Born in San Jose/California

San Jose is the third-most populous city in California, the most populous in Northern California and the tenth-most populous in the U.S. It's the center of Silicon Valley and several large tech companies have their headquarters in San Jose, making it one of the wealthiest and most expensive cities in the world. Try to name these famous people, who are born in San Jose.
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Founder of the Bank of Italy, which became Bank of America
1870
Amadeo Giannini
Member of the House of Representatives from California for 32 years
1915
Don Edwards
Actor, "Strangers on a Train" "Rope"
1925
Farley Granger
Secretary of Transportation from 2001 to 2006, Secretary of Commerce from 2000 to 2001 and mayor of San Jose from 1971 to 1975
1931
Norman Mineta
Nobel Prize winning chemist for his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes
1932
Dudley R. Herschbach
Former figure skater and the ony American in the 1968 Winter Olympics to win a gold medal
1948
Peggy Fleming
Co-founder of Apple
1950
Steve Wozniak
Race car driver and first African-American to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and test a Formula One car
1955
Willy T. Ribbs
Bassist, primary songwriter and co-founder of Mötley Crüe
1958
Nikki Sixx
Actress, "Grey's Anatomy" "Private Practice" "The Umbrella Academy"
1967
Kate Walsh
Actor best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford in "Lost"
1969
Josh Holloway
Actress and singer best known for her role as Angelica Schuyler in "Hamilton"
1971
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Former football safety who played for the Arizona Cardinals who left his sports career to enlist in the Army and died 2004 in Afghanistan
1976
Pat Tillman
Actor best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in "Saved by the Bell"
1977
Dustin Diamond
Actor best known for his role as Grant Ward in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
1983
Brett Dalton
NBA player who plays for the Denver Nuggets
1995
Aaron Gordon
Actress, "Bodies Bodies Bodies" "Leave the World Behind"
1996
Myha'la
Footballer who plays for Chelsea and the United States women's national team
2000
Naomi Girma
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