100 Notable alumni of
California State University - Fresno
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California State University - Fresno is 530th in the world, 198th in North America, and 183rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from California State University - Fresno sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Aaron Judge
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Aaron James Judge is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). A six-time MLB All-Star and two-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) winner, Judge set the AL record for most home runs in a season with 62, breaking the 61-year-old record held by Roger Maris. He stands 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and weighs 282 pounds (128 kg), making him one of the tallest and largest players in MLB.
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Paul George
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Studied in 2008-2010
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Paul Clifton Anthony George is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "PG-13", he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and six-time member of the All-NBA Team, as well as a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team.
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Edward James Olmos
- Occupations
- film directorfilm produceractortelevision actordirector
- Biography
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Edward James Olmos is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. For his performance as high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Marcus Garvey
- Occupations
- sociologistprinterpoliticianentrepreneurjournalist
- Biography
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. Garvey was ideologically a black nationalist and Pan-Africanist. His ideas came to be known as Garveyism.
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Joe Odagiri
- Occupations
- directorscreenwritersinger-songwritermusicianfilm actor
- Biography
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Jō Odagiri, better known by his stage name Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー, Odagiri Jō), is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for portraying Yusuke Godai, the titular hero of the 2000 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kuuga.
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Davante Adams
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Davante Lavell Adams is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). Born in East Palo Alto, California, Adams attended Palo Alto High School where he played football and basketball. He played two seasons of college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was named a second-team All-American in 2013 before being selected in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.
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Sam Peckinpah
- Occupations
- military officerfilm directorwriterproducerscreenwriter
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David Samuel Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch received two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's top 100 list. His films employed a visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as a revisionist approach to the Western genre.
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Dot Jones
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorathletics competitoractor
- Biography
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Dorothy-Marie Jones is an American actress and retired athlete who has had multiple roles in television. She attended California State University, Fresno, where she set records for shot put. Jones is also a 15-time world arm wrestling champion. She was a recurring guest star starting in the second season of the musical television series Glee as Coach Beiste, and appeared through the show's sixth and final season, when she was promoted to starring status. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2012, and 2013 for her portrayal of Coach Beiste. She is also known for her roles as Coach Kelly in Lizzie McGuire and as Butch Brenda in Material Girls.
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Daniel Silva
- Occupations
- crime fiction writerwriternovelistjournalist
- Biography
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Daniel Silva is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels.
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Robert Beltran
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Robert Adame Beltran is an American actor known for his role as Commander Chakotay on the 1990s television series Star Trek: Voyager. He is also known for stage acting in California, and for playing Raoul Mendoza in the 1982 black comedy film Eating Raoul.
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Rafer Alston
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rafer Jamel Alston, nicknamed "Skip 2 My Lou" after the American folk song and partner-stealing dance with the same name, is an American retired professional basketball player. Alston first gained basketball fame as a streetball player before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Milwaukee Bucks. While in the NBA from 1999 to 2010, he played for six teams, including the 2008–09 Orlando Magic team that made the NBA Finals.
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Rick Husband
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Richard Douglas Husband was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as pilot of STS-96 and commander of STS-107. Husband and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. He is also a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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Casey McGehee
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Casey Michael McGehee is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Yomiuri Giants.
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Alexander Bustamante
- Occupations
- politiciandietitian
- Biography
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Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante ONH GBE PC was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
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Paul Bogle
- Years
- 1822-1865 (aged 43)
- Occupations
- deacon
- Biography
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Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica. After leading the Morant Bay rebellion, Bogle was captured, tried and convicted by the colonial government (who had declared martial law), and hanged on 24 October 1865 in the Morant Bay court house.
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Noreen Corcoran
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingerdancertelevision actor
- Biography
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Noreen Margaret Corcoran was an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Gregg in the American sitcom television series Bachelor Father.
