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100 Notable alumni of University of Kansas

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Kansas is ranked #147 in the world and #73 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Kansas 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 Kansas won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Wayne Selden, Jr

1. Wayne Selden, Jr

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Wayne Anthony Selden Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Chorale Roanne. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Gilbert Brown

2. Gilbert Brown

1971-. (aged 55)
American football player
Gilbert Jesse Brown is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1993 to 2003). Brown played in 125 Packers games (103 starts), recording 292 tackles (186 solo) and seven sacks. Nicknamed "The Gravedigger" in honor of his celebratory dance following a thunderous tackle, Brown...
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Brad Garlinghouse

3. Brad Garlinghouse

1971-. (aged 55)
chief operating officer
Bradley Kent Garlinghouse is an American businessman and the CEO of Ripple Labs, a financial technology company specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions. Previously, he was CEO and chairman of Hightail (formerly YouSendIt) and earlier in his career, he held executive roles at AOL and Yahoo.
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Gina Ortiz Jones

4. Gina Ortiz Jones

1981-. (aged 45)
intelligence analyst politician
Gina Maria Ortiz Jones is an American politician and U.S. Air Force veteran serving as the 184th mayor of San Antonio, Texas since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as Under Secretary of the Air Force from 2021 to 2023.
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Nancy Kassebaum

5. Nancy Kassebaum

1932-. (aged 94)
executive politician
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president, and the widow of former U.S. senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
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Sam Farha

6. Sam Farha

1959-. (aged 67)
poker player television actor
Ihsan "Sam" Farha is a Lebanese professional poker player. He is best known for finishing as runner up in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 2003. He has won three bracelets at the WSOP in his career.
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Walter Sutton

7. Walter Sutton

1877-1916 (aged 39)
surgeon biologist military physician geneticist physician
Walter Stanborough Sutton was an American geneticist and biologist whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms. This is now known as the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory.
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Susan Ford

8. Susan Ford

1957-. (aged 69)
photojournalist photographer journalist
Susan Elizabeth Ford Bales is an American author, photojournalist, and former chair of the board of the Betty Ford Center for alcohol and drug abuse. She is the only daughter of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, and his wife Betty Ford (née Bloomer).
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William Inge

9. William Inge

1913-1973 (aged 60)
playwright television actor screenwriter writer novelist
William Motter Inge was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s he had a string of memorable Broadway productions, including Picnic, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize. With his portraits of small-town life and settings rooted in the American heartland, Inge became known as the "Playwright of...
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Xavier Henry

10. Xavier Henry

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Xavier Henry is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks before he was drafted in the 2010 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. He played four and a half seasons in the NBA between 2010 and 2014. He finished his career in 2017 after two seasons in the NBA G...
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Joe Engle

11. Joe Engle

1932-2024 (aged 92)
test pilot military flight engineer air force officer engineer astronaut
Joseph Henry Engle was an American pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight. He also flew two flights in the Shuttle program's 1977 Approach and Landing Tests. Engle was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly...
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Greg Ostertag

12. Greg Ostertag

1973-. (aged 53)
basketball player
Gregory Donovan Ostertag is an American former professional basketball player. A center, he spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Steven Hawley

13. Steven Hawley

1951-. (aged 75)
astronomer astronaut physicist
Steven Alan Hawley is a retired astronomer and NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights. Hawley is a professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas.
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Al Oerter

14. Al Oerter

1936-2007 (aged 71)
painter athletics competitor
Alfred Oerter Jr. was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame.
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Sidney Toler

15. Sidney Toler

1874-1947 (aged 73)
playwright screenwriter writer film actor theatrical director
Sidney Toler was an American actor, playwright, and theatre director. The second non-Asian actor to play the role of Charlie Chan on screen, he is best remembered for his portrayal of the Chinese-American detective in 22 films made between 1938 and 1946. Before becoming Chan, Toler played supporting roles in 50 motion pictures, and was a highly regarded comic actor...
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Cliff Alexander

