100 Notable alumni of
Santa Clara University
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Santa Clara University is 412th in the world, 163rd in North America, and 151st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Santa Clara 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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Shemar Moore
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Shemar Franklin Moore is an American actor. His notable roles include Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless (1994–2002, 2004–2005, 2014, 2019, 2023), Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds (2005–2016), and the lead role of Sergeant II Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson on S.W.A.T. (2017–present) all on CBS. Moore was also the third permanent host of Soul Train from 1999 to 2003. Moore is also known for playing G.U.N. Agent Randall Handel in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a role he reprised in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
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Gavin Newsom
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- In 1989 graduated with Bachelor of Science in political science
- Occupations
- businesspersonrestaurateurtelevision presenterpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 49th lieutenant governor of California and from 2004 to 2011 as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco.
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Steve Nash
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Studied in 1992-1996
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball playerfilm directorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Stephen John Nash OC OBC is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, where he was an eight-time All-Star and a seven-time All-NBA selection. Nash was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player while playing for the Phoenix Suns.
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Jerry Brown
- Occupations
- politicianbloggerlawyer
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Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the fourth longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years and 5 days in office.
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Khaled Hosseini
- Occupations
- physiciannovelistwriterphysician writermedical writer
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Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's people and culture.
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Max Baer, Jr
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm producerfilm actorstage actorfilm director
- Biography
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Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr. is an American former actor, producer, comedian, and director widely known for his role as Jethro Bodine, the dim-witted relative of Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) on The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Leon Panetta
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianjuristlawyer
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Leon Edward Panetta is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House chief of staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), as well as a U.S. representative from California (1977–1993).
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Michael Trucco
- Occupations
- film actormusiciantelevision actoractor
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Edward Michael Trucco is an American actor known for his role as Samuel Anders on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and his recurring role as Nick Petteruti in How I Met Your Mother. He also appeared on the 2017–2018 Netflix series Disjointed, as Tae Kwon Douglas, a local martial arts instructor who was anti-drug.
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Reza Aslan
- Occupations
- Trekkiewriteruniversity teacherreligious studies scholartelevision producer
- Biography
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Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology, writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity. He has written four books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, God: A Human History and in 2022 An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville.
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Julie Ertz
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Julie Beth Ertz is an American former professional soccer player. From 2014 to 2021, she played for National Women's Soccer League club Chicago Red Stars, and in 2023 she played for Angel City FC. A member of the United States women's national team from 2013 to 2023, she first appeared for the United States national team during an international friendly against Scotland on February 9, 2013, eventually making 123 total appearances for the team.
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Paul Kantner
- Occupations
- banjoistsinger-songwriterrecording artistguitarist
- Biography
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Paul Lorin Kantner was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He continued these roles as a member of Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane's successor band.
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Nicole Shanahan
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- politicianpatron of the artslawyerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Nicole Ann Shanahan is an American attorney working in Silicon Valley. She was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate in his 2024 presidential campaign.
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Brendan Eich
- Occupations
- computer scientistchief technology officerprogrammer
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Brendan Eich is an American computer programmer and technology executive. He created the JavaScript programming language and co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla Corporation. He served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer before he was appointed chief executive officer, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage. He subsequently became the cofounder and CEO of Brave Software.
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Wojciech Cejrowski
- Occupations
- photographerjournalistexplorerwritersociologist
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Wojciech Daniel Cejrowski is a Polish radio journalist, satirist, photographer, traveller, author of books and press publications, artistic director of the Discover World library, and member of The Explorers Club.
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Andy Devine
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Andrew Vabre Devine was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films. He also appeared alongside John Wayne in films such as Stagecoach (1939), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and How the West Was Won (both 1962). He is also remembered as Jingles on the TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958, as Danny McGuire in A Star Is Born (1937), and as the voice of Friar Tuck in the Disney Animation Studio film Robin Hood (1973).
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Jorma Kaukonen
- Occupations
- guitaristsinger-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist Jack Casady, and as of early 2024 has continued for 55 years. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 54 on its list of 100 Greatest Guitarists. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane.
