List of people associated with San Francisco
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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with San Francisco, California:
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[edit] People by field
[edit] Artists
- Ansel Adams (1902—1984), photographer
- Larry Gonick (1946-), cartoonist
- Ester Hernandez (1944—), Chicana artist
- Richard Serra (1939-), minimalist sculptor and video artist
- William Ware Theiss[citation needed] (1930-1992), costume designer
- Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), ceramicist
[edit] Athletes
[edit] Baseball players
The following Major League Baseball players were born in San Francisco:
- Ping Bodie (1887-1961)
- Barry Bonds (1964- ), holds the all-time Major League home run record
- Bobby Bonds (1946-2003), right fielder
- Dolph Camilli (1907-1997)
- Gino Cimoli (born 1929), outfielder[1]
- Joe Corbett (1875-1945)
- Joe Cronin (1906–1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
- Frankie Crosetti, (1910—2002), shortstop and coach[1]
- Tim Cullen, (born 1942), infielder[1]
- Babe Dahlgren, (1912—1996), 1st baseman[1]
- Joe DeMaestri (born 1928)
- Dom DiMaggio (born 1917)
- Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Bob Elliott (1916-1966), [1]
- Jim Fregosi (born 1942), player and manager[1]
- Harry Heilmann (1894-1951), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
- Keith Hernandez (born 1953), [1]
- Jackie Jensen (1927-1982), (also in the College Football Hall of Fame)[1]
- Eddie Joost (born 1916)
- Willie Kamm (1900-1988)
- George Kelly (1895-1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
- Tony Lazzeri (1903-1946)
- Charlie Sweeney (1863-1902)
- ((Mike Vail)) (born 1951)
- See San Francisco Giants#Baseball Hall of Famers for San Francisco Giants players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
[edit] Basketball Players
- Phil Smith (1952-2002)
- Tom Meschery (born 1938)
[edit] Boxers
- Abe Attell, (born 1884), world Featherweight champion
[edit] Football players
- Mike Holmgren (born 1948), former NFL head coach for the Green Bay Packers and the current head coach of the Seattle Seahawks
- O. J. Simpson (born 1947)
- Tedy Bruschi (born 1973)
[edit] Golf
- Johnny Miller (born 1947), former professional golfer and a leading golf commentator for NBC Sports
- Ken Venturi (born 1931), former professional golfer
[edit] Other fields of sport
- Laird Hamilton (born 1964), surfer
- Jeremy McGrath (born 1971), MX rider
- Brooks Orpik (born 1980), Pro hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
[edit] Business People
- Gurbaksh Chahal, (born 1982), award winning entrepreneur, founder BlueLithium, ClickAgents, and gWallet
- Albert Abrams, (1863?-1924), inventor of medical equipment in the field of Electricity therapy
- Donald Fisher, (1928- ), co-founder of the Gap clothing company.
- Gordon Getty (1934- ), oil philanthropist and composer
- Jess Jackson (born 1930), American wine entrepreneur and founder of Kendall-Jackson wine company
- Gordon E. Moore (born 1929), co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law
- Michael Moritz (born 1954), venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.
- Craig Newmark (born 1951), founder of Craigslist.
