List of California State University, Fresno people
California State University, Fresno has numerous notable alumni, faculty, and presidents. == Notable alumni == Armen A. Alchian – professor emeritus, founder of the "UCLA Tradition" in Economics Marvin Baxter – justice, California Supreme Court Todd Beamer – victim of the September 11 attacks (passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93) Robert Beltran – actor, Star Trek Robert Alan Beuth – actor, playwright, sculptor Lee P. Brown – former mayor of Houston, former New York police commissioner Cruz Bustamante – California lieutenant governor Daniel Chacón – university professor, acclaimed essayist, playwright, and fiction writer Lori Chavez-DeRemer – U.S. secretary of labor, former U.S. representative from Oregon John Christy – director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Zinzi Coogler – Oscar-nominated film producer Noreen Corcoran – actress Jim Costa – U.S. representative, former California State Assembly member Joseph Crowley – president emeritus, University of Nevada Ed Diener – professor and psychologist studying subjective well-being William Everson – poet (did not graduate) Geoffrey Gamble – president, Montana State University Kenny Guinn – governor of Nevada John Harlan – game show announcer Brandi Hitt – Los Angeles-based news anchor Rick Husband – mission commander, shuttle Columbia, STS-107, 2003 Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic-American author and commentator Robert A. Jensen – writer and crisis management expert Bill Jones – former California secretary of state Dot Marie Jones – actress Emily Kuroda – actress Brad Lewis – producer of Ratatouille Janet Nichols Lynch – author Ronald Markarian – major general of the United States Air Force and the California state director of the U.S. Selective Service System Manny Mashouf – chairman and chief executive officer, bebe stores Steven Nagel – NASA astronaut Thomas Nixon – author Joe Odagiri – Japanese actor Paul O'Neill – former U.S. secretary of the treasury, CEO of Alcoa Corporation Sam Peckinpah – film director Charles Poochigian – California state senator Lyle Setencich – former Boise State Broncos head football coach, former Texas Tech Red Raiders football defensive coordinator Daniel Silva – author Gary Soto – poet, essayist, and fiction writer Joyce Sumbi – librarian in the Los Angeles County Library system Sherley Anne Williams – author, National Book Award nominee, Emmy Award winner Mick Wingert – voice actor Kou Yang – one of the first Hmong people to earn a doctorate and become a university professor Brett Young – country music artist === Notable athletes === Stephen Abas – Olympic silver medalist, freestyle wrestling (2004); three-time NCAA champion Davante Adams – wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams Courtney Alexander – former NBA player Rafer Alston – former NBA point guard, And1/New York City streetball legend Skip to my Lou Jahine Arnold – former NFL wide receiver Stephen Baker – former NFL wide receiver Desi Barmore – American-Israeli basketball player Laura Berg – three-time Olympic gold-medalist, USA Softball Bernard Berrian – former NFL wide receiver, Minnesota Vikings; played in Super Bowl XLI with the Chicago Bears Sonny Bishop – former AFL offensive lineman DaRon Bland – NFL cornerback Reggie Brown – former NFL fullback David Carr – former college quarterback for Fresno State Bulldogs football (1997-2001), former NFL quarterback, 1st overall draft pick in the 2002 NFL draft by the Houston Texans (2002-2006), Carolina Panthers (2007), New York Giants (2008-2009), San Francisco 49ers (2010), New York Giants (2011-2012), Coaching for Bakersfield Christian High School (2015-present) coach is Offensive coodinator for the high school football team, Derek Carr (Class of 2013) – Former college football player for Fresno State Bulldogs football (2009-2013), former quarterback for National Football League Oakland Raiders quarterback (2014-2022) and former quarterback, New Orleans Saints (2023-2024).
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