100 Notable alumni of
Fordham University
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Fordham University is 135th in the world, 59th in North America, and 57th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Fordham 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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Donald Trump
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- Studied in 1964-1966
- Occupations
- politicianreal estate entrepreneurtelevision producerinvestormerchant
- Biography
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Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Denzel Washington
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English and journalism
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actorfilm producerspokespersonactor
- Biography
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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, producer and director. In a career spanning over four decades, Washington has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two Silver Bears. He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and in 2020 The New York Times named him the greatest actor of the 21st century. In 2022, Washington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Lana Del Rey
- Occupations
- film actorrecord producersinger-songwriterrecording artistactor
- Biography
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Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s–70s Americana. Her vintage Hollywood glamour aesthetic is presented not only in her music, but also in her music videos. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, two Brit Awards, two Billboard Women in Music, and a Satellite Award, in addition to nominations for eleven Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Variety honored her at their Hitmakers Awards for being "one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century". Rolling Stone placed Del Rey on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023), and Rolling Stone UK named her The Greatest American Songwriter of the 21st century (2023).
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Amanda Seyfried
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- Studied in 2003
- Occupations
- singer-songwritervoice actorcomposermodelactor
- Biography
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Amanda Michelle Seyfried is an American actress. She began acting at 15, with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2001) and Joni Stafford in the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003). She came to prominence for her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004), and for her roles as Lilly Kane in the UPN mystery drama series Veronica Mars (2004–2006) and Sarah Henrickson in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011).
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Andrew Cuomo
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American politician, lawyer, and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position that his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three terms as the 52nd governor.
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Hilarie Burton
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractortelevision presenterfilm producer
- Biography
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Hilarie Ross Burton, also known as Hilarie Burton Morgan, is an American actress. A former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons (2003–2009). Post One Tree Hill, Burton starred in Our Very Own, Solstice, and The List. She has also had supporting or recurring roles in television series, including her role as Sara Ellis on White Collar (2010–2013), Dr. Lauren Boswell on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2013), Molly Dawes on the ABC drama series Forever (2014), and Karen Palmer on the Fox television series Lethal Weapon (2016). Burton is currently a co-host on the Drama Queens podcast along with her former One Tree Hill co-stars, Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz.
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Alan Alda
- Occupations
- writerdirectortelevision actorcomedianactor
- Biography
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Alan Alda is an American actor, author, screenwriter, podcast host and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner and a three-time Tony Award nominee, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983). He also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series.
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Dylan McDermott
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Dylan McDermott is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series The Practice, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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Taylor Schilling
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Taylor Jane Schilling is an American actress. She is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She made her film debut in the 2007 drama Dark Matter. She also starred as Nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan in the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy (2009–2010). Her other films include Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012), the comedy Take Me (2017), and the science-fiction thriller The Titan (2018).
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Chris Cuomo
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1995 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- correspondentlawyer
- Biography
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Christopher Charles Cuomo is an American television journalist anchor at NewsNation, based in New York City. He has previously been the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's 20/20, news anchor for Good Morning America from 2006 to 2009, and an anchor at CNN, where he co-hosted its morning show New Day from 2013 through May 2018, before moving to Cuomo Prime Time in June 2018.
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David Copperfield
- Occupations
- film actorillusionistwriterhypnotiststunt performer
- Biography
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David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.
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Faith Evans
- Occupations
- modelmanufacturerfilm actoractorcomposer
- Biography
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Faith Renée Evans is an American R&B singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career. She first performed as a backing vocalist for R&B singers Al B. Sure! and Christopher Williams, and by the age of 20, she signed with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records as the label's first female artist in 1994. Following her collaborations with labelmates including 112 and Carl Thomas, she released her debut studio album, Faith (1995) to critical acclaim and moderate commercial reception. Evans then guest performed alongside 112 on label boss Puff Daddy's 1997 single "I'll Be Missing You," which received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and became the first hip hop song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100. Her second and third albums, Keep the Faith (1998) and Faithfully (2001) peaked at numbers six and 14 respectively on the Billboard 200 and saw further positive reception.
