Notable Alumni of University of Pittsburgh [Sorted List]

1. Billy Knight

1952-. (aged 74)

basketball player basketball coach

William R. Knight is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Playing with the Indiana Pacers in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was both an ABA and NBA All-Star. He played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers, who retired his No. 34.

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2. Bub Carrington

2005-. (aged 21)

basketball player

Carlton Kaleel "Bub" Carrington III is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2024 NBA draft before being traded to the Wizards during the draft.

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3. Lamar Patterson

1991-. (aged 35)

basketball player

Lamar Alexander Lee Patterson is an American professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers.

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4. Ron Nyswaner

1956-. (aged 70)

screenwriter writer film director

Ronald L. Nyswaner is an American screenwriter and film director. He is a Peabody Award winner, and has been nominated for numerous awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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5. Myron Cope

1929-2008 (aged 79)

journalist

Myron Sidney Kopelman, known professionally as Myron Cope, was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster. He is best known for being "the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers".

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6. Nancy Cartwright

1957-. (aged 69)

screenwriter voice actor actor comedian

Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire FBA, FAcSS is an American philosopher of science. She is a professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Durham. Currently, she is the past president of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science...

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7. Orlando Antigua

1973-. (aged 53)

basketball coach basketball player

Orlando Radhames Antigua Fernández, nicknamed "Hurricane", is a Dominican-American basketball coach and former player who is currently the associate head coach at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was also an assistant there from 2017 to 2021.

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8. Herbert Boyer

1936-. (aged 90)

biotechnologist biologist biochemist businessperson

Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering. By 1969, he had performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of E. coli with especially...

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9. Jabaal Sheard

1989-. (aged 37)

American football player

Jabaal Lamar Sheard is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh, and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. He also played for the New England Patriots, with whom he won Super Bowl...

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10. Brennan Carroll

1979-. (aged 47)

American football coach American football player

Brennan Carroll is an American professional football coach who most recently served as offensive line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He formerly served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the University of Washington. He also coached for USC, Miami (FL), Arizona, and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League...

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11. Ken Macha

1950-. (aged 76)

baseball player

Kenneth Edward Macha is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman and manager. He managed the Oakland Athletics from 2003 to 2006, including American League Western Division championships in both his first and final seasons with the team, and later managed the Milwaukee Brewers (2009–10).

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12. Geri Allen

1957-2017 (aged 60)

music educator jazz pianist composer university teacher recording artist

Geri Antoinette Allen was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh.

13. Austin Davis

1993-. (aged 33)

baseball player

Austin Ankarie Davis is an American politician serving as the 35th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Davis previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 35th district from 2018 to 2022. He is both the first African-American lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and the youngest person to be elected...

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14. Jaak Panksepp

1943-2017 (aged 74)

researcher professor neuroscientist psychologist

Jaak Panksepp was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience", the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion. He was the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science for the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emeritus Professor of the...

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15. Kellee Maize

1980-. (aged 46)

singer entrepreneur rapper doula songwriter

Kellee Maize is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Her first album, Age of Feminine, was released in 2007. Maize has recorded and released six full albums and several singles.

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16. Dalia Mogahed

1974-. (aged 52)

scientist

Dalia Mogahed is an American researcher and consultant. She is the director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) in Washington, D.C. She is also President and CEO of Mogahed Consulting, a Washington, D.C.–based executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in Muslim societies and the Middle East. Mogahed is former executive director of the Gallup Center...

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17. Jim Moran

1945-. (aged 81)

investment banker politician bureaucrat

James Patrick Moran Jr. is an American politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, from 1985 until 1990, and as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district, including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County, and a portion of Fairfax County) from 1991 until 2015.

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18. Tom Bossert

1975-. (aged 51)

lawyer

Thomas P. Bossert is an American lawyer and former Homeland Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. He is an ABC News Homeland Security analyst.

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19. Charles Smith

1975-. (aged 51)

basketball player

Charles Daniel Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1988 to 1998. He was an All-American college player for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He led the 1986 World Games USA Team in scoring to win the Gold Medal and Olympic bronze medal as a member of the United States national team...

