CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.roanoke.va.us/

Population:
94911 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1874

County:
Roanoke city

Founded 1874 as Big Lick, name changed to Roanoke in 1882.

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Roanoke Electric Steel	1955
Advance Auto Parts	1932

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
G. Steven Agee	Judge	12-Nov-1952		4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Lynn Bari	Actor	18-Dec-1913	20-Nov-1989	Shock
Henry H. Fowler	Government	5-Sep-1908	3-Jan-2000	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68
Louis A. Johnson	Government	10-Jan-1891	24-Apr-1966	US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50
James R. Keith	Diplomat	20-Jun-1957		US Ambassador to Malaysia
Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr.	Judge	25-Jan-1940		Justice, Virginia Supreme Court
Henrietta Lacks	Oddity	1-Aug-1920	4-Oct-1951	Immortal human cells
John C. Mather	Physicist	7-Aug-1946		Big Bang
Wayne Newton	Singer	3-Apr-1942		Top Las Vegas act
John Payne	Actor	23-May-1912	6-Dec-1989	Kansas City Confidential
Nicholas F. Taubman	Business	c. 1935		Advance Auto Parts scion

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Audie Murphy	Actor	20-Jun-1924	28-May-1971	War hero turned cowboy actor

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