16. Cliff Alexander

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Cliffton Nirgel Alexander is an American professional basketball player for the Guaiqueríes de Margarita of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He completed his freshman season at the University of Kansas for the Jayhawks' on their 2014–15 team. He declared himself eligible for the 2015 NBA draft but was undrafted. He played one season for the Portland Trail Blazers and...
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Keith Langford

17. Keith Langford

1983-. (aged 43)
basketball player
Andre Keith Langford is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), he primarily played at the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Udoka Azubuike

18. Udoka Azubuike

1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Udoka Timothy AzubuikeListen is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Ligat HaAl. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz.
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Raef LaFrentz

19. Raef LaFrentz

1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Raef Andrew LaFrentz is an American former professional basketball power forward and center who played for the Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, and Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born and raised in Iowa, LaFrentz attended the University of Kansas and was drafted in 1998 by the Denver Nuggets. He was known for his perimeter shooting...
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Mark Turgeon

20. Mark Turgeon

1965-. (aged 61)
basketball coach basketball player
Mark Leo Turgeon is an American college basketball coach who will be the head coach at University of Missouri–Kansas City starting in 2026. Turgeon previously served as the head men's basketball coach at Jacksonville State University from 1998 to 2000, Wichita State University from 2000 to 2007, Texas A&M University from 2007 to 2011, and University of Maryland from 2011...
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Cole Aldrich

21. Cole Aldrich

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Cole David Aldrich is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves. Aldrich played three seasons of college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted by the New Orleans Hornets with the 11th overall pick...
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Charles Rogers

22. Charles Rogers

1904-1999 (aged 95)
film actor stage actor military officer jazz musician actor
Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was publicized as "America's Boyfriend".
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Cheick Diallo

23. Cheick Diallo

1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Cheick Tidiane Diallo is a Malian professional basketball player for the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). Diallo was a five-star recruit and the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. He played one season of college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before declaring for the 2016 NBA draft, where he...
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Perry Ellis

24. Perry Ellis

1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Perry Michael Ellis is an American professional basketball player for Fukui Blowinds of the Japanese B.League. Ellis played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. Playing for coach Bill Self, Ellis averaged 12.5 points and 5.8 rebounds over 144 college games, leading the Jayhawks to an 116–30 record that included 4 trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a trip to the...
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Billy Mills

25. Billy Mills

1938-. (aged 88)
long-distance runner military officer marathon runner
William Mervin Mills, also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event....
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Rob Thomson

26. Rob Thomson

1963-. (aged 63)
baseball player
Robert Lewis Thomson, nicknamed "Topper", is a Canadian professional baseball manager for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Ochai Agbaji

27. Ochai Agbaji

2000-. (aged 26)
basketball player
Ochai Young Agbaji is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a senior at the University of Kansas, Agbaji was named a consensus first-team All-American and voted the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2022. He led the Jayhawks to a national championship and was named the Final Four Most...
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Sasha Kaun

28. Sasha Kaun

1985-. (aged 41)
basketball player
Alexander "Sasha" Olegovich Kaun is a Russian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the University of Kansas for four seasons, where he won an NCAA championship in 2008 before being selected with the 56th overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2008 NBA draft. He played seven seasons in Russia for CSKA...
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William Borah

29. William Borah

1865-1940 (aged 75)
lawyer politician
William Edgar Borah was an outspoken Republican politician, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served as a United States senator from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah voted for American entry into World War I but is often considered an isolationist, for he led the Irreconcilables, senators who opposed ratification of the Treaty of...
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Christian Braun

30. Christian Braun

2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player
Christian Nicholas Braun is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Braun plays the shooting guard position.
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Alan Mulally

31. Alan Mulally

1945-. (aged 81)
military flight engineer engineer businessperson chief executive officer
Alan Roger Mulally is an American aerospace engineer and manufacturing executive. He was passed over as CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and left to become the president and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company from 2006 to 2014.
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Brandon Rush

