11 Notable alumni of
Bakersfield College
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Bakersfield College is 2752nd in the world, 952nd in North America, and 899th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Bakersfield College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kevin McCarthy
- Enrolled in Bakersfield College
- Studied in 1984-1985
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district from 2007 until his resignation in 2023.
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Robert Beltran
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Robert Adame Beltran is an American actor known for his role as Commander Chakotay on the 1990s television series Star Trek: Voyager. He is also known for stage acting in California, and for playing Raoul Mendoza in the 1982 black comedy film Eating Raoul.
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Kevin Harvick
- Occupations
- racing automobile driverNASCAR team owner
- Biography
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Kevin Michael Harvick is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.
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Guy Madison
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actortelevision actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Guy Madison was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958.
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Jean Fuller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeannie Lynn "Jean" Fuller is an American educator and politician who served as the minority leader in the California State Senate. A Republican, she was previously a member of the California Assembly and the Superintendent of Schools for the Bakersfield City School District.
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Harvey Hall
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harvey L. Hall was an American businessman and politician who served as the 25th mayor of Bakersfield, California. Hall was first elected in 2000, and re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He was one of the longest-serving mayors in Bakersfield's history. As mayor, one of his focuses had been beautification, through "Keep Bakersfield Beautiful" and the creation of, and participation in, monthly "Mayor's Freeway Cleanups", trash pickups on local freeways. Hall had donated his mayor's salary to the Kern Community Foundation.
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Justin Hutson
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Justin Lee Hutson is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant for the San Diego State Aztecs women's basketball team, a position he has held since 2024. He was previously the San Diego Toreros in the beginning of 2024. He was also the head coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team from 2018 to 2024.
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Michael J. Rubio
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael J. Rubio is a former California State Senator representing the 16th Senate District before resigning on February 22, 2013. He previously served as Fifth District Kern County Supervisor representing the communities of Arvin, Lamont, and East Bakersfield.
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Delbert E. Wong
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Delbert Wong was the first judge in the continental United States of Chinese descent.
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Michael R. Collings
- Occupations
- journalistpoet
- Biography
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Michael Robert Collings is an American writer, poet, literary critic, and bibliographer, and a former professor of creative writing and literature at Pepperdine University. He was Poet in Residence at Pepperdine's Seaver College from 1997 to 2000.
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Jim Napier
- Years
- 1938-2018 (aged 80)
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Carol Napier was a minor league baseball catcher and manager. As a player, he stood 5'11" (180 cm) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg); he batted and threw right-handed.