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Logan Mankins
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Logan Lee Mankins is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New England Patriots. After playing college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, he was selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. He spent his final two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Selected to seven Pro Bowls and named a first-team All-Pro twice, Mankins was considered a premier guard in his 11 seasons in NFL, and was also named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team.
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Haley Cavinder
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Studied in 2019-2022
- Occupations
- basketball playerinfluencer
- Biography
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Haley Cavinder is an American social media influencer and college basketball player for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Prior to Miami, she played for the Fresno State Bulldogs. Cavinder was an All-Mountain West Conference (MW) selection in each of her three seasons at Fresno State, and was named MW Player of the Year in her sophomore season. As a junior, she set the NCAA Division I single-season free throw percentage record before transferring to Miami.
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Augie Garrido
- Occupations
- baseball playercoach
- Biography
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August Edmun "Augie" Garrido Jr. was an American professional baseball player and coach in NCAA Division I college baseball, best known for his stints with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and Texas Longhorns.
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Paul H. O'Neill
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Paul Henry O'Neill was an American businessman and government official who served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first term, from January 2001 until his resignation in December 2002. Prior to his term as Secretary, O'Neill was chairman and CEO of industrial giant Alcoa and chairman of the RAND Corporation.
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Jim Costa
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- In 1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianadvocate
- Biography
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James Manuel Costa ComM is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 20th congressional district from 2005 to 2013 and the 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes most of Fresno.
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Cruz Bustamante
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cruz Miguel Bustamante is an American politician. He served as the 45th lieutenant governor of California from 1999 to 2007, under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A member of the Democratic Party, Bustamante also served in the California State Assembly and was the speaker from 1996 to 1998.
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Emi Kaneko
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Emi Kaneko is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Fukushima Prefecture, she did her undergraduate study at Hosei University and later earned master's degrees from California State University, Fresno and Fukushima University. After serving in the town assembly of Hobara, Fukushima for two terms and the city assembly of Date, Fukushima. In 2007, she was elected to the House of Councillors in Fukushima at-large district but she lost reelection 2013. Since 2014 she has been a member of the House of Representatives, representing Fukushima Prefecture.
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Matt Garza
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Scott Garza is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2006 with the Minnesota Twins, and also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers. With the Rays, Garza was named the American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player in 2008, and threw a no-hitter on July 26, 2010.
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Dan Gladden
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Clinton Daniel Gladden III is an American former professional baseball player and current radio broadcaster. An outfielder, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1983–1986), Minnesota Twins (1987–1991), and Detroit Tigers (1992–1993) before playing a final season in Japan in 1994 with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Daniel Levitin
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Studied in 1978-1979
- Occupations
- music journalistpsychologistneurologistcomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, which has sold more than 1½ million copies.
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Doug Fister
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Douglas Wildes Fister is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers from 2009 through 2018.
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Lee Patrick Brown
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Lee Patrick Brown is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
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Ron Adams
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Ronald George Adams is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Brian T. Carroll
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Graduated with Master of Fine Arts in creative writing
- Occupations
- educatorpolitician
- Biography
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Brian Thomas Carroll is an American teacher who was the American Solidarity Party's presidential nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election. He is a proponent of Christian democracy.
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Hanna Cavinder
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Studied in 2019-2022
- Occupations
- basketball playerinfluencer
- Biography
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Hanna Cavinder is an American social media influencer and college basketball player who plays for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She began her college career at Fresno State, where she was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) selection and a MWC All-Freshman Team selection. Prior to collegiate basketball she was the Arizona 5A Offensive Player of the Year as a senior for Gilbert High School where she played with her fraternal twin, Haley, and elder sister Brandi.
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Robert Upshaw
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Studied in 2012-2013
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Robert Ridjell Upshaw is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for Fresno State and the University of Washington.
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Jimy Williams
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Francis Williams was an American professional baseball infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966 and 1967 and managed the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and Houston Astros.
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Greg Smith
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gregory Stephen Smith is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Fresno State before playing in the NBA and overseas.
