100 Notable alumni of
George Mason University
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George Mason University is 588th in the world, 219th in North America, and 202nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from George Mason University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 2 individuals affiliated with George Mason University won Nobel Prizes in Economics.
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Rhea Seehorn
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directorpainteractortelevision actor
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Deborah Rhea Seehorn is an American actress and director. She is best known for playing Kim Wexler in AMC's legal crime drama series Better Call Saul (2015–2022), for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 74th and 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, along with winning the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama. She also received another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her performance in Cooper's Bar.
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Karl Rove
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- lobbyistpoliticianpolitical adviserjournalist
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Karl Christian Rove is an American Republican political consultant, policy advisor, and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 31, 2007. He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. Rove was one of the architects of the Iraq War.
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Anousheh Ansari
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- businesspersonastronautastronomerentrepreneurprivate space traveler
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Anousheh Ansari is an Iranian-American engineer, space tourist, and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems, and her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and chief executive officer of Telecom Technologies, Inc. On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian person to be in outer space. Ansari was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station. Her memoir My Dream of Stars, co-written with American engineer Homer Hickam, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010.
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Archie Kao
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Archie Kao is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on Chicago P.D., Power Rangers Lost Galaxy as well as long-running hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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James M. Buchanan
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- university teachereconomist
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James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962. He continued to develop the theory, eventually receiving the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' and bureaucrats' self-interest, utility maximization, and other non-wealth-maximizing considerations affect their decision-making. He was a member of the Board of Advisors of The Independent Institute as well as of the Institute of Economic Affairs, a member of the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) and MPS president from 1984 to 1986, a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, and professor at George Mason University.
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Hala Gorani
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- journalistnews presenter
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Hala Basha-Gorani is an American journalist, working as a correspondent for NBC News. Previously she was an anchor and correspondent for CNN International, based in London. She is also a war correspondent. She previously anchored CNN's Hala Gorani Tonight weeknights at 8 p.m. CET. Gorani co-hosted Your World Today with Jim Clancy until February 2009 and then International Desk until April 2014 from CNN's Atlanta headquarters.
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Tyler Cowen
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- pedagogueeconomistwriteruniversity teacherblogger
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Tyler Cowen is an American economist, columnist, and blogger. He is a professor at George Mason University, where he holds the Holbert L. Harris chair in the economics department.
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Christine Fox
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- 1972-1976 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- 1976-1980 graduated with Master of Science in applied science
- Biography
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Christine Fox is an American military civilian official and politician, who served as the Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense from December 3, 2013 until Robert Work's confirmation on May 1, 2014. With her appointment, Fox became the highest-ranking woman to serve in the United States Department of Defense.
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Vernon L. Smith
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- university teachereconomist
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Vernon Lomax Smith is an American economist who is currently a professor of economics and law at Chapman University. He was formerly the McLellan/Regent’s Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and a board member of the Mercatus Center. Along with Daniel Kahneman, Smith won the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics and his work in the field of experimental economics, which helped establish “laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms”.
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Stephen Moore
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- writerpundit
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Stephen Moore is an American conservative writer and television commentator on economic issues. He co-founded and served as president of the Club for Growth from 1999 to 2004. Moore is a former member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board. He worked at The Heritage Foundation from 1983 to 1987 and again since 2014. Moore advised Herman Cain's 2012 presidential campaign and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Mark Pulisic
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- association football playerassociation football manager
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Mark Pulisic is an American former soccer player and coach. He played for the Harrisburg Heat for his entire professional career. He is the father of Christian Pulisic, who plays for AC Milan and the United States men's national team.
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Andrew R. Wheeler
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- businesspersonpoliticianlawyerbiologistlinguist
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Andrew R. Wheeler is an American attorney who served as the 15th administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019 to 2021. He served as the deputy administrator from April to July 2018, and served as the acting administrator from July 2018 to February 2019. He has been a senior advisor to Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin since March 2022. He previously worked in the law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, representing coal magnate Robert E. Murray and lobbying against the Obama administration's environmental regulations. Wheeler served as chief counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and to the chairman U.S. senator James Inhofe, prominent for his rejection of climate change. Wheeler is a critic of limits on greenhouse gas emissions and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Scott Presler
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- community organizerpolitical activistdog walker
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Scott Ryan Presler is an American conservative activist. Briefly an organizer for the Republican Party of Virginia before the 2016 U.S. elections, Presler came to prominence as coordinator of the "March Against Sharia" events organized by anti-Muslim advocacy group ACT for America.
