100 Notable alumni of
California State University - Northridge
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California State University - Northridge is 367th in the world, 152nd in North America, and 142nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from California State University - Northridge sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Eva Mendes
- Occupations
- television actormodelstage actorfilm actoractor
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Eva de la Caridad Méndez, known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s, with a series of roles in films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000).
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Eva Longoria
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- beauty pageant contestanttelevision actoractormodeltelevision director
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Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director and business woman. After a number of guest roles on several television series, she was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, on which she starred from 2001 to 2003. She is most known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, which ran from 2004 to 2012, and for which she received a Golden Globe nomination and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards with the cast.
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Alyson Hannigan
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Allison Lee Hannigan, known professionally as Alyson Hannigan, is an American actress and television presenter.
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Phil Hartman
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- In 1972 studied graphic design
- Occupations
- stage actorcomedianfilm actorscreenwritergraphic designer
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Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character, Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
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Paula Abdul
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- television producerchoreographeractortelevision actordancer
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Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons. After choreographing music videos for Janet Jackson, Abdul became a choreographer at the height of the music video era and soon thereafter she was signed to Virgin Records. Her debut studio album Forever Your Girl (1988) became one of the most successful debut albums at that time, selling seven million copies in the United States and setting a record for the most number-one singles from a debut album on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract". Her second album Spellbound (1991) scored her two more chart-toppers – "Rush Rush" and "The Promise of a New Day". With six number-one singles on Hot 100, Abdul tied Diana Ross for the third-most chart-toppers among female solo artists at the time.
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Florence Griffith Joyner
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- athletesprinterathletics competitor
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Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. During the late 1980s, she became a popular figure due to both her record-setting athleticism and eclectic personal style.
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Debra Winger
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- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Debra Lynn Winger is an American actress. She starred in the films An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Terms of Endearment (1983), and Shadowlands (1993), each of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winger won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment, and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for A Dangerous Woman (1993).
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Jenna Elfman
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- film actortelevision actoractorfilm producerpodcaster
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Jennifer Mary Elfman is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. After making her film debut in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), she has appeared in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000), Town & Country (2001), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), and Big Stone Gap (2014).
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Robert Englund
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- film actorwritertelevision actoractorfilm director
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Robert Barton Englund is an American actor and director, best known for playing the supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Classically trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Englund began his career as a stage actor in regional theatre, and made his film debut in Buster and Billie in 1974. After supporting roles in films in the 1970s such as Stay Hungry, A Star Is Born, and Big Wednesday, Englund had his breakthrough as the resistance fighter Willie in the miniseries V in 1983. Following his performance in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, he became closely associated with the horror film genre, and is widely-regarded as one of its iconic actors.
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Teri Garr
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- film actortelevision actoractorstage actorvoice actor
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Teri Ann Garr is an American former actress, dancer, and comedian. She has frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spans four decades and includes over 140 credits in film and television. Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award nomination, and a National Board of Review Award.
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Morris Chestnut
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- Studied finance and drama fiction
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Morris Lamont Chestnut is an American actor. He first came to prominence for his role as Ricky in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood. He has appeared in feature films such as The Last Boy Scout, Higher Learning, G.I. Jane, The Brothers, Like Mike, Ladder 49, The Game Plan, The Call, Half Past Dead and Kick-Ass 2. He has also played Lance Sullivan in The Best Man, reprising the role in sequel The Best Man Holiday, and follow-up series The Best Man: The Final Chapters.
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Cheech Marin
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- voice actorwriteractorfilm directortelevision actor
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Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is an American comedian, actor, musician, and activist. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including Oliver & Company, The Lion King, the Cars series, Coco and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
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Doug Emhoff
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- entertainment lawyer
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Douglas Craig Emhoff is an American lawyer who is the second gentleman of the United States. He is married to the 49th vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris. As the first husband of a vice president, Emhoff is the first second gentleman in American history. He is also the first Jewish spouse of a vice president.
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Wendi Murdoch
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- film producerentrepreneurbusinessperson
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Wendi Deng Murdoch is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur, investor, film producer, and collector of Chinese contemporary art.
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Joan Chen
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractorfilm producer
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Joan Chen is a Chinese-American actress and film director. In China, she performed in the 1979 film Little Flower and came to the attention of American audiences for her performance in the 1987 film The Last Emperor. She is also known for her roles in Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, Saving Face, and The Home Song Stories, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
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Lauren Ridloff
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Lauren Ridloff is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals. She gained prominence in 2018 with a lead role in the Broadway revival of Children of a Lesser God, earning her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Ridloff was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended California State University, Northridge and later earned a master's degree in education from Hunter College. She initially worked as a teacher before pursuing acting, and she was also crowned Miss Deaf America.
