82 Notable alumni of
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is 772nd in the world, 290th in North America, and 269th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 82 notable alumni from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- Graduated with Bachelor of Architecture
- Occupations
- comedianactorsinger-songwriter
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Alfred Matthew Yankovic, known professionally as "Weird Al" Yankovic, is an American musician best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of several popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion.
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Chuck Liddell
- Occupations
- karatekakickboxeramateur wrestlerathleteactor
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Charles David Liddell is an American former professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1998 to 2018, Liddell is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and is widely credited, along with fellow UFC fighter Randy Couture, with helping bring MMA into the mainstream of American sports and entertainment. Known as "The Iceman", Liddell achieved a 16–7 UFC record, and an overall record of 21–9, with 13 of his wins coming by way of knockout. He retired in late 2010, then came out of retirement for one bout in 2018, in a loss to rival Tito Ortiz. On July 10, 2009, Liddell was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
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Devin Nunes
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- In 1995 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1996 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- farmerpoliticianbusinessperson
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Devin Gerald Nunes is an American businessman and politician who is chief executive officer of the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Before resigning from the House of Representatives and joining TMTG, Nunes was first the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district and then California's 22nd congressional district from 2003 to 2022.
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Chad Mendes
- Occupations
- collegiate wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
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Chad Eduardo Mendes is an American former professional bare-knuckle boxer, mixed martial artist, and collegiate wrestler who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). Mendes gained notoriety competing in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a three-time UFC championship challenger. Competing as a Cal Poly Mustang, he was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American and a Pac-10 Conference champion in folkstyle wrestling.
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Pedro Armendáriz
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings was a Mexican-American film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Taylor Tomlinson
- Occupations
- television presenterstand-up comedian
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Taylor Elyse Tomlinson is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and television host. She has released three Netflix stand-up specials, Quarter-Life Crisis (2020), Look At You (2022) and Have It All (2024). She is the host of the CBS late-night show After Midnight, which premiered on January 17, 2024.
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Dean Karnazes
- Occupations
- long-distance runnermarathon runnerultramarathon runnerathletics competitor
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Dean Karnazes, is an American ultramarathon runner, and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, which details ultra endurance running for the general public.
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Jay Asher
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Jay Asher is an American writer and novelist. He is best known for writing the bestselling 2007 book Thirteen Reasons Why.
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Amie Harwick
- Occupations
- modelwritersex therapistpsychotherapist
- Biography
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Amie Nicole Harwick was an American writer and marriage and family therapist.
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Steven Ford
- Occupations
- film directortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Steven Meigs Ford is an American actor, and the youngest son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford.
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Burt Rutan
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerentrepreneurastronautinventoraircraft pilot
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Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the record-breaking Voyager, which in 1986 was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. He also designed the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, which in 2006 set the world record for the fastest and longest (25,766 miles/41,466 km) nonstop non-refueled circumnavigation flight in history. In 2004, Rutan's sub-orbital spaceplane design SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded spacecraft to enter the realm of space, winning the Ansari X-Prize that year for achieving the feat twice within a two-week period.
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Victor J. Glover
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- In 1999 graduated with Bachelor of Science in engineering
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotastronaut
- Biography
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Victor Jerome Glover is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover is a captain and F/A-18 pilot in the U.S. Navy and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. He was a crew member of Expedition 64, and served as a station systems flight engineer.
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Maya Higa
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- Studied in 2016-2020
- Occupations
- horse ridersongwritermusiciansingerYouTuber
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Maya Elaine Higa is an American conservationist, falconer, wildlife rehabilitator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber. She is the founder of Alveus Sanctuary, a non-profit exotic animal sanctuary and virtual education center based in Austin, Texas, and the host of the Conservation Cast, a conservation podcast on Higa's Twitch channel designed to connect her audience and conservationists.
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David Nwaba
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David Ugochukwu Nwaba// is an American professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). He played college basketball for Santa Monica College and Cal Poly.
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Doug LaMalfa
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- In 1982 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
- Biography
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Douglas Lee LaMalfa is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 1st congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, his district, formerly the second-largest in the state after the 8th (now largely the 23rd), covers nearly all of interior Northern California, including Chico, Redding, and Susanville.
