- James Berkeley 3rd Earl of Berkeley
Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley KG, PC (aft. 1679 - 17 August 1736) was the son of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley and Hon. Elizabeth Noel. He was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George I. He became a captain in 1701, and was also MP for Gloucester 1701-1702. He took part in the battle off Málaga under Admiral Rooke, commanding HMS "Boyne". - Norborne Berkeley 4th Baron Botetourt
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718 - October 15, 1770) was governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770. He was a member of Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Before coming to Virginia he was (as Norborne Berkeley) Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1741 - 1763. He then obtained his peerage, when it was called out of abeyance in 1764, the third holder of the title having died in 1406. - Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl of Berkeley
Lt.-Col. Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley KT (February 18 1715/16 - January 9 1755), was the son of Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley and Lady Louisa Lennox. He was made an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in November 1734, and succeeded his father on August 17, 1736 as 4th Earl of Berkeley, 12th Baron Berkeley and 4th Viscount Dursley. In 1737, he was created Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Constable of St. Briavel's Castle, … - John Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton
John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1663-1697) was an English admiral. He was the second son of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and succeeded to the title on March 6, 1682, by the death of his elder brother Charles, a captain in the navy. On December 14, 1688 he was nominated rear-admiral of the fleet, under the command of Lord Dartmouth. In the following summer he was vice-admiral of the red squadron under Admiral Herbert, … - James Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley
James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (c. 1394 - 22 October, 1463), also known as "James the Just", was an English peer. Berkeley was the son of Sir James de Berkeley and his wife Elizabeth (née Bluet). He was made heir to his uncle Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley. He was married four times. His third wife was Lady Isabel, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and his fourth wife was Lady Joan Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. - John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 - August 28, 1678) was the fifth and youngest son of Sir Maurice Berkeley. He commanded the army against the Scots in 1638, and was knighted at Berwick in that year. He bore a conspicuous part in the civil wars that followed, supporting the royal cause; he became Governor of Exeter, and General of the King Charles I's forces in Devon. He participated in the exile of the royal family, in 1652, … - Charles Berkeley 1st Earl of Falmouth
Charles Berkeley 1st Earl of Falmouth (1630-3 June 1665) was the son of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1599-1668) and his wife Penelope nee Godolphin (d. 1669). His uncle, John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, secured Charles employment with James, Duke of York until the Restoration. Charles was subsequently created 1st Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne, co. Wicklow, Ireland, and 1st Baron Fitzhardinge of Berehaven, Co. Kerry, Ireland, on 1 July 1663. - Maurice Berkeley 1st Baron FitzHardinge
- Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley, born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's quintessential works used legions of showgirls and props as fantastic elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances. - Alfred Berkeley
Alfred R. Berkeley is an American businessman who served as President and later Vice-Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., from June 1996 until August 2003. Before Nasdaq, Berkeley was a General Partner and then a Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons, an investment bank. He was a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1968 to 1972. - William Berkeley
Sir William Berkeley (Hanworth Manor, Middlesex 1605 - Berkeley House, Mayfair, London July 9, 1677) was a Governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I, of whom he was a favourite. He was born at Hanworth Manor, Middlesex in 1605 to Maurice Berkeley (1577-????) and his wife Elizabeth née Killigrew, of Bruton, Somerset. The name of his first wife is not known. He wed his second wife, Frances Stephens (née Culpeper), in 1670. - Jon Berkeley
