100 Notable alumni of
Wake Forest University
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Wake Forest University is 304th in the world, 128th in North America, and 122nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Wake Forest University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Chris Paul
- Occupations
- international forum participantbasketball player
- Biography
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Christopher Emmanuel Paul, nicknamed "CP3" and "the Point God", is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time, Paul has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, an NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, two Olympic gold medals, and led the NBA in assists five times and steals a record six times. He has also been selected to twelve NBA All-Star teams, eleven All-NBA teams, and nine NBA All-Defensive teams. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He also served as the president of the National Basketball Players Association from 2013 to 2021. Among the highest-paid athletes in the world, he holds endorsement deals with companies such as Jordan Brand and State Farm.
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Tim Duncan
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Timothy Theodore Duncan is an American former professional basketball player. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely regarded as the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history, and was a central contributor to the franchise's success during the 2000s and 2010s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.
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Muggsy Bogues
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. Although best known for his ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, he also played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors.
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Arnold Palmer
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotarchitectgolfer
- Biography
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Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed "The King", Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.
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Carroll O'Connor
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- Studied in 1941
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm producerstage actor
- Biography
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John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. O'Connor found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). O'Connor later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995), where he played the role of police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. In the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award.
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Marc Blucas
- Occupations
- basketball playertelevision actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Marcus Paul Blucas is an American actor. Prior to his acting career, he played college basketball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He had his first starring role as soldier and love interest Riley Finn on the WB supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1999 to 2000, and later starred as football team manager Matthew Donnelly on the USA drama series Necessary Roughness from 2011 to 2013.
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Arvind Swamy
- Occupations
- modeltelevision presenteractorbusinesspersonvoice actor
- Biography
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Arvind Swamy is an Indian actor, director and entrepreneur known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster film Thalapathi (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as Roja (1992), Bombay (1995), Minsara Kanavu (1997), Thani Oruvan (2015), and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018). He made his debut as a director in the Netflix anthology series Navarasa (2021) in which his segment named Rowthiram (Raudra - Anger).
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Charlie Crist
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- Studied in 1974-1976
- Occupations
- lawyerwriterpoliticianplayer of American football
- Biography
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Charles Joseph Crist Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2012; he was previously a Republican before becoming an independent in 2010.
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David Chase
- Occupations
- film directortelevision directorscreenwritertelevision producerfilm producer
- Biography
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David Henry Chase is an American writer, producer and director. He is best known for being the creator, head writer and executive producer of the HBO drama The Sopranos, which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for shows such as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He created the original series Almost Grown which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. He has won seven Emmy Awards. Chase's film debut came in 2012 with Not Fade Away, followed by The Many Saints of Newark (2021), a prequel film to the TV series The Sopranos.
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Lee Norris
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Lee Michael Norris is an American actor, best known for his roles as Stuart Minkus on Boy Meets World and its spin-off Girl Meets World, as well as Marvin "Mouth" McFadden on One Tree Hill.
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Cheslie Kryst
- Occupations
- modellawyerbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Cheslie Corrinne Kryst was an American television correspondent, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2019. Kryst was also an attorney and a correspondent for the TV show Extra from October 2019 until her death. For her work on Extra, she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Ricky Van Veen
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Richard Rafael Van Veen is an American entrepreneur and the Head of Global Creative Strategy at Facebook. Van Veen co-founded the comedy brand and humor website CollegeHumor and the video sharing website Vimeo. He was also CEO of Notional, a television production company spun out of CollegeHumor.
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Richard Burr
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Mauze Burr is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2005 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives.
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Brian Piccolo
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Louis Brian Piccolo was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for four years. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer, first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity.
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Will Zalatoris
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- 2014-2018 studied psychology
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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William Patrick Zalatoris is an American professional golfer. He has competed primarily on the PGA Tour, where he has won once, at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship. He also has three runner-up finishes in major championships.
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Jesse Helms
- Occupations
- politicianbankermilitary officerexecutivejournalist
- Biography
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Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001, he had a major voice in foreign policy. Helms helped organize and fund the conservative resurgence in the 1970s, focusing on Ronald Reagan's quest for the White House as well as helping many local and regional candidates.
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James Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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James Patrick Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the starting power forward for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from 2007 to 2009. He was drafted 16th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
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John Collins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Martin Collins III is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Collins was selected with the 19th pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2017 NBA draft.