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20. Thomas Mellon

1813-1908 (aged 95)

banker entrepreneur founder prothonotary

Thomas Mellon was a businessman, judge, and lawyer who was best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.

21. Rebecca Skloot

1972-. (aged 54)

journalist writer

Rebecca L. Skloot /ˈskluːt/ is an American science writer who specializes in science and medicine. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), was one of the best-selling new books of 2010, staying on The New York Times Bestseller list for over 6 years and eventually reaching #1. It was adapted into a movie by George C. Wolfe,...

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22. Jim Covert

1960-. (aged 66)

American football player

James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning consensus All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft.

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23. Justin Champagnie

2001-. (aged 25)

basketball player

Justin John Champagnie is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers.

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24. Bill Peduto

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

William Mark Peduto is an American politician who was the 60th mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 2014 until 2022. He was a Democratic member of the Pittsburgh City Council from 2002 to 2014.

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25. Paul Lauterbur

1929-2007 (aged 78)

physicist biophysicist researcher professor chemist

Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.

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26. Allison McAtee

1980-. (aged 46)

actor television actor model film actor stage actor

Allison McAtee is an American actress and producer. She played Catherine Stark in the independent film Bloomington and Maggie Day in the primetime series drama The Haves and the Have Nots.

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27. Regis Toomey

1898-1991 (aged 93)

actor

John Francis Regis Toomey was an American film and television actor.

28. David Newell

1938-. (aged 88)

television actor

David Alexander Newell is an American television actor known primarily for his portrayal of Mr. McFeely, the delivery man on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He also worked in the public relations department of Fred Rogers Productions. His character's most famous catchphrase was "Speedy Delivery!" He toured the country until he retired in 2015, promoting Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as Mr. McFeely.

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29. Mark May

1959-. (aged 67)

American football player

Mark Eric May is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. May played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers and earned unanimous All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Washington Redskins,...

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30. Chen Lifu

1900-2001 (aged 101)

artist politician

Chen Lifu was a politician in the Republic of China. He was a close advisor of Chiang Kai-shek. With his brother Chen Guofu, he led the CC Clique within the Kuomintang.

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31. Peter S. Beagle

1939-. (aged 87)

novelist screenwriter writer

Peter Soyer Beagle is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968) which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. During the last 25 years he has won several literary awards, including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011. He was named Damon Knight...

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32. Kevin Willard

1975-. (aged 51)

basketball player basketball coach

Kevin Schreiber Willard is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Villanova University. He played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–93 season before transferring to Pittsburgh to finish his playing career.

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33. Dick Thornburgh

1932-2020 (aged 88)

lawyer politician

Richard Lewis Thornburgh was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 76th United States attorney general from 1988 to 1991 under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. A Republican, he previously served as the 41st governor of Pennsylvania and as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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34. Justin Sane

1973-. (aged 53)

singer guitarist singer-songwriter

Justin Cathal Geever, known professionally as Justin Sane, is an American singer and guitarist. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of Anti-Flag, a punk rock band formed in 1988 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was known for its left-wing political views.

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35. Clayton Morris

1976-. (aged 50)

YouTuber television presenter real estate entrepreneur writer journalist

Clayton Morris is an American YouTuber, real estate investor, and former television news anchor. He co-hosts Redacted News on the video platform Rumble and on his eponymous YouTube channel and a podcast on Investing in Real Estate.

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36. Robert Sterling

1917-2006 (aged 89)

film actor television actor stage actor

Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955).

37. DeJuan Blair

1989-. (aged 37)

basketball player

DeJuan Lamont Blair is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers from 2007 to 2009. Blair entered the 2009 NBA draft where he was selected as the 37th overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 7 seasons with the Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and Washington...

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38. Tshering Tobgay

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Tshering Tobgay is a Bhutanese politician who is the seventh prime minister of Bhutan since 2024, having previously held the office from 2013 to 2018. Tobgay is the leader of the People's Democratic Party, and was also the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from March 2008 to April 2013.

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39. Jero

1981-. (aged 45)

enka singer

Jerome Charles White Jr., better known by his stage name Jero (ジェロ), is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers.

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40. Jon Daly

screenwriter television actor podcaster voice actor television producer

Jonathan Barney Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly, or Jon Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series Kroll Show. In 2013, he starred as Hobbes in the Amazon Studios original series Betas, and also played Agent Filippo in Zoolander 2 (2016).

