100 Notable alumni of
Loyola Marymount University
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Loyola Marymount University is 450th in the world, 175th in North America, and 162nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Loyola Marymount University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mila Kunis
- Occupations
- child actorfilm actormodeltelevision actoractor
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Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and raised in Los Angeles, she began acting with minor television roles in the early 1990s. She starred as Jackie Burkhart on That '70s Show from 1998 to 2006 and has voiced Meg Griffin on Family Guy since 1999.
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Scott Eastwood
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- modeltelevision actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Scott Eastwood is an American actor. The son of the Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood, he has starred in several of his father's films, including Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009), and Trouble with the Curve (2012), as well as Texas Chainsaw (2013), Fury (2014), The Longest Ride (2015), Suicide Squad (2016), Snowden (2016), The Fate of the Furious (2017), Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), The Outpost (2020), Wrath of Man (2021) and Fast X (2023).
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Linda Cardellini
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- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Linda Edna Cardellini is an American actress. In television, she is known for her starring roles in the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the medical drama ER (2003–2009), and the thriller Bloodline (2015–2017), as well as for her guest role as Sylvia Rosen on AMC's Mad Men (2013–2015). Her starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022) earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress.
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James Gunn
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- film directordirectoractorwriterfilm screenwriter
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James Francis Gunn Jr. is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
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Colin Hanks
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- film producerfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Gus Grimly on the FX crime series Fargo (2014–2015), which earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award.
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Tyra Banks
- Occupations
- talk show hosttelevision producervoice actortelevision presentermodel
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Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
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Busy Philipps
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- voice actortelevision directoractortelevision actorwriter
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Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps is an American actress, singer and comedian. She is best known for her roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Dawson's Creek (2001–2003), and ER (2006–2007), and for her portrayal of Laurie Keller on the ABC/TBS television sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015), for which she received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Kristin Cavallari
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- fashion designeractortelevision personalityreality television participant
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Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari is an American television personality, fashion designer, businesswoman, author, and actress. She first rose to fame in 2004 as a cast member on the popular MTV reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (2004–2005), then on the spin-off MTV reality television series The Hills (2006–2010), and was later given her own E! reality series in which to star, Very Cavallari (2018–2020). She also starred as an actress on television shows and in films, including National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year. In 2017, Cavallari founded the company Uncommon James, which sells jewelry, homeware, and beauty products.
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Holly Madison
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- showgirltelevision personalityreality television participant
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Holly Madison is an American television personality, best known as a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and for her appearance in the reality television show The Girls Next Door. She also starred in her own reality series, Holly's World, which ran from 2009 to 2011. She has released two books, Down the Rabbit Hole in 2015, about her life in the Playboy Mansion and her relationship with Hefner, and The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention in 2016.
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Kate Micucci
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- composercomediansongwriteractorvoice actor
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Kate Micucci is an American actress, comedian and musician who is half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates with Riki Lindhome. Some of her roles include Stephanie Gooch in Scrubs, Ally in 'Til Death, Shelley in Raising Hope, Lucy in The Big Bang Theory, Sadie Miller in Steven Universe, Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo since 2015, Webby Vanderquack in DuckTales, Daisy in Nature Cat, Julie in Motorcity, Stacey in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, and Dr. Fox in Unikitty!
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Bob Denver
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- actor
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Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor who portrayed beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and Gilligan on the 1964–1967 television series Gilligan's Island.
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Francis Lawrence
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- film producermusic video directorfilm director
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Francis Lawrence is an American film director and producer. After establishing himself as a director of music videos and commercials, Lawrence made his feature-length directorial debut with the superhero thriller Constantine (2005) and has since directed the post-apocalyptic horror film I Am Legend (2007), the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), the dystopian science fiction adventure series The Hunger Games (2013–present), the spy thriller Red Sparrow (2018), and the dystopian action war drama The Long Walk (2025).
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Carson Daly
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- presenterdisc jockeyradio personality
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Carson Jones Daly is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality. From 1998 to 2003, Daly was a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL), and a DJ for the Southern California-based radio station 106.7 KROQ-FM. In 2002, Daly joined NBC, where he hosted and produced the late-night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly, and occasionally hosting special event programming for NBC, such as the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks show, and executive producing New Year's Eve with Carson Daly from Times Square beginning in 2003.
