100 Notable alumni of University of Arizona

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Arizona is ranked #45 in the world and #35 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Arizona sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Arizona won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

John Roll

1. John Roll

1947-2011 (aged 64)
lawyer judge
John McCarthy Roll was a United States district judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 1991 until his murder in 2011, and as chief judge of that court from 2006 to 2011. With degrees from the University of Arizona College of Law and University of Virginia School of Law, Roll began his...
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Lynn Borden

2. Lynn Borden

1937-2015 (aged 78)
model television actor beauty pageant contestant actor film actor
Lynn Marie Freyse was an American film and television actress. She was known for playing Barbara Baxter in the final season of the American sitcom television series Hazel.
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Mo Udall

3. Mo Udall

1922-1998 (aged 76)
autobiographer biographer businessperson basketball player politician
Morris King Udall was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from 1961 to 1991. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination, but ultimately lost to eventual president, Jimmy Carter. Udall was noted by many for his independent and liberal views.
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Jessica Cox

4. Jessica Cox

1983-. (aged 43)
writer diver aircraft pilot motivational speaker
Jessica Cox is the world's first licensed armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association. She was born without arms due to a rare birth defect.
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Jud Buechler

5. Jud Buechler

1968-. (aged 58)
basketball player basketball coach
Judson Donald Buechler is an American professional basketball coach and former player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing for seven teams during his career, he was part of the Chicago Bulls during their three consecutive championship seasons between 1996 and 1998.
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Amanda Beard

6. Amanda Beard

1981-. (aged 45)
swimmer model
Amanda Ray Beard, also known by her married name Amanda Brown after 2009, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist with two gold, four silver, and one bronze medal. She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke long course. An exceptionally accomplished competitor, Beard captured a total of twenty-one medals in major international competition, five...
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Edip Yüksel

7. Edip Yüksel

1957-. (aged 69)
translator writer
Edip Yüksel is an American-Kurdish activist and prominent figure in the Quranism movement. Born in Güroymak, Yuksel is the author of more than twenty books on religion, politics, philosophy and law in Turkish. After settling in the United States, where he began his career as a lawyer, he became a colleague and friend of Rashad Khalifa. However, his interpretation of...
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Ann Kirkpatrick

8. Ann Kirkpatrick

1950-. (aged 76)
teacher lawyer politician
Ann Leila Kirkpatrick is an American politician and retired attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2011, and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to...
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Eli Crane

9. Eli Crane

1980-. (aged 46)
military officer businessperson politician
Elijah James Crane is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Navy SEAL serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Crane was first elected to Congress after defeating Democratic incumbent Tom O'Halleran in 2022.
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Jerryd Bayless

10. Jerryd Bayless

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Jerryd Andrew Bayless is an American former professional basketball player. He played a year of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats after playing high school basketball at St. Mary's High School in Phoenix. He was selected 11th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers and was then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Joan Ganz Cooney

11. Joan Ganz Cooney

1929-. (aged 97)
television director television producer
Joan Ganz Cooney is an American television writer and producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was co-created by her. Cooney grew up in Phoenix and earned a Bachelor of Arts in education from the University of...
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Kelly Sullivan

12. Kelly Sullivan

1978-. (aged 48)
film actor television actor stage actor
Kelly Sullivan is an American actress. She is known for her role as Kate Howard on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital, which she portrayed from September 2011 until August 2013, before reappearing briefly in October 2014. She also played Sage Warner on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from October 28, 2014, to June...
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George Gray

13. George Gray

1967-. (aged 59)
announcer
George Edward Gray III is an American television personality, actor, and comedian. He is best known for hosting the game shows Extreme Gong and Weakest Link. Gray also has been the announcer of The Price Is Right since 2011.
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Solomon Hill

14. Solomon Hill

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Solomon Jamar Hill is an American former professional basketball player who played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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Clifford Stoll

15. Clifford Stoll

1950-. (aged 76)
computer scientist writer astronomer
Clifford Paul "Cliff" Stoll is an American astronomer, author and teacher.
Allonzo Trier

16. Allonzo Trier

1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Allonzo Brian Trier is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 and was named the most outstanding player in the Pac-12 tournament.
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Richard Epcar

