CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/

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

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visitberkeley.com/

Population:
102743 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1853

County:
Alameda County

Named for George Berkeley.

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Daily Californian

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Berkeley City College	1974
Church Divinity School of the Pacific	1893
Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA	1880
University of California at Berkeley	1868
Pacific School of Religion	1866
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology	1851

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive	1963

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ben Affleck	Actor	15-Aug-1972		Good Will Hunting
Melissa Sue Anderson	Actor	26-Sep-1962		Little House on the Prairie
Joan Blades	Activist	c. 1956		Cofounder of MoveOn.org
Aaron Cometbus	Author	1968		Zine author, Cometbus
Philip M. Condit	Business	2-Aug-1941		CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003
Robert Culp	Actor	16-Aug-1930	24-Mar-2010	I Spy
Rodger P. Davies	Diplomat	7-May-1921	19-Aug-1974	US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974
Martha Davis	Singer	19-Jan-1951		Lead Singer, The Motels
Mike Dirnt	Bassist	4-May-1972		Bassist for Green Day
Barry Eichengreen	Economist	1-Jul-1952		Golden Fetters
Art Evans	Actor	27-Mar-1942		A Soldier's Story
Caitlin Flanagan	Author	?		Antifeminist
John Fogerty	Musician	28-May-1945		Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Fogerty	Guitarist	9-Nov-1941	6-Sep-1990	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Karen Grassle	Actor	25-Feb-1944		Ma on Little House on the Prairie
Ursula K. Le Guin	Novelist	21-Oct-1929		The Left Hand of Darkness
Nina Hartley	Pornstar	11-Mar-1959		Little Bill's slutty wife in Boogie Nights
Stanley Hiller, Jr.	Inventor	15-Nov-1924	20-Apr-2006	Helicopter designer
James Ivory	Film/TV Producer	7-Jun-1928		The Remains of the Day
Kathleen Kennedy	Film/TV Producer	5-Jun-1953		Co-Founder of Amblin Entertainment
Phil Lesh	Bassist	15-Mar-1940		Bassist for Grateful Dead
Malcolm M. Lucas	Judge	19-Apr-1927	28-Sep-2016	California Chief Justice, 1987-96
Billy Martin	Baseball	16-May-1928	25-Dec-1989	NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Ed Quinn	Actor	26-Feb-1968		Eureka
G. Frederick Reinhardt	Diplomat	21-Oct-1911	23-Feb-1971	US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68
Nicole Richie	Socialite	21-Sep-1981		The Simple Life
Rose Rollins	Actor	30-Apr-1978		Tasha Williams on The L Word
Rebecca Romijn	Model	6-Nov-1972		Swimsuit supermodel
Andy Samberg	Actor	18-Aug-1978		SNL, The Lonely Island
Akiva Schaffer	Film Director	1-Dec-1977		The Lonely Island
Alexander Shulgin	Chemist	17-Jun-1925	2-Jun-2014	Rediscovered MDMA
Jane Sibbett	Actor	28-Nov-1962		The Second Arrival
Roger Guenveur Smith	Actor	27-Jul-1959		A Huey P. Newton Story
Jorma Taccone	Comic	19-Mar-1977		The Lonely Island
Ginny Tyler	Actor	8-Aug-1925	13-Jul-2012	Head Mouseketeer
Nikki Tyler	Pornstar	4-Dec-1972		Inscrewtible, Carnal Instincts, Porcupussy
Mike White	Football	4-Jan-1936		Fighting Illini Head Coach, 1980-87
Daphne Zuniga	Actor	28-Oct-1962		Princess Vespa in Spaceballs

