100 Notable alumni of
University of San Francisco
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The University of San Francisco is 391st in the world, 158th in North America, and 147th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of San Francisco sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bill Russell
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coachhigh jumperactorcoach
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William Felton Russell was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career. Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- In 1994 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- journalistmodellawyer
- Biography
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Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle is an American television news personality and former prosecuting attorney in San Francisco. A Republican, she became an advisor to the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump.
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Pablo Schreiber
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Pablo Tell Schreiber is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on The Wire (2003), William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013–2014), Mad Sweeney on the Starz series American Gods (2017–2020), and as George "Pornstache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black (2013–2017), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He stars as Master Chief in the Paramount+ live-action series Halo (2022–present) which is based on the franchise of the same name.
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Suzanne Somers
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- screenwriterfilm actoractorbusinesspersonfilm producer
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Suzanne Marie Somers was an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She played the television roles of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1977–1981) and Carol Foster Lambert on Step by Step (1991–1998).
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Ime Udoka
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Ime Sunday Udoka is a Nigerian-American professional basketball coach and former player, who is the head coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in the United States, he represented the Nigeria national team during his playing career. After retiring as a player, Udoka served as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, and Brooklyn Nets before becoming the head coach of the Boston Celtics, whom he led to the 2022 NBA Finals. After being suspended for the 2022–23 season, Udoka was hired by the Rockets in April 2023.
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John Paul Getty Jr
- Occupations
- bibliophilebusinesspersonphilanthropist
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Sir Paul Getty, known widely as John Paul Getty Jr., was a British philanthropist and book collector. He was the third of five sons born to J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), one of the richest men in the world at the time. His mother was J. Paul Getty's fourth wife, Ann Rork. The Getty family's wealth was the result of the oil business founded by George Franklin Getty. One of his sons, Mark Getty, co-founded the visual media company Getty Images.
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London Breed
- Occupations
- politician
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London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
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Gordon Getty
- Occupations
- financierbusinesspersoncomposer
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Gordon Peter Getty is an American businessman and classical music composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's fourth wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty's US$ 2 billion trust. His net worth was $2.1 billion in September 2020, making him number 391 on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans.
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Sinqua Walls
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- television actoractor
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Sinqua Walls is an American actor known for appearing in Friday Night Lights, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and American Soul.
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Ty Segall
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwriterguitarist
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Ty Garrett Segall is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his solo career, during which he has released fifteen studio albums alongside various EPs, singles, and collaborative albums. Segall is also a member of the bands Fuzz, Broken Bat, the CIA, GØGGS, and Wasted Shirt. He is a former member of the Traditional Fools, Epsilons, Party Fowl, Sic Alps, and the Perverts.
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Richard Egan
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- actoruniversity teacherfilm actor
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Richard Egan was an American actor. After beginning his career in 1949, he subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for his performances in the films The Glory Brigade (1953) and The Kid from Left Field (1953). He went on to star in many films such as Underwater! (1955), Seven Cities of Gold (1955), The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956), Love Me Tender (1956), Tension at Table Rock (1956), A Summer Place (1959), Esther and the King (1960) and The 300 Spartans (1962).
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Michael Franti
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- peace activistguitaristsingerrappercomposer
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Michael Franti is an American singer, songwriter, musician, poet, activist, documentarian, and rapper. Known for his participation in many musical projects, most with a political and social emphasis, including the Beatnigs and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues, and he is especially an advocate for peace in the Middle East.
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Terry Riley
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- pianistcomposerfilm score composerprintmaker
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Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, and delay systems. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock, and contemporary electronic music. Subsequent works such as Shri Camel (1980) explored just intonation.
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K. C. Jones
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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K. C. Jones was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he won 11 of his 12 NBA championships (eight as a player, two as an assistant coach, and two as a head coach). As a player, he is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career, and is one of three NBA players with an 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. He is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships. Jones was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Bill Cartwright
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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James William Cartwright is an American former professional basketball player and a former head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 7'1" (2.16 m) center, he played 16 seasons for the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics, helping the Bulls capture consecutive championships in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons. He attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California, and played college basketball at the University of San Francisco.
