Susan Wojcicki
1968–2024 American business executive
Michelle Akers
born 1966 American soccer player
Liza Soberano
born 1998 Filipino and American actress
Larisa Oleynik
born 1981 American actress
Kerri Walsh Jennings
born 1978 American professional beach volleyball player
Atticus Shaffer
born 1998 American actor
Matt Barnes
born 1980 American basketball player
Bobbi Starr
born 1983 American pornographic actress
Steve Harwell
1967–2023 American musician
David Ellison
born 1983 American film producer
Haley Anderson
born 1991 American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion
John Norton
1893–1979 American athlete
Ty Panitz
born 1999 American actor
Kira Reed
born 1971 American actress, producer, television host
Levy Tran
born 1983 American actress and model
Alyssa Anderson
born 1990 American swimmer
Nichole Sakura
born 1989 American actress
Zach Helm
born 1975 American film director
Molly Culver
born 1967 American actress and model
Casey Deidrick
born 1987 Actor
Emma Coronel Aispuro
born 1989 American model
Kathleen Lloyd
born 1948 American actress
Aaron Hill
born 1983 American actor
Joe Bottom
born 1955 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Teresa Andersen
born 1953 American synchronized swimmer
Brandi Brandt
born 1968 American model and actor
Brian Garrow
born 1968 US tennis player
Ralph Ogden
born 1948 American basketball player
Austin Hall
1885–1933 American writer
Mel White
born 1940 American clergyman and writer
Sarah Rafanelli
born 1972 Association football player
Zak Ibsen
born 1972 American soccer player
Brent Jones
born 1963 American football player
Juliette Fretté
born 1983 American model
Kristina Lum
born 1976 American synchronized swimmer
Kyra Davis
born 1972 Writer
Randall Frakes
born 1949 Writer
Jesús Enríquez
born 1997 American soccer player
Mark Dougherty
born 1967 American soccer player
Michael Alsbury
1975–2014 American test pilot
Paul Coffee
born 1956 American soccer player
Ryan Hancock
born 1971 American baseball player
Adrian Ross
born 1975 American football player
Amalia Mesa-Bains
born 1943 American artist
Blake Broszus
born 2000 Canadian fencer
Bret Hemphill
born 1971 American baseball player
Carrie Barton
born 1976 American synchronized swimmer
David A. Ebert
born 1958 Ichthyologist
Diego Silvas
born 1997 American soccer player
Ed Barge
1910–1991 American animator
Gabe Morales
born 1984 American baseball umpire
James Brown
born 1957 American novelist, born 1957
Jayson Obazuaye
born 1984 Nigerian basketball player
Kyle Krpata
born 1971 American soccer player
Maurice Mann
born 1982 American football player
Alex Darrow
born 1993 American businessman
Ed Townsend
born 1943 American swimmer
Edward A. Panelli
1931–2024 American judge
Greg Gohr
born 1967 American baseball player
Jody Lansford
born 1961 American baseball player
Keith Wright
born 1980 American football player
Ken Gonzales-Day
born 1964 American photographer
Lenzie Jackson
born 1977 American football player
Stephen Schott
born 1939 American sports businessman
Suicide of Harry Lew
1990–2011 Military scandals
William D. Gordon
1918–1991 American actor
Also called Santa Clara home
Linus Torvalds
born 1969 Finnish software engineer
John Vasconcellos
1932–2014 American politician
Asya Pereltsvaig
born 1972 Russian linguist
Lon McEachern
born 1950 Poker commentator
Deora Frances Bodley
1981–2001 American college student, passenger and victim of the United Airlines Flight 93
Lupe Yñigo
Ohlone Indian, who was appointed an alcalde at Mission Santa Clara and given a land grant
Blain Hamon
born 1977 American developer
Danielle Coney
born 1977 American model
Galina Pappu
American rower, Syracuse
German Senter
born 1810 American landowner
Mary Bennett Love
1803–1868 American pioneer
Mohit Aron
born 1973 Indian businessman
Sandhya Prabhat
Indian animator and illustrator
William Mark Davidson
1887–1961 Entomologist