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Janet Napolitano
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator. She served as president of the University of California from 2013 to 2020, on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2015, the United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013 (during the administration of President Barack Obama), and the 21st governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009. Napolitano also served as Chairwoman of the National Governors Association for the 2006–2007 cycle, becoming the first woman to do so.
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Pansy Ho
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Pansy Catalina Ho Chiu-king is a Hong Kong billionaire businesswoman who is the daughter of Macau businessman Stanley Ho, and the managing director of various companies he founded, including Shun Tak Holdings. Pansy has major interests in two of the six casino licence-holders in Macau. She was named 25th on Forbes’ list of Hong Kong’s 50 richest people in 2021 with an estimated fortune of HK$31.8 billion (US$4.1 billion), and the 2nd richest woman in Hong Kong.
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Kurt Rambis
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Darrell Kurt Rambis is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach who is a senior basketball adviser for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won four NBA championships while playing power forward for the Lakers. Rambis was a key member of the Showtime era Lakers and was extremely popular for his hard-nosed blue collar play. With his trademark black horn-rimmed glasses, Rambis complemented the flashy Hollywood style of the Showtime era Lakers.
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Zoe Lofgren
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- In 1975 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- faculty memberpoliticianuniversity teacherlawyerexecutive director
- Biography
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Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren is an American politician and lawyer serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 15th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired the House Administration Committee in the 116th and 117th Congresses.
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Pat Gelsinger
- Occupations
- engineerchief executive officer
- Biography
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Patrick Paul Gelsinger is an American business executive and engineer, who was the CEO of Intel from February 2021 to December 2024.
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Dee Dee Myers
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianwriteropinion journalist
- Biography
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Margaret Jane "Dee Dee" Myers is an American political analyst who served as the 19th White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration. She was the first woman and, at the time, the second-youngest person to hold that position. Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The West Wing. She was the inspiration for fictional White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg. She is also the author of the 2008 New York Times best-selling book, Why Women Should Rule the World. In 2020, she joined the Gavin Newsom administration as Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.
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Mike Espy
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alphonso Michael Espy is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, Espy previously served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1993.
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Frank Murkowski
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Studied in 1951-1953
- Occupations
- politicianbanker
- Biography
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Frank Hughes Murkowski is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator representing Alaska from 1981 to 2002 and as the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 to 2006.
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Keith Kellogg
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. is an American statesman, diplomat, and retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He previously served as the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, and as the Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council in the first Trump administration. He served as National Security Advisor on an acting basis following the resignation of Michael T. Flynn. In November 2024, President-elect Trump selected Kellogg to be his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
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Dan Kaminsky
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Daniel Kaminsky was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Human Security (formerly White Ops), a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where he was the director of penetration testing. The New York Times labeled Kaminsky an "Internet security savior" and "a digital Paul Revere".
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Paul Soriano
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Paul David Soriano is a Filipino commercial and film director, producer.
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Paul Laxalt
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- politicianprosecutorlawyer
- Biography
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Paul Dominique Laxalt was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States senator representing Nevada from 1974 until 1987. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics. After Reagan was elected president in 1980, many in the national press referred to Laxalt as "the first friend". He was the older brother of writer Robert Laxalt and maternal grandfather of Adam Laxalt, who served as the 33rd attorney general of Nevada from 2015 to 2019.
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Lloyd Pierce
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Lloyd Daniel Pierce is an American basketball coach who serves as the lead assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously coached for the Philadelphia 76ers, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, and Atlanta Hawks. In addition to coaching, he has also played internationally.
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Richard Riordan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Joseph Riordan was an American businessman, investor, military commander, philanthropist, and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party, Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001; he remains the most recent Republican to hold that office. He ran for governor in the 2002 California gubernatorial election, losing the Republican primary. After politics, he resumed his business career, specializing in private equity.
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José Abad Santos
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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José Abad Santos y Basco was the fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He briefly served as the acting president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and acting commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during World War II, from March 1942 until his execution. Japanese forces killed him for refusing to cooperate during their occupation of the country.
