Celebrities Born in the Great State of California Quiz

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- John Steinbeck (Salinas) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose real surname was "Grossteinbeck," which his paternal grandfather modified to "Steinbeck" when he first arrived in America from Germany.

- Earl Warren (Los Angeles) served as Thomas Dewey's running mate in the 1948 presidential election which Dewey lost to incumbent President Harry Truman.

- Robert Redford (Santa Monica) was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, (America's highest civilian honor) in 2016, by President Barack Obama for his contributions as an actor, director, producer, and conservationist.

- Venus Williams (Lynwood) is a former world No.1 tennis player and the sister of Serena Williams. In 1999, she went against her sister in the finals of the Key Biscayne tournament. This was the first time in the history of the WTA Tour that the finals featured two sisters.

- Julia Child (Pasadena) the noted chef was a research assistant in the Secret Intelligence division of the OSS. She also worked with the Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section and helped develop shark repellent that was used during WWII.

- Joe DiMaggio (Martinez) holder of MLB's record 56-game hitting streak had another streak even longer. He also produced a 61-game hitting streak for the minor league San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1933.

- Snoop Dogg (Long Beach) was one of the main figures who popularized G-funk, a subgenre of 'gangsta rap' that emerged in the early 1990s. He has won an American Music Award and an Emmy.

- Robert Frost (San Francisco) was the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration when he recited "The Gift Outright" from memory at John F. Kennedy's 1961 inauguration.

- Jack London (San Francisco) was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco, and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers' rights and socialism.

- William Saroyan (Fresno) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film "The Human Comedy".

- Sally Ride (Encino) is remembered as the first American woman in space, and as a champion of diversity and equity in science education.

- Adlai Stevenson (Los Angeles) at 12 years old, accidentally killed Ruth Merwin, a 16-year-old acquaintance, on December 30, 1912, while demonstrating a drill technique with a rifle that had been accidentally left loaded.

- Isadora Duncan (San Francisco) died in a car accident on 14 September 1927, when her scarf got wrapped in the rear wheel of her open car.

- Shirley Temple Black (Santa Monica) always had the same number of curls during movie productions. Shirley's mother styled her iconic hairdo into pin curls at night - exactly 56 curls each time.

- Mariel Hemingway (Mill Valley) a member of the famous Hemingway family, is an accomplished actress, author, and advocate for mental health and organic living.