75 Notable alumni of
Northern Illinois University
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Northern Illinois University is 725th in the world, 269th in North America, and 249th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 notable alumni from Northern Illinois 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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Robert Zemeckis
- Occupations
- science fiction writerfilm producerwriterscreenwriterdirector
- Biography
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Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy Romancing the Stone (1984), the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990), and the live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). He subsequently directed the satirical black comedy Death Becomes Her (1992) and then diversified into more dramatic fare, including Forrest Gump (1994), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. The film also won the Best Picture.
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Tammy Duckworth
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- non-fiction writerhelicopter pilotpolitician
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Ladda Tammy Duckworth is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
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Joan Allen
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- In 1989 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theatre
- Occupations
- stage actorvoice actortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Joan Allen is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, she has received a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
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Kurt Sutter
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- Graduated with Master of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- showrunnertelevision produceractordirectorfilm director
- Biography
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Kurt Leon Sutter is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He worked as a writer, director, and executive producer on The Shield, and appeared on the show as hitman Margos Dezerian. Sutter is also the creator of Sons of Anarchy and its spinoff Mayans M.C. on FX; he wrote, produced, and directed the series, as well as played incarcerated club member Otto Delaney. Sutter spent time with members of an outlaw motorcycle club in Northern California as research for Sons of Anarchy. Sutter's wife, actress Katey Sagal, played main character Gemma Teller.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Occupations
- comedianactorwriter
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Daniel Louis Castellaneta is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons (as well as other characters on the show such as Grampa Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Sideshow Mel, Mr. Teeny, Santa's Little Helper, Itchy, and Barney Gumble). Castellaneta is also known for voicing Grandpa in Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!, and has had voice roles in several other programs, including Futurama, Sibs, Darkwing Duck, The Adventures of Dynamo Duck, The Batman, Back to the Future: The Animated Series, Aladdin, Earthworm Jim, and Taz-Mania.
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Wood Harris
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sherwin David "Wood" Harris is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his role as Motaw in the Jeff Pollack film Above the Rim (1994), prior to portraying high school football player Julius Campbell in the Walt Disney Pictures film Remember the Titans (2000) and Jimi Hendrix in the Showtime television film Hendrix (2000). He attained further recognition for his portrayal of drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama The Wire (2002–2008). Harris also played the role of cocaine dealer Ace, based on the life of Azie Faison, in the crime film Paid in Full in 2002.
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Maria Kanellis
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- Playboy Playmatemodelpodcasterprofessional wrestlersinger
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Mary Louis "Maria" Kanellis-Bennett is an American professional wrestler, manager, promoter, actress and model. She is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), and is also the co-owner and founder of the independent promotion Women's Wrestling Army (WWA). She has previously wrestled for Impact Wrestling and WWE.
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Anies Baswedan
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- politicianinternational forum participantacademic
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Anies Rasyid Baswedan is an Indonesian academic, activist, and politician who served as the Governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022. A student activist and political analyst before entering public service, he served as the Rector of Paramadina University before being appointed to be Minister of Education and Culture in Joko Widodo administration. He is also the founder of Indonesia Mengajar, a program that selects, trains, and assigns university graduates to serve in a one-year teaching mission across the country. He is the grandson of nationalist, journalist, and freedom fighter Abdurrahman Baswedan, and the cousin of Novel Baswedan. He is a candidate for President of Indonesia in the 2024 election.
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Matt Walsh
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- screenwriterfilm producercomedianactorstage actor
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Matthew Paul Walsh is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Mike McLintock in Veep for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, with which he co-starred in its original television series and the 2015 reboot. He also previously starred in short-lived comedy programs such as Dog Bites Man and Players, and was a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has also appeared in films such as Road Trip (2000), Bad Santa (2003), School for Scoundrels (2006), Role Models (2008), The Hangover (2009), and The Do-Over (2016).
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Carrie Snodgress
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Caroline Louise Snodgress was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role in the film Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award as well as winning two Golden Globes and two Laurel Awards.
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P. J. Fleck
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- Studied in 1999-2004
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Philip John Fleck Jr. is an American football coach and former wide receiver. He has served as the head coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team since 2017.
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Charlotte Kate Fox
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Charlotte Kate Fox is an American film, TV, and theatrical actress and musician. She was cast as the first non-Japanese heroine of an NHK Asadora: the series Massan broadcast on Japanese television.
