List of people from Fullerton, California

Here follows a list of people from Fullerton, California; that is, of persons born in or who have spent a significant portion of their life in Fullerton, California.

Arts

Philip K. Dick, author, science fiction^[1]
C.S. Forester, novelist^[2]
Dave Halili, album cover illustrator and designer^[3]

Athletics

Paul Abbott, baseball pitcher^[4]
Ed Amelung, baseball player^[5]
Shaun Butler, BMX rider^[6]
Al Campanis, baseball player and executive
Gary Carter, baseball player, member of MLB Hall of Fame, attended Sunny Hills High School^[7]
C. J. Cron, professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins^[8]
Hector Dyer, Olympic swimmer^{[citation needed]}
Jim Edmonds, baseball player^[9]
Kay Hansen, mixed martial artist
Lynn Hill, competitive rock climber^[10]
D. J. Houlton, baseball player who currently plays for Yomiuri Giants in Japan^[11]
Randy Jones, baseball pitcher^[12]
Dan Kennedy, soccer player^[13]
Kourtney Kunichika, professional ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL
Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame baseball manager and Dodgers executive, lived in Fullerton^[14]
Phil Nevin, baseball player^[15]
David Newhan, baseball player^[16]
Shawn Ray, bodybuilder^[17]
Jack Salveson, baseball player
Karlie Samuelson, basketball player^[18]
Katie Lou Samuelson, basketball player^[19]
John Sullivan, football player
Jeff Tam, baseball player^[20]
Keith Van Horn, basketball player^[21]
Arky Vaughan, Hall of Fame baseball player^[22]
Mike Witt, baseball pitcher^[23]
Eric Wynalda, soccer player^[24]
Gary Zimmerman, football player^[25]

Film, television and theatre

James Cameron, Oscar-winning film director^[26]
Kim Chambers^{[citation needed]}
Kevin Costner, actor and Oscar-winning director, graduate of California State University, Fullerton
Suzanne Crough, actress^[27]
Jeremy Gable, playwright ^[28]
Jenna Haze, actress^[29]
Chris Hebert, actor^[30]
Chuck Knipp^{[citation needed]}
Michael McDonald, actor and comedian^[31]
John Raitt, Broadway, television, and film actor and singer^[32]
Steven Seagal, actor^[33]
Skip Stellrecht, actor^[34]

Music

The Adolescents (band)^[35]^[36]
Agent Orange (band)^[37]^[38]
Alfie Agnew, mathematician, songwriter and musician^[39]
Frank Agnew, songwriter and musician^[39]
Rikk Agnew, songwriter and musician^[39]
Jackson Browne, folk music singer-songwriter, graduated from Sunny Hills High School^[40]
Dennis Danell, musician^[41]
Leo Fender, inventor, guitar manufacturer^[42]
Lit (band)^[43]
Mike Ness, musician^[44]
Jory Prum, recording engineer^[45]
Stacey Q, singer, songwriter and actress
Social Distortion (band)^[46]
Brian St. Clair, drummer for Local H, was raised in Fullerton, California^{[citation needed]}
Gwen Stefani, singer and television personality^[47]
Tui St. George Tucker, composer, recorder player, instrument developer^[48]
Überzone, electronic musician^[49]
Yeat, rapper^[50]

Politics

Dick Ackerman, politician^[51]
Sam L. Collins, politician^[52]
William E. Dannemeyer, politician^[53]
Viet D. Dinh, assistant U.S. Attorney General under president George W. Bush^[54]
Lon Nol, marshal and former president of the Khmer Republic^[55]

Other

David Boies, attorney^[56]
James Harder, engineer, professor^[57]
Ethel Jacobson, poet^[58]
Leon Leyson, believed to be the youngest member of the Schindlerjuden who were saved from the Holocaust by Oskar Schindler^[59]
Kelly Thomas, homeless man beaten to death by the Fullerton Police Department^{[citation needed]}
John Witt, baseball collector^[60]

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^ "Jenna Haze". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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^ "Jesse's Blog: The Town I Live in: PUNK IN FULLERTON 1976-2011". 2011-08-16.
^ "Video: Revisiting Fullerton's Forgotten Punk Landmarks with Steve Soto". 2015-05-19.
^ "Agent Orange | Biography & History". AllMusic.
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^ "Dennis Danell". articles.latimes.com/. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
^ "Leo Fender". City of Fullerton. Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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^ "James Harder". universityofcalifornia.edu. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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