32. Brandon Rush

1985-. (aged 41)
basketball player
Brandon Leray Rush is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted in the first round of the 2008 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, before being traded to the Indiana Pacers on draft day, after playing for Kansas for three seasons, including the 2008 championship season. He was selected as a Wooden Award All-American in both 2007...
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Jacque Vaughn

33. Jacque Vaughn

1975-. (aged 51)
basketball player basketball coach
Jacque Trevan Vaughn is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 Conference. Vaughn played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, and San Antonio Spurs from 1997 to 2009.
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George Tiller

34. George Tiller

1941-2009 (aged 68)
physician military officer gynecologist
George Richard Tiller was an American physician and abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas. He gained national attention as the medical director of Women's Health Care Services, which, at the time, was one of only three abortion clinics nationwide that provided late-term abortions.
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Rex Stout

35. Rex Stout

1886-1975 (aged 89)
humorist writer science fiction writer novelist short story writer
Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975.
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Jerry Colangelo

36. Jerry Colangelo

1939-. (aged 87)
basketball coach entrepreneur basketball player autobiographer businessperson
Jerry Colangelo is an American businessman and sports executive. He formerly owned the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League, and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He was also instrumental in the relocation of the original Winnipeg...
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Devonte' Graham

37. Devonte' Graham

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Devonte' Terrell Graham is an American professional basketball player who last played for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and high school basketball for Needham Broughton High School.
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Kathleen Sebelius

38. Kathleen Sebelius

1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician who served as the 21st United States secretary of health and human services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary, she served as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the second woman...
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Frank Mason III

39. Frank Mason III

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Frank Leo Mason III is an American professional basketball player for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas, where he was the starting point guard for the Jayhawks. For the 2016–17 season, he was the consensus National Player of the Year He was also a consensus All-American selection for his senior...
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Alf Landon

40. Alf Landon

1887-1987 (aged 100)
businessperson politician
Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, and was defeated in a landslide by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt. The margin of victory in the electoral college was the largest...
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Adolph Rupp

41. Adolph Rupp

1901-1977 (aged 76)
basketball coach basketball player
Adolph Frederick Rupp was an American college basketball coach. Nicknamed the "Baron of the Bluegrass", he coached the University of Kentucky Wildcats to four NCAA championships, one NIT championship, 27 Southeastern Conference championships, and 13 SEC tournament championships. In his 41 years of coaching at Kentucky, he won 876 games, retiring with the most total victories by a men's NCAA...
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Diane Brewster

42. Diane Brewster

1931-1991 (aged 60)
actor television actor
Diane Brewster was an American television actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in television series of the 1950s and 1960s: confidence trickster Samantha Crawford in the Western Maverick with James Garner; pretty young second-grade teacher Miss Canfield in Leave It to Beaver; and doomed wife Helen Kimble in The Fugitive. Brewster was a direct descendant of William...
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Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

43. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Sviatoslav Yuriyovych "Svi" Mykhailiuk is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and prior to that, he played for Cherkaski Mavpy in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague from 2012 to 2014 and for the Ukraine national team at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. As a...
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Thomas Robinson

44. Thomas Robinson

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Thomas Earl Robinson is an American-born naturalised Lebanese professional basketball player for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). A consensus All-American at the University of Kansas, Robinson was drafted fifth overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.
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Terry Kiser

45. Terry Kiser

1939-. (aged 87)
television actor film actor
Terry Kiser is an American actor. While he has more than 140 acting credits to his name, with a career spanning more than 50 years, he is best known for portraying the deceased title character Bernie Lomax in the comedy Weekend at Bernie's and its sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II.
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Bill Farmer

46. Bill Farmer

1952-. (aged 74)
voice actor actor
Bill Farmer is an American voice actor, comedian and impressionist. He has performed the voice of the Disney character Goofy since 1987, and has also been the voice of Pluto and Horace Horsecollar since 1990.
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Scot Pollard

47. Scot Pollard

1975-. (aged 51)
basketball player reality television participant
Scot L. Pollard is an American former professional basketball player. In an 11-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played for five teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Sacramento Kings and the Indiana Pacers.
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Nick Collison

