100 Notable alumni of
DePaul University
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DePaul University is 329th in the world, 139th in North America, and 132nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from DePaul University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gillian Anderson
- Enrolled in DePaul University
- 1986-1990 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorsingervoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018), Lily Bart in the drama film The House of Mirth (2000), DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama series The Fall (2013–2016), Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama series Sex Education (2019–2023), and Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix drama series The Crown (2020). Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Joe Keery
- Occupations
- musicianfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Joseph David Keery, known professionally in music as Djo, is an American actor and musician. He became known for playing Steve Harrington in the science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–present), and has since starred in the comedy film Free Guy (2021) and in the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023–2024).
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Judy Greer
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directoractortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Judith Therese Evans, known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress who has appeared in a wide variety of films. She rose to prominence for her supporting roles in the films Jawbreaker (1999), What Women Want (2000), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Elizabethtown (2005), 27 Dresses (2008), and Love & Other Drugs (2010).
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Stana Katic
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Stana Katić is a Canadian actress and producer. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime series Castle (2009–2016) and FBI Special Agent Emily Byrne in the psychological thriller series Absentia (2017–2020).
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Michael Rooker
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Michael Rooker is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed by its sequels Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He is a recurring collaborator of Guardians of the Galaxy director and co-CEO of DC Studios James Gunn, appearing in all of his films to date including Slither (2006), Super (2010) and The Suicide Squad (2021).
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John C. Reilly
- Occupations
- film actorcharacter actorscreenwritertelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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John Christopher Reilly is an American actor. He is known as a character actor taking leading and supporting roles in independent drama films and studio comedies. He gained exposure through his supporting roles in Tony Scott's Days of Thunder (1990), Paul Thomas Anderson's films Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999), and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004). Reilly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award for his role in the musical film Chicago (2002). Reilly's other notable films include The River Wild (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), and The Hours (2002).
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Linda Hunt
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorstage actortelevision actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Linda Hunt, born Lydia Susanna Hunt is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first and, as of 2024, the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Hunt has also appeared in films such as Dune (1984), Silverado (1985), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Pocahontas (1995), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).
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Sean Gunn
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sean Gunn is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), as well as the animated series What If...? (2021–2024), and television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). He also played Weasel and Calendar Man in the Warner Bros./DCEU film The Suicide Squad (2021). He reprised the role of Weasel in the DCU HBO Max series Creature Commandos (2024), where he also plays G.I. Robot. He is the younger brother of director James Gunn and often appears in his productions.
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John Barrowman
- Occupations
- writeractorstage actordancertelevision actor
- Biography
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John Scot Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who (2005–10; 2020–21) and its spin-off Torchwood (2006–11), and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse (2012–19).
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Elizabeth Perkins
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorstage actortelevision actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Elizabeth Perkins is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films including About Last Night (1986), From the Hip (1987), Big (1988), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), The Flintstones (1994), Moonlight and Valentino (1995), The Ring Two (2005) and Hop (2011). She is also well known for her role as Celia Hodes in the Showtime TV series Weeds, for which she received three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.
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Pete Wentz
- Occupations
- musicianlyricistsongwriterbass guitarist
- Biography
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Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III is an American musician who is the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy. Before the band's formation in 2001, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lead singer and songwriter for Arma Angelus, a metalcore band. During Fall Out Boy's hiatus from 2009 to 2012, Wentz formed the experimental, electropop and dubstep group Black Cards. He owns a record label, DCD2 Records, which has signed bands including Panic! at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes.
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David Dastmalchian
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actorscreenwriterstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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David Dastmalchian is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has had supporting roles in a number of superhero franchises: he portrayed Thomas Schiff in The Dark Knight (2008), Kurt and Veb in the Ant-Man franchise, Abra Kadabra in the CW's The Flash, and Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad (2021).
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Lauren Lapkus
- Occupations
- film directoractorcomediantelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is an American actress and comedian, known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2014, 2019) and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing (2017–2019). She has also appeared in the television series Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), Hot in Cleveland (2012), Clipped (2015), The Big Bang Theory (2018–2019), and Good Girls (2020–2021) and in the films Jurassic World (2015), The Unicorn (2018), and The Wrong Missy (2020). She played the voice role of Lotta in the animated comedy series Harvey Girls Forever! (2018–2020).
