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- Academics
- Artists and designers
- Athletes
- Businesspeople and industrialists
- Entertainment
- Leaders (activists and politicians)
- Military
- Musicians, composers and dancers
- Physicians
- Religious leaders
- Scientists and inventors
- Writers and poets
- Criminals
- References
- See also
This is a list of people from Oakland, California, people born in Oakland or who lived in Oakland for a significant time. {{dynamic list}}Academics- Robert Harvey – comparative literature, philosophy
Artists and designers- Natalia Anciso – artist and educator
- Steven F. Arnold – filmmaker, photographer, painter, illustrator, set and costume designer, and assemblage artist
- Garry Knox Bennett – woodworker, metalworker, furniture maker, artist
- Bernice Bing – artist, activist
- Warrington Colescott – artist and educator
- Henry Doane – landscape painter, commercial artist
- Roger C. Field – industrial designer, graduated from California College of the Arts
- Walter J. Mathews – architect, designed the First Unitarian Church of Oakland
- Bernard Maybeck – architect
- Jeremy Mayer – sculptor
- Julia Morgan – architect, raised and buried in Oakland
- Willis O'Brien – animator
- Nathan Oliveira – painter, printmaker, sculptor, professor
- Lisa Quinn – artist, author, designer
- Galen Rowell – photographer
- J. Otto Seibold – artist, illustrator, author
- Seasick Steve – blues musician
- Betty Swords – cartoonist
- Morrie Turner – artist, illustrator, author of the Wee Pals comic strip
- Wendy Yoshimura – artist
Athletes- Zack Andrews – baseball player{{Citation needed|date= December 2012}}
- Pervis Atkins – NFL football player, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, actor, The Longest Yard
- Drew Barry – basketball player[1]
- Jon Barry – basketball player and sportscaster[2]
- Charlie Beamon – baseball pitcher[3]
- Charlie Beamon, Jr. – baseball player{{Citation needed|date= December 2012}}
- Davone Bess – football player[4]
- Will Blackwell – football player[5]
- Linc Blakely – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
- Marlin Briscoe – football player[6]
- John Brodie – football player and sportscaster[7]
- Jabari Brown – basketball player
- Don Budge – tennis player{{Citation needed|date= December 2012}}
- Chris Burford – football player
- Glenn Burke – baseball player[8]
- Steve Clark, swimmer, won five Olympic gold medals
- Ray Crouse – football player[9]
- Bruce Cunningham – Major League Baseball player, Boston Braves
- Antonio Davis – basketball player[10]
- Steve DeBerg – football player[11]
- Bernie DeViveiros – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
- Taylor Douthit – Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
- Forey Duckett – football player[12]
- Dennis Eckersley – baseball player[13]
- Manny Fernandez – football player[14]
- Eric Fernsten – basketball player, NBA, CBA, and Europe[15]
- Curt Flood – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators known for challenging the Reserve clause
- Greg Foster – basketball player[16]
- La Vel Freeman – baseball player[17]
- Len Gabrielson – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
- Len Gabrielson – Major League Baseball player, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Joe Gaines – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros
- Derrick Gardner – football player[18]
- Brad Gilbert – tennis player and coach[19]
- John Gillespie – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
- Jesse Gonder –baseball player
- Drew Gooden – basketball player[20]
- Alexis Gray-Lawson – basketball player, Phoenix Mercury
- Bob Greenwood – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
- Bud Hafey – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
- Tom Hafey – Major League Baseball player, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns
- Roger Harding – football player[21]
- Rickey Henderson – baseball player[22]
- Jan Henne – swimmer, two-time gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics
- Steve Hosey – baseball player[23]
- Al Hrabosky – baseball pitcher and sportscaster[24]
- Proverb Jacobs – NFL football player, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants
- Jackie Jensen – baseball player[25]
- Brian Johnson – baseball player[26]
- Josh Johnson – Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Maurice Jones-Drew – football player[27]
- Robert Jordan – football player{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Bobby Kemp – football player[28]
- Jason Kidd – basketball player and coach[29]
- MacArthur Lane – football player
- Cookie Lavagetto – baseball player and manager[30]
- Tony Lema – golfer[31]
- Bill Lester – NASCAR driver[32]
- Damian Lillard – basketball player[33]
- Ernie Lombardi – baseball player[34]
- Don Lofgran – professional basketball player
- Terrell Lowery – baseball player[35]
- Lorenzo Lynch – football player[36]
