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People From San Diego
This is a list of notable people who were born, spent a majority of their life, or currently live in San Diego, California. A * Faris Abdi, soccer player * Beth Accomando, film critic, arts reporter, and podcast host * Ian Adamos, soccer player * Anderson Lee Aldrich, convicted perpetrator of the 2022 Colorado Springs nightclub shooting * Eric Allen, professional football player, coach, and analyst * Jon Allen, voice and film actor (''Rick and Morty)'' * Greg Allen, professional baseball player * Marcus Allen, professional player and analyst, college and Pro Football Hall of Famer * Caroline Amiguet, actress ('' Angels Fallen'', '' Love All You Have Left'') * Carlos Amezcua, news anchor * William Anders, astronaut, Apollo 8 * Tom Anderson, founder of social networking site Myspace * Paul Arriola, soccer player * Mark Atkinson, film actor and producer ('' Skin: The Movie'', ''Pulp Friction'') * Margaret Avery, actress, ''The Color Purple'' * Eric Avila, soccer playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faris Abdi
Faris Abdi (; born May 9, 1999), is a Saudi Arabian international association football, footballer who plays for Al-Fayha FC, Al-Fayha and the Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia national team. Early life Faris Abdi was born on May 9, 1999, in San Diego, California and is the son of Rifat Abdi and Soulafa Al Nassar. Abdi was raised in Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Abdi went to High school (North America), high school at IMG Academy and there continued to play soccer. As a Senior (education), senior Abdi won the award of the Most valuable player, MVP of his team and best attacking player. Club career On 5 July 2024, Abdi joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Fayha FC, Al-Fayha on a three-year deal. International career Having scored two goals in two games for the United States men's national under-18 soccer team, United States under-18 side in June 2017, Abdi was called up to the Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Atkinson (actor)
Mark Atkinson is an American actor, filmmaker and comedian who appeared in the films '' Skin: The Movie'' (2020) and '' Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' (2023), and produced the short films ''Pulp Friction'' (2021) and '' Leave 'Em Laughing'' (2020). Atkinson won Best Supporting Actor at World Music & Independent Film Festival and received acting nominations at Austin Revolution Film Festival and Oceanside International Film Festival. Personal life After graduating from South Kingstown High School in 1997, Atkinson received a bachelor's degree to conclude four years at University of Rhode Island. He moved to San Diego and briefly studied comedy in Los Angeles at The Groundlings and The Second City. Atkinson later settled in Ocean Beach, San Diego. Career Atkinson worked as a lifeguard in South Kingstown and had a job at Marriott for a short period. He moved to California after doing stand-up comedy in Boston and Rhode Island at locations such as AS220 and The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Baker (physician)
Frederick Baker (January 29, 1854 – May 16, 1938) was an American physician and civic activist in San Diego, California. He was the prime mover in founding the Marine Biological Institution, which became the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He was also a co-founder of the Zoological Society of San Diego and thus of the San Diego Zoo. He was a naturalist and an amateur malacologist. Early life and education Baker was born January 29, 1854, in Norwalk, Ohio. He earned a civil engineering degree from Cornell University in 1870, then joined a four-year scientific expedition in Central and South America. Returning to the United States, he earned an M.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1880. He married Charlotte LeBreton Johnson, a physician and influential suffragist, in 1881. They moved to San Diego in 1888. Medical career Baker set up a general practice with an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialty at St. Joseph's Hospital in San Diego, a forerunner of Scripps Mercy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Johnson Baker
Dr. Charlotte Johnson Baker (March 30, 1855October 31, 1937) was an American physician who was the first woman to practice medicine in San Diego, California. She practiced obstetrics and gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital, where her husband, Fred Baker, MD, was a general practitioner. The Bakers were the first husband-and-wife physicians in San Diego. Early life and education Baker was born Charlotte Le Breton Johnson in Newburyport, Massachusetts on March 30, 1855. She graduated from Newburyport High School in 1872, and spent a year teaching before enrolling in Vassar College in 1873. During this time, she was an instructor in gymnastics. Baker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar in 1877. In the fall of 1879, she enrolled in medical school at the University of Michigan. She earned her Doctor of Medicine in 1881. Medical Career After earning her doctorate, Baker returned home to Newburyport and married Dr. Frederick "Fred" Baker (January 29, 1854 – May 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bailey (motorcyclist)
David Bailey (born December 31, 1961) is an American former professional motocross racer and current television sports commentator. He was one of the leading American motocross and supercross racers during the 1980s. During his eight-year professional motocross career, Bailey won 30 AMA national race victories and won three motocross national championships. His motorcycle racing career was cut short after a practice crash left him paralyzed just before the start of the 1987 season. After his injury, Bailey began a new career as an expert motocross television commentator. Biography Born in San Diego, California, Bailey is the adopted son of Gary "Professor" Bailey, also a former professional motocross racer. He began riding bicycles at the age of 3, and received his first bike, a 60cc Yamaha at age 10. He started racing that same year. In 1978 he won the 250cc Amateur National Championship on an antiquated Bultaco motorcycle. He turned professional the next year, but had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane Of East County
