100 Notable alumni of
California State University - Fullerton
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California State University - Fullerton is 558th in the world, 212th in North America, and 195th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from California State University - Fullerton sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kevin Costner
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- 1973-1978 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in finance and marketing
- Occupations
- film directormusicianvoice actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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James Cameron
- Occupations
- explorerdirectorfilm editortelevision producerfilm director
- Biography
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James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984), and found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. He is a recipient of various other industry accolades, and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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Gwen Stefani
- Occupations
- rapperactorfashion designersingersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Gwen Renée Stefani Shelton is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. She is a member and lead vocalist of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and "Don't Speak", from their 1995 breakthrough studio album Tragic Kingdom, as well as "Hey Baby" and "It's My Life" from later albums.
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Adam Lambert
- Occupations
- stage actorsingeractorrecord producersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his dynamic vocal performances that combine his theatrical training with modern and classic genres. Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Later that year, he released his debut album For Your Entertainment, which debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album spawned several singles, including "Whataya Want from Me," for which he received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
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T.J. Dillashaw
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion.
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Danielle Fishel
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actortelevision directortelevision personality
- Biography
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Danielle Christine Fishel is an American actress and director. She began her career in theater, appearing in community productions of The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan. She made her debut as an actress shortly after, making guest appearances in shows such as Full House and Harry and the Hendersons. In 1993, Fishel was cast as Topanga Lawrence on the teen sitcom Boy Meets World, which ran on ABC from 1993 to 2000, and reprised the role for its successor Girl Meets World on Disney Channel, which aired from 2014 to 2017.
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Kirsten Vangsness
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Studied in 1995
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directortelevision actorscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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Kirsten Vangsness is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her portrayal of FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds. She portrayed the same character on the spin-off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
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Dan Henderson
- Occupations
- business executivemixed martial arts fighteramateur wrestler
- Biography
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Daniel Jeffery Henderson is an American former mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, who last competed as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight and Middleweight champion of Pride Fighting Championships. He was the only double champion in the history of Pride FC.
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Eva Marie
- Occupations
- actorprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Natalie Eva Marie Nelson is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her tenures in WWE from 2013–2017 and 2020–2021, where she performed under the ring name Eva Marie.
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Nadya Suleman
- Occupations
- socialite
- Biography
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Natalie Denise Suleman, known as Octomom in the media, is an American media personality who came to international attention when she gave birth to the first surviving octuplets in January 2009. The circumstances of their high-order multiple birth led to controversy in the field of assisted reproductive technology as well as an investigation by the Medical Board of California of the fertility specialist involved.
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Valorie Curry
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Valorie Curry is an American actress. Her credits include Veronica Mars (2005–06), The Following (2013–14) and The Tick (2016–19). She also starred as the titular character in the PlayStation 3 tech demo Kara (2012) and reprised her role as Kara in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018). As of 2024, she plays the superhero Firecracker in Amazon Prime Video series The Boys.
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David Castaneda
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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David Castañeda is an American actor. In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
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Justin Turner
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Justin Matthew Turner is an American professional baseball infielder and designated hitter who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.
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Omid Abtahi
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Omid Abtahi is an Iranian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim, in the Starz Original American Gods, Penn Pershing in The Mandalorian, Saleem Ulman in NCIS, and Homes in the fourth installment of The Hunger Games film series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015). He is also known for his performances as Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer, and as Detective Jerry Molbeck, in the American TV adaptation of Those Who Kill.
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Bruce Bowen
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bruce Eric Bowen Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton. He went on to play for the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and the Continental Basketball Association's Rockford Lightning, and also played abroad in France.
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Michael Shermer
- Occupations
- psychologistjournalisthistorian of sciencewritersport cyclist
- Biography
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Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
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Terry Rossio
- Occupations
- screenwriterexecutive producerpoetfilm producer
- Biography
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Terry Rossio is an American screenwriter and film producer. He co-wrote the films Aladdin, The Mask of Zorro, Shrek, and all five of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. For Shrek, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production and BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He often collaborates with fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott.
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Matt Chapman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew James Chapman is an American professional baseball third baseman for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays.
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Ho Chih-wei
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 43)
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ho Chih-wei, also known by the English name Mark Ho, is a Taiwanese politician who is currently the deputy secretary-general of the Office of the President of Taiwan. Ho previously served as the legislative member from 2019 to 2024.