- Marshawn Lynch – football player[37]
- Eddie McGah – baseball player, part-owner of Oakland Raiders[38]
- Bill McKalip – college All-American football player, NFL player, Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions
- Joe Mellana – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics
- Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell – streetball player, convicted for armed robbery{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Joe Morgan – baseball second baseman and sportscaster[39]
- Kirk Morrison – football player[40]
- Hank Norberg – football player[41]
- Mike Norris – baseball player[42]
- Zoe Ann Olsen – olympic diver[43]
- Gary Payton – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland[44]
- Gary Pettis – baseball player and coach[45]
- Paul Pierce – basketball player[46]
- Vada Pinson – baseball player and coach[47]
- Jim Pollard – basketball player[48]
- Leon Powe – basketball player[49]
- Jarrod Pughsley – football player[50]
- John Ralston – football player and coach[51]
- Isiah Rider – basketball player[52]
- Chris Roberson – baseball player[53]
- Frank Robinson – baseball player and manager[54]
- Jimmy Rollins – baseball player[55]
- Bill Russell – basketball player and coach[56]
- Luis Scott-Vargas – the Gathering player{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Brian Shaw – basketball player and coach[57]
- Paul Silas – basketball player and coach[58]
- Fred Silva – football official[59]
- Marvel Smith – football player[60]
- Dave Stewart – baseball player and executive[61]
- John Sutro – football player[62]
- Ron Theobald – baseball player[63]
- Jim Tobin – baseball player[64]
- Marviel Underwood – football player[65]
- Langston Walker – football player[66]
- Andre Ward – professional boxer
- George Wells – professional wrestler{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Ray Wells – football player[67]
- Bill Werle – baseball player[68]
- Archie Williams – runner{{Citation needed|date= December 2012}}
- Dontrelle Willis – baseball player[69]
- Rodney Williams – American football player
Businesspeople and industrialists- Stephen Bechtel – engineer, president, CEO of Bechtel Corporation, 1933-1960
- Anthony Chabot – entrepreneur, father of hydraulic mining, namesake of Chabot Space & Science Center, Lake Chabot, and Chabot College, buried in Oakland
- Charles Crocker – railroad tycoon, buried in Oakland
- Debbi Fields – entrepreneur, founder of Mrs. Fields cookies
- Domingo Ghirardelli – founder of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company based in San Francisco, buried in Oakland
- Ken Hofmann – former owner of the Oakland Athletics
- Henry J. Kaiser – entrepreneur, businessman, founder of Kaiser Permanente and Kaiser Family Foundation, buried in Oakland
- Mark Mastrov – founder of 24 Hour Fitness, partial owner of the Sacramento Kings
- Jonah Peretti, Founder of BuzzFeed[70]
- Francis Marion Smith (also known as"Borax" Smith) – miner, business magnate
Entertainment- Mahershala Ali – actor
- Eddie Anderson – actor
- Billie Joe Armstrong – singer
- Max Baer, Jr. – actor, film director
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin – filmmaker and musician
- Pamela Blake – actress
- True Boardman – silent film actor
- David Carradine – actor
- Connie Cezon – actress
- Tracie Collins – actress, writer, theatre director and producer
- Ryan Coogler – director
- Buster Crabbe – actor
- T. D. Crittenden – silent film actor
- Robert Culp – actor
- Mark Curry – actor/comedian
- Walter DeLeon – screenwriter
- Daveed Diggs – actor and rapper
- Rockmond Dunbar – actor, mixed-media artist
- Michael Earl – puppeteer
- Clint Eastwood – actor, Academy Award-winning film producer and director
- Lyndsy Fonseca – actress
- Cary Fukunaga – Emmy Award-winning director
- G-Eazy (Gerald Gillium) – rapper
- Sylvia Gerrish – musical comedy and light opera
- Sumner Getchell – actor
- Gary Goldman – filmmaker
- Michael A. Goorjian – actor and filmmaker
- R. Henry Grey – silent film actor
- Khamani Griffin – child actor
- Mark Hamill – actor
- Bernie Hamilton – actor, Starsky and Hutch
- Tom Hanks – Academy Award-winning actor, raised in Oakland
- Susan Seaforth Hayes – actor
- Russell Hornsby – actor
- Joseph Jackson – talent manager
- Moshe Kasher – comedian, actor, and author/writer; raised in Oakland
- Kehlani – singer
- Joe Knowland – newspaper publisher, actor
- David Labrava – actor, writer, tattoo artist
- Remy Lacroix – adult actress
- Ted Lange – actor
- Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee) – actor, born in Oakland
- Bruce Lee – actor, martial artist
- Nnegest Likké – film director
- Caryl Lincoln – actress
- Dakin Matthews – actor
- Russ Meyer – film director
- Jefferson Moffitt – screenwriter, film director
- Shemar Moore – actor, model
- Mitch Mullany – actor
- Roger Nichols – recording engineer
- Natalie Nunn – television personality
