100 Notable alumni of
University of Texas at El Paso
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The University of Texas at El Paso is 546th in the world, 210th in North America, and 194th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Texas at El Paso sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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F. Murray Abraham
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorcharacter actorfilm actor
- Biography
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F. Murray Abraham is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He came to prominence for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Alana de la Garza
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Alana de la Garza is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Connie Rubirosa on the NBC television series Law & Order in the last four seasons of its initial run, Law & Order: LA until the show's conclusion in 2011, and in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also portrayed Marisol Delko-Caine on CSI: Miami. In 2014 and 2015, she starred as Detective Jo Martinez in the ABC series Forever. From 2016 to 2017, she starred in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as Special Agent Clara Seger. In 2019, she began starring as SAC Isobel Castille on FBI, a role she also plays on the spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted.
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Tim Hardaway
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Timothy Duane Hardaway Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. Hardaway played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and All-NBA Team selection. Hardaway won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was known for his crossover dribble which was dubbed the "UTEP two-step" by television analysts. In 2022 Hardaway was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Blackjack Mulligan
- Occupations
- player of American footballprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Robert Deroy Windham, better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler and American football player. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in-law of Mike Rotunda, and the maternal grandfather of Bo Dallas and Bray Wyatt.
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Susan Blakely
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Susan Blakely is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and an Emmy nomination for Best Actress. Blakely also has appeared in films including The Towering Inferno (1974), Report to the Commissioner (1975), Capone (1975), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) and Over the Top (1987).
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Bob Beamon
- Occupations
- athletics competitorbasketball player
- Biography
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Robert Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. By jumping 8.90 m ( 29 ft 2+1⁄4 in), he broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21+3⁄4 in) and his world record stood for almost 23 years until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell. The jump is still the Olympic record and the second-longest in history unassisted by wind.
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Aaron Jones
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Aaron LaRae Jones is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UTEP and was selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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Nate "Tiny" Archibald
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- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald is an American retired professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City–Omaha Kings and Boston Celtics. In 1991, he was enshrined into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Ed Hochuli
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- American football officiallawyer
- Biography
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Edward G. Hochuli is an American retired attorney and former American football official. He served as an attorney at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. from 1983 to 2021, and was an official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1990 to 2017; his uniform number was 85. Before becoming a football official, he played college football for four seasons at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
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Sam Donaldson
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr. is an American former reporter and news anchor, serving with ABC News from 1967 to 2009. He is best known as the network's White House Correspondent (1977–1989 and 1998–99) and as a panelist and later co-anchor of the network's Sunday program, This Week.
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Susana Martinez
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Susana Martinez is an American politician and attorney who served as the 31st governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, she served as chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from 2015 to 2016. She was the first female Governor of New Mexico, and the first Hispanic female governor in the United States.
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Bobby Joe Hill
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyrone Bobby Joe Hill was an American basketball player and was the leading scorer of the 1965–66 Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) team, helping the Miners win the 1966 NCAA basketball championship. The victory is considered one of the most important wins in sports history – Texas Western started an all-black starting lineup, against the all-white University of Kentucky.
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Antonio Davis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Antonio Lee Davis is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played for Panathinaikos B.C. in Greece and Philips Milano in Italy. Davis is also the former president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). On October 31, 2012, ESPN announced the hiring of Davis as a studio analyst for NBA broadcasts. He is also currently a co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.
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Tanga Loa
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Fifita is an American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), under the ring name Tanga Loa (タンガ・ロア Tanga Roa) (originally Tanga Roa).
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Ana Alicia
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres is a Mexican-American former actress who performed in theatre and on television. She is known for playing scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest for seven seasons. She got her television start spending a year on the daytime soap-opera Ryan's Hope and also performed in few single episode guest-starring roles on various televisions shows or in television movies most years from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s.
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Nolan Richardson
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Nolan Richardson Jr. is a former American basketball head coach best known for his tenure at the University of Arkansas, where he won the 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and led the Razorbacks to three Final Fours. Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, Richardson coached teams to winning a Division I Basketball National Championship, an NIT championship, and a Junior College National Championship, making him the only coach to win all three championships. During his 22 seasons of coaching in NCAA Division I, Richardson made a post-season tournament appearance 20 times.
