94 Notable alumni of
Kent State University at Kent
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Kent State University at Kent is 592nd in the world, 222nd in North America, and 205th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 94 notable alumni from Kent State University at Kent sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Michael Keaton
- Occupations
- television actoractorvoice actorcharacter actordub actor
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Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his leading roles in a wide variety of genre films. He has won numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was named Officer of Order of Arts and Letters in France.
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Steve Harvey
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- screenwriterwriterradio personalitysingerfilm producer
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Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr. is an American television host, producer, actor, and comedian. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, Family Feud Africa, the arbitration-based court comedy Judge Steve Harvey, and he formerly hosted the Miss Universe competition. His accomplishments include seven Daytime Emmy Awards, two Marconi Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.
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Nick Saban
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
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Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. is an American sportscaster and former professional and college football coach. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He is widely considered one of the greatest college football coaches ever. Saban served as head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins and at four universities: Louisiana State University (LSU), Michigan State University, the University of Toledo and most famously the University of Alabama, where he last coached from 2007 to 2023.
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Joe Walsh
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- guitaristrecord producercomposermusiciansinger
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Joseph Fidler Walsh is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the rock band Eagles, his five-decade career has also included solo work and stints in two other successful rock bands: James Gang and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. He was also part of the New Zealand band Herbs. In the 1990s, he was a member of the short-lived supergroup the Best.
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Julian Edelman
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- 2006-2019 graduated with bachelor's degree in business management
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Julian Francis Edelman is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Kent State Golden Flashes as a quarterback and was selected in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Patriots, where he transitioned to a return specialist and wide receiver. Edelman became a primary offensive starter in 2013 and was a staple of the Patriots' receiving corps until his retirement after the 2020 season.
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Dolph Ziggler
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- film actorprofessional wrestler
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Nicholas Theodore Nemeth is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth. He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure with WWE from 2004–2023, where he performed under the ring name Dolph Ziggler.
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Drew Carey
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- screenwritersingercomedianvoice actorgame show host
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Drew Allison Carey is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey gained stardom in his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and as host of the U.S. version of the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, both of which aired on ABC. He then appeared in several films, television series, music videos, a made-for-television film, and a computer game. Carey has hosted the game show The Price Is Right since October 15, 2007, on CBS.
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Chrissie Hynde
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- guitaristrestaurateurcomposerautobiographersinger-songwriter
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Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band The Pretenders, and one of the band's two remaining original members alongside drummer Martin Chambers. She is the only continuous member of the band, appearing on every studio album.
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David Sedaris
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- comedianwriteressayist
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David Raymond Sedaris is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. His next book, Naked (1997), became his first of a series of New York Times Bestsellers, and his 2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
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Bruno Kirby
- Occupations
- comedianfilm actortelevision actor
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Bruno Kirby was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, The Godfather Part II, and Donnie Brasco. He voiced Reginald Stout in Stuart Little.
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Ray Wise
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
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Raymond Herbert Wise is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He has appeared in films such as Swamp Thing (1982), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), RoboCop (1987), Bob Roberts (1992), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), X-Men: First Class (2011) and God's Not Dead 2 (2016).
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Lou Holtz
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
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Louis Leo Holtz is an American former football coach and television analyst. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996), and the University of South Carolina (1999–2004), compiling a career college head coaching record of 249–132–7. Holtz's 1988 Notre Dame team went 12–0 with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl and was the consensus national champion. Holtz is the only college football coach to lead six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to guide four different programs to the final top 15 rankings.
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John de Lancie
- Occupations
- television producervoice actormusicianfilm directorcomedian
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John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. is an American actor, best known for his role as Q in various Star Trek series (1987–present); beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation and leading up to the third season of Star Trek: Picard in 2023.
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Jeff Richmond
- Occupations
- film score composertelevision directortelevision produceractorcomposer
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Jeffrey Wayne Richmond is an American composer, comedian, producer, and director. He composed the music for, and directed multiple episodes of 30 Rock, a sitcom created by and starring his wife, Tina Fey. He also executive produced and composed the music for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, another sitcom created by his wife. Richmond has won three Emmy awards for his production of the first three seasons of 30 Rock. He has also been nominated for an Emmy for his composition of 30 Rock's theme song. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2018 for Mean Girls.
