- Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno (born Camilo Wong Moreno June 20, 1973) is an American musician. He is the lead singer and back-up guitarist in Deftones and Team Sleep. Moreno was born in Sacramento, California to a Mexican father and a Mexican/Irish/Native American/Chinese mother; the latter being the origin of his Spanish nickname "Chino" (a nickname given to Latinos with Asian features), which means "Chinese" in Spanish. He was the third of five children. - Brotha Lynch Hung
Brotha Lynch Hung (born Kevin Mann) is a Horrorcore/Gangsta Rap artist from Sacramento, California. He is known for lyrics featuring highly explicit themes, including murder, gang violence, and cannibalism. Lynch collaborated with Master P in his 1993 debut album, "24 Deep", which featured stories of the struggles involved with being affiliated with a local street gang in Sacramento's "Garden Blocc". - Anton Barbeau
Anton Barbeau is an American singer-songwriter based in Sacramento, California. He primarily accompanies himself on guitar or keyboard, though on his recordings he's performed on many different instruments, additionally including bass guitar and percussion. Barbeau is known for combining surreal lyrics with pop melodies and is often described as being in the songwriting tradition of Robyn Hitchcock, Syd Barrett, and The Beatles. - Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour. - Rodney King
Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American taxi driver who became famous after his violent arrest by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was videotaped by a bystander, George Holliday. The incident raised a public outcry among people who believed it was racially motivated. - Anthony Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) has been an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1988. Appointed by conservative President Ronald Reagan, he acts as the Court's swing vote in many cases, and as a result has held special prominence in many politically charged 5-4 decisions. - Kevin Johnson
Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966 in Sacramento, California) is a retired American basketball point guard who played for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. Johnson attended Sacramento High School where he starred in both basketball and baseball all four years. Originally drafted in 1986 to play professional baseball with the Oakland Athletics as a shortstop, Johnson chose to play basketball instead, attending the University of California, Berkeley, … - Michael Newdow
Dr. Michael Arthur Newdow (born June 24 1953) is a Sacramento, California attorney and emergency medicine physician. He is an atheist and an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church. In 1997, Newdow started FACTS (First Amendmist Church of True Science), which advocates a strong separation of church and state in public institutions. - Derrek Lee
Derrek Leon Lee (born September 6, 1975 in Sacramento, California) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Chicago Cubs and has since 2004. From 1997 through 2003, Lee played with the San Diego Padres (1997) and Florida Marlins (1998-2003). He bats and throws right-handed. - Bunny Luv
Bunny Luv (born on September 12, 1979 in Sacramento, California) is an American pornographic actress. Luv entered the porn industry in 1999. In 2003, Luv branched out to directing for Digital Playgound, using the alias Celeste and recently added a new alias to her list of stage names Elsa Versus. - Charles R. Schwab
Charles R. Schwab , 71, started his San Francisco-based firm in 1971 as a traditional brokerage company and in 1974 became a pioneer in the discount brokerage business. Mr. Schwab took an early lead, offering a combination of low prices with fast, efficient order executions, and soon became the nation's largest discount broker. Today, the company is one of the nation's leading financial services firms with approximately $1.2 trillion in client assets. - Jennifer Strange
Jennifer Lea Strange was a 28-year-old woman who died of water intoxication on January 12, 2007 after taking part in a Sacramento, California, radio station's water-drinking contest. Strange, along with twenty other participants, took part in a contest held by KDND-FM's "Morning Rave" show called "Hold Your Wee for a Wii," where the winner would win a Wii, a popular and at that time difficult-to-obtain Nintendo video game console. - Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866 - August 6, 1945) was a leading American progressive and later isolationist politician from California; he served as Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945. - Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowa (born December 6 1945 in Sacramento, California) is a former middle infielder, playing mainly as a shortstop, and manager in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies. He is currently the third-base coach of the New York Yankees. Characterized by his "soft" hands, strong arm, and fiery personality, he won two Gold Glove Awards and led the National League in fielding percentage six times, then a league record. - John Sutter
Johann Augustus Sutter (February 23 1803 - June 18 1880) was a Californian of Swiss descent famous for his association with the California Gold Rush (in that gold was discovered by James W. Marshall in Sutter's Mill) and for establishing Sutter's Fort in an area that would later become the capital of the U.S. state of California, Sacramento. Although famous throughout California for his association with the Gold Rush, Sutter ironically died almost poor, … - Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950, in Modesto, California) is an American swimmer. He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Between 1965 and 1972, Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze; 5 Pan American golds; 31 National U.S. Amateur Athletic Union titles; and 8 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. - Burney Lamar
Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980, West Sacramento, California) is an unemployed NASCAR driver. He began racing go-carts at the age of 5, and won a total of twenty-five track championships and three International Karting Federation Regional titles. At the age of sixteen, Lamar started racing stock cars at Stockton 99 Speedway and finished eleventh in points. Over the next three years, he raced on many West Coast short tracks, and won the Shell Oil Tri-Track championship. - Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She became popular with teenage audiences in the 1980s, as a result of her starring roles in the John Hughes movies "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink". - Fernando Viña
