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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Arlene Ackerman
Educator
10-Jan-1947 2-Feb-2013 School superintendent of San Francisco
Arthur L. Alarcon
Judge
14-Aug-1925 28-Jan-2015 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-92
Joseph Alioto
Politician
12-Feb-1916 29-Jan-1998 Mayor of San Francisco, 1968-76
Glenn M. Anderson
Politician
21-Feb-1913 13-Dec-1994 Congressman from California, 1969-93
Michael Antonovich
Politician
12-Aug-1939   LA County Board of Supervisors
Jim Bates
Politician
21-Jul-1941   Congressman from California, 1983-91
Marvin R. Baxter
Judge
9-Jan-1940   Justice, California Supreme Court
Carlos T. Bea
Judge
18-Apr-1934   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Brian Bilbray
Politician
28-Jan-1951   Congressman, California 50th
Rose Bird
Judge
2-Nov-1936 4-Dec-1999 California Chief Justice, 1977-87
Daniel Boggan, Jr.
Business
c. 1946   NCAA Senior VP, 1996-2003
Douglas H. Bosco
Politician
28-Jul-1946   Congressman from California, 1983-91
Fletcher Bowron
Politician
13-Aug-1887 11-Sep-1968 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53
Tom Braden
Columnist
22-Feb-1917 3-Apr-2009 Crossfire, Eight Is Enough
Lester Breslow
Doctor
17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-2012 Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80
Janice Rogers Brown
Judge
11-May-1949   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Kathleen Brown
Politician
15-Oct-1945   California State Treasurer, 1991-95
Pat Brown
Politician
21-Apr-1905 16-Feb-1996 Governor of California, 1959-67
H. Monroe Browne
Diplomat
9-May-1917 13-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85
John E. Bryson
Business
24-Jul-1943   US Secretary of Commerce, 2011-12
Warren Buffett
Business
30-Aug-1930   Billionaire in Omaha
Vincent Bugliosi
Government
18-Aug-1934 6-Jun-2015 Prosecuted Manson, wrote Helter Skelter
Louis Caldera
Government
1-Apr-1956   US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001
Consuelo M. Callahan
Judge
9-Jun-1950   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Tom Campbell
Politician
14-Aug-1952   Congressman from California, 1995-2001
Ming W. Chin
Judge
31-Aug-1942   Justice, California Supreme Court
Judy Chu
Politician
7-Jul-1953   Congresswoman, California 32nd
William P. Clark
Government
23-Oct-1931 10-Aug-2013 US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85
William K. Coblentz
Attorney
28-Jul-1922 13-Sep-2010 Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass
Jeffery Cohelan
Politician
24-Jun-1914 15-Feb-1999 Congressman from California, 1959-71
Gary Condit
Politician
21-Apr-1948   Congressman from California, 1989-2003
Ron Conway
Business
9-Mar-1951   Angel Investors LP
Carol A. Corrigan
Judge
16-Aug-1948   Justice, California Supreme Court
Ramon C. Cortines
Educator
22-Jul-1932   Prominent schools superintendent
Jim Costa
Politician
13-Apr-1952   Congressman, California 20th
Molly J. Coye
Business
c. 1946   Founder, Health Technology Center
Alan Cranston
Politician
19-Jun-1914 31-Dec-2000 US Senator from California, 1969-93
William E. Dannemeyer
Politician
22-Sep-1929   Congressman from California, 1979-93
Gray Davis
Politician
26-Dec-1942   Governor of California, 1999-2003
Susan Davis
Politician
13-Apr-1944   Congresswoman, California 53rd
Martin Dibner
Novelist
5-Oct-1911 11-Jan-1992 The Deep Six
Julian C. Dixon
Politician
8-Aug-1934 8-Dec-2000 Congressman from California, 1979-2000
Clair Engle
Politician
21-Sep-1911 30-Jul-1964 US Senator from California, 1959-64
Vic Fazio
Politician
11-Oct-1942   Congressman from California, 1979-99
Ferdinand F. Fernandez
Judge
29-May-1937   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2002
Donald Fisher
