100 Notable alumni of
Washington University in St Louis
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The Washington University in St Louis is 215th in the world, 92nd in North America, and 89th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Washington University in St Louis sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 5 individuals affiliated with the Washington University in St Louis won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and Economics.
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Peter Sarsgaard
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- film actorvoice actorstage actoractor
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John Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television.
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Harold Ramis
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm directordirector
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Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), Analyze This (1999) and Analyze That (2002). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). The final film that he wrote, produced, directed, and acted in was Year One (2009).
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Tennessee Williams
- Occupations
- poetscreenwriternovelistwriterplaywright
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Thomas Lanier Williams III, known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
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Phyllis Schlafly
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- radio personalitypoliticianlawyerjournalistwriter
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Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney, conservative activist, and anti-feminist, who was nationally prominent in conservatism. She held paleoconservative social and political views, opposed feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Robert Culp
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- stage actorfilm directorwriteractorfilm actor
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Robert Martin Culp was an American actor and screenwriter widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965–1968), the espionage television series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played secret agents. Before this, he starred in the CBS/Four Star Western series Trackdown as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in 71 episodes from 1957 to 1959. The 1980s brought him back to television as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell on The Greatest American Hero. Later, he had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on Everybody Loves Raymond, and was a voice actor for various computer games, including Half-Life 2. Culp gave hundreds of performances in a career spanning more than 50 years.
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Robert Guillaume
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- Studied theatre and singing
- Occupations
- postal workertelevision actoractorvideographervoice actor
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Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer. He played Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off, Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin's dramedy Sports Night.
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Mary Wickes
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- stage actoractorsingertelevision actorfilm actor
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Mary Wickes was an American actress. She often played supporting roles as prim, professional women, secretaries, nurses, nuns, therapists, teachers and housekeepers, who made sarcastic quips when the leading characters fell short of her high standards.
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Andrew G. McCabe
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Andrew George McCabe is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from February 2016 to March 2018 and as the acting Director of the FBI from May 9, 2017, to August 2, 2017. He also serves as a professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. McCabe joined the FBI as a special agent in 1996 and served with the bureau's SWAT team. He became a supervisory special agent in 2003 and held management positions of increasing responsibility until he was appointed deputy director of the FBI in February 2016. McCabe became the acting Director of the FBI following James Comey's dismissal by then President Donald Trump, and served in that position until Trump's appointment of Christopher A. Wray. McCabe later departed from the FBI on poor terms with Trump. After leaving the Trump administration, McCabe has been a contributor at CNN since 2019.
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Kristin Bauer van Straten
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Kristin Bauer van Straten is an American film and television actress, notable for her roles as vampire Pamela Swynford De Beaufort on the HBO television series True Blood, Jerry's girlfriend Gillian ("man hands") on Seinfeld, and as Maleficent in the ABC series Once Upon a Time.
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Jeff Tremaine
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- film directorfilm produceractorscreenwriterdirector
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Jeff Tremaine is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating the MTV reality stunt show Jackass with Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville.
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Rochelle P. Walensky
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- 1987-1991 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- physician-scientistcivil servantacademic
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Rochelle Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who served as the 19th director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023 and served as the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023. On May 5, 2023, she announced her resignation, effective June 30, 2023. Prior to her appointment at the CDC, she had served as the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is an expert on HIV/AIDS.
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Richa Gangopadhyay
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- modelactor
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Richa Langella is an Indian American former actress and model who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She presently resides at Portland, Oregon.
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Richard Ford
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- authorscreenwriternovelistshort story writerwriter
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Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story author, and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.
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V. E. Schwab
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writernovelist
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Victoria Elizabeth Schwab is an American writer. She is known for the 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. She publishes children's and young adult fiction books under the name Victoria Schwab. She is the creator of the supernatural teen drama series First Kill, based on her short story of the same name originally published in the 2020 anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales With Fresh Bite.
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Douglass North
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianeconomisteconomic historian
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Douglass Cecil North was an American economist known for his work in economic history. Along with Robert Fogel, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993. In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Fogel "renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."
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Andrew Puzder
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- lawyerbusinessperson
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Andrew Franklin Puzder is an American attorney, author, and businessman. He is the former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., a position he held from September 2000 to March 2017. He was previously a commercial trial lawyer in private practice from 1978 to 1995 who handled many high-profile cases and was active in the anti-abortion movement. On January 22, 2025, President Trump announced his nomination of Puzder to serve as United States Ambassador to the European Union in his second administration.
