Sam Peckinpah

•  William Saroyan

  William Saroyan was an Armenian-American dramatist and author. The setting of many of his stories and plays is the center of Armenian-American life in California in his native Fresno.

  

  18.5%
  

  37.0%
  

  44.4%
  
•  Phil Austin

  Phil Austin (often credited as Philip; born April 6, 1941) is a comedian and writer. He was born in Denver, Colorado and later grew up in Fresno, California, attending Fresno High School. He attended Bowdoin College and UCLA, joining the staff of KPFK radio in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Austin is best known for his work as part of The Firesign Theatre (of which he is the only constant member), where he plays the group's best-known creation, Nick Danger.

  

  42.9%
  

  28.6%
  

  28.6%
  
•  Cruz Bustamante

  Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party. He served with Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was succeeded by John Garamendi on January 8, 2007.

  

  50.0%
  

  16.7%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Daryle Lamonica

  Daryle Pat Lamonica is a former American collegiate and professional football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the NFL. Lamonica lettered in four sports and was an All-State Quarterback at Clovis High School in Clovis, California. Clovis High School renamed its football stadium Lamonica Stadium in 1970. After high school, he turned down a professional baseball contract with the Chicago Cubs.

  

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  33.3%
  

  66.7%
  
•  Tom Flores

  Thomas R. "Tom" Flores (born March 21, 1937 in Fresno, California) is a retired American collegiate and professional football quarterback and former professional coach. Flores and Mike Ditka are the only two people in the NFL history to win Super Bowls as a player, as an assistant coach, and as a head coach. Flores was also the first Hispanic head coach in league history. Flores is currently a radio announcer.

  

  33.3%
  

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  66.7%
  
•  Gary Soto

  Gary Soto (born April 12, 1952 in Fresno, California) is a Mexican American author and poet.

  

  50.0%
  

  25.0%
  

  25.0%
  
•  Barry McGuire

  Barry McGuire (born 15 October 1935) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the hit song "Eve of Destruction", and later as a singer and songwriter of Contemporary Christian Music.

  

  50.0%
  

  25.0%
  

  25.0%
  
•  James Porteous

  James Porteous (1848-1922) was the Scottish-American inventor of the Fresno Scraper. James Porteous was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. His father, William Porteous, had been a wheelwright and blacksmith who built and repaired carriages, wagons and farm equipment. After learning his basic skills, James Porteous emigrated to the United States in 1873, at the age of 25, and settled in Santa Barbara, California.

  

  40.0%
  

  40.0%
  

  20.0%
  
•  Ricky Manning, Jr.

  

  25.0%
  

  25.0%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Kirk Kerkorian

  Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is the Armenian-American president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the "father of the megaresort. " Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.

  

  25.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  75.0%
  

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•  Evan Lysacek

  Evan Lysacek (born June 4, 1985) is an American figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, the 2005 & 2007 Four Continents champion, the 2007 & 2008 U.S. national champion, and the 2009/2010 Grand Prix Final champion. Lysacek was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he placed 4th in the men's event. He was the United States Olympic Committee's Male Athlete of the Month for November 2006 and March 2009.

  

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•  Sucha Wies

  

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•  People in turkey

  

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