100 Notable alumni of
Emory University
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Emory University is 341st in the world, 144th in North America, and 136th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Emory University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Scooter Braun
- Occupations
- talent agenttalent managerbusinesspersonactor
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Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun is an American talent manager, entrepreneur, record executive, and the CEO of Hybe America, the North American subsidiary of South Korean entertainment company Hybe Corporation. He is credited with having discovered Canadian singer Justin Bieber in 2008, whose success foresaw the establishment of Braun's record label RBMG Records, a joint venture with R&B singer Usher. Braun has also served in career management for artists including Ariana Grande, Kanye West, Demi Lovato, J Balvin, Ozuna, Dan + Shay, and the Kid Laroi, among others.
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Newt Gingrich
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1965 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- novelistpoliticianteacherwriterhistorian
- Biography
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Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
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Diana Nyad
- Occupations
- swimmerjournalistsquash playerlong-distance swimmersports journalist
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Diana Nyad /ˈnaɪˌæd/ is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time.
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Keri Hilson
- Occupations
- recording artistactorsingersongwriterdancer
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Keri Lynn Hilson is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she began her musical career as a songwriter and backing vocalist for other artists under the wing of record producer Anthony Dent in 2002. At the age of 14, Hilson secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who disbanded without any releases. She attended Oxford College of Emory University while contributing to material for popular artists, including Britney Spears, Usher, Ciara, The Pussycat Dolls, and Mary J. Blige; she joined the songwriting-production group, the Clutch in 2004.
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Jim Sarbh
- Occupations
- actor
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Jim Sarbh is an Indian actor known for his work in films and stage productions. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award, and an IIFA Award with a nomination for an International Emmy Award. Additionally, he has directed and acted in numerous theatre productions in India.
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Adam Richman
- Occupations
- actor
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Adam Montgomery Richman is an American actor and television host. He has hosted various dining and eating-challenge programs on the Travel Channel, History Channel, and Discovery+.
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Bernice King
- Occupations
- chief executive officeractivistlawyer
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Bernice Albertine King is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was five years old when her father died in 1968. In her adolescence, King chose to work towards becoming a minister after having a breakdown from watching a documentary about her father. King was 17 when she was invited to speak at the United Nations. Twenty years after her father was assassinated, she preached her trial sermon, inspired by her parents' activism.
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Antonia Gentry
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- actor
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Antonia Bonea Gentry is an American actress. She is best known for her role as troubled teenager Virginia "Ginny" Miller in the Netflix series Ginny & Georgia (2021–present).
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Shigeaki Hinohara
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- writerphysicianinternist
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Shigeaki Hinohara was a Japanese physician. In 1941, he began his long working association with St. Luke's International Hospital in central Tokyo and worked as a medical doctor throughout the wartime firebombing of the city. From 1990 he served as the hospital's honorary director. He was also Sophia University's Grief Care Institute director emeritus. He was honorary chairman of the Foundation Sasakawa Memorial Health Cooperation. Hinohara is credited with establishing and popularizing Japan's practice of annual medical checkups.
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Peter Buck
- Occupations
- musicianrecord producerguitaristsongwritermusicologist
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Peter Lawrence Buck is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. He also plays the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career with R.E.M. (1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has also been at various times an official member of numerous 'side project' groups. These groups included Arthur Buck (with Joseph Arthur), Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, The Baseball Project, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Tired Pony, The No-Ones, and Filthy Friends, each of which have released at least one full-length studio album. Additionally, the experimental combo Slow Music (which also features Fred Chalenor, Hector Zazou, Matt Chamberlain, Robert Fripp, and Bill Rieflin) have released an official live concert CD. Another side project group called Full Time Men released an EP while Buck was a member. As well, ad hoc "supergroups" Bingo Hand Job (Billy Bragg and R.E.M.), Musical Kings (Michelle Malone, Peter Buck, John Keane) and Nigel & The Crosses (Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Buck, Glenn Tilbrook and others) have each commercially released one track.
