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This is a list of notable people from San Francisco, California. It includes people who were born or raised in, lived in, or spent significant portions of their lives in San Francisco, or for whom San Francisco is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Francisco. This list is in order by primary field of notability and then in alphabetical order by last name.

Academics
  • Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836–1900), promoter of the first cable car line, regent of the University of California 1868–1900
  • (1842–1919), first female regent of the University of California, socialite, philanthropist, feminist, and suffragist
  • (born 1947), professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University

Artists and designers
Architects
  • Edward Charles Bassett (1922–1999), San Francisco–based architect, designed many of the buildings in San Francisco with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  • (1908–2005), architect and professor; born in San Francisco
  • Joseph Esherick (1914–1998), residential architect
  • Richard Gage, San Francisco–based architect and 9/11 activist, founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
  • George W. Homsey (1926–2019), known for design of stations
  • (1866–1946), architect, designed many houses in Pacific Heights, often in a Tudor Revival influenced style with half-timbered, half-stucco, he resided in San Francisco at 2980 Vallejo Street
  • (1922–2016), Japanese-American Modernist architect, born in San Francisco
  • (1892–1957), architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement
  • (1872–1957), architect; born in San Francisco
  • Timothy Ludwig Pflueger (1892–1946), architect, interior designer and architectural lighting designer; born in San Francisco
  • (1867–1924), architect of many well-known buildings in San Francisco
  • Charles M. Rousseau (1848–1918), Kingdom of Belgium-born American architect
  • (1891–1977), architect, home builder/contractor, and real estate developer
  • (1895–1973), architect, professor of architecture at University of California, Berkeley, and at MIT

Designers
  • Gilbert Baker (1951–2017), artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the , lived in San Francisco from the 1970s until 1994
  • Josh Begley (born 1984), digital artist and designer that works with data visualization, born in San Francisco
  • Yves Béhar (born 1967), industrial designer, resides in San Francisco in Cow Hollow
  • (born 1955), celebrated event designer, art fair founder, and local arts administrator; moved to San Francisco in 1978
  • (1946–2014), music poster artist
  • (born 1946), music poster artist, toy designer, resides in San Francisco

Fashion, apparel
  • (1928–2009), apparel entrepreneur; with Doris Fisher, co-founder of The Gap, Inc; born, raised and lived in San Francisco
  • Doris F. Fisher (born 1931), apparel entrepreneur; with Donald Fisher, co-founder of The Gap, Inc; born, raised and lived in San Francisco
  • Jessica McClintock (1930–2021), fashion designer
  • (1829–1902), German-born American Gold Rush-era businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans, Levi Strauss & Co., headquartered in San Francisco
  • William Ware Theiss (1930–1992), costume designer
  • (1943–2015), apparel entrepreneur, co-founder of , and later The North Face
  • Susie Tompkins Buell (born 1943), apparel entrepreneur, co-founder of

Fiber art, textile design
  • Dominic Di Mare (born 1932), fiber arts, mixed media sculptor, watercolorist; born in San Francisco and lived there for many years
  • Trude Guermonprez (1910–1976), -born American , designer and educator, known for her landscapes; lived in San Francisco 1951–1976
  • (born 1926), Japanese–American best known for her three-dimensional woven monofilament hangings; born in San Francisco and taught at City College of San Francisco

Illustrators, comic book artists
  • Arthur Adams (born 1963), comic book artist known for his work on Longshot and Monkeyman and O'Brien, as of 2001 he lives in San FranciscoCooke, Jon B. "The Art of Arthur Adams"; reprinted from Comic Book Artist #17, November 15, 2001George Khoury and Eric Nolen-Weathington. Modern Masters Volume Six: Arthur Adams, 2006, TwoMorrows Publishing.
  • (born 1957), creator
  • Gabriela Alemán (born ca. 1995), Mission District–born illustrator and artist
  • (born 1943), cartoonist, started his career in San Francisco
  • (1883–1970), cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor
  • (born 1946), cartoonist and comic artist, born in San Francisco
  • Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948–2022), cartoonist, lived in San Francisco for many years
  • Paul Terry (1887–1971), cartoonist and film producer who created
  • (born 1957), The New Yorker illustrator, lives in Cole Valley, San Francisco

Jewelry
  • (1902–1993), modernist jeweler, and abstract painter; born in San Francisco
    (1989). 9780961611217, Hughes.
  • (1966–1981), jeweler, gallerist, museum founder, and curator of folk art
  • (1917–2003), sculptor and jewelry designer, part of the mid-century jewelry movement
  • Margaret De Patta (1903–1964), jewelry, part of the mid-century jewelry movement; lived and died in San Francisco
  • Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001), and his spouse Virginia Macchiarini, jewelry designers and have a workshop in North Beach
  • (1921–2012), jewelry design, goldsmith; lived and died in San Francisco
  • Byron August Wilson (1918–1992), jewelry design and sculptor
    (2025). 9780811843744, Chronicle Books. .
  • Bob Winston (1915–2003), jeweler, sculptor, and educator; active and founding member of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco

