100 Notable alumni of
University of Pittsburgh
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The University of Pittsburgh is 145th in the world, 65th in North America, and 62nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Pittsburgh sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Fred Rogers
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- authortelevision actorpuppeteertheologiantelevision producer
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Fred McFeely Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.
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Joe Manganiello
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- screenwriterstunt performerstage actortelevision directoractor
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Joseph Michael Manganiello is an American actor. His professional film career began when he played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. His breakout role was as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in five seasons of the HBO series True Blood.
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Gene Kelly
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- directorscreenwritertelevision actoractorstage actor
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Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen, co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Bennet Omalu
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- neuropathologistphysicianpathologistmedical examiner
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Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu // is a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh. He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University of California, Davis, department of medical pathology and laboratory medicine. He is currently the president and medical director of Bennet Omalu Pathology.
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Dan Marino
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- actorrestaurateurAmerican football playerNASCAR team ownersports analyst
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Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning first-team All-American honors in 1981. Marino was the last quarterback taken in the first round of the famed quarterback class of 1983. He held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position, and despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized among the greatest quarterbacks in American football history.
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Jodie Turner-Smith
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- actor
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Jodie Turner-Smith is a British actress. She made her feature film debut in The Neon Demon (2016) and has since acted in Queen & Slim (2019), After Yang (2022), and White Noise (2022). She is also known for her television roles in the TNT series The Last Ship (2017), 2024 Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, the Syfy series Nightflyers (2018), and for portraying the title role in the Channel 5 series Anne Boleyn (2021).
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Steven Adams
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- basketball player
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Steven Funaki Paea He Ofa Ki Loa Adams is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing one season with the Wellington Saints, in 2011, Adams moved to the United States in 2012 to play college basketball for Pittsburgh.
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Larry Fitzgerald
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- American football player
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Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. is an American former professional football wide receiver who played 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2003. Fitzgerald was selected by the Cardinals with the third overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft. He is widely considered by fans, coaches and peers to be one of the greatest receivers in NFL history.
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Jessica Pegula
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- tennis player
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Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved on October 24, 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, achieved on September 11, 2023. Pegula reached the singles finals of the 2024 US Open and the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek.
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Bruno Sammartino
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- professional wrestler
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Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Sammartino's 2,803-day reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion is the longest in the championship's history as well as the longest world title reign in WWE history.
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Eddie Huang
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- film directorlawyerrestaurateur
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Edwyn Charles Huang is an American author, chef, restaurateur, food personality, producer, and former attorney. He was a co-owner of BaoHaus, a gua bao restaurant in the East Village of Lower Manhattan. Huang previously hosted Huang's World for Viceland. His autobiography, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, was adapted into the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, of which he narrated the first season.
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Mike Ditka
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- television presenterAmerican football playerbaseball playerAmerican football coachbusinessperson
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Michael Keller Ditka is an American former professional football player, coach, and television commentator. During his playing career, he was UPI NFL Rookie of Year in 1961, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and a six-time All-Pro tight end with the Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, and Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL); he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Ditka was the first tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 yards receiving in his rookie season.
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Damar Hamlin
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 2020 graduated with bachelor's degree in communication studies
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Damar Romeyelle Hamlin is an American professional football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers and was selected by the Bills in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL draft. Hamlin spent most of his rookie season as a backup before becoming a starter in 2022 following a season-ending injury to Micah Hyde.
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Rick Santorum
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1981 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney, author, and political commentator who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's third-ranking Republican during the final six years of his tenure. He also ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in the 2012 Republican primaries, finishing second to Mitt Romney.
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John Money
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- psychologistsexologistuniversity teacher
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John William Money was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender. Believing that gender identity was malleable within the first two years of life, Money advocated for the surgical "normalization" of the genitalia of intersex infants.
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Beth Ostrosky Stern
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
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Beth Ostrosky Stern is an American actress, author, model, and animal rights activist.