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Alben W. Barkley
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
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Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative. Serving in both houses of Congress, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.
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Erica Ash
- Occupations
- film actorsingermodeltelevision actorvoice actor
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Erica Chantal Ash was an American actress, comedian, singer, and model. She was a cast member on the sketch comedy programs MADtv and The Big Gay Sketch Show, and she later starred in the Starz sitcom Survivor's Remorse.
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Billy Carter
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- politician
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William Alton Carter was an American farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician. The younger brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, he promoted Billy Beer and Peanut Lolita; and he was a candidate for mayor of Plains, Georgia.
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Carl Hiaasen
- Occupations
- writernovelistchildren's writerjournalist
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Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for middle grade readers. Two of his novels have been made into feature films, and one has been made into a TV series.
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Jeff Jackson
- Enrolled in Emory University
- 2000-2004 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jeffrey Neale Jackson is an American politician, attorney, and military officer who has served as the 52nd attorney general of North Carolina since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 14th congressional district from 2023 to 2024 and represented the 37th district in the North Carolina Senate from 2014 to 2022.
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Bill Haslam
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- entrepreneurpolitician
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William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Tom Price
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- politiciansurgeonuniversity teacher
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Thomas Edmunds Price is an American physician and Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, encompassing the northern suburbs of Atlanta, from 2005 to 2017. While in Congress, Price chaired the House Committee on the Budget, Republican Study Committee and Republican Policy Committee. He was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services by President Donald Trump and served in that role from February to September 2017.
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Larry McDonald
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officerurologist
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Lawrence Patton McDonald was an American physician, politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until he was killed as a passenger on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors.
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Kenneth Cole
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- fashion designer
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Kenneth D. Cole is an American designer, social activist, business owner, and philanthropist. His global company, Kenneth Cole Productions, creates clothing and other products under the labels Kenneth Cole New York, Reaction Kenneth Cole, and Unlisted, as well as footwear under the label Gentle Souls.
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David Jolly
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1994 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- employeepoliticianlawyermember of congresslobbyist
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David Wilson Jolly is an American attorney, former lobbyist, and formerly Republican politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district (Pinellas County) from 2014 to 2017. Having served as general counsel to his predecessor, Republican Bill Young, Jolly won a January 2014 special election for Young's seat. He was reelected in November 2014 but was defeated in 2016 by Democrat Charlie Crist. After leaving office, Jolly became a prominent Republican critic of President Donald Trump. In September 2018, Jolly announced he had left the Republican Party.
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David Brinkley
- Occupations
- writernews presenterjournalisttelevision presenter
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David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
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Sam Nunn
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1961 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerpartnerfarmer
- Biography
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Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Kai Ryssdal
- Occupations
- journalistmilitary officer
- Biography
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Kai Ryssdal is an American radio journalist and the host of Marketplace, a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations. He also co-hosts the spinoff podcast Make Me Smart with Kimberly Adams.
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Amy Ray
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- composerrecord producersingermandolinistsongwriter
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Amy Elizabeth Ray is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls with Emily Saliers. She also pursues a solo career, releasing ten albums under her own name, and founded the independent label Daemon Records in 1989. Ray is known for her alto and tenor range, and plays both electric and acoustic guitar, as well as mandolin and harmonica.
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Max Cleland
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1968 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Maxwell Cleland was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous actions in combat, as well as a United States Senator (1997–2003).
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Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar
- Enrolled in Emory University
- 1998-2002 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar is an American lawyer who served as solicitor general of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Prior to this, she served as acting solicitor general from January 20, 2021, at the start of the Biden administration, until President Joe Biden sent her nomination to the U.S. Senate on August 11, 2021.
