100 Notable alumni of
University of Virginia
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The University of Virginia is 46th in the world, 25th in North America, and 24th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Virginia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Edgar Allan Poe
- Occupations
- poetliterary criticwriternovelistessayist
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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.
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Robert F. Kennedy
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1951 graduated with Bachelor of Laws in law
- Occupations
- writerlawyermilitary officerpolitician
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Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he is considered an icon of modern American liberalism.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr
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- anti-vaccine activistuniversity teacherbiographerjuristradio personality
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Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of U.S. president John F. Kennedy.
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Woodrow Wilson
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- statespersonlawyerpolitical scientistuniversity teacherwriter
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. As president, Wilson made significant economic reforms and led the United States through World War I. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism.
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Ted Kennedy
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1959 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- autobiographerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.
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Tina Fey
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- 1988-1992 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in drama fiction
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actortelevision producershowrunnertelevision actor
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for her comedic roles in sketch comedy, television and film, Fey has received numerous accolades, including ten Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. She appeared on the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in both 2007 and 2009 and was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010.
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Leslie Bibb
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- modeltelevision actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Leslie Louise Bibb is an American actress and model. She first received wider attention for playing Brooke McQueen on the WB teen series Popular (1999–2001). Bibb later portrayed journalist Christine Everhart in Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, including Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010). Her television work in the 2020s includes Grace Sampson on Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy (2021), Dinah Donahue on Apple TV's Palm Royale (2024), and Kate in season three of HBO’s The White Lotus (2025).
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Alexis Ohanian
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- venture capitalistentrepreneurinvestor
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Alexis Kerry Ohanian Sr. is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and former executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz. He also co-founded the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital, helped launch the travel search website Hipmunk and started the social enterprise Breadpig. He was also a partner at the startup accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator.
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Ben McKenzie
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations
- Occupations
- writereconomistfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan is an American actor, author and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama Southland (2009–2013), and James "Jim" Gordon on the crime drama Gotham (2014–2019). McKenzie made his film debut in the Academy Award-nominated film Junebug (2005), before appearing in films including 88 Minutes (2007), Goodbye World (2013), Some Kind of Beautiful (2014), and Line of Duty (2019). In 2020, he made his Broadway debut in the Bess Wohl play Grand Horizons.
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William Faulkner
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- playwrightchildren's writernovelistpoetscreenwriter
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
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Laura Ingraham
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- juristradio personalitylawyerlaw clerkjournalist
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Laura Anne Ingraham is an American conservative television presenter. She has been the host of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel since October 2017, and is the editor-in-chief of LifeZette. She formerly hosted the nationally syndicated radio show The Laura Ingraham Show.
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Robert Mueller
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- army officerlawyerofficialmilitary officercivil servant
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Robert Swan Mueller III is an American lawyer who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013.
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Milos Raonic
- Occupations
- tennis player
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Milos Raonic is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, making him the highest-ranked Canadian in ATP history. Raonic won eight ATP Tour titles, and reached a major final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.
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Sarah Drew
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- stage actortelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm actor
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Sarah Drew is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Stacy Rowe in the MTV animated series Daria (1997–2001), Hannah Rogers in The WB family drama series Everwood (2004–2006), and Dr. April Kepner in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2009–18; 2021–22). She currently plays the lead role of Emily Lane in the Hallmark Christmas mystery series Mistletoe Murders (2024–present).
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Katie Couric
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writerpodcasterpresenterfilm producernews presenter
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Katherine Anne Couric is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, Wake Up Call. Since 2016, she has hosted the podcast Next Question with Katie Couric.
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John N. Kennedy
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1977 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Neely Kennedy is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from 1996 to 1999, and as special counsel and then cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.
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Dawn Staley
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Studied in 1988-1992
- Occupations
- athletics competitorbasketball playerbasketball coach
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Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. She is the only person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach, and is considered to be one of the greatest coaches in the history of women's basketball.
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Danielle Collins
- Occupations
- tennis player
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Danielle Rose Collins is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 7 in singles and No. 79 in doubles. Collins has won four singles titles, including a WTA 1000 title at the 2024 Miami Open, and one doubles title. She contested a major singles final at the 2022 Australian Open.
