100 Notable alumni of
Pepperdine University
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Pepperdine University is 304th in the world, 127th in North America, and 120th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Pepperdine 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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Michelle Monaghan
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actormodeltelevision actor
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Michelle Lynn Monaghan, is an American actress. The accolades she has received include nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Saturn Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.
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Chace Crawford
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
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Christopher Chace Crawford is an American actor. He is known for his television portrayals of Nate Archibald on the series Gossip Girl (2007–2012), and of Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep in the television series The Boys (2019–present) and the resulting franchise. He is also known for starring in the films The Covenant (2006), The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008), Twelve (2011), and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). In 2015, he portrayed Billy LeFever in the short-lived series Blood & Oil.
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Brandy Norwood
- Occupations
- television actorsocialitefilm actorchild actorrecording artist
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Brandy Rayana Norwood, better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Norwood gained fame by starring in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and further recognition for her role in the television film Cinderella (1997) and the slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). Her 1998 duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, "The Boy Is Mine", won a Grammy Award and became one of the best-selling female duets of all time. Her second album, Never Say Never (1998), sold 16 million copies worldwide.
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Kelly Hu
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- actortelevision actorbeauty pageant contestantmodelfilm actor
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Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress. She starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera Sunset Beach and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series Nash Bridges. She has starred in numerous films including The Scorpion King (2002) as Cassandra, Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) as Sona, X2 (2003) as Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike, The Tournament (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and White Frog (2012). She appeared as China White/Chen Na Wei in The CW series Arrow.
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Tia Mowry
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- voice actorwriterfilm actormodeltelevision actor
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Tia Dashon Mowry is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcom Sister, Sister (1994–1999), opposite her twin sister Tamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together in the fantasy comedy film Seventeen Again (2000) and voiced the LaBelle sisters in the animated series Detention (1999–2000). The two also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches (2005) and its sequel, Twitches Too (2007). They were featured in the reality series Tia & Tamera from 2011 to 2013.
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Eric Christian Olsen
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- film produceractorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision actor
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Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Investigator Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, Austin in the film Not Another Teen Movie, and Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.
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John Lasseter
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- directorscreenwriterfilm producerexecutive producerfilm director
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John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, and animator. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, and has served as the head of animation at Skydance Animation since 2019.
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Tamera Mowry
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actormodelfilm actor
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Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley is an American actress, television personality, and former singer. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister (opposite her twin sister Tia Mowry). She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches and its sequel, Twitches Too, and played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama Strong Medicine.
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Tahj Mowry
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- actorfilm actorsingertelevision actorvoice actor
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Tahj Dayton Mowry is an American actor and singer. He is the brother of identical twin actresses Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry and is known for his role on the show Smart Guy as the main character TJ on The WB, though the show gained later recognition on Disney Channel. Mowry was cast as the voice of ten-year-old super genius Wade Load on Kim Possible as a nod to this role. He is also known for his roles as Michelle Tanner's best friend Teddy on Full House and Tucker Dobbs on Freeform's comedy show Baby Daddy.
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Kim Fields
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- actorscreenwritertelevision directorfilm directortelevision actor
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Kim Fields Morgan is an American actress and director. She first gained fame as a child actress on the television series Good Times (1978–1979), and rose to greater prominence for her role as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey in the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1981), as well as its spin-off The Facts of Life (1979–1988).
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Rod Blagojevich
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 1983 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Rod R. Blagojevich, often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He was impeached, removed from office, convicted, and incarcerated for eight years on federal charges of public corruption. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked in both the state and federal legislatures. He served as an Illinois state representative from 1993 to 1997, and the U.S. representative from Illinois's 5th district from 1997 to 2003.
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Christine Blasey Ford
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Master of Psychology
- Occupations
- psychologistacademicuniversity teacherwriterprofessor of psychology
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Christine Margaret Blasey Ford is an American professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She specializes in designing statistical models for research projects. During her academic career, Ford has worked as a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine Collaborative Clinical Psychology Program.
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Mike Leach
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- American football coach
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Michael Charles Leach was an American college football coach who primarily coached at the NCAA Division I FBS level. Nicknamed "The Pirate", he was a two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year and the mastermind behind the NCAA record-setting air raid offense. He was the head coach at Texas Tech University from 2000 to 2009, where he became the winningest coach in school history. After Texas Tech, he coached at Washington State University from 2012 to 2019, where he recorded the third-most wins of any coach in school history. He then coached at Mississippi State University from 2020 until his death in 2022.
