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This is a list of people from
Fresno, California .
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Brian Cage – professional wrestler, TNA Impact, AEW
Ernie C – musician, guitarist for the rock group Body Count
David Carr – former NFL player, Houston Texans
Derek Carr – NFL player,former Las Vegas Raiders
Frank Chance – Baseball Hall of Famer
Luke Chueh – artist
Andrew Christian - underwear designer
Chris Colfer – actor,
Kurt Hummel on TV series
Glee
Lorraine Collett – Sun-Maid Raisin Girl
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
Pat Corrales – former MLB player, and manager
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Lucius Davis (born 1970) – basketball player
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
Maynard Dixon – 20th-century American artist whose body of work focused on the American West
Derek Henderson – pro rollerblader Razors Skate Co
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Jim Maloney – former MLB pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
Ricky Manning, Jr. – former NFL defensive back, Carolina Panthers
J. P. Manoux – actor
Richard Marshall – former NFL player, San Diego Chargers
Ryan Mathews – NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles
Bob Mathias – Olympic gold medal decathlete, former congressman; retired in Fresno
Miranda Rae Mayo – actress
Chad McCarty – former Olympian
Marcus McCauley – NFL player
Kevin F. McCready – contributor to
anti-psychiatry movement
Aari McDonald – WNBA player for the
Los Angeles Sparks
Audra McDonald – Tony Award-winning Broadway actress, singer
Tim McDonald – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers, coach
T.J. McDonald – former 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 Olympian
Dale Messer – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
Barbara Morgan – astronaut, educator
Larry Mucker – former NFL player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Barlow Der Mugrdechian – historian and lecturer on
Armenian studies
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Bob Padilla – former football head coach at Fresno State, and NFL Detroit Lions
Stephone Paige – former NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs
Carson Palmer – NFL quarterback, Arizona Cardinals
Vang Pao – Laotian general
Lou Pardini – Grammy-nominated keyboardist, songwriter and vocalist; member of the rock band Chicago
Maxie Parks – Olympic gold medalist
Chip Pashayan – lawyer and Republican Congressman
Sam Peckinpah – film director and screenwriter, best known for The Wild Bunch
Justin Peelle – former tight end who is currently the tight ends coach for the
Atlanta Falcons
Rod Perry – former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams; assistant coach, Oregon State
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, New Orleans Pelicans
Chuck Poochigian – California State Senator
Keith Poole – former NFL player, New Orleans Saints
Marquez Pope – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
James Porteous – inventor of the Fresno Scraper
Hal Haig Prieste –
Armenian-American athlete and world's oldest former
Olympic medalist
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Radagun – musical group, began in Fresno
Stewart Rhodes – founding member of the
Oath Keepers
Les Richter – former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee; former Sr. Vice President of NASCAR; former president of the
Riverside International Raceway
Darryl Rogers – former head coach of Fresno State, San Jose State, Detroit Lions
Phil Roman – animator, founder of
Film Roman
Nicole Row – bassist, vocals, Panic! At The Disco
Chester Harvey Rowell – journalist,
Lincoln-Roosevelt League co-founder
Aaron Ruell – actor, Napoleon Dynamite
Johnny Russell – country western singer-songwriter
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Todd Santos – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
William Saroyan –
Pulitzer Prize and
Oscar -winning playwright, novelist
John Scalzi –
Hugo Award -winning science fiction author
Gary Scelzi –
NHRA champion
Kate Scott – sportscaster
Tom Seaver – MLB Hall of Fame pitcher, 3-time Cy Young Award winner; NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds
Dick Selma – former MLB pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
Juan Serrano – flamenco guitarist
David Seville , aka Ross Bagdasarian – songwriter, recording artist
Frank Hamilton Short – lawyer,
Conservation movement
Kelly Skipper – NFL assistant coach for Buffalo Bills
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
Sloane Stephens – tennis player,
US Open champion
Richard Martin Stern – author
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 – former Mayor of Fresno
Jim Sweeney – former head football coach at Fresno State
Kevin Sweeney – former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys
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Marcus Walden – pitcher for the
Milwaukee Brewers
Mykal Walker – linebacker for the
Atlanta Falcons
Anthony Washington – NFL defensive back, Washington Redskins
Tim Washington – NFL defensive back, San Francisco 49ers
Heidi Watney – Boston Red Sox reporter for
NESN
Nick Watney – PGA Tour golfer
Gary Weaver – NFL player, Oakland Raiders
Del Webb – real estate developer, former owner of
New York Yankees
Marcus Wesson – convicted murderer
Frederick C. Weyand – former
U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1974-1976) and member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Flex Wheeler – bodybuilder
Michael Willett – singer, Shane on
MTV 's
Faking It
J.D. Williams – NFL player, Buffalo Bills, assistant coach at Georgia State
Lynn Williams – soccer player for
NJ/NY Gotham FC and the
United States national team
Marquice Williams –
special teams coordinator for the
Atlanta Falcons
Randy Williams – Olympic gold medalist in the long jump
Susan Montgomery Williams – world record holder for the largest bubble gum bubble
Tony Woodruff – NFL player, Philadelphia Eagles
Ickey Woods – NFL player, Cincinnati Bengals running back
Cameron Worrell – NFL player, Chicago Bears
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