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Alejandro Toledo
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- Studied economy and business management
- Occupations
- politicianlecturereconomist
- Biography
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Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique is a Peruvian former politician who served as President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006. He gained international prominence after leading the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori, who held the presidency from 1990 to 2000.
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Pat Brown
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- politicianlawyer
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Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco, and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950, before becoming the state's governor after the 1958 California gubernatorial election.
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Pete Rozelle
- Occupations
- businesspersoncommissioner
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Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle was an American businessman and executive. Rozelle served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 until his retirement in November 1989. He became the youngest commissioner in NFL history at just the age of 33. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world.
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Joe Rosenthal
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- journalistphotojournalistwar photographerphotographer
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Joseph John Rosenthal was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war, and was replicated as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
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Vernon Chatman
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- musiciantelevision directorscreenwritervoice actortelevision producer
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Vernon Chatman is an American screenwriter, producer, director, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He created the television series Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, The Heart, She Holler and The Shivering Truth. He also produces and voices characters for South Park.
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John Cox
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Arthur Cox IV is a Venezuelan-American professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m (6'5") tall, and he weighs 89 kg (195 lbs.).
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Pierre Salinger
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- journalistwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Pierre Emil George Salinger was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth press secretary for United States Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and as campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign.
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John Grinder
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- writeruniversity teacherpsychologistlinguistphilosopher
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John Thomas Grinder Jr. is an American linguist, author, management consultant, trainer and speaker. Grinder is credited with co-creating neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) with Richard Bandler. He is co-director of Quantum Leap Inc., a management consulting firm founded by his partner Carmen Bostic St. Clair in 1987 (Grinder joined in 1989). Grinder and Bostic St. Clair also run workshops and seminars on NLP internationally.
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Pacita Abad
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- painter
- Biography
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Pacita Barsana Abad was an Ivatan and Filipino-American artist. Her more than 30-year painting career began when she traveled to the United States to undertake graduate studies in Spain. She exhibited her work in over 200 museums, galleries and other venues, including 75 solo shows, around the world. Abad's work is now in public, corporate and private art collections in over 70 countries.
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Bill Schuette
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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William Duncan Schuette is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd attorney general of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Senate in 1990 and for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
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Chung Eui-sun
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Chung Eui-sun, also spelled Euisun Chung, is a South Korean billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of Hyundai Motor Group and the only son and "heir apparent" of Hyundai Motor Group honorary chairman Chung Mong-koo.
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Thea Beckman
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Theodora Beckmann, better known by her pen name Thea Beckman, was a Dutch author of children's books.
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Gino Marchetti
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- player of American footballbusinessperson
- Biography
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Gino John Marchetti was an American professional football player who was a defensive end and offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played in 1952 for the Dallas Texans and from 1953 to 1966 for the Baltimore Colts.
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Charles J. Chaput
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- theologianCatholic priestarchbishopCatholic bishoppsychologist
- Biography
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Charles Joseph Chaput OFMCap is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 until 2020. He previously served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado (1997–2011) and bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota (1988–1997). Chaput was the first archbishop of Philadelphia in 100 years who was not named a cardinal.
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Alyssa Nakken
- Occupations
- coach
- Biography
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Alyssa Michelle Nakken is an American professional baseball coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). She is the first full-time female coach in MLB history, and the first to coach on the field during a major league game. In 2014 she was an analytical intern for the San Francisco Giants during the postseason, winning a World Series ring. She attended California State University, Sacramento, where she played college softball.
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Paul Otellini
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Paul Stevens Otellini was an American businessman and one-time president and CEO of Intel. He was also on the board of directors of Google.
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Prince Alexander of Serbia
- Biography
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Alexander Karageorgevitch, also known as Prince Alexander of Serbia and Yugoslavia or Prince Aleksandar III Karađorđević, is a member of the House of Karađorđević. He is the third and youngest grandchild of the last Yugoslav king, Peter II.
