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100 Notable alumni of Southern Methodist University

Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees

Southern Methodist University is ranked #481 in the world and #152 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Southern Methodist 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 Southern Methodist University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Jalen Jones

1. Jalen Jones

1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Jalen Jones is an American professional basketball player for Satria Muda Bandung of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the SMU Mustangs and the Texas A&M Aggies.
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Gillian Triggs

2. Gillian Triggs

1945-. (aged 81)
barrister solicitor human rights lawyer university teacher
Gillian Doreen Triggs AC is an Australian and British public international lawyer, specialising in human rights and trade and commercial law. She is also an academic, barrister, and director. She became widely known in Australia after her appointment as president of the Australian Human Rights Commission for a five-year term in 2012.
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NoViolet Bulawayo

3. NoViolet Bulawayo

1981-. (aged 45)
writer
NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele, a Zimbabwean author. In 2012, the National Book Foundation named her a "5 Under 35" honoree. She was named one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2014. Her debut novel, We Need New Names, was shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, and her second...
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Anna Anthropy

4. Anna Anthropy

2016-2025 (aged 9)
electronic literature writer writer video game developer designer journalist
Anna Anthropy is an American video game designer, role-playing game designer, and interactive fiction author whose works include Mighty Jill Off and Dys4ia. From 2016 - 2025 she was the game designer in residence at the DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media. She has also gone by the name Auntie Pixelante.
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Todd Gilbert

5. Todd Gilbert

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer politician
Christopher Todd Gilbert is an American politician and attorney, who is the Senior Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Page County and served as 57th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2022 to 2024. He served as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2006 to 2025, representing the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains region, and...
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James Proche

6. James Proche

1996-. (aged 30)
American football player
James Proche II is an American professional football wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the SMU Mustangs and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft.
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Yanick Moreira

7. Yanick Moreira

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Yanick Pires Moreira is an Angolan professional basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He played two seasons of college basketball for the SMU Mustangs.
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Charlie Finn

8. Charlie Finn

1975-. (aged 51)
actor television actor voice actor
Charlie Finn is an American film, television, and voice actor. Finn is best known for his role as the voice of Spud in American Dragon: Jake Long.
Frank Ticheli

9. Frank Ticheli

1958-. (aged 68)
composer musicologist music educator trumpeter
Frank Ticheli is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Composition at the University of Southern California. He was the Pacific Symphony's composer-in-residence from 1991 to 1998, composing numerous works for that orchestra. A number of his works have become standards in concert...
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Lars Frölander

10. Lars Frölander

1974-. (aged 52)
swimmer
Lars Arne Frölander is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012).
Sterling Moore

11. Sterling Moore

1990-. (aged 36)
American football player
Sterling Moore is an American former professional football cornerback and coach who is a defensive assistant for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Methodist University.
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Tony Garza

12. Tony Garza

1959-. (aged 67)
jurist lawyer diplomat judge
Antonio Oscar "Tony" Garza Jr. is an American lawyer and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. In recognition of his work, Mexico bestowed on him the Águila Azteca, the highest award granted to foreigners, in 2009. Prior to his appointment as ambassador, Garza had served as Secretary of...
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Ike Altgens

13. Ike Altgens

1919-1995 (aged 76)
photojournalist journalist actor photographer
James William "Ike" Altgens was an American photojournalist, photo editor, and field reporter for the Associated Press (AP) based in Dallas, Texas, who became known for his photographic work during the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy (JFK). Altgens was 19 when he began his AP career, which was interrupted by military service during World War II. When...
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Nadja Swarovski

14. Nadja Swarovski

1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson
Nadja Lyn Swarovski is an Austrian-American businesswoman. She joined the Swarovski family company in 1995, 100 years after it was founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Wattens, Austria. She was the first female member of the executive board, and led the global brand strategy and communications of the business, which turned over approximately €3.5 billion in 2017....
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Margaret Tallichet

15. Margaret Tallichet

1914-1991 (aged 77)
film actor
Margaret "Talli" Tallichet was an American actress and longtime wife of movie director William Wyler. Her best-known leading role was with Peter Lorre in the film noir Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).
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Jose Menendez

16. Jose Menendez

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
José Antonio Menéndez is an American politician who is a member of the Texas Senate for District 26 and a Democrat. Prior to his service in the Senate he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 124 from 2001 to 2015, he was also a member of the San Antonio City Council for District 6.
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James Cronin

