Notable Alumni of University of California – Davis [Sorted List]

1. David D. Cortese

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

David Dominic Cortese is an elected official from San Jose, California. He is currently serving in the California State Senate, representing District 15, which encompasses a majority of Santa Clara County. Before being elected to the California State Senate, Cortese served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for 12 years, as a Councilmember and Vice Mayor for the...

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2. Elihu Harris

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

Elihu Mason Harris is a retired American politician and college administrator. A member of the Democratic Party, Harris served as the 46th Mayor of Oakland, California from 1991 to 1999; he previously served for 12 years (1978–1990) as a member of the California State Assembly. He was the Chancellor of Peralta Community College District from 2004 to 2010.

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3. Amishi Jha

1970-. (aged 56)

university teacher neuroscientist psychologist

Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami.

4. Elena Favilli

1982-. (aged 44)

opinion journalist writer entrepreneur journalist publisher

Elena Favilli is an Italian-American author, speaker, and media entrepreneur.

5. Sandrine Dixson-Declève

expert

Sandrine Dixson-Declève is an international climate change, sustainable development, sustainable finance and complex systems thought leader. She was co-president of the Club of Rome from 2018 to 2024, and together with Mamphela Ramphele was the first women to lead the organization in its history.

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6. Rich Waltz

1962-. (aged 64)

sports commentator

Rich Waltz is an American television play-by-play commentator currently calling college football & basketball for CBS Sports; Waltz also does MLB for MLB Network and Apple TV's Friday Night Baseball. A three-time Emmy winner, Waltz is formerly known for calling television broadcasts for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2017. Waltz's dismissal by the Marlins was...

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7. Khari Jones

1971-. (aged 55)

Canadian football player American football player

Khari Okang Jones is an American former professional football quarterback who is the offensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds of U Sports. He was formerly the head coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Jones played quarterback in the CFL, where he enjoyed his most success with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Jones also played briefly for...

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8. Katy Tang

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Katy Tang is a former American elected official in San Francisco, California. She served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing Supervisorial District 4.

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9. Bonnie L. Bassler

1962-. (aged 64)

university teacher biochemist molecular biologist

Bonnie Lynn Bassler is an American molecular biologist; the Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University; and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. She has researched cell-to-cell chemical communication in bacteria and discovered key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate, known as quorum sensing. She has contributed to the...

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10. Quincy Amarikwa

1987-. (aged 39)

association football player

Quincy Obinna Amarikwa is an American former professional soccer player.

11. Daniel Fells

1983-. (aged 43)

American football player

Daniel Fells is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UC Davis Aggies and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2006.

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12. John S. Watson

1956-. (aged 70)

businessperson business executive

John S. Watson is an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Chevron Corporation from January 1, 2010 to January 31, 2018.

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13. Jeff Chang

1950-. (aged 76)

journalist music critic

Jeff Chang is an American historian, journalist, and music critic on hip hop music and culture. His 2005 book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, which won the American Book Award, chronicles the early hip hop scene. His writing has appeared in URB, BOMB, San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vibe, Spin, The Nation, and Mother Jones. He...

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14. David Benaron

1958-2025 (aged 67)

physician

David A. Benaron was an American physician, biomedical researcher, and technology entrepreneur. He served as a professor of pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine and was known for contributions to medical optical imaging, wearable health technology, and related biomedical innovations.

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15. Scott Miller

1960-2013 (aged 53)

music critic singer-songwriter journalist guitarist

Scott Warren Miller was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for his work as leader of the 1980s band Game Theory and 1990s band The Loud Family, and as the author of a 2010 book of music criticism. He was described by The New York Times as "a hyperintellectual singer and songwriter who liked to tinker with pop...

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16. Gloria Wekker

1950-. (aged 76)

anthropologist essayist university teacher politician

Gloria Daisy Wekker is an Afro-Surinamese Dutch emeritus professor (Utrecht University) and writer who has focused on gender studies and sexuality in the Afro-Caribbean region and diaspora. She was the winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize from the American Anthropological Association in 2007.

