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List Of People From San Jose, California
This is a list of notable people from San Jose, California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in San Jose, or for whom San Jose is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Jose. This list is in alphabetical order by surname. Actors and entertainment industry * Elisa Marina Alvarado, Chicana director, actress, educator, born in San Jose * Frank Bacon, actor, playwright and father of Lloyd Bacon, raised in San Jose and lived there for 17 years * Lloyd Bacon, Hollywood director, son of actor Frank Bacon, born in San Jose * Adrienne Barbeau, actress, attended Del Mar High School class of 1963 * Calum Best, British television personality, son of footballer George Best, born in San Jose * Brett Dalton, actor, born in San Jose * Vernon Dent, comedy actor in numerous ''Three Stooges'' shorts, born in San Jose * Rosanna DeSoto, actress, born in San Jose * Dustin Diamond, child actor, known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 population of 1,013,240, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area, San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 9.7 million people respectively, the List of largest California cities by population, third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego and ahead of San Francisco), and the List of United States cities by population, tenth-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of . San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County and the main component of the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Schuyler Church
Angelica Church (née Schuyler ; February 20, 1756 – March 6, 1814) was an American socialite. She was the eldest daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, and a sister of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. For sixteen years, she lived in Europe with her British-born husband, John Barker Church, who became a Member of Parliament. She was a prominent member of the social elite everywhere she lived, which included Albany and New York City, as well as Paris and London. Some of her correspondence with eminent friends have been preserved, including notable exchanges with Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette. The village and surrounding town of Angelica, New York were named after her. Early life Angelica Schuyler was born in Albany, New York. She was the eldest child of Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Her parents were from wealthy Dutch families prominent since early colonial days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjelah Johnson
Anjelah Nicole Johnson-Reyes (born May 14, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, and former NFL cheerleader. Johnson was a cast member on the series ''MADtv'' during its 13th season. Her characters included a Vietnamese nail salon employee named Mỹ Linh/Tammy and a rude fast food employee turned music star named Bon Qui Qui (the latter of which has become popular outside of Johnson's short stint on ''MADtv''). Career Johnson moved to Los Angeles in 2005 to pursue a career in comedy after a friend suggested that she join a joke-writing class. She took improv classes, and quickly began to headline her own shows. Her stand-up routine, comprising her impression of a Vietnamese nail salon employee, received a lot of attention on YouTube. In 2007, Johnson joined the cast of sketch comedy show ''MADtv'' as a featured performer. Due to the impending writers strike, Johnson was often given only a few lines in the scripts during her tenure, as the writers had to produce more scripts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Jeffries
Fran Jeffries (born Frances Ann Makris; May 18, 1937 – December 15, 2016) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Early life Jeffries was born Frances Ann Makris on May 18, 1937, in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Esther A. (née Gautier) and Steven G. Makris, a Greek-immigrant barbershop owner. Career Jeffries's film debut came in the 1958 film ''The Buccaneer (1958 film), The Buccaneer.'' She appeared in the 1963 film ''The Pink Panther (1964 film), The Pink Panther,'' in which she sang "It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio stasera), Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)" while leading a line-dance with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and others. Her supporting role as a professional entertainer in ''Sex and the Single Girl (film), Sex and the Single Girl'' featured her as a singer-dancer. She sang on ''The Tom Jones Show'' in 1969 with the host, doing a duet of "You've Got What it Takes," as well as ''The Smokey Robinson Show'' the following year, in which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariposa De Barrio
''Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, la serie'', or simply ''Mariposa de Barrio'', is an American biographical telenovela based on the autobiography '' Unbreakable: My Story, My Way'' authored by Jenni Rivera before her death and was published posthumously in July 2013. It stars Angélica Celaya as the titular character, and it started airing on American broadcast channel Telemundo on June 27, 2017, and concluded on November 6, 2017. The first season of the series was made available on Netflix on December 15, 2017, with other regions streaming the series from January 1, 2021. Cast Main characters * Angélica Celaya as Jenni Rivera * Gabriel Porras as Pedro Rivera * Rosalinda Rodríguez as Rosa Saavedra de Rivera * Samadhi Zendejas as Jenni Rivera (13-25 Years old) * Tony Garza as José Trinidad Marín * Regina Orquín as Jenni Rivera (9-12 Years old) * Enrique Montaño as Pedro "Pete" Rivera (19-30 Years old) * Adrián Carvajal as Pedro "Pete" Rivera (31-48 Years old) * Adr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Sepúlveda
