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==Notable people== <!--In alphabetical order by last name.--> * [[Isabel Allende]], author<ref>Correas Zapata, Celia (1998). ''Isabel Allende: Vida y espíritus'', p. 223. {{ISBN|0553061003}}</ref> * [[Dave Archer (painter)|Dave Archer]], artist * [[Stacey Bailey]], former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]], [[Atlanta Falcons]] * [[Elizabeth Charleston]], painter<ref name=sfchronobit>{{cite web | url= http://www.sfchroniclemarketplace.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/04/11/MN72240.DTL&hw=obituaries&sn=073&sc=655 | title= San Francisco Chronicle Obituary for Elizabeth Charleston | access-date= September 17, 2008 | archive-date= August 5, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110805030746/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/04/11/MN72240.DTL&hw=obituaries&sn=073&sc=655 | url-status= dead }}</ref> * [[Philip K. Dick]], novelist<ref>Sutin, Lawrence (2006). ''Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick'', p. 181.</ref> * [[George Duke]], keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer * [[Bill English (computer engineer)|William English]], contributed to the development of the [[computer mouse]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Metz|first=Cade|date=August 2, 2020|title=William English, who helped build computer mouse, dies in San Rafael|url=https://www.marinij.com/2020/08/01/william-english-who-helped-build-computer-mouse-dies-in-san-rafael/|access-date=August 2, 2020|work=The New York Times|via=Marin Independent Journal|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Justine Frischmann]], lead singer of [[Elastica]] and visual artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inthemake.com/Justine-Frischmann/|title=Justine Frischmann {{!}} In The Make {{!}} Studio visits with West Coast artists|date=May 2012|website=inthemake.com|access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> * [[Brad Gilbert]], professional tennis player and coach<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/brad-gilbert/g016/overview|title=Brad Gilbert {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP World Tour {{!}} Tennis|newspaper=ATP World Tour|language=en|access-date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> * [[Jared Goff]], quarterback for the [[Detroit Lions]] * [[Lauren Grandcolas]], a [[September 11 attacks|9/11]] victim on [[United Flight 93]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/us/after-attacks-united-flight-93-doomed-flight-passengers-vowed-perish-fighting.html?pagewanted=1 | work=The New York Times | title=After the Attacks: United Flight 93; On Doomed Flight, Passengers Vowed To Perish Fighting | first1=Jodi | last1=Wilgoren | first2=Edward | last2=Wong | date=September 13, 2001}}</ref> * [[Marc Diraison]], voice actor * [[Cynthia Harvey]] (born 1957), ballet dancer and educator<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42g8Hp-xA48C|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Dance|last1=Craine|first1=Debra|last2=Mackrell|first2=Judith|date=August 19, 2010|page=209|publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0199563449}}</ref> * [[Llewellyn F. Haskell]] (1842–1929), [[United States Army]] officer and a [[Union Army|Union]] [[General officer|general]] during the [[American Civil War]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Leonard|editor-first1=John William|editor-last2=Marquis|editor-first2=Albert Nelson|title=Who's Who in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eX0QOpl7iBQC&pg=PA839|year=1908|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|page=839|oclc=1141571}}</ref> * [[James Hetfield]], musician, lead singer of [[Metallica]]<ref>[http://www.marinij.com/ci_15552858?IADID=Search-www.marinij.com-www.marinij.com New trail to bypass Metallica star's land gets county environmental approval - Marin Independent Journal]. Marinij.com (July 19, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> * [[Michael Johnson (sprinter)|Michael Johnson]], sprinter, 1996 Atlanta Olympics gold medalist, resides in the hills above San Rafael<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Michael Johnson: 'For eight years I was a five-time gold medallist. Then it was four-time. It's not the same'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9378922/Michael-Johnson-For-eight-years-I-was-a-five-time-gold-medallist.-Then-it-was-four-time.-Its-not-the-same.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9378922/Michael-Johnson-For-eight-years-I-was-a-five-time-gold-medallist.-Then-it-was-four-time.-Its-not-the-same.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=July 17, 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=July 9, 2012|author=Helena de Bertodano}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * [[Rick Kranitz]], former minor league pitcher for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] and now the pitching coach for the [[Atlanta Braves]] * [[Christian Mortensen]] (1882–1998), [[supercentenarian]], the one-time oldest living human male, aged 115 years and 252 days at his death<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/03/us/christian-mortensen-115-among-oldest.html | work=The New York Times | title=Christian Mortensen, 115, Among Oldest | date=May 3, 1998}}</ref> * [[Gladys Kathleen Parkin]], [[Wireless telegraphy|wireless radio operator]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=Carla|last1=Ehat|first2=Kathleen |last2=Parkin|year=1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=agw9HAAACAAJ |title=Oral History: Kathleen Parkin|publisher=Anne T. Kent California Room Oral History Project}}</ref> * [[Charles Dormon Robinson]], painter<ref name="Lekisch2003">{{cite book|last=Lekisch|first=Barbara|title=Embracing scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: painters, illustrators & sketch artists 1855-1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzOs0pXNXJ4C&pg=PA152|access-date=January 28, 2012|date=September 2003|publisher=Peter Browning|isbn=978-0-944220-14-6|pages=152–}}</ref> * [[Dana Sabraw]], U.S. District Judge * [[Marin Sais]], actress * [[Carlos Santana]], musician<ref>[http://www.marinmagazine.com/Marin-Magazine/November-2009/San-Rafael/ San Rafael - Marin Magazine - November 2009 - Marin County, California]. Marin Magazine. Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> * [[Michael Savage]], [[radio host]], author, activist, nutritionist, conservative political commentator, host of ''[[The Savage Nation]]'' * [[Scott Thunes]], musician * [[Natu Tuatagaloa]], former professional football player in the [[National Football League|NFL]] * [[Will Venable]], former professional Major League Baseball player * [[Winston Venable]], former NFL and [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] linebacker.
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