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Danielle Outlaw
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Danielle Outlaw is an American former law enforcement officer. She served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia from 2020 to 2023, chief of police of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon from 2017 to 2019, and deputy chief of the Oakland Police Department in California form 2013 to 2017.
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Bradley Zimmer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bradley Clarke Zimmer is an American professional baseball center fielder in the Colorado Rockies organization. He attended the University of San Francisco, and played college baseball for the San Francisco Dons baseball team. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with them in 2017. He has also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays.
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Aaron Poreda
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Aaron Anderman Poreda is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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Martin Jenkins
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- judgelawyerplayer of American football
- Biography
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Martin Joseph Jenkins is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District, located in San Francisco, and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Stuart Milk
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- LGBTQI+ rights activistsocial activist
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Lawrence Stuart Milk is an American LGBT human rights activist and political speaker. The nephew of civil rights leader Harvey Milk, he is the co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation. He has engaged in domestic and international activism, including work with LGBT movements in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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Jon Fisher
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- entrepreneurwritereconomist
- Biography
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Jon Fisher is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and writer.
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Sala Burton
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- politician
- Biography
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Sala Burton was a Polish-born American politician who served as a United States Representative from California from 1983 until her death from colon cancer in Washington, D. C., in 1987.
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Vicky Nguyen
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- journalist
- Biography
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Vicky Nguyen is a Vietnamese-born American investigative journalist working with NBC News in New York City. Nguyen joined NBC News in April 2019 as the Investigative and Consumer correspondent. Her reporting has been seen on The Today Show, 3rd Hour Today, Nightly News with Lester Holt, NBC News Now and MSNBC.
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Ross Mirkarimi
- Occupations
- politicianpeace activist
- Biography
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Rostam Mirkarimi is an American politician and the former sheriff of San Francisco. Prior to being sheriff, he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he represented District 5.
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Ollie Matson
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- sprinterplayer of American footballathletics competitor
- Biography
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Ollie Genoa Matson II was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional football player. He played as a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1966 for the Chicago Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the San Francisco Dons and was selected by the Cardinals in the first round (third overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.
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David Vann
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- novelistuniversity teacherwriter
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David Vann was born October 19, 1966, on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. He is a novelist and short story writer, and was formerly a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick in England. Vann received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has been a National Endowment of the Arts fellow, a Wallace Stegner fellow, and a John L’Heureux fellow. His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers. His books have been published in 23 languages and have won 14 prizes and been on 83 'best books of the year' lists. They have been selected for the New Yorker Book Club, the Times Book Club, the Samlerens Bogklub in Denmark and have been optioned for film by Inkfactory and Haut et Court. He has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, and E! Entertainment.
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Barbara Hammer
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- film directorfilmmakerfilm producerautobiographerartist
- Biography
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Barbara Jean Hammer was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer. She is known for being one of the pioneers of the lesbian film genre, and her career spanned over 50 years. Hammer is known for having created experimental films dealing with women's issues such as gender roles, lesbian relationships, coping with aging, and family life. She resided in New York City and Kerhonkson, New York, and taught each summer at the European Graduate School.
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Olivier Weber
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- writerscreenwriterbiographerdiplomatjournalist
- Biography
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Olivier Weber is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq. He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and today ambassador of France at large. Weber has won several national and international awards of literature and journalism, in particular for his stories on Afghanistan and for his books on wars. His novels, travels writing books and essays have been translated in a dozen of languages.
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Ron Turner
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Ronald David Turner is a former American football coach and player.
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Angelo Caloiaro
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Angelo Dominik Caloiaro is an American-Italian professional basketball player for Osaka Evessa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the University San Francisco before playing professionally in Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Turkey and Israel. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he plays at the power forward and small forward positions.
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Frank Jordan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francis Michael Jordan is an American politician and former police chief, who served as mayor of San Francisco from 1992 to 1996. He is a Democrat.
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Weijian Shan
- Occupations
- journalisteconomistbusiness executiveinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Weijian Shan is an economist, businessman, and author based in Hong Kong. Shan is the Executive Chairman of PAG, a leading alternative investment firm focused on the Asia Pacific region. Shan currently serves as a Trustee of The British Museum and as an independent director of Alibaba Group.
