Piedmont, California

Piedmont is a small, mostly-residential, semi-suburban city located in Alameda County, California, United States. Piedmont is completely surrounded by the city of Oakland.

Notable people
  • Richard Carlson, author
  • James Clifford, historian
  • Peter Cornell, NBA player and agent
  • Al Davis, football executive
  • Alice Dinnean, puppeteer
  • Sonny Dykes, former head coach of the University of California football team, currently an assistant coach at Texas Christian University
  • Erin Fetherston, designer
  • Alex Hirsch, creator of animated series Gravity Falls
  • William F. Knowland, publisher of The Oakland Tribune
  • Joan London, writer
  • Cuonzo Martin, former head coach of the University of California basketball team, currently head coach of the University of Missouri
  • Elsie Whitaker Martinez, artist
  • Xavier Martínez, artist
  • Robert McNamara, American Businessman and Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy
  • Asieh Namdar, television journalist
  • Wes Nisker, radio personality
  • Gyo Obata, architect
  • Ashley Paris, basketball player
  • Courtney Paris, basketball player
  • Arun Sarin, ex-CEO of Vodafone
  • Cynthia Stevenson, actress
  • David C. Waybur, decorated soldier
  • Herman Whitaker, writer
  • Zhaoming Wu, painter
  • George Zimmer, businessman, Men's Wearhouse
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.