100 Notable alumni of
Tufts University
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Tufts University is 180th in the world, 79th in North America, and 76th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Tufts University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with Tufts University won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
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Jessica Biel
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Studied in 2000-2002
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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William Hurt
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theology
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorfilm producerstage actor
- Biography
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William McChord Hurt was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
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Tracy Chapman
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposerguitariststreet artistsinger
- Biography
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Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" (1988) and "Give Me One Reason" (1995).
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Rainn Wilson
- Occupations
- comedianfilm actorcharacter actorbloggerwriter
- Biography
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Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Hank Azaria
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actordub actorscreenwritervoice actor
- Biography
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Henry Albert Azaria is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, most notably Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Professor Frink, and formerly Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, and Bumblebee Man, among others. He gained recognition after becoming a series regular in its second season. For his work, he has won six Primetime Emmy Awards, an Annie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Ameesha Patel
- Occupations
- modelfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Ameesha Patel is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. Patel is the recipient of several awards such as a Filmfare Award and a Zee Cine Award.
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Peter Gallagher
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Peter Killian Gallagher is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series The O.C. from 2003 to 2007, recurring roles such as Deputy Chief William Dodds on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stacey Koons on the Showtime comedy-drama Californication, Nick on the Netflix series Grace & Frankie, and Chuck Cedar in Mr. Deeds. He also played CIA Director of Clandestine Services (DCS) Arthur Campbell on Covert Affairs. He also is known for his roles in musical theatre, his most well known role being Sky Masterson in the 1992 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls.
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Shashi Tharoor
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Shashi Tharoor is an Indian former international civil servant, diplomat, bureaucrat, politician, a noted writer and public intellectual who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is the present Chairman of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and unsuccessfully ran for the post of Secretary-General in 2006. Founder-Chairman of All India Professionals Congress, he formerly served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and on Informational Technology. He has about two dozen titles to his credit and was awarded by World Economic Forum as "Global Leader of Tomorrow".
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Oliver Platt
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorcharacter actor
- Biography
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Oliver Platt is an American actor known for his work on stage and screen. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Anthony Scaramucci
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history
- Occupations
- entrepreneurwriterpoliticianinternational forum participantfinancier
- Biography
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Anthony Scaramucci is an American financier who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications from July 21 to July 31, 2017.
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Jamie Dimon
- Occupations
- international forum participantbanker
- Biography
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James Dimon is an American billionaire business executive and banker, who has been the chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase since 2005. He has been on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and currently serves on the board of institutions such as the Business Roundtable, the Bank Policy Institute, and the Harvard Business School.
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Dom DeLuise
- Occupations
- voice actorwriternon-fiction writerfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Dominick DeLuise was an American actor, comedian and author. Known primarily for comedy roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety shows. He is widely recognized for his performances in the films of Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, as well as a series of collaborations and a double act with Burt Reynolds. Beginning in the 1980s, his popularity expanded to younger audiences from voicing characters in several major animated productions, particularly those of Don Bluth.
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Juan Manuel Santos
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianeconomistinternational forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Dan Crenshaw
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Daniel Reed Crenshaw is an American politician and former United States Navy SEAL officer serving as the United States representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Ram Dass
- Occupations
- university teacherwriteracademicpsychologistguru
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Ram Dass, also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer. His best-selling 1971 book Be Here Now, which has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal", helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West. He authored or co-authored twelve more books on spirituality over the next four decades, including Grist for the Mill (1977), How Can I Help? (1985), and Polishing the Mirror (2013).
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David Costabile
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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David Costabile is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeared in supporting roles in several television series such as Billions, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Damages, Flight of the Conchords, Suits, and The Wire, as well as the film The Dirt. He has also acted on film and in Broadway theatre.
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Pierre Omidyar
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participantentrepreneurprogrammerphilanthropist
- Biography
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Pierre Morad Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. Omidyar and his wife Pamela founded Omidyar Network in 2004. As of 2023, Forbes ranked Omidyar as the 245th-richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion.
