Celebrities Who Live in San Francisco
In 2018, Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband David E. Kelley put their Woodside estate on the market for $29.5 million.
- Age: 66
- Birthplace: Santa Ana, California, USA
Nicolas Cage purchased a San Francisco home in 1989, which he owned for 16 years. He currently resides in Las Vegas.
- Age: 61
- Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA
Robin Williams spent most of his adult life living in San Francisco.
- Age: Dec. at 63 (1951-2014)
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Whoopi Goldberg currently lives in New York, but she had a home on McKinley Avenue in San Francisco from 1985 until 2015.
- Age: 69
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Neil Young – who resided in Topanga Canyon during his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young days – has a ranch in Redwood City, CA, about 30 minutes from San Francisco.
- Age: 79
- Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In 2018 it was reported that Robert Redford was selling his Napa Valley estate in favor of moving to San Francisco to be near family.
- Age: 87
- Birthplace: USA, California, Santa Monica
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George Lucas has several California properties, including Skywalker Ranch, which is located 40 minutes north of San Francisco.
- Age: 80
- Birthplace: Modesto, California, USA
Danny Glover was born in San Francisco and he continues to live there to this day.
- Age: 78
- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Green Day musician Billie Joe Armstrong was born in the Oakland area and reportedly lives in the Berkeley area today. He listed his Manchester Drive residence for $4.8 million in 2009.
- Age: 52
- Birthplace: Oakland, USA, California
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Francis Ford Coppola has lived part-time in Napa Valley since 1969 and he owns the Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Fun Fact: Coppola penned The Godfather in San Francisco’s North Beach.
- Age: 85
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead provided the soundtrack for San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the 1960s. Garcia lived in the area until his death in 1995.
- Age: Dec. at 53 (1942-1995)
- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Dana Carvey started his comedy career in San Francisco and he raised his kids in Marin County.
- Age: 69
- Birthplace: Missoula, Montana, USA
James Hetfield lived in San Francisco for decades until 2016, when he moved to Colorado. Several of his Metallica bandmates still reside in the Bay Area.
- Age: 61
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Carlos Santana raised his family in Marin County, CA and he currently spends most of his time in Las Vegas. His Milagro Foundation is still based in the Bay area.
- Age: 77
- Birthplace: Autlan, Mexico
Sammy Hagar co-owned the El Paseo restaurant in Mill Valley with Tyler Florence from 2011 until 2016. Sammy Hagar and Tyler Florence split as business partners in 2016, and then the former Van Halen frontman announced he was closing the restaurant in 2018.
He has residences all over the globe, but Hager still lives in the Bay Area.
- Age: 77
- Birthplace: Monterey, California, USA
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MC Hammer was born and raised in the Oakland area and he still lives there today. In 2012, he was even named as the spokesman for the city.
- Age: 62
- Birthplace: Oakland, California, USA
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Gold medal-winning figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi lives in San Francisco with her husband, Bret Hedican, and their two daughters, Keara and Emma.
- Age: 53
- Birthplace: USA, Hayward, California
In 2019, it was reported that a Bay Area home believed to be owned by Lars Ulrich was listed for $12 million by an "anonymous rockstar."
- Age: 61
- Birthplace: Copenhagen, Gentofte Municipality, Denmark
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In 2014, Danielle Steel wrote an op-ed in the San Francisco Gate expressing sadness that the hedge of her Bay Area home had generated negative reactions in the press and public.
Steel has lived in San Francisco for approximately 40 years.
- Age: 77
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
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Benjamin Bratt grew up in San Francisco and he still lives there today.
- Age: 61
- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
In a 2014 interview, Chris Isaak joked that he has to live in San Francisco to be close to his mom. He said, "I’m there all the time. I cherish her. My mom is hilarious and really cool."
- Age: 68
- Birthplace: Stockton, California, USA
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In 2018, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett put his San Francisco home on the market for $13 million.
- Age: 62
- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
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W. Kamau Bell lives in the East Bay area.
- Age: 46
- Birthplace: Palo Alto, California
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Tyler Florence lives in Mill Valley, CA with his wife, Tolan, and their three children, sons Miles and Hayden, and daughter, Dorothy.
- Age: 53
- Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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Box Scaggs has an apartment in San Francisco nearby his music venue, Slim's.
- Age: 80
- Birthplace: USA, Ohio, Canton
The Circle author Dave Eggers lives in northern California with his family. McSweeney's, his independent publishing company, is based in San Francisco.
- Age: 54
- Birthplace: Boston, USA, Massachusetts
