12 Notable alumni of
Foothill College
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Foothill College is 2095th in the world, 729th in North America, and 687th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Foothill College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Adrienne Barbeau
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- stage actorfilm actorwritervoice actorsinger
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Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978). In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982), and Swamp Thing (1982). She also provided the voice of Catwoman in the DC Animated Universe. In the 2000s, she appeared on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005) as Ruthie.
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Chrisann Brennan
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- essayistpainter
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Chrisann Brennan is an American memoirist and painter. She is the author of The Bite in the Apple, an autobiography about her relationship with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. They had one child, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
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Juice Newton
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- singer-songwriterguitaristsingermusiciansongwriter
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Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories – winning once in 1983 – as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two consecutive Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards. Newton's other awards include a People's Choice Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and the Australian Music Media's "Number One International Country Artist".
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Brad Gilbert
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- tennis playertennis coach
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Brad Gilbert is an American former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and tennis commentator and analyst for ESPN. During his career, he won 20 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1990, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 18 four years prior. He won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics, and both a gold medal and a silver medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games.
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Richard Bandler
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- computer scientistwriterpsychologist
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Richard Wayne Bandler is an American consultant in the field of self-help. With John Grinder, he founded the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) approach to psychotherapy in the 1970s.
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Wayne Wang
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- film editorwriterdirectorscreenwriterfilm producer
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Wayne Wang is a Hong Kong–born American director, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese-American filmmakers to gain a major foothold in Hollywood. His films, often independently produced, deal with issues of contemporary Asian-American culture and domestic life.
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Kirill Dmitriev
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- politicianbusinesspersoninvestorinternational forum participantfinancier
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Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), a $10 billion sovereign wealth fund created by the Russian government to co-invest in the Russian economy. His wife Natalia Popova, a deputy director of the NGO Innopraktika Foundation, works for and is a very close friend of Putin's younger daughter Katerina Tikhonova. In February 2022, both Kirill Dmitriev and RDIF were sanctioned by the United States Treasury, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Under Mr. Dmitriev's leadership RDIF claims to be the first state owned Russian company to call for diplomatic solution and peace in Ukraine.
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Kevin Gutiérrez
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- association football player
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Kevin Russel Gutiérrez González is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Correcaminos UAT.
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Jon Nakamatsu
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- pianist
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Jon Yasuhiro Nakamatsu is an American classical pianist who resides in San Jose.
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Josh Urbiztondo
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- basketball player
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Joshua Emile Doherty Urbiztondo is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He last played for the San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).
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Anne Warner
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- swimmer
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Anne Kindel Warner, also known by her married name Anne Cribbs, is a retired American breaststroke swimmer who won a gold medal over 200 m at the 1959 Pan American Games. She placed sixth in this event at the 1960 Olympics, and also swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the qualifying heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay. She did not receive a medal because only those relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the 1960 Olympic rules.
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Linda J. LeZotte
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- politician
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Linda Joan LeZotte is an American politician from San Jose, California. She served on the San Jose City Council, representing District 1 (West San Jose) from 1999 to 2007. She is an attorney and former member of the San Jose Planning Commission (1992-1998). She lost to City Councilmember Ken Yeager in the 2006 race for a seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. From 1999 to 2015 she practiced law with her own law firm and during that period she served as counsel for Berliner Cohen in San Jose.