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17. Elizabeth Stephens

1960-. (aged 66)

sculptor filmmaker sex educator

Elizabeth M. "Beth" Stephens is an American filmmaker, artist, sculptor, photographer, professor and two time Chair of the Art Department at UC Santa Cruz. Stephens, who describes herself as "ecosexual", collaborates with her wife since 2002, ecosexual artist, radical sex educator, and performer Annie Sprinkle.

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18. Ruby Ibarra

1988-. (aged 38)

rapper spoken word artist director singer

Ruby Anne Ibarra is a Filipino rapper. She raps in Tagalog, Bisaya, and English. Her raps concern her cultural heritage and her experiences as an immigrant to the United States from the Philippines. In 2023, Ibarra co-founded a record label, Bolo Music Group, which highlights Filipino American artists.

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19. James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay

1955-. (aged 71)

land owner businessperson farmer politician

James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, is a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician.

20. Razib Khan

1977-. (aged 49)

intellectual writer podcaster blogger geneticist

Razib Khan is a conservative atheist Bangladeshi-American writer and blogger who covers population genetics and consumer genomics. He has written for a variety of mainstream and far-right publications, including briefly The New York Times. In 2014 he sequenced his son's genone in utero.

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21. Stephen Robinson

1955-. (aged 71)

astronaut

Stephen Kern Robinson is an American former NASA astronaut.

22. Simone Campbell

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer

Simone Campbell, SSS is an American Catholic religious sister, lawyer, lobbyist and the former executive director of NETWORK Lobby. She belongs to the Sisters of Social Service. She is known as an outspoken advocate for social justice.

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23. Maria Kang

1980-. (aged 46)

blogger beauty pageant contestant

Maria M. Kang-Casler, is an American fitness advocate, coach, blogger, and founder of the No Excuse Mom movement, a nonprofit organization which promotes a healthy lifestyle, centered on diet and exercise, for mothers. Residing in the Sacramento, California area, Kang began competing in beauty and fitness competitions as a teenager, winning several including Miss Petite Teen International, Miss Philippines USA,...

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24. Adam Steltzner

1963-. (aged 63)

military flight engineer scientist writer

Adam Diedrich Steltzner is an American NASA engineer who works for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He worked on several flight projects including Galileo, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). He was the lead engineer of the Mars Science Laboratory's EDL phase (Entry, Descent and Landing), and helped design, build and test the sky crane landing system.

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25. Michele Boyd

1980-. (aged 46)

television actor film producer actor film actor

Michele Boyd is an American actress, producer and host. She co-founded the geek girl parody group Team Unicorn and played Riley in the popular webseries The Guild.

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26. Alvin S. White

1918-2006 (aged 88)

military personnel test pilot aircraft pilot

Alvin Swauger White was an American test pilot and mechanical engineer. He flew the maiden flights of both XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft, the first 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) flight, and all subsequent Mach 3 exploration flights.

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27. Peter Lavelle

1961-. (aged 65)

journalist television presenter

Peter John Lavelle is an American journalist and host of CrossTalk, a political talk show on the English-language TV channel RT, which is controlled by the Russian state. He is the co-founder and co-host, with George Szamuely, of the political commentary show, TheGaggle, on Locals. Lavelle, originally from Tustin, California is now based in Moscow.

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28. Ty Kelly

1988-. (aged 38)

baseball player

Tyler Patrick Kelly is an American-Israeli former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets. He plays for Team Israel.

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29. Ann Veneman

1949-. (aged 77)

lawyer politician

Ann Margaret Veneman is an American attorney who served as the fifth executive director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. She previously served as the 27th United States secretary of agriculture from 2001 to 2005. Veneman served for the first term of President George W. Bush, and she left to take the UNICEF position. Appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi...