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Jillian Michaels
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- personal trainertalent agentpodcaster
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Jillian Michaels is an American fitness expert, certified nutritionist, businesswoman, media personality, and author. She is best known for her appearances on NBC series such as The Biggest Loser. She has also made an appearance on the talk show The Doctors. In 2015, she hosted and co-judged a series on Spike titled Sweat, INC. In 2016, her reality television series Just Jillian premiered on E!.
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Eve Plumb
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- television actorpainterfilm actoractorvoice actor
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Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress, singer and painter. She is best known for portraying the middle daughter Jan Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch.
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Ana Kasparian
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- 2004-2007 graduated with Bachelor of Journalism
- 2007-2010 graduated with Master of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- professorYouTubercorrespondenttelevision presenterjournalist
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Anahit Misak Kasparian is an American political commentator, media host, and journalist. She is the main host and a producer of the online news show The Young Turks, having begun working as a fill-in producer for the show in 2007. She also appeared on the television version of the show that aired on Current TV. She formerly hosted The Point on the TYT Network and co-hosted a Jacobin YouTube show, Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.
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Andy Grammer
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- In 2007 graduated with bachelor's degree in music industry
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposerstreet artistsingerrecord producer
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Andrew Charles Grammer is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records.
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Martin Milner
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- stage actorvoice actortelevision actorfilm actor
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Martin Sam Milner was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: Route 66, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and Adam-12, which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.
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Andy Summers
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- guitaristjazz musicianphotographercomposerjazz guitarist
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Andrew James Summers is an English guitarist who was a founding member of the rock band the Police. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a band member in 2003. Summers has recorded solo albums, collaborated with other musicians, composed film scores, written fiction, and exhibited his photography in galleries.
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Anita Sarkeesian
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- bloggertelevision producerjournalistwomen's rights activistsociologist
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Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. Her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters. Media scholar Soraya Murray calls Sarkeesian emblematic of "a burgeoning organized feminist critique" of stereotyped and objectified portrayals of women in video games.
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John Densmore
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- dancersongwriterdrummeractor
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John Paul Densmore is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band the Doors, and as such is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He appeared on every recording made by the band, with drumming inspired by jazz and world music as much as by rock and roll. The many honors he shares with the other Doors include a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Daniel S. Peña, Sr
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- financierentrepreneur
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Daniel Steven Peña Sr. is an American businessman.
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Gene Haas
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- businesspersonengineerNASCAR team ownerentrepreneur
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Gene Francis Haas is the American founder, president, and sole stockholder of Haas Automation, a CNC machine tool manufacturer. He also has a presence in motorsports, having founded NASCAR team Haas CNC Racing (now known as Stewart-Haas Racing) and the Formula One team, Haas F1 Team.
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Larry Wilcox
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- military personneltelevision produceraircraft pilotactor
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Larry Dee Wilcox is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer (later captain) Jonathan "Jon" Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC. A Vietnam veteran, Wilcox races cars and is also a private pilot.
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Lee Soo-man
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- composerrecord producersingerentrepreneur
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Lee Soo-man is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul. He has also been referred to as the "president of culture", as one of the pioneers of the Korean Wave. Lee debuted as a singer in 1971 while he was a student at Seoul National University. In 1989, he founded SM Entertainment, which has since become one of the largest entertainment companies in the country.
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Charles Martin Smith
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- film actorfilm producerscreenwritervoice actoractor
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Charles Martin Smith is an American actor, writer, and director of film and television based in British Columbia, Canada. He is known for his roles in American Graffiti (1973), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Starman (1984), The Untouchables (1987), Deep Cover (1992), And the Band Played On (1993), Speechless (1994) and Deep Impact (1998).
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Leland Sklar
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- film score composerpianistsongwritersingerbassist
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Leland Bruce Sklar is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylum Records' artists that they became known as Asylum's de facto house band, as those artists became iconic singer-songwriters of the 1970s.
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Jennifer Tisdale
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Jennifer Kelly Tisdale is an American actress and singer who is known for her role as Chelsea in the comedy film Bring It On: In It to Win It.
