- Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995) was an American musician, songwriter, and artist perhaps best known for being the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Garcia was viewed by the media as the leader or "spokesman" of the group. Performing with the Grateful Dead for its entire three decade career (which spanned from 1965 to 1995), Garcia participated in a variety of side projects, … - Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" co-starring with Dean Cain. Hatcher is also well-known for portraying Susan Mayer, in "Desperate Housewives", an accident-prone divorcee. - Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, … - Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. on May 31, 1930) is an American actor, composer, film director and producer. While his recent work as a director, on films like "Million Dollar Baby" and "Letters from Iwo Jima", is consistently praised by critics, Eastwood is perhaps most famous for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles, … - Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951) is an American actor and comedian. He has had starring roles on television, stage, and film, and has won an Academy Award. - Phil Lesh
Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and founding member of the rock band, Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. Lesh started out as a trumpet player with a keen interest in avant-garde classical music and free jazz; he also studied under the Italian modernist Luciano Berio at Mills College (classmates included minimalist composer Steve Reich, … - 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. - Tom Candiotti
Thomas Caesar Candiotti (born August 31, 1957 in Walnut Creek, California) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who was known for his knuckleball. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers. Candiotti is currently a TV-Radio analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks and is under contract through the 2011 season. - Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor in "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump". Hanks is the second highest-grossing film star of all time. He is also only one of two actors to have seven consecutive US$100 million blockbusters, … - Billy Martin
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who was best known as the manager of the New York Yankees five different times. He won two American League championships taking the Yankees to the World Series in 1976, getting swept by the Cinncinati Reds, and winning the 1977 as their manager, and led four different AL teams to division championships. Martin was known for his ability to win with any team, … - Tom Brady
Thomas Edward Brady, Jr. is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Brady graduated from Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California. He attended the University of Michigan and led Michigan to an Orange Bowl victory in the 1999 season. In the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady was selected by the New England Patriots in the 6th round (199th overall). Widely regarded as one of the best playoff quarterbacks of his era, … - Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup (now NEXTEL Cup) Series champion, three-time Daytona 500 winner, and driver of the #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS/Impala SS. His primary sponsor is DuPont, though he occasionally drives a Pepsi-themed car or a Nicorette-themed car. - Nicole Richie
Nicole Camille Richie (born September 21, 1981) is an American socialite, actress, author, and singer. The adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, she is known for her role in the reality show "The Simple Life" and her turbulent personal life. - Les Claypool
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, USA) is a singer/bassist, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. Claypool's mastery of the electric bass has brought him into the spotlight with his funky, creative playing style. Claypool mixes finger-tapping, flamenco-like strumming, a similar double-thumb technique used by Victor Wooten and others, … - John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock or roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was born in Berkeley, California. John Fogerty plays many instruments including guitar, harmonica, piano, bass, drums, banjo, electronic organ, percussion, violin, and saxophone - Dean Lesher
Dean Stanley Lesher (August 4, 1902 - May 13, 1993) was an American newspaper publisher, most notable as the founder of the "Contra Costa Times" and the Contra Costa Newspapers chain. He was also a well-known philanthropist in the San Francisco Bay Area. - Grace Slick
Grace Slick (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, and also as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. Slick is considered to be one of the most important musicians in bringing the 1960s psychedelic rock to mainstream appeal. She is known for her witty, influential, thought-provoking lyrics, … - Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers (born October 16, 1946) is an American actress, author, and businesswoman. Best known for her roles as the ditzy blonde "Chrissy Snow" on the ABC sitcom "Three's Company" and "Carol Lambert" on the sitcom "Step by Step", she later capitalized on her acting career by also establishing herself as an author of a series of self-help books. She currently brings her own items, that she designed, to HSN. - Eric Byrnes
Eric James "Side" Byrnes (born February 16, 1976 in Redwood City, California) is a left fielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks - Lyrics Born
Lyrics Born (formerly known as Asia Born, born Tom Shimura in Tokyo, Japan in 1972), is a half-Japanese-American, half-Italian-American hip hop rapper. He is one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker. - Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. - Michael Savage
Michael Savage is the pseudonym of Dr. Michael Alan Weiner, Ph.D. (born March 31, 1942). Savage is a controversial independent American conservative talk radio host, author and popular political commentator and as of February 5th a possible candidate for the 2008 Republican nomination for President. He holds masters degrees in medical botany and medical anthropology, and earned a PhD from the University of California, … - Aaron Miles
Aaron Wade Miles (born December 15, 1976 in Pittsburg, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. He spent the 2003 season with the Chicago White Sox, 2004-2005 with the Colorado Rockies. In spring training of 2000, several of his teammates from the Houston Astros organization were in their hotel room when two gunmen burst in. Miles was in the next room and wrestled one of the gunmen to the ground before the other one fled. - Rebecca Romijn
