- Kevin Federline
Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21 1978), is an American back-up stage dancer, model, actor, and rapper. - Carson Palmer
Carson Palmer (born December 27, 1979 in Fresno, California) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals franchise. He attended the University of Southern California, where he won the Heisman Trophy Award in 2002 in his senior season. He was drafted by the Bengals with the first overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft and signed a 9-year, $118.75 million contract extension on December 29, 2005. - William Saroyan
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. These stories were popular during the Great Depression. Saroyan grew up in Fresno, the center of Armenian-Americans in California, where many of his works are set (although he sometimes gave the city a fictional name). - Gary Soto
Gary Soto (born Febuary 1952) is an American author and poet. He has received many awards for his writing, which is centered on the Mexican-American or Chicano experience. Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, to working-class Mexican-American parents. He had an older brother named Bobby, and a younger sister named Debra. Soto lived in Fresno where he worked as a factory laborer. His inspirations include Thomas Berger, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda, … - Tom Seaver
George Thomas Seaver (born November 17, 1944) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the major leagues in 1967 and retired in 1987. He played for four different teams in his career, but was primarily associated with his first: the New York Mets. Nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", Seaver had 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts and a 2.86 ERA during a 20-year career. In 1992 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. - Del Webb
Delbert E. Webb (May 17 1899 - July 4 1974) was an American construction magnate, real estate developer and sports-team owner who is significant for founding and developing the retirement community of Sun City, Arizona. He was born in Fresno, California and dropped out of high school to become a carpenter's apprentice. At the age of 28, he suffered typhoid fever, and as a result moved to Phoenix, Arizona to recover. - Josh Koscheck
Josh D. "Kos" Koscheck (born November 30, 1977) is an American mixed martial arts fighter from Fresno, California, a former collegiate wrestling champion, and is currently fighting at welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He made his debut with the organization on the first season of the reality television show, The Ultimate Fighter. MMAWeekly.com currently ranks Koscheck as the No. 4 welterweight in the world, … - Brian Turner
Brian Turner is an American poet and the winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for poetry. From Fresno, California, Turner has seen his poems published in "Poetry Daily", "Atlanta Review", "Crab Orchard Review", "Georgia Review", "Rattle", and "ZYZZYVA". His poems have also appeared in the "Voices in Wartime" anthology. He received the Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection, "Here, Bullet", … - David Harris
David Harris (born 1946 in Fresno, California) is an American journalist and author. He is known chiefly for his role as an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War, most notably as a leading opponent of the Draft. - Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the "father of the megaresort." Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills and Nevada. One of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, … - Ross Bagdasarian
Ross Bagdasarian was an American pianist, songwriter, actor, and record producer of Armenian ethnic descent, born in Fresno, California. During his professional life he was better known by the stage name David Seville, which he used on his recordings featuring The Chipmunks. As a young man, Bagdasarian appeared in the Broadway cast of "The Time of Your Life", written by his famous cousin, William Saroyan. - Frank Chance
Frank Leroy Chance (September 9, 1877 - September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Performing the roles of first baseman and manager, Chance led the Chicago Cubs to four National League championships in the span of five years (1906-1910) and earned the nickname "The Peerless Leader". Born in Fresno, California, Chance began his career in 1898 with the Chicago Cubs and played irregularly until 1902. - Deshawn Stevenson
DeShawn Stevenson (born April 3 1981 in Fresno, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Washington Wizards of the NBA. He entered the NBA directly from Washington Union High School in his hometown of Fresno and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall selection of the 2000 NBA Draft. A shooting guard, he has played for the Jazz and the Orlando Magic, averaging 8.2 points per game in his career. - Bill Vukovich
Bill Vukovich (born December 13, 1918 in Fresno, California, died May 30, 1955), was an American automobile racing driver, of Serbian descent. He was known variously as "Vuky" and "The Mad Russian" for his intense driving style, as well as the "Silent Serb" for his cool demeanor. Several drivers of his generation have referred to him as the greatest ever encountered in American motorsport. - Tom Flores
Thomas R. "Tom" Flores (born March 21, 1937 in Fresno, California) is a retired Mexican-American football quarterback and coach. Flores and Mike Ditka are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. He is currently a radio announcer. - Monte Melkonian
Monte Melkonian (in Armenian: in TAO Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան, in RAO Մոնթե Մելքոնյան November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was a famed Armenian military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He is largely credited for major military victories against Azerbaijan from the late autumn of 1992 to his death in June 1993. Melkonian had no prior service record in any country's army before being placed in command of an estimated 4,000 men in the war. - Rudi Bakhtiar
Rudi Bakhtiar Rudi Bakhtiar is an Iranian-American journalist, working for the Fox News Channel. Although born in California, Bakhtiar was raised in Iran until the Iranian Revolution when her family moved to the United States. She attended University of California, Los Angeles, where she received a B.S. in biology, planning to be a dentist. Prior to Fox News, Bakhtiar had worked for CNN. - Mike Connors
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 television series, "Mannix". Before that, he had played a crime-fighting investigator, wielding a .38 handgun hidden in his back, in the television series "Tightrope". Born Kreker Ohanian in Fresno, California, he graduated from UCLA where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. - Steven Zaillian
