100 Notable alumni of
Indiana University - Bloomington
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Indiana University - Bloomington is 170th in the world, 76th in North America, and 73rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Indiana University - Bloomington sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 2 individuals affiliated with Indiana University - Bloomington won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and Economics.
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Mark Cuban
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- film actorfinancierfilm producerventure capitalistentrepreneur
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Mark Cuban is an American businessman and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, and was one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. As of December 2024, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $5.7 billion.
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Larry Bird
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Studied in 1974-1974
- Occupations
- coachbasketball playerbasketball coach
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Larry Joe Bird is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He is the only person in NBA history to be named Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.
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Laverne Cox
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- film produceractorfilm actorLGBTQ rights activisttelevision actor
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Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt.
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Kevin Kline
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directortelevision actorfilm actortheatrical director
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Kevin Delaney Kline is an American actor. In a career spanning over five decades, he has become a prominent leading man across both stage and screen. His accolades include an Academy Award and three Tony Awards, along with nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2003, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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Lee Majors
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- film producersingeractortelevision actorfilm actor
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Lee Majors is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin on the American television science-fiction action series The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers on the American television action series The Fall Guy (1981–1986).
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Jonathan Banks
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- film produceractorcomediantelevision actorscreenwriter
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Jonathan Ray Banks is an American actor. His breakthrough came with the role of FBI Special Agent Frank McPike in the television series Wiseguy (1987–1990). For his role, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Banks gained renewed recognition for his role as hitman and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut in the television series Breaking Bad (2009–2013). He reprised the role as a lead character in the spin-off series Better Call Saul (2015–2022) and its sequel film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). For playing Ehrmantraut, he received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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Isiah Thomas
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- consultantbasketball playerbasketball coach
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Isiah Lord Thomas III, also known as "Zeke", is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an analyst for NBA TV and Fox Sports. He played his entire professional career for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Thomas was a two-time NBA champion, an NBA Finals MVP recipient, a five-time All-NBA Team member, a 12-time NBA All-Star with two All-Star Game MVP awards and the 1985 NBA assist leader. He was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. From 2000 to 2012 he coached the Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and FIU.
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Matthew Daddario
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- In 2010 studied business activity
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
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Matthew Quincy Daddario is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alec Lightwood in the television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019).
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Jimmy Wales
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- researcherbusinesspersonentrepreneuroratorblogger
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Jimmy Donal Wales, also known as Jimbo Wales, is an American Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of the non-profit free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia). He has worked on other online projects, including Bomis, Nupedia, WikiTribune, and WT Social.
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James D. Watson
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- 1948-1950 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in zoology
- Occupations
- writerzoologistchemistacademicmolecular biologist
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James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".
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Victor Oladipo
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player who is currently a sports analyst for ESPN. He has played for 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Oladipo played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012–2013 season he was named the Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, the Co-NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American by the USBWA and Sporting News. That year, he was also named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, given annually to the top player in men's NCAA Division I basketball.
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David Giuntoli
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- actortelevision actorfilm screenwritertelevision directorfilm actor
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David Giuntoli is an American actor. He portrayed Det. Nick Burkhardt in the NBC supernatural drama Grimm (2011–2017), and Eddie Saville in the ABC drama series A Million Little Things (2018–2023). He has appeared in films such as 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) and Buddymoon (2016).
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Joe Buck
- Occupations
- sports commentator
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Joseph Francis Buck is an American sportscaster for ESPN.
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Michael D. Higgins
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- political scientistpoliticianwriterpoet
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Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster, and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011.
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Mark Spitz
- Occupations
- swimmer
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Mark Andrew Spitz is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records.
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Ryan Murphy
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- film directorjournalistshowrunnerdirectorwriter
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Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American television writer, director, and producer. He has created and produced a number of television series including Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), Glee (2009–2015), American Horror Story (2011–present), American Crime Story (2016–present), Pose (2018–2021), 9-1-1 (2018–present), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–2025), Ratched (2020), American Horror Stories (2021–present), and Monster (2022–present).
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Jason Jordan
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
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Nathan Everhart is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jason Jordan. He is signed to WWE, where he works as the lead producer for Raw and SmackDown.
