69 Notable alumni of
Florida Atlantic University
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Florida Atlantic University is 874th in the world, 323rd in North America, and 302nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 69 notable alumni from Florida Atlantic 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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Carrot Top
- Occupations
- television producerstand-up comedianvoice actortelevision actorfilm director
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Scott Thompson, known professionally as Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is widely known for his use of prop comedy.
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Catherine Hickland
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorsingerfilm actoractor
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Catherine Hickland is an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as a singer, author and cosmetics-company CEO and hypnotist. She began her career in television in 1978, appearing in guest roles on several series before being cast in a recurring role on Texas from 1980 to 1981. She also had supporting roles in the comedy film The Last Married Couple in America (1980), and the horror films Ghost Town (1988) and Witchery (1988).
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Chris Carrabba
- Occupations
- singer-songwritermusiciansingerguitarist
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Christopher Ender Carrabba is an American musician who is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, lead singer of the band Further Seems Forever, and lead vocalist for the folk band Twin Forks.
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Joe Cunningham
- Enrolled in Florida Atlantic University
- 2002-2005 graduated with Bachelor of Science in ocean engineering
- Occupations
- politicianengineerlawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Kendrick Cunningham is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The district includes much of South Carolina's share of the Atlantic Coast, from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.
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Arthur C. Brooks
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- journalistinternational forum participanthorn player
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Arthur C. Brooks is an American author, public speaker, and academic. Since 2019, Brooks has served as the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit and Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and at the Harvard Business School as a Professor of Management Practice and Faculty Fellow. Previously, Brooks served as the 11th President of the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of thirteen books, including Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier with co-author Oprah Winfrey (2023), From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life (2022), Love Your Enemies (2019), The Conservative Heart (2015), and The Road to Freedom (2012). Since 2020, he has written the Atlantic’s How to Build a Life column on happiness.
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Don Brewer
- Occupations
- singercomposer
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Donald George Brewer is an American drummer and singer. He is one of the originators of the band Grand Funk Railroad.
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Phil Zimmermann
- Occupations
- professorhuman rights activistcomputer scientistcryptographermathematician
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Philip R. Zimmermann is an American computer scientist and cryptographer. He is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone. Zimmermann is co-founder and Chief Scientist of the global encrypted communications firm Silent Circle.
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Al Cárdenas
- Occupations
- lobbyistlawyer
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Alberto Remigio Cárdenas y Pardo is a Cuban-born American lawyer, politician and conservative activist who is a partner in the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs and in the Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners. He has been named as one of Washington D.C.'s top lobbyists by The Hill newspaper. Cardenas was a member of the Board of Trustees of Florida A&M University.
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Duron Carter
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
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Duron Christopher Carter is an American professional Canadian football defensive back who is currently a free agent. He was initially a member of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a wide receiver and has also played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts, BC Lions, Edmonton Elks.
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Shannon Spake
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Shannon Spake is an NFL reporter and NASCAR host for Fox Sports. Previously, she worked for ESPN where she contributed to SportsCenter to give pre and post-game reports, and also worked as a sideline reporter for SEC on ESPN basketball games as well as college football games. Spake also worked for the newly created SEC Network which is owned by ESPN.
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Michael Prysner
- Occupations
- politicianpeace activist
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Michael D. Prysner is an American socialist political activist. He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a specialist. His duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids and the interrogation of prisoners. According to Prysner, these experiences led him to take an anti-war stance.
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Marc Kudisch
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Marc Kudisch is an American stage actor, who is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway.
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Mustafa Varank
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mustafa Varank is a Turkish politician, bureaucrat and academician who previously served as the Minister of Industry and Technology.
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Max von Schlebrügge
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a center back. Starting off his professional career with IF Brommapojkarna in the late 1990s, he went on to represent Hammarby IF, R.S.C. Anderlecht, and Brøndby IF before retiring at IFK Österåker in 2021. A full international between 2003 and 2009, he has won 10 caps for the Sweden national team.
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Albert Mohler
- Occupations
- writertheologianpreacherchancellor
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Richard Albert Mohler Jr. is an American evangelical theologian, the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and host of the podcast The Briefing, where he daily analyzes the news and recent events from an evangelical perspective.
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Brittany Bowe
- Occupations
- speed skaterinline speed skaterbasketball player
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Brittany Starr Bowe is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has won eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, she has another 21 world championship medals. She also has a gold medal from the combined sprint event in roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games.
