Ukiah, California

==Notable people==
* [[AFI (band)|AFI]] lead vocalist [[Davey Havok]], guitarist [[Jade Puget]], drummer [[Adam Carson]], and tour managers Jake MacLachlan and Smith Puget were all raised in Ukiah,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI Biography |url=http://www.afireinside.net/bio/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201223040/http://www.afireinside.net/bio/default.aspx |archive-date=December 1, 2007 |access-date=2007-12-01}}</ref> as were original-lineup guitarist Mark Stopholese and bassist Vic Chalker.
*[[Phoebe Bridgers]], three-time Grammy-nominated singer, spent part of her childhood in Ukiah.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warda |first=Val |date=2016-08-16 |title=Ukiah Idol 2016 winners announced |url=https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/lifestyle/20160816/ukiah-idol-2016-winners-announced |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=The Ukiah Daily Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ed Burke (hammer thrower)|Ed Burke]], U.S. Olympic [[hammer throw]]er<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/ed-burke-1.html Edward Burke], SR/Olympic Athletes, 2013</ref>
* [[Aurelius O. Carpenter]], photographer
* [[Melissa Chaty]], beauty queen, Miss California in 2008<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mason |first=Clark |date=January 27, 2008 |title=Ukiah's own just misses Miss America crown |work=[[The Press Democrat]] |url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080127/news/801270481 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814112642/http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080127/NEWS/801270481 |archive-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref>
* [[McKenna Faith]], singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Dan |date=2011-01-15 |title=Ukiah Teen's Faith in music |work=Press Democrat |url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110115/LIFESTYLE/110119716 |access-date=2011-09-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Maginnis-Honey |first=Amy |date=2011-09-21 |title=16-year-old aspires to country music career |work=Daily Republic |url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/features/entertainment/16-year-old-aspires-to-country-music-career/ |access-date=2011-09-23 |quote=The Ukiah resident}}</ref>
* [[Shiloh Fernandez]], actor, born and raised in Ukiah<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hester |first=Carole |date=December 27, 2013 |title=Looking About |language=en |work=Ukiah Daily Journal |url=http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/article/ZZ/20131227/NEWS/131227798 |access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref>
* [[Robben Ford]], blues guitarist, raised in Ukiah<ref name="Russell1997">{{Cite book |last=Tony Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aT8YAQAAIAAJ |title=The blues: from Robert Johnson to Robert Cray |date=August 1997 |publisher=Schirmer Books |isbn=978-0-02-864862-0}}</ref><ref>[http://www.vintageguitar.com/3401/robben-ford/ Vintage Guitar magazine interview], April 29, 2001</ref>
* [[Casey Frey]], social media comedian and dancer, born and raised in Ukiah
*[[Sally Miller Gearhart]], feminist and lesbian author and activist, died in Ukiah<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lesbian educator Sally Gearhart dies|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//306938|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Grace Hudson]], museum founder, collector of [[Pomo people|Pomo]] artifacts, commercial portrait photographer<ref name="Boynton1978">{{Cite book |last=Searles R. Boynton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNE2AQAAIAAJ |title=The painter lady: Grace Carpenter Hudson |publisher=Interface California Corporation |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-915580-04-0}}</ref> The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah is named for her and houses her collections.<ref>[http://www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/~gracehud/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=96 Our Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007141142/http://gracehudsonmuseum.org/~gracehud/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=96 |date=October 7, 2013 }}, Grace Hudson Museum, 2013</ref>
* [[Leonard Lake]], serial killer, lived near Ukiah in the early 1980s<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newton |first=Michael |title=The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-8160-3979-1 |pages=134}}</ref>
* [[Mary McNair Mathews]] (1834–1903), Nevada historian, died in Ukiah<ref name="Watson2011">{{cite web|url=http://onlinenevada.org/mary_mcnair_mathews|title=Mary McNair Mathews |last=Watson|first=Anita |date=November 3, 2011|publisher=The Online Nevada Encyclopedia|accessdate=22 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="Glotfelty2008">{{cite book|last=Glotfelty|first=Cheryll|title=Literary Nevada: writings from the Silver State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38jx3cD6WBkC&pg=PA129|accessdate=21 January 2012|date=1 August 2008|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-0-87417-759-6|pages=129–}}</ref> 
* [[Darrell McClure]], cartoonist of [[Little Annie Rooney]] and illustrator, born in Ukiah to painter Ethel Jameson Docker<ref>[http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=73682 Darrel McClure Biography], Ask Art, 2013</ref>
* [[Don Mossi]], Major League Baseball pitcher for several teams
* [[Holly Near]], singer-songwriter, born in Ukiah
* [[Nick 13]], lead singer of [[Tiger Army]], raised in Ukiah<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghost Tigers: Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.ghosttigers.com/FAQ.htm |access-date=2007-12-01}}</ref>
* [[Hal Perry (basketball)|Hal Perry]], professional basketball player and civil-rights lawyer, raised in Ukiah<ref name="USFOB">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/insidebayarea/obituary.aspx?n=harold-leonard-perry&pid=126849794 Harold Leonard Perry Sr.], Inside Bay Area from May 3–4, 2009, accessed October 10, 2013</ref>
* [[Bay Raitt]], animator and video game designer known for developing Gollum's facial modeling in the ''Lord of the Rings'' films and various other works<ref name="CartoonBrew">{{Cite web |date=2014-05-13 |title='Lord of the Rings' Animation Supervisor Randall William Cook Speaks Out On Andy Serkis |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/motion-capture/lord-of-the-rings-animation-supervisor-randall-william-cook-speaks-out-on-andy-serkis-99439.html}}</ref>
* [[Aaron Rodgers]], [[National Football League]] quarterback, spent four years of his childhood in Ukiah<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 1993 |title='Free throws' are his forte |page=1 |work=Ukiah Daily Journal |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ukiah-daily-journal/1993-01-03/ |access-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackel |first=Pete |date=October 6, 2005 |title=Focus on Football: Rodgers preparing for his moment |url=http://www.journaltimes.com/sports/article_235efc6d-0241-5c9c-8d10-8b5e02ae4420.html |access-date=March 14, 2012 |website=RacineSportsZone.com |publisher=JournalTimes.com}}</ref>
* [[Carl Sassenrath]], architect of operating systems and computer languages, created the [[Amiga|Amiga computer operating system]] in 1985, later worked at [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], subsequently moved to and runs his own company at his Ukiah ranch<ref>Jeudy, Sébastien, [http://obligement.free.fr/articles_traduction/itwsassenrath_en.php Interview with Carl Sassenrath], Obligement, May 2007, accessed October 10, 2013</ref>
* [[William Harrison Standley]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] and later [[United States Ambassador to Russia|U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union]], born in Ukiah
* [[Gary Scott Thompson]], television and film screenwriter and producer, graduated from Ukiah High School in 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://gstproductions.com/about.html |access-date=2020-09-24 |website=Gary Scott Thompson |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Rick Warren]], pastor, author and Ukiah High School graduate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodsky |first=Carole |date=January 18, 2009 |title=Local boy makes great: the Rick Warren story |work=Ukiah Daily Journal |url=http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/article/ZZ/20090118/NEWS/901189780 |access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mair2005">{{Cite book |last=George Mair |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7D70lw4-4N8C |title=A life with purpose: Reverend Rick Warren, the most inspiring pastor of our time |date=February 18, 2005 |publisher=Berkley Books |isbn=978-0-425-20174-9 |page=34}}</ref>