- Theresa Sparks (born 1949), CEO of multimillion-dollar sex toy company, Good Vibrations
[edit] Entertainers
[edit] Dance
- Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), "mother" of Modern dance
[edit] Directors/Filmmakers
- David Butler (1894-1979), film director, actor, writer and producer
- Chris Columbus (born 1958), director
- Clint Eastwood (born 1930), director, actor, producer
- Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987), director, producer, actor
- Andy Luckey (born 1965), TV writer, producer, director
- Jay Ward (1920-1989), creator and producer of animated TV series
[edit] Actors
- Gracie Allen (1895-1964), comedian
- Bill Bixby (1934-1993), actor
- Joan Blackman (born 1938), actress
- Mel Blanc (1908-1989), voiceover actor
- Lisa Bonet (1967- ), actress
- Benjamin Bratt (1963- ) actor
- Margaret Cho (born 1968), comedian
- Barbara Eden (born 1934), actress
- Danny Glover (born 1946), actor
- Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
- Leslie Mann (1972-), actress
- Melissa Ng (born 1972), actress
- Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor
- Liev Schreiber (born 1967), actor
- Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress
- David Strathairn (born 1949), actor
- Phillip Terry (1909-1993), actor
- Aisha Tyler (born 1970), actress
- Stuart Whitman (born 1928), actor
- B.D. Wong (born 1960), actor
- Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress
- Kari Byron (born 1974), television personality
[edit] Musicians
- Paul Bostaph (born 1964) heavy metal drummer
- Craig Chaquico (born 1954) rock, jazz and new age guitarist
- Jerry Garcia (1942—1995) psychedelic and folk-rock guitarist and singer
- Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), Jazz musician and pianist
- Cindy Herron (born 1961), R&B singer
- Gary Holt (born 1964), thrash metal guitarist
- Kirk Hammett (born 1962), lead guitarist for rock band Metallica
- Cliff Burton (1962-1986), bass guitarist for rock band Metallica
- Paul Kantner (born 1941), rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
- Katharine McPhee (born 1985), runner-up of American Idol Season 5
- Huey Lewis (born 1950), rock singer, raised in Marin County.
- Courtney Love (born 1964), singer and actress
- Johnny Mathis (born 1935), pop singer
- Kristina Olsen (born 1957), folk singer-songwriter
- Linda Perry (born 1965), lead singer of the rock band 4 Non Blondes
- Carlos Santana (born 1947), rock, blues, and salsa guitarist and singer
- Ross Valory (born 1949), bass player for many bands but most notably for Journey
- CoCo Lee (born 1975), CantoPop singer and actress.
[edit] Writers
- Greg Downs (1971- ), short-story writer
- Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
- Daniel Handler (born 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket
- Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
- Gus Lee (born 1946), Asian-American author
- Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
- Armistead Maupin (born 1944), American writer
- Gary Snyder (born 1930), poet
- Amy Tan (born 1952), Asian-American writer
- Walter Tevis (1928-1994), author
- Robert Alfred Theobald (1884-1957), US Navy Rear Admiral and author of The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor: The Washington Background of the Pearl Harbor Attack
- Naomi Wolf (born 1962), writer
- Helen Zia (born 1952), writer, journalist, and activist
- Laurence Yep (born 1948), Asian-American writer
[edit] News/Commentary
- Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913), journalist
- Tucker Carlson (1969- ), television political commentator and host
- William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), newspaper magnate & publisher
- Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's
- Kent Ninomiya, journalist
- Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), journalist
[edit] Political figures
See also List of mayors of San Francisco, California
- Luis Antonio Argüello (1784 - 1830), first governor of Alta California[2]
- Stephen Breyer (1938- ), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
- Jerry Brown (1938- ), former Governor of California, former Mayor of Oakland, California Attorney General
- Pat Brown (1905-1996), former Governor of California
- Christopher Augustine Buckley ("Blind Boss" Buckley, 1845-1922), Democratic Party boss
