89 Notable alumni of
Trinity College
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Trinity College is 744th in the world, 274th in North America, and 254th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 89 notable alumni from Trinity College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tucker Carlson
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- pundittelevision journalistwritertelevision presenterpodcaster
- Biography
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Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American conservative political commentator and conspiracy theorist who hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023. Since his contract with Fox News was terminated, he has hosted Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show. An advocate of President Donald Trump, Carlson has been described as "perhaps the highest-profile proponent of Trumpism", "the most influential voice in right-wing media, without a close second," and a leading voice of white grievance politics.
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Jesse Watters
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- political punditjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jesse Bailey Watters is an American conservative political commentator and television program host on the Fox News cable television network. He frequently appeared earlier in his media career on the political talk show The O'Reilly Factor with commentator/moderator Bill O'Reilly and was known for his man-on-the-street interviews, featured in his segment there of "Watters' World", which became its own show in 2015. In January 2017, Watters' World became weekly, and in April 2017, he became a co-host of the roundtable series The Five. Watters became host of his own program Jesse Watters Primetime on the Fox News Channel in January 2022.
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Mary McCormack
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Mary Catherine McCormack is an American actress.
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Rachel Platten
- Occupations
- composersinger-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Rachel Ashley Platten is an American singer, songwriter and author. After releasing two albums independently in 2003 and 2011, she signed with Columbia Records in 2015 and released her mainstream debut single, "Fight Song", which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, topped charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of multiple charts worldwide. Platten won a Daytime Emmy Award for a live performance of the song on Good Morning America. Her major-label debut studio album, Wildfire (2016), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and featured the follow-up singles "Stand by You" and "Better Place". Her second major-label album, Waves (2017), followed a year later.
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Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Occupations
- film producerpoetscreenwriterdirectorfilm director
- Biography
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Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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David Chang
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actorrestaurateurchef
- Biography
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David Chang is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, podcaster, and television personality. He is the founder of Momofuku restaurant group. In 2009, his restaurant Momofuku Ko was awarded two Michelin stars, which the restaurant retained each year until its closure in 2023. In 2011, he co-founded the food magazine Lucky Peach, which lasted for 25 quarterly volumes into 2017.
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Ari Graynor
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ariel Geltman Graynor is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series The Sopranos (2001), Fringe (2009-2010), Bad Teacher (2014), I'm Dying Up Here (2017), and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024). In film, she has starred in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), The Sitter (2011), For a Good Time, Call... (2012), and The Disaster Artist (2017).
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George Will
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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George Frederick Will is an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator. He writes columns for The Washington Post on a regular basis, and provides commentary for NewsNation. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America". Will won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977.
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Edward Albee
- Occupations
- screenwriteruniversity teachertheatrical directorwriterplaywright
- Biography
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Edward Franklin Albee III was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966), and Three Tall Women (1994). Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified as and named the Theater of the Absurd. Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play.
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Kelly Killoren Bensimon
- Occupations
- writermodeltelevision actor
- Biography
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Kelly Jean Killoren Bensimon is an American real estate agent, author, a former Editor of Elle Accessories, and a former model. She appeared as a full-time cast member on the Bravo television series The Real Housewives of New York City from seasons 2 to 4.
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Danny Meyer
- Occupations
- restaurateur
- Biography
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Daniel Meyer is a New York City restaurateur and the founder and executive chairman of the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).
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Christine Quinn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christine Callaghan Quinn is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she was the first female and first openly lesbian speaker. She ran to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the city's mayor in the 2013 mayoral election, but lost the Democratic primary. Quinn is a political contributor on CNN and MSNBC.
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Sammy Adams
- Occupations
- rapper
- Biography
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Samuel Adams Wisner is an American rapper, singer and songwriter.
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Mike Kellin
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actormilitary officer
- Biography
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Myron "Mike" Kellin was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie Award for his performance in the original Off-Broadway run of American Buffalo, and was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway musical Pipe Dream. He was also known for his starring role as Chief Petty Officer Willie Miller on the 1960’s television sitcom The Wackiest Ship in the Army.
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Xavier Serbiá
- Occupations
- journalistsinger
- Biography
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Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo is a financial commentator, syndicated columnist, and was news anchor of CNN Dinero at CNN en Español, from 2010 to 2023. Serbiá is also a former member of the boy band Menudo.
