CITY

Population:
45049 (2000 census)

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
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	?		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
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
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
Joseph Fletcher	Sociologist	10-Apr-1905	28-Oct-1991	Situation ethics
Robert R. Gilruth	Engineer	18-Oct-1913	17-Aug-2000	NASA scientist
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
Jackie Jensen	Baseball	9-Mar-1927	14-Jul-1982	American League MVP, 1958
Dumas Malone	Historian	10-Jan-1892	27-Dec-1986	Jefferson and His Time
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

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