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