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Rick Bright
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 2002 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in molecular pathological epidemiology and immunology
- Occupations
- immunologist
- Biography
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Rick Arthur Bright is an American immunologist, vaccine researcher, and public health official. He was the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority from 2016 to 2020. In May 2020, he filed a whistleblower complaint, alleging that the Trump administration ignored his early warnings about the COVID-19 pandemic and illegally retaliated against him by ousting him from his role and demoting him to a position at the National Institutes of Health. On October 6, 2020, Bright resigned from the government. On November 9 he was named a member of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory board.
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Doug DeMuro
- Occupations
- television producercolumnistwriterentrepreneurYouTuber
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Douglas DeMuro is an American YouTuber, author, columnist, writer, and Internet entrepreneur. DeMuro's focus is on the automotive industry; his car review-focused YouTube channel has over 4.9 million subscribers as of January 2025.
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Will Kirby
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- reality television participantphysician
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William Terence Kirby, popularly known as Dr. Will, is an American aesthetic dermatologist, an associate clinical professor of dermatology, and a reality television personality. He is known for winning the CBS reality show Big Brother 2 as well as winning The Price Is Right and appearing on Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett as Karales the Bounty Hunter.
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Emily Saliers
- Occupations
- restaurateurguitaristsongwriterpianistbanjoist
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Emily Ann Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls. Saliers sings soprano and plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.
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Mark Weinberger
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- entrepreneurpolitician
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Mark A. Weinberger is an American businessman. He is the former global chairman and CEO of EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young). Weinberger currently sits on several boards of directors, including those of Metlife, Johnson & Johnson Saudi Aramco. and JPMorgan Chase. Earlier in his career he has also held several posts in the public sector in Washington, D.C., including time as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy.
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Yun Chi-ho
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistofficialteacherinterpreter
- Biography
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Yun Chi-ho was a Korean politician. His name is sometimes spelled Yun Tchi-Ho, his art name was Jwaong (좌옹), and his courtesy name was Seongheum (성흠).
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Touré
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- journalistmusic criticnovelist
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Touré is an American writer, music journalist, cultural critic, podcaster, and television personality. He was a co-host of the TV show The Cycle on MSNBC. He was also a contributor to MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show, and the host of Fuse's Hiphop Shop and On the Record. He serves on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. He taught a course on the history of hip-hop at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, part of the Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
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Michael Youssef
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- writerpastortelevangelist
- Biography
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Michael Youssef is an Egyptian-American pastor. He is the founding rector and senior pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia, and the executive president of Leading the Way.
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John M. Dowd
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- lawyer
- Biography
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John Maguire Dowd is an American attorney, former attorney for the United States Department of Justice, and former Marine Corps Judge Advocate. Dowd was employed by several law firms in the Washington, D.C. area for his expertise in defending clients accused of white-collar crimes. He was appointed by Major League Baseball (MLB) to lead the special counsel in multiple investigations with the organization in the 1980s and 1990s involving sports betting and bribery, the most notable investigation being the Dowd Report in 1989, which resulted in Pete Rose being banned from baseball for life.
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Kathy Castor
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1988 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Katherine Anne Castor is an American politician and lawyer currently representing Florida's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, serving since 2007. The district, numbered as the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, is based in Tampa. A Democrat, Castor was a member of the Hillsborough County Commission.
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Ralph E. Reed, Jr
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- chief financial officerpolitician
- Biography
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Ralph Eugene Reed Jr. is an American political consultant and lobbyist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s. He sought the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia but lost the primary election on July 18, 2006, to state Senator Casey Cagle. Reed started the Faith and Freedom Coalition in June 2009. Reed and his wife JoAnne Young were married in 1987 and have four children. He is a member of the Council for National Policy.
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Stephen Schneider
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- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Stephen Schneider is an American actor, writer and entrepreneur, best known for his roles as Jeremy Santos on Broad City, Ty Wyland on You're the Worst (both 2014–2017), and Ben Cooper on the failed ABC sitcom Imaginary Mary (2017).
