100 Notable alumni of
West Virginia University
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West Virginia University is 293rd in the world, 120th in North America, and 114th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from West Virginia 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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Steve Harvey
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterradio personalitysingerfilm producer
- Biography
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Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr. is an American television host, producer, actor, and comedian. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, Family Feud Africa, the arbitration-based court comedy Judge Steve Harvey, and he formerly hosted the Miss Universe competition. His accomplishments include seven Daytime Emmy Awards, two Marconi Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.
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Katherine Johnson
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Studied in 1939-1940
- Occupations
- computer scientistphysicistteacheraerospace engineermathematician
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Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
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Taylor Kinney
- Occupations
- television actorart modelstage actormodelfilm actor
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Taylor Jackson Kinney is an American actor and model. He has played Mason Lockwood in The Vampire Diaries, Jared in Zero Dark Thirty, Phil in The Other Woman, and Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Kelly Severide on the American drama Chicago Fire. He also played Craig, one of Fiona's love interests, on Shameless.
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Jerry West
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Jerome Alan West is an American basketball executive and former player. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Los Angeles Lakers and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia. West played the small forward position early in his career: he was a standout at East Bank High School and at West Virginia University, where he led the Mountaineers to the 1959 NCAA championship game. He earned the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player honor despite the loss in the championship. He then embarked on a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and was the co-captain of the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team, a squad that was inducted as a unit into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Cheryl Hines
- Occupations
- film actordirectortelevision actoractorfilm director
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Cheryl Ruth Hines is an American actress and comedian who portrayed Larry David's wife Cheryl on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, for which she has been nominated for two Emmy Awards. She also starred as Dallas Royce on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory and made her directorial debut in 2009 with the film Serious Moonlight. Hines is married to lawyer and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Don Knotts
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorscreenwriterfilm actor
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Jesse Donald Knotts was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also played Ralph Furley on the highly rated sitcom Three's Company from 1979 to 1984. He starred in multiple comedic films, including leading roles in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966). In 2004, TV Guide ranked him number 27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.
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Pat McAfee
- Occupations
- comediancolor commentatorsports analystassociation football playerprofessional wrestler
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Patrick Justin McAfee is an American sports analyst, professional wrestling color commentator, as well as a former football punter, and kickoff specialist. McAfee is an analyst on ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He also hosts The Pat McAfee Show live on YouTube. The show is also licensed across the ESPN platforms. He is also currently signed with WWE as the color commentator for Monday Night Raw, as well as an occasional wrestler.
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Conchata Ferrell
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Conchata Galen Ferrell was an American actress. She played Berta the housekeeper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2015, and received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role (in 2005 and 2007). Ferrell had previously been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in L.A. Law (in 1992).
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Chris Sarandon
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorfilm producerstage actor
- Biography
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Christopher Sarandon is an American actor. He is well known for playing a variety of iconic characters, including Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
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Joe Manchin
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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Joseph Manchin III is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010. Manchin was the 34th governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. He became the state's senior U.S. senator when Jay Rockefeller left office in 2015 and has since been West Virginia's only congressional Democrat. Before entering politics, Manchin helped found and was the president of Enersystems, a coal brokerage company his family owns and operates.
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Antoine Fuqua
- Occupations
- film producerfilm directordirector
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Antoine Fuqua is an American film director known for his work in the action and thriller genres. He was originally known as a director of music videos, and made his film debut in 1998 with The Replacement Killers. His critical breakthrough was the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, winning the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director.
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Josh Stewart
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directorfilm actoractorvoice actor
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Joshua Regnall Stewart is an American actor who is best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series Dirt and as Detective William LaMontagne, Jr., on the CBS series Criminal Minds. He was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV series Third Watch and as Barsad in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Other roles include War Machine and a major antagonist in Netflix's The Punisher (2019).
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Geno Smith
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Eugene Cyril Smith III is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, leading them to multiple bowl games, breaking numerous passing records, and garnering multiple awards before being selected by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft.
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Steve Murphy
- Occupations
- spyspecial agent
- Biography
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Stephen E. Murphy is an American retired federal agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who, along with Javier Peña, was one of the lead investigators in the manhunt of Colombian drug lord and leader of the Medellín Cartel, Pablo Escobar. The story of this was told in the Netflix series Narcos, with actor Boyd Holbrook portraying Murphy. Murphy and Peña also worked on the show as consultants.
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Billy Mays
- Occupations
- television presentertelevision personalitysalesperson
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William Darrell Mays Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, and Zorbeez. His promotions aired mostly on the Home Shopping Network through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc., although they aired on various other syndicated networks.
