100 Notable alumni of
California State University - Long Beach
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California State University - Long Beach is 316th in the world, 134th in North America, and 127th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from California State University - Long Beach sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Steven Spielberg
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Studied in 2002
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorentrepreneurproducertelevision producer
- Biography
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Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in film history. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and two BAFTA Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
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The Undertaker
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Mark William Calaway, better known by his ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for WWE and in 2022 was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Steve Martin
- Occupations
- film actorbanjoistwriterperforming artistmusician
- Biography
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Stephen Glenn Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for his work in comedy films, television, and recording, he has received many accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and an Honorary Academy Award, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. He also received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2015. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
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Justin Baldoni
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producerexecutive produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Justin Louis Baldoni is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Rafael Solano on the CW telenovela Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) and for starring in and directing the romantic drama film It Ends with Us (2024). He has also directed Five Feet Apart (2019) and Clouds (2020).
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James Lafferty
- Occupations
- television producertelevision actortelevision directoractor
- Biography
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James Martin Lafferty is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Nathan Scott on The WB/CW teen drama television series One Tree Hill (2003–2012).
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
- Occupations
- voice actorscreenwriterfilm producerfilm actorstage actor
- Biography
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Wendi McLendon-Covey is an American actress known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles. From 2013 until 2023, she played the role of family matriarch Beverly Goldberg on the ABC comedy series The Goldbergs, for which she was nominated for two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Richard Carpenter
- Occupations
- singerrecord producerconductorjazz musicianpianist
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Richard Lynn Carpenter is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals.
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Clarence Gilyard
- Occupations
- pedagogueactorfilm actortelevision directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr. was an American actor. He was best known to television audiences for his roles as private investigator Conrad McMasters on the legal drama series Matlock (1986–95) and Texas Ranger Jimmy Trivette on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001).
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Jessica Williams
- Occupations
- film actorpodcastertelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Jessica Renee Williams is an American actress and comedian. She has appeared as a senior correspondent on The Daily Show, as cohost of the podcast 2 Dope Queens, as Lally Hicks in the Fantastic Beasts film series, as Gaby in Shrinking, and as Meadow in Entergalactic.
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Patrick Fabian
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Patrick Fabian is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his role as attorney Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul (2015–2022). His film roles include End Game (2006), The Last Exorcism (2010), Pig (2011) and Jimmy (2013).
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Richard Bach
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotwriter
- Biography
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Richard David Bach is an American writer. He has written numerous flight-related works of fiction and non-fiction. His works include Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977), both of which were among the 1970s' biggest sellers.
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Palmer Luckey
- Occupations
- entrepreneurjournalistinventor
- Biography
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Palmer Freeman Luckey is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display that is widely credited with reviving the virtual reality industry. In 2017, Luckey left Oculus and founded defense contractor Anduril Industries, a defense technology company focused on autonomous drones and sensors for military applications. Luckey ranked number 22 on Forbes' 2016 List of America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40.
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Cristina Vee
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- golfertelevision writersingerdub directorvoice actor
- Biography
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Cristina Danielle Valenzuela, known professionally as Cristina Vee, is an American voice actress and musical artist. She provides voices for English dubs of anime, animation, and video games.
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Evan Longoria
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Evan Michael Longoria, nicknamed "Longo", is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants, and Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Jason Giambi
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jason Gilbert Giambi is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. In his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, which began in 1995, Giambi played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Colorado Rockies, and Cleveland Indians. He is the older brother of the late MLB player Jeremy Giambi.
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Bobby Hatfield
- Occupations
- composersinger
- Biography
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Robert Lee Hatfield was an American singer. He and Bill Medley were the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody".
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George Gervin
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Studied in 1970-1970
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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George Gervin, nicknamed "the Iceman", is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Widely regarded as one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history, in 1996 Gervin was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, and in 2021, Gervin was named as one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history.
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Misty May-Treanor
- Occupations
- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
- Biography
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Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and as of August 2012, was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.
