100 Notable alumni of
St John's University - New York
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St John's University - New York is 383rd in the world, 154th in North America, and 144th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from St John's University - New York sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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J. Cole
- Occupations
- film actorrappercomposeractorfilm screenwriter
- Biography
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Jermaine Lamarr Cole is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained attention as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Intent on further pursuing a musical career, he signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2009 and released two additional mixtapes: The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010) to further critical acclaim as he garnered a wider following.
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Mario Cuomo
- Occupations
- politicianbaseball playerlawyer
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Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo previously served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and the secretary of state of New York from 1975 to 1978. He was the father of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and NewsNation anchor Christopher Cuomo.
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Metta Sandiford-Artest
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball playerrapperactor
- Biography
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Metta Sandiford-Artest, previously legally named Metta World Peace, is an American former professional basketball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Under the name Ron Artest, he played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1999 NBA draft.
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George Hu
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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George Hu is a Taiwanese-American actor, singer and martial artist based in Taiwan. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien. Since 2011, he has been signed to Yang Deng-kui's management company Polyland International Entertainment.
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Salvatore Vulcano
- Occupations
- television actor
- Biography
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Salvatore Edward Anthony Vulcano is an American improvisational and stand-up comedian, actor, and producer from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe consisting of himself, James Murray, Brian Quinn, and formerly Joe Gatto. Along with the other members of The Tenderloins, he stars in the television series Impractical Jokers, which premiered in 2011, on TruTV.
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Ron Silver
- Occupations
- stage actorwriterproducerfilm producerfilm actor
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Ronald Arthur Silver was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and activist. As an actor, he portrayed Henry Kissinger, Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business, and was nominated for an Emmy for his recurring role as political strategist Bruno Gianelli in The West Wing.
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Chris Mullin
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Christopher Paul Mullin is an American former professional basketball player, executive and coach. He is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team—"The Dream Team"—and in 2011 for his individual career).
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Mark Jackson
- Occupations
- sports commentatorbasketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Mark A. Jackson is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm and was selected by the New York Knicks in the first round of the 1987 NBA draft with the 18th overall pick. He played in the NBA for the Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in a career spanning from 1987 to 2004.
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Rachel Daly
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Rachel Ann Daly is an English professional footballer who plays predominantly as a striker for Aston Villa in the FA Women's Super League. Having spent most of her career with Houston Dash in the NWSL, she spent her youth career at Leeds United, for which she also made her senior debut. She represented England and Great Britain.
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Leszek Balcerowicz
- Enrolled in St John's University - New York
- Studied in 1974
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomistbanker
- Biography
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Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland (2001–2007) and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (1989–1991, 1997–2001).
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Mariah the Scientist
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Mariah Amani Buckles, known professionally as Mariah the Scientist, is an American singer and songwriter. She signed with Tory Lanez's One Umbrella and RCA Records to release her debut studio album Master (2019) and its follow up, Ry Ry World (2021). She parted ways with both labels in favor of Epic Records to release her third studio album, To Be Eaten Alive (2023), which marked her first entry on the Billboard 200.
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Bruce Sudano
- Occupations
- composersinger-songwriterrecord producer
- Biography
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Bruce Charles Sudano is an American musician and songwriter noted for creating songs for artists such as Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and his wife, the Grammy Award-winning singer Donna Summer. Sudano is the founder of indie record label Purple Heart Recording Company.
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George Deukmejian
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, he was the state's first governor of Armenian descent.
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Mike Francesa
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Michael Patrick Francesa is an American sports-radio talk-show host. Together with Chris Russo, he launched Mike and the Mad Dog in 1989 on WFAN in New York City, which ran until 2008 and is one of the most successful sports-talk radio programs in American history.
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James S.C. Chao
- Years
- 1927-.. (age 98)
- Occupations
- entrepreneursailorbusinessperson
- Biography
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James Si-Cheng Chao is a Chinese businessman, philanthropist, and former sea captain. He is the founder of the shipping company Foremost Group. He is also known as the father of Elaine Chao and father-in-law of United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Maurice Harkless
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Maurice José "Moe" Harkless is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player who last played for the Rip City Remix of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before being drafted 15th overall, after his freshman season, in the 2012 NBA draft. Harkless has represented the Puerto Rican national team.
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Bill Wennington
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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William Percey Wennington is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and 1983 World University Games, where the team won gold. He was also on the Canadian team that narrowly missed qualification for the 1992 Olympics. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Justin Brownlee
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justin Donta Brownlee is an American naturalized Filipino professional basketball player for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm.
