100 Notable alumni of
Northeastern University
Northeastern University is 395th in the world, 161st in North America, and 150th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Northeastern 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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Wendy Williams
- Occupations
- radio personalitytelevision presenteractorwriterautobiographer
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Wendy Joan Hunter is an American broadcaster, media personality, and writer. From 2008 to 2022, she hosted the nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show.
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Patrice O'Neal
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorfilm actortelevision presenterradio personality
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Patrice Lumumba Malcolm O'Neal was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his stand-up comedy career and his regular guest appearances on the talk show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and the radio show Opie and Anthony.
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Jane Curtin
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorfilm actorcomedian
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Jane Therese Curtin is an American actress and comedian. First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s sitcom Kate & Allie portraying the role of Allison "Allie" Lowell. Curtin later starred in the hit series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), playing the role of Dr. Mary Albright.
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Biz Stone
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- creative directorbusinesspersonbloggercomputer scientist
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Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of Twitter, among other technology companies. Stone was the creative director at Xanga from 1999 to 2001. Stone co-founded Jelly, with Ben Finkel. Jelly was launched in 2014 and was a search engine driven by visual imagery and discovery. Stone was Jelly’s CEO until its acquisition by Pinterest in 2017. On May 16, 2017, Biz Stone announced he was returning to Twitter Inc.
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Lyndon LaRouche
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- politicianpeace activist
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Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. was an American political activist who founded the LaRouche movement and its main organization the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC).
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J. J. Barea
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
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José Juan Barea Mora is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Northeastern University before joining the Mavericks in 2006 and becoming only the seventh Puerto Rican to play in the NBA. He went on to win an NBA championship with the Mavericks in 2011 before signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he played for the next three seasons. He has also played in the NBA Development League and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
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Shawn Fanning
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- computer scientistprogrammer
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Shawn Fanning is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer ("P2P") file sharing platforms, in 1999. The popularity of Napster was widespread and Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
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Maggie Hassan
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- In 1985 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Margaret Coldwell Hassan is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in 2016 while she was serving as the 81st governor of New Hampshire, an office she held from 2013 to 2017.
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Carlos Peña
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Carlos Felipe Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Kansas City Royals.
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D. J. Cotrona
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Donald Joseph Cotrona is an American actor, known for his role in the film G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) and as Seth Gecko in the El Rey Network horror television series From Dusk till Dawn.
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Scott Brown
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- politicianlawyermodeldiplomattelevision actor
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Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat, attorney, and politician who served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He is a former United States Senator for Massachusetts (2010–2013), and also was the 2014 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Prior to his Senate tenure, Brown served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court, first in the State House of Representatives (1998–2004) and then in the State Senate (2004–2010).
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Beverly Johnson
- Occupations
- film producertelevision actorfilm actoractormodel
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Beverly Ann Johnson is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first African-American model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974. In 1975, Johnson became the first black woman to appear on the cover of the French edition of Elle. In 2012, Johnson was the star of the reality series Beverly's Full House that aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). The New York Times named Johnson one of the 20th century's most influential people in fashion in 2008.
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Nikesh Arora
- Occupations
- scientist
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Nikesh Arora is an Indian-American business executive. Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google. He served as the president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016. On June 1, 2018, Arora took on the role of CEO and chairman at Palo Alto Networks.
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Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
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- actorfilm actor
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Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, also known under her stage name Theodora Greece, is a British actress and member of the Greek royal family and the Danish royal family.
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Gregory Jarvis
- Occupations
- engineerastronautmilitary officer
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Gregory Bruce Jarvis was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft.
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Jamie Oleksiak
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jamieson Oleksiak is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed the "Big Rig", Oleksiak was selected 14th overall in the first round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Stars, the highest draft choice in Northeastern University's history.
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Maura Healey
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- lawyerbasketball playerpolitician
- Biography
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Maura Tracy Healey is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Massachusetts Attorney General. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Terry Carter
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
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Terry Carter is an American actor and filmmaker, known for his roles as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on the TV series McCloud and as Colonel Tigh on the original Battlestar Galactica.
