100 Notable alumni of
Duke University
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Duke University is 49th in the world, 26th in North America, and 25th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Duke University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with Duke University won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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Richard Nixon
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 1937
- Occupations
- military officerpoliticianlawyerautobiographerstatesperson
- Biography
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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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Kyrie Irving
- Occupations
- basketball playerdiarist
- Biography
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Kyrie Andrew Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. A nine-time All-Star and three-time member of the All-NBA Team, Irving won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.
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Ken Jeong
- Occupations
- film actorgame show hostcomediantelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom Dr. Ken (2015–2017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in the films Knocked Up (2007), Role Models (2008), Furry Vengeance (2010), The Duff (2015), Ride Along 2 (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Scoob! (2020), Tom & Jerry (2021), and KPop Demon Hunters (2025).
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Tim Cook
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 1988
- In 1988 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusinesspersonpresenterengineermanager
- Biography
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Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive who has been the CEO of Apple since 2011. Cook had previously been the company's COO under its co-founder Steve Jobs. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations, and then as vice president for worldwide sales and operations. He was appointed chief executive of Apple on August 24, 2011, after Jobs resigned.
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Jared Harris
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jared Francis Harris is a British actor. The son of actor Richard Harris, he went on to study drama at Duke University and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He has received various accolades including a British Academy Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Jayson Tatum
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jayson Christopher Tatum Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri and played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Tatum was selected by the Boston Celtics with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in the 2018 season. Tatum won the inaugural NBA Eastern Conference finals MVP in 2022, and won his first title in the 2024 NBA Finals.
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Zion Williamson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Zion Lateef Williamson is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the power forward position. Following a freshman-year stint with the Duke Blue Devils, Williamson was selected by the Pelicans with the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2020. In 2021, he became the fourth youngest NBA player to be selected to an All-Star game.
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Seth Curry
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 2009-2013
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Seth Adham Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year at Liberty University before transferring to Duke. He is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and the younger brother of NBA player Stephen Curry. He currently ranks seventh in NBA history in career three-point field goal percentage.
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Rand Paul
- Occupations
- physicianophthalmologistpolitician
- Biography
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Randal Howard Paul is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
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Ron Paul
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1961 graduated with Doctor of Medicine in gynaecology
- Occupations
- gynecologistair force officersurgeontelevision producerobstetrician
- Biography
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Ronald Ernest Paul is an American author, activist, medical doctor, and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States, first as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988, and then as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.
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Ayda Field
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ayda Sabahat Evecan Williams is an American actress. She has appeared as a panellist on the British television chat show Loose Women, as well as being a judge on the British version of The X Factor, alongside her husband, singer Robbie Williams. Her acting roles include Fresh Meat and Days of Our Lives.
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JJ Redick
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Jonathan Clay "JJ" Redick is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, winning many individual awards, including the Naismith College Player of the Year. Selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA draft, he played for 15 seasons in the NBA with six teams. In 2024, Redick was appointed head coach of the Lakers.
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Grant Hill
- Occupations
- art collectorbasketball player
- Biography
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Grant Henry Hill is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a part-owner of Orlando City SC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). He is also part of an ownership group that purchased the Baltimore Orioles in 2024. Hill also works as a basketball analyst for CBS, NBC and Turner Sports.
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Annabeth Gish
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Annabeth Gish is an American actress. She played roles in the films Shag, Hiding Out, Mystic Pizza, SLC Punk!, The Last Supper and Double Jeopardy. On television, she played Special Agent Monica Reyes on The X-Files, Elizabeth Bartlet Westin on The West Wing, Diane Gould on Halt and Catch Fire, Eileen Caffee on Brotherhood, Sarah Gunning on Midnight Mass, Charlotte Millwright on The Bridge and Sheriff Althea Jarry on the seventh and final season of Sons of Anarchy.
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Brandon Ingram
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brandon Xavier Ingram is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a two-time NBA All-Star and was named the NBA Most Improved Player in 2020. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in the same season.
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Mike Posner
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwriterdisc jockeycomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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Michael Robert Henrion Posner is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, poet, and record producer from Detroit. He signed with J Records in 2009 and released his debut single "Cooler Than Me" the following year. The song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and received septuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His follow-up single, "Please Don't Go" peaked within the top 20 of the chart and received triple platinum certification; both songs preceded the release of his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 and received mixed critical reception. In 2014, Posner parted ways with J Records in favor of Island Records.
