Notable Alumni of DePaul University [Sorted List]

1. Sammy Mejía

1983-. (aged 43)

basketball player

Samuel José Mejía is a Dominican American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball at DePaul University. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

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2. Ed Mikan

1925-1999 (aged 74)

basketball player

Edward Anton Mikan was an American professional basketball player. He was the younger brother of George Mikan.

3. Mikki Kendall

1976-. (aged 50)

opinion journalist writer comics writer

Mikki Kendall is an author, activist, and cultural critic. Her work often focuses on current events, media representation, the politics of food, and the history of the feminist movement. Penguin Random House published her graphic novel Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists in 2019, while her political nonfiction book Hood Feminism was released in early 2020.

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4. Billy Garrett Jr

1994-. (aged 32)

basketball player

Billy Garrett Jr. is an American professional basketball player for CD Estela of the Primera FEB. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks. He has also played professionally in the NBA G League as well as for teams in several international leagues. His professional highlights include a G League Championship in 2021 with...

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5. Cliff Clinkscales

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player

Clifford Clinkscales is an American professional basketball head coach and retired player. He is the head coach of the KW Titans of the Basketball Super League. A 6-foot-1-inch (1.85 m) point guard, Clinkscales began playing professionally in 2008, with two seasons in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). He spent most of his professional career in NBL Canada, playing from...

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6. Brian Mosteller

1975-. (aged 51)

Brian Mosteller is an American diplomat and operations executive, best known for being the Director of Oval Office Operations in the Obama administration, from 2009 to 2017.

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7. Mackenzie Firgens

1975-. (aged 51)

film actor actor television actor

Mackenzie Firgens is an American actress.

8. Muriel Anderson

1960-. (aged 66)

jazz guitarist classical guitarist guitarist jazz musician

Muriel Anderson is an American fingerstyle guitarist and harp guitarist who plays in many genres. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship.

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9. Phillipe Cunningham

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Phillipe M. Cunningham is a former city council member for Minneapolis Ward 4 and was the first transgender man of color to be elected to public office in the United States. Cunningham won the council position in the 2017 Minneapolis City Council election and lost it in the 2021 election.

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10. Lourdes Duarte

1976-. (aged 50)

television journalist

Lourdes Duarte is an American television journalist for WGN-TV, where she is an investigative reporter and co-host of the WGN Evening News at 4pm.

11. Marjorie Vincent

1964-. (aged 62)

beauty pageant contestant model journalist

Marjorie Judith Vincent is an American journalist and former beauty contestant who was crowned Miss America 1991.

12. Steven Hunter

1981-. (aged 45)

basketball player

Steven Deon Hunter is an American former professional basketball player. He is listed as a center. He most recently played for Dinamo Sassari.

13. Aneesah Morrow

2003-. (aged 23)

basketball player

Aneesah Morrow is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. She played college basketball for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). She began her collegiate career at DePaul and was named the WBCA and USBWA National Freshman of the Year in 2022.

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14. Drake Diener

1981-. (aged 45)

basketball player

Drake Richard Diener is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at DePaul University.

15. Julianne Buescher

voice actor stage actor puppeteer actor film actor

Julianne Buescher is an American actor, Muppet Performer and writer who performs in film, television, radio, and on stage. As a voice actor, she is known for many roles including Anko Mitarashi on Naruto. Buescher is also a Muppet Performer for The Jim Henson Company, appearing with CeeLo Green as "Piddles the Pug" at the 2011 Grammy Awards and as...

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16. Dar Tucker

1988-. (aged 38)

basketball player

Darquavis Lamar "Dar" Tucker is an American-Jordanian professional basketball player who last played for the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball at DePaul University.

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17. Elene Gedevanishvili

1990-. (aged 36)

athlete figure skater

Elene Gedevanishvili is a Georgian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time (2012, 2010) European bronze medalist. In winning the medal in 2010, Gedevanishvili became the first skater from Georgia to medal at an ISU Championships. She has competed at three Winter Olympics: Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.