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Jimmy Panetta
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- In 1996 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Varni Panetta is an American lawyer, politician, and former Navy intelligence officer from the state of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the U.S. representative for California's 19th congressional district. Formerly his district was numbered the 20th congressional district. His current district includes southeast San Jose and much of California's Central Coast, including Monterey, Santa Cruz, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Paso Robles to the south. Panetta was first elected in 2016, after working as a deputy district attorney for Monterey County. He is the son of former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and holds the same congressional seat his father once held.
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Mike Pereira
- Occupations
- sports journalist
- Biography
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Mike Pereira is a former American football official and later vice president of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) and currently the head of officiating for the United Football League (UFL). Since 2010, he has served as a rules analyst for Fox Sports, for which he has gained the nickname "Mikey Rule Books".
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Aly Wagner
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alyson Kay Wagner is an American sports broadcaster and retired soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup bronze medalist. She has worked for Fox Sports, CBS Sports and ESPN as a soccer analyst. She is the first woman to call a FIFA Men's World Cup game on English-language U.S. television, serving as the analyst alongside Derek Rae for Iran's 1–0 win against Morocco on June 15, 2018. She is also an owner of USL Championship club Queensboro FC and a founding owner and co-chair of the National Women's Soccer League expansion club awarded to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2023.
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Everett Alvarez, Jr
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Everett Alvarez Jr. is a retired United States Navy officer who endured one of the longest periods as a prisoner of war (POW) in U.S. military history. Alvarez was the first U.S. pilot to be shot down and detained during the Vietnam War and spent over eight years in captivity, making him the second longest-held U.S. POW, after U.S. Army Colonel Floyd James Thompson.
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Sandra McCoy
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in psychology
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actordanceractor
- Biography
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Sandra McCoy is an American former actress and dancer. McCoy is primarily known for being featured in the music video of NSYNC's 2001 single, "Pop" and as Vanessa in Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee.
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Ken Caillat
- Occupations
- composerrecord producer
- Biography
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Kenneth Douglas Caillat is an American record producer. He is best known for producing the Fleetwood Mac albums Rumours, Tusk and Mirage. He is the father of singer Colbie Caillat.
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Jayshree Ullal
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Jayshree V. Ullal is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100/ 400/ 800 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.
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Laura Cha
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Laura Cha Shih May-lung, GBM, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong businesswoman and politician. She is the Chairman of Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. She served as a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2022.
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Mitch White
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mitchell Harrison White is an American professional baseball pitcher for the SSG Landers of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, and Milwaukee Brewers.
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Daniel Nava
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Daniel James Nava is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Philadelphia Phillies. Nava is only the fourth player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in his first major league at bat and the second to do it on the first pitch.
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David Drummond
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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David Carl Drummond is an American business executive and former lawyer. He served as senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc., and, formerly, for its subsidiary, Google. Prior to joining Google, in 2002, Drummond was a partner at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and then chief financial officer of software company SmartForce. Drummond retired from Alphabet on January 31, 2020.
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Mike Carey
- Occupations
- American football officialAmerican football player
- Biography
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Michael Carey is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL). His uniform number was 94. Prior to his officiating career, he played college football as a running back for Santa Clara University.
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Anthony A. Williams
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Anthony Allen Williams is an American politician who was the mayor of the District of Columbia, for two terms, from 1999 to 2007. Williams had previously served as chief financial officer for the district, managing to balance the budget and achieve a surplus within two years of appointment. He held a variety of executive posts in cities and states around the country prior to his service in the D.C. government. Since 2012, he has served as chief executive officer/executive director of the Federal City Council.
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Edmund Lowe
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Edmund Sherbourne Lowe was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.
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Anthony Lun
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
- Biography
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Anthony Lun is a Hong Kong songwriter, arranger, musical director and singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and English.
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John Bryant
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Bryant is an American professional basketball player for Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga. Bryant was the 2009 West Coast Conference player of the year and an All-American as a senior at Santa Clara University.
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Lloyd Bacon
- Occupations
- actorfilm actordirectorstage actorfilm director
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Lloyd Francis Bacon was an American screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director, he made films in virtually all genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, and crime dramas. He was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the 1930s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films. And, in directing Warner Bros.' 42nd Street, he joined the movie's song-and-dance-number director, Busby Berkeley, in contributing to "an instant and enduring classic transformed the musical genre".
