San Bernardino County, California - Notable People

Notable People

Including current residents, as well as former residents who have made their mark in history:

• Jon Foreman—singer-song writer, and member of the band, Switchfoot.
• Earl W. Bascom—inventor, rodeo champion, California Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee, actor, artist/sculptor, "Father of Modern-day Rodeo"—lived in Ontario and the Victor Valley.
• Glen Bell—founder of Taco Bell
• Susan Easton Black—author
• Frank Bogert—rodeo announcer, mayor of Palm Springs 1958–1966—raised in Wrightwood.
• Ron Carter—author
• Ronnie Lott—Hall of Fame football player—grew up in Rialto.
• Landon Donovan—professional soccer player for the U.S. National Team and the Major League Soccer Los Angeles Galaxy.
• James Earp—one of the "Fighting Earps" of Dodge City, and Tombstone fame—is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino.
• Morgan Earp—US Marshal and one of the "Fighting Earps" of Dodge City, and Tombstone fame—was killed in Tombstone, Arizona, and buried in Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, Colton, California.
• Nicholas Porter Earp—justice of the peace—coroner, constable, judge, preacher, saloon owner, gambler, father of the "Fighting Earps."
• Virgil Earp—U.S Marshal and one of the "Fighting Earps" of Dodge City, and Tombstone fame—lived in Colton, California.
• Wyatt Earp—one of the "Fighting Earps" of Dodge City, and Tombstone fame—lived in San Timoteo Canyon, Colton and Vidal. The town of Earp, California is named in his honor, as he owned a gold mine in the nearby Whipple Mountains.
• Tennessee Ernie Ford—radio announcer, country and gospel music singer, and television host—lived in Victorville, Oro Grande and San Bernardino.
• Cuba Gooding, Jr.—Academy Award–winning actor—lived in Apple Valley.
• Gene Hackman—Actor and Academy Award winner—was born in San Bernardino.
• Jefferson Hunt—U.S. Army (Mormon Battalion) officer, western pioneer, state legislator, "Father of San Bernardino County", Brigadier General of California Militia.
• Will James—artist, illustrator, author—lived in Apple Valley.
• Eric Koston—professional skateboarder—was born in Bangkok, Thailand but grew up in San Bernardino, California
• Eddie Lawson—four-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
• John Walker Lindh—the so-called "American Taliban" fighter now incarcerated in ADX Florence.
• Amasa Lyman—first mayor of San Bernardino City, Mormon Apostle.
• Biddy Mason—former slave, a nurse and midwife who became the wealthiest woman in California at the time, and helped found the AME Church. She lived in San Bernardino, coming there with the Mormon colonists.
• Dick and Mac McDonald—food pioneering brothers of what became McDonald's Corporation
• Melina Perez—professional wrestler
• Jim Pike—singer with The Lettermen, Reunion
• Tim Powers—fantasy author
• Roy Rogers and Dale Evans—western singers and actors, rodeo producers—lived in Apple Valley.
• Spike—fictional canine resident of the Needles area
• Randy Rhoads—guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz, is buried in Mountain View Cemetery
• Bobby Sherman—actor
• Charles C. Rich—one of the founders of San Bernardino, Mormon Apostle
• Cleon Skousen—FBI agent, Chief of Police, lawyer, author, world lecturer—lived in San Bernardino.
• Joseph F. Smith—religious leader, became the sixth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)—lived and worked in Mormon Springs (now Crestline) in the 1850s.
• John Charles Thomas—baritone opera singer on Broadway—lived in Apple Valley.
• Three Bars—stud thoroughbred horse, Hall of Fame foundation sire of American Quarter Horse—lived in Apple Valley.
• Darren Collison—basketball player for the Indiana Pacers who grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, attended Etiwanda High School and received a scholarship to play at UCLA.
• New Boyz—rap duo, lived in Victorville
• Jeff Conine—former professional baseball player for the Florida Marlins.
• Camper Van Beethoven—music group founded in Redlands
• Dino Ebel—former professional baseball player and current third base coach for the Anaheim Angels—is from Barstow.
• Cracker—music group whose founder David Lowery is from Redlands.
• Billy Bob Thornton—movie star who lived in Rialto when he first came to California.
• Josh Whitesell—first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Derek Parra—two-time gold medalist in speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• James Fallows—national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly—from Redlands.
• Sean Marshall—former basketball player at Boston College, current professional in Turkey
• John Singleton—movie director (Boyz n the Hood)—attended Eisenhower High School.
• Jeff Pendergraph—former basketball player at Arizona State University and Etiwanda High School—now with the Indiana Pacers
• Nick Barnett—linebacker for the Buffalo Bills football team, formerly of Fontana's A.B. Miller High School.
• T.J. Houshmandzadeh—pro football player from Barstow.
• Brian Billick—former head coach of the Baltimore Ravens.
• Joan Baez—folk singer—attended Redlands High School.
• Mark Teahen, pro baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays, from Redlands.
• Tommy Hanson—pro baseball player for the Atlanta Braves—from Redlands.
• Lacey Schwimmer—professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars—from Redlands.
• The Tornadoes—surf rock band of the 1960s whose song "Bustin' Surfboards" was on the Pulp Fiction movie soundtrack.
• Corey Benjamin—professional basketball player for Chicago Bulls from 1999 until 2001—Fontana High School alumnus, 1998 California Mr. Basketball.
• George Lewis (journalist) - former NBC News reporter
• Glenn Braggs - outfielder on 1990 World Series winning Cincinnati Reds