Mbiri ya Oakland m'madera ena ingakhale ndi zinthu ziwiri zokha - chiwawa ndi masewera - koma ife omwe tikukhala m'deralo tikudziwa kuti pali zambiri ku mzinda kuposa zomwezo. Tili ndi gulu lodziwika bwino, chakudya chochulukitsa, ndi zina zambiri - kuphatikizapo zambiri kuposa gawo lathu lodziwika bwino la anthu otchuka komanso opezeka ku East Bay.
Komabe, mukapempha munthu yemwe si wachangu kuti amutchulire munthu wotchuka kuchokera ku Oakland kapena East Bay, mwina simungapeze yankho labwino.
Ngati chili chonse, munthu wodziwa bwino angatchule dzina la Jack London, yemwe adakhala moyo wake wonse ku Oakland. Pali mayina ena apanyanja omwe akuchokera ku East Bay, ngakhale kuti ena mwa iwo angadabwe ngakhale kwa anthu omwe amakhala ku Oakland kwa nthawi yaitali.
Mndandanda uwu sungakhale wokwanira, koma ndi zabwino zoyambira!
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood yodabwitsa imasowa mawu oyamba. Iye anabadwira ku San Francisco, koma anakhala zaka zambiri mu ubwana wake ku Oakland ndi East Bay. Iye wanena kuti akumbukira mokondwa kuti amathera nthawi pa mabombe a Berkeley ali mwana. Ngakhale Clint Eastwood sakukhalabe m'derali, wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito zina. Mwachitsanzo, adagwira ntchito ndikukonzekera Berkeley's Eastshore State Park.
Tom Hanks
Wojambula wina wotchuka, Tom Hanks, akuchokera ku East Bay. Iye anabadwira ku Concord, kutsidya lina la mapiri, koma anapita kusukulu ya sekondale ku Oakland.
Mafilimu odziwika monga Sleepless ku Seattle, Forrest Gump, You Have Mail, ndi Code Da Vinci, Tom Hanks ayenera kuti ayamba kupanga zisudzo zake pamene akuphunzira zisudzo ku Chabot College pafupi.
Bruce Lee ndi Brandon Lee
Kuchokera kumadzulo kupita kumaseĊµera achikondi kupita ku mafilimu a masewera olimbitsa thupi, zikuwoneka kuti East Bay yadzutsa ojambula omwe angagwirizane ndi ntchito iliyonse.
Bruce Lee anabadwira mumzinda wa San Francisco, koma anasamukira ku Oakland ndipo adayambitsa zojambula zamasewera kuno ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20s. Mwana wake, Brandon Lee, anabadwira mumzinda wa Oakland (ngakhale kuti banja lawo linasamuka pamene Brandon anali wamng'ono kwambiri).
Julia Morgan
Inde, ochita masewera si anthu okha otchuka ochokera ku East Bay. Julia Morgan anali wojambula wotchuka amene anapanga nyumba zambiri ku California. Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti ali m'modzi mwazochitikazi zomwe zimagawanitsa anthu kuchokera kwa anthu ena: aliyense kumudzi amadziwika dzina lake pomwepo, ndipo anthu ochokera kumadera ena nthawi zambiri sadziwa dzina lake kapena ntchito yake. Morgan anabadwira ku San Francisco, koma banja lake anasamukira ku Oakland ali mwana.
MC Hammer
Wolemba katswiri dzina lake MC Hammer ndi wochokera ku Oakland. Iye anakulira ku East Oakland ndipo anapita ku sukulu yapamwamba kuno. Ankagwira nawo ntchito ya Oakland A osiyanasiyana muzaka zosiyanasiyana; Anatumikira ngati mwana wamwamuna wachinyamata ali mwana, ndipo pomalizira pake adabwereka ndalama kuchokera kwa osewera A osiyanasiyana kuti adzipeze yekha.
Olemba
Oakland ndi East Bay ndi (kapena akhala) kunyumba kwa olemba ambiri otchuka ndi aluso. Izi ndi Jack London, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ishmael Reed, Gertrude Stein, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Amy Tan, Ursula K.
Le Guin, Robert Duncan, ndi Philip K. Dick.