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Dan Hedaya
- Occupations
- television actorcharacter actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Dan Hedaya is an American actor. He established himself as a supporting actor, often playing sleazy villains or wisecracking supporting characters. He has had supporting roles in films such as True Confessions (1981), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Tightrope, Blood Simple (all 1984), Commando (1985), Wise Guys (1986), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), The Addams Family (1991), Rookie of the Year (1993), Boiling Point (1993), Clueless (1995), The First Wives Club, Daylight, Marvin's Room (all 1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), A Civil Action, A Night at the Roxbury (both 1998), The Hurricane, Dick (both 1999), Shaft, The Crew (both 2000), Swimfan (2002), Robots, and Strangers with Candy (both 2005).
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Peter Navarro
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Peter Kent Navarro is an American economist who served in the Trump administration as the Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, and the national Defense Production Act policy coordinator. He previously served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House National Trade Council, a newly created entity in the White House Office, until it was folded into the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, a new role established by executive order in April 2017. He is also a professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, and the author of Death by China, among other publications. Navarro ran unsuccessfully for office in San Diego, California, five times.
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Sendhil Ramamurthy
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes, Gabriel "Gabe" Lowan in Beauty and the Beast, and Jai Wilcox in Covert Affairs.
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Stephen Macht
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Stephen Robert Macht is an American television and film actor.
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Josh Gates
- Occupations
- television presenterexplorerphotographerarchaeologist
- Biography
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Josh Gates is an American television presenter and television producer who hosts and co-executive produces The Discovery Channel series Expedition: Unknown and also Legendary Locations. He is also the host of live specials for, and a guest investigator on, the television series Ghost Hunters and its spin-off Ghost Hunters International. He produces the related Ghost Nation series along with other paranormal television shows through his production company Ping Pong Productions. He was the host and co-executive producer of Destination Truth and Stranded on Syfy.
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Mary L. Trump
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English literature
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerbusinesspersonlife coachbiographerpsychologist
- Biography
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Mary Lea Trump is an American psychologist and writer. A niece of former US president Donald Trump, she has been critical of him as well as the rest of the Trump family. Her 2020 book about him and the family, Too Much and Never Enough, sold nearly one million copies on the day of its release. A second book, The Reckoning, followed in 2021.
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Norbert Wiener
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Studied in 1906-1909
- Occupations
- university teacherautobiographercomputer scientistfounderpsychologist
- Biography
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Norbert Wiener was an American computer scientist, mathematician and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and mathematical noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems.
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Ness Wadia
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ness Nusli Wadia is an Indian businessman. Part of the Wadia family, Wadia is the managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, a company which has holdings in most of the Wadia Group subsidiaries, including an indirect majority stake in Britannia Industries. He was the Joint Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing, the flagship company of the Wadia Group, till March 2011 when he stepped down from the post. Wadia is a co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings.
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Meredith Vieira
- Occupations
- journalistvoice actorwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Meredith Louise Vieira is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View (1997–2006), the original host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013), and as co-host of the NBC morning news program Today (2006–2011). As of 2019, she hosts the syndicated weekday game show 25 Words or Less.
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Joseph F. Dunford, Jr
- Occupations
- military officerinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2019. He was the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions; the others include commander of the International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces – Afghanistan from February 2013 to August 2014, and as the thirty-second assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from October 23, 2010 to December 15, 2012. He has commanded several units, including the 5th Marine Regiment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Vannevar Bush
- Occupations
- university teacherscience administratorcomputer scientistpoliticianinventor
- Biography
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Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in radar and the initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project. He emphasized the importance of scientific research to national security and economic well-being, and was chiefly responsible for the movement that led to the creation of the National Science Foundation.
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Bill Richardson
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- diplomatwriterpoliticianbusiness consultantbaseball player
- Biography
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William Blaine Richardson III was an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, a U.S. congressman, chair of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
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Dan Avidan
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Studied botany
- Occupations
- singertelevision producerpresentervoice actorYouTuber
- Biography
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Leigh Daniel Avidan, also known by his stage name Danny Sexbang, is an American musician, internet personality, comedian, and actor. He is one half of the musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party with Brian Wecht, as well as the co-host of the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps with Arin Hanson. He is also part of the more rap-based comedy music trio Starbomb with Hanson and Wecht, and the vocalist for the rock duo Shadow Academy, known for its inspiration from classic novels, alongside Jim Roach. As of October 2023, Avidan also performs vocals for the electronic music duo Skyhill, originally formed back in 2007.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Studied in 1948
- Occupations
- sociologistwriterdiplomatpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an adviser to President Richard Nixon, and as the United States' ambassador to India and to the United Nations.