- Laura Oakley – silent film actress
- Orunamamu (Marybeth Washington-Stofle) – storyteller[71]
- Frank Oz – actor, director, puppeteer for Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover on Sesame Street
- John Pappas – actor
- Chelsea Peretti – comedian, actress
- Dorothy Revier – silent film actress, dancer
- Cherie Roberts – adult model, photographer
- Bob Smale – pianist on The Lawrence Welk Show, 1969-1982
- Kellita Smith – actress and model
- Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki) – comedian, actor, Barney Miller
- George Stevens – Academy Award-winning film director
- Cynthia Stevenson – actress
- Ethel Grey Terry – silent film actress
- Colin Trevorrow – film director
- Jo Van Fleet – actress
- Matt Vasgersian – actor, sports broadcaster
- Mills Watson – actor
- Robert Webber – film and TV actor, 12 Angry Men
- Will Wright – game designer
- Daniel Wu – actor
- Bassem Youssef – satirist
- Zendaya – actress
Leaders (activists and politicians)- Richard Aoki – activist{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- William P. Baker – politician[72]
- Sonny Barger – founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Henry G. Blasdel – first governor of Nevada; resident of Oakland[73]
- Jerry Brown – politician, former governor of California and mayor of Oakland[74]
- Albert E. Carter – politician[75]
- Frank Chu – eccentric street protester{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- William Clark, Jr. – diplomat, ambassador{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- C. L. Dellums – organizer and leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Ron Dellums – politician, former U.S. Congressman and Representative, mayor of Oakland[76]
- Warren B. English – Confederate war veteran, politician, realtor[77]
- Heather Fargo – politician, mayor of Sacramento, California{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Lydia Flood Jackson, businesswoman, clubwoman, suffragist, oldest living native of Oakland when she died in 1963[78]
- Marcus Foster – educator, the first African-American Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District[79]
- Alicia Garza – co-founder of Black Lives Matter[80]
- Elihu Harris – politician, former mayor of Oakland{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Kamala Harris – United States senator, presidential candidate, politician, the first female African-American attorney general for the state of California, former district attorney for San Francisco{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Fred Korematsu – Japanese-American who fought forced internment, testing the law in Korematsu v. United States[81]
- Joseph R. Knowland – former U.S. Representative and former owner of the Oakland Tribune, cremated in Oakland[82]
- William F. Knowland – former U.S. Senator[83]
- Barbara Lee – U.S. Representative[84]
- Charles Goodall Lee – dentist, civic leader, benefactor of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee – activist, first Chinese-American woman voter in the U.S.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Richard Lee – horticulturist, activist for the legalization of marijuana{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Joseph McKenna – former Congressman, Justice 9th US Circuit, Attorney General and Associate Justice US Supreme Court.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Edwin Meese III – former United States Attorney General[85]
- Victor H. Metcalf – politician, attorney, banker[86]
- Jessica Mitford – writer, activist, former Communist[87]
- Paul Montauk – Communist politician and two-time candidate for Oakland mayor{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Anca Mosoiu – technology activist{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Nancy Nadel – member of the Oakland City Council{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Huey P. Newton – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party[88]
- Andrew Nisbet, Jr. – member of the Washington House of Representatives and United States Army officer{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Pat Parker – black lesbian poet and activist[89]
- Ed Rosenthal – horticulturist, publisher, activist for the legalization of marijuana{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Byron Rumford – pharmacist
- John A. Russo – Oakland city attorney, former city councilman[90]
- Bobby Seale – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Hettie B. Tilghman – African-American activist and suffragist[91]
- Robert Treuhaft – activist for labor and leftist causes, attorney, writer[92]
- Charles Stetson Wheeler – attorney, Regent of the University of California{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
- Earl Warren – Assistant Attorney City of Oakland, District Attorney of Alameda County, Attorney General of California, Governor of California and US Supreme Court Chief Justice[93]
