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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^{[ citation needed]}
• 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^{[ citation needed]}
• 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^{[ citation needed]}
• 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 ^[40]
• Rikk Agnew, songwriter and musician ^[40]
• 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^{[ citation needed]}
• 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 George W. Bush ^[55]
• Lon Nol, former president of 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^{[ citation needed]}
• John Witt, baseball collector ^[61]

See also

• List of people from Orange County, California

References