List of people from Alhambra, California explained
This article lists people from Alhambra, California.
- Hank Aguirre, baseball player
- Duane Allen, football player[1]
- Atlas, graffiti artist
- Jairo Avila Jr., NASCAR driver
- Andrew E. Bellisario, Roman Catholic bishop
- Ron Cey, baseball player
- Jack Chick Christian evangelist and cartoonist
- Roberta Collins, actress
- Dean Cundey, cinematographer and film director
- Clive Cussler, novelist
- Alexander Fost, dancer, So You Think You Can Dance contestant
- Amy Kim Ganter, author
- Bob Givens, animator
- Sam Hanks, race car driver, won 1957 Indianapolis 500
- Rico Harris, former Harlem Globetrotter missing since 2014
- James Jannard, fashion designer
- Frank Tenney Johnson, western artist
- Kazu Kibuishi, graphic novel illustrator
- Ralph Kiner, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player, broadcaster
- Kenny Loggins, musician
- Danny Lopez, world champion boxer[2]
- Lance Mountain, professional skateboarder
- Jacqueline Nguyen, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Frank Pastore, baseball player
- Albie Pearson, baseball player
- Ke Huy Quan, actor, stunt coordinator
- Noé Ramirez, baseball player[3]
- Jim Rathmann, race car driver, won 1960 Indianapolis 500
- Norman Rockwell, artist, lived in Alhambra in the early 1930s[4]
- Dorothy Howell Rodham (1919 – 2011), homemaker, mother of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Tex Schramm, president of NFL's Dallas Cowboys
- Dean Scofield, actor
- Peter Seidler, Founder and managing partner of Seidler Equity Partners. Chairman and owner of the San Diego Padres
- Phil Spector, music producer
- Mickey Thompson (1928-1988), race car driver. Born in Alhambra
- Cheryl Tiegs, model
- Melissa Villaseñor, comedian and impressionist, Saturday Night Live
- Mitch Vogel, actor
- Ron Warner, Third Base Coach for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
- James D. Watkins, admiral[5]
- Betty White, actress[6] [7]
- Verne Winchell, businessman
- Xasthur, black metal band
- Rolly Crump, Animator and designer
Notes and References
- News: May 9, 2003. Duane Allen, 65; NFL player for Rams in '60s. B13. Los Angeles Times. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Rock 'n' Roll: Danny "Little Red" Lopez - Boxing.com. www.boxing.com.
- Web site: Ardaya . Fabian . May 3, 2019 . 'That's the motherland, man:' Noé Ramirez, a proud Mexican, gets to pitch in his parents' homeland . March 1, 2022 . . en.
- Web site: City of Alhambra: A personal recollection. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120421193027/http://www.cityofalhambra.org/community/rockwell_rybicki.html. April 21, 2012. March 26, 2011. mdy-all.
- Web site: Navy Admiral James D. Watkins, an Alhambra native, dies at 85. https://web.archive.org/web/20120809085109/https://www.alhambrasource.org/news/navy-admiral-james-d-watkins-alhambra-native-dies-85. August 9, 2012.
- Book: Richmond, Ray. Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life. 2021. becker&mayer! books. 978-0-7603-7321-7. 14.
- Book: Stange, Mary Zeiss. The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Oyster. Carol K.. Sloan. Jane E.. 2013. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4522-7068-5. 1064.