- Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester Mystery House is a well-known California mansion that was under construction continuously for 38 years and is reputed to be haunted. It once was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester, but is now a tourist attraction. Under Sarah Winchester's guidance, construction on the house continued 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, until her death 38 years later on September 5, 1922. - Owen Nolan
Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. He also played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes. He was raised in Thorold, Ontario, Canada. Nolan is a prototypical power forward, and as such has struggled with injuries throughout his career. - Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren (born Sue Lofgren on December 21 1947), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the 16th District of California (map), based in San Jose. A lifelong Bay Area resident, Lofgren attended Gunn High School in Palo Alto, earned her B.A. at Stanford University and a J.D. at Santa Clara University. She left the San Jose area for a few years after graduation from Stanford, … - Robin Williams
Robin P. Williams is a American writer of computer-related books. She is particularly known for her manuals of style "The Mac is Not a Typewriter" (ISBN 0-201-78263-4) and "The Non-Designer's Design Book" (ISBN-13: 978-0-321-19385-8), as well as numerous manuals for various Mac OS operating systems and applications, including "The Little Mac Book" (ISBN-13: 978-0-321-33534-0). Williams grew up in San Jose and Fremont, California, … - Tom Campbell
Thomas J. (Tom) Campbell (b. August 14, 1952) returned as dean of the Haas School of Business and a professor of business administration at the University of California, Berkeley after a leave of absence to serve as the Director of Finance for the State of California in 2004 and 2005. He previously served five nonconsecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. - John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. Scott Riley, writing for The Sports Network, recognized him as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles - three at Wimbledon and four at the U.S. Open. He also won nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. - Tom Gilbert
Tom Gilbert (born January 10, 1983 in Bloomington, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. Played his high school hockey for Minnesota powerhouse, Bloomington Jefferson. He was the captain his senior year (2001). That same year he switched to forward from defense, which he played as a sophomore and junior. He responded by scoring 4 goals in his first game at forward against a strong Hill-Murray team. - Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born June 16, 1981 in Merzig, Saarland, Germany) is a professional tennis player. Becker is not related to former "World No. 1" Boris Becker. He won the 2004 NCAA singles title while helping Baylor University to the team title. In June 2006, he qualified for Wimbledon and defeated Juan Ignacio Chela before losing in the second round to Fernando Verdasco. - Gonzalo Segares
Gonzalo Segares is a Costa Rican football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Segares started in his country playing at Deportivo Saprissa's minor league system, before being awarded with a scholarship to play college soccer at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2001 to 2004, where he was a strong player from his debut, starting all 83 games he played in his four seasons. - Katherine Legge
Katherine Legge (pronounced 'leg') (born 12 July, 1980 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a British auto racing driver, currently racing in the Champ Car World Series. In 2005, Legge competed in the Toyota Atlantic Championship. She won the series opener at Long Beach in her first career Toyota Atlantic start. In doing so, she became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America. - Joe Simitian
Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. - E-40
Earl Stevens (born November 15, 1967 Vallejo, California) best known by his stage name E-40 is a Bay Area rapper. His nicknames include Charlie Hustle, E-Bonics, 40 Fonzarelli, The Ambassador of the Bay, The Ballatician, 40 Belafonte, E-Pheezy, Fortywater, E-4-0, and Earl Poppin' His Collar. - Kim Campbell
Kim Reed-Campbell (b. 1975) is a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Campbell, daughter of the Mayor of San Jose (and former U.S. Air Force Captain) Chuck Reed, gained favorable notice when she successfully piloted her A-10 Warthog back to base in southern Iraq despite receiving heavy damage during a combat mission over Baghdad. She joined the Civil Air Patrol when she was 13 and made her first solo flight over the skies of San Jose at the age of 16. - Dan Clarke
Dan Clarke is a British auto racing driver born October 4, 1983 in Mexborough. A veteran of British Formula Ford where he won the prestigious Formula Ford Festival, he moved up the British Formula Three Championship in 2005 in a team part owned by Kimi Räikkönen, Räikkönen Robertson Racing, and finished 5th overall, taking one win at Castle Combe.With a series of impressive tests he was signed to drive in the Champ Car World Series for CTE Racing - HVM, … - Tim Hunter
Tim Hunter (born September 10, 1960 in Calgary, Alberta) is a former NHL forward. Chosen in the 3rd round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft (#54 overall) by the then Atlanta Flames, Hunter went on to a 16-year career with the Calgary Flames, Quebec Nordiques, Vancouver Canucks, and San Jose Sharks. He was on the Flames' 1989 Stanley Cup championship team, and also appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1986 with Calgary and in 1994 with Vancouver. - Walter Centeno
Walter Centeno Corea is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for Deportivo Saprissa. Before joining Saprissa, Centeno played for Belen and Goicoechea, also of Costa Rica, and AEK Athens FC of Greece. While playing for AEK Athens FC he participated in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage managing to score in the team's away home draws against Real Madrid (2-2) and AS Roma (1-1). - Pete Constant
Pete Constant is an American politician from California, currently Councilmember for District 1 of the San Jose, California City Council. Constant is a former San Jose Police Officer (1989-2000) and has owned several photography businesses. Constant was elected to the City Council during the June 2006 Primary and was sworn into office in 2007. Constant replaced Councilmember Linda LeZotte, who had served eight years before being term-limited out in 2006. - Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones is a news anchor for San Francisco radio station KGO-AM 810. She co-anchors "The KGO Morning News" with Ed Baxter. Before taking her current position, Jones was a reporter for KGO's San Jose bureau. She is a veteran of other California news and talk radio stations, having been a reporter and anchor for KFBK in Sacramento, and for KPAY in Chico. - Martin V.