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30. Karen Joy Fowler

1950-. (aged 76)

novelist science fiction writer writer

Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and social alienation.

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31. Kristie Macosko Krieger

1970-. (aged 56)

film producer

Kristie Macosko Krieger is an American film producer, best known for her work alongside director Steven Spielberg. She worked as his assistant (or "associate") starting with the 1998 documentary film The Last Days, and then on his own films from 2001's A.I. Artificial Intelligence to 2011's The Adventures of Tintin. She also became producer on Spielberg's films starting with 2008's...

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32. María Teresa Kumar

1974-. (aged 52)

political activist

María Teresa Kumar is a Colombian American political rights activist and President and CEO of the Latino political organization, Voto Latino. Kumar was named by Elle Magazine in 2013 as one of the ten most influential women in Washington, D.C., and by Hispanic Business in 2017 as one of the 100 most influential Latinos in America. A Voto Latino interview...

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33. Tani Cantil-Sakauye

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer judge

Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye is an American lawyer and jurist who was the 28th Chief Justice of California and is the president/CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California. She was nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as chief justice on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on...

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34. Navin Yavapolkul

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Navin Yavapolkul, known professionally as Navin Tar, is a Thai singer, actor and lecturer of Kasetsart University.

35. Kengo Oishi

1982-. (aged 44)

psychiatrist politician

Kengo Oishi is a Japanese politician. He currently serves as governor of Nagasaki Prefecture from 2022 to 2026.

36. Daniel Descalso

1986-. (aged 40)

baseball player

Daniel William Descalso is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder who currently serves as the bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Chicago Cubs from 2010 to 2019.

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37. Luis Scott-Vargas

1983-. (aged 43)

Magic: The Gathering player

Luis Scott-Vargas, commonly known as LSV, is a professional Magic: the Gathering player from Oakland, California, USA, currently living in Denver, Colorado. His accomplishments include fifteen Grand Prix Top 8s (five wins among them) and ten Pro Tour Top 8s (one win among them). In 2013 he was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame. As well as...

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38. Joe Biagini

1990-. (aged 36)

baseball player

Joseph Carlo Biagini is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs. The San Francisco Giants selected Biagini in the 26th round of the 2011 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut for Toronto in 2016. Born in the United States, he represented the...

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39. Sal Viscuso

1948-. (aged 78)

film actor actor television actor

Sal Viscuso is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Father Timothy Flotsky in Soap (1977–1981).

40. Darrell Steinberg

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Darrell Steven Steinberg is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Sacramento, California from 2016 to 2024. He was elected to be mayor on June 7, 2016 (avoiding a runoff). Previously, he was California Senate President pro Tempore and the leader of the majority party in the California State Senate from 2008 to 2014.

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41. Kim Schrier

1968-. (aged 58)

pediatrician politician

Kimberly Merle Schrier is an American former physician and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Her district includes the suburbs east of Seattle, and extends across the Cascade Range to rural areas in central Washington, as well as the cities of Wenatchee and...

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42. Rolf Benirschke

1955-. (aged 71)

television presenter American football player

Rolf Joachim Benirschke is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the San Diego Chargers from 1977 until 1986. He is probably most known for missing a potential 27-yard game-winning field goal in overtime of the playoff game known as the "Epic in Miami” but then getting a...

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43. Nadine Burke Harris

1975-. (aged 51)

physician

Nadine Burke Harris is a Canadian-American pediatrician who was the Surgeon General of California between 2019 and 2022; she is the first person appointed to that position. She is known for linking adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress with harmful effects to health later in life. Hailed as a pioneer in the treatment of toxic stress, she is an advisory...

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44. J. T. O'Sullivan

1979-. (aged 47)

Canadian football player American football player

John Thomas O'Sullivan is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), two seasons in NFL Europe and one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UC Davis Aggies of the University of California, Davis, where he was a three-year starter and threw...