Mixed media, installation
  • Mark Adams (1925–2006), public art, watercolors of subjects, tapestry designers, and stained glass artist
  • (born 1952), experimental filmmaker
  • Jim Campbell (born 1956), artist known for his LED light works
  • (1933–2008), multimedia artist, lived in San Francisco in the mid-1960s
  • (born 1968), textile and fiber artist, papermaker and book arts, based in San Francisco
  • (1918–2007), environmental artist and activist
  • David Ireland (1930–2009), sculptor, conceptual artist and minimalist architect
  • Nevdon Jamgochian (born 1971), multidisciplinary artist Nevdon Jamgochian, Lidepla on Luna
  • Hayward Ellis King (1928–1990), collagist, painter, and curator
  • (born 1974), mixed media artist Aaron Kraten artist interview – REDEFINE MAGAZINE
  • (born 1959), sculptor, photographer and printmaker based in San Francisco
  • (1956–2015), graphic designer and collage artist, lived and worked in the Mission District
  • Reminisce (born 1970), also known as Ruby Rose Neri; street artist, sculptor, painter, part of the art movement
  • Antonio Sotomayor (1902–1985), Bolivian-born muralist, , illustrator
  • (1936–2013), Filipino-American mixed media visual artist, painter, curator and educator; born and raise in the Tenderloin neighborhood
  • (born 1939), experimental filmmaker and mixed media installation artist

Painters
  • (1896–1977), abstract painter, lithographer, fine art teacher and collector
  • Elaine Badgley Arnoux (1926–2023), portraitist, painter, sculptor
  • (born 1981), visual artist, painter, born and raised in San Francisco
  • (1932–2020), photorealist painter
  • (1936–1998), painter
  • Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter, born in San Francisco
  • (1938–1990), painter
  • (born 1949), painter
    (2025). 9780313334511, Greenwood Publishing Group. .
  • (1923–2004), painter
  • (born 1948), painter, muralist; raised in Hunter's Point
  • Pele de Lappe (1916–2007), social realist painter and printmaker, and political cartoonist; born in San Francisco and lived there many years
  • (1929–1989), visual artist, co-founder of Six Gallery
  • Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), painter
  • (born 1949), still life painter
  • (1875–1946), painter of the
  • (born 1952), English portrait and abstract artist, lived in San Francisco in 1998 and 1999
  • (1923–2015), representational painter
  • Jean Halpert–Ryden (1919–2011), painter, printmaker, drawing
  • (1906–1957), painter, calligrapher
  • (1928–2003), painter
  • (born 1944), Chicana artist and painter
  • , painter]] (born 1976), painter
  • (born 1968), painter, part of the art movement
  • Kali (1918–1998), Polish painter and World War II veteran, moved to San Francisco in 1953 and died in San Francisco in 1998
  • Margaret Kilgallen (1967–2001), painter, part of the art movement
  • Jane Kim (born 1981), painter, science illustrator and the founder of Ink Dwell studio, based in San Francisco
  • Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856–1942), portrait and genre painter born in San Francisco, life partner of French painter (1822–1899)
  • Arthur F. Mathews (1860–1945), painter, major influence in the Arts and Crafts movement
  • Lucia Kleinhans Mathews (1870–1955), painter, major influence in the Arts and Crafts movement
  • (born 1966), painter, part of the art movement
  • (1928–2010), painter, lived in San Francisco for many years, part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement
  • Frederick E. Olmsted (1911–1990), painter, born and raised in San Francisco, former student of ; has a mural is at CCSF
  • Jules Eugene Pages (1867–1946), painter
  • Deborah Remington (1930–2010), abstract painter
  • Lala Eve Rivol (1913–1996), worked with the Works Project Administration to illustrate rock art sites in the western United States
  • Charles Dorman Robinson (1847–1933), painter
  • (born 1976), artist, painter, part of the art movement
  • (born 1934), painter associated with pop art, surrealism, and expressionism
  • David Simpson (born 1928), abstract painter and co-founder of Six Gallery
  • (1910–1997), abstract painter
  • (1885–1973), sculptor, social realist painter and muralist, active in San Francisco in 1920 and 1930s, contributed to the mural project
  • (1920–2021), pop artist
  • (1936–1989), Filipino-American painter who pioneered the hard-edge painting style; born and raised in the Fillmore district
  • (born 1966), painter and sound artist
  • (1946–1999), painter from New York's East Village art scene of the 1980s, grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown
  • (1898–1985), muralist

Photographers
  • (1902–1984), photographer and environmentalist, born and raised in San Francisco
  • (born 1941), photographer
  • (1905–1998), German-born American photographer and painter
  • Treu Ergeben Hecht (1875–1937), Tahiti-born American photographer
  • (born 1951), photographer
  • (1895–1965), photographer
  • (1924–2022), photographer

Printmakers
  • Grafton Tyler Brown (1841–1918), lithographer; first African-American artist to create works depicting the Pacific West
    (2011). 9780195335798, Oxford University Press. .
  • (born 1935), intaglio, founder of Crown Point Press
  • Ernest de Soto (1923–2014), lithographer, founder of de Soto Workshop
  • George Michael Gaethke (1898–1982), WPA printmaker and painter
    (1986). 9780961611200, Hughes Publishing Company. .
  • Rupert García (born 1941), silkscreen, one of the co-founders of Galería de la Raza, and part of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano Art Movement
  • (1937–2019), Nomtipom- American Indian artist working in many mediums including printmaking, professor, curator, ceremonial dancer; born and raised in San Francisco
  • (1934–1985), silkscreen, one of the co-founders of Galería de la Raza, and part of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano Art Movement
  • (1920–2017), letterpress, typographer
  • Beth Van Hoesen (1926–2010), printmaker, painter, and drawer; known for her animal artwork and Castro District portraits

