Aikin Oakland a wasu wurare na iya ƙunsar abubuwa biyu kawai - tashin hankali da wasanni - amma wadanda muke zaune a yankin sun san akwai mai yawa fiye da birnin fiye da haka. Muna da wata al'umma mai basira, abincin abinci mai ban sha'awa, da dai sauransu - ciki har da fiye da yadda muke da shi na ƙwararrun 'yan asalin ƙasarmu da kuma kwashe mutanen East Bay.
Duk da haka, idan ka tambayi marar gari don kiran mai shahararren mutum daga Oakland ko East Bay, to tabbas ba za ka sami amsa mai yawa ba.
Idan wani abu, mai ilmi zai iya rubuta sunan Jack London, wanda ya ciyar da yawancin rayuwarsa a Oakland. Akwai wasu 'yan wasu sunaye masu suna daga East Bay, ko da yake - wasu daga cikinsu na iya zama mamaki har ma da mazauna Oakland tsawon lokaci.
Wannan jerin ba ta da cikakke, amma yana da kyau na share fage!
Clint Eastwood
Ginin na Clint Eastwood bai buƙatar gabatarwa ba. Ana haife shi a San Francisco, amma ya ciyar da yawancin yaro a Oakland da East Bay. Ya ambaci cewa yana da kyakkyawan tunanin da ya ba da lokacin a kan rairayin bakin teku na Berkeley a matsayin yaro. Duk da yake Clint Eastwood ba ya kasance a yankin, ya kasance cikin wani bangare na wasu al'amura. Alal misali, ya shiga cikin tsarawa da kuma gina yankin Park na Jihar Ekeshore.
Tom Hanks
Wani shahararrun masanin wasan kwaikwayo, Tom Hanks, ya fito ne daga Gabas ta Gabas. An haife shi a Concord, a gefe guda na tsaunuka, amma ya tafi makarantar sakandare a Oakland.
Sanannun fina-finai kamar su marasa barci a Seattle, Forrest Gump, Kuna da Mail, da Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks ya fara fara aikinsa yayin nazarin wasan kwaikwayo a Kwalejin Chabot kusa.
Bruce Lee da Brandon Lee
Tun daga yammacin zuwa harkar fina-finai ga fina-finai na zane-zane, ana ganin Gabas Bayar da Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Turai.
An haifi Bruce Lee a San Francisco, amma ya koma Oakland kuma ya kafa zane-zane a cikin shekaru 20. An haifi dansa, Brandon Lee, a garin Oakland (ko da yake iyalin sun yi tafiye-tafiye lokacin da Brandon yake matashi).
Julia Morgan
Babu shakka, 'yan wasan kwaikwayo ba su san mutane ne kawai ba daga East Bay. Julia Morgan wani mashahurin mashahuri ne wanda ya tsara daruruwan gine-gine a California. Abin sha'awa, ita ce daya daga cikin wa] annan lokuta da ke raba wa] ansu gidaje: kowa daga yankin ya san sunan ta nan da nan, yayin da wa] anda ke daga sauran wurare ba su da masaniya da sunanta ko aiki. An haife Morgan a San Francisco, amma iyalinta suka koma Oakland lokacin da yake yaro.
MC Hammer
Mai ba da labari mai mahimmanci MC Hammer ne dan kabilar Oakland. Ya girma a gabashin Oakland kuma ya tafi makarantar sakandare a nan. Ya ha] a hannu da Oakland A ta a wasu hanyoyi na tsawon shekaru; ya yi aiki a matsayin batboy lokacin da yake ƙuruciya, kuma daga baya ya karbi kuɗi daga ɗayan 'yan wasan A daban daban don su sami lakabin kansa.
Masu rubutun
Oakland da East Bay suna (ko sun kasance) gida zuwa wasu sanannun marubucin marubuta. Wadannan sun hada da Jack London, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ishmael Reed, Gertrude Stein, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Amy Tan, Ursula K.
Le Guin, Robert Duncan, da Philip K. Dick.