List of sons and daughters of the city of San José, California
This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of San Jose ( California ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
1801-1900
- Frank W. Benson (1858–1911), politician
- Charles B. Henderson (1873–1954), politician
- Floyd MacFarland (1878-1915), cyclist
- Arthur M. Free (1879–1953), politician
- Burton Downing (1885-1929), racing cyclist
- Julius Klein (1886–1961), historian and economic expert
- Lloyd Bacon (1889–1955), actor and director
- Edmund Lowe (1890–1971), actor
- Catharine Cox Miles (1890-1984), psychologist
1901-1950
- J. Peverell Marley (1901-1964), cinematographer
- Norman Albert Hill (1906-1996), cyclist
- Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt (1912–1978), Danish chemist
- Keith Birlem (1915–1943) American football player and soldier
- Don Edwards (1915-2015), politician
- Arthur John Cronquist (1919–1992), botanist
- Allyn Ferguson (1924-2010), jazz musician, arranger and composer
- Farley Granger (1925-2011), actor
- Fred Dutton (* 1928), jazz musician
- Norman Mineta (* 1931), politician
- Dudley R. Herschbach (* 1932), chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Jimmy T. Murakami (1933-2014), American animator, film director, film producer and screenwriter of Japanese descent
- Bill Owens (* 1938), photographer and brewer
- Kay Ryan (born 1945), poet
- Michio Kaku (* 1947), Japanese-American physicist
- Jimmy Wilkins (1947–2012), basketball player
- Peggy Fleming (* 1948), figure skater and Olympic champion in 1968
- Ralph Ogden (born 1948), basketball player
- Mark Tansey (born 1949), painter
- Dana Ward (* 1949), anarchist, psychologist and political scientist
- Rosanna DeSoto (born 1950), actress
1951-1960
- Russell Ferrante (* 1952), fusion musician
- Akira Tana (* 1952), jazz drummer and band leader
- Richard Paul Russo (* 1954), writer
- Rick Warren (* 1954), Baptist clergyman and author of religious books
- Brent Anderson (* 1955), comic artist
- Tommy Castro (* 1955), blues guitarist
- Charles Martinet (born 1955), actor
- Willy T. Ribbs (* 1956), racing driver
- Simon Rhee (* 1957), Korean-American actor and stuntman
- Tad Williams (born 1957), author
- Lyle Workman (* 1957), musician and film composer
- James P. Delgado (* 1958), author and underwater archaeologist
- Martin Hewitt (* 1958), actor
- Nikki Sixx (* 1958), musician
- Debbie Lee Carrington (1959-2018), actress and stunt woman
1961-1980
- Dave Meltzer (born 1961), wrestling journalist
- Joe Murray (born 1961), animator
- Gary von Waaden (* 1961), basketball player
- Steve Caballero (* 1964), skateboarder and musician
- Catherine Naglestad (* 1965), soprano
- Christopher Sullivan (* 1965), soccer player, coach and sports commentator
- Jenny Shimizu (* 1967), Japanese-American photo model and actress
- Kate Walsh (born 1967), actress
- Scott Weiland (1967-2015), rock musician
- Brandi Chastain (* 1968), soccer player
- Jon Nakamatsu (* 1968), pianist
- Rudy Galindo (* 1969), figure skater
- Josh Holloway (* 1969), actor and model
- Peanut Butter Wolf (* 1969), hip-hop DJ and music producer
- Sheri Moon Zombie (* 1970), dancer, model and actress
- Renée Elise Goldsberry (* 1971), actress and singer
- Brian MacPhie (born 1972), tennis player
- Ernie Reyes, Jr. (born 1972), actor, martial artist, choreographer and stuntman
- Kira Kener (* 1974), stripper, photo model and porn actress
- Jhonen Vasquez (* 1974), comic artist
- Noah Bastian (* 1979), actor and singer
- Nate Jackson (born 1979), football player
- Jeb Ivey (born 1980), basketball player
- Aly Wagner (* 1980), soccer player
1981-2000
- Jerry Hsu (born 1981), skateboarder
- Brett Dalton (born 1982), actor
- Heather Lauren Olson (born 1982), actress
- Pej Vahdat (* 1982), Persian-American actor
- Gerald Washington (* 1982), heavyweight boxer
- Evan Low (born 1983), politician
- Michelle Carter (born 1985), shot putter
- Faraz Jaka (* 1985), poker player
- Tim Jitloff (* 1985), ski racer
- Stephanie Cox (* 1986), soccer player and coach
- Steven Beitashour (* 1987), Iranian-American football player
- Jesús Padilla (* 1987), Mexican soccer player
- Robert Bush (* 1990), racing cyclist
- Jasmine Villegas (* 1993), singer
- Aaron Gordon (born 1995), basketball player
- Ariel Gade (born 1997), actress
- Vincent Zhou (* 2000), figure skater
Web links
Commons : People of San Jose, California - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 81 Nate Jackson, Tight End , denverbroncos.com