100 Notable alumni of California State University – Fresno

Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees

California State University – Fresno is ranked #1,097 in the world and #287 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from California State University – Fresno sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with California State University – Fresno won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Rémi Boutillier

1. Rémi Boutillier

1990-. (aged 36)
tennis player
Rémi Boutillier is a French tennis player.
Mark Eddinger

2. Mark Eddinger

1958-. (aged 68)
DJ producer consultant musician music executive
Mark Eddinger is an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, music producer, record company executive, and music and entertainment industry consultant. Eddinger is also involved as an executive and consultant in other business sectors unrelated to the entertainment industry.
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Ron Collins Jr

3. Ron Collins Jr

1971-. (aged 55)
American football player
Ron Collins is a former professional American football player.
John Erickson

4. John Erickson

1964-. (aged 62)
golfer
John Erickson is an American professional golfer.
Kenneth L. Maddy

5. Kenneth L. Maddy

1934-2000 (aged 66)
politician
Kenneth Leon Maddy was a Republican member of the California State Assembly and State Senate from Fresno.
Bob Garner

6. Bob Garner

1935-1990 (aged 55)
American football player
Robert Lee Garner was an American football player who played with the Los Angeles Chargers and Oakland Raiders. He played college football at California State University, Fresno. His hometown was Hanford, California.
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Rolland Todd

7. Rolland Todd

1934-. (aged 92)
basketball player basketball coach
Rolland Douglas Todd is a former player and coach in the National Basketball Association, and a former player in the American Basketball League, who also coached basketball at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He was the first coach of the then-expansion Portland Trail Blazers, leading the team to a 29–53 record in its inaugural season (best of the three...
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John Hoover

8. John Hoover

1962-2014 (aged 52)
baseball player
John Nicklaus Hoover was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the No. 25 draft choice in the first round in 1984 (by the Baltimore Orioles), after having led the nation in strikeouts in college baseball, pitching 205 strikeouts for Fresno State in his senior year. Also in 1984 Hoover was a starting pitcher for the United States Olympic...
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Chuckie Fick

9. Chuckie Fick

1985-. (aged 41)
baseball player
Charles Joseph Fick, formerly known as Chuckie Fick, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros.
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Allan O. Hunter

10. Allan O. Hunter

1916-1995 (aged 79)
lawyer politician
Allan Oakley Hunter was an American lawyer and politician. Hunter, a Republican, served as the United States representative for California's 9th congressional district from 1951 to 1953 and for California's 12th congressional district from 1953 to 1955.
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Jim Willoughby

11. Jim Willoughby

1949-. (aged 77)
baseball player
James Arthur Willoughby is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1971 through 1978 for the San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and 185 lb (84 kg), he batted and threw right handed.
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Helen M. Roberts

12. Helen M. Roberts

1896-1983 (aged 87)
photographer
Helen Marguerite Roberts (January 20, 1896 – June 22, 1983) was an American writer, photographer, and multilingual educator. From 1958 to 1975, she battled illiteracy in Africa, teaching reading, writing, health and Christian religion to thousands of illiterate adults. In the course of her African work, she mentored and sponsored many promising young Africans, encouraging them to pursue higher education,...
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Wendell Bell

13. Wendell Bell

1924-2019 (aged 95)
university teacher military officer sociologist
Wendell Bell was a futurist and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Yale University. His areas of specialization included sociology, social class, race, family life and future studies.
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Harold E. Comstock

14. Harold E. Comstock

1920-2009 (aged 89)
military officer
Harold Elwood "Bunny" Comstock was an American fighter ace in the 56th Fighter Group during World War II, and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. After a test flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt on 13 November 1942, Republic Aviation issued a press release on 1 December 1942 claiming that he and fellow pilot, Lieutenant Roger...
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Louis Leonard

15. Louis Leonard

1984-. (aged 42)
American football player
Louis Apprecicio Leonard is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007.
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Henry Perea

16. Henry Perea

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Henry T. Perea is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, he formerly represented the 31st district for the California State Assembly, encompassing western Fresno.
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Bob Kloppenburg

