List of people from San Bernardino, California

The following is a list of notable people from San Bernardino, California.

Arts

• Gene Hackman - actor
• Kirk Harris - actor, writer
• Edith Head - Academy Award–winning costume designer
• Michael Reaves - screenwriter, mostly on animated series
• Twyla Tharp - modern dancer
• Kat Von D - Tattoo Artist
• Randy Rhoads - Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, and Quiet Riot, interred at Mountain View Cemetery.^[1]

Journalism

• Ron Magers - reporter and news anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago

Politics

• 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
• Jefferson Hunt - Western pioneer
• Dirk Kempthorne - Secretary of the Interior and former governor of Idaho
• Claude R. Kirk, Jr. - governor of Florida
• Jerry Lewis - United States House of Representatives
• Robert Waterman - Governor of California
• Oliver M. Wozencraft - Indian Agent, California Constitutional Delegate, expansionist
• Mark R. Shepherd - Democratic Party activist and politician

Science

• Michael R. Clifford - astronaut
• Howard Georgi - professor of physics at Harvard University

Sports

• Glenn Braggs - professional baseball player, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds
• Maurice Edu - professional soccer player, Rangers
• Brandie Burton - professional golfer
• Chuck Carr - professional baseball player, New York Mets; St. Louis Cardinals; Florida Marlins; Milwaukee Brewers; and Houston Astros
• Tyson Chandler - professional basketball player, New Orleans Hornets
• Rich Dauer - professional baseball player
• Eric Koston - pro skateboarder, was born in Bangkok, Thailand but grew up in San Bernardino
• Shawn Estes - professional baseball player
• Charles Johnson - professional football player
• Steve Johnson - professional basketball player
• John Laurinaitis - professional wrestler
• Alberto Madril - professional wrestler
• Jason Moore - professional football player
• Ryan Nece - professional football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Craig Newsome - professional football 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.
• 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.
• Mark Seay - Former wide receiver - San Diego Chargers
• Jeremy Stevenson - NHL player born in San Bernardino
• Dave Stockton - professional golfer
• Lisa Marie Varon aka Victoria - professional wrestler
• Charlie Venegas - professional speedway rider and two-time world champion, four-time ice racing world champion

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