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Cheyenne Woods
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Cheyenne Nicole Woods is an American professional golfer.
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Al-Farouq Aminu
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Al-Farouq Ajiede Aminu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays internationally with the Nigeria national basketball team. Aminu was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2010 NBA draft with the eighth overall pick, and has also played for the New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Orlando Magic, and Chicago Bulls.
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Ish Smith
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ishmael Larry "Ish" Smith is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Smith holds the record of playing for the most NBA franchises, at 13. He won an NBA championship with the Nuggets in 2023.
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Jeff Teague
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jeffrey Demarco Teague is an American former professional basketball player who is the head coach for Pike High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for five teams between 2009 and 2021, including seven seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. Since retiring in 2021, he has worked as regional scout for the Hawks. Teague played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons before being selected 19th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Hawks. He made an appearance as an NBA All-Star in 2015 and won an NBA championship in 2021 with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Michael Bruce Curry
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Michael Bruce Curry is an American bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. Elected in 2015, he is the first African American to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church. He was previously bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.
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Gary Chapman
- Occupations
- radio personalitywriter
- Biography
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Gary Demonte Chapman is an American author and radio talk show host. Chapman is most noted for his The Five Love Languages series regarding human relationships.
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Josh Howard
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Joshua Jay Howard is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the UNT Dallas Trailblazers men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Dallas Mavericks.
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Sam Hartman
- Years
- 1999-.. (age 25)
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- In 2018 studied communication
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Sam Hartman is an American football quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He previously played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons where he became the all-time leader in touchdown passes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
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Melissa Harris-Perry
- Occupations
- writerpolitical scientistpresenterpunditjournalist
- Biography
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Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry, formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hosted the Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news and opinion television show on MSNBC from 2012 to February 27, 2016.
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Matt James
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 33)
- Occupations
- reality television participant
- Biography
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Matthew James is an American television personality, businessman, and former NCAA football player. James is best known for being the first male African-American lead for The Bachelor in season 25.
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Kay Hagan
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- In 1978 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Janet Kay Hagan was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the North Carolina Senate from 1999 to 2009. By defeating Republican Elizabeth Dole in the 2008 election, she became the first woman to defeat an incumbent woman in a U.S. Senate election. She ran for reelection in 2014 but lost to Republican Thom Tillis, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, in a close race.
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Dave Willis
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwritervoice actordirectoractor
- Biography
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Dave Willis is an American voice actor, writer, animator, producer and musician. He is best known as the co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies, Cheyenne Cinnamon, and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell the former of which he voices the characters of Meatwad and Carl Brutananadilewski. He is also known for voicing Barry Dylan in the FX/FXX series Archer and Leto Otel in Ballmastrz: 9009.
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Ted Budd
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Theodore Paul Budd is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for North Carolina since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2023.
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Fran McCaffery
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Francis John McCaffery is an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at the University of Iowa. He has taken four Division I programs to postseason tournaments, including the Iowa Hawkeyes, who reached the final of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament, but has never made a Sweet 16 during his tenure as a Division 1 head coach.
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Donna Edwards
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerexecutive directorpoliticiandirector
- Biography
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Donna Fern Edwards is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2008 to 2017. The district included most of Prince George's County, as well as part of Anne Arundel County. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Sarah Schneider
- Occupations
- writerscreenwritercomedianactor
- Biography
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Sarah Schneider is an American writer, actress, and comedian. She got her start in entertainment as a writer and actress for the comedy website CollegeHumor before becoming a writer for the television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she worked from 2011 to 2017, including a season as co-head writer alongside writing partner Chris Kelly. She has received eight Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for her work on SNL.
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Robert Wilkie
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021, during the Trump administration. He was previously Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness during the Trump administration, from November 2017 to July 2018. A Naval intelligence officer in the Reserve, he was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs in the administration of President George W. Bush.
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Kevin Lacz
- Occupations
- sailorcombat medicactorveteransoldier
- Biography
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Kevin "Dauber" Lacz is a United States Navy SEAL veteran who served two tours in the Iraq War. His platoon's 2006 deployment to Ramadi has been discussed in several books, including Dick Couch's The Sheriff of Ramadi, Jim DeFelice's Code Name: Johnny Walker, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win and Chris Kyle's New York Times best-selling autobiography, American Sniper. Lacz's presence in the book led to his involvement in the production of and eventual casting in the Clint Eastwood-directed Oscar-winning biopic of the same name (starring Bradley Cooper).