Business
3-Sep-1928 27-Sep-2009 Co-Founder of The Gap
Raymond C. Fisher
Judge
12-Jul-1939   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
John Garamendi
Politician
24-Jan-1945   Congressman, California 10th
Ronald M. George
Judge
11-Mar-1940   California Chief Justice
Susan Golding
Politician
18-Aug-1945   Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000
Ron Gonzales
Politician
1951   Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006
Matt Gonzalez
Politician
4-Jun-1965   Progressive politician, activist
Kenneth P. Green
Government
c. 1961   Environmental analyst, AEI
Linda M. Griego
Business
c. 1948   Griego Enterprises, Inc.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Attorney
8-Mar-1969   Gavin Newsom's ex-wife, Fox News pundit
Anne Gust
Attorney
15-Mar-1958   Wife of Jerry Brown
Daniel Hamburg
Politician
6-Oct-1948   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Susan Hammer
Politician
21-Dec-1938   Mayor of San Jose, 1991-98
Kamala Harris
Attorney
20-Oct-1964   Attorney General of California
Steven Hayward
Scholar
c. 1958   Conservative environmentalism pundit
Roger Hedgecock
Politician
2-May-1946   Mayor of San Diego, 1983-85
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Business
2-Nov-1955   Inter-Con Security Systems
John S. Herrington
Government
31-May-1939   US Secretary of Energy, 1985-89
Shirley Hufstedler
Judge
24-Aug-1925   US Secretary of Education, 1979-81
Sandra S. Ikuta
Judge
24-Jun-1954   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
D. Lowell Jensen
Attorney
3-Jun-1928   Associate US Attorney General, 1983-85
Jim Jones
Religion
13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 Led mass People's Temple suicide
John Percival Jones
Politician
27-Jan-1829 12-Nov-1912 US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903
Frank Jordan
Politician
20-Feb-1935   Mayor of San Francisco, 1993-97
Joyce L. Kennard
Judge
6-May-1941   Justice, California Supreme Court
Lydia H. Kennard
Business
c. 1954   Los Angeles World Airports
Goodwin Knight
Politician
9-Dec-1896 22-May-1970 Governor of California, 1953-59
Quentin Kopp
Politician
11-Aug-1928   California politician and judge
Joanne C. Kozberg
Administrator
?   California Strategies
Orin Kramer
Business
c. 1945   Chair, New Jersey State Investment Council
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Skier
19-Apr-1932 30-Mar-2009 Slalom skier, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1952
Edwin M. Lee
Government
5-May-1952   Mayor of San Francisco
Ben B. Lindsey
Judge
25-Nov-1869 26-Mar-1943 Created the first juvenile court
Malcolm M. Lucas
Judge
19-Apr-1927   California Chief Justice, 1987-96
Richard E. Lyng
Business
29-Jun-1918 1-Feb-2003 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1986-89
Matthew G. Martinez
Politician
14-Feb-1929 15-Oct-2011 Congressman from California, 1982-2001
Al McCandless
Politician
23-Jul-1927   Congressman from California, 1983-95
Tom McClintock
Politician
10-Jul-1956   Congressman, California 4th
Joseph McKenna
Judge
10-Aug-1843 21-Nov-1926 US Supreme Court Justice, 1898-1925
Paul W. Merrill
Astronomer
15-Aug-1887 19-Jul-1961 S-process of nucleosynthesis
Harvey Milk
Politician
22-May-1930 27-Nov-1978 Openly gay SF city supervisor
Norm Mineta
Politician
12-Nov-1931   Congressman from California, 1975-95
Theodore R. Mitchell
Administrator
c. 1956   President of Occidental College, 1999-2005
Carlos R. Moreno
Judge
4-Nov-1948   Justice, California Supreme Court
George Moscone
Politician
24-Nov-1929 27-Nov-1978 Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78
Angelo R. Mozilo
Business
1938   Former CEO of Countrywide
William Mulholland
Engineer
11-Sep-1855 22-Jul-1935 Los Angeles Aqueduct
Dick Murphy
Politician