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RL Grime
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- record producercomposerdisc jockey
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Henry Alfred Steinway, better known by his stage name RL Grime, (previously known as Clockwork) is an American record producer and DJ. RL Grime specializes in trap and bass music and is a member of the Los Angeles electronic music collective WeDidIt. His debut Grapes EP was released in April 2012 on WeDidIt. RL Grime premiered his wildly popular Halloween mix in October 2012, which have continued to be released annually through 2021. His follow-up EP High Beams was released in July 2013 on Fool's Gold Records, which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and No. 1 on the iTunes Electronic Chart. RL Grime has produced remixes for Benny Benassi, Chief Keef, Jamie Lidell, and Shlohmo. His second studio album, Nova, was released in 2018. In February 2019, RL Grime announced the founding of his record label Sable Valley.
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Frank Silvera
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- military officeractorstage actortelevision actortheatrical director
- Biography
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Frank Alvin Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor and theatrical director.
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Adam Ottavino
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Adam Robert Ottavino is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 246 pounds (112 kg), he throws right-handed and is a switch hitter.
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Don Orsillo
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Don Orsillo is the play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres on Bally Sports San Diego and for the MLB on TBS. Orsillo was the television voice of the Boston Red Sox on NESN from 2001 to 2015. He was then hired by the Padres to replace broadcaster Dick Enberg upon his retirement at the end of the 2016 season.
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Sohrab Ahmari
- Occupations
- journalistwriternewspaper editor
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Sohrab Ahmari is an American columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books. He is a founding editor of the online magazine Compact. He is a contributing editor of The Catholic Herald, and a columnist for First Things. Previously, he served as the op-ed editor of the New York Post, a columnist and editor with The Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as a senior writer at Commentary.
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Kendall Coyne
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Kendall Coyne Schofield is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2016, she was the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. In January 2017, Coyne was recognized as the recipient of the NCAA Today's Top 10 Award.
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Marc Raibert
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 73)
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- 1968-1973 graduated with Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Marc Raibert is the founder, former CEO, and now Chairman of Boston Dynamics, a robotics company known for creating BigDog, Atlas, Spot, and Handle. Before starting Boston Dynamics, Raibert was professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and an associate professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. At CMU he founded the Leg Laboratory (1980), a lab that helped establish the scientific basis for highly dynamic robots. Raibert developed the first self-balancing hopping robots, a significant step forward in robotics. Raibert earned an Electrical Engineering, BSEE from Northeastern University in 1973 and a PhD from MIT in 1977. His dissertation is titled "Motor control and learning by the state space model". Raibert was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2008 for biomechanically motivated analysis, synthesis, control, and application of multi-legged robots.
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Ronaldo Mouchawar
- Born in
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Syria - Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ronaldo Mouchawar, is a Syrian entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Souq.com, the largest e-commerce retailer in the Arab World. When Amazon acquired Souq in 2017, Mouchewar became vice president of Amazon Middle East and North Africa. He is a veteran of Maktoob, the internet portal purchased by Yahoo in 2009. In 2005, he launched Souq.com which as of September 1 2021 is a defunct e-commerce app replaced by its parent company Amazon.
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Hadassah Lieberman
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- lobbyistbusinessperson
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Hadassah Lieberman is the second wife of former United States Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.
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Barbara Kopple
- Occupations
- film producerfilm director
- Biography
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Barbara Kopple is an American film director known primarily for her documentary work.
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Shawn James
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Shawn James is a Guyanese-American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he played at the power forward and center positions. In 2010–11, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. In 2013 he was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year, and named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team.
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Matt Janning
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Matthew Lawrence Janning is an American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player for Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League. He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall shooting guard that played college basketball for Northeastern University.
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James Franklin Jeffrey
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
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Mary Doria Russell
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- anthropologistpaleontologistnovelistwriterscience fiction writer
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Mary Doria Russell is an American novelist.
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Bill Aucoin
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- managertalent agenttalent manager
- Biography
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William Martin Aucoin was an American band manager, well known for his work with the rock band Kiss and Billy Idol.