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Lili Taylor
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorscreenwriterstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Lili Anne Taylor is an American actress. She came to prominence with supporting parts in the films Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989), before establishing herself as one of the key figures of 1990s independent cinema through starring roles in Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints, Short Cuts (both 1993), The Addiction (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol, Girls Town (both 1996), Pecker (1998), and A Slipping-Down Life (1999). Taylor is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning once in the category of Best Supporting Female. Her other accolades include one Golden Globe Award and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Ray Manzarek
- Occupations
- directorkeyboardistcomposerrecord producerpianist
- Biography
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Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band The Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA Film School graduate Jim Morrison. Manzarek is credited for his innovative playing and abilities on organ-style keyboard instruments.
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Karl Malden
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Karl Malden was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946 and 1947. Recreating the role of Mitch in the 1951 film of Streetcar, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Ann Dowd
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Ann Dowd is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including Green Card (1990), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Garden State (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Marley & Me (2008), Compliance (2012), Side Effects (2013), St. Vincent (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), Hereditary (2018), and Mass (2021). For Compliance, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. For Mass, she earned nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award.
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Harvey Korman
- Occupations
- television actortelevision directorfilm actortelevision producerfilm director
- Biography
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Harvey Herschel Korman was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. He is best remembered as a main cast member alongside Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence on the CBS sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1977) for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
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Tom Bosley
- Occupations
- voice actormilitary personnelfilm actorstage actormilitary officer
- Biography
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Thomas Edward Bosley was an American actor, television personality and entertainer. Bosley is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. Bosley also did a variety of voiceover work such as playing the lead character in the animated series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, and the narrator of the syndicated film history documentary series That's Hollywood. He was also known for his role as Sheriff Amos Tupper in the Angela Lansbury lead CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote (1984–1988), and as the title character in the NBC/ABC series Father Dowling Mysteries (1989–1991).
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Geraldine Page
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorvoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Geraldine Sue Page was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Tony Awards.
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Philip Kotler
- Occupations
- businesspersoneconomistuniversity teacherwritermathematician
- Biography
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Philip Kotler is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus; the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (1962–2018). He is known for popularizing the definition of marketing mix. He is the author of over 80 books, including Marketing Management, Principles of Marketing, Kotler on Marketing, Marketing Insights from A to Z, Marketing 4.0, Marketing Places, Marketing of Nations, Chaotics, Market Your Way to Growth, Winning Global Markets, Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, My Adventures in Marketing, Up and Out of Poverty, and Winning at Innovation. Kotler describes strategic marketing as serving as "the link between society's needs and its pattern of industrial response."
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Ashton Sanders
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Ashton Durrand Sanders is an American actor best known for his portrayal of teenage Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016). He has since acted in films such as The Equalizer 2 (2017), All Day and a Night (2020), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2020). He portrayed Bigger Thomas in Native Son (2019) and Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).
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George Mikan
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coachlawyer
- Biography
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George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Invariably playing with thick, round spectacles, the 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), 245 lb (111 kg) Mikan was one of the pioneers of professional basketball. Through his size and play, he redefined basketball as a game dominated in his day by "big men". His prolific rebounding, shot blocking, and ability to shoot over smaller defenders with his ambidextrous hook shot all helped to change the game. He also used the underhanded free-throw shooting technique long before Rick Barry made it his signature shot.
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Jerry Sloan
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Gerald Eugene Sloan was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before beginning a 30-year coaching career, 23 of which were spent as head coach of the Utah Jazz (1988–2011). NBA commissioner David Stern referred to Sloan as "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history". Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Richard Gilliland
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Richard Morris Gilliland was an American television and movie actor, best known as JD Shackleford in Designing Women (1986–1992).
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Gloria Foster
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Gloria Foster was an American actress. She had acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. Foster played the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and its first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003). She played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
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W. Earl Brown
- Occupations
- stage actoractortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actor
- Biography
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William Earl Brown is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny, the cameraman in the film Scream (1996), Warren in the film There's Something About Mary (1998), Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004–2006), and the voice and motion capture of Bill in the video game The Last of Us (2013). He has appeared in films such as Backdraft, The Master, Being John Malkovich, The Sessions, Vanilla Sky, The Lone Ranger, and Bloodworth (which he also wrote and produced), as well as series such as Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Preacher, Bates Motel, True Detective, American Horror Story, Chicago Fire, Psych, and The Mandalorian.
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Betsy Palmer
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorvoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, Pamela Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th film (1980).
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Lila Downs
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- recording artistactorfilm actoropera singersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Ana Lila Downs Sánchez is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily studied at the Institute of Arts by Oaxaca and briefly attended the University of Minnesota, before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She soon began performing in the traditional music scene of Oaxaca City.
