100 Notable alumni of
DePaul University
DePaul University is 300th in the world, 129th in North America, and 123rd 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
- actorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Stana Katic
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Stana Katic is a Canadian-American 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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Judy Greer
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actorstage actorfilm directoractor
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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 first rose to prominence in a variety of 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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Michael Rooker
- Occupations
- television actorfilm produceractorfilm actorkarateka
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Michael Rooker is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Baily in Mississippi Burning (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Sherman McMaster in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Grant Grant in Slither (2006), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013), Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the animated series What If...? (2021), and Savant in The Suicide Squad (2021).
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John C. Reilly
- Occupations
- voice actorfilm producersingerfilm actorcharacter actor
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John Christopher Reilly is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and writer. After his film debut in Casualties of War (1989), he gained exposure through his supporting roles in Days of Thunder (1990), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and The River Wild (1994). He also starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's films Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999), as well as Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998). For his performance in Chicago (2002), Reilly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He worked with director Martin Scorsese on both Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004).
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Linda Hunt
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actoractorfilm actorstage actor
- Biography
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Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt is an American actress of stage and screen.
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Joe Keery
- Occupations
- television actormusicianfilm actor
- Biography
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Joseph David Keery is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing Steve Harrington in the science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–present) and for his role in the comedy film Free Guy (2021). Keery releases music under the stage name Djo. He is a former member of the psychedelic rock band Post Animal.
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John Barrowman
- Occupations
- television actorchildren's writernovelisttelevision producertelevision presenter
- 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 role as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood, and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse.
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Pete Wentz
- Occupations
- bass guitaristmusicianlyricistsongwriter
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Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III is an American musician best known as the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy since its formation in 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, 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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Sean Gunn
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractor
- 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), the television film The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) and the upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He also played Weasel and Calendar Man in the Warner Bros./DCEU film The Suicide Squad (2021). He is the younger brother of director James Gunn and often appears in his brother's films.
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Elizabeth Perkins
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actoractorfilm actorstage actor
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Elizabeth Ann Perkins is an American actress. Her film roles have included About Last Night (1986), Big (1988), Avalon (1990), and He Said, She Said (1991), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and her brief voice role as Coral in the Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Nemo (2003). 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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Lauren Lapkus
- Occupations
- television actorcomedianactorfilm actorpodcaster
- Biography
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Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is an American actress and comedian. Lapkus is 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
- television actoractorfilm actorscreenwriterstage 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 with starring roles in Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints, Short Cuts (both 1993), The Addiction, Cold Fever (both 1995), I Shot Andy Warhol, Girls Town (both 1996), Pecker (1998), and A Slipping-Down Life (1999). She is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning once in the category of Best Supporting Female. Her accolades also include a Golden Globe, an NBR Award, a Volpi Cup, a Sant Jordi, a Golden Space Needle, a Chlotrudis Award, an SDFCS Award, a Sundance Special Jury Prize, and a Fangoria Chainsaw Award.
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Ray Manzarek
- Occupations
- record producerpianistpoetsingerdirector
- Biography
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Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. was an American keyboardist and musician. He is best known as a member of the Doors, co-founding the band with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison in 1965.
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Ann Dowd
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
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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
- film actorstage actortelevision actorstand-up comediantelevision producer
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Harvey Herschel Korman was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. His big break was being a featured performer on CBS' The Danny Kaye Show, but he is best remembered for his performances on the sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show, for which he won four Emmy Awards, as well as his partnership with Tim Conway. Korman also appeared in several comedy films by Mel Brooks.
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Karl Malden
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
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Karl Malden was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun authenticity to roles in theater, film, and television", especially in such classic films as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, On the Waterfront (1954), Pollyanna (1960), and One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Malden also played in high-profile Hollywood films such as Baby Doll (1956), The Hanging Tree (1959), How the West Was Won (1962), Gypsy (1962), and Patton (1970). From 1972 to 1977, he portrayed the leading role of Lt. Mike Stone in the primetime television crime drama The Streets of San Francisco. He was later an advertising spokesman for American Express.