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Al Hunt
- Occupations
- news presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Albert Reinold Hunt Jr. is an American journalist, formerly a columnist for Bloomberg View (from which he retired at the end of 2018), the editorial arm of Bloomberg News (which is a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P.). Hunt hosted the Sunday morning talk show Political Capital on Bloomberg Television and was also a weekly panelist on CNN's Capital Gang and Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields. For decades, he worked in the Washington, D.C. bureau, reporting for the Wall Street Journal.
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Noah Rubin
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Noah Rubin is an American professional tennis player. He is a former Wimbledon junior singles champion, and a former USTA junior national champion in both singles and doubles. After turning pro in 2015, he won four ATP Challenger titles.
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Carlos Maza
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 36)
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in political science
- Occupations
- journalistmedia criticvideographerfilm producer
- Biography
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Carlos Manuel Maza is an American journalist and video producer who started the Vox series Strikethrough. The Columbia Journalism Review described him as "Brian Stelter meets NowThis".
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Alistair Johnston
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alistair William Johnston is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Canada national team.
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Collin Martin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Collin Martin is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for North Carolina FC in the USL Championship. He has played for D.C. United and Minnesota United FC in Major League Soccer, and for Richmond Kickers and Hartford Athletic in the United Soccer League. He came out as gay in June 2018, making him at the time the only out man in any of the big five American sports leagues or any top-division professional men's national soccer leagues.
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Jamie Newman
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jamie Newman is an American professional Canadian football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Wake Forest before transferring to Georgia in 2020, although he opted out of playing that season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Newman signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2021 but was released prior to the season.
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Joseph A. Ladapo
- Occupations
- Surgeon General of FloridaresearcherphysicianState Surgeon General
- Biography
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Joseph Abiodun Ladapo is the surgeon general of Florida since 2021.
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Bob Ehrlich
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerradio personality
- Biography
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Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 60th governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, Ehrlich represented Maryland's 10th legislative district in the House of Delegates from 1987 to 1995 and Maryland's 2nd Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
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Bill Haas
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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William Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.
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Allison Jones Rushing
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Allison Blair Jones Rushing is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit since March 2019.
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Alex Sink
- Occupations
- politicianchief financial officer
- Biography
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Adelaide Alexander Sink is an American former politician and financier. A member of the Democratic Party, Sink was the Chief Financial Officer for the state of Florida and treasurer on the board of trustees of the Florida State Board of Administration. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Florida and faced Republican nominee Rick Scott in the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election, losing to Scott by a 1% margin. Sink was also the unsuccessful Democratic nominee in the 2014 special election for Florida's 13th congressional district, losing to Republican David Jolly on March 11, 2014, in a race to fill the vacancy created by the death in 2013 of U.S. Representative Bill Young.
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Kendall Hinton
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Kendall Hinton is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Wake Forest as a quarterback and wide receiver and signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2020. That season, he made an appearance as an emergency quarterback following the rest of the team's quarterbacks being placed in COVID-19 quarantine for a week. In doing so, Hinton became the first non-professional quarterback to play significant snaps at the position in an NFL game since running back Tom Matte with the Baltimore Colts in 1965.
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Borna Gojo
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Borna Gojo is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on 20 November 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on 17 January 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Croatian player.
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Zach Klein
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- 2000-2004 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in studio art
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Zach Klein is an American entrepreneur and investor, and former CEO of Dwell. He is best known for co-founding and designing Vimeo. He also co-founded DIY.org, and created the Cabin Porn phenomenon, which was initially an online project "created by a group of friends to inspire their own homebuilding" but grew into a global phenomenon, attracting thousands of submissions from fellow cabin builders.
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Jerry Punch
- Occupations
- physiciansports commentator
- Biography
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Gerald Lee "Jerry" Punch is an American auto racing and college football commentator known for his career at ESPN, as well as a physician. Punch also does local radio spots in Knoxville. Punch is also a Principal Investigator for an award-winning clinical research company, Alliance for Multispecialty Research or AMR, in Knoxville.
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Thomas Marshburn
- Occupations
- physicianastronaut
- Biography
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Thomas Henry Marshburn is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights to the International Space Station and holds the record for the oldest person to perform a spacewalk at 61 years old.
