Kevin Costner

 Kevin Michael Costner was first born in Lynwood on the 18th of January 1955. He is the third generation of Bill Costner and Sharon Costner (nee Tedrick), who were both ditch diggers , and later electric line servicers at Southern California Edison. Sharon Costner was a welfare worker. Dan Costner, his older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. The middle brother passed away at birth in 1953. His father's job required him to move regularly and this resulted in Kevin to feel like an Army child, always the latest student at school, which led to him being an avid daydreamer. He was a member of the Baptist church choir in his teens also wrote poetry, and took writing classes. At the age of 18, he built his own canoe and paddled through the rivers that Lewis & Clark followed to the Pacific. Despite his present size, he was just 5'2" when he finished high school. He was still an athletic, basketball and football baseball player. In 1973, he began his studies at California State University at Fullerton, where he majored in business. At the time, Kevin decided to take acting classes five nights per week. He graduated with a degree in business and got wed to Cindy Costner, his college sweetheart. In Orange County, he initially was employed as a marketing professional. It all changed when he met Richard Burton on a flight from Mexico.