17. James Cronin

1931-2016 (aged 85)
university teacher nuclear physicist physicist
James Watson Cronin was an American particle physicist.
Erin McLeod

18. Erin McLeod

1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Erin Katrina McLeod is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.
Allen Case

19. Allen Case

1934-1986 (aged 52)
actor television actor
Allen Case was an American television actor most noted for the lead role of Deputy Clay McCord in NBC-TV's The Deputy (1959–1961) opposite series regular Henry Fonda, who received top billing, but appeared far less frequently than Case.
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TJ Cox

20. TJ Cox

1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Terrance John Cox is an American businessman and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The son of Chinese American and Filipino American parents, Cox was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated in his 2020 rematch with Republican David...
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Karen Hughes

21. Karen Hughes

1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat politician journalist
Karen Parfitt Hughes is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counselor to President George W. Bush.
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Timothy D. Haugh

22. Timothy D. Haugh

1969-. (aged 57)
military leader
Timothy Dean Haugh is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the commander of the United States Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of the Central Security Service from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as the deputy commander of the United States Cyber Command.
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Brent Renaud

23. Brent Renaud

1971-2022 (aged 51)
filmmaker war photographer film director documentarian photographer
Brent Anthony Renaud was an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist. Renaud worked with his brother Craig to produce films for outlets such as HBO and Vice News, and was a former contributor to The New York Times. According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed on March 13, 2022, by Russian soldiers while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine in...
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Bob Krueger

24. Bob Krueger

1935-2022 (aged 87)
diplomat politician
Robert Charles Krueger was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Texas, a U.S. ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. As of 2025, he is the last Democrat to serve as a United States senator from Texas.
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Margus Hunt

25. Margus Hunt

1987-. (aged 39)
athletics competitor American football player
Margus Hunt is a former professional American football defensive end. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. He played college football at SMU. He also played for the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints.
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Helena Moreno

26. Helena Moreno

1977-. (aged 49)
journalist politician
Helena Nancy Moreno is a Mexican-born American politician and former journalist and realtor who is the mayor of New Orleans. She previously served as an at-large member of the New Orleans City Council since 2017 until her inauguration as mayor. Moreno was a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, where she served District 93 from 2010 to...
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Sam Johnson

27. Sam Johnson

1930-2020 (aged 90)
politician military officer
Samuel Robert Johnson was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district in Congress from 1991 to 2019. He was a member of the Republican Party. In October and November 2015, he was the acting Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, where he also served as chairman of the Social Security...
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Ted Thompson

28. Ted Thompson

1953-2021 (aged 68)
American football player
Ted Thompson was an American professional football player and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He was the general manager of the Green Bay Packers from 2005 to 2017. Thompson had a 10-year playing career in the NFL as a linebacker and special teams player with the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1984.
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Shawne Fielding

29. Shawne Fielding

1969-. (aged 57)
model actor
Shawne Fielding is an American-Swiss actress and model who has appeared in US, German, and Swiss television series and movies. Notably, Fielding had been married to Thomas Borer, former Swiss ambassador to Germany, and twice to American billionaire Charles Addison Williams of Sammons Enterprises, her current husband again.
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Michael Aronov

30. Michael Aronov

1976-. (aged 50)
actor film actor
Michael Aronov is an American actor who has worked in film, television and theatre. In 2017, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Uri Savir in the Broadway play Oslo. He is also known for playing the role of Anton Baklanov, a refusenik scientist in The Americans.
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Bob Dudley

31. Bob Dudley

1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson chief executive officer
Robert Warren Dudley is an American businessman who is a former group chief executive of BP. He had been president and chief executive of TNK-BP and on June 18, 2010, was assigned to be BP executive in charge of the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He is the chair of the international industry-led Oil...
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Thomas Morstead

32. Thomas Morstead

1986-. (aged 40)
American football player
Thomas James Morstead is an American professional football punter and kickoff specialist for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the SMU Mustangs and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft. Morstead has also played for the New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, and...
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Reginald Ballard

