81 Notable alumni of
Duquesne University

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Duquesne University is 736th in the world, 270th in North America, and 250th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 81 notable alumni from Duquesne University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. T. J. McConnell

    T. J. McConnell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1992-.. (age 34)
    Enrolled in Duquesne University
    Studied in 2010-2012
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Timothy John McConnell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the Arizona Wildcats. After going undrafted, McConnell joined the Philadelphia 76ers in 2015 and spent four seasons with the team before signing with the Pacers in 2019.

  2. Bobby Vinton

    Bobby Vinton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    actorsingeranimator
    Biography

    Stanley Robert Vinton is an American singer and actor, who hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the 1951 song recorded by Tony Bennett) which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, No. 1 in Canada (5 weeks), and number 2 in the UK in 1990.

  3. Norm Nixon

    Norm Nixon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Norman Ellard Nixon is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played with Scavolini Pesaro in Italy. Nicknamed "Stormin' Norman", he is a two-time NBA All-Star. He won two NBA championships with the Lakers in 1980 and 1982, at the beginning of their Showtime era.

  4. Michael Hayden

    Michael Hayden
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    politicianmilitary officer
    Biography

    Michael Vincent Hayden is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He currently works as a visiting professor at the George Mason University – Schar School of Policy and Government and co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative.

  5. Lamman Rucker

    Lamman Rucker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1971-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    basketball playertelevision actoractorfilm actor
    Biography

    Lamman Rucker is an American actor. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children, before roles in The Temptations and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?. He played Will Brown in the 2008 film Meet the Browns and its television adaptation. In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. As of 2022, he stars in the BET+ drama series The Black Hamptons.

  6. Jenna Morasca

    Jenna Morasca
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    modelprofessional wrestleractorreality television participant
    Biography

    Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model, professional wrestler and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

  7. Art Rooney II

    Art Rooney II
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Arthur Joseph Rooney II is an American professional football executive and lawyer who is the owner and president of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).

  8. Carl Betz

    Carl Betz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1921-1978 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    stage actortelevision actordisc jockeyactorfilm actor
    Biography

    Carl Lawrence Betz was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera Love of Life; he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show. Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense attorney Clinton Judd in ABC's courtroom drama Judd, for the Defense, winning an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work on that series.

  9. Derrick Bell

    Derrick Bell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1930-2011 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    juristlawyeruniversity teachermilitary officerpolitical activist
    Biography

    Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist. Bell first worked for the U.S. Justice Department, then the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he supervised over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.

  10. Chip Ganassi

    Chip Ganassi
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    NASCAR team ownerracing driverracing automobile driver
    Biography

    Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the North American auto racing scene for over 30 years. He is owner and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing which operates teams in the IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, and Extreme E. He is the only team owner in history to have won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and most recently the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

  11. Mike James

    Mike James
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Michael Lamont James is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard, James played college basketball for Duquesne. James spent 13 seasons in the NBA and played for 11 different teams, winning an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.

  12. Miftah Ismail

    Miftah Ismail
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Miftah Ismail is a Pakistani political economist who served as the Federal Minister of Finance from April 2022 to September 2022. He had previously served in the same office, from April 2018 to May 2018 in Khaqan Abbasi's cabinet. Prior to that, he served as the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, chairman of the Pakistan Board of Investment and an economist with the International Monetary Fund.

  13. Daniel DiNardo

    Daniel DiNardo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Daniel Nicholas DiNardo is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Galveston-Houston from 2006 to 2025. He previously served as Coadjutor and later Bishop of Sioux City from 1997 to 2004.

  14. Sammy Nestico

    Sammy Nestico
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1924-2021 (aged 97)
    Enrolled in Duquesne University
    In 1950 graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    actorcomposerjazz musicianmusicologistmusic arranger
    Biography

    Samuel Louis Nestico was an American jazz composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra.

  15. Donn Clendenon

    Donn Clendenon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-2005 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    lawyerbaseball player
    Biography

    Donn Alvin Clendenon was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1961 to 1972. He is most notable for his performance during the 1969 World Series when he won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award by hitting three home runs to help lead the team known as the Miracle Mets to an upset victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

  16. Don Panoz

    Don Panoz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-2018 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurpharmacist
    Biography

    Donald Panoz was an American entrepreneur who founded two pharmaceutical companies.

  17. Adam Maida

    Adam Maida
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1930-.. (age 96)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
    Biography

    Adam Joseph Maida is an American Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Detroit in Michigan from 1990 to 2009, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. He previously served as bishop of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1984 to 1990.