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Monique Coleman
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorsingeractor
- Biography
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Adrienne Monique Coleman is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies.
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Jaboukie Young-White
- Occupations
- actorscreenwritermusiciansongwriterstand-up comedian
- Biography
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Jaboukie Young-White is an American comedian, actor, and writer.
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Richard M. Daley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years, his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history, surpassing the 21-year mayoralty of his father, Richard J. Daley.
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Adrian Zmed
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actorsinger
- Biography
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Adrian George Zmed is an American actor, singer and television personality, noted for the roles of Johnny Nogerelli in Grease 2 and Officer Vince Romano in the T. J. Hooker television series. His Broadway credits include the starring roles of Danny Zuko in Grease and Marvin in Falsettos.
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P. J. Byrne
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Paul Jeffrey Byrne is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Irv Smiff on the UPN/CW series The Game; and Bolin on Nickelodeon's animated series The Legend of Korra (2012–2014).
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Max Strus
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Max Strus is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) He played college basketball for the Lewis Flyers and the DePaul Blue Demons. Prior to the Cavaliers, Strus played two games for the Chicago Bulls in his rookie season before signing with the Miami Heat, with whom he reached the NBA Finals in 2023.
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Cole Bennett
- Occupations
- videographerbusiness executivefilm directormusic video director
- Biography
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Cole Bennett is an American music video director and record executive. He is also the founder of Lyrical Lemonade. He has most notably collaborated with Juice Wrld on music videos such as "All Girls Are the Same", "Lucid Dreams", "Robbery", "Bandit" and "Tell Me U Luv Me". Also, he has directed other music videos such as YG Marley's "Praise Jah in the Moonlight", Lil Yachty's "Poland", Lil Tecca's "Ransom", Internet Money, Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav's "Lemonade", Eminem's "Godzilla", "Gnat" and "Tobey", JID's "Off Deez", Wiz Khalifa's "Fr Fr", YNW Melly's "Mixed Personalities", and many others. In 2024, he released the album All Is Yellow, through Lyrical Lemonade and Def Jam Recordings.
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Dana DeLorenzo
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Dana DeLorenzo is an American actress and former radio personality and producer. She is best known for her starring role as Kelly Maxwell in the Starz horror-comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead.
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Richard J. Daley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Joseph Daley was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953, until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city bosses" who controlled and mobilized American cities. He was the patriarch of a powerful Chicago political family. His son, Richard M. Daley, would also go on to serve as mayor of Chicago and another son, William M. Daley, served as the United States Secretary of Commerce and White House Chief of Staff.
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Chasten Buttigieg
- Occupations
- school teacherLGBTQ rights activistauthor
- Biography
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Chasten James Glezman Buttigieg is an American teacher, author, and LGBT+ activist. He is married to Pete Buttigieg, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and was an advisor, spokesperson, and social media campaigner during his husband's 2020 presidential campaign. In September 2020, Buttigieg released a memoir titled I Have Something to Tell You.
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Rod Strickland
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Rodney Strickland is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is currently the head coach at Long Island University. Prior to LIU, he served as the program manager for the NBA G League's professional path. Strickland played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons, earning All-American honors. He had a long career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing from 1988 to 2005. Strickland was an assistant coach for the South Florida Bulls, under Orlando Antigua from 2014 to 2017. He formerly served in an administrative role for the University of Kentucky basketball team under head coach John Calipari and was the director of basketball operations at the University of Memphis under Calipari. He is the godfather of current NBA player Kyrie Irving. Strickland was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2008.
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Mark Aguirre
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Mark Anthony Aguirre is a Mexican-American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aguirre was chosen as the first overall pick of the 1981 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing three years at DePaul University. Aguirre played in the NBA from 1981 until 1994 and won two championships with the Detroit Pistons after being traded to Detroit from Dallas in exchange for Adrian Dantley. Aguirre was a three-time All-Star for Dallas. Aguirre was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
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James Pankow
- Occupations
- composermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
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James Carter Pankow is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for his brass arrangements, and for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider.
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Tarell Alvin McCraney
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterplaywrightstage actor
- Biography
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Tarell Alvin McCraney is an American playwright. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble.
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Quentin Richardson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Quentin Lamar Richardson is an American former professional basketball player who was formerly the director of player development for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Q-Ball", he played professionally for 13 seasons for the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Orlando Magic. He won the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2005.
