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List of people from Fresno, California
This is a list of people from Fresno, California.
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- Brian Cage – professional wrestler, TNA Impact, AEW
- Ernie C – musician, guitarist for the rock group Body Count
- David Carr – former NFL player, Houston Texans
- Derek Carr – NFL player,former Las Vegas Raiders
- Frank Chance – Baseball Hall of Famer
- Luke Chueh – artist
- Andrew Christian – underwear designer
- Chris Colfer – actor, Kurt Hummel on TV series Glee
- Lorraine Collett – Sun-Maid Raisin Girl
- Mike Connors (aka Krekor Ohanian) – actor, Mannix
- Victor Conte – BALCO founder
- Dick Contino – musician, accordionist
- Ryan Cook – MLB pitcher, Oakland A's
- Terry Cooney – former MLB umpire
- Joe Cooper – NFL player
- William John Cooper – served as U.S. Commissioner of Education, 1929–33
- Young Corbett III – professional boxer
- Pat Corrales – former MLB player and manager
- Jim Costa – U.S. House of Representatives
- Bobby Cox – former MLB player, retired Hall of Fame manager, Atlanta Braves
- Ron Cox – NFL player
- Phil Cristian – musician, Cheap Trick
- Dwayne Crump – former NFL player, St. Louis Cardinals
- Tyrone Culver – Miami Dolphins NFL player
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- Lucius Davis (born 1970) – basketball player
- Bison Dele (born Brian Williams) – former NBA player, Los Angeles Clippers
- Trent Dilfer – former NFL quarterback of Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, Monday Night Football commentator
- Maynard Dixon – 20th-century artist whose body of work focused on the American West
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- Jim Maloney – former MLB pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
- Ricky Manning, Jr. – former NFL defensive back, Carolina Panthers
- J. P. Manoux – actor
- Richard Marshall – former NFL player, San Diego Chargers
- Ryan Mathews – NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles
- Bob Mathias – Olympic gold medal decathlete, former congressman; retired in Fresno
- Miranda Rae Mayo – actress
- Chad McCarty – former Olympian
- Marcus McCauley – NFL player
- Kevin F. McCready – contributor to anti-psychiatry movement
- Aari McDonald – WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks
- Audra McDonald – Tony Award-winning Broadway actress, singer
- Tim McDonald – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers, coach
- T.J. McDonald – former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams
- Barry McGuire – rock and folk singer-songwriter
- Chris McNealy – former NBA player, New York Knicks
- Jim Merlo – former NFL player, New Orleans Saints
- Rick Merlo – former Olympian
- Dale Messer – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
- Barbara Morgan – astronaut, educator
- Larry Mucker – former NFL player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Barlow Der Mugrdechian – historian and lecturer on Armenian studies
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- Bob Padilla – former football head coach at Fresno State, and NFL Detroit Lions
- Stephone Paige – former NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs
- Carson Palmer – NFL quarterback, Arizona Cardinals
- Vang Pao – Laotian general
- Lou Pardini – Grammy-nominated keyboardist, songwriter and vocalist; member of the rock band Chicago
- Maxie Parks – Olympic gold medalist
- Chip Pashayan – lawyer and Republican Congressman
- Sam Peckinpah – film director and screenwriter, best known for The Wild Bunch
- Justin Peelle – former tight end who is currently the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons
- Rod Perry – former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams; assistant coach, Oregon State
- David Phillips – entrepreneur; aka "The Pudding Guy"
- Slim Pickens – actor (born in Kingsburg, Fresno County)
- Planet Asia – rapper
- Cliff Pondexter – former NBA player, Chicago Bulls
- Quincy Pondexter – NBA player, New Orleans Pelicans
- Chuck Poochigian – California State Senator
- Keith Poole – former NFL player, New Orleans Saints
- Marquez Pope – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
- James Porteous – inventor of the Fresno Scraper
- Hal Haig Prieste – Armenian-American athlete and world's oldest former Olympic medalist
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- Radagun – musical group, began in Fresno
- Stewart Rhodes – founding member of the Oath Keepers
- Les Richter – former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee; former senior vice president of NASCAR; former president of the Riverside International Raceway
- Darryl Rogers – former head coach of Fresno State, San Jose State, Detroit Lions
- Phil Roman – animator, founder of Film Roman
- Nicole Row – bassist, vocals, Panic! At The Disco
- Chester Harvey Rowell – journalist, Lincoln-Roosevelt League co-founder
- Aaron Ruell – actor, Napoleon Dynamite
- Johnny Russell – country western singer-songwriter
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- Todd Santos – former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
- William Saroyan – Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning playwright, novelist
- John Scalzi – Hugo Award-winning science fiction author
- Gary Scelzi – NHRA champion
- Kate Scott – sportscaster
- Tom Seaver – MLB Hall of Fame pitcher, 3-time Cy Young Award winner; NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds
- Dick Selma – former MLB pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
- Juan Serrano – flamenco guitarist
- David Seville, aka Ross Bagdasarian – songwriter, recording artist
- Frank Hamilton Short – lawyer, Conservation movement
- Kelly Skipper – NFL assistant coach for Buffalo Bills
- John Sontag – train robber, died in Fresno jail in 1893 and interred at Calvary Cemetery there
- Gary Soto – author, poet
- Dennis Springer – former MLB knuckleball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Sloane Stephens – tennis player, US Open champion
- Richard Martin Stern – author
- DeShawn Stevenson – NBA player, Atlanta Hawks
- Mike Stewart – former NFL safety, Los Angeles Rams
- Randy Stumpfhauser – BMX pro and four-time world champion
- William A. Sutherland – lawyer, author, politician
- Ashley Swearengin – former Mayor of Fresno
- Jim Sweeney – former head football coach at Fresno State
- Kevin Sweeney – former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys
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- Marcus Walden – pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Mykal Walker – linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
- Anthony Washington – NFL defensive back, Washington Redskins
- Tim Washington – NFL defensive back, San Francisco 49ers
- Heidi Watney – Boston Red Sox reporter for NESN
- Nick Watney – PGA Tour golfer
- Gary Weaver – NFL player, Oakland Raiders
- Del Webb – real estate developer, former owner of New York Yankees
- Marcus Wesson – convicted murderer
- Frederick C. Weyand – former U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1974-1976) and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Flex Wheeler – bodybuilder
- Michael Willett – singer, Shane on MTV's Faking It
- J.D. Williams – NFL player, Buffalo Bills, assistant coach at Georgia State
- Lynn Williams – soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the United States national team
- Marquice Williams – special teams coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons
- Randy Williams – Olympic gold medalist in the long jump
- Susan Montgomery Williams – world record holder for the largest bubble gum bubble
- Mick Wingert - Voice Actor and Director, Voice of Tony Stark in "Marvels What If? and The Joker in Batwheels
- Tony Woodruff – NFL player, Philadelphia Eagles
- Ickey Woods – NFL player, Cincinnati Bengals running back
- Rick Worman - CFL quarterback and coach, Grey Cup champion, coach of the Fresno Frenzy af2 football team
- Cameron Worrell – NFL player, Chicago Bears
- Xavier Worthy - NFL Player, Kansas City Chiefs
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