33. Reginald Ballard

1965-. (aged 61)
actor television actor
Reginald Ballard is an American character actor and comedian from Galveston, Texas, who is best known for his recurring roles as Brother Man in the sitcom Martin and W.B. on The Bernie Mac Show, which both aired on Fox. After graduation from Ball High School, where he was an all district linebacker, Ballard earned a full football scholarship to Southern...
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Kathleen Noone

34. Kathleen Noone

1945-. (aged 81)
actor television actor
Kathleen Noone is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, As the World Turns (1975–1976).
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Bill Clements

35. Bill Clements

1917-2011 (aged 94)
businessperson politician
William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms bookended the sole term served by Mark Wells White, a Democrat who defeated Clements in the 1982 election only to lose his campaign for reelection in 1986.
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Cliff Simon

36. Cliff Simon

1962-2021 (aged 59)
television actor film actor actor swimmer
Cliff Simon was a South African actor, best known for his portrayal of Ba'al in Stargate SG-1.
Trammell Crow

37. Trammell Crow

1914-2009 (aged 95)
art collector cattle rancher real estate developer entrepreneur
Fred Trammell Crow was an American real estate developer from Dallas, Texas. He is credited with the creation of several major real estate projects, including the Dallas Market Center, Peachtree Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California.
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Shane Buechele

38. Shane Buechele

1998-. (aged 28)
American football player
Shane Buechele is an American professional football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and SMU Mustangs, then signing with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2021.
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Maureen Connolly

39. Maureen Connolly

1934-1969 (aged 35)
tennis player
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker, known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win a Grand Slam (all four major tournaments during the same calendar year). She is also the only player in history to win a title without losing a set...
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Adam Bartley

40. Adam Bartley

1979-. (aged 47)
actor television actor
Adam Bartley is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sheriff's Deputy Archie "the Ferg" Ferguson on the A&E/Netflix crime television series Longmire.
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Blake Mycoskie

41. Blake Mycoskie

1976-. (aged 50)
entrepreneur
Blake Mycoskie is an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Toms Shoes and co-founder of Madefor.
William Joyce

42. William Joyce

1957-. (aged 69)
manufacturer director animator writer children's writer
William Edward Joyce is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He has achieved worldwide recognition as an author, artist and pioneer in the digital and animation industry.
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Regina Taylor

43. Regina Taylor

1960-. (aged 66)
playwright television actor actor film actor
Regina Taylor is an American actress and playwright. She has won several awards throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award. In July 2017, Taylor was announced as the new Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in Theater at Fordham University.
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Harriet Miers

44. Harriet Miers

1945-. (aged 81)
lawyer jurist
Harriet Ellan Miers is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party since 1988, she previously served as White House staff secretary from 2001 to 2003 and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy from 2003 until 2005. In 2005, Miers was nominated...
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Semi Ojeleye

45. Semi Ojeleye

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Jesusemilore Talodabijesu "Semi" Ojeleye is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the ABA League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and SMU Mustangs.
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Sarah Jane Morris

46. Sarah Jane Morris

1977-. (aged 49)
television actor film actor
Sarah Jane Morris is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Julia Walker on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2009.
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John Ratcliffe

47. John Ratcliffe

1965-. (aged 61)
university teacher lawyer politician
John Lee Ratcliffe is an American politician and attorney who has served as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020.
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Courtland Sutton

48. Courtland Sutton

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player American football player
Courtland Jaleel Sutton is an American professional football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the SMU Mustangs, and was selected by the Broncos in the second round of the 2018 NFL draft.
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Joey Slotnick

49. Joey Slotnick

1968-. (aged 58)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
Joseph Slotnick is an American actor. He is known for roles in Twister (1996), Hollow Man (2000), Elevator (2011), The Single Guy (1995–1997), and Nip/Tuck (2003–2006).
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Sterling Brown

50. Sterling Brown

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Sterling Damarco Brown is an American professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2013 to 2017. As a senior, he earned second-team all-conference honors in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Brown was drafted 46th overall in the...
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Kajsa Bergqvist

51. Kajsa Bergqvist

1976-. (aged 50)
athletics competitor
Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m (6.8 ft), set in Germany in 2003, is also a Swedish record. Her...
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Shake Milton

52. Shake Milton

1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Malik Benjamin "Shake" Milton is an American professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2015 to 2018. Milton was drafted 54th overall in the 2018 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, and was then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers...
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Paige Davis