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Jim O'Rourke
- Occupations
- film score composermusicianguitaristrecord producer
- Biography
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Jim O'Rourke is an American musician, instrumentalist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his numerous solo and collaborative music projects, many of which are instrumental, and has been acclaimed for his music that spans varied genres, including avant-garde styles such as ambient, noise and minimalism, and styles of rock like indie rock and post-rock. He has been associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene, as well as with New York City when he relocated there in 2000 for his tenure as a member of American indie rock band Sonic Youth. He subsequently moved to Japan and has since been a Japanese resident.
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Alexander Koch
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Alexander Koch is an American actor. He played the series regular role of Junior Rennie on the CBS drama series Under the Dome, based on the novel by Stephen King. Alex Koch appears in the fifth season of Lucifer as Ella Lopez's new love interest, Pete Daily. He co-starred in the 2020 meta-thriller Black Bear.
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Wilson Chandler
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Wilson Jamall Chandler is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for 13 seasons, mainly with the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets. He also played for Zhejiang Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2011 NBA lockout. He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons for two years before declaring for the 2007 NBA draft, where he was a first-round selection of the Knicks. Chandler was listed at 6 ft 8 in. and 225 lbs. He could play both forward positions.
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Leonard Roberts
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Leonard Roberts is an American actor. He portrayed Sean Taylor in Drumline, Forrest Gates on the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and D. L. Hawkins on Heroes.
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Ramsey Lewis
- Occupations
- radio personalityrecording artistpianistjazz musician
- Biography
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Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album The In Crowd earned Lewis critical praise and the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. His best known singles include "The 'In' Crowd", "Wade in the Water", and "Sun Goddess". Until 2009, he was the host of the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show on the Chicago radio station WNUA.
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Paul Dinello
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriternovelistfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Paul E. Dinello is an American comedian, actor, and writer, best known for his collaborations with Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris. His accolades include five Primetime Emmy Awards, three PGA Awards, and two WGA Awards.
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Angelo Poffo
- Occupations
- managerprofessional wrestlerentrepreneurteacher
- Biography
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Angelo John Poffo was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He is the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Genius" Lanny Poffo and the father-in-law of Miss Elizabeth.
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Zak Orth
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Adam Zachary Orth is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, Music and Lyrics, and NYC 22. He also starred in the NBC television drama Revolution as Aaron.
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Walter Parazaider
- Occupations
- jazz musicianclarinetistguitaristsaxophonistflautist
- Biography
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Walter Parazaider is an American woodwind musician who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and James Pankow. Parazaider is a multi-instrumentalist. He plays a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He also occasionally plays guitar.
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Charlotte Pence
- Enrolled in DePaul University
- In 2016 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writerfilm screenwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Charlotte Pence Bond is an American writer who is the second child and elder daughter of former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence and former Second Lady of the United States Karen Pence.
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Michael Muhney
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Michael Muhney is an American actor. His best known roles include Sheriff Don Lamb on the UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars between 2004 and 2007 and Adam Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2009 to 2014.
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Jane Byrne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983. Prior to her tenure as mayor, Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977, the only female in the mayoral cabinet.
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Arthur Goldberg
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyerdiplomatjurist
- Biography
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Jeremy O. Harris
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- screenwriteractorplaywright
- Biography
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Jeremy O. Harris is an American playwright, actor and screenwriter. Harris gained prominence for his 2018 Slave Play, which received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Play. Harris is also known for his work in film and television. He produced and co-wrote the A24 film Zola (2021), for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay. He acted in the HBO Max series Gossip Girl (2021), the Netflix series Emily in Paris (2022), and in the film The Sweet East (2023).
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Kwame Raoul
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Natalie Jaresko
- Occupations
- businesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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Natalie Ann Jaresko is an American-born former U.S. State Department official and Ukrainian investment banker who served as Ukraine's Minister of Finance from December 2014 until April 2016. On 20 March 2017, she was appointed as executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico. Jaresko announced her resignation from the PROMESA board effective April 1, 2022. Since April 2022, she has been working as chairman of the Aspen Institute Kyiv and advisor for the non-profit Stronger Than Ever.
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Brian Culbertson
- Occupations
- pianistjazz musician
- Biography
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Brian Culbertson is an American smooth jazz/R&B/funk musician and producer. His instruments include the synthesizer, piano and trombone.
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Allie Quigley
- Enrolled in DePaul University
- Studied in 2008
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alexandria "Allie" Quigley is an American and Hungarian professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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Paul Reed
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Paul Reed, nicknamed "BBall Paul", is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons.
