100 Notable alumni of
Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt University is 150th in the world, 67th in North America, and 64th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Vanderbilt University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 2 individuals affiliated with Vanderbilt University won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
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Al Gore
- Occupations
- environmentalistbusinesspersoninternational forum participantwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1985 to 1993 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1985. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election, which he lost to George W. Bush.
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Duncan Jones
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- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He directed the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), and Mute (2018). For Moon, he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He is the son of English singer-songwriter David Bowie and Cypriot-born American model, actress, and journalist Angie Bowie.
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Greg Abbott
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- lawyerinternational forum participantpoliticianjudge
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Gregory Wayne Abbott is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015 and as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.
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Kim Dickens
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Kim Dickens is an American actress. Her film debut was in the 1995 comedy film Palookaville. Dickens played lead roles in the films Truth or Consequences, N.M., Zero Effect (1998) and Mercury Rising (1998). Her other films include Great Expectations (1998), Hollow Man (2000), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Thank You for Smoking (2005), The Blind Side (2009), Gone Girl (2014), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Lizzie (2018), Land (2021), and The Good Nurse (2022).
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James Patterson
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- writeractorphilanthropistnovelistadvertising person
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James Brendan Patterson is an American author. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch & Wizard, Private and Middle School series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction, and romance novels. His books have sold more than 425 million copies, and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million. His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.
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Bettie Page
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- Playboy Playmatemodelerotic photography model
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Bettie Mae Page was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. She was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her long jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations. After her death, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner called her "a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society".
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Amy Grant
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- singer-songwritervoice actorsongwritersinger
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Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop".
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Dinah Shore
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- film actorgolferrecording artistvoice actorscreenwriter
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Dinah Shore was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the chart-topping female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company.
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Rosanne Cash
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- singersinger-songwriterrecording artist
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Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, Johnny Cash's first wife. Although she is often classified as a country artist, her music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock, blues, and most notably Americana. In the 1980s, she had a string of genre-crossing singles that entered both the country and pop charts, the most commercially successful being her 1981 breakthrough hit "Seven Year Ache", which topped the U.S. country singles chart and reached the Top 30 on the U.S. pop chart.
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Nikki Cox
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- dancertelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Nikki Cox is a former American actress, known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas, The Norm Show, and Nikki.
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Fred Thompson
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1967 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- columnistactortelevision actorvoice actorpolitician
- Biography
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Freddie Dalton Thompson was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003; Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.
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Muhammad Yunus
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- entrepreneuruniversity teacherbankereconomistinternational forum participant
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Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus and the Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below". The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that "lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty" and that "across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development". Yunus has received several other national and international honours. He received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010.
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Skip Bayless
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- authorcelebritytelevision personality
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Skip Bayless is an American sports columnist, commentator, and television personality. He is well-known for his work as a commentator on the ESPN2 show First Take with Stephen A. Smith, a show which he left in June 2016. Bayless debuted his show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe on Fox Sports 1 on September 6, 2016.
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John Kennedy
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1973 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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John Neely Kennedy is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A Republican, 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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Shawn Johnson East
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- artistic gymnastgymnast
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Shawn Johnson East is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also the 2007 all-around World Champion, and a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, winning the team titles in 2007 and 2011, as well as titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam in 2007.
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Molly Sims
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 1991-1993
- Occupations
- television actormodeltelevision presenterfilm actoractor
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Molly Sims is an American fashion model and actress. She was featured in campaigns for Jimmy Choo, Escada, Giorgio Armani, Michael Kors, and Chanel, among others. She frequently modeled for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in the early 2000s and walked the runway for the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2001.
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Vince Foster
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- politicianlawyerjurist
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Vincent Walker Foster Jr. was an American attorney who served as deputy White House counsel during the first six months of the Clinton administration.
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David Price
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- screenwriterbaseball player
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David Taylor Price is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Price was selected first overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in September 2008. He also played for the Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Dierks Bentley
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- singer-songwritercomposerguitaristsingermusician
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Frederick Dierks Bentley is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified Platinum in the United States, and his third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified Gold. It was followed in mid-2008 by a greatest hits package. His fourth album, Feel That Fire, was released in February 2009, and a bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, was released on June 8, 2010. His sixth album, Home, followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, Riser, in 2014. Bentley's eighth album, titled Black, was released in May 2016, and his ninth, The Mountain, was released in June 2018. His tenth studio album, Gravel & Gold, was released in February 2023.
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Logan Browning
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- dancertelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Logan Laurice Browning is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Samantha White in the 2017 Netflix satirical-drama series Dear White People. She is also known for playing Sasha in the 2007 film Bratz: The Movie, Brianna Ortiz in Meet the Browns, Jelena Howard on the VH1 series Hit the Floor, and Zora in the PlayStation Network series Powers.