17. Bob Kloppenburg

1927-2024 (aged 97)
basketball coach basketball player
Robert Glenn Kloppenburg was an American basketball coach. Kloppenburg played college basketball at USC and Fresno State. In a career spanning from the 1950s to 1990s, Kloppenburg coached at the high school, college, and professional levels. From 1958 to 1976 and 1977 to 1978, Kloppenburg was head coach at California Western (later United States International) University. For much of the...
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Dennis Springer

18. Dennis Springer

1965-. (aged 61)
baseball player
Dennis Leroy Springer is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is most remembered for his use of the knuckleball.
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Alex Davis

19. Alex Davis

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Alex Davis is an American professional basketball player for the Kagawa Five Arrows of the B3 League. After two years of college basketball at Hutchinson Community College and two years at Fresno State Davis entered the 2015 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
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Marvelle Harris

20. Marvelle Harris

1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Marvelle Martray Harris is an American basketball player who belongs to the Guaros de Lara squad of the SPB. At 1.93 meters tall, he plays in the shooting guard position.
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Danny Muno

21. Danny Muno

1989-. (aged 37)
baseball player
Daniel Joseph Muno is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets in 2015.
Jan Yanehiro

22. Jan Yanehiro

journalist
Jan Yanehiro is a Japanese-American broadcast journalist.
Tex Clevenger

23. Tex Clevenger

1932-2019 (aged 87)
baseball player
Truman Eugene "Tex" Clevenger was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher and spot starter who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees from 1954 to 1962. He was 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. He attended Fresno State University.
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Braeden Anderson

24. Braeden Anderson

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player lawyer
K. Braeden Anderson is a lawyer and former college basketball player. He played for the Seton Hall Pirates where he won the Big East Conference Championship with the team in 2016. Anderson made headlines in college for playing Division I basketball while attending law school. Standing 6-foot-9-inches tall, Anderson played as a forward. He graduated from law school in 2018...
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Héctor Hernández

25. Héctor Hernández

1985-. (aged 41)
basketball player
Héctor Humberto Hernández Gallegos is a former Mexican basketball player who last played for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) and the Mexico national team. He participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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Leslie Bassett

26. Leslie Bassett

1923-2016 (aged 93)
composer university teacher
Leslie Raymond Bassett was an American composer of classical music. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Bassett had a lifelong relationship with the University of Michigan School of Music. He received the MM there, and in 1956 was the recipient of the university's first DMA. Bassett was a member of the University of Michigan faculty from 1952 until...
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Justin Haley

27. Justin Haley

1991-. (aged 35)
baseball player
Justin Case Haley is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. Haley throws and bats right-handed.
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Fran Pavley

28. Fran Pavley

1948-. (aged 78)
teacher politician
Frances J. "Fran" Pavley is an American politician who served two terms in the California State Senate and three terms in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she last represented the 27th Senate District, which encompasses the Conejo Valley, and portions of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. Due to term limits in California, Senator Pavley completed her legislative...
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Bill Jones

29. Bill Jones

1949-. (aged 77)
politician
William Leon Jones is an American politician from California who served in the California State Assembly and later served as California's 25th Secretary of State for two terms from 1995 to 2003 under Governors Pete Wilson and later Gray Davis. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of California in 2002 as well as an unsuccessful candidate for the...
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Cody Wichmann

30. Cody Wichmann

1992-. (aged 34)
American football player
Cody Michael Wichmann is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
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Randy Holcomb

31. Randy Holcomb

1979-. (aged 47)
basketball player
Randy Alfred Holcomb Jr., also known as Raed Farid Elhamali, is an American-Libyan businessman and former professional basketball player. After being drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2002 NBA draft, Holcomb went on to play nine years professionally. He also played for Libya in international competitions.
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Brian Turner

32. Brian Turner

1967-. (aged 59)
poet soldier writer
Brian Turner is an American poet, essayist, and professor. He won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection, Here, Bullet (Alice James Books) the first of many awards and honors received for this collection of poems about his experience as a soldier in the Iraq War. His honors since include a Lannan Literary Fellowship and NEA Literature Fellowship...
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Lucía Sainz

