List of people from Fullerton, California explained

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]
• Jeff Soto, contemporary artist ^[4]

Athletics

• Paul Abbott, baseball pitcher^[5]
• Ed Amelung, baseball player^[6]
• Shaun Butler, BMX rider^[7]
• Al Campanis, baseball player and executive
• Gary Carter, baseball player, member of MLB Hall of Fame, attended Sunny Hills High School^[8]
• C. J. Cron, professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins^[9]
• Hector Dyer, Olympic swimmer
• Jim Edmonds, baseball player^[10]
• Kay Hansen, mixed martial artist
• Lynn Hill, competitive rock climber^[11]
• D. J. Houlton, baseball player who currently plays for Yomiuri Giants in Japan^[12]
• Randy Jones, baseball pitcher^[13]
• Dan Kennedy, soccer player^[14]
• 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^[15]
• Phil Nevin, baseball player^[16]
• David Newhan, baseball player^[17]
• Shawn Ray, bodybuilder^[18]
• Jack Salveson, baseball player
• Karlie Samuelson, basketball player^[19]
• Katie Lou Samuelson, basketball player^[20]
• John Sullivan, football player
• Jeff Tam, baseball player^[21]
• Keith Van Horn, basketball player^[22]
• Arky Vaughan, Hall of Fame baseball player^[23]
• Mike Witt, baseball pitcher^[24]
• Eric Wynalda, soccer player^[25]
• Gary Zimmerman, football player^[26]

Film, television and theatre

• James Cameron, Oscar-winning film director^[27]
• Kim Chambers
• Kevin Costner, actor and Oscar-winning director, graduate of California State University, Fullerton
• Suzanne Crough, actress^[28]
• Jeremy Gable, playwright ^[29]
• Jenna Haze, actress^[30]
• Chris Hebert, actor^[31]
• Chuck Knipp
• Michael McDonald, actor and comedian^[32]
• John Raitt, Broadway, television, and film actor and singer^[33]
• Steven Seagal, actor^[34]
• Skip Stellrecht, actor^[35]

Music

• The Adolescents (band)^{[36] [37]}
• Agent Orange (band)^{[38] [39]}
• Alfie Agnew, mathematician, songwriter and musician^[40]
• Frank Agnew, songwriter and musician
• Rikk Agnew, songwriter and musician
• Jackson Browne, folk music singer-songwriter, graduated from Sunny Hills High School^[41]
• Dennis Danell, musician^[42]
• Leo Fender, inventor, guitar manufacturer^[43]
• Lit (band)^[44]
• Mike Ness, musician^[45]
• Jory Prum, recording engineer^[46]
• Stacey Q, singer, songwriter and actress
• Social Distortion (band)^[47]
• Brian St. Clair, drummer for Local H, was raised in Fullerton, California
• Gwen Stefani, singer and television personality^[48]
• Tui St. George Tucker, composer, recorder player, instrument developer^[49]
• Überzone, electronic musician^[50]
• Yeat, rapper^[51]

Politics

• Dick Ackerman, politician^[52]
• Sam L. Collins, politician^[53]
• William E. Dannemeyer, politician^[54]
• Viet D. Dinh, assistant U.S. Attorney General under president George W. Bush^[55]
• Lon Nol, marshal and former president of the Khmer Republic^[56]

Other

• David Boies, attorney^[57]
• James Harder, engineer, professor^[58]
• Ethel Jacobson, poet^[59]
• Leon Leyson, believed to be the youngest member of the Schindlerjuden who were saved from the Holocaust by Oskar Schindler^[60]
• Kelly Thomas, homeless man beaten to death by the Fullerton Police Department
• John Witt, baseball collector^[61]

