List of people from San Bernardino, California
The following is a list of notable people from San Bernardino, California.
Arts
- Gene Hackman – Academy Award-winning actor
- Oren W. Haglund - production manager of eleven ABC/Warner Brothers television series from 1955 to 1961; died in San Bernardino in 1972
- Kirk Harris – actor, writer
- Edith Head – Academy Award-winning costume designer
- Poison Ivy – producer and guitarist for The Cramps
- Julie London - singer, actress; moved to San Bernardino at age 3
- Stuart Randall – actor, Laramie; died in San Bernardino in 1988
- Michael Reaves – screenwriter, mostly on animated series
- Randy Rhoads – guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, and Quiet Riot; interred at Mountain View Cemetery[1]
- Twyla Tharp – modern dancer
- Kat Von D – tattoo artist
Business
- Glen Bell – founder of Taco Bell
- George Ralphs - founder of Ralphs supermarket chain
Journalism
- Ron Magers – reporter and news anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago
Politics
- Anna Escobedo Cabral – 42nd Treasurer of the United States
- Stephen W. Cunningham – first UCLA graduate manager and Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–41
- Merritt B. Curtis – Brigadier General in the Marine Corps and candidate for President of the United States in 1960
- Vivian Flowers – Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, since 2015; former San Bernardino resident
- Jefferson Hunt – Western pioneer
- Dirk Kempthorne – Secretary of the Interior and former Governor of Idaho
- Claude R. Kirk, Jr. – Governor of Florida
- Jerry Lewis – United States Representative
- Mark R. Shepherd - Democratic Party activist and politician
- Karen St. Germain - member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; former resident of San Bernardino[2]
- Robert Waterman – Governor of California
- Oliver M. Wozencraft – Indian agent, California Constitutional Delegate, expansionist
- Lyndon B. Johnson - President of the United States of America, lived in San Bernardino for several months in 1925, according to the San Bernardino County Sun.
Science
- Michael R. Clifford – astronaut
- Howard Georgi – professor of physics at Harvard University
Sports
- Glenn Braggs – professional baseball player, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds
- Branden Becker – professional baseball player, Baltimore Orioles
- Brandie Burton – professional golfer
- Chuck Carr – professional baseball player, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, and Houston Astros
- Tyson Chandler – professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns
- Layshia Clarendon – professional basketball player, Indiana Fever
- Mark Collins – professional football player, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, two-time Super Bowl winner
- Rich Dauer – professional baseball player
- Maurice Edu – professional soccer player, Rangers
- Shawn Estes – professional baseball player
- Charles Johnson – professional football player
- Steve Johnson – professional basketball player
- Al Jury - professional football referee
- Eric Koston – pro skateboarder; born in Bangkok, Thailand and grew up in San Bernardino
- John Laurinaitis – professional wrestler
- Alberto Madril – professional wrestler
- Jason Moore – professional football player
- Ryan Nece – professional football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Craig Newsome – professional football player, Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers
- Derek Parra – speed skater, gold and silver medalist at 2002 Winter Olympics, competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Bryon Russell – professional basketball player, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, and Los Angeles Lakers
- Swede Savage – Indy 500, sports car, and NASCAR driver; died in 1973 Indy 500
- Daryl Sconiers – professional baseball player
- Mark Seay – professional football player, San Diego Chargers
- Jeremy Stevenson – NHL player; born in San Bernardino
- Dave Stockton – professional golfer, two-time PGA Championship winner
- J. T. Thomas – professional football player
- Lisa Marie Varon – Retired WWE professional wrestler known as Victoria, Former 2X holder of the WWE Women's Championship (1956-2010)
- Charlie Venegas – professional speedway rider and two-time world champion, four-time ice racing world champion
References
- ↑ White Square, top left of entrance.
- ↑ "Karen St. Germain". intelius.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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