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Jim Hagedorn
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- civil servantpolitician
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James Lee Hagedorn was an American politician from Minnesota. A Republican, he was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district from 2019 until his death. The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa and includes Rochester, Austin, and Mankato.
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Sibel Edmonds
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- translatorlinguistwriter
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Sibel Edmonds is a former contract translator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the founder and editor-in-chief of the independent news website NewsBud.
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Steve Ricchetti
- Years
- 20th Century
- Biography
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Steven J. Ricchetti is an American political aide who last served as a Counselor to the President under President Joe Biden. He was the chairman of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Ricchetti previously served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden during the Obama administration and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Bill Clinton. In between stints in Democratic administrations, Ricchetti has worked as a lobbyist.
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Muna AbuSulayman
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- academicdiplomat
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Muna AbuSulayman, is an American-born Saudi businesswoman and activist. She is also the former founding Secretary General of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company and co-host of the Kalam Nawaem ("Speech of the Soft") television show on the satellite network MBC 1. In August 2013, AbuSulayman was announced as the Global Ambassador of Silatech.
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Rabia Chaudry
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Pakistan - Occupations
- lawyer
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Rabia Chaudry is a Pakistani-American attorney, author and podcast host. She is a family friend of Adnan Syed—who was the subject of the podcast Serial (2014)--and subsequently wrote a book about his case called Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial (2016), which became a New York Times best seller. Chaudry co-hosts several podcasts, namely Undisclosed, a podcast on Syed's case and others.
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Amata Coleman Radewagen
- Occupations
- politician
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Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen, commonly called Aumua Amata, is an American Samoan politician who is the current delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa. Radewagen, a Republican, was elected on November 4, 2014, after defeating Democratic incumbent Eni Faleomavaega; she was the first-ever Republican delegate since the office had been created in 1970 and began her tenure on January 3, 2015. She also serves as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa. Amata is the first woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress.
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Luke Hancock
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- Studied in 2009-2011
- Occupations
- basketball playerfinancial planner
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Patrick Lucas Hancock is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Louisville after transferring from George Mason University. While at Louisville, he won the 2013 NCAA championship and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player, becoming the first substitute to ever win the award (later vacated due to the 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal, but then restored after Hancock settled a lawsuit with the NCAA). On September 30, 2019, the NCAA reinstated Luke Hancock's MOP status (without an *) in his individual capacity. This decision did not, however, change the status of the vacated 2013 Louisville Cardinals Division I Championship. He played professionally for Panionios of the Greek Basket League in 2014 before tearing a muscle in his calf, ending his career.
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Gabe Norwood
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gabriel Daniel Viloria Norwood is a Filipino-American professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball at George Mason University. He has been a member of the Philippine national basketball team.
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Tyler Kolek
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyler John Kolek is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the George Mason Patriots and the Marquette Golden Eagles. Kolek was drafted as the 34th pick in the 2024 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, but was traded to the Knicks on draft night.
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Zainab Salbi
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- In 1996 graduated with bachelor's degree in women's studies and sociology
- Occupations
- women's rights activistwritertelevision presenterfounder
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Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi American women's rights activist, writer, television show host, and podcaster. She is the co-founder of Daughters for Earth, a fund and a movement of Daughters rising up worldwide with climate solutions to protect and restore Mother Earth. She is also the co-founder of Women for Women International, a non-profit organization that helps women affected by sexual violence and conflict. She hosted Through Her Eyes and #MeToo, Now What? television shows, about issues affecting women. From 2022 she hosted the Redefined podcast.
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Sharon Creech
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- writerchildren's writernovelist
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Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.