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A. P. Hamann
- Years
- 1909-1977 (aged 68)
- Occupations
- mayormilitary officer
- Biography
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Anthony P. Hamann, better known as A. P. Hamann or Dutch, was the city manager of San Jose, California, USA, from 1950 to 1969. During his tenure, San Jose grew from a small agriculture-based city of 95,000 residents to a large economically diverse city of almost 500,000.
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Anya Marina
- Occupations
- disc jockeycomposersinger-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Anya Marina Kroth is an American singer-songwriter, based in New York City. Her music has been featured on several television shows, including Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, The Real World, Castle, United States of Tara, Gossip Girl, Batwoman, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural. Her songs have been featured on the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack and 13 Reasons Why Season 2 soundtrack.
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Maria Sánchez
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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María Guadalupe Sánchez Morales is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she also plays for the Mexico national team.
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Randy Winn
- Occupations
- basketball playerbaseball player
- Biography
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Dwight Randolph Winn is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or parts of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily as an outfielder. Winn was a switch hitter, and threw right-handed. He made his major league debut in 1998 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, then went on to play for the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals. He played in the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He currently works as an analyst for Giants broadcasts on NBC Sports Bay Area.
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Erik Hurtado
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Erik Hurtado is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a forward.
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Bill Hayes
- Occupations
- photographerscreenwriterwriterbiographer
- Biography
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William Brooke Hayes is an American non-fiction writer and photographer. He has written five books – Sleep Demons, Five Quarts, The Anatomist, Insomniac City and Sweat – and has produced one book of photography, How New York Breaks Your Heart. His freelance writing has appeared in a number of periodicals, most notably The New York Times.
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Mahi B. Chowdhury
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Munshiganj-1 constituency. He is currently the joint secretary general of the party Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB). He is the son of former President A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.
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Jason Cunliffe
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a striker and midfielder for Bank of Guam Strykers in the Guam Soccer League, and is the current captain of the Guamanian national team.
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Sam Farr
- Occupations
- Peace Corpspolitician
- Biography
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Samuel Sharon Farr is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. On November 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections.
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Jason Khalipa
- Occupations
- coach
- Biography
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Jason Khalipa is an American former professional CrossFit Games athlete known for his accomplishments as the 2008 CrossFit Games champion.
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Tai Wynyard
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Studied in 2018
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tai Hikuroa Wynyard is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He began his career playing in his home country for the Breakers of the Australian NBL and the Super City Rangers of the New Zealand NBL. After a two-year stint in the United States playing college basketball for Kentucky, Wynyard returned to the Australian and New Zealand NBL.
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Charles E. Stanton
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Charles Egbert Stanton was an officer in the United States Army, and attained the rank of colonel. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, he served as chief disbursing officer and aide to General John J. Pershing during World War I. He is best known for having included the memorable expression "Lafayette, we are here!" in a speech he gave in Paris during the First World War.
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Jon Ramon Aboitiz
- Years
- 1948-2018 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Jon Ramon Melendez Aboitiz was a Filipino businessman, and president of the Aboitiz & Company Inc. (ACO) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), part of the Aboitiz Group.
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Anu Peshawaria
- Occupations
- lawyertennis player
- Biography
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Anu Peshawaria is an Indian American US Immigration lawyer, author, activist, and philanthropist having founded several non profits & a Wimbledon tennis player from the United States. Her legal work focuses on immigrant rights, domestic violence, women's rights, and children's rights, and she has practiced immigration law before the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of Washington, and Supreme Court of India. She was the First legal advisor appointed by Govt of India to the US Embassy in Washington DC. She was also Former India's No 1 Women's tennis Champion. She founded "Seva Legal Aid" to help victims of hate crimes & domestic abuse. She also won major International tennis tournaments around the world including playing for India at Wimbledon in 1979. She has assisted survivors from all around the world, varying from India, South America, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Somalia & Burma.
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Blair Hull
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Blair Hull is an American businessman, investor, and Democratic politician.
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Perry Petty
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Parish Perry Petty is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the City Oilers. He played college basketball for Allen Community College, Santa Clara University and University of Texas–Pan American.