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Chris Sullivan
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- television directorvideo game actorfilm producerfilm actortelevision actor
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Chris Sullivan is an American actor and musician. He starred on Cinemax's The Knick as Tom Cleary, and on the NBC drama This Is Us as Toby Damon, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
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Clark Duke
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- film directortelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm actor
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Clark Duke is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Sex Drive (2008), Kick-Ass (2010), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), and The Croods (2013), as well as playing Clark Green in The Office, Dale Kettlewell in Greek, and Barry in Two and a Half Men. Duke is also known for his role in I'm Dying Up Here as Ron Shack.
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Alejandro Mayorkas
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- lawyerpolitician
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Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is an American attorney and government official who was the seventh United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from 2021 until 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Mayorkas previously served as the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013, and the sixth deputy secretary of homeland security from 2013 to 2016.
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Taylour Paige
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- modeltelevision actordanceractor
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Taylour Paige-Angulo is an American actress. She received recognition for starring in the VH1 sports drama series Hit the Floor (2013–2016) and the comedy drama film Jean of the Joneses (2016). Her breakthrough role was the titular lead in the black comedy crime film Zola (2020), winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She then starred in the drama film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) and the comedy drama film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024). She also gained further recognition for playing Charlotte Hanlon in the HBO series IT: Welcome To Derry.
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Beverley Mitchell
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- actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm producer
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Beverley Ann Mitchell is an American actress and singer. She began her career with multiple guest roles on television programs, as well as portraying a young Nancy Sinatra in the CBS biographical miniseries Sinatra (1992). Mitchell received mainstream recognition for her main role as Lucy Camden-Kinkirk on the WB and CW drama television series 7th Heaven (1996–2007).
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Leon Robinson
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- television actorbasketball playerfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Leon Preston Robinson, usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor who began professional acting as a film actor in the early 1980s. He is best known for his roles as J.T. Matthews in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats, Derice Bannock in the 1993 film Cool Runnings, Shep in the 1994 basketball drama film Above the Rim, singer David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations, and Little Richard in the 2000 film Little Richard.
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Alexandra Pelosi
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- film producerwritercamera operatortelevision producerfilm director
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Alexandra Corinne Pelosi is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and writer. She is a daughter of Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Paul Pelosi.
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Michael Wayne
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- film producerproduceractorfilm actor
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Michael Anthony Morrison, known professionally as Michael Wayne, was an American actor and film producer. He was best known as the eldest son of the actor John Wayne.
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Mindy Cohn
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- singertelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm actor
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Melinda Heather Cohn is an American actress and comedian. She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 2002 to 2015, succeeding B. J. Ward, before being succeeded herself by Kate Micucci. Cohn appeared on VH1's List of "100 Greatest Kid Stars".
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Gary Condit
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- politician
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Gary Adrian Condit is an American former politician from California. A Democrat, Condit represented California's 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. He gained significant national attention after the May 2001 disappearance of Chandra Levy, an intern with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Condit and Levy were having an affair, and she was subsequently found to have been murdered.
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Mikaela Hoover
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Mikaela Hoover is an American actress who works in film, television, and voice acting. She frequently collaborates with the director James Gunn, appearing in his films Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Superman (2025). She is set to voice Tony Tony Chopper in the second season of Netflix's live-action One Piece adaptation.
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Tony Plana
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- theatrical directortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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José Antonio Plana is a Cuban actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show Ugly Betty and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video game Grim Fandango.
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Billy Bean
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- baseball player
- Biography
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William Daro Bean was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers (1987–1989), Los Angeles Dodgers (1989), and San Diego Padres (1993–1995), as well as the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 1992. In July 2014, he was named MLB's first ambassador for inclusion, having publicly come out as gay in 1999. In January 2016, he became MLB's vice president, ambassador for inclusion and was senior vice president and special assistant to the commissioner.
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Hank Gathers
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- Studied in 1986-1990
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Eric Wilson "Hank" Gathers Jr. was an American college basketball player for the Loyola Marymount Lions in the West Coast Conference (WCC). As a junior in 1989, he became the second player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding in the same season. Gathers was a consensus second-team All-American as a senior in 1990. His No. 44 was retired by the Lions, who also placed a statue of him in his honor outside their home arena Gersten Pavilion.
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Ignacio Serricchio
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Ignacio Ariel Serricchio is an Argentine actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar on General Hospital and as Alejandro "Alex" Chavez on The Young and the Restless. Other roles include Lifetime's Witches of East End, seasons 9-12 of Bones, and the Netflix reboot of Lost in Space.