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Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
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- politicianengineerinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh is an Iranian politician who was minister of industry of Iran since he was approved by the Iranian parliament on 15 August 2013 until 20 August 2017.
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Robert L. Gibson
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
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Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson, (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A retired NASA astronaut, he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1994. Today Gibson is active as a professional pilot, racing regularly at the annual Reno Air Races. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2013, and has received several military decorations throughout his career.
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Abel Maldonado
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abel O. Maldonado Jr. is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2024, he is both the most recent Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of California and the only since Mike Curb who served from 1979 to 1983.
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Jeff Denham
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- In 1992 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Jeffrey John Denham is an American politician, United States Air Force veteran, and businessman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for California's 10th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. Denham first won election to the U.S. House in 2010, representing California's 19th congressional district for one term before redistricting led him to run in the 10th district in 2012.
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Ariel Lassiter
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Ariel "Ari" Daniel Lassiter Acuña is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Costa Rica national team.
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Kathy Sierra
- Occupations
- programmervideo game developer
- Biography
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Kathy Sierra is an American programming instructor and game developer.
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Tory Bruno
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- astronautical engineerbusiness executiveaerospace engineer
- Biography
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Tory Bruno is an American aerospace engineer and executive. He has been the CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA) since August 2014. Before ULA, he worked at Lockheed Martin, where he made the transition from engineer to executive.
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Frederick W. Sturckow
- Occupations
- military officerastronaut
- Biography
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Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commander. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of three American astronauts to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.
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Gregory Chamitoff
- Occupations
- engineerastronaut
- Biography
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Gregory Errol Chamitoff is a Canadian-born American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has been to space twice, spending 6 months aboard the ISS across Expedition 17 and 18 in 2008, and another 15 days as part of STS-134 in 2011. STS-134 was the last of Space Shuttle Endeavour which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and completed the US Orbital Segment.
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Chelsea Hardin
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Chelsea Keolani Hardin is an American model, public speaker, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 2016. She was the first runner-up to Deshauna Barber of District of Columbia at Miss USA 2016.
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Spencer Howard
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Spencer Lee Howard is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers.
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Bruce Peterson
- Occupations
- aerospace engineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Bruce A. Peterson was an American aeronautical engineer, and test pilot for NASA.
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Farzad Nazem
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Farzad Nazem, also known as Zod Nazem, was Yahoo!'s chief technology officer and one of its longest-serving executives. On May 30, 2007, at age 46, he announced that he would retire and leave Yahoo! in June of that year. Since retirement, Nazem has spent most of his time on investments, philanthropy, and professional mentoring of young entrepreneurs in the technology field.
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Taylor Spivey
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- 2009-2014 studied architecture
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Taylor Spivey is an American professional triathlete. At the conclusion of the 2019 season she placed fourth in the ITU World Triathlon Series in the behind Katie Zaferes, Jess Learmonth, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. This followed up an 8th place series finish in 2018, 12th in 2017 and 50th in 2016. Spivey competes at Elite pro level in the ITU Triathlon World Cup, ITU World Triathlon Series, Grand Prix de Triathlon, American Triathlon Confederation (CAMTRI) and Super League Triathlon competitions.
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William H. Swanson
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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William H. Swanson is an American businessman, engineer and car collector who is the former chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company (2004 -2014).
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Kip Colvey
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kip Warren Colvey II is a New Zealand former professional footballer. He last played for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.
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Antonio Walker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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José Antonio Walker Prieto is a Chilean politician and lawyer.
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Nick Dzubnar
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Nicholas David Dzubnar is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Cal Poly. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Diego Chargers in 2015 and also played for the Tennessee Titans.
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Paul M. Sutter
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- 2002-2005 graduated with Bachelor of Science in physics
- Occupations
- astrophysicist
- Biography
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Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist, science educator and science communicator.
