100 Notable alumni of
University of Montana
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The University of Montana is 542nd in the world, 207th in North America, and 191st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Montana 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. K. Simmons
- Occupations
- film actorcharacter actortelevision actoractorstage actor
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Jonathan Kimble Simmons is an American actor. He is considered one of the most eminent character actors of his generation, having appeared in over 200 films and television roles. He is the recipient of various Supporting Actor accolades for his performance as the music instructor Terence Fletcher in Damien Chazelle's Whiplash (2014), including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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Carroll O'Connor
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm producerstage actor
- Biography
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John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. O'Connor found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). O'Connor later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995), where he played the role of police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. In the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award.
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Eric Braeden
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- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Eric Braeden is a German-born film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series The Rat Patrol, Dr. Charles Forbin in Colossus: The Forbin Project, as Dr. Otto Hasslein in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and as John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 film Titanic. He won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman.
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Kroy Biermann
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Kroy Evan Biermann is a former American football linebacker. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Montana.
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Hank Green
- Occupations
- television producerscience communicatorpodcasterYouTubernovelist
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William Henry Green II is an American YouTuber, science communicator, and entrepreneur. He produces the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers with his older brother, author John Green, and hosts the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow. He has advocated for and organized social activism, created and hosted a number of other YouTube channels and podcasts, released music albums, and amassed a large following on TikTok.
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Lily Gladstone
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- In 2008 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Lily Gladstone is an American actress. Raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana, Gladstone is of Piegan Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and European heritage. She earned critical acclaim for portraying Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman who survived the Osage Indian murders, in Martin Scorsese's crime drama film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), receiving several accolades. She became the first Native American to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Jeff Ament
- Occupations
- musicianbassist
- Biography
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Jeffrey Allen Ament is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Pearl Jam, which he co-founded alongside Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. Ament wrote or co-wrote many of Pearl Jam's hits, including "Jeremy", "Oceans", "Dissident", "Nothingman" and "Nothing as It Seems".
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Stephanie Land
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- memoiristmaidwriter
- Biography
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Stephanie Land is an American author and public speaker. She is best known for writing Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (2019), which was adapted to television miniseries Maid (2021) for Netflix. Her second memoir, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education (2023) explores the challenges of single parenting and poverty while attending college. Land has also written several articles about maid service work, domestic abuse and poverty in the United States.
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Jeannette Rankin
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- In 1902 graduated with Bachelor of Science in biology
- Occupations
- women's rights activistpeace activistpoliticiansocial workerpacifist
- Biography
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.
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George Montgomery
- Occupations
- sculptorfilm actorfilm producerscreenwriterstunt performer
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George Montgomery was an American actor, best known for his work in Western films and television. He was also a painter, director, producer, writer, sculptor, furniture craftsman, and stuntman. He was married to Dinah Shore and was engaged to Hedy Lamarr.
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Jack Horner
- Occupations
- geologistpaleontologistherpetologist
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John Robert Horner is an American paleontologist most famous for describing Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. In addition to his paleontological discoveries, Horner served as the technical advisor for the first five Jurassic Park films, had a cameo appearance in Jurassic World, and served as a partial inspiration for one of the lead characters of the franchise, Dr. Alan Grant. Horner studied at the University of Montana, although he did not complete his degree due to undiagnosed dyslexia, and was awarded a Doctorate in Science honoris causa. He retired from Montana State University on July 1, 2016, although he claims to have been pushed out of the Museum of the Rockies after having married an undergraduate student and now teaches as a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University.
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Mike Mansfield
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- Studied in 1933
- In 1934 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politicianmineruniversity teacherdiplomat
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Mansfield was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Senate Majority Leader and served from 1961 to 1977. During his tenure, he shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate.
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Harold Urey
- Occupations
- physical chemistuniversity teacherwriterastronomerchemist
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Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium. He played a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, as well as contributing to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter.
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Micheal Ray Richardson
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. He played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies. The No. 4 overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Richardson played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight years with the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets. He was a four-time NBA All-Star, and led the league in steals in three seasons. He later became a head coach in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada).
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John Dahl
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwritertelevision directordirector
- Biography
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John Dahl is an American film and television director and writer, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre.
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Andrew Sean Greer
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Andrew Sean Greer is an American novelist and short story writer. Greer received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Less. He is the author of The Story of a Marriage, which The New York Times has called an "inspired, lyrical novel", and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named one of the best books of 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle and received a California Book Award.
