List of people from San Bernardino, California

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

Arts

• Jerome Bixby – Writer
• Gene Hackman – actor
• Kirk Harris – actor, writer^[1]
• Edith Head – costume designer^[2]
• Poison Ivy – producer and guitarist for the Cramps^[3]
• Brenden Jefferson – actor
• Roscoe Karns (1891–1970) – actor
• David Lauser – drummer
• Julie London – singer, actress^[4]
• Michael Reaves – screenwriter
• Fuerza Regida - music group
• Lakeith Stanfield – actor^[5]
• Moses Sumney – singer-songwriter^[6]
• Philip Michael Thomas – actor
• Jason Thornberry - writer, musician
• Miranda Weese – dancer^[7]
• Jefferson Wood – illustrator
• Shailene Woodley – actress^[8]

Journalism

• Ron Magers – reporter and news anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago
• Wilbur H. Durborough (1882-1946) – photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I
• Henry L. Hooks (1921-2021)-first photojournalist in the IE to have African-American photos published in the San Bernardino Sun Telegram^[9]

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
• 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
• Claude R. Kirk, Jr. – Governor of Florida

Science

• Michael R. Clifford – astronaut^[10]
• Howard Georgi – professor of physics at Harvard University

Sports

• Tyler Ankrum – NASCAR driver
• Glenn Braggs – professional baseball player, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds
• Branden Becker – professional baseball player, Baltimore Orioles
• Greg Bunch – basketball player
• Brandie Burton – professional golfer
• Chuck Carr – professional baseball player, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, and Houston Astros
• Layshia Clarendon – professional basketball player, Los Angeles Sparks
• Kenny Clark – National Football League player, Green Bay Packers
• Mark Collins – National Football League player, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, two-time Super Bowl winner
• Rich Dauer – professional baseball player
• Jayden Daniels – professional football player^[11]
• Shawn Estes – professional baseball player
• Bobby Green - UFC Fighter
• Charles Johnson – National Football League player
• Al Jury – National Football League referee
• Damontae Kazee – professional National Football League player, Atlanta Falcons
• Bob Lemon - professional baseball player and manager
• Paul Lim – professional darts player
• Alberto Madril – professional wrestler
• Alexander Mattison – professional football player
• Jason Moore – National Football League player
• Ryan Nece – National Football League player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Craig Newsome – National Football League 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
• Stephanie Rehe – Women's Tennis Association player, ranked No. 10 in singles in March 1989
• Ricky Romero – Latino wrestler
• 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
• Daryl Sconiers – professional baseball player
• Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) - long distance runner
• Jeremy Stevenson – NHL player; born in San Bernardino
• Dave Stockton – professional golfer, two-time PGA Championship winner
• Jalin Turner – mixed martial artist
• Lisa Marie Varon – retired WWE professional wrestler known as Victoria, former two-time holder of the WWE Women's Championship (1956-2010)
• Charlie Venegas – professional speedway rider and two-time world champion, four-time ice racing world champion

Other

• Anthony Acevedo (1924–2018) – Mexican-American engineer and U.S. soldier incarcerated at the Berga concentration camp during World War II^[12]
• John Brown (1817–1889) – Mountain man, fur trapper and trader, prominent businessman in San Bernardino.
• Richard and Maurice McDonald – founders of McDonald's
• Anna Nieto-Gómez – Chicana feminist
• Rizwan Farook, worked as a health inspector and was a criminal
• Fredrick D. Scott – business consultant^[13]
• Walter Knott (1889–1981) – Founder of Knott's Berry Farm

References

1. "Film by former SB High student debuts at Palm Springs Film Festival". Pasadena Star News. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
2. Venturi. "Designer Edith Head – San Bernardino's Most Famous Daughter | SBCSentinel". Retrieved 2022-04-22.
3. "The pioneering influence of The Cramps member Poison Ivy". 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
4. "From the Archives: Julie London; Torch Singer, Movie and Television Actress". Los Angeles Times. 2000-10-19. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
5. Buckley, Cara (2018-07-04). "Lakeith Stanfield Is Playing Us All". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
6. "Moses Sumney's World of Possibilities". The New Yorker. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
7. Weinstein, Tresca (2016-07-14). "Former City Ballet dancer still has moves". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
8. "Keeping it real: Big Little Lies actor Shailene Woodley". independent. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
9. "SAN BERNARDINO: Photographer captured the lives of city's African Americans". 16 February 2016.
10. Robert Z. Pearlman (2021-12-29). "Rich Clifford, NASA astronaut who secretly flew with Parkinson's, dies at 69". Space.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
11. Williams, James (January 20, 2024). "Jayden Daniels gets a hometown hero's welcome in San Bernardino". The San Bernardino Sun. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
12. Schudel, Matt (March 10, 2018). "Anthony Acevedo, U.S. Army medic who endured prison-camp horrors during WWII, dies at 93". Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
13. "May 2010 - Ebony Magazine "Top 30 under 30" FDS". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

^[1]

1. "SAN BERNARDINO: Photographer captured the lives of city's African Americans". 16 February 2016.