CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/

Population:
147595 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1833

County:
Sonoma County

County seat of Sonoma County, founded 1833 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Santa Rosa Junior College	1918

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates	1982

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lee C. Bollinger	Educator	c. 1946		President of Columbia University
Rebecca De Mornay	Actor	29-Aug-1959		And God Created Woman
Julie London	Singer	26-Sep-1926	18-Oct-2000	Cry Me a River
Merrill A. McPeak	Military	9-Jan-1936		USAF Chief of Staff, 1990-94
Jade Puget	Guitarist	28-Nov-1973		AFI
Robert Quarry	Actor	3-Nov-1925	20-Feb-2009	Count Yorga, Vampire
Robert L. Ripley	Curator	25-Dec-1890	27-May-1949	Believe It or Not!
Jussie Smollett	Actor	21-Jun-1983		Jamal Lyon on Empire

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luther Burbank	Botanist	7-Mar-1849	11-Apr-1926	Botanist and plant breeder
Charles S. Campbell	Historian	11-May-1911	17-Aug-2006	Anglo-American Understanding
W. Mark Felt	Law Enforcement	17-Aug-1913	18-Dec-2008	Watergate's Deep Throat
John Howard	Actor	14-Apr-1913	19-Feb-1995	Bulldog Drummond
Connie Marshall	Actor	28-Apr-1933	22-May-2001	Dragonwyck
Charles Schulz	Cartoonist	26-Nov-1922	12-Feb-2000	Cartoonist created Peanuts

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