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List of people from Oakland, California

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This list includes people born in Oakland, California, or who lived in Oakland for a significant time.

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Military

  • Bud Anderson USAF (served 1942–1972) fighter pilot and commander, triple ace who retired at the rank of colonel[139]
  • Jeremiah C. Sullivan Civil War general in the Union Army and staff member of Ulysses S. Grant, buried in Oakland[140]

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Author Maxine Hong Kingston

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