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Brendon Burchard
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- 1995-2001 graduated with master's degree in communication studies
- Occupations
- motivational speaker
- Biography
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Brendon Burchard is an author, high performance coach and motivational speaker.
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Jim Messina
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Jim Messina is an American political adviser who was the White House deputy chief of staff for operations under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011 and served as the campaign manager for Obama's successful 2012 re-election campaign. His "innovative fusion of technology and politics led Google chairman Eric Schmidt to call the 2012 race 'the best-run campaign ever'". He is the CEO of the Messina Group.
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Allie Brosh
- Occupations
- comics artistdesignercartoonistillustrator
- Biography
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Allie Brosh is an American blogger, writer and comic artist best known for her blog in the form of a webcomic Hyperbole and a Half.
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Zooey Zephyr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zooey Simone Zephyr is an American politician and university administrator who represents Missoula in the 100th district in the Montana House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected in the 2022 election, making her the first openly transgender person to be elected to the state legislature in Montana. She was sworn in as a representative on January 2, 2023.
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Ashley Longshore
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Sarah Ashley Longshore is a New York-based painter and entrepreneur. She is the owner of the Longshore Studio Gallery, located on 43 Crosby Street in SoHo, New York. Longshore's art focuses on pop culture, Hollywood glamour, and American consumerism.
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Larry Krystkowiak
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Larry Brett Krystkowiak is a retired American professional basketball player, and former head coach of the Utah Utes men's basketball team.
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Wayne Tinkle
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Wayne Francis Tinkle II is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's team of the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to his arrival in Corvallis in 2014, he was the head coach for eight seasons in the Big Sky Conference at his alma mater, Montana, preceded by five years with the Griz as an assistant coach.
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Shannon Hale
- Occupations
- writernovelistscreenwriterfantasy authorchildren's writer
- Biography
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Shannon Hale is an American author primarily of young adult fantasy, including the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy and The Goose Girl. Her first novel for adults, Austenland, was adapted into a film in 2013. She is a graduate of the University of Utah and the University of Montana. She has also co-written with her husband, Dean.
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Lindsey Doe
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- YouTubersexologist
- Biography
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Lindsey Takara Doe is a sexologist, sex educator, and host of Sexplanations on YouTube.
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Molly Wood
- Occupations
- podcasterjournalist
- Biography
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Molly Wood is an American podcast host and journalist.
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B. Chance Saltzman
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Bradley Chance Saltzman is a United States Space Force general who is the second and current chief of space operations. He served as the deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber, and nuclear from 2020 to 2022. He is the first lieutenant general and the first general officer promoted into the Space Force.
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Rob Quist
- Occupations
- banjoistsinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Robert Ernest Quist is an American musician and politician, known for his work in bluegrass and country music. Originally a founding member of the Mission Mountain Wood Band, he plays guitar and banjo in addition to singing and songwriting. His songs have also been recorded by artists Michael Martin Murphey and Loretta Lynn, among others.
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Emily Graslie
- Occupations
- television presentercuratorscreenwritertelevision producerYouTuber
- Biography
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Emily Graslie is an American science communicator and YouTube educator. She started volunteering at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana in 2011. After appearing in a VlogBrothers video by Hank Green in 2012, she was asked to join the Nerdfighter network. She presented the educational YouTube channel called "The Brain Scoop" until 2021 and also hosted portions of the Big History series featured on the Crash Course YouTube channel. Graslie was employed by the Field Museum as their first-ever Chief Curiosity Correspondent.
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Mike Cooney
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael R. Cooney is an American politician who served as the 36th lieutenant governor of Montana from 2016 to 2021. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1981), as the secretary of state of Montana (1989–2001), in the Montana Senate (2003–2011), as the president of the Montana Senate (2007–2009) and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Montana in 2000. Cooney was the Democratic nominee for governor of Montana in the 2020 election, losing to Republican U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte.
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Marc Racicot
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Marc Racicot is an American attorney, lobbyist, and former Republican politician who served as the 21st Governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office, Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani. His notable clients included Enron, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and the Recording Industry Association of America.
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Flint Rasmussen
- Occupations
- rodeo clownteacher
- Biography
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Flint Rasmussen is an American television sideline reporter for the Professional Bull Riders. Previously, he was a professional rodeo barrelman for many years. He is perhaps the most famous barrelman in the history of bull riding. He currently resides in Billings, Montana, United States.
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Jacob Wiley
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jacob Daniel Wiley is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player for the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL).