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45. Tareq Salahi

1969-. (aged 57)

polo player

Tareq Dirgham Salahi is an American man who became known for attending a White House state dinner as an uninvited guest in 2009. Salahi has appeared in two reality-television shows: Where the Elite Meet, and NBC Universal/Bravo's The Real Housewives of D.C.

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46. T. J. Shorts

1997-. (aged 29)

basketball player

Timothy Neocartes "T. J." Shorts II is an American-born naturalized North Macedonian professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), Shorts plays at the point guard position.

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47. Thomas J. Tierney

1954-. (aged 72)

writer manager

Thomas J. Tierney is an American business executive and corporate writer, who is the co-founder of the nonprofit Bridgespan Group that provides management consulting to nonprofits and philanthropists. He was chairman of eBay from July 2015 to June 2020.

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48. Dennis Banks

1937-2017 (aged 80)

film actor actor activist

Dennis J. Banks was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urban Indians. He was a pre-eminent spokesman for Native Americans. His protests won government concessions and created national attention and sympathy for the oppression and endemic social and economic...

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49. Debbie Lee Carrington

1959-2018 (aged 59)

film actor television actor stunt performer

Deborah Lee Carrington was an American actress and stuntwoman. Her best known movie roles include playing a Martian rebel in Total Recall, an Ewok in Return of the Jedi (and in subsequent TV movies) and an elf in The Polar Express.

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50. Natasha Halevi

1982-. (aged 44)

film director director actor film actor

Natasha Halevi is an American actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. She is known for creating and producing Give Me An A, a reproductive rights horror anthology, as well as directing the wraparound and a segment alongside 16 other female directors of the film. She is a founding director with Fatale Collective, creators of the horror anthology Fatale...

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51. Lauren Kate

1981-. (aged 45)

children's writer novelist writer

Lauren Kate is an American author of adult and young adult fiction. She has published fourteen novels and one novella. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages, have sold more than eleven million copies worldwide, and have spent combined months on the New York Times Best Seller list.

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52. Martin Yan

1948-. (aged 78)

businessperson chef

Martin Yan Man-daat is a Hong Kong-American chef and food writer. He has hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show Yan Can Cook since 1982.

53. Cam

1984-. (aged 42)

singer songwriter lyricist composer recording artist

Camaron Marvel Ochs, known professionally as Cam, is an American country music singer and songwriter. She began her career as a songwriter and has composed material for several artists including Beyoncé, Sam Smith and Miley Cyrus. In 2010, she released her debut studio album Heartforward on an independent record label. Signing with Sony Music Entertainment, she released her debut major...

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54. KevJumba

1990-. (aged 36)

singer YouTuber comedian actor television producer

Kevin Wu is an American monk and retired American YouTuber who was best known under his former username KevJumba. He is currently a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The San Francisco Chronicle's Jeff Yang has noted that Wu is not a comedian in the conventional sense but that by "just talking is, well, pretty hilarious" due...

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55. Phil Bronstein

1950-. (aged 76)

journalist editor

Phil Bronstein is an American journalist and editor. He serves as executive chair of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, California. He is best known for his work as a war correspondent and investigative journalist. In 1986, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos....

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56. Danielle Spencer

1965-2025 (aged 60)

television actor veterinarian actor film actor

Danielle Louise Spencer was an American actress best known for her role as Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 until 1979. She reprised the role on the series' sequel, What's Happening Now!! After her acting career, Spencer became a veterinarian.

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57. Chris Petersen

1964-. (aged 62)

American football player

Christopher Scott Petersen is an American former college football coach. He was the head coach for eight seasons at Boise State University; Petersen guided the Broncos to two BCS bowl wins in the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls. He is the first two-time winner of the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, which he won in 2006 and 2009. Petersen also won...