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Meredith Salenger
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Meredith Salenger is an American actress. Her credits include the 1985 film The Journey of Natty Gann, as the title character, and the 1989 teen comedy Dream a Little Dream.
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Louise Linton
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- actorfilm director
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Louise Linton is a Scottish actress. She has appeared in the horror films Cabin Fever and Intruder, in minor roles in the television series CSI: NY and Cold Case, and wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2021 film Me You Madness. The film received poor reviews and was considered a flop both critically and commercially. Linton is married to Steven Mnuchin, the former United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Carrie Hamilton
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- screenwriterwriterplaywrightfilm actorstage actor
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Carrie Louise Hamilton was an American actress, playwright and singer. Hamilton was a daughter of comedian Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton. She was also the older sister of Jody Hamilton, an actress and producer, and singer Erin Hamilton.
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Adam Housley
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- journalistbaseball playercorrespondent
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Arthur Adam Housley is an Emmy winning American journalist, winemaker, and former professional baseball player. He worked for Fox News from 2001 until 2018.
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Montell Jordan
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- record producersinger-songwriterrappersinger
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Montell Du'Sean Jordan is an American singer, pastor, songwriter, and record producer. Best known for his 1995 single "This Is How We Do It", Jordan was the primary male solo artist on Def Jam's Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003. He is also known for his 1998 hit single "Let's Ride" featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker.
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Dennis Johnson
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Dennis Wayne Johnson, nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and an alumnus of Dominguez High School, Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine University.
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Leslie Landon
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- psychologistfilm actortelevision actor
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Leslie Landon Matthews is an American former actress. She had a supporting role on the Little House on the Prairie television series, in which her father, Michael Landon, played the lead.
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Mike Cernovich
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- journalist
- Biography
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Michael Cernovich is an American right-wing social media personality, political commentator, and conspiracy theorist. Though he initially called himself alt-right, he dissociated from the movement after Richard Spencer became its public face. Cernovich describes himself as part of the new right and some have described him as part of the alt-lite.
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Jeffrey Sprecher
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Jeffrey Craig Sprecher is an American businessman, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Rick J. Caruso
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Rick Joseph Caruso is an American billionaire businessman. The founder and former chief executive officer of Caruso, an American real-estate company, he is also the chair of the board of trustees at the University of Southern California. Caruso was previously the president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, a member of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, and was the runner-up to Karen Bass in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
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Sahith Theegala
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Sahith Reddy Theegala is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
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Will Cain
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- political analysttelevision presentercolumnistsports commentatoreditor
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Charles Williams Cain is an American columnist, political analyst, and sports commentator. He hosts The Will Cain Show weekdays at 4 p.m. on the Fox News Channel. Previously, Cain had been a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend. Cain was a contributor for ESPN, joining the network in March 2015, working with the features unit and E:60 and appearing on First Take. He was the host of The Will Cain Show on ESPN Radio, which ran from January 2018 to June 2020. He has also been a contributor for Blaze Media and CNN, appearing frequently on Soledad O'Brien's morning program Starting Point.
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Ashley Jones
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- film produceractorfilm actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Ashley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is known for her roles in soap operas as Megan Dennison on The Young and the Restless and as Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. She also portrayed the recurring role as Daphne in the second season of the HBO drama series True Blood. From 2016 to 2017, Jones played the recurring role of Parker Forsyth on General Hospital
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Amie Harwick
- Occupations
- sex therapistwritermodelpsychotherapist
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Amie Nicole Harwick was an American marriage and family therapist, writer, and occasional glamour model. A well-known therapist in West Hollywood, she authored The New Sex Bible for Women: The Complete Guide to Sexual Self-Awareness and Intimacy (2014) and regularly discussed her work on podcasts, TV, and her YouTube channel. In 2018, she was briefly the fiancée of comedian Drew Carey. During the last years of her life, she worked with Pineapple Support, a nonprofit organization that provides mental health support to members of the adult film industry.
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Jim Everett
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- American football player
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James Samuel Everett III, is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected third overall in the 1986 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers. Unable to work out a contract agreement with Everett, the Oilers traded his rights to the Rams, with whom Everett played from 1986 to 1993. Everett then played with the New Orleans Saints from 1994 to 1996 and ended his career with a stint with the San Diego Chargers in 1997.