Martin V. Smith, also known as Bud Smith or simply Bud, born October 18, 1916 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was a prominent Oxnard, California developer and philantropist with properties from Los Angeles County to San Luis Obispo County. In 1941, he ventured into business when he traded a collection of jukeboxes for a failing hamburger drive-in on Oxnard Boulevard which he remodeled into the Colonial House Restaurant; he was 23 years old. - Manny Diaz
Manny Diaz (born July 4, 1953 in San Francisco, CA) was a California State Assemblyman from 2000-2004. He stepped down in 2004 to make an unsuccessful run for the State Senate. Mr. Diaz represented the 23rd district. Diaz was a San Jose city councilman from 1995-2000 prior to going to the Assembly. - Simon Carless
Simon Carless is a video game industry journalist, editor and game designer. He was born in London, England, but has since moved to San Jose, California. Simon commutes to San Francisco where he works for CMP Technology as the Editorial Director in the CMP Game Group including editing both "Game Developer Magazine" and the Webby Award winning Gamasutra. - Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American beach volleyball player. Walsh was born in the U.S. state of California to Tim and Margie Walsh, and grew up in Saratoga, California. As a high school student, she played on the varsity team at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. Walsh continued on to Stanford University, where she won national titles in 1996 and 1997 and was a four-year first-team All-American, … - Il Lee
Il Lee (born 1952 in Seoul, Korea) is a contemporary artist currently living in New York City. He is best known for working almost exclusively in the unusual medium of ballpoint pen on paper and canvas. His works have been exhibited in Seoul, Paris, New York City and San Jose. His work is minimalist in style and can be linked to Asian calligraphy. Lee received his B.F.A. in painting from Hong-Ik University in 1976. - Pedro Gomez
Pedro Gomez (born c. 1962) is a television reporter for ESPN's "SportsCenter" show. He is part of Baseball Writers Association of America Gomez spent his youth in Cuba and Miami, Florida. After graduating from college, he went on to cover the Oakland Athletics from 1990 to 1997 for "The Sacramento Bee" and "San Jose Mercury News" newspapers. During his tenure as a writer covering the Athletics, Gomez, a lifetime baseball fan, … - Kurt Morsink
Kurt Morsink (born June 27, 1984 in San Jose, Costa Rica) is an Costa Rican-American soccer player who currently plays midfielder for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Morsink played collegiate soccer at James Madison University from 2003 to 2006. Over his four years there, he started 73 out of 76 games scoring 32 goals and assisting on 29. During his college years he also played with Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League. - Lee Hyung-Taik
Lee Hyung-taik (Pronounced: Hyung-taek) (born January 3, 1976) is the most successful South Korean male tennis player in history. Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine and turned pro in 1995. He made a splash at the 2000 US Open Grand Slam tournament, reaching the 4th round before losing to Pete Sampras. - Steve Caballero
Steve Caballero, (born November 8, 1964, San Jose, California), is a professional skateboarder. Steve was born in the year of the dragon, and has had several board graphics that feature dragons. He was born with scoliosis (curved spine.) Because of this condition, one of his neck glands grew larger than the other, so his head tilts to one side. Caballero started skating in 1976 at the age of 12. He was sponsored as an amateur by Powell Peralta in 1978 at the age of 15. - Ellen Corbett
Ellen M. Corbett (born 31 December 1954) is a Democratic politician from San Leandro, California. She is currently serving her first term in the California State Senate. Corbett represents the 10th District, which includes San Leandro, Hayward, Pleasanton, Union City, Fremont, Newark, Milpitas and part of San José. Ellen Corbett was a member of the California State Assembly from 1998 until she was termed out in 2004. - Doug Evans
Doug Evans (born June 2, 1963 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He played in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, and Philadelphia Flyers. - Mike Rouse
Mike Rouse (born April 25, 1980 in San Jose, California) is a Second baseman for the Cleveland Indians. He bats as a left-hander, although he throws with his right. Rouse grew up in San Jose and attended Gunderson High School and Valley Christian High School. He initially played baseball for San Jose State University before transferring to Cal State-Fullerton. In his final collegiate season for the Titans, … - Billy Jones