17. Richard Epcar

1955-. (aged 71)
drummer casting director television actor actor director
Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the Mortal Kombat franchise, The Joker in several projects, Yhwach and Zangetsu in Bleach, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Etemon and Myotismon in Digimon, Batou in Ghost in the...
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Natalie Gulbis

18. Natalie Gulbis

1983-. (aged 43)
golfer model
Natalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Rory Sabbatini

19. Rory Sabbatini

1976-. (aged 50)
golfer
Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2007 and early-2008, with a high of 8th. Sabbatini won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, representing Slovakia.
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Lorena Ochoa

20. Lorena Ochoa

1981-. (aged 45)
golfer
Lorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records), from 23 April 2007 to her retirement on 2 May 2010, at the age of 28 years old. As the...
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Richard Russo

21. Richard Russo

1949-. (aged 77)
screenwriter novelist writer film producer actor
Richard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls. Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural, small-town life in the Northeastern United States, particularly in Maine, Pennsylvania, and...
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Josh Pastner

22. Josh Pastner

1977-. (aged 49)
basketball coach basketball player
Joshua Paul Pastner is an American college basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Rob Refsnyder

23. Rob Refsnyder

1991-. (aged 35)
baseball player
Robert Daniel Refsnyder is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox.
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Arte Moreno

24. Arte Moreno

1946-. (aged 80)
chief executive officer
Arturo "Arte" Moreno is an American businessman. On May 15, 2003, he became the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company. In August 2022, he announced that he would explore a possible sale of the franchise, but in January 2023, he decided...
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Jordan Hill

25. Jordan Hill

1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Jordan Craig Hill is an American former professional basketball player.
Sean Elliott

26. Sean Elliott

1968-. (aged 58)
basketball player
Sean Michael Elliott is an American former professional basketball player who starred as a small forward in both the college and professional ranks. He attended the University of Arizona, where he had a standout career as a two-time All-American, winner of the 1989 John R. Wooden Award, the 1989 Adolph Rupp Trophy, the 1989 NABC Player of the Year, 1989...
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Raúl Grijalva

27. Raúl Grijalva

1948-2025 (aged 77)
politician
Raúl Manuel Grijalva was an American politician and activist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 2003 until his death in 2025. As member of the Democratic Party, Grijalva represented Arizona's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2013, Arizona's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2023, and the 7th district again from...
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Jennifer Rubin

28. Jennifer Rubin

1962-. (aged 64)
model television actor actor film actor
Jennifer Collene Rubin is an American actress. Her first major role was Taryn White in the 1987 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and has since starred in a variety of films including Andrew Fleming's Bad Dreams (1988), Marisa Silver's Permanent Record (1988), Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Alan Shapiro's The Crush (1993), Louis Venosta's The...
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Chase Budinger

29. Chase Budinger

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player beach volleyball player
Chase Andrew Budinger is an American beach volleyball player and former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 44th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft after playing three years of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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Chris Gronkowski

30. Chris Gronkowski

1986-. (aged 40)
American football player
Christopher Michael Gronkowski is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Arizona Wildcats, he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 2010, Indianapolis Colts in 2011.
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Scott Stuber

31. Scott Stuber

1968-. (aged 58)
film actor film producer
Scott Stuber is an American film producer. He was the chairman of Netflix Films from 2017 to 2024.
Robert Sarver

32. Robert Sarver

1961-. (aged 65)
businessperson
Robert Gary Sarver is an American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Value Partners, a real estate development company, and the former owner of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and RCD Mallorca of La Liga Spanish football team.
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Trevor Hoffman

33. Trevor Hoffman

1967-. (aged 59)
baseball player
Trevor William Hoffman is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2010. A long-time closer, he pitched for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, and Milwaukee Brewers, including more than 15 years for the Padres. Hoffman was the major leagues' first player to reach the 500- and 600-save milestones,...
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Bennedict Mathurin

34. Bennedict Mathurin

2002-. (aged 24)
basketball player
Bennedict Richard Felder Mathurin is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, where he was named a consensus second-team All-America and Pac-12 Player of the Year after his sophomore season. Mathurin was selected sixth overall by the Pacers in the 2022 NBA draft....
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Kenny Lofton