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Regina Hall
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Regina Lee Hall is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as Brenda Meeks in the comedy horror Scary Movie film series (2000–2006). She has since appeared in the television series Ally McBeal (2001–2002), Law & Order: LA (2010–2011), Grandfathered (2016), and Black Monday (2019–2021), and in the films The Best Man (1999), its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday, About Last Night (2014), Vacation (2015), Girls Trip (2017), The Hate U Give (2018), and Little (2019). For the comedy film Support the Girls (2018), Hall received critical acclaim, and became the first African American to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
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Patricia Clarkson
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Patricia Davies Clarkson is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
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Betty Gilpin
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Elizabeth Folan Gilpin is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series GLOW (2017–2019), for which she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie (2013–2015). In 2023, she starred in the lead role as a nun who battles A.I. in the Peacock science fiction series Mrs. Davis.
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Lea Salonga
- Occupations
- columniststage actorproducerrecording artistvoice actor
- Biography
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Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, is a Filipina singer and actress. Primarily known for her work in theatre, she has starred in musicals on West End and Broadway. Her accolades include a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for two Grammy Awards. She was conferred with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1990 and the Order of Lakandula in 2007, and was honored as a Disney Legend in 2011.
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Robert Sean Leonard
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Robert Lawrence Leonard, known by his stage name Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He is known for playing Dr. James Wilson in the television series House (2004–2012) and Neil Perry in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society.
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James B. Donovan
- Occupations
- writerlawyer
- Biography
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James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency), ultimately becoming General Counsel of the OSS, and an international diplomatic negotiator.
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G. Gordon Liddy
- Occupations
- writerlawyerpoliticianactorFBI agent
- Biography
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George Gordon Battle Liddy was an American lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
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Susan Lucci
- Occupations
- film actorbusinesspersontelevision actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Susan Victoria Lucci is an American actress and television host. She is known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considered an icon, and she was called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. As early as 1991, her salary had been reported as over $1 million a year. During her run on All My Children, Lucci was nominated 21 times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She won only once, in 1999, after the 19th nomination; her status as a perpetual nominee for the award had attracted significant media attention since the late 1980s.
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Vin Scully
- Occupations
- sports commentatorjournalist
- Biography
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Vincent Edward Scully was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball. Scully was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for sixty-seven years, beginning in 1950 and ending in 2016. He is considered by many to be the greatest baseball broadcaster of all time.
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Geraldine Ferraro
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerwriterpoliticianautobiographer
- Biography
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Geraldine Anne Ferraro was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1984 presidential election, running alongside Walter Mondale; this made her the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major American political party. She was also a journalist, author, and businesswoman.
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Annie Parisse
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Anne Marie Cancelmi, known professionally as Annie Parisse, is an American actress. She portrayed Alexandra Borgia on the drama series Law & Order. Parisse has also starred as Julia Snyder on the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.
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Michaela McManus
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Michaela McManus is an American actress, known for her portrayals of Lindsey Strauss on One Tree Hill, A.D.A. Kim Greylek on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Grace Karn on the NBC drama Aquarius.
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Dash Mihok
- Occupations
- film directortelevision actorfilm actorfilm producer
- Biography
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Dashiell Raymond Mihok is an American actor and director known for playing Brendan "Bunchy" Donovan in the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan.
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Don DeLillo
- Occupations
- novelistessayistscreenwriterplaywrightjournalist
- Biography
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Donald Richard DeLillo is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports.
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Mary Higgins Clark
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Mary Higgins Clark was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remained in print as of 2015, with her debut suspense novel, Where Are the Children?, in its seventy-fifth printing.
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Jonathan Harris
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorpoetfilm actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Jonathan Harris was an American character actor whose career included more than 500 television and film appearances, as well as voiceovers. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the television version of The Third Man and the fussy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science-fiction series Lost in Space. Near the end of his career, he provided voices for the animated features A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2.
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John N. Mitchell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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John Newton Mitchell was the 67th Attorney General of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon and was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer and one of Nixon's associates. He was tried and convicted as a result of his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
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Bob Keeshan
- Occupations
- circus performertelevision actortelevision producerclown
- Biography
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Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. He also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.
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Tommy Dorfman
- Occupations
- television actor
- Biography
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Tommy Dorfman is an American actress, best known for playing Ryan Shaver in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why (2017).
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Jeffery Deaver
- Occupations
- writerlawyernovelistscreenwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a J.D. degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later practiced law before embarking on a career as a novelist. He has been awarded the Steel Dagger and Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association and the Nero Wolfe Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Los Angeles Times.