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Callie Brownson
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- American football player
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Callie Brownson is an American football coach and player who last served as the assistant wide receivers coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). In September 2018, she became the first woman hired as a full-time NCAA Division I coach, when she was promoted by Dartmouth, after briefly working as an intern for the team.
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Dayton Moore
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- sports executive
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Dayton Moore is an American professional baseball executive who is currently serving as senior advisor of baseball operations for the Texas Rangers.
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Najla Mangoush
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Najla Mohammed El Mangoush is a Libyan diplomat and lawyer. She was Libya's foreign minister in Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh's government from 15 March 2021 until her dismissal on 28 August 2023. El Mangoush has been Libya's first and only female foreign minister, and the fifth woman to hold the position of a foreign minister in the Arab World.
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Marc Morano
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- writerjournalistcongressional staff
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Marc Morano is a former Republican political aide who founded and runs the website ClimateDepot.com. ClimateDepot is a project of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), a US non-profit organisation that promotes climate change denial.
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Angie Goff
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Angie Goff is a South Korean-born American broadcast journalist currently at WTTG (locally known as "FOX5") in Washington D.C. Goff also writes the popular blog OhMyGoff known for showcasing viewer generated content. She was also a fill-in anchor for NBC News' Early Today.
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Will Thomas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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William Benson Thomas is a retired American-Georgian professional basketball player. Throughout his career, he won the EuroCup and the Champions League as well as the Spanish championship. He is former college basketball player for George Mason University. He also holds a Georgian passport.
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Bethany Hall-Long
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- politician
- Biography
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Bethany A. Hall-Long is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Hall-Long served as the 75th governor of Delaware for two weeks in January 2025, after having served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2017 to 2025. She previously served in the Delaware Senate from 2008 to 2016 and the Delaware House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008.
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Sarah Godlewski
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- politician
- Biography
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Sarah Ann Godlewski is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the 31st secretary of state of Wisconsin since March 2023. She was previously the 36th state treasurer of Wisconsin (2019–2023).
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Abdi Bile
- Occupations
- athletics competitormiddle-distance runner
- Biography
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Abdi Bile is a former middle distance runner. He holds the highest number of national records in athletics in Somalia across various disciplines. He is currently Somalia's national record holder in nine athletic disciplines, and is thus far Somalia's most decorated athlete in history.
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Alexander Kogan
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- political scientistcomposeractorsinger
- Biography
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Aleksander Kogan is а Russian singer, songwriter and film actor. Winner of the Golden Gramophone (2013 2014), RU.TV (2015) and Song of the Year (2013, 2014, 2015) Awards.
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Anees
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Anees Mokhiber, known mononymously as Anees (stylized in small caps), is a Palestinian-American singer, rapper, and songwriter known for his hit song, "Sun and Moon", becoming the first international artist to top Billboard Philippines Songs chart.
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Anna Escobedo Cabral
- Occupations
- politician
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Anna Escobedo Cabral is an American politician who served as the Unit Chief for Strategic Communications in the External Relations Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) from 2009 to 2018. Today, she and her husband serve as partners of the Cabral Group, a consulting and public policy firm. She also serves as an independent director for Navient, a member of the Comcast NBCU diversity council, and as an advisor to the Libra Group, and Valaurum. Her current nonprofit commitments include serving as chair of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, chair of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Treasurer of Lideramos, a national Latino organization focused on providing leadership training to grassroots community advocates, and member of the board of governors of Orange County Community Foundation. Prior to joining the IDB, Cabral served as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States from January 19, 2005, to January 20, 2009. She became the highest-ranking Latina in the George W. Bush administration after the resignation of Rosario Marin.
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Aya Hijazi
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Aya Hijazi is an Egyptian-American charity worker and social activist. Together with her husband she founded an NGO "Belady Foundation" to support child political prisoners in Egypt. Hijazi, her husband and five other Belady members were imprisoned in Cairo from 2014 until 2017, when the Cairo Criminal Court found them innocent.
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John Driscoll
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
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John Edmund Driscoll is an American television and soap opera actor.