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luis W. Alvarez	Physicist	13-Jun-1911	1-Sep-1988	Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs
Juliet Anderson	Pornstar	23-Jul-1938	11-Jan-2010	Queen of the MILFs
Daniel I. Arnon	Biologist	14-Nov-1910	20-Dec-1994	Photophosphorylation
David H. Blackwell	Mathematician	24-Apr-1919	8-Jul-2010	Bayesian statistics
Marion Zimmer Bradley	Author	3-Jun-1930	25-Sep-1999	The Mists of Avalon
Don Buchla	Inventor	17-Apr-1937	14-Sep-2016	Modular synthesizer designer
Florian Cajori	Historian	28-Feb-1859	14-Aug-1930	A History of Mathematics
Ernest Callenbach	Author	3-Apr-1929	16-Apr-2012	Ecotopia
Melvin Calvin	Chemist	8-Apr-1911	8-Jan-1997	Deciphered photosynthesis
Owen Chamberlain	Physicist	10-Jul-1920	28-Feb-2006	Co-Discoverer of the antiproton
Arthur H. Compton	Physicist	10-Sep-1892	15-Mar-1962	Discovered the Compton Effect
Frederick G. Cottrell	Inventor	10-Jan-1877	16-Nov-1948	Smokestack filters to fight pollution
Donald Davidson	Philosopher	6-Mar-1917	30-Aug-2003	Actions, Reasons And Causes
Eddie Fisher	Singer	10-Aug-1928	22-Sep-2010	Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist
William F. Giauque	Chemist	12-May-1895	28-Mar-1982	Adiabatic demagnetization
Jack Gilbert	Poet	18-Feb-1925	13-Nov-2012	Refusing Heaven
Donald A. Glaser	Physicist	21-Sep-1926	28-Feb-2013	Inventor of the bubble chamber
John C. Harsanyi	Economist	29-May-1920	9-Aug-2000	Game theory
Louis Henyey	Astronomer	3-Feb-1910	18-Feb-1970	Henyey method
Ira Michael Heyman	Educator	30-May-1930	19-Nov-2011	Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90
June Jordan	Poet	9-Jul-1936	14-Jun-2002	Who Look At Me
Armin O. Leuschner	Astronomer	16-Jan-1868	22-Apr-1953	Astronomer at Berkeley
Leo Lowenthal	Sociologist	3-Nov-1900	21-Jan-1993	Literature and the Image of Man
Robert H. Lowie	Anthropologist	12-Jun-1883	21-Sep-1957	American ethnologist
Vonetta McGee	Actor	14-Jan-1940	9-Jul-2010	Blacula
Rudolph Minkowski	Astronomer	28-May-1895	4-Jan-1976	Galaxies in collision
Kenneth S. Pitzer	Chemist	6-Jan-1914	26-Dec-1997	President of Rice University, 1961-68
Malvina Reynolds	Singer/Songwriter	23-Aug-1900	17-Mar-1978	Little Boxes
Friend Richardson	Politician	1-Dec-1865	6-Sep-1943	Governor of California, 1923-27
Alexander Shulgin	Chemist	17-Jun-1925	2-Jun-2014	Rediscovered MDMA
Robert G. Sproul	Educator	22-May-1891	10-Sep-1975	President, University of California, 1930-58
Otto Stern	Physicist	17-Feb-1888	17-Aug-1969	Molecular beam experiment
Edward W. Strong	Educator	1901	13-Jan-1990	Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1961-65
Otto Struve	Astronomer	12-Aug-1897	6-Apr-1963	Hydrogen in the interstellar medium
Walter Susskind	Conductor	1-May-1913	25-Mar-1980	Director, Toronto Symphony, 1956-65
Alfred Tarski	Mathematician	14-Jan-1902	26-Oct-1983	Tarski's indefinability theorem
Charles H. Townes	Physicist	28-Jul-1915	27-Jan-2015	Invention of the maser and laser
Roger J. Traynor	Judge	12-Feb-1900	14-May-1983	California Chief Justice, 1964-70
Gregory Vlastos	Philosopher	27-Jul-1907	12-Oct-1991	Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
C. C. Young	Politician	28-Apr-1869	24-Dec-1947	Governor of California, 1927-31

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