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David Tepper
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- businesspersonhedge fund manager
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David Alan Tepper is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. He is the owner of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and Charlotte FC in Major League Soccer (MLS). Tepper is the founder and president of Appaloosa Management, a global hedge fund based in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Britt Baker
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied in 2014-2018
- Occupations
- dentistprofessional wrestler
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Brittany Ann Baker is an American professional wrestler and dentist. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling—being the first woman to join its official roster when it launched in 2019—where she performs under the ring name Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
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Gabbie Hanna
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied psychology and communication
- Occupations
- writersinger-songwritertelevision actortelevision presenter
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Gabrielle Hanna is an American internet personality, singer-songwriter, author, actress and YouTuber. She rose to prominence on the video platforms Vine and YouTube before releasing her debut single, "Out Loud", in 2017. Her debut extended play, 2WayMirror, was released on May 31, 2019, and her second EP, Bad Karma, was released on May 15, 2020. Her debut album, Trauma Queen, was released on July 22, 2022.
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Matt Bloom
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- professional wrestlercoachvideo game actorfilm producerfilm actor
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Matthew Jason Bloom is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
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Zelda Rubinstein
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Zelda May Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing "Ginny", she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy Award-winning television series Picket Fences for two seasons. She also made guest appearances in the TV show Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996), as seer Christina, and was the voice of Skittles candies in their long-running "Taste the Rainbow" ad campaign. Rubinstein was also known for her outspoken activism for little people and her early participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
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- Internet celebrityactorsingerdrag queencomedian
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Justin Andrew Honard, best known by the stage name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 or mononymously as Alaska, is an American drag queen and singer from Erie, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
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Charles Graner
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- military personnel
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Charles A. Graner Jr. is an American former soldier and corrections officer who was court-martialed for prisoner abuse after the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Along with other soldiers of his Army Reserve unit, the 372nd Military Police Company, Graner was accused of allowing and inflicting sexual, physical, and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a notorious prison in Baghdad during the United States' occupation of Iraq.
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Michael Chabon
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- screenwriternovelistscience fiction writergay fiction writerchildren's writer
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Michael Chabon is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984. He subsequently received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine.
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Marty Schottenheimer
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- American football coachAmerican football player
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Martin Edward Schottenheimer was an American professional football linebacker and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 1984 to 1988, the Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 to 1998, the Washington Redskins in 2001, and the San Diego Chargers from 2002 to 2006. Eighth in career wins at 205 and seventh in regular season wins at 200, Schottenheimer has the most wins among the league's head coaches to not win an NFL championship. After coaching in the NFL, he won a 2011 championship in his one season with the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League (UFL). He was inducted to the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Wangari Muta Maathai
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied in 1966
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Kenny Pickett
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied in 2017-2022
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Kenneth Shane Pickett is an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, where he won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as a senior, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft.
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Adrian Cronauer
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- lawyerradio personality
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Adrian Joseph Cronauer was an American radio personality and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer.
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Bill Cullen
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- game show hosttelevision personalityactorradio personality
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William Lawrence Cullen was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. Known for appearing on game shows and later as a prolific game show host, he hosted 23 shows, earning the nickname "Dean of Game Show Hosts". Aside from his hosting duties, he appeared as a panelist/celebrity guest on many other game shows, including regular appearances on I've Got a Secret and To Tell the Truth.
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Ben McAdoo
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- American football coachcoach
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Benjamin Lee McAdoo is an American football coach who is currently serving as a senior defensive assistant of the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL). McAdoo was most notably the head coach of the New York Giants from 2016 to 2017, after serving as their offensive coordinator the previous two years under former head coach Tom Coughlin. He was fired from that position on December 4, 2017 following a 2–10 start, along with benching longtime starting quarterback Eli Manning. At the time of his termination, his 28 regular season games were the fewest by a Giants coach since 1930. Prior to working for the Patriots, McAdoo had also served as an assistant coach for several college football teams, as well as for the New Orleans Saints, the San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Carolina Panthers.