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Brad Lewis
- Occupations
- film producerpoliticianfilm directorproduceranimator
- Biography
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Bradford Clark Lewis is an American film producer, animation director, and politician. He produced Antz, the Oscar-winning Ratatouille, Storks, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. He also co-directed Cars 2. He is a former mayor of the city of San Carlos, California.
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Ashley Swearengin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ashley Emile Swearengin is an American politician who served as the 24th mayor of Fresno, California. She is Fresno's second female mayor. She was first elected in a run-off election in 2008 and was re-elected in 2012. Swearengin ran for State Controller in 2014. After leaving the mayor's office, she became the president/CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation.
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Jacqueline Van Ovost
- Biography
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Jacqueline Desiree Van Ovost is a retired United States Air Force general who last served as the 14th commander of United States Transportation Command from 2021 to 2024. She was nominated to that post by President Biden on March 5, 2021. Van Ovost had previously served as the commander of Air Mobility Command from 2020 to 2021. In early 2021, she was the only active-duty female four-star general officer in the United States.
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Domingos Simoes Pereira
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- politiciancivil engineer
- Biography
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Domingos Simões Pereira is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served as Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, from 2008 to 2012.
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John Harlan
- Occupations
- announcer
- Biography
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John Henry Harlan was an American television announcer who worked on television projects for over 40 years, particularly game and variety shows. He was from Sonoma County, California.
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Kenny Guinn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Carroll Guinn, was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1994 until 1995. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party before running for governor.
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Peter Luczak
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Peter Luczak is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. His career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 64, achieved in October 2009.
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Richard Smith
- Occupations
- American football coachcoach
- Biography
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Richard Smith is an American football coach who is the linebackers coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He has been defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons, as well as the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins, and a linebacker coach for the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders.
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Lee Brand
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lee R. Brand is an American politician and businessman who is the 25th mayor of Fresno, California. He took office as the successor for Ashley Swearengin on January 3, 2017. Upon inauguration, Brand became the oldest to assume the mayoralty of Fresno beating the previous holder Dr. Chester A. Rowell by 3 years and 21 days.
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Darryl Rogers
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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Darryl Dale Rogers was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at California State College at Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay (1965), California State University, Fresno (1966–1972), San Jose State University (1973–1975), Michigan State University (1976–1979), and Arizona State University (1980–1984), compiling a career college football record of 129–84–7. From 1985 to 1988, Rogers was the head coach of Detroit Lions the National Football League (NFL), tallying a mark of 18–40. In 1991, served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL), coaching the Blue Bombers to a 9–9 record and an appearance in the East Final.
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Jared Fernández
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jared Wade Fernandez is a Hispanic American former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher who last pitched in 2007 for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.
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Robert Spalding
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- air force officercivil servantairmaneconomist
- Biography
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Robert S. Spalding III is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general. He currently serves as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. His work focuses on U.S.–China relations, economic and national security, and the Asia-Pacific military balance.
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Saundra Brown Armstrong
- Occupations
- judgejournalistlawyer
- Biography
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Saundra Brown Armstrong is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Steven R. Nagel
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary flight engineerastronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Steven Ray Nagel, (Col, USAF), was an American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. In total, he logged 723 hours in space. After NASA, he worked at the University of Missouri College of Engineering as an instructor in its Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
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Mykal Walker
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Mykal Walker is an American professional football linebacker for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Azusa Pacific Cougars and Fresno State Bulldogs and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft. Walker has also been a member of the Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Austin Wynns
- Occupations
- professional baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Austin Wynns is an American professional baseball catcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Colorado Rockies. Wynns played college baseball at Fresno State University, and was drafted by the Orioles in the tenth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.
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Satoshi Hirayama
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Satoshi Hirayama was an American baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Carp in Japan's Central League. Hirayama was an All-Star twice in Japan.
