100 Notable alumni of
University of Southern California
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The University of Southern California is 17th in the world, 10th in North America, and 10th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Southern California sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 2 individuals affiliated with the University of Southern California won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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Zac Efron
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- voice actorfilm actordisc jockeystage actortelevision actor
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Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009).
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Neil Armstrong
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 1970 graduated with Master of Science in aerospace engineering
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- astronautuniversity teachertest pilotUnited States Naval Aviatormilitary flight engineer
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Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
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John Wayne
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- Studied Pre-law
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- film directorwriterproducerAmerican football playerfilm producer
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Marion Robert Morrison, professionally known as John Wayne and nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent era of the 1920s through the American New Wave, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions. He was among the top box-office draws for three decades and appeared with many other important Hollywood stars of his era. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema.
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Tom Selleck
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- actortelevision producerscreenwritermodelbasketball player
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Thomas William Selleck is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. From 2010 to 2024, Selleck co-starred as NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods. From 2005–2015, he portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.
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Kelly Preston
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999). She married John Travolta in 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical film Gotti (2018). She also starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in the Hat (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).
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Anton Yelchin
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- Studied in 2007
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months. He began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the mystery drama film Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and a series regular on the Showtime comedy-drama Huff (2004–2006). His fame grew when he guest-starred in a 2004 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Ron Howard
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- television producerfilm directorfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Ronald William Howard is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, Howard has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in film and television.
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Will Ferrell
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- screenwritercharacter actorvoice actorcomediantelevision actor
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John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for his leading man roles in comedy films and for his work as a television producer. Ferrell has earned six Emmy Awards and in 2011 was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2015, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named the best comedian in British GQ.
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Dave Franco
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- actorfilm actorscreenwriterfilm directortelevision actor
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David John Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad (2007) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010). Following a starring role in the final season of the comedy series Scrubs (2009–2010), Franco had his film breakthrough with a supporting role in the buddy comedy film 21 Jump Street (2012).
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George Lucas
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- 1967-1967 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in filmmaking
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- writerscreenwriterbusinesspersonproducerexecutive producer
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George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. Nominated for four Academy Awards, he is considered to be one of the most significant figures of the 20th-century New Hollywood movement, and a pioneer of the modern blockbuster. Despite this, he has remained an independent filmmaker away from Hollywood for most of his career.
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Jenna Dewan
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- film produceractortelevision actorbusinesspersonfilm actor
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Jenna Lee Dewan is an American actress and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and later worked with artists including Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Missy Elliott. She is known for her role as Nora Clark in the 2006 film Step Up. She has also starred on the short-lived NBC series The Playboy Club and had a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story: Asylum. She portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End, Lucy Lane in The CW series Supergirl and Superman & Lois, and Joanna in Soundtrack on Netflix. Dewan has hosted the reality television shows World of Dance and Flirty Dancing and served as a judge on Come Dance with Me. She currently stars as Bailey Nune on ABC's The Rookie. She also had a recurring role on the FOX medical drama The Resident.
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Michael Landon
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- television producersingerfilm directorfilm produceractor
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Michael Landon was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989). Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball.
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Timothy Olyphant
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- swimmercharacter actortelevision actoractortelevision producer
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Timothy David Olyphant is an American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in 1995, in The Monogamist, and won the Theatre World Award for his performance, and then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, most notably in Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), A Man Apart (2003), and The Girl Next Door (2004).
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Forest Whitaker
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- film actortelevision actorfilm directortelevision directoractor
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Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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John Ritter
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- stage actorfilm produceractortelevision actorfilm actor
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Johnathan Southworth Ritter was an American actor. He was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He is best known for playing Jack Tripper on the ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984), and received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role in 1984. Ritter briefly reprised the role on the spin-off Three's a Crowd, which aired for one season, producing 22 episodes before its cancellation in 1985.
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Miranda Cosgrove
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- Studied in 2012
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- child actordub actortelevision actoractorexecutive producer
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Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress and singer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on Forbes' "30 Under 30" list in 2022. Her accolades include four Kids' Choice Awards and an Emmy nomination.
