Builders & Visionaries of the Golden Gate
Meet the engineers, politicians, workers, and advocates who shaped the Golden Gate Bridge. From Joseph Strauss to the ironworkers who risked their lives, these are the people behind the span.
50 people
A.P. Giannini
founder of Bank of America
Admiral John W. Greenslade
Royal Navy officer and politician
Alfred Hitchcock
Master of suspense
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Amy Meyer
Olympic and Commonwealth Games athlete
Angelo Rossi
Mayor of San Francisco
Arthur Molinari
Economic theory and econometrics
B.W. Booker
Notable housing project in New Orleans
Charles A. Ellis
Structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge
C
Charles Alton Ellis
structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge
Charles Ellis
Designing the Golden Gate Bridge
C
Charles Seim
Golden Gate Bridge chief engineer
C
Clifford Paine
Acting in British television
D
Dale Luehring
DALE framework
D
Dale W. Luehring
Particle physics research
Daniel E. Mohn
Spanish film and event production
D
Denis Mulligan
Building SV Denis Sullivan
Edward Stanley Murphy
Mathematical research in graph coloring and cohomology rings
Frank Doyle
banker and financier
Frank Merriam
Governor of California during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
Frank Merriman
British Conservative politician and judge
General John L. DeWitt
oversaw Japanese American internment
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Gertrude Comfort Morrow
collaborating with Irving Morrow
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Harold Wobber
Contributions to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
Irving Morrow
designing the Golden Gate Bridge
Jack Graham
American writer
James E. Ricketts
Union Army General during the Civil War
James E. Roberts
Leadership in bridge engineering
J
James Stewart
Versatile actor and military aviator
John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Brooklyn Bridge construction
John L. DeWitt
Overseeing internment of Japanese Americans
John W. Weeks
Spearheading transportation legislation
Joseph B. Strauss
Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge
Joseph Strauss
Designing the Golden Gate Bridge
Kevin Hines
Surviving the Golden Gate Bridge jump
Kim Novak
Iconic actress of the 1950s and 1960s
L
Leon Moisseiff
leading suspension bridge engineer
Lindsay Construction
Golden Gate Bridge construction
Major General George B. Duncan
Military service and government building
M
Marvin Lewis
Leading the Cincinnati Bengals for 16 seasons
Mary Currie
Literary pseudonym Violet Fane
Michael M. O'Shaughnessy
Designing the Golden Gate Bridge
O
O.H. Ammann
Golden Gate Bridge and other major bridges
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Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz
Stochastic models in physics
Pat Foley
Sports broadcasting
Phillip Burton
Advocacy and social justice
Richard H. Seiden
Daily Hollywood gossip segment
Richard Nixon
Presidency and Watergate scandal
Ronald Reagan
40th U.S. President
Russell Cone
Actor and film director
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Slim Lambert
Sprowston Hall, Norfolk