100 Notable alumni of
University of Central Florida
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The University of Central Florida is 461st in the world, 182nd in North America, and 168th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Central Florida sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Cheryl Hines
- Occupations
- directoractor
- Biography
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Cheryl Ruth Hines is an American actress. She is best known for playing Cheryl in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), for which she received two Emmy Award nominations. She has also starred as Dallas Royce on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory (2011–2014), and made her directorial debut with the 2009 film Serious Moonlight. Hines is married to lawyer, and former 2024 United States presidential candidate and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Tacko Fall
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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El Hadji Tacko Sereigne Diop Fall is a Senegalese professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He has previously played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Daniel Tosh
- Occupations
- film actorsingerexecutive producertelevision presenterdancer
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Daniel Dwight Tosh is an American comedian, writer, and producer. After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in marketing, Tosh moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy. His career accelerated in 2001 after a performance on the Late Show with David Letterman. He would go on to appear in other national shows, leading to his own 30-minute special on Comedy Central Presents two years later. From 2009 to 2020, Tosh was the host of Comedy Central series Tosh.0, a showcase of popular Internet video clips with the addition of Tosh's narrative comedic dialogue. Daniel Tosh also went on his own series of comedy tours from 2010 to 2015.
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Scott Porter
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingerstage actortelevision actor
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Matthew Scott Porter is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Jason Street in the NBC television drama Friday Night Lights.
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Terence Trent D'Arby
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- singer-songwriterrecording artistguitaristsinger
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Sananda Francesco Maitreya, who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987). The album included the singles "If You Let Me Stay", "Sign Your Name", "Dance Little Sister", and "Wishing Well".
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Shaquem Griffin
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Shaquem Alphonso Griffin /ʃəˈkiːm/ is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons.
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Plies
- Occupations
- rapperAmerican football playersongwriter
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Algernod Lanier Washington, better known by his stage name Plies, is an American rapper. Born in Fort Myers, Florida, Plies was a wide receiver on the Miami Redskins football team of Miami University in Ohio for two years in 1995 before embarking on a musical career. After a brief transfer to University of Central Florida, he dropped out and signed with the South Florida-based record label Slip-n-Slide Records in 2004; after four mixtapes, he signed a joint venture with Atlantic Records two years later.
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Shaquill Griffin
- Occupations
- American football player
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Shaquill Griffin is an American professional football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He is the twin brother of former linebacker Shaquem Griffin, and both brothers played college football for the UCF Knights. Griffin was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Alan Eustace
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- aircraft pilotcomputer scientistskydiverbusinessperson
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Robert Alan Eustace is an American computer scientist who served as senior vice president of engineering and first senior vice president for knowledge at Google until retiring in 2015. On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall jump from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's world record. The jump was from 135,890 feet (41.42 km) and lasted 15 minutes, an altitude record that stands as of 2025. He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year in 2015.
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Asante Samuel
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Asante Tyrell Samuel Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Accra, Ghana and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He played college football for the UCF Knights and was selected by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft. Samuel also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons. He led the NFL twice in interceptions, in 2006 and 2009, and is considered one of the all-time greatest Patriots and cornerbacks. He is the father of Asante Samuel Jr., a cornerback who was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Latavius Murray
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Latavius Rashard Murray is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the UCF Knights and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL draft, with whom he would earn Pro Bowl honors in 2015. He was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills.
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Matt Prater
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Matthew Phillip Prater is an American professional football placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Regarded as one of the best long distance kickers in NFL history, he held the NFL record for longest field goal (64 yards) from 2013 until 2021 and holds the NFL record for most 50+ yard field goals in a career, 81 as of 2024.
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Tom Lawlor
- Occupations
- professional wrestlermixed martial arts fighteramateur wrestler
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Thomas Joseph Lawlor is an American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and podcast host. He is signed to both New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the inaugural and longest reigning NJPW Strong Openweight Champion; and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a former one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion, one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion and the winner of the first-ever Battle Riot in 2018 and the 2020 Opera Cup tournament.
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A. J. Bouye
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Arlandus Jacob Bouye is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCF Knights, and was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2013. Bouye also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers.