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Bob Saget
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- voice actorscreenwritertelevision presenterfilm producerpodcaster
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Robert Lane Saget was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host. He portrayed Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House (1987–1995) and its sequel Fuller House (2016–2020). Saget was the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–1997), and the voice of narrator Ted Mosby on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014). He was also known for his adult-oriented stand-up comedy, and his 2014 album That's What I'm Talkin' About was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
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David Foster
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- songwriterrecord producer
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David Walter Foster OC OBC is a Canadian record producer, film composer, and music executive. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. Foster's career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on composing and production. Often in tandem with songwriter Diane Warren, Foster has contributed to material for prominent music industry artists in various genres since then, and is credited with production on over 40 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. He has also chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016.
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Patrick J. Adams
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- television producerstage actorfilm directorfilm screenwriterfilm producer
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Patrick Johannes Adams is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for playing Mike Ross, a college dropout turned unlicensed lawyer, in the USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011–2019). His performance earned him a nomination in 2012 for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
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J. Paul Getty
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- industrialistentrepreneurautobiographerart collectorpatron of the arts
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Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In 1957, Fortune magazine named J. Paul Getty the wealthiest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records declared him to be the world's wealthiest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approximately $8.6 billion in 2023). At the time of his death, he was worth more than $6 billion (approximately $25 billion in 2023). A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th wealthiest American who ever lived (based on his wealth as a percentage of the concurrent gross national product).
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Troian Bellisario
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- film directorfilm produceractortelevision actorscreenwriter
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Troian Avery Bellisario is an American actress. A graduate of the University of Southern California, she had her breakthrough role as Spencer Hastings in the Freeform teen drama series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017). In 2025, she starred in the police procedural series On Call.
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Paula Patton
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Paula Maxine Patton is an American actress and producer. Patton made her feature film debut in the 2005 comedy Hitch, and has had starring roles in the films Déjà Vu (2006), Precious (2009), Jumping the Broom (2011), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), 2 Guns (2013), Warcraft (2016), and Sacrifice (2019).
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Daryl Hannah
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- film actorenvironmentalistactorscreenwriterfilm producer
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Daryl Hannah is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her film debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film The Fury (1978). She has starred in various films across the years, including as Pris Stratton in Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller Blade Runner (1982) and as Cathy Featherstone in Randal Kleiser's romantic comedy Summer Lovers (1982), as the mermaid Madison in Ron Howard's fantasy-romantic comedy Splash (1984), Roxanne Kowalski in the romantic comedy Roxanne (1987), Darien Taylor in Oliver Stone's drama Wall Street (1987), and Annelle Dupuy Desoto in the comedy-drama Steel Magnolias (1989). In 2005, Hannah won a Saturn Award for her role as one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino's martial arts action film Kill Bill: Vol. 2. In 2015, she appeared in the Netflix series Sense8 as Angelica Turing.
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Lauren German
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Lauren German is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Chloe Decker in the urban fantasy comedy-drama series Lucifer (2016–2021). Her other roles include the romantic drama film A Walk to Remember (2002) and the horror films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Hostel: Part II (2007), as well as Lori Weston in the second season of Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2012) and Leslie Shay on Chicago Fire (2012–2014).
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Patrick Schwarzenegger
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- fashion modelactortelevision actorentrepreneurmodel
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Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger is an American actor. He is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. He began his career playing minor roles in the early 2000s, and has since starred in the television series The Staircase (2022) and American Sports Story (2024). Schwarzenegger will next be seen starring in the third season of the television series The White Lotus (2025) for HBO.
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Topher Grace
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- film produceractortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actor
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Christopher John Grace is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Eric Forman in the teen sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2005) and Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's superhero film Spider-Man 3 (2007). He has also starred in the crime drama Traffic (2000), the drama Mona Lisa Smile (2003), the romantic comedies Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), In Good Company (2004) and Valentine's Day (2010), and the action film Predators (2010). He has since had supporting roles in the science fiction film Interstellar (2014) and crime drama BlacKkKlansman (2018). From 2021 to 2023, he played the lead role in the ABC comedy series Home Economics.
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John Carpenter
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- screenwriterfilm directorproducerdirectoractor
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John Howard Carpenter is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award and lauded him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions".
