- Dr. Dre
André Romell Young, better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. Young is a significant figure in the development of rap music. He was a founding member of the influential rap group N.W.A., … - Dr. Rock Rock
Dr. Rock began his career as one of the original DJs in Lonzo's Wreckin' Cru during the early 80's. When the crew made the transition from being a mobile DJ group to recording and performing music, Rock left and relocated in Dallas, Texas. Once in Dallas, Dr. Rock scooped the local hip-hop scene and gathered Fresh K and Doc T to form the Fila Fresh Crew. Dr. Rock, who DJed alongside Dr. Dre in the days of the Wreckin' Cru, … - Warren G
Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach, California) better known as Warren G, is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit was the single "Regulate" with Nate Dogg released in 1994. The single was a g-funk track like most of Warren G's productions. He is the step-brother of successful record producer Dr. Dre. - Dj Quik
David Martin Blake (born January 18, 1970), better known as by his stage name DJ Quik, or as of 2007 simply Quik, is a West Coast rapper and record producer from Compton, California. - The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a gangster in the 1975 film "Let's Do It Again"), Big Poppa, Frank White (from the film "King of New York"), and his primary stage name, The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game), was an American rapper and hip hop artist. - Mc Eiht
Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1967 in Compton, California) is an American gangsta rapper better known by his stage name MC Eiht. Eiht grew to fame on the West coast as one of two MCs in the four-man crew, Compton's Most Wanted. After enjoying increasing success with the group, which peaked with 1992's "Music to Driveby", Eiht took a role in the hit movie Menace II Society as well as a high-profile spot on the soundtrack. - Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (25 November 1924 - 30 May 1977), born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, "Take Five". Known to have possessed an idiosyncratic wit, he was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the West Coast's "cool jazz" scene. - Shorty Rogers
Milton “Shorty” Rogers was a champion of West Coast jazz born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, arranging songs and playing both the trumpet and flugelhorn. Rogers worked first as a professional musician with Will Bradley and Red Norvo. From 1947 to 1949, he worked extensively with Woody Herman and in 1950 and 1951 he played with Stan Kenton. Shorty Rogers was more well known for his arrangement skills than as a trumpeter, having composed the music for UPA's Mr. - Annette King
Annette Faye King (born 13 September 1947) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the governing Labour Party, and currently serves in Cabinet as Minister of Police, Minister of Food Safety, Minister of Transport and Minister of State Services. King was born in Murchison, a town in the West Coast region of the South Island. After receiving primary and secondary education in Murchison, she attended the University of Waikato and gained a BA degree. - Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born January 30, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Taken as Hawthorn's 2nd pick at the 2004 AFL Draft (5th overall), Franklin had considerable hype on him prior to being drafted, with the Hawks opting for a key position player as opposed to Richmond, who picked up midfield types (Tambling and Deledio) with their early picks. Debuting in Round 1 of the 2005 season, … - Amg
AMG (born Jason Lewis in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 1970) is a West Coast rapper from Compton, California known for the sexually explicit - albeit relatively good-natured and humorous - nature of his lyrics and best known for his songs "Bitch Betta Have My Money" and "Tha Booty Up." The British electronica group Hardknox later sampled "Bitch Betta Have My Money" on their most famous single, "Who's Money?". - Egyptian Lover
Egyptian Lover (born Greg Broussard) is an American electro hop rapper, he was an important part of the known performers of the underground West Coast dance scene. - Wc
William L. Calhoun, Jr. (born in 1970), better known as WC (pronounced "Dub-C"), is an African American West Coast rapper who was born in Texas, but moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Known for his long braided goatee, sharp lyricism, and c-walking, WC has been a staple in West Coast gangsta rap since the early 1990s. - Dustin Fletcher
Dustin Fletcher (born May 7, 1975) is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He is renowned as one of the finest defenders in the AFL, and has held down a spot at full-back for his team for many years. He is the son of former Bombers player Ken Fletcher. As part of the "Baby Bombers" premiership team of 1993, Fletcher is one of the only surviving members of that side, which included players such as James Hird, Joe Misiti, and Mark Mercuri. - Damien O'Connor