  18. Dan Rooney

    Dan Rooney
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1932-2017 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    diplomatentrepreneur
    Biography

    Daniel Milton Rooney was an American professional football executive and diplomat best known for his association with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL), and son of the Steelers' founder, Art Rooney. He held various roles within the organization, most notably as president, owner and chairman.

  19. Joshua Rosenthal

    Joshua Rosenthal
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Occupations
    businesspersonauthor
    Biography

    Joshua Rosenthal is the founder and director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, a holistic nutrition school based in New York City.

  20. Lionel Conacher

    Lionel Conacher
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1900-1954 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    lacrosse playerboxerCanadian football playergridiron football playerbaseball player
    Biography

    Lionel Pretoria Conacher MP, nicknamed "the Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was Canadian football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. He was also a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team that won the International League championship in 1926. In hockey, he won the Memorial Cup in 1920, and the Stanley Cup twice: with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1934 and the Montreal Maroons in 1935. Additionally, he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career. He is one of three players, including Joe Miller and Carl Voss, to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.

  21. Derrick Alston

    Derrick Alston
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1972-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Derrick Samuel Alston Sr. is an American basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. In February 2023, Alston became the second head coach of the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He previously coached primarily in the NBA G League, including as the head coach of the Westchester Knicks.

  22. Walter Joseph Marm, Jr

    Walter Joseph Marm, Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    Walter Joseph "Joe" Marm Jr. is a retired United States Army colonel and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.

  23. Isiaha Mike

    Isiaha Mike
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1997-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Isiaha Mike is a Canadian professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the SMU Mustangs.

  24. Bud Shuster

    Bud Shuster
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1932-2023 (aged 91)
    Enrolled in Duquesne University
    In 1960 graduated with Master of Business Administration
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1973 to 2001. He was best known for his advocacy of transportation projects, including Interstate 99.

  25. David Zubik

    David Zubik
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    David Allen Zubik is a retired American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pittsburgh from 2007 to 2025. He previously served as Bishop of Green Bay from 2003 to 2007, and as Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2003.

  26. Sihugo Green

    Sihugo Green
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1933-1980 (aged 47)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Sihugo "Si" Green was an American professional basketball player. After playing college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes, he was selected as the first pick of the 1956 NBA draft by the Rochester Royals.

  27. Dick Ricketts

    Dick Ricketts
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1933-1988 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbaseball player
    Biography

    Richard James Ricketts Jr. was an American professional basketball and baseball player. Ricketts was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1955 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks out of Duquesne University. Ricketts played professional basketball and baseball simultaneously and retired from basketball to play baseball. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and had a 10-season pitching career. He is one of 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and MLB.

  28. Joe Beimel

    Joe Beimel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1977-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Joseph Ronald Beimel is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, and Colorado Rockies.

  29. Thomas Hopko

    Thomas Hopko
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1939-2015 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    university teachertheologianEastern Orthodox priest
    Biography

    Thomas John Hopko was an Eastern Orthodox Christian priest and theologian. He was the Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary from September 1992 until July 1, 2002 and taught dogmatic theology there from 1968 until 2002. In retirement, he carried the honorary title of Dean Emeritus.

  30. Catherine Baker Knoll

    Catherine Baker Knoll
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1930-2008 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Catherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008, when she died in office. Prior to that, she served as the 72nd Pennsylvania treasurer from 1989 to 1997. She was the first woman to be lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.

  31. Mark Paoletta

    Mark Paoletta
    Biography

    Mark Paoletta is an American attorney who served in roles in the first Donald Trump administration. From January 8, 2018, to January 20, 2021, Paoletta served as general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to this, Paoletta served as chief counsel and assistant to Vice President Mike Pence from January 20, 2017, to January 5, 2018.

  32. Patricia Deegan

    Patricia Deegan
    Occupations
    researcherlived experiencepsychologist
    Biography

    Patricia E. Deegan is an American disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher. She has been described as a "national spokesperson for the mental health consumer/survivor movement in the United States." Deegan is known as an advocate of the mental health recovery movement and is an international speaker and trainer in the field of mental health.

  33. Edward J. Burns

    Edward J. Burns
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopsociologisttheologian
    Biography

    Edward James Burns is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas since 2017. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Juneau in Alaska from 2009 to 2017.

  34. David Morehouse

    David Morehouse
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    David Morehouse is an American businessman and former president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. During his tenure, the Penguins won three Stanley Cups (2009, 2016, 2017), reached four Stanley Cup finals, and sold out every game for 14 seasons. Prior to his career with the Penguins, Morehouse served in politics as a member of the Clinton administration and worked on the presidential campaigns of Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.