Jon Berkeley (b.1962) is a Dublin-born illustrator and children's author. He travelled widely in the 1980s, working freelance in London, Sydney and Hong Kong before returning to Dublin in 1992, where he formed a loose coalition known as Baggot Street Central with other leading Irish illustrators Roger O'Reilly, P.J. Lynch and Angela Clarke. He has lived in Barcelona since 1997. - Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley was an English botanist. Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Northamptonshire, and educated at Rugby School and Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he became an honorary fellow. Taking holy orders, he became incumbent of Apethorpe in 1837, and vicar of Sibbertoft, near Market Harborough, in 1868. He acquired an enthusiastic love of cryptogamic botany (lichens) in his early years, … - Edmund Berkeley
Edmund Callis Berkeley was an American computer scientist who co-founded the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1947. He was also a social activist who worked to achieve conditions that might minimize the threat of nuclear war. Berkeley received a BA in Mathematics and Logic from Harvard in 1930. He pursued a career as an insurance actuary at Prudential Insurance from 1934–48, except for service in the Navy during World War II. - Anthony Ian Berkeley
Too Poetic (b. Anthony Ian Berkeley, November 15, 1964 in Trinidad, d. July 15, 2001 in California) was a rapper and producer from the horrorcore hip-hop group Gravediggaz. The eldest son of a minister, Poetic was born in Trinidad and raised in the Wyandanch section of Long Island, New York. After forming his first hip-hop group, Brothers Grym, with his brother Brainstorm, he released a solo 12-inch single, "Poetical Terror/God Made Me Funky", … - George Cranfield Berkeley
Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, RN, GCB (10 August 1753 - 25 February 1818) was a British naval officer and parliamentarian who held major sea commands during the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic wars. From 1806-1808 Berkeley commanded the North American station, headquartered first in Halifax, Nova Scotia and then Bermuda. His squadron clashed numerous times with the United States Navy over the issue of impressment of American seamen, … - Humphry Berkeley
Humphry John Berkeley (February 21, 1926 - November 14, 1994) was a British politician noted for his many changes of parties. Berkeley's father Reginald had been Liberal MP for Nottingham Central from 1922 to 1924 and was a noted playwright. Humphry Berkeley attended Malvern College followed by Pembroke College, Cambridge and was President of both the Cambridge Union Society and Cambridge University Conservative Association in 1948. - Michael Berkeley
Michael Berkeley (born 29 May 1948) is a British composer and broadcaster on music. - Randolph C. Berkeley
Randolph Carter Berkeley (1875-1960) was a United States Marine Corps major general who was awarded the the Medal of Honor for his actions during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz (1914). Commissioned a Marine second lieutenant during the Spanish-American War, Berkeley completed over 40 years' active duty in the Marine Corps, including service at sea and in the Philippines, Cuba, Panama, China, Haiti, Nicaragua and Guam. - Robert Berkeley
Robert George Wilmot Berkeley (23 April 1898 - 28 August 1969) was an English cricketer who played four first-class games for Worcestershire shortly after the First World War. Three of these came in friendly matches in 1919, with the other being his only County Championship appearance three years later. He did very little in any of these games, three of which his county lost by an innings. Outside cricket, he was Deputy Lieutenant for Worcestershire, … - Matthew Berkeley
Matthew Berkeley, born August 3 1987 in Manchester, England is a striker currently playing for Scottish First Division side Gretna. He is also a Saint Kitts and Nevis Under 20 player. Berkeley spent 9 games on loan at Conference North side Workington A.F.C. in 2006. He made his Debut on 4 February. He scored his first goals of the loan spell in style netting a hattrick against eventual champions Northwich Victoria at Borough Park on 18 February. - Reginald Berkeley
Reginald Cheyne Berkeley (1890 - 30 March 1935) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham Central at the 1922 general election, winning the seat with a majority of only 22 votes in a straight contest with the sitting Conservative MP Albert Atkey. He was re-elected in another two-way fight in 1923, but but did not contest the 1924 general election. - Vivian Berkeley
Vivian Berkeley (born August 9th, 1941) is a Canadian blind lawn bowler, 1996 paralympic silver medalist and world class athlete. - Jonas Berkeley
Jonas Berkeley is a saxophonist from the Southern Ontario region of Canada, and his work was nominated for a "Juno" (Best Alternative Album) with "The Constantines" on 2003's "Shine A Light" (see nomination listing for the following year). He has been playing for 17 years and is conversant on tenor and baritone sax, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet. He has worked on cruise ships, and in a variety of musical theatre productions, … - Mary Berkeley
Mary Berkeley (born 3 October 1965) is a retired English long jumper. Her personal best jump was 6.63 metres, achieved in June 1989 in Basildon. - Xander Berkeley
Xander R. Berkeley (born December 16, 1958) is an American actor. - Lennox Berkeley