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Leana Wen
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- writerphysicianresearcher
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Leana Sheryle Wen is an American physician, author, professor, speaker, consultant, columnist, and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood.
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Robert L. Behnken
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- astronautmilitary officerengineer
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Robert Louis Behnken is an American engineer, a former NASA astronaut, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office.
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Gerty Cori
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947
- Born in
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Czech Republic - Years
- 1896-1957 (aged 61)
- Occupations
- physiologistchemistphysicianresearcherbiochemist
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Gerty Theresa Cori was a Bohemian-Austrian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen".
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John Hartford
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- singer-songwritermusicianguitaristfiddlerbanjoist
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John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. His most successful song is "Gentle on My Mind", which won three Grammy Awards and was listed in "BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century". Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang.
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J. C. R. Licklider
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- psychologistcomputer scientistartificial intelligence researcher
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Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologist and computer scientist who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in computer science development and general computing history.
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Clark Clifford
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- politicianjuristlawyermilitary officer
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Clark McAdams Clifford was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. His official government positions were White House Counsel (1946–1950), Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1963–1968), and Secretary of Defense (1968–1969); Clifford was also influential in his role as an unofficial, informal presidential adviser in various issues. A successful Washington, D.C., lawyer, he was known for his elite clientele, charming manners, and impeccable suits.
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Ann Leckie
- Occupations
- editorwriterscience fiction writernovelist
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Ann Leckie is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice, which features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014 Hugo Award for "Best Novel", as well as the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award. The sequels, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy, each won the Locus Award and were nominated for the Nebula Award. Provenance, published in 2017, and Translation State, published in 2023, are also set in the Imperial Radch universe. Leckie's first fantasy novel, The Raven Tower, was published in February 2019.
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Andrew R. Wheeler
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- businesspersonpoliticianlawyerbiologistlinguist
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Andrew R. Wheeler is an American attorney who served as the 15th administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019 to 2021. He served as the deputy administrator from April to July 2018, and served as the acting administrator from July 2018 to February 2019. He has been a senior advisor to Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin since March 2022. He previously worked in the law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, representing coal magnate Robert E. Murray and lobbying against the Obama administration's environmental regulations. Wheeler served as chief counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and to the chairman U.S. senator James Inhofe, prominent for his rejection of climate change. Wheeler is a critic of limits on greenhouse gas emissions and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Qiu Xiaolong
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- translatorwriterteachernovelistuniversity teacher
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Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese American crime novelist, poet, translator, critic, and academic. Born in Shanghai, he originally visited the United States in 1988 to write a book about T. S. Eliot, but remained in the US following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
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John Gardner
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- non-fiction writerjournalistnovelistchildren's writerbiographer
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John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
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Robert Quine
- Occupations
- composerguitarist
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Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Deming wrote that "Quine's eclectic style embraced influences from jazz, rock, and blues players of all stripes, and his thoughtful technique and uncompromising approach led to rewarding collaborations with a number of visionary musicians."
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Jim McKelvey
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- computer scientistentrepreneur
- Biography
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James Morgan McKelvey Jr. is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Block, Inc. McKelvey was appointed as an independent director of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2017. As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$2 billion.
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Siniša Mali
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- In 1999 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Siniša Mali is a Serbian economist and politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and as minister of finance since 2018. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as mayor of Belgrade from 2014 to 2018, and as the president of the Temporary Council of Belgrade from 2013 to 2014. Following the dismissal of Rade Basta in June 2023, he also served as acting minister of economy.
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Quinton Lucas
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- politician
- Biography
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Quinton Donald Lucas is an American politician elected in 2019 as the 55th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and is the city's third African-American mayor. Before his election, Lucas was a private practice lawyer, community leader, city council member, and a lecturer on law at Washington University School of Law. He was a volunteer instructor at prisons in New York and Kansas, where he taught courses on constitutional law.
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Madonna Buder
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- triathletenun
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Madonna Buder, S.F.C.C., also known as the Iron Nun, is an American Senior Olympian triathlete and former religious sister. Buder has the current world record for the oldest woman to ever finish an Ironman Triathlon, which she obtained at age 82 by finishing the Subaru Ironman Canada on August 26, 2012.