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Mark Mothersbaugh
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- singer-songwritercomposeractorsongwritermusician
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Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose "Whip It" was a top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following. Mothersbaugh is one of the main composers of Devo's music.
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Kaitlin Bennett
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- activist
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Kaitlin Marie Bennett, also known as the Kent State gun girl, is an American gun rights activist and conservative social media personality. She received media attention in 2018 for open-carrying an AR-10 rifle at Kent State University after graduating.
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Darrell Issa
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- businesspersoninternational forum participantpoliticianentrepreneur
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Darrell Edward Issa is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 48th congressional district. He represented the 50th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, representing two districts primarily covering North County in the San Diego area, first the 48th district for one term and then the 49th district for eight terms. From January 2011 to January 2015, he chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Thurman Munson
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- baseball player
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Thurman Lee Munson was an American professional baseball catcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, from 1969 until his death in 1979. A seven-time All-Star, Munson had a career batting average of.292 with 113 home runs and 701 runs batted in (RBIs). Known for his outstanding fielding, he won the Gold Glove Award in three consecutive years (1973–75).
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Dav Pilkey
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- novelistchildren's writerwriterillustrator
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David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. is an American cartoonist, author, and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the children's book series, Captain Underpants, and its spin-off children's graphic novel series Dog Man, the latter published under the respective writer and illustrator pen names of George Beard and Harold Hutchins, which are also the names of the two protagonists of the Captain Underpants series.
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Quinton Flynn
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterwriterfilm producermusicianstage actor
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Quinton Flynn is an American voice actor and comedian, who has provided the English voices of video game characters such as Raiden in the Metal Gear series, Marcus Damon in Digimon Data Squad, Lea and Axel in the Kingdom Hearts series.
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Andrew Puzder
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- businesspersonlawyer
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Andrew Franklin Puzder is an American attorney, author, and businessman. He is the former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., a position he held from September 2000 to March 2017. He was previously a commercial trial lawyer in private practice from 1978 to 1995 who handled many high-profile cases and was active in the anti-abortion movement.
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Jang Mi-ran
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- professorweightlifter
- Biography
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Jang Mi-ran is a South Korean Olympic weightlifter. She is currently based in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, competing for the Goyang City Government Sports Club.
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Stephen R. Donaldson
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- novelistscience fiction writerwriterkarateka
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Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity, conceptual abstractness, moral bleakness, and the use of an arcane vocabulary, and has attracted critical praise for its "imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace". Donaldson earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and a Master's degree from Kent State University. He currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Irwin Keyes
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- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
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Irwin Keyes was an American actor and comedian, best known for his recurring role as Hugo on The Jeffersons. He appeared in several films and several television series.
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Gerald Casale
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposerrecord producersingermusician
- Biography
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Gerald Vincent Casale is an American musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, co-lead vocalist and bass player of the new wave band Devo, which released a top 20 hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It". Casale is the main lyricist and one of the primary composers of Devo's music, as well as the director of most of the band's music videos. He is one of only two members (along with lead singer and keyboardist Mark Mothersbaugh) who have been with Devo throughout its entire history. Casale's brother Bob also performed with the band.
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Steve Stone
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Steven Michael Stone is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and current sportscaster and author.
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Gary Pinkel
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
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Gary Robin Pinkel is a former American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Toledo from 1991 to 2000 and the University of Missouri from 2001 to 2015, compiling career record of 191–110–3. Pinkel has the most wins of any head coach in the history of the Toledo Rockets football program and led the 1995 team to a Mid-American Conference championship. He also holds the record for most wins by a head coach of the Missouri Tigers football program.
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Connie Schultz
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
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Connie Schultz is an American writer, journalist, and educator. Schultz has been a columnist for several publications. After several years as a freelance writer, Schultz became a columnist at Cleveland's daily newspaper, The Plain Dealer, a role she held from 1993 to 2011, winning the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for "her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged". She also wrote for USA Today and had a syndicated column for Creators Syndicate.
