100 Notable alumni of University of New Hampshire
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of New Hampshire is ranked #364 in the world and #127 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Josh Bauer
1998-. (aged 28)
association football player
Joshua Chase Bauer is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.
2. Chad Kackert
1986-. (aged 40)
Canadian football player
American football player
Charles Kackert is an American former professional football running back who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at New Hampshire. He was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).
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3. Brian Coppola
1957-. (aged 69)
researcher
chemist
Brian P. Coppola is a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan.
4. Mike Sislo
1988-. (aged 38)
ice hockey player
Michael James Sislo is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils.
5. Brendan Emmett Quigley
1974-. (aged 52)
musician
crossword creator
Brendan Emmett Quigley is an American crossword constructor. He has been described as a "crossword wunderkind". His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and The Onion. He appeared in the documentary Wordplay and the book Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's...
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6. Jacob Micflikier
1984-. (aged 42)
ice hockey player
Jacob Micflikier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He last played for the Växjö Lakers in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
7. Bruce Crowder
1957-. (aged 69)
ice hockey player
Bruce James Crowder is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins from 1981–82 to 1984–85. He is the brother of Keith Crowder and also the brother of Craig Crowder.
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8. Sumner Shapiro
1926-2006 (aged 80)
military officer
Sumner Shapiro was a United States Navy rear admiral who served as Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1978 to 1982.
9. Mark Mowers
1974-. (aged 52)
ice hockey player
Mark C. Mowers is a former professional ice hockey forward and current pro scout for the Minnesota Wild. He had previously played in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, and Anaheim Ducks.
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10. Sharon Carson
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Sharon Carson is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 14th district since 2008. She served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham's 3rd district from 2000 to 2008.
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11. Bryan Muir
1973-. (aged 53)
ice hockey player
Bryan D. Muir is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 279 games in the National Hockey League, winning a Stanley Cup Championship with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001. He last played with the Frankfurt Lions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2008–09 season.
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12. Wesley Powell
1915-1981 (aged 66)
lawyer
politician
Wesley Powell was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 70th governor of New Hampshire from 1959 to 1963.
13. Tod Papageorge
1940-. (aged 86)
photographer
university teacher
Tod Papageorge is an American photographer whose career began in the New York City street photography movement of the 1960s. He is the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and two NEA Visual Artists Fellowships. His work is in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Between 1979 and 2013 he directed the graduate...
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14. Caitlin Rivers
epidemiologist
Caitlin M. Rivers is an American epidemiologist who as Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing on improving epidemic preparedness. Rivers is currently working on the American response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on the incorporation of infectious disease modeling and forecasting...
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15. Alma M. Grocki
military personnel
Alma M. Grocki is a retired United States Navy rear admiral. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1981, she served in a succession of warship and submarine maintenance postings before transferring to the United States Navy Reserve in 1988. Grocki commanded various U.S. Navy facilities, shipyards and programs before becoming director of fleet maintenance for the United...
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16. Tanner Leissner
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Paul Tanner Leissner is an American professional basketball player for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League. He played college basketball for the New Hampshire Wildcats.
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17. Lou D'Allesandro
1938-. (aged 88)
basketball coach
politician
Lou D'Allesandro is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 20th district from 1998 to 2024. D'Allesandro served as chair of Senate Finance and vice chair of the Ways & Means and Capital Budget committees. Previously he was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 1975 to 1981 and the New Hampshire House of...
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18. Harl Pease
1917-1942 (aged 25)
aircraft pilot
Harl Pease Jr. was a United States Army Air Corps officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during World War II. Pease Air National Guard Base is named for him.
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19. Daniel Ford
1931-. (aged 95)
journalist
novelist
Daniel Ford is an American journalist, novelist, and historian. The son of Patrick and Anne Ford, he attended public schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, graduating in 1950 from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He was educated at the University of New Hampshire (A.B. Political Science 1954), the University of Manchester (Fulbright Scholar, Modern European History 1954–55), and King's...