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Andy Beshear
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 2003 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrew Graham Beshear is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 63rd governor of Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2016 to 2019 as the 50th attorney general of Kentucky. He is the son of former Kentucky governor Steve Beshear, who served from 2007 to 2015.
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Chris Long
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Studied in 2004-2008
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Christopher Howard Long is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. The son of Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long and older brother of NFL guard Kyle Long, he played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and won the Ted Hendricks Award as a senior. Long was selected by the St. Louis Rams second overall in the 2008 NFL draft, where he spent eight seasons. He later played one season for the New England Patriots and two for the Philadelphia Eagles, winning a Super Bowl title with each.
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Richard E. Byrd
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- oceanographerexplorermilitary officeraircraft pilot
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Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.
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Emily Swallow
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Emily Swallow is an American actress. She is best known for her role as The Armorer in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–present) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022). She is also known for her roles as Kim Fischer in The Mentalist (2013–2014), Amara / The Darkness in Supernatural (2015–2020), Lisa Ţepeş in Castlevania (2017–2021), and Puck in Pac-Man: Circle (2024). She also had a minor role as Emily in the video game The Last of Us Part II.
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Steve Huffman
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- computer scientistweb developerengineerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Steve Huffman, also known by his Reddit username spez, is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, which ranks 7th in the top 20 websites in the world as of July 2025. He also co-founded the airfare search engine website Hipmunk, which was shut down in 2020. His tenure as Reddit CEO has been met with many controversies regarding his changes to the platform. As of November 2025, Huffman's estimated net worth is approximately $1.2 billion.
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Malcolm Brogdon
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- 2011-2016 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Malcolm Moses Brogdon is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for nine seasons. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers under Tony Bennett.
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David Baldacci
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- poet lawyerjuristlawyerwriternovelist
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David Baldacci is an American novelist. An attorney by education, Baldacci writes mainly suspense novels and legal thrillers. His novels are published in over 45 languages and published in over 80 countries, having sold over 130 million copies worldwide.
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Kirstjen Nielsen
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Kirstjen Michele Nielsen is an American attorney who served as United States secretary of homeland security from 2017 to 2019. She is a former principal White House deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump and was chief of staff to John F. Kelly during his tenure as Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Dylan Walsh
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Dylan Walsh is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, Al Burns on Unforgettable, Sam Lane on Superman & Lois, and David Hollander on Heated Rivalry.
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Christina Tosi
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- restaurateurtelevision presentertelevision celebrity chefchefauthor
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Christina Tosi is an American chef and cookbook author. She is founder and co-owner with Momofuku of Milk Bar and serves as its chef and chief executive officer. She also created Milk Bar Pie and Cereal Milk. Food & Wine magazine included her in their 2014 list of "Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink".
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Angus King
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1969 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- television presenterentrepreneurco-producerbusiness executivelawyer
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Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Maine. A political independent, he served from 1995 to 2003 as the 72nd governor of Maine.
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Ralph Sampson
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) phenom, three-time college national player of the year, and first overall selection in the 1983 NBA draft, Sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Bill Nelson
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1968 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerastronautpolitician
- Biography
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Clarence William Nelson II is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A member of the Democratic Party, Nelson served from 1979 to 1991 as a U.S. representative from Florida's Space Coast, and from 1972 to 1978 as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. In January 1986, he became the second sitting member of Congress to fly in space, after Senator Jake Garn, when he served as a payload specialist on mission STS-61-C aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Before entering politics, he served in the United States Army Reserve during the Vietnam War.
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John Cornyn
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1995 graduated with Master of Laws
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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John Cornyn III is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Tiki Barber
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- radio personalityAmerican football player
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Atiim Kiambu "Tiki" Barber Sr. is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 10-year career as a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers. Barber was selected by the Giants in the second round of the 1997 NFL draft. He retired from the NFL at the end of the 2006 NFL postseason as the Giants' all-time rushing and reception leader. He is the only player in NFL history to have 10,000 rushing yards, 5,000 receiving yards, and 1,000 return yards. Barber was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Sam Riegel
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- screenwriterstage actorfilm directorvoice actorfilm producer
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Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel is an American voice actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Donatello in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney games, and Teddie from Persona 4. He has also worked for Nickelodeon as the voice director for Fresh Beat Band of Spies and Sanjay and Craig, as well as the voice of Riven in the revival of Winx Club. Since 2015, he has been a regular cast member of the web series Critical Role, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. In 2022, the show's first campaign was adapted into the animated series The Legend of Vox Machina.