35. Kenny Lofton

1967-. (aged 59)
basketball player baseball player
Kenneth Lofton is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. Lofton was a six-time All-Star (1994–1999) and four-time Gold Glove Award winner (1993–1996), and is currently ranked 15th among all-time stolen-base leaders with 622. During his career, he played for the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, New...
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Stanley Johnson

36. Stanley Johnson

1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Stanley Herbert Johnson Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Nagasaki Velca of the Japanese B.League. He played one season of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats before being selected eighth overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2015 NBA draft. He has also had stints in the NBA with the New Orleans Pelicans, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers...
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Jon Kyl

37. Jon Kyl

1942-. (aged 84)
lawyer politician
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013. Following the death of John McCain in 2018, Kyl briefly returned to the Senate; his resignation led to the appointment of Martha McSally in 2019. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, serving...
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Damon Stoudamire

38. Damon Stoudamire

1973-. (aged 53)
basketball player basketball coach
Damon Lamon Stoudamire, nicknamed Mighty Mouse, is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 171 lb (78 kg) point guard was selected with the 7th overall pick by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995...
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Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

39. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Rondae Jaquan Hollis-Jefferson is an American-born naturalized Jordanian professional basketball player who last played for the Meralco Bolts of the East Asia Super League (EASL). After playing college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 2015 NBA draft, and spent six seasons with the NBA before...
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Jennie Finch

40. Jennie Finch

1980-. (aged 46)
softball player
Jennie Lynn Finch-Daigle is an American former softball player. She played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999 to 2002, where she won the 2001 Women's College World Series and was named collegiate All-American. Finch was a member of the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver...
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Dick Scobee

41. Dick Scobee

1939-1986 (aged 47)
astronaut military officer
Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee was an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. He was killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.
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Bob Baffert

42. Bob Baffert

1953-. (aged 73)
actor horse trainer
Robert A. Baffert is an American racehorse trainer. He has trained two Triple Crown winners: American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. Baffert's horses have won the Kentucky Derby six times, tying the record with Ben A. Jones for wins by a trainer. He holds the trainer record for the Preakness Stakes with eight wins and has won the...
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Kurt Busch

43. Kurt Busch

1978-. (aged 48)
racing automobile driver
Kurt Thomas Busch is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000 to 2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion and the 2017 Daytona 500 winner. He is the older brother of two-time Cup...
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Dan Soder

44. Dan Soder

1983-. (aged 43)
comedian podcaster
Daniel Edward-Richard Soder is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his character Mafee on the Showtime drama series Billions and as the former co-host of The Bonfire with fellow comedian Big Jay Oakerson on Sirius XM from 2015 to 2023. He is also known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's Guy Code.
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Tedy Bruschi

45. Tedy Bruschi

1973-. (aged 53)
American football player
Tedy Lacap Bruschi is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, where he earned two-time consensus All-American. He was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft, and played his entire professional career...
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Channing Frye

46. Channing Frye

1983-. (aged 43)
basketball player podcaster
Channing Thomas Frye is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward-center, he played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He was selected eighth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2005 NBA draft, and was the first college senior to be selected in that draft. He also played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic,...
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Derrick Williams

47. Derrick Williams

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Derrick LeRon Williams is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats from 2009 to 2011. Williams was selected with the second overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2011 NBA draft.
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Nico Mannion

48. Nico Mannion

2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player
Niccolò "Nico" Mannion is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top point guards in the 2019 class. Although he mainly grew...
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Bo Welch

49. Bo Welch

1951-. (aged 75)
screenwriter film director actor production designer
Robert W. "Bo" Welch III is an American production designer, art director, film and television director, and occasional actor. He is best known for his collaborations with filmmakers such as Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld, and for directing The Cat in the Hat. During his career, Welch received a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and...
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Annika Sörenstam

50. Annika Sörenstam

1970-. (aged 56)
golfer architect
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international professional tournaments, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors...
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Woody Johnson