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Christian Laettner
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Christian Donald Laettner is an American former professional basketball player. His college career for the Duke Blue Devils is widely regarded as one of the best in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. He was the star player on back-to-back Duke National Championship teams of 1991 and 1992, and the NCAA player of the year in his senior year. He is famous for his game-winning shot against Kentucky in the 1992 tournament and being polarizing amongst basketball fans.
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Melinda Gates
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1986 graduated with bachelor's degree in computer science
- In 1987 graduated with Master of Business Administration in economics
- Occupations
- philanthropistentrepreneurfounderpatron of the artsbusinessperson
- Biography
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Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.
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Adam Silver
- Occupations
- chief operating officerlawyerjuristbusinesspersondeputy commissioner
- Biography
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Adam Silver is an American lawyer and sports executive who is serving as the fifth and current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the NBA in 1992 and has held various positions within the league, becoming chief operating officer and deputy commissioner under his predecessor and mentor David Stern in 2006. When Stern retired in 2014, Silver was named commissioner.
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Retta
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1992 graduated with Bachelor of Science in pre-medical
- Occupations
- television actoractorcomedianfilm actor
- Biography
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Marietta Sangai Sirleaf, known professionally as Retta, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She is best known for her roles as Donna Meagle on NBC's Parks and Recreation and Ruby Hill on NBC's Good Girls. She has appeared in several films and television shows, and has performed stand-up on Comedy Central's Premium Blend.
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Charlie Rose
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 1964
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- television presenterinterviewerjournalist
- Biography
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Charles Peete Rose Jr. is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show Charlie Rose on PBS and Bloomberg LP. On the show, he interviewed writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, businesspersons, leaders, scientists, intellectuals, and fellow journalists. The show was known for its distinguished stature and intellectual tone.
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Jabari Parker
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 2013-2014
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jabari Ali Parker is an American professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, after one season of playing for Duke University. He played four seasons for the Bucks before spending time with 5 different teams over the course of four more NBA seasons.
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Sylvia A. Earle
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1967 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- explorerbiologistoceanographermarine biologistbotanist
- Biography
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Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, writer, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large (formerly Explorer in Residence) since 1998. Earle was the first chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998.
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Grayson Allen
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 2014-2018
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Grayson James Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played four years of college basketball at Duke University, where he helped Duke win a national championship in 2015. He has often been called one of Duke's best players of the 2010s. Allen was drafted with the 21st overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, where he played for one season before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in July 2019. In August 2021, Allen was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, where he played for two seasons before being traded to the Suns in September 2023.
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Jahlil Okafor
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jahlil Obika Okafor Listen is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Levanga Hokkaido of the B.League. He played his freshman season of college basketball for the 2014–15 Duke national championship team. He was selected with the third overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Austin Rivers
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Austin James Rivers is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a sports analyst for ESPN and NBC Sports. The son of basketball coach and former player Doc Rivers, he played for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 2012 NBA draft, Rivers was selected with the 10th overall pick by the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans), playing three seasons there before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. After three years with the Clippers, he was traded to the Washington Wizards in June 2018. In December of the same year, he joined the Houston Rockets. He also played in the NBA for the New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, and Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Luol Deng
- Occupations
- basketball playersports official
- Biography
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Luol Ajou Deng OBE is a South Sudanese-born British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Born in South Sudan, then part of Sudan, Deng fled the country with his family as a child, eventually settling in the United Kingdom. He became a British citizen in 2006, and has played for the Great Britain national team.
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Bobby Hurley
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Robert M. Hurley is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo.
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Jay Williams
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jason David Williams is an American former basketball player and television analyst. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and professionally for the Chicago Bulls in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Carlos Boozer
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Carlos Austin Boozer Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A two-time NBA All-Star, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers, and then spent his last season playing overseas with the Guangdong Southern Tigers. As a member of Team USA, Boozer won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Ken Starr
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- prosecutoruniversity teacherlawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Kenneth Winston Starr was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.
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RJ Barrett
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 2018
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected third overall in the 2019 NBA draft by the New York Knicks after one year of college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils.
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Marvin Bagley III
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied in 2017
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marvin Bagley III is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and was a 2018 Consensus All-American.
