100 Notable alumni of
Pepperdine University
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Pepperdine University is 299th in the world, 123rd in North America, and 116th 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
- modeltelevision actorfilm producerfilm actor
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Michelle Lynn Monaghan is an American actress. She has starred in the films Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Trucker (2008), Source Code (2011), Pixels (2015), and Patriots Day (2016). She also received recognition for her role in the action spy film series Mission: Impossible, making appearances in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), and Fallout (2018).
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Chace Crawford
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- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
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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).
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Brandy Norwood
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- socialitefilm actorchild actorrecording artistactor
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Brandy Rayana Norwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her intricate vocal riffs, and is regarded as an influential figure in contemporary R&B.
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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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- film actormodeltelevision actorsingeractor
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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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- screenwritertelevision actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor, writer and producer. 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, Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd and as producer/executive producer on the 2024 reboot of Matlock.
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John Lasseter
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- film producerexecutive producerfilm directorfilm editoranimator
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John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, 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
- actortelevision actormodelfilm actorvoice 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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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 former politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. 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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Tahj Mowry
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- singertelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm 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 as TJ on Smart Guy. 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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- screenwritertelevision directorfilm directortelevision actoractor
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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 on the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1981), as well as its spin-off The Facts of Life (1979–1988).
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Christine Blasey Ford
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Master of Psychology
- Occupations
- university teacherbiostatisticianwriterprofessor of psychologypsychologist
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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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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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Mike Leach
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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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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Carrie Hamilton
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- playwrightfilm actorstage actortelevision actorsinger
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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 the elder sister of actress Jody Hamilton and singer-producer Erin Hamilton.
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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. Linton is married to Steven Mnuchin, the former United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Adam Housley
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- baseball playercorrespondentjournalist
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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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Leslie Landon
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- film actortelevision actorpsychologist
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Leslie Landon Matthews is an American psychologist and 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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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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Rick J. Caruso
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- businessperson
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Rick Joseph Caruso is an American billionaire businessman. The founder and former CEO of the real estate company Caruso, 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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Montell Jordan
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- singerrecord producersongwriter
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Montell Du'Sean Jordan is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer. Best known for his 1995 single "This Is How We Do It", and "Get It On Tonite", 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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Mike Cernovich
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- journalist
- Biography
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Michael Cernovich is an American right-wing social media personality and political commentator. 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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Will Cain
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- television presentercolumnistsports commentatoreditorpolitical analyst
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Charles Williams Cain is an American columnist, conservative 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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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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Amie Harwick
- Occupations
- writermodelpsychotherapistsex therapist
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Amie Nicole Harwick was an American marriage and family therapist and writer. Raised in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, she moved to Los Angeles, California in 2001, and initially worked as a personal trainer, dancer, bartender, and model. She earned a degree in psychology from California State Polytechnic University, a master's degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University, and a PhD from the non-accredited Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She practiced as a therapist, specializing in family and sex counseling, and became known for working with clients in West Hollywood.
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Teodoro Nguema
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- politicianminister
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Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, nicknamed Teodorín and Teddy, is an Equatoguinean politician who has served as the First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea since 2016. He is a son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the current president of Equatorial Guinea, by his wife, Constancia Mangue.
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Ashley Jones
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- film directortelevision actorfilm produceractorfilm 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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Pierce Brown
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- writerscience fiction writernovelistscreenwriter
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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 2015.
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Jim Everett
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- American football player
- Biography
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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, where 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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Mike Richards
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- television producerguest hosttelevision presentergame show host
- Biography
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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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Michael Shermer
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- historian of sciencewritersport cyclistphilosopherpsychologist
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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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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 head coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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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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Allegra Rose Edwards
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 2010 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Allegra 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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Michelle Park Steel
- Occupations
- 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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Oscar Munoz
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- businesspersonchief executive officer
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Oscar Munoz is an American businessman and board member, 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
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- politician
- Biography
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Chung Sye-kyun is a South Korean politician who served as the speaker of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and as the prime minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021.
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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
- television actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
- 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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Mayar Sherif
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 31 in singles, making her the highest ranked Egyptian singles player, male or female, in the Open Era. She also has a career-high of No. 65 in doubles. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and two titles in doubles. She has also won a record eight WTA 125 singles titles and two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.
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Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- theologiancomedianpastor
- 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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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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Mela Lee
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- singerfilm directorvoice actoractormusician
- 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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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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Izabella St. James
- Occupations
- film actoractormodel
- 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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Adam McArthur
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- 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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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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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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James Hahn
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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James Kenneth Hahn is a Los Angeles Superior Court judge and an American former 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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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
- university teacherphilosopherwriter
- Biography
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Molefi Kete Asante is an American philosopher who is involved 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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Luisa Stefani
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Luisa Veras Stefani is a professional tennis player from Brazil who specializes in doubles. Stefani is the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA top 10 in the Open era. This milestone for Brazilian tennis was hit on 1 November 2021, when she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached a singles ranking of No. 431. She had an ITF combined junior ranking of No. 10, on March 2015.
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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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Francesca Marie Smith
- Occupations
- strippertelevision actorwritervoice actorfilm 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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Bradley Cole
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Bradley Thomas Cole is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and musician.
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Tommy Cheung
- Occupations
- justice of the peacepolitician
- Biography
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Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the Catering functional constituency. He is also a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is leader of the Liberal Party, having previously served as party chairman from 2016 to 2022.
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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). 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 national basketball team from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2020 to 2024.
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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 Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
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Michele Weaver
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- actortelevision actorfilm director
- 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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Brandon Williams
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts education
- Occupations
- business executivenaval officerfarmerpolitician
- Biography
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Brandon McDonald Williams is an American politician who serves as the United States Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the representative for New York's 22nd congressional district from 2023 to 2025.
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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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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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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 second-team All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) honors.
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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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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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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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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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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 Summer Olympics.
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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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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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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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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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Robert Kyncl
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- 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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Yakhouba Diawara
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Yakhouba Diawara is a French former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the Pepperdine Waves.
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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 52)
- 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 since 2021. He is the youngest child of Hong Kong entrepreneur Deacon Chiu.
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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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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
- university teacherphilosopherpolitician
- 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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Reuven Bar-On
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Reuven Bar-On is a psychologist and one of the leading pioneers, theorists and researchers in emotional intelligence. Bar-On introduced 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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Lynn Biyendolo
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lynn Biyendolo /ˌbijɛnˈdoʊloʊ/ is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. The NWSL's all-time leading scorer, she was drafted out of Pepperdine University by the Western New York Flash in 2015.
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Sharon Draper
- Occupations
- children's writernovelistwriter
- 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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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 2026, Fong is the last Republican to have served as California State Treasurer.
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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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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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Jenna Sanz-Agero
- Occupations
- lawyersinger
- Biography
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Jenna Leah Sanz-Agero is the former lead singer of the female rock band Vixen from 2001-2013, and a former president of Media 8.
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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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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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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. She was a member of the Iceland national team from 2011 to 2023.
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Kameron Edwards
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kameron Edwards is an American professional basketball player and social media personality who last played for the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
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Blake Irving
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 67)
- 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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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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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 coach. He currently serves as the first base coach for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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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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Jason Johnson
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Jason Johnson is an American technology entrepreneur who has co-founded several organizations including Doma Home, August Home, Founders Den, Rethink Books, and BlueSprig. He also co-founded and chairs the Internet of Things Consortium, a non-profit organization formed by a group of companies in the Internet of things industry. Johnson is CEO of Doma Home, a next generation smart home company he co-founded with Swiss industrial designer Yves Béhar.