Sculptors
  • (1915–2004) sculptor
  • (1926–2013), sculptor, lived and died in San Francisco
  • Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano (1890–1970), sculptor, lived and died in San Francisco
  • (1898–1976), sculptor
  • (born 1969), sculptor
  • (1888–1967), sculptor, one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national reputation
  • (1920–2011), acrylic artist and sculptor
  • (born 1939), sculptor, musician and songwriter
  • (1930–2021), sculptor, part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement
  • Gottardo Piazzoni (1872–1945), painter, muralist, sculptor
  • Raymond Puccinelli (1904–1986), sculptor and educator; born and raised in San Francisco, lived in Italy in later life
    (2025). 9781884038082, Crocker Art Museum. .
  • (1938–2024), artist, born in San Francisco and grew up in the Outer Sunset district
  • (1921–2016), sculptor of industrial found objects, founder of "The Point" art colony at Hunters Point
  • (1890–1979), bronze sculptor and architectural sculptor; restored the from 1930s to 1950s
  • (1893–1998), ceramicist

Athletes
Baseball
See San Francisco Giants#Baseball Hall of Famers for San Francisco Giants players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • (1928–1996), third baseman
  • (1887–1961), outfielder, played for the Chicago White Sox (1911–1914), Philadelphia Athletics (1917) and New York Yankees (1919–1921), born and raised in San Francisco
  • (originally "Sam Cohen"; 1896–1977), Major League Baseball player
    (2025). 9781400054121, New York : Harmony Books. .
  • (born 1964), outfielder
  • (1946–2003), outfielder
  • (born 1955), pitcher for San Francisco Giants (1980–1984)
  • Madison Bumgarner (born 1988), pitcher for San Francisco Giants
  • (born 1984), pitcher
  • (1907–1997), first baseman, played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, born and raised in San Francisco
  • (1894–1949), shortstop
  • (born 1937), 1st baseman, inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • (1929–2011), outfielder,
    (1979). 9780025789708, Macmillan Publishing. .
    born and raised in San Francisco
  • (1875–1945), pitcher, born in San Francisco
  • (1906–1984), infielder, Baseball Hall of Fame, born and raised in San Francisco
  • (1910–2002), shortstop and coach
  • (born 1942), infielder
  • (1912–1996), first baseman
  • (1928–2016), shortstop
  • (1917–2009), outfielder
  • Bob Elliott (1916–1966), player and manager
  • (1942–2014), player and manager
  • (1945–2018), third baseman for the San Francisco Giants and California Angels (1970–1973)
  • (born 1980), outfielder for Boston Red Sox
  • (1924–1953), player in one MLB game
  • (1894–1951), outfielder, Baseball Hall of Fame
  • (born 1953), first baseman
  • (1927–1982), also in the College Football Hall of Fame
  • (1916–2011), player and manager
  • (1900–1988), third baseman
  • George Kelly (1895–1984), first baseman, Baseball Hall of Fame
  • (born 1965), head coach of the Golden State Warriors and eight-time
  • (1904–1993), infielder for 1927 New York Yankees
  • (1903–1946), infielder, Baseball Hall of Fame
  • (born 1984), pitcher
  • (1938–2018), 1st baseman, inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • (born 1980), outfielder for Milwaukee Brewers
  • (born 1983), outfielder
  • (born 1980), baseball pitcher for (2002–2004), born in San Francisco
  • (1863–1902), pitcher
  • (born 1951), outfielder
  • Tyler Walker (born 1976), relief pitcher for Washington Nationals

Basketball
  • (born 1973), basketball player
  • (born 1938)
  • (1915–2008), Olympic and USF coach
  • Gary Payton (born 1968), NBA player
  • Phil Smith (1952–2002)
  • (1915–1987), San Francisco high school and college coach

Boxing
  • (1883–1970), world featherweight champion
  • James J. Corbett (1866–1933), world heavyweight champion
  • (born 1984), 2004 Olympics light heavyweight gold medal winner

Football
  • (born 1967), CFL wide receiver
    (2025). 9780983513667, Maher Sports Media.
  • (born 1946), NFL quarterback and 1967 Heisman Trophy winner
  • (born 1963), NFL defensive back for Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers
  • (born 1977), NFL quarterback for New England Patriots and two-time NFL most valuable player
  • (born 1973), NFL linebacker for New England Patriots
  • (born 1947), USC and NFL defensive lineman
  • (born 1974), NFL running back for Green Bay Packers
  • (1920–2002), NFL center
  • (born 1995), NFL defensive end for the
  • Eddie Forrest (1921–2001), NFL offensive lineman for San Francisco 49ers
  • Jason Hill (born 1985), NFL wide receiver for Jacksonville Jaguars
  • (born 1948), NFL head coach for Green Bay Packers and president of
  • (born 1971), NFL player
  • (born 1963), NFL player
  • (born 1956), NFL quarterback for San Francisco 49ers, inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • (1936–2011), NFL guard with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins; one of the first African American players to play for the Washington Redskins
  • (1939–1994), Oakland Raiders tackle
  • (born 1982), NFL defensive end for Dallas Cowboys
  • (born 1962), NFL wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers, inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • (born 1940), head coach of the San Francisco 49ers (1989–1996), Carolina Panthers (1999–2001)
  • O. J. Simpson (1947–2024), NFL running back with Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers (1985); inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame; previously, City College of San Francisco and USC running back
  • Donald Strickland (born 1980), current NFL cornerback for the New York Jets
  • Eric Wright (born 1985), NFL cornerback for Detroit Lions
  • (born 1961), NFL quarterback for San Francisco 49ers, inductee into Pro Football Hall of Fame

