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State flag of California Location of California on the U.S. map. This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.
Kamala Harris is the first African American female Vice President, and she was born and raised in California. [116] 86% of African American in California voted for Kamala Harris in an exit poll in 2024. [117] 82% of African Americans in California voted for Joe Biden in a exit poll in 2020.
The Gaither quintuplets (born 3 August 1983, in Indianapolis, Indiana) were the first surviving African-American quintuplets and were one of only three naturally-conceived American sets in 1983. [47] [48] [49] The Al-Ghamdi quintuplets (born 2 February 1988, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) were the first set to be born in Saudi Arabia. The 5 boys were ...
Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), sculptor, one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national reputation [131] Freda Koblick (1920–2011), acrylic artist and sculptor [132] Ron Nagle (born 1939), sculptor, musician and songwriter [133] Manuel Neri (1930–2021), sculptor, part of the Bay Area Figurative ...
Hettie B. Tilghman – African-American activist and suffragist [131] Robert Treuhaft – activist for labor and leftist causes, attorney, writer [132] Earl Warren – Assistant Attorney City of Oakland, District Attorney of Alameda County, Attorney General of California, Governor of California and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice [133]
African-American history of California (12 C, 45 P) Pages in category "African Americans in California" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
February: Gisele Bündchen and Joaquim Valente. On February 5, TMZ broke the news that Gisele had welcomed her third baby—her first with boyfriend Joaquim.Per TMZ, both Gisele and the new ...
During the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, he led a migration of African Americans from San Francisco to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Thomas Gilman (miner) 1830–1911 Tennessee, U.S. African American freedman, miner, farmer was an enslaved African American who self–purchase freedom during the mid-19th-century Daniel Govan: 1829–1911