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Dwayne Hickman
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- television actortelevision directoractorfilm actor
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Dwayne Bernard Hickman was an American actor and television executive, producer and director, who worked as an executive at CBS and had also briefly recorded as a vocalist. Hickman portrayed Chuck MacDonald, Bob Collins' girl-crazy teenaged nephew, in the 1950s The Bob Cummings Show and the title character in the 1960s sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He was the younger brother of actor Darryl Hickman, with whom he appeared on screen. After retirement, he devoted his time to creating personalized paintings.
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Brian Helgeland
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- screenwriterdirectorfilm directorwriterfilm producer
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Brian Thomas Helgeland is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the films L.A. Confidential (1998) and Mystic River (2003). He wrote and directed the films 42, a biopic of Jackie Robinson; and Legend, about the rise and fall of the infamous London gangsters, the Kray twins. His work on L.A. Confidential earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Mark Volman
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- singerguitarist
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Mark Randall Volman was an American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter who was best known as a founding member of the 1960s rock band the Turtles. With his bandmate and friend Howard Kaylan, he was a member of the 1970s rock duo Flo & Eddie, in which he used the pseudonym Flo (short for The Phlorescent Leech). Volman later joined Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention.
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Rick Adelman
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- coachbasketball playerbasketball coach
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Richard Leonard Adelman is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Adelman served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of 2021.
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Mandela Van Peebles
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- television actorrapperactorfilm actor
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Mandela Van Peebles is an American actor and producer who has appeared in films such as We the Party, Baadasssss!, and Jigsaw, and the television series Reginald the Vampire.
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David Fletcher
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- baseball player
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David Owen Fletcher is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves from 2018 to 2024.
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Lisa See
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- biographeressayistnovelistwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Lisa See is an American writer and novelist. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007) and Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list, and The Island of Sea Women (2019). Both Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan received honorable mentions from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature.
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Eric Erlandson
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- songwriterguitaristmusician
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Eric Theodore Erlandson is an American musician, guitarist, and writer, primarily known as a founding member, songwriter and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole from 1989 to 2002. He has also had several musical side projects, including Rodney & the Tube Tops, which he formed with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, and RRIICCEE with Vincent Gallo.
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Ana Villafañe
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- singerstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Ana Teresa Villafañe is an American actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of pop icon Gloria Estefan in the Broadway musical On Your Feet!.
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Kevin Kiley
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- In 2009 graduated with Master of Arts
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- lawyerprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Kevin Patrick Kiley is an American politician, attorney, and former educator serving as the U.S. representative for California's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 6th district in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2022. Kiley was one of 53 candidates to replace California governor Gavin Newsom in the recall election on September 14, 2021.
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Bryce Hirschberg
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- film directorfilm produceractormusician
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Bryce David Hirschberg is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and musical artist.
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John Stankey
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusiness executive
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John T. Stankey is an American businessman who is the chairman and CEO of AT&T. He previously was AT&T's president and COO and before that CEO of WarnerMedia. He assumed the CEO role of AT&T in July 2020, succeeding Randall L. Stephenson.
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Glen Morgan
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producertelevision producer
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Glen Morgan is an American television producer, writer and director. He is best known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files with his partner, James Wong. He served as an executive producer on the show's eleventh season. He also executive produced The Twilight Zone reboot by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions.
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Mark Farrell
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- politician
- Biography
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Mark Ewoldt Farrell is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th Mayor of San Francisco from January 23 to July 11, 2018. Before his appointment as mayor, he served on the Board of Supervisors for nearly two terms, representing District 2 (the Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, Seacliff, Lake District, Presidio Heights, Jordan Park, Laurel Heights, Presidio, and part of Russian Hill).
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C. J. Wilson
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Christopher John Wilson is an American auto racing team owner and former professional baseball pitcher. Wilson pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers from 2005 to 2011 and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2012 to 2015. He is the founder and owner of sports car team CJ Wilson Racing, which competes in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge full-time and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship part-time.
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David M. Evans
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- actorscreenwriterfilm director
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David Mickey Evans is an American film director and screenwriter. His films tend to focus on children and the challenges of childhood. A baseball fan, Evans directed and co-wrote The Sandlot (1993).
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Greg Boyle
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in English studies
- Occupations
- Catholic priestreligious writeroratornonprofit administratorpastor
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Gregory Joseph Boyle is an American Jesuit priest who is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries, the world's largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. He is the former pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles.
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Charley Koontz
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Charley Koontz is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his recurring role as the student nicknamed 'Fat' Neil on Community.