48. Nick Collison

1980-. (aged 46)
basketball player
Nicholas John Collison is an American former professional basketball player who is a special assistant for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He spent his entire career with the organization originally known as the Seattle SuperSonics, which became the Thunder in 2008. Collison was drafted by the SuperSonics in the first round of the 2003 NBA...
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Ben McLemore

49. Ben McLemore

1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Ben Edward McLemore III is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. McLemore played for five teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) across a nine-year career.
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Kirk Hinrich

50. Kirk Hinrich

1981-. (aged 45)
basketball player
Kirk James Hinrich is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard, he played in the NBA from 2003 to 2016 and was also a member of the U.S. national team.
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John Riggins

51. John Riggins

1949-. (aged 77)
American football player
Robert John Riggins, nicknamed "Riggo" and "Diesel", is an American former professional football fullback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks. Riggins was known for his "bell cow" running style and productivity well into the later years of his career. In the 1983...
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Danny Manning

52. Danny Manning

1966-. (aged 60)
basketball player basketball coach
Daniel Ricardo Manning is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado. Manning played high-school basketball at Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, and played in the National Basketball...
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Trai Byers

53. Trai Byers

1983-. (aged 43)
film actor actor television actor
Trai Byers is an American actor. He is best known for playing Andre Lyon in the Fox musical television series, Empire (2015–2020). In 2020, Byers co-wrote and starred in the historical drama film, The 24th.
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Marcus Morris Sr

54. Marcus Morris Sr

1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Marcus Thomas Morris Sr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being selected 14th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2011 NBA draft.
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Bill James

55. Bill James

1892-1971 (aged 79)
baseball player
George William James is an American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books about baseball history and statistics. His approach, which he named sabermetrics after the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), scientifically analyzes and studies baseball, often through the use of statistical data, in an...
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Jack Del Rio

56. Jack Del Rio

1963-. (aged 63)
baseball player American football player American football coach
Jack Louis Del Rio Jr. is an American professional football coach and former linebacker who is the head coach of the Paris Musketeers of the European League of Football (ELF). He played college football for the USC Trojans from 1981 to 1984 and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 1985 NFL draft. Del...
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Mario Chalmers

57. Mario Chalmers

1986-. (aged 40)
basketball player
Almario "Mario" Vernard Chalmers is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He was selected as the 34th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves after playing three seasons of college basketball for the University of Kansas. Chalmers was named the 2006–07 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player...
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Steve Doocy

58. Steve Doocy

1956-. (aged 70)
journalist television presenter
Stephen James Doocy is an American television host, political commentator, and author. He currently serves as a traveling co-host of Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel.
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Gale Sayers

59. Gale Sayers

1943-2020 (aged 77)
screenwriter American football player film actor stockbroker
Gale Eugene Sayers was an American professional football halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). Sayers played for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971, though injuries effectively limited him to five seasons of play. Elusive, agile, and very fast, he was regarded by his peers as one of the most difficult players to tackle. Sayers was...
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Kari Wahlgren

60. Kari Wahlgren

1977-. (aged 49)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
Kari Kay Wahlgren is an American voice actress who has provided English-language roles for animated movies, TV series, and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko Haruhara in FLCL, and would later land major roles in a number of shows and films: Saya Otonashi in Blood+, Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Lavie Head in Last...
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Aqib Talib

61. Aqib Talib

1986-. (aged 40)
American football player
Aqib Talib is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks, earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. Talib also played for the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, and Los...
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Kelly Oubre Jr

62. Kelly Oubre Jr

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Kelly Paul Oubre Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Oubre played one season of college basketball for the University of Kansas before being selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 15th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, who then traded him to the Washington Wizards. Oubre has also...
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Markieff Morris

63. Markieff Morris

1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Markieff Morris is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted 13th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. Morris won an NBA championship with the Lakers in 2020.
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Paul Pierce

64. Paul Pierce

1977-. (aged 49)
basketball player
Paul Anthony Pierce is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics.
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Dee Wallace