53. Paige Davis

1969-. (aged 57)
film actor actor television actor
Paige Davis is an American television personality and actress.
Debra Monk

54. Debra Monk

1949-. (aged 77)
singer stage actor television actor writer film actor
Debra Monk is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. She is the recipient of a Tony Award (1993), two Drama Desk Awards (1988, 2007), the Helen Hayes Award (1994), the Obie Award (2000) and an Emmy Award (1999) for her work.
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Gerardo Celasco

55. Gerardo Celasco

1982-. (aged 44)
film actor actor television actor
Gerardo Roberto Celasco, also known as Adrian Bellani, is an American actor.
Henry Calvin

56. Henry Calvin

1918-1975 (aged 57)
film actor actor television actor
Henry Calvin was an American actor known for his role as the Spanish soldier Sergeant García on Walt Disney's live-action television series Zorro (1957–1959).
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Wrenn Schmidt

57. Wrenn Schmidt

1983-. (aged 43)
film actor actor television actor
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as NASA engineer, flight director, and later director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science-fiction space drama series For All Mankind (2019–present). Her other television roles include Britney in the crime anthology series Accused S1 E9 (2023), Julia Sagorsky in the period...
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Chad Wolf

58. Chad Wolf

1976-. (aged 50)
official civil servant lobbyist
Chad Fredrick Wolf is an American former government official and lobbyist who was named the acting United States secretary of homeland security in November 2019. His appointment was ruled unlawful in November 2020. Wolf was also the under secretary of homeland security for strategy, policy, and plans from 2019 to 2021.
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Jim Duggan

59. Jim Duggan

1954-. (aged 72)
professional wrestler amateur wrestler
James Edward Duggan Jr., better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), where he won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988. In 2011 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Todd Haberkorn

60. Todd Haberkorn

1982-. (aged 44)
dub director television actor voice actor
Todd Haberkorn is an American voice actor and voice director, who has dubbed in anime, films, and video games. Some of his notable roles include Keroro from Sgt. Frog, Allen Walker from D.Gray-man, Death the Kid from Soul Eater, Korekiyo Shinguji from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail.
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Lee Hazlewood

61. Lee Hazlewood

1929-2007 (aged 78)
composer singer-songwriter actor songwriter screenwriter
Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and 1970s. His collaborations with Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late 1960s and early 1970s have been praised as an essential...
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Marc Rebillet

62. Marc Rebillet

1988-. (aged 38)
musician YouTuber
Marc Rebillet is an American electronic musician and YouTuber from Dallas and based in New York City. He is known for his improvised funk, hip-hop, and electronic music with free-flowing, humorous lyrics. He distributes his work primarily through YouTube videos and Twitch live streams using a loop station, keyboard, vocals, and percussion instruments to produce his songs in his apartment....
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Bill Fagerbakke

63. Bill Fagerbakke

1957-. (aged 69)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
William Fagerbakke is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen's father Marvin.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd

64. Whitney Wolfe Herd

1989-. (aged 37)
businessperson entrepreneur celebrity
Whitney Wolfe Herd is an American entrepreneur most notable as the founder, executive chair, and CEO of Bumble. She is a co-founder of Tinder and was previously its Vice President of Marketing.
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Jordan Ladd

65. Jordan Ladd

1975-. (aged 51)
film actor actor television actor
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. The daughter of actress Cheryl Ladd and producer David Ladd, she initially worked with her mother in several made-for-television films, before appearing at nineteen in the direct-to-video erotic film Embrace of the Vampire (1994). She subsequently appeared in the drama Nowhere (1997) and the comedy Never Been Kissed (1999). Ladd became known as...
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Jim Irsay

66. Jim Irsay

1959-2025 (aged 66)
entrepreneur
James Irsay was an American billionaire businessman who was the principal owner, chairman, and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) from 1997 until his death in 2025, having previously served as general manager of the Colts from 1984 to 1996. At the time of his death, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$4.8 billion. He...
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Jerrika Hinton

67. Jerrika Hinton

1981-. (aged 45)
television actor film director actor film actor
Jerrika Hinton is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Stephanie Edwards in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.
Dorothy Malone

68. Dorothy Malone

1924-2018 (aged 94)
film actor actor television actor
Dorothy Malone was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years, she played small roles, mainly in B-movies, with the exception of a supporting role in The Big Sleep (1946). After a decade, she changed her image, particularly after her role in Written on the Wind (1956), for which she won the Academy Award...
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Clark Hunt