  35. Mark J. Seitz

    Mark J. Seitz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Mark Joseph Seitz is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of El Paso since 2013. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas from 2010 to 2013.

  36. Austin Murphy

    Austin Murphy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1927-2024 (aged 97)
    Enrolled in Duquesne University
    In 1949 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Austin John Murphy Jr. was an American politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 representing Washington County, Pennsylvania and again representing Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 48 from 1969 to 1970, a member of the Pennsylvania Senate representing Pennsylvania Senate, District 46 from 1971 to 1977, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for nine terms from 1977 to 1995.

  37. Lewis C. Merletti

    Lewis C. Merletti
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    U.S. Secret Service agent
    Biography

    Lewis Carlo Merletti was the 19th Director of the United States Secret Service. He succeeded Eljay B. Bowron, and was sworn in on June 6, 1997, by the Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin. A 25-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, Merletti has also served as Assistant Director in the Office of Training, and as the Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protection Division.

  38. William S. Stickman IV

    William S. Stickman IV
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1979-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    William Shaw Stickman IV is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

  39. Joseph Carl Breil

    Joseph Carl Breil
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1870-1926 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    film score composercomposeropera singer
    Biography

    Joseph Carl Breil was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. His first film was Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt. He later composed and arranged scores for several other early motion pictures, including such epics as D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), as well as scoring the preview version of The Phantom of the Opera (1925), a score that is now lost. His love theme for "Birth of a Nation", titled "The Perfect Song", was published by Chappell & Co. in an arrangement for voice and keyboard. It was later used as the theme for the radio show Amos 'n' Andy.

  40. Bob Cranmer

    Bob Cranmer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Robert Wesley "Bob" Cranmer is a veteran, businessman, author, and politician, best known as a former Republican County Commissioner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from 1996 to 2000. He is the author of the horror novel The Demon of Brownsville Road.

  41. Jamila Bey

    Jamila Bey
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Jamila Bey is an American journalist and public speaker. She was host of a weekly radio program The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila on Voice of Russia, and writes for The Washington Post's blog, She the People. Before working for the Washington Post and the Voice of Russia, Bey spent around a decade working as a producer and editor for National Public Radio, including for Morning Edition. She is African-American.

  42. Dave Ricketts

    Dave Ricketts
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-2008 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbaseball player
    Biography

    David William Ricketts was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played parts of six seasons (1963, 1965, 1967–1970) with the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Ricketts was a reserve catcher on the 1967 World Series champion Cardinals and their 1968 pennant winners. He later served as a longtime bullpen coach of the Cardinals (1974–1975, 1978–1991), including their 1982 World Series champions and 1985 and 1987 pennant winners, after having been the bullpen coach for the Pirates from 1971 to 1973, including the 1971 World Series champions. Over his career, he batted.249 with 1 home run and 20 runs batted in in 130 games played.

  43. Thomas Patrick Melady

    Thomas Patrick Melady
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1927-2014 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    diplomatuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Thomas Patrick Melady was an American diplomat and author. From 2002 until his death he served as the Senior Diplomat in residence at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C.

  44. Judah Samet

    Judah Samet
    Born in
    Hungary Flag Hungary
    Years
    1938-2022 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    jeweler
    Biography

    Judah Samet was a Hungarian-American businessman, speaker, and Holocaust survivor. At the age of six, he and his family were taken from Debrecen, Hungary, to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they spent eleven months. After the Second World War the family immigrated to Israel, where he subsequently served in the Israel Defense Forces and worked as a teacher. He later moved to Canada and then to the United States. In 2018, he was a witness to and survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. He was a jeweler and speaker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

  45. Randy Vulakovich

    Randy Vulakovich
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Randy Vulakovich is an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 38th district from January 6, 2015, to January 1, 2019. He previously served in the 40th legislative district. He was elected in a special election on August 7, 2012. Vulakovich was reelected to a full term in 2014 in the newly established 38th district. In May 2018, he lost re-nomination to that seat in the Republican primary to Ross commissioner Jeremy Shaffer.

  46. Will Cross

    Will Cross
    Occupations
    mountaineer
    Biography

    William H. Cross is an American mountaineer.

  47. Rossen Milanov

    Rossen Milanov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Rossen Milanov is a Bulgarian conductor. He is music director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra & New Jersey's Symphony in C. He is also principal conductor of Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, in Spain and the former music director of Bulgaria's New Symphony Orchestra. He is the music director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

  48. Gerald M. Feierstein

    Gerald M. Feierstein
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Gerald Michael Feierstein was the United States Ambassador to Yemen under President Barack Obama from September 2010 to October 2013. Since December 2013, Feierstein has served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs in the Department of State.

