Amy Biehl was born on 26 April 1967 to a Roman Catholic family in Newport Beach, California, in the United States of America (USA). She excelled academically and graduated as valedictorian from Sante Fe High School. She went on to study at Stanford University, where she had graduated with honours.
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Biography record
Amy Biehl
- Born
- 26 April 1967
- Died
- 25 August 1993
- Updated
- 6 Mar 2020
How we know this
- 01Amnesty Hearing Transcripts: Killing of Amy Biehl [online] Available at: www.justice.gov.za [Accessed 30 July 2010]
- 02Amy Biehl: Foundation Trust Site [online] Available at: www.amybiehl.org [Accessed 30 July 2010]
- 03‘ANCWC: Outrage at Murder of Amy Biehl’ [online] Available at: www.anc.org.za [Accessed 30 July 2010]
- 04‘Healing Through Activism: Parents of Murdered American Student Amy Biehl Carry on Their Daughter\'s Anti-Apartheid Legacy’ [online] Available at: www.berkeley.edu [Accessed 30 July 2010]
- 05Peacemaker Hero: Amy Biehl [online] Available at: myhero.com [Accessed 30 July 2010]
Last updated · 6 Mar 2020
South African History Online. (2019, September 2). Amy Biehl. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149508
South African History Online (2019) 'Amy Biehl', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149508 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).
South African History Online, Amy Biehl [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149508, (accessed 1 August 2026).
"Amy Biehl." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149508. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Amy Biehl." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149508.
Further reading
Place
Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
Manuel Perestrelo visited Cape St Francis in 1575 and named it 'Bahia de Sao Francisco'.
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