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January Makamba
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- politician
- Biography
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January Yusuf Makamba is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bumbuli constituency since 2010.
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Felipe Ward
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Felipe Andrés Ward Edwards is a Chilean politician and lawyer, militant from Independent Democratic Union (UDI). Since 4 June 2020, he has served as Minister of Housing & Urbanism during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
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Steven Horwitz
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Steven G. Horwitz was an American economist of the Austrian School. Horwitz was the Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise in the department of economics in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. In 2017, he retired as the Dana Professor of Economics Emeritus at St. Lawrence University.
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Alex Tabarrok
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- In 1994 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Alexander Taghi Tabarrok is a Canadian-American economist. Tabarrok is a professor at Virginia's George Mason University and Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the school's Mercatus Center.
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Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
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- writerpoliticianeconomist
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Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas, also more known as Abdiweli Gaas, is a Somali American economist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Somalia from June 2011 to October 2012, and briefly afterwards as an MP in the newly formed Federal Parliament. During his time as premier, Ali is credited with having devised the formal "Roadmap for the End of Transition", a political process that provided clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in the country. On 8 January 2014, he was elected the 5th President of the Puntland.
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Tehran Von Ghasri
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- film actorcomediantelevision actor
- Biography
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Tehran Von Ghasri, or simply Tehran Ghasri, professionally known as Tehran formerly Tehran SoParvaz, is an American born international stand-up comedian, writer, actor, television, radio, and podcast personality, of African-American and Persian descent. Tehran was born and raised in Washington D.C. and surrounding Washington Metropolitan Area, beginning his career television hosting and curating exclusive events. Tehran is multilingual, performing stand-up comedy in primarily in English for US audiences but also Persian, conversational Arabic, Hebrew, and French internationally.
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Rebecca Cardon
- Occupations
- personal trainer
- Biography
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Rebecca Lynn Cardon is a film and television actress, personal trainer, and product spokesperson.
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Deborah Hersman
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Deborah A.P. Hersman is a former board member of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board who served as its 12th chairman. She completed two terms as chairman and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 16, 2013, for a third term. On March 11, 2014, she announced she would join the National Safety Council as its president and CEO. She is currently the chief safety officer at Waymo.
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Sandra Cauffman
- Occupations
- physicistelectrical engineer
- Biography
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Sandra Cauffman is a Costa Rican-American (born in Costa Rica) specialist in electrical engineering and physics. She is known for her work at NASA in different projects. Her profile has been highlighted by UN Women for being a positive example for women, especially, youth and children. Cauffman worked for 25 years at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD in missions such as the mission to Mars MAVEN, and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-R. She is currently the Deputy Director of the Astrophysics Division within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She served as the Deputy Director for the Earth Science Division from May 2016 - October 2021. She served as Acting Director in the Earth Science Division from February 2019 to June 2020. Cauffman started as a contractor with NASA on February 1, 1988, and became a NASA employee February 11, 1991. Cauffman is the first Costa Rican woman to lead a Mars-related mission.
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Atif Qarni
- Biography
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Atif Mustafa Qarni is an American teacher, former military non-commissioned officer, and Democratic politician who was appointed by Governor Ralph Northam as Virginia Secretary of Education.
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Peter Leeson
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Peter T. Leeson is an American economist and the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University. In 2012 Big Think listed him among "Eight of the World's Top Young Economists". He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Tony Skinn
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Tony Oludewa Jeffrey Skinn is a Nigerian–American basketball coach and former player. He played guard for the George Mason Patriots from 2003 to 2006, later playing professionally for six years. Skinn is currently the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, George Mason University. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Skinn migrated with his family to the United States at the age of two.
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Darryl Monroe
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Darryl Monroe Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Changwon LG Sakers of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). A power forward/center, he played college basketball for Central Florida CC and George Mason University before playing professionally in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Israel, Turkey and South Korea. Playing for Maccabi Rishon LeZion, he was named the 2016 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and the 2016 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP.
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David Verburg
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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David Verburg is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters. He holds gold medals in the 4 × 400 m relay from the 2016 Olympics; the 2013 and 2015 World Championships; and the 2014 Indoor World Championships.
