The following is a list of notable people from San Bernardino, California.
Arts Jerome Bixby – writer Gene Hackman – actor and novelist Kirk Harris – actor, writer Edith Head – costume designer Poison Ivy – producer and guitarist for the Cramps Brenden Jefferson – actor Roscoe Karns (1891–1970) – actor David Lauser – drummer Julie London – singer, actress Michael Reaves – screenwriter Fuerza Regida – music group Bob Spalding – guitarist/bassist for The Ventures, born in San Bernardino Lakeith Stanfield – actor Moses Sumney – singer-songwriter Twyla Tharp – choreographer and dancer Philip Michael Thomas – actor Jason Thornberry – writer, musician Miranda Weese – dancer Jefferson Wood – illustrator Shailene Woodley – actress
Journalism
Wilbur H. Durborough (1882-1946) – photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I 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 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 Howard Georgi – professor of physics at Harvard University
Sports Tyler Ankrum – NASCAR driver Branden Becker – baseball player Glenn Braggs – baseball player Greg Bunch – basketball player Brandie Burton – golfer Chuck Carr – baseball player Layshia Clarendon – basketball player Kenny Clark – football player Mark Collins – football player Jayden Daniels – football player Rich Dauer – baseball player Shawn Estes – baseball player King Green – mixed martial artist Charles Johnson – football player Al Jury – football referee Damontae Kazee – football player Bob Lemon – baseball player and manager Paul Lim – darts player Alberto Madril – wrestler Alexander Mattison – football player Jason Moore – football player Ryan Nece – football player Craig Newsome – football player Derek Parra – Olympic speed skater Stephanie Rehe – tennis player Ricky Romero – wrestler Bryon Russell – basketball player Swede Savage – race car driver Daryl Sconiers – baseball player Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long distance runner Jeremy Stevenson – hockey player Dave Stockton – golfer Jalin Turner – mixed martial artist Lisa Marie Varon – wrestler Charlie Venegas – speedway rider
Other Anthony Acevedo (1924–2018) – Mexican-American engineer and U.S. soldier incarcerated at the Berga concentration camp during World WarII John Brown (1817–1889) – mountain man, fur trapper and trader, prominent businessman in San Bernardino Richard and Maurice McDonald – founders of McDonald's Rizwan Farook – terrorist Walter Knott (1889–1981) – founder of Knott's Berry Farm Anna Nieto-Gómez – Chicana feminist Fredrick D. Scott – business consultant
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