Piedmont, California

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

 * 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