33. Lucía Sainz

1984-. (aged 42)
padel player
Lucía Sainz Pelegri is a Spanish former professional tennis player and currently a professional padel player.
Bernard Thompson

34. Bernard Thompson

1962-. (aged 64)
basketball player basketball coach
Bernard Thompson is an American former professional basketball player. The 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) swingman is from Phoenix, Arizona. Thompson played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1984 to 1989.
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Dick Ruthven

35. Dick Ruthven

1951-. (aged 75)
baseball player
Richard David Ruthven is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1973 through 1986 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago Cubs. The two-time National League All-Star player was a member of the 1980 world champion Philadelphia Phillies team, as well as a member of the 1984 National League...
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Frenchy Bordagaray

36. Frenchy Bordagaray

1910-2000 (aged 90)
baseball player
Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and third baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees between 1934 and 1945. He had a.283 batting average with 14 home runs and 270 runs batted in over 930 major...
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Laura Berg

37. Laura Berg

1975-. (aged 51)
softball coach softball player
Laura Kay Berg is an American college softball head coach for Oregon State and a former collegiate four-time All-American and Olympian. She played for the Fresno State Bulldogs from 1994–98, where she won the 1998 Women's College World Series and owns the Western Athletic Conference career records in hits, runs and triples. She is one of only four women to...
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Mike Agostini

38. Mike Agostini

1935-2016 (aged 81)
businessperson athletics competitor
Michael George Raymond Agostini was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was the first athlete from his country to win a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 31 July 1954.
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Quinton Hosley

39. Quinton Hosley

1984-. (aged 42)
basketball player
Quinton Robert Hosley is an American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player for Stelmet Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League. He is a 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall swingman. He is the son of streetball and Rucker Park legend Ron Mathias.
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Bryan Robinson

40. Bryan Robinson

1974-2016 (aged 42)
American football player
Bryan Keith Robinson, nicknamed "Big Dog", was an American professional football defensive tackle. He was originally signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 1997.
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Justin Miller

41. Justin Miller

1987-. (aged 39)
baseball player
Justin Ryan Miller is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Marvin R. Baxter

42. Marvin R. Baxter

1940-. (aged 86)
judge
Marvin Ray Baxter is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California who served from January 1991 to January 5, 2015.
Jim Nielsen

43. Jim Nielsen

1944-. (aged 82)
husbandry worker politician
James Wiley Nielsen is an American politician from California who served in the California State Senate for the 4th district. A member of the Republican Party, Nielsen served on the Yolo County Republican Committee before first winning election to the California State Senate in 1978. Nielsen served in the State Senate until 1990, in the State Assembly from 2009 to...
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Safiya Noble

44. Safiya Noble

docent writer sociologist university teacher information scientist
Safiya Umoja Noble is the David O. Sears presidential endowed chair of social sciences and professor of gender studies, African American studies, and information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the director of the UCLA Center on Race & Digital Justice and co-director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for...
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Satoshi Hirayama

45. Satoshi Hirayama

1930-2021 (aged 91)
baseball player
Satoshi Hirayama was an American baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Carp in Japan's Central League. Hirayama was an All-Star twice in Japan.
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Steven R. Nagel

46. Steven R. Nagel

1946-2014 (aged 68)
military flight engineer astronaut military officer aircraft pilot
Steven Ray Nagel, (Col, USAF), was an American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. In total, he logged 723 hours in space. After NASA, he worked at the University of Missouri College of Engineering as an instructor in its Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
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Austin Wynns

47. Austin Wynns

1990-. (aged 36)
professional baseball player
Robert Austin Wynns is an American professional baseball catcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, and Cincinnati Reds. Wynns played college baseball at Fresno State University, and was drafted by the Orioles in the tenth round of the 2013 Major...
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Jared Fernández

48. Jared Fernández

1972-. (aged 54)
baseball player
Jared Wade Fernandez is a Hispanic American former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher who last pitched in 2007 for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.
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Saundra Brown Armstrong

49. Saundra Brown Armstrong

1947-. (aged 79)
lawyer judge journalist
Saundra Brown Armstrong is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Darryl Rogers

