List of people from San Francisco
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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with San Francisco, California.
(B) denotes that the person was born there.
People by field
Artists
- Ansel Adams (1902–1984), photographer
- Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter
- Larry Gonick (b. 1946), cartoonist
- Ester Hernandez (b. 1944), Chicana artist
- Richard Serra (b. 1939), minimalist sculptor and video artist
- William Ware Theiss[citation needed] (1930–1992), costume designer
- Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), ceramicist
Athletes
Baseball players
The following Major League Baseball players were born in San Francisco:
- Ping Bodie (1887–1961)
- Barry Bonds (b. 1964), holds the all-time Major League home run record
- Bobby Bonds (1946–2003), right fielder
- Fred Breining (b. 1955) RHP, San Francisco Giants (1980–1984)
- Dolph Camilli (1907–1997)
- Gino Cimoli (b. 1929), outfielder[1]
- Joe Corbett (1875–1945)
- Joe Cronin (1906–1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
- Frankie Crosetti, (1910–2002), shortstop and coach[1]
- Tim Cullen, (b. 1942), infielder[1]
- Babe Dahlgren, (1912–1996), 1st baseman[1]
- Joe DeMaestri (b. 1928)
- Dom DiMaggio (b. 1917)
- Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Bob Elliott (1916–1966),[1]
- Jim Fregosi (b. 1942), player and manager[1]
- Herb Gorman (1924–1953)
- Harry Heilmann (1894–1951), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
- Keith Hernandez (b. 1953),[1]
- Jackie Jensen (1927–1982), (also in the College Football Hall of Fame)[1]
- Eddie Joost (b. 1916)
- Willie Kamm (1900–1988)
- George Kelly (1895–1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
- Tony Lazzeri (1903–1946) (Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Charlie Sweeney (1863–1902)
- Mike Vail (b.1951)
- Nyjer Morgan (b.1980), Washington Nationals Outfielder
- Jonny Gomes (b.1980), Cincinnati Reds Outfielder
- Tyler Walker (b.1976), Washington Nationals Relief Pitcher
- See San Francisco Giants#Baseball Hall of Famers for San Francisco Giants players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Basketball players
- Phil Smith (1952–2002)
- Tom Meschery (b. 1938)
Boxers
- Abe Attell, (b. 1884), world Featherweight champion
Football players
- Ed Berry (b. 1963), former NFL defensive back with Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers
- Chris Darkins (b. 1974), former NFL running back with the Green Bay Packers
- Mike Holmgren (b. 1948), former NFL head coach for the Green Bay Packers and the current president of the Cleveland Browns
- Jerry Rice
- O. J. Simpson (b. 1947)
- Tedy Bruschi (b. 1973) former NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots
Golf
- Johnny Miller (b. 1947), former professional golfer and a leading golf commentator for NBC Sports
- Ken Venturi (b. 1931), former professional golfer
Other sports
- Laird Hamilton (b. 1964), surfer
- Jeremy McGrath (b. 1971), MX rider
- Brooks Orpik (b. 1980), NHL player for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Business people
- Gurbaksh Chahal, (b. 1982), award winning entrepreneur, founder BlueLithium, ClickAgents, and gWallet
- Albert Abrams, (1863?-1924), inventor of medical equipment in the field of Electricity therapy
- Donald Fisher, (b. 1928), co-founder of the Gap clothing company.
- Gordon Getty (b. 1934), oil philanthropist and composer
- Jess Jackson (b. 1930), American wine entrepreneur and founder of Kendall-Jackson wine company
- Gordon E. Moore (b. 1929), co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law
- Michael Moritz (b. 1954), venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.
- Craig Newmark (b. 1951), founder of Craigslist.