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20. Darren Haydar
1979-. (aged 47)
ice hockey player
Darren J. Haydar is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Haydar was selected by the Nashville Predators in the ninth round (248th overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He is one of the top AHL players of all-time, having won two Calder Cup championships and is the AHL’s all-time leader in playoff goals (63), assists (80) and points...
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21. Martin Kimani
1971-. (aged 55)
diplomat
writer
Mbūgua Martin Kìmani is a Kenyan government official and diplomat. He previously served as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since December 2020. He previously served as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism Centre and as a Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya.
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22. Paul Thompson
1988-. (aged 38)
ice hockey player
Paul Thompson is an American former ice hockey forward. During the 2010–11 season, he was the Hockey East player of the year, led the Hockey East in scoring, and then led the nation in power play goals while playing with the University of New Hampshire.
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23. Jenn Wakefield
1989-. (aged 37)
ice hockey player
Jennifer Dorothy June Wakefield is a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with MoDo Hockey Dam. She has served as an assistant coach to the Netherlands' women's national ice hockey team and the women's representative team of Almtuna IS in the Damettan. As a member of the Canadian national ice hockey...
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24. Bob Miller
1953-. (aged 73)
television presenter
news presenter
politician
Robert Michael Miller was an American professional ice hockey player who played 404 games in the National Hockey League between 1977 and 1985. He played for the Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Kings. He featured in the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals with the Bruins. Miller also played in the SM-liiga in Finland for Kärpät and the Nationalliga A in...
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25. Heather King
1952-. (aged 74)
essayist
Heather King is a Los Angeles-based writer, blogger and speaker. Raised on the coast of New Hampshire, she struggled with alcoholism—a period during which she made the ill-advised decision to attend law school—sobered up in 1987, quit her job as an attorney, and converted to Catholicism in 1996.
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26. Clare Egan
1987-. (aged 39)
athletics competitor
biathlete
cross-country skier
Laurent Clare Egan is a retired American biathlete. She has represented the United States in World Cup Biathlon from 2015 through the 2018-2019 season and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. She was elected in 2018 to chair the International Biathlon Union Athletes’ Committee until 2022.
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27. Courtney Birchard-Kessel
1989-. (aged 37)
ice hockey player
ice hockey coach
Courtney Birchard-Kessel is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player, currently serving as the head coach of the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey team.
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28. Trevor Smith
1985-. (aged 41)
ice hockey player
Trevor Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He most recently played with the San Antonio Rampage in the American Hockey League (AHL).
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29. Louis C. Wyman
1917-2002 (aged 85)
lawyer
military officer
judge
politician
Louis Crosby Wyman was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States representative and a U.S. senator from New Hampshire. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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30. Sean McDonnell
1956-. (aged 70)
head coach
Sean Patrick McDonnell is a retired college football coach and former player, best known for his tenure as head football coach at the University of New Hampshire.
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31. Mary A. Legere
Mary A. Legere is a retired lieutenant general and the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the United States Army.
32. Andrew Poturalski
1994-. (aged 32)
ice hockey player
Andrew Poturalski is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
33. Dudley Dudley
1936-. (aged 90)
politician
Dudley Dudley is an American political activist, known for her 1974 legislation that helped prevent shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from building an oil pipeline on the Isles of Shoals and a refinery near Durham, New Hampshire. In 1976, Dudley became the first woman elected to the New Hampshire Executive Council, where she served four consecutive terms. In 1984, she won...
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34. Jason Krog
1975-. (aged 51)
ice hockey player
Jason Krog is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, last under contract with Lørenskog IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen (GET). He has been the skills and skating coach with the Vancouver Canucks since June 10, 2024.
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35. Vladimir Pištalo
1960-. (aged 66)
poet lawyer
jurist
writer
translator
non-fiction writer
Vladimir Pištalo is a Serbian American writer, most notably winning the NIN Award for novel of the year in 2008.
36. Dawn Zimmer
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Dawn Zimmer is an American politician who served as the 38th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. As president of the Hoboken City Council, she became acting mayor after incumbent Peter Cammarano's resignation on July 31, 2009 following his arrest on corruption charges. Zimmer is the first female mayor of Hoboken. She was first elected mayor in a special election for...