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Veronica Escobar
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Veronica Escobar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, based in El Paso, since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as an El Paso County commissioner from 2007 to 2011 and the El Paso county judge from 2011 until 2017.
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Eric Hilton
- Occupations
- philanthropisthotel manager
- Biography
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Eric Michael Hilton was an American heir, hotelier, and philanthropist.
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Héctor Guerrero
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Héctor Manuel Guerrero Llanes is a Mexican American former commentator and professional wrestler. He is a part of professional wrestling's Guerrero family along with his father Gory, brothers Chavo, Mando, and Eddie, nephew Chavo Jr., and niece Raquel Diaz. During his career, Guerrero worked for most of the major North American wrestling promotions, most notably serving as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Spanish color commentator from 2007 to 2015.
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Gerina Piller
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, Mendoza appeared on the Golf Channel reality television competition The Big Break.
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Obadele Thompson
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Obadele "Oba" Thompson BSS is a Barbados-born former sprinter, lawyer, author, and speaker. He won Barbados's first and only Olympic medal as an independent country by placing third in the 100 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a finalist at each Olympics. His personal best performances are 9.87 seconds for the 100 m, 19.97 seconds for the 200 metres (both Barbadian records), and 45.38 seconds for the 400 metres. He has held the indoor 55 metres world record (5.99 sec.) since 1997.
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Shoshana Johnson
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Shoshana Nyree Johnson is a Panamanian-born former United States soldier, and the first black female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. Johnson was a Specialist of the U.S. Army 507th Maintenance Company, 5/52 ADA BN, 11th ADA Brigade.
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Angelica Fuentes
- Occupations
- international forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Angélica Fuentes Téllez is a Mexican business executive and was the majority shareholder of Grupo Omnilife-Angelissima-Chivas, a multinational corporation based in Mexico composed of nutrition supplements company Omnilife, beauty and cosmetics brand Angelíssima, and the Mexican soccer team, C.D. Guadalajara, more commonly known as Chivas. She founded Angelíssima in 2010, followed by the Angélica Fuentes Foundation in 2014, dedicated to promoting women's empowerment and achievement of gender equality in Latin America.
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Don Maynard
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Donald Rogers Maynard was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver known for playing for the New York Jets in the National Football League (NFL). He also played with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals; and the Shreveport Steamer of the World Football League (WFL).
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Ara Celi
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ara Celi is an American actress active in American film and television. She had a starring role in the minor 1997 dance movie Looking for Lola, but she is probably best known for her guest starring role as Ampata Gutierrez a.k.a. "Inca Mummy Girl" in season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is now most often seen in television advertisements for Universal Toyota car dealership in San Antonio, Texas, Charles Maund Toyota dealership in Austin, Texas, Boggus Ford dealership in McAllen, Texas, and Jim Norton T-Town Chevrolet in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Dave Lattin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David Lattin is an American former basketball player. He was the starting center for the Texas Western Miners in their NCAA championship year in 1966. During his playing career, he was listed at 6 feet 6 inches tall and 225 lbs. His nickname during his career was "Big Daddy D".
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Blessing Okagbare
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who specialized in long jump and sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medallist in the long jump and a world medalist in the 200 metres. Okagbare also holds the women's 100 metres Commonwealth Games record at 10.85 seconds. She is currently serving a 10-year ban for breaching multiple World Athletics anti-doping rules. Her ban expires on 30 July 2032.
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Willie Cager
- Years
- Died in 2023
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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William Cager Jr. was an American college basketball player for the Texas Western Miners (now UTEP Miners). He was a member of their 1966 team that won the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship. He was coached by the Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins. Texas Western started an all-black starting lineup, against the all-white University of Kentucky. In Texas Western's championship game victory, Cager had eight points and six rebounds. The school's website describes him as "A skilled low post player" during his career. Raised in New York City, Cager was nicknamed "Scoops". He suffered from a heart murmur during the 1965–66 season; when he recovered enough to play, Texas Western was forced to use him sparingly, in four-minute shifts. After playing at Texas Western, Cager was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 12th round of the 1968 NBA draft. However, partly due to his health, he never played as a professional.
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Occupations
- novelistpoetchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an American poet, novelist, and writer of children's books.