Golf

Other sports
  • (born 1975), race car driver
  • (1916–2013), motor racing team owner and mechanic
  • (born 1950), soccer player who was the first black American player in the North American Soccer League
  • Cheerleader Melissa (born 1982), pro wrestler
  • , Olympic gold medalist diver]] (born 1969), two-time Olympic medallist in 110m hurdles
  • (1926–2012), two-time Olympic gold medalist and one-time silver medalist in swimming
  • (1924–2010), two-time Olympic gold medalist, diver, first Asian American gold medalist
  • (born 1963), Olympic hammer thrower
  • Al Gordon (1902–1936), race car driver
  • (1885–1966), German-born American Olympic fencer
  • (born 1964), surfer
  • (1908–1997), tennis player
  • (born 1971), motocross rider
  • (born 2006), soccer player
  • (born 1975), freestyle skiing Olympic gold medalist
  • Jimmy Murphy (1894–1924), race car driver
  • (born 1997), artistic gymnast
  • (born 1980), player for the Washington Capitals
  • (born 1984), 2-time track & field Olympian, American record holder at 1500m, world record holder in distance medley relay
  • (1924–1995), fly fisherman
  • (1906–1985), Olympic track and field gold medalist
  • (born 1996),
  • Ben Wildman-Tobriner (born 1984), Olympic swimming gold medalist
  • (born 1946), drag racing world champion

Business
  • (1863–1924), inventor of medical equipment in the field of electricity therapy
  • (born 1985), chairman of , co-chairman of
  • (1907–1996), attorney known as "The King of Torts", died in San Francisco
  • Friedrich Bendixen (1864–1920), American-born German banker
  • (born 1964), founder and co-CEO of
  • Nathan Blecharczyk (born 1983), chief strategy officer and co-founder of
  • Thomas Henry Blythe (born Thomas Williams, 1822–1883), emigrated to the San Francisco from and became a wealthy capitalist
  • Bill Bowes (1926–2016), venture capitalist, philanthropist, and co-founder of U.S. Venture Partners
  • (born 1963), real estate investor
  • (born 1981), CEO and co-founder of
  • (born 1984), CEO and co-founder of and founder of
  • (born 1951), angel investor and philanthropist
  • George Washington Dennis (–1916), 19th-century , real estate developer, and advocate for Black rights
  • (born 1942), co-founder of Fox Broadcasting Company
  • (born 1944), CEO of J. Crew and Gap Inc.
  • (1928–2009), co-founder of the Gap clothing company
  • Doris F. Fisher (born 1931), co-founder of the Gap clothing company
  • Philip Arthur Fisher (1907–2004), investor, author, entrepreneur
  • Aaron Fleishhacker (1820–1898), paper box manufacturer, Gold Rush-era entrepreneur, local philanthropist
  • (born 1981), co-founder and Chief Product Officer of
  • (born 1934), oil philanthropist and composer
  • (1934–2011), private equity investor and founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival
  • Jess Jackson (1930–2011), wine entrepreneur and founder of wine company
  • (1955–2011), co-founder of Apple Inc., born in and adopted in San Francisco
  • (born 1975), co-founder
  • (1858–1934), Chinese-born industrialist and banker; founder of Chinatown in San Francisco, as well as Chinatown in Oakland, California
  • (1796–1876), real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences
  • (born 1947), founder of
  • (born 1975), information technology executive, and co-founder of Lumi Labs; former president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!
  • Jesse B. McCargar (1879–1954), banker and industrialist
  • (1872–1947), bail bonds broker, called "the Fountainhead of Corruption" in 1937 police graft investigation
  • Morris Meyerfeld Jr. (1855–1935), German-born entrepreneur and theater owner (Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit)
  • Gordon E. Moore (1929–2023), co-founder of Intel Corporation, author of Moore's law
  • (born 1954), venture capitalist at
  • (born 1951), founder of
  • (born 1983), co-founder of
  • Jack O'Neill (1923–2017), founder of O'Neill surf equipment
  • , real estate developer
  • (born 1966), founder of
  • (1929–2022), , creative director, author, , and bon vivant
  • William Chapman Ralston (1826–1875), founder of the Bank of California
  • (born 1977), who co-founded Revision3, , , and Milk
  • (1962–2023), co-founder and CEO of the deep-sea exploration company
  • Charles R. Schwab (born 1937), businessman, founder of Schwab investment firm
  • Jessie L. Seal (1864–1946), floriculturist; floristry business owner
  • (born 1949), CEO of sex toy company
  • (born 1957), hedge fund manager and political activist
  • (1829–1902), German-American Gold Rush-era businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans, Levi Strauss & Co., headquartered in San Francisco
  • (1922–1994), LGBT leader, bar owner and co-founder of the
  • (1830–1898), German-American engineer, business man, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of 1895–1897
  • (1986–2011), co-founder of
  • (1946–2011), co-founder of Thrasher Magazine and Independent Truck Company
  • (born 1967), co-founder of , founder of
  • Richard M. Tobin (1866–1952), president of Hibernia Bank and Minister to the Netherlands
  • (1819–1907), early -era pioneer in the Mission District, of San Francisco, businessman, , member of the first Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco, and horse racing enthusiast
  • (1888–1967), aviation pioneer, founded the predecessors to both United Airlines and Continental Airlines
  • (1946–2006), creator of Thrasher Magazine, co-creator of Independent Trucks
  • Pat Walker (1939–1999), activist, poet, and businesswoman
    (2025). 9781451694116, Simon & Schuster. .
  • Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), co-founder of Diaspora

Chefs

Crime
  • (born 1930), also known as the Trailside Killer, a serial killer on hiking trails around the Bay Area; born and raised in San Francisco
  • Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow (born 1959), Hong Kong-born felon with ties to a Chinatown street gang and an organized crime syndicate
  • Richard Allen Davis (born 1954), career criminal convicted of killing Polly Klaas; born and raised in San Francisco
  • , also known as the Black Doodler, unidentified believed responsible for up to 16 murders and three assaults of men in San Francisco between January 1974 and September 1975; had a habit of sketching his victims prior to their sexual encounters and slayings by stabbing
  • Alice Maud Hartley (c. 1864–1907), murdered Nevada state senator Murray D. Foley by gunshot in 1894 "Slayer of M.D. Foley Becomes a Bride," San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 1899, page 15
  • (1931–1978), cult leader of the
  • (1945–1985), serial killer alongside his accomplice
  • (1872–1947), crime boss working alongside his brother Thomas, nicknamed the "King of the Tenderloin"
  • (1897–1928), serial killer and
  • The Zodiac Killer, unidentified serial killer active in the 1960s