69. Clark Hunt

1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson association football player
Clark Knobel Hunt is an American billionaire and businessman as well as a scion of the wealthy Hunt family. He currently serves as chairman and CEO of the National Football League (NFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs, Major League Soccer (MLS)‘s FC Dallas and a founding investor-owner in MLS. He is also chairman of Hunt Sports Group, where he oversees the operations...
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Khary Payton

70. Khary Payton

1972-. (aged 54)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
Khary Payton is an American actor. He is known for his roles as King Ezekiel on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead, as well as voicing Cyborg across various DC media and Kaldur'ahm / Aqualad in the animated series Young Justice.
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Lamar Hunt

71. Lamar Hunt

1932-2006 (aged 74)
entrepreneur American football player
Lamar Hunt Sr. was an American businessman and sports executive involved in promoting football, soccer, and tennis in the United States. With his brothers, he also attempted to corner the silver market.
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Patricia Richardson

72. Patricia Richardson

1951-. (aged 75)
actor television director
Patricia Richardson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, for which she was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical. She also...
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Payne Stewart

73. Payne Stewart

1957-1999 (aged 42)
golfer
William Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane accident at the age of 42.
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Stephen Tobolowsky

74. Stephen Tobolowsky

1951-. (aged 75)
film director writer podcaster composer film actor
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor and writer. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood, Bob Bishop in Heroes, Sandy Ryerson in Glee, Stu Beggs in Californication and White Famous, "Action" Jack...
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Fritz Von Erich

75. Fritz Von Erich

1929-1997 (aged 68)
actor American football player professional wrestler
Jack Barton Adkisson Sr., better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich, was an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was a 3-time world champion and a 20-time NWA United States Champion. He was the owner of World Class Championship Wrestling.
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Jo Jorgensen

76. Jo Jorgensen

1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher business executive politician
Jo Jorgensen is an American libertarian political activist and academic. Jorgensen was the Libertarian Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election, in which she finished third in the popular vote with about 1.9 million votes, 1.2% of the national total. She was previously the party's nominee for vice president in the 1996 election, as Harry...
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Candice Patton

77. Candice Patton

1988-. (aged 38)
film actor actor television actor
Candice Patton is an American actress. She portrayed Iris West-Allen in the 2014 television series The Flash.
Clarence Gilyard

78. Clarence Gilyard

1955-2022 (aged 67)
television director television actor pedagogue actor film actor
Clarence Darnell Gilyard Jr. was an American actor. On television, he played private investigator Conrad McMasters on the legal drama series Matlock (1986–95) and Texas Ranger Jimmy Trivette on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001).
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Brian Baumgartner

79. Brian Baumgartner

1972-. (aged 54)
actor television actor television director film actor stage actor
Brian Baumgartner is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kevin Malone on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013) and its related spin-off webisodes, which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award.
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Rick Scott

80. Rick Scott

1952-. (aged 74)
businessperson lawyer entrepreneur politician
Richard Lynn Scott is an American attorney, businessman, politician, and Navy veteran serving as the senior United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 45th governor of Florida.
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Mary Elizabeth Ellis

81. Mary Elizabeth Ellis

1979-. (aged 47)
stage actor film director television actor actor film actor
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring roles as The Waitress on the FX comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), Nick's ex-girlfriend Caroline in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), and Lisa Palmer on the Netflix horror-comedy Santa Clarita Diet (2017–2019). She starred as Amy in the shortlived NBC sitcom Perfect Couples...
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Lee Haney

82. Lee Haney

1959-. (aged 67)
bodybuilder
Lee Haney is an American former professional bodybuilder. Haney shares the all-time record for most Mr. Olympia titles at eight with Ronnie Coleman. The winner of the Mr. Olympia title for eight consecutive years, he is widely regarded as among the greatest professional bodybuilders of all time. From 1999 to 2002, he served as chairman of the President's Council on...
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Aaron Spelling

83. Aaron Spelling

1923-2006 (aged 83)
actor screenwriter director television producer executive producer
Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the television series Family (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels (1976–1981); The Love Boat (1977–1986); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Dynasty (1981–1989); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000); Melrose Place (1992–1999); 7th Heaven (1996–2007); and Charmed (1998–2006). He also served as producer of The Mod Squad (1968–1973), The Rookies (1972–1976) and...
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Bryson DeChambeau