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Martin Ritt
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directorfilm produceractordirector
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Martin Ritt was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative."
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Alistair Johnston
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alistair William Johnston is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Canada national team.
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Hugh Carey
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Hugh Leo Carey was an American politician and attorney of the Democratic Party who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to 1974 and as the 51st governor of New York from 1975 to 1982.
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JaKarr Sampson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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JaKarr Jordan Sampson is an American professional basketball player for Kuwait SC of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm. He is a frequent rebounder and shot-blocker, and is noted for his speed and a near 7'0" wingspan. He won a national championship with Brewster Academy in 2012 after achieving star status with his high school team.
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Al McGuire
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Alfred James McGuire was an American college basketball coach and broadcaster, the head coach at Marquette University from 1964 to 1977. He won a national championship in his final season at Marquette, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also well known as a longtime national television basketball broadcaster and for his colorful personality.
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Amir Garrett
- Occupations
- basketball playerbaseball player
- Biography
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Amir Jamal Garrett is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels. Garrett played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before pursuing a baseball career fully. He was drafted by the Reds in 2011 and made his MLB debut in 2017.
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Bob Sheppard
- Occupations
- baseball playermilitary officer
- Biography
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Robert Leo Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (1951–2007), and the New York Giants of the National Football League (1956–2006).
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Omar Cook
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Omar-Sharif Cook is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represented Montenegro internationally. Prior to entering the draft he was considered a top 10 overall prospect by several NBA scouts.
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John Louis Esposito
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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John Louis Esposito is an American academic, professor of Middle Eastern and religious studies, and scholar of Islamic studies, who serves as Professor of Religion, International Affairs, and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is also the founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown.
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Kao Hua-chu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kao Hua-chu is a retired Republic of China Army general and the incumbent Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China. He was the Minister of National Defense that appointed to the post by then Premier-designate Wu Den-yih on 9 September 2009. On 29 July 2013, Kao resigned from his post due to the death scandal of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu of the Republic of China Army during his conscription on 4 July 2013.
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Thomas Joseph Pickard
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Thomas Joseph Pickard is a former acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the resignation of Director Louis Freeh. He is the longest serving and one of only two Democrats to have ever led the FBI in the 115-year history of the organization, the other being James B. Adams who served as acting director for seven days in February of 1978.
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Daniel M. Donovan, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Daniel Michael Donovan Jr. is an American attorney, former prosecutor and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. Donovan served as District Attorney of Richmond County from 2004 to 2015. He was first elected to Congress in a special election following the resignation of Michael Grimm. The district includes all of Staten Island, as well as portions of southwest Brooklyn. Donovan was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democrat Max Rose.
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Julian Champagnie
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Julian Kymani Champagnie is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm, twice earning all-conference honors in the Big East.
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D. J. Kennedy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David John Kennedy is an American professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the East Asia Super League (EASL). He played college basketball for St. John's University.
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Sir'Dominic Pointer
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Sir'Dominic Denzel Pointer is an American professional basketball player for Shabab Al Ahli of the Basketball Champions League Asia. He played college basketball at St. John's. He was drafted 53rd overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Shamorie Ponds
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Shamorie Saequan Ponds is an American professional basketball player for the Erdenet Miners of The League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm.
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Tim Parker
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Timothy Ryan Parker is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls.
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Nelson George
- Occupations
- music criticscreenwriterwriterfilm producerfilm director
- Biography
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Nelson George is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Max Zaslofsky
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Max "Slats" Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) where he was selected to the all-league first-team from 1947 to 1950. In the 1947–48 BAA season, at 21 years of age, he led the BAA in scoring, and in the 1949–50 NBA season, he led the league in free throw percentage (.843).
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Howie Schwab
- Occupations
- editortelevision personalitycoordinating producer
- Biography
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Howard Arlen Schwab was an American television personality and sports researcher who worked for ESPN in various roles from 1987 to 2013. Known for his extensive knowledge of sports trivia, he was the final adversary on the network's game show Stump the Schwab (2004–2006), in which contestants tested their knowledge against his; Schwab estimated that he was victorious about 80% of the time. As a geek and non-athlete, The Athletic credited him with breaking the sterotype of people seen on sports television.
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Gary Ackerman
- Enrolled in St John's University - New York
- Studied in 1966
- Occupations
- business executivepoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Gary Leonard Ackerman is an American retired politician and former U.S. representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013, after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012.
