100 Notable alumni of Santa Clara University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Santa Clara University is ranked #707 in the world and #205 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Santa Clara University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Santa Clara University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Clay Meredith Greene
1850-1933 (aged 83)
playwright
film director
actor
film actor
Clay Meredith Greene was an American screenwriter, theatre critic and journalist, but he was chiefly known as a dramatist. He was often referred to as either the "first American" or "first white American child" born in San Francisco, a claim spread by Greene himself. A graduate of Santa Clara University (SCU), Greene was the author of the Passion Play Nazareth...
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2. J. R. Graham
1990-. (aged 36)
baseball player
Johnathan Ryan Graham is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2015 to 2016.
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3. McGregor W. Scott
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
McGregor William "Greg" Scott is an American lawyer and partner at the King & Spalding law firm. He served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of California from 2017 to 2021. He was sworn in as a court-appointed U.S. attorney on December 29, 2017, after previously serving in the position from 2003 to 2009 during the George...
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4. Raymond Cowels
1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Raymond Cowels III is an American professional basketball player for Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Santa Clara Broncos before playing professionally in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Finland and France.
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5. Phyllis Jean Hamilton
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
judge
Phyllis Jean Hamilton is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
6. Justin Viele
1990-. (aged 36)
baseball player
coach
Justin Paul Viele is an American professional baseball hitting coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously coached for the San Francisco Giants. He attended Santa Clara University. Viele was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round of the 2013 MLB draft.
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7. James Francis Smith
1859-1928 (aged 69)
lawyer
military officer
judge
politician
James Francis Smith was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Governor-General of the Philippines and an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.
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8. Vincent Thomas
1907-1980 (aged 73)
politician
Vincent Thomas was a Democratic Party politician from California who represented San Pedro's 68th and 52nd Districts in the California Assembly from 1941 to 1978.
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9. Stephen M. White
1853-1901 (aged 48)
lawyer
politician
Stephen Mallory White was an American attorney and politician from California. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Senator from 1893 to 1899.
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10. John Vasconcellos
1932-2014 (aged 82)
lawyer
politician
John Bernard Vasconcellos Jr. ComIH was an American politician from California and member of the Democratic Party. He represented Silicon Valley as a member of the California State Assembly for 30 years and a California State Senator for 8 years. His lifelong interest in psychology led to his advocacy of the self-esteem movement in California politics.
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11. Michael S. Malone
1954-. (aged 72)
novelist
Michael Shawn Malone is an American author, columnist, editor, investor, businessman, and television producer. He has been the host of several shows on PBS. As of 2009, Malone is a columnist for ABC News, an op-ed contributor for The Wall Street Journal, a contributing editor to Wired, and the editor-in-chief of Edgelings.com, a website focused on business and technology news...
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12. Mark Stone
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Mark Stone is an American lawyer and politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 29th Assembly District, which encompassed parts of the northern Central Coast.
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13. Sonia Bashir Kabir
businessperson
Sonia Bashir Kabir is the only female technology investor in Bangladesh focusing on tech startups in emerging markets of South Asia. She began her career as a tech corporate professional in Silicon Valley and her journey led her to become a technology entrepreneur, an angel investor and finally a licensed, Instituitonal Venture Capital Fund Manager.
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14. John Boccabella
1941-. (aged 85)
baseball player
John Dominic Boccabella is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1974 with the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants.
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15. Len Casanova
1905-2002 (aged 97)
military officer
baseball player
American football player
Leonard Joseph Casanova was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Santa Clara University (1946–1949), the University of Pittsburgh (1950), and the University of Oregon (1951–1966), compiling a career college football record of 104–94–11. Casanova was also the head baseball coach at Santa Clara from 1940 to 1942,...
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16. Paul McDonald Calvo
1934-2024 (aged 90)
businessperson
politician
Paul McDonald Calvo was a Guamanian politician who served as the third governor of Guam from 1979 to 1983. Before his accession to the governorship, Calvo served in the Guam Legislature from 1971 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party of Guam.