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Andy Beshear
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 2000 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science and anthropology
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Andrew Graham Beshear is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of former Governor Steve Beshear.
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Dansby Swanson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Dansby Swanson is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected him first overall in the 2015 MLB Draft.
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Andrew East
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in civil engineering
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Andrew Dean East is a former American football long snapper. He played college football at Vanderbilt, and has also had multiple stints with various NFL teams, most recently the Washington Commanders.
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Willie Geist
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- presentertelevision presenter
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William Russell Geist is an American television personality and journalist. He is co-anchor of MSNBC's Morning Joe and anchor of Sunday Today with Willie Geist. Geist also frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on both the weekday edition and the saturday edition of Today. Geist is a correspondent for NBC News and NBC Sports, hosting and contributing to NBC's Olympic coverage. Geist has hosted the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks and Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting on NBC.
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John Nance Garner
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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John Nance Garner III, known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. He served as the 39th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933 and as the 32nd vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941. Garner and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as presiding officers of both chambers of the United States Congress as speaker of the House and vice president of the United States.
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Scotty Pippen Jr
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- basketball player
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Scotty Maurice Pippen Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He is the son of former NBA player and Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen and television personality Larsa Pippen.
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Lamar Alexander
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1962 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyeracademic administratorpoliticianlobbyist
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Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993, where he helped with the implementation of Education 2000.
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Darius Garland
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- basketball player
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Darius Kinnard Garland is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Born in Gary, Indiana, Garland is the son of former professional basketball player Winston Garland. Garland attended Brentwood Academy in high school, joining the varsity basketball team in eighth grade and leaving as a four-time state champion and three-time Tennessee Mr. Basketball winner. He was a five-star recruit, ranked among the best point guards in the 2018 class, and a McDonald's All-American.
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Festus Ezeli
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Ifeanyi Festus Ezeli-Ndulue is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. He previously played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ezeli played college basketball for Vanderbilt before being selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. He won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 2015. Ezeli last appeared in the 2016 NBA Finals and did not play basketball due to his knee surgery in the 2017 season, then coming back in 2021.
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DeMarre Carroll
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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DeMarre LaEdrick Carroll is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected as the 27th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2009 NBA draft. Carroll played in the NBA for 11 seasons with the Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets and San Antonio Spurs. He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and Missouri Tigers.
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Richard Quest
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- journalistinternational forum participantdiscussion moderatortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Richard Austin Quest is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.
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Clay Travis
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- 2001-2004 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- writerpolitical punditsports journalistradio personalitytelevision producer
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Richard Clay Travis is an American writer, lawyer, radio host and television analyst. As a "sports journalist", Travis founded OutKick.
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Damian Jones
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- basketball player
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Damian William Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Jones was selected in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors with the 30th overall pick. He is a two-time NBA champion, having won both with Golden State in 2017 and 2018.
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Jack Thompson
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- lawyer
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John Bruce Thompson is an American activist and disbarred attorney. As an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. Thompson gained recognition as an anti-video game activist, criticizing the content of video games and their alleged effects on children. He also targeted rap music and radio personality Howard Stern.
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Walker Buehler
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Walker Anthony Buehler is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and was a member of their 2014 College World Series championship team. Buehler was selected by the Dodgers 24th overall in the 2015 MLB draft out of Vanderbilt and made his MLB debut in 2017. He was an All-Star in 2019 and 2021 and helped the Dodgers win the 2020 World Series.
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Zac Stacy
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- player of American football
- Biography
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Zachary Latrell Stacy is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Vanderbilt. He also played for the New York Jets, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Memphis Express.
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R. Scott Bakker
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1997 studied philosophy
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Richard Scott Bakker is a Canadian fantasy author and frequent lecturer in the South Western Ontario university community. He grew up on a tobacco farm in the Simcoe area. In 1986 he attended the University of Western Ontario to pursue a degree in literature and later an MA in theory and criticism. Since the late 1990s, he has been attempting to elucidate theories of media bubbles and the intellectual alienation of the working class. After all but dissertation in a PhD in philosophy at Vanderbilt University he returned to London, Ontario, where he now lives with his wife and daughter. He spends his time writing split between his fiction and his ongoing philosophic inquiry.
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Sonny Gray
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Sonny Douglas Gray is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins.
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Kumar Rocker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kumar Rocker is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. He played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He was selected with the 10th pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets but was not signed. He was selected the following year by the Texas Rangers with the third overall pick.