Entertainment industry
Actors

Dancers

Filmmakers
  • Chris Columbus (born 1958), director
  • Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939), film director, writer, producer, winery owner, San Francisco restaurateur
  • (born 1971), director
  • (1904–1977), director
  • (born 1962), director
  • (1971–2004), film director, screenwriter, and producer
  • (born 1936), film director
  • (1942–2011), underground film director and video artist, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic
  • (1900–1987), director, producer, actor
  • (born 1944), director and producer
  • (born 1965), TV writer, producer, director
  • Mary Eunice McCarthy (1899–1969), screenwriter, playwright, and author "Sparkling New Columnist Starts". West Los Angeles Independent. October 9, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  • The Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, adult industry pioneers including adult cinema and adult film production
  • (born 1965), cult-underground filmmaker
  • (born 1962), film curator, filmmaker, author, and LGBT film historian
  • (born 1944), screenwriter and filmmaker
  • (1919–2000), film producer
  • (born 1967), filmmaker and multimedia artist
  • Joe Talbot (born 1991), director
  • (born 1949), director
  • (1920–1989), creator and producer of animated TV series
  • , director of the cult film

Promoters and managers

Theatre

Military
  • James Millikin Bevans (1899–1977), U.S. Air Force general
  • John W. Bowen, U.S. Army lieutenant general
  • Daniel Callaghan (1890–1942), U.S. navy admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Kenneth J. Houghton (1920–2006), U.S. Marine Corps general and Navy Cross recipient
  • William Payne Jackson (1868–1945), U.S. Army major general
  • William Harrington Leahy (1904–1986), U.S. Navy admiral
  • Robert Houston Noble, U.S. Army general
  • G. S. Patrick (1907–1999), U.S. Navy admiral and Navy Cross recipient
  • (1882–1908), U.S. Army , aviator, first person to die in a plane crash
  • William T. Shorey (1859–1919), first black San Francisco sea captain
  • William Renwick Smedberg Jr., U.S. Army general
    (1998). 9781571970886, Pentland Press. .
  • Arthur Wolcott Yates, U.S. Army general
  • John C. Young (1912–1987), U.S. Army officer, Chinatown leader
  • Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. (1920–2000), U.S. Navy admiral