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Michael Isikoff
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- journalist
- Biography
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Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist who used to be the Chief Investigative Correspondent at Yahoo! News. He is the co-author with David Corn of the book titled Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump, published on March 13, 2018.
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Daniel B. Shapiro
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- lobbyistdiplomatcongressional staff
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Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8, 2011. Previously, he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee, Shapiro was ordered on January 5, 2017, to resign upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump. On August 30, 2021, President Joe Biden appointed Shapiro as a special liaison to Israel on Iran.
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Marvin Miller
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- actortelevision actorvoice actor
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Marvin Elliott Miller was an American actor. Possessing a deep baritone voice, he began his career in radio in St. Louis, Missouri before becoming a Hollywood actor. He is remembered for voicing Robby the Robot in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956), a role he reprised in the lesser-known The Invisible Boy (1957).
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Dave Garroway
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- actormilitary officertelevision actorjournalistdisc jockey
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David Cunningham Garroway was an American television personality. He was the founding host and anchor of NBC's Today from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing and relaxing style belied a lifelong battle with depression. Garroway has been honored for his contributions to radio and television with a star for each on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the city where he spent part of his teenaged years and early adulthood.
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İhsan Doğramacı
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- pediatricianacademicscientistphilanthropist
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İhsan Doğramacı was a Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in modern Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq then Ottoman Empire.
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Ed Rollins
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- political adviser
- Biography
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Edward Rollins is an American political consultant and advisor who has worked on several high-profile Republican political campaigns in the United States. In 1983 and 1984, Rollins was national campaign director for the successful Reagan-Bush 1984 campaign.
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Bruno Wu
- Occupations
- entrepreneurmedia proprietorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Bruno Wu Zheng is a Chinese entrepreneur.
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Jim Talent
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianadjunct professorlawyerlaw clerk
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James Matthes Talent is an American politician who was a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office.
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Carl Ferdinand Cori
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947
- Born in
- Czech Republic
- Years
- 1896-1984 (aged 88)
- Occupations
- physicianresearcherbiochemistchemist
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Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen (animal starch) is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both Coris were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism.
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Thomas F. Frist, Jr
- Occupations
- businesspersonsurgeon
- 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 is the wealthiest person in Tennessee.
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterjournalistpolitical activist
- Biography
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Alberta Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia.
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Joe Madison
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in sociology
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Joseph Madison, alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison", was an American radio talk-show host and activist heard daily on SiriusXM Urban View.
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Michael Shamberg
- Occupations
- television editortelevision producerfilm producerproducer
- Biography
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Michael Shamberg is an American film producer and former Time–Life correspondent.
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Arnold W. Donald
- Occupations
- entrepreneurchief executive officerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Arnold W. Donald is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Carnival Corporation & plc from July 2013 to August 2022, when he became vice-chairman.
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Condé Nast
- Occupations
- entrepreneurjournalistpublisher
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Condé Montrose Nast was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker.
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Mike Simpson
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- In 1978 graduated with Doctor of Dental Surgery
- Occupations
- dentistpolitician
- Biography
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Michael Keith Simpson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise. A member of the Republican Party, Simpson was first elected to public office in 1984, and was elected to the House in the 1998 elections, succeeding Mike Crapo. He served as Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998.
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Chris Koster
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Christopher Andrew Koster is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Attorney General of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. Before that, Koster was elected three times as prosecuting attorney of Cass County, Missouri, and served four years as state senator from Missouri's 31st Senatorial district.
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Philip H. Dybvig
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Philip Hallen Dybvig is an American economist. He is the Boatmen's Bancshares Professor of Banking and Finance at the Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis.
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J. Michael Bailey
- Occupations
- psychologistresearcher
- Biography
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John Michael Bailey is an American psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and professor at Northwestern University best known for his work on the etiology of sexual orientation and paraphilia. He maintains that male sexual orientation is most likely established in utero.
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David C. Weiss
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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David Charles Weiss is an American attorney. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to be United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and was retained by President Joe Biden. He has served in that office since February 22, 2018.
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Johnny Kastl
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Johnny Kastl is an American lawyer and former actor, perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Doug Murphy on the medical comedy Scrubs. He made cameo appearances in several Hollywood productions and played other parts on television, including the role of Todd Jaracki on The Beast.