51. Woody Johnson

1947-. (aged 79)
diplomat businessperson entrepreneur
Robert Wood Johnson IV is an American businessman and the owner and chairman of the NFL's New York Jets and was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021 during Donald Trump's first term. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I and an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. In 2000, he...
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Katie Pavlich

52. Katie Pavlich

1988-. (aged 38)
talk show host editor podcaster journalist blogger
Catherine Merri Pavlich is an American author, blogger, and podcaster. Previously part of Townhall.com and Fox News, she joined NewsNation in December 2025 and began hosting her own political talk show Katie Pavlich Tonight in January 2026.
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Jason Terry

53. Jason Terry

1977-. (aged 49)
basketball player basketball coach
Jason Eugene Terry, also known by the initialism JET, is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 19 seasons in the NBA as a combo guard. With the Dallas Mavericks, Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2009...
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Terry Francona

54. Terry Francona

1959-. (aged 67)
baseball player
Terry Jon Francona, nicknamed "Tito", is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is the manager of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously managed the Cleveland Indians/Guardians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies. Francona played in MLB from 1981 to 1988 for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, and Milwaukee Brewers.
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Mike Bibby

55. Mike Bibby

1978-. (aged 48)
basketball player basketball coach
Michael Bibby is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach at California State University, Sacramento. He played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, Bibby played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, with whom he won the 1997 NCAA Championship. He was drafted second overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1998...
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Roger Smith

56. Roger Smith

1932-2017 (aged 85)
screenwriter television actor film producer actor film actor
Roger LaVerne Smith was an American television and film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series 77 Sunset Strip and in the comedy series Mister Roberts. Smith went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years.
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Caroline Rhea

57. Caroline Rhea

1964-. (aged 62)
comedian screenwriter film actor television producer voice actor
Caroline Gilchrist Rhea is a Canadian actress and stand-up comedian who is best known for her role as Hilda Spellman in the ABC series Sabrina the Teenage Witch and for voicing Linda Flynn-Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb.
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Deandre Ayton

58. Deandre Ayton

1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Deandre Edoneille Ayton is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus five-star prospect in the Class of 2017 and a McDonald's All-American, he played one season of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, earning Pac-12 Player of the Year honors. Ayton was selected with the first overall pick in...
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Richard Jefferson

59. Richard Jefferson

1980-. (aged 46)
basketball player
Richard Allen Jefferson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played small forward. He played for eight teams in his 17-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Lauri Markkanen

60. Lauri Markkanen

1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Lauri Elias Markkanen is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and for the Finland national team. Nicknamed "the Finnisher", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen.
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Rande Gerber

61. Rande Gerber

1962-. (aged 64)
businessperson model
Rande Gerber is an American businessman. He founded the tequila brand Casamigos alongside actor George Clooney and businessman Mike Meldman, as well as the nightlife companies Midnight Oil, Caliche Rum, and the Gerber Group. His portfolio has included restaurants, bars, and lounges worldwide. He is the husband of model Cindy Crawford and the father of model Kaia Gerber and Presley...
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Jonathan Van Ness

62. Jonathan Van Ness

1987-. (aged 39)
actor hairdresser writer television personality podcaster
Jonathan McDonald Van Ness, also commonly referred to by his initials J.V.N., is an American hairstylist, podcast host and television personality. He is best known as the grooming expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye, for his work on the web series parody Gay of Thrones, and for hosting the Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast. He is also...
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Luke Walton

63. Luke Walton

1980-. (aged 46)
basketball player basketball coach
Luke Theodore Walton is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the lead assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 10 seasons in the NBA as a forward, winning two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also won a title as an assistant coach with the Golden State...
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Aaron Gordon

64. Aaron Gordon

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Aaron Addison Gordon is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in San Jose, California, Gordon attended Archbishop Mitty High School where he led his team to two state championships and was named California Mr. Basketball in his junior and senior years. Gordon then played one year of college basketball with...
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Gilbert Arenas

65. Gilbert Arenas

1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player blogger
Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Arenas attended Grant High School in the Valley Glen district of Los Angeles, and accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Arizona late in his junior year. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 31st overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft.
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Greg Kinnear