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Christopher Lawford
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford was an American author, actor, and activist. He was a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and son of English actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was a sister of President John F. Kennedy. He graduated from Tufts University in 1977 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College in 1983. He later earned a master's certificate in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University and was a lecturer on drug addiction.
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Nan Goldin
- Occupations
- printmakerphotographermultimedia artist
- Biography
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Nancy Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work often explores LGBT subcultures, moments of intimacy, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986). The monograph documents the post-Stonewall, gay subculture and includes Goldin's family and friends. She is a founding member of the advocacy group P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now). She lives and works in New York City.
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Seth Godin
- Occupations
- entrepreneurwritereconomistactorcomputer scientist
- Biography
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Seth W. Godin, who sometimes uses the alias "F.X. Nine," is an American author and a former dot com business executive.
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Ben Mankiewicz
- Occupations
- journalistfilm critictelevision producerradio personality
- Biography
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Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz is an American television personality, progressive political commentator, and film critic. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies and has been a commentator on The Young Turks and What the Flick?!
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Scott Brown
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyermodeltelevision actorpolitician
- Biography
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Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat, attorney, and politician who served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He is a former United States Senator for Massachusetts (2010–2013), and also was the 2014 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Before his Senate tenure, Brown served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court, first in the State House of Representatives (1998–2004) and then in the State Senate (2004–2010).
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Joi Ito
- Occupations
- activistentrepreneurinternational forum participantengineerblogger
- Biography
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Joichi "Joi" Ito is a Japanese entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the President of Chiba Institute of Technology. He is a former director of the MIT Media Lab, former professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT, and a former visiting professor of practice at Harvard Law School. Ito has received recognition for his role as an entrepreneur focused on Internet and technology companies and has founded, among other companies, PSINet Japan, Digital Garage, and Infoseek Japan. Ito is general partner of Neoteny Labs, and former board member of Creative Commons (where he served as CEO), The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The New York Times Company, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Mozilla Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, and Sony Corporation. Ito wrote a monthly column in the Ideas section of Wired.
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Tsai Chin
- Occupations
- writerfilm actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Tsai Chin is a Chinese actress, singer, director, teacher, and author best known in the United States for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club.
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Steve Tisch
- Occupations
- film producerproducer
- Biography
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Steven Elliot Tisch is an American film producer and businessman. He is the chairman, co-owner and executive vice president of the New York Giants, the NFL team co-owned by his family, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former Giants co-owner Preston Robert Tisch.
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Michel Gill
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Michel Gill, also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series House of Cards and Gideon Goddard on Mr. Robot.
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Anson Chan
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servant
- Biography
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Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from 1993 until she retired from the government in 2001, sparking speculations of her growing rift with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
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Ricardo Lewandowski
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski is a Brazilian judge and former justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. He's the son of a Polish father and Swiss mother, who immigrated to Brazil after the Second World War.
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Shari Redstone
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Shari Ellin Redstone is an American media executive. She currently serves as the non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS) and president of National Amusements, and is a former vice chairperson of CBS Corporation and Viacom. Through National Amusements, Redstone and her family are majority owners of CBS, Comedy Central, BET, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, MTV and the film studio Paramount Pictures.
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Robert Rey
- Occupations
- surgeonpoliticianplastic surgeon
- Biography
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Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior is a Brazilian American plastic surgeon. He was featured on the E! reality series Dr. 90210. Rey has appeared on many TV shows as a medical correspondent, including The View and Good Morning America, he has also contributed to The New York Times and appeared on the cover of Forbes Brazil.
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Mariana Mazzucato
- Occupations
- university teacherinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Mariana Francesca Mazzucato is an Italian–American-British economist and academic. She is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) and founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). She is best known for her work on dynamics of technological change, the role of the public sector in innovation, and the concept of value in economics. The New Republic have called her one of the "most important thinkers about innovation".
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Glenn Cooper
- Occupations
- archaeologistwriterscreenwriterphysicianfilm producer
- Biography
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Glenn Cooper is an American author and physician best known for being an internationally best selling thriller writer. His books have been translated into 31 languages and, as of 2014, have sold over six million copies. He lives in Gilford, New Hampshire and he is Solofra honorary citizen.