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Patrick Nagel
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Patrick Nagel was an American artist and illustrator. He created popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasize the female form in a distinctive style, descended from Art Deco and pop art.
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April Jace
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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April Jace was an American masters track and field athlete who ran in sprinting competitions. She was the 2011 world champion in the women's over-35 4 × 100 meters relay.
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Bobby Brown
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Robert Douglas Brown is an American former professional basketball player who is the director of player development for the Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team. Standing at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he played the point guard position.
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Karen Bardsley
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Karen Louise Bardsley is an American-born English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Leonard Boyarsky
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- video game developergame designer
- Biography
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Leonard Boyarsky is an American computer game designer and visual artist. He is one of the key designers of the video games Fallout and Diablo III.
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Christine Marie Cabanos
- Occupations
- voice actor
- Biography
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Christine Marie Cabanos is an American voice actress of Filipino descent. Some of her roles include Azusa Nakano in K-On!, the titular characters in Squid Girl and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Mako Mankanshoku in Kill la Kill, Hisone Amakasu in Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn from the Viz Media redub of Sailor Moon, Shiemi Moriyama in Blue Exorcist, Silica in Sword Art Online, and Minori Kushieda in Toradora!. In video games, she voices Nepgear in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, Chiaki Nanami and Himiko Yumeno in the Danganronpa series, Filia and Fukua in Skullgirls, Amitie in Puyo Puyo Tetris, Elec-Tron in Vitamin Connection, as well as the Poplins in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
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Tim Powers
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Studied English literature
- Occupations
- actorfantasy authornovelistwriterscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was partly adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
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Tracy Caldwell Dyson
- Occupations
- astronautphysicistchemist
- Biography
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Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. She was a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and has participated in two long-duration missions to the International Space Station, Expedition 23 and 24 from April to September 2010 and Expedition 70 and 71 from March to September 2024. She has completed four spacewalks, logging nearly 24 hours of extravehicular activity.
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Dwight Ramos
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Dwight Ramos is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for Levanga Hokkaido of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He has also played for the Philippines national basketball team.
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Mark Kotsay
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mark Steven Kotsay is an American professional baseball manager and former outfielder. He is the manager for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, Kotsay appeared in 1,914 MLB games for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Athletics, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Milwaukee Brewers. He coached for the Padres and Athletics before becoming the Athletics' manager for the 2022 season.
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Lou Correa
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- real estate agentpoliticianinvestment banker
- Biography
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Jose Luis Correa is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 46th congressional district since 2017. His district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, as well as parts of Orange. A member of the Democratic Party, Correa represented the 34th district in the California State Senate from 2006 to 2014.
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Damon Allen
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Damon L. Allen is an American former professional football quarterback. He played 23 years in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is currently fourth in all-time professional football passing yards and second in all-time CFL passing yards after he was surpassed for first place by the Montréal Alouettes' Anthony Calvillo on October 10, 2011. Allen retired as professional football's all-time leading passer with 72,381 passing yards after he surpassed Warren Moon's total of 70,553 yards (in both the CFL and NFL combined) on September 4, 2006, in the annual Labour Day Classic. He also retired in third place in all-time CFL rushing yards with 11,920 yards, behind Mike Pringle and George Reed. The 2007 season marked Allen's twenty-third season in the CFL and he officially announced his retirement on May 28, 2008, at age 44. Allen is the younger brother of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen.
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Ricky Romero
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ricardo Romero Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Phil Bickford
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Phillip Roger Bickford is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and New York Yankees.
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Jeremy Riddle
- Occupations
- singer-songwritermusician
- Biography
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Jeremy Michael Riddle is an American Christian musician, songwriter, and worship leader, best known for a long tenure as an ensemble leader with Bethel Music.
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Aaron Rowand
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Aaron Ryan Rowand is an American former professional baseball center fielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the San Francisco Giants and won two World Series championships. During his playing days, Rowand stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg). He batted and threw right-handed.
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K. W. Jeter
- Occupations
- writernovelistscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Kevin Wayne Jeter is an American science fiction and horror author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and paranoid, unsympathetic characters. He has written novels set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, and has written three sequels to Blade Runner. Jeter coined the term "steampunks".