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Karla Martínez
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Karla Martínez is a Mexican TV show hostess. She is best known for hosting the show Control from 2000 to 2006 where she took over the show after Lesley Ann Machado's departure. She is currently a co-host on the popular morning show Despierta América on the Univision Network.
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Nevil Shed
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Nevil Shed is an American former basketball player. He attended Morris High school in 1962. He was a member of the Texas Western Miners (now named University of Texas at El Paso) team that won the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament national championship. The team was coached by Don Haskins. The Miners made history for being the first team to start an all-African American lineup in the championship game. His basketball nickname was "The Shadow". Glory Road, a 2006 Disney film, chronicles the team's journey; Shed is played by Al Shearer. After playing at Texas Western, Shed was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the fourth round of the 1967 NBA draft (his name is listed as Neville Shed). His career ended when he tore up his leg while attempting a lay-up at a game in training camp. Because of that, he never played in the NBA or in other leagues. He later became an assistant coach for Haskins at Texas Western. He now works as the director of summer training camp for the San Antonio Spurs.
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Harry Flournoy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Harry Flournoy Jr. was an American college basketball player, originally from Gary, Indiana.
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Bob Schneider
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Robert Schneider is an Austin, Texas based musician and former lead singer of the rock band Ugly Americans. He has recorded and officially released over 20 studio albums and EPs, many on his own Shockorama Records label. He also regularly releases additional demos, live recordings, and other projects through various platforms. His first major record Lonelyland (2001) was licensed through Universal Records, which, along with a subsequent distribution deal through Vanguard Records, made his early releases widely available.
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Tobi Amusan
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Oluwatobiloba Ayomide "Tobi" Amusan // is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter. Amusan is the current world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.12 seconds which she set at the 2022 women's 100 metres hurdles semi final in Eugene Oregon. She is the current Commonwealth and African champion in the 100 m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in those two competitions. Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5m/s) in the final. She won back-to-back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100 m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion in the event. She is also the current Diamond league champion in the 100 metres hurdles having won the final in 12.33 seconds (+1.8m/s) achieving a winning streak in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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Willie Worsley
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Willie James Worsley is an American former professional basketball player who was one of the guards for the Texas Western Miners basketball team during their now-legendary 1966 NCAA championship game against Kentucky. Although only 5 foot 6 inches tall, he later played 24 games for the ABA's New York Nets during the 1968-69 season.
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Rubén Salazar
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ruben Salazar was a civil rights activist and a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, the first Mexican journalist from mainstream media to cover the Chicano community, in the US.
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John Danny Olivas
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at El Paso
- In 1989 studied mechanics
- Occupations
- engineerastronaut
- Biography
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John Daniel "Danny" Olivas is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128. He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min.
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Vince Hunter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Vincent Hunter is an American professional basketball player for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for UTEP.
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Arnett Moultrie
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie is an American professional basketball player for the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball with UTEP and Mississippi State.
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Sean Kugler
- Occupations
- American football coachhead coach
- Biography
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Sean Patrick Kugler is an American football coach and former run game coordinator and offensive line coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 2013 to 2017. Kugler was an assistant coach in the NFL for the Detroit Lions (2001–2005), Buffalo Bills (2007–2009), Pittsburgh Steelers (2010–2012), and Denver Broncos (2018).
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Quintin Demps
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Quintin Lamon Demps is an American college football coach and former safety. He is the head football coach for Judson University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football at Texas-El Paso, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Demps has also been a member of the Hartford Colonials, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Chicago Bears.
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Silvestre Reyes
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at El Paso
- Studied in 1965-1966
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Silvestre "Silver" Reyes is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, serving from 1997 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence between 2007 and 2011. In the Democratic Primary election on May 29, 2012, Reyes lost by a margin wide enough to avert a runoff election to former El Paso city councilman Beto O'Rourke.