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37. Richard M. Linnehan
1957-. (aged 69)
astronaut
veterinarian
Richard Michael Linnehan is a United States Army veterinarian and a NASA astronaut.
38. Kacey Bellamy
1987-. (aged 39)
ice hockey player
Kacey Lee Bellamy is a former American ice hockey defender for the Calgary section of the PWHPA, an Olympic Gold medalist, and seven-time IIHF World Women's Championship winner. She also played for the Boston Pride in the Premier Hockey Federation and the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won the Isobel Cup with the Pride and is a...
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39. Ellen Lord
civil servant
businessperson
politician
Ellen M. Lord is an American businesswoman and government official who previously served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in the first Trump administration. She was previously the CEO of Textron Systems, a global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies industrial conglomerate. In her position, she was the chief weapons purchaser for the United States, responsible...
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40. Steve Merrill
1946-2020 (aged 74)
lawyer
military officer
Stephen Everett Merrill was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. He served as the 77th governor of New Hampshire from 1993 to 1997.
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41. Bobby Butler
1987-. (aged 39)
ice hockey player
Robert "Bobby" Butler is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils, Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers and won the 2011 Calder Cup championship while with the Binghamton Senators.
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42. Scott Poteet
1973-. (aged 53)
astronaut
fighter pilot
Scott "Kidd" Poteet is an American retired pilot from the United States Air Force. He was the pilot of the Polaris Dawn mission in 2024, a privately funded human spaceflight operated by SpaceX for Jared Isaacman. Lives in Stratham, NH.
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43. Donna Lynne
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Donna Lynne is the chief executive officer of Denver Health. She was the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center before joining Denver Health in September 2022. Lynne is a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, from 2016 to 2019. She also served in a dual...
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44. Jeffrey Snover
computer scientist
software architect
Jeffrey Snover is a Distinguished Engineer at Google. Previously a Microsoft Technical Fellow, PowerShell Chief Architect, and the Chief Architect for Windows Server and the Azure Infrastructure and Management group which includes Azure Stack, System Center and Operations Management Suite. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell and was...
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45. Blake Kessel
1989-. (aged 37)
ice hockey player
Blake Kessel is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who most recently was coaching Ironbound Elite 16U Premier in the USA Hockey Women's 16U AA. He most recently played for the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL. He was selected by the New York Islanders in the 6th round (166th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
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46. Liz MacDonald
1962-. (aged 64)
astrophysicist
astronomer
physicist
Elizabeth MacDonald is a space physicist who works at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She is a co-investigator on the Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron Spectrometer on the NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probe mission.
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47. Tito Jackson
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Tito Jackson is an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council. He represented council District 7, representing parts of the Roxbury neighborhood and parts of Dorchester, South End, and Fenway. In 2017, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Boston against incumbent mayor Marty Walsh. After leaving the Boston City Council, Jackson worked in the cannabis industry....
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48. Rich Gale
1954-. (aged 72)
basketball player
baseball player
Richard Blackwell Gale is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played with four teams between 1978 and 1984. Listed at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) and 225 lb (102 kg), Gale batted and threw right-handed. During 1992 and 1993, he served as pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox. In 2006, he earned honorable...
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49. Brett Pesce
1994-. (aged 32)
ice hockey player
Brett Alex Pesce is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 66th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2013 NHL entry draft.
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50. Ty Conklin
1976-. (aged 50)
ice hockey player
Ty Curtis Conklin is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Throughout his National Hockey League (NHL) career, he played for the Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues and two stints with the Detroit Red Wings.
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51. Carol Shea-Porter
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
social worker
politician
Carol Shea-Porter is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the former member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. She held the seat from 2007 to 2011, 2013 to 2015, and 2017 to 2019.
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52. Andy Brickley
1961-. (aged 65)
ice hockey player
Andrew Brickley is an American former professional hockey player, who spent 14 seasons playing in the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, and the International Hockey League. He currently serves as the color commentator for the Boston Bruins on the New England Sports Network.
