This is a list of people from Fresno, California.
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- Baeza â rapper
- Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. â actor, singer, musician
- Stephen Baker â former NFL player, New York Giants
- Robert Beltran â actor, '
- Bob Bennett â former head baseball coach at Fresno State
- Don Bennett â Alaska state politician
- Laura Berg â Olympic gold medalist softball player
- Robert Alan Beuth â actor, playwright, and sculptor
- Villyan Bijev â soccer player
- Ewell Blackwell â six-time MLB All-Star pitcher
- Milton Blanco â soccer player
- Heidi Blickenstaff â actor
- Deborah Blum â writer for the Fresno Bee, Pulitzer Prize winner
- DeWitt Bodeen â screenwriter
- Tommy Bond â child actor in Our Gang (Little Rascals) series
- Bobby Bonds â former Fresno Giants player, 3-time MLB All-Star
- John W. Bones â architect
- Frenchy Bordagaray â MLB baseball player
- Bruce Bowen â former NBA player, San Antonio Spurs
- Johnny Boyd â AAA and USAC Champ Car driver
- Gregory "Pappy" Boyington â World War II ace, retired in Fresno
- Ernest K. Bramblett â politician
- Lee Brand â mayor of Fresno
- John Brascia â actor and dancer
- Tyler Bray â NFL quarterback
- Robert B. Brewer â U.S. Army officer
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- Brian Cage â professional wrestler, TNA Impact, AEW
- Ernie C â musician, guitarist for the rock group Body Count
- David Carr â former NFL player, Houston Texans
- Derek Carr â NFL player,former Las Vegas Raiders
- Mike Chabala â soccer player
- Frank Chance â Baseball Hall of Famer
- Christian Chaney â soccer player
- Luke Chueh â artist
- Andrew Christian â underwear designer
- Chris Colfer â actor, Kurt Hummel on TV series Glee
- Lorraine Collett â Sun-Maid Raisin Girl
- Harold Comstock â World War II fighter ace
- Mike Connors (aka Krekor Ohanian) â actor, Mannix
- Victor Conte â BALCO founder
- Dick Contino â musician, accordionist
- Ryan Cook â MLB pitcher, Oakland A's
- Terry Cooney â former MLB umpire
- Joe Cooper â NFL player
- William John Cooper â served as U.S. Commissioner of Education, 1929âÂÂ33
- Young Corbett III â professional boxer
- Pat Corrales â former MLB player and manager
- Jim Costa â U.S. House of Representatives
- Bobby Cox â former MLB player, retired Hall of Fame manager, Atlanta Braves
- Ron Cox â NFL player
- Phil Cristian â musician, Cheap Trick
- Dwayne Crump â former NFL player, St. Louis Cardinals
- Tyrone Culver â Miami Dolphins NFL player
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- Lucius Davis (born 1970) â basketball player
- Bison Dele (born Brian Williams) â former NBA player, Los Angeles Clippers
- Trent Dilfer â former NFL quarterback of Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, Monday Night Football commentator
- Harry Dixon (metalsmith) (1890âÂÂ1967), metalsmith, jewelry designer, sculptor, and educator
- Harry St. John Dixon (1848âÂÂ1898), lawyer, military officer, and cattle rancher
- Maynard Dixon (1875âÂÂ1946) painter whose body of work focused on the American West
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- Jim Maloney â former MLB pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
- Ricky Manning, Jr. â former NFL defensive back, Carolina Panthers
- J. P. Manoux â actor, writer
- Richard Marshall â former NFL player, San Diego Chargers
- Ryan Mathews â NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles
- Bob Mathias â Olympic gold medal decathlete, former congressman; retired in Fresno
- Miranda Rae Mayo â actress
- Chad McCarty â former Olympian
- Marcus McCauley â NFL player
- Kevin F. McCready â contributor to anti-psychiatry movement
- Aari McDonald â WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks
- Audra McDonald â Tony Award-winning Broadway actress, singer
- Tim McDonald â former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers, coach
- T.J. McDonald â former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams
- Barry McGuire â rock and folk singer-songwriter
- Chris McNealy â former NBA player, New York Knicks
- Jim Merlo â former NFL player, New Orleans Saints
- Rick Merlo â former Olympian
- Dale Messer â former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
- Barbara Morgan â astronaut, educator
- Larry Mucker â former NFL player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Barlow Der Mugrdechian â historian and lecturer on Armenian studies
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- Bob Padilla â former football head coach at Fresno State, and NFL Detroit Lions
- Stephone Paige â former NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs
- Carson Palmer â NFL quarterback, Arizona Cardinals
- Vang Pao â Laotian general
- Lou Pardini â Grammy-nominated keyboardist, songwriter and vocalist; member of the rock band Chicago