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Cameron
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- television producerprofessional wrestler
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Ariane Nicole Andrew is an American former professional wrestler, singer, model and dancer. She is best known for her time in WWE, under the ring name Cameron (shortened from Cameron Lynn). Under her real name, Ariane joined the 2011 season of Tough Enough where she was the first competitor eliminated. She later signed with WWE and joined Naomi in forming the Funkadactyls. From July 2013 to March 2015, Andrew was one of the main cast members of the reality television show Total Divas.
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Luchasaurus
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- 2004-2010 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in study of history
- Occupations
- professional wrestlerreality television participant
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Austin Matelson, better known by the ring name Luchasaurus, is an American professional wrestler and television personality. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Killswitch, and is a member of The Patriarchy stable. In AEW, he is a former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Jungle Boy as Jurassic Express) and a former one-time AEW TNT Champion.
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Kobe Paras
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Kobe Lorenzo Forster Paras is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for Altiri Chiba of the B2 League. Listed at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg), he plays the small forward position. He has been a member of the Philippine national team and the national 3x3 team.
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Cindy Margolis
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- Playboy Playmatemodelfilm actor
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Cynthia Dawn Margolis is an American glamour spokesmodel and actress.
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Mia St. John
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- taekwondo athletemixed martial arts fighterkickboxermodelboxer
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Mia Rosales St. John is an American professional boxer and former World Boxing Council (WBC) champion in the super welterweight division. She is also the IBA and IFBA lightweight champion. She is also a model, businesswoman, and taekwondo champion.
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Charlotte Laws
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- politician
- Biography
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Charlotte Anne Laws, also known by her stage name Missy Laws, is an American author, talk show host, animal rights advocate, anti-revenge porn activist, former politician, and actress. Laws is a former BBC News contributor and was a weekly commentator on KNBC-TV's The Filter with Fred Roggin from 2009 to 2013. She also co-hosted the Internet show,' Every Way Woman (2008–2013) and hosted a local television show called "Uncommon Sense" from October 2007 to September 2010.
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Michael Takahashi
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Michael Takahashi, sometimes called Maikeru Takahashi, is a Japanese-born American professional basketball player who was considered in the mid-1990s to early 2000s one of the best players in Asia, a prolific scorer and rebounder, dominating the opposition through his athleticism and technique.
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Nicole Avant
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Nicole A. Avant is an American producer and political activist. She served as the United States Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011.
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Linda Lingle
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- politician
- Biography
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Linda Lingle is an American politician, who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959, and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor, Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 and as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party from 1999 to 2002.
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Mike Curb
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- record producercomposermusicianNASCAR team ownerpolitician
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Michael Curb is an American musician, record company executive, motorsports car owner, philanthropist, and former politician. He is also the founder and chairman of Curb Records. Curb also serves as Chairman of Word Entertainment. He was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2006. A Republican, Curb served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of California from 1979 to 1983. As of 2024, he is the most recent Republican to be elected as Lieutenant Governor of California.
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Alexandra Grey
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- television actorsinger
- Biography
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Alexandra Jordan Grey is an American actress, singer, songwriter and producer. She is best known for her roles as Melody Barnes on the Fox music drama series Empire (2015–2020), Elizah Parks on the comedy series Transparent and Parker Phillip's on the CBS action/adventure series MacGyver (2016-2021). She also portrays Denise Lockwood on the NBC TV medical drama Chicago Med, and had guest roles on Code Black, How to Get Away with Murder, Drunk History and the period television drama series The Alienist.
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Lyman Bostock
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played Major League Baseball for four seasons, as an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins (1975–77) and California Angels (1978), with a lifetime average of.311. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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Robert Newman
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Robert Newman is an American actor, primarily appearing on television.
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Barbara Starr
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Barbara Starr is an American television news journalist who most recently worked for CNN. She was the network's Pentagon correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., from 2001 to 2022.
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Don Hahn
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- executive producerproducerdirectorartistfilm director
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Donald Paul Hahn is an American film producer who is credited with producing some of the most successful animated films in recent history, including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture) and The Lion King.
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Jeffrey Beall
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- librarianblogger
- Biography
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Jeffrey Beall is an American librarian and library scientist, who drew attention to "predatory open access publishing", a term he coined, and created Beall's list, a list of potentially predatory open-access publishers. He is a critic of the open access publishing movement and particularly how predatory publishers use the open access concept, and is known for his blog Scholarly Open Access. He has also written on this topic in The Charleston Advisor, in Nature, in Learned Publishing, and elsewhere.
