The following articles appear in the Selected biographies section of Portal:California
- Angelina Jolie
- Anna May Wong
- Ansel Adams
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Billy Martin
- Brie Larson
- Candice Bergen
- Caroline Brady (philologist)
- Charles Manson
- Clint Eastwood
- Dianne Feinstein
- Dr. Dre
- Earl Warren
- Emperor Norton
- Ernest Lawrence
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Frederick Russell Burnham
- Gavin Newsom
- Glenn T. Seaborg
- Gwen Stefani
- Harvey Milk
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Jack L. Warner
- Jack London
- Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- James Robert Baker
- Jerry Brown
- Jerry Voorhis
- Jessica Chastain
- Jo Stafford
- John Muir
- John Young (astronaut)
- Joseph Barbera
- Katy Perry
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Linus Pauling
- Marilyn Monroe
- Mel Blanc
- Michael Jackson
- Murray Chotiner
- Nancy Pelosi
- Nancy Reagan
- Norman Clyde
- O. J. Simpson
- Pat Nixon
- Paula Abdul
- Pete McCloskey
- Phil Hartman
- Rachel Maddow
- Randy Shilts
- Richard Nixon
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Ronald Reagan
- Roy E. Disney
- Russ Meyer
- Ruth Norman
- Sharon Tate
- Snoop Dogg
- Suge Knight
- Tyler Skaggs
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Wally Hedrick
- Walter O'Malley
- William Hanna
- Xavier Martínez
- Kamala Harris