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17. Cecilia Samartin
1961-. (aged 65)
novelist
psychologist
writer
Cecilia Samartin is a Cuban-American writer and psychologist. She studied psychology at UCLA and marriage and family therapy at Santa Clara University.
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18. William Royer
1920-2013 (aged 93)
politician
William Howard Royer was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California from 1979 until 1981.
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19. Bob Wieckowski
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
Robert A. Wieckowski is an American attorney and politician who served in the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represented the 10th Senate District, which encompassed the central and southern portions of the East Bay and South Bay.
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20. Erik Tandberg
1932-2020 (aged 88)
local politician
air force officer
director of communications
Erik Tandberg was a Norwegian engineer, author, television personality and space educator. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was a master of science from Stanford University in 1959. He did his scholarship at Princeton University in the years 1964-65.
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21. Brooke Hart
1911-1933 (aged 22)
Brooke Leopold Hart was the eldest son of Alexander Hart, the owner of the L. Hart & Son department store in downtown San Jose, California, United States. His kidnapping and murder were heavily publicized, and the subsequent lynching of his alleged murderers, Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes, both white men, sparked widespread political debate.
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22. Mana Shim
1991-. (aged 35)
association football player
Meleana Lokahi "Mana" Shim is an American women's soccer player and athlete advocate. Shim plays as a midfielder, and previously spent most of her senior career with Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). After the revelations of the Yates Report, Shim was named chairperson of a new Participant Safety Taskforce at U.S. Soccer.
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23. Richard Tallman
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
judge
Richard Charles Tallman is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a former judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
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24. Ken Sears
1933-2017 (aged 84)
basketball player
Kenneth Robert Sears was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first basketball player on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954, issue during his senior season in college.
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25. Bianca Henninger
1990-. (aged 36)
association football player
Bianca Henninger Moreno is an American-born Mexican former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for the Houston Dash and the Mexico women's national football team.
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26. Geoffrey Katsuhisa
1981-. (aged 45)
basketball coach
Geoffrey Katsuhisa is the assistant coach of the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the Japanese B.League.
27. Dani Weatherholt
1994-. (aged 32)
association football player
Danielle Marie Weatherholt is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Santa Clara Broncos and was drafted by the Orlando Pride in the fourth round of 2016 NWSL College Draft. In 2018, she joined Melbourne Victory on...
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28. Danielle Slaton
1980-. (aged 46)
association football player
Danielle Victoria Slaton is an American retired professional soccer player. She is currently a soccer analyst for MLS Season Pass, Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Network. A five-year member of the United States women's national soccer team from 2000-2005, Slaton also played for the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and was named the league's Defender of...
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29. Nelson Briles
1943-2005 (aged 62)
baseball player
Nelson Kelley Briles was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A hard thrower whose best pitch was a slider, he exhibited excellent control. Briles batted and threw right-handed. He was a starting pitcher on World Series champions with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967 and Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971.
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30. Bruce Bochte
1950-. (aged 76)
basketball player
baseball player
Bruce Anton Bochte is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1974–1982 and 1984–1986. He played his entire career in the American League for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics. Bochte graduated from Arcadia High School in California and played collegiate ball for the Santa Clara Broncos...
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31. Elizabeth Birch
1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer
businessperson
Elizabeth Millen Birch is an American attorney and former corporate executive who chaired the board of directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1992 to 1994. She served as the executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT organization, from January 1995 until January 2004.
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32. Curren Price
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Curren De Mille Price Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic Party, currently serving as a Los Angeles city council member for District 9. Price was a California State Senator, representing the state's 26th Senate District which he won in the May 19, 2009 special election to fill the seat vacated by Mark Ridley-Thomas. He previously served as a...