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Joe Johnston
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterdirectorfilm directordesigner
- Biography
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American film director, producer, writer, and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing effects-driven films, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Jumanji (1995), Jurassic Park III (2001), The Wolfman (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
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Jae Park
- Occupations
- composersingersongwriter
- Biography
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Park Jae-hyung, known professionally as eaJ (제이), is an Argentine-born American singer, songwriter, and former member of the South Korean rock band Day6. He gained early recognition by competing in the first season of K-pop Star in 2012, where he finished in sixth place before signing with JYP Entertainment. Park debuted as the lead guitarist and vocalist of Day6 in September 2015 and was with the group until his departure in December 2021.
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Chris Carter
- Occupations
- film producertelevision producerscreenwriterfilm directorwriter
- Biography
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Christopher Carl Carter is an American television and film producer, director and writer who gained fame in the 1990s as the creator of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files.
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Troy Tulowitzki
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Troy Trevor Tulowitzki, nicknamed "Tulo", is an American former professional baseball shortstop who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Colorado Rockies. He also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees.
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Erin Gruwell
- Occupations
- writerpedagogueteacher
- Biography
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Erin Gruwell is an American teacher known for her unique teaching method, which led to the publication of The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them (1999). The 2007 film Freedom Writers and the 2019 PBS documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart are based on her story.
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Joon Park
- Occupations
- rapperactorsinger
- Biography
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Joon Park is a South Korean-born American singer, rapper, actor and entertainer. As a singer, he is best known as the leader and rapper of the Korean pop group g.o.d.
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Daniel Curtis Lee
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorrapperactor
- Biography
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Daniel Curtis Lee is an American actor, comedian and rapper, best known for portraying Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide from 2004 to 2007.
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Dana Rohrabacher
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher is an American former politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2019. A Republican, he represented California's 48th congressional district for the last three terms of his House tenure. Rohrabacher was defeated by Democrat Harley Rouda in 2018. Rohrabacher has expressed strong pro-Russia and pro-Putin opinions which have raised questions about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Politico dubbed him as "Putin's favorite congressman".
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George Gascón
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020 to December 3, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party, Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor, he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD, and Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona and San Francisco.
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Hiroshi Ikushima
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- presentertelevision presenterannouncer
- Biography
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Hiroshi Ikushima is a Japanese announcer and financial planner who is the chief executive officer of Ikushima Planning Office. He is the visiting professor of Tohoku Fukushi University.
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Denise Austin
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- professional fitness coachjournalistcolumnistentrepreneurcoach
- Biography
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Denise Austin is an American fitness instructor, author, and columnist, and a former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
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Craig Hodges
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Craig Anthony Hodges is an American former professional basketball player and former head coach of the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League. He played in the NBA for 10 seasons and led the league in 3-point shooting percentage three times. He won two NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and, along with Larry Bird, is one of only two players to win three consecutive Three Point Contests at the National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend, winning the competition in 1990, 1991, and 1992. Hodges also holds the Three Point Contest records for the most consecutive shots made with 19, set in 1991, and the most points scored in a single round at 25, set in 1986. He was later a head coach at Chicago State University, an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and head coach of the Halifax Rainmen of the National Basketball League of Canada.
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Raymond Lee
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Raymond Lee is an American actor known for his roles as Arlen Lee in the Prime Video series Mozart in the Jungle and Duc Bayer-Boatwright in the HBO series Here and Now. In 2021, Lee was a series regular on the AMC series Kevin Can F**k Himself. From 2022 to 2024, Lee starred in the sequel/revival of the NBC science fiction drama Quantum Leap.
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David Twohy
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterdirectorfilm directorwriter
- Biography
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David Neil Twohy is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for working on science fiction-action films, most notably Vin Diesel's The Chronicles of Riddick series.
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Jered Weaver
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jered David Weaver is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and San Diego Padres. Weaver was drafted in the first round (12th overall) in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft by the Angels out of Long Beach State. He was a three-time All Star, and twice led the American League in wins. He is the younger brother of former pitcher Jeff Weaver.