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18. Hemant Mehta

1983-. (aged 43)

writer podcaster editor secondary school teacher

Hemant Mehta is an American author, blogger, YouTuber and atheist activist. Mehta is a regular speaker at atheist events, and he has been a board member of charitable organizations such as the Secular Student Alliance and the Foundation Beyond Belief.

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19. Haile Gerima

1946-. (aged 80)

film director screenwriter

Haile Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards.

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20. Mars Williams

1955-2023 (aged 68)

saxophonist recording artist jazz musician

Marc Charles "Mars" Williams was an American jazz and rock saxophonist. He was a member of the American new wave band the Waitresses from 1980 to 1983, and a member of the British post-punk band the Psychedelic Furs from 1983 to 1989 and again from 2005 until his death in 2023. Williams also was a founding member of the acid...

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21. How to Dress Well

1984-. (aged 42)

singer songwriter

How to Dress Well is the stage name of Tom Krell, an American multimedia artist, singer-songwriter, and producer from Boulder, Colorado. He began releasing music independently through his own blog around 2009 and via labels like Tri Angle, Lefse Records, Weird World, and eventually Domino later on in his career.

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22. Sarah Gorden

1992-. (aged 34)

association football player

Sarah L. Gorden is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which she also captains. She previously played for the Chicago Red Stars. She has been named to the NWSL Best XI two times.

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23. Robert Plomin

1948-. (aged 78)

geneticist psychologist behavior geneticist

Robert Plomin is an American-British psychologist and geneticist best known for his research in behavioral genetics and the genetic basis of cognitive abilities, personality, and mental health. Since 1994, he has been a Research Professor at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre (SGDP), a department in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. Plomin is...

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24. Pidgeon Pagonis

1986-. (aged 40)

LGBTQ rights activist

Pidgeon Pagonis is an American intersex activist, writer, artist, and consultant. They are an advocate for intersex human rights and against nonconsensual intersex medical interventions.

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25. Tyrone Corbin

1962-. (aged 64)

basketball player basketball coach

Tyrone Kennedy Corbin is an American former professional basketball player who last worked as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets. He was first appointed the assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns, then was named the Utah Jazz’s head coach, on February 10, 2011, following the resignation of longtime coach Jerry Sloan. He was also the brief interim head coach...

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26. Bobby Simmons

1980-. (aged 46)

basketball player

Bobby Simmons is an American former professional basketball player. During his NBA career, Simmons played for five NBA teams between 2001 and 2012. He won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2005.

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27. Lina Trivedi

1973-. (aged 53)

civil servant entrepreneur teacher writer

Lina Trivedi is an American entrepreneur, author, educator and civil servant.

28. John Cabrera

1975-. (aged 51)

screenwriter television actor film director film actor

John Cabrera is an American actor, screenwriter and director best known for his role as Brian Fuller on the television show Gilmore Girls on The WB (later The CW). He has also appeared on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, NCIS, American Dreams, Miracles, and CSI.

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29. Samuel K. Skinner

1938-. (aged 88)

lawyer university teacher

Samuel Knox Skinner is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration, Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under President Gerald R. Ford from 1975 to 1977, succeeding James R. Thompson.

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30. Edward M. Burke

1943-. (aged 83)

lawyer alderman

Edward Michael Burke is an American politician who served as the alderman of Chicago's 14th ward from 1969 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1969, and represented part of the city's Southwest Side. While the chair of the Council's Committee on Finance, Burke had been called Chicago's "most...

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31. Jacqueline Kim

1965-. (aged 61)

actor television actor screenwriter film actor film director

Jacqueline Joan Kim is an American writer, actress, filmmaker, composer and multi-disciplinary artist. She was nominated for a FIND Independent Spirit award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Charlotte Sometimes.

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32. Desmin Borges

1984-. (aged 42)

actor television actor

Desmin Borges is an American actor. He is best known for playing Edgar Quintero on the FX/FXX comedy-drama You're the Worst.

33. Tom O'Halleran

1946-. (aged 80)

police officer business executive politician

Thomas Charles O'Halleran is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2017 to 2023. Beginning his political career as a Republican, he was the Arizona state senator from the 1st district from 2007 to 2009. In 2015, he became a member of the Democratic Party. He also served as the chair of...