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S. Epatha Merkerson
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- actorfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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S. Epatha Merkerson is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. She is known for her portrayal of NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010, appearing in 388 episodes of the series. She is also known for playing Reba the Mail Lady on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Sharon Goodwin in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med since the series premiered in November 2015 (and in crossover appearances on Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.).
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Robert Gates
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- air force officerpolitician
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Robert Michael Gates is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained by President Barack Obama. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for twenty-six years in the CIA and at the National Security Council, and was director of central intelligence under President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton that studied the lessons of the Iraq War.
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Eric Gordon
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- basketball player
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Eric Ambrose Gordon Jr. is a Bahamian-American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named Indiana Mr. Basketball during his senior year while playing at North Central High School. He is known, in part, as the subject of a recruiting competition between the University of Illinois and Indiana University in the spring and summer of 2006; because of Gordon's talent and high level of play that year, his recruitment was the subject of media coverage.
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René Girard
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- 1947-1950 graduated with doctorate in study of history
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- literary criticuniversity teacherhistorianphilosopheranthropologist
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René Noël Théophile Girard was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains. Although the reception of his work is different in each of these areas, there is a growing body of secondary literature on his work and his influence on disciplines such as literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.
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Katy O'Brian
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- writeractormartial artist
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Katy M. O'Brian is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as bodybuilder Jackie in Love Lies Bleeding, Imperial communications officer Elia Kane in the second and third seasons of The Mandalorian, George in Syfy's zombie show Z Nation, Major Sara Grey in The CW's superhero series Black Lightning, Kimball in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Jentorra in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
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Tuc Watkins
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- film actortelevision actorfilm produceractor
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Charles Curtis "Tuc" Watkins III is an American actor, known for his roles as David Vickers on One Life to Live, Mr. Burns in The Mummy, Bob Hunter on Desperate Housewives, Congressman Roger Harris on Black Monday, Hank in The Boys in the Band, Troy on The Other Two, and Colin McKenna on Uncoupled.
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Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan
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- ship-owner
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Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan is a Turkish businessman, the second-born child of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey.
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O.G. Anunoby
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Ogugua "OG" Anunoby Jr. is a Nigerian-British professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and led the league in steals while being named to his first NBA All-Defensive Team in 2023.
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Bob Chapek
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- businesspersonbusiness executive
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Robert Alan Chapek is an American businessman and former media executive who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company from 2020 to 2022. He joined Masimo's board of directors in 2024.
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Sage Steele
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- journalistsports commentator
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Sage Marie Steele is an American television anchor who is the former co-host of the 12 noon (ET) SportsCenter on ESPN. She also hosted SportsCenter on the Road from various sporting events such as the Super Bowl and The Masters, and NBA Countdown on ESPN and ABC for four seasons, ending in 2017. For five years prior to the NBA assignment, Steele was a full-time host of SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship show, and had previously contributed to ESPN First Take, Mike & Mike in the Morning, and SportsNation. Steele hosted SportsCenter's daytime coverage of the NBA Finals in 2012 and 2013, and covered every NBA Finals from 2012 to 2020.
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Joshua Bell
- Occupations
- musicianviolinistmusic educator
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Joshua David Bell is an American violinist and conductor. He is currently music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
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Elinor Ostrom
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistpolitical scientist
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Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons", which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson; she was the first woman to win the prize.
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Michael Penix Jr
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Studied in 2018-2022
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Michael Tarrence Penix Jr. is an American professional football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). After three seasons of college football with the Indiana Hoosiers that were limited by injury, Penix had a breakout year with the Washington Huskies in 2022 when he led the FBS in yards per game and set the school season record for passing yards. The following year, he won the Maxwell Award after leading the NCAA in passing yards en route to an appearance in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship. Penix was selected by the Falcons eighth overall in the 2024 NFL draft.
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Cody Zeller
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Cody Allen Zeller is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. Zeller was selected with the fourth pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the then-Charlotte Bobcats. He is the brother of former NBA players Tyler and Luke, and the nephew of former NBA player Al Eberhard.
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Steve Alford
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Studied in 1983-1987
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Stephen Todd Alford is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). Born and raised in Indiana, he was a two-time consensus first-team All-American playing in college for the Indiana Hoosiers. He led them to a national championship in 1987. After playing professionally for four years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he has been a college head coach for over 30 years.