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Robert W. Woodruff
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Robert Winship Woodruff was an American businessman who served as the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1955. With a large net worth, he was also a major philanthropist, and many educational and cultural landmarks in the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia, bear his name. Included among these are the Woodruff Arts Center, Woodruff Park, and the Robert W. Woodruff Library.
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Jihae
- Occupations
- modelactorsinger
- Biography
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Jihae Kim, better known by the mononym Jihae, is a South Korean singer, actress and model. She debuted as a singer in 2007 and has since released four full-length albums. As an actress, she has appeared in the miniseries Mars (2016), the film Mortal Engines (2018), the Netflix series Altered Carbon and the HBO series Succession.
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Lauren Holtkamp
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lauren Holtkamp is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 7. Holtkamp became the third woman to be a full-time NBA referee. Holtkamp also played college basketball at Drury University from 2000 to 2004. Holtkamp previously refereed the last five NBA Development League seasons before becoming a full-time referee for the 2014–15 NBA season. Holtkamp officiated four seasons in the WNBA including the WNBA 2014 conference finals. Holtkamp graduated from Emory University with a Master of Divinity. She also graduated from Drury University with both a Master of Arts in Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. In June 2017, Holtkamp married NBA referee Jonathan Sterling. In 2019, Holtkamp gave birth to their daughter.
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George LeMieux
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1991 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George Stephen LeMieux is an American former politician who was a United States Senator from Florida from 2009 to 2011. He is chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart and was chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist. He was the Deputy Florida Attorney General and is credited with spearheading Crist's successful campaign for governor. In 2009, Crist appointed LeMieux as U.S. Senator to replace Mel Martínez, who resigned.
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Ernie Harwell
- Occupations
- journalistsports commentator
- Biography
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William Earnest Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell broadcast the action on radio and/or television. In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked him 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time.
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Sonny Carter
- Occupations
- chemistphysicianastronautassociation football playermilitary officer
- Biography
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Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr., M.D., (Capt, USN), was an American chemist, physician, professional soccer player, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33.
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Duncan L. Niederauer
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Duncan L. Niederauer CBE is an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext until 2014 and owner and chairman of Venezia FC.
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Melika Mohammadi
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Melika Mohammadi was an Iranian footballer who played as a right back or centre back for the Iran women's national team. She played for Bam Khatoon F.C. in the Kowsar Women Football League.
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Feng Tang
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Studied in 1998-2000
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Feng Tang whose real name is Zhang Haipeng, is a Chinese contemporary novelist, poet, and private equity investor.
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Daniel Wallace
- Occupations
- writernovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Daniel Wallace is an American author. He is best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. His other books include Ray in Reverse and The Watermelon King. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
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Wyche Fowler
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Wyche Fowler Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987.
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Kirsten Haglund
- Occupations
- musicianmodelbeauty pageant contestantjournalist
- Biography
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Kirsten Iora Müller-Daubermann is a public speaker, eating disorder awareness activist, commentator, and president of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation. She served as Miss America 2008.
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Jim Gray
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James P. Gray II is an American politician who is the Kentucky Secretary of Transportation in the administration of Governor Andy Beshear. He is the former two-term mayor of Lexington, Kentucky. Gray served as the city's vice mayor from 2006 to 2010 before being elected mayor in November 2010. Gray won re-election to another four-year term on November 4, 2014. In 2016, he ran for the United States Senate seat held by U.S. Senator Rand Paul. Gray won the May 17 Democratic primary with nearly 60% of the vote, becoming the first openly gay man to win the U.S. Senate nomination of a major political party. Gray lost the November 8 general election to Paul.
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Brenda Fitzgerald
- Occupations
- obstetrician
- Biography
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Brenda Fitzgerald is an American obstetrician-gynecologist who served as the 17th Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Donald Trump administration from July 2017 to January 2018. Her tenure was one of the shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments. Previously, she was the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health from 2011 to 2017.