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Paul Warfield
- Occupations
- player of American footballsports commentator
- Biography
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Paul Dryden Warfield is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 to 1977 for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins, except for a year in the World Football League (WFL) with the Memphis Southmen in 1975. He was known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, and jumping ability. A consistent big-play threat throughout his career, his 20.1 average yards per reception is the highest in NFL history among players with at least 300 receptions.
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Joshua Seth
- Occupations
- comedianmagicianvoice actor
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Joshua Seth is an American voice actor, comedian, motivational speaker, and author.
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Brenda Frese
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- 1993-1995 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Brenda Sue Frese is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the 2006 Women's National Championship. She won the 2009 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships – the women's first ACC Championship since 1989. She won another ACC Championship in 2012 and reached another Final Four in 2014. Maryland moved to the Big Ten for the 2014–15 season and Frese led the Terrapins to an undefeated 18–0 conference record and a Big Ten Regular Season Championship in their first year in the Big Ten. The Terrapins advanced to their second straight Final Four and third under Frese in 2015. She was voted AP National Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2021, ACC Coach of the Year in 2013, Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2002, 2015, 2019, and 2021, and MAC Coach of the Year in 2000. At Maryland, she's coached four ACC Players of the Year and four ACC Freshmen of the Year.
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Shahd Alshammari
- Born in
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Kuwait - Occupations
- academicwriterscreenwriteruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Shahd Alshammari is a Kuwaiti writer, academic scholar and assistant professor of the English language. She is well known for her researches that focus on human and women's rights, disability issues and, recently, illness narrative. She published six books, in total, three of which she was the author, and the other three co-author. Additionally, she participated in over 15 conference, both as attendee and Keynote speaker, and discussed different topics in the fields of literature and culture. In 2019, she was nominated for the British Council Alumni Awards – Social Impact. In 2021 she won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from the National Communication Association's (NAC).
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Andrew Chafin
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Andrew Gregory Chafin, nicknamed "Big Country" and "the Sheriff", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and Milwaukee Brewers.
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Josh Kline
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Josh Kline is a former American football offensive guard. He played college football for Kent State.
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Emilia Sykes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Emilia Strong Sykes is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly represented the 34th district of the Ohio House of Representatives, which consists of portions of the Akron area. From 2019 until 2021, she also served as minority leader of that chamber.
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Nancy Hollister
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nancy Elizabeth Hollister is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and, to date, only female governor of Ohio, serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.
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Blitz the Ambassador
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- musicianfilm directorscreenwriter
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Samuel Bazawule, known professionally as Blitz Bazawule and Blitz the Ambassador, is a Ghanaian filmmaker, author, visual artist, rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
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Betty Sutton
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- In 1985 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- city councilpoliticianlawyer
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Betty Sue Sutton is an American politician who currently serves as a Judge of Ohio's 9th District Court of Appeals. She previously served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sutton lost her 2012 re-election campaign after she was redistricted to the 16th District, losing to fellow incumbent Jim Renacci in the Republican-leaning district.
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Brad Warner
- Occupations
- Oshōwriter
- Biography
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Brad Warner is an American Sōtō Zen monk, author, blogger, documentarian and punk rock bass guitarist.
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G. William Domhoff
- Occupations
- university teachersociologistpsychologist
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George William "Bill" Domhoff is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus and research professor of psychology and sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a founding faculty member of UCSC's Cowell College. He is best known as the author of several best-selling sociology books, including Who Rules America? and its seven subsequent editions (1967 through 2022).
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Cece Bell
- Occupations
- graphic artistcaricaturistchildren's writerdesignerwriter
- Biography
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Cecelia Carolina Bell is an American author, cartoonist, and illustrator. Most well known for her graphic novel El Deafo, Bell's work has appeared in The Atlantic, Vegetarian Times, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Working Woman, Esquire and many other publications.
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Peter Kuper
- Occupations
- cartoonistwritercomics artist
- Biography
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Peter Kuper is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations.
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Umang Gupta
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Umang Gupta was an Indian-American entrepreneur and Silicon Valley, California, executive credited with writing the first business plan for Oracle Corporation. He was also the founder of enterprise software company Gupta Technologies and was later the CEO of Keynote Systems.
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Paul Steigerwald
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Paul Steigerwald is an American sportscaster, who through the 2016-17 NHL hockey season worked as the Pittsburgh Penguins' primary television announcer on Root Sports Pittsburgh (now SportsNet Pittsburgh).