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Ralph Lazo
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Ralph Lazo was the only known non-spouse, non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. His experience was the subject of the 2004 narrative short film Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story.
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David Gerrold
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- novelistscience fiction writerwriterscreenwriter
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David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.
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Jimmy Delshad
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamshid "Jimmy" Delshad is an Iranian-American politician in the state of California. He became Mayor of Beverly Hills on March 21, 2007 when he was sworn in by Fred Hayman, and again on March 16, 2010. He is the first Iranian-American to hold public office in Beverly Hills.
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Bobby Diamond
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- actorlawyertelevision actor
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Robert LeRoy Diamond was an American actor active in the 1950s and 1960s before retiring from the profession and becoming a lawyer. He is best known as the child lead in the television series Fury.
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Mimi Soltysik
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik was an American socialist political activist for the Socialist Party USA. He was the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election alongside Angela Nicole Walker, who was the party's vice-presidential nominee.
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Mahmood Sariolghalam
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- historianinternational forum participantphilosopher
- Biography
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Mahmood Sariolghalam is a professor of international relations at the School of Economics and Political Science in Shahid Beheshti University (formerly Iran National University) since 1987. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1959. He received his B.A. degree in political science/management from California State University, Northridge in 1980 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1982 and 1987, respectively. Sariolghalam also completed a postdoctorate program at Ohio University in 1997. During the 2009–2010 academic year, he taught at Kuwait University. He is currently a professor at Loyola Marymount University continuing to teach international relations.
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Chuck Pfarrer
- Occupations
- novelistwriterscreenwriterfilm producerhistorian
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Charles Patrick Pfarrer III is an American writer, film producer, and former Navy SEAL. As an author, he has penned published screenplays, novels, comic books, and non-fiction works. His works deal with themes pertaining to the military. Pfarrer has worked on films including Navy SEALs, Darkman, and Hard Target.
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Karen Pendleton
- Occupations
- television actorsinger
- Biography
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Karen Anita Pendleton was an original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer on the ABC television series from 1955 to 1959. She was one of only nine Mouseketeers who were on the show during its entire original run.
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Sue Herera
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Sue Herera is an American journalist and business news television anchor.
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Bob Marshall
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Gerald Marshall is an American businessman, author and former politician, who was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 13th District. His district included portions of Prince William and Loudoun counties. He is known for his failed "bathroom bill" proposal, which would have required people to use restrooms that correspond with the sex on their original birth certificates. In the November 7, 2017, general election, Marshall was defeated by nine percentage points by Democrat Danica Roem, the first openly transgender candidate elected to a state legislature in the United States.
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Bill Handel
- Occupations
- radio personalitylawyer
- Biography
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William Wolf Handel is a Brazilian-born American radio host and attorney.
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Greg Palast
- Occupations
- journalistfilm directorinvestigative journalistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Gregory Allyn Palast is an author and a freelance journalist who often worked for the BBC and The Guardian. His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but he has also worked with labour unions and consumer advocacy groups.
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Karin Anna Cheung
- Occupations
- film actorsinger-songwritercomposertelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Karin Anna Cheung is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and artist.
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Charles A. Coulombe
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Roy-Charles A. Coulombe, known as Charles Coulombe, is an American Catholic author, historian, and lecturer. Coulombe is known for his advocacy of monarchism.
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Amanda Simpson
- Occupations
- politicianaircraft pilotscientist
- Biography
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Amanda Renae Simpson is an American pilot, businesswoman and politician.
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Judy Baca
- Enrolled in California State University - Northridge
- In 1979 graduated with Master of Arts in art
- Occupations
- painterprintmakerartist
- Biography
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Judith Francisca Baca is an American artist, activist, and professor of Chicano studies, world arts, and cultures based at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in Venice, California. Baca is the director of the mural project that created the Great Wall of Los Angeles, which was the largest known communal mural project in the world as of 2018.
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George Han Kim
- Occupations
- singercomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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George Han Kim, better known by his Korean name, Johan Kim (Korean: 김조한), is a Korean-American singer and record producer. He is a member of South Korean R&B/hip hop trio Solid. His song "I Want To Fall In Love" has become a mega-hit throughout the country of South Korea. He founded the girl group Unicorn.
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Gordon Goodwin
- Occupations
- pianistconductorjazz musiciancomposersaxophonist
- Biography
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Gordon L. Goodwin is an American pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is the leader of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. He has won four Grammy Awards and three Daytime Emmy Awards, and has received over twenty Grammy nominations for his compositions and arrangements.