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Thomas Bryant
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Thomas Jermaine Bryant is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers from 2015 to 2017. Bryant was a member of the Denver Nuggets team that won the 2023 NBA Finals.
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Jamie Moyer
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Jamie Moyer is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Over his 25-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Moyer pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Colorado Rockies.
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Booker T. Jones
- Occupations
- record producermusiciansongwriterpianistsaxophonist
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Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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Chris Botti
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- radio personalitytrumpetercomposerjazz musician
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Christopher Stephen Botti is an American trumpeter and composer.
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Peter Erskine
- Occupations
- drummersession musicianjazz musicianmusic educator
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Peter Clark Erskine is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead.
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David Chalmers
- Occupations
- philosopheruniversity teacheracademic
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David John Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the areas of the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is a professor of philosophy and neural science at New York University, as well as co-director of NYU's Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness (along with Ned Block). In 2006, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
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Mike Woodson
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Michael Dean Woodson is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.
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Michael Brecker
- Occupations
- composerjazz musiciansaxophonist
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Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Matt Canada
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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Matthew Canada is an American football coach who most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Maryland, LSU, Pittsburgh, NC State, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Butler, and Indiana.
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Kenny Aronoff
- Occupations
- musiciandrummer
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Kenneth D. Aronoff is an American drummer, best known for his work as a session and touring musician. He has toured and recorded with a wide range of artists throughout his career, including The Rolling Stones, The Smashing Pumpkins, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sting, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Pharell Williams, Lenny Kravitz, Bob Dylan, Jon Bon Jovi, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Jack White, Garth Brooks, Alanis Morissette, Johnny Cash, Avril Lavigne, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Beyoncé, Mick Jagger, Ray Charles, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Santana, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Celine Dion, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others.
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Tavis Smiley
- Occupations
- businesspersontelevision producerradio personalitytelevision presenterjournalist
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Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
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Evan Bayh
- Occupations
- lobbyistpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III is an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and as a United States senator representing Indiana from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he currently serves on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
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Yogi Ferrell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Duane "Yogi" Ferrell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Budućnost of the Montenegro Prva A Liga and the Adriatic League. He played college basketball at Indiana University.
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Jordan Crawford
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jordan Lee Crawford is an American professional basketball player for the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers and the Xavier Musketeers. His brother is Joe Crawford, who has also played in the NBA.
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Noah Vonleh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Noah Vonleh is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers.
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Antwaan Randle El
- Occupations
- baseball playerbasketball playerAmerican football player
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Antwaan Randle El is an American professional football coach and former player who currently serves as the wide receivers coach and assistant head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2001. He also played basketball and baseball for the Hoosiers. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft. Playing with the Steelers for four seasons as a wide receiver and return specialist, he was active in all 64 regular season games with 23 starts. He was also instrumental in a number of trick plays, including throwing a touchdown pass as a wide receiver for the Steelers in Super Bowl XL.
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Tevin Coleman
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Tevin Ford Coleman is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2014. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2015 NFL draft. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets.
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Lilly King
- Occupations
- swimmer
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Lillia Camille King is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke competition and also won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay, in which she swam the breaststroke leg. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, King won a silver medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay for her efforts in the prelims, the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke, and the bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay, where she swam the breaststroke leg. She is the current world record holder in the long course 100-meter breaststroke.
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Tara VanDerveer
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Studied in 1972-1975
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Tara Ann VanDerveer is a retired American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University from 1985 until her retirement in 2024. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to three NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, winning in 1990, 1992 and 2021. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to coach the U.S. women's national team to a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.
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Romeo Langford
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Romeo James Langford is an American professional basketball player who last played for BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Élite. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers and was ranked as one of the highest prospects in the college class of 2019, as he finished as the fifth overall prospect in the 2018 247sports rankings. A shooting guard, he was drafted by the Boston Celtics 14th overall in the 2019 NBA draft.
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Emilie Autumn
- Occupations
- pianistviolinistactorwritersinger-songwriter
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Emilie Autumn Liddell is an American singer-songwriter, poet, author, and violinist. Autumn's musical style is described by her as "Fairy Pop", "Fantasy Rock" or "Victoriandustrial". It is influenced by glam rock and from plays, novels, and history, particularly the Victorian era. Performing with her all-female backup dancers The Bloody Crumpets, Autumn incorporates elements of classical music, cabaret, electronica, and glam rock with theatrics, and burlesque.
