CITY

Official Website:
http://www.santafenm.gov/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.santafechamber.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.santafe.org/

Population:
62203 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1607

County:
Santa Fe County

Second-oldest city in America, after St. Augustine, FL.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Santa Fe Institute	1984
College of Santa Fe	1874

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum	1967
Museum of International Folk Art	1953
New Mexico Museum of Art	1917

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Thornburg Mortgage	1993

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward L. Chavez	Judge	c. 1956		New Mexico Chief Justice
Anna Gunn	Actor	11-Aug-1968		Skyler White on Breaking Bad
Ben R. Luján	Politician	7-Jun-1972		Congressman, New Mexico 3rd
Frank V. Ortiz	Diplomat	14-Mar-1926	27-Feb-2005	US Ambassador to Argentina, 1983-86
Chuck Roberts	TV Personality	25-Oct-1950		CNN anchor
Timothy E. Wirth	Politician	22-Sep-1939		US Senator from Colorado, 1987-93

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Austin	Author	9-Sep-1868	13-Aug-1934	Land of Little Rain
Jack M. Campbell	Politician	10-Sep-1916	14-Jun-1999	Governor of New Mexico, 1963-67
Evan S. Connell	Novelist	17-Aug-1924	10-Jan-2013	Mrs. Bridge
Severn Darden	Actor	9-Nov-1929	27-May-1995	Second City
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Edward T. Hall	Anthropologist	16-May-1914	20-Jul-2009	The Silent Language
David Huddleston	Actor	17-Sep-1930	2-Aug-2016	The Big Lebowski
Patrick J. Hurley	Military	8-Jan-1883	30-Jul-1963	US Secretary of War, 1929-33
Martha Hyer	Actor	10-Aug-1924	31-May-2014	Some Came Running
Stanford E. Lehmberg	Historian	23-Sep-1931	14-Jun-2012	Sir Thomas Elyot: Tudor Humanist
Don Meredith	Football	10-Apr-1938	5-Dec-2010	Dallas Cowboys, Monday Night Foorball
Georgia O'Keeffe	Painter	15-Nov-1887	6-Mar-1986	American abstract and landscape painter
Frank V. Ortiz	Diplomat	14-Mar-1926	27-Feb-2005	US Ambassador to Argentina, 1983-86
Charles W. Robinson	Business	7-Sep-1919	20-May-2014	Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77
Jack Schaefer	Novelist	19-Nov-1907	24-Jan-1991	Shane
Peter Sebastian	Diplomat	19-Jun-1926	22-Mar-2011	US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87
Kim Stanley	Actor	11-Feb-1925	20-Aug-2001	Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Wallace Stegner	Author	18-Feb-1909	13-Apr-1993	The Angle of Repose
Stewart Udall	Politician	31-Jan-1920	20-Mar-2010	US Secretary of the Interior, 1961-69
Don Weis	Film Director	13-May-1922	25-Jul-2000	The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Roger Zelazny	Novelist	13-May-1937	14-Jun-1995	Damnation Alley

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