''Thane of East County'', also known as ''Blood Will Have Blood'', is a 2015 black and white horror drama film written and directed by Jesse Keller in his feature film debut and is adapted from William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The film won Best Drama at Poppy Jasper International Film Festival and stars Carr Cavender, Molly Beucher, Connor Sullivan and Karl Backus. Plot James (Macbeth) and Jen (Lady Macbeth) become intertwined with each other as they rehearse a theatrical production of ''Macbeth''. Duke (also Macbeth) is Jen's husband, Drew (Banquo) is James' best friend and Matt portrays Macduff and Malcolm. Things go awry as the actors begin to carry out the actions of characters they portray. Cast * Carr Cavender as James * Molly Beucher as Jen * Connor Sullivan as Drew * Karl Backus as Duke * Joshua Alan Jones as Raymond * Ron Christopher Jones as Kip * Brian Patrick Butler as Matt *Danny Morris as Jonathan *Jessica Jerrain as Alex Production The film wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Backus
Karl Laurence Backus is an American actor and art director who appeared in multiple productions of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the 1980s and 90s, a San Diego production of '' Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'' (2003), and the films '' Skin: The Movie'' (2018), ''Thane of East County'' (2015), and '' Walking with the Enemy'' (2013). Backus has multiple ensemble nominations at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Career In 1983, Backus was a public service announcer for KBST. He worked as an art director for J. Walter Thompson and in 2015, he was with the San Diego Film Commission. Backus is a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He became a member around 1986 and was part of seven teams sponsored by the Napa Valley Opera House assigned to visit over 170,000 students annually across eight states in the Western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Following a performance at Edward C. Reed High School, Backus and his coworker wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNSD
KNSD (channel 39, cable channel 7), branded on air as NBC 7 San Diego, is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Poway-licensed Telemundo station KUAN-LD (channel 48). KNSD and KUAN-LD share studios on Granite Ridge Drive in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego and are broadcast from the same transmitter on San Miguel Mountain, southeast of Spring Valley. Channel 39 began broadcasting November 14, 1965, as KAAR from studios in Kearny Mesa. Owned by locally based San Diego Telecasters, it was the third television station in San Diego and its first independent station. As the first ultra high frequency (UHF) station in San Diego, it struggled to attract viewers and advertisers; at one point, it cut back its schedule to two hours a night, and when it was sold to Bass Brothers Enterprises in 1967, it went off the air for nearly six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 6 United States Capitol Attack
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of Donald Trump, President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup,Multiple sources: * * * * * * * * * * * * * two months after his defeat in the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep him in power by preventing a Joint session of the United States Congress, joint session of Congress from 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of the President-elect of the United States, president-elect Joe Biden. The attack was unsuccessful in preventing the certification of the election results. According to the bipartisan United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, House select committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the culmination of Public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack#7Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Of Ashli Babbitt
On January 6, 2021, Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot during the attack on the United States Capitol. She was part of a crowd of supporters of then outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump who stormed the United States Capitol building seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Despite multiple warnings not to proceed, Babbitt attempted to climb through a shattered window beside a barricaded door into the Speaker's Lobby and was thwarted when she was shot in the shoulder by a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer. After a USCP emergency response team administered aid, Babbitt was transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she died. The USCP deemed the shooting was "lawful and within Department policy" and "potentially saved Members (of Congress) and staff from serious injury and possible death". Babbitt has been considered a martyr by Donald Trump supporters, and by President Trump as well. Background Attempts to overturn the 2020 election Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FaZe Rug
Brian Rafat Awadis (born November 19, 1996), better known as FaZe Rug, is an American YouTuber who produces vlogs, challenges, gaming videos, and pranks on YouTube. He is a co-owner of FaZe Clan. Early life Brian Rafat Awadis was born on November 19, 1996, in San Diego, California, to immigrant Chaldean Assyrian parents from Tel Keppe, Iraq. His father owns two stores. Awadis graduated from Mira Mesa Senior High School and attended San Diego Miramar College before dropping out during his freshman year to pursue his YouTube career full-time. He can speak the Suret language, although he is not fluent. YouTube career Awadis and his older brother Brandon started a shared YouTube channel called "fathersonchaldean" on October 11, 2008, uploading their first video the same day. They uploaded at least three more videos by the end of 2009, at which point the channel became inactive. Brian created his own YouTube channel on July 11, 2012, on which he started posting short clips of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Avila
Eric Humberto Avila (born November 24, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who has played as a midfielder and defender. Early life and education Avila who is of Mexican descent, was born on November 24, 1987, in San Diego, California, to Julio and Maria Avila. Avila was raised in the Carlsbad and Encinitas area and started playing soccer with an American Youth Soccer Organization team. He later played club soccer for the San Diego Crusaders and La Jolla Nomads. With the Nomads, he helped the team to the 2002 US Club Soccer national championship. He attended La Costa Canyon High School for two years and played for their boys' soccer program. He was named the CIF San Diego Section's Avocado League MVP as a sophomore for the Mavericks. He finished his last two years of high school with the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. Upon his return to California, Avila was briefly a member of Chivas USA's U-19 club. Prior to enrolling in colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