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Sheila Varian
- Occupations
- horse breederphysical education teacher
- Biography
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Sheila Varian was an American breeder of Arabian horses who lived and worked at the Varian Arabians Ranch near Arroyo Grande, California. She grew up with a strong interest in horses, and was mentored in horsemanship by Mary "Sid" Spencer, a local rancher and Morgan horse breeder who also introduced Varian to the vaquero or "Californio" tradition of western riding. She started her horse ranch, Varian Arabians, in 1954 with the assistance of her parents. Raising and training horses was her full-time occupation beginning in 1963. She used vaquero-influenced methods of training horses, although she adapted her technique over the years to fit the character of the Arabian horse, which she viewed as a horse breed requiring a smart yet gentle approach.
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George Radanovich
- Enrolled in California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- winegrowerbusiness executivepoliticianexecutive
- Biography
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George Purdy Radanovich is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for California's 19th congressional district, serving from 1995 to 2011. The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city. He did not seek reelection in 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Stephanie Brown Trafton
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Stephanie Brown Trafton is an American track and field athlete who won the discus throwing gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is thus one of only three American women to have ever won the event.
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Katcho Achadjian
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Khatchik Hratchia Achadjian was an Armenian-American businessman, and politician who formerly served in the California State Assembly. He was a Republican who represented the 35th district, encompassing San Luis Obispo County and part of Santa Barbara County. He previously represented the 33rd district, and prior to being elected to the State Assembly, was also a member of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors. In 2016, he ran for the United States House of Representatives from the 24th district, but he was defeated in the primary election.
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Chuck Templeton
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Chuck Templeton is an American Internet entrepreneur, best known as the founder and former CEO of OpenTable, which went public in May 2009 and was acquired by The Priceline Group in June 2014. He is currently a Managing Director of S2G Ventures, an investment fund focused on healthy food and sustainable agriculture, Investment Committee Member at Impact Engine, a Chicago-based social and environmental impact investment fund, and serves on the boards of several other Internet start-ups.
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Terry Kubicka
- Occupations
- assistant technical specialistfigure skatertechnical specialist
- Biography
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Terry Kubicka is an American retired figure skater who is known as the first American to perform the difficult triple Lutz jump. He is the 1974 Prague Skate champion, 1975 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, and 1976 U.S. national champion. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
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Mark Mathias
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mark Andrew Mathias is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants. Mathias played college baseball at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2020.
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Kobsak Sabhavasu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kobsak Sabhavasu is a Thai politician and former Deputy Prime Minister.
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Tom Berryhill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Charles Berryhill was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors from January 7, 2019, until his death. He previously represented the 8th district in the California State Senate from December 6, 2010, to November 30, 2018. He had also served in the California State Assembly, representing the 25th district from December 4, 2006, to November 30, 2010.
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Dean Treanor
- Occupations
- baseball coachbaseball manager
- Biography
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Dean Leroy Treanor is an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in minor league baseball as a right-handed pitcher. As of March 2023 he coaches the China national baseball team.
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David Ascalon
- Occupations
- sculptorpainter
- Biography
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David Ascalon is an Israeli contemporary sculptor and stained glass artist, and co-founder of Ascalon Studios.
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Maggie Vessey
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Maggie Vessey is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Vessey represented the United States at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 World Championships in Athletics in the 800 m.
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Joey Wagman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Joseph Samuel Wagman is an American-Israeli right-handed professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He also plays for the Israel National Baseball Team.
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Eric Schadt
- Occupations
- biologistmathematician
- Biography
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Eric Emil Schadt is an American mathematician and computational biologist. He is founder and former chief executive officer of Sema4, a patient-centered health intelligence company, and dean for precision medicine and Mount Sinai Professor in Predictive Health and Computational Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was previously founding director of the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology and chair of the Department of Genetics and Genomics Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Teddy Cruz
- Occupations
- urban planneruniversity teacherartistarchitect
- Biography
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Teddy Cruz is an American architect, urbanist, Professor in Architecture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. Cruz studied at Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala City, Guatemala, but moved to the United States at the age of 20, continuing his education at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Anton Peterlin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Anton Alexander Peterlin is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder, having previously played for San Francisco Seals, Ventura County Fusion, Everton, Plymouth Argyle and Walsall.