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53. Joyce Craig
1967-. (aged 59)
account executive
politician
property manager
Joyce Craig is an American politician who served as the 56th mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. She was the first female mayor of the city, having been elected in 2017.
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54. Warren Foegele
1996-. (aged 30)
ice hockey player
Warren Foegele is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the third round, 67th overall, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
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55. Milton Selzer
1918-2006 (aged 88)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Milton Selzer was an American stage, film, and television actor.
56. David M. Cote
1952-. (aged 74)
entrepreneur
David M. Cote is an American businessman. Cote previously worked for General Electric and TRW Inc. before he was appointed chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Honeywell in 2002, following their acquisition by AlliedSignal. Cote also sat on the JP Morgan Chase risk committee during the period in which the firm lost $6 billion trading credit derivatives. Cote stepped...
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57. Corey Graham
1985-. (aged 41)
American football player
Corey Dewayne Graham is an American former professional football player who played safety and cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the New Hampshire Wildcats and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL draft. He also played for the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, and Philadelphia Eagles. Graham was...
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58. Daniel Winnik
1985-. (aged 41)
ice hockey player
Daniel Spencer Winnik is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and played his final six seasons in Switzerland for Genève-Servette HC.
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59. Elle Purrier St. Pierre
1995-. (aged 31)
athletics competitor
Elinor Purrier St. Pierre, better known as Elle Purrier St. Pierre, is an American track and field athlete who specializes in middle-distance and long-distance running. She won a gold medal in the 3000 meters at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Purrier is a two-time Olympian for the United States, making the final in the 1500m at both...
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60. Sharon Smith
1952-. (aged 74)
Sharon Murray is an American philanthropist who is the founder and CEO of Teddy Share, and the director of development for Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School. She is the former wife of businessman Neil Bush.
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61. Anne Finucane
1952-. (aged 74)
banker
Anne Finucane is an American banker who was the first female vice chair of Bank of America and chair of Bank of America Europe until retiring from the bank in 2021, and from her BofA Europe chair role at the end of 2022, after which she became a senior advisor to TPG Rise Climate and chair of Rubicon Carbon. While...
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62. Rod Langway
1957-. (aged 69)
ice hockey player
Rodney Cory Langway is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL) and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association (WHA). He won the 1979 Stanley Cup with the Canadiens.
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63. Jaleen Smith
1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Jaleen Devon Smith is an American-born naturalized Croatian professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the New Hampshire Wildcats.
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64. Jackie MacMullan
1960-. (aged 66)
journalist
sports journalist
Jackie "Mac" MacMullan Boyle is a retired American freelance newspaper sportswriter and NBA columnist for the sports website ESPN.com. She retired from ESPN on August 31, 2021.
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65. Trevor van Riemsdyk
1991-. (aged 35)
ice hockey player
Trevor van Riemsdyk, often known by his initials TVR, is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the Stanley Cup in 2015, his rookie season, with the Chicago Blackhawks and has also played for the Carolina Hurricanes.
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66. Casey DeSmith
1991-. (aged 35)
ice hockey player
Casey DeSmith is an American professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins record for most saves in a playoff game. DeSmith was named to the AHL's 2016–17 All-Rookie Team and was a co-recipient of the 2017 Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award.
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67. Lori Robinson
1959-. (aged 67)
military officer
Lori Jean Robinson is a retired United States Air Force general who served as commander of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from May 2016 to May 2018. She was the first female officer in the history of the United States Armed Forces to command a major Unified Combatant Command.
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68. George O'Leary
1946-. (aged 80)
head coach
American football coach
George Joseph O'Leary is an American former football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1994 to 2001 and the UCF Knights from 2004 to 2015. He was famously hired in 2001 to be the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish but resigned after five days...
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69. Maryann Plunkett
1953-. (aged 73)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Maryann Plunkett is an American actress and singer.