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Robert Sarvis
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Christopher Sarvis is an American attorney. While attending law school, he was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty; he also clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In addition, he has been a software developer, being named by Google as a Grand Prize Winner for their Android Development challenge.
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Alex Nowrasteh
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Alexander Nowrasteh is an American analyst of immigration policy currently working at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank located in Washington D.C. Nowrasteh is an advocate of freer migration to the United States. He previously worked as the immigration policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, another libertarian think tank. Nowrasteh is a self-described "radical" advocate for open borders to and from the United States. He has published a number of peer-reviewed studies on immigration and co-authored with Benjamin Powell the book Wretched Refuse?: The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions.
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Michael Covel
- Occupations
- entrepreneurfilm directorwriter
- Biography
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Michael W. Covel is an American author, entrepreneur, and film director. In 1996, he co-founded TurtleTrader.com, later expanded into TrendFollowing.com, a popular online resource focused on investment style known as trend following, which allows investors to profit in both up and down markets.
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Leo Stolz
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Leo Stolz is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Alex Plank
- Occupations
- activistwebmastertelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Alexander Plank is an American autism advocate, filmmaker and actor. He is known for founding the online community Wrong Planet, working on FX's television series The Bridge, and acting on The Good Doctor. At the age of 9, Plank was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Plank started Wrong Planet at the age of 17 in order to find others like him on the Internet. After the popularity of Wrong Planet grew, Plank began to be frequently mentioned in the mainstream media in articles relating to autism, Asperger's, and autism rights.
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Charniele Herring
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Charniele LeRhonda Herring is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009, representing the 4th district, made up of portions of the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County, near Washington, D.C. She is the current Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Mohammad Khazaee
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Mohammad Khazaee is the former Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations. He presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in July 2007. He was elected as Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly on 14 September 2011.
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Deborah Willis
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- In 2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in cultural studies
- Occupations
- photographerart historianhistorian
- Biography
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Deborah Willis is a contemporary African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography, photographic historian, author, and educator. Among her awards and honors, she is a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. In 2024, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
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Mark A. Calabria
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Mark Anthony Calabria was the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. He was formerly the chief economist for Vice President Mike Pence. President Biden removed him from the FHFA on June 23, 2021, following the Supreme Court decision in Collins v. Yellen.
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Vlad Moldoveanu
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Vlad-Sorin Moldoveanu is a Romanian former professional basketball player who last played for Dinamo Bucharest. He also represents the Romanian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he played at the power forward position. After finishing his career with Dinamo, Vlad became a FIBA licensed agent and started his own company, VM Hoops Agency.
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Brad Pfaff
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Bradley M. Pfaff is an American agriculture policy administrator and Democratic politician from La Crosse County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district since 2021. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States House of Representatives in 2022.
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Jai Lewis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jai Lamar Lewis is an American former basketball player. He now works as a behavioral specialist in Parkville, Maryland.
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Denise Turner Roth
- Biography
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Denise Turner Roth is an American government official who served as Administrator of General Services Administration from 2015 to January 2017. Her appointment to that position was confirmed in August 2015.
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Victoria Lipnic
- Biography
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Victoria Ann Lipnic is an American lawyer and public figure. She served in multiple senior United States government positions. She was Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), nominated to two terms by President Barack Obama, 2010 – 2020.) She served as Chair (Acting) of the EEOC under President Donald J. Trump from 2017 – 2019. Prior to her appointments to the EEOC, she was Assistant Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush. The United States Senate confirmed her unanimously to each of these positions.
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Denis Hamlett
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football playersports executive
- Biography
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Denis Hamlett is a Costa Rican-American former professional soccer player. He is currently the sporting director MLS Next Pro club Connecticut United FC.
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Garett Jones
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Garett Jones is an American economist and author. His research pertains to the fields of macroeconomics, monetary policy, IQ in relation to productivity, short-term business cycles, and economic development. He is an associate professor at George Mason University and the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center.