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Amanda Hendrix
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerastronomer
- Biography
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Amanda R. Hendrix is an American planetary scientist known for her pioneering studies of solar system bodies at ultraviolet wavelengths. She is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Her research interests include moon and asteroid surface composition, space weathering effects and radiation products. She is a co-investigator on the Cassini UVIS instrument, was a co-investigator on the Galileo UVS instrument, is a Participating Scientist on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LAMP instrument and is a Principal Investigator on Hubble Space Telescope observing programs. As of 2019, she is also the co-lead of the NASA Roadmaps to Oceans World Group.
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Luke Chueh
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Luke Chueh is a Chinese-American lowbrow, pop surrealist, painter. His works is a juxtaposition of the cute with the macabre, including various self-portraits reimagining himself as a bear character.
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Dennis Hollingsworth
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dennis Clark Hollingsworth is an American politician who represented California's 36th State Senate district, which includes portions of San Diego and Riverside County, from 2002 to 2010. In 2000, Hollingsworth was elected to the Legislature as a member of the Assembly, and in 2002, Hollingsworth was elected to the Senate. Hollingsworth served as the California State Senate Minority Leader from 2008 until he termed out of the Senate in 2010. Hollingsworth's political focus included advancing conservative principles and transparency.
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Scott C. Black
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Scott C. Black is a retired American military lawyer who was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from October 1, 2005, to October 1, 2009. He was the first lieutenant general to hold that position. He is currently vice president and general manager of global mission solutions at BAE Systems Support Solutions.
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Evan Reed
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Evan David Reed is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers.
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Joanne Smith
- Biography
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Joanne Smith is an American business executive. She is the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Delta Air Lines, serving in this role since October 1, 2014. Upon her appointment she replaced Mike Campbell.
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Marijon Ancich
- Years
- Died in 2018
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Marijon Ancich was a former California high school football coach. Known as the "John Wooden of (American) high school coaches" and often called the Dean of high school coaches, he is the second-winningest high school football coach in California history with a record of 360-134-4, behind Bob Ladouceur of De La Salle High School with 399 wins. In his long career, Ancich's teams won three CIF titles, two California State titles and 19 league championships.
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Reynaldo Brown
- Occupations
- high jumper
- Biography
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Reynaldo Brown is an American track and field athlete, known for the high jump. He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics at the beginning of his senior year in high school, finishing fifth. His participation in that transitional event had him witnessing teammate Dick Fosbury winning the gold medal using the Fosbury Flop, leaving Brown as one of the last successful jumpers to use the straddle technique.
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Gregory Raleigh
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Gregory “Greg” Raleigh, is an American radio scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur who has made contributions in the fields of wireless communication, information theory, mobile operating systems, medical devices, and network virtualization. His discoveries and inventions include the first wireless communication channel model to accurately predict the performance of advanced antenna systems, the MIMO-OFDM technology used in contemporary Wi-Fi and 4G wireless networks and devices, higher accuracy radiation beam therapy for cancer treatment, improved 3D surgery imaging, and a cloud-based Network Functions Virtualization platform for mobile network operators that enables users to customize and modify their smartphone services.
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Robert J. Mazzuca
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Robert J. "Bob" Mazzuca was the 11th Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. His term started in 2007, and he retired on August 31, 2012.
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Rory A. Cooper
- Occupations
- researcherengineer
- Biography
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Rory A. Cooper is an American bioengineer who currently serves as FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor, Past Chair, in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and professor of bioengineering, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also assistant vice chancellor for research for STEM and Health Sciences Collaboration. He holds an adjunct faculty position at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, and is an invited professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China.
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Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika
- Occupations
- diplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Princess Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika is a Zambian politician who has served as Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America. She presented her credentials to U.S. President George W. Bush on 26 February 2003.
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Henry Lozano
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Henry Lozano is a non-profit executive and grassroots organizer. His years of public service culminated in his post at the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps. On August 10, 2011, he was appointed to serve as the Director of Los Angeles County Teen Challenge and Urban Ministries Initiatives.
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Jimmy Van Ostrand
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James O. Van Ostrand is a Canadian former professional baseball player and current Mental Skills Coach for the Toronto Blue Jays. Van Ostrand competed for the Canadian national baseball team in numerous international competitions and is now on the staff at the University of Arizona.