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Taylor Pendrith
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Taylor Pendrith is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won twice on PGA Tour Canada in 2019.
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Mike Polk
- Occupations
- actorvoice actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Michael G. Polk Jr. is an American comedian, actor, TV commentator, and newspaper columnist, known primarily for his sketch comedy and viral videos.
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Dustin Crum
- Years
- 1999-.. (age 25)
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Dustin Crum is a gridiron football quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Kent State. Crum has also been a member of the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
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Emmanuel Burriss
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Emmanuel Allen Burriss is an American former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, and Philadelphia Phillies. He is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed. While primarily a second baseman, Burriss played a variety of positions during his career.
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Dan Horrigan
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servant
- Biography
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Dan Horrigan is an American politician and educator who served as the 62nd mayor of Akron, Ohio from November 3, 2015 to January 1, 2024. Horrigan previously served eight years as the Clerk of Summit County's Common Pleas Courts.
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Usama Young
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Usama Young is a former American football safety. He played college football at Kent State University. He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He also played for the Cleveland Browns.
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Nate Reinking
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Nate James Reinking is a British-American professional basketball coach and former player, who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Lawrence Schick
- Occupations
- role-playing game designerwriter
- Biography
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Lawrence Schick is a game designer and writer associated with role-playing games.
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Thomas M. Reynolds
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas M. Reynolds is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York, formerly representing the state's 27th and 26th Congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives. Reynolds was chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the official Republican House campaign organization, for the 2006 election cycle. He retired amid scandal at the end of the 110th Congress. He was cleared of any wrongdoing by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Chris Lee was elected to succeed him.
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Andy Sonnanstine
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Andrew Michael Sonnanstine is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays. Sonnanstine is a graduate of Wadsworth High School in Wadsworth, Ohio, and attended Kent State University. He also pitched for the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
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Scott Stricklin
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Scott Stricklin is an American college baseball coach. Stricklin was the head coach at Georgia from 2014–2023 and at Kent State from 2005–2013. Before serving as Kent State's head coach, Stricklin played for Kent State from 1991–1993 and played minor league baseball from 1993–1997. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant under former Kent State head coach Danny Hall at Georgia Tech from 1998–1999. In 2000–2001, he served as an assistant at Vanderbilt, and he returned to Georgia Tech as an assistant from 2002–2004.
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Matt Guerrier
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Olson Guerrier is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.
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Brian Bell
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Brian Bell is a former American football fullback and tight end. He is currently the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Tennessee Titans. He previously filled this role with the Nittany Lions and the Texans.
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Danniel Thomas
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Danniel Thomas-Dodd is a Jamaican athlete whose specialty is the shot put. She finished 4th in the shot put finals at London's 2017 World Championships in Athletics and the following year she won silver at the Indoor World Championships. In addition, she finished fifth at the 2015 Pan American Games.
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Daniel Muir
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Daniel Travanti Muir is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Kent State. Muir has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, St. Louis Rams, and New York Jets.
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Kelu Chao
- Born in
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Taiwan - Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Kelu Chao is a Taiwanese American journalist. She was the acting interim CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), from January 20, 2021, to December 29, 2022.
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Sarah Deal
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Deal Burrow, United States Marine Corps, is the first female Marine who selected for Naval aviation training in 1993, and subsequently became the Marine Corps' first female aviator in 1995.
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DeAndre Haynes
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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DeAndre Lamount Haynes is an assistant basketball coach under Coach Shaka Smart at Marquette University. He is a former American basketball player and former assistant coach at the University of Maryland.
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Greg Beals
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Greg Beals is an American college baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd. Beals played college baseball at Kent State University from 1989 to 1991 for coach Danny Hall. He previously served as head coach at Ball State (2003–2010) and the Ohio State Buckeyes (2011–2022).
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Kirk Schuring
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kirk Schuring is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate. He served as interim Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, following the resignation of Speaker Cliff Rosenberger. Rosenberger resigned amid revelations he was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was previously a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002, and from 2011 to 2018. Schuring also previously served in the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 16th congressional district in the 2008 election. In 2018, Schuring was re-elected to the Ohio Senate, where represents the 29th district.