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34. Paul Reed

1999-. (aged 27)

basketball player

Paul Reed, nicknamed "BBall Paul", is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons.

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35. Natalie Jaresko

1965-. (aged 61)

businessperson economist

Natalie Ann Jaresko is an American-born former U.S. State Department official and Ukrainian investment banker who served as Ukraine's Minister of Finance from December 2014 until April 2016. On 20 March 2017, she was appointed as executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico. Jaresko announced her resignation from the PROMESA board effective April 1, 2022....

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36. Sarah Kustok

1981-. (aged 45)

basketball player basketball coach

Sarah Grace Kustok is an American sports reporter who works for the YES Network and Fox Sports. In 2017, she became the first female full-time analyst for an NBA team's local TV broadcasts when the YES Network promoted her from sideline analyst for Brooklyn Nets games.

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37. Brian Culbertson

1973-. (aged 53)

pianist jazz musician

Brian Culbertson is an American smooth jazz/R&B/funk musician and producer. His instruments include the synthesizer, piano and trombone.

38. Allie Quigley

1986-. (aged 40)

basketball player

Alexandria "Allie" Quigley is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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39. Arthur Goldberg

1908-1990 (aged 82)

politician judge lawyer diplomat jurist

Arthur Joseph Goldberg was an American politician and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. secretary of labor, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States ambassador to the United Nations.

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40. Jeremy O. Harris

1989-. (aged 37)

actor playwright screenwriter

Jeremy O. Harris is an American playwright, actor and screenwriter. Harris gained prominence for his 2018 Slave Play, which received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Play. Harris is also known for his work in film and television. He produced and co-wrote the A24 film Zola (2021), for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award...

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41. Kwame Raoul

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Kwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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42. Jane Byrne

1934-2014 (aged 80)

politician

Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983. Prior to her tenure as mayor, Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977 under Mayor Richard J. Daley, the only woman in the mayoral cabinet.

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43. Michael Muhney

1975-. (aged 51)

screenwriter television actor actor film actor

Michael Muhney is an American actor. His best known roles include Sheriff Don Lamb on the UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars between 2004 and 2007 and Adam Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2009 to 2014.

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44. Zak Orth

1970-. (aged 56)

film actor actor television actor

Adam Zachary Orth is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, Music and Lyrics, and NYC 22. He also starred in the NBC television drama Revolution as Aaron.

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45. Alexander Koch

1988-. (aged 38)

film actor actor television actor

Alexander Koch is an American actor. He played the series regular role of Junior Rennie on the CBS drama series Under the Dome, based on the novel by Stephen King. Alex Koch appears in the fifth season of Lucifer as Ella Lopez's new love interest, Pete Daily. He co-starred in the 2020 meta-thriller Black Bear.

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46. Walter Parazaider

1945-. (aged 81)

clarinetist guitarist saxophonist flautist jazz musician

Walter Parazaider is an American retired woodwind musician who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and James Pankow. Parazaider is a multi-instrumentalist. He plays a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He also occasionally plays guitar.

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47. Charlotte Pence

1993-. (aged 33)

writer children's writer film screenwriter film producer

Charlotte Rose Pence Bond is an American writer. She is the second child and elder daughter of former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence and former Second Lady of the United States Karen Pence.

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48. Leonard Roberts

1972-. (aged 54)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Leonard Roberts is an American actor. He portrayed Sean Taylor in Drumline, Forrest Gates on the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and D. L. Hawkins on Heroes.

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49. Wilson Chandler

1987-. (aged 39)

basketball player

Wilson Jamall Chandler is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for 13 seasons, mainly with the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets. He also played for Zhejiang Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2011 NBA lockout. He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons for two years before declaring for the...

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50. Ramsey Lewis

1935-2022 (aged 87)

musician pianist recording artist jazz musician radio personality

Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album The In Crowd earned Lewis critical praise and the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. His best known singles include "The 'In' Crowd", "Wade in the Water",...