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41. Cyril Wecht

1931-2024 (aged 93)

physician pathologist lawyer

Cyril Harrison Wecht was an American forensic pathologist. He was president of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, and headed the board of trustees of the American Board of Legal Medicine. Wecht served as County Commissioner and Allegheny County Coroner and Medical Examiner, serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. He was perhaps best...

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42. Khem Birch

1992-. (aged 34)

basketball player

Khem Xavier Birch is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.

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43. Lorin Maazel

1930-2014 (aged 84)

composer conductor violinist music director

Lorin Varencove Maazel was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. He served as music director of The Cleveland...

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44. Brad Wanamaker

1989-. (aged 37)

basketball player

Bradley Daniel Wanamaker is an American former professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers. Wanamaker earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017.

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45. Jeff Bergman

1960-. (aged 66)

singer comedian voice actor film producer actor

Jeffrey Bergman is an American voice actor who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera.

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46. James Traficant

1941-2014 (aged 73)

American football player sheriff radio personality politician

James Anthony Traficant Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. A staunch economic populist known for his flamboyant personality, he represented the 17th congressional district, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley.

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47. Pavel Astakhov

1966-. (aged 60)

politician television presenter lawyer ombudsman statesperson

Pavel Alekseyevich Astakhov is a Russian politician, lawyer and television personality.

48. Sean Miller

1968-. (aged 58)

basketball player basketball coach

Sean Edward Miller is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach at the University of Texas at Austin. He previously served as head coach at the University of Arizona from 2009 to 2021 and Xavier University from 2004 to 2009 and then again from 2022 to 2025.

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49. Bill Cullen

1920-1990 (aged 70)

television personality actor radio personality game show host

William Lawrence Frances Cullen was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. Known for appearing on game shows and later as a prolific game show host, he hosted 23 shows, earning the nickname "Dean of Game Show Hosts". Aside from his hosting duties, he appeared as a panelist/celebrity guest on many other game shows, including regular...

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50. Cameron Johnson

1996-. (aged 30)

basketball player

Cameron Jordan Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the eleventh overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, Johnson was traded to the Phoenix Suns on draft night. During his...

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51. Ben Cardin

1943-. (aged 83)

lawyer politician

Benjamin Louis Cardin is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 2007 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from...

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52. Katherine Oppenheimer

1910-1972 (aged 62)

biologist botanist

Katherine Vissering "Kitty" Oppenheimer was an American biologist, botanist, and a member of the Communist Party of America until leaving in the 1930s. Her husbands were Frank Ramseyer, Joe Dallet, Richard Stewart Harrison, and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.

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53. Andrew W. Mellon

1855-1937 (aged 82)

art collector banker diplomat politician

Andrew William Mellon, known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. The son of Mellon family patriarch Thomas Mellon, he established a vast business empire before moving into politics. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921, to February 12, 1932, presiding over the boom years...

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54. Adrian Cronauer

1938-2018 (aged 80)

lawyer radio personality

Adrian Joseph Cronauer was an American radio personality and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer.

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55. Kenny Pickett

1998-. (aged 28)

American football player

Kenneth Pickett is an American professional football quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, winning the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award in 2021, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft. Pickett spent two seasons as the Steelers' primary...

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56. Marty Schottenheimer

1943-2021 (aged 78)

American football coach American football player

Martin Edward Schottenheimer was an American professional football linebacker and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 1984 to 1988, the Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 to 1998, the Washington Redskins in 2001, and the San Diego Chargers from 2002 to...

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57. Charles Graner

1968-. (aged 58)

military personnel

Charles A. Graner Jr. is an American former soldier and corrections officer who was court-martialed for prisoner abuse after the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Along with other soldiers of his Army Reserve unit, the 372nd Military Police Company, Graner was accused of allowing and inflicting sexual, physical, and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a...

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58. Zelda Rubinstein

1933-2010 (aged 77)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Zelda May Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing "Ginny", she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy Award-winning television series Picket Fences for two seasons. She also made guest appearances in the TV show Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996), as seer Christina, and was the...