66. Greg Kinnear

1963-. (aged 63)
television actor journalist actor voice actor film producer
Gregory Buck Kinnear is an American actor and former talk show host. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets (1997).
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Garry Shandling

67. Garry Shandling

1949-2016 (aged 67)
film director comedian film producer actor film actor
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.
Michael Biehn

68. Michael Biehn

1956-. (aged 70)
film producer film actor model film director television actor
Michael Connell Biehn is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Cpl. Dwayne Hicks in Aliens (1986), and Lt. Hiram Coffey in The Abyss (1989). His other films include The Fan (1981), The Seventh Sign (1988), Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), The Rock...
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Andre Iguodala

69. Andre Iguodala

1984-. (aged 42)
basketball player
Andre Tyler Iguodala is an American former professional basketball player who played for 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A swingman, he was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice. Iguodala won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (FMVP) in...
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Linda McCartney

70. Linda McCartney

1941-1998 (aged 57)
photographer film director songwriter singer keyboardist
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings that also featured her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles.
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Rick Hoffman

71. Rick Hoffman

1970-. (aged 56)
film actor actor television actor
Rick Hoffman is an American actor. He is known for playing Jerry Best in the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005), Chase Chapman in the ABC comedy series Samantha Who? (2007–2009) and Louis Litt in the USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011–2019).
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Steve Kerr

72. Steve Kerr

1965-. (aged 61)
basketball player basketball coach businessperson
Stephen Douglas Kerr is an American professional basketball coach and former player, broadcaster, commentator and executive, who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the U.S. national team. Kerr is known as one of the most accurate three-point shooters in NBA history and holds the record...
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Kate Walsh

73. Kate Walsh

1967-. (aged 59)
television actor model stage actor film actor
Kathleen Erin Walsh is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2012, 2021–2023, 2026) and Private Practice (2007–2013).
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Kristen Wiig

74. Kristen Wiig

1973-. (aged 53)
comedian television actor screenwriter film actor voice actor
Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Wiig achieved stardom in the late 2000s for her seven-season tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 2005 to 2012.
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Nicole Richie

75. Nicole Richie

1981-. (aged 45)
film actor model television actor singer actor
Nicole Camille Richie is an American media personality, fashion designer, and actress. She came to prominence after appearing on the reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she starred alongside her friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton. Richie's personal life attracted media attention during the series' five-year run and thereafter.
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Barry Goldwater

76. Barry Goldwater

1909-1998 (aged 89)
military officer politician aircraft pilot businessperson photographer
Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.
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John Hughes

77. John Hughes

1950-2009 (aged 59)
film producer screenwriter writer film screenwriter film actor
John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Home Alone...
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Paige Spiranac

78. Paige Spiranac

1993-. (aged 33)
digital creator golfer model
Paige Renee Spiranac is an American model, golf instructor, former professional golfer and social media personality. She played NCAA Division I golf at both the University of Arizona and San Diego State University, winning All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) honors during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons, and leading the Aztecs to their first MWC championship in 2015.
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Adam Housley

79. Adam Housley

1972-. (aged 54)
baseball player correspondent journalist
Arthur Adam Housley is an Emmy Winning American journalist, winemaker, and former professional baseball player. He worked for Fox News from 2001 until 2018.
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Ann Dusenberry

80. Ann Dusenberry

1953-. (aged 73)
actor film actor
Ann Dusenberry is an American film, television, and stage actress. She appeared in about 50 film and television productions from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. Among her best-known roles are those of Tina Wilcox in the horror film Jaws 2 (1978), Stevie in the romantic drama film Heart Beat (1980) and Valerie in the thriller Cutter's Way (1981)....
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Amy Van Dyken

81. Amy Van Dyken

1973-. (aged 53)
radio personality color commentator swimmer
Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host. She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996...
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Savannah Guthrie

82. Savannah Guthrie

1971-. (aged 55)
news presenter lawyer journalist television presenter
Savannah Clark Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012.
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Barbara Kingsolver

83. Barbara Kingsolver

1955-. (aged 71)
writer poet novelist essayist
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work...
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Bob Dole