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Sidney Shapiro
- Occupations
- translatorpoet lawyerwriter
- Biography
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Sidney Shapiro was an American-born Chinese actor, lawyer, translator, and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. He lived in Beijing for more than 50 years and eventually became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was one of very few naturalized citizens of the PRC.
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D'Angelo Harrison
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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D'Angelo Damon Harrison is an American basketball player for Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A. He completed his college career for the St. John's Red Storm before playing professionally in Turkey, Israel and Russia. Harrison is known as a prolific scorer and marksman, holding the St. John's record for career three-pointers made.
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Anthony Varvaro
- Occupations
- baseball playerpolice officer
- Biography
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Anthony Michael Varvaro was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, and Boston Red Sox from 2010 to 2015. After Varvaro's baseball career, he became a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Brent Sancho
- Occupations
- association football playerpolitician
- Biography
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Brent Sancho CM is a Trinidadian former professional football player and politician. In February 2015, he became the Minister of Sports for his home country, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Diarmuid O'Scannlain
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His chambers are located in Portland, Oregon.
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Tim Cluess
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Timothy Michael Cluess is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the head men's basketball coach at Iona College. He is also a former head coach of Long Island University–C.W. Post.
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Chang Zhenming
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- entrepreneurGo player
- Biography
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Chang Zhenming, born October 1956 in Beijing, China, is the Chairman of CITIC Group and the Chairman and Managing Director of CITIC Group's Hong Kong listed subsidiary company, CITIC Pacific.
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Russ Banham
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Russ Banham is an American author and reporter formerly with The Journal of Commerce and later a freelance journalist writing for The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Forbes, The Economist, Euromoney, Financial Times, Chief Executive and several other business publications and trade magazines.
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Shalrie Joseph
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Shalrie Jamal Joseph is a Grenadian former professional footballer and coach.
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Daryl Homer
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Daryl Homer is an American right-handed saber fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2016 individual Olympic silver medalist.
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Diane Savino
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Diane J. Savino is an American Democratic politician who represented the 23rd Senate District in the New York State Senate, in northern Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island. She currently serves as a senior advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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Floyd H. Flake
- Enrolled in St John's University - New York
- Studied in 1980-1984
- Occupations
- politicianpastor
- Biography
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Floyd Harold Flake is an American businessman, minister, and former politician who was the senior pastor of the 23,000-member Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and the 18th president of Wilberforce University. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1987 to 1997.
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Roshown McLeod
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Roshown McLeod is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1998 NBA draft. A 6'8" small forward from St. John's University and Duke University, McLeod played in three National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons from 1999 to 2001. He played for the Hawks and briefly for the Philadelphia 76ers. In the 2001–02 season, he was a member of the Boston Celtics but was permanently injured and unable to play. Due to this injury, he had to prematurely end his career.
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Abdullah Bishara
- Occupations
- diplomatbusinessperson
- Biography
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Abdullah Bishara is a Kuwaiti diplomat and politician, who was the first secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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Mark Gjonaj
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Gjonaj is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 13th district from 2018 to 2021. He previously represented the 80th district of the New York State Assembly from 2013 to 2017. His district encompasses Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Pelham Gardens, and Norwood, among other communities of the Bronx.
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L.J. Figueroa
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lionel Jr. "L. J." Figueroa Mercado is a Dominican and American professional basketball player for Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). He played college basketball for the Odessa Wranglers, the St. John's Red Storm, and the Oregon Ducks.
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Nelson Johnson
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Nelson C. Johnson is an American author and former judge, lawyer and historian, best known for his 2002 New York Times bestseller, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City. His book served as the basis for the popular and Emmy Award-winning HBO period political crime drama TV series Boardwalk Empire.
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Justin Burrell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justin Burrell is an American professional basketball player for Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the B.League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm from 2007 to 2011.
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Gerald Cardinale
- Enrolled in St John's University - New York
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- dentistpolitician
- Biography
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Gerald Cardinale was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1982 until his death in 2021, representing the 39th Legislative District. He also served one term in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1980 until 1982. At the time of his death, he was the second-most senior senator in the state, behind Richard Codey, who also came to office in January 1982, but had served in the General Assembly since 1974. Cardinale was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1984, 1988 and 1992 and served as a Delegate to the New Jersey Republican State Platform Committee in 1983.
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Jimmy Van Bramer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James G. Van Bramer is an American politician. A Democrat, who served in the New York City Council and represented the 26th district from 2010 to 2021, which includes Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside in Queens. Van Bramer is a progressive who was one of the few members of the City Council to endorse Cynthia Nixon's campaign in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election.
