Here follows a list of people from Fullerton, California; that is, of persons born in or who have spent a significant portion of their life in Fullerton, California.

Arts

• C.S. Forester, novelist^[1]
• Dave Halili, album cover illustrator & designer^[2]
• Jeff Soto, contemporary artist ^[3]
• Philip K. Dick, author, science fiction^[4]

Athletics

• Al Campanis, baseball player and executive.
• Arky Vaughan, Hall of Fame baseball player^[5]
• C. J. Cron, professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins^[6]
• D. J. Houlton, baseball player who currently plays for Yomiuri Giants in Japan^[7]
• Dan Kennedy, soccer player^[8]
• David Newhan, baseball player^[9]
• Ed Amelung, baseball player^[10]
• Eric Wynalda, soccer player^[11]
• Gary Carter, baseball player, member of MLB Hall of Fame, attended Sunny Hills High School^[12]
• Gary Zimmerman, football player^[13]
• Hector Dyer, Olympic swimmer^{[citation needed]}
• Jack Salveson, baseball player
• Jeff Tam, baseball player^[14]
• Jim Edmonds, baseball player^[15]
• John Sullivan, football player
• Karlie Samuelson, basketball player^[16]
• Katie Lou Samuelson, basketball player^[17]
• Keith Van Horn, basketball player^[18]
• Kourtney Kunichika, professional ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL
• Lynn Hill, competitive rock climber^[19]
• Mike Witt, baseball pitcher^[20]
• Paul Abbott, baseball pitcher^[21]
• Phil Nevin, baseball player^[22]
• Randy Jones, baseball pitcher^[23]
• Shaun Butler, BMX rider^[24]
• Shawn Ray, bodybuilder^[25]
• Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame baseball manager and Dodgers executive, lived in Fullerton^[26]
• Kay Hansen, mixed martial artist

Film, Television & Theatre

• Chris Hebert, actor^[27]
• Chuck Knipp^{[citation needed]}
• James Cameron, Oscar-winning film director^[28]
• Jenna Haze, actress^[29]
• Jeremy Gable, playwright ^[30]
• John Raitt, Broadway, television, and film actor and singer^[31]
• Kevin Costner, actor and Oscar-winning director, graduate of California State University, Fullerton
• Kim Chambers^{[citation needed]}
• Michael McDonald, actor and comedian^[32]
• Skip Stellrecht, actor^[33]
• Steven Seagal, actor^[34]
• Suzanne Crough, actress^[35]

Music

• Agent Orange (band)^[36][37]
• Alfie Agnew, mathematician, songwriter and musician^[38]
• Brian St. Clair, drummer for Local H, was raised in Fullerton, California^{[citation needed]}
• Dennis Danell, musician^[39]
• Frank Agnew, songwriter and musician^[38]
• Gwen Stefani, singer and television personality^[40]
• Jackson Browne, folk music singer-songwriter, graduated from Sunny Hills High School^[41]
• Jory Prum, recording engineer^[42]
• Leo Fender, inventor, guitar manufacturer^[43]
• Lit (band)^[44]
• Mike Ness, musician^[45]
• Rikk Agnew, songwriter and musician^[38]
• Social Distortion^[46]
• Stacey Q, singer, songwriter & actress
• The Adolescents^[47][48]
• Tui St. George Tucker, composer, recorder player, instrument developer^[49]
• Überzone, electronic musician^[50]
• Yeat, rapper^[51]

Politics

• Dick Ackerman, politician^[52]
• Lon Nol, former president of Khmer Republic^[53]
• Sam L. Collins, politician^[54]
• Viet D. Dinh, assistant U.S. Attorney General under George W. Bush^[55]
• William E. Dannemeyer, politician^[56]

Other

• David Boies, attorney^[57]
• James Harder, engineer, professor^[58]
• Ethel Jacobson, poet^[59]
• Leon Leyson, believed to be the youngest member of the Schindlerjuden who were saved from the Holocaust by Oskar Schindler^[60]
• Kelly Thomas, homeless man beaten to death by the Fullerton Police Department^{[citation needed]}
• John Witt (Ballhawk), baseball collector^[61]