84. Bryson DeChambeau

1993-. (aged 33)
golfer
Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the LIV Golf League. He formerly played on the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships, the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Open.
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Amy Acker

85. Amy Acker

1976-. (aged 50)
actor television actor model film actor voice actor
Amy Louise Acker is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series Angel (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series Alias (2005–2006), and as Root on the science-fiction drama series Person of Interest (2012–2016). From 2017 to 2019, she starred as Caitlin Strucker on the superhero drama...
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Laura Bush

86. Laura Bush

1946-. (aged 80)
HIV/AIDS activist writer autobiographer children's writer president
Laura Lane Welch Bush is an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was also the first lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was governor.
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Jayne Mansfield

87. Jayne Mansfield

1933-1967 (aged 34)
singer stage actor television actor Playboy Playmate film actor
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, singer, and sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her buxom figure, and her personal life. Her film career was short-lived, but she won a Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe Award. Mansfield gained a reputation as Hollywood's "smartest dumb blonde".
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Kathy Bates

88. Kathy Bates

1948-. (aged 78)
stage actor film director director actor voice actor
Kathleen Doyle Bates is an American actress. Her work spans over five decades, and her accolades include an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.
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Sarah Shahi

89. Sarah Shahi

1980-. (aged 46)
model television actor voice actor actor film actor
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest (2012–2016), Billie on the Netflix series Sex/Life (2021–2023), and Dr. Gabriela Torabi in Hulu thriller series Paradise (2025). She...
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Lauren Graham

90. Lauren Graham

1967-. (aged 59)
novelist film producer film actor television actor actor
Lauren Graham is an American actress and author. She is best known as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood (2010–15). She also appeared in the films Sweet November (2001), Bad Santa (2003), The Pacifier (2005), Because I Said So...
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Hope Hicks

91. Hope Hicks

1988-. (aged 38)
model press secretary actor politician
Hope Charlotte Hicks is an American public relations executive and political advisor best known for her roles in the first Trump administration. She served as White House communications director from 2017 to 2018 and later as counselor to the president from 2020 to 2021. Earlier, she was the Trump 2016 campaign's press secretary and a longtime aide within the Trump...
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Kourtney Kardashian

92. Kourtney Kardashian

1979-. (aged 47)
model socialite celebrity actor television actor
Kourtney Kardashian Barker is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. In 2007, she and her family began starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take Miami  and Kourtney and Kim Take New York. After she and her family made the decision to end...
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Powers Boothe

93. Powers Boothe

1948-2017 (aged 69)
actor television actor film actor art collector voice actor
Powers Allen Boothe was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Ralph Hall

94. Ralph Hall

1923-2019 (aged 96)
business executive lawyer judge politician
Ralph Moody Hall was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Texas's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. He was first elected in 1980, and was the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He was also a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 2004,...
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Eddie Bernice Johnson

95. Eddie Bernice Johnson

1934-2023 (aged 89)
business executive psychotherapist nurse politician
Eddie Bernice Johnson was an American politician who represented Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2023. Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party.
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John Tower

96. John Tower

1925-1991 (aged 66)
politician
John Goodwin Tower was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower is known for leading the Tower Commission, which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair in the Reagan administration.
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John Culberson

97. John Culberson

1956-. (aged 70)
politician
John Abney Culberson is an American attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019. A Republican, he served in Texas's 7th congressional district in large portions of western Houston and surrounding Harris County. In his 2018 re-election campaign, he was defeated by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. He subsequently began work as a lobbyist.
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Page McConnell

98. Page McConnell

1963-. (aged 63)
keyboardist organist pianist musician
Page Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish.
Dylan Baker

99. Dylan Baker

1959-. (aged 67)
stage actor film director television actor actor film actor
Dylan Baker is an American actor. He gained recognition for his roles in films such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Happiness (1998), Thirteen Days (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Trick 'r Treat (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), and Selma (2014). On television he has had prominent roles in...
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S. M. Krishna

100. S. M. Krishna

1932-2024 (aged 92)
lawyer politician
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. S. M. Krishna served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha from December 1989 to January...
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