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59. Matt Bloom

1972-. (aged 54)

video game actor film producer film actor television actor American football player

Matthew Jason Bloom is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

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60. Beth Ostrosky Stern

1972-. (aged 54)

model television actor actor film actor

Beth Ostrosky Stern is an American actress, author, model, and animal rights activist.

61. Britt Baker

1991-. (aged 35)

professional wrestler

Brittany Ann Baker is an American professional wrestler and dentist. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling—where she performs under the ring name Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She is also the first female wrestler signed to AEW.

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62. Gabbie Hanna

1991-. (aged 35)

writer singer-songwriter television actor television presenter

Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna Kroner, also known as Gabbie Hanna, is an American internet personality, singer-songwriter, author, and former YouTuber. She rose to prominence on the video platforms Vine and YouTube before releasing her debut single, "Out Loud", in 2017. Her debut extended play, 2WayMirror, was released on May 31, 2019, and her second EP, Bad Karma, was released on May...

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63. Mike Ditka

1939-. (aged 87)

American football player baseball player American football coach businessperson basketball player

Michael Keller Ditka is an American former professional football player, coach, and commentator. During his playing career, he was UPI NFL Rookie of Year in 1961, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and a six-time All-Pro tight end with the Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, and Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL); he was inducted into the College Football Hall...

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64. Mahmood Mamdani

1946-. (aged 80)

university teacher writer anthropologist

Mahmood Mamdani FBA is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science, and African studies at Columbia University. He also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda, and honorary professor at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.

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65. Rick Santorum

1958-. (aged 68)

lawyer politician

Richard John Santorum Sr. is an American politician, attorney, author, and former CNN political commentator, who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's third-ranking Republican during the final six years of his tenure. He also ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in the 2012 Republican primaries, finishing second to Mitt...

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66. Larry Fitzgerald

1983-. (aged 43)

American football player

Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2003. Fitzgerald was selected by the Cardinals with the third overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft. He...

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67. Bruno Sammartino

1935-2018 (aged 83)

professional wrestler

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Sammartino's first reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion is the longest recognized men's world title reign in wrestling history.

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68. Damar Hamlin

1998-. (aged 28)

American football player

Damar Romeyelle Hamlin is an American professional football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers and was selected by the Bills in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL draft. Hamlin spent most of his rookie season as a backup before becoming a starter in 2022 following a...

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69. Eddie Huang

1982-. (aged 44)

lawyer restaurateur film director

Edwyn Charles Huang is an American author, chef, restaurateur, food personality, producer, and former attorney. He was a co-owner of BaoHaus, a gua bao restaurant in the East Village of Lower Manhattan. Huang previously hosted Huang's World for Viceland. His autobiography, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, was adapted into the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, of which he...

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70. Jodie Turner-Smith

1986-. (aged 40)

actor

Jodie Turner-Smith is a British actress. She made her feature film debut in The Neon Demon (2016) and has since acted in Queen & Slim (2019), After Yang (2022), White Noise (2022), and Tron: Ares (2025). She is also known for her television roles in the TNT series The Last Ship (2017), 2024 Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, the Syfy...

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71. Dan Marino

1961-. (aged 65)

baseball player sports analyst restaurateur American football player NASCAR team owner

Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning first-team All-American honors in 1981. Marino was the last quarterback taken in the first round of the famed quarterback class of 1983. He held or...

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72. Steven Adams

1993-. (aged 33)

basketball player

Steven Funaki Paea He Ofa Ki Loa Adams is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A center, Adams has played for four NBA teams since making his NBA debut in 2013.

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73. Jessica Pegula

1994-. (aged 32)

tennis player

Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved in October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set in September 2023. Pegula was a finalist at the 2024 US Open and at the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering...

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74. Gene Kelly

1912-1996 (aged 84)

dancer producer choreographer film screenwriter film director

Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen, co-directed some of the best-regarded musical films...

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75. Michael Chabon

1963-. (aged 63)

children's writer columnist writer television producer essayist

Michael Chabon is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he studied at Carnegie Mellon University for one year before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984. He subsequently received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine.

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76. David Tepper

1957-. (aged 69)

businessperson hedge fund manager

David Alan Tepper is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, the founder and president of Appaloosa Management, a global hedge fund based in Miami Beach, Florida. He is also the owner of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and Charlotte FC of Major League Soccer (MLS).

