16 Notable alumni of
Menlo College
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Menlo College is 1638th in the world, 579th in North America, and 546th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Menlo College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Patty Hearst
- Occupations
- film actorsocialitescreenwritertelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Patricia Campbell Hearst is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes committed with members of the group. She was held in custody, and there was speculation before trial that her family's resources would enable her to avoid time in prison.
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Penelope Ann Miller
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Penelope Ann Miller, sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress. She began her career on Broadway in the 1985 original production of Biloxi Blues and received a Tony Award nomination for the 1989 revival of Our Town.
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Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Enrolled in Menlo College
- In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Science in administration
- Occupations
- investorentrepreneurphilanthropist
- Biography
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Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist and royal. He was listed on Time magazine's Time 100, an annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world, in 2008. Al Waleed is a grandson of Abdulaziz, the first king of Saudi Arabia, and of Riad Al Solh, Lebanon's first prime minister.
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Carla Esparza
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Carla Kristen Esparza is an American professional mixed martial artist and wrestler who competes in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which she is the former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion. Esparza was the first UFC Strawweight Champion, the first Invicta FC Strawweight Champion, and was generally considered the best Strawweight fighter in the world during both title reigns. She first earned the UFC championship by winning a 16-woman tournament that was televised on the reality series The Ultimate Fighter. She also competed in Bellator MMA's first women's tournament.
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Jeff Van Gundy
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Jeffrey William Van Gundy is an American commentator and former basketball coach. He served as head coach of the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his tenure on the Knicks, he led the team to the 1999 NBA Finals, where they ultimately lost to the San Antonio Spurs. He currently serves as a senior consultant in the Boston Celtics front office.
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Josh Emmett
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Joshua James Emmett is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, Emmett has also competed for King of the Cage. As of January 23, 2024, he is #7 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
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Dan Gurney
- Occupations
- Formula One driverracing automobile driverengineer
- Biography
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Daniel Sexton Gurney was an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner who reached racing's highest levels starting in 1958. Gurney won races in the Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, Can-Am, and Trans-Am Series. Gurney is the first of three drivers to have won races in sports cars (1958), Formula One (1962), NASCAR (1963), and Indy cars (1967), the other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya.
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Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi royal and politician who served as the governor of Riyadh Province from November 2011 until his death in February 2013. Before that he was the deputy governor of the province.
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Tim Cone
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Earl Timothy Cone is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is the most accomplished coach in PBA history with twenty-five (25) titles including two (2) Grand Slams, five (5) Coach of the Year awards, and the winningest coach of the league tallying more than a thousand (1,000) games won.
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Bob Shane
- Occupations
- guitaristsinger
- Biography
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Robert Castle Schoen, known professionally as Bob Shane, was an American singer and guitarist who was a founding member of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the revival of folk and other acoustic music as a popular art form in the United States in the late 1950s through the mid-1960s.
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Nate Jackson
- Occupations
- player of American footballwriter
- Biography
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Nathan Ross Jackson is a writer and former American football tight end. Undrafted out of Menlo College in 2002, he spent most of his professional career with the Denver Broncos from 2003 to 2008 before injury problems ended his career in 2009. After retirement, Jackson began writing football-related commentary for the New York Times and various online publications, frequently drawing upon his experiences as a player. His memoir Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile was published in 2013.
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Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonengineer
- Biography
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Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud is a retired Saudi Arabian politician and businessman who served as the Saudi Arabian minister of education from 2009 to 2013 in the administration of King Abdullah, his maternal uncle and father-in-law. He is a member of the House of Saud.
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Fitria Yusuf
- Occupations
- modelbusinesspersonwriter
- Biography
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Fitria "Fifi" Yusuf is an Indonesian socialite, fashion model and writer.
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Kaylin Swart
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kaylin Christen Swart is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for SAFA Women's League club JvW and the South Africa women's national team.
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David C. Copley
- Occupations
- publisherphilanthropist
- Biography
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David C. Copley was an American publishing heir, on the board of the Copley Press for over thirty years, becoming president and owner, as well as publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was a noted philanthropist.
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Bruce Edwards
- Years
- 1911-2002 (aged 91)
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Edward Lester Smith, stage name Bruce Edwards, was an American actor and photographer. He primarily played supporting roles in Hollywood films and film serials of the 1940s and early 1950s. After retiring in 1953, he pursued a photography career. A yachting enthusiast, he was also the owner-director of a summer camp for boys.