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Eugene Fama
- Occupations
- pedagogueuniversity teachereconomist
- Biography
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Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama is an American economist, best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.
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Kostas Karamanlis
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Konstantinos A. Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής, pronounced [ˈkostas karamanˈlis]), is a Greek retired politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and as member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1989 to 2023.
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Cynthia McKinney
- Occupations
- peace activistpoliticianfaculty member
- Biography
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Cynthia Ann McKinney is an American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American woman elected to represent Georgia in the House. She left the Democratic Party and ran in 2008 as the presidential nominee of the Green Party. She ran for vice president in 2020 after the Green Party of Alaska formally nominated her and draft-nominated Jesse Ventura for president. She is an assistant professor at North South University.
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Geng Shuang
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- 2005-2006 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Geng Shuang is a Chinese politician serving as China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He formerly served as the deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Ng Chee Meng
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- Chief of Defence Forcepolitician
- Biography
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Ng Chee Meng is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general who has been serving as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress since 2018. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Punggol North division of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC between 2015 and 2020. He served as Minister for Education (Schools) between 2015 and 2018, and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2018 and 2020.
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Occupations
- children's writerwriterYouTuber
- Biography
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books, and the film project The Beckoning of Lovely. She was a prolific writer, publishing more than 30 children's books between 2005 and her death in 2017. She is the only author to have three children's books make the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in the same year. She was a contributor to Chicago's NPR affiliate WBEZ, and to the TED conference.
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr
- Occupations
- journalistreporterpublisherentrepreneur
- Biography
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Arthur Ochs "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. is an American journalist.
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Chatri Sityodtong
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- international forum participantThai boxer
- Biography
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Chatri Trisiripisal, known by the ring names Chatri Sityodtong (Thai: ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, RTGS: Chatri Sit-yotthong) and Yodchatri Sityodtong (Thai: ยอดชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, RTGS: Yotchatri Sit-yotthong), is a Thai entrepreneur and martial arts instructor based in Singapore.
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Gina McCarthy
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantclimate activist
- Biography
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Regina McCarthy is an American air quality expert who served as the first White House national climate advisor from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as the thirteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017.
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Erica Yuen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erica Yuen Mi-ming is a Hong Kong politician, actress, and presenter. A former Miss Hong Kong pageant participant, she was the chairperson of the People Power political party between 2013 and 2016.
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Ben Silverman
- Occupations
- television producerexecutive producer
- Biography
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Benjamin Noah Silverman is an American media executive. He is the co-CEO and chairman of the entertainment production company Propagate.
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Jill Lepore
- Occupations
- historianwriteressayistacademicjournalist
- Biography
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Jill Lepore is an American historian and journalist. She is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she has contributed since 2005. She writes about American history, law, literature, and politics.
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Richard N. Goodwin
- Occupations
- political adviserwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Richard Naradof Goodwin was an American writer and presidential advisor. He was an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was married to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin for 42 years until his death in 2018 after a short bout with cancer. He was 86.
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Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal Al Saud
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud is a Saudi prince and businessman. He is a minister-ranking advisor at the Royal Court and chairman of Advanced Media Holding Company (AMHC), a media group parenting an FM radio station and Al Watan.
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Jen O'Malley Dillon
- Occupations
- political advisercampaign manager
- Biography
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Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as a top leader of Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign. She was a White House deputy chief of staff during Biden's first three years as president, after managing his 2020 presidential campaign. She was the manager of Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign of the same year. She is the first female presidential campaign manager for a winning Democratic ticket.
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Chuck Rosenberg
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Chuck Rosenberg is an American attorney who served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2015 to 2017. He formerly served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and for the Southern District of Texas; as a senior FBI official on the staff of two FBI Directors; as Counselor to the Attorney General; as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General; and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk and Alexandria.
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Carlos Latuff
- Occupations
- painterfreelancercartoonist
- Biography
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Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian political cartoonist. His work deals with themes such as anti-Western sentiment, anti-capitalism, and opposition to U.S. military intervention in foreign countries. He is best-known for his images depicting the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Arab Spring.