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Claudio Reyna
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- sports executiveassociation football player
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Claudio Alejandro Reyna is an American former professional soccer player and former executive. He most recently served as sporting director of Austin FC.
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Krystal Ball
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- columnistcertified public accountantbusinesspersonpunditpolitician
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Krystal Marie Ball is an American political commentator and media host. She was previously a political candidate, as well as co-host on the MSNBC show The Cycle, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, and a co-host of The Hill's Rising along with Saagar Enjeti. In May 2021, Ball and Enjeti announced that they were leaving the show in order to launch their own independent project titled Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar. Ball is a co-host with her husband Kyle Kulinski on the podcast Krystal Kyle & Friends.
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Abigail Spanberger
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- intelligence officerconsultantpostal inspectorpolitician
- Biography
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Abigail Anne Spanberger is an American politician and former intelligence officer serving since 2026 as the 75th governor of Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2019 to 2025 as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district.
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John Warner
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Studied in 1953
- Occupations
- military officerpoliticianlawyerjuristfarmer
- Biography
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John William Warner III was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974. Warner is both the longest serving Republican Senator from Virginia, and the second longest serving Senator from Virginia behind Democrat Harry F. Byrd. He served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 to 2001, and from 2003 to 2007. Warner also served as the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee from 1995 to 1999.
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Sasheer Zamata
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- 2004-2008 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in media studies
- Occupations
- comediantelevision actorfilm actorvoice actorfilm director
- Biography
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Sasheer Zamata Moore is an American actress and comedian. She rose to prominence as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017. Since departing SNL, she has garnered wider attention for her starring roles in the TV series Woke (2020–2022), Home Economics (2021–2023), and Agatha All Along (2024).
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Marvin P. Bush
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Marvin Pierce Bush is an American businessman. He is a son of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush and the brother of George W. Bush, the late Robin Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, and Dorothy Bush Koch.
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Jason Winston George
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Studied in 1994
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jason Winston George is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Bourne on the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach, as Jeremiah Thurgood "J.T." Hunter on the UPN television sitcom Eve, as Dr. Otis Cole on ABC's Off the Map, and as Dr. Ben Warren on Grey's Anatomy and its spinoff Station 19.
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Robert Aldrich
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- film screenwriterfilm producerfilm directordirectorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Robert Burgess Aldrich was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick auteur working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed mainly films noir, war movies, westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones. His most notable credits include Vera Cruz (1954), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), Autumn Leaves (1956), Attack (1956), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974).
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Jerry Falwell, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyertelevangelist
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Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr. is an American evangelical attorney and former academic administrator. Starting with his 2007 appointment upon the death of his father, televangelist and conservative activist Jerry Falwell, Falwell served as the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, until resigning in August 2020 amid a sex scandal.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1975 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Sheila Jackson Lee was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, from 1995 until she died in 2024. The district includes most of central Houston. She was a member of the Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. She was also co-dean of Texas's congressional delegation.
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Linda Fairstein
- Occupations
- writernovelistjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Linda Fairstein is an American author, attorney, and former New York City prosecutor focusing on crimes of violence against women and children. She was the head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1976 until 2002.
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Francis Collins
- Occupations
- physicistgeneticistchemistauthorphysician
- Biography
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Francis Sellers Collins ForMemRS is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three presidents. Collins announced his retirement publicly from the NIH on March 1, 2025, after 32 years of service.
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Schuyler Fisk
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorsinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk is an American actress and singer-songwriter.
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Jen Lilley
- Occupations
- television actorsingeractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jennifer Lilley is an American actress and singer. Lilley played a supporting role in the 2011 film The Artist, temporarily portrayed Maxie Jones on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from September 2011 to August 2012, and has played the character of Theresa Donovan on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from July 2013 to November 2016 and again from May to July 2018. She has also starred in several television films from Hallmark Channel and Great American Family Channel.