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Carson Ellis
- Occupations
- artistillustrator
- Biography
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Carson Friedman Ellis is a Canadian-born American children's book illustrator and artist. She received a Caldecott Honor for her children's book Du Iz Tak? (2016). Her work is inspired by folk art, art history, and mysticism.
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James Grady
- Occupations
- writerinvestigatornovelistscreenwriterjournalist
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James Grady is an American writer and investigative journalist known for his thriller novels on espionage, intrigue, and police procedurals, as well as his screenwriting work for TV shows with Stephen J. Cannell and film work with Brandon Lee, William Katt and David Hasslehoff. Grady’s edited fiction anthologies, published numerous short stories and poems. In 2008, London’s Daily Telegraph named Grady as one of “50 crime writers to read before you die.” In 2015, The Washington Post compared his prose to George Orwell and Bob Dylan..
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Duncan L. Hunter
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009.
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Tyler Knott Gregson
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Tyler Knott Gregson is a poet, best-selling author, essayist, and professional photographer based in Helena, Montana. Gregson has accrued fame as a poet on social media platforms such as Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter since 2009. He writes and posts a bi-weekly newsletter, Signal Fire, filled with essays, poetry, and photography, and continues to publish poetry anthologies.
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John Patrick Williams
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- Studied in 1956-1957
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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John Patrick Williams is an American Democratic legislator who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1997.
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Sidney Runyan Thomas
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Sidney Runyan Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1996. He served as the Ninth Circuit's chief judge from 2014 to 2021. His chambers are located in Billings, Montana.
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Swede Vejtasa
- Occupations
- fighter pilot
- Biography
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Stanley Winfield "Swede" Vejtasa was a United States Navy career officer and World War II flying ace. During the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, he was credited with downing seven Japanese aircraft in one mission, becoming an "ace in a day".
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Denise Juneau
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Denise Juneau is an American attorney, educator, and politician from the U.S. state of Montana who served as the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2009 to 2017. She is a Democrat and the first female Native American elected to statewide office in the United States. Her mother is Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, while her father is Blackfoot.
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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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Chase Reynolds
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Chase Reynolds is a former American football running back and special teamer. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Montana.
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Lee Metcalf
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Lee Warren Metcalf was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was the first of Montana's U.S. Senators to be born in the state, and was Permanent Acting President pro tempore of the Senate, the only one to hold that position, from 1963 until his death in 1978.
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Daniel Mazur
- Occupations
- screenwritermountaineer
- Biography
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Daniel Lee Mazur is a mountain climber, expedition leader, and philanthropist who has ascended nine of the world's highest summits, including Mount Everest and K2. In addition, he is known for several high altitude mountain rescues: the 1991 rescue of Roman Giutashvili from Mount Everest, the rescue of Gary Ball from K2 in 1992, the rescue in 2006 of Australian climber Lincoln Hall from Mount Everest, and the rescue of British mountaineer Rick Allen from Broad Peak in 2018.
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Reagan Wilson
- Occupations
- actorPlayboy Playmatefilm actor
- Biography
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Reagan Diana Wilson is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1967 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
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Russell Thorson
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Russell Thorson was an American actor, perhaps best known for his co-starring role as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom in ABC's 1959–1962 hit crime drama, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.
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Tim Fox
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Timothy Charles Fox is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the attorney general of Montana from 2013 to 2021. Fox was a candidate for governor of Montana in the Republican primary of the 2020 election.
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Joseph Lewis, Jr
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Joseph Lewis, Jr. is a judge on the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
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Brian Qvale
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brian Arthur Qvale is an American professional basketball player who last played for Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya of the Japan - B2 League. He played college basketball for the University of Montana before moving to Europe and playing for teams in Turkey, Belgium and Germany.
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J. Robert Lennon
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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John Robert Lennon is an American novelist, short story writer, musician and composer.
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Ben Hoffman
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Ben Hoffman is an American professional triathlete from Grand Junction, Colorado who races in long distance, non-drafting triathlon events. In 2014 he placed second at the Ironman World Championship.
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Doug Betters
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Douglas Lloyd Betters is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1987.
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Angela McLean
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Angela McLean is an American politician and educator who served as the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Montana from February 10, 2014, to January 3, 2016. Governor Steve Bullock, a Democrat, selected McLean in 2014 to replace newly appointed U.S. Senator John Walsh after appointing Walsh to the vacancy created by Senator Max Baucus's resignation.