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Michael Salzhauer
- Occupations
- plastic surgeon
- Biography
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Michael Salzhauer is an American celebrity doctor who practices plastic surgery. He is active on social media as Dr. Miami, has been on reality TV, has recorded a song, and written a children's book. He runs a plastic surgery practice in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.
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Fannie Hurst
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Fannie Hurst was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I era. Her work combined sentimental, romantic themes with social issues of the day, such as women's rights and race relations. She was one of the most widely read female authors of the 20th century, and for a time in the 1920s she was one of the highest-paid American writers. Hurst actively supported a number of social causes, including feminism, African American equality, and New Deal programs.
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Daniel Nathans
- Occupations
- molecular biologistphysiologistbiochemistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.
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William E. Moerner
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacherchemist
- Biography
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William Esco Moerner, also known as W. E. Moerner, is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist with current work in the biophysics and imaging of single molecules. He is credited with achieving the first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases, along with his postdoc, Lothar Kador. Optical study of single molecules has subsequently become a widely used single-molecule experiment in chemistry, physics and biology. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Morris Carnovsky
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Morris Carnovsky was an American stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films until, in the early 1950s, professional colleagues told the House Un-American Activities Committee that Carnovsky had been a Communist Party member. He was blacklisted and worked less frequently for a few years, but then re-established his acting career, taking on many Shakespearean roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and performing the title roles in college campus productions of King Lear and The Merchant of Venice. Carnovsky's nephew is veteran character actor and longtime "Pathmark Guy" James Karen.
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Sarah Kendzior
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- 2006-2012 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology
- Occupations
- university teacherscholarwriterjournalistanthropologist
- Biography
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Sarah J. Kendzior is an American author, anthropologist, researcher, and scholar. Kendzior is the author of The View from Flyover Country – a collection of essays first published by Al Jazeera – and is a former co-host of the Gaslit Nation podcast. In 2020, she published her second book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America, which was a New York Times bestseller. In September 2022, she published her third book, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent, which was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
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David Merrick
- Occupations
- producertheatrical director
- Biography
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David Merrick was an American theatrical producer who won a number of Tony Awards.
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Walker Hancock
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Walker Kirtland Hancock was an American sculptor and teacher. He created notable monumental sculptures, including the Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial (1950–52) at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, and the World War I Soldiers' Memorial (1936–38) in St. Louis, Missouri. He made major additions to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., including Christ in Majesty (1972), the bas relief over the High Altar. Works by him are presently housed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Library of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the United States Capitol.
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Eric Schultz
- Biography
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Eric Schultz is an American political advisor who served as Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama administration from 2014 to 2017. Recognized by Politico as the strategist "White House officials turn to in a crisis to handle communications", Schultz was originally hired at the White House in 2011 to respond to congressional oversight investigations.
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Breckinridge Long
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long was an American diplomat and politician who served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. An extreme nativist, Long is largely remembered by Holocaust historians for making it difficult for European Jews to enter the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Joseph Erlanger
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944
- Born in
- United States
- Years
- 1874-1965 (aged 91)
- Occupations
- physiologistphysicianneuroscientistuniversity teacherneurologist
- Biography
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Joseph Erlanger was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements.
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David Bauer
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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David Bauer was an American film, television, and stage actor who, from November 1958 until his death, was based primarily in Britain.
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David R. Francis
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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David Rowland Francis was an American politician and diplomat. He served in various positions including Mayor of St. Louis, the 27th Governor of Missouri, and United States Secretary of the Interior. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Russia between 1916 and 1917, during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was a Wilsonian Democrat.
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Ben H. Winters
- Occupations
- journalistscience fiction writerplaywrightwriterchildren's writer
- Biography
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Benjamin Allen H. "Ben" Winters is an American author. He is best known for mystery/sci-fi novels such as The Last Policeman and Underground Airlines, and for creating the CBS show Tracker.
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Anita Diamant
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Anita Diamant is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books. She has published five novels, the most recent of which is The Boston Girl, a New York Times best seller. She is best known for her 1997 novel The Red Tent, which eventually became a best seller and book club favorite. She has also written six guides to contemporary Jewish practice, including The New Jewish Wedding, Living a Jewish Life, and The New Jewish Baby Book, as well as a collection of personal essays, Pitching My Tent.