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Robert Cornegy
- Occupations
- basketball playerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert E. Cornegy Jr. is an American politician. He is a former New York City Council Member for the 36th district, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
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Dagmara Wozniak
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Dagmara "Daga" Wozniak is an American saber fencer. Wozniak was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's saber competition as a substitute, and as a competitor at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. As of the summer of 2016, she was ranked as one of the top 10 saber fencers in the world.
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P. Kevin Castel
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Peter Kevin Castel is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Bootsy Thornton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marvis Linwood "Bootsy" Thornton III is an American former professional basketball player.
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Chris Obekpa
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Christopher Ewaoche Obekpa is a Nigerian professional basketball player for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
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Charles J. Hynes
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Charles Joseph Hynes was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York who served as Kings County District Attorney from 1990 to 2013.
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Dwight Hardy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Dwight Junior Hardy is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for OGM Ormanspor of the Basketball Super League.
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Zendon Hamilton
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Zendon Alphonso Hamilton is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2000 to 2006.
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Bill Cody
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Páll Valtýr Pálsson or "Bill" Cody Sr. was a Hollywood B-Western actor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and father to Bill Cody Jr.
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Marcus LoVett Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marcus LoVett Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Tianjin Pioneers of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm.
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Andrew Lanza
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrew Joseph Lanza is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He is a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 24th district, which includes most of Staten Island. He was elected in 2006 after having served on the New York City Council for the 51st district.
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LeRoy Ellis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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LeRoy Ellis was an American basketball player.
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Liberata Mulamula
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Liberata Mulamula, (née Rutageruka (born 10 April 1956) is a Tanzanian diplomat and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation from April 2021 to October 2022. She was appointed by President Samia Suluhu, on 31 March 2021 and was sworn into office on 1 April 2021.
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Joseph Addabbo, Jr
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Patrick Addabbo Jr. is an American politician, a Democratic member of the New York State Senate from the 15th district representing Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth and parts of South Ozone Park, Ridgewood, Woodside and The Rockaways.
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Edmund D. Pellegrino
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Edmund Daniel Pellegrino was an American bioethicist and academic who served as the 11th president of The Catholic University of America (CUA) from 1978 to 1982. For 35 years, Pellegrino was a distinguished professor of medicine and medical ethics and the Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Pellegrino was an expert both in clinical bioethics, and in the field of medicine and the humanities, specifically, the teaching of humanities in medical school, which he helped pioneer). He was the second layman to hold the position of President of Catholic University.
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John Kavanagh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Kavanagh is an American politician who has served in both houses of the Arizona State Legislature since 2007. He is currently representing the 3rd legislative district in the Arizona Senate since 2023.
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Jerry DeGregorio
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Gennaro L. "Jerry" DeGregorio is an American basketball coach. He was the former head basketball coach of the University of Rhode Island, where he coached the Rams from 1999 to 2001.
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Keeth Smart
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Keeth Thomas Smart is an American saber fencer, who was the first American to gain the sport's top ranking for males in saber. A three-time Olympian, he won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in team sabre.
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Lamont Hamilton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lamont Alexander "Monty" Hamilton is an American professional basketball player for Niigata Albirex BB of the Japanese B.League. He is a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall power forward-center.
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Tom J. Donohue
- Enrolled in St John's University - New York
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Thomas Joseph Donohue Sr. was an American business executive. He served as the President and CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce located in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 2021. During his leadership of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Donohue established the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform and was president of the National Chamber Foundation. Before his leadership at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Donohue was President and CEO of the American Trucking Association.
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Francisco Moya
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francisco P. Moya is an American politician from Corona, Queens. He has served in the New York City Council from the 21st district since 2018. He served in the New York State Assembly from the 39th district from 2011 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Mike Tolkin
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- rugby union coach
- Biography
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Mike Tolkin is a rugby union coach who served as head coach of the United States national team from 2012 until 2015. He was the head coach for Rugby United New York for the Major League Rugby 2019 Season. He is the current General Manager of Premier Rugby Sevens.
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Martin Golden
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Martin J. Golden is an American politician from Brooklyn, New York, one of the five boroughs of New York City. A Republican, Golden represented the 43rd district in the New York City Council from 1998 to 2002 and represented the 22nd district of the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2018.
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Bob Turner
- Enrolled in St John's University - New York
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticiantelevision producer
- Biography
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Robert L. Turner is an American businessman and politician who served as the United States representative for New York's 9th congressional district (containing parts of Brooklyn and Queens) from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Anthony DeStefano
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Anthony DeStefano is an American author of Christian books for adults and children.
