100 Notable alumni of
University of Arizona
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The University of Arizona is 109th in the world, 49th in North America, and 47th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Arizona sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kourtney Kardashian
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- media personalitytelevision actoractorcelebritysocialite
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Kourtney Kardashian Barker is an American media personality and socialite. In 2007, she and her family began starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take Miami and Kourtney and Kim Take New York. After she and her family made the decision to end their show after 20 seasons in 2021, they began appearing in an all new reality television series titled The Kardashians on Hulu in 2022.
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Kristen Wiig
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorcomedianfilm producer
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Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Wiig achieved nationwide stardom during her seven-season tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012.
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Nicole Richie
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- modelfashion designeractortelevision actormusician
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Nicole Camille Richie is an American television personality, fashion designer, and actress. She came to prominence after appearing in the reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she starred alongside her childhood friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton. Richie's personal life attracted media attention during the series' five-year run and thereafter.
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Steve Kerr
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Stephen Douglas Kerr is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known as one of the most accurate three-point shooters in NBA history. Kerr is a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and four as head coach of the Warriors. He was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History.
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Kate Walsh
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- stage actormodeltelevision actorfilm actor
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Kathleen Erin Walsh is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2012, 2021–present) and Private Practice (2007–2013).
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David Foster Wallace
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- 1985-1987 graduated with Master of Fine Arts in creative writing
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- novelistwriteruniversity teacheressayist
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David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. His posthumous novel, The Pale King (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012. The Los Angeles Times's David Ulin called Wallace "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
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Linda McCartney
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- singermusicianphotographerrecording artistsongwriter
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Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer and musician. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings that also featured her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles.
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John Hughes
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- film directorwriterscreenwriterfilm producer
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John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career in 1970 as an author of humorous essays and stories for the National Lampoon magazine. He went on in Hollywood to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s. He directed such films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, and Uncle Buck; and wrote the films National Lampoon's Vacation, Mr. Mom, Pretty in Pink, The Great Outdoors, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Dutch, and Beethoven.
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Nick Foles
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Studied communication studies
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Nicholas Edward Foles is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. Foles previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats and was selected in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Foles had a breakout season in 2013 when he set the NFL season record for the best touchdown–interception ratio and led the Eagles to a division title, earning him Pro Bowl honors. Unable to duplicate his success the following year, Foles was traded to the St. Louis Rams, where he also struggled during his one season.
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Andre Iguodala
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- basketball player
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Andre Tyler Iguodala is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The swingman was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice. He won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015. He was also a member of the U.S. national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal both times.
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Rick Hoffman
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Richard Edward Hoffman is an American actor. He is known for playing Jerry Best in the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005), Chase Chapman in the ABC comedy series Samantha Who? (2007–2009) and Louis Litt in the USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011–2019).
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Michael Biehn
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- modelfilm actorfilm producerscreenwriteractor
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Michael Connell Biehn is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Cpl. Dwayne Hicks in Aliens (1986), and Lt. Coffey in The Abyss (1989). His other films include The Fan (1981), The Seventh Sign (1988), Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), The Rock (1996), Mojave Moon (1996), Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001), Clockstoppers (2002), and Planet Terror (2007). On television, he has appeared in Hill Street Blues (1984), The Magnificent Seven (1998–2000), and Adventure Inc. (2002–2003). Biehn received a Best Actor Saturn Award nomination for Aliens.
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Bob Dole
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Studied in 1948-1949
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerjurist
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Robert Joseph Dole was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three non-consecutive years as Senate Majority Leader. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was also the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election and the vice presidential nominee in the 1976 election.
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Greg Kinnear
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- voice actoractorjournalisttelevision actorfilm director
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Gregory Buck Kinnear is an American actor and former talk show host. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets (1997).
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Garry Shandling
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- screenwriterfilm actoractorfilm producercomedian
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Garry Emmanuel Shandling was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.
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Jerry Bruckheimer
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- film directortelevision producerexecutive producerfilm producerproducer
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Jerome Leon Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, comedy, fantasy, animation and science fiction.