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Ron Johnson
- Occupations
- baseball managerbaseball player
- Biography
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Ronald David Johnson was an American baseball player, coach and minor league manager. From 2012 through 2018, he managed the Norfolk Tides of the International League, Triple-A farm system affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. His 2018 season with Norfolk was his 14th season as a Triple-A manager; Johnson formerly helmed the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League (2005–09), and the Omaha Royals (1998) and Omaha Golden Spikes (1999) of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.
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Safiya Noble
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- information scientistcomputer scientistdocentwritersociologist
- Biography
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Safiya Umoja Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the director of the UCLA Center on Race & Digital Justice and co-director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. She serves as interim director of the UCLA DataX Initiative, leading work in critical data studies.
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Jim Nielsen
- Occupations
- rancherpolitician
- Biography
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James Wiley Nielsen is an American politician from California who served in the California State Senate for the 4th district. A member of the Republican Party, Nielsen served on the Yolo County Republican Committee before first winning election to the California State Senate in 1978. Nielsen served in the State Senate until 1990, in the State Assembly from 2009 to 2012, and returned to the State Senate following a 2013 special election.
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Marvin R. Baxter
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Marvin Ray Baxter is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California who served from January 1991 to January 5, 2015.
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Timothy P. White
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Timothy Peter White is a retired academic administrator and kinesiologist. He served as the chancellor of the California State University system from December 2012 to December 2020. He was the chancellor of the Riverside campus of the University of California from 2008 to 2012.
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Justin Miller
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Justin Ryan Miller is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Bryan Robinson
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Bryan Keith Robinson, nicknamed "Big Dog", was an American professional football defensive tackle. He was originally signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 1997.
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Laura Berg
- Occupations
- softball coachsoftball player
- Biography
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Laura Kay Berg is an American college softball head coach for Oregon State and a former collegiate four-time All-American and Olympian. She played for the Fresno State Bulldogs from 1994–98, where she won the 1998 Women's College World Series and owns the Western Athletic Conference career records in hits, runs and triples. She is one of only four women to have won four Olympic medals in softball, having won a medal at every Olympics the sport was contested. She is second all-time in NCAA Division I career hits and at-bats. She is also a USA Softball Hall of Fame honoree.
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Mike Agostini
- Occupations
- businesspersonathletics competitor
- Biography
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Michael George Raymond Agostini was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was the first athlete from his country to win a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 31 July 1954.
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Quinton Hosley
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Quinton Robert Hosley is an American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player for Stelmet Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League. He is a 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall swingman. He is the son of streetball and Rucker Park legend Ron Mathias.
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Jean Fuller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeannie Lynn "Jean" Fuller is an American educator and politician who served as the minority leader in the California State Senate. A Republican, she was previously a member of the California Assembly and the Superintendent of Schools for the Bakersfield City School District.
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Dick Ruthven
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Richard David Ruthven is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1973 through 1986 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago Cubs. The two-time National League All-Star player was a member of the 1980 world champion Philadelphia Phillies team, as well as a member of the 1984 National League Eastern Division champion Chicago Cubs.
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Brian Turner
- Occupations
- writerpoetsoldier
- Biography
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Brian Turner is an American poet, essayist, and professor. He won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection, Here, Bullet (Alice James Books) the first of many awards and honors received for this collection of poems about his experience as a soldier in the Iraq War. His honors since include a Lannan Literary Fellowship and NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry, and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship. His second collection, shortlisted for the 2010 T.S. Eliot Prize is Phantom Noise (Alice James Books, USA; Bloodaxe Books, UK, 2010).
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Frenchy Bordagaray
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and third baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees between 1934 and 1945. He had a.283 batting average with 14 home runs and 270 runs batted in over 930 major league games for his career.
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Bernard Thompson
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Bernard Thompson is an American retired professional basketball player. At a height of 6'7" (2.007 m), he played as a small forward-shooting guard, from Phoenix, Arizona. Thompson played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1984 to 1989.