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Kyle Zimmer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kyle Joseph Zimmer is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals from 2019 to 2021. The Royals selected Zimmer in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft.
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Sylvia Luke
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Sylvia Jung Luke is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for 24 years, from 1998 until her election as lieutenant governor in 2022. She is the first Korean American politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.
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Kevin Starr
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Kevin Owen Starr was an American historian and California's state librarian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream."
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Gil McDougald
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gilbert James McDougald was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who spent ten major league seasons playing for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1960.
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James D. Phelan
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- Studied in 1881
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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James Duval Phelan was an American politician, civic leader, and banker. He served as nonpartisan Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902. As mayor he advocated municipally run utilities and tried to protect his constituents from the monopolistic practices of the trusts. He represented California in the United States Senate from 1915 to 1921 as a Democrat. Phelan was a progressive supporter of the policies of Woodrow Wilson and was a leader in the movement to restrict Japanese and Chinese immigration to the United States.
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Dick Stanfel
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Richard Anthony Stanfel was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a guard, and his college and professional career spanned more than 50 years from 1948 to 1998. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player in 2016. He was also named to the NFL 1950s All-Decade Team.
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Marjorie Scardino
- Occupations
- journalistbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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Dame Marjorie Scardino,, FRSA is an American-born British business executive. She is the former CEO of Pearson PLC. Scardino became a trustee of Oxfam during her tenure at Pearson.
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Angela Alioto
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Angela Mia Alioto Veronese is an American attorney, politician, member of the Secular Franciscan Order, and founder of the Knights of Saint Francis at the Porziuncola Nuova. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the daughter of Joseph L. Alioto, the 36th mayor of San Francisco.
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Heather Fong
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- chief of police
- Biography
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Heather Jeanne Fong is an American security official and the former chief of police for San Francisco, California, United States from 2004 to 2009. She is the first woman to lead the San Francisco Police Department, and the first Asian American woman to head a major metropolitan city police force. She is also the second Asian American police chief in SFPD history, the other being Fred Lau.
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Jay Leiderman
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jason Scott "Jay" Leiderman was an American criminal defense lawyer based in Ventura, California. The Atlantic Magazine called Leiderman the "Hacktivist's Advocate" for his work defending hacker-activists accused of computer crimes, or so-called "Hacktivism" especially people associated with Anonymous. BuzzFeed called Leiderman "The Maserati-Driving Deadhead Lawyer Who Stands Between Hackers And Prison" and stated he was "A medical marijuana and criminal defense lawyer from Southern California has made himself into the country's leading defender of hackers."
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Lynn Woolsey
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- instructorpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Lynn Carol Woolsey is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2013. She was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 6th congressional district.
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Saundra Brown Armstrong
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- In 1977 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- journalistjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Saundra Brown Armstrong is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Frankie Ferrari
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Frankie Ferrari is an American coach for the San Francisco Dons and former player. He played college basketball for San Francisco and professionally in Europe and the NBA G League.
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Ruth Parasol
- Occupations
- businesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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Ruth Monicka Parasol is an American businesswoman and lawyer who founded PartyGaming in 1997. The company floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2005 for US$8.46 billion. It was then a record valuation and the largest online poker room.
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Carlos Menchaca
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carlos Menchaca is an American politician who served as a member of the New York City Council for the 38th district. He is a Democrat. His district included the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Red Hook, Greenwood Heights, and portions of Borough Park, Dyker Heights, and Windsor Terrace. In October 2020, Menchaca declared his candidacy in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, but suspended his campaign in March 2021, three months before the primary.
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Leo T. McCarthy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Leo Tarcissus McCarthy was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California from 1983 to 1995.
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Phil Smith
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Philip Arnold Smith was an American professional basketball player who played for 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for various teams, including the Golden State Warriors, San Diego Clippers and Seattle SuperSonics. Smith played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.