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Craig T. Nelson
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- voice actorkaratekaactordirectormanufacturer
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Craig Theodore Nelson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Hayden Fox in the sitcom Coach (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series), Deputy Ward Wilson in the 1980 film Stir Crazy, Steve Freeling in the 1982 film Poltergeist, Burt Nickerson in All The Right Moves (1983), Peter Dellaplane in Action Jackson, Chief Howard Hyde in Turner & Hooch (1989), Alex Cullen in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Chief Jack Mannion in The District (2000–2004), The Warden in My Name is Earl, and the voice of Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in the 2004 film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel. He also starred as Zeek Braverman in the television series Parenthood and plays Dale Ballard on Young Sheldon.
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Temple Grandin
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- academicwriteruniversity teachernon-fiction writeractivist
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Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior, and is also an autism spokesperson.
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Barry Goldwater
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- politicianmilitary officerphotographerbusinesspersonaircraft pilot
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Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.
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Geraldo Rivera
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- writerlawyertelevision presenterradio personalityjournalist
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Geraldo Rivera is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from 2001 to 2023. He hosted the tabloid talk show Geraldo from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the live 1986 TV special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults. Rivera hosted the news magazine program Geraldo at Large, hosts the occasional broadcast of Geraldo Rivera Reports (in lieu of hosting At Large). He served as a rotating co-host of The Five from 2022 to 2023.
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Luke Walton
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Studied in 1999-2003
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Luke Theodore Walton is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 10 seasons in the NBA as a forward, winning two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also won a title as an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors before serving as the head coach of the Lakers from 2016 through 2019. Additionally, Walton served as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings from 2019 to 2021.
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Jonathan Van Ness
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- television personalitywriterhairdresseractortelevision presenter
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Jonathan McDonald Van Ness, also commonly referred to by his initials J.V.N, is an American hairstylist, podcast host and television personality. He is best known as the grooming expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye, for his work on the web series parody Gay of Thrones, and for hosting the Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast. He is also known for comedy tours, the 2023 tour entitled Fun & Slutty with Jonathan Van Ness.
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Gilbert Arenas
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- bloggerbasketball player
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Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Arenas attended Grant High School in the Valley Glen district of Los Angeles, and accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Arizona late in his junior year. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 31st overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft.
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Savannah Guthrie
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistlawyernews presentertelevision presenter
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Savannah Clark Guthrie is an Australian-born American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012.
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Aaron Gordon
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- basketball player
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Aaron Addison Gordon is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in San Jose, California, Gordon attended Archbishop Mitty High School where he led his team to two state championships and was named California Mr. Basketball in his junior and senior years. Gordon then played one year of college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats, during which they won the Pac-12 regular season title and reached the Elite Eight of the 2014 NCAA tournament.
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Richard Jefferson
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- basketball player
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Richard Allen Jefferson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on ESPN. He played college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats. Jefferson was drafted in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in his first season with the New Jersey Nets (now known as the Brooklyn Nets). He won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. He was also a member of the United States national team that won a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Rande Gerber
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- modelbusinessperson
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Rande Gerber is an American businessman and former model. He founded tequila brand Casamigos alongside actor George Clooney and businessman Mike Meldman, as well as nightlife companies Midnight Oil, Caliche Rum, and Gerber Group, with a portfolio that has consisted of nightlife industry, such as restaurants, bars and lounges worldwide.
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Deandre Ayton
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- basketball player
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Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus five-star prospect in the Class of 2017 and a McDonald's All-American, he played one season of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, where he was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. Ayton was selected with the first overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2019. In 2021, he helped lead the Suns to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1993.
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Lauri Markkanen
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Studied in 2016-2017
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lauri Elias Markkanen is a Finnish basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Finnisher", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen.
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Paige Spiranac
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- modelgolfer
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Paige Renee Spiranac is an American social media personality, golf instructor, and former professional golfer. She played Division 1 college golf at both the University of Arizona and San Diego State University, winning All-Mountain West Conference honors during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons, and leading the Aztecs to their first Mountain West Conference Championship in 2015.
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Roger Smith
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- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Roger LaVerne Smith was an American television and film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series 77 Sunset Strip and in the comedy series Mister Roberts. Smith went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years.
