This list of people from Palm Springs, California describes notable residents who have had homes in the city and nearby resort communities of the Coachella Valley. These communities, which include

Palm Springs Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land ...

, Bermuda Dunes,

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Coachella Coachella may refer to: * Coachella, California * Coachella Canal, in California * Coachella (festival), an annual music and arts festival in California * "Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind", a 2017 song by Lana del Rey See also

* Coachell ...

, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta,

Palm Desert Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately east of Palm Springs, northeast of San Diego and east of Los Angeles. The population was 48,445 at the 2010 census. The city has been ...

, Rancho Mirage and

Thermal A thermal column (or thermal) is a rising mass of buoyant air, a convective current in the atmosphere, that transfers heat energy vertically. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example ...

are in the Coachella Valley of

Riverside County Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Uni ...

, southern California.

Palm Springs Walk of Stars

Over 410 of Palm Springs area notable residents have been honored with Golden Palm Stars on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.

Presidents and heads of state

* U.S. Vice President

Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...

and his wife Judy Agnew – retired to Rancho Mirage *

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

, U.S. President and his wife

Mamie Eisenhower Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household i ...

– had a retirement home in Palm Desert * U.S. President Gerald Ford and his wife

Betty Ford Elizabeth Anne Ford (; formerly Warren; April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) was the first lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of President Gerald Ford. As first lady, she was active in social policy and set a precedent as a p ...

– retired to Rancho Mirage

Other Palm Springs residents

Early settlers (pre-World War I)

Show business – performers

Silent film era

Radio

Show business – production

Cinematographers and art directors

Studio executives

Artists, architects and photographers

Academics and scientists, authors and writers

Composers, musicians and singers

Business figures

Civic, political and labor leaders and noted personalities

Military personnel

Sports and recreation figures

Underworld (criminal) figures

Coachella Valley residents

Bermuda Dunes

* Rich Newey – multi-media director

Cathedral City

Coachella

Desert Hot Springs

Indio

Indian Wells

La Quinta

Palm Desert

Rancho Mirage

Thermal

William Devane William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'' (1983–1993) and as James Heller on the Fox serial dramas '' 24'' (2001–2010) and '' ...

– actor

Notes

References

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External links

* – for the Palm Springs Walk of Stars * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palm Springs, list of people Palm Springs, California Lists of people from California