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Jerome Bruner
- Occupations
- university teacherpedagoguepsychologist
- Biography
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Jerome Seymour Bruner was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941. He taught and conducted research at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and New York University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bruner as the 28th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
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Quinn Cook
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Quinn Alexander Cook is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and was one of the top-rated basketball recruits in the class of 2011. Cook won the 2015 NCAA national championship with Duke, and won two NBA championships, one with the Golden State Warriors in 2018 and one with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020. He has also played for the Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Douglas Brunt
- Occupations
- historiannovelistentrepreneurwriter
- Biography
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Douglas Brunt is an American biographer, novelist, and podcast host with SiriusXM and former president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium.
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MatPat
- Occupations
- television producerYouTubervoice actor
- Biography
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Matthew Robert Patrick, known professionally as MatPat, is an American internet personality, political advisor, and former YouTuber.
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Elizabeth Dole
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1958 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served in five presidential administrations, including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor, George H. W. Bush, from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999; she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election, but eventually withdrew from the race.
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Jessica Springsteen
- Occupations
- equestrian
- Biography
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Jessica Rae Springsteen is an American equestrian. The daughter of musicians Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, she is a show jumping champion rider who has represented the United States Equestrian Team in international competition and won a silver medal in the Team jumping at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo.
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Marcus Stroman
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 2016 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Marcus Earl Stroman is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, and New York Yankees. Stroman's height is listed at 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m), making him one of only six pitchers shorter than 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) to make a start at the MLB level in the 21st century.
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Dan Abrams
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- television presenterlawyerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Daniel Abrams is an American media entrepreneur, television host, and author. He is currently the host of On Patrol: Live on Reelz, and The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets The Law on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. channel. He is also the Chief Legal Analyst of ABC News. In 2021, he became the host of the primetime show Dan Abrams Live on NewsNation, which had its last episode in February 2025.
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David Rubenstein
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpodcastermerchantjuristfinancier
- Biography
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David Mark Rubenstein is an American lawyer and businessman. He is a co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm based in Washington, D.C. Rubenstein is also the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB), acquiring the team in 2024 for $1.7 billion, and former federal government official.
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Quin Snyder
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Quin Price Snyder is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After being named a McDonald's All American as a high school player in Washington, he played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was previously the head coach of the Utah Jazz for eight seasons.
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Dan Ariely
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterpedagoguepsychologisteconomist
- Biography
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Dan Ariely is an Israeli-American professor and author. He serves as a James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. He is the co-founder of several companies implementing insights from behavioral science. Ariely wrote an advice column called "Ask Ariely" in The Wall Street Journal from June 2012 until September 2022. He is the author of the three New York Times best-selling books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty. He co-produced the 2015 documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies. Ariely's life, research, and book Predictably Irrational inspired the 2023 NBC television series The Irrational.
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Andrew G. McCabe
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Andrew George McCabe is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from February 2016 to March 2018 and as the acting Director of the FBI from May 9, 2017, to August 2, 2017. McCabe joined the FBI as a special agent in 1996 and served with the bureau's SWAT team. He became a supervisory special agent in 2003 and held management positions of increasing responsibility until he was appointed deputy director of the FBI in February 2016. McCabe became the acting Director of the FBI following James Comey's dismissal by then President Donald Trump, and served in that position until Trump's appointment of Christopher A. Wray. McCabe later departed from the FBI on poor terms with Trump. After leaving the Trump administration, McCabe has been a contributor at CNN since 2019.
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Elton Brand
- Occupations
- basketball playerfilm producer
- Biography
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Elton Tyron Brand is an American former professional basketball player and the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball for Duke, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, and later played for the Philadelphia 76ers, the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks. He was a two-time NBA All Star and an All-NBA Second Team selection in 2006.
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Mason Plumlee
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Mason Alexander Plumlee is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He primarily plays the center position. As a freshman in 2009–10, he was a back-up forward for the Duke Blue Devils national championship team, playing with his older brother Miles. He was a 2009 McDonald's All-American in high school. During his senior year at Duke, he also played with his younger brother Marshall. He was selected with the 22nd overall pick by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2013 NBA draft. Plumlee was also a member of the United States national team that won a gold medal in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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JB Pritzker
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, Pritzker is widely seen as an opposition leader during the second Trump administration.
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Eric Bolling
- Occupations
- presenterjournalisttelevision presenterbaseball player
- Biography
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Eric Thomas Bolling is an American television personality, conservative political commentator, author, and financial commentator. He has occupied numerous roles as a commentator on financial issues for television, most notably for Fox News. He hosted Fox Business Channel's Cashin' In and Fox News Channel's The Five before leaving in May 2017. A staunch ally of President Donald Trump, Bolling has published two books: Wake Up America (2016) and The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It (2017).