- Theresa Sparks (b. 1949), CEO of multimillion-dollar sex toy company, Good Vibrations
Entertainers
Variety entertainers
- Dan Chan (b. 1977), magician, juggler, pickpocket and acrobat
Dance
- Isadora Duncan (1877–1927), "mother" of Modern dance
Directors/filmmakers
- David Butler (1894–1979), film director, actor, writer and producer
- Clint Eastwood (b. 1930), director, actor, producer
- Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), director, producer, actor
- Andy Luckey (b. 1965), TV writer, producer, director
- Jay Ward (1920–1989), creator and producer of animated TV series
- David Fincher (b. 1962), director
Actors
- Gracie Allen (1895–1964), comedian
- Bill Bixby (1934–1993), actor
- Joan Blackman (b. 1938), actress
- Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voiceover actor
- Lisa Bonet (b. 1967), actress
- Benjamin Bratt (b. 1963) actor
- Margaret Cho (b. 1968), comedian
- Barbara Eden (b. 1934), actress
- Danny Glover (b. 1946), actor
- Bruce Lee (1940–1973)
- Leslie Mann (b. 1972), actress
- Melissa Ng (b. 1972), actress
- Rob Schneider (b. 1963), actor
- Liev Schreiber (b. 1967), actor
- Alicia Silverstone (b. 1976), actress
- David Strathairn (b. 1949), actor
- Phillip Terry (1909–1993), actor
- Aisha Tyler (b. 1970), actress
- Stuart Whitman (b. 1928), actor
- B.D. Wong (b. 1960), actor
- Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress
- Kari Byron (b. 1974), television personality
- China Kantner (b. 1971), actress
- Todd Bridges, actor
- Kevin Cheng (b. 1969), actor and singer
- Mandy Cho (b. 1982), actress
Musicians
- Paul Bostaph (b. 1964) heavy metal drummer
- Craig Chaquico (b. 1954) rock, jazz and new age guitarist
- Greg Errico (b. 1946) drummer for many bands but most notably for Sly & the Family Stone
- Maude Fay (1878–1964), operatic dramatic soprano
- Jerry Garcia (1942–1995) psychedelic and folk-rock guitarist and singer
- Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), Jazz musician and pianist
- Cindy Herron (b. 1961), R&B singer
- Gary Holt (b. 1964), thrash metal guitarist
- Kirk Hammett (b. 1962), lead guitarist for rock band Metallica
- Cliff Burton (1962–1986), bass guitarist for rock band Metallica
- Paul Kantner (b. 1941), rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
- Huey Lewis (b. 1950), rock singer, raised in Marin County.
- Courtney Love (b. 1964), singer and actress
- Johnny Mathis (b. 1935), pop singer
- Kristina Olsen (b. 1957), folk singer-songwriter
- Tim Pagnotta (b. 1977), guitarist
- Carlos Santana (b. 1947), rock, blues, and salsa guitarist and singer
- Ross Valory (b. 1949), bass player for many bands but most notably for Journey
- Mike Bordin (b. 1962), drummer for Faith No More and Ozzy Osbourne
- Jessica Jung (b. 1989), a member of pop group Girls' Generation
- Krystal Jung (b. 1994), a member of pop group f(x)
- Kevin Woo (b. 1991), member of Korean boygroup U-Kiss
- Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), global rapping legend from all around the San Francisco Bay Area
Writers
- Greg Downs (b. 1971), short-story writer
- Robert Frost (1874–1963), American poet
- Daniel Handler (b. 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket
- Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
- Gus Lee (b. 1946), Asian-American author
- Daniel Levitin (b. 1957), writer, scientist, musician
- Jack London (1876–1916), American writer
- Armistead Maupin (b. 1944), American writer
- Carol Anne O'Marie (1933–2009), Roman Catholic nun, mystery fiction writer
- Joseph Staten writer (Halo: Contact Harvest)
- Gary Snyder (b. 1930), poet
- Walter Tevis (1928–1994), author
- Robert Alfred Theobald (1884–1957), US Navy Rear Admiral, author of The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor
- Naomi Wolf (b. 1962), writer
- Helen Zia (b. 1952), writer, journalist, and activist
- Laurence Yep (b. 1948), Asian-American writer
News/commentary
- Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913), journalist
- Ben Blank (c.1921–2009), television graphics innovator.(B)[2]
- Tucker Carlson (b. 1969), television political commentator and host
- William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), newspaper magnate & publisher
- Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's
- Kent Ninomiya, journalist
- Christi O'Connor (b. 1960), television journalist and host
- Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), journalist
Political figures
See also List of mayors of San Francisco, California
- Luis Antonio Argüello (1784–1830), first governor of Alta California[3]
- Stephen Breyer (b. 1938), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
- Jerry Brown (b. 1938), current Governor of California, former Governor of California, former Mayor of Oakland, former California Attorney General
- Pat Brown (1905–1996), former Governor of California
- Willie Brown, (born 1934), Mayor of San Francisco, 1996–2004, Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1980–1995
- Christopher Augustine Buckley ("Blind Boss" Buckley, 1845–1922), Democratic Party boss
- Dianne Feinstein (b. 1933), San Francisco's first female mayor (1978–1988) and U.S. Senator since 1992
- Joseph Flores, Governor of Guam.
- Robert McNamara (1916–2009), former Secretary of Defense
- José de Jesús Noé (1805–1862), was the last alcalde of Yerba Buena, which became San Francisco after the Mexican-American War.
- Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940) former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Caspar Weinberger (1917–2006), former Secretary of Defense
- Gavin Newsom (b.1967) former Mayor of San Francisco
Other
- Abigail Folger, (1943–1969), Folgers coffee heiress
- Richard Gage (architect) - 9/11 Truth activist
- Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), anthropologist
- Stephen Herrero, biologist, bear expert
- William T. Shorey (1859–1919), First Black SF Sea Captain
- John W. Young (b. 1930), astronaut
- Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (1920–2000), US Navy Admiral
- The Zodiac Killer, unidentified serial killer active in the 1960s
- Jim Jones (1931–1978), Cult leader
- Melrose Bickerstaff, runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7, signed with Storm Model Management
- James Millikin Bevans (1899-1977), US Air Force Major General
- William Harrington Leahy (1904-1986), US Navy Rear Admiral
- Jacob Weisman (b. 1965), Publisher of Tachyon Publications
Non-native residents
- Cheerleader Melissa, pro wrestler
- Maya Angelou, poet
- Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author
- Clark Blaise, Canadian author
- Marian and Vivian Brown, (b. 1927), socialites
- Willie Brown, former San Francisco Mayor
- Victor Burgin, artist
- Vanessa Carlton, singer
- Herb Caen, newspaper columnist
- Carol Channing, actress and comedian
- Chris Columbus, film director
- Francis Ford Coppola, film director
- Andrew Smith Hallidie, promoter of the first cable car line
- George Hearst, politician
- Phoebe Hearst, first woman Regent of the University of California
- Sargent Johnson, African-American sculptor
- Philip Kaufman, film director
- Jason Kidd, NBA player
- CoCo Lee, CantoPop singer and actress
- James Lick, real estate investor
- Cheech Marin, actor
- Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, activists, first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in San Francisco
- Kirke Mechem, composer
- Midori, author and (kinky) sex educator
- Harvey Milk, former city supervisor of San Francisco
- The Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, adult industry pioneers
- Matt Nathanson, singer/musician
- Emperor Norton, notable local eccentric
- Gary Payton, NBA player
- Linda Perry, lead singer of 4 Non Blondes
- William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California
- The Residents, Avant-Garde music and visual arts group
- Anne Rice, author
- Tina Root, ex-vocalist of the now defunct darkwave band Switchblade Symphony
- Kevin Rose, founder, digg.com
- Michael Savage, conservative radio personality
- Charlotte Smith Mailliard Swig Shultz (born ca. 1934), heiress, socialite
- Danielle Steel, author
- Robert Louis Stevenson, (from 1879–1880)
- Sharon Stone, actress
- Amy Tan, author
- Mark Twain, author
- Wayne Wang, film director
- Robert Wartenberg, neurologist
- Oscar Wilde, spent 1882 there
- Cecil Williams, pastor
- Robin Williams, actor
- Martin Yan, television chef
- Arthur Wolcott Yates, U.S. Army general
Alphabetical index
- Abrams, Albert (1863?-1924), inventor
- Allen, Gracie (1895–1964), comedian
- Argüello, Luis Antonio (1784–1830)
- Attell, Abe (1884–1970), boxer
- Bixby, Bill (1934–1993), actor
- Blanc, Mel (1908–1989), voiceover actor
- Bonds, Barry (b. 1964), baseball player
- Bonds, Bobby (1946–2003), baseball player
- Bonet, Lisa (b. 1967), actress
- Bodie, Ping
- Bratt, Benjamin (b. 1963), actor
- Breyer, Stephen (b. 1938), jurist
- Brown, Jerry (b. 1938), politician
- Brown, Pat (1905–1996), politician
- Camilli, Dolph
- Carlson, Tucker (b. 1969), political commentator
- Chaquico, Craig (b. 1954)
- Cho, Margaret (b. 1968)
- Cimoli, Gino (b. 1929)
- Corbett, Joe
- Cronin, Joe
- Crosetti, Frankie (1910–2002)
- Cullen, Tim (b. 1942)
- Dahlgren (1912–1996)
- DeMaestri, Joe
- DiMaggio, Dom
- Downs, Greg (b. 1971), writer
- Duncan, Isadora (1877–1927), dancer
- Elliott, Bob
- Ben Fee, activist
- Folger, Abigail, (1943–1969), heiress
- Fregosi, Jim
- Garcia, Jerry (1942–1995), musician
- Getty, Gordon (b. 1934), philanthropist and composer
- Guaraldi, Vince (1928–1976)
- Heilmann, Harry
- Hernandez, Keith
- Herron, Cindy (b. 1961)
- Holt, Gary
- Jensen, Jackie
- Joost, Eddie
- Kamm, Willie
- Kantner, Paul (b. 1941)
- Kelly, George
- Lee, Gus (b. 1946)
- Levitin, Daniel (b. 1957)
- Lewis, Huey (b. 1950)
- Mann, Leslie (b. 1972)
- Prior, Mark (b. 1975)
- Mathis, Johnny (b. 1935)
- Ng, Melissa (b. 1972)
- Perry, Linda (b. 1965)
- Santana, Carlos (b. 1947)
- Shakur Tupac (b. 1971)
- Sparks, Theresa
- Sweeney, Charlie
- Tan, Amy (b. 1952)
- Williams, Robin (1951–1952)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th edition ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Heller, Steven. Heller, Steven. "Ben Blank, Innovator of Graphics for TV News, Dies at 87" The New York Times February 18, 2009
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