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Julyan Stone
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Julyan Ray Stone is an American professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played college basketball for the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Derrick Caracter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Derrick Eugene Caracter is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Capitanes de Arecibo of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played college basketball for Louisville and UTEP. Caracter played one season in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Joe Devance
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joe Calvin Devance Jr. is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player who won 12 championships over the course of his career with the Alaska Aces, the Magnolia franchise, and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Idris Haron
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Idris bin Haron is a Malaysian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Melaka from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2020 to his resignation in October 2021, Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Udang from May 2013 to November 2021, Deputy Minister of Higher Education from March 2008 to April 2009 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tangga Batu from March 2004 to May 2013. Internationally, he is President of the World Assembly of Youth. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was also member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
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Julian Washburn
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Julian Washburn is an American professional basketball player for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. He attended and played college basketball for the University of Texas El Paso.
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Suzanna Hupp
- Occupations
- politicianrancher
- Biography
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Suzanna Gratia Hupp is a Republican former state representative, who represented from 1997 to 2007 District 54 in central Texas, which encompasses Bell, Burnet, and Lampasas counties.
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Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Da'Mon Jonnel Cromartie-Smith is a safety who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football for the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Randy Culpepper
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Randy Lechard Culpepper is an American professional basketball player for Smouha of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.
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Emmanuel Korir
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and 2022 World champion in the 800 metres. Korir won the silver medal in the event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics.
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Lauren Esposito
- Occupations
- arachnologist
- Biography
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Lauren Esposito is the assistant curator and Schlinger chair of Arachnology at the California Academy of Sciences. She is the co-founder of the network 500 Queer Scientists.
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Charles Steen
- Occupations
- politiciangeologist
- Biography
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Charles Augustus Steen was a geologist who made and lost a fortune after discovering a rich uranium deposit in Utah during the uranium boom of the early 1950s.
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Pat Mora
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Pat Mora is an American poet and author of books for adults, teens and children. A native of El Paso, Texas, her grandparents came to the city from northern Mexico. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, received Honorary Doctorates from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo, and was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership. A literacy advocate, in 1996, she founded Children's Day, Book Day (Spanish: El día de los niños, El día de los libros), now celebrated across the country each year on April 30.
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McKenzie Moore
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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McKenzie Zachary Moore is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for City College of San Francisco and the UTEP Miners before playing professionally in New Zealand, Belgium, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Israel, and the Philippines. He earned NZNBL MVP in 2016 playing for the Canterbury Rams.
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Antwon Blake
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Antwon Valentino Blake is a former American football cornerback and special teamer. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, and New York Giants. He played college football at Texas–El Paso (UTEP).
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Omar Thomas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Omar Abdul Thomas is an American former professional basketball player.
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Charmaine Crooks
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Charmaine Crooks, is a Canadian businesswoman, sports executive, and retired sprinter and middle-distance runner. She is currently the president of Canadian Soccer Association since March 1, 2023, following the resignation of Nick Bontis.
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Adrián Terrazas-González
- Occupations
- jazz musiciancomposer
- Biography
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Adrián Terrazas-González is a Mexican multi-instrumentalist who plays flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and percussion. He was a member of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta from 2005 to 2008.
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Ola Kimrin
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Ola Fredrik Andreas Kimrin is a Swedish former American football placekicker who most recently played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League.
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William D. Hawkins
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Deane Hawkins was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military honor – the Medal of Honor – for heroic actions and sacrifice of life during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II.
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John Cook
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John F. Cook is an American businessman, veteran, civic leader, and member of the Paso Del Norte Group. Cook was Mayor of El Paso, Texas for two terms from 2005 to 2013. Due to the City Charter's term limits clause Cook was not eligible for a third term in 2013.
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Suleiman Nyambui
- Occupations
- long-distance runnermarathon runnermiddle-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Suleiman Nyambui is a former track athlete from Tanzania who specialized in various long-distance disciplines. Nyambui won the bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games, the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and finished first at three consecutive marathons between 1987 and 1988. He holds multiple indoor national records of Tanzania in athletics.
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Marvin Washington
- Occupations
- player of American footballbasketball player
- Biography
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Marvin Andrew Washington is a former American football defensive end who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected in the sixth round of the 1989 NFL draft, he played eight seasons for the New York Jets of which he was a starter for six. He additionally played for the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, accumulating a total of 40.5 sacks in 155 games played during his career. Washington played both basketball and football at the University of Idaho.