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Karina Smirnoff
- Occupations
- dancerchoreographer
- Biography
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Karina Smirnoff is a Soviet-born American professional ballroom dancer of Ukrainian origins. She is known as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, where she won the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J. R. Martinez. She has also won two runner-up titles, a semifinal title, and several quarterfinal titles.
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Greg Poehler
- Occupations
- television actorlawyerscreenwriterfilm actortelevision producer
- Biography
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Gregory Milmore Poehler is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and attorney. He created and starred in the Swedish sitcom Welcome to Sweden.
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Jerrold Nadler
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1978 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jerrold Lewis Nadler is an American lawyer and politician who since 2023 has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 12th congressional district, which includes central Manhattan. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to Congress in 1992 to represent the state's 17th congressional district, which was renumbered as the 8th district from 1993 to 2013 and as the 10th from 2013 to 2023. Nadler chaired the House Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2023. In his 17th term in Congress, Nadler is the dean of New York's U.S. House delegation. Before his election to Congress, he served eight terms as a New York State Assemblyman.
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Hunter Tylo
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Hunter Tylo is a retired American actress, author and former model. She was best known for her role as Dr. Taylor Hayes (1990–2002, 2004–14, 2018–19) on The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Christopher Lawford
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford was an American author, actor, and activist. He was a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and son of English actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was a sister of President John F. Kennedy. He graduated from Tufts University in 1977 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College in 1983. He later earned a master's certificate in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University and was a lecturer on drug addiction.
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Amirah Vann
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Amirah Charline Vann is an American actress and singer. She began her career on the Off-Broadway stage before starring in the WGN America period drama series, Underground (2016—2017), for which she received NAACP Image Award nomination. She later starred as attorney Tegan Price in the ABC legal thriller series, How to Get Away with Murder (2017—2020). In 2022, Vann starred in the period romantic drama film, A Jazzman's Blues.
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Edmond O'Brien
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorfilm producerfilm director
- Biography
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Eamon Joseph O'Brien was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Julie White
- Occupations
- stage actorvoice actortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Julie K. White is an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in The Little Dog Laughed in 2007. She has also received three other Tony Award nominations for her performances in Airline Highway in 2013, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus in 2019 and POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in 2022. She played Sam Witwicky's mother in Transformers film series (2007-2011).
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John Mara
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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John Kevin Mara is the president, CEO, and co-owner of the New York Giants.
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Nate "Tiny" Archibald
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald is an American retired professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City–Omaha Kings and Boston Celtics. In 1991, he was enshrined into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Christopher Larkin
- Occupations
- television actorsinger-songwriterstage actordancerfilm actor
- Biography
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Christopher Larkin is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Monty Green on the CW series The 100.
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Kamie Crawford
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Kameran "Kamie" Crawford is an American television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2010 on July 24, 2010 at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas. Crawford is currently the co-host of Catfish: The TV Show.
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John Owen Brennan
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- intelligence officerintelligence analystcivil servant
- Biography
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John Owen Brennan is a former American intelligence officer who served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from March 2013 to January 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, with the title Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President. Previously, he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 election campaign and presidential transition.
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Ilyasah Shabazz
- Occupations
- author
- Biography
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Ilyasah Shabazz is an American author, community organizer, social activist, and motivational speaker. She is the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, and wrote a memoir titled Growing Up X.
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John Benjamin Hickey
- Occupations
- stage actorvoice actortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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John Benjamin Hickey is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. He won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart.
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Hage Geingob
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- researcherpolitician
- Biography
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Hage Gottfried Geingob was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 2012 to 2015. Between 2008 and 2012 Geingob served as Minister of Trade and Industry.
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Ilan Mitchell-Smith
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorballet dancer
- Biography
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Ilan Mitchell-Smith is an American academic and former actor, best known as a co-star of the film Weird Science (1985) and Andy McCalister in Superboy.
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Heather Lind
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Heather Lind is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Anna Strong in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies. She is the twin sister of actress Christina Bennett Lind.
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Greg Kelly
- Occupations
- television presenterreportermilitary officer
- Biography
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Gregory Raymond Kelly is an American conservative television anchor, television host, and retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He is the host of Greg Kelly Reports, on Newsmax TV. He was previously the co-host of Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY WNYW, with Rosanna Scotto, from 2008 to 2017.