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Scott Rasmussen
- Occupations
- pollsterbusinessperson
- Biography
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Scott William Rasmussen /ˈræsˌmʌsən/ is an American public opinion pollster and political analyst. He previously produced the ScottRasmussen.com Daily Tracking Poll, a gauge of American voters' political sentiment. He is editor-at-large for Ballotpedia, where he writes the Number of the Day Feature, and is a host for the podcast entitled "Just the Polls," a podcast series from Just the News.
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Darius Songaila
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Darius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has represented the Lithuania national team. He played at the power forward and center positions.
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Dinos Mitoglou
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Konstantinos "Dinos" Mitoglou is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball at Wake Forest University. He is a 2.10 m (6' 10 3⁄4") tall power forward, who can occasionally play as a center.
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Ike Opara
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Ikenna Martin "Ike" Opara is an American former professional soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for Sporting Kansas City II in MLS Next Pro.
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George Holding
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- In 1996 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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George Edward Bell Holding is an American politician, lawyer, and former federal prosecutor who is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2021. He previously represented the 13th District from 2013 to 2017. Holding is a member of the Republican Party. The district Holding represented stretched from just southwest of Raleigh to just east of Rocky Mount. He served as the United States Attorney for North Carolina's Eastern District from 2006 to 2011.
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Michael Parkhurst
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Michael Finlay Parkhurst is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. The 2005 MLS Rookie of the Year and 2007 MLS Defender of the Year Award, Parkhurst was capable of playing both as a center back and right back. He played for the United States national team, including being a member of three CONCACAF Gold Cup squads and participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Parkhurst is a co-founder of USL Championship club Rhode Island FC.
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Randolph Childress
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Randolph Childress is an American former professional basketball player. He is formerly an assistant coach for his alma mater, Wake Forest University.
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Graham Martin
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Graham Anderson Martin was an American diplomat. He was the ambassador to Thailand and as U.S. representative to SEATO from 1963 to 1967, ambassador to Italy from 1969 to 1973 and the last United States Ambassador to South Vietnam from 1973 until his evacuation during the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
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Loren Woods
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Loren Gerard Woods is an American former professional basketball player. He previously played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Britt Grant
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Britt Cagle Grant is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
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Jake Bentley
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jacob Lane Bentley is an American football coach and former player who is currently the quarterbacks coach at the University of North Alabama. Bentley played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks, the Utah Utes, and the South Alabama Jaguars.
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Jennifer Kupcho
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Jennifer Anne Kupcho is an American professional golfer.
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Carter MacIntyre
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Carter MacIntyre is an American actor, best known for television roles on the series, Undercovers and American Heiress. His previous acting credits have included guest appearances on Smith and ER. MacIntyre began appearing as CIA operative Leo Nash on the NBC series Undercovers in the Fall 2010 season. MacIntyre was cast as the new guardian angel on Drop Dead Diva for Season 4.
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Tyler Cavanaugh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyler Robert Cavanaugh is an American professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for Wake Forest and George Washington.
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Ross Atkins
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dannon Ross Atkins is an American baseball executive. On December 3, 2015, he was named the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, after having worked for the Cleveland Indians for 15 years.
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Creigh Deeds
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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Robert Creigh Deeds is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia representing the 25th district since 2001. Previously, he was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Virginia in 2005 and Governor of Virginia in 2009. He was defeated in both of those races by Republican Bob McDonnell. Deeds lost by just 323 votes in 2005, but was defeated by a wide margin of over 17 percentage points in 2009. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2001.
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Drew Droege
- Occupations
- writertelevision actordirectoractorcomedian
- Biography
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Andrew Gerhardt Droege is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director best known for his online impressions of Chloë Sevigny.
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Caleb V. Haynes
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Caleb Vance Haynes was a United States Air Force (USAF) major general. The grandson of Chang Bunker, a famous Siamese Twin, he served in the Air Force as an organizer, able to create air units from scratch. He commanded a large number of groups, squadrons and task forces before, during and after World War II.
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John Currie
- Occupations
- athletic director
- Biography
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John Angus Lauchlin Currie is a college athletics administrator, currently serving as the director of athletics at Wake Forest University. Prior to his post at Wake Forest, Currie held the position of Vice Chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee from February 28, 2017 until December 1, 2017.
