Notable People
Jordan Romero, 13, son of Paul Romero of Big Bear Lake is the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest. Jordan also scaled the tallest mountain in Antarctica, making him the youngest person to scale the highest summits on all 7 continents.
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982 in Big Bear Lake, California) is an American long distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He also holds the U.S. record in the half marathon with a time of 59:43, becoming the first U.S. runner to break the one hour barrier in the event.
Heather O'Rourke, of Poltergeist (1982) fame, lived at Big Bear Lake in the middle 1980s.
Max Rafferty, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction and Republican U.S. Senate nominee in 1968, was a school administrator at Big Bear Lake High School in the late 1940s.
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