CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ogdencity.com/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.echamber.cc/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.ogden.travel/

Population:
77226 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1850

County:
Weber County

Founded 1850 by Mormons.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College	1971
Weber State University	1889

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nolan D. Archibald	Business	1942		CEO of Black & Decker
Hal Ashby	Film Director	2-Sep-1929	27-Dec-1988	Harold and Maude
John Browning	Inventor	23-Jan-1855	26-Nov-1926	Best gun designer of all time
James Cruze	Film Director	27-Mar-1884	3-Aug-1942	If I Had a Million
Bernard DeVoto	Historian	11-Jan-1897	13-Nov-1955	Across the Wide Missouri
H. Tracy Hall	Chemist	20-Oct-1919	25-Jul-2008	Synthetic diamonds
Daniel Walker Howe	Historian	10-Jan-1937		What Hath God Wrought
Howard Jarvis	Activist	22-Sep-1903	11-Aug-1986	Anti-tax crusader
Herbert B. Maw	Politician	11-Mar-1893	17-Nov-1990	Governor of Utah, 1941-49
K. Gunn McKay	Politician	23-Feb-1925	6-Oct-2000	Congressman from Utah, 1971-81
Red Nichols	Jazz Musician	8-May-1905	28-Jun-1965	Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
Ray Noorda	Business	19-Jun-1924	9-Oct-2006	Former CEO of Novell
Moroni Olsen	Actor	27-Jun-1889	22-Nov-1954	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Alan Osmond	Musician	22-Jun-1949		One of the Osmonds
Donny Osmond	Musician	9-Dec-1957		Donny and Marie Show
Jay Osmond	Musician	2-Mar-1955		One of the Osmonds
Marie Osmond	Country Musician	13-Oct-1959		Donny and Marie Show
Virl Osmond	Musician	19-Oct-1945		One of the Osmonds
Wayne Osmond	Musician	28-Aug-1951		One of the Osmonds
Jill N. Parrish	Judge	c. 1960		Justice, Utah Supreme Court
Kenneth A. Randall	Business	22-Jun-1927		Chairman of the FDIC, 1965-70
Byron Scott	Basketball	28-Mar-1961		1990s era NBA guard and later coach
Brent Scowcroft	Government	19-Mar-1925		National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB
Richard H. Stallings	Politician	7-Oct-1940		Congressman from Idaho, 1985-93
E. Parry Thomas	Business	29-Jun-1921	26-Aug-2016	Bank of Las Vegas
Olene Walker	Politician	15-Nov-1930	28-Nov-2015	Governor of Utah, 2003-05
Gedde Watanabe	Actor	26-Jun-1955		Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles

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