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Tyler Zombro
- Years
- 1994-.. (age 31)
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tyler Zombro is an American retired professional baseball pitcher. He played college baseball for George Mason University before signing with the Tampa Bay Rays as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Zombro survived a seizure and fractured skull sustained when he was hit in the head by a 104-mile-per-hour (167 km/h) line drive during a game in 2021. After playing in the Texas Rangers organization, Zombro retired in 2024.
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Benjamin Powell
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Benjamin W. "Ben" Powell is the director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and professor of economics at Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business. He is also a junior fellow at the Independent Institute and the South American editor of the Review of Austrian Economics.
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Susan Rook
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Susan Rook is a journalist best known for her years as a CNN anchor and original host of CNN's Talkback Live.
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Taylor Washington
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Taylor Brennan Washington is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.
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Suzanne Kosmas
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- Studied in 1971-1973
- Occupations
- real estate agentpolitician
- Biography
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Suzanne Kosmas is the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 24th congressional district, serving one term from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the Florida House of Representatives.
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Ryan Pearson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ryan Pearson is an American professional basketball player. He is known for his All-American college career at George Mason University.
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Fred Foldvary
- Years
- 1946-2021 (aged 75)
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- 1987-1992 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Fred Emanuel Foldvary was an American economist. He was a lecturer in economics at San Jose State University, California, and a research fellow at the Independent Institute. He previously taught at Santa Clara University and other colleges. He was also a commentator and senior editor for the online journal The Progress Report and an associate editor of the online journal Econ Journal Watch. He served on the board of directors for the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation.
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Shevon Thompson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Shevon Thompson is a Jamaican professional basketball player for SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Midland College, Harcum College, and George Mason.
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Mark B. Madsen
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Mark Benson Madsen is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Libertarian, he is a former member of the Utah State Senate, where he represented the state's 13th senate district in Utah, and Tooele Counties including the city of Lehi. Madsen is the grandson of Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower.
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Michael A. Bills
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in sociology
- Biography
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Michael A. Bills is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army, who last served as the Commanding General of the Eighth United States Army from January 2018 until his retirement in October 2020.
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Simona Sharoni
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- sociologist
- Biography
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Simona Sharoni is a feminist scholar and activist who is currently Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Merrimack College.
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Derek Brown
- Occupations
- bartender
- Biography
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Derek Brown is an American entrepreneur, writer, and bartender. He owned the bars Columbia Room, The Passenger, Mockingbird Hill, Eat the Rich, and Southern Efficiency in Washington, D.C. Brown is a Distinguished Fellow at Catholic University's Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship.
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S. Blair Hedges
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- professorentomologistherpetologist
- Biography
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Stephen Blair Hedges is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science and director of the Center for Biodiversity at Temple University where he researches the tree of life and leads conservation efforts in Haiti and elsewhere. He co-founded Haiti National Trust.
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Shawn Stiffler
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Shawn Stiffler is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He played college baseball for the George Mason Patriots from 1998 to 2001 under head coach Bill Brown. Stiffler had been a part of the Rams baseball program since 2007, where he spent the first 5 seasons as an assistant to Paul Keyes.
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Luis Felipe Restrepo
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Luis Felipe Restrepo, known commonly as L. Felipe Restrepo, is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
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Mike Morrison
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Mike Morrison is an American professional basketball player for Keravnos of the Cypriot League. He has also played professionally in Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Lithuania, Germany and Greece.
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Joelle Khoury
- Occupations
- composerpianistmusic teacher
- Biography
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Joelle Khoury is a Lebanese-American pianist and composer of jazz and contemporary classical music.
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Peter G. Levine
- Occupations
- medical researcher
- Biography
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Peter G. Levine was an American medical researcher, science educator, and authority on stroke recovery. He published articles on brain plasticity as it relates to stroke, with emphasis on modified constraint induced therapy, cortical reorganization, telerehabilitation, electrical stimulation, electromyography-triggered stimulation, mental practice, cortical plasticity, acquired brain injury, spasticity, sensation recovery, evidence-based practice, outcome measures, and others. His 2013 book Stronger After Stroke is regarded as an authoritative guide for patients and therapists dealing with stroke. The book has received numerous positive reviews, and has been translated into Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean. His seminars throughout the United States were described by one reviewer as "funny, entertaining, engaging, dynamic, well organized, passionate and lighthearted." Levine was a trainer of stroke-specific outcome measures for The Ohio State University; B.R.A.I.N. Lab. He was a researcher and co-director at the Neuromotor Recovery and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Before that, he was a researcher at the Human Performance & Motion Analysis Laboratory, which is the research arm of the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation.