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Ken Wilber
- Occupations
- writerphilosopher
- Biography
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Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. is an American theorist and writer on transpersonal psychology and his own integral theory, a four-quadrant grid which purports to model all human knowledge and experience. Starting publishing in the 1970s, his works were popular among a section of readers in the 1980s, but have lost popularity since the 1990s, retaining some popularity at dedicated web forums.
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Judy Woodruff
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistnews presenter
- Biography
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Judy Carline Woodruff is an American broadcast journalist who has worked in local, network, cable, and public television news since 1970. She was the anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour through the end of 2022. Woodruff has covered every presidential election and convention since 1976. She has interviewed several heads of state and moderated U.S. presidential debates.
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Jon Scheyer
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Jonathan James Scheyer is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
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Prince Hashem bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein is the younger of the two sons of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. In her autobiography, Queen Noor states that Hashim was named after the clan of Hashim (Banu Hashim), the clan to which the Islamic prophet Muhammad and King Hussein belong. He is in the line of succession to the Jordanian throne.
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Jack Coleman
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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John MacDonald Coleman is an American actor known as Steven Carrington on Dynasty (1982–1988), Noah Bennet in Heroes (2006–2010), State Senator Robert Lipton on The Office (2010–2013), and US Senator William Bracken on Castle (2012–2015).
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Bailey Chase
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Bailey Chase is an American film and television actor.
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Cody Ko
- Enrolled in Duke University
- 2008-2012 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in computer science
- Occupations
- comedianYouTuberVinertelevision producerpodcaster
- Biography
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Cody Michael Kolodziejzyk, better known as Cody Ko, is a Canadian YouTuber, podcaster, comedian, and rapper. His style of content is often crudely comedic and profane. As of April 2023, his five YouTube channels have collectively earned over 9.37 million subscribers and 1.86 billion views.
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Cam Reddish
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Cameron Elijah Reddish is an American professional basketball player who recently played for BC Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was selected 10th overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft.
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Tyus Jones
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyus Robert Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The older brother of NBA player Tre Jones, he previously played for his hometown team, the Minnesota Timberwolves for four seasons, before signing with the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2019 offseason. After 4 seasons with the team, he was traded to the Washington Wizards with whom he played for one season before signing with the Phoenix Suns in 2024. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils in his freshman season as part of the 2014–15 National Championship team.
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Luis von Ahn
- Enrolled in Duke University
- 1996-2000 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing.
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Nabeel Qureshi
- Occupations
- missionarywriter
- Biography
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Nabeel Asif Qureshi was a Pakistani-American evangelical Christian apologist. Raised in a devout Ahmadi Muslim family, Qureshi converted to Christianity as a university student following several years of debate with David Wood.
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William Kennedy Smith
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with undergraduate degree
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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William Kennedy Smith is an American physician and a member of the Kennedy family who founded an organization focused on land mines and the rehabilitation of landmine victims. He is known for being charged with rape in a nationally publicized 1991 trial that ended with his acquittal.
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Arkady Dvorkovich
- Occupations
- chess officialeconomistchess playerpolitician
- Biography
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Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich is a Russian politician and economist, currently serving as the president of the International Chess Federation, FIDE. He was Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet from 21 May 2012 until 7 May 2018. He was previously an Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation from May 2008 to May 2012. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Shane Battier
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Shane Courtney Battier is an American former professional basketball player.
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Aileen Cannon
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 2003 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Aileen Mercedes Cannon is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was appointed in 2020 by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Cannon previously worked for the corporate law firm Gibson Dunn from 2009 to 2012 and was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida from 2013 to 2020.
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Shelden Williams
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Shelden DeMar Williams is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Landlord", he played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, and later played in the NBA for parts of seven seasons.
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Justise Winslow
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justise Jon Winslow is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, with whom he won the 2015 NCAA championship.
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Jason Carter
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Studied political science
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jason James Carter is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter served in the Georgia State Senate from 2010 to 2015 and was the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Georgia in 2014. He is the grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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Paul W. Downs
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- screenwriterfilm directortelevision actorfilm produceractor
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Paul William Downs is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is the co-creator, co-showrunner and one of the stars of the HBO Max series Hacks, for which he has received two Golden Globes, a Peabody Award, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, among others. Downs first gained attention for his role in the Comedy Central series Broad City, which ran for five seasons and for which he was also a writer, director, and executive producer.
