Editing Aptos, California (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Frank Drake]] - [[SETI]] Founder, prominent Astronomer, [[Drake Equation]].  
* [[Peter Mel]], Professional Surfer, attended Aptos High School, class of 1987
* [[Trent Dilfer]], [[National Football League]] quarterback, attended Aptos High School, class of 1990
* [[Nikki Hiltz]], professional Runner, attended Aptos Middle School
* [[Dave Draper]], body builder, actor, motivational speaker, and author
* [[Mark Eichhorn]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher
* [[Randy Kramer]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, Professional baseball scout Toronto Blue Jays.
* [[Lou Harrison]], composer
* [[Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls, Jr.]], computer scientist
* [[Harry Hooper]], Major League Baseball player and member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]], lived in [[Capitola, California]] and is buried in Aptos. Harry Hooper was one of two players traded by the Boston Red Sox, along with Babe Ruth, that created the Curse of the Bambino.
* [[Edmund Kemper]], also known as the Co-ed Butcher or the Co-ed Killer, an American serial killer, necrophile, and cannibal
* [[Marisa Miller]], model
* [[Bill Miller (umpire)|Bill Miller]], Major League Baseball umpire
* [[John J. Montgomery]], aviation pioneer
* [[Thomas Pynchon]], author
* [[George Windle Read, Jr.]], [[United States Army]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]