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Harry Crosby
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorsingeractorbanker
- Biography
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Harry Lillis Crosby III is an American investment banker and former actor.
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Kether Donohue
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Kether Donohue is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lindsay on You're the Worst, as a cappella leader Alice in Pitch Perfect, and as the exocomp Peanut Hamper on Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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Theodore Edgar McCarrick
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Theodore Edgar McCarrick is a laicized American bishop and former cardinal of the Catholic Church. Ordained a priest in 1958, he became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1977, then became Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, in 1981. From 1986 to 2000, he was Archbishop of Newark. He was created a cardinal in February 2001 and served as Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006. Following credible allegations of repeated sexual misconduct towards boys and seminarians, he was removed from public ministry in June 2018, became the first cardinal to resign from the College of Cardinals because of claims of sexual abuse in July 2018, and was laicized in February 2019. Several honors he had been awarded, such as honorary degrees, were rescinded.
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Paddy Chayefsky
- Occupations
- science fiction writerfilm producernovelistplaywrightwriter
- Biography
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Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky /ˌtʃaɪˈɛfski/ (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays.
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Jack Keane
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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John M. "Jack" Keane is a former American general who served as vice chief of staff of the United States Army from 1999 to 2003. He is a national security analyst, primarily on Fox News, and serves as chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and as chairman of AM General.
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Rosa DeLauro
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- congressional staffcampaign managerpoliticianchief executive officer
- Biography
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Rosa Luisa DeLauro is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in New Haven and includes most of its suburbs. DeLauro is the dean of Connecticut's congressional delegation.
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Eric Paschall
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Eric Luther Paschall is an American professional basketball player who last played for Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Fordham Rams and the Villanova Wildcats. He was selected with the 41st overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Warriors and named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2020.
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Sandra Navidi
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristauthorchief executive officer
- Biography
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Sandra Navidi is a German attorney, bestselling author, consultant, media contributor and public speaker. She is the founder and chief executive officer of BeyondGlobal, an international strategic consultancy.
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Jason Calacanis
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpodcasterangel investor
- Biography
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Jason McCabe Calacanis is an American Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and podcaster.
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Pat Cipollone
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Pasquale Anthony "Pat" Cipollone is an American attorney who served as White House Counsel for President Donald Trump. While in office he defended Trump in his first impeachment trial. He objected to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and played a key role in the January 6 committee hearings, specifically the committee's sixth hearing.
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Wellington Mara
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Wellington Timothy Mara was an American co-owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1959 until his death. He was the younger son of Tim Mara, who founded the Giants in 1925. Wellington was a ball boy that year.
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Pat Harrington Jr
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorscreenwriteractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Daniel Patrick Harrington Jr. was an American Emmy Award-winning stage and television actor, best known for his role as building superintendent Dwayne Schneider on the sitcom One Day at a Time (1975–1984). His father Pat Harrington Sr. was also an actor.
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Michael Kay
- Occupations
- sports commentatorannouncer
- Biography
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Michael Kay is an American sports broadcaster who is the television play-by-play broadcaster of the New York Yankees and host of CenterStage on the YES Network, and the host of The Michael Kay Show heard on WEPN-FM in New York City and simulcast on ESPN Xtra on XM Satellite Radio. Kay also works on the MLB on ESPN.
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Spencer Garrett
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Spencer Garrett Heckenkamp is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Air Force One (1997), 21 (2008), Public Enemies (2009), All the Way (2016), and The Front Runner (2018).
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Christopher Buckley
- Occupations
- poeteditor-in-chiefactorsatiristplaywright
- Biography
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Christopher Taylor Buckley is an American author and political satirist. He also served as chief speechwriter to Vice President George H. W. Bush. He is known for writing God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, The White House Mess, No Way to Treat a First Lady, Wet Work, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, Supreme Courtship, Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir, and The Judge Hunter.
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John McGiver
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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John Irwin McGiver was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975.
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Smush Parker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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William Henry "Smush" Parker is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the NBA G-League and several leagues overseas. Parker played shooting guard in college but moved to point guard in the NBA.
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P. J. Carlesimo
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Peter John Carlesimo is an American basketball coach who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years. He is also a television broadcaster and has worked with ESPN, The NBA on TNT, Westwood One, Fox Sports Southwest, Pac-12 Network, The NBA on NBC, and CSN New England.