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Nicole Parker
- Occupations
- stage actoractorcomediantelevision actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Nicole Frances Parker is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work on Fox's sketch comedy show Mad TV (2003–2009, 2016), for which she was a regular cast member. In 2009, Parker played Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, a role that she reprised on tour across North America. She voiced Penelope Pitstop in the animated series Wacky Races (2017–2019) and has appeared in the parody films Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie (both 2008). Parker currently co-hosts the Comedy Bang! Bang! World podcast The Neighborhood Listen, along with comedian Paul F. Tompkins.
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Miles Taylor
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Miles Taylor is an author, commentator, and former American government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the administration of the latter, he was an appointee who served in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019, including as chief of staff of the DHS. He was first recruited into the department by former DHS Secretary and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, serving as his senior advisor.
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Trayce Jackson-Davis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Trayce Jackson-Davis, more commonly referred to by his initials "TJD", is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He was selected 57th overall in the 2023 NBA draft.
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Patrick Ewing, Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing Jr. is a Jamaican-American professional basketball coach and former player who is head coach for the South West Metro Pirates of the NBL1 North. He is the eldest son of Hall of Fame basketball player and New York Knicks legend Patrick Ewing.
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Marie Harf
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marie Elizabeth Harf is an American political commentator for the Fox News Channel and former deputy campaign manager for policy and communications for the Representative Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) presidential campaign. She served as the Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, leading the Iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy. Prior to that, Harf was Acting Spokesperson and Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State.
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Will Shortz
- Occupations
- crossword editorcrossword creator
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William F. Shortz is an American puzzle creator and editor who is the crossword editor for The New York Times. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993. Shortz's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is the country's oldest and largest crossword tournament.
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Birch Bayh
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyerfarmer
- Biography
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Birch Evans Bayh Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of United States Senate from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the Indiana House of Representatives; in 1958, he was elected Speaker, the youngest person to hold that office in the state's history. In 1962, he ran for the U.S. Senate, narrowly defeating incumbent Republican Homer E. Capehart. Shortly after entering the Senate, he became Chairman of the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and in that role authored two constitutional amendments: the Twenty-fifth—which establishes procedures for an orderly transition of power in the case of the death, disability, or resignation of the President of the United States—and the Twenty-sixth, which lowered the voting age to 18 throughout the United States. He is the first person since James Madison and only non–Founding Father to have authored more than one constitutional amendment. Bayh also led unsuccessful efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and eliminate the United States Electoral College.
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George McGinnis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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George F. McGinnis was an American professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, earning third-team All-American honors in 1971, before starting his pro career in the ABA with the Indiana Pacers. A three-time ABA All-Star with the Pacers, McGinnis was named the ABA Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1975 and won two ABA championships with the team. He was a three-time NBA All-Star with the Philadelphia 76ers. He was named to the ABA All-Time Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Jim Banks
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- In 2004 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Edward Banks is an American politician and naval officer serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2025 and an Indiana state senator from 2010 to 2016.
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Hermann Joseph Muller
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1946
- Born in
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United States - Years
- 1890-1967 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- zoologistphysicianbiologistuniversity teacherbiophysicist
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Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.
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Dusty May
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Studied in 1995-2000
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Dusty A. May is an American college basketball coach, currently the men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He was the head coach for Florida Atlantic University from 2018 to 2024, leading the Owls to the NCAA Final Four in 2023. May was hired by Michigan in 2024, replacing Juwan Howard.
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Walt Bellamy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Walter Jones Bellamy was an American professional basketball player. A four-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Kevon Edmonds
- Occupations
- singer
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Kevin Bernard Edmonds is an American singer. He is member of the R&B group After 7 and the older brother of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The group released three moderately successful albums for Virgin Records and became best known for their 1990 singles "Ready or Not" and "Can't Stop." Edmonds embarked on a solo career with his debut studio album 24/7 (1999); the album's title track was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. His follow up single, "No Love (I'm Not Used to)" was a moderate R&B hit. Edmonds was also a member of the quintet Milestone along with his brothers Babyface and Melvin, as well as K-Ci & JoJo. The group released one single, "I Care 'Bout You" for the soundtrack to the 1997 film Soul Food.