- Rex Parker â Michael David Sharp, crossword blogger and English professor
- Maxie Parks â Olympic gold medalist
- Chip Pashayan â lawyer and Republican Congressman
- Sam Peckinpah â film director and screenwriter, best known for The Wild Bunch
- Justin Peelle â former tight end who is currently the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons
- Rod Perry â former NFL player, Los Angeles Rams; assistant coach, Oregon State
- David Phillips â entrepreneur; aka "The Pudding Guy"
- Slim Pickens â actor (born in Kingsburg, Fresno County)
- Planet Asia â rapper
- Cliff Pondexter â former NBA player, Chicago Bulls
- Quincy Pondexter â former NBA player, New Orleans Pelicans, assistant head coach of the Washington Huskies
- Chuck Poochigian â California state senator
- Keith Poole â former NFL player, New Orleans Saints
- Marquez Pope â former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
- James Porteous â inventor of the Fresno Scraper
- Hal Haig Prieste â Armenian-American athlete and world's oldest former Olympic medalist
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- Radagun â musical group, began in Fresno
- Stewart Rhodes â founding member of the Oath Keepers
- Les Richter â 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 â former head coach of Fresno State, San Jose State, Detroit Lions
- Phil Roman â animator, founder of Film Roman
- Nicole Row â bassist, vocals, Panic! At The Disco
- Chester Harvey Rowell â journalist, Lincoln-Roosevelt League co-founder
- Aaron Ruell â actor, Napoleon Dynamite
- Johnny Russell â country western singer-songwriter
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- Todd Santos â former NFL player, San Francisco 49ers
- William Saroyan â Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning playwright, novelist
- John Scalzi â Hugo Award-winning science fiction author
- Gary Scelzi â NHRA champion
- Kate Scott – sportscaster
- Tom Seaver â MLB Hall of Fame pitcher, 3-time Cy Young Award winner; NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds
- Dick Selma â former MLB pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
- Juan Serrano â flamenco guitarist
- David Seville, aka Ross Bagdasarian â songwriter, recording artist
- Michael Sharp â Crossword puzzle blogger (under the name Rex Parker)
- Frank Hamilton Short â lawyer, Conservation movement
- Kelly Skipper â NFL assistant coach for Buffalo Bills
- John Sontag â train robber, died in Fresno jail in 1893 and interred at Calvary Cemetery there
- Gary Soto â author, poet
- Dennis Springer â former MLB knuckleball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Sloane Stephens â tennis player, US Open champion
- Richard Martin Stern â author
- DeShawn Stevenson â NBA player, Atlanta Hawks
- Mike Stewart â former NFL safety, Los Angeles Rams
- Randy Stumpfhauser â BMX pro and four-time world champion
- William A. Sutherland â lawyer, author, politician
- Ashley Swearengin â former Mayor of Fresno
- Jim Sweeney â former head football coach at Fresno State
- Kevin Sweeney â former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys
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- Marcus Walden â pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Mykal Walker â linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
- Anthony Washington â NFL defensive back, Washington Redskins
- Tim Washington â NFL defensive back, San Francisco 49ers
- Heidi Watney â Boston Red Sox reporter for NESN
- Nick Watney â PGA Tour golfer
- Gary Weaver â NFL player, Oakland Raiders
- Del Webb â real estate developer, former owner of New York Yankees
- Marcus Wesson â convicted murderer
- Frederick C. Weyand â former U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1974-1976) and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Flex Wheeler â bodybuilder
- Michael Willett â singer, Shane on MTV's Faking It
- J.D. Williams â NFL player, Buffalo Bills, assistant coach at Georgia State
- Lynn Williams â soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the United States national team
- Marquice Williams â special teams coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons
- Randy Williams â Olympic gold medalist in the long jump
- Susan Montgomery Williams â world record holder for the largest bubble gum bubble
- Mick Wingert â voice actor and director
- Tony Woodruff â NFL player, Philadelphia Eagles
- Ickey Woods â NFL player, Cincinnati Bengals running back
- Rick Worman â CFL quarterback and coach, Grey Cup champion, coach of the Fresno Frenzy af2 football team
- Cameron Worrell â NFL player, Chicago Bears
- Xavier Worthy â NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs
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