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Paul Picerni
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Horacio Paul Picerni was an American actor in film and television, perhaps best known today in the role of Federal Agent Lee Hobson, second-in-command to Robert Stack's Eliot Ness, in the ABC hit television series, The Untouchables.
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Bob Dornan
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- Studied in 1950-1953
- Occupations
- film actormilitary officerjournalisttelevision produceractor
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Robert Kenneth Dornan is an American actor, radio talk show host, combat veteran, and Republican politician from California. Dornan represented two Southern California districts in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1997, where he became known as a "leading firebrand" on the party's conservative wing. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 1982 and for President of the United States in 1996.
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Curtis Roosevelt
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- journalistwriter
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Curtis Roosevelt Dall was an American writer. Roosevelt was the son of Anna Roosevelt and her first husband, Curtis Bean Dall. He was the eldest grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Darin Morgan
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- film producerfilm directortelevision actoractortelevision producer
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Darin Morgan is an American screenwriter best known for several offbeat, darkly humorous episodes of the television series The X-Files and Millennium. His teleplay for the X-Files episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" won a 1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. In 2015, Morgan wrote and directed one episode for The X-Files season ten, and returned again in 2017 to write and direct another episode for season eleven. He is the younger brother of writer and director Glen Morgan.
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Steve Franks
- Occupations
- television directormusicianfilm producershowrunnerfilm director
- Biography
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Steve Franks is an American screenwriter, director and musician based in Orange County, California. He is best known as the creator of the USA Network original series Psych.
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Amata Coleman Radewagen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen, commonly called Aumua Amata, is an American Samoan politician who is the current delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa. Radewagen, a Republican, was elected on November 4, 2014, after defeating Democratic incumbent Eni Faleomavaega; she was the first-ever Republican delegate since the office had been created in 1970 and began her tenure on January 3, 2015. She also serves as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa. Amata is the first woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress.
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David Mirkin
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterdirectortelevision producerfilm director
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David Mirkin is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer. Mirkin grew up in Philadelphia and intended to become an electrical engineer, but abandoned this career path in favor of studying film at Loyola Marymount University. After graduating, he became a stand-up comedian, and then moved into television writing. He wrote for the sitcoms Three's Company, It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show and served as showrunner on the series Newhart. After an unsuccessful attempt to remake the British series The Young Ones, Mirkin created Get a Life in 1990. The series starred comedian Chris Elliott and ran for two seasons, despite a lack of support from many Fox network executives, who disliked the show's dark and surreal humor. He moved on to create the sketch show The Edge starring his then-partner, actress Julie Brown.
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Rafael Baca
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Rafael Baca Miranda is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Oakland Roots SC in the USL Championship. His past clubs include San Jose Earthquakes, Cruz Azul, and Monterey Bay FC.
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Sarina Bolden
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sarina Isabel Calpo Bolden is a professional footballer. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines at international level.
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Kelly Frye
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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Kelly Frye is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Criminal Minds, Rake, and The Flash.
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Angelica Nwandu
- Occupations
- journalistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Angelica Nwandu is an American media personality. She the founder of the Shade Room, an Instagram-based media company focused on celebrity gossip. Nwandu was dubbed "The Oprah of generation" by Refinery29 and a "celebrity culture savant" by Complex. Time magazine named TSR in the 30 most influential on the internet in 2016. The New York Times called the Shade Room "Instagram's TMZ".
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Orlando Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Orlando Vincent Johnson is an American basketball coach, administrator, and former professional player. He played college basketball for Loyola Marymount and UC Santa Barbara.
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Trevor Megill
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Trevor J. Megill is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. In 2025, Megill was named to his first All-Star game.
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Pete Newell
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Peter Francis Newell was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University, and the University of California, Berkeley, compiling an overall record of 234 wins and 123 losses.
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Patrick Melton
- Occupations
- film producerplaywrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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Patrick Melton is an American screenwriter, producer and novelist.
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Tony Coelho
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Lee Coelho is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is a former chairman and current member of the board of directors of the Epilepsy Foundation.
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Brianne Siddall
- Occupations
- voice actor
- Biography
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Brianne Siddall, also known under her stage names of Jetta E. Bumpy, Ian Hawk, Murray Blue, Jetta Bird, and Brianne Brozey, is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Tommy Himi, Koromon, Keenan Crier, and Calumon in over a hundred episodes of the popular anime Digimon and its video games, as well as for voicing Tsukasa and Elk in the anime.hack//Sign and the.hack games.