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Mark O'Meara
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Mark Francis O'Meara is an American retired professional golfer. He was a tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from their debut in 1986 to 2000. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.
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John G. Schmitz
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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John George Schmitz was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California. He was also a member of the John Birch Society. In 1972 he was the candidate for President of the United States of the American Independent Party, later known as the American Party.
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Jarren Duran
- Years
- 1996-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jarren William Duran is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg), he bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He has played for the Mexico national baseball team. Duran was named the MVP of the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
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Matt Gourley
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorpodcaster
- Biography
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Matthew James Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcasts and Drunk History.
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Occupations
- directorfilm directorfilm screenwriter
- Biography
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson is an American story artist, character designer, illustrator, and film and television director. She is best known for directing the films Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, and The Darkest Minds. Yuh is the first woman to solely direct and the first Asian American to direct a major American animated film, and has been recognized as a commercially successful Asian American director.
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Jeff McNeil
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeffrey Todd McNeil, nicknamed "Squirrel" or "Flying Squirrel," is an American professional baseball utility player for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018. In 2022, McNeil started the All-Star Game at second base, won the MLB Batting Title and the Silver Slugger Award.
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Peter Moore
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Peter Moore is a British-American business executive. He is known for his former positions as senior VP of Global Sports Marketing at Reebok, president of Sega of America, and corporate vice-president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division, overseeing the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles. From 2007 to 2011, he was head of Electronic Arts' EA Sports game division. In 2012, Moore was appointed COO of Electronic Arts. He resigned from EA in February 2017 to become CEO of Liverpool Football Club. It was announced in July 2020 that Moore would be leaving Liverpool at the end of August that year, having completed his three-year tenure with the club.
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Matt Duffy
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Michael Duffy, nicknamed "Duffman", is an American professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Texas Rangers. He played college baseball at Long Beach State.
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Dave Alvin
- Occupations
- musiciansingerpoetguitaristsinger-songwriter
- Biography
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David Albert Alvin is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s and has been involved in various side projects and collaborations. He has had brief stints as a member of the bands X and the Knitters. He often refers to himself as "Blackjack Dave," in reference to his 1998 album and song of the same name.
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Melissa Fahn
- Occupations
- singerdancervoice actor
- Biography
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Melissa Fahn is an American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Gaz Membrane in the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim, Dendy in the Cartoon Network animated series OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Hello Kitty in Hello Kitty's Paradise, as well as voicing many anime and video game characters like Himawari Uzumaki from Boruto, Edward from Cowboy Bebop, Silver Wolf in Honkai: Star Rail, Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia and Rider and her various other incarnations in the Fate stay/night franchise. She starred in the Broadway performance of Wicked and various theatre projects in Los Angeles.
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John Patitucci
- Occupations
- composerjazz musiciansession musician
- Biography
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John Patitucci is an American jazz bassist and composer.
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Greg Kading
- Occupations
- writerpolice officerexecutive producer
- Biography
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Gregory James Kading is an American author and former Los Angeles Police Department detective best known for working on a multi law-enforcement task force that investigated the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls in the mid-2000s. Many credit Kading and his LAPD task force for the 2023 arrest of Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis for the September 1996 murder of Tupac.
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Marco Estrada
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Marco René Estrada is a Mexican-American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics. He was an All-Star in 2016.
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Brandon Hyde
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Brandon Michael Hyde is an American professional baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Hyde had previously served as the bench coach, director of player development, and first base coach for the Chicago Cubs, and as a bench coach and interim manager for the Florida Marlins.
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James Ennis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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James Alfred Ennis III is an American professional basketball player who last played for Shijiazhuang Xianglan of the Chinese National Basketball League. He played two years of college basketball for the Long Beach State 49ers, where he won the Big West Player of the Year in 2013. After being selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 2013 NBA draft, Ennis moved to Australia and helped the Perth Wildcats win the 2014 NBL championship. He debuted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2014 with the Miami Heat and later played for the Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets over eight NBA seasons. Since 2022, he has played in Israel, Russia, Puerto Rico, China and Bahrain.