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Katie Hill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Katherine Lauren Hill is an American former politician and social services administrator from Agua Dulce, California. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative for California's 25th congressional district from January to November 2019. Hill is the former executive director of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), a statewide non-profit organization working to end homelessness throughout California. She won her seat by defeating incumbent Republican Steve Knight in the 2018 midterm elections.
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Jim Pons
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Jim Pons is an American bassist, author, singer, and video director who most notably played for the Leaves (1964–1967), the Turtles (1967–1970), and the Mothers of Invention (1970–1971) and Flo and Eddie (1971-1973).
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Brianne Siddall
- Occupations
- voice actor
- Biography
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Brianne Siddall, also known under her stage names of Jetta E. Bumpy, Ian Hawk, Murray Blue, Jetta Bird, and Brianne Brozey, is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Tommy Himi, Koromon, Keenan Crier, and Calumon in over a hundred episodes of the popular anime Digimon and its video games, as well as for voicing Tsukasa and Elk in the anime.hack//Sign and the.hack games.
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Shawn Steel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shawn Steel is an American politician serving as the Republican National Committee Member from California since 2008. He was voted by his colleagues to the executive committee of the Republican National Committee in 2018. Steel served as Sergeant at Arms at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio in 2016. In 2012, he served as Deputy Permanent Co-chairmen of the convention. He was elected as Chairman of the California Republican Party from 2001 to 2003. He is the husband of Congresswoman Michelle Park Steel, who has represented California's 48th congressional district since 2021.
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Ron Insana
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ronald G. Insana is an American finance reporter, author and former hedge fund manager. He presents the Market Score Board Report with Ron Insana radio show, syndicated by Compass, and is a senior analyst and commentator at CNBC. Insana was the Managing Director of Insana Capital Partners from inception to dissolution. He was the anchor of CNBC's Street Signs, which aired on weekdays during stock market hours. Until December 5, 2003, he and Sue Herera co-anchored CNBC's then flagship nightly financial news program, Business Center.
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Marc Levine
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marc Levine is an American politician, who served in the California State Assembly representing the 10th district between 2012 and 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Levine is the former Chairman of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. A former member of the San Rafael City Council, Levine previously worked as a technology entrepreneur.
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Gene Baur
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Gene Baur, formerly known as Gene Bauston, is an author and activist in the animal rights and food movement. He’s been called the "conscience of the food movement" by Time magazine, and opposes factory farming and advocates for what he believes would be a more just and respectful food system. Baur is president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, a farm animal protection organization. He is vegan and has been involved with animal rights since he co-founded Farm Sanctuary in 1986. Baur has authored two books and various articles.
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QUIN
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- singer
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QUIN, born Bianca Leonor Quiñones, is an American singer/songwriter/producer born in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Charles Noski
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Charles H. Noski was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company from March 2020 to August 2021. He previously held a variety of positions, including the position of CFO at AT&T, Bank of America, and Northrop Grumman, as well as the positions of director and chairman of the audit committee of Microsoft.
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Sean Franklin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sean Michael Franklin is an American former soccer player who played as a defender.
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David Mullich
- Occupations
- video game producerengineer
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David Mullich is an American game producer and designer. He created the 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, produced the 1995 adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developed Heroes of Might and Magic III and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
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Kansen Chu
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- politician
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Kansen Chu is a Taiwanese-born American politician. A Democrat, Chu was a member of the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2020, for the 25th District, which encompasses parts of the South and East Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Olympia LePoint
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- university teacherauthor
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Olympia Ann LePoint is an American author, professional speaker and rocket scientist. LePoint helped design rockets for 28 of NASA Space Shuttle missions between 1998 and 2007. In 2007, LePoint discovered and in 2010 trademarked the condition and term Mathaphobia, a learning disability and math fear linked to the amygdala. She published the book, Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist in 2013.
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Robert Fick
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- actorbaseball player
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Robert Charles Fick is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman. In 2002, he was named to the American League All-Star Team.
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Robert Hilburn
- Occupations
- journalistwritermusicianmusic critic
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Robert Hilburn is an American pop music critic, author, and radio host. As critic and music editor at the Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005, his reviews, essays and profiles appeared in publications around the world. Hilburn has since written a memoir and best-selling biographies of Johnny Cash and Paul Simon. He was a member of the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for more than twenty years, and lives in Los Angeles.
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Scott J. Horowitz
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- astronautaircraft pilotmilitary officer
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Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions.
