CITY

Population:
58598 (2000 census)

County:
Santa Clara County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
CPI International	2006
Cooley Godward Kronish	2006
Facebook	2004
Danger	2000
Varian Medical Systems	1999
Agilent	1999
VMware	1998
Financial Engines	1996
Allegis Capital	1995
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers	1972
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	1961
Varian	1948
Hewlett-Packard	1939
CNF	1929

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Matt Biondi	Swimmer/Diver	8-Oct-1965		Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals
Ron Christie	Government	c. 1969		Former Cheney aide
Eric A. Cornell	Physicist	19-Dec-1961		Atomic physicist, Nobel laureate
Alan Cranston	Politician	19-Jun-1914	31-Dec-2000	US Senator from California, 1969-93
James Franco	Actor	19-Apr-1978		Freaks and Geeks
Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Politician	26-Mar-1960		Governor of Utah
Amy Irving	Actor	10-Sep-1953		Carrie and Yentl
Eugene Jarvis	Computer Programmer	1955		Defender, Robotron, Smash TV
Bill Kreutzman	Drummer	7-Apr-1946		Drummer for Grateful Dead
Jamie Luner	Actor	12-May-1971		Lexi on Melrose Place
Bob Melvin	Baseball	28-Oct-1961		Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks
Kenny Ortega	Choreographer	18-Apr-1950		High School Musical
Elaine Pagels	Historian	13-Feb-1943		The Gnostic Gospels
Markie Post	Actor	4-Nov-1950		Christine on Night Court
Rick Rossovich	Actor	28-Aug-1957		Navy Seals
Bree Turner	Actor	10-Mar-1977		Sorority Boys

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rose Bird	Judge	2-Nov-1936	4-Dec-1999	California Chief Justice, 1977-87
Lloyd H. Donnell	Engineer	20-May-1895	7-Nov-1997	Donnell's thin shell theory
Norman Foerster	Critic	14-Apr-1887	1-Aug-1972	New Humanist movement
John W. Gardner	Administrator	8-Oct-1912	16-Feb-2002	Founder of Common Cause
Chuck Hansen	Activist	13-May-1947	26-Mar-2003	Nuclear historian and archivist
Nicholas J. Hoff	Engineer	3-Jan-1906	4-Aug-1997	Aluminum in aircraft design
David Starr Jordan	Biologist	19-Jan-1851	19-Sep-1931	Fishes of North and Middle America
Ernest Lawrence	Physicist	8-Aug-1901	27-Aug-1958	Inventor of the cyclotron
Kenneth Patchen	Poet	13-Dec-1911	8-Jan-1972	Journal of Albion Moonlight
Arthur L. Schawlow	Physicist	5-May-1921	28-Apr-1999	Laser spectroscopy
Ezra Solomon	Economist	1920	9-Dec-2002	Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73
Leland Stanford	Business	9-Mar-1824	21-Jun-1893	Founder of Stanford University
Joel Stebbins	Astronomer	30-Jul-1878	16-Mar-1966	Photoelectric photometry
Frederick Terman	Scientist	7-Jun-1900	19-Dec-1982	Stanford Research Park
Lewis Terman	Psychologist	15-Jan-1877	21-Dec-1956	Intelligence tests
Pop Warner	Football	5-Apr-1871	7-Sep-1954	Coach and kids' football namesake
Yvor Winters	Poet	17-Oct-1900	25-Jan-1968	Primitivism & Decadence

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