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Ricardo Lagos
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerdiplomatprofessoreconomist
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Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military dictatorship and astounded contemporaries in 1988 by openly denouncing dictator Augusto Pinochet on live television. He served as Minister of Education from 1990 to 1992 and Minister of Public Works from 1994 to 1998 under President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle before narrowly winning the 1999–2000 presidential election in a runoff against Independent Democrat Union (UDI) candidate Joaquín Lavín. Lagos was the third president from the centre-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have governed Chile since 1990. He was succeeded on 11 March 2006 by Socialist Michelle Bachelet, from the same coalition. From 2007 to 2010 he served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Lagos made an unsuccessful bid to run for president in the 2017 Chilean general election.
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Benjamin Watson
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Benjamin Seth Watson is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Duke Blue Devils and Georgia Bulldogs. Watson was selected by the New England Patriots with the 32nd overall pick in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft and won Super Bowl XXXIX with the Patriots over the Philadelphia Eagles in his rookie year. He also played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and New Orleans Saints.
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Andrew Giuliani
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Harold Giuliani is an American politician, political commentator, and former professional golfer. He is the son of former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani.
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Shelley Moore Capito
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- school counselorpolitician
- Biography
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Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. She is the daughter of three-term West Virginia governor and six-term U.S. representative Arch Alfred Moore Jr.
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Mike Dunleavy Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Dunleavy Jr. is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the general manager for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, earning consensus second-team All-American honors in 2002. Dunleavy was selected by Golden State with the third overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He played in the NBA for the Warriors, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks. He is the son of former NBA player and head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr.
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Gary Trent Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gary Dajaun Trent Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils.
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Ben Mulroney
- Occupations
- actortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Benedict Martin Paul Mulroney is a Canadian radio and television host. He is the eldest son of Brian Mulroney, the 18th Prime Minister of Canada.
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Quinn
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Quinn is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Vancouver Rise FC in the Northern Super League and the Canada national team. Quinn previously played professionally for Paris FC in France's top league Division 1 Féminine (D1F), Vittsjö GIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, as well as Washington Spirit and Seattle Reign in the NWSL. They were the first Canadian to play women's collegiate soccer at Duke University. Quinn previously represented Canada on the under-17, under-20, under-23 national teams.
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Kara DioGuardi
- Occupations
- manufacturersongwriterrecord producermusiciansinger
- Biography
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Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She primarily writes music in the pop rock genre. She has worked with many popular artists; sales of albums on which her songs appear exceed 160 million worldwide. DioGuardi is a 2011 NAMM Music for Life Award winner, 2009 NMPA Songwriter Icon Award winner, 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year, and has received 20 BMI Awards for co-writing songs.
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David Lauren
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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David Lauren is an American businessman. He is the middle child and younger son of designer Ralph Lauren, and is married to Lauren Bush.
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Jay Bilas
- Occupations
- basketball coachcolor commentatorlawyerbasketball playeractor
- Biography
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Jay Scot Bilas is an American college basketball analyst who currently works for ESPN. Bilas is a former professional basketball player and coach who played for and served as an assistant under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University, as well as a practicing attorney in North Carolina. In February 2024, Bilas signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Washington Speakers Bureau (WSB).
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Kyle Singler
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kyle Edward Singler is an American former professional basketball player. Singler was a four-year starter for the Duke men's basketball team and was instrumental in their 2010 NCAA championship run, and was named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. In the 2011 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons selected Singler in the second round with the overall 33rd pick. His professional career spanned from 2011 to 2019.
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Sara Danius
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1997 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- university teacherliterary criticphilosopher
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Sara Maria Danius was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University, docent of literature at Uppsala University and professor in literary science at Stockholm University.
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Dylan Lauren
- Occupations
- film actorentrepreneursocialite
- Biography
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Dylan Lauren is an American businesswoman. She is the daughter of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, and the owner of New York City's Dylan's Candy Bar, which claims to be the "largest candy store in the world".
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Eric Ken Shinseki
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary commander
- Biography
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Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States secretary of veterans affairs from 2009 to 2014 and as the 34th chief of staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Tucker Max
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- film producerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Tucker Max is an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drinking and sexual encounters in the form of short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it as the result of a bet in 2000.