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33. Doron Perkins
1983-. (aged 43)
basketball player
basketball coach
Doron Perkins is an American former professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he can play as either a point guard or a shooting guard. He was the 2009 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and the 2010 and 2011 Israeli Basketball Premier...
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34. Michelle Ashford
1960-. (aged 66)
screenwriter
showrunner
film producer
television producer
Michelle Ashford is an American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known for her Emmy-nominated writing for the 2010 Miniseries The Pacific. In 2013, Ashford's TV series Masters of Sex debuted in the US on Showtime.
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35. Anu Peshawaria
1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
tennis player
Anu Peshawaria is an Indian-American US Immigration lawyer, author, activist, and philanthropist having founded several non profits and a former Wimbledon tennis player from the United States. Her legal work focuses on immigrant rights, domestic violence, women's rights, and children's rights, and she has practiced immigration law before the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of Washington, and...
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36. Blair Hull
1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Blair Hull is an American businessman, investor, and Democratic politician.
37. Perry Petty
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Parish Perry Petty is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the City Oilers. He played college basketball for Allen Community College, Santa Clara University and University of Texas–Pan American.
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38. Tai Wynyard
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Tai Hikuroa Wynyard is a New Zealand professional basketball player who last played for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He began his career playing in his home country for the Breakers of the Australian NBL and the Super City Rangers of the New Zealand NBL. After a two-year stint in the United States playing...
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39. Charles E. Stanton
1859-1933 (aged 74)
military personnel
Charles Egbert Stanton was an officer in the United States Army, and attained the rank of colonel. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, he served as chief disbursing officer and aide to General John J. Pershing during World War I. He is best known for having included the memorable expression "Lafayette, we are here!" in a speech he gave in...
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40. Jason Khalipa
1985-. (aged 41)
coach
Jason Khalipa is an American former professional CrossFit Games athlete known for his accomplishments as the 2008 CrossFit Games champion.
41. Jon Ramon Aboitiz
1948-2018 (aged 70)
businessperson
Jon Ramon Melendez Aboitiz was a Filipino businessman, and president of the Aboitiz & Company Inc. (ACO) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), part of the Aboitiz Group.
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42. Erik Hurtado
1990-. (aged 36)
association football player
Erik Hurtado is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a forward.
43. Jason Cunliffe
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a striker and midfielder for National Premier Soccer League club FC Arizona, and is the current captain of the Guamanian national team.
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44. Mahi B. Chowdhury
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Munshiganj-1 constituency. He is currently the joint secretary general of the party Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB). He is the son of former President A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.
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45. Anya Marina
1976-. (aged 50)
composer
singer-songwriter
singer
disc jockey
Anya Marina Kroth is an American singer-songwriter, based in New York City. Her music has been featured on several television shows, including Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, The Real World, Castle, United States of Tara, Gossip Girl, Batwoman, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural. Her songs have been featured on the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack...
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46. Randy Winn
1974-. (aged 52)
basketball player
baseball player
Dwight Randolph Winn is an American former professional baseball player and is currently the vice president of player development for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played all or parts of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily as an outfielder. Winn was a switch hitter, and threw right-handed. He made his major league debut...
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47. John Bryant
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
John Henry Bryant III is an American professional basketball player who last played for Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga. Bryant was the 2009 West Coast Conference player of the year and an All-American as a senior at Santa Clara University.
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48. Lloyd Bacon
1889-1955 (aged 66)
director
stage actor
film director
actor
film actor
Lloyd Francis Bacon was an American screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director, he made films in numerous genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, and crime dramas. He was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the 1930s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films....
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49. A. P. Hamann
1909-1977 (aged 68)
mayor
military officer
Anthony P. "Dutch" Hamann was the city manager of San Jose, California, United States, from 1950 to 1969. During his tenure, San Jose grew from a small agriculture-based city of 95,000 residents to a large, economically diverse city of almost 500,000.
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50. Anthony Lun
1957-. (aged 69)
singer
songwriter
Anthony Lun is a Hong Kong songwriter, arranger, musical director and singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and English.
