash.net/f1/news/43641/1/red-bull-f1-driver-search-candidates-unveiled |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.crash.net |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Herculez Gomez]]: soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Seattle Sounders |date=May 24, 2016 |orig-date=May 24, 2016 |title=Seattle Sounders add veteran striker Herculez Gomez {{!}} Seattle Sounders |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/seattle-sounders-add-veteran-striker-herculez-gomez |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Seattle Sounders FC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Seattle Sounders |date=May 24, 2016 |orig-date=May 24, 2016 |title=Sounders FC signs forward Herculez Gomez {{!}} Seattle Sounders |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-fc-signs-forward-herculez-gomez |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Seattle Sounders FC |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Jim Hall]]: race car driver, two-time winning car owner of the [[Indianapolis 500]]
*[[Bud Houser|Lemuel Clarence "Bud" Houser]]: track athlete who won multiple Olympic gold medals, track athlete at Oxnard High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Tod |date=2021-06-27 |title=100 days of Kansas City-area Olympians: Bud Houser, track and field |url=https://www.kshb.com/sports/olympics/100-days-of-kansas-city-area-olympians-bud-houser-track-and-field#google_vignette |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=KSHB 41 Kansas City News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-16 |title=HALL OF CHAMPIONS {{!}} Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame recognizes a rich athletic legacy |url=https://www.vcreporter.com/news/hall-of-champions-ventura-county-sports-hall-of-fame-recognizes-a-rich-athletic-legacy/article_d10ba016-2e3d-553d-801e-0ec97405da01.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=VC Reporter {{!}} Times Media Group - News, Culture, Arts and Opinion |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jeremy Jackson (fighter)|Jeremy Jackson]]: pro-UFC fighter, winner of King of the Mountain 2004, contestant in ''Ultimate Fighter 4 : The Comeback''
*[[Ronney Jenkins]]: 2001 NFL [[Pro Bowl]] kick returner for the [[San Diego Chargers]], graduated from Hueneme High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ledin |first=Loren |date=March 6, 2019 |orig-date=March 6, 2019 |title=Ronney Jenkins leads Fab Five into Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/03/06/ronnie-jenkins-leads-fab-five-into-ventura-county-sports-hall-fame/3080796002/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Lauren |date=1995-11-10 |orig-date=November 10, 1995 |title=HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL : Hueneme Back Gets 619 Yards, 7 Touchdowns |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-10-sp-1491-story.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Nicole Johnson (monster truck driver)|Nicole Johnson]]: [[Monster Jam]] monster truck driver, graduated from Rio Mesa High School
*[[Marion Jones]]: athlete, multiple Olympic gold medalist, attended and ran for Rio Mesa High School
*[[Eric King (baseball)|Eric King]]: former Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Oxnard
*[[Tim Laker]]: former Major League Baseball catcher, played college baseball at Oxnard Community College<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Gary |date=1992-09-13 |orig-date=September 13, 1992 |title=BASEBALL : Laker Leaps at Chance in Majors |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-sp-1475-story.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=staff |first=The Seattle Times |date=2018-11-26 |orig-date=November 26, 2018 |title=Mariners announce Tim Laker as Edgar Martinez's replacement as hitting coach |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-announce-tim-laker-as-edgar-martinezs-replacement-as-hitting-coach/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Dave Laut]]: [[UCLA]] graduate won Olympic Bronze at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] for [[shot put]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web| first=Derry |last=Eads|url=http://archive.vcstar.com/news/education/350645131.html|title=Laut remembered as Olympian, teacher, coach and man with heart of gold|newspaper=Ventura County Star|date=August 28, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moriarty |first=Erin |date=2017-05-27 |orig-date=May 27, 2017 |title=Dave Laut: Death of an Olympian - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dave-laut-jane-laut-death-of-an-olympian-self-defense-or-cold-blooded-murder/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Marjorie |date=April 9, 2016 |orig-date=April 9, 2016 |title=Dave Laut's family still struggles to deal with and understand his murder |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/oxnard/2016/04/09/dave-lauts-family-still-struggles-to-deal-with-and-understand-his-murder/88720428/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Whitney Lewis]]: former USC Trojans and [[University of Northern Iowa]] wide receiver, won 2003 [[Glenn Davis Award]] for the top player in Southern California
*[[Tony Malinosky]]: former Major League Baseball shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers, a longtime resident of Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noland |first=Claire Noland Claire |date=2011-02-09 |title=Tony Malinosky, Brooklyn Dodger who was oldest living major league baseball player, dies at 101 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/afterword/story/2011-02-09/tony-malinosky-brooklyn-dodger-who-was-oldest-living-major-league-baseball-player-dies-at-101 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-09 |orig-date=February 9, 2011 |title=Farewell, Tony Malinosky |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-thoughts/post/_/id/10712/farewell-tony-malinosky |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kristal Marshall]]: [[professional wrestler]] formerly with the [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
*[[Sergio Martínez (boxer)|Sergio Martínez]]: boxer based in Oxnard
