List of people from Rancho Cucamonga, California

This is a list of people from Rancho Cucamonga, California.

• Kenyon Coleman, Alta Loma/Defensive Back for Cleveland Browns grew up in Alta Loma and attended Alta Loma High School
• Carlos Bocanegra, center back/left back for Stade Rennais grew up in Alta Loma and attended Alta Loma High School
• Tom Brunansky, Ex-Major League Baseball player
• Charles Castronovo, Internationally renowned opera singer, was raised in Rancho Cucamonga, and attended Alta Loma High School.
• Patrick Chung, former University of Oregon Safety and the New England Patriots 2009 2nd round draft pick, went to high school at Rancho Cucamonga High School
• Darren Collison former University of California, Los Angeles and current Indiana Pacers point guard. Went to high school at Etiwanda High School
• Amanda Delgado, winner of 2010 Miss Model of the World and first American winner of the history of the pageant.
• Maurice Edu former University of Maryland, College Park soccer player and the #1 overall selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC. Currently plays for Rangers FC of the Scottish Premier League. Went to high school at Etiwanda High School
• Rollie Fingers, Ex-Major League Baseball player and Hall of Famer
• Oz Fox, lead guitarist for the Christian heavy metal band Stryper lives in Rancho Cucamonga.
• Nijah Harris, a contestant from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12
• Isak from the Korean R&B Group Isak N Jiyeon was raised in Rancho Cucamonga until she was picked up by SM Entertainment
• Nichkhun Horvejkul, a Thai member of a popular South Korean boy-band 2PM
• Michael Alan Johnson, American child actor from Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show, is from here.
• World-renowned woodworker Sam Maloof, lived in Alta Loma. His work is featured in museums around the United States, including the Smithsonian Institution. His home is a State of California historical landmark. During the construction of the 210 Foothill Freeway, Maloof's home was moved from the 210 freeway corridor to the top of Carnelian street, where the home is now a museum.
• Lionel Manuel, former New York Giants Wide Receiver who played seven seasons in the NFL, grew up in Rancho Cucamonga.
• American Rapper Young Noble was born in Rancho Cucamonga.
• Matt Rogers, American football coach, television host of Really Big Things and There Goes the Neighborhood on the Discovery Channel and American Idol contestant was born September 16, 1978 in Rancho Cucamonga and also lives there.
• Craig Traylor, the actor who played Stevie on Malcolm in the Middle, currently lives in Rancho Cucamonga.
• Musician Frank Zappa lived in and worked in Cucamonga during the early 1960s. He bought the Pal Recording Studio from a friend, Paul Buff, and renamed it "Studio Z". The studio closed in 1964 when the building was demolished in order to widen Archibald Avenue. ("Cucamonga" is also the name of a long-lived radio show on Radio 1, Belgium, as an obscure reference to Frank Zappa.)
• Trevor Penick- a member of the boy band O-Town, which debuted in 2000.
• Rufio (alternative rock band) -formed in 2000.

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