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State flag of California Location of California on the U.S. map This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California . It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.
Marlboro (US: / ˈ m ɑː l ˌ b ʌr oʊ /, [2] [3] UK: / ˈ m ɑːr l b ər ə, ˈ m ɔː l-/) [4] is an American brand of cigarettes owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (PMI, now separate from Altria) in most global territories outside the US.
Winfield was born in Kansas, Oklahoma. His family relocated to California's San Joaquin Valley when he was six years old. This move was part of the "Okie migration" of the 1930s in which many midwest farming families, devastated by the Dust Bowl, headed west to California to start over. [2] He was the Marlboro Man from 1968 until 1989. [2]
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is an American multinational tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries. The most recognized and best selling product of the company is Marlboro; [2] its other major cigarette brands include L&M and Chesterfield. [3]
Haren died in 1996 in San Francisco, California, of complications from AIDS, at the age of 61. [ 5 ] His life was the subject of the 1998 documentary short Castro Cowboy .
George Moscone (1929–1978), attorney and Democratic politician, 37th mayor of San Francisco (1976–1978), "the people's mayor," California State Senator and majority leader (1967–1976) [631] Gavin Newsom (born 1967), current governor of California, former mayor of San Francisco and lieutenant governor of California [632]
Hammer was a basketball player at the University of Southern California, and competed in volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.As an actor, he played Captain Richard "Dick" Hammer in the television series Emergency! but left the show during the 1972 first season after ten episodes.
The Marlboro 500 at California Speedway on October 31 was the final race of the 1999 season, and was scheduled to be Moore's last race with Forsythe Racing before moving to Penske in 2000. [81] On the morning of the day before the race, [ 82 ] he was knocked off his motor scooter by a paddock vehicle in the hospitality area because its driver ...