Gabriela Sepúlveda (born September 21, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter, and actress of Mexican-Chilean descent singing in both Spanish as well as English. She first gained national and international recognition performing on major television reality shows including the popular Saturday night Univision program, Sábado Gigante, Sabádo Gigante, Tengo Talento Mucho Talento in 2011), ''La Voz Kids (American TV series), La Voz Kids'' in 2013 and American Idol in 2016.Sepulveda made her acting debut in 2017 for the Telemundo network series, ''Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio,'' where she played, Jenicka López, the youngest daughter of Mexican-American singer, Jenni Rivera. She is known for performing the U.S. anthem for the San Francisco Bay Area sport's teams the San Francisco Giants, the San Francisco 49ers, the San Jose Earthquakes, the San Jose Sharks, and the Oakland Athletics, Oakland A's. She became the first person to sing, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus's hit song, “The Cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost (2004 TV Series)
''Lost'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama series, drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over List of Lost episodes, six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes. The show contains elements of supernatural fiction, and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, after the plane crashes on a mysterious Mythology of Lost#The Island, island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback (narrative), flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters. Lindelof and Carlton Cuse serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk. Inspired by the 2000 Tom Hanks film ''Cast Away'', the show is told in a heavily s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Holloway
Josh Lee Holloway (born July 20, 1969) is an American actor best known for his roles as James "Sawyer" Ford on the television show ''Lost'' and as Will Bowman on the science fiction drama ''Colony''. Most recently he had a recurring role in season 3 of the western series ''Yellowstone''. Early life Holloway was born in San Jose, California, the second of four boys of a nurse mother and a surveyor father. His family moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia when he was two. He was raised in Free Home, Georgia. Holloway is related to Baptist preacher Dr. Dale Holloway, and author and World War II prisoner of war Carl Holloway. He is also a descendant of Robert E. Lee. Holloway attended Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia, graduating in 1987. He developed an interest in movies at a very young age. He studied at the University of Georgia but left after one quarter due to financial constraints. Career Holloway moved to Los Angeles, where he began a successful career a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheerleader
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for competition. Cheerleading routines typically range anywhere from one to three minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting. Modern cheerleading is very closely associated with American football and basketball. Sports such as association football (soccer), ice hockey, volleyball, baseball, and wrestling will sometimes sponsor cheerleading squads. The ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa in 2007 was the first international cricket event to have cheerleaders. The Florida Marlins were the first Major League Baseball team to have a cheerleading team. Cheerleading originated as an all-male activity in the United States, and remains predominantly in America, with an esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krazy George Henderson
Krazy George Henderson (born May 6, 1944) is an American professional cheerleader who created the Wave in 1979. Career Henderson began cheerleading while a student at California State University, San Jose in 1968, where he was also a member of the National Championship judo team. After graduating, he continued cheerleading for free at local sporting events, where he became known for leading sectional cheers, accompanied by his hand drum. In the early 1970s, while working as a high school teacher at Buchser High School in Santa Clara, California, Henderson was hired by the California Golden Seals of the National Hockey League to be a cheerleader. At one game in 1974 between the Seals and Boston Bruins, his antics attracted the attention of a PR executive from a new soccer franchise in San Jose who was attending the Seals game. The San Jose Earthquakes invited him to join the soccer club for its inaugural season for $35 per game. Fans, averaging over 15,000 per game, reacted s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Groff
Nicholas Groff (born April 19, 1980) is an American paranormal investigator, musician, and television personality. Groff was the lead investigator for the television series ''Paranormal Lockdown.'' He was a co-investigator, executive producer, editor and cameraman on ''Ghost Adventures'' from seasons 1–11. Early life On April 19, 1980, Nick Groff was born in San Jose, California. Raised in New England, he has been fascinated with the paranormal since childhood, because of his passion for horror movies and some inexplicable experiences within his home and family. Two years after a near-death experience, while at home alone, he says he saw a ghostly black figure. In a 2012 interview, Groff questioned, "Was it my imagination? Or was it something from my accident that made me more open to their world?" Career ''Ghost Adventures'' In 2004, Nick Groff teamed up with Zak Bagans and Aaron Goodwin to produce a documentary-style series called ''Ghost Adventures''. On November 24, 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers On A Train (film)
''Strangers on a Train'' is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel '' Strangers on a Train'' by Patricia Highsmith. It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they "exchange" murders so that neither will be caught. The film initially received mixed reviews but has since been regarded much more favorably. In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his promiscuous wife Miriam so he can marry Anne Morton, the daughter of a US Senator. On a train, wealthy smooth-talking psychopath Bruno Antony recognizes Haines and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