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Jean-Charles Boisset
- Enrolled in the University of San Francisco
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonwinegrowerwine merchant
- Biography
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Jean-Charles Boisset is a French vintner and the proprietor of the Boisset Collection, which operates 28 wineries in California, France, and Canada.
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John L. Burton
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Lowell Burton is an American politician who served in both the California State Assembly and the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 5th and 6th congressional districts.
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Steven J. Lopes
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
- Biography
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Steven Joseph Lopes is an American Catholic prelate. He is the bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, a community for clergy and laypeople who celebrate according to the Anglican Use within the Catholic Church.
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Bill Monning
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Wheeler Monning is an American politician who was elected to the California State Senate in 2012. A Democrat, he served in the 17th Senate District which encompasses the Central Coast. Monning was reelected to the Senate in 2016 for a second and final term ending in November, 2020. Education, the environment and public health are areas of particular interest to Monning.
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Jamaree Bouyea
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jamaree Ray-Shaun Bouyea is an American professional basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.
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Clint Catalyst
- Occupations
- journalistmodelwriteractor
- Biography
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Clint Catalyst is the nom de plume of Clinton Green, an American author, actor, spoken word performer, and stylist. He has covered music, fashion, LGBT issues, and popular culture for magazines including LA Weekly, Frontiers, Out, Surface and Swindle.
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Ricardo Bordallo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ricardo Jerome "Ricky" Bordallo was an American politician and businessman, who served two terms as the 2nd and 4th Governor of Guam with Lieutenant Governor Rudy Sablan from 1975 to 1979, and with Lieutenant Governor Edward Diego Reyes from 1983 to 1987. A member of the Democratic Party of Guam, Bordallo previously served as a Senator in the Guam Legislature from 1957 to 1971.
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R. O. Kwon
- Born in
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South Korea - Occupations
- novelistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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R. O. Kwon is a South Korean–born American author. In 2018, she published her nationally bestselling debut novel The Incendiaries with Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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Warren Hinckle
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Warren James Hinckle III was an American political journalist based in San Francisco. Hinckle is remembered for his tenure as editor of Ramparts magazine, turning a sleepy publication aimed at a liberal Roman Catholic audience into a major galvanizing force of American radicalism during the Vietnam War era. He also helped create Gonzo journalism by first pairing Hunter S. Thompson with illustrator Ralph Steadman.
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Suzy Loftus
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Suzanne Theresa Loftus is an American attorney who served as interim San Francisco district attorney, nominated by Mayor London Breed after the resignation of George Gascón. Loftus ran in the 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election, losing narrowly to criminal justice reform advocate Chesa Boudin.
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Ming Chin
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Ming William Chin is an American attorney and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, serving from March 1, 1996 to August 31, 2020.
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Art Larsen
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Arthur David "Art" or "Tappy" Larsen was a U.S. tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Ed Brown
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Charles Edward Brown was an American professional football player who was a quarterback and punter in the National Football League (NFL).
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Ann E. Todd
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorteacher
- Biography
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Ann Todd was an American child actress. She was credited in four films as Ann E. Todd. As an adult, she became a music reference librarian at University of California, Berkeley.
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John E. Cunningham
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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John Edward "Jack" Cunningham III is a former Republican U.S. Representative from Washington's seventh district for one term from 1977 to 1979.
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Emily Rose Epstein
- Occupations
- drummer
- Biography
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Emily Rose Epstein is an American drummer. She is best known for her collaborations with the garage rock musicians Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin. She was a former member of Segall's live band, and a former member of Cronin's. She met Segall at the University of San Francisco.
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Eric Ueland
- Biography
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Eric M. Ueland is an American political advisor and government official in the Trump administration. He served as the acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights from 2020 to 2021 and previously as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs in 2020.
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Richard Morefield
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Richard Henry Morefield was an American diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service. He was one of the 66 staff members at the American embassy in Tehran who were taken captive by a militant Islamist student group called the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line on November 4, 1979, in what became known as the Iran hostage crisis. He was one of 52 Americans who were held as a hostage for 444 days, until negotiations for the remaining captives being held hostage were concluded with the signing of the Algiers Accords on January 19, 1981, with their release coming the following day.