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Cam Cameron
- Occupations
- American football coachbasketball playerhead coachAmerican football player
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Malcolm "Cam" Cameron is an American football coach who was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the LSU Tigers football program. Cameron attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and played quarterback for the school. Cameron began his coaching career in the NCAA with the Michigan Wolverines. After that he switched to the National Football League (NFL), where he was offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens and the San Diego Chargers and head coach for the Miami Dolphins, coaching them to a 1–15 record in his only season.
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David Starr Jordan
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- botanistzoologistichthyologistpedagogueautobiographer
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David Starr Jordan was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he served as president of Indiana University from 1884 to 1891.
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Kent Benson
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- basketball player
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Michael Kent Benson is an American former professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-American for the Indiana Hoosiers, winning the 1976 Helms Foundation Player of the Year and helping lead the Hoosiers to the 1976 NCAA championship with a perfect 32–0 record, with Benson being named the 1976 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Benson was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, playing 11 seasons in the NBA for Milwaukee (1977–1980), the Detroit Pistons (1980–1986), Utah Jazz (1986–1987) and Cleveland Cavaliers (1988).
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Pat Knight
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Patrick Clair Knight is an American basketball coach. It was announced he had been hired as the men's coach at Marian University in Indianapolis on May 8, 2024. Prior to that he was a scout for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Knight assumed that position on July 1, 2014, and was the Pacers' college scout for the West Coast Region.
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Del Harris
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- basketball coachwritercoachactor
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Delmer William Harris is an American basketball coach who is currently the vice president of the Texas Legends, the NBA G League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks. He served as a head coach for the NBA's Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Legends. He was also an assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, and the Houston Rockets.
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Derek Drouin
- Occupations
- high jumperathletics competitor
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Derek Drouin is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. He also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Pan American Games, and won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships. Drouin was originally awarded the bronze at the 2012 Olympics which was retroactively changed to silver when the original gold medallist Ivan Ukhov was stripped of his medal for doping violations. He was belatedly presented with the upgraded silver in a presentation during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, one of 10 Olympians who were presented with “reallocated” medals from previous Olympics.
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Leonidas Kavakos
- Occupations
- composerviolinistconductor
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Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek violinist and conductor. He has won several international violin competition prizes, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation scholar. He has also recorded for record labels such as Sony/BMG and BIS. As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg and has been a guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Paul H. O'Neill
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Paul Henry O'Neill was an American businessman and government official who served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first term, from January 2001 until his resignation in December 2002. Prior to his term as Secretary, O'Neill was chairman and CEO of industrial giant Alcoa and chairman of the RAND Corporation.
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Charles Aidman
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Charles Leonard Aidman was an American stage, film and television actor.
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Tracy Porter
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Tracy O'Neil Porter is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. Porter is best known for being a crucial player during the Saints’ 2009 season, in which he intercepted Brett Favre in the NFC Championship Game and then won Super Bowl XLIV over the Indianapolis Colts, sealing the game by famously intercepting Peyton Manning and returning it for a touchdown.
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Jared Jeffries
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jared Scott Carter Jeffries is an American former professional basketball player. Jeffries was drafted with the 11th overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards. He also played for the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, and Portland Trail Blazers before retiring in 2013. In college, Jeffries played for the Indiana Hoosiers; during his sophomore year, he was an integral part of the Hoosiers' Cinderella run to the 2002 NCAA Championship game, was named Big Ten Player of the Year, and was a consensus second-team All-American. At 6'11", he mainly played at both forward positions.
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Oksana Markarova
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomateconomist
- Biography
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Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova is a Ukrainian politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States since February 2021. Markarova is also a former Minister of Finance in the government of Volodymyr Groysman and Oleksiy Honcharuk. In 2001, she completed a master's degree in Public Finance and Trade at Indiana University.
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Keith Smart
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Jonathan Keith Smart is an American collegiate basketball coach and former player.
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Gonzalo P. Curiel
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Gonzalo Paul Curiel is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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Troy Williams
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Troy Williams is an American professional basketball player. He previously attended and played college basketball for Indiana.
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Lawrence Frank
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Lawrence Adam Frank is an American basketball coach and executive who serves as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Frank formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets, he has also been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets.