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Mark Sanford
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1988 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- air force officerfarmerreal estate entrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2019, and as the 115th governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Teddy Sears
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Teddy Sears is an American actor, known for his roles as Richard Patrick Woolsley on the TNT legal drama series Raising the Bar, Patrick on the first season of FX anthology horror drama American Horror Story, Dr. Austin Langham on the Showtime period drama series Masters of Sex, and DC Comics supervillain Hunter Zolomon / Zoom of the television series The Flash.
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Margaret Brennan
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 2002 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Margaret Mary Brennan is an American journalist who is the current moderator of Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan on CBS News, the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent, and a fill-in and substitute anchor for CBS Evening News. Brennan was previously a White House correspondent for CBS and has covered Washington since 2012.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1982 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyerwriterdirector
- Biography
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Sheldon Whitehouse is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998, and as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003. He was elected to the Senate in 2006, defeating Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee. He was reelected in 2012, 2018, and 2024.
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Pap Ndiaye
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Pap Ndiaye is a French historian and politician who has been serving as France's ambassador to the Council of Europe since 2023.
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Joe Harris
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joseph Malcolm Harris is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers, before being selected with the 33rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent one-and-a-half seasons with the team before being traded and waived due to injury. He was signed by the Brooklyn Nets in 2016, and is one of three players to make 200 three-pointers in one season in the history of the Nets franchise. Harris led the NBA in three-point shooting accuracy in 2018–19 and repeated the feat in 2020–21. Also in 2021, Harris surpassed Dražen Petrović as the Nets' all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage and surpassed Jason Kidd as the Nets' all-time leader in three-point field goals made. Harris ranks fifth in NBA history for career three-point field goal percentage (minimum 1,000 career three-point field goals made) as of March 5, 2024. Harris played for the Detroit Pistons in his final season.
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Ken Paxton
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Texas Senate representing the eighth district and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
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Brit Hume
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1965 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- screenwriterpolitical punditjournalist
- Biography
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Alexander Britton Hume, known professionally as Brit Hume, is an American journalist and political commentator. He had a 23-year career with ABC News, where he contributed to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline, and This Week. Hume served as the ABC News chief White House correspondent from 1989 to 1996.
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Janet Napolitano
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician and lawyer. She is on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2015.
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Alben W. Barkley
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative. Serving in both houses of Congress, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.
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Patrícia Abravanel
- Occupations
- actortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Patricia Abravanel Faria is a Brazilian television presenter and businesswoman. She is the daughter of television presenter, businessman, and founder of SBT, Silvio Santos.
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Javier Solana
- Occupations
- physicistdiplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga KCMG CYC is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), leading the alliance during Operation Allied Force, he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
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David Berman
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- 1985-1989 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English literature
- Occupations
- singerpoetcartoonist
- Biography
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David Cloud Berman was an American musician, singer-songwriter and poet who founded – and was the only constant member of – the indie rock band Silver Jews with Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich.
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Matt Schaub
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Matthew Rutledge Schaub is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2004 NFL draft.
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De'Andre Hunter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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De'Andre James Hunter is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and was named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year for 2019.
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Shelley Moore Capito
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1976 graduated with Master of Education
- Occupations
- school counselorpolitician
- Biography
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Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. She is the daughter of three-term West Virginia governor and six-term U.S. representative Arch Alfred Moore Jr.
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Paul Tudor Jones
- Occupations
- hedge fund managerbusinesspersontraderstockbroker
- Biography
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Paul Tudor Jones II is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. In 1980, he founded Tudor Investment Corporation, an asset management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Eight years later, he founded the Robin Hood Foundation, which focuses on poverty reduction. As of July 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$8.1 billion.
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Bruce Lipton
- Occupations
- biologistwriteranti-vaccine activist
- Biography
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Bruce Harold Lipton is an American writer and lecturer whose work has been dismissed by some peers as pseudoscience. By his own admission, his ideas have not received attention from mainstream science. He has not published original scientific research in a peer-reviewed medical journal in 30 years.
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Sean Patrick Maloney
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1988 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1992 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- businesspersonlawyerdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Sean Patrick Maloney is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2024 to 2025. He previously served five terms as the U.S. representative from New York's 18th congressional district from 2013 to 2023.
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Kyle Guy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kyle Joseph Guy is an American professional basketball player for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers as a shooting guard for three years and was named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player during his junior season en route to winning the NCAA Championship. In high school, he was Indiana Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American.