65. Dee Wallace

1948-. (aged 78)
writer stand-up comedian actor film actor
Dee Wallace, also known as Dee Wallace Stone, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Mary Taylor in the 1982 blockbuster science-fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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Gillian Flynn

66. Gillian Flynn

1971-. (aged 55)
television critic film screenwriter novelist film critic journalist
Gillian Schieber Flynn is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her thriller and mystery novels Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009), and Gone Girl (2012). Her works have been translated into 40 languages, and by 2016, Gone Girl had sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
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Nikki Glaser

67. Nikki Glaser

1984-. (aged 42)
podcaster television actor actor film actor
Nicole Rene Glaser is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has had four television stand-up specials, hosted numerous award shows, and performed at numerous televised roasts. Previously, she hosted the television talk show Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, which premiered on Comedy Central in 2016. She starred in the 2022 reality show Welcome Home Nikki Glaser? on E! She...
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Andrew Wiggins

68. Andrew Wiggins

1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Andrew Christian Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers after one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Wilt Chamberlain

69. Wilt Chamberlain

1936-1999 (aged 63)
actor basketball coach screenwriter coach basketball player
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, and was elected to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th anniversary teams. Chamberlain is widely considered to be...
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Don Johnson

70. Don Johnson

1949-. (aged 77)
film producer film actor film director songwriter television actor
Don Wayne Johnson is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also played the titular character in the 1990s series Nash Bridges. Johnson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
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Joel Embiid

71. Joel Embiid

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Joel Hans Embiid is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. The 7-foot (2.13 m) Embiid is a seven-time NBA All-Star, a five-time member of the All-NBA...
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Paul Rudd

72. Paul Rudd

1969-. (aged 57)
stage actor actor writer film producer comedian
Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television...
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Sara Paretsky

73. Sara Paretsky

1947-. (aged 79)
novelist writer crime fiction writer
Sara Paretsky is an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski.
Jeff Colyer

74. Jeff Colyer

1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer politician surgeon
Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon and politician who was the 47th governor of Kansas from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Colyer served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and the Kansas Senate from 2009 to 2011. He assumed...
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Francisco Santos Calderón

75. Francisco Santos Calderón

1961-. (aged 65)
human rights defender politician journalist
Francisco Santos Calderón, also known as Pacho Santos, is a Colombian politician and journalist. Santos was elected as Álvaro Uribe's running mate and became Vice President in 2002. Santos was re-elected in 2006 for a second term with President Uribe. His great-uncle Eduardo Santos was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942 and he is also a cousin of former...
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Bud Adams

76. Bud Adams

1923-2013 (aged 90)
basketball coach businessperson
Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr. was an American businessman who was the founder and owner of the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL), of which he was also a co-founder. The franchise eventually was moved to Nashville, where it was renamed the Tennessee Titans, a National Football League (NFL) franchise. A member of the Cherokee Nation who originally...
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Pat Roberts

77. Pat Roberts

1936-. (aged 90)
journalist newspaper proprietor military officer politician
Charles Patrick Roberts is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1981 to 1997, before his election to the Senate.
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Jim Ryun

78. Jim Ryun

1947-. (aged 79)
middle-distance runner athletics competitor politician motivational speaker consultant
James Ronald Ryun is an American former Republican politician and Olympic track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner. He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes. He is the last...
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Sam Brownback

79. Sam Brownback

1956-. (aged 70)
teacher diplomat lawyer broadcaster politician
Samuel Dale Brownback is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback also served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom during the administration of President Donald Trump and...
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Paul R. Ehrlich

80. Paul R. Ehrlich

1932-. (aged 94)
biologist environmentalist university teacher demographer
Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist, author and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University. Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb, which he co-authored with...
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Clyde Tombaugh

81. Clyde Tombaugh

1906-1997 (aged 91)
university teacher astronomer
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt. At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a classification that stood for over seven decades.
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Scott Bakula

82. Scott Bakula

1954-. (aged 72)
stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor
Scott Stewart Bakula is an American actor. He played Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards (winning one) – and Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise. From 2014 to 2021, he portrayed Special Agent Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride on NCIS: New Orleans.
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Jerry Moran