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Young Hee Lee
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- 1982-1986 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Lee Young-hee is a South Korean physicist. He is a distinguished professor in physics and energy science at Sungkyunkwan University as a SKKU fellow. He is also director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the cross-field category in 2018–2023.
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Henry Waszczuk
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Henry Waszczuk is a former all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. The six-time divisional All-Star played from 1975 to 1984 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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Jack M. Wilson
- Occupations
- academic administratorphysicistuniversity teacherbusinessperson
- Biography
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Jack M. Wilson is an American educator, entrepreneur and the President-Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. During his career, he has served various institutions as professor of physics, department chair, research center director, dean, provost, vice president, and president, and has served with multiple professional societies and government committees.
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Terrence O'Donnell
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Terrence O'Donnell is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
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Domenic Recchia
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Domenic Michael Recchia Jr. is an American attorney and politician from New York City. A member of the Democratic Party, Recchia formerly represented the 47th district of the New York City Council, which included areas of Bensonhurst, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and Gravesend in south Brooklyn.
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Danny Pippen
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 27)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Danny Pippen is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kent State Golden Flashes.
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David D. Busch
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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David D. Busch is a photographer and well-known award-winning author and publisher of more than 300 books with a total of more than three million copies in print, and thousands of photography- and technology-related articles for Popular Photography, Rangefinder, Professional Photographer, Computer Shopper, and other magazines. He is best known for the classic imaging handbook Digital Photography All in One Desk Reference for Dummies, which, along with Mastering Digital Photography, was named by About.com as the top two of five recommended books for digital photography beginners. He is the main author and series editor of David Busch's Quick Snap Guides, David Busch's Pro Secrets, David Busch's Fast Track Guides, and David Busch's Guides to Digital SLR Photography, and founder/publisher of Laserfaire Press.
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Patricia Haynes Smith
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Patricia Haynes Smith is an American politician who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2020, representing District 67. Smith is affiliated with the Democratic party. Her platform focused on promoting access to healthcare and other resources for underprivileged communities and improving education in public schools.
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Yadav Pandit
- Born in
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Nepal - Occupations
- physicistnuclear physicist
- Biography
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Dr. Yadav Pandit is a research scholar, working in the field of Experimental Nuclear Physics.
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Haraz Ghanbari
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Haraz N. Ghanbari is an American Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 75th district. Having previously sought appointment in 2016, he was successfully appointed to the post in March 2019 to replace Theresa Gavarone who was appointed State Senator for the 2nd District of the Ohio Senate.
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Carlton Guyton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Carlton Guyton is an American professional basketball player for ZTE of the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (NB I/A). Standing at 1.93 m (6'4"), he plays at the shooting guard position. He played college basketball at Mineral Area College and Kent State.
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Saleh Uddin
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Mohammad Saleh Uddin, "Badal" is a Bangladeshi architect, professor, author and artist.
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Curt Cacioppo
- Occupations
- pianistuniversity teachercomposer
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Curtis Cacioppo is an American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. He is of Sicilian ancestry on his father's side, and Anglo-Saxon ancestry on his mother's side. He is distantly related to the avant-garde composer George Cacioppo and the Dixieland trumpeter and bandleader Tony Almerico.
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Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau
- Occupations
- politician
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Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau GSS, psc, ndc, fwc is a retired Nigerian army general and politician who served as Chief of Army Staff from 2008 to 2010 and in President Muhammadu Buhari's Cabinet as Minister of the Interior from 2015 to 2019.
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Arun Rai
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Arun Rai is an Indian-born American scientist. Arun Rai is a permanent Regent's Professor at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University and holds J. Mack Robinson Chair of IT-Enabled Process Innovation and Supply Chains and the Harkins Chair of Information Systems. He served as an Editor-in-Chief of Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) for five years between 2016 and 2020. He has previously served as Senior Editor for Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems and as Associate Editor for several journals (e.g., Journal of Management Information Systems, Management Science, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly and Journal of the Association for Information Systems).