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Cindy Morgan
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractortelevision producervoice actor
- Biography
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Cynthia Ann Cichorski, known professionally as Cindy Morgan, was an American actress best known for playing Lora/Yori in Tron and Lacey Underall in Caddyshack.
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Judith Curry
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- In 1974 graduated with Bachelor of Science in geography
- Occupations
- climatologistearth scientistuniversity teachermeteorologist
- Biography
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Judith A. Curry is an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include hurricanes, remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, polar climates, air-sea interactions, climate models, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric research. She was a member of the National Research Council's Climate Research Committee, published over a hundred scientific papers, and co-edited several major works. Curry retired from academia in 2017 at age 63, coinciding with her public climate change skepticism.
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Abdel Nader
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Abdel Rahman Nader is an Egyptian-American professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Iowa State Cyclones before being drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 58th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft. Nader has also played for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Fai Hung-tai
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fai Hrong-tai, also known as Alex Fai, is a Taiwanese politician who has been a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2005. He represents Taipei City Constituency VII and is the leader of the Kuomintang caucus in the legislature.
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Michael Turner
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Michael “the Burner” Turner is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Northern Illinois Huskies, earning second-team All-American honors in 2003. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and also played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons. He was a two-time All-Pro and a two-time Pro Bowl selection with the Falcons.
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Jose Manuel Diokno
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jose Manuel Tadeo "Chel" Icasiano Diokno is a Filipino lawyer, educator, and human rights advocate. He serves as chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), the founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law (now Tañada-Diokno School of Law), and the chairman of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. He has served as a special counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. He was a candidate for the Senate in 2019 and 2022.
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Samantha Irby
- Occupations
- comedianactorwriter
- Biography
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Samantha McKiver Irby is an American comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer. She is the creator and author of the blog bitches gotta eat, where she writes humorous observations about her own life and modern society more broadly. Her books We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Wow, No Thank You. were both New York Times best-sellers. She is a recipient of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for bisexual nonfiction.
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Markos Moulitsas
- Occupations
- bloggerwriterpublisherpolitical activist
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Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, often known by his username and former military nickname "Kos", is an American blogger who is the founder and publisher of Daily Kos, a blog focusing on liberal and Democratic Party politics in the United States. He co-founded SB Nation, a collection of sports blogs, which is now a part of Vox Media.
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Robin Kelly
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- In 2004 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robin Lynne Kelly is an American politician from Illinois who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A Democrat, Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. She then served as chief of staff for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias until 2010. She was the 2010 Democratic nominee for state treasurer, but lost the general election. Before running for Congress, Kelly served as the Cook County chief administrative officer. After winning the Democratic primary, she won the 2013 special election to succeed Jesse Jackson Jr. in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Don Bacon
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- In 1984 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianassistant professor
- Biography
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Donald John Bacon is an American politician and retired military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Before holding public office, he was a United States Air Force officer, retiring as brigadier general with stints as wing commander at Ramstein Air Base, Germany and Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, prior to his retirement from the military in 2014. His political constituency now includes all of Omaha and the areas surrounding Offutt.
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Fritz Peterson
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Fred Ingels Peterson is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. Peterson was a southpaw starting pitcher who enjoyed his best success in 1970 with the Yankees when he went 20–11 and pitched in the All-Star game. He is widely known for trading families with teammate Mike Kekich in the early 1970s. He had a career record of 133–131.
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Tim Gullikson
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- tennis playertennis coach
- Biography
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Timothy Ernest Gullikson was a tennis player and coach who was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and grew up in Onalaska, Wisconsin in the United States.
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Paul Sereno
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- paleontologistuniversity teacherzoologist
- Biography
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Paul Callistus Sereno is a professor of paleontology at the University of Chicago and a National Geographic "explorer-in-residence" who has discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents, including at sites in Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco and Niger. One of his most widely publicized discoveries is that of a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus imperator — popularly known as SuperCroc — at Gadoufaoua in the Tenere desert of Niger.
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Ned Colletti
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- sports executive
- Biography
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Ned Louis Colletti Jr. is an American sports executive with 40 years experience in Major League Baseball, is a four-time Emmy Award-winning baseball analyst, a professor of Sports Administration at Pepperdine University, the author of the best-selling book The Big Chair, and a scout for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He was general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 through 2014. Before moving to the Dodgers, he was assistant general manager of the San Francisco Giants. Colletti is one of very few American sports executives to work in two major sports: Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League.