70. James van Riemsdyk
1989-. (aged 37)
ice hockey player
James van Riemsdyk, often known by his initials JVR, is an American professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and Columbus Blue Jackets.
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71. Peter Jurasik
1950-. (aged 76)
screenwriter
television actor
comedian
actor
film actor
Peter Jurasik is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff Beverly Hills Buntz. Peter Jurasik also portrayed Oberon Geiger, Diana's boss, in the T.V. series Sliders.
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72. Blanchard Ryan
1967-. (aged 59)
film actor
actor
television actor
Susan Blanchard Ryan is an American actress. After working in MTV and taking other minor parts on television and independent film, she starred in the 2003 film Open Water, for which she won the 2004 Saturn Award for Best Actress. She has since starred in the films The Brooklyn Heist and It's Complicated.
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73. James Broderick
1927-1982 (aged 55)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
James Joseph Broderick III was an American actor. He is known for his role as Doug Lawrence in the television series Family, which ran from 1976 to 1980, and he played a pivotal role in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon.
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74. Dean Potter
1972-2015 (aged 43)
mountaineer
skydiver
rock climber
Dean Spaulding Potter was an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner. He completed many hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and enchainments in Yosemite National Park and Patagonia. He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year award in 2003. In 2015, he died in a wingsuit flying accident in Yosemite National Park.
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75. Carlton Fisk
1947-. (aged 79)
baseball player
Carlton Ernest Fisk, nicknamed "Pudge" and "the Commander", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox. In 1972, he was the first player to be unanimously voted American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. Fisk is best known for his game-winning home...
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76. Dane DiLiegro
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
actor
Dane Robert DiLiegro is an American actor and former basketball player. DiLiegro played professional basketball for eight seasons for teams in Italy and Israel. DiLiegro has appeared in productions such as Only Murders in the Building, Running Point, American Horror Stories, and starred as the Predator in the film Prey, which currently holds the record for biggest film or TV...
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77. Jennifer Lee
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
screenwriter
writer
animator
film director
Jennifer Michelle Lee is an American filmmaker and playwright. She served as the chief creative officer (CCO) of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, before stepping down to return to full-time filmmaking. She is best known as the writer and one of the directors of Frozen (2013) and its sequel Frozen 2 (2019), the former of which earned...
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78. Michael Ontkean
1946-. (aged 80)
ice hockey player
actor
Michael Ontkean is a Canadian retired actor.
79. Mike O'Malley
1966-. (aged 60)
voice actor
actor
television actor
writer
playwright
Michael Edward O'Malley is an American actor, writer and television producer. Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire, O'Malley hosted the early 1990s children's game shows Get the Picture and Nickelodeon Guts before moving to Los Angeles later that decade to star in his own sitcom for NBC called The Mike O'Malley Show. He is best known for his...
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80. Chip Kelly
1963-. (aged 63)
American football coach
Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for Northwestern. He came to prominence as a college football head coach at Oregon from 2009 to 2012, leading them to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game. Kelly's success led to a stint in the NFL, where he coached for four seasons, three with the Philadelphia Eagles...
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81. John Irving
1942-. (aged 84)
novelist
screenwriter
writer
John Winslow Irving is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
82. Elaine Duke
1958-. (aged 68)
civil servant
businessperson
Elaine Costanzo Duke is an American civil servant and former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from April 10, 2017 until April 15, 2018. She became acting Secretary of Homeland Security on July 31, 2017, when John F. Kelly assumed the office of White House Chief of Staff. She left the acting position on December 6, 2017, upon...
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83. Joseph Uscinski
1975-. (aged 51)
university teacher
political scientist
Joseph E. Uscinski is an American political scientist specializing in the study of conspiracy theories. His most notable work is American Conspiracy Theories (Oxford, 2014) co-authored with Joseph M. Parent. He is an associate professor at the University of Miami's Political Science department, and author of several academic publications. He was named a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry...
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84. Kevin H. Smith
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Kevin H. Smith is an American politician who was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire. Smith is a former state representative and previously served as the town manager of Londonderry, New Hampshire. Smith previously ran the conservative advocacy organization Cornerstone, and served on the staffs of United States Senator Bob...