*[[Paul McAnulty]]: Major League Baseball outfielder with the [[San Diego Padres]]
*[[Ken McMullen (baseball)|Ken McMullen]]: former Major League Baseball third baseman with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], born in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathews |first=Joe |date=September 12, 2020 |title=Connecting California: The summer camp of my dreams |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2020/09/12/connecting-california-santa-barbara-summer-camp-my-dreams/5769017002/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Eric |date=2022-06-07 |orig-date=June 7, 2022 |title=Dodgers rewind: Ken McMullen |url=https://www.truebluela.com/podcasts/2022/6/7/23151631/dodgers-podcast-ken-mcmullen |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=True Blue LA |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Victor Ortíz]]: professional boxer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diskin |first=Megan |date=December 14, 2020 |orig-date=December 14, 2020 |title=Prosecutors dismiss Oxnard rape charges against local boxer Victor Ortiz |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/oxnard/2020/12/14/boxer-victor-ortiz-rape-charges-dismissed-prosecutors/6545247002/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-26 |title=V. Ortiz facing multiple sexual assault charges |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/24798390/victor-ortiz-facing-multiple-sexual-assault-charges |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mike Parrott]]: professional baseball player and coach, born in Oxnard
*[[Corey Pavin]]: professional golfer; winner of many tournaments, including 1995 [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]; graduated from Oxnard High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/001928/corey-pavin/ |title=Corey Pavin |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=December 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128051334/http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/001928/corey-pavin/ |archive-date=November 28, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Buttitta |first=Bob |date=October 26, 2017 |title=Healthy Corey Pavin hoping to turn in big performance in 'home' event |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2017/10/26/healthy-corey-pavin-hoping-turn-big-performance-home-event/803689001/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Painter |first=Jill |date=2010-09-07 |title=PAINTER: Ryder Cup captain Pavin makes right pick in Fowler |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/09/07/painter-ryder-cup-captain-pavin-makes-right-pick-in-fowler/?noamp=mobile |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Terry Pendleton]]: retired baseball player, 1991 [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]], graduated from [[Channel Islands High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivers |first=Kimberly |date=2021-12-22 |orig-date=December 22, 2021 |title=“HOLD ON AND FIGHT” {{!}} Terry Pendleton, MLB player from Oxnard, offers his story and gives thanks |url=https://www.vcreporter.com/news/hold-on-and-fight-terry-pendleton-mlb-player-from-oxnard-offers-his-story-and-gives/article_ca855b27-32b8-5bb3-af8e-988294e20fae.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=VC Reporter {{!}} Times Media Group - News, Culture, Arts and Opinion |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2021 |title=Oxnard College Graduate and World Series Baseball Player Presented with Statewide Distinguished Alumni Award {{!}} Oxnard College |url=https://www.oxnardcollege.edu/news/oxnard-college-graduate-and-world-series-baseball-player-presented-statewide-distinguished |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.oxnardcollege.edu |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Josh Pinkard]]: free safety for two-time national champion [[University of Southern California]] football team, graduated from Hueneme High School<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2009 |orig-date=February 4, 2009 |title=Football recruit Hall credits family for success |url=https://archive.vcstar.com/news/football-recruit-hall-credits-family-for-success-ep-372406608-351014701.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.vcstar.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zant |first=John |date=2009-01-02 |title=Rose Bowl: First-Half Errors Doom Penn State |url=https://www.independent.com/2009/01/01/rose-bowl-first-half-errors-doom-penn-state/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Brandon Rios]]: Former professional boxer, Former [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] World lightweight champion<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=Francisco A. |date=February 28, 2019 |orig-date=February 28, 2019 |title=Future uncertain for Brandon Rios after latest loss in the ring |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/02/28/future-uncertain-brandon-rios-after-latest-loss-ring/3010268002/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=Francisco A. |date=February 22, 2019 |orig-date=February 22, 2019 |title=Brandon Rios looks to take another step close to winning a world title |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/02/22/brandon-rios-looks-take-another-step-close-winning-world-title/2944148002/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Jacob Rogers]]: offensive tackle for the [[Denver Broncos]], three-year starter and All-American at USC, graduated from Oxnard High School<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/sports/longtime-ventura-county-football-coach-jt-rogers-dies-ep-364843659-340901061.html|title=Longtime Ventura County football coach J.T. Rogers dies|first= Rich |last=Romine |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=June 3, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ledin |first=Loren Ledin and Loren |date=December 20, 2017 |orig-date=December 20, 2017 |title=Rio Mesa QB Austin Maciel named MVP of Pacific View League |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/12/20/rio-mesa-qb-austin-maciel-named-mvp-pacific-view-league/966868001/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Gary |date=2003-09-24 |title=Trojans' Know-It-All |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-24-sp-usc24-story.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Blaine Saipaia]]: football player for the [[St. Louis Rams]], graduated from Channel Islands High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1996-09-20 |orig-date=September 20, 1996 |title=Idaho quarterback Ryan Fien, a graduate of... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-20-sp-45749-story.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Blaine Saipaia Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SaipBl20.htm |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Aaron Small]]: former Major League Baseball pitcher