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Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr
- Occupations
- physiologistpharmacistchemistpharmacologistbiochemist
- Biography
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Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas. Sutherland won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones", especially epinephrine, via second messengers, namely cyclic adenosine monophosphate, or cyclic AMP.
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C. Robert Cloninger
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- In 1970 graduated with Doctor of Medicine
- Occupations
- behavior geneticistgeneticistpsychiatrist
- Biography
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Claude Robert Cloninger is an American psychiatrist and geneticist noted for his research on the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual foundation of both mental health and mental illness. He previously held the Wallace Renard Professorship of Psychiatry, and served as professor of psychology and genetics, as well as director of the Sansone Family Center for Well-Being at Washington University in St. Louis. Cloninger is a member of the evolutionary, neuroscience, and statistical genetics programs of the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University, and is recognized as an expert clinician in the treatment of general psychopathology, substance dependence, and personality disorders. Dr. Cloninger is currently professor emeritus.
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Jeff Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeff Smith is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 4th district from 2007 until 2009. His district covered the western portion of the City of St. Louis.
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Hugh Ferriss
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Hugh Macomber Ferriss was an American architect, illustrator, and poet. He was associated with exploring the psychological condition of modern urban life, a common cultural enquiry of the first decades of the twentieth century. After his death a colleague said he 'influenced my generation of architects' more than any other man." Ferriss also influenced popular culture, for example Gotham City (the setting for Batman), Kerry Conran's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Rapture from BioShock.
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Wade Miquelon
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- engineercivil engineer
- Biography
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Wade Miquelon is an American business executive and former CEO of Jo-Ann Stores. He was previously an executive at Procter & Gamble and Walgreens.
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Sean B. Carroll
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- 1977-1979 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- researchermolecular biologistwriterbiologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Sean B. Carroll is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His studies focus on the evolution of cis-regulatory elements in the regulation of gene expression in the context of biological development, using Drosophila as a model system. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society (2007), of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for Advancement of Science. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
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Gyo Obata
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Gyo Obata was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum). He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and worked in HOK's St. Louis office. He designed several notable buildings, including the McDonnell Planetarium and GROW Pavilion at the Saint Louis Science Center, the Independence Temple of the Community of Christ church, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
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Sam Fox
- Occupations
- diplomatfinancier
- Biography
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Sam Fox was an American businessman in St. Louis, and the owner of Harbour Group Industries. He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11, 2007 until January 2, 2009. President George W. Bush appointed Fox to the post by a recess appointment on April 4, 2007.
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Fahd Al-Rasheed
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in business management
- Occupations
- chief executive officereconomist
- Biography
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His Excellency, Fahd bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed was appointed by Royal Decree as Advisor in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 2nd, 2023.
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Abner Mikva
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerjudgejurist
- Biography
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Abner Joseph Mikva was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for congress in 1966 but lost the primary to incumbent congressman Barrett O'Hara. In 1968, Mikva defeated O'Hara. Mikva served in the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district (1969–1973) and 10th congressional district (1975–1979). He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Jimmy Carter, serving from 1979 to 1994. He served as the White House Counsel from 1994 to 1995 during Bill Clinton's presidency. He was one of the few people in modern times to serve in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Federal government.
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John Monk Saunders
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directornovelist
- Biography
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John Monk Saunders was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director.
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Dena Grayson
- Enrolled in the Washington University in St Louis
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in medicine
- Occupations
- lobbyistphysician
- Biography
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Dena Minning Grayson is an American medical doctor and researcher. In 2016, she ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 9th congressional district.
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Sherman Block
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Sherman Block was the 29th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from January 1982 until his death. He was preceded by Peter Pitchess and succeeded by Lee Baca.
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Samuel L. Stanley
- Occupations
- immunologistpathologistuniversity teacherbiologistanesthesiologist
- Biography
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Samuel L. Stanley Jr. is an American educator and biomedical researcher. He was president of Michigan State University from 2019 to November 2022, and president of Stony Brook University from 2009 to 2019. Stanley is one of the founding directors of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research.
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Bill DeWitt
- Occupations
- baseball manager
- Biography
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William Orville DeWitt Sr. was an American professional baseball executive and club owner whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned more than 60 years. DeWitt held multiple ownership and upper management positions in the major leagues, including general manager and owner of both the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, chairman of the board of the Chicago White Sox, and president of the Detroit Tigers.