- Dianne Feinstein (born 1933), San Francisco's first female mayor (1978-1988) and U.S. Senator since 1992
- Robert McNamara (born 1916), former Secretary of Defense
- Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006), former Secretary of Defense
[edit] Other
- Abigail Folger, (1943-1969), Folgers coffee heiress
- Clifford Geertz (1926-2006), anthropologist
- William T. Shorey (1859-1919), First Black SF Sea Captain
- John W. Young (born 1930), astronaut
- Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (1920-2000), US Navy Admiral
- The Zodiac Killer, unidentified serial killer active in the 1960s
- Jim Jones (1931-1978), Cult leader
- Melrose Bickerstaff, runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7, signed with Storm Model Management
[edit] Non-native San Francisco residents
- Melissa Anderson, pro wrestler
- Maya Angelou, poet
- Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author
- Clark Blaise, Canadian author
- Victor Burgin, artist
- Vanessa Carlton, singer
- Herb Caen, newspaper columnist
- Carol Channing, actress and comedian
- Chris Columbus, film director
- Francis Ford Coppola, film director
- Andrew Smith Hallidie, promoter of the first cable car line
- George Hearst, politician
- Phoebe Hearst, first woman Regent of the University of California
- Sargent Johnson, African-American sculptor
- Philip Kaufman, film director
- Jason Kidd, NBA player
- James Lick, real estate investor
- Cheech Marin, actor
- Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, activists, first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in San Francisco
- Kirke Mechem, composer
- Midori, author and (kinky) sex educator
- Harvey Milk, former city supervisor of San Francisco
- The Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, adult industry pioneers
- Joe Montana, football player
- Matt Nathanson, singer/musician
- Emperor Norton, notable local eccentric
- Gary Payton, NBA player
- Linda Perry, lead singer of 4 Non Blondes
- William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California
- The Residents, Avant-Garde music and visual arts group
- Anne Rice, author
- Tina Root, ex-vocalist of the now defunct darkwave band Switchblade Symphony
- Kevin Rose, founder, digg.com
- Michael Savage, conservative radio personality
- Danielle Steel, author
- Robert Louis Stevenson, from 1879 to 1880
- Sharon Stone, actress
- Amy Tan, author
- Mark Twain, author
- Wayne Wang, film director
- Robert Wartenberg, neurologist
- Oscar Wilde, spent 1882 there
- Cecil Williams, pastor
- Robin Williams, actor
- Martin Yan, television chef
- CoCo Lee, CantoPop singer and actress
[edit] Alphabetical index
- Abrams, Albert (1863?–1924), inventor
- Allen, Gracie (1895-1964), comedian
- Argüello, Luis Antonio (1784 - 1830)
- Attell, Abe (1884-1970), boxer
- Bixby, Bill (1934-1993), actor
- Blanc, Mel (1908-1989), voiceover actor
- Bonds, Barry (1964- ), baseball player
- Bonds, Bobby (1946-2003), baseball player
- Bonet, Lisa (1967- ), actress
- Bodie, Ping
- Bratt, Benjamin (1963- ), actor
- Breyer, Stephen (1938- ), jurist
- Brown, Jerry (1938- ), politician
- Brown, Pat (1905-1996), politician
- Camilli, Dolph
- Carlson, Tucker (1969- ), political commentator
- Chaquico, Craig (1954 — )
- Cho, Margaret (1968 — )
- Cimoli, Gino (1929 — )
- Corbett, Joe
- Cronin, Joe
- Crosetti, Frankie (1910 — 2002)
- Cullen, Tim (1942 — )
- Dahlgren (1912 — 1996)
- DeMaestri, Joe
- DiMaggio, Dom
- Downs, Greg (1971- ), writer
- Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927), dancer
- Elliott, Bob
- [[Ben Fee}Fee, Ben]], activist
- Folger, Abigail, (1943-1969), heiress
- Fregosi, Jim
- Garcia, Jerry (1942 — 1995), musician
- Getty, Gordon (1934- ), philanthropist and composer
- Guaraldi, Vince (1928-1976)
- Heilmann, Harry
- Hernandez, Keith
- Herron, Cindy (1961 — )
- Holt, Gary
- Jensen, Jackie
- Joost, Eddie
- Kamm, Willie
- Kantner, Paul (1941-)
- Kelly, George
- Lee, Gus (1946 - )
- Lewis, Huey (1950 — )
- Mann, Leslie (1972-)
- Mathis, Johnny (1935 — )
- Ng, Melissa (1972 — )
- Perry, Linda (1965 - )
- Santana, Carlos (1947 - )
- Sparks, Theresa
- Sweeney, Charlie
- Tan, Amy (1952 - )
- Williams, Robin (1951/1952 - )
- Schon, Neal (1953 - )
- Cain, Jonathan (1950 - )
- Perry, Steve (1949 - ) Singer
[edit] Notes
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
[edit] References
- ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who.
