List of people from Fresno, California

This is a list of people from Fresno, California.

A

Ron Adams – former basketball coach at Fresno State, NBA assistant coach of Golden State Warriors
Jenifer Alcorn – professional boxer
Courtney Alexander – former NBA player, Dallas Mavericks
Rafer Alston – former NBA player, Orlando Magic
Ron Anderson – former NBA player, Cleveland Cavs
Jeff Atmajian – Hollywood orchestrator
Phil Austin – writer, actor, The Firesign Theatre
Alan Autry – actor, former mayor of Fresno

B

Baeza (rapper) – rapper
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. – actor, singer, musician
Stephen Baker – former NFL player New York Giants
Robert Beltran – actor, Star Trek Voyager
Bob Bennett – former head baseball coach at Fresno State
Laura Berg – Olympic gold medalist softball player
Ewell Blackwell – six-time MLB All-Star pitcher
Heidi Blickenstaff – actor
Deborah Blum – writer for the Fresno Bee, Pulitzer Prize winner
DeWitt Bodeen - screenwriter
Tommy Bond – child actor in Our Gang (Little Rascals) series
Bobby Bonds – former Fresno Giants player, 3-time MLB All-Star
Frenchy Bordagaray – MLB baseball player
Bruce Bowen – former NBA player, San Antonio Spurs
Johnny Boyd – AAA and USAC Champ Car driver
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington – World War II ace, retired in Fresno
Ernest K. Bramblett – politician
Tyler Bray – NFL quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs

C

Ernie C – musician, guitarist for the rock group Body Count
Frank Chance – Baseball Hall of Famer
Cher – singer, Oscar-winning actress, former Fresno High School student
Luke Chueh - artist
Chris Colfer – actor, Kurt Hummel on TV series Glee
Mike Connors (aka Krekor Ohanian) – actor, Mannix
Victor Conte – BALCO founder
Dick Contino – musician, accordionist
Ryan Cook – MLB pitcher, Oakland A's
Terry Cooney – former MLB umpire
Joe Cooper – NFL player
William John Cooper – served as U.S. Commissioner of Education 1929–33
Young Corbett III – professional boxer
Jim Costa – U.S. House of Representatives
Bobby Cox – former MLB player, retired Hall of Fame manager, Atlanta Braves
Ron Cox – NFL player
Phil Cristian - musician, Cheap Trick
Dwayne Crump – former NFL player, St. Louis Cardinals
Tyrone Culver – Miami Dolphins NFL player

D

Bison Dele (born Brian Williams) – former NBA player, Los Angeles Clippers
Trent Dilfer – former NFL quarterback of Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, Monday Night Football commentator

E

Henry Ellard – former Los Angeles Rams wide receiver, NFL coach
Dick Ellsworth – former MLB pitcher
Melvin Ely – former NBA player, L.A Clippers
Johnny Estrada – MLB player
William Everson – poet
Dana Ewell – convicted triple murderer

F

Fashawn – rapper
Kevin Federline – ex-husband of Britney Spears
Freddie Fender – singer, songwriter
Andy Finch – U.S. Olympic snowboarding team
Tom Flores – former NFL quarterback, Oakland Raiders coach
Mac Foster – professional boxer
Farrah Franklin – singer, model, former member of Destiny's Child
Jethro Franklin – former NFL player Seattle Seahawks, assistant coach Oakland Raiders
Zoila Frausto – MMA fighter, Bellator women's flyweight world champion
Mike Freeman – former NFL player, Atlanta Falcons

G

Mark Gardner – former MLB pitcher, coach for SF Giants
Matt Garza – Milwaukee Brewers MLB pitcher
Paul George – NBA All-Star player of Indiana Pacers
Matt Giordano – Indianapolis Colts NFL safety
Bill Glasson – former PGA Tour golfer
Bob Glazebrook – former NFL player, Atlanta Falcons
Tom Goodwin – former MLB player
Christopher Gorham – actor
Keith Gooch – former CFL football player
Ed Gregory – former head basketball coach at Fresno State, Golden State Warriors
Kenny Guinn – Governor of Nevada

H

Sid Haig – actor
Millard Hampton – former U.S. Olympian
Brandon Hancock – former USC fullback, fitness expert
Victor Davis Hanson – scholar, historian, author
David Harris – Vietnam War draft resistance leader
Pat Hill – former head football coach at Fresno State
Jaime Hipp – former U.S. Olympian
John Hoover – former MLB pitcher
Steve Hosey – MLB player
Pat Howell – former NFL player, Atlanta Falcons
Rex Hudler – former MLB player, broadcaster

I

Debora Iyall – singer of the 80s group Romeo Void

J

Vestee Jackson – former NFL player, Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears
Chris Jefferies – basketball player
Adam Jennings – NFL player
Keshon Johnson – NFL player
Rafer Johnson – 1960 USA Olympic gold medalist, decathlon
Bill Jones – California Secretary of State
Bobby Jones – former MLB pitcher, NY Mets
Gary Jules – singer, songwriter

K

Robert Kendrick – former professional tennis player, at one time was ranked #69 in the world
Mychal Kendricks – NFL linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles
Eric Kendricks – NFL linebacker, Minnesota Vikings
Kirk Kerkorian – billionaire businessman; owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Joanna Kerns – actress, Growing Pains
Richard Kiel – actor, James Bond films
Jordan Knight – singer, member of the multi-platinum group New Kids on the Block
Josh Koscheck – UFC mixed martial artist