  49. Donald A. Bailey

    Donald A. Bailey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-2020 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Donald Allen Bailey was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983, Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate and Governor of Pennsylvania. His Congressional District (PA-21) included all of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with a sliver of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, prior to the 1981 redistricting.

  50. Joy Flowers Conti

    Joy Flowers Conti
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Joy Flowers Conti is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

  51. Joseph M. Gaydos

    Joseph M. Gaydos
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1926-2015 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Joseph Matthew Gaydos was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving 8 terms from 1968 to 1992. Gaydos was the first Slovak American to serve in the United States Congress.

  52. Matthew H. Smith

    Matthew H. Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1972-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Matthew Heyden "Matt" Smith is an American politician. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 37th district from January 2013 until June 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the State Senate in the 2012 election.

  53. Keith Donohue

    Keith Donohue
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    writernovelist
    Biography

    Keith Donohue is an American novelist. He is the author of six novels: The Girl in the Bog (2024), The Motion of Puppets (2016), The Boy Who Drew Monsters (2014), Centuries of June (2011), Angels of Destruction (2009), and The Stolen Child (2006). His acclaimed 2006 novel The Stolen Child, about a changeling, was inspired by the Yeats poem of the same name.

  54. Chelsea Abdullah

    Chelsea Abdullah
    Born in
    Kuwait Flag Kuwait
    Occupations
    writernovelist
    Biography

    Chelsea Abdullah is a Kuwaiti-American writer. She is the author of the fantastical Sandsea Trilogy.

  55. David S. Cercone

    David S. Cercone
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    David Stewart Cercone is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

  56. Henry Ellenbogen

    Henry Ellenbogen
    Born in
    Austria Flag Austria
    Years
    1900-1985 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudgepolitician
    Biography

    Henry Ellenbogen was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1933 to 1938.

  57. Gary Siplin

    Gary Siplin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Gary Anthony Siplin was a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 19th District from 2003. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 through 2002.

  58. Ernest Kline

    Ernest Kline
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1929-2009 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ernest P. "Ernie" Kline was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the 25th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1971 to 1979.

  59. Foster Provost

    Foster Provost
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Foster Provost is an American computer scientist, information systems researcher, and Professor of Data Science, Professor of Information Systems and Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurship at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is also the Director for the Data Science and AI Initiative at Stern's Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation. Professor Provost has a Bachelor of Science from Duquesne University in physics and mathematics and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Provost received an honorary doctorate in Business and Economics from the University of Antwerp in March 2025.

  60. Paul Birch

    Paul Birch
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1910-1982 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Paul Vincent "Polly" Birch was an American basketball player and coach.

  61. Philip A. Miscimarra

    Philip A. Miscimarra
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Philip Andrew Miscimarra is a partner in the labor and employment practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, and he is a former American government official who served as the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He first joined the NLRB as a board member appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013, and he was named chairman by President Donald Trump (after a period as acting chairman) in 2017. Prior to his appointment to the NLRB, he worked as a Morgan Lewis partner in Chicago. After his service on the NLRB ended, Miscimarra joined Morgan Lewis in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Miscimarra is also a senior fellow in the Wharton Center for human resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

  62. Tom Tribone

    Tom Tribone
    Biography

    Thomas Tribone is the founder and CEO of Franklin Park Infrastructure Inc. Franklin Park owns and manages energy and infrastructure businesses worldwide. The firm's main operating companies are located in North and South America, India, China and the Middle East. Franklin Park's business includes renewable and conventional energy, transportation, energy storage, logistics, biofuels and higher education. He is also Chairman of the board of directors of a closed-end investment fund in London, Infrastructure India PLC. He has served as a board member for a number of corporate, industry and academic organizations. Tribone was an early member of the AES Corporation, serving as its Executive Vice President and number-two executive before he left to start Franklin Park. Earlier he held general management positions at Atlantic Richfield Company.

  63. Elmer J. Holland

    Elmer J. Holland
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1894-1968 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Elmer Joseph Holland was an American World War I veteran who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the mid-20th-century.

  64. Kelsey T. Leonard

    Kelsey T. Leonard
    Biography

    Kelsey Leonard is a water governance researcher specializing in Indigenous water rights at the University of Waterloo. She was the first Native American woman to earn a science degree from the University of Oxford, which she earned in 2012. She earned an MSc in water science, policy and management from St. Cross College, one of the thirty-eight colleges of the University of Oxford. Her master's thesis, “Water Quality For Native Nations: Achieving A Trust Responsibility”, discusses water quality regulation and how water resources on tribal land are not protected.