Her father was Dutch-born and worked as a custom furniture maker; her mother was American-born, of Dutch descent, and was an English teacher. Rebecca attended Berkeley High School where her nickname was the "Jolly Blond Giant". Then, she attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where she majored in Music, but left in 1995. Rebecca (in her own words): "I was a freshman at UC Santa Cruz, really poor and restless to see the world. - Bill Walsh
William Ernest Walsh (born November 30, 1931) is a former American football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University. The inventor of the West Coast Offense, he is widely considered one of the most brilliant and innovative football minds to ever coach. He has a home in Pacific Grove, California. - John Markoff
John Markoff (born October 24, 1949) is a journalist best known for his work at the "The New York Times", and a book and series of articles about the 1990s pursuit and capture of hacker Kevin Mitnick. - 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. - John Madden
John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former National Football League player, head coach, and a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. Madden is perhaps best known for his nearly three-decade career as a color commentator for various broadcasting networks. He was part of the iconic CBS and later Fox broadcasting duo, along with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the last color commentator for Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006. - John Madden
John Earl Madden is a former American National Football League player, head coach, and a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. Madden is perhaps best known for his nearly three-decade career as a color commentator for various broadcasting networks. He was part of the iconic CBS and later Fox broadcasting duo, along with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the last color commentator for Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006. - George Duke
George Duke (born 12 January, 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer, making a name for himself with the album Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his own work as well as for his collaborations with composers such as Frank Zappa on various early/mid 70s albums, including Chungas Revenge,200 Motels,Waka-Jawaka,The Grand Wazoo,Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Overnite Sensation and Roxy&Elsewhere. - Troy Tulowitzki
Troy Trevor Tulowitzki (born on October 10, 1984 in Sunnyvale, California) is a Major League Baseball player. Tulowitzki was drafted 7th overall in the 2005 MLB draft by the Colorado Rockies. While he has a very big and strong frame for a shortstop, he is a very good overall athlete with excellent coordination and body control. He has good range, solid footwork, soft hands and a very strong arm. - Jeff Garcia
Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American professional quarterback currently employed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Garcia's professional career began in the CFL before becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers in the early 2000s. After disappointing seasons in Cleveland and Detroit, Garcia resurrected his career in Philadelphia. Garcia is of Irish and Mexican descent. - Stephen Robinson
Stephen Kern Robinson is a NASA astronaut. He was born October 26 1955, in Sacramento, California. He enjoys flying, antique aircraft, swimming, canoeing, hiking, music, art, and stereo photography. He plays lead guitar in Max Q, a rock and roll band. His Canadian parents, William, a land surveyor, and Joyce Robinson, reside in Moraga, California. - Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is currently editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets 1 million visitors per month. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review , a journal of unorthodox technical news. - Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin (born August 21, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Brin is currently the President of Technology at Google and has a net worth estimated at $16.6 billion as of march 9, 2007, making him the 26th richest person in the world together with Larry Page and the 9th richest person in the United States. He is also the 4th youngest billionaire in the world. - John Cipollina
John Cipollina was a lead guitarist best known for his work with the San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. He pronounced his surname with the Italian "C" (Chipollina). Born in Berkeley, California, he attended Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California (as did his brother, Mario Cipollina, who at age 15 joined his brother in a band called 'Copperhead.' Mario later played with Huey Lewis). He showed great promise as a classical pianist in his youth, … - Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) was the drummer for legendary rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire 30-year career. Kreutzmann started playing drums at the age of 13, despite having been told by his sixth grade music teacher that he couldn't keep a beat. As a teenager, he met Aldous Huxley at his high school, who encouraged him in his drumming. At the end of 1964 he co-founded the band The Warlocks, along with Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, … - James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist. He began acting during the late 1990s, appearing on the series "Freaks and Geeks" and starring in several teen films. He won a Golden Globe Award for playing the title role in the made-for-television film "James Dean", and has become known among audiences for his role as Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man films. - Jason Newsted
Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 3 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American bass guitarist currently a member of Voivod and Rock Star Supernova, but he is best known as a former member of the band Metallica from 1986-2001, replacing Cliff Burton shortly after his death. He currently resides in Walnut Creek, California. - Will Forte
Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and comedian best known for appearing on the television show "Saturday Night Live", where he has been a cast member since 2002. Forte was born in Alameda County, California and raised in Lafayette, California. He graduated from Acalanes High School and UCLA with a B.A. in History. Before joining "SNL", Forte was a member of The Groundlings.
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