California is the most populous state in the United States.

California may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • California (1927 film), an American Western silent film by W.S. Van Dyke
  • California (1947 film), an American Western by John Farrow
  • California (1963 film), an American Western by Hamil Petroff
  • California (1977 film), an Italo-Spanish Spaghetti Western by Michele Lupo
  • California Carlson, a sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy
  • Robert California, a character on the American TV sitcom The Office

Music

Bands

  • California, a 1973–1985 pop rock band featuring Les Fradkin

Albums

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  • California (American Music Club album), 1988
  • California (Blink-182 album) or the title song, 2016
  • California (The Electric Prunes album), 2004
  • California (Gianna Nannini album) or the title song, 1979
  • California (Mr. Bungle album), 1999
  • California (Wilson Phillips album), 2004
  • California (Datarock EP) or the title song, 2011
  • California (Diplo EP), 2018
  • California, by Riverdogs, 1990

Songs

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  • "California" (Amelia Lily song), 2014
  • "California" (Belinda Carlisle song), 1997
  • "California" (Big & Rich song), 2017
  • "California" (Delta Spirit song), 2012
  • "California" (Joni Mitchell song), 1971
  • "California" (Lenny Kravitz song), 2004
  • "California" (Mylène Farmer song), 1995
  • "California" (Phantom Planet song), 2002
  • "California" (Usher song), 2020
  • "California" (Wave song), 2001
  • "California", by Beabadoobee from This Is How Tomorrow Moves, 2024
  • "California", by Bob Dylan from NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack - Vol. 2, 2009
  • "California", by Chappell Roan from The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, 2023
  • "California", by Childish Gambino from "Awaken, My Love!", 2016
  • "California", by Chuck Berry from Rockit, 1979
  • "California", by CHVRCHES from Screen Violence, 2021
  • "California", by Debby Boone from Midstream, 1978
  • "California", by Eddie Meduza from West a Fool Away, 1984
  • "California", by Grimes from Art Angels, 2015
  • "California", by Hollywood Undead from Swan Songs, 2008
  • "California", by James Blunt from The Afterlove, 2017
  • "California", by Jessie J from Don't Tease Me with a Good Time, 2025
  • "California", by John Mayall from The Turning Point, 1969
  • "California", by Keith Stegall, 1985
  • "California", by Lana Del Rey from Norman Fucking Rockwell!, 2019
  • "California", by Loudermilk from The Red Record, 2002
  • "California", by Lorde from Solar Power, 2021
  • "California", by Low from The Great Destroyer, 2005
  • "California", by Manafest from Stories Since Seventy Nine, 2012
  • "California", by Maroon 5 from Love Is Like, 2025
  • "California", by Mazzy Star from Seasons of Your Day, 2013
  • "California", by Metro Station from Metro Station, 2007
  • "California", by Never Shout Never from What Is Love?, 2010
  • "California", by Oliver Tree from Cowboy Tears, 2022
  • "California", by Rich Brian, Niki, and Warren Hue, 2021
  • "California", by Rufus Wainwright from Poses, 2001
  • "California", by Semisonic from Feeling Strangely Fine, 1998
  • "California", by Silverstein from This Is How the Wind Shifts, 2013
  • "California", by Stan Rogers from Northwest Passage, 1981
  • "California", by The Band Camino, 2017
  • "California", by The Growlers, 2017
  • "California", by Tim McGraw from Damn Country Music, 2015
  • "California", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Songs and Music from "She's the One", 1996
  • "California", by twlv, 2020
  • "California", by Volumes from Mirror Touch, 2025
  • "California", by Wax from 13 Unlucky Numbers, 1995
  • "California", by the Wedding Present from Hit Parade 1, 1992
  • "California", by Wild Strawberries from Bet You Think I'm Lonely, 1994
  • "California", by Winds of Plague from Against the World, 2011
  • "California", by Withered Hand from New Gods, 2014
  • "California (The Way I Say I Love You)", by Good Charlotte from Generation Rx, 2018
  • "California (There Is No End to Love)", by U2 from Songs of Innocence, 2014