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Heath Slater
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Heath Wallace Miller is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Heath Slater, and for his tenure in Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Heath.
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Will Grier
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Studied in 2016
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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William Grier is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida and West Virginia and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round in the 2019 NFL Draft.
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Paul Dooley
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractorstage actor
- Biography
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Paul Dooley is an American character actor, writer, and comedian. He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Popeye, Sixteen Candles, Strange Brew and many Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS show The Electric Company.
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Rich Rodriguez
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
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Richard Alan Rodriguez, also known as Rich Rod, is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Jacksonville State University, a position he has held since the 2022 season. Rodriguez previously was the head football coach at Salem University (1988), Glenville State College (1990–1996), West Virginia University (2001–2007), the University of Michigan (2008–2010), and the University of Arizona (2012–2017). His career head coaching record stands at 181–125–2. In 2011, Rodriguez worked as an analyst for CBS Sports.
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Anthony McAuliffe
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is celebrated for his one-word reply to a German surrender ultimatum: "Nuts!"
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Joe Mazzulla
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Joseph Mazzulla is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for West Virginia University.
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Heather Bresch
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Studied political science and international studies
- Occupations
- business executiveinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Heather Bresch is an American business executive. In 2012, she was named as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company Mylan, becoming the first woman to run a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. Bresch retired in 2020, upon the closing of Mylan’s combination with Upjohn. Bresch has been a central figure in two controversies: a 2007 accusation of inflating her resume with an unearned MBA degree, and as the CEO of Mylan during the 2016 controversy over pricing of the company's EpiPen products. In 2015, she was listed as #22 in Fortune magazine's “Most Powerful Women” list.
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David Selby
- Occupations
- writertelevision actorstage actorfilm actorfilm producer
- Biography
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David Lynn Selby is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing Quentin Collins on the daytime soap Dark Shadows (1968–71) and Richard Channing on the prime-time soap Falcon Crest (1982–90). Selby also had prominent roles in the television series Flamingo Road (1981–82) and the feature film Raise the Titanic (1980).
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Bill Hayes
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- singerfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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William Foster Hayes III was an American actor and recording artist. His song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" hit the top of the Billboard charts between March and May of 1955.
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Oliver Luck
- Occupations
- player of American footballexecutive
- Biography
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Oliver Francis Luck is an American business executive and former professional football player. He is currently the executive director of the United Athletic Conference, a new NCAA Division I FCS conference starting play in 2023 as a football-only merger of the ASUN Conference and Western Athletic Conference. He was the CEO and Commissioner of the XFL until it suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to that, he was Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia University (WVU), his alma mater, and an executive with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in charge of the organization's regulatory functions. Luck played football professionally as a quarterback for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers (1982–1986). He was also the first president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer (MLS). Under his watch, the Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007.
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Jevon Carter
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Studied in 2014
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Leroy Jevon Carter is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. A point guard for the Mountaineers, Carter was known as one of the top defensive players in college basketball, winning the NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Lefty Driesell Award after both his junior and senior seasons, and winning the inaugural Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in his final season.
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Little Jimmy Dickens
- Occupations
- singermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
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James Cecil Dickens, better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'7" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into live country music performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
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David Sills
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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David Sills V is an American football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
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Jeff Hostetler
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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William Jeffrey Hostetler is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins. His nickname is "Hoss."
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Bill Eadie
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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William Reid "Bill" Eadie is an American retired professional wrestler who has competed under the names of Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar. He was a high school teacher and coach at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio, and at East Liverpool, Ohio.
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John Chambers
- Occupations
- computer scientistentrepreneurinternational forum participant
- Biography
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John Thomas Chambers is the former executive chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems.
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Emily Calandrelli
- Occupations
- television presenterscience communicator
- Biography
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Emily Dawn Calandrelli is an American science communicator, former MIT engineer, and the host and an executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab.
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Asra Nomani
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Asra Quratulain Nomani is an Indian American author. Born in India to Muslim parents, she earned a BA from West Virginia University in liberal arts in 1986 and an MA from the American University in international communications in 1990. She subsequently worked as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal with her colleague Daniel Pearl in Pakistan post-9/11. Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by Islamist terrorists while following an investigative lead. Nomani later became the co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student investigative-reporting project which has looked into Pearl's murder.
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Kadeisha Buchanan
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kadeisha Buchanan is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Canada women's national team. Born in Toronto and raised in Brampton, Ontario, she is the youngest of seven girls in a single-parent home. Buchanan was only 17 when she made her debut for the national team on January 13, 2013.
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Oscar Tshiebwe
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Studied in 2019-2020
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Oscar Tshiebwe is a Congolese professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Indiana Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kentucky Wildcats. In 2022, Tshiebwe was the consensus national player of the year.