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Kyra Sedgwick
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- film directorfilm produceractortelevision actorfilm actor
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also starred in the 1992 TV film Miss Rose White, which won an Emmy Award. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1995 film Something to Talk About. Sedgwick's other film credits include Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Cameron Crowe's Singles (1992). She also had a recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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Flea
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- trumpetermusiciansingervoice actorpianist
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Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, is an Australian and American musician. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Flea and vocalist Anthony Kiedis are the only two continuous members of the band and he appears on all the band's albums. Flea is also a member of the supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and has played with acts including the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, Young MC, Nirvana, What Is This?, Fear, and Jane's Addiction.
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Shonda Rhimes
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- film directorshowrunnerfilm producerscreenwriterwriter
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Shonda Lynn Rhimes is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Rhimes became known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2005–present), its spin-off Private Practice (2007–2013) and the political thriller Scandal (2012–2018), becoming the first woman to create three television dramas that have achieved the 100 episode milestone.
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Judd Apatow
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- writertelevision directorshowrunneractorscreenwriter
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Judd Apatow is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian known for his work in comedy films. Apatow is the founder of his namesake production company, through which he wrote, produced, and directed his films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020), and The Bubble (2022).
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Alexander Ludwig
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- singeractortelevision actormodelfilm actor
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Alexander Richard Ludwig is a Canadian actor and country musician. He first began his career as a child, and then received recognition as a teenager for starring in the films The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) and Race to Witch Mountain (2009). He is also known for starring as Cato in The Hunger Games (2012).
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Robert Zemeckis
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- directorscreenwriterwriterfilm producerscience fiction writer
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Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American filmmaker known for directing and producing a range of successful and influential movies, often blending cutting-edge visual effects with storytelling. He has received several accolades including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for five British Academy Film Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award.
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Regina King
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- film directoractortelevision actortelevision directorfilm actor
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Regina Rene King is an American actress, director and producer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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America Ferrera
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- voice actorstage actortelevision directoractortelevision actor
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America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2007 and 2024, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023, she was named in BBC's 100 Women list.
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Sasha Alexander
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- film produceractortelevision actortelevision directorfilm actor
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Suzana Drobnjakovic, known by her stage name Sasha Alexander, is an American actress and television director. She played Gretchen Witter in Dawson's Creek and has acted in films including Yes Man (2008) and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). Alexander played Caitlin Todd for the first two seasons of NCIS (2003–2005). From July 2010 through September 2016, Alexander starred as Maura Isles in the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles, and was a regular in Season 5 and 6 of Shameless in 2015–2016.
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Rumer Willis
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- modelfilm actortelevision actor
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Rumer Glenn Willis is an American actress. The eldest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, she made her acting debut opposite her mother in the coming-of-age drama Now and Then (1995). She subsequently appeared in films such as Striptease (1996), Hostage (2005), The House Bunny (2008), Sorority Row (2009), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). She portrayed Gia Mannetti on The CW teen drama series 90210 (2009–2010) and Tory Ash on the FOX musical drama series Empire (2017–2018). Willis won season 20 of the ABC dance competition television series Dancing with the Stars, and made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on September 21, 2015.
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Louis Zamperini
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- long-distance runnerarmy officerathletics competitorautobiographermotivational speaker
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Louis Silvie Zamperini was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
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Bryan Singer
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- screenwriterfilm directorexecutive produceractordirector
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Bryan Jay Singer is an American filmmaker. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed.
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Eric Stoltz
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- film actorcharacter actortelevision actorstage actorfilm director
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Eric Stoltz is an American actor, director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask (1985), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
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Cybill Shepherd
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- singerstage actormodelactortelevision actor
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Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges. She also had roles as Kelly in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Betsy in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), and Nancy in Woody Allen's Alice (1990).
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James Coburn
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- voice actorscreenwritertelevision directorfilm actorstage actor
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James Harrison Coburn III was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
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Ryan Eggold
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- actorfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Ryan James Eggold is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ryan Matthews on the CW teen drama series 90210 (2008–2011), Tom Keen on the NBC crime drama series The Blacklist (2013–2017) and its spin-off series The Blacklist: Redemption (2017), and hospital director Dr. Max Goodwin on the NBC medical drama series New Amsterdam (2018–2023).
