CITY

Official Website:
http://ci.alexandria.va.us/

Population:
128283 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1695

County:
Alexandria city

Incorporated 1779.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA	1839

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
The Motley Fool	1993
Creative Response Concepts	1989
North Star Opinion Research

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Diedrich Bader	Actor	24-Dec-1966		The Drew Carey Show
Gary Beach	Actor	10-Oct-1947		Broadway actor
Brian E. Carlson	Diplomat	1947		US Ambassador to Latvia, 2001-04
Neko Case	Singer/Songwriter	8-Sep-1970		New Pornographers
Patrick L. Clawson	Government	30-Mar-1951		Washington Institute For Near East Policy
Stewart Copeland	Drummer	16-Jul-1952		Drummer for The Police
Donna Dixon	Actor	20-Jul-1957		Bosom Buddies, Dan Aykroyd's wife
Edwin J. Houston	Inventor	9-Jul-1847	1-Mar-1914	Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Rob Huebel	Actor	4-Jun-1969		Human Giant
Angus King	Politician	31-Mar-1944		US Senator from Maine
Timothy Koogle	Business	5-Jul-1951		CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001
Tao Lin	Novelist	2-Jul-1983		Richard Yates
Dermot Mulroney	Actor	31-Oct-1963		Young Guns
Mick Mulvaney	Politician	21-Jul-1967		Congressman, South Carolina 5th
Diane Neal	Actor	17-Nov-1975		Law & Order: SVU
Mackenzie Phillips	Actor	10-Nov-1959		Julie on One Day at a Time
Charles L. Schultze	Economist	12-Dec-1924	27-Sep-2016	Council of Economic Advisers, 1977-81
Willard Scott	TV Personality	7-Mar-1934		Today Show weatherman
Richard L. Sharp	Business	12-Apr-1947	24-Jun-2014	CEO of Circuit City, 1986-2000
James Westcott	Politician	10-May-1802	19-Jan-1880	US Senator from Florida, 1845-49
Kiely Williams	Singer	9-Jul-1986		The Cheetah Girls
Casey Wilson	Actor	24-Oct-1980		Penny Hartz on Happy Endings

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abshire	Diplomat	11-Apr-1926	31-Oct-2014	US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
Thurman Arnold	Attorney	2-Jun-1891	7-Nov-1969	Trust-busting attorney
Charles H. Bonesteel III	Military	26-Sep-1909	13-Oct-1977	Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea
James Brady	Government	29-Aug-1940	4-Aug-2014	White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley
Sarah Brady	Activist	6-Feb-1942	3-Apr-2015	Handgun control advocate
Jennifer Dunn	Politician	29-Jul-1941	5-Sep-2007	Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005
Arthur S. Flemming	Government	12-Jun-1905	7-Sep-1996	HEW Secretary, 1958-61
George Washington Custis Lee	Educator	16-Sep-1832	18-Feb-1913	Eldest son of Robert E. Lee
Carl E. Mundy, Jr.	Military	16-Jul-1935	2-Apr-2014	USMC Commandant, 1991-95
Fletcher Prouty	Military	24-Jan-1917	5-Jun-2001	USAF Intelligence Officer
William Thornton Pryce	Diplomat	19-Jul-1932	11-Jul-2006	US Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96
James Quello	Government	21-Apr-1914	24-Jan-2010	FCC Commissioner, 1974-97
Eugene Victor Rostow	Legal Scholar	25-Aug-1913	25-Nov-2002	Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65
Willard W. Scott, Jr.	Military	18-Feb-1926	1-Jan-2009	Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86
Maurice M. Shapiro	Physicist	13-Nov-1915	27-Feb-2008	Composition and origin of cosmic rays
Wernher von Braun	Scientist	23-Mar-1912	16-Jun-1977	German-American rocket scientist
James Watkins	Government	7-Mar-1927	26-Jul-2012	US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93

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