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John Amaechi
- Occupations
- bloggerpoliticianbasketball player
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John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi //, OBE is an English-American psychologist, consultant and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Vanderbilt and Penn State, and professional basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Amaechi also played in France, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Since retiring from basketball, Amaechi has worked as a psychologist and consultant, establishing his company Amaechi Performance Systems.
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John Irving Bloom
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- 1971-1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writertelevision actorfilm criticactorjournalist
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John Irving Bloom, known by the stage name Joe Bob Briggs, is an American syndicated film critic, writer, actor, comic performer, and horror host. He is known for having hosted Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater on The Movie Channel from 1986 to 1996, the TNT television series MonsterVision from 1996 to 2000, and The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder beginning in 2018. In 2019, he was named the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid of the Year, and in 2023 was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.
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Robert Penn Warren
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1925 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- children's writerwriterliterary criticpoetjournalist
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Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the literary journal The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks in 1935. He received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for All the King's Men (1946) and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He is the only person to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.
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Amanda Sudano
- Occupations
- singer-songwritermodelsongwritersinger
- Biography
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Amanda Grace Sudano Ramirez is an American singer-songwriter and model. She is a member of the musical duo Johnnyswim.
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Mark Prior
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mark William Prior is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. A onetime top prospect of the Chicago Cubs, he pitched for the team from 2002 to 2006 in a career that was marred by injuries. In his prime, his repertoire of pitches included a mid-90s mph fastball, a curveball, and a changeup. He is currently the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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David Brinkley
- Occupations
- journalistnews presenterwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
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David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
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Luke Kornet
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Luke Francis Kornet is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Vanderbilt. He is the all-time leader for blocked shots in the school's history and the NCAA all-time leader for three-pointers made by any player 7 feet tall or taller.
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Cal Cunningham
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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James Calvin "Cal" Cunningham III is an American lawyer, politician, and retired military officer. A member of the Democratic Party and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve, he served one term as a North Carolina state senator from 2001 to 2003. Having previously run for United States Senate in a 2010 primary, Cunningham was the Democratic nominee for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina, narrowly losing to incumbent Republican Thom Tillis.
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James Dickey
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriterscreenwriter
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James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award.
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Michelle Alexander
- Occupations
- lawyerhuman rights activistauthoruniversity teacher
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Michelle Alexander is an American writer, attorney, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her 2010 book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Since 2018, she has been an opinion columnist for The New York Times.
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Ross Perot, Jr
- Occupations
- businesspersoninternational forum participantmilitary officer
- Biography
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Henry Ross Perot Jr. is an American businessman and real estate developer who is best known for his development of Alliance, Texas, an inland port near Dallas–Fort Worth, and making the first circumnavigation of the world in a helicopter at the age of 23.
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Casey Hayward
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Casey Hayward Jr. is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Vanderbilt. Hayward was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft and has played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Packers, San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, and Atlanta Falcons.
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Charlie Soong
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonmissionary
- Biography
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Charles Jones Soong, also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju (Chinese: 宋耀如; pinyin: Sòng Yàorú; Wade–Giles: Sung Yao-ju), was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a publisher in Shanghai. His children became some of the most prominent politicians of Kuomintang China.
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James Eastland
- Occupations
- farmerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978. Eastland was a leader of Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement, often speaking of African Americans as "an inferior race." Eastland has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politics."
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Wade Baldwin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Wade Manson Baldwin IV is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague.
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Brandt Snedeker
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Brandt Newell Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2012 FedEx Cup with a victory in the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. Following this victory, he moved into the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career. In February 2013, after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, he moved to a career high of number four in the world. On August 16, 2018, he shot the tenth sub-60 round in the history of the PGA Tour, firing an opening round 59 at the Wyndham Championship.
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Jeffery Taylor
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 2008-2012
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jeffery Matthew Taylor is a Swedish-American professional basketball player for BC Wolves of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for Vanderbilt University, before being drafted 31st overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2012 NBA draft.
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Linda Ellerbee
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 1962-1963
- Occupations
- children's writerwriternews presenterscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Linda Ellerbee is an American journalist, anchor, producer, reporter, author, speaker and commentator, noted as longtime Washington correspondent for NBC News and host of NBC News Overnight. She is widely known as the twenty-five year host of Nick News, Nickelodeon's highly rated and recognized news program for older school-aged children and teens that addressed substantive issues, including wars, disease and disasters, without condescension.
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Bill Hagerty
- Occupations
- businesspersoninternational forum participantpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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William Francis Hagerty IV is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 30th United States ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 under President Donald Trump.