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Robert Mulligan
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- film producerfilm directordirector
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Robert Patrick Mulligan was an American director and producer. He is best known for his sensitive dramas, including To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Summer of '42 (1971), The Other (1972), Same Time, Next Year (1978), and The Man in the Moon (1991). He was also known in the 1960s for his extensive collaborations with producer Alan J. Pakula.
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Thomas Calabro
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directorstage actorfilm actorfilm producer
- Biography
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Thomas F. Calabro is an American actor and director.
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Amanda Hearst
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 2008 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in art history
- Occupations
- activistsocialitefashion model
- Biography
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Amanda Randolph Hearst, sometimes called Amanda Hearst Rønning, is an American socialite, activist, fashion model, and heiress to the Hearst Corporation, William Randolph Hearst's media conglomerate. Hearst previously worked as an associate market editor at Marie Claire and is the founder of Friends of Finn, an organization dedicated to stopping the inhumane treatment of dogs in puppy mills. She also served as a co-chair of Riverkeeper's Junior Council. Hearst co-founded Maison de Mode in 2015, an ethical luxury fashion online retailer. In 2018, Hearst co-founded the charity Well Beings, focusing on animal welfare, conservation and other humane initiatives.
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Tom Leykis
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- radio personality
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Tom Leykis is an American talk radio personality best known for hosting The Tom Leykis Show from 1994 to 2009 (nationally syndicated), and April 2012 to 2018 (internet streamcast/podcast). The show follows the hot talk format, which brought Leykis much success, particularly in the Southern California radio market. Due to the provocative nature of the show, Leykis has often been described as a shock jock. The show's best-known feature is "Leykis 101", in which he claims to teach men how to get women while spending the least amount of time, money, and effort.
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Peter Boghossian
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- pedagoguephilosopher
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Peter Gregory Boghossian is an American philosopher and pedagogue. Born in Boston, he was a non-tenure track assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University for ten years, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism, and the Socratic method. He is the author of A Manual for Creating Atheists, and (with James Lindsay) of How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide.
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William J. Casey
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- politicianjurist
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William Joseph Casey was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community and personally directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Tony Reali
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- athlete
- Biography
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Tony Reali is an American sports personality and television host of Around the Horn on ESPN. He served as the statistician on Pardon the Interruption from the show's debut in 2001 until late 2014. In April 2014, it was announced he would be a contributor on social media for Good Morning America, which he began on October 8, 2014.
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Robert N. Munsch
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- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Robert Norman Munsch is an American-Canadian children's author.
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Paul Morrissey
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- actordirectorfilm directorscreenwriterphotographer
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Paul Morrissey is an American film director, best known for his association with Andy Warhol. He was also director of the first film in which a transgender actress, Holly Woodlawn, starred as a girlfriend of the main character played by Joe Dallesandro in Trash (1970).
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Lauren Duca
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Lauren Duca is an American former journalist and political columnist. She formerly worked at Teen Vogue, where she had a column from 2017 to 2018 called "Thigh High Politics". Her book How to Start a Revolution (2019) is on young people and the future of American politics.
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Lorenzo Mendoza
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- businesspersoninternational forum participantindustrial engineer
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Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Giménez is a Venezuelan billionaire businessman, and CEO of Empresas Polar, Venezuela's largest privately held company, with $7 billion in annual sales. The company was founded by his grandfather and is currently owned by his family. Mendoza has been listed as one of the top 10 people believed to rebuild Venezuela.
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Nick Martínez
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Nicholas Andres Martinez is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers and San Diego Padres, and for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Francis Spellman
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishoparchbishop
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Francis Joseph Spellman was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1939 to his death, he served as the sixth Archbishop of New York; he had served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1932 to 1939. He was created a cardinal in 1946.
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Olivia Nuzzi
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Olivia Nuzzi is a political reporter who serves as the Washington correspondent for New York magazine.
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Peter Kreeft
- Occupations
- writertheologianuniversity teacherphilosopher
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Peter John Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books on Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God in their Handbook of Christian Apologetics.
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Don Valentine
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Donald Thomas Valentine was an American venture capitalist who concentrated mainly on technology companies in the United States. As the founder of Sequoia Capital, he has been referred to as the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital". The Computer History Museum credited him as playing "a key role in the formation of a number of industries such as semiconductors, personal computers, personal computer software, digital entertainment and networking."
