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Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline. This is a list of notable people from San Francisco, California.It includes people who were born or raised in, lived in, or spent significant portions of their lives in San Francisco, or for whom San Francisco is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Francisco.
The Streets of San Francisco: Policing and the Creation of a Cosmopolitan Liberal Politics, 1950–1972. Bean, Walton (1967). Boss Rueff's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution. Carlsson, Chris; Elliott, LisaRuth (2011). Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968–1978.
Golden Gate Park [9] and San Francisco Microscopical Society [24] established. Population: 149,473. [17] 1871 – San Francisco Art Association and St. Luke's Hospital [14] [25] established. 1872 – Bohemian Club and Bar Association of San Francisco founded. [8] 1873 Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating. Polish Society of California ...
San Francisco, [23] officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center within Northern California.With a population of 808,988 residents as of 2023, [14] San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th most populous in the U.S.
World War II enlistment commences in the Bay Area (San Francisco recruiting office pictured) A two-masted schooner, Benicia, built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked in Matthew Turner's Benicia shipyard, arrives in San Francisco under the French flag; The Xerces blue butterfly is last observed in San Francisco either this year, or in 1943
San Francisco, California, U.S. actor Vaudeville actor, and president of The Lambs Club [6] Myrtle Gonzalez: 1891–1918 Los Angeles, California, U.S. actress silent-era movie actress [7] Alejandro Murguía: born 1949 poet, short story writer, editor, teacher Poets Laureate of San Francisco in 2012 [8] [9] Esteban Munrás: 1798–1850 Barcelona ...
Thomas J. Cahill (June 8, 1910 – October 12, 2002) was the chief of police of San Francisco, California from 1958 to 1970, the longest tenure as chief of police in San Francisco history. He served under mayors George Christopher, John F. Shelley, and Joseph Alioto.
NCAA Men's Tennis Championship in Singles in 1948 (as a member of the University of San Francisco Dons); Collegiate Tennis Hall of Famer. [27] Frank Kudelka: NBA player [28] Allen Newell: 1945 Pioneer in artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing. [29] Donald Fisher: 1946 Founder and Board Chairman of The ...