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McKenzie Milton
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- Studied in 2016-2020
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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McKenzie Milton is an American college football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the UCF Knights. He was formerly an offensive analyst for the Tennessee Volunteers from 2023 to 2024. Born in Kapolei, Hawaii, Milton began his football career as a quarterback for UCF and Florida State. Following a severe knee injury during the 2018 season at UCF, Milton transferred to Florida State in 2021 and finished his playing career with the Seminoles, before joining former UCF coach Josh Heupel at Tennessee as an offensive analyst.
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Aric Almirola
- Occupations
- racing automobile driver
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Aric Michael Almirola is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 19 and 20 Toyota GR Supras for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 16 Toyota Tundra for Hattori Racing Enterprises. Almirola previously competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series as well as what is now the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West.
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Adrian R'Mante
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- television actorfilm actor
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Adrian R'Mante is an American actor best known for his role as Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
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Francesca Battistelli
- Occupations
- composersongwriterpianistsinger
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Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian singer and songwriter. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008. Her first single, "I'm Letting Go", was released to on june bugs radio stations on July 15, 2008, and charted on national Christian CHR charts. The song was the 16th most played song of 2008 on Christian radio stations according to R&R magazine. Battistelli received her first Grammy Award nomination in 2009, for Best Gospel Performance with her single, "Free to Be Me". She later received her first Grammy Award in 2016 at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song with her single "Holy Spirit" written by the worship band Jesus Culture from her album If We're Honest.
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Phil Dalhausser
- Occupations
- beach volleyball player
- Biography
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Philip Peter Dalhausser is an American former professional beach volleyball player, who played as a blocker. He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions.
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Sean Johnson
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sean Everet Johnson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC and the United States national team.
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Brian France
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Brian Zachary France is an American businessman and the former CEO and chairman of NASCAR. He served in the post from 2003 to 2018, following his grandfather (and NASCAR co-founder) Bill France Sr. and father Bill Jr., in the executive position. In 2019, France founded Silver Falcon Capital, Inc. and became CEO of the private investing firm.
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David Blue
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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David Blue is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Cliff St. Paul on Ugly Betty, Eli Wallace on the Syfy series Stargate Universe, and Rick Twitler on both Nickelodeon's Henry Danger and Danger Force.
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Aramis Ayala
- Occupations
- politiciandistrict attorneylawyer
- Biography
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Aramis Ayala is an American politician and prosecutor who was the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She was elected in November 2016, and served as the chief prosecutor from 2017 to 2021. In May 2019, Ayala stated that she would not seek re-election as state attorney.
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Josh Sitton
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Josh James Sitton is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCF Knights and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He made four Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl XLV with the Packers, and also played two seasons with the Chicago Bears and one season with the Miami Dolphins. After 11 seasons in the NFL, Sitton announced his retirement on April 4, 2019. He officially retired with the Packers on December 4, 2019. He was inducted to the Packers Hall of Fame in 2023.
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Mike Hughes
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Mike Hughes is an American professional football cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina before transferring to Garden City Community College and later to UCF. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft.
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Tim Beck
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Tim Beck is an American football coach and former player. He is the head coach at Coastal Carolina University. Prior to joining Coastal Carolina, he was the offensive coordinator at North Carolina State University, a position he had held since 2020.
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Dasha Fuentes
- Occupations
- professional wrestlerring announcer
- Biography
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Dasha Janis Kuret is an American fitness model, professional wrestler, and ring announcer. She is also known for her time as a backstage interviewer and ring announcer in WWE under the ring name Dasha Fuentes and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dasha Gonzalez.
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Nicole Stott
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- In 1992 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Nicole Marie Passonno Stott is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. She served as a flight engineer on ISS Expedition 20 and Expedition 21 and was a mission specialist on STS-128 and STS-133. After 27 years of working at NASA, the space agency announced her retirement effective June 1, 2015. She is married to Christopher Stott, a Manx-born American space entrepreneur.
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Ericka Dunlap
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Ericka Dunlap is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Orlando, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2003 and subsequently crowned Miss America 2004. Dunlap was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss Florida in the Miss America pageant's 81-year history. As of 2022, she is the only African American woman to have been crowned Miss Florida.