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Joe Vitale
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Joseph Dominic Vitale is an American former professional ice hockey player and the current radio color analyst for the St. Louis Blues. Vitale was drafted 195th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he made his NHL debut. He also played with the Arizona Coyotes.
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Josh Manson
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Joshua David Manson is an American professional ice hockey defenceman for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Manson was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the sixth round, 160th overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He is the son of former longtime NHL defenceman, Dave Manson.
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Zach Aston-Reese
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Zachary Aston-Reese is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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John O. Pastore
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- Studied in 1931
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Orlando Pastore was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from 1945 to 1950. He was the first Italian American elected to the Senate.
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Richard Egan
- Occupations
- diplomatengineerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Richard John Egan was an American business executive, political fundraiser, and United States Ambassador to Ireland (2001–2003).
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Jeff Clarke
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- chief financial officerentrepreneurchief executive officercelebrity
- Biography
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Jeffrey J. Clarke is the current Executive Chairman at Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD LLC).
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Robert J. Healey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert J. Healey Jr. was an American attorney, businessman, and political activist. He was the founder of Rhode Island's Cool Moose Party, the state's third-largest political party from 1994 until 2002, and was a perennial candidate for statewide office. Healey ran for governor or lieutenant governor a total of seven times. Running as an independent candidate in 2010, he won 39% of the vote for lieutenant governor, running on a platform of abolishing the office. As the Moderate Party nominee for governor in 2014, Healey won 22% of the vote while spending less than $40 on the campaign.
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Florence Schelling
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Florence Isabelle Schelling is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. She briefly served as General manager of SC Bern from 2020 to 2021. She was the first woman to be named GM of a professional men's team in the world.
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David Ferriero
- Occupations
- librarianarchivist
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David Sean Ferriero is an American librarian and library administrator, who served as the 10th Archivist of the United States. He previously served as the Director of the New York Public Library, and before that, the University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University. Prior to his Duke position, he worked for 31 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology library. Ferriero was the first librarian to serve as Archivist of the United States.
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Abul Kalam Abdul Momen
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Abul Kalam Abdul Momen is a Bangladeshi economist, diplomat, politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. He was Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from August 2009 to October 2015. He won the 2018 Bangladeshi general election from Sylhet-1 constituency. In 2019, he was appointed the minister of foreign affairs of the Government of Bangladesh.
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Anthony Bitetto
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Anthony "Tony" Bitetto is an American professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the San Jose Barracuda in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Robert DeLeo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Alfred DeLeo is a former American politician from the state of Massachusetts. He served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2009 to 2020, having succeeded Salvatore DiMasi, who resigned due to allegations of an ethics violation.
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Reema Juffali
- Occupations
- racing driver
- Biography
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Reema Juffali, also spelt either as Reema Al Juffali or Reema Al-Juffali, is a Saudi Arabian professional racing car driver who competes in the Formula 4 category. She is the first-ever Saudi Arabian woman racing driver and also the first Saudi woman to hold a racing license. In November 2019, she became the country's first woman racing car driver to take part in an international racing competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Dani Rylan
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Dani Rylan Kearney is an American entrepreneur and former ice hockey player. She is the founder and former commissioner of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), the first professional women's hockey league in the United States, and the first professional women's hockey league ever to pay its players in North America. Prior to launching the league in March 2015, Rylan attempted to bring a CWHL expansion team to New York in 2014. She previously played with the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program in NCAA play and was a captain in her final season.
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Jewelle Gomez
- Occupations
- authornovelistpoetliterary critic
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Jewelle Gomez is an American author, poet, critic and playwright. She lived in New York City for 22 years, working in public television, theater, as well as philanthropy, before relocating to the West Coast. Her writing—fiction, poetry, essays and cultural criticism—has appeared in a wide variety of outlets, both feminist and mainstream. Her work centers on women's experiences, particularly those of LGBTQ women of color. She has been interviewed for several documentaries focused on LGBT rights and culture.