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Desmin Borges
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Desmin Borges is an American actor. He is best known for playing Edgar Quintero on the FX/FXX comedy-drama You're the Worst.
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Tom O'Halleran
- Enrolled in DePaul University
- Studied in 1991-1992
- Occupations
- business executivepoliticianpolice officer
- Biography
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Thomas Charles O'Halleran is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2017 to 2023. Beginning his political career as a Republican, he was the Arizona state senator from the 1st district from 2007 to 2009. In 2015, he became a member of the Democratic Party. He also served as the chair of communications for the Blue Dog Coalition. On June 7, 2023, he was appointed as a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Joe Biden administration.
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Sarah Kustok
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Sarah Grace Kustok is an American sports reporter who works for the YES Network and Fox Sports. In 2017, she became the first female full-time analyst for an NBA team's local TV broadcasts, when the YES Network promoted her from sideline analyst for Brooklyn Nets games.
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Edward M. Burke
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- lawyeralderman
- Biography
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Edward Michael Burke is an American politician found guilty of racketeering, bribery, and extortion who served as the alderman of Chicago's 14th ward from 1969 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1969, and represented part of the city's Southwest Side. Chair of Council's Committee on Finance, Burke had been called Chicago's "most powerful alderman" by the Chicago Sun-Times. Burke was named one of the "100 Most Powerful Chicagoans" by Chicago Magazine, describing him as "ne of the last of the old-school Chicago Machine pols."
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Jacqueline Kim
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- film directorfilm produceractortelevision actorscreenwriter
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Jacqueline Joan Kim is an American writer, actress, filmmaker and composer. She was nominated for a FIND Independent Spirit award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Charlotte Sometimes.
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Graham Harman
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- university teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Graham Harman is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology. He is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy.
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John Cabrera
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm director
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John Cabrera is an American actor, screenwriter and director best known for his role as Brian Fuller on the television show Gilmore Girls on The WB (later The CW). He has also appeared on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, NCIS, American Dreams, Miracles, and CSI.
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Tyrone Corbin
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Tyrone Kennedy Corbin is an American former professional basketball player who last worked as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets. He was first appointed the assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns, then was named the Utah Jazz’s head coach, on February 10, 2011, following the resignation of longtime coach Jerry Sloan. He was also the brief interim head coach of the Sacramento Kings in the 2014–15 season before being replaced by George Karl. Prior to that, Corbin played 16 seasons in the NBA.
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Bobby Simmons
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bobby Simmons is an American former professional basketball player. During his NBA career, Simmons played for five NBA teams between 2001 and 2012. He won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2005.
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Samuel K. Skinner
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- lawyeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Samuel Knox Skinner is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration, Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under President Gerald R. Ford from 1975 to 1977, succeeding James R. Thompson.
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Lina Trivedi
- Occupations
- writercivil servantentrepreneurteacher
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Lina Trivedi is an American entrepreneur, author, educator and civil servant.
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How to Dress Well
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- singersongwriter
- Biography
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How to Dress Well is the stage name of Tom Krell, an American multimedia artist, singer-songwriter, and producer from Boulder, Colorado. He began releasing music independently through his own blog around 2009 and via labels like Tri Angle, Lefse Records, Weird World, and eventually Domino later on in his career.
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Robert Plomin
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- psychologistbehavior geneticistgeneticist
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Robert Joseph Plomin CBE FBA is an American/British psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in behavior genetics. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Plomin as the 71st most cited psychologist of the 20th century. He is the author of several books on genetics and psychology.
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Pidgeon Pagonis
- Enrolled in DePaul University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- LGBTQ rights activist
- Biography
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Pidgeon Pagonis is an American intersex activist, writer, artist, and consultant. They are an advocate for intersex human rights and against nonconsensual intersex medical interventions.
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Mars Williams
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- recording artistjazz musiciansaxophonist
- Biography
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Marc Charles "Mars" Williams was an American jazz and rock saxophonist. He was a member of the American new wave band The Waitresses from 1980 to 1983, and a member of the British post-punk band The Psychedelic Furs from 1983 to 1989 and again from 2005 until his death in 2023. Williams also was a founding member of the acid jazz group Liquid Soul, and a member of the free jazz-oriented NRG Ensemble.
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Elene Gedevanishvili
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Elene Gedevanishvili is a Georgian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time (2012, 2010) European bronze medalist. In winning the medal in 2010, Gedevanishvili became the first skater from Georgia to medal at an ISU Championships. She has competed at three Winter Olympics: Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.
