Californios

Felipe de Neve (1724–1784) was fourth governor of Alta California, from 1775 to 1782.

Andrés Pico (November 18, 1810 – February 14, 1876) was a Californio who became a successful rancher, fought in the contested Battle of San Pascual during the Mexican-American War, and secured full U.

María de la Concepción Marcela Argüello y Moraga, commonly referred to simply as Concepción Argüello, (February 19, 1791 – December 23, 1857) was an Alta Californian noted for her romance with Nikolai Rezanov, a Russian promoter of the colonization of Alaska and California.

Fernando Javier Rivera y Moncada (c. 1725 – July 18, 1781) was a soldier who served in the Baja California peninsula and Alta California, participating in several early overland explorations.

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Father Vicente de Santa María (1742 – July 16, 1806) was a Spanish Franciscan priest who accompanied explorer Juan de Ayala on the first Spanish naval entry aboard the San Carlos into the San Francisco Bay.

Víctor Ramón Castro (1817–1897) was a landowner in an area of Alta California which later became part of Contra Costa County, California.

José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega (March 6, 1779 – February 18, 1858) was a soldier and early settler of California.

General José María Flores (1818, New Spain – 1866) was an officer in the Mexican Army and was a member of la otra banda.

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José María de Echeandía (☩ 1871) was twice Mexican governor of Alta California from 1825 to 1831 and again from 1832 to 1833.

Juan José Carrillo (September 8, 1842 – March 30, 1916) was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.

Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) was a Californio and Governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1842.

Agustín Vicente Zamorano (1798 – 1842), was a printer, soldier, and provisional Mexican Governor of Alta California.

Tiburcio Vásquez (April 11, 1835 – March 19, 1875) was a Californio bandido who was active in California from 1854 to 1874.

José Antonio Aguirre (1799–1860) ("Don Antonio") was a merchant and rancher in Alta California, an early settler of San Diego and Santa Barbara, California.

José Antonio Estudillo (November 2, 1803 – July 20, 1852) was a Californio and an early settler of San Diego, California when California was part of New Spain.

José Antonio Roméu (1742? – 1792) was sixth Spanish governor of Alta California, from 1791 to 1792.

Father José Francisco de Paula Señan (March 3, 1760 – August 24, 1823) was a Spanish missionary to the Americas.

Father José Joaquin Jimeno (1804–1856) was a Spanish missionary to the Americas.

José Francisco Ortega (1734 – February 1798) was a Spanish soldier and early settler of Alta California.

José Joaquín de Arrillaga was an officer of Basque origin born in Aia, Spain, who went on to become seventh (1792-1794) and tenth (1800–1814) governor of Alta California.

José Figueroa (1792 – 29 September 1835), was a General and the Mexican territorial Governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835.

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José María de Jesus Alviso (November 19, 1798 – June 18, 1853) was an early settler of the Silicon Valley in California, alcalde of San José, and grantee of Rancho Milpitas.

Don Pedro de Alberni, sometimes known as Pere d'Alberní i Teixidor in Catalan (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə ðəɫβərˈni]) (Tortosa, January 30, 1747 – Monterrey, New Spain, March 11, 1802) was a Spanish soldier who served the Spanish Crown for almost all his life.

Esteban Carlos Munras (1798–1850) was a 19th-century artist, probably best known for the vibrantly-colored frescoes that adorn the chapel interior at Mission San Miguel Arcángel in California.

José de los Reyes Berreyesa, also spelled Berrelleza (6 January 1785−28 June 1846), was born at Mission Santa Clara de Asís in Las Californias province of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México).

José de los Santos Berreyesa (April 28, 1817 – October 30, 1864), a member of the Berreyesa family, was the last alcalde of Alta California.

Juan Bandini (1800 – November 4, 1859) was an early settler of what would become San Diego, California.

Juan Flores (c. 1834 – February 14, 1857) was a 19th-century Californio bandit who, with Pancho Daniel, led an outlaw gang known as "las Manillas" (the Handcuffs) and later as the Flores Daniel Gang, throughout Southern California during 1856-1857.

Juana Briones y Tapia de Miranda (1802-12/3/1889) was a pioneering resident of San Francisco, California who made a name for herself in multiple arenas of activity.