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Andrew Gould
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Andrew W. Gould is a former justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. He assumed office in 2016 and began his second term on January 4, 2021, having been retained to the Arizona Supreme Court on November 3, 2020, with 68.1% of the vote. On March 12, 2021, Gould announced his retirement from the court, effective April 1, 2021.
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Carter Roy
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Carter Roy is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer based in Los Angeles.
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John Bohlinger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Bohlinger, Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. He ran for the office as a Republican on a bipartisan ticket headed by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brian Schweitzer. Schweitzer and Bohlinger were elected to the governorship and lieutenant governorship in 2004; both were reelected in 2008. Due to term limits, they were unable to run in the 2012 election. Bohlinger switched to the Democratic Party in 2013.
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Kent Anderson
- Occupations
- novelistcrime fiction writerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Kent Anderson is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, former police officer and former university professor born in North Carolina. He has written novels, various articles and scenarios.
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Lea Fadida
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Leah Fadida Ben Sheetrit is an Israeli politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union and the Labor Party between 2017 and 2019.
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Dana L. Christensen
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Dana Lewis Christensen is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
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James R. Browning
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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James Robert Browning was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Lee Powell
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Lee Berrian Powell was an American film actor known for leading or other major roles in several serials and B-westerns. He was the first actor to portray The Lone Ranger on film. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in combat on several Pacific Islands, on one of which he died.
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Paul G. Hatfield
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Paul Gerhart Hatfield was an American attorney, politician, and jurist. He served briefly as United States Senator from Montana in 1978, and then as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
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Blaine Taylor
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Blaine Taylor is a former American college basketball coach most well known for being the head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team from 2001 until 2013.
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David Bell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David Bell is an American professional basketball player who last played for Phoenix Brussels. Formerly, Bell played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies basketball team and is playing professional since 2004. He has also played for multiple teams in the United States and in Europe.
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Arthur Amiotte
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Arthur Douglas Amiotte is an Oglala Lakota Native American painter, collage artist, educator, and author.
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Bryce Bennett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bryce Bennett, an American politician from Montana. As a Democrat, he served in the Montana Senate from 2019 to 2021 and represented he 50th senate district based in Missoula, Montana. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
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Mark Angelo
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Mark Angelo, is a Canadian river conservationist, writer, speaker, teacher and paddler. He founded and is the chair of BC Rivers Day and World Rivers Day. In 2009, Angelo was appointed as the inaugural chair of the Rivers Institute at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Prior to that, he was the long-time head of the Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program at BCIT. Angelo has received the Order of British Columbia and the Order of Canada in recognition of his river conservation efforts. In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University for his river conservation work both locally and globally and in 2019, was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Trent University for his contributions to protecting global waterways. Angelo's river conservation efforts have been the subject of several feature length films, including the 2016 documentary, RiverBlue and the 2021 film, Last Paddle; 1000 Rivers, 1 Life.
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Ron Marlenee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronald Charles Marlenee was a Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Montana from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1993. He represented Montana's 2nd congressional district.
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Shann Schillinger
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Shann Schillinger is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Mary, a position he has held since 2023. He previously coached for Dickinson State, Nebraska, Montana, and Mississippi State. He played college football for Montana as a linebacker and was selected in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft to the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He also played for the Tennessee Titans.
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John P. Grotzinger
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- international forum participantpaleontologistuniversity teachergeologist
- Biography
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John P. Grotzinger is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at California Institute of Technology and chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. His works primarily focus on chemical and physical interactions between life and the environment. In addition to biogeological studies done on Earth, Grotzinger is also active in research into the geology of Mars and has made contributions to NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
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Donald Grant Nutter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Grant Nutter was an American politician. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II, Nutter served in the Montana Senate and as the chair of the state Republican Party prior to being elected the 15th governor of Montana in 1960. After a year in office, he was killed in an airplane crash during a blizzard in January 1962.
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Donald W. Molloy
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Donald W. Molloy is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
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George Hugo Boldt
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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George Hugo Boldt was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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Nicole LeFavour
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Nicole LeFavour is an American politician and educator from Idaho who served as an Idaho State Senator from 2008 to 2012. LeFavour previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008.
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John W. Bonner
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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John Woodrow Bonner was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of Montana from January 3, 1949, to January 4, 1953. He was the first Governor of Montana to be born in the 20th century.
