List of people from Berkeley, California

This is a list of notable people that were born in, or who have lived in, Berkeley, California. Located in the San Francisco Bay area and near Oakland, it includes people who attended Berkeley High School, but not people that attended University of California, Berkeley unless they achieved notoriety while in attendance, and were also residents of the city at the time.

Academia

  • Wasiullah Khan – founder of East-West University
  • Margaret Singer – clinical psychologist, professor at UC Berkeley
  • Alfred Tarski – mathematician, logician, professor at UC Berkeley
  • Chang-Lin Tien – 8th Chancellor of University of California, Berkeley (1990–1997), first Asian American and Chinese American to head a major United States university
  • Blake R. Van Leer – United States Army officer, civil rights advocate, and president of Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Sean Williams – professor of ethnomusicology

Actors

  • Ben Affleck – actor, Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director; born in Berkeley.[1]
  • Robert Culp – actor, screenwriter, voice actor, and director; attended Berkeley High School.[2][3]
  • Augusta Dabney – actress; born and raised in Berkeley[4]
  • Daveed Diggs – actor, screenwriter, film producer, rapper, singer, songwriter; attended Berkeley High School.
  • Whoopi Goldberg – Academy Award-winning actress and television personality; lived in Berkeley for many years.[5]
  • Karen Grassle – actress
  • Nina Hartley – pornographic actress
  • Rita Moreno – actress, dancer; Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award winner
  • Jamieson Price – voice actor
  • Nicole Richie – socialite, reality television personality, fashion designer
  • Rebecca Romijn – model, actress
  • Andy Samberg – actor, Saturday Night Live comedian, member of Lonely Island, attended Berkeley High School[1][6]
  • Jorma Taccone – actor and director, member of Lonely Island, attended Berkeley High School[6]
  • Chris Tashima – actor and filmmaker
  • Sasha Velourdrag queen
  • Wavy Gravy – professional clown, actor, activist, Hog Farm founder
  • Daniel Wu – Hong Kong actor

Chefs, cookbook authors

Crime

Visual artists and designers

Business leaders and entrepreneurs

Filmmakers

Journalists, news media

Musicians

Politicians, activists, political figures and civil servants

Scientists, researchers

Sports

Writers, poets

Other

See also

  • San Francisco Bay Area portal
  • Biography portal
  • Cities portal
  • flagCalifornia portal

References

  1. ^ a b Knobel, Lance (July 12, 2010). "Move over Andy Samberg, Ben Affleck is Berkeley boy". Berkeleyside. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Blankstein, Andrew (March 24, 2010). "Actor Robert Culp dies after falling at his Hollywood home". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Grimes, William (March 25, 2010). "Robert Culp, Star in 'I Spy,' Dies at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dabney, Augusta 1918–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg selling her Berkeley home for $1.275M". Berkeleyside. June 22, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Dinkelspiel, Frances (January 9, 2019). "Andy Samberg gives his Berkeley mother a gift: the truth about her birth parents". Berkeleyside. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  7. ^ Berne, Amanda (September 28, 2005). "Paul Bertolli leaves Oliveto". SFGATE. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  8. ^ "Mai K. Arbegast." Contra Costa Times. April 15, 2012: n. pag. Legacy.com. Accessed February 27, 2015.[1]
  9. ^ Landauer, Susan; Gerdts, William H.; Trenton, Patricia (November 10, 2003). The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture. University of California Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-520-23938-8.
  10. ^ "Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions". Broad Strokes: The National Museum of Women in the Arts' Blog. August 2, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  11. ^ "Jeff Stevens Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  12. ^ E.M.L. (June 10, 1940). "Obituary, John Sheridan Winn". Seventy-first Annual Report of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy. Newburgh, New York: Moore Printing Company. p. 165 – via West Point Digital Library.
  13. ^ "Recent Deaths: Charles A. Woodruff". The Weekly Caledonian. St. Johnsbury, VT. August 25, 1920. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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