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Doron Perkins
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Doron Perkins is an American former professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he can play as either a point guard or a shooting guard. He was the 2009 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and the 2010 and 2011 Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.
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Michelle Ashford
- Occupations
- television producerscreenwritershowrunnerfilm producer
- Biography
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Michelle Ashford is an American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known for her Emmy-nominated writing for the 2010 Miniseries The Pacific. In 2013, Ashford's TV series Masters of Sex debuted in the US on Showtime.
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Elizabeth Birch
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Elizabeth Millen Birch is an American attorney and former corporate executive who chaired the board of directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1992 to 1994. She served as the executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT organization, from January 1995 until January 2004.
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Bruce Bochte
- Occupations
- basketball playerbaseball player
- Biography
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Bruce Anton Bochte is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1974–1982 and 1984–1986. He played his entire career in the American League for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics. Bochte graduated from Arcadia High School in California and played collegiate ball for the Santa Clara Broncos baseball team until he was drafted by the Angels in the second round (34th overall) of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.
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Curren Price
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Curren De Mille Price Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic Party, currently serving as a Los Angeles city council member for District 9. Price was a California State Senator, representing the state's 26th Senate District which he won in the May 19, 2009 special election to fill the seat vacated by Mark Ridley-Thomas. He previously served as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the state's 51st Assembly District. He was first elected to that position in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008. Price resigned as state senator on July 1, 2013, to be sworn in as Los Angeles city councilman.
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Danielle Slaton
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Danielle Victoria Slaton is an American retired professional soccer player. She is currently a soccer analyst for MLS Season Pass, Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Network. A five-year member of the United States women's national soccer team from 2000-2005, Slaton also played for the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and was named the league's Defender of the Year. She went on to play for the French club Olympique Lyonnais where she was a starting defender on the team in the Division 1 Féminine. In 2017 she was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.
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Robert Freitas
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- engineernanotechnologist
- Biography
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Robert A. Freitas Jr. is an American nanotechnologist.
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Nelson Briles
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Nelson Kelley Briles was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A hard thrower whose best pitch was a slider, he exhibited excellent control. Briles batted and threw right-handed. He was a starting pitcher on World Series champions with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967 and Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971.
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Suzy Loftus
- Occupations
- lawyer
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Suzanne Theresa Loftus is an American attorney who served as interim San Francisco district attorney, nominated by Mayor London Breed after the resignation of George Gascón. Loftus ran in the 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election, losing narrowly to criminal justice reform advocate Chesa Boudin.
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Geoffrey Katsuhisa
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Geoffrey Katsuhisa is the assistant coach of the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the Japanese B.League.
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Dani Weatherholt
- Occupations
- association football player
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Danielle Marie Weatherholt is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She can also play as a center back or left back. She played college soccer at Santa Clara University and was drafted by the Orlando Pride in the 2016 NWSL College Draft. She has also played for Melbourne Victory, OL Reign, and Angel City FC.
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Richard Tallman
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- lawyerjudge
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Richard Charles Tallman is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a former judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
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William Royer
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- politician
- Biography
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William Howard Royer was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California from 1979 until 1981.
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Bianca Henninger
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Bianca Henninger Moreno is an American-born Mexican former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for the Houston Dash and the Mexico women's national football team.
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Ken Sears
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Robert Sears was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first basketball player on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954, issue during his senior season in college.
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Bob Wieckowski
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert A. Wieckowski is an American attorney and politician who served in the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represented the 10th Senate District, which encompassed the central and southern portions of the East Bay and South Bay.
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Erik Tandberg
- Occupations
- air force officerdirector of communicationslocal politician
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Erik Tandberg was a Norwegian engineer, author, television personality and space educator. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was a master of science from Stanford University in 1959. He did his scholarship at Princeton University in the years 1964-65.
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Joseph Fessio
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- publisherpresbytertheologian
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Joseph Fessio SJ is an American Jesuit priest, as well as the founder and editor of Ignatius Press. After studying with Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), he founded the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, one of the first Catholic Great Books programs in the United States, then served as the founding provost of Ave Maria University. He hosts the weekly podcast Father Fessio in Five.
