CITY

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

Population:
105166 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1849

County:
Utah County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Brigham Young University	1875

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Ancestry.com	1983

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul D. Boyer	Chemist	31-Jul-1918		ATP process
Goodwin Knight	Politician	9-Dec-1896	22-May-1970	Governor of California, 1953-59
James W. Rawlings	Business	12-Oct-1929	1-Nov-2013	President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary Coleman	Actor	8-Feb-1968	28-May-2010	Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes
LaVell Edwards	Football	11-Oct-1930	29-Dec-2016	BYU Head Football Coach, 1972-2000
Eni Faleomavaega	Politician	15-Aug-1943	22-Feb-2017	Congressman, American Samoa
H. Tracy Hall	Chemist	20-Oct-1919	25-Jul-2008	Synthetic diamonds
Rex Lee	Attorney	27-Feb-1935	11-Mar-1996	US Solicitor General, 1981-85

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