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Michael Shermer
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- psychologistjournalisthistorian of sciencewritersport cyclist
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Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
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Mike Richards
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- game show hosttelevision producerguest hosttelevision presenter
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Michael Richards is a former American television producer, game show host, and television personality. He was most notably the executive producer of the American television game shows Let's Make a Deal and The Price Is Right from 2009 to 2019, and of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from 2020 to 2021. Richards also hosted other television series including High School Reunion, Beauty and the Geek, Pyramid, and Divided, and was executive producer of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2020.
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Pierce Brown
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterscience fiction writernovelist
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Pierce Brown is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018), Dark Age (2019), and Light Bringer (2023). He also has written a six-issue prequel comic book series, Red Rising: Sons of Ares, that was published in 2017.
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Eric Thames
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Eric Allyn Thames is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, and Washington Nationals, in the KBO League for the NC Dinos, and in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
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Oscar Muñoz
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- businesspersonchief executive officer
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Oscar Munoz is an American businessman, board member, and public speaker who was executive chairman of United Airlines from 2020 to 2021, after having been chief executive officer (CEO) of United Airlines from 2015 to 2020. Prior to his role at United Airlines, Munoz was on the board of parent company United Continental Holdings (UCH) and held executive positions at CSX Corporation and AT&T.
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Chung Sye-kyun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chung Sye-kyun is a South Korean politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and the prime minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021.
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Michelle Park Steel
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- politician
- Biography
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Michelle Eunjoo Steel is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district from 2023 to 2025, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she concurrently served as a member of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress. Steel ran for re-election to a third term in 2024, but she was defeated in the general election by Democratic challenger Derek Tran.
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Allegra Rose Edwards
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 2010 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Allegra Rose Edwards is an American television actress known for playing Cindy McCabe in the USA Network anthology series Briarpatch and Ingrid Kannerman in the Amazon Prime Video comedy Upload.
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Doug Christie
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Douglas Dale Christie is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the interim head coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Michelle Fields
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Michelle Fields is an American political journalist who formerly wrote for The Huffington Post and was a reporter for Reason TV and Breitbart News, as well as a Fox News contributor. After graduating from college, Fields was hired as a reporter at The Daily Caller. She later became a correspondent for PJ Media. Fields is a former panelist on the Fox News program Cashin' In. In 2016, Fields accused Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of grabbing her arm at a press conference. At the time, Fields was a reporter for Breitbart, but resigned her position in March 2016, due to the organization's handling of the Lewandowski incident.
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Darby Hinton
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Edgar Raymond Darby Hinton is an American actor. His parents were actor Ed Hinton (1919–1958) and Marilyn Mau Hinton (1922–1982). Both of his sisters, Darcy and Daryn Hinton, were actresses from childhood. Hinton is best known for playing Israel Boone on Daniel Boone.
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Bill Weir
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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William Francis Weir is an American television journalist and author based in Manhattan. Weir is a correspondent and anchor for CNN, and the creator and host of the global documentary series "The Wonder List with Bill Weir." He is the former co-anchor of Nightline on ABC television network in the United States and co-anchored the weekend edition of Good Morning America from 2004 to 2010. His debut book, Life as We Know It (Can Be), confronts the biggest threats to life as we know it and explores ideas for building a more promising future, drawing on his reporting experience as CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent and as the host of The Wonder List.
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Madison Hildebrand
- Occupations
- real estate agent
- Biography
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Madison Pomeroy Hildebrand is an American media personality and realtor specializing in the luxury real estate market located in Malibu, California. A broker with Partners Trust Real Estate, Hildebrand formerly co-starred in the Bravo television series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, alongside Josh Flagg and Josh Altman. In 2009, Hildebrand released a book, Activate Your Passion, Create Your Career. In 2013, Hildebrand launched a scented candle collection called The Malibu Life By Madison Hildebrand. He is also a brand ambassador for the eSignature company, DocuSign, and produces a national seminar tour where Hildebrand coaches realtors across the country.
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Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- pastortheologiancomedian
- Biography
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Nadia Bolz-Weber is an American author, Lutheran minister and public theologian. She served as the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado, until July 8, 2018.
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Dan Haren
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Daniel John Haren is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haren played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, and Chicago Cubs. He now serves as a pitching strategist with the Diamondbacks.
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Mayar Sherif
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles - making her the highest ranked Egyptian player in the Open Era - and No. 88 in doubles. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and one in doubles. She has also won a record seven WTA 125 singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.