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John Balistreri
- Occupations
- sculptorceramicist
- Biography
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John Balistreri is an American ceramic artist best known for his large-scale sculptures. He is currently a Professor of Art and the head of the ceramic art program at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
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Robert E. Cook
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
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Robert Eugene Cook was an American attorney, politician, and judge. A Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963 and a judge of the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals from 1969 to 1988
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John Matsko
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
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John Matsko is an American football offensive line coach who coached for several college football and National Football League (NFL) teams.
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Kevin Zabo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Zabo is a Canadian professional basketball player for the CB Ciudad de Ponferrada of the LEB Plata. He completed his college basketball career with Kent State.
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Lisa Gralnick
- Enrolled in Kent State University at Kent
- Studied in 1977
- Occupations
- installation artistartistuniversity teacherjewelry designervisual artist
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Lisa Gralnick is an American contemporary metalsmith, studio jeweler and academic. She works in the field of craft and art jewelry. Gralnick says: "I have chosen to make jewelry, which is traditionally considered 'craft', and I do enjoy the processes and techniques that allow me to execute my work without technical faults. But 'craft' is only a means to an end for me, as it is for many artists. My desire to push the limits of jewelry and expand on them, to comment on its traditions and associations, is more the concern of any artist."
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Emma Johnson
- Years
- 1993-.. (age 31)
- Occupations
- softball player
- Biography
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Emma Johnson, is an American softball pitcher. She was the starting pitcher for Kent State University from 2012 to 2015, where she wore the #11. Johnson is currently a free agent.
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Kim Kreiner
- Occupations
- javelin thrower
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Kimberly "Kim" A. Kreiner is a female javelin thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 64.19 meters, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza.
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Antonio Williams
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 27)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Antonio "Booman" Williams is an American professional basketball player for KR of the Úrvalsdeild karla. Prior to his professional career, he played college basketball for Indian Hills Community College and Kent State.
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Eric Vanderburg
- Occupations
- computer security consultantIT consultantwriter
- Biography
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Eric Vanderburg is an American cyber security, storage networking and information technology professional and writer living in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Adam Christopher Earnheardt
- Occupations
- university teachercommunication scholar
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Adam Christopher Earnheardt is an American academic and author, sports and communication researcher, and social media critic. He is professor and former chair of the Department of Communication at Youngstown State University, located in Youngstown, Ohio. He researches the effects of communication devices and social media on society, and studies the media uses and psychology of sports fans and families. Earnheardt was a columnist with Mahoning Matters, a news outlet with the Google-McClatchy Compass Project where he wrote about family and parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earnheardt was a weekly columnist for The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle newspapers from 2014 to 2021, where he focused on the impact of technology and media on relationships and society.
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Troy Simons
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Troy Simons is an American professional basketball player for Plymouth City Patriots of the British Basketball League. He played college basketball for Polk State College, New Mexico and Kent State.
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Peter Makuck
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Peter Makuck is an American poet, short story writer, and critic. He is distinguished professor emeritus of English at East Carolina University, where he was also the first distinguished professor of arts and sciences; he has also served as visiting writer in residence at Brigham Young University, visiting distinguished professor at North Carolina State University, and visiting distinguished writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. In 1993 Makuck received the Charity Randall Citation from the International Poetry Forum. Poems, stories, and reviews by Makuck have been published in many leading journals, including Poetry, The Southern Review, The Hudson Review, Ploughshares, and others, and his work has been featured on the Poetry Daily website and on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac. Makuck was the founding editor of the journal Tar River Poetry. He lives with his wife, Phyllis, on Bogue Banks, one of North Carolina's barrier islands.
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Doug Sims
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Hollis Douglas Sims is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA for the Cincinnati Royals in four games at the beginning of the 1968–69 season. He recorded four points and four rebounds.
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Donald V. DeRosa
- Years
- 1941-.. (age 83)
- Biography
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Donald V. DeRosa was the 23rd president of the University of the Pacific, serving from 1995 to 2009. In July 2009 he was named President Emeritus by the Board of Regents.
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Mary Ann Scherr
- Occupations
- head of departmentjewelry designeruniversity teacherfashion designergame designer
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Mary Ann Scherr was an American designer, metalsmith and educator. She was known for her jewellery design and industrial design, but she also worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, game designer, fashion and costume designer and silversmith.