Musicians and bands
  • 11/5, rap group
  • 4 Non Blondes, rock band
  • 8 Legged Monster, Jazz band based in San Francisco
  • A.B. Skhy, 1960s blues-rock band
  • The Ace of Cups, 1960s rock band
  • The Aislers Set, indie rock band
  • American Music Club, indie rock band
  • a.k.a. (born 1978), DJ and record producer
  • Avengers, punk band
  • (1949–2018), singer Jefferson Airplane
  • The Beau Brummels (1960s), rock band, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
  • (born 1958), singer for
  • (born 1963), bassist for Babes in Toyland
  • Black Pearl, 1960s/1970s rock band
  • , early hard rock band
  • (born 1962), drummer for Faith No More and
  • (born 1964), heavy metal drummer
  • a.k.a. "Fat Mike" (born 1967), bassist/songwriter for
  • (born 1970), guitarist, known for his work with the band Third Eye Blind on the albums Third Eye Blind and Blue* (born 1958), guitarist
  • Michael Carabello (born 1947), percussionist with Santana
  • (born 1980), singer
  • , experimental band
  • (born 1974), drummer for AFI
  • (born 1944), bassist for Jefferson Airplane and
  • (born 1964), singer-songwriter
  • (born 1954), rock, jazz and new age guitarist
    (2025). 9780671034030, Simon and Schuster. .
  • The Charlatans, folk rock and psychedelic rock band
  • Chrome, foundational industrial rock band
  • Todd Tamanend Clark (born 1952), poet and composer
  • Clown Alley, punk band
  • Consolidated, alternative dance/industrial music band
  • , songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, half of the musical duo , and CEO of
  • , alternative rock band
  • (1950–1982), disco composer
  • (born 1953), singer/songwriter
  • , rock band
  • Crime, early punk band
  • Cypher in the Snow, band
  • , punk band
  • (1924–1977), jazz saxophonist
    (2025). 9780961726676, Parkside Publications. .
  • , early punk band
  • (born 1951), founder and singer of MDC
  • , country punk band
  • , early punk band
  • , indie pop group
  • (1947–1986), songwriter for , lead vocalist of Leila and the Snakes (originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico)
  • , punk band
  • John Dwyer (born 1974), multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter
  • (born 1959), musician
  • Hanni El Khatib (born 1981), a artist born in San Francisco, currently based in
  • , post-punk band
  • Faith No More, rock band
  • (1878–1964), operatic dramatic soprano
  • Flamin' Groovies, rock band
  • Flipper, early punk band
  • (born 1967), singer/songwriter
  • (1940–2017), rock, soul, and R&B singer and producer
  • , punk band
  • The Fucking Champs, progressive punk band
  • Girls, rock band
  • (born 1963), bass guitarist for Faith No More
  • , indie punk band
  • , rock band
  • , record producer and sound engineer
  • , industrial rock band
  • (1928–1976), jazz musician and pianist, born in San Francisco
  • (born 1947), singer for Montrose and
  • Henry's Dress, indie pop band
  • (born 1961), R&B singer in , born in San Francisco
  • Hickey, punk band
  • Gary Holt (born 1964), thrash metal guitarist for Exodus
  • (born 1989), member of pop group Girls' Generation
  • I Am Spoonbender, band
  • , rock band
  • (born 1956), singer and musician
  • J Church, punk band
  • (1938–2012), blues/R&B/soul icon
  • Jawbreaker, punk/emo band
    • Blake Schwarzenbach (born 1967), singer, songwriter and guitarist for Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil
  • Jefferson Airplane, rock band
  • Jefferson Starship, rock band
  • (born 1964), singer/songwriter for Third Eye Blind
  • (1943–1970), rock singer
  • Journey, rock band
  • (born 1989), former member of pop group Girls' Generation
  • (1947–1996), bassist for Jerry Garcia Band
  • (1941–2016), rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
  • (born 1940), guitarist for Jefferson Airplane and
  • (born 1967), singer/songwriter, Red House Painters and solo
  • (born 1989), rapper
  • , classical ensemble
  • (born 1994), member of pop group f(x)
  • (born 1964), drummer, , Furthur, Primus, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, ,
  • Maxime Le Forestier (born 1949), French singer/songwriter
  • (1975–2023), singer and actress
  • (born 1950), Lead singer for Huey Lewis and the News
  • The Little Deaths, rock band
  • (born 1964), singer and actress
  • Bamboo Mañalac (born 1978), rock singer, former lead vocals for and Bamboo, coach of The Voice Philippines
  • Tony Martin (1913–2012), actor and popular singer
  • Mates of State, indie-pop duo
  • (born 1965), jazz flugelhornist
  • (born 1935), pop singer
  • (born 1950), singer/songwriter
  • (born 1925), composer
  • (born 1966), guitarist for
  • , band
  • , surf-rock band
  • , heavy metal band
  • , heavy metal band
  • (born 1991), jazz bassist
  • , electronic band
  • , electronic music artist
  • , rock band
  • The Mojo Men, 1960s rock band
  • (born 1967), R&B and jazz singer
  • (born 1960), singer/guitarist, Hüsker Dü, Sugar
  • , garage rock band
  • Stuart Murdoch (born 1968), singer/songwriter, Belle & Sebastian
  • The Mutants, early punk band
  • The Mystery Trend, 1960s garage rock band
  • a.k.a. Dan the Automator (born 1966), hip hop producer
  • (born 1942), singer, songwriter and guitarist for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and
  • (born 1973), singer/musician
  • , punk band
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage, rock band
  • (born 1970), rapper
  • , punk band
  • , punk band
  • The Oh Sees, garage rock band
  • The Ophelias, psychedelic rock band
  • (born 1962), guitarist and composer
  • (born 1964), singer/songwriter/guitarist with
  • Christopher Owens (born 1979), singer, songwriter
  • , pop/rock band
  • Pagan Babies, rock band
  • , punk band
  • (born 1968), singer for Faith No More
  • , lead singer of 4 Non Blondes
  • (1915–2013), folk singer
  • (1894–1958) American tenor vocalist, stage director
  • (born 1967), singer/songwriter
  • , punk-polka band
  • Quicksilver Messenger Service, rock band
  • Rappin' 4-Tay (Anthony Forte) (born 1968), rapper
  • , rap group
  • Red House Painters, rock band
  • , avant-garde music and visual arts group
  • (born 1946), singer
  • Arthur Russell (1951–1992), cellist, composer, producer, singer
  • (1941–1999), singer-songwriter
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958), Finnish orchestral conductor, composer, music director-designate of the San Francisco Symphony
  • (born 1977), rapper, raised in the Western Addition, a neighborhood of San Francisco
  • Santana, rock band
  • (born 1947), rock, blues, salsa guitarist and singer
  • (born 1944), singer, songwriter, guitarist
  • (born 1987), musician
  • (born 1967), a cappella singer The House Jacks
  • , singer-songwriter, member of Brent's TV and
  • (born 1949), drummer for Santana
  • , garage rock band
  • Sir Douglas Quintet, rock band
  • Sister Double Happiness, punk band
  • , (born Sonny John Moore, 1988), electronic producer, DJ, musician
  • (born 1939), singer for Jefferson Airplane
  • (1921–2004), classical violinist and pianist
  • Sopwith Camel, 1960s psychedelic rock band
  • Martin Sorrondeguy (born 1967), singer for and , founder of Lengua Armada Discos
  • (1946–1999), singer-songwriter, and member of Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and
  • Steel Pole Bath Tub, noise-punk band
  • Steve Miller Band, rock band
  • The Stone Foxes, rock band
  • (born 1943), funk icon
  • Sun Kil Moon, folk rock band
  • Swingin' Utters, street punk band
  • Sylvester (1947–1988), disco singer and performer
  • Third Eye Blind, alt-rock band
  • Michael Tilson Thomas (born 1944), conductor
  • Those Darn Accordions, accordion band
  • Tribe 8, punk band
  • , new wave/punk band
  • Two Gallants, guitar/drum duo
  • (born 1949), bass player for many bands, most notably Journey
  • (born 1967), musician, songwriter, and recording engineer
  • (1957–1979), bassist for
  • , electro soul-punk band
  • (born 1953), R&B, Soul, and pop singer
  • (1952–2016), composer and bass player
  • (born 1986), hip hop artist
  • Linda Watson (born 1960), dramatic soprano and academic voice teacher
  • , 1960s folk rock group
  • White Trash Debutantes, punk band
  • (born 1991), member of Korean boygroup