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Andrew W. Mellon
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- politicianart collectorbankerdiplomat
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Andrew William Mellon, known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. The son of Mellon family patriarch Thomas Mellon, he established a vast business empire before moving into politics. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921, to February 12, 1932, presiding over the boom years of the 1920s and the Wall Street Crash of 1929. A conservative Republican, Mellon favored policies that reduced taxation and the national debt of the United States in the aftermath of World War I. Mellon also helped fund and manage Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
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Katherine Oppenheimer
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- biologistbotanist
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Katherine Vissering "Kitty" Oppenheimer was a German American biologist, botanist, and a member of the Communist Party of America until leaving in the 1930s. Her husbands were Frank Ramseyer, Joe Dallet, Richard Stewart Harrison, and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
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Ben Cardin
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Benjamin Louis Cardin is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 2007 until 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987. Cardin has never lost an election in his entire political career.
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Sean Miller
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Sean Edward Miller is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach of the Xavier Musketeers. He previously held that position from 2004 to 2009, after which he took the head coach position at the Arizona Wildcats, which he held until being fired in 2021.
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Cameron Johnson
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- basketball player
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Cameron Jordan Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the eleventh overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, Johnson was traded to the Phoenix Suns on draft night. During his sophomore season, he reached the 2021 NBA Finals with the Suns. He spent three full seasons in Phoenix before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets in February 2023.
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Jeff Bergman
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- film produceractorsingercomedianvoice actor
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Jeffrey Bergman is an American voice actor who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera.
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Ben DiNucci
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- American football player
- Biography
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Benjamin Anthony DiNucci, is an American professional football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at James Madison and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft. He played for the Seattle Sea Dragons in the XFL in 2023, leading them to the playoffs.
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Pavel Astakhov
- Occupations
- politiciantelevision presenterlawyerombudsmanstatesperson
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Pavel Alekseyevich Astakhov is a Russian politician, lawyer and television personality.
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James Traficant
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1963 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1973 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- radio personalitypoliticianAmerican football playersheriff
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James Anthony Traficant, Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. A staunch economic populist known for his flamboyant personality, he represented the 17th congressional district, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley.
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Jenna Morasca
- Occupations
- reality television participantmodelprofessional wrestleractor
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Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model, professional wrestler and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Brad Wanamaker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bradley Daniel Wanamaker is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at the University of Pittsburgh. Wanamaker earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017.
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Art Rooney II
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Arthur Joseph Rooney II is an American professional football executive and lawyer who is the owner and president of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Lorin Maazel
- Occupations
- music directorcomposerconductorviolinist
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Lorin Varencove Maazel was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. He served as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among other posts. Maazel was well regarded in baton technique and had a photographic memory for scores. Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age.
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Jero
- Occupations
- enka singer
- Biography
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Jerome Charles White Jr., better known by his stage name Jero (ジェロ), is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers.
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Cyril Wecht
- Occupations
- physicianpathologistlawyer
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Cyril Harrison Wecht was an American forensic pathologist. He was president of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, and headed the board of trustees of the American Board of Legal Medicine. Wecht served as County Commissioner and Allegheny County Coroner and Medical Examiner, serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. He was perhaps best known for his criticism of the Warren Commission's findings concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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DeJuan Blair
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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DeJuan Lamont Blair is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers from 2007 to 2009. Blair entered the 2009 NBA draft where he was selected as the 37th overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 7 seasons with the Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and Washington Wizards. Blair also played in the NBA Development League and overseas in Russia, China and Argentina.
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Robert Sterling
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- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955).
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Khem Birch
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Khem Xavier Birch is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish BSL and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.
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Clayton Morris
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- YouTubertelevision presenterreal estate entrepreneurwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Clayton Morris is an American YouTuber, real estate investor, and former television news anchor. He co-hosts Redacted News on the video platform Rumble and on his eponymous YouTube channel and a podcast on Investing in Real Estate.
