Ross Bagdasarian

Ross Bagdasarian

male, deceased (1972)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Child, Best Recording for Child, The Time of Your Life, The Human Comedy, Broadway theatre, Broadway…FromFresno, California
Ross Bagdasarian was an American pianist, songwriter, actor, and record producer of Armenian ethnic descent, born in Fresno, California. During his...
Frank Chance

Frank Chance

male, deceased (1924)
New York Yankees player, Major League Baseball, columnist, Chicago Cubs player, Major League first baseman, baseball hall of fame…from California, FromFresno, California
Frank Leroy Chance (September 9, 1877 - September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Performing the...
Deshawn Stevenson

Deshawn Stevenson

male, 28 years old
FromFresno, California, African American, Washington Union High School, 2000 NBA Draft, McDonald's High School All-American, Washington Wizards
DeShawn Stevenson (born April 3 1981 in Fresno, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Washington Wizards of...
Bill Vukovich

Bill Vukovich

male, deceased (1955)
motorsport, Automobile racing, driver, Racing Driver, Formula One driver, Racecar drivers killed at Indianapolis…FromFresno, California
Bill Vukovich (born December 13, 1918 in Fresno, California, died May 30, 1955), was an American automobile racing driver, of Serbian descent. He...
Tom Flores

Tom Flores

male, 72 years old
Mexican American sportspeople, Mexican-American, 10-Year AFL player, National Football League announcer, FromFresno, California, American football quarterback
Thomas R. "Tom" Flores (born March 21, 1937 in Fresno, California) is a retired Mexican-American football quarterback and coach. Flores and Mike...
Monte Melkonian

Monte Melkonian

male, deceased (1993)
Reformed Armenian Orthography, Traditional Armenian Orthography, Soldier, FromFresno, California, tao, rao
Monte Melkonian (in Armenian: in TAO Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան, in RAO Մոնթե Մելքոնյան November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was a famed Armenian military comman...
Rudi Bakhtiar

Rudi Bakhtiar

female, 43 years old (Iran)
FromFresno, California, Fox News Channel, FOX News, CNN Headline News, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, September 11, 2001 attacks…University of California, Los Angeles, born in California and raised in Iran
Rudi Bakhtiar Rudi Bakhtiar is an Iranian-American journalist, working for the Fox News Channel. Although born in California, Bakhtiar was raised...
Mike Connors

Mike Connors

male, 84 years old
film actor, FromFresno, California, American Broadcasting Company, Gunsmoke actor, The Ten Commandments, Armenian-American
Mike Connors (born August 15, 1925) is an American actor of Armenian descent. He is best known for playing Joe Mannix in the long-running detective...
Steven Zaillian

Steven Zaillian

male, 56 years old
San Francisco State University, Fresno, Film editor, FromFresno, California, Gangs of New York, Armenian-American…born in Fresno, California
After scripting Clear and Present Danger (1994), Zaillian was one of three co-writers who adapted the TV show Mission Impossible (1996) for the...
Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas

male, deceased (2004)
mary poppins, death by cerebral hemorrhage, Stanford Chaparral, piglet, sleeping beauty, snow white…FromFresno, California
Franklin Thomas was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. He graduated from Stanford University - where he worked on...