Damien Peter O'Connor is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, recapturing the West Coast seat after the upset victory of National's Margaret Moir in the 1990 elections. He retained his seat in the 1993 elections, and then won the reconfigured West Coast-Tasman seat in the 1996 elections. He has remained MP for that electorate since then. - Anne Thompson
Anne Thompson is a film columnist at Variety and deputy editor of Variety.com, where she writes the Thompson on Hollywood blog. Born and raised in New York City, she’s a contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, London Observer and Wired. She served as the Deputy Film Editor at The Hollywood Reporter from January, 2005 to March, 2007 and before that was the West Coast Editor of Premiere, from 1996 to 2002. - Chris Auchinvole
Chris Auchinvole is a New Zealand politician. Auchinvole was educated in the United Kingdom, and eventually attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. In New Zealand, he has been involved with the export industry, and operated a company based on the West Coast. He has also been involved in the Uniting Church, becoming a lay preacher. In the 2005 election, Auchinvole stood as the National Party's candidate for the West Coast-Tasman seat. - Jerry Heller
Jerry Heller is best known for managing West Coast rap groups N.W.A. and Eazy-E. He is co-founder and CEO of Ruthless Records (together with Eazy-E). Over the years, Jerry Heller also managed War, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Michel'le, A.L.T. and Kid Frost. - Alias
Alias (born Brendon Whitney) is an abstract hip hop artist and producer for the anticon. label. He is originally from Portland, Maine, although he currently resides on the West Coast. His stage name is not to be confused with the hard rock band of the same name. - Luni Coleone
Luni Coleone (born Monterrio Williams in 1978) is a West Coast rapper who began his musical career on the streets of Sacramento, California. He began his career under the alias of Lunasicc, but changed his name to Luni Coleone in 2000. His first album was "Mr. Lunasicc", which was released in 1997. His newest album is "Global Recall", which was released January 17, 2006. Some of Coleone's most famous ballads include "All I Wanna Do", … - Rick Barker
Richard John Barker (27 October 1951 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and currently serves as a middle-ranking cabinet minister at number 13 on the party list. Barker was born in the town of Greymouth, on New Zealand's West Coast. He attended Greymouth High School and then Otago University. After working as a shop assistant, bartender, storeworker, farmhand, driver, factory worker, and quarrier, he became involved in the trade unions, … - Harry Bridges
Harry Bridges (July 28 1901 - March 30 1990) was an influential American labor leader in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), a union of longshore and warehouse workers on the West Coast, Hawai'i and Alaska which he helped form and led for over forty years. As controversial as he was charismatic, he was prosecuted by FDR, Truman and Eisenhower alike, … - Battlecat
Battlecat or DJ Battlecat (real name Kevin Gilliam) is a rap music producer best known for producing Snoop Dogg and his affiliates (Kurupt, Tha Eastsidaz, Doggy's Angels, Xzibit), along with a number of other West Coast rappers. His aesthetic is a progression from the early-'90s G-funk sound pioneered by Dr. Dre, characterized by fat synth bass lines and soulful keys. Some of his productions - Snoop Dogg's "Stacey Adams", E-40's "Nah, … - Cameron Bruce
Cameron Bruce (born October 1, 1979) is a professional Australian rules football player, currently playing for the Melbourne Demons. At 21, and after one year in Melbourne's Junior Development Squad, he made his debut for Melbourne against Richmond in Round 1 of the 2000 season, kicking a goal with his first kick in AFL football. Bruce developed his game as a midfielder, but in recent years he has been used in attack, … - Michael Tuck
Michael Tuck (born June 24, 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL with the Hawthorn Football Club. Debuting in 1972, Tuck was appointed captain of the Hawks in 1986. He captained them from that year until his retirement in 1991 at the age of 38. He played in a total of 7 VFL/AFL premierships, captaining Hawthorn for 4. Fittingly, his last game was in Hawthorn's premiership win in the Grand Final over West Coast. - David Gilliland
David Gilliland (born on April 1, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #38 M&M's Ford for Robert Yates Racing in Nextel Cup Series. He drove the #72 CJM Racing Dodge in the Nextel Cup Series race at Infineon Raceway in June 2006. He is the son of former Cup and West Coast driver Butch Gilliland. He is mentored by former Nextel Cup race winner Jerry Nadeau. - Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb (10 August 1918-24 March 1989) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Cobb was born Arnette Cleophus Cobbs in Houston, Texas. His musical career began with the local bands of Chester Boone, from 1934 to 1936, and Milt Larkin, from 1936 to 1942 (which included a period on the West Coast with Floyd Ray). He replaced Illinois Jacquet in Lionel Hampton's band in 1942, staying with Hampton until 1947. - Lou Levy