- Lionel J. Wilson – politician, first African-American mayor of Oakland[94]
- Mother Wright – anti-hunger activist{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
Military- Bud Anderson – USAF (served 1942-1972) fighter pilot and commander, triple ace who retired at the rank of colonel
- Jeremiah C. Sullivan – Civil War general in the Union Army and staff member of Ulysses S. Grant, buried in Oakland
Musicians, composers and dancers- 3XKrazy – male rap group
- Billie Joe Armstrong – musician, lead vocalist and guitarist for the punk rock band Green Day
- Tim Armstrong – musician, lead vocalist of punk rock band Rancid
- Paul Baloff (d. 2002) – former lead singer of thrash metal band Exodus
- Ant Banks – rapper, producer
- Gaylord Birch – musician
- Carla Bley – composer, musician
- Mike Botts – studio musician, drummer for rock band Bread
- Bobby Brackins – rapper, songwriter
- Ian Brennan – Grammy Award-winning record producer and author
- Antonia Brico (born Wilhelmina Wolthius) classical pianist, first woman conductor of New York Philharmonic
- Chris Broderick – musician, lead guitarist for heavy metal band Megadeth
- Peter Buck – musician, guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
- Aaron Burckhard – musician, first drummer of the grunge band Nirvana
- Kevin Cadogan – musician, original lead guitarist of Third Eye Blind
- Emilio Castillo – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
- Mike Clark – musician
- Cold Blood – rock, soul, jazz band
- Keyshia Cole – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, born and raised in Oakland
- Jason Cropper – original band member of Weezer
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien – musician
- Daveed Diggs – rapper and actor
- Digital Underground – rap group
- Rose Ann Dimalanta – musician
- Mike Dirnt – musician, bassist for rock band Green Day
- Sue Draheim – fiddler
- Mac Dre – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in Vallejo
- Dru Down – rapper
- Isadora Duncan – dancer
- Sheila E. – drummer, born in Oakland
- E-A-Ski – rapper, record producer
- En Vogue – Grammy Award nominated female R&B singing group, originated from Oakland in 1990
- Pete Escovedo – musician, born in Oakland
- Robb Flynn – musician best known as lead guitarist and vocalist for Machine Head
- Michael Franti – musician
- Fred Frith – improvisational musician, guitarist, composer, professor of music
- Nils Frykdahl – musician, founding member of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh
- David Garibaldi – musician, member of Tower of Power
- G-Eazy – rapper and producer
- Mic Gillette – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
- Goapele – soul and R&B singer
- Larry Graham – musician
- MC Hammer – musician, born in Oakland
- Jeff Hanneman – guitarist for heavy metal band Slayer
- Shawn Harris – musician; former member of The Matches
- Davey Havok – musician, lead singer for AFI
- Edwin and Walter Hawkins – gospel singers
- Hieroglyphics – rap group, originated from Oakland
- Earl Hines – jazz pianist
- John Lee Hooker – blues singer
- Paul Jackson – musician
- Henry Kaiser – musician, grandson of Henry J. Kaiser
- Keak da Sneak – musician
- Kehlani – singer
- Kid 606 – musician
- Sharon Knight – Celtic musician, founding member of pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
- Kreayshawn – rapper
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
- LaToya London – singer; born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland
- Pep Love – rapper
- The Lovemakers – pop band
- The Luniz – Grammy Award-nominated rap duo
- MC Lars – rapper; post-punk laptop rap
- Michael Manring – bassist, born in D.C., lives in Oakland
- Adrian Marcel – singer
- Jim Martin – musician
- Tony Martin – singer, actor
- Dave Meniketti – rock musician; born and raised in Oakland; lead singer/lead guitarist for Y&T
- Seagram Miller – rapper
- Mistah F.A.B. – rapper
- David Murray – musician
- Fantastic Negrito – musician
- Noaccordion – multimedia project of Onah Indigo[95]
- Numskull – rapper
- Ray Obiedo – musician
- Marty Paich – pianist, composer, arranger, producer, director, conductor
- Harry Partch – composer
- The Phenomenauts – science and space band, refer to Oakland as "Earth's capital"
- Phesto – rapper, producer
- Matt Pike – guitarist of Sleep and High on Fire
- The Pointer Sisters – Grammy Award-winning R&B singing group
- Pooh-Man – rapper
- Francis Rocco Prestia – musician
- Perri "Pebbles" Reid – singer-songwriter, manager of TLC
- San Quinn – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in San Francisco
- Richie Rich – rapper
- Cynthia Robinson – musician
- Raphael Saadiq – musician
- Arion Salazar – musician in Third Eye Blind
- Pharoah Sanders – musician
- Timothy B. Schmit – rock musician, bassist for the Eagles
- E.C. Scott – blues singer, songwriter and record producer; television host
- Tupac Shakur – rapper, lived in Oakland