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Allie Goertz
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- comedianYouTuberwritersinger-songwritertelevision producer
- Biography
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Allison Beth Goertz is an American comedy musician, writer and former editor for Mad magazine. Goertz is known for her satirical songs based on various pop culture topics.
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Willie Brown
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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William Ferdie Brown was an American professional football player, coach and administrator. He played as a cornerback for the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL). Following his playing career, Brown remained with the Raiders as an assistant coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Long Beach in 1991, the final season before the school's football program was terminated. Brown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1984. At the time of his death he was on the Raiders' administrative staff.
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Lee Majdoub
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- 2003-2005 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Lee Majdoub is a Lebanese-Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Agent Stone in the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise. Majdoub played Ash Ketchum in the fan-made short film Pokémon Apokélypse (2010), and has appeared in the television programs, The 100, and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. In 2023, he portrayed Basim Ibn Ishaq, the protagonist of the video game Assassin's Creed Mirage by Ubisoft.
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Agnes de Mille
- Occupations
- choreographerwritertheatrical directordancerballet dancer
- Biography
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Agnes George de Mille was an American dancer and choreographer.
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Charlie Beck
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Charles Lloyd Beck is a retired American police officer, formerly serving as the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and subsequently as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. A veteran of the department with over four decades as an officer, he is known for commanding and rehabilitating the Rampart Division after the Rampart scandal; and for technology enhancements during his time as Chief of Detectives. He agreed to be interim Superintendent of Police in Chicago in late 2019 while the city searches nationwide for a replacement for retiring Eddie Johnson. Beck took the helm of the Chicago Police Department on December 2, 2019, after Johnson was fired. On April 15, 2020, Beck stepped down and was replaced by former Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown, who had been nominated by Lightfoot to serve as permanent Superintendent. After his retirement he rejoined the Reserve Corps as a Reserve Police Officer and is assigned to the Office Of The Chief Of Police.
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Roberto de la Rocha
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Roberto Isaac "Beto" de la Rocha is a Mexican-American painter, graphic artist, and muralist. He was part of the Chicano art collective Los Four for a few years. De la Rocha was also influential in re-establishing the traditional Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead in Los Angeles. He is the father of Rage Against the Machine vocalist and lyricist Zack de la Rocha.
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Ken Hoang
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- reality television participantprofessional gamer
- Biography
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Ken Hoang, also known as Kenny, SephirothKen, or Liquid`Ken, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player and television personality. Hoang was widely considered the most dominant Melee player in the world during the early years of the game's competitive scene in the early to mid-2000s. Hoang primarily plays Marth in Melee and is credited for pioneering several gameplay techniques integral to the game's competitive play, including the "dash dancing" movement technique and the "Ken Combo", an effective Marth combo for which he is the namesake. Hoang's dominance in the game earned him the nickname "The King of Smash".
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Casper Ware
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Casper Ware Jr. is an American professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Long Beach State 49ers.
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John Bettis
- Occupations
- lyricistbanjoistwritersongwriter
- Biography
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John Gregory Bettis is an American lyricist, best known for his long-term songwriting partnership with Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters. He wrote the lyrics for "Top of the World", a hit for both Lynn Anderson and the Carpenters. He wrote several more hits for the Carpenters, including "Only Yesterday", "Goodbye to Love","Yesterday Once More" and "I Need to Be in Love". He later wrote hits for other artists including: Madonna ("Crazy for You"), Michael Jackson ("Human Nature"), the Pointer Sisters ("Slow Hand"), Conway Twitty ("Slow Hand"), Diana Ross, Westlife ("When You Tell Me That You Love Me"), Jennifer Warnes ("Nights Are Forever"), Peabo Bryson ("Can You Stop the Rain"), Maria Vidal ("Body Rock"), George Strait ("Heartland"), Juice Newton ("Heart of the Night"), Ronnie Milsap ("Only One Love in My Life"), Barbara Mandrell ("One of a Kind Pair of Fools"), Louise Mandrell ("Too Hot to Sleep"), 38 Special ("Like No Other Night"), New Kids on the Block ("If You Go Away"), Donna Summer ("The Woman in Me"), Barbra Streisand ("Sweet Forgiveness"), Eric Clapton (“One Woman”) and Whitney Houston ("One Moment in Time").