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Kameron Loe
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kameron David Loe is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. At 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m), Loe was one of the tallest players in the long history of the game.
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Phil Snyder
- Occupations
- actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Philip Charles Snyder is an American university professor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, author, animator, musician, singer-songwriter, director, screenwriter and producer.
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Stephan Hicks
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Stephan Keenan Hicks is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Cal State Northridge.
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Rodolfo Acuña
- Occupations
- historian
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Rodolfo "Rudy" Francisco Acuña is an American historian, professor emeritus at California State University, Northridge, and a scholar of Chicano studies. He authored the 1972 book Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, approaching history of the Southwestern United States with a heavy emphasis on Mexican Americans. An eighth edition was published in 2014. Acuña has also written for the Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Herald-Express, La Opinión, and numerous other newspapers. His work emphasizes the struggles of Mexican American people. Acuña is an activist and he has supported numerous causes of the Chicano Movement. He currently teaches an on-line history course at California State University, Northridge.
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Maia Sharp
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Maia Sharp is an American singer and songwriter. In addition to her solo career, she has written songs for and collaborated with several country and pop musicians including Cher, Trisha Yearwood, Terri Clark, Bonnie Raitt, Edwin McCain, and Art Garfunkel.
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Tuan Le
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Tuan Le is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.
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David Ascalon
- Occupations
- sculptorpainter
- Biography
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David Ascalon is an Israeli contemporary sculptor and stained glass artist, and co-founder of Ascalon Studios.
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Fran Pavley
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
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Frances J. "Fran" Pavley is an American politician who served two terms in the California State Senate and three terms in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she last represented the 27th Senate District, which encompasses the Conejo Valley, and portions of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. Due to term limits in California, Senator Pavley completed her legislative career in 2016. She is currently working as the Environmental Policy Director for the USC Schwarzenegger Institute.
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Michelle DeYoung
- Occupations
- opera singer
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Michelle DeYoung is an American classical vocalist who has an active international career performing in operas and concerts.
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Bill Murphy
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- baseball player
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William R.W. Murphy is an American professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays, with an 0–0 record in the Major Leagues. He has also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines being one of the most highly known pitchers in Japan during the 2010 season. Murphy and Yu Darvish were both the top leading Aces in Japan for the 2010 season, yet Murphy being the dominant force for his team, the Chiba Lotte Marines to win the 2010 Japan Series. He has also played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. Bill Murphy is the only player in Major League Baseball history to be traded three times in less than a 24-hour time period, in the Paul Lo Duca, Brad Penny, Hee-seop Choi, Juan Encarnacion and Guillermo Mota trade.
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Hsiao Uan-u
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hsiao Uan-u is a Taiwanese politician.
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Richard Alarcón
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Anthony Alarcon is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2013. A Democrat, he previously served in the California State Senate and, for approximately three months, in the California State Assembly.
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Genevieve Artadi
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United States - Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposerpop musicianjazz musicianmusician
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Genevieve Artadi is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. She is best known as the co-founder of the jazz-funk duo Knower, along with Louis Cole. She was also the lead vocalist of the electro-pop band Pollyn, which formed in 1998. Additionally, she has recorded and performed with Jacob Collier, Snarky Puppy, and Thundercat.
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Ben Sullivan
- Occupations
- coachbasketball player
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Ben Sullivan is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. A former center at Cal State Northridge and the University of Portland, Sullivan has primarily served as a shooting coach during his NBA coaching career.
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Alice Brown
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Alice Regina Brown is a retired American sprinter. Competing at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics she won two relay gold medals and an individual silver medal. She attended John Muir High School (Pasadena, California) and California State University, Northridge.
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Michael Klonsky
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- activistteacher
- Biography
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Michael Klonsky is an American educator, author, and political activist. He is known for his work with the Students for a Democratic Society, the New Communist Movement, and, later, the small schools movement.
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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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Christopher Bogdan
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Christopher Carl Bogdan is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General who served as the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office in Arlington, Virginia. Previously, he was the Deputy Program Executive Officer. Before that, he served as the Program Executive Officer and Program Director, KC-46 Tanker Modernization Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
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Lorie Zapf
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lorie Zapf is an American politician in San Diego, California. She served as a San Diego City Council member representing City Council District 2. She was first elected to office in November 2010 serving District 6, but switched districts in 2014 due to redistricting. In 2018 Zapf lost a bid for reelection, becoming one of the first incumbent council members to lose a reelection campaign since 1992. She is a Republican, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.