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Orrin H. Pilkey
- Years
- 1934-.. (age 90)
- Occupations
- oceanographeruniversity teachergeologistecologist
- Biography
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Orrin H. Pilkey is an American Professor Emeritus of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, at Duke University, and founder and director emeritus of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) which is currently based at Western Carolina University.
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Sheila Black
- Occupations
- children's writerwriterpoet
- Biography
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Sheila Black, an American poet, has written over 40 books for children and young adults as well as four poetry collections. She was a 2000: U.S. co-winner of the Frost-Pellicer Frontera Prize, and a 2012 Witter Bynner Fellowship.
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Jaimie Thibeault
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Jaimie Thibeault is a Canadian volleyball player. She is a member of the Canada women's national volleyball team.
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John Driscoll
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Brian Driscoll is an American writer and politician who served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.
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Lisa Parks
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- university teachermedia scholaracademic
- Biography
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Lisa Ann Parks is Distinguished Professor of Film and Media Studies and Director of the Global Media Technologies & Cultures Lab at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She was formerly Professor of Comparative Media Studies and Science, Technology and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she founded the GMTaC Lab. She won a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship in 2018 for "exploring the global reach of information technology infrastructures".
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William W. Mercer
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Walter "Bill" Mercer is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 46th district. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of Montana, as well as principal associate deputy attorney general for the United States Department of Justice. Mercer was nominated by President George W. Bush as Associate Attorney General and served in the position in an acting capacity, but resigned before his confirmation hearing could take place.
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Susan P. Watters
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Susan Pamela Watters is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of Montana.
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Charles C. Lovell
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Charles C. Lovell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
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Jesse Laslovich
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jesse A. Laslovich is an American attorney and politician who has served as the United States Attorney for the District of Montana since 2022. He previously served as a member of the Montana House of Representatives and Montana Senate.
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Arnold Olsen
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Arnold Olsen was a U.S. Democratic politician who served as the Attorney General of Montana from 1949 to 1957, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana's 1st congressional district from 1961 to 1971.
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John Mutorwa
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Mutorwa is a Namibian politician and current a deputy prime minister and Minister of Works and Transport. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Mutorwa has served in the National Assembly of Namibia as well as the cabinet since 1992.
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Linda McCulloch
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Linda McCulloch is an American politician who is formerly the secretary of state of Montana. She was the first woman to serve in that post. She left her previous post as state superintendent of public instruction due to term limits, which she also reached as Secretary of State.
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John Marzluff
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in wildlife biology
- Occupations
- biologistacademicuniversity teacherornithologist
- Biography
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John Marzluff is a professor of wildlife science at the University of Washington and an author.
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Lawson H. M. Sanderson
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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Lawson Harry McPhearson Sanderson was an aviation pioneer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. He is most noted for his effort in development of the dive bombing technique. As commanding officer of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Sanderson accepted the Japanese surrender of Wake Island at the end of World War II.
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nila northSun
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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nila northSun is a Native American poet and tribal historian.
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Daniel Zolnikov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Zolnikov is an American politician who served as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021. He was elected to House District 47 which represents Billings, Montana.
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Charles E. Erdmann
- Enrolled in the University of Montana
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- military officerjudge
- Biography
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Charles Edgar "Chip" Erdmann is a Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. His term began on October 15, 2002, and expired on July 31, 2017.
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Alfred Young Man
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Alfred Young Man, Ph.D. or Kiyugimah is a Cree artist, writer, educator, and an enrolled member of the Chippewa-Cree tribe located on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation, Montana, US. His Montana birth certificate lists him as being 13/16th Cree by blood-quantum, his full sister, Shirley, is listed as 16/16ths. He is a former Department Head (2007–2010) of Indian Fine Arts at the First Nations University of Canada in Regina, Saskatchewan and former Chair (1999–2007) of Native American Studies, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lethbridge and University of Regina.
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Sam E. Haddon
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Sam Ellis Haddon is an American attorney and jurist serving as an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
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Kareem Jamar
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kareem Jamar is an American basketball player for Kapfenberg Bulls of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball at the University of Montana, where he was named an honorable mention All-American and the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in 2013.
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Richard G. Shoup
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Gardner "Dick" Shoup was a U.S. Representative from Montana, great-grandson of George Laird Shoup.
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Richard F. Cebull
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Richard Frank Cebull is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
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Fabijan Krslovic
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Fabijan Krslovic is an Australian professional basketball player for the Tasmania JackJumpers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for University of Montana.
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Shane Morigeau
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shane Morigeau is an American politician. He grew up in Ronan, Montana, and he is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation.