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Dustin Nippert
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dustin David Nippert is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball, and the Doosan Bears and KT Wiz of the KBO League. Nippert won the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award in 2016. With eight seasons in the KBO, Nippert holds the record for the longest career of any foreign player.
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Sam Huff
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Robert Lee "Sam" Huff was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1982).
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Mike Florio
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Michael James Florio is an American sportswriter, author, radio host, and television commentator. He writes for Profootballtalk.com which he created and owns. He also hosts the daily NFL talk show PFT Live on Peacock with Chris Simms.
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Joe Alexander
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joe Alexander is a Taiwan-born American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Alexander, who at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) plays both forward positions, was selected for the 2007 All-Big East squad during his collegiate career with West Virginia and was an All-American Honorable Mention. He was selected eighth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. He is the first-ever Taiwanese-born NBA player.
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Ben Schwartzwalder
- Occupations
- coachplayer of American football
- Biography
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Floyd Burdette Schwartzwalder was a Hall of Fame football coach at Syracuse University, where he trained future National Football League stars such as Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, Floyd Little and Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Wendell Smallwood
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Wendell Lynn Smallwood Jr. is a former American football running back. He played college football at West Virginia and was selected in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Smallwood was also a member of the Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Earl Ray Tomblin
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Earl Ray Tomblin is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of West Virginia from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the West Virginia Senate from 1980 to 2011 and as president of the West Virginia Senate from 1995 to 2011. Tomblin became acting governor in November 2010 following Joe Manchin's election to the U.S. Senate. He won a special election in October 2011 to fill the unexpired term ending on January 14, 2013, and was elected to a full term as governor in November 2012.
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Gayle Conelly Manchin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gayle Conelly Manchin is an American educator and government official who was the First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and is the current Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Manchin previously served as the president of the West Virginia Board of Education from 2013 to 2014 and West Virginia Secretary of Education and the Arts from 2017 until her termination in March 2018. She is the wife of former governor and current U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
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Jedd Gyorko
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jedd Lindon Gyorko is an American former professional baseball second baseman and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Milwaukee Brewers. He was previously the manager of the West Virginia Black Bears of the MLB Draft League.
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Noel Devine
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Noel Devine is a former American football running back. Devine played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and holds the record for career-all purpose yardage (5,761 yards).
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Rod Thorn
- Occupations
- coachbasketball playerbasketball coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Rodney King Thorn is an American basketball executive and a former professional player and coach, Olympic Committee Chairman, with a career spanning over 50 years. In 2018, Thorn was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Ken Kendrick
- Occupations
- baseball playerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Earl Gentry "Ken" Kendrick, Jr. is an American billionaire businessman who is the principal owner and managing general partner of the National League's Arizona Diamondbacks. He became part-owner with the team's inception in 1995. He has been managing general partner since 2004, overseeing day-to-day operations and acting as the organization’s designated representative when the Major League Baseball owners convene.
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Doc Holliday
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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John "Doc" Holliday is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Marshall University from 2010 to 2020, compiling a record of 85–54.
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Niccolò Campriani
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Niccolò Campriani is an Italian sport shooter and shooting coach. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the men's 10 metre air rifle, men's small-bore rifle, three positions, 50 metres and men's small-bore rifle, prone, 50 metres, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre air rifle, winning silver, and in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions, where he won gold with a total of 1278.5 points.
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Ryan McBroom
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan P. McBroom is an American first baseman who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
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Rod Hundley
- Occupations
- basketball playerjournalist
- Biography
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Rodney Clark "Hot Rod" Hundley was an American professional basketball player and television broadcaster. Hundley was the number 1 pick of the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals out of West Virginia University. In 2003, Hundley received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Devin Ebanks
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Devin Maurice Ebanks is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ahli of the Saudi Premier League. The forward was selected 43rd overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010 NBA draft. He played college basketball for two seasons at West Virginia University.
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Kevin Jones
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Andrew Jones is an American professional basketball player for Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for West Virginia University, where he was an All-American.
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Philander C. Knox
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Philander Chase Knox was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
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Da'Sean Butler
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Da'Sean Butler is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team. He played college basketball for West Virginia University. Butler was drafted 42nd overall by the Miami Heat in the 2010 NBA draft.
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Virginia Thrasher
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher is an American sports shooter who won a gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the first gold medal awarded at the 2016 Olympics.
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Quinton Spain
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Quinton Lamar Spain is a former American football guard. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He played college football at West Virginia.
