CITY

Official Website:
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/

Population:
92325 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1782

County:
Santa Barbara County

Established as a military post in 1782 and as Mission Santa Barbara on 4 December 1786, incorporated in 1850.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Brooks Institute	1945
University of California at Santa Barbara	1909
Santa Barbara City College	1909
Westmont College	1837
San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara, CA

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Reagan Ranch	1998

ZOO

Zoo	Founded
Santa Barbara Zoo	1963

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Occam Networks	1999
Tenet Healthcare	1967

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Bottoms	Actor	22-Apr-1954		The Dove
Sam Bottoms	Actor	17-Oct-1955	16-Dec-2008	Apocalypse Now
Timothy Bottoms	Actor	30-Aug-1951		That's My Bush!
Randall Cunningham	Football	27-Mar-1963		Former Philadelphia Eagles QB
Anthony Edwards	Actor	19-Jul-1962		Dr. Mark Greene on ER
Andrew Firestone	TV Personality	10-Jul-1975		The Bachelor
Victor French	Actor	4-Dec-1934	15-Jun-1989	Highway to Heaven
Taylor Hackford	Film Director	31-Dec-1944		An Officer and a Gentleman
Brad Hall	Actor	21-Mar-1958		Saturday Night Live
Taylor Handley	Actor	1-Jun-1984		Phantom of the Megaplex
Cole Hauser	Actor	22-Mar-1975		Tears of the Sun
Kathy Ireland	Model	20-Mar-1963		1989 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Chuck Liddell	Martial Arts	17-Dec-1969		The Iceman, UFC fighter
Alex D. Linz	Actor	3-Jan-1989		Home Alone 3
Leon F. Litwack	Historian	2-Dec-1929		Been In the Storm So Long
Katy Perry	Singer/Songwriter	25-Oct-1984		I Kissed a Girl
Gordon E. Sawyer		27-Aug-1905	15-Mar-1980	Sound for West Side Story
Edie Sedgwick	Socialite	20-Apr-1943	16-Nov-1971	Warhol factory girl
Lisa Todd	Actor	c. 1942		Sunshine Cornsilk on Hee Haw
Kathleen Wilhoite	Actor	29-Jun-1964		Lorenzo's Oil

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Douglas Adams	Author	11-Mar-1952	11-May-2001	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Barbara Jo Allen	Radio Personality	2-Sep-1906	14-Sep-1974	Vera Vague
Claud Allister	Actor	3-Oct-1888	26-Jul-1970	The Reluctant Dragon
John Alton	Cinematographer	5-Oct-1901	2-Jun-1996	An American in Paris
Judith Anderson	Actor	10-Feb-1897	3-Jan-1992	Rebecca
Heather Angel	Actor	9-Feb-1909	13-Dec-1986	Lifeboat
Horace W. Babcock	Astronomer	13-Sep-1912	29-Aug-2003	Adaptive optics and the Babcock Model
Lynn Bari	Actor	18-Dec-1913	20-Nov-1989	Shock
Brian Bedford	Actor	16-Feb-1935	13-Jan-2016	The School for Wives
Noel Black	Film Director	30-Jun-1937	5-Jul-2014	Pretty Poison
Scott C. Bone	Politician	15-Feb-1860	27-Jan-1936	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25
Harry Carey, Jr.	Actor	16-May-1921	27-Dec-2012	The Whales of August
Ronald Colman	Actor	9-Feb-1891	19-May-1958	A Double Life
Jeanne Crain	Actor	25-May-1925	14-Dec-2003	20th Century Fox studio actress
John Cromwell	Film Director	23-Dec-1887	26-Sep-1979	The Prisoner of Zenda
Edward Dahlberg	Author	22-Jul-1900	27-Feb-1977	Because I Was Flesh
George Dangerfield	Historian	28-Oct-1904	26-Dec-1986	The Strange Death of Liberal England
Duffy Daugherty	Football	8-Sep-1915	25-Sep-1987	MSU Head Coach, 1954-72
John Dehner	Actor	23-Nov-1915	4-Feb-1992	Carousel
Faith Domergue	Actor	16-Jun-1924	4-Apr-1999	Where Danger Lives
Marie Dressler	Actor	2-Nov-1868	28-Jul-1934	Min and Bill
Howard Duff	Actor	24-Nov-1913	8-Jul-1990	Sam Spade on old time radio
Mel Ferrer	Actor	25-Aug-1917	2-Jun-2008	War and Peace
Anne Francis	Actor	16-Sep-1930	2-Jan-2011	Forbidden Planet
Lawrence Grant	Actor	30-Oct-1870	10-Feb-1952	The Mask of Fu Manchu
H. R. Haldeman	Government	27-Oct-1926	12-Nov-1993	Nixon's Chief of Staff
Mark Harris	Novelist	19-Nov-1922	30-May-2007	Bang the Drum Slowly
Robert M. Hutchins	Educator	17-Jan-1899	17-May-1977	President, University of Chicago, 1929-51
Fred Kavli	Philanthropist	20-Aug-1927	21-Nov-2013	Kavli Foundation
Lola Lane	Actor	21-May-1906	22-Jun-1981	Marked Woman
Keith Larsen	Actor	17-Jun-1924	13-Dec-2006	Northwest Passage
Lotte Lehmann	Singer	27-Feb-1888	26-Aug-1976	German-American operatic soprano
Doris Lloyd	Actor	3-Jul-1896	21-May-1968	British-American character actress
Ross Macdonald	Novelist	13-Dec-1915	11-Jul-1983	Creator of P.I. Lew Archer
David Manners	Actor	30-Apr-1901	23-Dec-1998	Dracula
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
F. W. Murnau	Film Director	28-Dec-1888	11-Mar-1931	Nosferatu, Sunrise
Robert Pierpoint	Journalist	16-May-1925	22-Oct-2011	CBS White House Correspondent
C. W. Post	Business	26-Oct-1854	9-May-1914	Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts
Vera Ralston	Actor	12-Jun-1921	9-Feb-2003	Dakota
Christian Rub	Actor	13-Apr-1886	14-Apr-1956	Voice of Gepetto
Gordon E. Sawyer		27-Aug-1905	15-Mar-1980	Sound for West Side Story
Edie Sedgwick	Socialite	20-Apr-1943	16-Nov-1971	Warhol factory girl
Anabel Shaw	Actor	7-Jun-1921	16-Apr-2010	Gun Crazy
Milton Sills	Actor	12-Jan-1882	15-Sep-1930	The Sea Hawk
William E. Simon	Government	27-Nov-1927	3-Jun-2000	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77
Tom Sneddon	Attorney	26-May-1941	1-Nov-2014	DA in Michael Jackson case
Robert Stevenson	Film Director	31-Mar-1905	4-Nov-1986	The Love Bug
Ernest Thayer	Poet	14-Aug-1863	21-Aug-1940	Casey at the Bat
Victor Varconi	Actor	31-Mar-1891	6-Jun-1976	Hungarian-American character actor
Norma Varden	Actor	20-Jan-1898	19-Jan-1989	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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