  65. Herman Peter Eberharter

    Herman Peter Eberharter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1892-1958 (aged 66)
    Enrolled in Duquesne University
    In 1925 graduated with Juris Doctor
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Herman Peter Eberharter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

  66. Johnny Miljus

    Johnny Miljus
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1895-1976 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    baseball playerassociation football player
    Biography

    John Kenneth Miljus (Serbian Cyrillic Џон Кенет Миљуш or Serbian Latin Džon Kenet Miljuš) (June 30, 1895 – February 11, 1976) nicknamed "Big Serb" and "Jovo", was a Serbian-American baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball between 1915 and 1929. Miljus was most likely the first Serbian-American to play in professional baseball.

  67. Neil Slater

    Neil Slater
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-.. (age 95)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Kenneth Neil Slater is an American educator, composer, and pianist. In 2008, he retired as professor emeritus. He has composed over 80 works for jazz ensemble and has written for symphony, chamber groups, a cappella choir, opera, and musical theatre.

  68. Lew Moren

    Lew Moren
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1883-1966 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Lewis Howard "Hicks" Moren was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched six seasons from 1903 to 1910: two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and four seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1908, Moren was credited by the New York Press for inventing the knuckleball; however Eddie Cicotte is today more often cited as the inventor of the pitch. Moren retired with a career record of 48 wins, 57 losses, and a 2.95 earned run average.

  69. Donetta W. Ambrose

    Donetta W. Ambrose
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Donetta Wypiski Ambrose is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

  70. Al Mamaux

    Al Mamaux
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1894-1963 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Albert Leon Mamaux was an American professional baseball player and manager.

  71. Edward Jay Allen

    Edward Jay Allen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1830-1915 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurcivil engineer
    Biography

    Edward Jay Allen was an entrepreneur and prominent businessman based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In his younger years, he had been a pioneer in the Oregon Territory for a few years. He was an officer in the Civil War and survived major battles.

  72. Frank Smizik

    Frank Smizik
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Frank Israel Smizik is an American attorney and politician who represented the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives January 2001 until January 2, 2019.

  73. Jerry Clack

    Jerry Clack
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1926-2019 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    classical scholar
    Biography

    Jerry Clack was an American scholar who was professor of classical languages at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He was also a political activist, public relations executive, and was involved in activities of the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and Citizens for Global Solutions. Clack died in April 2019 at the age of 92.

  74. David John Bird

    David John Bird
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    Anglican priest
    Biography

    David John Bird is dean emeritus of the historic Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the oldest church structure in continuous use in San Jose. He is a parish priest who reads and writes poetry and is particularly fond of Alfred Lord Tennyson. As a theologian, he emphasizes a liberal, compassionate, and inclusive approach and is devoted to ecumenism. Bird promotes Christian unity and is published in this field; since 2002, he has served on the national Committee of The Episcopal Church-United Methodist Church Dialogue.

  75. Donald Emil Ziegler

    Donald Emil Ziegler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1936-2019 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Donald Emil Ziegler was a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

  76. Theodore L. Moritz

    Theodore L. Moritz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1892-1982 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Theodore Leo Moritz was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

  77. Alfred W. McCann

    Alfred W. McCann
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1879-1931 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    journalistradio personality
    Biography

    Alfred Watterson McCann was an American muckraking journalist, radio commentator and natural foods campaigner. His views on food were dismissed by historians and medical experts as quackery.

  78. Ronald Champagne

    Ronald Champagne
    Years
    1942-.. (age 84)
    Biography

    Ronald Oscar Champagne is an American higher education administrator.

  79. Steve Sinko

    Steve Sinko
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1909-1999 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    head coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    Stephen Patrick Sinko was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard and tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins from 1934 to 1936 and the Los Angeles Bulldogs from 1937 to 1938. Sinko served as the head football coach at Boston University from 1957 to 1963, compiling a record of 23–36–3.

  80. Enos Kirkpatrick

    Enos Kirkpatrick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1884-1964 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Enos Claire Kirkpatrick was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1912 through 1915 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Baltimore Terrapins. He went to college at Duquesne University.

  81. Jimmy Smith

    Jimmy Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1895-1974 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    James Lawrence Smith was an American Major League Baseball infielder often referred to as "Greenfield Jimmy" or "Bluejacket".