50. Darryl Rogers

1935-2018 (aged 83)
American football coach
Darryl Dale Rogers was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at California State College at Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay (1965), California State University, Fresno (1966–1972), San Jose State University (1973–1975), Michigan State University (1976–1979), and Arizona State University (1980–1984), compiling a career college football record of 129–84–7. From 1985 to...
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Robert Spalding

51. Robert Spalding

1966-. (aged 60)
civil servant airman economist air force officer
Robert S. Spalding III is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general. He currently serves as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. His work focuses on U.S.–China relations, economic and national security, and the Asia-Pacific military balance.
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Richard Smith

52. Richard Smith

1955-. (aged 71)
American football coach coach
Richard Smith is an American football coach who is the linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He has been defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons, as well as the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins, and a linebacker coach for the Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, and Indianapolis Colts.
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Lee Brand

53. Lee Brand

1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Lee R. Brand is an American politician and businessman who served as the 25th mayor of Fresno, California. He took office as the successor for Ashley Swearengin on January 3, 2017. Upon inauguration, Brand became the oldest to assume the mayoralty of Fresno beating the previous holder Dr. Chester A. Rowell by 3 years and 21 days.
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Robert Upshaw

54. Robert Upshaw

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Robert Ridjell Upshaw III is an American professional basketball player for Suke Lions of the Chinese National Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs and Washington Huskies.
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Peter Luczak

55. Peter Luczak

1979-. (aged 47)
tennis player
Peter Luczak is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. His career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 64, achieved in October 2009.
Ashley Swearengin

56. Ashley Swearengin

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Ashley Emile Swearengin is an American politician who served as the 24th mayor of Fresno, California. She is Fresno's second female mayor. She was first elected in a run-off election in 2008 and was re-elected in 2012. Swearengin ran for State Controller in 2014. After leaving the mayor's office, she became the president/CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation.
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John Harlan

57. John Harlan

1925-2017 (aged 92)
announcer
John Henry Harlan was an American television announcer who worked on television projects for over 40 years, particularly game and variety shows. He was from Sonoma County, California.
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Brian T. Carroll

58. Brian T. Carroll

1949-. (aged 77)
educator politician
Brian Thomas Carroll is an American teacher who was the American Solidarity Party's presidential nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election. He is a proponent of Christian democracy.
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Jimy Williams

59. Jimy Williams

1943-2024 (aged 81)
baseball player
James Francis Williams was an American professional baseball infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966 and 1967 and managed the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and Houston Astros.
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Brad Lewis

60. Brad Lewis

1958-. (aged 68)
producer politician voice actor animator film director
Bradford Clark Lewis is an American film producer, director, writer and politician. He produced Antz, the Oscar-winning Ratatouille, Storks, and was nominated for an Academy Award for producing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. He also co-directed Cars 2 for Pixar. He is a two-time Emmy winner for his work on The Last Halloween and ABC's Monday Night...
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Lee Patrick Brown

61. Lee Patrick Brown

1937-. (aged 89)
politician police officer
Lee Patrick Brown is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
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Matt Garza

62. Matt Garza

1983-. (aged 43)
baseball player
Matthew Scott Garza is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2006 with the Minnesota Twins, and also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers. With the Rays, Garza was named the American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player in 2008, and threw a...
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Dan Gladden

63. Dan Gladden

1957-. (aged 69)
baseball player
Clinton Daniel Gladden III is an American former professional baseball player and current radio broadcaster. An outfielder, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1983–1986), Minnesota Twins (1987–1991), and Detroit Tigers (1992–1993) before playing a final season in Japan in 1994 with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Doug Fister

64. Doug Fister

1984-. (aged 42)
baseball player
Douglas Wildes Fister is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers from 2009 through 2018.
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Paul Bogle

65. Paul Bogle

1822-1865 (aged 43)
deacon
Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica. After leading the Morant Bay rebellion, Bogle was captured, tried and convicted by the colonial government (who had declared martial law),...
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Cruz Bustamante

66. Cruz Bustamante

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Cruz Miguel Bustamante is an American politician. He served as the 45th lieutenant governor of California from 1999 to 2007, under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A member of the Democratic Party, Bustamante also served in the California State Assembly and was the speaker from 1996 to 1998.
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Paul H. O'Neill