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Deborah King
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- writerlawyer
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Deborah King is an American author, speaker and attorney. She is the founder and CEO of the Deborah King Center and the author of four books including New York Times best-selling Be Your Own Shaman.
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Mary Jane Theis
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Mary Jane Theis is a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court for the First Judicial District in Cook County, Illinois.
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Hsiao Uan-u
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hsiao Uan-u is a Taiwanese politician.
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Rob Valentino
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
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Rob Valentino is a former American soccer player who is an assistant coach at Major League Soccer side Atlanta United FC.
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Neill Sheridan
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Neill Rawlins Sheridan, nicknamed "Wild Horse," was an American professional baseball player whose 12-season career (1943–1954) largely took place in the minor leagues. An outfielder by trade, he saw his only Major League service for the 1948 Boston Red Sox, appearing for a cup of coffee (only two games played) — one as a pinch hitter and one as a pinch runner. Born in Sacramento, California, Sheridan threw and batted right-handed; he stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).
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Susan C. Lee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Susan Clair Lee is an American politician. She has served as the 72nd Maryland Secretary of State since 2023. She was previously a member of the Maryland State Senate from 2015 to 2023, and of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2002 to 2015. She represented District 16, which is located in Montgomery County, and was the first Asian American elected to the Maryland State Senate and the first Asian American woman and first Chinese American to be elected to the Maryland legislature.
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Mary Hayashi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Hayashi is a Korean-American healthcare advocate and California Democratic politician, who represented 18th Assembly District in the California State Legislature. Hayashi was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2006 and served six years.
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Paul Fong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul J. Fong is an American politician. He is a former Democratic California State Assembly member from the 28th district.
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J. D. Martin
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Dale Martin is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions.
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Dan Dugan
- Occupations
- inventornature recordistsound designeraudio engineer
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Dan Dugan is an American audio engineer, inventor, and nature sounds recordist. He was the first person in regional theatre to be called a sound designer, and he developed the first effective automatic microphone mixer: the automixer. Dugan's sound design work was acknowledged in 2003 with a Distinguished Career Award by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and in 2020 with an Emmy Award for technology relevant to remote working. In 2021 he was awarded Fellowship in the Audio Engineering Society.
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Sverre Krogh Sundbø
- Occupations
- sports commentatortelevision presenterpoker player
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Sverre Krogh Sundbø is a Norwegian television presenter and sports commentator. He is also a former poker player who won the European Poker Championship title in London in 2005. Krogh Sundbø is currently presenting several sports broadcasts both in Norway and abroad, and was recently the studio anchor for the Olympic Games on Eurosport Norway. He has previously presented shows ranging from reality to travel and game shows. Krogh Sundbø is the son of singer Hanne Krogh, is married to stylist and media profile Cecilie Krogh., and is the brother of actress Amalie Krogh. In his teenage years, he was a skilled bandy and football player for IF Ready.
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Alan Wiggins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alan Anthony Wiggins Jr. is an American professional basketball player for KB Ponte Prizreni of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. He played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.
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Dan Kalb
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dan Kalb is an American politician. He represents District 1 on the Oakland City Council, a position he has held since January 2013.
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Hal Perry
- Years
- 1933-2009 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- lawyerbasketball player
- Biography
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Harold L. "Hal" Perry was an American basketball player and attorney famous for being a starter on the University of San Francisco back to back NCAA championship teams of 1955 and 1956.
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Juan Sebastián Chamorro
- Occupations
- economistpolitical activist
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Juan Sebastián Chamorro García is a Nicaraguan economist, businessman and politician. He was a pre-candidate for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election until he was detained in a wave of arrests of opposition candidates and other civic leaders.
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Michael Hennessey
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- sheriff
- Biography
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Michael Hennessey is an American attorney and former Sheriff of San Francisco. Hennessey was elected in a run-off election in December 1979 and served until 2012, becoming the longest serving Sheriff in the history of San Francisco and was the longest tenured Sheriff in the State of California.
