List of people from San Bernardino, California
The following is a list of notable people from San Bernardino, California.
Arts
- Twyla Tharp - choreographer and dancer[1][2]
- Jerome Bixby – writer[3][4]
- Gene Hackman – actor and novelist[5][6]
- Kirk Harris – actor, writer[7]
- Edith Head – costume designer[8]
- Poison Ivy – producer and guitarist for the Cramps[9]
- Brenden Jefferson – actor
- Roscoe Karns (1891–1970) – actor[10][11]
- David Lauser – drummer
- Julie London – singer, actress[12]
- Michael Reaves – screenwriter
- Fuerza Regida - music group[13][14]
- Bob Spalding - guitarist/bassist for The Ventures, born in San Bernardino
- Lakeith Stanfield – actor[15]
- Moses Sumney – singer-songwriter[16]
- Philip Michael Thomas – actor[17][18]
- Jason Thornberry - writer, musician
- Miranda Weese – dancer[19]
- Jefferson Wood – illustrator
- Shailene Woodley – actress[20]
Journalism
- Ron Magers – reporter and news anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago[21][22]
- Wilbur H. Durborough (1882-1946) – photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I[23][24]
- Henry L. Hooks (1921-2021)-first photojournalist in the IE to have African-American photos published in the San Bernardino Sun Telegram[25]
Politics
- Anna Escobedo Cabral – 42nd Treasurer of the United States[26][27][28]
- 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
- Dirk Kempthorne – Idaho Governor, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Interior; moved to San Bernardino at a young age, lived there through junior college[29][30]
- Claude R. Kirk, Jr. – Governor of Florida[31][32]
Science
- Michael R. Clifford – astronaut[33]
- Howard Georgi – professor of physics at Harvard University[34][35]
Sports
- Jayden Daniels – football player[36]
- Tyler Ankrum – NASCAR driver[37][38]
- Glenn Braggs – baseball player[39][40]
- Branden Becker – baseball player[41][42]
- Greg Bunch – basketball player
- Brandie Burton – golfer[43][44]
- Chuck Carr – baseball player[45][46][47]
- Layshia Clarendon – basketball player[48][49]
- Kenny Clark – football player[50][51]
- Mark Collins – football player[52][53][54]
- Rich Dauer – baseball player[55][56]
- Shawn Estes – baseball player
- King Green – mixed martial artist[57][58]
- Charles Johnson – football player[59][60]
- Al Jury – football referee[61][62]
- Damontae Kazee – football player[63][64]
- Bob Lemon – baseball player and manager[65][66]
- Paul Lim – darts player
- Alberto Madril – wrestler
- Alexander Mattison – football player[67][68]
- Jason Moore – football player[69]
- Ryan Nece – football player[70][71]
- Craig Newsome – football player
- Derek Parra – Olympic speed skater[72][73]
- Stephanie Rehe – tennis player
- Ricky Romero – wrestler
- Bryon Russell – basketball player[74][75]
- Swede Savage – race car driver[76][77]
- Daryl Sconiers – baseball player
- Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long distance runner[78][79]
- Jeremy Stevenson – hockey player
- Dave Stockton – golfer[80][81]
- Jalin Turner – mixed martial artist[82][83][84]
- Lisa Marie Varon – wrestler[85][86]
- Charlie Venegas – speedway rider
Other
- Anthony Acevedo (1924–2018) – Mexican-American engineer and U.S. soldier incarcerated at the Berga concentration camp during World War II[87]
- John Brown (1817–1889) – Mountain man, fur trapper and trader, prominent businessman in San Bernardino.[88][89]
- Richard and Maurice McDonald – founders of McDonald's[90][91]
- Anna Nieto-Gómez – Chicana feminist
- Rizwan Farook, terrorist[92][93]
- Fredrick D. Scott – business consultant[94]
- Walter Knott (1889–1981) – Founder of Knott's Berry Farm[95][96]
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