List of people from Visalia, California
The following is a list of notable people who were born in, or are residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Visalia, California. Those born in Visalia have their names printed in bold. Note that Visalia natives are also referred to as Visalians.
C
- Tonya Cooley - reality television performer
- Shane Costa - professional baseball player
- Kevin Costner - actor and Oscar-winning director
E
- Christopher "Chris" Evans (1847-1917) - outlaw who resided in Visalia prior to his arrest for train robbery and confinement to Folsom Prison
F
- Larry French - baseball player
G
- Cody Gibson - professional mixed martial artist competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization
H
- Jerry Heard - professional golfer
- Aaron Hill - professional baseball player
J
- Tom Johnston - rock musician, singer, founding member of the Doobie Brothers
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- William Kettner - San Diego politician for whom Kettner Boulevard is named
L
- Mike LaCoss - professional baseball player
- Robert B. Laughlin - Nobel Prize-winning physicist
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- Doug Marshall - mixed martial artist
- Monte Melkonian - Armenian general during the Nagorno-Karabakh War
- Beau Mills - professional baseball player
- Don Mosebar - professional football player
O
- Bob Ojeda - professional baseball player
P
- Marty Perez - professional baseball player
- Steve Perry - lead singer for the rock group Journey
R
- Marion Reneau - female mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
S
- Sabrina Sabbagh - Fox News Radio entertainment reporter
- Jean Shepard - country music singer
- J. Curtis Struble - U.S. diplomat, ambassador to Peru
T
- Andrew Toti - inventor
V
- Stephen Vogt - MLB player for the Oakland Athletics
W
- 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)
Y
- Michael Young - professional football player
Z
- Tyler Zeller - NBA player for the Boston Celtics
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