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51. Jim O'Rourke

1969-. (aged 57)

guitarist record producer film score composer musician

Jim O'Rourke is an American musician, instrumentalist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his numerous solo and collaborative music projects, many of which are instrumental, and has been acclaimed for his music that spans varied genres, including avant-garde styles such as ambient, noise and minimalism, and styles of rock like indie rock and post-rock. He has...

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52. Paul Dinello

1962-. (aged 64)

screenwriter novelist film director television actor actor

Paul E. Dinello is an American comedian, actor, and writer, best known for his collaborations with Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris. His accolades include five Primetime Emmy Awards, three PGA Awards, and two WGA Awards.

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53. Angelo Poffo

1925-2010 (aged 85)

manager professional wrestler entrepreneur teacher

Angelo John Poffo was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He is the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Genius" Lanny Poffo and the father-in-law of Miss Elizabeth.

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54. James Pankow

1947-. (aged 79)

songwriter composer musician

James Carter Pankow is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for his brass arrangements, and for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section (alongside Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider) and a backing and occasional lead vocalist.

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55. Tarell Alvin McCraney

1980-. (aged 46)

writer playwright stage actor screenwriter

Tarell Alvin McCraney is an American playwright. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble.

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56. Quentin Richardson

1980-. (aged 46)

basketball player

Quentin Lamar Richardson is an American former professional basketball player who was formerly the director of player development for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Q-Ball", he played professionally for 13 seasons for the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Orlando Magic. He won the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2005.

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57. Dana DeLorenzo

1983-. (aged 43)

stage actor television actor

Dana DeLorenzo is an American actress and former radio personality and producer. She is best known for her starring role as Kelly Maxwell in the Starz horror-comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead.

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58. Rod Strickland

1966-. (aged 60)

basketball player basketball coach

Rodney Strickland is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently the head coach at Long Island University. Prior to LIU, he served as the program manager for the NBA G League's professional path. Strickland played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons, earning All-American honors. He had a long career in the National Basketball Association (NBA),...

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59. Mark Aguirre

1959-. (aged 67)

basketball player basketball coach

Mark Anthony Aguirre is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aguirre was chosen as the first overall pick of the 1981 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing three years at DePaul University. Aguirre played in the NBA from 1981 until 1994 and won two championships with the Detroit Pistons after being traded...

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60. Cole Bennett

1996-. (aged 30)

videographer business executive film director music video director

Cole Michael Bennett is an American music video director and record executive. He is the founder of Lyrical Lemonade. He has worked with artists including Eminem, Justin Bieber, Juice WRLD, Kanye West, Drake, Tyler, The Creator, Clipse, Sienna Spiro, Jennie, Jack Black, J. Cole, Cardi B and many others. In 2024, he released the album All Is Yellow, through Lyrical...

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61. Richard J. Daley

1902-1976 (aged 74)

politician

Richard Joseph Daley was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953, until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city bosses" who controlled and mobilized American cities. He was the patriarch of a powerful Chicago political family. His son Richard...

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62. Adrian Zmed

1954-. (aged 72)

television actor stage actor singer film actor

Adrian George Zmed is an American actor, singer and television personality, noted for the roles of Johnny Nogerelli in Grease 2 and Officer Vince Romano in the T. J. Hooker television series. His Broadway credits include the starring roles of Danny Zuko in Grease and Marvin in Falsettos.

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63. Max Strus

1996-. (aged 30)

basketball player

Max Strus is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) He played college basketball for the Lewis Flyers and the DePaul Blue Demons. Prior to the Cavaliers, Strus played two games for the Chicago Bulls in his rookie season before signing with the Miami Heat, with whom he reached the NBA Finals...

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64. Richard M. Daley

1942-. (aged 84)

politician

Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years, his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history, surpassing the 21-year mayoralty of his father, Richard J....

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65. Monique Coleman

1980-. (aged 46)

television actor singer actor film actor

Adrienne Monique Coleman is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies.

66. Jaboukie Young-White

1994-. (aged 32)

musician songwriter stand-up comedian actor screenwriter

Jaboukie Young-White is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician.