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Dan Evensen
- Occupations
- judokamixed martial arts fighterkickboxer
- Biography
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Dan Tore Evensen is a Norwegian mixed martial artist and former K-1 Kickboxer. Evensen has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator Fighting Championships, and the now defunct BodogFIGHT.
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Victor Mendez
- Biography
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Victor Mendez was the Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 2014 to 2017 and was previously sworn in on July 24, 2009, as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the 18th person to hold this position.
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Eric Vila
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Eric Martínez Vila is a Spanish basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB.
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Dick Hunsaker
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Dick Hunsaker is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Utah Valley University. He is also a former head and assistant coach at Ball State University. As one of Rick Majerus's assistant coaches, he worked with the Cardinals for two seasons, including their berth in the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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Luke Martin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Luke Martin is an Australian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing in the National Basketball League (NBL). In 2004 and 2005, he represented the Australian national team.
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David Miner
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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David Miner, sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, perhaps best known as a member of The Great Society in the 1960s. He co-founded The Great Society along with Jerry, Darby, and Grace Slick as well as Bard Du Pont, in the sense that he was there from the start. Miner sang most of the lead vocals in the early days of the band and wrote a number of songs, including "That's How It Is", "You Can't Cry", and "Daydream Nightmare Love".
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Alfredo Corchado Jiménez
- Born in
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Mexico - Occupations
- investigative journalistwriter
- Biography
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Alfredo Corchado Jiménez is a Mexican-American journalist and author who has covered Mexico for many years, and is currently the Mexico City bureau chief of The Dallas Morning News. He specializes in covering the drug wars and the U.S.-Mexico border, writing stories on topics such as drug cartels and organized crime, corruption among police and government officials, and the spread of drug cartels into U.S. cities.
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Kelly Parker
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kelly Parker is a Canadian former soccer midfielder who last played for Atlanta Beat in Women's Professional Soccer. She was also a member of the Canadian national team from 2003 to 2012.
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Oludamola Osayomi
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi (born 26 June 1986 in Ilesha, Osun State) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic silver medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won the 100 and 200 m sprints at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
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César Blanco
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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César Jose Blanco is an American Politician who is currently serving as a member of the Texas Senate.
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Oniel Cousins
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Oniel Theodore Cousins is a former American football guard and tackle. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas–El Paso. He has also played for the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Anete Šteinberga
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Anete Šteinberga is a Latvian basketball player for Tango Bourges Basket and the Latvian national team. She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017.
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Juan G. Ayala
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at El Paso
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in business
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Juan Guadalupe Ayala is a retired two-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps and the former commander of the Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) and Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics (ADC, I&L). Prior to assuming command of MCICOM, Major General Ayala served as Inspector General of the Marine Corps (IGMC). During his time in the Marine Corps, he served four tours in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Kuwait as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Kjell Ove Hauge
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at El Paso
- Studied in 1990-1995
- Occupations
- athletics competitoreducatorcoachhead teacherproject manager
- Biography
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Kjell Ove Hauge is a retired Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower, turned educator, later Head teacher. As an athlete he represented Gloppen Athletics club. Since July 2013 Hauge is Principal at Kuben Upper Secondary School, the largest High School in Oslo.
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Jeffrey Martin
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at El Paso
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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Jeffrey Walker Martin is the chairman and chief executive officer of Sempra, an energy infrastructure company based in San Diego, California. Sempra develops and owns energy transmission and distribution infrastructure with a focus on leading markets in North America, including California, Texas, Mexico and the liquefied natural gas export market. The company has 20,000 employees and serves roughly 40 million consumers – serving more U.S. customers than any other U.S. utility holding company.
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Martha P. Cotera
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Martha P. Cotera is a librarian, writer, and influential activist of both the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and the Chicana Feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Her two most notable works are Diosa y Hembra: The History and Heritage of Chicanas in the U.S. and The Chicana Feminist. Cotera was one of six women featured in a documentary, Las Mujeres de la Caucus Chicana, which recounts the experiences of some of the Chicana participants of the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas.
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Bill Kinneberg
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William Arthur Kinneberg is a former American baseball coach. He served as head baseball coach of the Utah Utes in 1996 and from 2005 to 2021. Coach Kinneberg lead the Utes to the university's first ever men's Pac-12 championship in the 2016 season, finishing with a 26–29 overall record.
