American Presidents
At 6'4 he is the tallest U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln
Obama defeated him in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
John McCain
Bay area local he played 22 season in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants and the only MLB player to date with at least 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases
Barry Bonds
She played the housekeeper of George and Louise Jefferson
Marla Gibbs (also known as Florence)
This was a spin-off from The Cosby Show where Denise played by Lisa Bonet goes off to college
A Different World
He was the only American President to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College
George Washington (he received all 10 electoral votes)
Obama successfully appointed her to the U.S. Supreme Court
Sonja Sotomayor
In 1994 she played her first professional tennis match at the age of 14 at The Oakland Coliseum
Venus Williams
She played Penny on the hit show Good Times
Janet Jackson
In this tv series Robert Blake is an unorthodox plainclothes detective that had a talking Parakeet
Baretta
He was the first president to hold a press conference on television
John F. Kennedy
President Obama ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of what terrorist
Osama bin Laden
In 2020 he made headlines news when a noose was found hanging in his NASCAR garage
Bubba Wallace
He played Archie Bunker a blue collar worker, grumpy racist and family man on the hit show All In The Family
Carroll O'Conner
Meghan Markle was a Model on this hit game show starring Howie Mandel
Deal or No Deal
He refused to use the telephone for Presidential business while in office
Calvin Coolidge
He earned his Law degree from this Ivy League school
Harvard
He holds the record for having scored the highest points in a single NBA regular season game
Wilt Chamberlain (100)
He rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in films Saturday Night Fever and Grease
John Travolta
He played Kunta Kinte in the 80's tv Miniseries Roots
LaVar Burton
He is a speed reader, having been recorded reading 2,000 words per minute
Jimmy Carter
In 2009, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game while wearing this his favorite baseball teams jacket
Chicago White Sox
This 80 year old began playing soccer with the Brazil National team at the age of 16 and holds the Guiness Book of World Record for the most goals ever scored in Professional Soccer at 1,279. He is considered the G.O.A.T.
Pele
This black Martial Artist rose to fame when he starred opposite Bruce Lee in the hit film Enter The Dragon
Jim Kelly
This 2020 documentary The Last Dance was based on his Basketball career
Michael Jordan