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Mela Lee
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- actormusiciansingerfilm directorvoice actor
- Biography
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Mela Lee is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles who voices characters on a number of animated series, films, television shows and video games. She is best known as the voice of Jade in Mortal Kombat 11. In anime, she voices lead characters Rin Tosaka, in Fate/stay night as well as Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and the film trilogy Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel; Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight; Shinku the fifth Rozen Maiden doll in Rozen Maiden; and Erika Karisawa in the Durarara!! series, which was broadcast on Adult Swim. In animation, she is the voice of Tikki in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which airs on Disney Channel, Disney+ and Netflix, and Kikimora in The Owl House. In video games, she voices Lifeline in Apex Legends, Rena Ryūgū in Higurashi When They Cry, Rachel Alucard in the BlazBlue series, Tiki in the Fire Emblem series and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Sharon Kreuger and Scarlet in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series.
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Izabella St. James
- Occupations
- modelfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Izabella St. James is a television personality and a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, editor/publisher of Playboy magazine. She is best known as the author of a memoir entitled Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion, published 2006, about activities at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
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Mike Scott
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Warren Scott is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball for both the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 1986, becoming the first Astros pitcher to win the award. Scott is part of a select group of pitchers that have thrown a no-hitter and struck out 300 batters in the same season.
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Adam McArthur
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Adam McArthur is an American actor based in Los Angeles, California. His best-known role is voicing Marco Diaz in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Prince Lee-Char in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ricky and Patrick in Shadows House, Yuri in Sakugan, Chifuyu Matsuno in Tokyo Revengers, and Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen. He also voices characters on other animation shows, and on-screen on some nationally aired commercials. In martial arts, he specializes in kung fu, has been a champion at some tournaments, and has been the featured subject of several documentaries that have aired on PBS.
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Tess Broussard
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Brenda Tess Broussard is an American actress, glamour model, and media personality.
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Molefi Kete Asante
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Molefi Kete Asante is an American philosopher who is a leading figure in the fields of African-American studies, African studies, and communication studies. He is currently a professor in the Department of Africology at Temple University, where he founded the PhD program in African-American Studies. He is president of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies.
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James Hahn
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including deputy city attorney (1975–1979), city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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Fiona Ma
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fiona Ma is an American politician and accountant. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7, 2019. She previously was a member of the California Board of Equalization (2015–2019), the California State Assembly (2006–2012), and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2002–2006).
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Bradley Cole
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Bradley Thomas Cole is an American actor.
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Danielle Outlaw
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Danielle Outlaw is an American former law enforcement officer. She served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia from 2020 to 2023, chief of police of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon from 2017 to 2019, and deputy chief of the Oakland Police Department in California from 2013 to 2017.
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Luisa Stefani
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Luisa Veras Stefani is a Brazilian professional tennis player, and the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA top 10. She reached the milestone on 1 November 2021 when she peaked at No. 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 431. She had a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 10, on 30 March 2015.
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Brian Goorjian
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Brian Warwick Goorjian is an American-Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He is also coach of the Australia men's national basketball team. He is the most successful coach in Australian basketball and his career has been called the most successful in NBL history by Basketball Australia. In an NBL coaching career spanning over 20 years, Goorjian has won six championships: two with the South East Melbourne Magic, three with the Sydney Kings and one with the South Dragons. He previously served as the head coach of the Australia men's team from 2001 to 2008 before returning as coach in 2020.
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Francesca Marie Smith
- Occupations
- film actorstrippertelevision actorwritervoice actor
- Biography
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Francesca Marie Smith is an American actress known for voicing Helga Pataki on the Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold!. She is also known for voicing multiple characters on Disney's Recess, most notably as Ashley B. and Swinger Girl, among others.
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Tommy Cheung
- Occupations
- justice of the peacepolitician
- Biography
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Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, GBS, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the Catering functional constituencies seats. He is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the current chairman of the Liberal Party.
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Michele Weaver
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- film directoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Michele Weaver is an American actress, known for playing the leading role in the Oprah Winfrey Network romantic drama series, Love Is.
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Rich Cho
- Occupations
- general manager
- Biography
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Richard Cho is an American basketball executive who currently serves as the Vice President of Basketball Strategy of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the Grizzlies, Cho was the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Charlotte Hornets, and the assistant general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Cho was the first Asian American general manager in NBA history.