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Bridgit Mendler
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 2016 graduated with Bachelor of Science in anthropology
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- recording artistsingertelevision actorbusiness executivefilm actor
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Bridgit Claire Mendler is an American entrepreneur and former actress and singer. She first became known as a child actress and continued acting into adulthood, which overlapped with a musical career in the 2010s. After enrolling at MIT and Harvard, from 2017 to 2024, she co-founded a satellite data startup, which is cited as an example of a successful career reinvention.
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Ke Huy Quan
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- film actoractortaekwondo athlete
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Ke Huy Quan, also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is an American actor. As a child actor, Quan rose to fame playing Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Data in The Goonies (1985). Following a few roles as a young adult in the 1990s, he took a 19-year acting hiatus, during which he worked as a stunt choreographer and assistant director.
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Susan Downey
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- film producer
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Susan Nicole Downey is an American film producer. Until February 2009, she was co-president of Dark Castle Entertainment and executive vice president of production at Silver Pictures, Joel Silver's production company. Susan is married to Robert Downey Jr. The couple has formed their own production house named Team Downey.
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Nick Lachey
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- film actorsinger-songwriteractorsinger
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Nicholas Scott Lachey is an American actor, singer-songwriter, producer, TV personality and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees and later starred in the reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson. He has released four solo albums: SoulO, What's Left of Me, A Father's Lullaby, and Soundtrack of My Life. He also had a recurring role on the television series Charmed. He hosted NBC's The Sing-Off, co-hosted VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live from 2014 to 2015, and Nickelodeon's America's Most Musical Family, and co-hosts the Netflix shows Love Is Blind and The Ultimatum with his wife Vanessa Lachey. He is also the sole host of Perfect Match for Netflix. In 2021, Lachey won the fifth season of The Masked Singer.
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Marlo Thomas
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 1959 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
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- film actoractivisttelevision actorstage actormanufacturer
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Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas is an American actress, producer, author, and social activist. She is best known for starring on the sitcom That Girl (1966–1971) and her children's franchise Free to Be... You and Me. She received three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Peabody Award for her work in television and was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
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Ally Sheedy
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- stage actoractortelevision actorwriterfilm actor
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Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy is an American actress. She made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983) and came to prominence as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in Oxford Blues (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and Blue City (1986). She received three Saturn Award nominations for Best Actress for her performances in WarGames (1983), Fear (1990), and Man's Best Friend (1993). For playing a drug-addicted lesbian photographer in High Art (1998), Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She also starred in the films Twice in a Lifetime (1985), Short Circuit (1986), Betsy's Wedding (1990), Only the Lonely (1991), and Life During Wartime (2009), as well as the series Single Drunk Female (2022–2023).
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Madeleine Stowe
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Madeleine Stowe is an American actress. She appeared mostly on television before her role in the 1987 crime-comedy film Stakeout. She went on to star in the films Revenge (1990), Unlawful Entry (1992), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Blink (1993), 12 Monkeys (1995), The General's Daughter (1999), and We Were Soldiers (2002). For her role in the 1993 independent film Short Cuts, she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Kevin Feige
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- executive producerfilm producer
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Kevin Feige is an American film and television producer. He has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise since 2007. The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $31 billion, making him the highest grossing producer of all time, with Avengers: Endgame (2019) becoming the highest-grossing film at the time of its release.
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Robert Vaughn
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- actorfilm actorstage actortelevision actorvoice actor
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Robert Francis Vaughn was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades. He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award and four times for the Golden Globe Award.
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Mohamed Morsi
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 1982 graduated with Doctor of Engineering
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- university teacherpoliticianengineermaterials scientist
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Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat was an Egyptian politician, engineer, and professor who was the fifth president of Egypt, from 2012 to 2013, when General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removed him from office in a coup d'état after protests in June. An Islamist affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood organization, Morsi led the Freedom and Justice Party from 2011 to 2012.
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Grant Imahara
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- electrical engineertelevision presenteractor
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Grant Masaru Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist and television host. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built and operated numerous robots and machines to test myths over the course of the show.