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Will Craig
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William Isaac Craig is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes.
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Norm Snead
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Norman Bailey Snead was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was selected in the first round of the 1961 NFL Draft with the second overall pick.
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Rusty LaRue
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Rusty LaRue is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He was a multi-sport athlete who played basketball, baseball, and football at Wake Forest University. LaRue played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz and Golden State Warriors. He won an NBA championship with the Bulls in 1998.
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Olivier Sarr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Olivier Sarr is a French professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Kentucky Wildcats.
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Anil Rai Gupta
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Anil Rai Gupta is an Indian businessman. He is the chair and managing director of Havells India.
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Carlos Basham Jr
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Carlos "Boogie" Basham Jr. is an American football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wake Forest, and was drafted by the Bills in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
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Codi Miller-McIntyre
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Codi Tyree Miller-McIntyre is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Bulgarian national team internationally. He is third EuroLeague player in league history that recorded triple double. Miller-McIntyre played four years of college basketball for Wake Forest University.
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Katie Stengel
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Katherine Nicole Stengel is an American women's soccer player who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
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Mac Williamson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Johnathan Mackensey Williamson is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. Williamson played college baseball at Wake Forest University.
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Dave Bush
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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David Thomas Bush is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers, and in the KBO League for the SK Wyverns.
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Jamie D'Antona
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Joseph D'Antona is a former professional Major League Baseball infielder with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Justin Lee
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- editor
- Biography
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Justin Lee is an American author, speaker, YouTuber, and LGBT Christian activist known for his focus on building bridges between groups who disagree.
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Frank Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Franklin Lenard Johnson is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Bullets, Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns.
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Brandon Servania
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Brandon Iván Servania is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC.
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Sean Okoli
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sean Ugochukwu "Ugo" Okoli is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward.
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Ovie Mughelli
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Ovie Phillip Mughelli is a former American football fullback who last played for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Wake Forest University, he was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
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Frank Thompson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Frank Thompson Jr. was an American politician. He represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1955 to 1980, and was chairman of the House Administration Committee from 1976 to 1980.
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Josh Pitcock
- Biography
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Joshua Matthew Pitcock is an American political operative who served as chief of staff to Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States, from January 2017 to July 2017. Pitcock has also been Assistant to the President. He was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team.
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Aubrey Kingsbury
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Aubrey Renee Kingsbury is an American professional soccer player who plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League and for the United States national soccer team.
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Brian Carroll
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Brian Carroll is an American former professional soccer player who last played for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He is currently the only player in MLS history to have won four consecutive Supporter Shields.
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Carol Barbee
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractortelevision producer
- Biography
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Carol Denise Barbee is an Emmy winning American television writer, actress and producer.
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Knox H. White
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Knox H. White is an American politician who has served as the 34th mayor of Greenville, South Carolina, since 1995. He has been elected to eight terms as mayor and is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. Greenville is the seat of Greenville County and the state's sixth most populous city.
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Len Chappell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Leonard R. Chappell was an American basketball player. He played for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was selected to one NBA All-Star Game.
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Delaney Rudd
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Edward Delaney Rudd is a retired American professional basketball player. At a height of 6'2" (1.88 m) tall, he played at the point guard position.
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Shane Harris
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Wake Forest University
- Studied in 1998
- Occupations
- journalistnon-fiction writerpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Shane Harris is an American journalist and author. He is a senior national security writer at the Washington Post. He specializes in coverage of America's intelligence agencies. He is author of the books The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State and @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex, about the impact of cyberspace as the American military's "fifth-domain" of war.
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Justin Gray
- Occupations
- screenwriterbasketball player
- Biography
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Justin Gray is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach of the men's basketball team at Western Carolina. He was an assistant coach at Winthrop from 2019 to 2021. Gray played professionally overseas from 2006 to 2018.
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Josh Bush
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Joshua B. Bush is a former American football free safety. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He was also a member of the Denver Broncos and won Super Bowl 50 with the team over his home state Carolina Panthers. He played college football at Wake Forest.
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Sam Cronin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sam Cronin is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
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Chris Duvall
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Chris Duvall is an American former professional soccer player who played as a right-back. He is currently an assistant coach for the St. Louis City SC 2 in MLS Next Pro.