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Ricco Ross
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ricco Ross is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of private Frost in the 1986 science fiction action film Aliens.
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Luis Alberto Moreno
- Occupations
- diplomatjournalistinternational forum participant
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Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía is a Colombian businessman and former diplomat who served as president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020. He was Colombia's Ambassador to the United States under president Andrés Pastrana Arango and the former President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial.
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Jason Mercier
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Jason Mercier is an American professional poker player from Hollywood, Florida. He has won six World Series of Poker bracelets and one European Poker Tour title. Mercier is a member of Team PokerStars Pro and was named the Bluff Magazine Player of the Year for 2009. He was WSOP player of the year in 2016.
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C. J. Nitkowski
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Christopher John "C. J." Nitkowski is a left-handed former professional baseball pitcher and current baseball broadcaster. A first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Reds in 1994, he played in the major leagues for the Reds, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Washington Nationals. He has also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and in the KBO League for the SK Wyverns, Doosan Bears, and Nexen Heroes. Nitkowski currently works as a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves and SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio.
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Sneaky
- Years
- 1994-.. (age 30)
- Occupations
- professional gamer
- Biography
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Zachary Scuderi, better known as Sneaky, is a professional League of Legends player, streamer, and crossplayer. He played AD Carry for Cloud9 of the League of Legends Championship Series North America until 2019. He won the 2013 Summer NA LCS and 2014 Spring NA LCS with Cloud9. Scuderi is also known for his cosplays of anime and video game characters.
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Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Occupations
- children's writerwriterpoetautobiographeressayist
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Judith Ortiz Cofer was a Puerto Rican author. Her critically acclaimed and award-winning work spans a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young-adult fiction. Ortiz Cofer was the Emeritus Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, where she taught undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops for 26 years. In 2010, Ortiz Cofer was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and in 2013, she won the university's 2014 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award.
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Freddie Figgers
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 35)
- Enrolled in Florida Atlantic University
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Freddie Figgers is an American technology entrepreneur, inventor, and founder of Figgers Communication and the Figgers Foundation.
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Pat Murphy
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Patrick Thomas Murphy is an American baseball coach and manager who is the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the interim manager of the San Diego Padres and head coach for college baseball teams including Arizona State University and the University of Notre Dame.
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Ophelia Pastrana
- Occupations
- physicisttelevision produceractorbusinesspersonYouTuber
- Biography
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Ophelia Pastrana Ardila is a Colombian-Mexican transgender physicist, economist, speaker, YouTuber, technologist and comedian. She is the first transgender women naturalized by Mexico. Business Insider listed her as one of the most influential women on Twitter regarding technology aspects. In 2018 she was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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Everett Stern
- Enrolled in Florida Atlantic University
- In 2008 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Everett Alexander Stern is an American businessman, whistleblower, and political candidate who is the intelligence director of Tactical Rabbit, Inc. He exposed an HSBC money laundering scandal, where he uncovered illegal money laundering transactions. Having formerly attempted to run for office as a member of the Republican Party, he ran as an independent write-in candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, but dropped out in late October.
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Claire Emslie
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Claire Emslie is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Angel City FC and the Scotland national team.
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Stephen Duneier
- Occupations
- economistfinancier
- Biography
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Stephen Duneier is an American professional investment manager, strategy consultant, speaker, lecturer, author, artist and Guinness World Record holder.
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Brenda Snipes
- Occupations
- officialteacher
- Biography
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Brenda Calhoun Snipes was an American public official who was the Supervisor of Elections for Broward County, Florida. She was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Snipes was registered as a Democrat.
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Steven Swanson
- Occupations
- engineerastronaut
- Biography
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Steven Roy Swanson is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119, and one Soyuz flight, TMA-12M. All of the flights were to the International Space Station. He has logged over 195 days in space and completed five spacewalks totaling 28 hours and 5 minutes. Swanson has served in other roles at NASA, such as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions. His awards and honors include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation. Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut, Swanson worked for GTE in Phoenix, Arizona, as a software engineer. He is married and has three children.
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Maynard Webb
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Maynard G. Webb Jr. is an American business person and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship, and the national bestseller Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business. A long-time technology executive and angel investor, Webb is a board member of Salesforce, Visa, and former chairman of the board of directors at Yahoo!. Webb founded Webb Investment Network in 2010 and is the former CEO of LiveOps and former COO of eBay.