83. Jerry Moran

1954-. (aged 72)
bank officer university teacher lawyer celebrity politician
Gerald Wesley Moran is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Kansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 113th U.S. Congress, during which he led successful Republican efforts in the 2014 election, producing the first Republican...
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Bill Kurtis

84. Bill Kurtis

1940-. (aged 86)
writer journalist television presenter television producer
Bill Kurtis is a retired American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor.
Bob Dole

85. 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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Gary Woodland

86. Gary Woodland

1984-. (aged 42)
golfer
Gary Lynn Woodland is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the U.S. Open in 2019, his first major championship and sixth professional victory. Following a successful college career, he turned professional in 2007 and briefly competed on the Nationwide Tour.
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Chris Harris Jr

87. Chris Harris Jr

1989-. (aged 37)
American football player
Chris Harris is an American professional football coach and former safety who is currently the defensive backs coach passing game coordinator for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played eight seasons in NFL. He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft after playing college football for the...
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Ronald Evans

88. Ronald Evans

1933-1990 (aged 57)
military officer military flight engineer aircraft pilot engineer astronaut
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of 12 astronauts to fly to the Moon without landing.
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Iliza Shlesinger

89. Iliza Shlesinger

1983-. (aged 43)
television actor television presenter actor executive producer stand-up comedian
Iliza Vie Shlesinger is an American stand-up comedian, actress and television host. She has released six comedy specials on Netflix. She was the 2008 winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing and went on to host the syndicated dating show Excused from 2011 to 2013. She has hosted the TBS game show Separation Anxiety.
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Clarence M. Kelley

90. Clarence M. Kelley

1911-1997 (aged 86)
civil servant special agent
Clarence Marion Kelley was an American law enforcement officer. He served as the Chief of the Kansas City Police Department in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1961 to 1973, and as the second director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1973 to 1978.
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Jo Jo White

91. Jo Jo White

1946-2018 (aged 72)
basketball player restaurateur actor basketball coach
Joseph Henry White was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was named a second-team All-American twice. White was part of the U.S. men's basketball team during the 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal with the team.
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Mandy Patinkin

92. Mandy Patinkin

1952-. (aged 74)
screenwriter actor director singer
Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Dusty Johnson

93. Dusty Johnson

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Dustin Michael Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011, when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard, a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career...
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Moses Gunn

94. Moses Gunn

1929-1993 (aged 64)
film actor television actor stage actor
Moses Gunn was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand Is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry. He was nominated for the 1976 Tony Award for...
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Quentin Grimes

95. Quentin Grimes

2000-. (aged 26)
basketball player
Quentin Marshall Grimes is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and the Houston Cougars.
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Vernon L. Smith

96. Vernon L. Smith

1927-. (aged 99)
university teacher economist
Vernon Lomax Smith is an American economist who is currently a professor of economics and law at Chapman University. He was formerly the McLellan/Regent's Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and a board member of the Mercatus Center. Along with Daniel Kahneman, Smith won the 2002 Nobel Memorial...
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Juan Manuel Santos

97. Juan Manuel Santos

1951-. (aged 75)
economist lawyer journalist politician
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón GColIH GCB GColL ODB is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Caroline Lucas

98. Caroline Lucas

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Caroline Patricia Lucas is a British politician who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012, and 2016–2018. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion from 2010–2024. She was the Green Party's first MP (although Plaid Cymru's Cynog Dafis was elected on a joint ticket in the 1990s)...
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Alejandro Domínguez

99. Alejandro Domínguez

1972-. (aged 54)
sports executive
Alejandro Guillermo Domínguez Wilson–Smith is a Paraguayan football administrator, president of CONMEBOL, a vice-president of FIFA and a member of the FIFA Council.
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Dean Smith

100. Dean Smith

1931-2015 (aged 84)
basketball player basketball coach engineer
Dean Anthony Smith is an Australian politician and Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since 2012, representing Western Australia.