Louis A. Levy (January 23, 1928 - January 23, 2001) was a bebop-based pianist who worked with many top jazz artists, later coming to embrace the cool jazz medium and playing in that style. Levy was born to Jewish parents in Chicago and started playing piano when he was 12. His chief influences were Art Tatum and Bud Powell. A professional at age 19, Levy played with Georgie Auld (1947 and later), Sarah Vaughan, Chubby Jackson (1947-1948), Boyd Raeburn, … - Julio G
Julio G is an influential West Coast hip hop DJ who was born and then raised in Lynwood, CA, and is credited for being responsible for the rise of gangsta rap as part of the KDAY radio station on-air talent in Los Angeles, CA. Following KDAY, he was a DJ at 92.3 The Beat (which later moved to 100.3 before going defunct). Julio G has worked with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Soopafly several times ("Julio G's theme" and "Julio G 2001 theme"). - Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca (July 23 1930-July 22 1977), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Philadelphia. Like many players associated with West Coast jazz, Kamuca grew up in the East before moving west around the time that Bebop changed the prevailing style of jazz. His early playing, in what is generally considered the Lester Young style, was done on tour with the big bands of Stan Kenton and Woody Herman, and on the West Coast with the smaller groups of Chet Baker, … - Bob Scobey
Bob Scobey (December 9, 1916 to June 12, 1963) was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in the 1930s. In 1938 he worked as second trumpeter for Lu Watters in the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. By 1949 he wanted to create his own sound, setting up the Bob Scobey's Frisco Band. From 1950 the group continued to play a three year residency at the Victor & Roxie's where their popularity grew. - Luke Ablett
Luke Ablett (born 22 November 1982) is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL. He is the son of former Hawthorn player Kevin Ablett, who was less well known than his older brother and fellow Hawthorn player Geoff Ablett and younger brother, the legendary Geelong player Gary Ablett. Having played for local club Drouin and the Gippsland Under 18s side, Luke was drafted by Sydney in the 2nd round of the 2000 National Draft, … - Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr. (born July 24, 1939 in Montclair, New Jersey) is a noted golf course architect. He is the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and the brother of golf course designer Rees Jones. After attending Yale and graduate studies at Stanford University, he joined his father's firm, Robert Trent Jones Incorporated. He rose to become vice-president of the company and assumed control of west coast operations in 1962. - Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Strong Smith (born January 6, 1799 - presumed date of death May 27, 1831) was a hunter, trapper, fur trader and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the American West Coast and the Southwest during the nineteenth century. Jedediah Smith's explorations were significant in opening the American West to expansion by white settlers. According to Maurice Sullivan: <blockquote>Smith was the first white man to cross the future state of Nevada, … - Judee Sill
Judee Sill (October 7, 1944 - November 23, 1979) was an American singer and songwriter. The first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, she released two albums before disappearing into obscurity and eventually dying of drug abuse in 1979. Her eponymous "debut album" was released to major acclaim in 1971 and was followed two years later by "Heart Food". - Lil Coner
Lil Coner is a West Coast Chicano rapper from Union City, California. He has worked with arists like Darkroom Familia, The Game, Jim Jones, Mac Mall, Keak Da Sneak and Speedy Loc - Peter Matera
Peter Matera (born April 3, 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL. Matera is widely regarded as the finest wingman of his generation and one of the best wingmen of all time. His remarkable skills and ability to seemingly make something out of nothing made him one of the truly elite players of the 1990s. Matera is nicknamed 'Roo', dubbed so by team mate Chris Lewis due to his supposed Kangaroo like appearance. - Fred Korematsu
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was one of the many Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast during World War II. Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the Secretary of War to require all Japanese-Americans in "Military Area No. 1" (the West Coast "exclusion zone") to report to the Internment Camps. Fred Korematsu was born in 1919 to Japanese parents living in Oakland, … - Robert Hass
Robert L. Hass (b. March 1, 1941) is a Californian poet whose works are well-known for their West Coast subject and attitude. - Tracy Bonham
Tracy Bonham (born 16 March 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Grammy-nominated American musician best known for her single "Mother Mother". Raised in Eugene, Oregon, Bonham is a classically trained violinist and pianist. She received two Grammy nominations in 1997 for Best Alternative Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Today, Bonham splits her time between the U.S. West Coast and Brooklyn, New York.
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