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Laura Baugh
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Laura Zonetta Baugh is an American professional golfer, who played the LPGA Tour for 25 years. She is a published writer and golf broadcaster.
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Sabi
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Studied in 2009
- Occupations
- songwriterpop singerdanceractor
- Biography
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Jenice Dena Portlock, also known as Sabi, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress from Los Angeles, California. She is best known for her guest appearance on Cobra Starship's 2011 single, "You Make Me Feel...", which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Prior, she was part of the hip hop girl group the Bangz.
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Robin Kelley
- Occupations
- historianmusic historian
- Biography
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Robin Davis Gibran Kelley is an American historian and academic, who is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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Terrmel Sledge
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Terrmel Sledge, also known as Terrence Melvin Sledge is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the former assistant hitting coach of the Chicago Cubs. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Yokohama BayStars. Prior to being hired by the Cubs, he was the hitting coach for the Tulsa Drillers in the Texas League.
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Tim Minear
- Occupations
- television producerscreenwriterwritertelevision directorexecutive producer
- Biography
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Timothy P. Minear is an American screenwriter and director. He has been nominated for four Emmy Awards (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) for his role as an executive producer on American Horror Story and Feud.
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Phillip Lim
- Occupations
- fashion designerfilm directorfilm screenwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Phillip Lim is an American fashion designer. Lim is of Chinese descent whose parents immigrated to the United States from Cambodia during the Cambodian genocide. Lim co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion label Development from 2000 to 2004. In the fall of 2005, he co-founded 3.1 Phillip Lim with friend and business partner Wen Zhou, becoming the company's creative representative.
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Larry Eustachy
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Larry Robert Eustachy is an American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach of the Colorado State Rams (2012–2018). He was previously the head coach at Idaho (1990–1993), Utah State (1993–1998), Iowa State (1998–2003), and Southern Mississippi (2004–2012).
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Brendon Villegas
- Occupations
- television personalityreality television participantresearcher
- Biography
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Brendon Josef Villegas is an American television personality and reality show contestant. Villegas appeared in two seasons each of the American edition of the television series Big Brother and The Amazing Race.
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J. Warner Wallace
- Occupations
- religious writerapologistwriterdetective
- Biography
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James Warner Wallace is an American homicide detective and Christian apologist. Wallace is a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview and an adjunct professor of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) in La Mirada, California. He has authored several books, including Person of Interest, Cold-Case Christianity, God's Crime Scene, and Forensic Faith, in which he applies principles of cold case homicide investigation to apologetic concerns such as the existence of God and the reliability of the Gospels. He has been featured as a cold case homicide expert on Fox 11 Los Angeles, truTV (formerly Court TV), and NBC.
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Travis Allen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Travis Ethan Allen is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the California State Assembly. Allen was first elected in November 2012 to represent California's 72nd State Assembly district, which includes the cities of Fountain Valley, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster, most of Garden Grove, portions of Huntington Beach and of Santa Ana, and the unincorporated communities of Midway and Rossmoor.
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Daniele Bolelli
- Occupations
- philosopheruniversity teacherpodcaster
- Biography
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Daniele Bolelli is an Italian writer, university lecturer, martial artist, and podcaster based in Southern California. He is the author of several books on philosophy, and martial arts, including On the Warrior's Path. Known for his writing since the 1990s in Italy and the early 2000s in the United States, Bolelli rose to greater public prominence in the 2010s, beginning with his appearances on popular podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience. He went on to create his own podcasts, and has hosted The Drunken Taoist since 2012 and History on Fire since 2015.