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Damian Martin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Damian Patrick Martin is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball in the United States for the Loyola Marymount Lions before playing 13 years in the National Basketball League (NBL). After two seasons with the West Sydney Razorbacks / Sydney Spirit, he joined the Perth Wildcats in 2009 and won six NBL championships in 11 seasons. He also won the NBL Best Defensive Player Award six times, leading to the league naming the trophy after him upon his retirement.
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Gloria Calderón Kellett
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directortelevision actorwritershowrunner
- Biography
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Gloria Calderón Kellett is an American writer, producer, director and actress.
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Wyking Jones
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Wyking L. Jones is an American basketball coach, former college and professional player, basketball broadcasting analyst, actor, and real estate agent. He was head coach of the California Golden Bears men's basketball program for two seasons (2017–19), and was most recently an assistant coach on the men's basketball team at the University of Washington (2021–23).
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Carlos Almaraz
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Carlos D. Almaraz was a Mexican-American artist and a pioneer of the Chicano art movement. He was one of the founder of the Centro de Arte Público (1977–1979), a Chicano/Chicana arts organization in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
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Jason Mann
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorcinematographerfilm producer
- Biography
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Jason Mann is an American film director and screenwriter. In November 2014 it was announced that Mann had won Project Greenlight's season 4 contest and would direct The Leisure Class for HBO.
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Mike Rose
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Mike Rose was an American scholar of education who studied literacy and the struggles of working-class America. He was a Research Professor of Social Research Methodology in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
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Mike Schultz
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Alan Schultz is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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Eli Scott
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Elizjah Johnson Scott is an American former professional basketball player who last played for MBK Handlová of the Slovak Basketball League (SBL). He played college basketball for the Loyola Marymount Lions of the West Coast Conference (WCC). He is currently an Assistant Men's Basketball Coach for the Colorado Mesa University Men's Basketball team.
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Manuel Real
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Manuel Lawrence Real was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 1966 until his death in 2019. He was appointed in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Brian Turang
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Brian Craig Turang is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1993 and 1994. Turang played college baseball for Long Beach City College and Loyola Marymount University and was drafted by the Mariners in the 1989 MLB draft. He is the father of MLB infielder Brice Turang.
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Sarah Sponcil
- Occupations
- beach volleyball player
- Biography
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Sarah Marie Sponcil is an American volleyball player for the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation, best known for her beach volleyball career. She competed for the USA Volleyball Beach National Team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sarah and partner Kelly Claes tied for 9th in their debut Olympics. At 24 and 25, Sponcil and Claes, respectively, were the youngest beach volleyball team to represent the USA since its inception as an Olympic sport in 1996.
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Kristin dos Santos
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision actor
- Biography
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Kristin dos Santos is an American entertainment reporter, writer and host, specializing in the coverage of television, award shows and all things Hollywood. She is best known as E!’s resident TV (and award-show) expert on E! News, E! Online, Live From the Red Carpet, Live From E!, Daily Pop and various digital platforms.
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Emily Day
- Occupations
- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
- Biography
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Emily Capers is a retired female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 in Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson.
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Phil Woolpert
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Philipp D. Woolpert was an American basketball coach, best known as the head coach of the University of San Francisco Dons in the 1950s. He led them to consecutive national championships in 1955 and 1956.
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Peter Cornell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Peter Vasilevich Cornell is a retired American professional basketball player and occasional actor. In his 12-year career, he played for over 30 teams, in 15 leagues, and in 7 countries. As an actor, Cornell has been in over 60 national and international commercial campaigns, and has appeared in basketball-themed films. Most notably, he played the character Vakidis in 2008 comedy Semi-Pro.
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Kevin Young
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Young Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Loyola Marymount and Kansas.
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Ernie Cheatham
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Ernest Clifford Cheatham Jr. was a United States Marine Corps officer, a veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Navy Cross, and American football defensive tackle who played for the Baltimore Colts and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Jason Wheeler
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jason MacDonald Wheeler is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and in the KBO League for the Hanwha Eagles.
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Rudy de Leon
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history
- Biography
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Rupert "Rudy" Frank de Leon Jr. is an American former senior Department of Defense official, military adviser, lobbyist, and foreign policy adviser. He served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, described as the "second-highest civilian defense position", from March 31, 2000 until March 16, 2001, and before appointed as Deputy Secretary he had served as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from 1997 until 2000 and as Under Secretary of the Air Force from 1994 to 1997 in the administration of Bill Clinton.
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Adrien Perez
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Adrien Alfredo Perez is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward.