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Alphonso Jackson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alphonso R. Jackson served as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He was nominated by President George W. Bush on August 28, 2004, and confirmed by the Senate on August 31, 2004. Jackson announced his resignation on March 31, 2008.
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Louis Susman
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 87)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Louis B. Susman is an American lawyer, retired investment banker, and the former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Nominated by President Barack Obama, he was confirmed by the Senate on July 10, 2009, and sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Dan Piraro
- Occupations
- comics artistpainter
- Biography
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Daniel Charles Piraro, is a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist best known for his syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro. Piraro's cartoons have been reprinted in 16 book collections (as of 2012). He has also written three books of prose.
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Walter E. Massey
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Walter Eugene Massey is an American educator, physicist, and executive. President Emeritus of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and of Morehouse College, he is chairman of the board overseeing construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope. During his long career, Massey has served as head of the National Science Foundation, director of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), chairman of Bank of America, and as trustee chair of the City Colleges of Chicago. He has also served in professorial and administrative posts at the University of California, University of Chicago, Brown University, and the University of Illinois.
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Clyde Cowan
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr was an American physicist and the co-discoverer of the neutrino along with Frederick Reines. The discovery was made in 1956 in the neutrino experiment. Reines received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995.
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Ron Galperin
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ron Shalom Galperin is an American politician who served as the 19th Los Angeles City Controller from 2013 to 2022. He took office on July 1, 2013 and won re-election in 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Galperin is the first openly gay official and first neighborhood councilmember to be elected to citywide office in Los Angeles.
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Judson A. Brewer
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- psychiatristneuroscientist
- Biography
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Judson Alyn Brewer is an American psychiatrist, neuroscientist and author. He studies the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI, and has translated research findings into programs to treat addictions. Brewer founded MindSciences, Inc. (now known as DrJud), an app-based digital therapeutic treatment program for anxiety, overeating, and smoking. He is director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and associate professor in behavioral and social sciences in the Brown School of Public Health, and in psychiatry at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School.
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Bill Chen
- Occupations
- engineerpoker playermathematician
- Biography
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William Chen is an American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer.
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Guthrie McClintic
- Occupations
- theatrical directorfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Guthrie McClintic was an American theatre director, film director, and producer based in New York.
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Tom Friedman
- Occupations
- sculptorconceptual artistillustrator
- Biography
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Tom Friedman is an American conceptual sculptor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and received a BFA in graphic illustration from Washington University in St. Louis (1988) and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1990.). As a conceptual artist he works in diverse media including sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and installation.
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Kevin Sheekey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Sheekey is an American businessman and political adviser. He is the Global Head of Communications, Government Relations and Marketing for Bloomberg L.P. He was the campaign manager for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign. Previously, Sheekey served as head of government relations and communications at Bloomberg L.P. and as chairman of Bloomberg Government. Sheekey also previously served as deputy mayor for government affairs for the City of New York under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. He is credited with managing Mayor Bloomberg's three successful campaigns for Mayor of New York. In March 2020, the Atlantic called Sheekey "one of the sharpest political minds of his generation."
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Raymond Gruender
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Raymond W. Gruender is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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Thomas Ewing Sherman
- Years
- 1856-1933 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest. He was the fourth child and second son of Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman.
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James P. Clements
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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James Patrick Clements is the 15th president of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. He assumed office on December 31, 2013, after being president of West Virginia University for five years. Prior to his presidency, he was the provost and vice president of academic affairs for Towson University.
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James E. Darnell
- Occupations
- university teacherbiologistbiochemistchemist
- Biography
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James Edwin Darnell Jr. is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbook Molecular Cell Biology.
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Hal Daub
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Harold John Daub Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Nebraska who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives and as the 48th Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. In 2012, Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Bijoy Jain
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Bijoy Jain is an Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting professor at Yale University.
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Pamela Meyer
- Born in
- United States
- Biography
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Pamela Meyer is an American author, certified fraud examiner, and entrepreneur. Described by Reader's Digest as "the nation's best known expert on lying," Meyer is the author of the 2010 book Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception. Her 2011 TED talk, "How to Spot a Liar," has exceeded 31 million views and is one of the 20 most popular TED talks of all time.