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Jim Bankoff
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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James Philip Bankoff is an American media executive who is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Vox Media. He previously worked for AOL and joined Vox Media's predecessor, SB Nation, in 2009.
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Vanessa Van Edwards
- Occupations
- oratorwriterpodcastertelevision personality
- Biography
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Vanessa Van Edwards is a speaker with Science of People and author of several books. She specializes in science-based people skills.
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Nir Eyal
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- entrepreneurwriter
- Biography
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Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer, and investor known for his bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
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Teresa Tomlinson
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Teresa Pike Tomlinson is an American politician and attorney. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She was elected and served as the 69th Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, in 2010. On January 3, 2011, she was sworn in as the city's first female mayor.
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Roshani Chokshi
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writernovelist
- Biography
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Roshani Chokshi is an American children's book author and a New York Times bestselling author.
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Betül Kaçar
- Occupations
- chemistresearcherastrobiologist
- Biography
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Betül Kacar is a Turkish-American astrobiologist and an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin. She directs a NASA Astrobiology Research Center exploring the essential attributes of life, its origins and how they should shape our notions of habitability and the search for life on other worlds.
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Eugenia del Pino
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Eugenia María del Pino Veintimilla is a developmental biologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador) in Quito. She was the first Ecuadorian citizen to be elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences (2006). She was awarded the 2019 Prize of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology for her strong contributions to research in Ecuador, and in general to promoting Developmental Biology in Latin America.
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Mike Pesca
- Occupations
- journalistpodcaster
- Biography
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Mike Pesca is an American radio journalist and podcaster based in New York City. He is the host of the daily podcast, The Gist, and the editor of Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History.
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Brittney C. Cooper
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in American studies
- Occupations
- writeractivist
- Biography
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Brittney Cooper is an American academic author, activist, and cultural critic. She is a professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and Africana studies, and the principal investigator and founding director of the Race and Gender Equity Lab at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
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Lauren Gunderson
- Occupations
- writerplaywright
- Biography
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Lauren Gunderson is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author, born in Atlanta. She lives in San Francisco, where she teaches playwriting. Gunderson was recognized by American Theatre magazine as America's most produced living playwright at Theatre Communications Group (TCG, the magazine's publisher) member theaters in 2017, and again in 2019–20.
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Stephen J. Blackwood
- Occupations
- entrepreneurphilosopherliterary historian
- Biography
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Stephen James Blackwood is a Canadian-American professor, academic, and social commentator.
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Kiyoshi Tanimoto
- Occupations
- Methodist pastor
- Biography
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Kiyoshi Tanimoto was a Japanese Methodist minister famous for his humanitarian work for the Hiroshima Maidens. Tanimoto was a U.S educated Methodist minister and moved to Hiroshima with his wife during the midst of World War II. He survived the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and was one of the six Hiroshima survivors whose experiences of the bomb and later life are portrayed in John Hersey's book Hiroshima.
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Pavlo Sheremeta
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Pavlo Mykhaylovych Sheremeta is a Ukrainian economist and a former Minister of Economical Development and Trade of his country.
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Spessard Holland
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Studied in 1912
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyerteacher
- Biography
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Spessard Lindsey Holland was an American lawyer and politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 28th governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and as a U.S. senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He was the first person born in Florida to serve as governor and U.S. senator for the state. While serving as a U.S. senator he would notably introduce the 24th Amendment.
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Claude R. Kirk
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Claude Roy Kirk Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 36th governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971. A Republican for most his career, he was the first Republican governor of Florida since Reconstruction.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyerprofessor
- Biography
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II was a Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Secretary of the Interior, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served as an official in the Confederate States of America.
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Robert Homer Simpson
- Occupations
- meteorologist
- Biography
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Robert H. Simpson was an American meteorologist, hurricane specialist, first director of the National Hurricane Research Project (NHRP) from 1955 to 1959, and a former director (1967–1974) of the National Hurricane Center (NHC). He was the co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale with Herbert Saffir. His wife was Joanne Simpson.