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Virgil
- Occupations
- teacherprofessional wrestler
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Michael Charles Jones, better known by his ring name Virgil, was an American professional wrestler and an actor. He is best known for his tenures in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
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Stephen Malkmus
- Occupations
- singerguitaristsinger-songwritersongwritermusician
- Biography
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Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. Beginning as a duo, Pavement subsequently grew to a quintet. The band released five studio albums before breaking up in 1999.
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Ana Montes
- Occupations
- intelligence analyst
- Biography
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Ana Belén Montes is an American former senior analyst at the United States Defense Intelligence Agency who spied on behalf of the Cuban government for 17 years.
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Ronald Coase
- Occupations
- historianeconomistuniversity teacherwriter
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Ronald Harry Coase was a British economist and author. Coase was educated at the London School of Economics, where he was a member of the faculty until 1951. He was the Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School, where he arrived in 1964 and remained for the rest of his life. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991.
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Chip Roy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles Eugene "Chip" Roy is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Roy took office on January 3, 2019. Before his election to Congress, he was chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz and as first assistant attorney general of Texas. A member of and policy chair of the House Freedom Caucus, Roy is considered a member of the most conservative faction of the House Republican Conference.
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Eugene Scalia
- Occupations
- officialsolicitorlawyer
- Biography
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Eugene Scalia is an American lawyer who served as the 28th United States Secretary of Labor during the final 16 months of the first Trump administration from 2019 to 2021. Scalia previously served as the United States Solicitor of Labor under President George W. Bush. He is a son of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Harmeet Dhillon
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- civil servantlawyer
- Biography
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Harmeet Kaur Dhillon is an Indian-American lawyer and Republican Party official serving as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division since 2025. She is the former vice chair of the California Republican Party and a former Republican National Committeewoman for California.
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Chris Taylor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Christopher Armand Taylor Jr., nicknamed "CT3", is an American professional baseball utility player in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers. He played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers. Taylor was selected in the fifth round of the 2012 MLB draft and made his MLB debut with the Mariners in 2014. Traded to the Dodgers, Taylor won the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award in 2017, was a member of the World Series champions in 2020 and 2024, and was an All-Star in 2021.
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Ryan Zimmerman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Wallace Zimmerman is an American former professional baseball infielder who spent his entire 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Washington Nationals. Zimmerman graduated from Kellam High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and played college baseball at the University of Virginia. Nicknamed "Mr. National", he was selected in the first round as the fourth overall pick by the Nationals in the 2005 MLB draft and then played for the team from its 2005 inaugural season in Washington, D.C., through 2021. Known for his clutch hitting and walk-off hits, Zimmerman was primarily a third baseman before moving to first base in 2015. He was twice selected as an MLB All-Star, won one Gold Glove and two Silver Slugger awards, and was a World Series champion with the 2019 Nationals.
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Lyon Gardiner Tyler
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. was an American educator, politician, genealogist, and historian. He was a son of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States. Tyler was the 17th president of the College of William & Mary. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1887 to 1889. He was also an advocate of historical research and preservation, and a prominent critic of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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Paul Bowles
- Occupations
- composerpoetwritertranslatorphotographer
- Biography
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Paul Frederic Bowles was an American composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life.
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Ty Jerome
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ty Jeremy Jerome is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers, where in 2019 he was the starting shooting guard on their national championship team. Jerome was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2019 NBA draft but was traded to the Phoenix Suns. He has also played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Thomas Jones
- Occupations
- actorAmerican football player
- Biography
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Thomas Quinn Jones is an American actor and former professional football player. He played as a running back for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Jones played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1999. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals seventh overall in the 2000 NFL draft, and played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in addition to the New York Jets, Chicago Bears, and Kansas City Chiefs. He retired among the top 25 leading rushers in NFL history (currently 27th), and a member of the 10,000 rushing yards club. In September 2019 he was nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020.
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Evan Bayh
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1981 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerlobbyistpolitician
- Biography
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Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III is an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and as a United States senator representing Indiana from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Joe Biden.
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Mark Brzezinski
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Mark Francis Brzezinski is an American lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015 under President Barack Obama.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Studied in 1940
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonfarmerpolitician
- Biography
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy. Roosevelt was appointed as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1965 to 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Roosevelt also ran for governor of New York twice. Just after World War II, he served on Harry S. Truman's President's Committee on Civil Rights. Roosevelt was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.
