Fresno Famous

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what about Michael Dallas Finch or Dallas Wilson thy are very famous for taking on and helping peope of all races michael lived through a lot even inhome invasion till he left Fresno in 2007 is he still alive the authoritie tried to discredit him and he lost everything Helping people and trying to save his Kids from harm Married Esther Provencio Firebaugh in 1993 april where is he

Jan Michael Vincent

yeah i remember my mom saying that she was friends with his sister while going to hanford high school

athletes

wayne thornton fought wille pastrano for the light heavyweight championship but lost. wayne was a good local fighter. gary alcorn was from calwa and played center for fresno state and went on to play professional basketball. he played during the bill russell era. wade blasingame played for roosevelt high school and played in the majors befor hurting his pitching arm. Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam held the pole vault record for over 17 years. Henry Ellerd played for Fresno State and had his jersey retired in the pros playing for the rams.

the under ground gardens

the under ground gardens made by an italian immigrant i think his name was foresierre is world famous. tom seaver the pitcher is from fresno;

Famous fresnans

young corbet was a famous boxer from fresno who i think won a world title. i cant believe you did not mention our mayor, alan autrey who portreyed bubba on "in the heat of the night." wayne thornton was a good fighter who fought for a world title but lost. in the early 90's, timmy t who is from fresno, his real name is tim torres got a number one song nationwide called "ONE MORE TRY". trent dilfer played for fresno state as quarter back and went on to win the superbowl. a tv show was made called BA BA BLACK SHEEP about a world war 2 pilot by the name of papy boyington who was from fresno.

Rick Husband

I am not sure if Rick Husband spent much or anytime at the Fresno State campus. I believe he did his course work long distance. It doesn't take away from the tragedy but he may have less a tie to Fresno then others mentioned.

How could you forget?

William Saroyan is Famous? Lets not forget Rick Husband who graduated Fresno State and was Capt. of the Shuttle that burned in the atmosphere when the panles became loose.
Theres also Joe Villicano who is the local Superhero explaining to kids that gangs and drugs are bad for ya. He has a fantastic Silver outfit and a black cape.

Don't forget Gary

Don't forget Gary Scelzi.

And didn't Cher go to school here?

K-Fed, haha. Though I'm

K-Fed, haha. Though I'm sure you guys don't want to claim him. :) I'm from Lemoore; Steve Perry (Journey) lived on my street and I went to school with Lorenzo Neal's siblings. Not exactly Fresno Co.. but close. :)

Olympian Rafer Johnson, and

Olympian Rafer Johnson, and his brother, 49er cornerback Jimmy Johnson are from Kingsburg.

Powerboat racing family, Hauenstein's live in Kingsburg.

Larry Hillblom, the 'H' in DHL, and father of countless Asian children named Larry Jr, was from Kingsburg.

Actor Jan Michael Vincent spent his teens in Hanford.

Rodeo and Country Western Fresnans

I used to work with the sister (or maybe it was wife) of the famous rodeo clown from Fresno, Wilber Plaugher.
Also wasn't the country & western group, 'Dave and Sugar' from Sanger?

Other Famous Fresnans

1960's to 1970's Oakland Raiders Quarterback Daryle "The Mad Bomber" Lamonica.
Singer songwriter Warren Zevon " Werewolves of London", "Poor Pitiful Me"
Debbie Iyall lead singer of Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble is a Temporary Thing" and "Never Say Never"
Two time Indy 500 winner Bill Vukovich maybe the greatest American driver ever.
Ross Bagdasarian aka David Seville founded Alvin and the Chipmunks and co-wrote with his cousin William Saroyan the song "Come on-a My House". He aslo wrote "The Witch Doctor"
Two members of the band Animotion " Obsession" live in Fresno.
Billionaire Kirk Kevorkian who once owned MGM and helped develop Las Vegas into what it is today.
James Porteus invented in 1883 the Fresno Scraper one of the most important agricultural and engineering machines ever made. It was used to build the Panama Canal and is the basis for the bulldozer and other similar devices

Festus....

Actor / singer Ken Curtis (GunSmoke) lived next door to me growing up. I think I remember him passing in my Junior year...

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Director & Actors

Film Director Sam Peckinpah was born and grew up in Fresno, 1925 and left during WWII and lived in Inglewood later.
He was best known for making the western film 'the Wild Bunch' in 1969

Actor Slim Pickens was born in Kingsburg, CA and grew up in Hanford, CA. Besides being type casted in many westerns he maybe best known for his roll in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), as the Air Force major T.J. 'King' Kong who rides the bomb down like he's a cowboy on a horse...

Actor Sid Haig (Sidney Eddie Mosesian) born in Fresno he is best known as the character Captain Spaulding from Rob Zombie's horror film The Devil's Rejects & House of 1000 Corpses, one of his few staring rolls, he's mostly a character actor with small parts who's been in many other films like George Lucas's THX-1138, he has been in a few Quentin Tarantino's films like Jackie Brown and Kill Bill vol 2, but he's more notably in many of films by the director who influenced Tarantino, Jack Hill. Hill made films like Spider Baby or the Maddest Story ever Told (1968), Pit Stop, The Big Doll House, the Big Bird Cage, Coffy, Foxy Brown (1974). Sid Haig has also have parts as villains in many TV shows since the 1960s (Batman, Star Trek, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Get Smart, Mission Impossible, Mannix, Police Story, Rockford Files, Emergency!, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Charlie's Angles, Police Woman, Jason of Star Command, Hart to Hart, Quincy, Buck Rogers, Dukes of Hazzard, TJ Hooker, A-Team, Fall Guy, Amazing Stories, MacGyver, etc...) He's now in a current career revival thanks to his character of Captain Spaulding (note: Groucho Marx character in the 1930 film Animal Crackers was Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding).

Baseball Hall of Famers

Baseball Hall of Famers Frank Chance and Tom Seaver.

The guy from Mannix, I think (or one of those 70's cop shows)

Cher went to Fresno High IIRC

Teacher-Astronaut Barbara

Teacher-Astronaut Barbara Morgan is a Fresno native.