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Derrick Bell
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- juristlawyeruniversity teachermilitary officerpolitical activist
- Biography
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Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist. Bell first worked for the U.S. Justice Department, then the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he supervised over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.
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Dick Thornburgh
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Lewis Thornburgh was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 76th United States attorney general from 1988 to 1991 under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. A Republican, he previously served as the 41st governor of Pennsylvania and as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Tawfiq Al Rabiah
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Tawfig F. AlRabiah is the current Minister of Hajj and Umrah for Saudi Arabia since 2021. He served as Minister of Health from May 2016 until October 2021. He was the Minister of Commerce and Industry from December 2011 to May 2016.
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Tshering Tobgay
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tshering Tobgay is a Bhutanese politician, environmentalist, and cultural advocate who is the Prime Minister of Bhutan since 28 January 2024 and also served in office from July 2013 to August 2018. Tobgay is the leader of the People's Democratic Party, and was also the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from March 2008 to April 2013.
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Mahmood Mamdani
- Occupations
- anthropologistuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Mahmood Mamdani, FBA is an Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator. He currently serves as the Chancellor of Kampala International University, Uganda. He was the director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) from 2010 until February 2022, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a Professor of Anthropology, Political Science and African Studies at Columbia University.
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Mark May
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Mark Eric May is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. May played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers and earned unanimous All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, and Arizona Cardinals.
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David Newell
- Occupations
- television actor
- Biography
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David Alexander Newell is an American television actor known primarily for his portrayal of Mr. McFeely, the delivery man on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He also worked in the public relations department of Fred Rogers Productions. His character's most famous catchphrase was "Speedy Delivery!" He toured the country until he retired in 2015, promoting Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as Mr. McFeely.
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Justin Sane
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied communication studies
- Occupations
- guitaristsinger-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Justin Cathal Geever, known professionally as Justin Sane, is an American singer and guitarist. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of Anti-Flag, a punk rock band formed in 1988 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was known for its left-wing political views.
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Peter S. Beagle
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1959 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in creative writing
- Occupations
- writernovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Peter Soyer Beagle is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968) which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. During the last twenty-five years he has won several literary awards, including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011. He was named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by SFWA in 2018.
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Regis Toomey
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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John Francis Regis Toomey was an American film and television actor.
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Chen Lifu
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- 1923-1924 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- artistpolitician
- Biography
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Chen Lifu or Ch'en Li-fu was a Chinese politician and anti-communist of the Republic of China.
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Kevin Willard
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied in 1993-1997
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Kevin Schreiber Willard is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Maryland. Willard played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–93 season (his freshman year) before transferring to Pittsburgh to finish his playing career.
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Bill Peduto
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Mark Peduto is an American politician who was the 60th mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 2014 until 2022. He was a Democratic member of the Pittsburgh City Council from 2002 to 2014.
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Mahmoud Jibril
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mahmoud Jibril el-Warfally, also transcribed Jabril or Jebril or Gebril (28 May 1952 – 5 April 2020), was a Libyan politician who served as the interim Prime Minister of Libya for seven and a half months during the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan Civil War, chairing the executive board of the National Transitional Council (NTC) from 5 March to 23 October 2011. He also served as the Head of International Affairs. As of July 2012, Jibril was the head of one of the largest political parties in Libya, the National Forces Alliance.
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Dalia Mogahed
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Dalia Mogahed, is an American researcher and consultant of Egyptian origin. She is the director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) in Washington, D.C. She is also President and CEO of Mogahed Consulting, a Washington, D.C.–based executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in Muslim societies and the Middle East. Mogahed is former executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, a non-partisan research center that provided data and analysis to reflect the views of Muslims all over the world. She was selected as an advisor by U.S. President Barack Obama on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
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Paul Lauterbur
- Occupations
- professorchemistphysicistbiophysicistresearcher
- Biography
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Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.