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Joseph D. Morrissey
- Occupations
- teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Dee Morrissey is an American politician, businessman, and former lawyer who won election to both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly from districts including Richmond or surrounding Henrico County, Virginia under various political affiliations. He represented Virginia's 16th Senate district from 2020 to 2024, having been elected during the 2019 election. He represented much of southern Richmond, as well as all of the cities of Petersburg and Hopewell and portions of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. He lost the 2023 Democratic primary for his district.
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Tim Cain
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- television actorengineervideo game directorvideo game developer
- Biography
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Timothy Cain is an American video game developer best known as the creator, producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of the 1997 video game Fallout. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
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Becky Sauerbrunn
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn is an American former professional soccer player who played as a center back. She co-captained the United States national team with Carli Lloyd from 2016 to 2018 and was the captain of the team from 2021 to 2023.
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Walter Reed
- Occupations
- military physicianentomologistzoologist
- Biography
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Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States. Reed followed work started by Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg, who has been called the "first U.S. bacteriologist".
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Monica Wright
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Monica Ashante Wright Rogers is an American basketball executive and former player and coach. She played college basketball for Virginia and was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA draft. Outside of the WNBA, she played professionally in Poland, Turkey, Australia, South Korea and Iceland. She is currently the general manager for the Toronto Tempo after serving as the assistant general manager for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.
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Raymond Moody
- Occupations
- psychiatristwriterphilosopherpsychologistphysician
- Biography
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Raymond A. Moody Jr. is an American philosopher, psychiatrist, physician, and author, most widely known for his books about afterlife and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975 in his best-selling book Life After Life. His research explores personal accounts of subjective phenomena encountered in near-death experiences, particularly those of people who have apparently died but been resuscitated. He has widely published his views on what he terms near-death-experience psychology.
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Ken Cuccinelli
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kenneth Thomas "Cooch" Cuccinelli II is an American lawyer and politician who served as the senior official performing the duties of deputy secretary of homeland security from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the principal deputy and acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and was attorney general of Virginia from 2010 to 2014.
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John C. Stennis
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1928 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Cornelius Stennis was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member for his last eight years. He retired from the Senate in 1989, and is, to date, the last Democrat to have been a U.S. senator from Mississippi. At the time of his retirement, Stennis was the last senator to have served during the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
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Julien Green
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Julien Green often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote mostly in French and only occasionally in English. Over a long and prolific career, he authored novels and essays, several plays, and a biography of Francis of Assisi, produced a four-volume autobiography, and for decades maintained a daily journal that he edited and published in nineteen volumes. The posthumous publication of the unexpurgated text of his journals presented a different version of his personality and sexuality, revealed details of the lives of many of his prominent contemporaries, and documented the gay subculture of 20th-century France.
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Chuck Robb
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- In 1973 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianteacherlawyerlaw clerkmilitary officer
- Biography
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Charles Spittal Robb is an American former U.S. Marine Corps officer and politician who served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United States senator representing Virginia from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Robb sought a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2000, but was defeated by Republican George Allen, another former governor.
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Robert Neller
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Robert Blake Neller is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2015 to 2019.
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Justin Anderson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justin Lamar Anderson is an American professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers before being selected with the 21st overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks.
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Joyce White Vance
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Joyce Alene Vance is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017. She was one of the first five U.S. attorneys, and the first female U.S. attorney, nominated by President Barack Obama.
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Marie Harf
- Enrolled in the University of Virginia
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marie Elizabeth Harf is an American political commentator for the Fox News Channel and former deputy campaign manager for policy and communications for the Representative Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) presidential campaign. She served as the Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, leading the Iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy. Prior to that, Harf was Acting Spokesperson and Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State.
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Edward Andrews
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Edward Bryan Andrews Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. Andrews was one of the most recognizable character actors on television and in films from the 1950s through the 1980s. Over time his stark white hair, imposing build and horn-rimmed glasses influenced the roles he received, as he was often cast as an ornery boss, a cagey businessman or other officious types.
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Will Shortz
- Occupations
- crossword editorcrossword creator
- Biography
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William F. Shortz is an American cruciverbalist and editor of The New York Times crossword. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993.