Julian Antonio Chavez (January 7, 1808 – July 25, 1879) was a rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council (the forerunner to the present-day City Council) and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Eulalia Perez de Guillen Marine (1766 – June 11, 1878), better known in Spanish orthography as Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné, was a Californio who was mayordoma of Missión San Gabriel Arcángel and grantee of Rancho del Rincón de San Pascual in the San Rafael Hills, in present-day Los Angeles County, California.

Felipe de Barri (?-1784) was Comandante of Alta California.

Luis Antonio Argüello (Spanish pronunciation: [luˈis anˈtonjo arˈɣweʎo]) (June 21, 1784 – March 27, 1830) was the first Californio (native-born) governor of Alta California (thirteenth in all), and the first during Mexican rule.

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Francisco Sanchez (April 11, 1805 – September 8, 1862) was Commandante of the San Francisco Presidio and the eighth alcalde of San Francisco, California in 1843, and grantee of the 8,926-acre (36.12 km2) Rancho San Pedro.

Procopio (c. 1841- ?), also known as Red-Handed Dick and Red Dick was one of the best-known bandits in California history.

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José Manuel Micheltorena (1802 – 7 September 1853) was a brigadier general of the Mexican Army, adjutant-general of the same, governor, commandant-general and inspector of the department of Alta California, then within Mexico.

Pablo Vicente de Solá, (1761–1826), was a Spanish officer and the twelfth and last Spanish colonial governor of Alta California, 1815-1822.

Ygnacio Ramón de Jesus del Valle (July 1, 1808 – 1880) was a rancher and landowner in the eastern Santa Clara River Valley, California, United States, as well as an alcalde of Los Angeles.

Pío de Jesús Pico (May 5, 1801 – September 11, 1894) was a Californio rancher and politician, the last governor of Alta California (now the State of California) under Mexican rule.

Pedro Fages (1734–1794), original name Pere Fages i Beleta, nicknamed L'Ós ("The Bear", in Catalan) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, first Lieutenant Governor of the Californias under Gaspar de Portolá, and second (1770–74) and fifth (1782–91) Governor of Alta California.

Manuel Dominguez (1803–1882) was born at Mission San Juan Capistrano, in the colonial Las Californias province of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México).

Manuel Requena (1802–1876) was president of the Los Angeles Common Council in the early 1850s.

Manuel Victoria (☩ 1833) was governor of the Mexican-ruled territory of Alta California from January 1831 to December 6, 1831.

Lieutenant Colonel Nicolás Gutiérrez was a twice acting governor of Alta California in 1836 from January to May and July to November.

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Hugo Reid (April 18, 1811 – December 12, 1852), born in Scotland, was an early resident of Los Angeles County, who became a naturalized citizen of Mexico and married a local Gabrieleña.

Carlos Antonio Carrillo (24 December 1783 – 23 February 1852), was Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1838.

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (4 July 1807 – 18 January 1890) was a Californio military commander, politician, and rancher.

José Antonio Castro (1808 – February 1860) was acting governor of Alta California in 1835-1836, and Commandante General of the Mexican army in Alta California at the time of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848.

José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr.

Diego de Borica was a Basque Spanish explorer and the seventh governor of Las Californias from 1794 to 1800, and is credited by some authors with defining Alta- and Baja-California's official borders.

Luis Manuel Quintero (1725? – 1810) was a New Spain-Colonial New Spain tailor from Guadalajara, Jalisco; who later became one of the 44 original settlers of the Pueblo de Los Angeles (present-day Los Angeles, California) on September 4, 1781.

Colonel Mariano Chico (1796–1850) served one of the briefest terms as Alta California governor from April 1836 to July 1836.

Salomon Maria Simeon Pico (Sept. 5, 1821 - May 1, 1860) was a Californio, a cousin of former governor Pío Pico, who led a bandit band in the early years following the Mexican-American War in the counties of the central coast of California.

Antonio Francisco Coronel (October 21, 1817 – April 17, 1894) was a Californio of Mexican Alta California, that transitioned into various political offices after U.

Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker (1825–1912) was a wealthy Los Angeles landowner and Californio.