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Bud Collyer
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- actorvoice actor
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Bud Collyer was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows Beat the Clock and To Tell the Truth, but he was also famous in the roles of Clark Kent / Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television.
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Bryant Dunston
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Armenian national team in international competition. Standing at a height of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), Dunston plays at the center position.
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Liubomyr Huzar
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- theologianCatholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishopmonk
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Liubomyr Huzar MSU was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After the transfer of the see of Lviv to Kyiv in 2005, he was the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia. In February 2011 he became Major Archeparch Emeritus after he resigned due to ill health.
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Michael Craig-Martin
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- installation artistartistsculptorillustratorconcept artist
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Sir Michael Craig-Martin is an Irish-born contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is known for fostering and adopting the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught, and for his conceptual artwork, An Oak Tree. He is an Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths. His memoir and advice for the aspiring artist, On Being An Artist, was published by London-based publisher Art / Books in April 2015.
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Marie-Hélène de Rothschild
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- patron of the artssocialitephilanthropist
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Marie-Hélène Naila Stephanie Josina de Rothschild was a French socialite who became a doyenne of Parisian high-society and was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
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Bill Pascrell
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1961 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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William James Pascrell Jr. /pæsˈkrɛl/ pass-KREL is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 9th congressional district, having served in the House since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party and a native of Paterson, New Jersey, Pascrell represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district until 2013; due to the federally mandated redistricting after the 2010 United States census, which resulted in New Jersey losing a seat in the House, Pascrell's home city was placed in the 9th district, which he has represented since. Before his election to the House of Representatives, Pascrell served in the New Jersey General Assembly for four terms beginning in 1988, and was elected to two terms as mayor of Paterson.
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Lorenzo Borghese
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Lorenzo Borghese is an Italian-American businessman, television personality, and member of the Borghese family. Borghese is a cosmetics entrepreneur and animal rights advocate. He was also the bachelor on the ninth season of ABC's The Bachelor, where he picked Jennifer Wilson, and remained in contact with Erica Rose.
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Walter O'Malley
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. In 1958, as owner of the Dodgers, he brought major league baseball to the West Coast, moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles despite the Dodgers being the second most profitable team in baseball from 1946 to 1956, and coordinating the move of the New York Giants to San Francisco at a time when there were no teams west of Kansas City, Missouri. In 2008, O'Malley was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for his contributions to and influence on the game of baseball.
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Jack Armstrong
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- bloggerbasketball coachbasketball player
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John Joseph "Jack" Armstrong is an American sportscaster, working primarily for the Toronto Raptors on TSN and NBA TV Canada. Armstrong is also the college basketball analyst for TSN and a former college basketball coach.
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Joseph Cao
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- In 1995 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyeradvocatepoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao is a Vietnamese–American politician who was the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first Vietnamese American and first native of Vietnam to serve in Congress.
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Jane McGonigal
- Enrolled in Fordham University
- 1995-1999 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- game designerwriter
- Biography
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Jane McGonigal is an American author, game designer, and researcher. McGonigal is known for her game Jane the Concussion Slayer and her role as Director of Game Research and Development at Institute for the Future.
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Kevin Devine
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- singer-songwritermusiciansingerguitarist
- Biography
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Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Staten Island, New York City, who is known for his introspective and political themes. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk musical scenes, and his influences range from older indie artists such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith and Pavement to more mainstream and well known acts such as Nirvana and Bob Dylan. In 2013, Kevin Devine rejoined his previous band, Miracle of 86, for a series of reunion shows.
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Jim Gianopulos
- Occupations
- general manager
- Biography
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James N. Gianopulos is an American businessman. He served as chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and most recently as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures until his departure in September 2021.
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Doug Davis
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- businesspersonentrepreneur
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Douglas J. Davis is an American music industry executive, entertainment lawyer and producer. He has won four Grammy Awards.
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Alexander Dvorkin
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- radiographerchurch historianOrthodox theologiantheologianmedievalist
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Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin is a Russian anti-cult activist. From 1999 to 2012 he was professor and head of the department of the study of new religious movements (cults) at Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University. He is currently professor of department of missiology at that university.