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (May 12, 1903 - December 26, 1989) was an English composer. - Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Berkeley (born Ballard Blascheck; 6 August 1904 - 16 January 1988) was an English actor best remembered for his role in the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers", in which he played the character of Major Gowen. He was born in 1904 in Margate, Kent, England. Berkely served as a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police during World War II, witnessing The Blitz at first hand - Chez Panisse
Chez Panisse is a Berkeley, California restaurant known as the birthplace of California cuisine, a style credited to its co-founder, Alice Waters. The restaurant was an outgrowth of Waters' interest in the possibilities of using fresh, locally grown ingredients, inspired by her 1965 visit to France, where she ostensibly went to study at the Sorbonne but was seduced by the cuisine. A trip to the south of France that spring, with its cooking based on fresh herbs, … - Herbert Bowyer Berkeley
Herbert Bowyer Berkeley (26 March 1851 - 26 May 1890) was born at Cotheridge Court, Cotheridge, Worcestershire, England. Fourth son of The Reverend William Comyns Berkeley and Harriet Elizabeth Bowyer Nichols Berkeley. Berkeley was schooled at Uppingham School. He was a photographer as well as a chemical engineer. He was also a member of the Royal Photographic Society and exhibited work from 1874 until 1889. - John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock or roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was born in Berkeley, California. John Fogerty plays many instruments including guitar, harmonica, piano, bass, drums, banjo, electronic organ, percussion, violin, and saxophone - Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of "Wired Magazine", which has won a National Magazine Award under his tenure. He coined the phrase "The Long Tail" in an acclaimed Wired article, which he expanded upon in the book "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More" (2006). He currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and four young children. Before joining "Wired" in 2001, he worked at "The Economist", … - Don Perata
Don Perata (born April 30, 1945) is a California Democratic politician, who is the current President pro tempore of the California State Senate. He was elected to the post of President Pro Tempore in 2004. He will continue his Presidency until the end of the current 2007-2008 session. Perata has a daughter and a son. - Anneli Rufus
Anneli Rufus is an award-winning American journalist and author. Born in Los Angeles, California, she first went to college in Santa Barbara, then to the University of California, Berkeley. Rufus earned an English degree and became a journalist. She's written for many publications, including Salon.com, the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "Boston Globe". Currently she is the literary editor for the "East Bay Express", an alternative weekly newspaper. - Loni Hancock
Loni Hancock is currently serving in her third term as the representative of California State Assembly District 14. The 14th Assembly District includes Albany, Berkeley, Canyon, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo and parts of Martinez, Oakland, and Walnut Creek. She previously served as the mayor of Berkeley, California from 1986 to 1994. Hancock's party affiliation is with the Democratic Party. - Mario Savio
Mario Savio was an American political activist and a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially his "place your bodies upon the gears" address. - Tom Campbell
Tom Campbell, nicknamed Tall Tom Campbell, is an American radio announcer and commercial voiceover talent. His career began in Minneapolis, Minnesota and later took him to WONE in Dayton, Ohio. Upon his move to KYA 1260 AM San Francisco in the late 1960s, Campbell quickly rose to become one of the Bay Area's most popular late night radio hosts. He was extremely accessible to his listeners, perhaps too much so. He was known to loan his personal phonograph, … - Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange (May 25 1895 - October 11 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the tragic consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photography. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, her birth name was Dorothea Margarette Nutzhorn. - Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, often known by his username and former military moniker "Kos" ("kōs"), is the founder and main author of Daily Kos, a weblog focusing on progressive, liberal, and Democratic Party politics. Moulitsas currently resides in Berkeley, California, with his wife and two children. - Peaches Christ
Peaches Christ is an underground drag performer, emcee, filmmaker, and actor. Ms. Christ currently resides in San Francisco where her Backlash Production Company and Midnight Mass movie series are based. Her Midnight Mass road-show and Short Film Retrospective have been on tour and appeared in Seattle, Berkeley, New York City, Brussels, Belgium, and Lausanne, Switzerland.
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