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Jonathan Greenblatt
- Occupations
- international forum participantentrepreneur
- Biography
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Jonathan Greenblatt is an American entrepreneur, corporate executive, and the sixth National Director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Prior to heading the ADL, Greenblatt served in the White House as Special Assistant to Barack Obama and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.
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Gregory Maguire
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. Though unsuccessful at first, it was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003.
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Mira Ricardel
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Studied in 1982-1984
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Mira Radielovic Ricardel, is an American businesswoman and former federal political appointee.
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Lew Rockwell
- Occupations
- writerpublishereconomisteditor-in-chiefblogger
- Biography
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Llewellyn Harrison Rockwell Jr. is an American author, editor, and political consultant. A libertarian and a self-professed anarcho-capitalist, he founded and is the chairman of the Mises Institute, a non-profit promoting the Austrian School of economics.
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Sofyan Djalil
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Dr. Sofyan A. Djalil, S.H., M.A., M.A.L.D was the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning of Indonesia under President Joko Widodo's 2014–2019 Working Cabinet and the Onward Indonesia Cabinet. He has served as State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises in the United Indonesia Cabinet.
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Peter DeFazio
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Anthony DeFazio is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district from 1987 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is a founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserve, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon. On December 1, 2021, DeFazio announced he would not seek reelection in 2022.
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Darrell Scott
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwritermandolinist
- Biography
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James Darrell Scott, known as Darrell Scott, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. The son of musician Wayne Scott, he moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana (known today as Lake Station, Indiana). He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California. Later, Darrell moved to Toronto then Boston. He attended Tufts University, where he studied poetry and literature. He has lived in Nashville, Tennessee, since about 1995. He has written several mainstream country hits, and he has also established himself as one of Nashville's premier session instrumentalists. His younger brother, David Scott, occasionally accompanies Darrell on the keyboard.
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Susan Haskell
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Susan Haskell is a Canadian actress. She played the role of Marty Saybrooke on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
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Gordon S. Wood
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Studied in 1955
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Gordon Stewart Wood is an American historian and professor at Brown University. He is a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
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Jonathan Tisch
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Jonathan Mark Tisch is an American businessman. He is the CEO of American luxury hospitality company Loews Hotels. Tisch is also a board member of the Tribeca Film Institute.
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Paul A. Offit
- Occupations
- authorphysicianimmunologistmedical writer
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Paul Allan Offit is an American pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases, vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, former chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases (1992–2014), and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Elliot Ackerman
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Elliot Ackerman is an American author and former Marine Corps special operations team leader. He is the New York Times–bestselling author of the novels 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, Red Dress In Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, and Green on Blue, and the upcoming Halcyon: A Novel, as well as the memoirs The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan and Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning. His books have received significant critical acclaim, including nominations for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medals in both fiction and non-fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He served as a White House fellow in the Obama administration and is a Marine veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a contributing writer to The Atlantic and The New York Times. He was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with Valor, and a Purple Heart during his five deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Medea Benjamin
- Occupations
- peace activistpolitical writereconomisthuman rights activistenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who was the co-founder of Code Pink with Jodie Evans and others. Along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, she created the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate.
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Gary Winick
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriterfilm editorfilm producer
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Gary Scott Winick was an American filmmaker whose films as a director include Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004), and who also produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.
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Vali Nasr
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in international relations
- Occupations
- historianauthorprofessorpolitical scientistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and author, specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is also a Non-Resident Fellow in South Asia at Atlantic Council and is described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam".
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Julie Nathanson
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Julie Nathanson is an American actress known for voicing Rosalie Rowan in The Zeta Project, Silver Banshee and Jewelee in the DC animated film Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, Yelena Belova in Avengers Assemble and Jess Black in Ubisoft's Far Cry 5. Since 2011, she has voiced Belle in various media, replacing Paige O'Hara and Jodi Benson.
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Liu Xiaoming
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Liu Xiaoming is a Chinese diplomat who is currently the special representative of the Chinese government on the Korean Peninsula affairs.
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Thomas Kean, Jr
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Howard Kean Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2023. He represented New Jersey's 21st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2003 to 2022, serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Kean is the son of former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean.