Other arts and entertainment

  • California, a fictitious island in the novel Las sergas de Esplandián
  • California (novel), by Edan Lepucki
  • California (sculpture), a marble sculpture by Hiram Powers
  • California-class starship from Star Trek Lower Decks

Education

  • University of California, a public university system
  • California Golden Bears, the athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley
  • California University of Science and Medicine, Colton, California
  • California University of Pennsylvania, a former name of the University of Western Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania,
  • California Vulcans, the athletic programs of the University of Western Pennsylvania in California
  • California High School (San Ramon, California)
  • California High School (Whittier, California)
  • California Elementary School, Orange Unified School District, Orange, California
  • USS California, a list of U.S. Navy ships
  • California-class cruiser, a class of two U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers
  • ARM California, a list of Mexican Navy ships

People

  • California Molefe (born 1980), Botswanan runner
  • California Odha Zertuche Díaz (1923–1991), Mexican civil engineer
  • Randy California, stage name of American musician Randy Craig Wolfe (1951–1997)

Places

Regions and historical territories

  • California Republic, a short-lived state declared during the Mexican–American War
  • The Californias or Las Californias, a region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule
  • Province of Las Californias, a province of New Spain, encompassing the region and further areas
  • California Department, a department of the Second Mexican Empire (1863−1865)
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of California, formerly a residential episcopal see and currently a titular see of the Catholic Church
  • Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island

Municipalities and neighborhoods

United Kingdom

England

  • California, Bedfordshire, a hamlet
  • California, Berkshire, a village
  • California, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet
  • California, Cambridgeshire, a location
  • California, Derby, an inner-city area of Derby, Derbyshire
  • California, Ipswich, Suffolk
  • California, Norfolk, a seaside resort
  • California, Birmingham, a suburban area of Birmingham, West Midlands

Scotland

  • California, Falkirk, a village

United States

  • California Township, Madison County, Arkansas
  • California City, California
  • California Township, Starke County, Indiana
  • California, Kentucky, a city in Campbell County, Kentucky
  • California, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
  • California, Maine, an unincorporated community
  • California, Maryland, a census-designated place and community
  • California Township, Michigan
  • California, Missouri, a city
  • Califon, New Jersey, originally named California, a borough
  • California, Cincinnati, a neighborhood within Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Big Plain, Ohio, originally named California
  • California, Pennsylvania, a borough
  • California, West Virginia, a ghost town

Other municipalities and neighborhoods

  • Califórnia, Paraná, Brazil
  • California, Ontario, Canada
  • California, Santander, Colombia
  • California, Usulután, El Salvador
  • La California, Tuscany, Italy
  • California, Ubay, Bohol, Philippines
  • California, Trinidad and Tobago

Outer space

  • California Nebula
  • 341 California, an asteroid

Other places

  • Gulf of California, a body of water between the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican mainland

Transportation

Land vehicles

  • Ferrari California, a convertible
  • Moto Guzzi California, a motorcycle
  • Volkswagen California, a passenger van
  • Chevrolet Corvette 305 "California," the version of the 1980 Chevrolet Corvette sold in California
  • Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder, aka Ferrari 250 California, a roadster
  • Ferrari 365 California, a convertible model of the Ferrari America series

Ships

  • SS California, a list of ships
  • California, a small sailing ship used during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746

Chicago Transit Authority stations

  • California station (CTA Blue Line)
  • California station (CTA Congress Line), an abandoned station on the Congress Line (now part of the Blue Line)
  • California station (CTA Green Line)
  • California station (CTA Pink Line)

Other stations

  • La California station, a station of Caracas metro

Other uses

  • Hotel California (disambiguation)
  • California magazine, a magazine published by the Cal Alumni Association
  • California macrophylla, a plant species in the family Geraniaceae
  • Pizza California, a Japanese pizza restaurant chain

See also

  • 1 California (disambiguation)
  • Alta California (disambiguation)
  • Baja California (disambiguation)
  • California Star (disambiguation)
  • Californian (disambiguation)
  • Californië (disambiguation)
  • Californios, Hispanic Californians, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries
  • Californium
  • Kalifornia (disambiguation)