CITY

Official Website:
http://www.charlottesville.org/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.cvillechamber.org/

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

Population:
45049 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1762 (charter)

County:
Charlottesville city

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration	1954
University of Virginia	1819

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Value America	1996

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.	Politician	15-Jun-1898	15-Apr-1986	Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
Richard Arlen	Actor	1-Sep-1898	28-Mar-1976	Island of Lost Souls
Deborah Baker	Author	28-Mar-1959		In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding
Rosey Brown	Football	20-Oct-1932	9-Jun-2004	NY Giants, Hall of Famer
Richard Burr	Politician	30-Nov-1955		US Senator from North Carolina
Billy Campbell	Actor	7-Jul-1959		The Rocketeer
George Rogers Clark	Military	19-Nov-1752	13-Feb-1818	Kentucky frontier military leader
S. S. Van Dine	Novelist	15-Oct-1888	11-Apr-1939	The Canary Murder Case
Sam Hamm	Screenwriter	19-Nov-1955		Never Cry Wolf, Batman
Al Hunt	Journalist	1-Jan-1942		Wall Street Journal editor
Frances Parkinson Keyes	Novelist	21-Jul-1885	3-Jul-1970	All That Glitters
Meriwether Lewis	Explorer	18-Aug-1774	11-Oct-1809	Lewis and Clark expedition
Rob Lowe	Actor	17-Mar-1964		Brat-packer, Sam on The West Wing
Halsey Minor	Business	6-Dec-1964		CNET founder
Tom Perriello	Politician	9-Oct-1974		Congressman from Virginia, 2009-11
Merrie Spaeth	Business	23-Aug-1948		PR guru for Reagan, Swift Boat Vets
Alexander A. Vandegrift	Military	13-Mar-1887	8-May-1973	18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John S. Battle	Politician	11-Jul-1890	9-Apr-1972	Governor of Virginia, 1950-54
Manute Bol	Basketball	16-Oct-1962	19-Jun-2010	Seven foot seven
Dan Daniel	Politician	12-May-1914	23-Jan-1988	Congressman from Virginia, 1969-88
Clinton Davisson	Physicist	22-Oct-1881	1-Feb-1958	Diffraction of electrons
Martha A. Derthick	Political Scientist	20-Jun-1933	12-Jan-2015	Policymaking for Social Security
Lawrence Eagleburger	Government	1-Aug-1930	4-Jun-2011	US Secretary of State, 1992-93
Joseph Fletcher	Sociologist	10-Apr-1905	28-Oct-1991	Situation ethics
Robert R. Gilruth	Engineer	18-Oct-1913	17-Aug-2000	NASA scientist
Norman A. Graebner	Historian	19-Oct-1915	10-May-2010	Empire on the Pacific
William Henry Harbaugh	Historian	16-Jan-1920	28-Apr-2005	Power and Responsibility
Sally Hemings	Relative	1773	1835	Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress
Walter Howe	Diplomat	10-Jun-1907	8-Apr-1966	US Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61
Martha Jefferson	First Lady	19-Oct-1748	8-Sep-1782	Wife of US President Thomas Jefferson
Jackie Jensen	Baseball	9-Mar-1927	14-Jul-1982	American League MVP, 1958
Cornell MacNeil	Singer	24-Sep-1922	15-Jul-2011	Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Dumas Malone	Historian	10-Jan-1892	27-Dec-1986	Jefferson and His Time
Joseph E. McLean	Historian	10-Jul-1915	30-Dec-1985	William Rufus Day
David D. Newsom	Diplomat	6-Jan-1918	30-Mar-2008	US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78
James R. Olin	Politician	28-Feb-1920	29-Jul-2006	Congressman from Virginia, 1983-93
Peter Taylor	Author	8-Jan-1917	2-Nov-1994	A Summons to Memphis
Victor W. Turner	Anthropologist	28-May-1920	18-Dec-1983	The Drums of Affliction

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