News and commentary

Political figures, activists and civil servants
  • Robert Ackerman, Oregon state legislator born in San Francisco
  • (1959–2019), San Francisco
  • Jewett W. Adams (1835–1920), fourth governor of ; resident of San Francisco
  • (born 1938), 38th mayor of San Francisco
  • (born 1941), California state assemblyman, San Francisco Supervisor, mayoral candidate and LGBT rights activist
  • Luis Antonio Argüello (1784–1830), first governor of
  • John Perry Barlow (1948–2018), poet and essayist, political activist, lyricist, and founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation
  • (born 1974), mayor of San Francisco (2017–)
  • (born 1938), former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
  • (born 1938), former governor of California, former governor of California, former mayor of Oakland, former California Attorney General
  • (1905–1996), governor of California
  • Willie Brown (born 1934), mayor of San Francisco, 1996–2004, Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1980–1995
  • Christopher Augustine Buckley ("Blind Boss" Buckley, 1845–1922), Democratic Party boss
  • Wayne M. Collins (1899–1974), civil rights attorney
  • Belle Cora (Arabella Ryan) (1827–1862), Madam of the Barbary Coast, Vigilance Committee
  • Bobby Farlice-Rubio, Vermont state legislator
  • (1908), Chinese activist in San Francisco's Chinatown
  • (1933–2023), San Francisco's first female mayor (1978–1988) and U.S. Senator since 1992
  • Sandra Lee Fewer (born 1956/57), San Francisco Supervisor
  • Joseph Flores (1900–1981), governor of Guam
  • John Gilmore (born 1955), co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the mailing list, and ; creator of the alt.* hierarchy in ; major contributor to the
  • C.J. Goodell (1885–1967), Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal (1945–1953)
  • (1936–2020), San Francisco Supervisor and District Attorney
  • (born 1982), San Francisco Supervisor
  • Peter D. Hannaford (1932–2015), aide to Ronald Reagan; author, public relations consultant
  • (born 1964), San Francisco District Attorney (2004–2011), Attorney General of California (2011–2017), U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021), vice president of the United States (2021–)
  • (1820–1891), politician
  • (born 1935), police chief and former mayor of San Francisco
  • Ed Lee (1952–2017), Mayor of San Francisco
  • (born 1951), California state senator, former San Francisco Supervisor, and mayoral candidate
  • (born 1973), activist and former White House intern, born in San Francisco
  • , San Francisco Supervisor
  • , San Francisco Supervisor
  • Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, activists, first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in San Francisco
  • (1916–2009), Secretary of Defense and CEO of Ford Motor Company
  • (1930–1978), city supervisor of San Francisco, gay icon
  • (1929–1978), attorney and Democratic politician, 37th mayor of San Francisco (1976–1978), "the people's mayor," California State Senator and majority leader (1967–1976)
  • (born 1967), current governor of California, former mayor of San Francisco and lieutenant governor of California
  • José de Jesús Noé (1805–1862), was the last of Yerba Buena, which became after the Mexican–American War
  • Michael O'Shaughnessy (1864–1934), civil engineer; city engineer for the city of San Francisco during the first part of the twentieth century; developed the
  • (born 1940), Congresswoman, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007–2011, 2019–2023)
  • (born 1964), San Francisco Supervisor
  • James Duval Phelan (1861–1930), civic leader and banker; mayor of San Francisco 1897–1902; U.S. Senator 1915–1921; central to effort to bring Hetch Hetchy and municipal water to San Francisco
  • (born 1969/70), San Francisco Supervisor
  • (born 1945), Chief of San Francisco police department
  • James Rolph Jr. (1869–1934), 27th governor of California; 30th (and longest-serving) mayor of San Francisco
  • , San Francisco Supervisor
  • (born 1955), former United States Ambassador to Japan under , technology attorney, and CEO of -based law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Angelo Rossi (1878–1948), 31st mayor of San Francisco
  • Ahsha Safaí (born 1973), San Francisco Supervisor
  • Helen P. Sanborn (1858–1922), president, San Francisco Board of Education
  • (born 1934), criminal defense and attorney, political activist and , grew up in the Outer Sunset district and has practiced law in San Francisco for years
  • Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (born 1933), Chief of Protocol, trustee of San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, widow of
  • (1920–1933), Secretary of State under and Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under
  • (born 1977), U.S. representative
  • (born 1949), activist, former president of the San Francisco Police Commission, business woman
  • Catherine Stefani (born 1969), San Francisco Supervisor
  • Maluseu Doris Tulifau (born c.1991), Samoan American human rights activist
  • , San Francisco Supervisor
  • (1906–2010), environmentalist, five-time president of the
  • Caspar Weinberger (1917–2006), Secretary of Defense
  • Cecil Williams (born 1929), pastor and community leader
  • (born 1949), San Francisco Supervisor

Scientists
  • Augustus Jesse Bowie Jr. (1872–1955), technology engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
  • Mary E. Clark (1927–2019), biologist, professor, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Peter Eckersley (1979–2022), computer scientist, computer security researcher, and activist
  • (born 1934), pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions
  • Laura J. Esserman, surgeon and oncology specialist at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
  • (1932–1985), primatologist, researcher and animal advocate
  • (1926–2006), anthropologist
  • (born 1986), doctor and CEO of Ganogen Research Institute Also a news media writer, born in San Francisco
  • (1879–1948), suffragist, doctor and early IUD researcher;first women appointed to the Harvard Medical School faculty; born and raised in San Francisco
  • , biologist, bear expert, professor at University of Calgary
  • (born 1957), cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer
  • Gabriel L. Plaa (1930–2009), toxicologist
  • , physician and public health supervisor of San Francisco during the city's initial response to the AIDS crisis
  • (1897–1992), Japanese woman who served as a medical doctor in Japanese internment camps
    (2025). 067401488X, Harvard University Press. . 067401488X
  • , physician known for his pioneering work in treating persons with HIV
  • Robert Wartenberg (1887–1956), neurologist and clinical professor of neurology at the University of California
  • John W. Young (1930–2018), astronaut, ninth person to walk on the Moon