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Hemant Mehta
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- editorhigh-school teacherwriterpodcaster
- Biography
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Hemant Mehta is an American author, blogger, YouTuber and atheist activist. Mehta is a regular speaker at atheist events, and he has been a board member of charitable organizations such as the Secular Student Alliance and the Foundation Beyond Belief.
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Haile Gerima
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- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Haile Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards.
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Sarah Gorden
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sarah L. Gorden is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Chicago Red Stars. She has been named to the NWSL Best XI two times.
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Julianne Buescher
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- screenwriterfilm directorsingervoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Julianne Buescher is an American actress, puppeteer and writer who performs in film, television, radio, and on stage. As a voice actress, she is known for many roles including Anko Mitarashi on Naruto. Buescher is also a puppeteer for The Jim Henson Company, appearing with CeeLo Green as "Piddles the Pug" at the 2011 Grammy Awards and as the same character among others in the improvisational adult puppet shows. She also has worked for both Sesame Street and The Muppets.
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Dar Tucker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Darquavis Lamar "Dar" Tucker is an American-Jordanian professional basketball player for the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball at DePaul University.
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Steven Hunter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Steven Deon Hunter is an American former professional basketball player. He is listed as a center. He most recently played for Dinamo Sassari.
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Phil Foglio
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- editorcartoonistcomics artist
- Biography
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Philip Peter Foglio is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art.
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Jill Holtzman Vogel
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel is an American attorney and politician who served as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district from 2008 to 2024. A Republican, her district was located in exurban and rural parts of Northern Virginia, and it included all of Clarke, Fauquier, and Frederick counties, Winchester city, as well as pieces of Culpeper, Loudoun, and Stafford counties.
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Drake Diener
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Drake Richard Diener is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at DePaul University.
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Lourdes Duarte
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- television journalist
- Biography
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Lourdes Duarte is an American television journalist for WGN-TV, where she is an investigative reporter and co-host of the WGN Evening News at 4pm.
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Marjorie Vincent
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- modeljournalistbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Marjorie Judith Vincent is an American journalist and former beauty contestant who was crowned Miss America 1991.
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Cliff Clinkscales
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Clifford Clinkscales is an American professional basketball head coach and retired player. He is the head coach of the KW Titans of the Basketball Super League. A 6-foot-1-inch (1.85 m) point guard, Clinkscales began playing professionally in 2008, with two seasons in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). He spent most of his professional career in NBL Canada, playing from 2013 to 2020 in Halifax for the Rainmen and the Hurricanes. With the Halifax Hurricanes, he set the record for the most career assists in NBL Canada history.
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Muriel Anderson
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- jazz guitaristclassical guitaristguitaristjazz musician
- Biography
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Muriel Anderson is an American fingerstyle guitarist and harp guitarist who plays in many genres. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship.
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Phillipe Cunningham
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- politician
- Biography
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Phillipe M. Cunningham is a former city council member for Minneapolis Ward 4 and was the first transgender man of color to be elected to public office in the United States. Cunningham won the council position in the 2017 Minneapolis City Council election and lost it in the 2021 election.
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Brian Mosteller
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Brian Mosteller is an American diplomat and operations executive, best known for being the Director of Oval Office Operations in the Obama administration, from 2009 to 2017.
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Mackenzie Firgens
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Mackenzie Firgens is an American actress.
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Sammy Mejía
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Samuel José Mejía is a Dominican American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball at DePaul University. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
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Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Occupations
- composerjazz musiciansaxophonist
- Biography
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Rudresh Mahanthappa is a New York-based jazz alto saxophonist and composer.
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Proco Joe Moreno
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- politician
- Biography
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Proco Joe Moreno III is an American politician who served as alderman from the 1st ward in the Chicago City Council. He was appointed to replace Manny Flores on March 26, 2010. His term ended on May 20, 2019, after his loss to Daniel La Spata in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. The 1st Ward of Chicago incorporates areas including: Wicker Park, Bucktown, East Village, Ukrainian Village, Logan Square and the southeastern tip of Roscoe Village.
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Billy Garrett Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Billy Garrett Jr. is an American professional basketball player for CD Estela of the LEB Plata. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks. He has also played professionally in the NBA G League as well as for teams in several international leagues. His professional highlights include a G League Championship in 2021 with the Lakeland Magic and All-PLK Team recognition in 2022.
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Ed Mikan
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Edward Anton Mikan was an American professional basketball player. He was the younger brother of George Mikan.