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Tom Bosley
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actoractorfilm actorstage actor
- 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. He's 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, two Golden Globe Awards, and four nominations for the Tony Award.
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Philip Kotler
- Occupations
- writermathematicianbusinesspersoneconomistuniversity teacher
- 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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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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George Mikan
- Occupations
- basketball playerlawyerbasketball coach
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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 it as a game dominated in his day by "big men". His prolific rebounding, shot blocking, and talent to shoot over smaller defenders with his ambidextrous hook shot — the result of the Mikan Drill — created with Ray Meyer, his coach at DePaul University (where Mikan was a three-time All-American), all helped change the game. He also utilized the underhanded free-throw shooting technique long before Rick Barry made it his signature shot.
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Gloria Foster
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actor
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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 The Matrix Reloaded (2003) films, the latter film being her last. Foster played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
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Richard Gilliland
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Richard Gilliland was an American television and movie actor, best known as JD Shackleford in Designing Women (1986–1992).
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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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W. Earl Brown
- Occupations
- film actortelevision producerstage actoractortelevision 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, C.S.I., C.S.I. Miami, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Preacher, Bates Motel, True Detective, American Horror Story, Chicago Fire, and The Mandalorian.
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Lila Downs
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterfilm actorrecording artistopera singersinger
- 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
- singeractorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Adrienne Monique Coleman is an American actress known for her role in the High School Musical movies, in which she plays Taylor McKessie.
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Adrian Zmed
- Occupations
- singerfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
- 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.
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Dana DeLorenzo
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- stage actortelevision actor
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Dana Rose 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 (2015–2018).
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Richard M. Daley
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- 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 stay of his father, Richard J. Daley.
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Richard J. Daley
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- 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 Central Committee from 1953, until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city bosses" who controlled and mobilized American cities. Daley was Chicago's third consecutive mayor from the working-class, heavily Irish-American South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport, where he lived his entire life. He was the patriarch of the Daley family, whose members include Richard M. Daley, another former mayor of Chicago; William M. Daley, a former United States Secretary of Commerce; John P. Daley, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and Patrick Daley Thompson, a former alderman of the Chicago City Council.
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P. J. Byrne
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorvoice actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Paul Jeffrey Byrne is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Bolin on Nickelodeon's animated series The Legend of Korra (2012–2014).
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Tarell Alvin McCraney
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- writerplaywrightscreenwriteruniversity teacherstage actor
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Tarell Alvin McCraney is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble.
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Rod Strickland
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- 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 at DePaul University, where he was awarded All-American honors. He then enjoyed 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.
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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-Rich", 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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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 the Denver Nuggets. He has 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 is listed at 6 ft 8 in. and 225 lbs. He can play both forward positions.
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James Pankow
- Occupations
- songwritercomposermusician
- Biography
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James Carter Pankow is an American trombone player, songwriter and brass instrument arranger, best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago.
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Alexander Koch
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractor
- 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. He currently resides in Los Angeles. 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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Mark Aguirre
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Mark Anthony Aguirre is an American former 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. He was also the 1st Mexican-American basketball player to win an NBA title.
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Jim O'Rourke
- Occupations
- guitaristrecord producerfilm score composermusician
- Biography
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Jim O'Rourke is a Tokyo-based American musician, composer and record producer. He has released albums across varied genres, including singer-songwriter music, post-rock, ambient, noise music, and tape experiments. He was associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene when he relocated to New York City in 2000. He now resides in Japan. O'Rourke is best known for his numerous solo and collaborative music projects, many of which are entirely instrumental, and for his tenure as a member of Sonic Youth from 1999 to 2005.
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Leonard Roberts
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- actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Leonard Roberts is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Sean Taylor in Drumline and for playing Forrest Gates in the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and D. L. Hawkins in a recurring role on Heroes.