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Richard Crawford White
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Richard Crawford White was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic politician from El Paso, Texas, who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983.
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tatiana de la tierra
- Occupations
- LGBTQI+ rights activistwriterlibrarian
- Biography
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Tatiana de la tierra was a Colombian writer, poet and activist. She was the author of the first international Latina lesbian magazine Esto no tiene nombre.
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Jim Svenøy
- Occupations
- personal trainerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Jim Svenøy is a retired Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase.
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Michael Saruni
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Michael Saruni is a Kenyan collegiate middle-distance runner. He was the former world record holder for the indoor 600 m with a time of 1:14.79, set in January 2018. Representing the University of Texas in El Paso, he also set the all-time collegiate record for 800 m in April 2018, with a time of 1:43.25.
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Bob Laraba
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Robert Edward Laraba was an American professional football player who was a linebacker and quarterback in the American Football League (AFL). He played professionally for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (1960–1961) after playing college football with the UTEP Miners. He was killed in an automobile accident at the conclusion of his second season with the Chargers.
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Rosa Ramirez Guerrero
- Years
- 1934-.. (age 90)
- Occupations
- dancer
- Biography
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Rosa Ramirez Guerrero is a Mexican American educator, artist and historian from El Paso, Texas. She was the founder of the International Folklorico Dance Group. Guerrero has also been active with work in the Catholic Church, and has been called the "Dancing Missionary" in religious circles. She is also known for her multicultural dance programs which have been performed around the country and featured in a film called Tapestry. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame and has an El Paso school named after her.
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Marko Wahlman
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- hammer thrower
- Biography
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Marko Jaakko Tapani Wahlman is a retired male hammer thrower from Finland. His personal best throw was 78.39 metres, which he achieved in July 1999 in Lappeenranta.
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Juan Pablo Plata Figueroa
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistliterary criticwriter
- Biography
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Juan Pablo Plata is a Colombian writer, journalist and researcher.
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Svein Inge Valvik
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Svein Inge Valvik is a retired Norwegian discus thrower. He represented SK Vidar, IF Kamp-Vestheim, IK Tjalve, Stabæk IF and Urædd.
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Billy Stevens
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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William Samuel Stevens is a former quarterback in the National Football League. Stevens was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1968 NFL Draft. He played two seasons with the team. He was later acquired by the Chicago Bears, but did not appear in a game for them.
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Aiyanna Stiverne
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Aiyanna Brigitte Stiverne is a Canadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.
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Asa Guevara
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Asa Guevara is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago specialising in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals. At the 2019 edition of the IAAF World Relays which took place in Yokohoma, Japan, Guevara ran on the third leg as part of the Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x400m relay. The team grabbed gold in what was a world leading time of 3:00:81.
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Lamberto Alvarez
- Occupations
- musicianphotographer
- Biography
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Lamberto Alvarez is an American painter, sculptor, photographer, musician and author of Mexican-American descent living in Texas. "Lamberto" is his registered trademark. He was one of three Latinos chosen by the Walt Disney Company in 2004 to create a life-size statue to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
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Zach West
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Zachary Alex West is a former American football defensive end. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played collegiately at Texas-El Paso.
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Hector E. Sanchez
- Born in
- Mexico
- Occupations
- trade unionist
- Biography
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Héctor E. Sánchez Barba is the former executive director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and chair emeritus of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda.
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Adriana Pirtea
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Adriana Nelson, née Pirtea is a Romanian American long-distance runner who competes in distances up to the marathon. She competed at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships for Romania, then at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships for the United States. At national level, she won six long-distance track titles at the Romanian Athletics Championships and was the 2013 winner at the USA Half Marathon Championships.
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Trine Pilskog
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Trine Pilskog is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. She was born in Hareid.
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Andrew Tynes
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Andrew Tynes is a retired Bahamian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
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Daniel Hall
- Occupations
- publisher
- Biography
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Daniel Hall is a USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author, speaker, consultant, coach, and lawyer, nurse (BSN from University of Texas at El Paso) and host of the Real Fast Results podcast. He is also the creator of the popular "Real Fast" training programs designed to help authors, speakers, coaches, consultants, trainers, Internet marketers and entrepreneurs.