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Jerry Heller
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- talent managertalent agentDJ producerwritermusic publisher
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Gerald Elliot Heller was an American music manager and businessman. He was best known for his management of West Coast rap and gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A and Eazy-E. He rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s representing Journey, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, War, Eric Burdon, Crosby Stills & Nash, Ike & Tina Turner, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, the Who, REO Speedwagon, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Styx, the Grass Roots, and the Standells, among many others.
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DeMar DeRozan
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- basketball player
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DeMar Darnell DeRozan is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected ninth overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2009 NBA draft. Nicknamed “Deebo”, DeRozan is a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Team member. DeRozan is currently sixth among all active NBA players on the all-time scoring list.
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Tate Donovan
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- actortelevision actordirectortelevision directorfilm actor
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Tate Buckley Donovan is an American actor, comedian and television director. He is known for portraying Tom Shayes in Damages, Jimmy Cooper in The O.C., and the voice of the title character in the 1997 Disney animated film Hercules, the animated television series of the same name and in a few Kingdom Hearts video games. He starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the 1992 film, Love Potion No. 9.
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James Horner
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- film score composerorchestratorcomposerconductor
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James Roy Horner was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
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Jim Lovell
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- screenwriternaval aviatorastronautnaval officertest pilot
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James Arthur Lovell Jr. is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
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Reza Pahlavi
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- photographermusicianartistwriterhuman rights activist
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Reza Pahlavi is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran, and his wife Farah Diba. He was officially named Crown Prince of Iran in 1967 at the time of his father's coronation.
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Francesca Eastwood
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- actorfilm actortelevision actormodelsocialite
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Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood is an American actress, socialite, and television personality. The daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher, she garnered attention starring with her family on the E! reality series Mrs. Eastwood & Company (2012). She is best known for her roles in films such as Jersey Boys (2014), Final Girl (2015), Outlaws and Angels (2016), M.F.A., The Vault (both 2017), and Old (2021). Eastwood also made several guest appearances on television shows such as Heroes Reborn (2015), Fargo, and Twin Peaks: The Return (both 2017).
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Joey Lawrence
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- film actormusiciantelevision actorstage actortelevision producer
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Joseph Lawrence Mignogna III is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, podcaster and game show host. He was a child actor in the early 1980s and portrayed Joey Russo in Blossom and Joe Longo in Melissa & Joey. Lawrence also starred in Gimme a Break! (1983–1987), and the series Brotherly Love with his real-life brothers Matthew and Andrew. His film appearances include Summer Rental (1985) and Oliver & Company (1988).
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Nick Young
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- basketball player
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Nicholas Aaron Young, nicknamed "Swaggy P", is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10. Young was selected by the Washington Wizards in the first round of the 2007 NBA draft with the 16th overall pick. He won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2018.
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LeVar Burton
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- film directortelevision presentervoice actortelevision directoractor
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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow.
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O'Shea Jackson Jr
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- film actormusicianrapperactor
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O'Shea Jackson Jr., also known by the stage name OMG, is an American actor, rapper and songwriter. He is the oldest son of Ice Cube and, in his feature film debut, he portrayed his father in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton.
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Deborah Ann Woll
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- actorfilm actorscreenwriterstage actortelevision actor
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Deborah Ann Woll is an American actress. She played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series True Blood (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She also portrayed Karen Page in four television series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Daredevil (2015–2018) and Daredevil: Born Again (2025). Her film roles include Mother's Day (2010), Seven Days in Utopia (2011), Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011), Catch.44 (2011), Ruby Sparks (2012), Meet Me in Montenegro (2014), The Automatic Hate (2015), Escape Room (2019) and its 2021 sequel, and Queen of the Ring (2024).
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Matthew Lawrence
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Matthew Lawrence is an American actor, podcaster and singer, widely known for his roles in Mrs. Doubtfire and Boy Meets World. Lawrence also starred in the series Brotherly Love with his real-life brothers Joey and Andrew.