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Dwight Stones
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Dwight Edwin Stones is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and serve as an announcer at the same Olympics. Since then, he has been a color analyst for all three major networks in the United States and continues to cover track and field on television. He served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Track and Field at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is a member of the US Track Hall of Fame, the California Sports Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Bobby Crosby
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Edward Crosby is an American former professional baseball infielder and current first base coach for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks. The son of former major league infielder Ed Crosby, he batted and threw right-handed. He was Rookie of the Year in 2004.
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Tony Baxter
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Tony Wayne Baxter is the former senior vice president of creative development in Walt Disney Imagineering and was responsible for creating designs and carrying out the construction of attractions all over the world. He announced his departure from his full-time position to become a part-time adviser on February 1, 2013. During his 47-year tenure with the company, he oversaw the construction of multiple contemporary Disney theme park attractions, including Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, Splash Mountain, The Indiana Jones Adventure, and Journey Into Imagination, and served as the executive producer of Disneyland Paris.
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Kim Wyman
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kimberley Marie Wyman is an American politician who served as the 15th Secretary of State of Washington from 2013 to 2021. Wyman resigned as Secretary of State on November 19, 2021, to work on election security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration. As of 2024, Wyman is the last Republican to have held statewide office in the State of Washington, or in any of the three contiguous West Coast states.
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J. P. Calderon
- Occupations
- modelreality television participantvolleyball player
- Biography
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John Paul Calderon is an American professional volleyball player, model and reality show personality. In 2006, he was a contestant on Survivor: Cook Islands, the 13th season of the CBS reality show. The following year, he became a regular member of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. As part of his experience he was the February 2007 cover guy of Instinct magazine. He did so again in 2008, becoming the first man to be featured on their cover twice.
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Mark Turner
- Occupations
- record producercomposermusic arrangersaxophonist
- Biography
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Mark Turner is an American jazz saxophonist.
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Jared Hughes
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William Jared Hughes is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2011 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets.
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Torey Defalco
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Torey James DeFalco is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for JTEKT Stings and the U.S. national team. DeFalco took home a bronze medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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Bryan Shaw
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bryan Anthony Shaw is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians/Guardians, and Chicago White Sox.
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Phil Alvin
- Occupations
- guitaristmusiciansinger
- Biography
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Philip Joseph Alvin is an American singer and guitarist known primarily as the leader of the rock band The Blasters. His voice has been described as "robust...powerful...rich, resonant, supremely confident."
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Kevin McCarty
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Michael McCarty is an American politician who has served as the mayor of the city of Sacramento, California, since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2024 representing the 6th Assembly District, which encompasses a portion of the Sacramento metropolitan area, including most of the city of Sacramento.
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Isaiah Washington
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Isaiah Washington is an American professional basketball player for SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A. He played for St. Raymond High School for Boys in The Bronx, where he was named Mr. New York Basketball in 2017. Washington co-founded and popularized Jelly Fam, a social media movement that emphasizes creative finger roll layups. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Iona Gaels and Long Beach State.
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John Moorlach
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johannes Meindert Willem Moorlach is an American politician who served as a member of the California State Senate representing 37th Senate district, which includes portions of Orange County, from 2015 to 2020. He was narrowly defeated for reelection by Dave Min in 2020; he lost a 2021 special election to return to the Orange County Board of Supervisors; he withdrew from the 2022 election for Orange County Auditor-Controller; and he lost the 2022 election for Mayor of Costa Mesa. A Republican, he previously served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors from December 5, 2006, to January 5, 2015, and as Orange County Treasurer–Tax Collector from March 17, 1995, to December 5, 2006.
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Caitlin Dickerson
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Caitlin Dickerson is an American journalist. She is a reporter for The Atlantic, focused on immigration. She previously worked as a national reporter for The New York Times, a political analyst for CNN, and an investigative reporter for NPR. She was awarded a 2015 Peabody Award for an NPR special series on the testing of mustard gas on American troops in WWII. She is a 2023 winner of the Pulitzer prize.
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Steve Trachsel
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stephen Christopher Trachsel is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles between 1993 and 2008. He batted and threw right-handed.