Fernando Viña (born April 16, 1969 in Sacramento, California) is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman and current MLB broadcaster for ESPN. From 1993 through 2005, Viña played for the Seattle Mariners (1993), New York Mets (1994), Milwaukee Brewers (1995-99), St Louis Cardinals (2000-03), and Detroit Tigers (2004). A National League All-Star in 1998, Viña is a two-time Gold Glove winner (2001-02). - Herb Caen
Herbert Eugene Caen (April 3, 1916 - February 1, 1997) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist working in San Francisco. Born in Sacramento, California, Caen worked for the "San Francisco Chronicle" from the late 1930s until his death, with an interruption from 1950 to 1958 during which he wrote for the "San Francisco Examiner." His collection of essays entitled "Baghdad-by-the-Bay" was published in 1949. - Diego Corrales
Diego "Chico" Corrales (August 25 1977 - May 7 2007) was a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxing champion. "Chico" had a professional record of 40-5-0, with 33 wins coming by way of knockout. - Nick Johnson
Nicholas Robert (Nick) Johnson (born September 19, 1978 in Sacramento, California) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball, currently with the Washington Nationals. He previously played with the New York Yankees between 2001 and 2003, and with the Montreal Expos in 2004. Johnson is known for his patience at the plate and extreme discipline, leading to a high on-base percentage. Johnson is also not a dead pull hitter, … - Merrin Dungey
Merrin Dungey, (born August 6, 1971, Sacramento, California), is a American film and television actress. As a child, she was active in ballet and dance as well as piano. Dungey was also an accomplished ice skater. Dungey graduated in 1989 from Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California. She earned a degree of Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. She was the youngest recipient of the UCLA Acting Award. - Sandee Westgate
Sandra "Sandee" Westgate (born May 5, 1979 in Sacramento, California) is an American model and pornographic actress. Born and raised in Sacramento, Westgate began modeling at the age of four. She moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue her lifelong dream of being a successful model. She has appearances in lingerie catalogs, calendars, fitness and car magazines, and "Playboy" magazine and TV. Her hobbies include webmistressing, baking, art, music, fast cars, … - Cynthia Robinson
Cynthia Robinson (born January 12, 1946 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American musician, best known for being the trumpeter in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone. Robinson is notable for being an early black trumpet player in a major American band, and also for being the only member of the original Family Stone to continue working with Sly Stone after the band fell apart in 1975. - Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey (born on March 14, 1988, in Sacramento, CA) is an American pornographic actress. - Joan Didion
Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. Didion contributes regularly to "The New York Review of Books". With her late husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, she collaborated on several screenplays. She lives in New York City. Didion was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956 with a BA in English. - Phil Angelides
California State Treasurer Phil Angelides has made his mark in the civic life of California as an effective public leader and as a successful and innovative businessman. As Treasurer, Mr. Angelides has worked to create jobs and opportunity for all by investing in California communities. To protect the financial security of the state's families, he has been a leader in the national movement to reform corporate practices that have harmed the economy and shareholders. - Maureen Reagan
Maureen Elizabeth Reagan Revell was the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman. She was also the only child born to them who survived infancy; their son Michael Edward Reagan was adopted. As a young actress, she acted in films. She married and divorced John Filippone and David Sills, before finally marrying her husband for life, Dennis Revell, in 1981. - Brenda Song
Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988) is an American actress. She currently co-stars in the Disney Channel Original Series, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" as London Tipton. She has also made appearances in other Disney Channel original series and films. - Buck Martinez
John Albert "Buck" Martinez (born November 7, 1948 in Redding, California) is a former catcher, manager and is currently a play-by-play commentator in Major League Baseball. He also managed the American national team at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. - Colin Hanks
Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor and the son of famous actor Tom Hanks. - Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American film and television actor. He is usually recognized by his tall, thin, rough-hewn physique, a thick handlebar moustache and a gruff speaking voice. - Brad Lidge
Bradley Thomas Lidge (born December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, California) is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. - Leo A. Brooks Jr.
Major General Leo A. Brooks, Jr. served in the United States Army. His brother is fellow General Vincent K. Brooks and their father Leo A. Brooks, Sr. was a Major General in the United States Army. - Mark Goodson
Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 - December 18, 1992) was an accomplished American television producer who specialized in game shows. - Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American television, film, character and musical theater actress. She came to prominence through her roles as Beatrice Arthur's divorced daughter, Carol Trainer, in the 1970s sitcom, "Maude", and in several early 1980s horror and science fiction films. - Brian Posehn
Brian Posehn (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on "Just Shoot Me!" and as a cast member of HBO's "Mr. Show". - Leo A. Brooks Sr.
Major General Leo A. Brooks, Sr. served in the United States Army. He has two sons that also have reached the rank of General in the United States Army, Vincent K. Brooks and Leo A. Brooks Jr.. - Vincent Keith Brooks
Vincent Keith Brooks is an American brigadier general, who was the United States Army's Deputy Director of Operations during the War in Iraq. This position again made him visible in the media. He also served as the Chief of Army Public Affairs in the Pentagon. As of June 8, 2006, BG Brooks is the 1st Cavalry Division Deputy Commanding General garrisoned at Fort Hood, Texas.
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