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Eduardo José Padrón
- Enrolled in Florida Atlantic University
- Studied economics
- Biography
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Eduardo José Padrón is President Emeritus of Miami Dade College (MDC). An economist by training, Padrón earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. After serving as a faculty member at MDC, he became the school's president in 1995. Time named him one of the ten best college presidents in 2009, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
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Frank Brogan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank T. Brogan is an American educator and the former Assistant Secretary of Education (Elementary and Secondary Education). He succeeded Deborah S. Delisle. He is the former Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, former Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and former President of Florida Atlantic University. He was the 15th lieutenant governor of Florida, serving with Governor Jeb Bush.
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Michael Crotta
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael John Crotta is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Christopher McKay
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- astrophysicistphysicistengineer
- Biography
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Dr Christopher P. McKay is an American planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, studying planetary atmospheres, astrobiology, and terraforming. McKay majored in physics at Florida Atlantic University, where he also studied mechanical engineering, graduating in 1975, and received his PhD in astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1982.
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Ralph de la Vega
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ralph de la Vega is the former Vice Chairman of AT&T Inc. and CEO of AT&T Business Solutions and AT&T International. He has previously served as President & CEO of AT&T Mobile & Business Solutions; President and CEO of AT&T Mobility; COO of Cingular Wireless; President of BellSouth Latin America Operations; and the President of Broadband and Internet Services for BellSouth. He is also the author of the 2009 book Obstacles Welcome: How to Turn Adversity to Advantage in Business and Life. Ralph de la Vega retired December 31, 2016, after a 42-year career with AT&T.
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Ken Jenne
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Kenneth C. Jenne II is a former Democratic member of the Florida State Senate and a former sheriff of Broward County, which encompasses Fort Lauderdale. He resigned as sheriff in September 2007, after having pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud. On November 16, 2007, he was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
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Jesse Bering
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- researcherpsychologist
- Biography
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Jesse Michael Bering is an American psychologist, writer, and academic. He is a professor in Science Communication at the University of Otago (where he serves as Director of the Centre for Science Communication), as well as a frequent contributor to Scientific American, Slate, and Das Magazin (Switzerland). His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Guardian, and The New Republic, and has been featured on NPR, the BBC, Playboy Radio and elsewhere.
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Stefan Moody
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Stefan Moody is an American professional basketball player for Igokea of the Bosnian League, the Adriatic League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 1.78 m (5'10"), he plays at the point guard position. After playing one year of college basketball at FAU, one year at Kilgore College and two years at Ole Miss, Moody entered the 2016 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
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R. J. Alvarez
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Roy Emilio Alvarez is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics and New York Mets.
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Jeff Fiorentino
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeffrey Philip Fiorentino is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Baltimore Orioles and Oakland Athletics between 2005 and 2009. He was nicknamed Screech due to his resemblance to the character of the same name from the television sitcom Saved by the Bell.
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Sharrod Neasman
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Sharrod Neasman is a former American football safety. He played college football at Florida Atlantic and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
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Daniel Bluman
- Occupations
- equestrian
- Biography
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Daniel Bluman is a Colombian-born Israeli Olympic show jumping rider. In July 2019 Bluman, as part of Israel's four-rider squad, qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Al Lamberti
- Biography
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Al Lamberti is a former sheriff of Broward County, which encompasses Fort Lauderdale in southeastern Florida.
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Herb Miller
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Herb Miller III is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Florida Atlantic.
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Olivia Peguero
- Occupations
- paintersculptorbotanical illustrator
- Biography
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Olivia Peguero is a Dominican and American contemporary landscape and botanical painter and sculptor. Painting most of the year in the Dominican Republic and Florida, she is known for producing all of her studies and the majority of her finished pieces en plein air. Unlike many other Dominican artists, her works are created in oil paint, using a more traditional European-style, many times depicting life as birth, existence and death within her flowers. Two common themes present in Peguero art are the conservation of old growth Dominican forests and pride in Dominican heritage.
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Dan Mica
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Mica is an American politician who was a U.S. representative from the state of Florida.
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Ryan Garton
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Patrick Garton is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 and 2017 and the Seattle Mariners in 2017 and 2019.
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Darnell King
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Darnell King is an American former professional soccer player and current assistant coach of Phoenix Rising FC in the USL Championship.
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Mirta Ojito
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Mirta Ojito is a Cuban-born author and journalist. She has written two nonfiction books, Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus a book about her journey to the U.S. as a teenager in the Mariel boatlift, and Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town." She was part of a group of New York Times reporters who shared the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 for a series of articles about race in America. More recently, she was a member of the Telemundo team that won an Emmy for the coverage of Pope Francis's visit to the Americas.