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John Sall
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- businessperson
- Biography
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John P. Sall is an American billionaire businessman and computer software developer, who co-founded SAS Institute and created the JMP statistical software.
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W. Willard Wirtz
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- jurist
- Biography
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William Willard Wirtz was a U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor. He served as the Secretary of Labor between 1962 and 1969 under the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Wirtz was the last living member of Kennedy's cabinet.
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Dan Bellino
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- baseball umpirebaseball player
- Biography
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Daniel Anthony Bellino is an American umpire in Major League Baseball.
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Robert Fioretti
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Robert William Fioretti is an American attorney and politician who served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council for the 2nd Ward, which included portions of Bronzeville, East Garfield Park, Illinois Medical District, Little Italy, Loop, Near West Side, Prairie District, South Loop, University Village, Westhaven, and West Loop. Bob first ran for office because of inequities and disinvestments he saw throughout the City of Chicago and communities of the 2nd Ward. He first won election as alderman in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011. He also served as 2nd Ward Democratic Committeeman for two terms, which is a position in the Cook County Democratic Party.
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Panitan Wattanayagorn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Panitan Wattanayagorn is a Thai political scientist and an associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. He has held advisory and executive positions in government of Thailand administrations over the past two decades. He is Chairman of the Prime Minister's Security Advisory Committee and an adviser to the National Security Council and a member of Thailand's National Cyber Security Committee.
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Ray Hanania
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ray Hanania is an American journalist, editor, public relations expert, reporter, and stand-up comedian of Palestinian descent. After the September 11 attacks, he created the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour and Comedy for Peace, which brought together Israeli and Palestinian comedians. He founded his own public relations firm, called Urban Strategies Group.
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Kevin Folta
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- researcherhorticulturistpodcaster
- Biography
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Kevin M. Folta is a professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida. From 2007 to 2010 he helped lead the project to sequence the strawberry genome, and continues to research photomorphogenesis in plants and compounds responsible for flavor in strawberries. Folta has been active as a science communicator since 2002, especially relating to biotechnology. He has faced controversy over what his critics say are his industry connections. In 2017 he was elected as a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Ann E. Rondeau
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- military officeracademic
- Biography
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Ann Elisabeth Rondeau is a retired United States Navy vice admiral. During her tenure in the navy, she received two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and four Legion of Merit awards. Rondeau was the president of National Defense University and, after serving as the president of the College of DuPage, was chosen by United States Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer to be president of the Naval Postgraduate School in 2019.
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Dan Nimmer
- Occupations
- jazz musicianpianist
- Biography
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Dan Nimmer is an American jazz pianist and composer.
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Paul Dawkins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Paul Lamar Dawkins was an American-Turkish professional basketball player, who played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), appearing in 57 games. He was inducted into the Northern Illinois University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. In 2007, he was also inducted into the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame.
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Kenneth Womack
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- literary criticjournalist
- Biography
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Kenneth Womack is an American writer, literary critic, public speaker, and music historian, particularly focusing on the cultural influence of the Beatles. He is the author of the bestselling Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles and John Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life.
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Chen Shyh-kwei
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen Shyh-kwei or Steven Chen, is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 1 August 2013 until 20 May 2016.
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Ricardo Muñoz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ricardo Muñoz is a former member of the Chicago City Council, having served as alderman for the 22nd ward, which includes Little Village and Archer Heights. Muñoz was appointed to this position by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1993 and served until 2019. He was the longest tenured Latino and fourth longest tenured member of the Chicago City Council.
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Timothy P. Marshall
- Occupations
- storm chaserengineercivil engineermeteorologist
- Biography
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Timothy Patrick Marshall is an American structural and forensic engineer as well as meteorologist, concentrating on damage analysis, particularly that from wind and other weather phenomena. He is also a pioneering storm chaser and was editor of Storm Track magazine.
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Sharon J. Coleman
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Sharon Lynn Johnson Coleman is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was formerly a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 3rd Division.
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Chris DeRose
- Occupations
- juristwriterlegal counselorbiographer
- Biography
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Christopher M. DeRose is a New York Times bestselling American author, housing and hospitality developer, and former Clerk of the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona. He was formerly a senior litigation counsel for the Arizona Attorney General.
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Dalton Tanonaka
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Dalton Ichiro Tanonaka is an American television executive. He has spent most of his career in Asia, receiving several international and US. awards for his journalism work. Tanonaka is also known for his community service, providing scholarships to deserving students and speaking at schools and universities.
