regarded as one of the best, holds a record of 16 WSOP bracelets with total earnings of more than 25 million to date Katie Hoff, Olympic swimmer, Palo Alto native Adam Juratovac, Professional Football player, Arena Bowl XXIII Champion, Alumnus of Gunn High School Dana Kirk, Olympic swimmer, coaches for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics Tara Kirk, swam with Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, Olympic swimmer, American record holder in 100 and breaststroke Trajan Langdon, basketball executive and former player Francie Larrieu-Smith, long-distance runner, first female athlete to make five Olympic teams, born in Palo Alto Jeremy Lin (born 1988), basketball player, formerly for the NBA's Toronto Raptors, alumnus of Palo Alto High School Jim Loscutoff, basketball player who won seven NBA championships with Boston Celtics Don MacLean, UCLA and NBA basketball player Bob Melvin (born 1961), Major League Baseball player and manager Joc Pederson (born 1992), baseball player, for San Francisco Giants. Dan Petry, pitcher for 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, born in Palo Alto Tim Rossovich, professional football player Dave Schultz, Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling, subject of film Foxcatcher Mark Schultz, Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling, subject of film Foxcatcher Pop Warner (early football player & coach) head coach 8 colleges including Stanford University (1924–1932), lived and died Palo Alto died (83) September 7, 1954 resided 251 Madrono Ave. Charles Wright, professional wrestler, formerly working for WWE as Papa Shango and The Godfather Steve Young, former professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers and NFL Hall of Famer. Vincent Zhou, figure skater that attended the 2018 Winter Olympics. See also List of people from Oakland, California List of people from San Francisco List of people from San Jose, California List of people from Santa Cruz, California References Palo Alto, California