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Randy Holcomb
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Randy Alfred Holcomb Jr., also known as Raed Farid Elhamali, is an American-Libyan businessman and former professional basketball player. After being drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2002 NBA draft, Holcomb went on to play nine years professionally. He also played for Libya in international competitions.
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Cody Wichmann
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Cody Michael Wichmann is an American former professional football offensive guard. He played college football at Fresno State.
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Bill Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Leon Jones is an American politician from California who served in the California State Assembly and later served as California's 25th Secretary of State for two terms from 1995 to 2003 under Governors Pete Wilson and later Gray Davis. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of California in 2002 as well as an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate from California in 2004 against incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer. As of 2024, Jones is the last Republican to be elected to California Secretary of State to date.
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Héctor Hernández
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Héctor Humberto Hernández Gallegos is a Mexican basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) and the Mexico national team. He participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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Fran Pavley
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Frances J. "Fran" Pavley is an American politician who served two terms in the California State Senate and three terms in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she last represented the 27th Senate District, which encompasses the Conejo Valley, and portions of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. Due to term limits in California, Senator Pavley completed her legislative career in 2016. She is currently working as the Environmental Policy Director for the USC Schwarzenegger Institute.
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Justin Haley
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Justin Case Haley is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. Haley throws and bats right-handed.
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Leslie Bassett
- Occupations
- composeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Leslie Raymond Bassett was an American composer of classical music. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Bassett had a lifelong relationship with the University of Michigan School of Music. He received the MM there, and in 1956 was the recipient of the university's first DMA. Bassett was a member of the University of Michigan faculty from 1952 until 1992. Upon retirement from active teaching in 1992, he held the title of Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition until his death in 2016.
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Tex Clevenger
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Truman Eugene "Tex" Clevenger was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher and spot starter who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees from 1954 to 1962. He was 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. He attended Fresno State University.
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Danny Muno
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Daniel Joseph Muno is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets in 2015.
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Jan Yanehiro
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jan Yanehiro is a Japanese-American broadcast journalist.
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Marvelle Harris
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marvelle Harris is an American basketball player who belongs to the Guaros de Lara squad of the SPB. At 1.93 meters tall, he plays in the shooting guard position.
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Braeden Anderson
- Enrolled in California State University - Fresno
- Studied in 2011-2015
- Occupations
- basketball playerlawyer
- Biography
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K. Braeden Anderson is a lawyer and former college basketball player. He played for the Seton Hall Pirates where he won the Big East Conference Championship with the team in 2016. Anderson made headlines in college for playing Division I basketball while attending law school. Standing 6-foot-9-inches (2.06 m) tall, Anderson played as a forward. He graduated from law school in 2018 and became an associate with the New York City law firm Sidley Austin.
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Dennis Springer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dennis Leroy Springer is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is most remembered for his use of the knuckleball.
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Henry Perea
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Henry T. Perea is a Chevron lobbyist who was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2010. He is a Democrat who formerly represented the 31st district, encompassing western Fresno.
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Louis Leonard
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Louis Apprecicio Leonard is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Fresno State.
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Alex Davis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alex Davis is an American professional basketball player for the Kagawa Five Arrows of the B3 League. After two years of college basketball at Hutchinson Community College and two years at Fresno State Davis entered the 2015 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
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Wendell Bell
- Occupations
- sociologistuniversity teachermilitary officer
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Wendell Bell was a futurist and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Yale University. His areas of specialization included sociology, social class, race, family life and future studies.
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Bob Kloppenburg
- Years
- 1927-2024 (aged 97)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Robert G. Kloppenburg was an American basketball coach. Kloppenburg played college basketball at USC and Fresno State. In a career spanning from the 1950s to 1990s, Kloppenburg coached at the high school, college, and professional levels. From 1958 to 1976 and 1977 to 1978, Kloppenburg was head coach at California Western (later United States International) University. For much of the 1980s and 1990s, Kloppenburg was an NBA assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, and Toronto Raptors; he also had brief stints as interim head coach for the Cavaliers and SuperSonics. Utilizing an influential press defense system, Kloppenburg is regarded as one of the best defensive coaches.