51. Edmund Lowe
1890-1971 (aged 81)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Edmund Sherbourne Lowe was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.
52. Daniel Nava
1983-. (aged 43)
baseball player
Daniel James Nava is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Philadelphia Phillies. Nava is only the fourth player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in his first major league at bat and the second to do...
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53. David Drummond
1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer
David Carl Drummond is an American business executive and former lawyer. He served as senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc., and, formerly, for its subsidiary, Google. Prior to joining Google, in 2002, Drummond was a partner at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and then chief financial officer of software company SmartForce....
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54. Anthony A. Williams
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
Anthony Allen Williams is an American politician who was the mayor of the District of Columbia, for two terms, from 1999 to 2007. Williams had previously served as chief financial officer for the district, managing to balance the budget and achieve a surplus within two years of appointment. He held a variety of executive posts in cities and states around...
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55. Laura Cha
1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer
politician
Laura Cha Shih May-lung, GBM, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong businesswoman and politician. She is a former chair of Hong Kong Stock Exchange and non-executive deputy chair of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. She served as a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2022.
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56. Sandra McCoy
1979-. (aged 47)
television actor
dancer
actor
film actor
Sandra McCoy is an American former actress and dancer. McCoy is primarily known for being featured in the music video of NSYNC's single, "Pop" and as Mercedes in Cry Wolf (2005).
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57. Mitch White
1994-. (aged 32)
baseball player
Mitchell Harrison White is an American professional baseball pitcher for the SSG Landers of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, and Milwaukee Brewers.
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58. Aly Wagner
1980-. (aged 46)
association football player
Alyson Kay Wagner is an American sports broadcaster and retired soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup bronze medalist. She has worked for Fox Sports, CBS Sports, and ESPN as a soccer analyst. She is the first woman to call...
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59. Mike Pereira
1950-. (aged 76)
sports journalist
Mike Pereira is a former American football official and later vice president of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) and currently the head of officiating for the United Football League (UFL). Since 2010, he has served as a rules analyst for Fox Sports, for which he has gained the nickname "Mikey Rule Books".
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60. Ken Caillat
1946-. (aged 80)
composer
record producer
Kenneth Douglas Caillat is an American record producer. He is best known for producing the Fleetwood Mac albums Rumours, Tusk and Mirage. He is the father of singer Colbie Caillat.
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61. Everett Alvarez, Jr
1937-. (aged 89)
United States Naval Aviator
naval officer
Everett Alvarez Jr. is a retired United States Navy officer who endured one of the longest periods as a prisoner of war (POW) in U.S. military history. Alvarez was the first U.S. pilot to be shot down and detained during the Vietnam War and spent over eight years in captivity, making him the second longest-held U.S. POW, after U.S. Army...
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62. Jayshree Ullal
1961-. (aged 65)
businessperson
Jayshree V. Ullal is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, chairperson and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100/400/800 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.
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63. Lloyd Pierce
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball coach
basketball player
Lloyd Daniel Pierce is an American basketball coach who serves as the lead assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously coached for the Philadelphia 76ers, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, and Atlanta Hawks. In addition to coaching, he has also played internationally.
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64. Richard Riordan
1930-2023 (aged 93)
politician
Richard Joseph Riordan was an American businessman, investor, military commander, philanthropist, and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party, Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001; he remains the most recent Republican to hold that office. He ran for governor in the 2002 California gubernatorial election, losing the...
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65. Paul Soriano
1981-. (aged 45)
film director
Paul David Soriano is a film director, writer and producer.
66. Jimmy Panetta
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
James Varni Panetta is an American lawyer, politician, and former Navy intelligence officer from the state of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the U.S. representative for California's 19th congressional district. From north to south, the northernmost district includes southeast San Jose, continuing southbound, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and finally far inland to just one city in...