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Mike Bibby
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Michael Bibby is an American former professional basketball player. He played professionally for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He last served as the head coach for Hillcrest Prep Academy in Phoenix, Arizona. Bibby played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, with whom he won the 1997 NCAA Championship. He was drafted second overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1998 NBA draft.
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Caroline Rhea
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- voice actorpresentertelevision producercasting directorscreenwriter
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Caroline Gilchrist Rhea is a Canadian actress and stand-up comedian, who is best known for her role as Linda Flynn-Fletcher, Betty Jo Flynn and additional voices from the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb and Hilda Spellman on the ABC series Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
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Terry Francona
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- baseball player
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Terrence Jon Francona, nicknamed "Tito", is an American former baseball manager and player who was the manager of the Cleveland Indians/Guardians in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eleven seasons. Previously, he was the manager of the Boston Red Sox for eight seasons, whom he led to two World Series titles, ending the franchise's 86-year championship drought.
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Jason Terry
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Jason Eugene Terry is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 19 seasons in the NBA as a combo guard and is nicknamed "the Jet". With the Dallas Mavericks, Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2009 and an NBA championship in 2011. As of January 2023, Terry has made the eighth-most three-point field goals in NBA history.
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Katie Pavlich
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistpodcasterblogger
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Catherine Merri "Katie" Pavlich is an American conservative commentator, author, blogger, and podcaster.
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Derrick Williams
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- basketball player
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Derrick LeRon Williams is an American professional basketball player who last played for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats from 2009 to 2011.
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Adam Housley
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- journalistcorrespondentbaseball player
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Arthur Adam Housley is an Emmy winning American journalist, winemaker, and former professional baseball player. He worked for Fox News from 2001 until 2018.
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Annika Sörenstam
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- architectgolfer
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Annika Charlotta Sörenstam is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 24 other tournaments internationally. After turning 50, she came back from her retirement and added a win in the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open.
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Woody Johnson
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- diplomatentrepreneurbusinessperson
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Robert Wood Johnson IV is an American businessman who was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, one of three brothers who founded Johnson & Johnson. In 2000 he purchased the New York Jets football team and is currently the Jets co-owner alongside his brother, Christopher Johnson.
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Nico Mannion
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- basketball player
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Niccolò "Nico" Mannion is an Italian-American professional basketball for Pallacanestro Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top point guards in the 2019 class. Although he mainly grew up in the United States, Mannion represents his birth country of Italy in international competitions.
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Channing Frye
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- podcasterbasketball player
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Channing Thomas Frye is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward-center, he played college basketball for the University of Arizona. He was drafted eighth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2005 NBA draft, and was the first college senior to be selected in that draft. He also played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers, winning an NBA Championship with the Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals.
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Kurt Busch
- Occupations
- racing automobile driver
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Kurt Thomas Busch is an American auto racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the 2017 Daytona 500 winner. He is the older brother of two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch.
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Tedy Bruschi
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Tedy Lacap Bruschi is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, who is the senior advisor to the head coach at University of Arizona. He played college football for the University of Arizona, and was a two-time consensus All-American. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and played his entire professional career with the Patriots. Bruschi won three Super Bowls and was a two-time second-team All-Pro selection.
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Dick Scobee
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- military officerastronaut
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Francis Richard Scobee was an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. He was killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.
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Bob Baffert
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- horse traineractor
- Biography
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Robert A. Baffert is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, eight Preakness Stakes, three Belmont Stakes, and three Kentucky Oaks. He has been the subject of significant controversy regarding repeated incidents of his horses failing drug tests or dying under his care.
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Jennie Finch
- Occupations
- softball player
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Jennie Lynn Finch Daigle is an American former softball player. She played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999 to 2002, where she won the 2001 Women's College World Series and was named collegiate All-American. Later she led the United States women's national softball team to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also pitched for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch from 2005 to 2010.
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Damon Stoudamire
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Damon Lamon Stoudamire, nicknamed Mighty Mouse, is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 171 lb (78 kg) point guard was selected with the 7th overall pick by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 NBA draft and won the 1995–96 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He played collegiately at the University of Arizona, and professionally for the Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs.