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Harold E. Comstock
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Harold Elwood "Bunny" Comstock was an American fighter ace in the 56th Fighter Group during World War II, and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. After a test flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt on 13 November 1942, Republic Aviation issued a press release on 1 December 1942 claiming that he and fellow pilot, Lieutenant Roger Dyar had exceeded the speed of sound.
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Allan O. Hunter
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Allan Oakley Hunter was an American lawyer and politician. Hunter, a Republican, served as the United States representative for California's 9th congressional district from 1951 to 1953 and for California's 12th congressional district from 1953 to 1955.
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Helen M. Roberts
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Helen Marguerite Roberts (January 20, 1896 – June 22, 1983) was an American writer, photographer, and multilingual educator. From 1958 to 1975, she battled illiteracy in Africa, teaching reading, writing, health and Christian religion to thousands of illiterate adults. In the course of her African work, she mentored and sponsored many promising young Africans, encouraging them to pursue higher education, including Barack H. Obama, the father of President of the United States Barack Obama.
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Jim Willoughby
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Arthur Willoughby is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1971 through 1978 for the San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and 185 lb (84 kg), he batted and threw right handed.
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John Hoover
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Nicklaus Hoover was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the No. 25 draft choice in the first round in 1984 (by the Baltimore Orioles), after having led the nation in strikeouts in college baseball, pitching 205 strikeouts for Fresno State in his senior year. Also in 1984 Hoover was a starting pitcher for the United States Olympic baseball team, winning the opening game and helping the US to win the silver medal for baseball. His teammates on the Olympic team included Mark McGwire, Barry Larkin, Will Clark, and Oddibe McDowell.
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George N. Zenovich
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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George Nicholas Zenovich was an American politician and jurist, as well as a longtime Democrat.
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Rolland Todd
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Rolland Douglas Todd is a former player and coach in the National Basketball Association, and a former player in the American Basketball League, who also coached basketball at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He was the first coach of the then-expansion Portland Trail Blazers, leading the team to a 29–53 record in its inaugural season (best of the three expansion clubs who entered the NBA that year); though was let go the next season when the team failed to improve. According to Sports Illustrated his nickname while coaching the Blazers was "Mod Todd".
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Chuckie Fick
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Charles Joseph Fick, formerly known as Chuckie Fick, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros.
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John Erickson
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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John Erickson is an American professional golfer who played the Canadian Tour from 1987 to 1994 and the PGA Tour of Australasia Tour from 1987 to 1992.
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Kenneth L. Maddy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Leon Maddy was a Republican member of the California State Assembly and State Senate from Fresno.
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Field Ruwe
- Occupations
- journalistnovelist
- Biography
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Field Ruwe is an educator, historian, author, and scholar practitioner currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. In his native country of Zambia, Dr. Ruwe is known as a radio and television host, and entrepreneur. On March 30, 2016, Ruwe signed a book contract with the Oklahoma-based Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LCC for his novel Crown Jewels.The deal includes Ruwe's future fiction and nonfiction works.
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Bob Garner
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Robert Lee Garner was an American football player who played with the Los Angeles Chargers and Oakland Raiders. He played college football at California State University, Fresno. His hometown was Hanford, California.
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Rémi Boutillier
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Rémi Boutillier is a French tennis player.
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Mark Eddinger
- Occupations
- musicianmusic executiveDJ producerconsultant
- Biography
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Mark Eddinger is an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, music producer, record company executive, and music and entertainment industry consultant. Eddinger is also involved as an executive and consultant in other business sectors unrelated to the entertainment industry.
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Ron Collins Jr
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Ron Collins is a former professional American football player.
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Randy Asadoor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Randall Carl Asadoor is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played part of 1986 for the San Diego Padres.