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Rebecca Skloot
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Rebecca L. Skloot /ˈskluːt/ is an American science writer who specializes in science and medicine. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), was one of the best-selling new books of 2010, staying on The New York Times Bestseller list for over 6 years and eventually reaching #1. It was adapted into a movie by George C. Wolfe, which premiered on HBO on April 22, 2017, and starred Rose Byrne as Skloot, and Oprah Winfrey as Lacks's daughter Deborah.
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Allison McAtee
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directoractortelevision actormodel
- Biography
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Allison McAtee is an American actress and producer. She played Catherine Stark in the independent film Bloomington and Maggie Day in the primetime drama The Haves and the Have Nots.
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Tom Bossert
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1997 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Thomas P. Bossert is an American lawyer and former Homeland Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. He is an ABC News Homeland Security analyst.
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Jim Moran
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1970 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politicianbureaucratinvestment banker
- Biography
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James Patrick Moran Jr. is an American politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, from 1985 until 1990, and as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district, including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County, and a portion of Fairfax County) from 1991 until 2015.
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Jim Covert
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is an American former professional football player who was a offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning consensus All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft.
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Stuart Hameroff
- Occupations
- physicianscientistuniversity teacherphysicistanesthesiologist
- Biography
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Stuart Hameroff is an American anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona known for his studies of consciousness and his controversial contention that consciousness originates from quantum states in neural microtubules. He is the lead organizer of the Science of Consciousness conference.
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Thomas Mellon
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Studied in 1834
- Occupations
- founderprothonotarybankerentrepreneur
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Thomas Mellon was a businessman, judge, and lawyer who was best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
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Charles Smith
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- basketball player
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Charles Daniel Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1988 to 1998. He was an All-American college player for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He led the 1986 World Games USA Team in scoring to win the Gold Medal and Olympic bronze medal as a member of the United States national team in 1988.
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Patricia Churchland
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- philosopheruniversity teacherneuroscientist
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Patricia Smith Churchland is a Canadian-American analytic philosopher noted for her contributions to neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. She is UC President's Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she has taught since 1984. She has also held an adjunct professorship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies since 1989. She is a member of the Board of Trustees Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies of Philosophy Department, Moscow State University. In 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Educated at the University of British Columbia, the University of Pittsburgh, and Somerville College, Oxford, she taught philosophy at the University of Manitoba from 1969 to 1984 and is married to the philosopher Paul Churchland. Larissa MacFarquhar, writing for The New Yorker, observed of the philosophical couple that: "Their work is so similar that they are sometimes discussed, in journals and books, as one person."
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Rick Saccone
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
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Richard Saccone is an American educator and far-right politician who represented Pennsylvania's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he was his party's nominee for the March 2018 special election to fill in the vacant U.S. House seat for the 18th congressional district. Saccone lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb by a margin of 0.3%.
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John Murtha
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1961 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
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John Patrick Murtha Jr. was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives ever elected from Pennsylvania.
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Geri Allen
- Occupations
- recording artistrecord producermusic educatorjazz pianistcomposer
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Geri Antoinette Allen was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh.
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Jabaal Sheard
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jabaal Lamar Sheard is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh, and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. He also played for the New England Patriots, with whom he won Super Bowl LI.
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Jaak Panksepp
- Occupations
- psychologistresearcherprofessorneuroscientist
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Jaak Panksepp was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience", the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion. He was the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science for the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emeritus Professor of the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He was known in the popular press for his research on laughter in non-human animals.
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Li Yinhe
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- 1982-1988 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in sociology
- Occupations
- sexologistsociologist
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Li Yinhe is a Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and activist for LGBT rights in China. Her main academic interests have been sexual norms in contemporary China, homosexuality, diverse sexual behaviors including sadomasochism, and women's studies.
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Timothy F. Murphy
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1979 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- psychologistpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Timothy Francis Murphy is an American former politician and psychologist who served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district from 2003 until his resignation in 2017. The district included several suburbs south of Pittsburgh. A member of the Republican Party, he also represented the 37th Senate district in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1996 to 2003. Murphy consistently carried the 18th district with at least 58% of the vote, including unopposed re-election bids in 2014 and 2016.