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Ben Konop
- Biography
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Benjamin Zachary Konop is a Senior Litigation Counsel in the Office of Enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C. He also was a law professor and attorney in private practice.
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Patrice Harris
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Studied in 1998
- Occupations
- psychiatrist
- Biography
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Patrice Harris is an American psychiatrist and the first African-American woman to be elected president of the American Medical Association. She was elected the 174th president in June 2019.
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Asa G. Candler, Jr
- Years
- 1880-1953 (aged 73)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Asa Griggs "Buddie" Candler Jr. was an American businessman and the son of Asa Griggs Candler, founder of The Coca-Cola Company. Candler Jr. helped build his father's business into an empire. He later became a real-estate developer, opening the Briarcliff Hotel at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and N. Highland Ave in the Virginia–Highland neighborhood of Atlanta.
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Amanda Edwards
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Amanda Edwards is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in Texas in the Democratic primary. She later briefly ran for mayor of Houston before making a pivot to run for a seat in the U.S. House; she has stated that she intended to remain a candidate even after the incumbent, Sheila Jackson Lee, announced her intention to run for re-election.
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Jason Wingard
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- university president
- Biography
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Jason Wingard is an American academic and executive. He served as the twelfth president of Temple University. Before that, he served in executive leadership roles at Columbia University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University, as well as corporate workforce development at Goldman Sachs.
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Jonathan Schanzer
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jonathan Schanzer is an American author and senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He oversees the work of the organization's experts and scholars.
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Brian Gallagher
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- social workerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Brian Gallagher is a nonprofit executive. He is the former president and CEO of United Way Worldwide.
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C. Farris Bryant
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- politicianmilitary officerlawyer
- Biography
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Cecil Farris Bryant was an American politician serving as the 34th governor of Florida. He also served on the United States National Security Council as director of the Office of Emergency Planning during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who also appointed Bryant chair of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
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William Hockey
- Biography
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William Hockey is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He is best known for having started Column N.A. and co-founding and running financial services company Plaid.
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Robert C. Robbins
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- physicianeducatorchief executive officercardiologistcardiac surgeon
- Biography
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Robert Clayton Robbins, known professionally as Robert C. Robbins or R.C. Robbins, is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and former president of The University of Arizona. Previously, he was the president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, from 2012 to 2017.
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William Henry Willimon
- Occupations
- preachertheologianreligious writer
- Biography
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William Henry Willimon is a retired American theologian and bishop in the United Methodist Church who served the North Alabama Conference for eight years. He is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School. He is former Dean of the Chapel at Duke University and is considered by many as one of America's best-known and most influential preachers. A Pulpit & Pew Research on Pastoral Leadership survey determined that he was one of the two most frequently read writers by pastors in mainline Protestantism alongside the Roman Catholic writer Henri Nouwen. His books have sold over a million copies. He is also Editor-At-Large of The Christian Century. His 2019 memoir Accidental Preacher was released to wide acclaim, described by Justo L. Gonzalez as "An exceptional example of theology at its best."
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Melvin E. Thompson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Melvin Ernest Thompson was an American educator and politician from Millen in the U.S. state of Georgia. Generally known as M.E. Thompson during his political career, he served as the 70th Governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1948 and was elected as the first Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1946.
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Ghazala Hashmi
- Occupations
- academicpolitician
- Biography
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Ghazala Firdous Hashmi is an Indian-born American politician and former academic administrator and educator. A Democrat, Hashmi represents the 15th district in the Senate of Virginia. She worked as an educator and academic administrator for 25 years before running for office.