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58. Mike Pondsmith

1954-. (aged 72)

graphic designer video game designer teacher role-playing game designer

Michael Alyn Pondsmith is an American roleplaying, board, and video game designer. He founded the publisher R. Talsorian Games in 1982, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines. Pondsmith is the author of several RPG lines, including Mekton, Cyberpunk (1988) and Castle Falkenstein (1994). He also contributed to the Forgotten Realms and Oriental Adventures lines of...

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59. Kate Tsui

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Kate Tsui Tsz-shan is a former Hong Kong actress, known for her work with Television Broadcasts Limited. She was crowned Miss Hong Kong in 2004. In December 2019, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry, expressing plans to move to Europe and pursue further education.

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60. Ryan Roslansky

1977-. (aged 49)

entrepreneur businessperson

Ryan Roslansky is an American entrepreneur who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website, since June 2020. He started with LinkedIn in 2009 and was instrumental in the $1.5 billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn's history at that time. In 2021, he was named to Forbes CEO Next list.

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61. Dhar Mann

1984-. (aged 42)

film screenwriter entrepreneur film producer YouTuber television actor

Dharminder "Dhar" Mann is an American entrepreneur and film producer. He is the founder of Dhar Mann Studios, a video production company that creates short scripted videos primarily distributed on platforms such as YouTube. The content is aimed at a young audience and often includes narratives with moral lessons conveyed through plot reversals. The studio produces and finances its content...

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62. Jackie Speier

1950-. (aged 76)

lawyer politician

Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving in Congress from 2008 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Speier represented much of the territory that her political mentor, Leo Ryan, represented.

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63. Adam Duritz

1964-. (aged 62)

pianist singer songwriter

Adam Fredric Duritz is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, for which he serves as a founding member and main composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records, released seven studio albums that have been certified gold or platinum, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards...

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64. Hasan Minhaj

1985-. (aged 41)

screenwriter television actor actor comedian

Hasan Minhaj is an American comedian and actor. Much of his comedy involves Indian culture and the modern American political landscape through the use of satire, observational comedy and dark comedy. His Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Webby Awards. In 2019, he was listed in Time's annual list of...

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65. Urijah Faber

1979-. (aged 47)

amateur wrestler Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner mixed martial arts fighter

Urijah Christopher Faber is an American former mixed martial artist and actor. He competed in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), having competed for the UFC Bantamweight Championship on three occasions (once for the interim title), and the featherweight division of the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), where is a former WEC featherweight champion. He is...

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66. Benjamin H. Bratton

1968-. (aged 58)

university teacher designer sociologist

Benjamin H. Bratton is an American philosopher of technology known for his work spanning social theory, computer science, speculative design, artificial intelligence, and for his writing on "planetary scale computation."

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67. Carol Folt

1951-. (aged 75)

scientist biologist ecologist dean

Carol Lynn Folt is an American ecologist and academic administrator who served as the 12th president of the University of Southern California from July 2019 to June 2025. She previously served as the 11th chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2013 to 2019 and as interim president of Dartmouth College from 2012 to 2013.

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68. Andrew D. Huberman

1975-. (aged 51)

university teacher neuroscientist podcaster

Andrew David Huberman is an American neuroscientist and podcaster. He is an associate professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been the host of the popular health and science focused podcast Huberman Lab since 2021. He has drawn criticism from scientists for promoting dietary supplements and for making poorly evidenced health claims.

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69. Sig Mejdal

1965-. (aged 61)

statistician

Sig Mejdal is the assistant general manager for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.

70. 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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71. Tracy Caldwell Dyson

1969-. (aged 57)

chemist astronaut physicist

Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. She was a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and has participated in two long-duration missions to the International Space Station, Expedition 23 and 24 from April to September 2010 and Expedition 70 and 71 from March to September 2024. She has completed four spacewalks,...

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72. London Breed

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

London Nicole Breed is an American politician who served as the 45th mayor of San Francisco from 2018 to 2025. She served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 5 from 2013 to 2018 and was the board's president from 2015 to 2018.