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Calbert Cheaney
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Calbert Nathaniel Cheaney is an American basketball coach and former player who serves as Director of player development for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball of the Big Ten. He starred as a player for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball from 1989 to 1993 under coach Bob Knight. Cheaney ended his career as a three-time All-American and remains the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer with 2,613 career points. He led Indiana to a 105–27 record and the NCAA Tournament all four years, including a Final Four appearance in 1992.
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Quinn Buckner
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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William Quinn Buckner is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and won a national championship in 1976. He was a captain of both the last undefeated NCAA Division I basketball champion and the 1976 Olympics gold medal team. Buckner was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA draft. He had a ten-year NBA career for three teams (the Bucks, the Boston Celtics, and the Indiana Pacers). In 1984, he won an NBA title with the Celtics.
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Leonard Slatkin
- Occupations
- composermusic educatorconductor
- Biography
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Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor, author and composer.
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Caleb Porter
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Caleb Porter is an American soccer coach who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. He was previously head coach of the Portland Timbers from 2013 until 2017. He won MLS Cup in 2015 with Portland and 2020 with Columbus. In addition to MLS, he coached the United States U-23 team in 2011–12, and the University of Akron men's team from 2006 to 2012, winning the NCAA title in 2010.
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Dave Niehaus
- Occupations
- announcersports commentatorradio personality
- Biography
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David Arnold Niehaus was an American sportscaster. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American League's Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death after the 2010 season. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus the Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseball broadcasters. Among fans nationwide and his peers, Niehaus was considered to be one of the greatest sportscasters in history.
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Jennifer Morgan
- Occupations
- diplomatexecutive
- Biography
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Jennifer Morgan is an American German environmental activist specializing in climate change policy. Since 2022, she has been serving as special representative for international climate policy of the Federal Foreign Office in Germany under minister Annalena Baerbock.
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John Patrick Lowrie
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in composed musical work
- Occupations
- novelistscience fiction writervoice actor
- Biography
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John Patrick Lowrie is an American voice actor best known for voicing the Sniper in Team Fortress 2 and various characters in Dota 2. He has played Sherlock Holmes in the radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes since 2001.
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Dick Van Arsdale
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- writerbasketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Richard Albert Van Arsdale was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star selection, his No. 5 was retired by the Phoenix Suns.
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Randy Wittman
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Randy Scott Wittman is an American former basketball player at the guard position and former coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Washington Wizards.
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Bobby Leonard
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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William Robert "Slick" Leonard was an American professional basketball player, coach and color commentator. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where he was a two-time All-American and a member of their national championship squad in 1953. After playing professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Leonard coached the Indiana Pacers to three American Basketball Association (ABA) championships. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 2014.
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Philip H. Dybvig
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in physics and mathematics
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Philip Hallen Dybvig is an American economist. He is the Boatmen's Bancshares Professor of Banking and Finance at the Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Babe Laufenberg
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Brandon Hugh "Babe" Laufenberg is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers and was selected in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL draft. He played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, and Kansas City Chiefs. He also was a member of the Ohio Glory in the World League of American Football (WLAF).
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Edgar Meyer
- Occupations
- composerprofessor
- Biography
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Edgar Meyer is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated ten times.
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Kiese Laymon
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Kiese Laymon is an American writer. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. He is the author of three full-length books: a novel, Long Division (2013), and two memoirs, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (2013) and the award-winning Heavy: An American Memoir (2018). Laymon was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.
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John Crowley
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- screenwriteruniversity teachernovelistwriterscience fiction writer
- Biography
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John Crowley /ˈkraʊli/ is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and non-fiction. Crowley studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer.
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Karl Menninger
- Occupations
- academicpsychiatristbusinesspersonnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Karl Augustus Menninger was an American psychiatrist and a member of the Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.
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D. J. White
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Dewayne "D. J." White Jr. is an American former professional basketball player, who was selected in the first round of the 2008 NBA draft. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he played the power forward position. He played for parts of seven seasons in the NBA, before continuing his career playing overseas.
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Adam Ragusea
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 43)
- Enrolled in Indiana University - Bloomington
- 2004-2006 graduated with master's degree
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- cooktelevision producerYouTuber
- Biography
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Adam Ragusea is an American YouTuber who creates videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture. Until 2020, Ragusea was a professor of journalism at Mercer University.