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Tre'Quan Smith
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Tre'Quan Smith is an American professional football wide receiver. He has previously played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos. He played college football at UCF.
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Julia Pierson
- Occupations
- U.S. Secret Service agentpolitician
- Biography
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Julia Ann Pierson is an American former law enforcement official. On March 27, 2013, President Barack Obama appointed her as the 23rd Director of the United States Secret Service. Pierson was the first female director of the agency. Amid a series of security lapses involving the Secret Service, she resigned the position on October 1, 2014.
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Drew Butera
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Andrew Edward Butera is an American former professional baseball catcher who is currently on the coaching staff of the Chicago White Sox. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Colorado Rockies.
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Stephen Christian
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- 1998-2002 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in psychology
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
- Biography
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Stephen Christian Arnold is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Anberlin, as well as the vocalist of his acoustic side-project Anchor & Braille. He and his bandmates started Anberlin in 2002, after the demise of their previous group, known as SaGoh 24/7. He is one of the main songwriters for Anberlin alongside Joseph Milligan, and with the band had released seven albums before their initial disbandment in 2014 and began working on an eighth album in 2020. Many of the albums in the Anberlin discography have peaked in the top ten on various Billboard charts.
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Valery Ortiz
- Occupations
- modelactordancer
- Biography
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Valery Milagros Ortiz is a Puerto Rican actress and model. She has appeared in various television series including South of Nowhere (2005–2008), Diary of a Single Mom (2009–2011), Hit the Floor (2013–2016) and Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (2019–2021). Ortiz has also appeared in films including Date Movie (2006), Dumbbells (2014) and Thriller (2018).
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Cody Allen
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Cody Edward Allen is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2012 to 2018 and the Los Angeles Angels in 2019.
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Glenn Hubbard
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Robert Glenn Hubbard is an American economist. He served as the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business from 2004 to 2019, where he remains the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics. On September 13, 2018, he announced that he would retire from his position after his contract expired on June 30, 2019. Hubbard previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1991 to 1993, and as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2003.
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John Rhys Plumlee
- Years
- 2001-.. (age 24)
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- In 2022 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- baseball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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John Rhys Plumlee is an American professional football utility player, having been designated as both a quarterback and wide receiver for the National Football League (NFL) currently playing for the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels and the UCF Knights as well as playing center fielder for both of their college baseball teams.
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Brandon Goodwin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brandon Goodwin is an American professional basketball player for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the UCF Knights and the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, being named the 2018 ASUN Conference Player of the Year with the latter.
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Deshorn Brown
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Deshorn Dwayne Brown is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian super league club Mohammedan sc
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Romario Williams
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Romario Garfield Williams is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Championship club Indy Eleven and the Jamaica national team. He is named after the legendary Brazilian footballer, Romário.
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Matthew Wright
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Matthew Wright is an American professional football placekicker who is a Free Agent of the National Football League (NFL). Wright played college football at UCF where he was a member of the undefeated 2017 team that was selected as National Champions by the Colley Matrix. He was a member of the 2022 Kansas City Chiefs team who won Super Bowl LVII over the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 38–35.
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George Kalogridis
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- Studied sociology
- Occupations
- chief operating officer
- Biography
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George Anthony Kalogridis is an American corporate executive. Kalogridis is the former president of the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Kalogridis became president of Disney Segment Development and Enrichment for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products in November 2019.
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Nate Pearson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Nathan Alexander Pearson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays. Pearson made his MLB debut in 2020 with the Blue Jays, and they traded him to the Cubs during the 2024 season.
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Lena Petermann
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lena Petermann is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Leicester City and has appeared for the Germany national team.
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Teri Harrison
- Occupations
- film actormodelPlayboy Playmateactor
- Biography
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Teri Marie Harrison Rose is an American model and actress. A former student of the University of Central Florida, she was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in October 2002. She was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Her involvement with Playboy began when her best friend encouraged her to send pictures of herself to the magazine. Although she was chosen almost immediately as a Playmate, it was a year before she was assigned a month. She was also the German Playboy Playmate of the Month, for January 2003. According to Teri, her father is German and her mother is half-Japanese.