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73. Kimberly Guilfoyle

1969-. (aged 57)

model lawyer journalist television personality

Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle is an American diplomat, media personality, and former prosecutor who has served as the United States ambassador to Greece since 2025. She served as an advisor and led the fundraising division of the Trump 2020 presidential campaign.

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74. Mark Davis

1955-. (aged 71)

entrepreneur businessperson

Mark M Davis is an American businessman and sports franchise owner. He is the controlling owner and managing general partner of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and the owner of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). His father, Al Davis, was the principal owner of the Raiders from 1972 until...

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75. Dan Hawkins

1960-. (aged 66)

American football player

Danny Clarence Hawkins is an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Willamette University from 1993 to 1997, Boise State University from 2001 to 2005, University of Colorado Boulder from 2006 to 2010, and the University of California, Davis from 2017 to 2023, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 156–92–1. Hawkins was the...

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76. Anthony Swofford

1970-. (aged 56)

autobiographer novelist writer

Anthony Swofford is an American writer and U.S. Marine veteran, best known for his 2003 book Jarhead, based heavily on his accounts of various situations encountered in the Persian Gulf War. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 film of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes.

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77. David Loebsack

1952-. (aged 74)

university teacher political scientist politician

David Wayne Loebsack is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he also is an emeritus professor of political science at Cornell College, where he had taught since 1982. On April 12, 2019, Loebsack announced he would not seek reelection.

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78. Michael Anton

1969-. (aged 57)

speechwriter political scientist

Michael Anton is a conservative writer and bureaucrat.

79. Deborah Harkness

1965-. (aged 61)

writer university teacher novelist blogger executive producer

Deborah Harkness is an American scholar and novelist, best known as a historian and as the author of the All Souls Trilogy, which consists of The New York Times best-selling novel A Discovery of Witches and its sequels Shadow of Night and The Book of Life. Her latest book is The Black Bird Oracle, a sequel to the All Souls...

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80. Clint Bolick

1957-. (aged 69)

lawyer judge

Clint Bolick is a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Previously, he served as Vice President of Litigation at the conservative/libertarian Goldwater Institute. He co-founded the libertarian Institute for Justice, where he was the Vice President and Director of Litigation from 1991 until 2004. He led two cases that went before the Supreme Court of the United States. He has...

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81. Charles M. Rice

1952-. (aged 74)

researcher virologist

Charles Moen Rice is an American virologist and Nobel Prize laureate whose main area of research is the hepatitis C virus. He is a professor of virology at the Rockefeller University and an adjunct professor at Cornell University and Washington University School of Medicine. At the time of the award he was a faculty at Rockefeller.

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82. Steve Wynn

1960-. (aged 66)

singer guitarist singer-songwriter composer musician

Stephen Alan Wynn is an American real estate developer and art collector. He was known for his involvement in the luxury casino and hotel industry, prior to being forced to step down in 2018. Early in his career he oversaw the construction and operation of several Las Vegas and Atlantic City hotels, including the Golden Nugget, the Golden Nugget Atlantic...

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83. Elaine Showalter

1941-. (aged 85)

literary critic university teacher writer journalist sociologist

Elaine Showalter is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues. She influenced feminist literary criticism in the United States academia, developing the concept and practice of gynocritics, a term describing the study of "women as writers".

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84. Chris Crawford

1950-. (aged 76)

video game developer designer

Marcus Christopher Crawford is an American professional basketball player for Paisas of the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis, and has had an extensive career with teams in Europe, Africa, and South America. He is a two-time All-BAL First Team selection.

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85. Ilan Mitchell-Smith

1969-. (aged 57)

television actor actor ballet dancer

Ilan Mitchell-Smith is an American academic and former actor, best known as a co-star of the film Weird Science (1985) and Andy McCalister in Superboy.