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ريم الهاشمي
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy is an Emirati politician who is the Minister of State for International Cooperation in the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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Lou DiBella
- Occupations
- business executiveactor
- Biography
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Louis John DiBella Jr. is an American boxing promoter and television/film producer.
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Bridget Kearney
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Bridget Kearney is an American musician and songwriter. She is a founding member of the band Lake Street Dive and winner of the 2005 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Jazz category.
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Joel Simkhai
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Joel Simkhai is an Israeli-American tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of geosocial networking and dating apps Grindr and Blendr. His original goal in starting Grindr was for people with similar interests to find new friends nearby.
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Ben duPont
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Benjamin Franklin duPont is an American businessman known for founding the company yet2.com and yet2Ventures. He is a member of the prominent Du Pont family. He co-founded and is a partner at Chartline Capital Partners.
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Thomas R. Pickering
- Occupations
- international forum participantdiplomat
- Biography
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Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.
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Yitzchak Mirilashvili
- Occupations
- investorentrepreneur
- Biography
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Yitzchak Mirilashvili is an Israeli investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of VK.com (Vkontakte.ru), Russia's largest social network. Mirilashvili lives in Israel, where he oversees his businesses as well as various charitable foundations and causes. Mirilashvili is the controlling shareholder of Israel's Channel 14.
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Seamus Blackley
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley is an American video game designer and former agent with Creative Artists Agency representing video game creators. He is best known for creating and designing the original Xbox in 2001.
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Mäulen Äşimbaev
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maulen Sagatkhanovich Ashimbayev is a Kazakh politician who is serving as a member and chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan. He served as the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration from 2019 to 2020, Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan in 2019, First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan from 2018 to 2019 and member of the Mäjilis from 2016 to 2018.
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Roderick MacKinnon
- Occupations
- university teacherinternistcrystallographerbiophysicistchemist
- Biography
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Roderick MacKinnon is an American biophysicist, neuroscientist, and businessman. He is a professor of molecular neurobiology and biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre in 2003 for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels.
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Nancy Holt
- Occupations
- sculptortelevision producerartistdrawerphotographer
- Biography
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Nancy Holt was an American artist most known for her public sculpture, installation art, concrete poetry, and land art. Throughout her career, Holt also produced works in other media, including film and photography. Since 2018, her legacy has been cared for by Holt/Smithson Foundation.
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Don Pramudwinai
- Occupations
- international forum participantdiplomat
- Biography
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Don Pramudwinai is a Thai diplomat and politician who was a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand from 2015 to 2023 under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha government. He previously served as the ambassador of Thailand to the United States.
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Kirk Caldwell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Kirk William Caldwell is an American politician who served as the mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Caldwell also held the position of acting mayor in 2010 following the resignation of Mayor Mufi Hannemann. Caldwell announced that he would be running for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election in September 2021, but withdrew the following May.
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Surakiart Sathirathai
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Surakiart Sathirathai is a Thai politician who, until September 19, 2006, a Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand overseeing Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture. He is former President of the Asian Society of International Law and former President of the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council.
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Marina Kaljurand
- Occupations
- lawyerbadminton playerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Marina Kaljurand is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Kaljurand served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet as an independent. Earlier, she served as the Ambassador of Estonia to the United States, Russia, Mexico, Canada, Kazakhstan, and Israel.
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William H. Sullivan
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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William Healy Sullivan was an American Foreign Service career officer who served as ambassador to Laos from 1964 to 1969, the Philippines from 1973 to 1977, and Iran from 1977 to 1979.
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Allan McLeod Cormack
- Occupations
- biophysicistresearcherphysicist
- Biography
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Allan MacLeod Cormack was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT), a significant and unusual achievement since Cormack did not hold a doctoral degree in any scientific field.
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Joe Courtney
- Enrolled in Tufts University
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Darren Courtney is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 2nd congressional district since 2007. His district encompasses most of the eastern third of the state, including Norwich and New London. A member of the Democratic Party, Courtney served as the Connecticut state representative for the 56th district from 1987 to 1995 and Vernon town attorney from 2003 until 2006.
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Jim Lonborg
- Occupations
- baseball playerdentist
- Biography
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James Reynold Lonborg is an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Phillies. Though nicknamed "Gentleman Jim", he was known for fearlessly pitching on the inside of the plate throughout his fifteen-year career.