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Joseph Mazzello
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- directorscreenwriterfilm producerfilm actorfilm director
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Joseph Francis Mazzello III is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Roarke Hartman in The River Wild, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network, and Queen bass player John Deacon in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Mahira Khan
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- actor
- Biography
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Mahira Hafeez Khan is a Pakistani film and television actress. One of the most popular and highest-paid actresses of Pakistan, she is the recipient of several accolades, including seven Lux Style Awards and seven Hum Awards.
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Dalton Trumbo
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- directorscreenwriterwriternovelistfilm producer
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James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Roman Holiday (1953), Exodus, Spartacus (both 1960), and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of alleged Communist influences in the motion picture industry.
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Dave McCary
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- television directorfilm directorscreenwriter
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David Lawrence McCary is an American comedian, writer, producer, and director. From 2013 to 2018, he was a segment director and writer for Saturday Night Live. He is married to actress Emma Stone, with whom he co-founded the production company Fruit Tree.
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Randy Johnson
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- photographerbaseball player
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Randall David Johnson, nicknamed "the Big Unit", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Ryan Coogler
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- film producerscreenwriterdirectorfilm directorwriter
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Ryan Kyle Coogler is an American filmmaker. He is a recipient of four NAACP Image Awards and four Black Reel Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award.
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Saweetie
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- rappersingersongwriter
- Biography
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Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper, known professionally as Saweetie, is an American rapper and singer. Her 2017 debut single, "Icy Grl", received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and led her to sign with Warner Records in a joint venture with her then-manager, Max Gousse's record label, Artistry Worldwide.
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Doria Ragland
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 2011 graduated with Master of Social Work
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- businesspersonyoga instructorflight attendantmake-up artistsocial worker
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Doria Loyce Ragland is the mother of Meghan Markle and the ex-wife of American retired television lighting director and director of photography Thomas Markle Sr.. Ragland holds a degree in social work and is a former makeup artist and yoga instructor.
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Bianca Lawson
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Bianca Lawson is an American actress. She is known for her regular roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior, Pretty Little Liars, and Rogue. She has also had recurring roles in the series Sister, Sister, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Steve Harvey Show, Dawson's Creek, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, and Witches of East End. In 2016, Lawson began starring in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar.
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Anthony Edwards
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- film directorfilm producertelevision actorfilm actortelevision producer
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Anthony Charles Edwards is an American actor, director, and producer. He played Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. He has appeared in various films and television series, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Top Gun, Zodiac, Gotcha!, Miracle Mile, Revenge of the Nerds, Planes, Northern Exposure, and Designated Survivor.
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Zeenat Aman
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- film actormodelbeauty pageant contestantactor
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Zeenat Amanullah Khan, known professionally as Zeenat Aman, is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in Hindi films. One of the leading actresses of Indian cinema, she established herself as one of the highest paid actresses of her time and is cited in the media as a sex symbol. She is the recipient of a Filmfare Award from three nominations.
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Jeanie Buss
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- president
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Jeanie Marie Buss is an American sports executive who is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and co-owner and promoter of the U.S. women's professional wrestling promotion Women of Wrestling (WOW).
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John Singleton
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- directorscreenwriterfilm screenwriterfilm producerfilm director
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John Daniel Singleton was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing Boyz n the Hood (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming, at age 24, the first African American and youngest nominee in the category.
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Jerry Buss
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- chemistfilm producerbusinesspersonentrepreneurpoker player
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Gerald Hatten Buss was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 league championships that were highlighted by the team's Showtime era during the 1980s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor. Buss owned other professional sports franchises in Southern California.
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Frank Gehry
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 1954 graduated with Bachelor of Architecture in architecture
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Frank Owen Gehry CC FAIA is a Canadian-American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions.
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Gene Roddenberry
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- screenwriterfilm screenwriternovelistscience fiction writerexecutive producer
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Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and began to write for television.
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James Hong
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorstage actorfilm director
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James Hong is an American actor, producer and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, he has worked in numerous productions in U.S. media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s. In 2022, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the American film and television industries.