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Ahsha Safaí
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ahsha Safaí is an American elected official in San Francisco, California. He serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing Supervisorial District 11.
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Aaron Civale
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Aaron James Civale is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Steven Langton
- Occupations
- bobsledder
- Biography
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Steven Daniel Langton is an American bobsledder. He won silver medals in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and gold in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2012 FIBT World Championships.
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Floyd H. Flake
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- Studied in 1974-1976
- Occupations
- politicianpastor
- Biography
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Floyd Harold Flake is the senior pastor of the 23,000 member Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and former president of Wilberforce University. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1987 to 1997.
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Raj Saini
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- pharmacistpolitician
- Biography
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Rajinder "Raj" Saini is an Indian-Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kitchener Centre in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2021.
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Bianca Buitendag
- Occupations
- surfer
- Biography
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Bianca Buitendag is a South African professional surfer. She has represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won silver in the women's shortboard competition.
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Bob Davis
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Robert J. Davis (born 1956) is a managing partner of Highland Capital Partners. He is the former chief executive officer of Lycos, which he led since its inception and through its acquisition by Terra at the peak of the dot-com bubble.
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Yale Patt
- Years
- 1939-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- engineercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Yale Nance Patt is an American professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Centennial Chair in Engineering. In 1965, Patt introduced the WOS module, the first complex logic gate implemented on a single piece of silicon. He is a fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery, and in 2014 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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Alina Müller
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Alina Müller is a Swiss ice hockey forward for the Northeastern Huskies and the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. At the age of 15, she became the youngest ice hockey player ever to win an Olympic medal, scoring the game-winning goal for Switzerland in the bronze medal game at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Martín Espada
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Martín Espada is a Latino poet, and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches poetry. Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems.
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Lydia Brown
- Occupations
- activistteacherlawyer
- Biography
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Lydia X. Z. Brown is an American autistic disability rights activist, writer, attorney, and public speaker who was honored by the White House in 2013. They are currently the chairperson of the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council.
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Bracha Deutsch
- Occupations
- marathon runner
- Biography
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Bracha “Beatie” Deutsch is a Haredi American-Israeli marathon runner. She has won the Tiberias Marathon and the Jerusalem Marathon, as well as the Israeli half-marathon and marathon national championships.
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Vicky Sunohara
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerice hockey coach
- Biography
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Vicky Sunohara is a Canadian ice hockey coach, former ice hockey player, and three-time Olympic medallist. She has been described as "the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey" and is recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer for the sport. In 2020, Sunohara was named to "TSN Hockey’s All-Time Women’s Team Canada," in recognition of her status as one of Canada’s best female hockey players of all time.
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Mathiang Muo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Mathiang Mauot Muo is an Australian-South Sudanese professional basketball player for the Geraldton Buccaneers of the NBL1 West. He played four seasons of college basketball in the United States between 2009 and 2013 before joining the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). He was a member of the Wildcats' 2014 championship-winning team but managed just 15 games over two seasons due to injury. Since parting ways with the Wildcats, Muo has had a successful state league career, playing in the SBL, SEABL, NBL1 and Queensland State League (QSL). He won an SBL championship with the East Perth Eagles in 2014 and a SEABL championship with the Hobart Chargers in 2018.
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Eric Jenkins
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Eric Jenkins is a professional distance runner. He first began running at Portsmouth High School in his hometown, after which he was recruited by Northeastern University. After his junior year Jenkins transferred to University of Oregon, where he further established his reputation in collegiate distance running. After his collegiate career he signed a contract with Nike. He formerly ran with the Nike Oregon Project.