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Mark Kostabi
- Occupations
- composerpaintersculptorprintmaker
- Biography
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Kalev Mark Kostabi is an American painter, sculptor and composer.
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Marcio Lassiter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marcio Tsongo Sandio Eshabarr Lassiter is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He had a stint with the Philippine national basketball team, the Smart Gilas. Considered the best all-around sharpshooter in the PBA when Smart Gilas played as a guest team in the league, Lassiter plays the swingman position. He graduated and played college basketball for Cal State Fullerton.
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Vida Samadzai
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Vida Samadzai is an Afghan-American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Afghanistan 2003. As the first Afghan woman to participate in an international beauty pageant since 1974, her appearance in a red bikini in the 2003 edition of Miss Earth pageant created controversy in her native country. She was a contestant on the popular reality show Bigg Boss in 2011.
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Anthony Rendon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Rendon is an American politician who served as the 70th speaker of the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the second-longest serving speaker in California history and the longest-serving speaker to serve his first term after the adoption of California's term limits. From 2022 to 2024, he represented the 62nd district, located in the southeastern part of Los Angeles County, including the cities of South Gate, Lynwood, and Paramount. He previously represented the 63rd district from 2012 to 2022.
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Chad Wallach
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chad Arthur Wallach is an American professional baseball catcher in the Texas Rangers organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, and Los Angeles Angels. He was drafted by the Marlins in the fifth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.
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Tony Corrente
- Occupations
- teacherAmerican football official
- Biography
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Anthony Joseph Corrente is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) who served for 26 years from 1995 until his retirement in 2021. He wore uniform number 99. He was the referee of Super Bowl XLI. He served as the Coordinator of Football Officiating for the Pac-12 Conference from June 2011 until he resigned this position in October 2014.
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Christian Colón
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Christian Anthony Colón is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, and Cincinnati Reds.
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Edward Hernandez
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edward Paul Hernández is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represented the 24th Senate district from 2010 until he was redistricted to the 22nd Senate district, which he represented until 2018.
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Josh Saunders
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Josh Saunders is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer. Born in the metropolitan United States, he represented Puerto Rico at international level.
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Carl Macek
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorcasting directortelevision actorcomics artist
- Biography
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Carl Frank Macek was an American screenwriter and producer. Noted for his work on English-language adaptations of anime during the 1980s and 1990s, he was the creator of the Robotech franchise and the co-founder of Streamline Pictures. His work is considered to have been instrumental in creating mainstream awareness of Japanese animation in the United States.
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José Mota
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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José Manuel Mota Matos is a Dominican baseball broadcaster. He currently covers the Los Angeles Dodgers on Spectrum SportsNet LA. He formerly covered the Los Angeles Angels with Bally Sports West from 2002 until his departure in 2022. He began on the Angels Spanish broadcast in 2002 and took on various roles on the English television broadcast starting in 2007. He worked alongside Amaury Pi-Gonzalez in the broadcast booth in Spanish and alongside Mark Gubicza in English. Fully bilingual, he conducts postgame interviews and often doubles as the translator for Spanish-speaking players. He served as a pre-and-postgame analyst on Angels Live and occasionally filled in as a backup play-by-play announcer for English broadcasts. He is the son of former baseball player and long-time Dodgers coach Manny Mota.
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Mike Harkey
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Anthony Harkey is an American former professional baseball player and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1988 to 1997 for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, California Angels, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Reed Johnson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Reed Cameron Johnson is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, and Washington Nationals.
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Ryan Reyes
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ryan Jay Reyes is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Nicknamed D-Energizer for his energetic style of play, he was drafted third overall by the Sta. Lucia Realtors in the 2007 PBA draft.
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Pape Sow
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Pape Sow is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA and for several European and Asian teams.
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Dustin Garneau
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dustin Thomas Garneau is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers. He currently serves as the bullpen coach for the Rockies.
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Chad Cordero
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chad Patrick Cordero is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Cordero played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners.
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Tony Ortega
- Occupations
- journalisteditor
- Biography
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Anthony "Tony" Ortega is an American journalist and editor who is best known for his coverage of the Church of Scientology and his blog The Underground Bunker. He was executive editor of Raw Story from 2013 until 2015. Previously, he had been a journalist at the New Times LA, the editor-in-chief of the Broward-Palm Beach New Times from 2005 to 2007, and the editor-in-chief of The Village Voice from 2007 to 2012. In 2015, he was executive editor of the YouTube channel TheLipTV. He is author of the non-fiction book The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, about journalist Paulette Cooper and the Church of Scientology's attempts to silence her after her own book was published.
