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List of people from Visalia, California
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The following people were born in, or lived in
Visalia, California
.
Donald Blessing
- gold medal-winning rower and former owner of Oakland Raiders football team
Linda Gist Calvin
- 41st President General of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tex Clevenger
- professional baseball player
Tonya Cooley
- reality television performer
Shane Costa
- professional baseball player
Kevin Costner
- actor and Oscar-winning director
Tom B. Coughran
- banker, soldier, and public servant
Christopher "Chris" Evans
(1847-1917) - outlaw who lived in Visalia prior to his arrest for train robbery and confinement to
Folsom Prison
Larry French
- baseball player
Cody Gibson
- professional
mixed martial artist
competing in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
organization
Jerry Heard
- professional golfer
Aaron Hill
- professional baseball player
Tom Johnston
- rock musician, singer, founding member of the
Doobie Brothers
Avi Kaplan
- singer and songwriter, former and founding member of
Pentatonix
William Kettner
-
San Diego
politician for whom Kettner Boulevard is named
Mike LaCoss
- professional baseball player
Robert B. Laughlin
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist
DJ Lemahieu
- professional baseball player
Robert List
- 24th Governor of Nevada
Doug Marshall
-
mixed martial artist
Monte Melkonian
-
Armenian
military leader in the
Nagorno-Karabakh War
Beau Mills
- professional baseball player
Frank W. Mixter
(1873-1947) - California State Senator
Don Mosebar
- professional football player
Rance Mulliniks
-
MLB
player for the
California Angels
,
Kansas City Royals
, and
Toronto Blue Jays
Bob Ojeda
- professional baseball player
Marty Perez
- professional baseball player
Steve Perry
- lead singer for the rock group
Journey
Shirley Shahan
- retired
NHRA
Super Stock
drag racer
, nicknamed "Drag-On Lady"
Jean Shepard
- country music singer
J. Curtis Struble
- U.S. diplomat, ambassador to Peru
Bob Talbot
- Baseball player
Andrew Toti
- inventor
Stephen Vogt
- Manager of the
Cleveland Guardians
, former
MLB
catcher
Jim Wohlford
-
MLB
player for the
Kansas City Royals
,
Milwaukee Brewers
,
San Francisco Giants
, and the
Montreal Expos
Betsy Wolfe
- actress, singer and Broadway performer
Edmond Edward Wysinger
- Visalia pioneer (1862)
Tyler Zeller
-
NBA
player for the
Brooklyn Nets
Liza Soberano
- actress
Scott-Vincent Borba
- CEO of
e.l.f. (cosmetics)
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