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Marie Jean Philip
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Marie Jean Philip was a leader in both the American and international Deaf community. She advocated for the right to a natural sign language for Deaf people. Marie was one of the original researchers studying ASL and Deaf Culture. She was active in establishing American Sign Language (ASL) as a recognized language in the colleges of Massachusetts in the early 1980s. Later, Marie was the Bilingual-Bicultural Coordinator at The Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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Julie Schwartz Gottman
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Julie Schwartz Gottman is an American clinical psychologist, researcher, speaker, and author. Together with her husband and collaborator, John Gottman, she is the co-founder of The Gottman Institute - an organization dedicated to strengthening relationships through research-based products and programs. She is the co-creator of the Sound Relationship House Theory, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and The Art and Science of Love weekend workshop for couples, among other programs. In addition to her internationally recognized clinical work, Julie Schwartz Gottman is the author or co-author of six books - Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage, And Baby Makes Three, 10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy, The Man’s Guide to Women, The Marriage Clinic Casebook, and The Science of Couples and Family Therapy. She is also the co-author of over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles.
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Eugene Richards
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in English studies
- Occupations
- photographerphotojournalistjournalistdocumentarian
- Biography
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Eugene Richards is an American documentary photographer, living in Brooklyn, New York. He has published many books of photography and has been a member of Magnum Photos and of VII Photo Agency. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
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Brad Thiessen
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Brad Thiessen is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Thomas Finneran
- Occupations
- radio personalitypoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Michael Finneran, is a radio talk host and former Massachusetts Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from April 1996 to September 2004. He represented the district that included parts of the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park as well as parts of the town of Milton for 26 years.
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Laura Schuler
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Laura Lynne Schuler is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player who was a member of the 1998 Canadian women's Olympic hockey team.
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David Cooper
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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David Fletcher Cooper is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011 and 2012. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.
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George D. Behrakis
- Occupations
- pharmacistresearcherentrepreneurphilanthropist
- Biography
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George D. Behrakis is a Greek-American retired entrepreneur and philanthropist who has contributed to many organizations and establishments in the previous decades. He is best known for his donation to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, and for the building of Northeastern University's College of Health Sciences. He is a retired pharmacist, medicine researcher and businessman.
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Ronald Mariano
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronald Joseph Mariano is an American politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A Democrat from Quincy, he was first elected to the House in a December 1991 special election. He was appointed assistant majority leader in February 2009 and was appointed majority leader in January 2011 by then-speaker Robert DeLeo, who he succeeded as speaker upon DeLeo's retirement in 2020. He represents the 3rd Norfolk district.
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Thomas E. Sniegoski
- Occupations
- novelistcomics writer
- Biography
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Thomas E. Sniegoski is an American novelist, comic book writer and pop culture journalist.
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Albert Sacco
- Occupations
- astronautprofessor
- Biography
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Albert Sacco Jr. is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on Shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995.
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Gérard Jean-Juste
- Occupations
- Catholic priestrector
- Biography
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Gérard Jean-Juste was a Roman Catholic priest and rector of Saint Claire's church for the poor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was also a liberation theologian and a supporter of the Fanmi Lavalas political party, as well as heading the Miami, Florida-based Haitian Refugee Center from 1977 to 1990.
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Richard I. Neal
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Richard Irving "Butch" Neal is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (ACMC) from 1996 to 1998.
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David Walker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David Michael Walker is an American professional basketball player for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB.
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Mohamed Al Khaja
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in political science
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Mohamed Al Khaja is the first and current United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel. He took office on 14 February 2021, being the first ambassador to Israel in the country's history. Previously, he was the chief of staff to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, where was appointed in 2010.
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Rudra Pandey
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Rudra Pandey is a Nepali entrepreneur, currently serving as Founder & Executive Chairman of Deerhold Ltd, an American company providing Software Development and Information Technology services globally. He is also the Chairman of Deerwalk Institute of Technology and the Chairman of Hamro Patro. In 2017, he received the prestigious FNCCI Gold Award (Trendsetters) in the sector of Information Technology.
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Donald Arthur
- Enrolled in Northeastern University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in biology
- Occupations
- military officerphysician
- Biography
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Donald Caldwell Arthur Jr. is a former United States Navy medical corps vice admiral (VADM). He entered the Navy in 1974, qualified as both a naval flight surgeon and a Submarine Medical Officer, and eventually served as the 35th Surgeon General of the United States Navy from 2004 to 2007.
