List of people from San Bernardino, California
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The following is a list of notable people from San Bernardino, California.
Arts
[edit]- Jerome Bixby – Writer
- Gene Hackman – actor
- Kirk Harris – actor, writer[1]
- Edith Head – costume designer[2]
- Poison Ivy – producer and guitarist for the Cramps[3]
- Brenden Jefferson – actor
- Roscoe Karns (1891–1970) – actor
- David Lauser – drummer
- Julie London – singer, actress[4]
- Michael Reaves – screenwriter
- Fuerza Regida - music group
- Lakeith Stanfield – actor[5]
- Moses Sumney – singer-songwriter[6]
- Philip Michael Thomas – actor
- Jason Thornberry - writer, musician
- Miranda Weese – dancer[7]
- Jefferson Wood – illustrator
- Shailene Woodley – actress[8]
Journalism
[edit]- Ron Magers – reporter and news anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago
- Wilbur H. Durborough (1882-1946) – photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I
- Henry L. Hooks (1921-2021)-first photojournalist in the IE to have African-American photos published in the San Bernardino Sun Telegram[9]
Politics
[edit]- 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
- Dirk Kempthorne – Idaho Governor, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Interior; moved to San Bernardino at a young age, lived there through junior college
- Claude R. Kirk, Jr. – Governor of Florida
Science
[edit]- Michael R. Clifford – astronaut[10]
- Howard Georgi – professor of physics at Harvard University
Sports
[edit]- Tyler Ankrum – NASCAR driver
- Glenn Braggs – professional baseball player, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds
- Branden Becker – professional baseball player, Baltimore Orioles
- Greg Bunch – basketball player
- Brandie Burton – professional golfer
- Chuck Carr – professional baseball player, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, and Houston Astros
- Layshia Clarendon – professional basketball player, Los Angeles Sparks
- Kenny Clark – National Football League player, Green Bay Packers
- Mark Collins – National Football League player, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, two-time Super Bowl winner
- Rich Dauer – professional baseball player
- Jayden Daniels – professional football player[11]
- Shawn Estes – professional baseball player
- Bobby Green - UFC Fighter
- Charles Johnson – National Football League player
- Al Jury – National Football League referee
- Damontae Kazee – professional National Football League player, Atlanta Falcons
- Bob Lemon - professional baseball player and manager
- Paul Lim – professional darts player
- Alberto Madril – professional wrestler
- Alexander Mattison – professional football player
- Jason Moore – National Football League player
- Ryan Nece – National Football League player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Craig Newsome – National Football League 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
- Stephanie Rehe – Women's Tennis Association player, ranked No. 10 in singles in March 1989
- Ricky Romero – Latino wrestler
- 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
- Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) - long distance runner
- Jeremy Stevenson – NHL player; born in San Bernardino
- Dave Stockton – professional golfer, two-time PGA Championship winner
- Jalin Turner – mixed martial artist
- Lisa Marie Varon – retired WWE professional wrestler known as Victoria, former two-time 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
Other
[edit]- Anthony Acevedo (1924–2018) – Mexican-American engineer and U.S. soldier incarcerated at the Berga concentration camp during World War II[12]
- John Brown (1817–1889) – Mountain man, fur trapper and trader, prominent businessman in San Bernardino.
- Richard and Maurice McDonald – founders of McDonald's
- Anna Nieto-Gómez – Chicana feminist
- Rizwan Farook, worked as a health inspector and was a criminal
- Fredrick D. Scott – business consultant[13]
- Walter Knott (1889–1981) – Founder of Knott's Berry Farm
References
[edit]- ^ "Film by former SB High student debuts at Palm Springs Film Festival". Pasadena Star News. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ Venturi. "Designer Edith Head – San Bernardino's Most Famous Daughter | SBCSentinel". Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "The pioneering influence of The Cramps member Poison Ivy". 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "From the Archives: Julie London; Torch Singer, Movie and Television Actress". Los Angeles Times. 2000-10-19. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ Buckley, Cara (2018-07-04). "Lakeith Stanfield Is Playing Us All". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "Moses Sumney's World of Possibilities". The New Yorker. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ Weinstein, Tresca (2016-07-14). "Former City Ballet dancer still has moves". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "Keeping it real: Big Little Lies actor Shailene Woodley". independent. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "SAN BERNARDINO: Photographer captured the lives of city's African Americans". 16 February 2016.
- ^ Robert Z. Pearlman (2021-12-29). "Rich Clifford, NASA astronaut who secretly flew with Parkinson's, dies at 69". Space.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ Williams, James (January 20, 2024). "Jayden Daniels gets a hometown hero's welcome in San Bernardino". The San Bernardino Sun. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (March 10, 2018). "Anthony Acevedo, U.S. Army medic who endured prison-camp horrors during WWII, dies at 93". Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ "May 2010 - Ebony Magazine "Top 30 under 30" FDS". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "SAN BERNARDINO: Photographer captured the lives of city's African Americans". 16 February 2016.