67. Paul H. O'Neill

1935-2020 (aged 85)
businessperson politician
Paul Henry O'Neill was an American businessman and government official who served as the 72nd United States secretary of the treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first term, from January 2001 until his resignation in December 2002. Prior to his term as Secretary, O'Neill was chairman and CEO of industrial giant Alcoa and chairman of the RAND Corporation.
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Hanna Cavinder

68. Hanna Cavinder

2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player influencer
Hanna Cavinder is an American social media influencer and former college basketball player who plays for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She began her college career at Fresno State, where she was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) selection and a MWC All-Freshman Team selection. Prior to collegiate basketball she was the Arizona 5A Offensive Player...
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Noreen Corcoran

69. Noreen Corcoran

1943-2016 (aged 73)
singer dancer television actor actor film actor
Noreen Margaret Corcoran was an American film and television actress. She was best known for playing Kelly Gregg in the American sitcom television series Bachelor Father.
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Augie Garrido

70. Augie Garrido

1939-2018 (aged 79)
baseball player coach
August Edmun Garrido Jr. was an American professional baseball player and coach in NCAA Division I college baseball, best known for his stints with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and Texas Longhorns.
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Jim Costa

71. Jim Costa

1952-. (aged 74)
politician advocate
James Manuel Costa ComM is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district since 2023. He previously represented the 20th congressional district from 2005 to 2013 and the 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes most of Fresno.
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Logan Mankins

72. Logan Mankins

1982-. (aged 44)
American football player
Logan Lee Mankins is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New England Patriots. After playing college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, he was selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. He spent his final two seasons with...
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Casey McGehee

73. Casey McGehee

1982-. (aged 44)
baseball player
Casey Michael McGehee is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Yomiuri Giants.
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Alexander Bustamante

74. Alexander Bustamante

1884-1977 (aged 93)
politician dietitian
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante ONH GBE PC was a Jamaican politician and Jamaica Labour Party leader, who, on Independence Day, August 6, 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
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Rafer Alston

75. Rafer Alston

1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Rafer Jamel Alston, nicknamed "Skip 2 My Lou" after the American folk song and partner-stealing dance with the same name, is an American retired professional basketball player. Alston first gained basketball fame as a streetball player before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Milwaukee Bucks. While in the NBA from 1999 to 2010, he played for six teams,...
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Daniel Silva

76. Daniel Silva

1960-. (aged 66)
writer novelist journalist crime fiction writer
Daniel Silva is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels.
Sam Peckinpah

77. Sam Peckinpah

1925-1984 (aged 59)
film director film screenwriter director producer military officer
David Samuel Peckinpah was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. His 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch received two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's Top 100 list. His films employed a visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence, as well as a revisionist approach to the Western genre.
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Dot Jones

78. Dot Jones

1964-. (aged 62)
television actor athletics competitor actor film actor
Dorothy-Marie Jones is an American actress and retired athlete who has had multiple roles in television. She attended California State University, Fresno, where she set records for shot put. Jones is also a 15-time world arm wrestling champion. She was a recurring guest star starting in the second season of the musical television series Glee as Coach Beiste, and appeared...
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Edward James Olmos

79. Edward James Olmos

1947-. (aged 79)
actor television actor director film actor film director
Edward James Olmos is a Mexican-American actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), Montoya Santana in American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William...
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Joe Odagiri

80. Joe Odagiri

1976-. (aged 50)
musician film actor seiyū actor director
Jō Odagiri, better known by his stage name Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー, Odagiri Jō), is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for portraying Yusuke Godai, the titular hero of the 2000 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kuuga.
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Davante Adams

81. Davante Adams

1992-. (aged 34)
American football player
Davante Lavell Adams is an American professional football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played two seasons of college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was named a second-team All-American in 2013 before being selected in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers. He is...
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Aaron Judge

82. Aaron Judge

1992-. (aged 34)
baseball player
Aaron James Judge is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is a seven-time MLB All-Star and three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) winner. He holds the AL record for most home runs in a season with 62. He stands 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and...
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Paul George