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Kessler Edwards
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kessler Donovan Edwards is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
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Jon McBride
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Studied human resource management
- Occupations
- fighter pilotmilitary flight engineerastronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Jon Andrew McBride was an American naval officer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NASA.
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Malcolm Thomas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Malcolm Iseiah Thomas is an American professional basketball player for the Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). He played college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs, where he twice earned All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) second-team honors.
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Gail Hopkins
- Occupations
- coachorthopedic surgeonbasketball playerbaseball playerhead coach
- Biography
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Gail Eason Hopkins is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. Before reaching the majors, he attended David Starr Jordan High School and then a catcher at Pepperdine University, where he was named an All-American in 1963. He was primarily a first baseman and catcher in the majors, and was the first Pepperdine baseball player to play Major League Baseball.
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Sarah Attar
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 2012 studied art
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Sarah Attar is a Saudi-American track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the first two female Olympians representing Saudi Arabia. She also competed in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics.
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Robert Lindstedt
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles. He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He has also reached four finals at the Wimbledon Championships: in 2010, 2011 and 2012 alongside Horia Tecău in men's doubles, and in 2019 with Jeļena Ostapenko in mixed doubles.
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Brandon Williams
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts education
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executivenaval officerfarmer
- Biography
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Brandon McDonald Williams is an American politician, farmer, and businessman who was the representative for New York's 22nd congressional district from 2023 to 2025. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Kimberly Yee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kimberly Yee is an American politician serving as the 45th Arizona state treasurer. She is the first Asian-American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature.
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Alex Acker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alexander Maurice Acker is an American-Italian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Pepperdine University. Acker was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the final pick of the 2005 NBA draft and spent two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers.
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Charles P. Rettig
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Charles Paul Rettig is an American attorney who served as the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). On September 12, 2018, the United States Senate confirmed Rettig's nomination to be Commissioner for the term expiring November 12, 2022. Rettig was sworn in on October 1, 2018.
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George Schlatter
- Occupations
- television producerfilm directortelevision directorfilm producer
- Biography
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George Schlatter is an American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, founder of the American Comedy Awards, and author of Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (Unnamed Press 2023).
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Yakhouba Diawara
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Yakhouba Diawara is a French former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Southern Idaho and Pepperdine.
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Jason Gore
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Jason William Gore is an American professional golfer.
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Susan Swift
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Susan Swift is an American actress best known for her work as a child actress and her role as Ivy Templeton in Audrey Rose.
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Bernard C. Parks
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernard C. Parks is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th district in South Los Angeles from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Parks served as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from August 1997 to May 2002.
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Robert Kyncl
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- managerscientist
- Biography
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Robert Kyncl is an American business executive. He became the CEO of Warner Music Group on January 1, 2023. He was previously the Chief Business Officer at YouTube where he oversaw all business functions, partnerships and operations. Before YouTube, Kyncl was Vice President of Content Acquisitions at Netflix, where he spearheaded the company's content acquisition for streaming TV shows and movies over the Internet. Mr and Mrs Kyncl reside with their two daughters in Los Angeles and founded Kyncl Family Foundation focused on supporting educational needs of underrepresented communities.
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Michael Reardon
- Occupations
- rock climberwriter
- Biography
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Michael Reardon was an American professional free solo climber, filmmaker, motivational speaker and writer. Reardon died at age 42, after being swept to sea by a rogue wave, shortly after climbing a sea cliff at Dohilla in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Duncan Chiu
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Duncan Chiu Tat-kun is a Hong Kong politician serving as a member of the Legislative Council for the Technology and Innovation functional constituency. He is the youngest child of Hong Kong entrepreneur Deacon Chiu.
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Mike Fetters
- Occupations
- baseball playerbaseball coach
- Biography
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Michael Lee Fetters is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams during his 16–year career from 1989 to 2004. Fetters started his playing career with the California Angels and also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, the Diamondbacks, and Minnesota Twins. Fetters had his best season in 1996 when he finished fifth in the American League in saves with 32 with the Brewers. Fetters finished his career with 100 saves.
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Kenneth Hahn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Frederick Hahn was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961.
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William B. Allen
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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William Barclay Allen is an American author, professor, and political scientist from Fernandina Beach, Florida. He was a member of the National Council on the Humanities from 1984 to 1987 and chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1988 to 1989. Allen ran as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat in California in 1986 and 1992, losing in the primary election each time. Allen has been described as a "conservative black leader in education."