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Quincy Ford
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Quincy G. Ford is an American professional basketball player for Soproni KC of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A. He played college basketball for Northeastern University.
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Dan McGillis
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Daniel Stewart McGillis is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils. He spent the final three seasons of his career playing for Adler Mannheim of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
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Neil O'Leary
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Neil Michael O'Leary is an American politician and retired police chief currently serving as the 46th mayor of the City of Waterbury, Connecticut. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Osasu Igbinedion
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Osasu Igbinedion is a Nigerian journalist and TV show host. She is the Chief Executive Officer of TOS TV Network and the host of The Osasu Show, a syndicated TV show focused on development, business, and politics in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
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Patrick Duddy
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Patrick Duddy is an American diplomat, formerly United States Ambassador to Venezuela. He served from August 6, 2007 to September 11, 2008, during the Bush Administration, was expelled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and eight months later was returned as Ambassador by the Obama Administration. He replaced William Brownfield, who also was the subject of repeated threats of expulsion from Chavez before leaving to become ambassador to Colombia.
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Mark P. Fitzgerald
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Mark P. Fitzgerald is a retired United States Navy admiral. He is the former Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe – Commander, United States Naval Forces Africa and Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples. He previously served as Director, Navy Staff from December 2006 to November 2007 and Commander, United States Second Fleet from 2004 until December 2006. He assumed the duties of Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe and Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples on November 30, 2007 and assumed the additional duties as Commander, United States Naval Forces Africa on March 26, 2009.
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Sharon Tomiko Santos
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sharon Tomiko Santos is an American politician serving as a member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 37th legislative district.
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John Lloyd Miller
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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John Lloyd Miller is an American filmmaker who has directed, produced and/or written music videos, short films, features, documentaries, commercials and television programming.
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J. Keith Motley
- Biography
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James Keith Motley is a leader in higher education and was the eighth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Therese Murray
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Therese Murray is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray, a Democrat, was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She represented the Plymouth and Barnstable district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 to 2015.
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Russell Holmes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Russell Earl Holmes is an American politician who serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. First elected in November 2010, he represents the Sixth Suffolk District, which includes the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan and Roslindale.
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Lizhen Ji
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Lizhen Ji, is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Luke Carlin
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Luke Christopher Carlin is an American Canadian former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks and Cleveland Indians.
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Olubanke King Akerele
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Olubanke King Akerele is a Liberian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from October 2007 until her resignation on 3 November 2010. She is the granddaughter of Liberia's 17th president, Charles D. B. King.
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Amy Black
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposer
- Biography
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Amy Black is a singer/songwriter and performer who started her music career in Boston, MA and now lives in Nashville, TN.
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Hayley Scamurra
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Hayley Scamurra is a women's ice hockey player who currently plays with the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL. Prior to joining the Beauts she was a standout for the Northeastern University Huskies, where she played for four seasons.
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Brandon Dillon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brandon Dillon is an American politician. He is the former Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party.
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Jocko Thompson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Samuel "Jocko" Thompson was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball from 1948 to 1951. He also served in the Army of the United States as a first lieutenant in the European theater during World War II. Thompson played in Major League Baseball during the Whiz Kids era during a career which spanned 12 seasons (1940–1941, 1946–1955). After attending Northeastern University, Thompson appeared as a situational pitcher and spot starter during the 1948, 1949, and 1950 seasons with the Phillies, and went 4–8 in his only season as a regular member of the team's starting rotation. After demotion to the minors in 1952, Thompson retired from baseball after the 1955 season.
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Rachel Llanes
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Rachel Llanes, also known by the Chinese name Lin Ni (Chinese: 林尼; pinyin: Lín Ní), is an American ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays.
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Aaron Michlewitz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aaron Michlewitz is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 3rd Suffolk District, within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The 3rd Suffolk District encompasses the North End, Waterfront, Chinatown, South End, Financial District, Bay Village, Leather District, and parts of Beacon Hill, and Back Bay neighborhoods.
