vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Camp Freddy, The Wondergirls, Art of Anarchy, and The Magnificent Bastards, born in San Jose Randy Stonehill, singer/songwriter, born in San Jose Syndicate of Sound, garage rock band formed in San Jose Traxamillion, rapper Xiu Xiu (band), avant-garde band formed in San Jose Yvette Young, singer/songwriter, guitarist/front-woman of Covet Kim Yubin, member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls Quinn Godfrey, member of grunge rock band Heatmiser Politicians, civil servants and activists César Chávez, American labor leader and civil rights activist Nathan Damigo, founder of Identity Evropa an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist organization, grew up in San Jose. Don Edwards, U.S. Representative from California 1963–1995, born in San Jose Thomas Fallon, soldier, Mayor of San Jose Ron Gonzales, Mayor of Sunnyvale, Mayor of San Jose Mike Honda, U.S. Representative Sherman Otis Houghton, Mayor of San Jose, U.S. Representative Norman Mineta, Mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation, United States Secretary of Commerce, born in San Jose James F. Reed, organizer of the Donner Party, businessman and soldier Michael A. Rice, biologist and Rhode Island politician, born in San Jose Iola Williams, politician and civil rights activist, first African-American to serve on San Jose City Council (1979–1991), Vice Mayor of San Jose for two terms Scientists Edgar F. Codd, computer scientist Dian Fossey, primatologist, SJSU graduate Dudley R. Herschbach, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born in San Jose Michio Kaku, physicist, born in San Jose Writers Reza Aslan, Iranian-American author, religious studies scholar, producer, and television host; attended Del Mar High School (class of 1990) Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet Carolyn Cassady, author of the Beat Generation, lived in San Jose Neal Cassady, author of the Beat Generation, Merry Pranksters member, inspiration for character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On The Road, lived in San Jose Howard Dully, author, My Lobotomy Kate Elliott, novelist Khaled Hosseini, best-selling novelist, author of The Kite Runner, lived in San Jose William Lewis Manly, pioneer, hero, banker, and author of Death Valley in '49 Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction; attended Bellarmine College Preparatory James Wesley Rawles, novelist Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose Kay Ryan, poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States, born in San Jose Amy Tan, best-selling novelist, author of The Joy Luck Club Louis