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Richard Barthelmess
- Occupations
- film actorstage actorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Richard Semler Barthelmess was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. The following year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two films: The Patent Leather Kid and The Noose.
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Jane Swift
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and, concurrently, as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor, Swift was 36 years old, making her the youngest female governor in U.S. history.
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Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen /ˈfreɪlɪŋˌhaɪsən/ is an American former politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1995 to 2019. The district includes most of Morris County, an affluent suburban county west of New York City. A member of the Republican Party, Frelinghuysen served as chair of the House Appropriations Committee from 2017 to 2019. Frelinghuysen announced on January 29, 2018, that he would not seek re-election that year.
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Neil Patel
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- columnistpolitical adviser
- Biography
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Neil Patel is a British-American lawyer, hedge fund manager, conservative political advisor, and publisher. He is the co-founder and publisher of The Daily Caller.
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Matthew Prince
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in computer science and English literature
- Occupations
- computer scientistentrepreneur
- Biography
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Matthew Browning Prince is an American business executive. He is the co-founder, executive chairman, and chief executive officer of the technology company Cloudflare. With a net worth of US$5.5 billion as of February 2025, Prince is the wealthiest person in Utah.
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Sam Kennedy
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Samuel H. Kennedy is an American professional baseball executive who is the president and chief executive officer of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) and CEO of Fenway Sports Group (FSG).
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John Mason Neale
- Occupations
- theologianwritertranslatorAnglican priestpriest
- Biography
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John Mason Neale was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked on and wrote a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on St. Stephen's day, known as Boxing Day in the UK. An Anglo-Catholic, Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicanism and Western Rite Orthodoxy.
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J. Michael Farren
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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John Michael Farren is a former American lawyer who served as Deputy White House Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the President under the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009. Farren also served as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the United States Department of Commerce and head of the International Trade Administration under the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1992. He is currently serving a 15-year jail sentence for the attempted murder of his then-wife.
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Thomas L. Harris
- Occupations
- politicianeconomistlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Langrell Harris was an American lawyer who was a soldier in the United States Army and U.S. Representative from Illinois in the mid-19th century.
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Peter Alsop
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Peter Alsop is an American musician whose work has ranged from satirical music for adults to children's music.
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Anna David
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- television presenternovelistwriterjournalistpublisher
- Biography
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Anna Benjamin David is an American publisher, author, speaker, podcast host, and television personality.
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Jim Shepard
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jim Shepard is an American novelist and short story writer, who teaches creative writing and film at Williams College.
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Edward Miner Gallaudet
- Occupations
- teacherpedagogue
- Biography
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Edward Miner Gallaudet, was the first president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. (then known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind from 1864 until 1894 and then Gallaudet College from 1894 to 1986) from 1864 to 1910.
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Paul Johnson Calderon
- Occupations
- socialite
- Biography
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Paul Reid Johnson Calderon is an American writer, television personality, and socialite known for starring alongside Tinsley Mortimer in The CW's 2010 television series High Society.
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Jon Entine
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- 1970-1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jon Entine is an American science journalist. After working as a network news writer and producer for NBC News and ABC News, Entine moved into print journalism. Entine has written seven books and is a contributing columnist to newspapers and magazines. He is the founder and executive director of the science advocacy group the Genetic Literacy Project, and a former visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the founder of the consulting company ESG Mediametrics.
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Tom Doherty
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 89)
- Occupations
- publisher
- Biography
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Tom Doherty is an American publisher and the founder of the science fiction and fantasy book publisher Tor Books. He started as a salesman for Pocket Books and rose to be Division Sales Manager. From there, he went to Simon & Schuster as National Sales Manager, then became publisher of paperbacks at Grosset & Dunlap, including Tempo Books, in 1969. In 1975, he became publisher for Ace Books. In 1979, he left Ace to establish his own company, Tom Doherty Associates, publishing under the Tor Books imprint starting in 1980, which has grown to become the largest publisher of science fiction and fantasy in the United States.
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Frank Fasi
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Frank Francis Fasi was an American politician who was the longest-serving Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, serving for 22 years. He also served as a territorial senator and member of the Honolulu City Council. To date, he remains the last Republican Mayor of Honolulu.
