Editing Stockton, California (section)

==Notable people==

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{{Main|List of people from Stockton, California}}

[[Reagan Maui'a]], a former NFL [[fullback (gridiron football)|fullback]], is from Stockton; he originally played for Tokay High School in nearby [[Lodi, California|Lodi]]. [[Jose M. Hernandez]], a famous NASA astronaut and engineer,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/ascan_bio_hernandez.html |title=2004 Astronaut Candidate:Jose Hernandez, Mission Specialist | author=NASA |publisher=NASA}}</ref> also refers to Stockton as his hometown. [[Chi Cheng (musician)|Chi Cheng]], former bass player for the [[Deftones]], was born and raised in Stockton. Musician [[Chris Isaak]] was born in Stockton.<ref name="oldies1">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Chris-Isaak.html |title=Chris Isaak Biography |website=oldies.com |date=June 26, 1956 |access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> The indie rock band [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] was formed in Stockton in 1989 by two local musicians, [[Stephen Malkmus]] and [[Scott Kannberg]], known originally only as "S.M." and "Spiral Stairs".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weisbard |first1=Eric M. |title=Pavement |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pavement-band |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pavement |url=http://www.poprockbands.com/pavement/band/prp.html |website=PopRockBands.com |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref> [[Nick Diaz|Nick]] and [[Nate Diaz]], [[mixed martial arts]] fighters, are from the Stockton area. Acclaimed American author [[Maxine Hong Kingston]] was born in Stockton in 1940, graduating from Edison High in 1958. The [[Maxine Hong Kingston Elementary School]] is named after her.