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Zak Orth
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Zak Orth is an American actor 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, and appeared as a man haunted by psychic visions in an episode of the Fox series Fringe.
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Paul Dinello
- Occupations
- television actoractorscreenwriternovelistfilm director
- 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. He portrayed Geoffrey Jellineck on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy, and later became a writer and supervising producer for The Colbert Report and then The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Michael Muhney
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision actor
- 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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Walter Parazaider
- Occupations
- saxophonistflautistjazz musicianclarinetistguitarist
- Biography
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Walter Parazaider is an American woodwind musician best known for being a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He plays a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He also occasionally plays guitar.
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Angelo Poffo
- Occupations
- entrepreneurteachermanagerprofessional wrestler
- 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 was the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Genius" Lanny Poffo and the father-in-law of Miss Elizabeth.
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Ramsey Lewis
- Occupations
- pianistjazz musicianradio personalityrecording artist
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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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Charlotte Pence
- Years
- 1993-.. (age 30)
- Enrolled in DePaul University
- In 2016 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- film screenwriterfilm producerwriterchildren's writer
- 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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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. Byrne won the 1979 Chicago mayoral election on April 3, 1979, becoming the first female mayor of the city. She lost her bid for reelection in the Democratic primary of the 1983 Chicago mayoral election.
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Chasten Buttigieg
- Occupations
- school teacherLGBTQI+ rights activistauthor
- Biography
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Chasten James Glezman Buttigieg is an American teacher, writer, and LGBT+ activist. He is married to Pete Buttigieg, the current U.S. secretary of transportation. He was an advisor, spokesperson, and social media campaigner during his husband's 2020 presidential campaign. In September 2020, Buttigieg released his debut memoir, I Have Something to Tell You.
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Arthur Goldberg
- Occupations
- diplomatjuristpoliticianjudgelawyer
- 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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Natalie Jaresko
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Natalie Ann Jaresko also known as Natalia Ivanivna Yaresko (Ukrainian: Наталія Іванівна Яресько) 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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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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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 for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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Jeremy O. Harris
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- playwrightscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Jeremy O. Harris is an American playwright, actor, and philanthropist, known for his plays "Daddy" and Slave Play. The latter received 12 nominations at the 74th Tony Awards, breaking the record previously set by the 2018 revival of Angels in America for most nominations for a non-musical play. Harris was the winner of the 2018 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, given by the Vineyard Theatre in New York City. A profile in the New York Times said that Harris's "ability to render subconscious trauma into provocative theatrical expression, as potentially unsettling as entertaining, has earned him a lot of attention in a very short time." Out called him "the queer black savior the theater world needs."
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Sarah Kustok
- Occupations
- 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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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.
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Desmin Borges
- Occupations
- 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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Edward M. Burke
- Occupations
- lawyeralderman
- Biography
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Edward Michael Burke is an American politician who is the alderman of Chicago's 14th ward. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1969, and represents part of the city's Southwest Side. Chair of Council's Committee on Finance, Burke has 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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Graham Harman
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Graham Harman is an American philosopher and academic. 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
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision actor
- Biography
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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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Bobby Simmons
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bobby Simmons is an American former professional basketball player. In his career he played for five NBA teams. He won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2005.
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Tyrone Corbin
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Tyrone Kennedy Corbin is an American former basketball player and 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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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. His musical work falls under ambient music, experimental electronic, and alternative R&B. 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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Samuel K. Skinner
- Occupations
- 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 1975-1977, succeeding James R. Thompson.
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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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Robert Plomin
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- geneticistpsychologistbehavior geneticist
- Biography
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Robert Joseph Plomin is an American/British psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin studies and 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
- LGBTQI+ 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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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 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
- Occupations
- 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. His films have received wide international acclaim. Since 1975, Haile has been an influential film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won numerous international awards.