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James Roosevelt Bayley
- Occupations
- Catholic priestAnglican priest
- Biography
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James Roosevelt Bayley was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Newark (1853–1872) and as Archbishop of Baltimore (1872–1877).
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Andrew Ellicott Douglass
- Occupations
- university teacherastronomerdendrochronologistarchaeologist
- Biography
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A. E. Douglass (July 5, 1867 in Windsor, Vermont – March 20, 1962 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American astronomer. He discovered a correlation between tree rings and the sunspot cycle, and founded the discipline of dendrochronology, which is a method of dating wood by analyzing the growth ring pattern. He started his discoveries in this field in 1894 when he was working at the Lowell Observatory. During this time he was an assistant to Percival Lowell, but fell out with him when his experiments made him doubt the existence of artificial "canals" on Mars and visible spokes on Venus.
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Steven Pearlstein
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Steven Pearlstein is an American columnist who wrote on business and the economy in a column published twice weekly in The Washington Post. His tenure at the WaPo ended on March 3, 2021. Pearlstein received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for "his insightful columns that explore the nation's complex economic ills with masterful clarity" at The Washington Post. In the fall of 2011, he became the Robinson Professor of Political and International Affairs at George Mason University.
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Varun Ram
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 33)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Varun Ram Ramasamy is an American basketball player who played for the Maryland Terrapins. He was one of the few players in the NCAA of Indian descent. Ram previously competed for Trinity College.
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Barbara B. Kennelly
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- In 1958 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1971 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Bailey Kennelly is an American politician. She is the former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
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Eddie Perez
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eduardo Alberto "Eddie" Perez is an American politician who served as the 65th mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 2001 to 2010. Prior to entering politics, Perez worked as a community organizer. Perez served as the first mayor who was also the CEO of the city, a setup known as a Strong Mayor.
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Linda Wells
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Linda Wells is an American journalist and founder of Allure magazine and the makeup brand Flesh.
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J. H. Hobart Ward
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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John Henry Hobart Ward was an American soldier who fought in the Mexican–American War and in the American Civil War. Ward joined the army in 1842 and fought in multiple battles in the Mexican–American war, including the Battle of Monterrey, where he was wounded. After leaving the army, he served successively as the assistant commissary general and commissary general for the state of New York. With the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Ward rejoined the army, and became the colonel of the 38th New York Infantry Regiment. Ward and his regiment were engaged in the First Battle of Bull Run and in several battles in the Peninsula campaign. He was promoted to command a brigade after the Battle of Chantilly in September 1862.
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Thomas Joseph Meskill
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Joseph Meskill Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He previously served as the 82nd governor of Connecticut, as a United States representative from Connecticut, and as the mayor of New Britain, Connecticut. He is noted as having served in all three branches of government and at the local, state and federal levels of government during his career of public service.
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Charles McLean Andrews
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Charles McLean Andrews was an American historian, an authority on American colonial history. He wrote 102 major scholarly articles and books, as well as over 360 book reviews, newspaper articles, and short items. He is especially known as a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied, and generally admired, the efficiency of the British Empire in the 18th century. Kross argues:
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Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
- Occupations
- geographergeologistexplorer
- Biography
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Ernest de Koven Leffingwell was an arctic explorer, geologist and Spanish–American War veteran.
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Kevin B. Anderson
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- university teachersociologist
- Biography
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Kevin B. Anderson is an American sociologist, Marxist humanist, author, and professor. Anderson is Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist studies at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He was previously Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb and Professor of Political Science, Sociology and Women's Studies at Purdue University.
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Dudley Buck
- Occupations
- composermusic journalist
- Biography
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Dudley Buck was an American composer, organist, and writer on music. He published several books, most notably the Dictionary of Musical Terms and Influence of the Organ in History, which was published in New York City in 1882.
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William G. Mather
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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William Gwinn Mather was an American industrialist.
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J. Cleaveland Cady
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Josiah Cleaveland Cady was an American architect known for his Romanesque Revival designs. He was also a founder of the American Institute of Architects.
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Robert L. King
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert L. King is an American higher education leader and former Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. He previously served as president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Other notable positions include having served Monroe County, New York Executive and as Chancellor of the State University of New York. On July 11, 2019, He was confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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Henry McBride
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Henry McBride was an American politician who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Washington from 1900 to 1901 and as the fourth governor of Washington from 1901 to 1905.