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Mana Shim
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Meleana Lokahi "Mana" Shim is an American women's soccer player and athlete advocate. Shim plays as a midfielder, and previously spent most of her senior career with Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). After the revelations of the Yates Report, Shim was named chairperson of a new Participant Safety Taskforce at U.S. Soccer.
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Cecilia Samartin
- Occupations
- writernovelistpsychologist
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Cecilia Samartin is a Cuban-American writer and psychologist. She studied psychology at UCLA and marriage and family therapy at Santa Clara University.
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Paul McDonald Calvo
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Paul McDonald Calvo was a Guamanian politician who served as the third governor of Guam from 1979 to 1983. Before his accession to the governorship, Calvo served in the Guam Legislature from 1971 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party of Guam.
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Sonia Bashir Kabir
- Born in
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Bangladesh - Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- businessperson
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Sonia Bashir Kabir is the only female technology investor in Bangladesh focusing on tech startups in emerging markets of South Asia. She began her career as a tech corporate professional in Silicon Valley and her journey led her to become a technology entrepreneur, an angel investor and finally a licensed, Instituitonal Venture Capital Fund Manager.
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Michael S. Malone
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Michael Shawn Malone is an American author, columnist, editor, investor, businessman, television producer, and has been the host of several shows on PBS. As of 2009, Malone is a columnist for ABC News, an op-ed contributor for The Wall Street Journal, a contributing editor to Wired, and the editor-in-chief of Edgelings.com, a website focused on business and technology news in Silicon Valley.
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John Boccabella
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Dominic Boccabella is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1974 with the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants.
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Len Casanova
- Occupations
- military officerbaseball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Leonard Joseph Casanova was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Santa Clara University (1946–1949), the University of Pittsburgh (1950), and the University of Oregon (1951–1966), compiling a career college football record of 104–94–11. Casanova was also the head baseball coach at Santa Clara from 1940 to 1942, tallying a mark of 39–25. After retiring from coaching, he served as the athletic director at Oregon. Casanova was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1977.
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David C. Geary
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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David Cyril Geary is an American cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist with interests in mathematical learning and sex differences. He is currently a Curators’ Professor and Thomas Jefferson Fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
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Mark Stone
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Stone is an American lawyer and politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 29th Assembly District, which encompassed parts of the northern Central Coast.
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Stephen M. White
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Stephen Mallory White was an American attorney and politician from California. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Senator from 1893 to 1899.
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Vincent Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vincent Thomas was a Democratic Party politician from California who represented San Pedro's 68th and 52nd Districts in the California Assembly from 1941 to 1978.
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John Vasconcellos
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Bernard Vasconcellos Jr. ComIH was an American politician from California and member of the Democratic Party. He represented Silicon Valley as a member of the California State Assembly for 30 years and a California State Senator for 8 years. His lifelong interest in psychology led to his advocacy of the self-esteem movement in California politics.
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Ashley Gjøvik
- Years
- 1986-.. (age 39)
- Enrolled in Santa Clara University
- 2018-2022 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- program manager
- Biography
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Ashley Gjøvik is an American program manager and activist who is known for her labor complaints against Apple Inc. Gjøvik was terminated in 2021 by Apple for allegedly leaking confidential intellectual property, which she denied. Gjøvik alleged her firing was retaliation for speaking out against the company.
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Brooke Hart
- Years
- 1911-1933 (aged 22)
- Biography
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Brooke Leopold Hart was the eldest son of Alexander Hart, the owner of the L. Hart & Son department store in downtown San Jose, California, United States. His kidnapping and murder were heavily publicized, and the subsequent lynching of his alleged murderers, Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes, sparked widespread political debate.
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James Francis Smith
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyermilitary officer
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James Francis Smith was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Governor-General of the Philippines and an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.
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Phyllis Jean Hamilton
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Phyllis Jean Hamilton is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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J. R. Graham
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Johnathan Ryan Graham is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2015 to 2016.
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Raymond Cowels
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Raymond Cowels III is an American professional basketball player who plays for MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for Santa Clara University before playing professionally in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Finland and France.