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Joey Graham
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joseph Graham is an American former professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also holds the combine bench press record for NBA players.
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Lauren Thompson
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Lauren Thompson is an American television personality, print model and voiceover actor who worked for Golf Channel, mostly as a co-host on "Morning Drive", (from 2010 to 2020) the channel's daily morning show. She has been a host of "Top Ten", the "College Sports Minute" and is currently a host for GolfNow (formerly "Destination Golf"). She is also known for having worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as a backstage interviewer.
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Angelo Garcia
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Angelo Garcia is an American singer of Puerto Rican descent, who was a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo from 1988 to 1990.
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Jordan Akins
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jordan Nikemian Akins is an American professional football tight end for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCF.
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Robert P. Burke
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Biography
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Robert Peter Burke is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the commander of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Force Command Naples from 17 July 2020 to 27 June 2022. He was the 58th Chief of Naval Personnel from 27 May 2016 to 23 May 2019 and Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 10 June 2019 until 29 May 2020.
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Ben Lively
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Edward Bennett Lively is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, and Cincinnati Reds and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions.
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Dylan Moore
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dylan Scott Moore, nicknamed "Dmoe", is an American professional baseball utility player for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019.
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Marci Gonzalez
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Marci Renee Gonzalez is a reporter for CBS News formerly of ABC News who appears on various programs for the CBS network.
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Kathellen Sousa
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kathellen Sousa Feitoza, commonly known as Kathellen, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as centre back for and captain Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Nassr and the Brazil women's team. She is a product of the American college soccer system.
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Ryan McDonald
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ryan James McDonald is a Canadian actor. He is sometimes mistakenly credited as Ryan MacDonald. He is most noted for his performance in the film Black Conflux, for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.
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Fernando Caldeiro
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro was an Argentine-born American scientist and NASA astronaut.
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John S. Kolasheski
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John Stephen Kolasheski is a retired United States Army officer who was the commanding general of V Corps from 2020 to 2024.
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Stephen Graham
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Stephen Graham is an American former professional basketball player coach. Graham's twin brother, Joey, was his college teammate and has also played in the NBA. He is currently a player development coach with the Denver Nuggets.
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Mike Maroth
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Warren Maroth is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitcher and former professional and college pitching coach. Born in Orlando, Florida, the left-handed Maroth attended the University of Central Florida and made his Major League debut in 2002 for the Detroit Tigers. He lost 21 games in 2003, the only MLB pitcher to lose 20 games since 1980.
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Richie Grant
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Richie Grant is an American professional football safety for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCF, and was drafted by the Falcons in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft.
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Carrie Lawrence
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Carrie Elizabeth Lawrence is an American retired professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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Kostya Kimlat
- Occupations
- motivational speakerstage magician
- Biography
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Kostya Kimlat is a magician, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and business consultant. With the use of magic tricks, Kimlat helps companies train employees. As a speaker, he lectures on the importance of perception in daily life through magic and sleight of hand.
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Michael Lynche
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Michael Alexander Lynche is an American R&B singer and songwriter who was the fourth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol and the second finalist on the series ever to receive the judges' save, which had been introduced in the prior season. Lynche went on to release a self-titled debut album in 2012. The lead single from that album, "Who's Gonna Love You More", reached the top twenty-five on Billboard's Adult R&B chart. Since the release of his album, he has formed a live touring group, Michael Lynche and the Black Saints.
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Carlos Guillermo Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carlos Guillermo Smith is an American community activist, lobbyist, and Democratic politician. He is a member of the Florida Senate from the 17th district since 2024, covering much of Orange County east of I-4, having been elected without opposition upon the qualifying deadline on June 14th. He previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 49, situated in northeastern Orange County from 2016 through 2022, which covered the University of Central Florida area, Alafaya, Goldenrod, Union Park, Rio Pinar, and Waterford Lakes.
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Randolph Bracy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Randolph Bracy III is an American politician who was a member of the Florida Senate from the 11th district. Bracy's district included parts of central and northwest Orange County. Bracy was the first African American to serve as Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee. As a member of the State Senate, Bracy pushed for the establishment of Juneteenth as a state holiday.