- Shock G – rapper
- Sharon Shore – ballet dancer, model
- Calvin E. Simmons – symphony orchestra conductor, namesake of Calvin Simmons Theatre, born in San Francisco
- Souls of Mischief – rap group
- J. Stalin – rapper, co-founder of Livewire Records
- Steady Mobb'n – rap duo
- Shakir Stewart – record producer, Senior Vice President of Island Def Jam Music Group
- Freddie Stone – musician
- Rose Stone – musician
- Sly Stone – musician
- Bill Summers – musician
- The Team – rap group
- Tony! Toni! Toné! – R&B singing group
- Too Short – rapper, born in Los Angeles, lived in Oakland from 1980 to 1994
- Tower of Power – band, formed and based in Oakland
- Tre Cool – musician, drummer for rock band Green Day
- Tune-Yards – band; indie, afro-funk
- Weasel Walter – progressive rock and free jazz musician/composer
- Freddie Washington – musician
- Lenny Williams – musician, early member of Tower of Power
- Y&T – rock band, formed in Oakland 1974
- Yukmouth – rapper
- Zendaya – singer, dancer, actress
Physicians- Samuel Merritt – practiced in San Francisco, namesake of Merritt College, Merritt Hospital, and Lake Merritt, buried in Oakland
Religious leaders- David A. Bednar – LDS Apostle, born in Oakland
- David Berg – controversial cult leader, founder of Children of God
- Yusuf Bey – controversial Black Muslim activist, indicted for child rape
- Mose Durst – author, educator, former president of the Unification Church
- James Ishmael Ford – Zen Buddhist priest and Unitarian Universalist minister
- Ray Frank – female Jewish leader
- Jack Hayford – minister, chancellor, songwriter
- Judah Leon Magnes – prominent Reform rabbi
- Carol Anne O'Marie – Roman Catholic nun, mystery fiction writer
- Bebe Patten – evangelist and founder of Patten University
- Clarence Richard Silva – Catholic bishop from Oakland, current Bishop of Honolulu
- Richard B. Stamps – anthropologist, archeologist, president of the Taipei Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Allen Henry Vigneron – Catholic bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland
Scientists and inventors- Fernando J. Corbató – computer scientist
- Frederick Cottrell – inventor
- Kim Eric Drexler – engineer, molecular nanotechnology theorist
- Frank Epperson – popsicle inventor
- Alexei Filippenko – astrophysicist, professor of astronomy
- Lloyd N. Ferguson – first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
- Ansel Franklin Hall – first park naturalist for Yosemite National Park, first Chief Forester for the National Park Service
- Richard F. Johnston – ornithologist, academic and author
- Ingemar Henry Lundquist – inventor and mechanical engineer
- Stanley Miller – chemist
Writers and poets- Daniel Alarcon – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Catherine Asaro – writer
- Chauncey Bailey – journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery
- Delilah L. Beasley – first African-American columnist to be published in a major newspaper
- Charles Borden – writer, sailed around the globe four times
- Anthony Boucher – writer
- Garrett Caples – poet, writer
- Jon Carroll – columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Frank Chin – writer
- Daniel Clowes – comic book writer, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, currently resides in Oakland
- Robert Duncan – poet
- Sarah Webster Fabio – African-American writer, poet, educator; born in Nashville, lived in Oakland 1955-1979
- Robert Harvey – literary theorist, born in Oakland
- Bruce Henderson – author, born in Oakland
- Sidney Howard – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Daedalus Howell – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Jack London – writer, raised in Oakland, namesake of Jack London Square
- Rod McKuen – poet, composer, singer
- Joaquin Miller – poet, lived in Oakland from 1886–1913
- Jessica Mitford – author
- Jess Mowry – writer
- Ray Nelson – science-fiction writer
- Frank Norris – author, buried in Oakland
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau – author, speaker, and podcaster
- Ishmael Reed – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Mary Roach – science writer, currently resides in Oakland
- William Saroyan – dramatist, author, lived in Oakland from 1913-1918
- Jason Shiga – author, cartoonist, puzzle designer
- Emji Spero – writer, poet, performance artist
- Jan Steckel – poet, writer, bisexual activist
- Alex Steffen – writer, born in Oakland
- Gertrude Stein – writer
- Robert Louis Stevenson;[96] writer
- Amy Tan – writer, born in Oakland
- Nellie Wong – poet and activist, born in Oakland
- Shawn Wong – writer, English professor
- Helen Zia – writer, journalist, and activist, currently resides in Oakland
Criminals- Felix Mitchell – notorious drug lord and gang leader of the 1970s and early 1980s
- Hans Reiser – computer programmer, owner of Namesys, convicted of murdering his wife
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