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G. Gabrielle Starr
- Occupations
- university teacherneuroscientistuniversity president
- Biography
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Gina Gabrielle Starr is an American literary scholar, neuroscientist, and academic administrator who is the 10th president of Pomona College, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California. She is known for her work on 18th-century British literature and the neuroscience of aesthetics. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NSF ADVANCE award (joint with Nava Rubin), and a New Directions Fellowship from the Mellon Foundation. From 2000 to 2017, she was on the faculty at New York University. In 2017, she became the first woman and first African-American president of Pomona College. Starr was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020. In 2024, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
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Fletcher Thompson
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officerlawyer
- Biography
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Standish Fletcher Thompson was an American lawyer, World War II veteran and Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 from the 5th Congressional District of Georgia.
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Dumas Malone
- Occupations
- university teacherbiographerhistorianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History.
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Elizabeth Price Foley
- Occupations
- legal scholar
- Biography
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Elizabeth Price Foley is a conservative American legal theorist who writes and comments in the fields of constitutional law, bioethics, and health care law. She is a professor of law at Florida International University College of Law, a public law school located in Miami, Florida. She also serves as counsel to the Washington, D.C., office of BakerHostetler, LLP, where she practices constitutional, appellate, and food and drug law.
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Gabriel Rockhill
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 53)
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- translatoruniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Gabriel Rockhill is a Marxist philosopher, writer, and cultural critic. He is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, Director of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique, and former Directeur de programme at the Collège International de Philosophie.
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Jenny Marra
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jennifer Margaret Marra is a Scottish politician who served as convener of the Public Audit Committee. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region from 2011 to 2021.
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Wanjira Mathai
- Occupations
- environmentalist
- Biography
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Wanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and activist. She is Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this role, she takes on global issues including deforestation and energy access. She was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine in 2018 for her role serving as the senior advisor at the World Resources Institute, as well as for her campaign to plant more than 30 million trees through her work at the Green Belt Movement.
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Mike Sager
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- music journalistmagazine writeruniversity teacherwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Mike Sager is an American author, journalist, and educator.
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Thomas Farr
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Alvin Farr was an American attorney. Farr was nominated by President Donald Trump for a judgeship on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2017, and again in 2018. Farr was considered a controversial nominee due to his alleged involvement in suppression of African-American voters. On November 29, 2018, Republican U.S. Senators Jeff Flake and Tim Scott announced their opposition to Farr's nomination. Together with unanimous opposition of Senate Democrats, this made it impossible for Farr's nomination to be confirmed.
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Josh Luber
- Biography
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Joshua Eliot "Josh" Luber is an American entrepreneur and sneaker collector who co-founded StockX, the stock market for things. Luber worked for IBM when he founded Campless, a "sneakerhead data" company that tracked the secondary market for sneaker sales. Campless then morphed into StockX, which is an online marketplace for high-end product resale.
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Etta Zuber Falconer
- Enrolled in Emory University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Etta Zuber Falconer was an American educator and mathematician the bulk of whose career was spent at Spelman College, where she eventually served as department head and associate provost. She was one of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.
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Mark Taylor
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- politician
- Biography
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Mark Fletcher Taylor is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served two terms between 1999 and 2007 as the 10th lieutenant governor of Georgia. Taylor was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2006, losing in the general election to Republican incumbent Sonny Perdue.
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John W. Houghtaling II
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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John Houghtaling is an American attorney and oil and gas executive.
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Eric R. Komitee
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Eric Ross Komitee is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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Larry Leon Palmer
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Larry Leon Palmer was an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2012 to 2015. He was the United States Ambassador to Honduras from 2002 to 2005. He also served as the President of the Inter-American Foundation from 2005 to June 2010.
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Tillie K. Fowler
- Enrolled in Emory University
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Tillie Kidd Fowler was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as state legislators in Georgia. A Republican moderate, she was a strong advocate for defense spending.
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James I. Robertson, Jr
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- historian
- Biography
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James Irvin "Bud" Robertson Jr. was an American historian on the American Civil War and professor at Virginia Tech.
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Tavia Galonski
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tavia Galonski is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. A Democrat, she represented portions of Akron and Barberton in Summit County.