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Kellee Maize
- Occupations
- actorsingerentrepreneurrapperdoula
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Kellee Maize is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Her first album, Age of Feminine, was released in 2007. Maize has recorded and released six full albums and several singles.
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Herbert Boyer
- Occupations
- biotechnologistbiologistbiochemistbusinessperson
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Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering. By 1969, he had performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of E. coli with especially useful properties.
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Austin Davis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Austin Davis is an American politician who is the 35th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, since 2023. Prior to that, he served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 35th district from 2018 to 2022. He is both the first African American lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and the youngest person to be elected lieutenant governor in the United States.
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Justin Champagnie
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justin John Champagnie is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
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Ken Macha
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Edward Macha is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. He managed the Oakland Athletics from 2003 to 2006, including American League Western Division championships in both his first and final seasons with the team, and later managed the Milwaukee Brewers (2009–10).
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Théophile Obenga
- Occupations
- politicianhistorianegyptologistlinguist
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Théophile Obenga is professor emeritus in the Africana Studies Center at San Francisco State University. He is a politically active proponent of Pan-Africanism. Obenga is an Egyptologist, linguist, and historian.
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Benjamin Whisoh Lee
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- physicisttheoretical physicist
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Benjamin Whisoh Lee, or Ben Lee, was a South Korean and American theoretical physicist. His work in theoretical particle physics exerted great influence on the development of the standard model in the late 20th century, especially on the renormalization of the electro-weak model and gauge theory.
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Tsui Lap-chee
- Enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh
- In 1979 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- geneticistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Lap-Chee Tsui GBM OC OOnt JP FRS FRSC is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong.
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Luke Ravenstahl
- Occupations
- politicianAmerican football player
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Luke Robert Ravenstahl is an American politician who served as the 59th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 2006 until 2014. A Democrat, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history in September 2006 at the age of 26. He was among the youngest mayors of a major city in American history.
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Lamar Patterson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lamar Patterson is an American professional basketball player who last played for the South West Metro Pirates of the NBL1 North. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
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Myron Cope
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- journalist
- Biography
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Myron Sidney Kopelman, known professionally as Myron Cope, was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster. He is best known for being "the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers".
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Brennan Carroll
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Brennan Carroll is an American professional football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He recently served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the University of Washington. He also coached for USC, Miami (FL), Arizona, and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Delaware and Pittsburgh as a tight end. He is the son of former New York Jets, New England Patriots, USC, Seattle Seahawks, and current Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll and the brother of Carolina Panthers passing game coordinator Nate Carroll.
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Peter Huang
- Occupations
- human rights activist
- Biography
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Peter Wen-shiung Huang is a Taiwanese activist for democratization and human rights.
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Orlando Antigua
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Orlando Radhames Antigua Fernández, nicknamed "Hurricane", is a Dominican-American basketball coach and former player who is currently the associate head coach at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was also an assistant there from 2017 to 2021.
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Nancy Cartwright
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- university teacherphilosopher
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Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire FBA, FAcSS is an American philosopher of science. She is a professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Durham. Currently, she is the past president of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology under the International Science Council (ISC).
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Aaron Gray
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Aaron Michael Gray is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A heart condition forced him into early retirement in 2015.
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Ron Nyswaner
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- writerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Ronald L. Nyswaner is an American screenwriter and film director. He is a Peabody Award winner, and has been nominated for numerous awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Jack Gilbert
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- poet
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Jack Gilbert was an American poet. Gilbert was acquainted with Jack Spicer and Allen Ginsberg, both prominent figureheads of the Beat Movement, but is not considered a Beat Poet; he described himself as a "serious romantic." Over his five-decade-long career, he published five full collections of poetry.
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Billy Knight
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
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William R. Knight is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Playing with the Indiana Pacers in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was both an ABA and NBA All-Star. He played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers, who retired his No. 34.