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John Arena
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Arena is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the 45th ward in the Chicago City Council from 2011 to 2019.
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Davy Jones
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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David Jefferson Jones, nicknamed "Kangaroo", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played fifteen seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers / St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Rebels. Jones played with some of the early legends of the game, including Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, Frank Chance, Mordecai Brown, Hugh Duffy and Jesse Burkett. Also, he played part of one year with the Chicago White Sox, where several of his teammates would later be implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Jones was immortalized in the classic 1966 baseball book The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter.
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Howard Brookins Jr
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Howard Beamon Brookins Jr. is the Alderman of the 21st Ward of the City of Chicago. He was elected in 2003 and is currently serving his fifth term.
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Jim Waring
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jim Waring is an American politician, who served as state senator for seven years in the Arizona State Senate and now represents District 2 on the Phoenix City Council.
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Sean Totsch
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sean Totsch is an American soccer player currently playing for Louisville City in the United Soccer League. Sean previously played indoor soccer for the Milwaukee Wave in the Major Arena Soccer League.
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Ammar Bouhouche
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Ammar Bouhouche was born on December 17, 1938, in Al-Ancer, Algeria.
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Carl B. Jensen
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Carl B. Jensen is a retired United States Marine Corps general officer whose last command was Marine Corps Installations East. Jensen retired from active duty on July 22, 2011 after 36 years of service.
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Anthony Maestranzi
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Antonio Giovanni "Anthony" Maestranzi is an American-Italian basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Virtus Roma.
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Lynne M. Thomas
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 50)
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- Studied in 2004-2006
- Occupations
- librarianeditor
- Biography
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Lynne M. Thomas is an American librarian, podcaster and editor. She has won eleven Hugo Awards for editing and podcasting in the science fiction genre. She is perhaps best known as the co-publisher and co-editor-in-chief of the Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine with her husband, Michael Damian Thomas. With her eleven Hugo Award wins, Thomas is tied with Connie Willis for most wins among women, and sixth all time for most wins amongst all Hugo Award winners.
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Michael Norman
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Michael Norman was an American author known for his supernatural book series Haunted which he has written alongside fellow author Beth Scott. Norman, who hailed from Illinois, graduated with a master's degree from Northern Illinois University in 1969. He worked at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls journalism department from 1973 until his retirement in May 2003. In 1996, Norman made a guest appearance in the Annie Award-nominated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He later spoke about Haunted Hollywood on the Travel Channel, which was Number 9 on the countdown of World's Creepiest Destinations. This author is survived by his wife Janell and son James.
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Ibrahim H. Umar
- Occupations
- lectureracademic
- Biography
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Ibrahim Khalil Umar is a Nigerian scientist and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria from 1979 to 1986. He holds a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, a M.Sc. in physics from Northern Illinois University, USA and a Ph.D. in physics at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. In 1976 he became the first Nigerian academic in physics to teach at Bayero University. In 1978 he served on the national constitutional assembly that drafted the Constitution of the 2nd Republic.
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Britt Davis
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Britt Davis is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Northern Illinois.
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Shih-Hui Chen
- Occupations
- composermusic teacher
- Biography
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Shih-Hui Chen is a Taiwanese composer who lives and works in the United States.
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Diana Pavlac Glyer
- Occupations
- literary criticjournalist
- Biography
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Diana Pavlac Glyer is an American author, speaker and teacher whose work centers on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings. She teaches in the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University in California.
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Michael Fakuade
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Michael Fakuade is an American-Nigerian basketball player who plays for Al Ahly. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he primarily plays as power forward. Fakuade is a two-time BAL champion, having won the title in 2021 with Zamalek and in 2023 with Al Ahly.