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Ben Quayle
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 2002 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerbusiness executivepoliticianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Benjamin Eugene Quayle is an American lawyer and politician who is a former U.S. Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he is the son of the 44th vice president of the United States, Dan Quayle.
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Mike MacIntyre
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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George Michael MacIntyre is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at FIU. MacIntyre previously served as the head football coach at San Jose State from 2010 to 2012 and at Colorado from 2013 to 2018.
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Susanna Kwan
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Susanna Kwan Kuk-ying is a Hong Kong singer and actress.
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Doug Parker
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneur
- Biography
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William Douglas Parker is an American businessman who is the chairman of American Airlines Group, the parent company of American Airlines. Parker previously served as chief executive officer of the airline from 2001 to 2023.
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Justin Jones
- Occupations
- activistpolitician
- Biography
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Justin Shea Bautista-Jones is an American activist and politician from the state of Tennessee. He is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for District 52, representing parts of Nashville. As of 2023, Jones is the second youngest member of the State House. He was expelled in April 2023 for violating decorum rules by participating in a gun control protest on the House floor. The Nashville Metro Council voted unanimously to reinstate Jones to serve as an interim representative pending a special election to fill the seat.
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Jerry Parr
- Occupations
- Secret Service agentspecial agent
- Biography
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Jerry S. Parr was a United States Secret Service special agent who is best known for defending President Ronald Reagan during the attempt on the president's life on March 30, 1981, in Washington, D.C. Parr pushed Reagan into the presidential limousine and made the critical decision to divert the presidential motorcade to George Washington University Hospital instead of returning to the White House. He was honored for his actions that day with U.S. Congress commendations, and is widely credited with helping to save the president's life.
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Yun Chi-ho
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 1888-1891
- Occupations
- political activistdiplomatinterpreterteacherofficial
- Biography
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Yun Chi-ho was a Korean politician. His name is sometimes spelled Yun Tchi-Ho, his art name was Jwaong (좌옹), and his courtesy name was Seongheum (성흠).
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Anthony Kemp
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Anthony Allen Kemp is an American professional baseball second baseman and left fielder who is a free agent. He played college baseball at Vanderbilt University. The Houston Astros selected Kemp in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB draft. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Astros, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics. Kemp won the World Series with the Astros in 2017.
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Tyler Beede
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tyler Joseph Beede is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
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R. Stevie Moore
- Occupations
- singer-songwritermusiciansingerguitarist
- Biography
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Robert Steven Moore is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who pioneered lo-fi (or "DIY") music. Often called the "godfather of home recording", he is one of the most recognized artists of the cassette underground, and his influence is particularly felt in the bedroom and hypnagogic pop artists of the post-millennium. Since 1968, he has self-released approximately 400 albums, while about three dozen "official" albums (largely compilations) have been issued on various labels.
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Bill Bain
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- consultant
- Biography
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William Worthington Bain Jr. was an American management consultant, known for his role as one of the founders of the management consultancy that bears his name, Bain & Company. Prior to founding Bain & Company, he was a vice-president at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
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Aaron Nesmith
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Aaron Joshua Nesmith is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores before being drafted 14th overall in the 2020 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. He was part of the roster that reached the 2022 NBA Finals before he was traded to the Indiana Pacers in a package surrounding Malcolm Brogdon.
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Pedro Álvarez
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Pedro Manuel Álvarez Jr., nicknamed "El Toro" (Spanish for "The Bull"), is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter and infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles.
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Greg Fischer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gregory Edward Fischer is an American businessman and entrepreneur who served as the second mayor of Louisville Metro from 2011 to 2023. In 2019, he was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and in 2020, he served as its president.
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Adena Friedman
- Occupations
- international forum participantexecutive
- Biography
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Adena T. Friedman is an American businesswoman. She currently serves as the President and CEO of Nasdaq, Inc. She was formerly a managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. Initially joining Nasdaq in 1993, she returned to Nasdaq from Carlyle in May 2014 as President of Global Corporate and information technology solutions. She was named the CEO of Nasdaq in January 2017, the first woman to lead a global exchange.
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Chris Mann
- Occupations
- singer-songwriteropera singercomposer
- Biography
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Christopher Michael Mann is an American singer-songwriter and actor from Wichita, Kansas.
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Bryan Reynolds
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bryan Patrick Reynolds is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). Reynolds played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores, and the San Francisco Giants selected him with the 59th pick in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. The Giants traded him to the Pirates in 2018. He made his MLB debut in 2019 and was an All-Star in 2021.
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John W. Rose
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Williams Rose is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district since 2019. A Republican, he was commissioner of agriculture for Tennessee and president of Boson Software, LLC.
