CDP (CENSUS-DESIGNATED PLACE)

Population:
13315 (2000 census)

County:
Santa Clara County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Stanford University	1891

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christian Duguay	Comic	3-Jan-1970		MADtv
Andrew Z. Fire	Scientist	27-Apr-1959		RNA interference
Reid Hoffman	Business	5-Aug-1967		Co-Founder of LinkedIn
Deborah S. Jin	Physicist	15-Nov-1968	15-Sep-2016	Created a fermionic condensate
Heidi Roizen	Business	1958		Mobius Venture Capital
Andrew W.K.	Singer/Songwriter	9-May-1979		It's Time To Party

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ephraim Douglass Adams	Historian	18-Dec-1865	1-Sep-1930	The Power of Ideals in American History
Jack Christiansen	Football	20-Dec-1928	29-Jun-1986	NFL Hall of Famer, coach
René Girard	Historian	25-Dec-1923	4-Nov-2015	Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Robert Hofstadter	Physicist	5-Feb-1915	17-Nov-1990	Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Sidney Hook	Philosopher	20-Dec-1902	12-Jul-1989	Pragmatist
Arthur Kornberg	Scientist	3-Mar-1918	26-Oct-2007	Synthesized DNA
Leo Nomellini	Football	19-Jun-1924	17-Oct-2000	49er Hall of Famer
David Packard	Business	7-Sep-1912	26-Mar-1996	Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard
David M. Potter	Historian	6-Dec-1910	18-Feb-1971	The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
Richard Rorty	Philosopher	4-Oct-1931	8-Jun-2007	Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
William Shockley	Physicist	13-Feb-1910	12-Aug-1989	Co-Inventor of the transistor
Henry Taube	Chemist	30-Nov-1915	16-Nov-2005	Mechanisms of electron transfer
Edward Teller	Physicist	15-Jan-1908	9-Sep-2003	Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Amos Tversky	Psychologist	16-Mar-1937	2-Jun-1996	Cognitive psychologist, studied risks
Eric Voegelin	Philosopher	3-Jan-1901	19-Jan-1985	Order and History
Ray Lyman Wilbur	Educator	13-Apr-1875	26-Jun-1949	President of Stanford University, 1916-43
Pete Wilson	Journalist	Apr-1945	20-Jul-2007	KGO -TV and AM anchor/host

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