67. Richard Gilliland

1950-2021 (aged 71)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Richard Morris Gilliland was an American television and movie actor, best known as JD Shackleford in Designing Women (1986–1992).

68. Gloria Foster

1933-2001 (aged 68)

film actor television actor stage actor

Gloria Foster was an American actress. She had acclaimed roles in plays such as In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. Foster played the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and its first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003). She played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the miniseries The Atlanta Child...

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69. Betsy Palmer

1926-2015 (aged 89)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela Voorhees, the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th film (1980).

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70. Ashton Sanders

1995-. (aged 31)

television actor film actor

Ashton Durrand Sanders is an American actor best known for his portrayal of teenage Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016). He has since acted in films such as The Equalizer 2 (2018), All Day and a Night (2020), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2020). He portrayed Bigger Thomas in Native Son (2019) and Bobby Brown in Whitney...

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71. George Mikan

1924-2005 (aged 81)

basketball player basketball coach lawyer

George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Invariably playing with thick, round spectacles, the 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), 245 lb (111 kg)...

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72. Harvey Korman

1927-2008 (aged 81)

television director film actor television producer film director voice actor

Harvey Herschel Korman was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. He is best remembered as a main cast member alongside Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence on the CBS sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1977) for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

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73. Tom Bosley

1927-2010 (aged 83)

film actor stage actor military officer television actor actor

Thomas Edward Bosley was an American actor, television personality and entertainer. Bosley is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. Bosley also did a variety of voiceover work such as playing the lead character, Harry Boyle, in...

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74. Geraldine Page

1924-1987 (aged 63)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

Geraldine Sue Page was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Tony Awards.

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75. Ray Manzarek

1939-2013 (aged 74)

composer record producer pianist poet singer

Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band the Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA Film School graduate Jim Morrison. Manzarek is credited for his innovative playing and abilities on organ-style keyboard instruments.

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76. Karl Malden

1912-2009 (aged 97)

stage actor film director television actor actor film actor

Karl Malden was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946 and 1947. Recreating the role of Mitch in the 1951 film of Streetcar, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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77. Lauren Lapkus

1985-. (aged 41)

comedian television actor film actor podcaster film director

Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is an American actress and comedian, known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2014, 2019), Denise in The Big Bang Theory (2018–2019), and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing (2017–2019). She has also appeared in the television series Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), Hot in Cleveland (2012),...

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78. Lili Taylor

1967-. (aged 59)

screenwriter stage actor television actor actor film actor

Lili Anne Taylor is an American actress. She came to prominence with supporting parts in the films Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989), before establishing herself as one of the key figures of 1990s independent cinema through starring roles in Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints, Short Cuts (both 1993), The Addiction (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996),...

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79. Pete Wentz

1979-. (aged 47)

lyricist songwriter bass guitarist musician

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III is an American musician who is the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy. Before the band's formation in 2001, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lead singer and songwriter for Arma Angelus, a metalcore band. During Fall Out Boy's hiatus from 2009 to 2012, Wentz...

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80. John Barrowman

1967-. (aged 59)

dancer television actor children's writer novelist television producer

John Scot Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2020–2021) and its spin-off Torchwood (2006–2011), and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse (2012–2019).

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81. Elizabeth Perkins

1960-. (aged 66)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Elizabeth Perkins is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films including About Last Night (1986), From the Hip (1987), Big (1988), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Moonlight and Valentino (1995), The Ring Two (2005) and Hop (2011). She is also well known for her role as Celia Hodes in...

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82. Linda Hunt

1945-. (aged 81)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Linda Hunt is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Hunt has...

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83. Sean Gunn

1974-. (aged 52)

film actor actor television actor

Sean Gunn is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Guardians...

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84. David Dastmalchian

1975-. (aged 51)

actor television actor screenwriter film actor stage actor

David Dastmalchian is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has had supporting roles in a number of superhero franchises, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Comics-based productions such as the feature films The Dark Knight (2008) and The Suicide Squad (2021), direct-to-video animated films, and the television series Gotham (2017) and The Flash (2017–2021).