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Martin Kratt
- Occupations
- television actortelevision directoractorvoice actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Martin William Kratt is an American zoologist, educational nature show host and YouTuber. He and his brother Chris created the children's television series Kratts' Creatures and Zoboomafoo, as well as Be the Creature, which runs on the National Geographic Channel and Knowledge Network. They are the main characters on the animated television series Wild Kratts, which airs on PBS Kids.
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William Styron
- Enrolled in Duke University
- 1943-1947 graduated with licentiate in English-language literature
- Occupations
- novelistmilitary personnelwriter
- Biography
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William Clark Styron Jr. was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner.
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Miles Plumlee
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Miles Christian Plumlee is an American former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, winning a national championship in 2010. He was selected with the 26th overall pick in 2012 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers and went on to have a seven-year NBA career. He won an NBL championship with the Perth Wildcats in 2020.
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Sam Jenkins
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- screenwriterfilm directortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Sandra Lynn "Sam" Sorbo is an American actress. She played Serena in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and hosts the weekday, syndicated radio program, The Sam Sorbo Show.
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Clay Helton
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football playerAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Clay Charles Helton is an American college football coach and former player, who is currently the head coach at Georgia Southern University. He was previously the head coach at the University of Southern California from 2015 to 2021. Helton has also been an assistant coach for Duke, Houston and Memphis. His father, Kim Helton, was a coach in college, the National Football League, and the Canadian Football League; his brother, Tyson, is the head coach at Western Kentucky.
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Mo Brooks
- Enrolled in Duke University
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science
- Occupations
- clerklawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Morris Jackson Brooks Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. His district was based in Huntsville and stretches across the northern fifth of the state. A member of the Republican Party, Brooks was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.
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Paul Farmer
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- anthropologisthuman rights defenderphysicianwriter
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Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a University Professor and the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was the co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty to improve equitable access to health care. He was professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Katsuei Hirasawa
- Occupations
- bureaucratpolitician
- Biography
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Katsuei Hirasawa is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Reconstruction in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. A member of the House of Representatives, Hirasawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.
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Marshall Plumlee
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marshall Harrison Plumlee is an American former professional basketball player and an active-duty United States Army Ranger-Qualified officer. He played college basketball for the Duke University Blue Devils. He was one of the top-rated basketball recruits in the class of 2011, a McDonald's All-American, and is the younger brother and former high school and college teammate of both Mason and Miles Plumlee.
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Martin Dempsey
- Enrolled in Duke University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in English
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Martin Edward "Marty" Dempsey is an American retired military officer who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2011 to September 2015. He previously served as the 37th chief of Staff of the Army from April to September 2011. Before that, he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, from December 2008 to April 2011, as acting commander, U.S. Central Command, from March to October 2008, as deputy commander, U.S. Central Command, from August 2007 to March 2008, and as commanding general, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I), from August 2005 to August 2007. Dempsey assumed his assignment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in October 2011, and stepped down from the chairmanship in September 2015. He has served as a professor at Duke University and as chairman of USA Basketball.
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Wendell Carter Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Wendell Andre Carter Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils.
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Rita Volk
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Margarita Volkovinskaya, known professionally as Rita Volk, is an Uzbek-American actress. She is known for her role as Amy Raudenfeld in the MTV romantic comedy series Faking It.
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Dahntay Jones
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Dahntay Lavall Jones is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and Duke Blue Devils. Jones played in the NBA as a small forward and shooting guard from 2003 to 2017. He won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.
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John W. Campbell
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- editing staffnovelistscience fiction writereditorscreenwriter
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John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote "super-science" space opera under his own name and other stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also used the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann. His novella Who Goes There? (1938) was adapted as the films The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011).
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John Carreyrou
- Born in
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France - Occupations
- investigative journalistwriterjournalist
- Biography
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John Carreyrou is a French-American investigative reporter at The New York Times. Carreyrou worked for The Wall Street Journal for 20 years between 1999 and 2019 and has been based in Brussels, Paris, and New York City. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice and helped expose the fraudulent practices of the multibillion-dollar blood-testing company Theranos in a series of articles published in The Wall Street Journal.
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Spencer Garrett
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- television actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Spencer Garrett Heckenkamp is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Air Force One (1997), 21 (2008), Public Enemies (2009), All the Way (2016), and The Front Runner (2018).