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86. Dave Scott

1954-. (aged 72)

water polo player triathlete

David Lee Scott Jr. was an American hip-hop dance teacher, choreographer and talent developer. He gained widespread success from his choreography in movies, primarily the 2004 dance film You Got Served and the 2008 dance film Step Up 2: The Streets. He was a resident choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance and The PULSE on Tour dance convention.

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87. Anna Escobedo Cabral

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Anna Escobedo Cabral is a Mexican-American politician who served as the Unit Chief for Strategic Communications in the External Relations Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) from 2009 to 2018. Today, she and her husband serve as partners of the Cabral Group, a consulting and public policy firm. She also serves as an independent director for Navient, a member...

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88. Peter Snell

1938-2019 (aged 81)

athletics competitor middle-distance runner

Sir Peter George Snell KNZM OBE was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964.

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89. Charles Burns

1955-. (aged 71)

cartoonist film director comics artist novelist visual artist

Charles Burns is an American cartoonist and illustrator. His early work was published in a Sub Pop fanzine, and he achieved prominence in the early issues of RAW. His graphic novel Black Hole won the Harvey Award.

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90. Kuan Chung-ming

1956-. (aged 70)

writer economist university teacher politician

Kuan Chung-ming is a Taiwanese economist and econometrician. He was the last minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2013 to 2014 and served as the first minister of the succeeding government agency, the National Development Council (NDC), from 2014 to 2015. He was formerly the President of National Taiwan University from 2019 to 2023 and is...

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91. Mano Murthy

composer

Mano Murthy is an Indian musician and composer in the Kannada film industry. He is best known for his songs in Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in the Kannada industry.

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92. Xu Xiaonian

1953-. (aged 73)

economist

Xu Xiaonian is Professor of Economics and Finance at China Europe International Business School, named by Businessweek as one of China's Most Powerful People in 2009. From 1981 to 1985, he worked at Center of Development and Research, State Council of the People's Republic of China as Research Fellow. He got Doctor of Economics at University of California, Davis in...

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93. Dian Fossey

1932-1985 (aged 53)

ecologist ethologist writer academic biologist

Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of...

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94. Chow Chung-kong

1950-. (aged 76)

businessperson politician

Sir Chung-kong Chow, also known as Chow Chung-kong and C.K. Chow, is a Hong Kong businessman and government appointee. He is currently chairman of the Urban Renewal Authority and is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He was also chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which owns the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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95. Kaveh Madani

1981-. (aged 45)

environmentalist engineer environmental scientist

Kaveh Madani is a scientist, activist, and former Iranian politician. He previously served as the Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment (also Iran's Deputy Vice President). He also served as the Vice President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly Bureau from 2017 to 2018.

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96. Isabel García Tejerina

1968-. (aged 58)

economist jurist lawyer politician

Isabel García Tejerina is a Spanish politician of the PP.

97. Marek Vašut

1960-. (aged 66)

photographer child actor graphic artist film actor stage actor

Marek Vašut is a Czech film, stage, and television actor, best known for his appearances in Solomon Kane and Blade II. He voiced the character Tommy Angelo for the Czech version of the video game Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. Vašut later reprised his role as Tommy in the 2020 remake Mafia: Definitive Edition. He also portrays Otto von...

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98. George Miller

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer politician

George Miller is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. He has earned numerous accolades...

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99. Mari Elka Pangestu

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher economist politician

Mari Elka Pangestu, who is currently serving as the Indonesian President's Special Advisor for International Trade and Multilateral Cooperation, appointed by President Prabowo Subianto on 21 October 2024. In early November 2024, she is appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as the Vice Chair of the National Economic Council of the Republic of Indonesia, serving with Mr. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan as...

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100. John Butler

1972-. (aged 54)

film director screenwriter

John Charles Wiltshire-Butler, professionally known as John Butler, is an Australian singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known for his time as the eponymous frontman of the John Butler Trio, a roots rock and jam rock band that formed in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1998.

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