83. Paul George

1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Paul Clifton Anthony George Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "PG-13", he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and six-time member of the All-NBA Team, as well as a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team.
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Timothy P. White

84. Timothy P. White

1949-. (aged 77)
university teacher
Timothy Peter White is a retired academic administrator and kinesiologist. He served as the chancellor of the California State University system from December 2012 to December 2020. He was the chancellor of the Riverside campus of the University of California from 2008 to 2012.
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Mykal Walker

85. Mykal Walker

1997-. (aged 29)
American football player
Mykal Walker is an American professional football linebacker for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Azusa Pacific Cougars and Fresno State Bulldogs and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft. Walker has also been a member of the Chicago Bears, Las Vegas...
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Ron Adams

86. Ron Adams

1947-. (aged 79)
basketball coach basketball player
Ronald George Adams is an American basketball coach who has been an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 2014.
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George N. Zenovich

87. George N. Zenovich

1922-2013 (aged 91)
lawyer judge politician
George Nicholas Zenovich was an American politician and jurist, as well as a longtime Democrat.
Jean Fuller

88. Jean Fuller

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Jeannie Lynn "Jean" Fuller is an American educator and politician who served as the minority leader in the California State Senate. A Republican, she was previously a member of the California Assembly and the Superintendent of Schools for the Bakersfield City School District.
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Robert Beltran

89. Robert Beltran

1953-. (aged 73)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Robert Adame Beltran is an American actor known for his role as Commander Chakotay on the 1990s television series Star Trek: Voyager. He is also known for stage acting in California, and for playing Raoul Mendoza in the 1982 black comedy film Eating Raoul.
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Jacqueline Van Ovost

90. Jacqueline Van Ovost

1965-. (aged 61)
Jacqueline Desiree Van Ovost is a retired United States Air Force general who last served as the 14th commander of United States Transportation Command from 2021 to 2024. She was nominated to that post by President Biden on March 5, 2021. Van Ovost had previously served as the commander of Air Mobility Command from 2020 to 2021. In early 2021,...
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Haley Cavinder

91. Haley Cavinder

2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player influencer
Haley Cavinder is an American social media influencer and former college basketball player for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Prior to Miami, she played for the Fresno State Bulldogs. Cavinder was an All-Mountain West Conference (MW) selection in each of her three seasons at Fresno State, and was named MW Player of the Year in her sophomore...
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Tyler Johnson

92. Tyler Johnson

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Tyler Ryan Johnson is an American basketball assistant coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs of the Mountain West Conference. He is a former professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Fresno State.
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Ron Johnson

93. Ron Johnson

1956-2021 (aged 65)
baseball manager baseball player
Ronald Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold. He was reelected in 2016, defeating Feingold in a rematch, and in 2022, narrowly defeating Lieutenant Governor Mandela...
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Daniel Levitin

94. Daniel Levitin

1957-. (aged 69)
composer record producer journalist neuroscientist music journalist
Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies.
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Greg Smith

95. Greg Smith

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Greg V. Smith is an American politician serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 57th district. As of 2025, he is the longest-serving member of the Oregon House.
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Rick Husband

96. Rick Husband

1957-2003 (aged 46)
astronaut engineer
Rick Douglas Husband was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as pilot of STS-96 and commander of STS-107. Husband and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. He is also a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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Kenny Guinn

97. Kenny Guinn

1936-2010 (aged 74)
politician
Kenneth Carroll Guinn, was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1994 until 1995. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party before running for governor.
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Emi Kaneko

98. Emi Kaneko

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Emi Kaneko is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Fukushima Prefecture, she did her undergraduate study at Hosei University and later earned master's degrees from California State University, Fresno and Fukushima University. After serving in the town assembly of Hobara, Fukushima for...
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Marcus Garvey

99. Marcus Garvey

1887-1940 (aged 53)
religious leader entrepreneur sociologist printer politician
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. Garvey was ideologically a black nationalist and Pan-Africanist. His ideas came to be known as Garveyism.
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Domingos Simoes Pereira

100. Domingos Simoes Pereira

1963-. (aged 63)
minister civil engineer politician
Domingos Simões Pereira is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served as Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, from 2008 to 2012.
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