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Christina Chang
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Christina Chang de Oliveira, known as Christina Chang, is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a defender for the Jamaica women's national team.
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Jim Naugle
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James T. Naugle is an American real estate broker who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Although a lifelong Democrat, Naugle frequently voted for and supported Republican candidates. Elected for the first time in 1991, Naugle was the longest-serving mayor in the history of Fort Lauderdale, serving for six consecutive terms.
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Madeline Pumariega
- Biography
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Madeline Pumariega is the fifth president of Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida. She is the first female to hold the post.
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Rhonda Jones
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Rhonda Jones is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a defender and won over 100 caps for the Scotland national team. A right-back or central defender, Jones played for Tampa Bay Hellenic in the United States. She then captained Hibernian Ladies and played for English FA WSL club Doncaster Rovers Belles, before returning to Scotland for spells with Celtic, Glasgow City and Rangers.
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Kenneth Brander
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Enrolled in Florida Atlantic University
- 2004-2016 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy
- Occupations
- rabbiwriter
- Biography
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Kenneth Brander is an American rabbi who is president and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions. He is a member of the Jewish Federations of North America’s Rabbinic Cabinet Round Table.
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Tim Harikkala
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Timothy Allan Harikkala is a former professional baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University, where he played baseball for the Owls under head coach Kevin Cooney.
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Dusty Rhodes
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- baseball manager
- Biography
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Jack Dusty Rhodes is a retired American baseball coach and the former head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys college baseball team. He was the first coach in UNF baseball history, having founded the program in the 1980s and serving as head coach from 1988–2010. UNF's baseball field, officially Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium, is named in his honor.
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Robert F. Hedelund
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Robert Frederick Hedelund is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps who serves as the commander of United States Marine Corps Forces Command, replacing Lieutenant General Mark A. Brilakis. He previously served as the commander of the II Marine Expeditionary Force. Hedelund was commissioned upon his graduation from Florida Atlantic University in 1983. He is from Pompano Beach, Florida. He graduated from Deerfield Beach High School.
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Jeff Van Camp
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jeff Van Camp is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Florida Atlantic University, under head coach Howard Schnellenberger, as well as high school football at Navarre High School in Navarre, Florida.
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Carol W. Hunstein
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Carol Wyckoff Hunstein is an American lawyer and judge from Georgia. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. She served on the Court as an associate justice from 1992 to 2009 and 2013 to 2018 and as Chief Justice from 2009 to 2013.
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Toby Overdorf
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf is a Republican member of the Florida Legislature representing the state's 85th House district, which includes parts of Martin and St. Lucie counties.
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Susanna Lehtinen
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Susanna Minttu Maria Lehtinen is a retired Finnish football midfielder. She last played in the Swedish Damallsvenskan for KIF Örebro, a club she represented for eight seasons. She has also played for FC Espoo, FC Honka (Naisten Liiga) and Florida Atlantic Owls (NCAA).
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Julie Ferguson
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Julie Ferguson is a Scottish former international footballer. She finished her career with SWFL 2nd Division side Motherwell having previously played for Florida Atlantic, Celtic, Glasgow City and Hibernian Ladies. Ferguson amassed 67 appearances for the Scotland women's national football team.
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Yang Huang
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Yang Huang is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Living Treasures, was a finalist for the 2008 Bellwether Prize and the 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES). Her short story collection, My Old Faithful, won 2017 Juniper Prize for Fiction. her novel, My Good Son, was the winner of 2020 University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize.
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Lauren Cole Sallan
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- biologistpaleobiologistpaleontologistichthyologist
- Biography
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Lauren Sallan is an American academic who is the head of the Macroevolution Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and was previously the Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a paleobiologist who uses big data analytics to study macroevolution. She is a TED Senior Fellow and has two TED talks with almost three million views as of 2022.
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Kevin Crawford
- Biography
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Kevin Scott Crawford was a scholar of William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton and a founding member of the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival.
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Pat Patterson
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Ralph H. "Pat" Patterson is an American politician and insurance agent. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives and a member of the Republican Party.
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Cody Wilson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Cody Roger George Wilson is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2021.
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Debby P. Sanderson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Debby P. Sanderson is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. She was the first Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives from Broward County. She retired from the State Senate in 2002 after redistricting.