Billy Jones (1884-1968), a seasoned veteran of the steam era who established the Wildcat Railroad in Los Gatos, California, was born the son of a teamster in the town of Ben Lomond, California, USA. Jones found employment as an engine wiper at the tender age of 13 with the narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad at Boulder Creek, California. At 17, Jones was promoted to fireman, and later became an engineer. - Randy Hahn
Randy Hahn is a play-by-play commentator for the San Jose Sharks on Fox Sports Net television, and has held that position for more than 13 seasons. He has over 25 years of broadcast experience, mostly in hockey. Some of his other TV and radio work has been with the Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, and Edmonton Oilers. Along with former analyst partner Drew Remenda, Hahn has won two Northern California Emmy Awards in the "On Camera Sports" section; one in 1999, … - Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player. He moved to San Jose, California when he was 9 years old, along with his family. At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio, and became a professional magician. While he was performing magic, he was invited to a game of Texas Hold 'em and started to play poker. In 2004, he won close to $1.4 million at the Commerce Casino. - Vicky Nguyen
Vicky Nguyen (born c. 1979) is a television reporter who works as the San Jose Bureau reporter at KNTV in San Jose. Previously, she worked as a collaborator at Phoenix, Arizona's KSAZ-TV channel. - James T. Beall Jr.
James T. Beall Jr. was elected to the California State Assembly in 2006. He is a Democrat. He represents the 24th Assembly District which includes the cities of Campbell and Saratoga and parts of the cities of Santa Clara, San Jose, Cupertino, and Los Gatos. Beall served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors from 1994 until 2006, prior to which he served 14 years on the San Jose City Council. - Tom Johnston
Tom Johnston (b. August 15, 1948, Visalia, California) is a U.S. musician. He is a guitarist and vocalist and co-founded The Doobie Brothers with drummer John Hartman, guitarist Patrick Simmons and bassist Dave Shogren. Tom's favorite music as he grew up included Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Elvis Presley, James Brown, and other rhythm and blues artists featured on the radio in the 1950s. At the age of twelve, Tom took up guitar. He had formed his first band by age fourteen. - Jorge Debravo
Jorge Debravo was a prominent poet from Costa Rica. Debravo was born on the slopes of the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica. He was the oldest of five children where he spent his early years helping his father, Joaquín Bravo Ramírez, manage a small milpa. Debravo was taught to read and write by his mother, Cristina Brenes and by the age of fourteen he was able to enter the fifth grade thanks to a scholarship. The first book he purchased was a dictionary. - Julius Papp
Julius Papp is a house music producer and DJ whose roots lie in Disco of the '70s and New Wave of the '80s. Julius was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, and got tuned into dance music through the city’s flourishing club scene and diverse radio broadcasts. He started collecting vinyl records in the late '70s and took to the turntables in 1985, scoring his first major club gig 2 years later. He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and then again three years later, up north, … - Jackie Edwards
Jackie Edwards (born 14 April 1971) is a Bahamian long jumper. Edwards attended Queen's College High School in Nassau, Bahamas and graduated in 1987. Edwards graduated from Stanford University in 1992. At Stanford, Jackie was an All-American long and triple jumper (1992). Edwards was also a 100, 200 and 4 x 100 relay sprinter.. Edwards holds the outdoor Stanford records for the long jump (6.70m, 1991) and the triple jump (13.22m, 1992) while together with, Rhonda Oliver, … - Nick Holt
Nick Holt (born October 15, 1962) is an American football coach, currently the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the USC Trojans. He was formerly the head coach of the University of Idaho Vandals. Nick Holt attended high school at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, where he played football and baseball. He attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, where he played linebacker.
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