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Alexandria, VA
CITY
Official Website: http://ci.alexandria.va.us/
Population: 128283 (2000 census) Founding Date: 1695 County: Alexandria city Incorporated 1779. SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
DEATHS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
David Abshire |
Diplomat |
11-Apr-1926 |
31-Oct-2014 |
US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87 |
Thurman Arnold |
Attorney |
2-Jun-1891 |
7-Nov-1969 |
Trust-busting attorney |
Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
James Brady |
Government |
29-Aug-1940 |
4-Aug-2014 |
White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley |
Sarah Brady |
Activist |
6-Feb-1942 |
3-Apr-2015 |
Handgun control advocate |
Jennifer Dunn |
Politician |
29-Jul-1941 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005 |
Arthur S. Flemming |
Government |
12-Jun-1905 |
7-Sep-1996 |
HEW Secretary, 1958-61 |
George Washington Custis Lee |
Educator |
16-Sep-1832 |
18-Feb-1913 |
Eldest son of Robert E. Lee |
Carl E. Mundy, Jr. |
Military |
16-Jul-1935 |
2-Apr-2014 |
USMC Commandant, 1991-95 |
Fletcher Prouty |
Military |
24-Jan-1917 |
5-Jun-2001 |
USAF Intelligence Officer |
William Thornton Pryce |
Diplomat |
19-Jul-1932 |
11-Jul-2006 |
US Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96 |
James Quello |
Government |
21-Apr-1914 |
24-Jan-2010 |
FCC Commissioner, 1974-97 |
Eugene Victor Rostow |
Legal Scholar |
25-Aug-1913 |
25-Nov-2002 |
Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 |
Willard W. Scott, Jr. |
Military |
18-Feb-1926 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86 |
Maurice M. Shapiro |
Physicist |
13-Nov-1915 |
27-Feb-2008 |
Composition and origin of cosmic rays |
Wernher von Braun |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1912 |
16-Jun-1977 |
German-American rocket scientist |
James Watkins |
Government |
7-Mar-1927 |
26-Jul-2012 |
US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93 |
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