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Grantland Rice
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Henry Grantland Rice was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
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James Lawson
- Occupations
- university teacherpastorhuman rights activist
- Biography
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James Morris Lawson Jr. is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was expelled from Vanderbilt University for his civil rights activism in 1960, and later served as a pastor in Los Angeles for 25 years.
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John Jenkins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Logan Jenkins III is an American professional basketball player for the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League. A shooting guard, Jenkins was a two-time TSSAA Class AA Mr. Basketball selection, and was the Gatorade Tennessee High School Player of the Year in 2008–09. He played college basketball at Vanderbilt. He was drafted with the 23rd pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
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Stanley Cohen
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986
- Born in
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United States - Years
- 1922-2020 (aged 98)
- Occupations
- biochemistphysiologistendocrinologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Stanley Cohen was an American biochemist who, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth factor. He died in February 2020 at the age of 97.
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John Cooper
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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John Cooper is an American businessman who was the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2019 to 2023. He served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the brother of former U.S. representative Jim Cooper, who represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district, which was also based in Nashville. He is also the son of former governor and U.S. Ambassador to Peru Prentice Cooper.
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James Clark McReynolds
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianuniversity teacherjudge
- Biography
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James Clark McReynolds was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served on the Court from 1914 to his retirement in 1941. McReynolds is best known today for his sustained opposition to the domestic programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his personality, which was widely viewed negatively and included documented elements of overt antisemitism and racism.
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Mike Minor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael David Minor is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and Cincinnati Reds.
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Delbert Mann
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 1937
- Occupations
- film directortrade unionistfilm producerdirector
- Biography
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Delbert Martin Mann Jr. was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he had also directed. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America. In 2002, he received the DGA's honorary life member award. Mann was credited to have "helped bring TV techniques to the film world."
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Luke List
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Luke Ryan List is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
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Leonard Lance
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1977 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- law clerkpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Leonard John Lance is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district, from 2009 to 2019. He ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by Democrat Tom Malinowski. He is a member of the Republican Party who previously served in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2009 and the New Jersey General Assembly from 1991 to 2002.
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French Hill
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politicianbankercongressional staffbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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James French Hill is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Kyle Wright
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kyle Hardy Wright is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves. He played college baseball at Vanderbilt University. He was selected by the Braves with the fifth overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, and made his MLB debut in 2018.
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Thomas F. Frist, Jr
- Occupations
- surgeonbusinessperson
- Biography
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Thomas Fearn Frist Jr. is an American billionaire physician and businessman. He is a co-founder of HCA Healthcare, and the wealthiest person in Tennessee.
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Paul Thurmond
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul Reynolds Thurmond is an American politician from the state of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Thurmond is a former member of the South Carolina Senate. He is the youngest child (and one of three surviving children) of Strom Thurmond, who served in the United States Senate for 48 years.
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John Seigenthaler
- Occupations
- journalistnon-fiction writereditor
- Biography
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John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.
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Luke Messer
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1994 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerchief executive officerpoliticiancongressional staffemployee
- Biography
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Allen Lucas Messer is an American politician and lobbyist who represented Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Dee Margo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald "Dee" Margo is an American businessman and politician who served as the 51st mayor of El Paso, Texas from 2017 to 2021.
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Ryan Flaherty
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Edward Flaherty is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder. He is the current bench coach for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, and the Cleveland Indians. Flaherty was a utility player, having played every position except for center field and catcher. Flaherty was the bench coach for the San Diego Padres from 2020 to 2023.
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Karl Dean
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karl Foster Dean is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill Purcell from 1999 to 2007. In 1990, 1994 and 1998, he was elected the city's public defender. Dean, an attorney by occupation, is currently an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.
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Steve Cohen
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.
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Sarah Fuller
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- Studied in 2017-2021
- Occupations
- player of American footballassociation football player
- Biography
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Sarah Fuller is an American former soccer player who was a goalkeeper for Minnesota Aurora FC in the USL W League. She began her college soccer career with the Vanderbilt Commodores, where she also played college football as a placekicker.
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Faisal Basri
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Faisal Basri is an Indonesian economist and politician. He is a faculty member at University of Indonesia, specializing in political economics, and a member of KPPU, Indonesian competition regulator. Basri is the grandnephew of Indonesia's third Vice President, Adam Malik.
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John Crowe Ransom
- Enrolled in Vanderbilt University
- In 1909 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writerjournalistliterary criticeditorpublisher
- Biography
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John Crowe Ransom was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Carson Fulmer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Carson Springer Fulmer is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, and Cincinnati Reds. He played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He was drafted by the White Sox in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2016.