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Christina Burkenroad
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Christina Marie Burkenroad Sandoval is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey. In January 2016, she was drafted by the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. Born and raised in the United States to an American father and a Mexican mother, she plays for the Mexico women's national team.
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Gary Brown
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gary Allen Brown is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants.
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Kirk Saarloos
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kirk Craig Saarloos is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the TCU Horned Frogs. He played college baseball at Cal State Fullerton for coach George Horton from 1999 to 2001 and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven seasons from 2002 to 2008.
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Connor Seabold
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Connor Seabold is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 190 pounds (86 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.
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Howard Bach
- Occupations
- badminton playerOlympic competitor
- Biography
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Howard Bach is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.
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Phillip Chen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phillip Chen is an American politician and member of the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 59th Assembly District, encompassing parts of North Orange County, and small parts of San Bernardino County. The district includes the cities of Brea, Yorba Linda, Placentia, Villa Park, Orange, North Tustin, Anaheim Hills, Chino, and Chino Hills. Prior to being elected to the state assembly, he was a school board trustee for the Walnut Valley Unified School District.
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Michael Farfan
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Michael Farfán Stopani is an American former professional soccer player.
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Mike Pringle
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Michael A. Pringle is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He set or tied almost every significant league record for the position. He played college football for the Cal State Fullerton Titans, earning third-team All-American honors. He was twice signed by National Football League (NFL) teams, though he saw very limited playing time.
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Brandon Duckworth
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Brandon J. Duckworth is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who is currently a scout. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, and Kansas City Royals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Since 2014, Duckworth has worked for the New York Yankees professional scouting department.
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Kyle Allman Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kyle Lindsay Allman Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Beşiktaş Emlakjet of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans.
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Miguel A. Pulido
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Miguel A. Pulido is an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Santa Ana, California from 1994 to 2020.
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Mike Lamb
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Robert Lamb is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Florida Marlins from 2000 through 2008, and 2010. As a player, Lamb was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg).
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Ed Royce
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- tax advisorpoliticianbusiness executive
- Biography
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Edward Randall Royce is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Royce served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as a member of the California Senate from 1982 to 1993.
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Michele Ruiz
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Michele Ruiz, is an entrepreneur, award-winning broadcast journalist, author, public speaker and former Los Angeles news anchor for KNBC-TV. She is co-founder and CEO of BiasSync, a SaaS technology company that helps organizations identify and eliminate biases in the workplace. She is also President and CEO of Ruiz Strategies, a communications firm that develops and executes content marketing strategies for businesses, government entities and executives. She is also the founder and former President/CEO of SaberHacer.com, a bilingual educational broadband website for US Hispanics. She maintains a self-titled blog on the site MicheleRuiz.com.
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Justin Sellers
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Justin Ryan Sellers is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians. Primarily a shortstop, Sellers also played second base and third base.
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Tony Reagins
- Occupations
- general manager
- Biography
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Tony Demetrius Reagins is an American former executive in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Reagins served as the general manager of the Angels from 2007 until his 2011 resignation. The fourth African American general manager in MLB history, he was promoted to GM of the franchise on October 16, 2007, having previously held the position of director of player development since 2002.
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David Cooper
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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David Fletcher Cooper is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011 and 2012. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.
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Thomas Eshelman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Thomas Darwin Eshelman is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach in the San Diego Padres organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2019. He played college baseball for the Titans of California State University, Fullerton. The Houston Astros selected Eshelman in the 2015 MLB draft, and traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies after the 2015 season. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles during the 2019 season.
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Stephane Gauger
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Stephane Gauger was a Vietnamese-born American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
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Kevin Venegas
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kevin Venegas is an American soccer player.
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Brian Nestande
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian Nestande was an American consultant and politician who was a Republican California State Assemblyman representing the 42nd district.
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Mike Batesole
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Harold Batesole is a former American college baseball coach. He previously served as coach of the Cal State Northridge Matadors (1996–2002) and the Fresno State Bulldogs (2003–2022).