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67. Dan Kaminsky
1979-2021 (aged 42)
computer scientist
Daniel Kaminsky was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Human Security (formerly White Ops), a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where he was the director of penetration testing. The New York Times labeled Kaminsky an "Internet security savior" and "a digital Paul Revere".
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68. Zoe Lofgren
1947-. (aged 79)
academic
university teacher
lawyer
executive director
politician
Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren is an American politician and lawyer serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 15th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired the House Administration Committee in the 116th and 117th Congresses.
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69. Dee Dee Myers
1961-. (aged 65)
writer
opinion journalist
political scientist
politician
Margaret Jane "Dee Dee" Myers is an American political analyst who served as the 19th White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration. She was the first woman and, at the time, the second-youngest person to hold that position. Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The...
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70. Pansy Ho
1962-. (aged 64)
actor
Pansy Catalina Ho Chiu-king is a Hong Kong billionaire businesswoman who is the daughter of Macau businessman Stanley Ho, and the managing director of various companies he founded, including Shun Tak Holdings. Pansy has major interests in two of the six casino licence-holders in Macau. She was named 25th on Forbes’ list of Hong Kong’s 50 richest people in 2021...
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71. Kurt Rambis
1958-. (aged 68)
basketball player
basketball coach
Darrell Kurt Rambis is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach who is a senior basketball adviser for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won four NBA championships while playing power forward for the Lakers. Rambis was a key member of the Showtime era Lakers and was extremely popular for his...
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72. Pat Gelsinger
1961-. (aged 65)
engineer
chief executive officer
Patrick Paul Gelsinger is an American business executive and engineer. He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of Intel from February 2021 to December 2024.
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73. Andy Devine
1905-1977 (aged 72)
film actor
actor
television actor
Andrew Vabre Devine was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films. He also appeared alongside John Wayne in films such as Stagecoach (1939), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and How the West Was Won (both 1962)....
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74. Jorma Kaukonen
1940-. (aged 86)
singer
guitarist
singer-songwriter
Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist Jack Casady, and as of early 2024 has continued for 55 years. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 54 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitarists"....
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75. Julie Ertz
1992-. (aged 34)
association football player
Julie Beth Ertz is an American former professional soccer player. From 2014 to 2021, she played for National Women's Soccer League club Chicago Red Stars, and in 2023 she played for Angel City FC. A member of the United States women's national team from 2013 to 2023, she first appeared for the United States national team during an international friendly...
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76. Paul Kantner
1941-2016 (aged 75)
singer-songwriter
recording artist
guitarist
banjoist
Paul Lorin Kantner was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He continued these roles as a member of Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane's successor band.
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77. Khaled Hosseini
1965-. (aged 61)
novelist
writer
physician writer
medical writer
physician
Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini is an Afghan and American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's...
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78. Leon Panetta
1938-. (aged 88)
jurist
lawyer
political scientist
politician
Leon Edward Panetta is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as Secretary of Defense (2011–2013), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011), White House Chief of Staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), as well as a U.S. representative from California (1977–1993).
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79. Michael Trucco
1970-. (aged 56)
television actor
actor
film actor
musician
Edward Michael Trucco is an American actor known for his role as Samuel Anders on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and his recurring role as Nick Podarutti in How I Met Your Mother. He also appeared on the 2017–2018 Netflix series Disjointed, as Tae Kwon Douglas, a local martial arts instructor who was anti-drug.
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80. Steve Nash
1974-. (aged 52)
basketball player
businessperson
film producer
basketball coach
Stephen John Nash OC OBC is a Canadian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was an eight-time All-Star, a seven-time All-NBA selection, and a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player. He ranks as one of the top players in NBA history in career three-point shooting, free-throw shooting, total assists,...
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81. Max Baer, Jr
1937-. (aged 89)
film producer
film actor
stage actor
film director
television actor
Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr. is an American former actor, producer, comedian, and director widely known for his role as Jethro Bodine, the dim-witted relative of Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) on The Beverly Hillbillies.