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Julia Hartz
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Julia Hartz is an American entrepreneur, investor, and the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, a global ticketing and event technology platform. She is known for her leadership of Eventbrite during the COVID-19 pandemic and empowering women in the technology industry. Hartz was selected as one of Fortune magazine's most powerful women entrepreneurs.
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Maya Rogers
- Biography
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Maya Rogers is a businesswoman and entrepreneur known for her work in the video game industry. She is the president and CEO of The Tetris Company, the company that manages the licensing and development of the Tetris brand.
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Reuven Bar-On
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Reuven Bar-On is an Israeli psychologist and one of the leading pioneers, theorists and researchers in emotional intelligence. Bar-On is thought to be the first to introduce the concept of an “EQ” (“Emotional Quotient”) to measure “emotional and social competence”, although the acronym was used earlier to describe ideas that were not associated with emotional intelligence per se. In the first copy of his doctoral dissertation, which was submitted in 1985, Bar-On proposed a quantitative approach to creating “an EQ analogous to an IQ score”.
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Jami Miscik
- Occupations
- intelligence analyst
- Biography
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Judith A. "Jami" Miscik is an American intelligence analyst who was also the Central Intelligence Agency's Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Agency's most senior analytic post. In 2005 she left CIA to become Global Head of Sovereign Risk for the now-bankrupt financial services firm Lehman Brothers. Miscik is former President and Vice-Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. in New York and currently CEO of Global Strategic Insights, a private consulting firm. In 2009 she was appointed to President Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board.
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Matt Fong
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matthew Kipling Fong was an American Republican politician who served as the 30th California State Treasurer. He was a government appointee, finance industry director, and consultant after retiring from the Air Force Reserve. As of 2024, Fong is the last Republican to serve as California State Treasurer to date.
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Katherine Kirk
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Katherine Kirk is a professional golfer from Australia, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the ALPG Tour. She played under her maiden name, Katherine Hull, until her marriage to Tom Kirk on 2 August 2012 and also under the name Katherine Hull-Kirk.
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Summer Ross
- Occupations
- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
- Biography
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Summer Ross is an American beach volleyball player. She was the FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year and was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach Female Athlete of the Year. As of 2018, her partner is Sara Hughes.
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Blake Irving
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Blake Irving is the American former Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of GoDaddy. Before coming to GoDaddy in 2013, Blake Irving worked for Yahoo! and Microsoft where he helped develop NetMeeting, MSN Messenger, and Hotmail.
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Jenna Sanz-Agero
- Occupations
- lawyersinger
- Biography
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Jenna Leah Sanz-Agero is the former lead singer of the female rock group Vixen from 2001-2013, and a former president of Media 8.
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André Birotte Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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André Birotte Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and previously served as United States Attorney for the Central District of California. On July 22, 2014, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Birotte to serve as a district judge in Los Angeles after being nominated by President Barack Obama.
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Edward C. Hugler
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Edward Charles Hugler is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations in the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at the United States Department of Labor from April 2000 until March 2018. He served as Acting Secretary of Labor from February 2–24, 2009, when Hilda Solis's nomination by President Barack Obama became bogged down during Senate confirmation hearings. He stepped down from the position when Solis was confirmed and sworn in as Secretary of Labor. Ed Hugler also served as Acting Secretary of Labor from January 20, 2017, to April 28, 2017, when Alexander Acosta was confirmed and sworn into office.
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Colbey Ross
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Colbey Ross is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
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Noah Lowry
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Noah Ryan Lowry is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2007.
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Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stjarnan of the Besta deild kvenna. She was a member of the Iceland national team from 2011 to 2023.
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Sharon Draper
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writernovelist
- Biography
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Sharon Mills Draper is an American children's writer, professional educator, and the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the young and adolescent African-American experience. She is known for her Hazelwood and Jericho series, Copper Sun, Double Dutch, Out of My Mind and Romiette and Julio.
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Ryan Christenson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Alan Christenson is an American professional baseball former outfielder, minor league manager, and current bench coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Joel Kleefisch
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Joel M. Kleefisch is a former American politician and a former television reporter who now works as a lobbyist. He served fourteen years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing parts of Waukesha, Jefferson, and eastern Dane counties. His wife, Rebecca Kleefisch, was the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
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Kameron Edwards
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kameron Edwards is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
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Miranda Ayim
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Miranda Joy Ayim is a Canadian basketball player for Basket Landes in France. Ayim is a captain of the Canada women's national team and competed for Canada in three Olympics between 2012 and 2021.