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Arch A. Moore
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Arch Alfred Moore Jr. was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia, serving from 1969 until 1977 and again from 1985 until 1989, he is the longest-serving West Virginia Governor in state history with 12 years of service. He is the father of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
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Sarah Culberson
- Occupations
- dancerfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Princess Sarah Jane Culberson, Lady of Bumpe is an American philanthropist, public speaker, educator, writer and actress. By birth she is a Mende princess of the Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom in Sierra Leone.
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Fuzzy Knight
- Occupations
- television actorsongwriterfilm actoractor
- Biography
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John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight was an American film and television actor. He was also a singer, especially in his early career. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1928 and 1967, usually as a cowboy hero's comic sidekick.
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William Bishop
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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William Paxton Bishop was an American television and movie actor from Oak Park, Illinois.
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Jack Elliott
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jack Stuart Elliott is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.
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Omid Namazi
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Omid Hamid Namazi is an Iranian-American former professional soccer player and coach. Namazi played professionally as a defender in the American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League, Major League Soccer, USISL and National Professional Soccer League where he was the 2001 Defender of the Year and he played for United States national futsal team. He is a two-time Coach of the Year in the Major Indoor Soccer League and coached in the Women's United Soccer Association. As assistant coach of Iran, he led the team to qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
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Henry T. Yang
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerengineer
- Biography
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Henry Tzu-Yow Yang is a Taiwanese-American mechanical engineer, university administrator, and the fifth and current chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, a post he has held since 1994.
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Patrick Beilein
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Patrick Jonathan Beilein is an American former basketball player and current coach. He is the head coach of the Baldwinsville Bees boys varsity basketball team in Baldwinsville NY.
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Cecil H. Underwood
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Cecil Harland Underwood was an American Republican Party politician from West Virginia, known for the length of his career.
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Sagaba Konate
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Sagaba Konate is a Malian professional basketball player who last played for Reeder Samsunspor of the Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. A native of Bamako, he moved to the United States to play at Kennedy Catholic High School starting in his junior season. As a sophomore at West Virginia, he was named third-team All-Big 12 and made the conference All-Defensive Team.
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Bantz J. Craddock
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Bantz John Craddock is a former United States Army general. His last military assignment was as Commander, United States European Command and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe from December 2006 to June 30, 2009. He also served as Commander, United States Southern Command from November 9, 2004 to December 2006. After his retirement in 2009, he became chief executive of Military Professional Resources, Inc. (MPRI).
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Jon McBride
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineerfighter pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Jon Andrew McBride, is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer.
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Mel Welles
- Occupations
- actorfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Mel Welles was an American film actor and director. His best-remembered role may be that of hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnick in the 1960 low-budget Roger Corman dark comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors.
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Jordan McCabe
- Years
- 1998-.. (age 26)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jordan Ray McCabe is an American basketball assistant coach at West Virginia. He previously played college basketball for West Virginia and UNLV.
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Natalie Tennant
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Natalie E. Tennant is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2009 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennant was the 2014 Democratic Party nominee for West Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat, which she lost to Republican Shelley Moore Capito. In 2016 she was defeated for re-election by Republican Mac Warner, and left office on January 16, 2017.
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John Raese
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Reeves Raese is an American businessman and perennial Republican Party candidate for political office in West Virginia. He lost campaigns to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate in 1984, 2006, 2010, and 2012. He was also defeated in the Republican primary in the election for Governor of West Virginia in 1988.
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Tim Mahoney
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Timothy Edward Mahoney is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district from 2007 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in November 2006 after his opponent, six-term Republican incumbent Mark Foley, resigned on September 29, 2006, after questions were raised about an email exchange with a congressional page.
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Jayne Anne Phillips
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Jayne Anne Phillips is an American novelist and short story writer who was born in the small town of Buckhannon, West Virginia.
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Patrice Harris
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- In 1986 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- international forum participantpsychiatrist
- Biography
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Patrice Harris is an American psychiatrist and the first African-American woman to be elected president of the American Medical Association. She was elected the 174th president in June 2019.
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R. Booth Goodwin
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- judgelawyer
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Robert Booth Goodwin II is an American attorney with Goodwin & Goodwin LLP in Charleston, West Virginia. He served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2010 until 2015. Goodwin was a candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2016.
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Luke Bonner
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Luke James Bonner is a retired American professional basketball player.
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Megan Mischler
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- association football player
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Megan Kathleen Mischler is an American professional soccer player who last played for Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played for Hammarby
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Mark Funkhouser
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- politician
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Mark Funkhouser is an American academic, author, and former politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, serving one four-year term from May 1, 2007, until May 2, 2011. Prior to serving as the city's mayor, Funkhouser served as Kansas City's city auditor. Currently, he serves as the publisher of Governing magazine. He is also the author of the blog, "Bring on the Funk, and the book, Honest, Competent Government: The Promise of Performance Auditing. In 2016, Funkhouser was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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Allison Miller
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- singer-songwritersingerpercussionistmusiciancomposer
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Allison Miller is an American, New York City-based drummer, composer, and teacher.