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Erin Paré
- Enrolled in George Mason University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erin Pauling Paré is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 37th House district.
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Kaye Kory
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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L. Kaye Kory is an American politician. She served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 38th district in Fairfax County from 2010 to 2024. She served on the Fairfax County School Board 1999–2009. Kory is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Justin Kier
- Years
- 1998-.. (age 27)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justin Kier is an American professional basketball player for Heroes Den Bosch of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference. He also played for the George Mason Patriots and the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Paul Winfree
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- publisher
- Biography
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Paul Winfree was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic policy, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and Director of Budget Policy in the Trump administration. He was also formerly the distinguished fellow in economic policy and public leadership at The Heritage Foundation. In addition, he was director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and the Richard F. Aster Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Winfree was Chair of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board from 2020 until 2022.
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Jesse Young
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jesse Wade Young is a Canadian former professional basketball player. He also holds Irish citizenship. He played 2008-09 for Spain ACB league club CB Murcia. He signed for Bancatercas Teramo Basket (Italy LegaA) for 2009/2010 season. After being a free-agent for the first part of the season, in January 2011 he signed again for Bancatercas Teramo Basket till the end of the Italian top division season. On 14 December 2011 Young announced that he was retiring from basketball.
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Sara Sheffield
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Sara Sheffield is an American singer and Marine from Jacksonville, Texas who, in 2005, became the first female feature vocalist in the history of the United States Marine Band.
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Sean Connaughton
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Sean Thomas Connaughton is an American attorney who was the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2010 until 2014. He served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Transportation, from 2006 until early 2009. Connaughton served as Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from January 1, 2000 until his appointment as Maritime Administrator. He is also a lawyer, unsuccessful 2005 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, former United States Coast Guard officer, and a retired officer of the United States Naval Reserve. He was confirmed as Maritime Administrator by the Senate on August 3, 2006.
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Michael Webert
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael J. Webert is an American politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He currently represents the 61st district, made up of Rappahannock County and parts of Culpeper and Fauquier, in the north central part of the state.
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Hugh Roberts
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Hugh Roberts is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for USL League One club Charlotte Independence.
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Adam Kwasman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Adam Kwasman is an American attorney, politician, and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 11 from 2013 to 2015. Kwasman ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress in 2014. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Chris Melissinos
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Christopher Robert Melissinos is a leading figure in the Java programming language community. He served as Sun Microsystems' Chief Evangelist and Chief Gaming Officer. During his tenure at Sun, he was responsible for the creation of their Game Technologies Group and was a driving political force behind the formation of several open source Java gaming technologies including Project Darkstar, and Java bindings for OpenGL, OpenAL and Jinput.
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Jerry Dunn
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Jerry Michael Dunn is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at Tuskegee. Dunn is a former men's basketball assistant coach at the University of Michigan, who held the title of Associate Head Coach. He previously held the same position at West Virginia University, but followed head coach John Beilein to Michigan after the 2006–2007 season. Dunn served as the head coach of Penn State Nittany Lions basketball from 1995 to 2003. His twin brother Terry Dunn was the head coach at Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball from 2004–05 to 2009–10.
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Bob Deuell
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Robert Franklin Deuell, known as Bob Deuell, is a physician from Greenville, Texas, and a former Republican member of the Texas Senate. He entered office in 2003 and represented the ten counties of Senate District 2 in the northeastern portion of the state. His term ended in 2015.
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Ofer Grosbard
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherpsychologist
- Biography
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Ofer Grosbard is a clinical psychologist, cultural researcher, Israeli writer and lecturer at Tel Aviv University.