*[[Paul Stankowski]]: professional golfer, graduated from Hueneme High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glick |first=Shav |date=1989-07-30 |orig-date=July 30, 1989 |title=Golf / Shav Glick : Stankowski Leads SoCal Team in Pacific Coast Play |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-30-sp-960-story.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ledin |first=Loren |title=Ronney Jenkins leads Fab Five into Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/03/06/ronnie-jenkins-leads-fab-five-into-ventura-county-sports-hall-fame/3080796002/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Kevin Thomas (cornerback b. 1978)|Kevin Thomas]]: former NFL cornerback for the [[Buffalo Bills]], graduated from Rio Mesa High School
*[[Josh Towers]]: pitcher for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], graduated from Hueneme High School and [[Oxnard College]]
*[[Steve Trachsel]]: pitcher for the [[Baltimore Orioles]] and [[New York Mets]], born in Oxnard and attended Hathaway Elementary
*[[Fernando Vargas]]: retired boxer, two-time light-middleweight boxing champion, graduated from Channel Islands High School
*[[Dmitri Young]]: baseball player for the [[Washington Nationals]], graduated from Rio Mesa High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sondheimer |first=Eric |date=2020-08-12 |title=Former major leaguer Dmitri Young hired as baseball coach at Camarillo |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2020-08-12/la-sp-dmitri-young-camarillo |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrisette |first=Connor |date=2020-08-13 |title=Dmitri Young, former major leaguer, hired as head baseball coach at Camarillo |url=https://www.si.com/high-school/california/2020/08/13/dmitri-young-former-major-leaguer-hired-as-head-baseball-coach-at-camarillo |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=High School On SI |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Blake Wingle]]: offensive guard for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], [[Green Bay Packers]] and the [[Cleveland Browns]], graduated from Rio Mesa High School
*[[Cierre Wood]]: running back of the Canadian Football League (CFL); former member of the Houston Texans, the New England Patriots, and the Buffalo Bills; graduated from Santa Clara High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Justin L. |date=April 22, 2019 |title=Ex-Notre Dame running back, girlfriend charged with murder in exercise death of 5-year-old |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/04/22/cierre-wood-amy-taylor-charged-murder-exercise-death-5-year-old/3536763002/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritter |first=Ken |date=June 25, 2019 |title=Cierre Wood, girlfriend indicted in Vegas child death case |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/06/25/cierre-wood-girlfriend-indicted-vegas-child-death-case/1563803001/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[David Ochoa]]: soccer player in the MLS for Real Salt Lake and the Mexico Men's National Team, born in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ochoa |first=David |date=2021-08-12 |title=My Path to Mexico {{!}} By David Ochoa |url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/david-ochoa-mexico-national-team-soccer |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=The Players' Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=September 13, 2024 |orig-date=September 13, 2024 |title=LAFC Signs Luca Bombino, David Ochoa, Diego Rosales And Adrian Wibowo From LAFC2 |url=https://www.lafc.com/lafc2/news/lafc-signs-luca-bombino-david-ochoa-diego-rosales-and-adrian-wibowo-from-lafc2 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=LAFC2 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jeremiah Valoaga]]: NFL defensive end, graduated from Channel Islands High School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curley |first=Joe |date=July 18, 2024 |title=A familiar face hopes to revive the Channel High football program |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/07/18/a-familiar-face-hopes-to-revive-the-channel-high-football-program/74451009007/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Curley |first=Joe |date=January 20, 2023 |title=Local chatter: Channel Islands graduate Valoaga makes an instant impact in San Francisco |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/columnists/2019/08/14/local-chatter-valoaga-makes-instant-impact-san-francisco/2001987001/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Darius Vines]]: MLB pitcher born in Oxnard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curley |first=Joe |date=August 31, 2023 |title=St, Bonaventure High graduate Darius Vines spins historic victory in MLB debut for Braves |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2023/08/31/st-bonaventure-graduate-darius-vines-wins-his-major-league-debut/70727845007/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klan |first=Mike |date=2023-08-31 |title=Former St. Bonaventure High School and Oxnard College star pitcher Darius Vines wins in Major League Baseball debut |url=https://keyt.com/news/local-news/2023/08/30/former-st-bonaventure-high-school-and-oxnard-college-star-pitcher-darius-vines-wins-in-major-league-baseball-debut/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=News Channel 3-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>