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Grace Bochenek
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Grace Marie Bochenek is an American industrial engineer and the current director of the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training, and the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. She is former Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory within the United States Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy. She also served as the acting United States Secretary of Energy in early 2017. She previously had spent much of her career at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.
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Robert Venditti
- Occupations
- writerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Robert Venditti is an American comic book writer, known for his work on the Top Shelf Productions title The Surrogates, which was adapted to a major motion picture starring Bruce Willis directed by Jonathan Mostow for Disney., and for the Valiant Comics title X-O Manowar. He is also known for his work on DC Comics titles such as The Flash, Green Lantern, Justice League, and Hawkman. He has also adapted the Percy Jackson & the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus book series by Rick Riordan into graphic novels.
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Sophie Howard
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sophie Louise Howard is a footballer who plays as a defender for FA Women's Super League club Leicester City. Born in Germany, she has been a member of the Scotland national team since 2017.
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Lesa Roe
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Lesa B. Roe is an American aerospace engineer and Former Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA. She served as the Chancellor of the University of North Texas System from 2017 to 2021. Most recently Solid Power Inc. named Lesa Roe to its board of directors. Solid Power develops solid-state rechargeable battery products for government and commercial markets, including aerospace and electric vehicles.
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Scott Lagasse Jr
- Occupations
- racing driver
- Biography
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Scott Emile Lagasse Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He formerly drove in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is the son of former sports car and NASCAR driver Scott Lagasse Sr.
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Michael Carey
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in the University of Central Florida
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Michael J. Carey is an American entrepreneur and one of four founders of ATLAS Space Operations, Inc. Upon retiring after 32 years of military service, he became CEO and President of AAC Microtec North America, Inc., founded M. Carey Consultants, LLC, and CompressWave, LLC. He is a retired American military officer who served in the United States Air Force. Enlisted on September 17, 1977, he retired on June 1, 2014, as a brigadier general, after 32 years of military service.
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David Richardson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Richardson is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 113th district from 2012 to 2018. Richardson was elected as a Miami Beach commissioner in November 2019.
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Rannell Hall
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Rannell Hall is an American football wide receiver and cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at UCF.
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Konya Plummer
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 28)
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Konya Tajae Plummer is a Jamaican professional women's football centre-back who plays for the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe and the Jamaica national team.
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Eric Skoglund
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Eric Lawrence Skoglund is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals from 2017 to 2019.
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Dorian
- Occupations
- rapperbasketball coachsongwriterYouTuberproducer
- Biography
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Alton Dorian Clark, known mononymously as Dorian, is an American rapper, producer, songwriter, and basketball coach from Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Chasen Bradford
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chasen David Bradford is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners.
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Shea Holbrook
- Occupations
- racing driverengineer
- Biography
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Shea Holbrook is an American professional racing driver, entrepreneur and spokeswoman. Currently, she is in retirement starting a family.
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Bob Allen
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bob Allen is an American Republican politician and member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 until 2008, representing the 32nd district. His district included portions of Brevard and Orange Counties.
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Kevan George
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kevan Leon George is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Charlotte Independence in the USL Championship.
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Amy Griffin
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Amy Griffin is an American soccer coach and former player. As a player, Griffin played for the United States women's national soccer team and won the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is currently the head coach of the United States women's national deaf soccer team.
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Anna Eskamani
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anna Vishkaee Eskamani is an American politician. A Democrat, she represents District 42, which covers parts of Orlando along with Maitland, Winter Park, Eatonville, Edgewood, and Belle Isle, in the Florida House of Representatives. She is the first Iranian American elected to any public office in Florida.
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Travis Fisher
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Travis Lamon Fisher is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and current coach for Syracuse. He played college football for the UCF Knights and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft.
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Keith Clanton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Keith Clanton is an American professional basketball player for the CS Dinamo București of the Liga Națională. Standing at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in), he plays at the power forward and the center positions. After playing four years of college basketball at the University of Central Florida, with the UCF Knights, Clanton entered the 2013 NBA draft, but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
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Kulsoom Abdullah
- Occupations
- weightliftercomputer engineer
- Biography
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Kulsoom Beenazir Abdullah Kakakhel is a Pakistani-American weightlifter who became the first female weightlifter representing Pakistan when she competed at the 2011 World Championships. The same year she made history when, in keeping with her religious views, she became the first woman to compete in hijab (head scarf), covered arms and legs after the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) modified its rules to accommodate her request to do so.