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82. Shemar Moore
1970-. (aged 56)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Shemar Franklin Moore is an American actor. His notable roles include Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless (1994–2002, 2004–05, 2014, 2019, 2023), Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds (2005–17), and the lead role of Sergeant II Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson on S.W.A.T. (2017–25)—all on CBS. In film, he is known for playing G.U.N. Agent Randall Handel in the second and...
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83. Gavin Newsom
1967-. (aged 59)
restaurateur
television presenter
politician
writer
businessperson
Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
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84. Suzy Loftus
lawyer
Suzanne Theresa Loftus is an American attorney who served as interim San Francisco district attorney, nominated by Mayor London Breed after the resignation of George Gascón. Loftus ran in the 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election, losing narrowly to criminal justice reform advocate Chesa Boudin.
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85. David C. Geary
1957-. (aged 69)
psychologist
David Cyril Geary is an American cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist with interests in mathematical learning and sex differences. He is currently a Curators' Professor and Thomas Jefferson Fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
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86. Paul Laxalt
1922-2018 (aged 96)
prosecutor
lawyer
politician
Paul Dominique Laxalt was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States senator representing Nevada from 1974 until 1987. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics. After Reagan was elected president in 1980, many in the national press...
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87. Jerry Brown
1938-. (aged 88)
blogger
lawyer
politician
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and attorney general of...
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88. Mike Espy
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
politician
Alphonso Michael Espy is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th U.S. secretary of agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, Espy previously served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district from...
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89. Maria Sánchez
1996-. (aged 30)
association football player
MarÃa Guadalupe Sánchez Morales is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL. Born in the United States, she plays for the Mexico national team.
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90. Brendan Eich
1961-. (aged 65)
computer scientist
chief technology officer
programmer
Brendan Eich is an American computer programmer and technology executive. He created the JavaScript programming language and co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla Corporation. He served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer before he was appointed chief executive officer, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage. He...
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91. Reza Aslan
1972-. (aged 54)
writer
university teacher
religious studies scholar
television producer
opinion journalist
Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology, writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity. He has written five books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam; Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age...
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92. Sam Farr
1941-. (aged 85)
Peace Corps
politician
Samuel Sharon Farr is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He retired from Congress...
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93. Ashley Gjøvik
1986-. (aged 40)
program manager
Ashley Gjøvik is an American program manager and activist who is known for her labor complaints against Apple Inc. Gjøvik was terminated in 2021 by Apple for leaking confidential intellectual property.
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94. Frank Murkowski
1933-. (aged 93)
politician
banker
Frank Hughes Murkowski is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator representing Alaska from 1981 to 2002 and as the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 to 2006.
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95. Nicole Shanahan
1985-. (aged 41)
patron of the arts
lawyer
businessperson
politician
Nicole Ann Shanahan is an American attorney and entrepreneur. She was the running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his 2024 presidential campaign in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
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96. Bill Hayes
1961-. (aged 65)
writer
biographer
photographer
screenwriter
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 1955.
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97. Mike Carey
1949-. (aged 77)
American football official
American football player
Michael Alan Carey is the former head coach of the West Virginia University women's basketball team. He had previously served as head basketball coach for the Salem International University men's basketball team.
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98. Janet Napolitano
1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer
politician
Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician and lawyer. She is on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2015.
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99. Wojciech Cejrowski
1964-. (aged 62)
explorer
writer
sociologist
publicist
photographer
Wojciech Daniel Cejrowski is a Polish radio journalist, satirist, photographer, travel writer, artistic director of the Discover World library, and a member of The Explorers Club.
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100. Joseph Fessio
1941-. (aged 85)
theologian
publisher
presbyter
Joseph Fessio SJ is an American Jesuit priest, as well as the founder and editor of Ignatius Press. After studying with Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), he founded the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, one of the first Catholic Great Books programs in the United States, then served as the founding provost of Ave Maria University....
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