CITY

Official Website:
http://www.waco-texas.com/

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

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

Population:
113726 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1849

County:
McLennan County

Founded 1849 by Jacob De Cordova, it became the seat of McLennan County in 1850.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Baylor University	1845
Waco High School, Waco, TX

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joe Barton	Politician	15-Sep-1949		Congressman, Texas 6th
Scott A. Brister	Judge	8-Jan-1955		Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Peri Gilpin	Actor	27-May-1961		Rosalinda on Frasier
Austan D. Goolsbee	Economist	18-Aug-1969		Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-11
Anne Gwynne	Actor	10-Dec-1918	31-Mar-2003	WWII pinup girl, also actress
William J. Haynes II	Government	30-Mar-1958		DOD General Counsel, 2001-08
Jennifer Love Hewitt	Actor	21-Feb-1979		Ghost Whisperer
Marcus R. Hickerson	Business	10-Sep-1926	6-Aug-2011	Waxahachie Community Development Corporation
Leon Jaworski	Government	19-Sep-1905	9-Dec-1982	Watergate special prosecutor
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Politician	3-Dec-1935		Congresswoman, Texas 30th
Steve Martin	Comic	14-Aug-1945		The Jerk
George C. McGhee	Diplomat	1912	4-Jul-2005	US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68
C. Wright Mills	Sociologist	28-Aug-1916	20-Mar-1962	The Power Elite
Lyndon L. Olson	Diplomat	1947		US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001
Margaret Milner Richardson	Government	14-May-1943		IRS Commissioner, 1993-97
Bill Rogers	Golf	10-Sep-1951		Winner, 1981 British Open
Pete Sessions	Politician	22-Mar-1955		Congressman, Texas 32nd
Ashlee Simpson	Singer	3-Oct-1984		Jessica Simpson's nepotistic younger sister
Hank Thompson	Country Musician	3-Sep-1925	6-Nov-2007	Honky Tonk Swing musician
Robert Wilson	Theater Director	4-Oct-1941		Experimental theater director, designer

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Alderton	Inventor	21-Jun-1857	29-May-1941	Invented Dr Pepper
David Koresh	Religion	17-Aug-1959	19-Apr-1993	Branch Davidian cult leader

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