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Ed Ratleff
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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William Edward "Easy Ed" Ratleff is an American retired basketball player. He attended East High School (Columbus, Ohio) where he led his high school basketball team to the Ohio State Championship in 1968 and was joined by Dwight "Bo" Lamar to claim the 1969 Ohio High School title. In college, Ratleff was a two-time first-team All-American at Long Beach State. He was chosen for the 1972 U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Team and participated in the Munich Games. He was selected with the sixth pick of the NBA Draft and played five NBA seasons.
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Genevieve Artadi
- Occupations
- musicianjazz musicianpop musiciancomposersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Genevieve Veronica Artadi is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and video producer who is the lead vocalist and occasional instrumentalist of the independent electronic jazz-funk duo Knower. She was previously the lead vocalist of the electropop band Pollyn.
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Ian Calderon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ian Charles Calderon is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 57th Assembly District, which encompasses the Gateway Cities and portions of the San Gabriel Valley from 2012 to 2020. He served as the Assembly Majority Leader from 2016 to 2020. In November 2019, he announced that he would not be running for reelection in 2020, citing his desire to spend more time with his growing family.
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Pat McCormick
- Occupations
- swimmercompetitive diver
- Biography
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Patricia Joan Keller McCormick was an American competitive diver who won both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1952 and 1956. She won the James E. Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete in the US in 1956 – the second woman to do so, after Ann Curtis.
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Paul Lotman
- Occupations
- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
- Biography
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Paul Michael Lotman is an American former professional volleyball player. He was part of the U.S. national team, and a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012. The 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner.
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Pancho Carter
- Occupations
- racing automobile driver
- Biography
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Duane Claude Carter Jr., nicknamed "Pancho," is an American retired open-wheel racing driver. Best known for his participation in Championship car racing, he won the pole position for the 1985 Indianapolis 500, and won the Michigan 500 in 1981.
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Penny Toler
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Virginia Marlita "Penny" Toler is an American basketball executive and former player who served most recently as the general manager of the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Toler holds the distinction of scoring the first field-goal and the first free throw in WNBA history.
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Garrett Hampson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Garrett Reese Hampson is an American professional baseball utility player in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins, and Kansas City Royals. He was drafted by the Rockies in the 3rd round of the 2016 MLB draft and made his MLB debut for the team in 2018.
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Jeremy Reed
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeremy Thomas Reed is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers. He was the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels.
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Nick Vincent
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Nicholas James Vincent is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Vincent was drafted by the Padres in the 18th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft, and made his major league debut in 2012.
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Gloria Romero
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gloria J. Romero is a former California state senator from 2001 until 2010 and was the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate from 2005 until 2008. She was the first woman to hold that leadership position. In 2024, she joined the Republican Party.
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Dan Bunz
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Dan Bunz is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1985, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Tyler Lamb
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyler Lamb is a Thai-American professional basketball player for the Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. He played college basketball for UCLA and Long Beach State. Tyler began his professional career in his mother's homeland, Thailand.
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Dustin Watten
- Enrolled in California State University - Long Beach
- Studied in 2004-2009
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Dustin Joseph Watten is an American former professional volleyball player. As a member of the U.S. national team, he won the 2015 World Cup and the 2018 World Championship bronze medal.
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Laura Yeager
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major General Laura L. Yeager is an active officer in the United States Army National Guard. She became the commander of the National Guard's 40th Infantry Division on June 29, 2019 and served in that role until May 15, 2022. She is the first woman to command a United States Army infantry division.
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John Rambo
- Occupations
- basketball playerathletics competitor
- Biography
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John Barnett Rambo was an American professional basketball player and high jumper, who won a bronze medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Francisco X. Alarcón
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Francisco Xavier Alarcón was a Chicano poet and educator. He was one of the few Chicano poets to have "gained recognition while writing mostly in Spanish" within the United States. His poems have been also translated into Irish and Swedish. He made many guest appearances at public schools so that he could help inspire and influence young people to write their own poetry especially because he felt that children are "natural poets."