L

Daryle Lamonica – former NFL All-Pro quarterback, Oakland Raiders
Jim Landis – former outfielder, Chicago White Sox
Claude "Pop" Laval – photographer, historian
Steven Anthony Lawrence – actor
Sharon Leal – actor, Dreamgirls
Philip Levine – poet
Larry Levis – poet
David Little – former NFL player, Philadelphia Eagles
Hector Lizarraga – professional boxer
Brook Lopez – Brooklyn Nets NBA player
Robin Lopez – New York Knicks NBA player
Brianna Love - adult-film actress

M

Jim Maloney – former MLB pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
Ricky Manning, Jr. – former NFL defensive back, Carolina Panthers
J. P. Manoux – actor
Richard Marshall – NFL player, San Diego Chargers
Ryan Mathews – NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles
Bob Mathias – Olympic gold medal decathlete, former U.S. congressman; retired in Fresno
Chad McCarty – former U.S. Olympian
Marcus McCauley – NFL player
Kevin F. McCready – contributor to anti-psychiatry movement
Audra McDonald – Tony Award-winning Broadway actress, singer
Tim McDonald – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers, coach
T.J. McDonald – NFL player, Los Angeles Rams
Barry McGuire – rock and folk singer, songwriter
Chris McNealy – former NBA player, New York Knicks
Jim Merlo – former NFL player New Orleans Saints
Rick Merlo – former U.S. Olympian
Dale Messer – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
Barbara Morgan – astronaut, educator
Larry Mucker – former NFL player, Tampa Bay Bucs

N

Armen Nalbandian – musician, composer
Lorenzo Neal – former NFL fullback, San Diego Chargers

P

Bob Padilla – former Head Football Coach at Fresno State
Stephone Paige – former NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs
Carson Palmer – NFL quarterback, Arizona Cardinals
Maxie Parks – US Olympic gold medalist
Sam Peckinpah – film director and screenwriter, best known for The Wild Bunch
Rod Perry – former NFL player Los Angeles Rams, assistant coach Oregon State
Scott Peterson – convicted murderer incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison
David Phillips (entrepreneur) – aka "The Pudding Guy"
Slim Pickens – actor (born in Kingsburg, Fresno County)
Planet Asia – rapper
Cliff Pondexter – former NBA player, Chicago Bulls
Quincy Pondexter - NBA player
Chuck Poochigian – California State Senator
Keith Poole – former NFL player, New Orleans Saints
Marquez Pope – former NFL player, SF 49ers
James Porteous – inventor of the Fresno Scraper
Buster Posey – former Fresno Grizzlies player, SF Giants player, MLB

R

Radagun – music group, began in Fresno
Les Richter – former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams, NFL Hall of Fame inductee; former Sr. Vice President of NASCAR
Darryl Rogers – former head coach of Fresno State, Detroit Lions
Phil Roman – animator, founder of Film Roman
Chester Harvey Rowell – journalist, Lincoln-Roosevelt League co-founder
Aaron Ruell – actor, Napoleon Dynamite
Johnny Russell – country western singer, songwriter

S

Todd Santos – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
William Saroyan – Pulitzer Prize-winning, The Oscars-winning playwright, novelist
Gary Scelzi – NHRA champion
Tom Seaver – MLB Hall of Fame pitcher, 3-time Cy Young Award winner; vineyard owner
Dick Selma – former MLB pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
Juan Serrano – flamenco guitarist
David Seville, aka Ross Bagdasarian – songwriter, recording artist
John Shegerian – co-founder, chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International
Frank Hamilton Short – lawyer, Conservation movement
Kelly Skipper – NFL assistant coach for Oakland Raiders
John Sontag – train robber, died in Fresno jail in 1893 and interred at Calvary Cemetery there
Gary Soto – author, poet
Dennis Springer – former MLB knuckleball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
DeShawn Stevenson – NBA player, Atlanta Hawks
Mike Stewart – former NFL safety, Los Angeles Rams
Randy Stumpfhauser – BMX pro and four-time world champion
William A. Sutherland – lawyer, author, politician
Ashley Swearengin – Mayor of Fresno
Jim Sweeney – former head football coach at Fresno State
Kevin Sweeney – former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys

T

Timmy T – singer of the multi-platinum hit song "One More Try"
Jerry Tarkanian – former head basketball coach at Fresno State, UNLV, San Antonio Spurs NBA
Bernard Thompson – former NBA player, Portland Blazers
Brian Turner – poet

V

Billy Volek – former NFL quarterback, Tennessee Titans
Jason Von Flue – Ultimate Fighter season 2 reality show, UFC veteran
Bill Vukovich – two-time Indianapolis 500 Winner

W

Anthony Washington – former NFL defensive back, Washington Redskins
Tim Washington – former NFL defensive back, San Francisco 49ers
Heidi Watney – Boston Red Sox reporter for NESN
Nick Watney – PGA Tour golfer
Gary Weaver -former NFL player, Oakland Raiders
Del Webb – real estate developer, former owner of New York Yankees
Marcus Wesson – convicted murderer
Flex Wheeler – bodybuilder
Michael Willett – singer, star of MTV's Faking It
J.D. Williams – former NFL player, Buffalo Bills, Assistant Coach at Georgia State
Randy Williams – US Olympic gold medalist in the long jump
Tony Woodruff – former NFL player, Philadelphia Eagles
Ickey Woods – former NFL player, Cincinnati Bengals running back
Cameron Worrell – former NFL player, Chicago Bears

Y

Steve Yarbrough – writer
Charles Young – former NFL All-Pro tight end, San Francisco 49ers

Z

Steve Zaillian – Oscar-winning screenwriter
Gus Zernial – former MLB player, Philadelphia Athletics
Warren Zevon – singer of the hit record Werewolves of London

References

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