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Julianne Buescher
- Occupations
- film actorfilm producerscreenwriterfilm directorsinger
- Biography
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Julianne Buescher is an American actress, writer, and puppeteer 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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Jill Holtzman Vogel
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel is an American attorney and politician serving as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district since 2008. A Republican, her district is located in exurban and rural parts of Northern Virginia, and it includes 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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Phil Foglio
- Occupations
- comics artisteditorcartoonist
- Biography
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Philip Foglio is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art.
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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. He played college basketball at DePaul University.
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Sarah Gorden
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sarah L. Gorden is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Angel City FC in the NWSL.
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Cliff Clinkscales
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Clifford Clinkscales is an American professional basketball assistant coach for the KW Titans of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) and a former player. 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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Lourdes Duarte
- 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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Phillipe Cunningham
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phillipe M. Cunningham is a former city council member for Minneapolis Ward 4 and 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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Marjorie Vincent
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantmodeljournalist
- 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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Brian Mosteller
- Biography
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Brian Mosteller is a diplomat and American operations executive, best known for being the Director of Oval Office Operations in the Obama administration, from 2009 to 2017.
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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 plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
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Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Occupations
- saxophonistjazz musician
- Biography
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Rudresh Mahanthappa is a New York-based jazz alto saxophonist and composer.
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Mackenzie Firgens
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Mackenzie Firgens is an American actress.
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Proco Joe Moreno
- Occupations
- 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 starting in 2010 when 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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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.
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LeAlan Jones
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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LeAlan Marvin Jones is an American journalist who lives in Chicago's South Shore. His radio documentaries have received critical acclaim and numerous awards. Jones was the Green Party's 2010 nominee for United States Senate from Illinois.
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Mikki Kendall
- Occupations
- opinion journalistwritercomics writer
- Biography
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Mikki Kendall is an author, activist, and cultural critic. Her work often focuses on current events, media representation, the politics of food, and the history of the feminist movement. Penguin Random House published her graphic novel Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists in 2019, while her political nonfiction book Hood Feminism was released in early 2020.
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Doug Bruno
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Richard Douglas Bruno is the head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team. In 2016, he completed his 30th season as head coach. Under his tenure, the Blue Demons have qualified for post-season competition play in 24 of his 33 completed seasons, including the last 17 seasons.
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Michael Jaharis
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Michael Jaharis was an American lawyer, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Kos Pharmaceuticals and Vatera Healthcare Partners LLC, and co-founder of Arisaph Pharmaceuticals.
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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 Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for DePaul.
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Tristen Gaspadarek
- Occupations
- musiciansongwriter
- Biography
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Tristen is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has released five albums: Teardrops and Lollipops (2008), Charlatans at the Garden Gate (2011), C A V E S (2013), Sneaker Waves (2017), and Aquatic Flowers (2021). She also performed as a member of Jenny Lewis's live band in 2015.
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Liz Carroll
- Occupations
- fiddler
- Biography
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Liz Carroll is an American fiddler and composer. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award. Carroll and collaborator Irish guitarist John Doyle were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010. She is considered one of the greatest contemporary Irish fiddlers.
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Draelon Burns
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Draelon Burns is an American professional basketball player for Shinshu Brave Warriors in Japan. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he primarily plays as point guard or shooting guard.
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Kelli Hubly
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kelli Hubly is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC. With the Thorns, Hubly won the 2017 NWSL Championship, the 2021 NWSL Shield, and other awards.
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Marty Russo
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Martin Anthony Russo is an American politician, lawyer and lobbyist from Illinois.
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Tomeka Reid
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- cellistcomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Tomeka Reid is an American composer, improviser, cellist, curator, and teacher.
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Dan Evans
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Daniel P. Evans is an American professional baseball executive. Within Major League Baseball, Evans was most recently a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is currently a member of the Baseball Prospectus Advisory Board, serves on the board of directors for the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) and is President of SABR's Rocky Mountain Chapter. Evans attended Lane Technical High School on Chicago's North Side and DePaul University.