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Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rondae Jaquan Hollis-Jefferson is an American-Jordanian professional basketball player who last played for the TNT Tropang Giga of the East Asia Super League. He spent six seasons in the NBA, and played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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Stanley Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Stanley Herbert Johnson Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He played one season of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats before being selected eighth overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2015 NBA draft.
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T. J. McConnell
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Studied in 2012-2015
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Timothy John McConnell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the Arizona Wildcats.
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Jon Kyl
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jon Llewellyn Kyl is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013. Following the death of John McCain in 2018, Kyl briefly returned to the Senate, leaving office after the appointment of Martha McSally in 2019. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, serving alongside McCain during his first stint. Kyl was Senate Minority Whip from 2007 until 2013. He first joined the lobbying firm Covington & Burling after retiring in 2013, then rejoined in 2019.
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Dan Soder
- Occupations
- podcastercomedian
- Biography
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Daniel Erwin Soder is an American stand up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's Guy Code and as Mafee on the Showtime drama series Billions. He co-hosted The Bonfire with fellow comedian Big Jay Oakerson on Sirius XM from 2015 to 2023.
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Robert Sarver
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Robert Gary Sarver is an American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Value Partners, a real estate development company, and the former owner of the Phoenix Suns NBA team, Phoenix Mercury WNBA team and the RCD Mallorca La Liga Spanish football team.
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Kenny Lofton
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- 1985-1989 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- baseball playerbasketball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Lofton is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. Lofton was a six-time All-Star (1994–1999), four-time Gold Glove Award winner (1993–1996), and at retirement, was ranked 15th among all-time stolen base leaders with 622. During his career, he played for the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Texas Rangers.
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Barbara Kingsolver
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriteressayist
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Barbara Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.
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Trevor Hoffman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Trevor William Hoffman is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2010. A long-time closer, he pitched for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, and Milwaukee Brewers, including more than 15 years for the Padres. Hoffman was the major leagues' first player to reach the 500- and 600-save milestones, and was the all-time saves leader from 2006 until 2011. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. Hoffman currently serves as senior advisor for baseball operations for the Padres.
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Scott Stuber
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actor
- Biography
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Scott Stuber is an American film producer. He was the chairman of Netflix Films.
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Jennifer Rubin
- Occupations
- television actormodelfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Jennifer Collene Rubin is an American actress. A competitive swimmer during her youth, Rubin was discovered by the Ford Modeling Agency and went on to model for Calvin Klein and became Ford International Model of the Year in 1984. She made her film debut as Taryn White in the 1987 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and has since starred in a variety of films including Andrew Fleming's Bad Dreams, Marisa Silver's Permanent Record (1988), Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Alan Shapiro's The Crush (1993), Louis Venosta's The Coriolis Effect (1994), Christian Duguay's Screamers (1995), and the 2001 Dogme 95 inspired film Reunion. Outside of film, Rubin has guest starred on a variety of television series such as The Twilight Zone (1987) and Tales from the Crypt (1992). In 2010, Rubin appeared as herself in the documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and has since been also working as a writer, producer & director on her original screenplays.
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Chris Gronkowski
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Christopher Michael Gronkowski is a former American football fullback. After playing college football at the University of Arizona, he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 2010, Indianapolis Colts in 2011, and the Denver Broncos in 2012.
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Cecily von Ziegesar
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- novelistchildren's writerwriter
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Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels.
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Shadoe Stevens
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actorfilm producerradio personalityscreenwriter
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Shadoe Stevens is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995. He currently hosts the internationally syndicated radio show Top of the World, and co-hosts Mental Radio, an approach to UFOs and paranormal topics. He was co-founder and creator of Sammy Hagar's rock station "Cabo Wabo Radio" which broadcast from the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In television, he was the announcer for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS and, as of July 2015, serves as the primary continuity announcer for the Antenna TV network. His voice can also be heard as the voiceover for "G.O.D." in the Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz. Stevens is also often heard on Hits & Favorites, calling in at least once a week to share wisdom with his brother Richard Stevens and their friend Lori St. James.
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Sean Elliott
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Sean Michael Elliott is an American former professional basketball player who starred as a small forward in both the college and professional ranks. He attended the University of Arizona, where he had a standout career as a two-time All-American, winner of the 1989 John R. Wooden Award, the 1989 Adolph Rupp Trophy, the 1989 NABC Player of the Year, 1989 AP Player of the Year, and two time Pac-12 Player of the Year (in 1988–1989).