Socialites
  • Marian and Vivian Brown (1927–2013, 2014), identical twin socialites and locally known San Francisco personalities
  • (1943–1969), coffee heiress and victim of the Tate murders
  • (born 1933), heir to oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, , composer, business man, born and raised in San Francisco
  • Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (born 1933), philanthropist, socialite
  • (1926–2006), socialite, news reporter, photojournalist
  • Noël Sullivan (1890–1956), concert singer, philanthropist and patron of the arts, born and raised in San Francisco

Writers
  • (1928–2014), poet
  • Mary Therese Austin (d. 1889), theater critic
  • (1892–1981), author, veteran and hotel concierge
  • (born 1939), crime fiction writer
  • (1853–1931), playwright
  • (1842 – c. 1914), journalist and author
  • (born 1940), Canadian author
  • Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), poet, writer
  • (1834–1868), mid-19th-century poet, writer, journalist
  • (1926–1968), beatnik poet, husband of
  • (1923–2013), writer, wife of
  • (1961–2000), poet and spoken word performer
  • Diane di Prima (1934–2020), poet
  • Greg Downs (born 1971), short-story writer
  • Robert Duncan (1919–1988), poet
  • (born 1970), author
  • Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), author
  • (born 1972), writer, actor, and director
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), poet, co-founder of City Lights Bookstore
  • (1874–1963), iconic poet
  • (born 1982), children's book author
  • (1926–1997), iconic poet of the beat generation
  • Clay Meredith Greene (1850–1933), , director, actor
  • (1929–2004), poet
  • (1894–1961), author of hard-boiled detective novels
  • (born 1970), better known as
  • (1933–2021), poet
  • George Hitchcock (1914–2010), poet, playwright, actor, professor, editor of the San Francisco–based Kayak poetry journal, lived in San Francisco 1958–1970
  • Robert Hunter (1941–2019), lyricist
  • (1916–1965), author
  • Alan Kaufman (born 1952), author, poet, editor
  • (1925–1986), poet
  • , 1934–2017, poet, writer
  • (1927–2005), poet
  • (born 1946), Asian-American author
  • (born 1957), writer, scientist, musician
  • (1937–2014), poet, novelist
  • (1876–1916), writer
  • (born 1944), writer
  • (active since 1990s), poet, novelist
  • (born 1944), writer
  • Midori, author and sex educator, author and playwright]]
  • Carol Anne O'Marie (1933–2009), Roman Catholic nun, mystery writer
  • Emelie Tracy Y. Swett Parkhurst (1863–1892), poet and author
  • (born 1935), poet, novelist, and small press publisher
  • (1905–1982), poet
  • (1941–2021), author
  • (born 1930), poet of the beat generation
  • (born 1961), writer
  • (1867–1965), Italian-American poet
  • (1925–1965), poet of the , lived in the 1950s and 1960s in San Francisco and died in San Francisco
  • , writer ( )
  • (born 1947), author
  • Dale J. Stephens, author
  • Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), author, lived in San Francisco 1879–1880
  • (born 1952), author
  • (born 1971), author, poet, editor
  • , feminist author]] (1928–1994), author, The Hustler
  • Robert Alfred Theobald (1884–1957), US Navy rear admiral, author of The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor
  • M. B. M. Toland (1925–1895), poet, social leader
  • Alice B. Toklas (1877–1967), cookbook author, partner of , born and lived in San Francisco
  • (1835–1910), author
  • (born 1971), writer
  • Madge Morris Wagner (1862–1924), poet and journalist
  • (1926 – disappeared 1971), poet
  • (1923–2002), poet
  • (1854–1900), author and playwright, spent 1882 in San Francisco and is commemorated in the Castro's Rainbow Honor Walk
  • (1865–1932), novelist, lived in San Francisco her entire life
  • (born 1962), writer
  • (born 1973), political theorist and computer scientist
  • (born 1948), Asian-American writer
  • (born 1952), writer, journalist, and activist

Other
  • (born 1989), columnist, militiaman, union organizer, Twitter personality
  • Maciej Cegłowski (born 1975), web developer, entrepreneur, speaker, and social critic
  • Thomas E. Horn (born 1946), attorney, philanthropist, publisher of Bay Area Reporter, trustee of San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
  • Laurene Powell Jobs (born 1963), widow of , founder of Emerson Collective
  • (1930–1997), founder of the Church of Satan, author, musician and occultist, lived and died in San Francisco
  • (1913–1973) Canadian-born American curator, academic administrator; former curator of the San Francisco Museum of Art
  • (1914–1964) art historian, curator, and museum director; worked at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
  • (born Eleanor Dumont; 1829–1879), professional card dealer and gambler
  • (1818–1880), Gold Rush entrepreneur, eccentric, egalitarian and original visionary of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
  • , first Chinese woman to immigrate to CaliforniaYung, Judy. Unbound feet: A social history of Chinese women in San Francisco. Univ of California Press, 1995., p. 48.
  • (1935–2011), audio engineer and clandestine chemist
  • Tye Leung Schulze (1887–1972), interpreter and first Chinese-American woman to vote in a US primary election
  • (born 1965), publisher of Tachyon Publications, editor

See also
  • List of people from Berkeley, California
  • List of people from Oakland, California
  • List of people from Palo Alto
  • List of people from San Jose, California
  • List of people from Santa Cruz, California

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