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Richard Freudenberg
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Richard Nikolaus Freudenberg is a former German professional basketball player. Standing 6'9" (2.06 m) tall, he played at the small forward position.
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Lavor Postell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Andre Lavor Postell is an American former professional basketball player. Following a college career at St. John's University, he was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft. He played three seasons with the Knicks showing promise when Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell were sidelined by injuries. During his career, Postell played in 61 games and averaged 3.2 points. His final NBA game was played on April 15, 2003, in a 93–109 loss to the Indiana Pacers where he recorded 4 points and 1 assist. After playing in the NBA, Postell played in Europe and Latin America. At the age of 35, he enlisted in the US Army.
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James J. Schiro
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- businessperson
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James Joseph Schiro was an American businessman who became CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Zurich Financial Services and was a director of number of multinational companies including of PepsiCo, Philips and Goldman Sachs.
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Sean Evans
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- basketball player
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Sean Evans is an American professional basketball player, who last played for Dinamo București of the Romanian League. Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions. After playing four years of college basketball at St. John's, Evans entered the 2011 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
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Alphonse Gallegos
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Alphonse Gallegos, OAR, was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991. He was nicknamed the "Bishop of the Barrios."
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Orlando Sánchez
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- basketball player
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Orlando Emilio Sánchez Caminero is a Dominican professional basketball player for Bucaneros de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB). He played college basketball for Monroe College and St. John's University, and has represented the Dominican Republic in international competition.
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Eugene Lawrence
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- basketball player
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Eugene Lawrence is an American professional basketball player for BC Novosibirsk of the Russian Basketball Super League 1.
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Chris Galletta
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- screenwriter
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Chris Galletta is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 2013 coming-of-age film The Kings of Summer.
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Jerry Bush
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Gerard L. Bush was a college men's basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of Toledo from 1947 to 1954 and Nebraska from 1954 to 1963. He coached his teams to a 208–190 record, winning a Mid-American Conference championship and one NCAA tournament appearance. He played his college basketball at St. John's. He was inducted into the Toledo athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Paris Horne
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- basketball player
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Paris L. Horne is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. Horne played college basketball at St. John's University. He has played for BG Gottingen in Germany and competed at the FIBA EuroChallenge 2012 (6 games and 10.7 ppg).
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Zsanett Kaján
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- association football player
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Zsanett Bernadett Kaján is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Lazio and the Hungary national team.
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Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta
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- physicist
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Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, known better as Sushanta Dattagupta, is an Indian condensed matter physicist. He was Director of the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Kolkata between 1999 and 2005 and then he was appointed Program Co-ordinator by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development for the newly evolving system of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER). Subsequently, in 2006 he was made the founding director of IISER Kolkata. After serving one full term there the same ministry of HRD made him the Vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati, which is served between September 2011 and February 2016.
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Malik Ellison
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- basketball player
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Malik Ellison is an American professional basketball player for Kauhajoen Karhu of the Korisliiga. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm, the Pittsburgh Panthers, and the Hartford Hawks.
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Ivan Lee
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- fencer
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Ivan James Lee is an American former Olympic sabre fencer and coach. He was a two-time NCAA Men's Sabre Champion, a five-time national sabre champion, and was inducted into the US Fencing Association Hall of Fame. He worked as a police officer in the New York City Police Department from 2008 until 2022, and as the Women's Fencing Team Head Coach at Long Island University from 2019 until December 2023. Lee was elected Chair of the board of directors of USA Fencing in September 2023. He was suspended by USA Fencing in December 2023, for his alleged conduct that would constitute a violation of the U.S. Center for SafeSport (SafeSport) Code. Lee resigned when he was informed of his suspension. His suspension was upheld by SafeSport on January 4, 2024, lifted by SafeSport on January 16 while it continued its investigation of Lee’s conduct, and then reimposed by SafeSport in February 2024.
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Stefani Miglioranzi
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- association football player
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Stefani Miglioranzi is a retired Brazilian-American footballer. After a successful playing career that spanned 18 years, Stefani Miglioranzi retired from playing professionally and became a Registered Intermediary and licensed FIFA match agent for First Wave Sports International, a full service agency for professional soccer players / footballers.
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Rob Keighron
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- radio personality
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Robert E. Keighron is an American media personality, businessman, and politician. He formerly served as a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn before his dispensation from the clergy for personal reasons in 2014. He is known from his appearances on Sirius XM's The Catholic Guy Show with Lino Rulli from 2008 to 2014, as well as appearances with Chris Russo on various radio platforms.