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Jordan Hill
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jordan Craig Hill is an American former professional basketball player.
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Andy Biggs
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- In 1984 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Steven Biggs is an American attorney and politician who represents Arizona's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district, which was once represented by U.S. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, is in the heart of the East Valley and includes most of Mesa and Chandler and all of Queen Creek and Biggs's hometown of Gilbert.
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Arte Moreno
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Arturo "Arte" Moreno is an American businessman. On May 15, 2003, he became the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company. In August 2022, he announced that he would explore a possible sale of the franchise, but in January 2023, he decided not to sell the team.
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Rory Sabbatini
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2007 and early-2008, with a high of 8th. Sabbatini won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, representing Slovakia.
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Lorena Ochoa
- Occupations
- golfer
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Lorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records), from 23 April 2007 to her retirement on 2 May 2010, at the age of 28 years old. As the first Mexican golfer of either gender to be ranked number one in the world, she is considered the best Mexican golfer and the best Latin American female golfer of all time. Ochoa was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Rob Refsnyder
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- baseball player
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Robert Daniel Refsnyder is a Korean American professional baseball second baseman and right fielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, and Minnesota Twins.
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Josh Pastner
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Joshua Paul Pastner is an American college basketball coach, and the former head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Memphis Tigers.
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Natalie Gulbis
- Occupations
- modelgolfer
- Biography
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Natalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
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Richard Russo
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- writernovelistscreenwriteractorfilm producer
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Richard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls.
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Josh Green
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Joshua Benjamin Green is an Australian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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Bennedict Mathurin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bennedict Richard Felder Mathurin is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, where he was named a consensus second-team All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year after his sophomore season. He was selected by the Pacers with the sixth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft. He was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2023 and finished fourth in voting for the 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year award.
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Chase Budinger
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- beach volleyball playerbasketball player
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Chase Andrew Budinger is an American professional volleyball player and former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 44th overall pick in 2009 NBA draft after playing three years of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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Amy Van Dyken
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- Studied in 1991-1994
- Occupations
- swimmercolor commentatorradio personality
- Biography
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Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host. She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and 4×100-meter medley relay.
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Allonzo Trier
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Allonzo Brian Trier is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 and was named the most outstanding player in the Pac-12 tournament.
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Richard Epcar
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- drummerscreenwritervoice actordirectoractor
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Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the Mortal Kombat franchise, The Joker in several projects, Yhwach and Zangetsu in Bleach, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Etemon and Myotismon in Digimon, Batou in Ghost in the Shell, Xehanort/Ansem in Kingdom Hearts, Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Black Ghost/Skull in Cyborg 009, Akuma in Street Fighter V (replacing Dave Mallow), Daisuke Jigen in Lupin the Third and Andrall in Gormiti Nature Unleashed. He and fellow voice actress Ellyn Stern own and operate Epcar Entertainment, a voice-over production service company based in Los Angeles.
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Kelly Sullivan
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- film actorstage actortelevision actor
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Kelly Sullivan is an American actress. She is known for her role as Kate Howard on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital, which she portrayed from September 2011 until August 2013, before reappearing briefly in October 2014. She also played Sage Warner on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from October 28, 2014, to June 22, 2016. She starred as Bonnie Hayes in the TLC drama series Too Close to Home.
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Jerryd Bayless
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jerryd Andrew Bayless is an American former professional basketball player. He played a year of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats after playing high school basketball at St. Mary's High School in Phoenix. He was selected 11th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers and was then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Solomon Hill
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Solomon Jamar Hill is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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Ann Kirkpatrick
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in oriental studies
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerteacher
- Biography
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Ann Leila Kirkpatrick is an American politician and retired attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2011, and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007.
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George Gray
- Occupations
- announcer
- Biography
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George Edward Gray is an American television personality and comedian. He is best known for hosting the game shows Extreme Gong and Weakest Link. In addition, he has been the announcer of The Price Is Right since 2011.
