100 Notable alumni of
California State University - Fullerton
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California State University - Fullerton is 549th in the world, 211th 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 marketing and finance
- Occupations
- screenwritersingerfilm produceractorfilm director
- Biography
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Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. 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
- screenwriterproducerfilm produceractorinventor
- Biography
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James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, and one of the industry's most innovative filmmakers. He often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. He 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 the action comedy True Lies (1994). He wrote and directed Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) and its sequels, with Titanic 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
- singer-songwriterrappersingeractorfashion designer
- Biography
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Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer and songwriter. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter 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 actorrecord producermusiciansinger-songwriteractor
- Biography
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Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert is known for his dynamic vocal performances that combine his theatrical training with modern and classic genres.
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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
- television actormodeltelevision directortelevision personalityfilm actor
- Biography
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Danielle Christine Fishel is an American actress, director, model, and television personality. 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 for the role as Topanga Lawrence on the teen sitcom Boy Meets World, which ran on ABC, 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
- writertelevision actorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actor
- Biography
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Kirsten Simone 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, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
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Dan Henderson
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighterbusiness executiveamateur wrestler
- Biography
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Daniel Jeffery Henderson is an American retired 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 (83 kg (183.0 lb)) and Middleweight (93 kg (205.0 lb)) champion of Pride Fighting Championships. He was the only double champion in the history of Pride FC. Henderson was the Brazil Open '97 Tournament Champion, the UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament Champion, the Rings: King of Kings 1999 Tournament Champion and the Pride Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion. Henderson also challenged for the UFC Middleweight Championship (2x), the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship. Henderson was the first mixed martial artist to hold two titles in two different weight classes concurrently in a major MMA promotion. At the time of his retirement after UFC 204, he was the oldest fighter on the UFC roster.
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Eva Marie
- Occupations
- professional wrestlermodel
- Biography
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Natalie Eva Marie Nelson is an American actress, fashion designer, model, and professional wrestler. 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
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Valorie Curry is an American actress. Her credits include Veronica Mars, 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 the role in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018). In 2023, she joined the cast of the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys as the superhero Firecracker.
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David Castaneda
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision 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 for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox.
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Omid Abtahi
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Omid Abtahi is an Iranian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in Starz Original American Gods, Penn Pershing in The Mandalorian on Disney+, Saleem Ulman in NCIS on Paramount+, and Homes in the fourth installment of The Hunger Games film series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. He is also known for his performances as Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer on CBS and Detective Jerry Molbeck in the American TV adaptation of Those Who Kill on A&E.
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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
- sport cyclistwriterhistorian of sciencejournalistpsychologist
- 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
- poetexecutive producerscreenwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Terry Rossio is an American screenwriter and film producer. He co-wrote the films Aladdin, Shrek, and all five of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Shrek, and won the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Shrek. He often collaborates with fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott.
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Ho Chih-wei
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- 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.
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Matt Chapman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew James Chapman is an American professional baseball third baseman who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays.
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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 Northridge Matadors men's basketball team. Standing at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 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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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
- writernovelistfantasy authoractorscience 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 optioned for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
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Tracy Caldwell Dyson
- Occupations
- chemistphysicistastronaut
- 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 part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station from April 2010 to September 2010. She has completed three spacewalks, logging more than 22 hours of extravehicular activity. She is scheduled to return to space on March 21, 2024 for a third time on board Soyuz MS-25 for a six-month mission onboard the ISS.
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Leonard Boyarsky
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- game designervideo game developer
- 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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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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Lou Correa
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianreal estate agentinvestment 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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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 Oakland 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 manager of Oakland for the 2022 season.
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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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Damon Allen
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Damon L. Allen is a former professional Canadian 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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Jeremy Riddle
- Occupations
- musiciansinger-songwriter
- 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
- science fiction writernovelistwriter
- 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
- sculptorpaintercomposerprintmaker
- Biography
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Kalev Mark Kostabi is an American artist 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
- beauty pageant contestantmodel
- 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). Since 2022, he has 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 Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins and 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
- American football officialteacher
- 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 would represent until 2018.
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Josh Saunders
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Josh Saunders is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer.
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Carl Macek
- Occupations
- screenwritercomics artistcasting directorfilm producervoice actor
- Biography
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Carl Frank Macek was an American screenwriter and producer on numerous English-language adaptations of anime during the 1980s and 1990s. His work is considered by many 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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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.
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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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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. He currently serves as the head softball coach at ʻIolani School in Honolulu.
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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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Tony Ortega
- Occupations
- editorjournalist
- 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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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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Howard Bach
- Occupations
- Olympic competitorbadminton player
- 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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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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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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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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Mike Pringle
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian 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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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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Connor Seabold
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Connor Seabold is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies. Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 190 pounds (86 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.
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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) from 2000 through 2008, and a final season in 2010. As a player, Lamb was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg).
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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) and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans.
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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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Ed Royce
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- business executiveinternational forum participantpoliticiantax advisor
- 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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Stephane Gauger
- Occupations
- film director
- 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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Mike Batesole
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Harold Batesole is an American former 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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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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Brian Nestande
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian Nestande is a consultant who was a Republican California State Assemblyman representing the 42nd district.
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Michelle C. Skubic
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Graduated with Bachelor of 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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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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Tyler Pill
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tyler Stephen Pill is an American former professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets.
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Andy Mota
- Occupations
- sports agentbaseball player
- Biography
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Andrés Alberto Mota Matos is a former Major League Baseball player and current player agent.
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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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Jason Gill
- Occupations
- baseball coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Jason Gill is an American 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
- television producerdisc jockey
- 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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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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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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Chris Norby
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- 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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Danella Lucioni
- Enrolled in California State University - Fullerton
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in advertising
- Occupations
- actormodel
- 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 73)
- Occupations
- researcherwriter
- 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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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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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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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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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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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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Nancy Dunkle
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nancy Lynn Dunkle is a former American 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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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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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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John Lamb
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producer
- Biography
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John Lamb is an American artist and entrepreneur.
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Mike Rouse
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Gregory Rouse is an American former infielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2006 and 2007.
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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.
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Scott Hurst
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Scott Andrew Hurst is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with them in 2021.
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Justin Woodson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Justin Woodson is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 15, 2013 representing District 9, which includes Kahului, Puʻunene, Old Sand Hills, and Maui Lani. Woodson currently serves as Chairperson on the Committee of Higher and Lower Education, a member of the Housing and Transportation Committee, and serves as the Majority Whip for the House. Woodson previously served as a member on the Intrastate, Tourism, Veterans, Military, International Affairs, Culture and Arts Committees.