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Linda Sharp
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Linda Kay Sharp is an American former collegiate women's basketball coach. Her coaching career spans 31 seasons with stints on all levels from elementary, junior high and high school to the collegiate and professional ranks, and she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Michelle C. Skubic
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Graduated with Bachelor in Business Administration
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Michelle Coyne Skubic is a retired United States Navy officer who served as the director of the Defense Logistics Agency from 2020 to 2024.
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Shay Spitz
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Shay Phillip Spitz is a former Hong Kong-born New Zealand professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Mary Gray-Reeves
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Mary Gray-Reeves was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real.
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Andy Mota
- Occupations
- baseball playersports agent
- Biography
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Andrés Alberto Mota Matos is a former Major League Baseball player and current player agent.
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Tyler Pill
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tyler Stephen Pill is an American former professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets.
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Jack O'Connell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jack T. O'Connell is an American politician, educator and formerly the 26th California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, having been elected to the post in November 2002 with 61% of the vote. He was re-elected to his post by receiving a majority (52%) of the vote in the Primary election on June 6, 2006, thus avoiding a November run-off. He is a member of the Democratic Party. O'Connell was unable to run for a third term in 2010 due to term limits and was succeeded by former state assemblyman Tom Torlakson.
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Jeff Robinson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeffrey Daniel Robinson is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played nine seasons for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, California Angels and Chicago Cubs.
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Jason Gill
- Occupations
- baseball playerbaseball coach
- Biography
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Jason Gill is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop and third baseman. He played college baseball for Cuesta College, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton from 1991 to 1994. He then served as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions the USC Trojans (2019–2022).
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Big Daddy Carlos
- Occupations
- disc jockeytelevision producer
- Biography
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Carlos Adley, more commonly known as Big Daddy Carlos, is an American Hollywood & Las Vegas nightlife impresario, music venue owner, restaurateur, promoter, and musician.
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Chris Norby
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Chris Norby is an American politician and educator. He served on the Fullerton City Council (1984–2002) including three years as mayor, on the Orange County Board of Supervisors (2003–2010), on the California State Assembly (2010–2012).
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Greg Mathews
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gregory Inman Mathews is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1986 and 1992 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Danella Lucioni
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in advertising
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Danella Lucioni is a Peruvian, American, and Italian model currently living in Florence, Italy.
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Robert G. Picard
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- writerresearcher
- Biography
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Robert Georges Picard is an American writer and scholar in the field of media businesses and media policy economics. He heavily influenced media economics studies.
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Amy Stephens
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Amy Stephens is a Principal in Public Policy and Regulation Practice at Dentons, a multinational law firm; previously, she served as Colorado House Majority Leader and House Minority Caucus Chairman in the Colorado House of Representatives.
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Blake Davis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Blake Jonathan Davis is an American former professional baseball infielder and outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles in 2011.
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Mark W. Rocha
- Biography
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Mark William Rocha is a former Chancellor of City College of San Francisco and a former Superintendent-President of Pasadena City College. He is an English professor and Fulbright scholar.
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Nancy Dunkle
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nancy Lynn Dunkle is an American former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She played college basketball for Cal State Fullerton before going on to play professionally in the Women's Professional Basketball League, the first women's pro basketball league in the United States. Dunkle was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Nicholas Arciniaga
- Occupations
- marathon runner
- Biography
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Nicholas Arciniaga is an American long-distance runner who competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and finished 7th at the 2014 Boston Marathon.
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John Christensen
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Lawrence Christensen is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1984 and 1988.
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Jeff Miller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeffrey Michael Miller is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. A small business owner, he served 8 years as both the Mayor and a City Councilman in the City of Corona.
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John Lamb
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- film producerfilm director
- Biography
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John Lamb is an American artist, author and animator. He is known for advancing rotoscope technology with the invention of the Lyon Lamb Video Animation System alongside Bruce Lyon; he and Lyon have received an Academy Award and an Emmy for this achievement. Lamb also created early animated surfing and skateboarding cartoons, as well as Tom Waits for No One, the first American animated, rotoscoped music video.
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Ross Johnson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Ross Johnson was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first person in the California Legislature to become his party's leader in both the State Assembly and State Senate.
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Mark Hawthorne
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Mark Franklyn Hawthorne is an American animal rights advocate, vegan, and writer.