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Jack Daulton
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- art collector
- Biography
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James Daulton (born October 30, 1956), also known as Nyi Nyi Min (Burmese: ညီညီမင်း), is an American art collector, trial lawyer, music entrepreneur, exploration philanthropist, and expert and lecturer on the history of art and architecture. Daulton rose to fame representing the nation of Myanmar in the groundbreaking 1994 legal case, United States v. Richard Diran and The Union of Myanmar, successfully recovering a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue that had been stolen in 1988 from a temple in Myanmar's ancient capital, Bagan, a treasure now on display in the National Museum in Yangon. This was the first cultural property claim litigated by a Southeast Asian nation in the United States. Daulton has also gained recognition as a result of The Daulton Collection–his vast art collection which includes one of the world's largest private collections of German Symbolist art and, in particular, the world's largest collection of works by a number of individual artists, such as the eccentric monkey painter Gabriel von Max, the Austrian symbolist Rudolf Jettmar, and the proto-hippie Fidus. Among The Daulton Collection's highlights are masterpieces of symbolist portraiture, including Karl Gussow's Portrait of the Novelist Ossip Schubin (1887), Rudolf Jettmar's Self-Portrait of the Young Artist (1896), and Oskar Zwintscher's The Woman in Hamster (Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Adele, wearing a Hamster Jacket) (1914), currently on long-term loan to the Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, in Dresden. In 2021, a painting from The Daulton Collection, Gabriel von Max's Abelard and Heloise, was the "face" of the major exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, "Les Origines du Monde: L'invention de la nature au XIXe siècle" ("The Origins of the World: The Invention of Nature in the 19th Century"). In addition, Daulton is well known as an expert on non-western art, architecture, and religion, acclaimed for his many lectures on those subjects for institutions such as National Geographic, The American Museum of Natural History, and The Art Institute of Chicago. He is also well known for his activity in exploration philanthropy, funding research expeditions around the globe, from archaeological digs in the Peruvian Andes to language documentation projects on remote atolls in Micronesia. And as an art and entertainment lawyer in the 1990s, Daulton developed the major-label rock band Kill Hannah, among other recording artists.
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Juwan Brescacin
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Juwan Brescacin is a professional Canadian football wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has played in three Grey Cup games and was a member of the 106th Grey Cup championship team. He played college football for the Northern Illinois Huskies.
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Aaron Massey
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Aaron Massey is an American professional poker player and entrepreneur. He has been playing poker since 2002. Massey graduated from Northern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in finance in 2008, but left the finance world in 2009 to pursue a career in poker. He was the 2014 HPT Player of the Year. He was named one of seven “Ones to Watch” for Season XII of the WPT.
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Larry Brink
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Lawrence Raymond Brink was an American football defensive end who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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Steve Connor
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Steve Connor is an author, speaker, leadership coach, and former NFL football player. He is the founder of Sports Outreach International, and has worked with athletes and sports organizations on every continent except Antarctica. His books have been distributed worldwide.
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Darion Anderson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Darion "Jake" Anderson is an American professional basketball player for the Orangeville A's of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He played college basketball for Northern Illinois and Iowa State.
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John Olumba
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Olumba is an American attorney, politician and Democrat who served two terms as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He represented the 3rd house district located in Wayne County, which comprises the north central and eastern portions of Detroit. After serving on the House Judiciary, Commerce, Economic Development and Trade, Insurance, and Criminal Justice committees, Olumba served on the House Appropriations Committee as the chairman of Fiscal Oversight, and as a member on Community Health, and Corrections.
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Tom Tennant
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Thomas Francis Tennant was a professional baseball player. In an 11-season minor league career, he had 1,825 hits and a.274 batting average. He also played two games in Major League Baseball in 1912. Tennant was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 165 pounds.
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Nor Sanavongsay
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Nor Sanavongsay is an American writer and illustrator in the San Francisco Bay area and the founder of Sahtu Press, Inc.
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Thomas Baxa
- Occupations
- artistillustrator
- Biography
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Thomas M. Baxa is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
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James Jorgenson
- Occupations
- chemistresearcher
- Biography
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James Wallace Jorgenson is an American academic who previously held the position of William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is best known for his work developing capillary zone electrophoresis, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Thomas F. Konop
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Frank Konop was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Louise Huffman
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Louise Tolle Huffman is an American teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience with many years focused on polar science and climate studies, and has written educational outreach books and articles on Antarctica. She is the Director of Education and Outreach for the US Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO), responsible for outreach efforts highlighting IDPO scientists and their research results.
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David Hartsuch
- Occupations
- politician
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David Hartsuch was the Iowa State Senator from the 41st District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2007 to 2011.
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Daniel J Pesut
- Enrolled in Northern Illinois University
- 1972-1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- researcher
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Daniel J. Pesut is an American nurse educator, academic, researcher and coach. He is an Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Past Director of Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, and Katherine R. and C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership at University of Minnesota.
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Mark Dean
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Mark Dean was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Austin Junior College (1946–1947), Superior State Teacher's College (1948–1950) and Indiana State University (1951–1954, 1956).
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James A. Wright
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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James A. Wright was an American businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing much of northern Wisconsin from 1905 until his death in 1911.