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77. Joe Manganiello

1976-. (aged 50)

stage actor television director actor television actor film actor

Joseph Michael Manganiello is an American actor. His professional film career began when he played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. His breakout role was as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in five seasons of the HBO series True Blood.

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78. Stuart Hameroff

1947-. (aged 79)

scientist university teacher physicist anesthesiologist physician

Stuart Hameroff is an American anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona known for his studies of consciousness and his controversial contention that consciousness originates from quantum states in neural microtubules. He is the lead organizer of the Science of Consciousness conference.

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79. Art Rooney II

1952-. (aged 74)

lawyer

Arthur Joseph Rooney II is an American professional football executive and lawyer who is the owner and president of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).

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80. Derrick Bell

1930-2011 (aged 81)

jurist lawyer university teacher military officer political activist

Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist. Bell first worked for the U.S. Justice Department, then the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he supervised over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.

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81. Jenna Morasca

1981-. (aged 45)

model professional wrestler actor reality television participant

Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model, professional wrestler and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

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82. Ben McAdoo

1977-. (aged 49)

American football coach coach

Benjamin Lee McAdoo is an American football coach who is currently serving as a senior defensive assistant of the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL). McAdoo was most notably the head coach of the New York Giants from 2016 to 2017, after serving as their offensive coordinator the previous two years under former head coach Tom Coughlin....

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83. Alaska Thunderfuck 5000

1985-. (aged 41)

singer drag queen comedian Internet celebrity actor

Justin Andrew Honard, best known by the stage name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 or Alaska Thunderfuck and mononymously as Alaska, is an American drag queen and singer from Erie, Pennsylvania. She is best known as a runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

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84. John Murtha

1932-2010 (aged 78)

politician military officer

John Patrick Murtha Jr. was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives ever elected from Pennsylvania.

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85. Luke Ravenstahl

1980-. (aged 46)

politician American football player

Luke Robert Ravenstahl is an American politician who served as the 59th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 2006 until 2014. A Democrat, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history in September 2006 at the age of 26. He was among the youngest mayors of a major city in American history.

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86. Fred Rogers

1928-2003 (aged 75)

puppeteer theologian television producer songwriter educator

Fred McFeely Rogers, known professionally as Mister Rogers, was an American television personality, Presbyterian minister, and author. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.

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87. Rick Saccone

1958-. (aged 68)

politician military officer

Richard Saccone is an American educator and far-right politician who represented Pennsylvania's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018. A Republican, he was his party's nominee for the March 2018 special election to fill in the vacant U.S. House seat for the 18th congressional district. Saccone lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb by a margin...

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88. Ben DiNucci

1996-. (aged 30)

American football player

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89. Patricia Churchland

1943-. (aged 83)

university teacher neuroscientist philosopher

Patricia Smith Churchland is a Canadian-American analytic philosopher noted for her contributions to neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. She is UC President's Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she has taught since 1984. She has also held an adjunct professorship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies since 1989. She is a...

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90. Peter Huang

1937-. (aged 89)

human rights defender

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91. Johnny Chiang

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

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92. Benjamin Whisoh Lee

1935-1977 (aged 42)

physicist theoretical physicist

Benjamin Whisoh Lee, or Ben Lee, was a South Korean and American theoretical physicist. His work in theoretical particle physics exerted great influence on the development of the Standard Model in the late 20th century, especially on the renormalization of the electro-weak model and gauge theory.

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93. Tawfiq Al Rabiah

1965-. (aged 61)

civil servant

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94. Tsui Lap-chee

1950-. (aged 76)

geneticist university teacher

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95. Li Yinhe

1952-. (aged 74)

sexologist sociologist

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96. Théophile Obenga

1936-. (aged 90)

minister politician historian egyptologist linguist

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97. Bennet Omalu

1968-. (aged 58)

physician pathologist medical examiner neuropathologist

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98. Wangari Muta Maathai

1940-2011 (aged 71)

teacher politician

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99. Mahmoud Jibril

1952-2020 (aged 68)

politician

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100. John Money

1921-2006 (aged 85)

university teacher psychologist sexologist

John William Money was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender.

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