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Bill Lee
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Bill Lee is the designer of noted ocean racing yachts, and one of the founders of the Santa Cruz school of boatbuilding. Known to many as the Wizard, Lee's designs achieved notoriety in the 1970s, with Chutzpah and Merlin having won the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu many times. Merlin set and held the course record between 1977 and 1997, making the 1977 crossing in only 8 days, 11 hours and 1 minute.
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Henry Flores
- Occupations
- radio personalityphotographerblogger
- Biography
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Henry Flores is a professional American photographer who focuses on modern pop culture. He founded Buzz Foto and Out Of Sight Media in 2006.
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Mark Wiley
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mark Eugene Wiley is an American former Director of Pitching Operations for the Colorado Rockies. Wiley only pitched in parts of two Major League Baseball seasons, however, he has remained in the game as a pitching coach and front office executive for over forty years.
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Ryan Kahn
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Ryan Kahn, known as a career coach and television personality. Ryan Kahn is founder of The Hired Group, author of Hired! The Guide for the Recent Grad, and star of Hired on MTV Networks.
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Robert C. Tapella
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Charles "Bob" Tapella was the 25th Public Printer of the United States, the head of the U.S. Government Printing Office, which produces and distributes information products for all branches of the U.S. Government.
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Milford Wayne Donaldson
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Milford Wayne Donaldson is a preservation architect. He served as the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). Donaldson was originally appointed to the position in 2010, and President Barack Obama reappointed him in August 2013 for another four-year term. He left the role on July 22, 2019. Formerly the State Historic Preservation Officer of California, Donaldson has been practicing preservation architecture as a profession for more than 40 years.
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Dakota Collins
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Dakota J. Collins is an American soccer player who plays for Orange County FC in the National Premier Soccer League.
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Alison Murray
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- biochemistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Alison Murray is an American microbial ecologist and Antarctic researcher, best known for studying the diversity, ecology and biogeography of Antarctic marine plankton dynamics of the plankton over the annual cycle; and her work demonstrating the existence of microbial life within an ice-sealed Antarctic lake. She studies how microorganisms persist and function in extremely cold and harsh environments, including those that lack oxygen and biological sources of energy.
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Terri Schneider
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Terri Schneider is an endurance athlete, motivational speaker, author, coach, and consultant. In 1990, she won the Escape from Alcatraz and took third place at the 1990 Ironman World Championship.
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Paula Zima
- Occupations
- etchersculptorprintmaker
- Biography
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Paula Zima is an American artist known for her sculptures, paintings, and etchings. She was born in Pasadena, California, and lived in Washington and the California Bay Area and Central Coast before settling in New Mexico near Santa Fe where she currently lives.
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Edward Lasquete
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Edward Lasquete is a Filipino Pole Vaulter who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. At the Olympics, he was not able to make a podium finish, but set a National Record in Pole Vault by registering a record of 5.0 meters. He is the first Southeast Asian in history to break the 5.0 meter mark in the Pole Vault. This record would only be broken 22 years later in 2014 by Ernest Obiena.
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Warren Church
- Years
- 1929-2017 (aged 88)
- Occupations
- politicianbeekeeper
- Biography
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Warren Church was an American politician and educator who served on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors from 1965 to 1977. He was a Democrat who represented District 1 which at that time encompassed the northern parts of Monterey County. He served on various committees and published books on local history and genealogy. He was a native of Monterey County.
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Gorman Heimueller
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gorman John Heimueller is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Heimueller pitched parts of two seasons for the Oakland Athletics in 1983 and 1984.
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Alyssa Giannetti
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alyssa Rose Giannetti is an American professional soccer player. She plays the goalkeeper position.
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Warren Nelson
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Warren James Nelson III is an American business executive and entrepreneur, and the current President of Nelcal Private Equity Investments LP.
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Donald H. Clausen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Holst Clausen was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who served ten terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1983.
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Larry E. Rolufs
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Larry E. Rolufs was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1995 to 1997.
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Benjamin F. Montoya
- Occupations
- military officercivil engineer
- Biography
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Benjamin Franklin Montoya was a United States Navy rear admiral. He served as commanding officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command from 1987 to 1989. Montoya was the first Hispanic chief of naval civil engineers.