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Kevin Sullivan
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kevin B. Sullivan is an American politician. A Democrat, he was the 106th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, from 2004 to 2007. He was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1986 and served as Senate President Pro Tempore from 1997 to 2004.
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William R. Cotter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Ross Cotter was an American politician and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
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Karen Rubin
- Occupations
- investment banker
- Biography
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Karen Ann Rubin is an entrepreneur. She joined HubSpot where she co-hosted HubSpot TV, and was entrepreneur-in-residence at Matrix Partners in 2013-2014. In 2014, she joined Quantopian as Vice President of Product Management. In 2015 she authored a study that shows that women-led companies perform better than average. She started her career in 2004 in investment banking.
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Maitland Armstrong
- Occupations
- art collectorpainterlawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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David Maitland Armstrong was Charge d'Affaires to the Papal States (1869), American Consul in Rome (1869–71), and Consul General in Rome (1871–73). He was also an important stained-glass artist and a painter.
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Tom Santopietro
- Occupations
- lawyerwriter
- Biography
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Tom Santopietro is an American author and Broadway theater manager. He worked for 25 years in the New York theater scene, managing over 30 Broadway shows.
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Aaron Westbrooks
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Aaron Matthew Westbrooks is an Irish former professional basketball player. He played for the Irish Under 20 national team, and the senior national team.
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Charles C. Van Zandt
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Collins Van Zandt was the 34th Governor of Rhode Island.
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Isaac E. Crary
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Isaac Edwin Crary was an American lawyer and politician. He was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives including as Speaker.
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Michael A. Battle, Sr
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and religion
- Occupations
- diplomatChristian minister
- Biography
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Michael A. Battle Sr. is an American diplomat, chaplain, and academic administrator who had served as United States ambassador to Tanzania. He previously served as ambassador to the African Union from 2009 to 2013.
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Sydney George Fisher
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- Studied in 1879
- Occupations
- writerhistorianlawyer
- Biography
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Sydney George Fisher was a United States lawyer and historian, and is best known for his work The True History of the American Revolution.
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John Williams
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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John Williams was the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut and eleventh presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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Percival W. Clement
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Percival Wood Clement was an American politician who served as the 57th governor of Vermont from 1919 to 1921.
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Caroline Hewins
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Caroline Maria Hewins was an American librarian.
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Joseph Buffington
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Joseph Buffington was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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James Brailsford Erwin
- Years
- 1856-1924 (aged 68)
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Brigadier General James Brailsford Erwin was a United States Army officer who served in the American Indian Wars, the Philippine–American War from 1899 to 1902, the Pancho Villa Expedition from 1915 to 1916 and briefly led the 6th Division towards the end of World War I in 1918.
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George Bachrach
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George A. Bachrach is the former president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, having former careers as an American politician, attorney, and journalism professor at Boston University.
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Clarence D. Tuska
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Clarence Denton "C. D." Tuska was an early radio experimenter and amateur operator, who also became one of the first radio receiver manufacturers. He is best known as the co-founder, along with Hiram Percy Maxim, of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). He was also the original editor and owner of the amateur radio publication QST, which he subsequently sold to the ARRL in 1919, as part of his reorientation toward professional activities within the radio industry.
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Alfred Harding
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Alfred Harding was the second Episcopal Bishop of Washington. He was elected in 1909 to succeed the Henry Yates Satterlee, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Washington (1896–1908). Harding was de facto dean of the Cathedral from 1909 until 1916.
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Joseph O. Prewitt Díaz
- Enrolled in Trinity College
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Joseph Orlando Prewitt Díaz is a retired psychologist who specialized in psychosocial theory. He received the APA International Humanitarian Award from American Psychological Association
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John Collins Covell
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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John Collins Covell was a 19th-century American educator and school administrator specializing in deaf education in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.
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George Rainsford Fairbanks
- Occupations
- editorpoliticianlawyerjournalist
- Biography
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George Rainsford Fairbanks was a lawyer, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Florida State Senator, president of Florida Fruit Growers Association and the Florida Fruit Exchange; editor of the Florida Mirror; the author of books on Florida history; and the founder and president of Florida Historical Society. He lived in Fernandina Beach. He is listed as a Great Floridian.