See also

• List of people from Orange County, California

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philip K. Dick in Orange County. 2014-06-23.
2. Web site: C.S. Forester. A+E Television Networks, LLC.. 17 November 2013.
3. News: The Artist and the Bad Rap: Brea designer took heat for cover work on Ice-T album with infamous song 'Cop Killer'. Hope . Hamashige. January 16, 1995. LA Times.
4. Web site: Jeff SotoDecay and Overgrowth.
5. News: Last at Bat?. Casacchia. Chris. August 30, 2010. Orange County Business Journal. September 3, 2010. 53.
6. Web site: Ed Amelung. baseball-reference.com. 14 November 2013.
7. Web site: Inside Sheep Hills: Shaun Butler. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120035915/http://xgames.espn.go.com/bmx/article/6081964/shaun-butler. dead. January 20, 2015. Ferreira. Nick. ESPN. ESPN. 20 January 2015.
8. Web site: Gary Carter. baseball-reference.com. 14 November 2013.
9. Web site: CJ Cron. ESPN. 30 May 2019.
10. Web site: Jim Edmonds. baseball-reference.com. 17 November 2013.
11. Web site: Patagonia Climbing Ambassadors.
12. Web site: D.J. Houlton Stats. Baseball Almanac. October 20, 2013.
13. Web site: Randy Jones. baseball-reference.com. 17 November 2013.
14. Web site: Dan Kennedy. mlssoccer.com. 17 November 2013.
15. Web site: Tommy Lasorda. baseball-reference.com. 17 November 2013.
16. Web site: Phil Nevin. baseball-reference.com. 17 November 2013.
17. Web site: David Newhan. baseball-reference.com. 17 November 2013.
18. Web site: Shawn Ray. IFBB Professional League. 17 November 2013.
19. News: townsville . 2022-06-28 . FIRE SIGN INTERNATIONAL TALENT: KARLIE SAMUELSON - Townsville Fire . 2024-02-03 . Townsville Fire . en-US.
20. Web site: Program Records . 2024-02-03 . www.materdeiathletics.org . en.
21. Web site: Jeff Tam. baseball-reference.com. 18 November 2013.
22. Web site: Keith Van Horn. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. 18 November 2013.
23. Web site: Arky Vaughan: The Quiet and Talented Shortstop Was at Long Last Welcomed Into Hall of Fame--37 Years After Retirement and 33 Years After His Death. Jim McCurdie. January 13, 1986. Los Angeles Times. 2019-03-16.
24. Web site: Mike Witt. baseball-reference.com. 18 November 2013.
25. Web site: Eric Wynalda. SoccerTimes. 18 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312040428/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/men/wynalda.htm. 12 March 2017. dead.
26. Web site: Gary Zimmerman. pro-football-reference.com. 18 November 2013.
27. Web site: James Cameron. EMP MUSEUM. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722092713/http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?categoryID=203. July 22, 2012. 14 November 2013. unfit.
28. Web site: Suzanne Crough. CBS Interactive Inc.. 14 November 2013.
29. Web site: The Summer Jeremy Gable Took Over Orange County Theater. OC Weekly, LP. 8 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20161224164257/http://www.ocweekly.com/arts/the-summer-jeremy-gable-took-over-oc-theater-6371141. 24 December 2016. dead.
30. Web site: Jenna Haze. IMDb. 2019-09-13.
31. Web site: Chris Hebert. .fullertonhigh.org. 17 November 2013.
32. Web site: Michael McDonald. A+E Television Networks, LLC.. 17 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093240/http://www.biography.com/people/michael-mcdonald-21238499. 2 April 2015. dead.
33. http://www.spotibot.com/artist/6vfIQ3OeEQuTbqDfDn1lgF
34. Web site: Steven Seagal. A+E Television Networks, LLC. 17 November 2013.
35. Web site: Skip Stellrecht. Debate.org. 18 November 2013. https://archive.today/20131118173837/http://www.debate.org/reference/television/tv-actors-actresses/-actors-actresses-from-united-states/149. 18 November 2013. dead.
36. Web site: Jesse's Blog: The Town I Live in: PUNK IN FULLERTON 1976-2011. 2011-08-16.
37. Web site: Video: Revisiting Fullerton's Forgotten Punk Landmarks with Steve Soto. 2015-05-19.
38. Web site: Agent Orange | Biography & History. AllMusic.
39. Web site: R.I.P. Agent Orange Bassist James Levesque. 2014-10-29.
40. Web site: Alfie Agnew Speaks. December 2015. 6 Jan 2016.
41. Web site: Jackson Browne. 2012-08-28. flickr.com. 14 November 2013.
42. Web site: Dennis Danell. https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215012/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/dennis-danell. dead. May 27, 2014. articles.latimes.com/. 14 November 2013.
43. Web site: Leo Fender. City of Fullerton. Museum. 17 November 2013.
44. Web site: Lit (band)Lit. PokerPages.com.. https://web.archive.org/web/20061022025055/http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/archives/chris-line03.htm. 22 October 2006. 18 November 2013. dead.
45. Web site: Mike Ness. 1990-04-08. Los Angeles Times. 17 November 2013.
46. Web site: Jory Prum. https://web.archive.org/web/20081226065402/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/troy-high-school. dead. December 26, 2008. Los Angeles Times. 17 November 2013.
47. Web site: Social Distortion. 2011-01-09. Los Angeles Times. 17 November 2013.
48. Web site: Gwen Stefani. California State University. 18 November 2013.
49. Web site: Tui St. George Tucker. The Mountain Times. 18 November 2013. https://archive.today/20130129074148/http://archives.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2004/0429/tui.php3. 29 January 2013. dead.
50. Web site: Überzone. Social Media. 18 November 2013.
51. Web site: YEAT on Up 2 Me, Twizzy Rich, KanKan, 4L, Sorry Bout That, T-Pain, & More . 4 March 2023 . . en . December 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211218222942/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Fu_nvUhXQ . live .
52. Web site: Dick Ackerman. https://web.archive.org/web/20131114011438/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/dick-ackerman. dead. November 14, 2013. Los Angeles Times. 13 November 2013.
53. Web site: Sam L. Collins. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 14 November 2013.
54. Web site: William E. Dannemeyer. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 14 November 2013.
55. Web site: Viet D. Dinh. https://web.archive.org/web/20040216212445/http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/vietdinh.htm. February 16, 2004. 14 November 2013. unfit.
56. Web site: Lon Nol. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. 17 November 2013.
57. Web site: DavidBoies - New York Lawyers - Boies v. Bush v. Gore.
58. Web site: James Harder. universityofcalifornia.edu. 17 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212941/http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/inmemoriam/jamesharder.html. 27 May 2014. dead.
59. Book: Silvia Palmer . Mudrick . Debora . Richey . Cathy . Thomas . Fullerton: The Boom Years . Chicago . Arcadia . 2015 . 78–79 . 978-1-62584-812-3. .
60. News: Elaine. Woo . Youngest on Schindler's list . https://web.archive.org/web/20130117144356/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/14/local/la-me-leon-leyson-20130114 . dead . 2013-01-17 . . 2013-01-14 . 2013-02-03.
61. Web site: John Witt. 2006-06-13. Orange County Register.. 18 November 2013.