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85. Samuel Der-Yeghiayan
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
judge
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan is a former United States District Court Judge of the Northern District of Illinois. He was appointed in 2003. Der-Yeghiayan is noteworthy as being the first Armenian immigrant U.S. District Court Judge in the United States and served over 40 years of distinguished government service.
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86. Matt Soper
1984-. (aged 42)
businessperson
politician
Matthew Soper is a Republican politician who represents Colorado House of Representatives District 54, which encompasses parts of Mesa and Delta counties on Colorado's Western Slope.
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87. Molly Kelly
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Molly Kelly is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 10th District from 2006 until 2016. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in the 2018 election.
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88. Donna Soucy
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Donna M. Soucy is an American attorney and former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate, from December 5, 2018 until December 2, 2020. Soucy served on the Senate Commerce, and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees, in addition to the...
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89. Frank Guinta
1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson
politician
Frank Christopher Guinta is an American businessman and politician who represented New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, from 2006 to 2010. He is identified by National Journal as a moderate.
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90. Andrew Robinson
1942-. (aged 84)
novelist
writer
science fiction writer
actor
film actor
Andrew Jordt Robinson is an American actor and the former director of the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the University of Southern California. Originally a stage actor, he works predominantly in supporting roles on television and in low-budget films. He is known for his portrayals of the psychopathic serial killer Scorpio in Dirty Harry (1971), Larry Cotton in...
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91. Alice McDermott
1953-. (aged 73)
novelist
essayist
writer
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. She is the author of nine novels and a collection of essays. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Orange Prize. That Night, At Weddings and...
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92. Donna Edwards
1958-. (aged 68)
executive director
lawyer
director
politician
Donna Fern Edwards is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2008 to 2017. The district included most of Prince George's County, as well as part of Anne Arundel County. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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93. Bill Gardner
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Bill Gardner is an American politician who was the New Hampshire Secretary of State from 1976 to 2022. In that role, he was in charge of the department that oversees all general elections, primary elections, voter registration and recounts within the state, including the New Hampshire primary. His tenure is the longest of any secretary of state in U.S. history....
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94. Chris Wedge
1957-. (aged 69)
film director
director
actor
animator
executive producer
John Christian Wedge is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for being the lead animator of the sci-fi action film Tron (1982), co-founding the now-defunct animation studio Blue Sky Studios, and directing the short film Bunny (1998) and the feature films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005) and Epic (2013). Wedge has received two Academy Awards...
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95. Jason Brennan
1979-. (aged 47)
philosopher
university teacher
non-fiction writer
professor of philosophy
Jason F. Brennan is an American philosopher and business professor. He is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
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96. Tim Ryan
1968-. (aged 58)
activist
Timothy John Ryan is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for the state of Ohio from 2003 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2013 to 2023, having previously represented Ohio's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2013. Ryan's district included a large swath of northeastern...
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97. Lee Morin
1952-. (aged 74)
naval officer
astronaut
submariner
military physician
Lee Miller Emile Morin is a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002. He is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees along with astronaut Story Musgrave.
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98. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
1938-. (aged 88)
historian
historian of Modern Age
university teacher
writer
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian specializing in early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people". Ulrich was a recipient of a grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program in 1992. Her most famous book, A...
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99. Tansu Çiller
1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher
politician
diplomat
statesperson
economist
Tansu Çiller is a Turkish academic, economist, and politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She is Turkey's only female prime minister. As the leader of the True Path Party, she went on to concurrently serve as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and as minister of foreign affairs between 1996 and 1997.
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100. John Lynch
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
John Lynch is an actor and novelist from Northern Ireland. He won the AFI Award for Best Actor for the 1995 film Angel Baby. His other film and television appearances include Cal (1984), The Secret Garden (1993), In the Name of the Father (1993), Sliding Doors (1998), The Fall (2013–2016), Medici (2019), The Head (2020–2024), The Banishing (2021), and Blue...
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