List of people from San Jose, California
This is a list of people from San Jose, California, both notable people born in the city and those who are notable and spent significant time as residents there. Music groups founded in San Jose are also included.
People born in San Jose
- Chuck Berry, guitarist and singer (birthplace is disputed)
- Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder
- Brandi Chastain, soccer player
- Amy Chow, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics (1996)
- Jerry Coleman, Ford Frick Award winning sportscaster
- Jason Dahl, (Deceased) Captain of United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001
- DJ Shadow, born Joshua Davis, famous instrumental hip-hop DJ
- Dustin Diamond, child actor, known as Screech from Saved By The Bell
- Don Edwards, United States Representative from California from 1963–1995
- Peggy Fleming, 1968 Winter Olympics figure skating gold medalist
- Rudy Galindo, national-champion figure skater
- Amadeo Peter Giannini, Founder of Bank of America
- Dan Gladden, baseball player
- Michael Gough, voice actor
- Farley Granger, actor
- Nick Groff, Paranormal Investigator
- Dudley R. Herschbach, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Josh Holloway, actor Lost
- Anjelah Johnson, comedian
- Brent Jones, American football player
- James Jones, American Football Player Green Bay Packers
- Kira Kener, pornographic actress
- Tristan Kingsley, pornographic actress
- Eric Kretz, drummer for Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and Spiralarms
- Carney Lansford, baseball player
- Luis A. López, poet
- Alyssa Love, pornographic actress
- Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ
- Bryan Mantia, drummer for Primus and Guns N' Roses
- Charles Martinet, voice actor best known for providing the voice of Nintendo's Mario
- Martin V. Melosi, environmental and urban historian
- Candi Milo, voice actress
- Norman Mineta, Mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation, United States Secretary of Commerce.
- Joe Murray, animator
- Bill Owens, photojournalist documenting suburbia
- Jim Plunkett, American football quarterback
- Jesús Padilla, Soccer player for Chivas de Guadalajara
- Ernie Reyes Jr., actor and martial artist
- Michael A. Rice, biologist and Rhode Island politician
- Matt Riddle, Bassist of the band No use for a name
- Dave Righetti, baseball pitcher
- Diane Rodriguez, theatre director, actor, writer
- Kay Ryan, poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States
- Nikki Sixx, bassist for Mötley Crüe
- Tony Sly, Lead singer and guitarist of the band No use for a name
- Randy Stonehill, singer/songwriter
- Carl Sullivan, American football player
- Josh Thomson, Mixed Martial Artist and Model
- Pat Tillman, American professional football player, Army Ranger
- Jhonen Vasquez, creator of a number of notable alternative comics for Slave Labor Graphics and Invader ZIM
- Jim Vitti, award-winning author
- Kate Walsh, actress
- Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer
- Donald Snyder, Real Estate Investment Banker
People who moved to San Jose
- Adrienne Barbeau, actress known for her co-starring role on Maude (TV series)
- Louie Bellson, professional drummer
- Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, musicians, played with the rock band Fleetwood Mac
- Greg Kihn, Professional Rock & Roll musician and radio DJ
- Ken Caminiti, baseball player
- Austin Carlile, American Singer, formerly of Attack Attack! and Of Mice & Men
- John Carlos, Olympic Silver Medalist, track and field athlete, professional football player.
- Andre Carter, American football player
- César Chávez, farm labor leader
- Gurbaksh Chahal, award winning American entrepreneur
- Joey Chestnut, competitive eater
- Edgar F. Codd, computer scientist
- Jimmy DeGrasso, professional drummer
- Howard Dully, Author, My Lobotomy
- Kate Elliott, novelist
- Thomas Fallon, soldier, Mayor of San Jose
- Jon Fitch, UFC Fighter
- Jeff Foskett, guitarist and singer best known for his work with The Beach Boys
- Jeff Garcia, American football player
- Ron Gonzales, Mayor of Sunnyvale, Mayor of San Jose
- Dany Heatley,a San Jose Sharks Player
- Antony Hegarty, frontman of award winning Antony and the Johnsons
- Krazy George Henderson, cheerleader, inventor of "The Wave"
- Mike Holmgren, American football coach
- Mike Honda, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Khaled Hosseini, best-selling novelist, author of The Kite Runner
- Sherman Otis Houghton, Mayor of San Jose, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Steve Jobs, Co-founder and principal CEO of Apple Inc.
- Cung Le, Vietnamese Mixed Martial Arts fighter, three time Sanshou bronze medalist
- Patrick Marleau, a San Jose Sharks player
- Kyle McLaren, a San Jose Sharks player
- Henry Morris Naglee, U.S. Civil War general
- Evgeni Nabokov, a San Jose Sharks player
- Brian Oldfield, former World and American Shot Put Record Holder
- Linda Park, actress
- Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks Center
- John Powell, two-time Olympic Bronze Medalist, Discus Throw
- Smothers Brothers musical comedy duo
- James F. Reed, Organizing member of the Donner Party, Businessman, soldier.
- Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose
- Frank Shamrock, American Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Kurtwood Smith, actor
- Tommie Smith, Olympic Gold Medalist, track and field athlete, professional football player.
- Steven Smith, astronaut
- Dave Stieb, baseball pitcher
- Mike Swick, UFC Fighter
- Amy Tan, best-selling novelist, author of The Joy Luck Club
- Dave Tatsuno, Japanese American interment camp resident who made the amateur film Topaz, about camp life
- Joe Thornton, a San Jose Sharks Player
- Loren Toews, American football player
- Cain Velasquez, (Current UFC Heavyweight Champion) UFC Fighter
- Dick Vermeil, American football coach (NFL)
- Ken Williams, general manager for the 2005 World Series Champions Chicago White Sox.
- Sarah Winchester, Heiress to the Winchester rifle Co. and eccentric
- Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
Music groups from San Jose