84. Bob Dole

1923-2021 (aged 98)
jurist lawyer politician
Robert Joseph Dole was an American politician, attorney, and U.S. Army officer who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the U.S. Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three non-consecutive years as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate,...
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Cecily von Ziegesar

85. Cecily von Ziegesar

1970-. (aged 56)
children's writer novelist writer
Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar is an American author best known for the young adult novel series Gossip Girl.
David Foster Wallace

86. David Foster Wallace

1962-2008 (aged 46)
writer novelist essayist university teacher
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time magazine named one of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005. In 2008, David Ulin wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential...
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Temple Grandin

87. Temple Grandin

1947-. (aged 79)
biologist non-fiction writer university teacher activist zoologist
Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior.
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb

88. Aline Kominsky-Crumb

1948-2022 (aged 74)
comics creator caricaturist comics artist
Aline Kominsky-Crumb was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 2016, ComicsAlliance listed Kominsky-Crumb as one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition. She was married to cartoonist Robert Crumb, with whom she frequently collaborated. Their daughter, Sophie Crumb, is also a cartoonist.
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Gata Kamsky

89. Gata Kamsky

1974-. (aged 52)
chess player
Gata Rustemovich Kamsky is a French-American chess grandmaster and a five-time U.S. champion.
Shadoe Stevens

90. Shadoe Stevens

1947-. (aged 79)
radio personality film producer film actor film director film editor
Shadoe Stevens is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995. He currently hosts the internationally syndicated radio show Top of the World, and co-hosts Mental Radio, an approach to UFOs and paranormal topics. He was co-founder and creator of Sammy Hagar's rock station "Cabo Wabo Radio"...
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Stuart Roosa

91. Stuart Roosa

1933-1994 (aged 61)
military flight engineer astronaut military officer aircraft pilot
Stuart Allen Roosa was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell...
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Geraldo Rivera

92. Geraldo Rivera

1943-. (aged 83)
writer political reporter talk show host political writer radio personality
Geraldo Michael Rivera is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from 2001 to 2023. He hosted the tabloid talk show Geraldo from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the live 1986 TV special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults. Rivera hosted the news magazine program Geraldo at Large, hosts the...
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Josh Green

93. Josh Green

2000-. (aged 26)
basketball player
Joshua Booth Green is an American politician and physician serving since 2022 as the ninth governor of Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2018 to 2022 as the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. From 2004 to 2018, he was a member of the Hawaii State Legislature.
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T. J. McConnell

94. T. J. McConnell

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Timothy John McConnell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the Arizona Wildcats. After going undrafted, McConnell joined the Philadelphia 76ers in 2015 and spent four seasons with the team before signing with the Pacers in 2019.
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Kourtney Kardashian

95. 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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Andy Biggs

96. Andy Biggs

1958-. (aged 68)
lawyer politician
Andrew Steven Biggs is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 5th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Biggs served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 and a member of the Arizona Senate from 2011 to 2017. He was president of the Arizona Senate...
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Nick Foles

97. Nick Foles

1989-. (aged 37)
American football player
Nicholas Edward Foles is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. A member of six teams, he achieved his greatest success with the Philadelphia Eagles, leading them to the franchise's first Super Bowl title.
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Craig T. Nelson

98. Craig T. Nelson

1944-. (aged 82)
writer comedian screenwriter actor film actor
Craig Theodore Nelson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Hayden Fox in the ABC sitcom Coach (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series), Deputy Warden Ward Wilson in Stir Crazy (1980), Steve Freeling in Poltergeist (1982), Burt Nickerson in All the Right Moves (1983), Peter Dellaplane...
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Michael Murphy

99. Michael Murphy

1938-. (aged 88)
television actor character actor film producer actor film actor
Michael Murphy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a full forward for Glenswilly and for the Donegal county team, which he captained from December 2010 until his initial retirement from inter-county football in November 2022. His predecessors as Donegal players, such as Manus Boyle, Brendan Devenney and Anthony Molloy, regard Murphy as the county's greatest ever footballer. Outside...
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Brian Schmidt

100. Brian Schmidt

1967-. (aged 59)
astrophysicist astronomer physicist university teacher
Brian Paul Schmidt is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He previously held a Federation Fellowship and a Laureate...
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