16-Dec-1942   Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05
Ron Nehring
Politician
20-May-1970   Chairman, California Republican Party
Luis G. Nogales
Business
c. 1944   CEO of UPI, 1984-86
Thomas T. Noguchi
Doctor
4-Jan-1927   Coroner to the Stars
Maureen O'Connor
Politician
14-Jul-1946   Mayor of San Diego, 1985-92
William G. Ouchi
Educator
1943   Theory Z
Richard A. Paez
Judge
5-May-1947   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jerry M. Patterson
Politician
25-Oct-1934   Congressman from California, 1975-85
Steve Peace
Film/TV Producer
30-Mar-1953   Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Jane G. Pisano
Administrator
c. 1945   Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Steve Poizner
Government
4-Jan-1957   California Insurance Commissioner
Harry Pregerson
Judge
13-Oct-1923   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bill Press
Pundit
1940   Liberal commentator
Jean Quan
Politician
21-Oct-1949   Mayor of Oakland
George Radanovich
Politician
20-Jun-1955   Congressman from California, 1995-2011
Chuck Reed
Politician
15-Aug-1948   Mayor of San Jose
Friend Richardson
Politician
1-Dec-1865 6-Sep-1943 Governor of California, 1923-27
Laura Richardson
Politician
14-Apr-1962   Congresswoman, California 37th
Elmer E. Robinson
Politician
3-Oct-1894 9-Jun-1982 Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56
Will Rogers, Jr.
Actor
20-Oct-1911 10-Jul-1993 Son of Will Rogers
Kevin V. Ryan
Attorney
c. 1958   US Attorney, Northern Calif., 2002-07
Pamela Ann Rymer
Judge
6-Jan-1941 21-Sep-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2011
Jerry Sanders
Politician
14-Jul-1950   Mayor of San Diego
Lynn Schenk
Politician
5-Jan-1945   US Congresswoman from California, 1993-95
Brad Sherman
Politician
24-Oct-1954   Congressman, California 27th
Bobby Shriver
Politician
28-Apr-1954   Mayor of Santa Monica
Norman D. Shumway
Politician
28-Jul-1934   Congressman from California, 1979-91
Milan D. Smith, Jr.
Judge
19-May-1942   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Erroll Southers
Government
c. 1957   2009 TSA Director nominee
William D. Stephens
Politician
26-Dec-1859 25-Apr-1944 Governor of California, 1917-23
George Stoneman
Military
8-Aug-1822 5-Sep-1894 Civil War general, California governor
Eric Swalwell
Politician
16-Nov-1980   Congressman, California 15th
A. Wallace Tashima
Judge
24-Jun-1934   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996-2004
Peter J. Taylor
Business
?   Managing Partner, Lehman Brothers
Frederick O. Terrell
Business
c. 1954   Provender Capital Group
James E. Tilton
Government
c. 1949   Secretary, California Department of Corrections
Esteban Torres
Politician
27-Jan-1930   Congressman from California, 1983-99
Stephen S. Trott
Judge
12-Dec-1939   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2004
Walter R. Tucker III
Politician
28-May-1957   Congressman from California, 1993-95
John Van de Kamp
Government
1936   Attorney General of California, 1982-91
Anthony G. Wagner
Business
c. 1943   Former healthcare executive
Jerome R. Waldie
Politician
15-Feb-1925 3-Apr-2009 Congressman from California, 1966-75
Earl Warren
Judge
19-Mar-1891 9-Jul-1974 US Chief Justice, 1953-69
Caspar Weinberger
Government
18-Aug-1917 28-Mar-2006 Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
Kathryn M. Werdegar
Judge
1936   Justice, California Supreme Court
Patricia J. Williams
Scholar
28-Aug-1951   The Alchemy of Race and Rights
Donald R. Wright
Judge
2-Feb-1907 21-Mar-1985 California Chief Justice, 1970-77
Zev Yaroslavsky
Politician
21-Dec-1948   Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Leland Yee
Politician
20-Nov-1948   California State Senator, indicted




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