After scripting Clear and Present Danger (1994), Zaillian was one of three co-writers who adapted the TV show Mission Impossible (1996) for the screen. This effort, however, bombed in the opinion of the Razzie Awards who nominated Zaillian for the Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million, a dubious honor shared that year with David Koepp and Robert Towne . - Frank Thomas
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 campus humor magazine the Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston -- then later attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and also was a member of the Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, … - Lawson Fusao Inada
Lawsno Fusao Inada (born in 1938 in Fresno, California) is an American poet and is currently the poet laureate of the U.S. state of Oregon. - Chris Jefferies
Christopher (Chris) Allen Jeffries (born February 13 1980 in Fresno, California) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He is currently playing in the Venezuelan LPB for Gaiteros del Zulia. He was named First Team All-Western Athletic Conference, All-Defensive Team and All-Newcomer Team as a sophomore at Fresno State University. Also named WAC Newcomer of the Year by the conference media. - Roger Tatarian
H. Roger Tatarian (1917-1995) was vice-president and editor-in-chief of United Press International, a world-wide news-reporting service that supplied stories to thousands of newspapers, magazines, and broadcast outlets. - Dick Contino
Dick Contino (born January 17, 1930, Fresno, California) is an American singer and accordionist. Contino began performing in various Los Angeles talent shows, and beginning in 1946 received some mainstream attention that later became-for a brief period-stardom. He was billed as the "world's greatest accordion player" and appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" a record 48 times. His success was interrupted when Contino was drafted during the Korean War. - Matt Giordano
Matt Giordano (born October 16, 1982 in Fresno, California) is a safety for the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. - Sarah Uriarte Berry
Sarah Uriarte Berry is an American actress and singer. A native of Fresno, California and a graduate of UCLA, Berry made her Broadway debut as Eponine in "Les Misérables" in 1997. She also has appeared in the short-lived "Taboo" (2004) and "The Light in the Piazza" (2005), which garnered her Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. - Bison Dele
Bison Dele (April 6, 1969 - disappeared July 7, 2002), formerly known as Brian Williams (full given name Brian Carson Williams), was an American professional basketball player who finished his career as a center for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He is believed to have been murdered at sea by his older brother in 2002. - Christopher Gorham
Christopher Gorham is an American actor. - Lorenzo Neal
Lorenzo LaVonne Neal (born December 27, 1970 in Hanford, California) is a Pro Bowl fullback in the National Football League. He played for Lemoore High School in Central California and Fresno State University. He was selected in the 1993 NFL Draft in the fourth round (89th overall) by the New Orleans Saints. Neal currently plays in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers. He has blocked for 1,000 yard rushers for 10 years in a row through 2006, … - Ricky Manning Jr.
Richard "Ricky" Manning, Jr. (born November 18, 1980 in Fresno, California) is a professional American football cornerback who plays for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He formerly played for the Carolina Panthers. He is also known for his arrest record for violence. - Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is a four-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. - James Porteous
James Porteous (1848-1922) was the Scottish-American inventor of the Fresno Scraper. James Porteous was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. His father, William Porteous, had been a wheelwright and blacksmith who built and repaired carriages, wagons and farm equipment. After learning his basic skills, James Porteous emigrated to the United States in 1873, at the age of 25, and settled in Santa Barbara, California. - Jaz McKay
Jaz McKay (born August 1958) is a radio host, writer, and comedian. Currently he hosts a conservative talk radio show at KNZR in Bakersfield, California from noon until three o-clock. - Phil Austin
Phil Austin (often Philip) (born April 6, 1941 in Denver, Colorado) is a comedian and writer. He grew up in Fresno, California, attending Fresno High School. He attended Bowdoin College and UCLA, joining the staff of KPFK radio in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Austin is best known for his work as part of The Firesign Theatre (of which he is the only constant member), where he plays the group's best-known creation, Nick Danger. - Daryle Lamonica
Daryle Lamonica (born July 17, 1941 in Fresno, California) was a college and professional American football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the National Football League. Lamonica lettered in four sports at Clovis High School, was an All-State Quarterback, and turned down a professional baseball contract with the Chicago Cubs. Clovis High School renamed its football stadium Lamonica Stadium in 1970. - Les Richter
Les Richter (born October 26 1930 in Fresno, California) is a former Los Angeles Rams NFL football player turned auto racing president of the Riverside International Raceway. - Rod Perry
Rod Perry (born 1953) is a retired American football player. He now is a defensive backs coach for the Indianapolis Colts - Bill Glasson
William Lee "Bill" Glasson, Jr. (born April 29, 1960) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments on the PGA Tour. Glasson was born in Fresno, California. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a distinguished member of the golf team - a two-time All-American. He turned pro in 1983. Glasson has enjoyed eight victories as a professional golfer: seven official PGA Tour events and one non-official event. - Timmy T
Timmy T (born Timothy Torres in Fresno, California on September 21, 1967) is a Freestyle performer and musician. He is best known for his 1991 Billboard #1 single "One More Try." He also had other memorable hits such as "Time After Time" and "What Will I Do." also never again Timmy T started out in the 80's in small rap groups in Fresno, but felt that he would rather do dance music. - Ickey Woods
Elbert L. "Ickey" Woods (born February 28, 1966 in Fresno, California) is a former American football fullback who played his entire NFL career (1988 to 1991) with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at UNLV. He is best remembered for his lumbering "Ickey Shuffle" end zone dance, performed when he scored touchdowns. Ickey's best friend Tim Mullins of Union Township Cincinnati has been credited for teaching Ickey the famous endzone shuffle.
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