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Gary Browne
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- basketball player
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Gary Browne Ramírez is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the National Basketball League (NBL). He also represents the Puerto Rican national team.
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Earl E. Anderson
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- military officer
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Earl Edward Anderson was a U.S. Marine four-star general. He was the youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of general and the first active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4-star rank. He became Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on April 1, 1972. He was promoted to general on March 31, 1972. General Keith B. McCutcheon had been promoted to four-star rank the day of his retirement for medical reasons on July 1, 1971. During his 35-year Marine career, he served in combat actions in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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Scott Seabol
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Scott Anthony Seabol is an American former Major League Baseball player.
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Ashley Lawrence
- Occupations
- association football player
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Ashley Elizabeth Marie Lawrence is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a full-back or a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Canada national team. She has been described as "one of the best attacking full-backs in the world."
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Keith Tandy
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- player of American football
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Jordan Keith Tandy is a former American football safety and coach who is currently coaching with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at West Virginia.
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Steve Kline
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- baseball player
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Steven James Kline is an American college baseball coach for the IUP Crimson Hawks. He is also a former professional relief pitcher who pitched for the Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, and San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) over an 11-year career. Kline attended West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the Mountaineers.
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Joe Stydahar
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- player of American footballAmerican football coach
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Joseph Lee Stydahar nicknamed "Jumbo Joe", was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Charles Marstiller Vest
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- engineer
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Charles "Chuck" Marstiller Vest was an American mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He served as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from October 1990 until December 2004. He succeeded Paul Gray and was succeeded by Susan Hockfield. He served as president of the National Academy of Engineering from 2007 to 2013.
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Mac Warner
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- military personnel
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Andrew McCoy "Mac" Warner is an American attorney, veteran, and the current West Virginia secretary of state. He announced his candidacy for Governor of West Virginia in 2024 on January 10, 2023.
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Hunter Armstrong
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- swimmer
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Joseph Hunter Armstrong is an American competitive swimmer. He is the world record holder in the long course 50 meter backstroke. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a silver medal in the 50 meter backstroke, a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke, gold medals in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay and 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, and a silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay, swimming backstroke in the preliminaries, and placed ninth in the 100 meter backstroke.
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Alex Ruoff
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- basketball player
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West Virginia [Assistant Coach] 2022-present Alexander Marc Ruoff is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers. In college, he played shooting guard for the West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team. Ruoff set school records for the most 3-pointers made in a game and most career 3-point field goals.
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Jarrod Smith
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- association football player
- Biography
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Jarrod Brian Stockley Smith is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Team Wellington.
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Matthew M. Neely
- Enrolled in West Virginia University
- Studied in 1901
- Studied in 1902
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- politicianlawyer
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Matthew Mansfield Neely was an American Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia. He is also the only person to have held a full term in both Senate seats from the state.
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Ray Gaddis
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Raymon "Ray" Gaddis is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati.
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Tarik Phillip
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- basketball player
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Tarik Phillip is a British-American professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). He played college basketball for West Virginia.
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Victor Ernest Shelford
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- environmentalistzoologistecologist
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Victor Ernest Shelford was an American zoologist and animal ecologist who helped to establish ecology as a distinct field of study. He was the first president of the Ecological Society of America in 1915, and helped found the Nature Conservancy in the 1940s. Shelford's early visits and study of Volo Bog in Northern Illinois helped establish its ecological significance. Volo Bog became the first purchase of the Illinois Nature Conservancy.
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G. William Whitehurst
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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George William Whitehurst is an American former journalist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from the commonwealth of Virginia. He began his career as a professor at the Norfolk campus of the College of William and Mary, which became Old Dominion College in 1962. After serving as Dean of Students from 1963–1968, Whitehurst left academia for a nineteen-year stay in Congress. Upon retiring from politics, he returned to what was by then Old Dominion University, where he currently holds the chair of Kaufman Lecturer in Public Affairs.
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Robert H. Foglesong
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- military officer
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General Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong, USAF, Ret.,, formerly of Williamson, West Virginia, is a former president of Mississippi State University. He served in the United States Air Force from April 1972 until retirement as general in February 2006.
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Jaysean Paige
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- basketball player
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Jaysean Paige is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers and previously played for the College of Southern Idaho and Moberly Area Community College.