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Richard Thomas Nolan
- Occupations
- canonphilosopher
- Biography
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Richard Thomas Nolan was a canon of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut and a former college professor of philosophy and religious studies. He is the editor/coauthor of The Diaconate Now (Corpus-World, 1968), and coauthor of Living Issues In Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 1995), Living Issues in Ethics (Wadsworth 1982 and iUniverse 2000), and Soul Mates: More than Partners (online, 2004). Nolan is also the editor of a non-commercial, educational website: philosophy-religion.org. His books have been translated into several languages, including Indonesian and Chinese.
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G. Keith Funston
- Biography
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George Keith Funston was an American businessman who served as president of Trinity College, Hartford, from 1945 to 1951 and president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1951 to 1967.
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Joseph M. Warren
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Mabbett Warren was a U.S. Representative from New York.
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Abner Jackson
- Occupations
- cleric
- Biography
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Abner Jackson was an American minister and teacher and President of Hobart College in Geneva, New York from 1858 to 1867 and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 1867 until his death, where he had originally studied and taught. At Trinity in the 1840s and 1850s he was Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. Whilst president of Hobart he was responsible for changing the name from Hobart Free College to honor its original founder, Bishop John Henry Hobart, and was responsible for much fundraising. In 1863, he raised the funds to build the St. John's Chapel.
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Joseph F. Ryter
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Francis Ryter was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
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William Thomas III
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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William G. Thomas III is an American historian. He is a Professor of History and the John and Catherine Angle Professor in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His research focuses on the Southeastern United States, including slavery, the American Civil War and the New South. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016.
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George A. Woodward
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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George Abisha Woodward was a jurist and a colonel in the United States Army, who was made a brigadier general on the retired list in recognition of his military service between 1861 and 1879.
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Verner W. Clapp
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Verner Warren Clapp was a librarian, writer, and polymath.
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Harmon S. Graves
- Occupations
- lawyerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Harmon Sheldon Graves was an American college football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University in 1893 and the United States Military Academy from 1894 to 1895, compiling a career head coaching record of 15–7. He coached the Pittsburgh Athletic Club football team late in the 1895 season. Graves played football as a halfback at Yale University. He later practiced law in New York City.
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John W. Beckwith
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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John Watrous Beckwith was the Second Bishop of Georgia. He was the 86th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA).
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Steven Newsome
- Years
- 1952-2012 (aged 60)
- Biography
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Steven Newsome was an American arts and museum administrator. Newsome grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended Trinity College, Hartford and Emory University. He is the former Chief of the Office of Cultural and Educational Services in the Division of History and Cultural Program at the Department of Housing and Community Development, in Annapolis, Maryland. He was Executive Director of the Maryland Commission on Afro-American History and Culture and director of the Banneker-Douglass Museum. In 1990 he became the director of the Anacostia Museum, before retiring in 2004. Newsome was the founding director of the Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center.
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James Ewing Mears
- Occupations
- surgeonwriter
- Biography
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James Ewing Mears, also J. Ewing Mears M.D., LL.D. was a surgeon and author. He was a pioneer in jaw and mouth surgeries. He was the first to propose the use of Gasserian ganglionectomy for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. He was the first surgeon in the United States to successfully perform a subcutaneous osteotomy for the relief of old dislocations. He was the first to open the peritoneal cavity to drain pus. He was professor of anatomy and clinical surgery at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery and demonstrator of surgery at Jefferson Medical College. He was a charter member of the American Surgical Association and became its president in 1894.
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Henry W. King
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Henry W. King was a Free Soil politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who served as Ohio Secretary of State 1850–1852.
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Henry Titus Welles
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Henry Titus Welles was a lawyer, businessman and Democratic politician who served as the first mayor of St. Anthony, Minnesota.
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William Woodruff Niles
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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William Woodruff Niles was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, United States, and served as such from 1870 until his death in 1914.
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William Shepperd Ashe
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Shepperd Ashe was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855.
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Samuel Hart
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Samuel Hart was an American Episcopal clergyman, classicist, and liturgical scholar.
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Isaac Nevett Steele
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Isaac Nevett Steele was an American diplomat and lawyer who was "universally recognized for years as the leader of the Maryland Bar."
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Henry Joel Scudder
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Henry Joel Scudder was a United States Representative from New York.