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Rene Plasencia
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rene "Coach P" Plasencia is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 50th District (including southeast Orange County and the northern portion of Brevard County) from 2016 to 2022. He previously was elected in the 49th District in 2014, in Orange County.
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Steve Crisafulli
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steve Crisafulli is an American politician who served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2016. He represented the 51st District, which is located in northern Brevard County, including Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, and Rockledge, from 2008 to 2016.
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Matt Fox
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Jacob Fox is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox.
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Terrance Plummer
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Terrance Plummer is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at the University of Central Florida. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Washington Redskins in 2015.
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Jaquira Díaz
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- writermusic critic
- Biography
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Jaquira Díaz is a Puerto Rican fiction writer, essayist, journalist, cultural critic, and professor. She is the author of Ordinary Girls, which received a Whiting Award in Nonfiction, a Florida Book Awards Gold Medal, was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Finalist. She has written for The Atlantic, Time, The Best American Essays, Tin House, The Sun, The Fader, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Longreads,. She was an editor at the Kenyon Review and a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2022, she held the Mina Hohenberg Darden Chair in Creative Writing at Old Dominion University's MFA program and a Pabst Endowed Chair for Master Writers at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. She has taught creative writing at Colorado State University's MFA program, Randolph College's low-residency MFA program, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Kenyon College. Díaz lives in New York with her spouse, British writer Lars Horn, and is an assistant professor of writing at Columbia University.
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Beau Taylor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Beau Ritchie Taylor is an American professional baseball catcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, and Cleveland Indians.
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Kevin Beary
- Occupations
- sheriff
- Biography
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Kevin Beary was Sheriff from 1993 to 2009 of Orange County, Florida, United States, heading the Orange County Sheriff's Office, one of the largest law enforcement bodies in the Southeastern United States.
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John Quiñones
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John P. Quiñones IV is an American politician. He was the first Republican of Puerto Rican ancestry elected to the Florida House of Representatives, serving from 2002 to 2007, and is a former member of the Osceola County Commission.
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Hector Perez
- Occupations
- lawyerattorney at law
- Biography
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Hector A. "Tico" Perez is an American attorney at law and an administrator. He was the 9th National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, serving from 2008 to 2016.
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Chris Latvala
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher John Latvala is an American politician and former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. He currently serves as a Pinellas County Commissioner for District 5; previously, he represented the 67th District from 2014 to 2022. The district included Clearwater and Largo in northern Pinellas County.
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Kim Holmes
- Occupations
- politicianhistoriandiplomat
- Biography
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Kim R. Holmes is an author and former American diplomat and Assistant Secretary of State. From 2002 to 2005 he served as the United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; he was also Executive Vice-President of the Heritage Foundation, having served twice as the foundation’s Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Director of its Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies between 1992 and 2012.
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Keith Shologan
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Keith Shologan is a Canadian former professional football defensive tackle in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UCF Knights. Shologan was a member of the San Diego Chargers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Ottawa Redblacks, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Montreal Alouettes.
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Mike Horner
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Horner is an American Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives.
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Dick Batchelor
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dick J. Batchelor is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. He is president of Dick Batchelor Management Group, Inc., a management consulting firm that specializes in business development, strategic governmental affairs and public policy issues. He has been featured numerous times as one of the "50 Most Powerful People in Orlando."
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Ian Ippolito
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ian Ippolito is an American serial entrepreneur and the founder of numerous tech companies. He is best known as the founder of vWorker, an online portal for outsourcing computer virtual work projects. vWorker was purchased by Freelancer.com in 2013 for an undisclosed price in the millions of dollars. Ippolito is also the founder of the first open-source website (Planet Source Code) and a financial investment site called The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review. As an entrepreneur, he has been featured in and provided commentary for numerous publications and media outlets including Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, as well as Fox and CBS News.