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Kyle Eastwood
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- jazz guitaristactorfilm score composercomposerjazz musician
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Kyle Eastwood is an American jazz bassist and film composer. He studied film at the University of Southern California for two years before embarking on a music career. After becoming a session player in the early 1990s and leading his own quartet, he released his first solo album, From There to Here, in 1998. His album The View From Here was released in 2013 by Jazz Village. In addition to his solo albums, Eastwood has composed music for nine of his father Clint Eastwood's films. Eastwood plays fretted and fretless electric bass guitar and double bass.
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Mark McGwire
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- baseball player
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Mark David McGwire, nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He won two World Series championships, one with Oakland as a player in 1989 and one with St. Louis as a coach in 2011. One of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, McGwire hit 583 home runs during his career, which ranked 5th-most in MLB history at the time of his retirement and currently ranks 11th. He holds the major-league career record for at bats per home run ratio (10.6), and is the former record holder for both home runs in a single season (70 in 1998) and home runs hit by a rookie (49 in 1987). McGwire was one of several central figures in baseball's steroids scandal.
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Richard Crenna
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- television directoractortelevision producer
- Biography
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Richard Donald Crenna was an American actor and television director.
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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- voice actorkaratekamartial artistfilm producerfilm actor
- Biography
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is a Japanese-American actor and producer.
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
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- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a Pakistani barrister, politician, and statesman. He served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. Bhutto founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and served as its chairman until his execution for murder.
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Ludwig Göransson
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- musicianrecord producerconductorfilm score composermanufacturer
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Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson is a Swedish musician, composer, conductor, songwriter, and record producer. His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Allyson Felix
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- athletics competitorsprinter
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Allyson Michelle Felix is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 meters later in her career. At 200 meters, Felix is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2005–2009), a two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004 and 2008), and the 2011 world bronze medalist. At 400 meters, she is the 2015 world champion, 2011 world silver medalist, 2016 Olympic silver medalist, 2017 world bronze medalist, and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist. Across the short distances, Felix is a ten-time U.S. national champion (2004, 2005, 2007–2012, 2015 and 2016).
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Dexter Holland
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- In 2017 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- bioinformaticianbusinesspersoncomposerguitaristvirologist
- Biography
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Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter and composer, and only constant member of the punk rock band the Offspring. He co-founded with former bandmate Greg K. the record label Nitro Records, which he previously owned. He also has a PhD in molecular biology.
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Clay Matthews III
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- Studied in 2004-2009
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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William Clay Matthews III, primarily known as Clay Matthews, is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). The six-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time All-Pro played 10 seasons for the Green Bay Packers and 1 season for the Los Angeles Rams. He is the all-time official sack leader for the Packers, with 83.5. He was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2024.
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Dylan Penn
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- modelfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Dylan Frances Penn is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright. Her early public roles included modeling campaigns for Gap Inc., a magazine cover for treats!, a music video appearance in Nick Jonas's "Chains" and an acting role in Elvis & Nixon.
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Troy Polamalu
- Occupations
- sports executiveAmerican football player
- Biography
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Troy Aumua Polamalu is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 12-year career as a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). An eight-time Pro Bowl and six-time All-Pro selection, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020, his first year of eligibility.
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Christian Brando
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Christian Devi Brando was an American actor who was one of the eleven children of actor Marlon Brando, and the only one Brando had with his first wife, former actress Anna Kashfi.
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Renée Elise Goldsberry
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- stage actorsingeractortelevision actorfilm actor
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Renée Elise Goldsberry is an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen she has received a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Grammy Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Ree Drummond
- Occupations
- chef
- Biography
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Anne Marie "Ree" Drummond is an American blogger, author, food writer, and television personality. Drummond became known for her blog, The Pioneer Woman, which documented her life in rural Oklahoma.
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Frank Gifford
- Occupations
- television presentersports commentatorAmerican football player
- Biography
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Francis Newton Gifford was an American professional football player, actor, and television sports commentator. After a 12-year playing career as a halfback, flanker and safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), he was a play-by-play announcer and commentator for 27 years on ABC's Monday Night Football.
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Sam Darnold
- Enrolled in the University of Southern California
- Studied in 2015
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Samuel Richard Darnold is an American professional football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, winning the Archie Griffin award in 2016, and was selected third overall by the New York Jets in the 2018 NFL draft.