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Franky Carrillo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francisco "Franky" Carrillo is an American politician, who was wrongfully convicted of the 1991 murder of Donald Sarpy and served twenty years in prison before his conviction was reversed by the Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 14, 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Carrillo currently serves on the Los Angeles County Probation Oversight Commission.
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Alphonse Gallegos
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Alphonse Gallegos, OAR, was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991. He was nicknamed the "Bishop of the Barrios."
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John F. Walter
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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John F. Walter is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Matthew Knight
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Matthew James Knight is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball in the United States for the Loyola Marymount Lions before debuting in the National Basketball League (NBL) in 2007. After two seasons with the West Sydney Razorbacks / Sydney Spirit, he had a season in Hungary before playing eight seasons with the Perth Wildcats and winning three NBL championships. Knight endured a long list of injuries during his tenure with the Wildcats, having struggled with calf, shoulder, ankle and toe complaints, as well as suffering a number of concussion-related incidents. Three head knocks in 2017 led to Knight announcing his retirement from the NBL midway through the 2017–18 season.
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Ryan Wheeler
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Wayne Wheeler is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
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Roger Crawford
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Roger Crawford is a tennis player and a motivational speaker. He was the first Division I college athlete to compete with a disability affecting all four limbs. Crawford was born with ectrodactyly, and only has three fingers; one on his right and two on his left. He is also missing his left leg and some toes on his right foot. Sports Illustrated has recognized Roger as "One of the most accomplished, physically challenged athletes in history!" He's also the recipient of the ITA Achievement Award, presented by the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Diego Barrera
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Diego Barrera is an American soccer player. Born in Colombia, Barrera represented the United States at a youth level.
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Bobby Burling
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Robert Charles Burling is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender.
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Ronald S.W. Lew
- Enrolled in Loyola Marymount University
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Ronald Sing Wai Lew was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Gene Brito
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Gene Herman Brito was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Rams from 1951 to 1960. He played college football for the Loyola Lions.
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James Batemon III
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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James Batemon III is an American professional basketball player plays for Força Lleida of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for North Dakota State College of Science and Loyola Marymount before playing professionally in Latvia, France, Greece, Germany, Israel, Australia and Spain. In 2022, he was named the LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player.
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Chris Pettit
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Christopher Michael Pettit is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2009 and 2011.
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Roy Saari
- Occupations
- water polo playerlawyerswimmer
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Roy Allen Saari was an American swimmer and water polo player. He qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics in both disciplines, and chose swimming, as the Olympic rules of the time did not allow him to compete in two sports. He won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, setting a new world record in the final with teammates Steve Clark, Gary Ilman and Don Schollander (7:52.1). Individually he earned a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley (4:47.1). He also advanced to the finals of the 400-meter freestyle and 1,500-meter freestyle, placing fourth and seventh, respectively. Before the Olympics Saari became the first person to break the 17 minute barrier over 1500 m, but in the Olympic final he was suffering from a cold and clocked a mere 17:29.2.
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Lucien Bourjeily
- Occupations
- theatrical directorscreenwriterfilm director
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Lucien Bourjeily is an Emmy-nominated writer and director of both theater and film. His work has traveled the worldwide festival circuits and won him many awards of which the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival Jury Prize. He brought his progressive approach to theatre to London's LIFT Festival in 2012 with his hard-hitting immersive play "66 Minutes in Damascus" which was chosen as one of 10 plays in the world that "rethink the stage" by the Huffington Post.
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Pete Oswald
- Occupations
- paintercharacter designerwriterbackground artistillustrator
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Pete Oswald is an illustrator and production designer, best known for The Angry Birds Movie film series and ParaNorman. He is also known for his work as a children's book author and illustrator, and painter. Pete's work includes the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Good Egg, and the #2 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Bad Seed, both part of the Food Group series written by Jory John.
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John Howard
- Occupations
- civil servantdirectorphysicianscience administrator
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John Jackson Howard is an American physician, attorney, and public health administrator who served a 6-year term as the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and was appointed to be a special coordinator to respond to the health effects of the September 11 attacks. In this role, Howard advocated for rescue workers, introducing a program to provide screening, medical exams, and treatment for them. In 2009, Howard was again appointed as director of NIOSH and as World Trade Center Programs coordinator for HHS. In 2011, Howard became the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program. In 2016, he became the first person to be appointed to a third 6-year term as NIOSH director, and was reappointed to a fourth term in 2021.
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Bill Bogaard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Joseph Bogaard is an American politician and the former mayor of Pasadena, California.