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Joan Ganz Cooney
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- television producertelevision director
- Biography
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Joan Ganz Cooney is an American television writer and producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was also co-created by her. Cooney grew up in Phoenix and earned a Bachelor of Arts in education from the University of Arizona in 1951. After working for the State Department in Washington, D.C., and as a journalist in Phoenix, she worked as a publicist for television and production companies in New York City. In 1961, she became interested in working for educational television, and became a documentary producer for New York's first educational TV station WNET (Channel 13). Many of the programs she produced won local Emmys.
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Ann Dusenberry
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Ann Dusenberry is an American film, television, and stage actress. She appeared in about 50 film and television productions from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. Among her best-known roles are those of Tina Wilcox in the horror film Jaws 2 (1978), Stevie in the drama film Heart Beat (1980) and Valerie in the thriller Cutter's Way (1981). After her retirement from the film industry, she remained active as an actress on stage, performing sporadically.
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Raúl Grijalva
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- In 1986 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Raúl Manuel Grijalva is an American politician and activist who serves as the United States representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district from 2023 to the present and Arizona's 3rd congressional district from 2003 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 7th from 2003 to 2013, includes the western third of Tucson, part of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix. Grijalva is the dean of Arizona's congressional delegation.
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Jessica Cox
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- diverwritermotivational speakeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Jessica Cox is the world's first licensed armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association. She was born without arms due to a rare birth defect.
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Edip Yüksel
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- writertranslator
- Biography
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Edip Yüksel is an American-Kurdish activist and prominent figure in the Quranism movement. He is a colleague and friend of the late Rashad Khalifa.
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Brian Schmidt
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- university teacherprofessorinternational forum participantphysicistastronomer
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Brian Paul Schmidt is a Distinguished Professor and astrophysicist at the University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He currently holds an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2012. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, making him the only Montana-born Nobel laureate. He was previously an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.
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Stuart Roosa
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- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Stuart Allen Roosa was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of 24 men to travel to the Moon, which he orbited 34 times.
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Amanda Beard
- Occupations
- modelswimmer
- Biography
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Amanda Ray Beard, also known by her married name Amanda Brown, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke (long course).
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Jud Buechler
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- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Judson Donald Buechler is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was part of the Chicago Bulls during their three consecutive championship seasons between 1996 and 1998.
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Lynn Borden
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- television actormodelfilm actoractorbeauty pageant contestant
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Lynn Marie Freyse was an American film and television actress. She was known for playing Barbara Baxter in the final season of the American sitcom television series Hazel.
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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- comics creatorcomics artistcaricaturist
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 2016, ComicsAlliance listed Kominsky-Crumb as one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition. She was married to cartoonist Robert Crumb, with whom she frequently collaborated. Their daughter, Sophie Crumb, is also a cartoonist.
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Mo Udall
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- businesspersonbiographerautobiographerbankerpolitician
- Biography
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Morris King Udall was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. He was noted by many for his independent and liberal views.
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Will Bynum
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- basketball player
- Biography
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William Bynum is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Arizona and Georgia Tech before going undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft. He was the 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP.
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John Roll
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- judgelawyer
- Biography
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John McCarthy Roll was a United States district judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 1991 until his murder in 2011, and as chief judge of that court from 2006 to 2011. With degrees from the University of Arizona College of Law and University of Virginia School of Law, Roll began his career as a court bailiff in Arizona and became an assistant city attorney of Tucson, Arizona in 1973. Later that year, Roll became a deputy county attorney for Pima County, Arizona until 1980, when he began serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for seven years. President George H. W. Bush appointed Roll to a federal judge seat in Arizona after Roll served four years as a state judge.
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Nick Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nicholas Alexander Johnson is an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, with whom he was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. He was then drafted 42nd overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2014 NBA draft, and played for them in the 2014-15 season.
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Gabe York
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gabe York is an American professional basketball player for the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, earning second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a senior in 2015–16.
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Joseph M. Acaba
- Enrolled in the University of Arizona
- In 1992 graduated with master's degree in geology
- Occupations
- hydrogeologistastronautteacher
- Biography
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Joseph Michael Acabá is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. He completed his training on February 10, 2006, and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to 28, 2009, to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.
