Piedmont, California
Appearance
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
[change | change source]- 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