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85. Judy Greer

1975-. (aged 51)

actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor

Judith Therese Evans, known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress who has appeared in a wide variety of films. She rose to prominence for her supporting roles in the films Jawbreaker (1999), What Women Want (2000), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Elizabethtown (2005), 27 Dresses (2008), and Love & Other...

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86. Michael Rooker

1955-. (aged 71)

film actor actor television actor

Michael Rooker is an American actor and voice actor. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), and its sequel Guardians of the...

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87. John C. Reilly

1965-. (aged 61)

stage actor voice actor film producer singer film actor

John Christopher Reilly is an American actor. He is known as a character actor taking leading and supporting roles in independent drama films and studio comedies. He gained exposure through his supporting roles in Casualties of War (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004). Reilly...

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88. Joe Keery

1992-. (aged 34)

film actor television actor musician

Joseph David Keery, also known by his musical stage name Djo, is an American actor, singer, musician, and songwriter. He rose to international prominence for his role as Steve Harrington in the sci-fi series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He has also starred in films such as Spree (2020) and Free Guy (2021) and the fifth season of the crime drama series...

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89. Jerry Sloan

1942-2020 (aged 78)

basketball player basketball coach

Gerald Eugene Sloan was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before beginning a 30-year coaching career, 23 of which were spent as head coach of the Utah Jazz (1988–2011). NBA commissioner David Stern referred to Sloan as "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history". Sloan...

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90. Mary Kenneth Keller

1913-1985 (aged 72)

computer scientist religious sister university teacher mathematician

Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was one of the first people, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States. Keller and Irving C. Tang were the first two recipients of computer science doctorates (Keller's Ph.D. and Tang's D.Sc. were awarded on...

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91. W. Earl Brown

1963-. (aged 63)

actor television actor screenwriter film actor television producer

William Earl Brown is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny, the cameraman in the film Scream (1996), Warren in the film There's Something About Mary (1998), Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004–2006), and the voice and motion capture of Bill in the video game The Last...

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92. Graham Harman

1968-. (aged 58)

university teacher philosopher

Graham Harman is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology. He is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy.

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93. Philip Kotler

1931-. (aged 95)

university teacher writer mathematician businessperson economist

Philip Kotler is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus. He is the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (1962–2018). He is known for popularizing the definition of marketing mix. He is the author of over 80 books, including Marketing Management, Principles of Marketing, Kotler on...

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94. P. J. Byrne

1974-. (aged 52)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Paul Jeffrey Byrne is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Irv Smiff on the UPN/CW series The Game, and Bolin on Nickelodeon's animated series The Legend of Korra (2012–2014).

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95. Ann Dowd

1956-. (aged 70)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Ann Dowd is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including Green Card (1990), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Garden State (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Marley & Me (2008), Compliance (2012), Side Effects (2013), St. Vincent (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), Hereditary (2018), and Mass (2021). For Compliance, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best...

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96. Chasten Buttigieg

1989-. (aged 37)

LGBTQ rights activist author school teacher

Chasten James Glezman Buttigieg is an American teacher, author, and LGBTQ activist. He is married to Pete Buttigieg, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and was an advisor, spokesperson, and social media campaigner during his husband's 2020 presidential campaign. In September 2020, Buttigieg released a memoir titled I Have Something to Tell You. He published a YA (young adult) adaptation...

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97. Lila Downs

1968-. (aged 58)

opera singer singer-songwriter recording artist actor film actor

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily...

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98. Gillian Anderson

1968-. (aged 58)

voice actor stage actor human rights defender television actor film actor

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime...

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99. Jill Holtzman Vogel

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer politician

Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel is an American attorney and politician who served as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district from 2008 to 2024. A Republican, her district was located in exurban and rural parts of Northern Virginia, and it included all of Clarke, Fauquier, and Frederick counties, Winchester city, as well as pieces of Culpeper, Loudoun, and Stafford...

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100. Stana Katic

1978-. (aged 48)

television actor film director actor film actor

Stana Katić is a Canadian and American actress. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime series Castle (2009–2016) and FBI Special Agent Emily Byrne in the psychological thriller series Absentia (2017–2020).

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