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100 Notable alumni of University of Texas at El Paso

Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Texas at El Paso is ranked #686 in the world and #200 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Texas at El Paso 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 Texas at El Paso won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Fred Hawkins

1. Fred Hawkins

1923-2014 (aged 91)
golfer
Fred Hawkins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.
Trine Pilskog

2. Trine Pilskog

1972-. (aged 54)
athletics competitor
Trine Pilskog is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. She was born in Hareid Municipality.
Zach West

3. Zach West

1984-. (aged 42)
American football player
Zachary Alex West is an American former football defensive end. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played collegiately at Texas-El Paso.
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Lamberto Alvarez

4. Lamberto Alvarez

1953-. (aged 73)
photographer musician
Lamberto Alvarez is an American painter, sculptor, photographer, musician and author of Mexican-American descent living in Texas. "Lamberto" is his registered trademark. He was one of three Latinos chosen by the Walt Disney Company in 2004 to create a life-size statue to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
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Hector E. Sanchez

5. Hector E. Sanchez

trade unionist
Héctor E. Sánchez Barba is the President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, and a prominent leader in the Latino community with a strong focus on building Latino political power and driving policy and politics at the state and national levels. As a leading voice in the fight against extremism and xenophobia in public policy, he has devoted his career...
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Adriana Pirtea

6. Adriana Pirtea

1980-. (aged 46)
athletics competitor
Adriana Nelson, née Pirtea is a Romanian American long-distance runner who competes in distances up to the marathon. She competed at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships for Romania, then at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships for the United States. At national level, she won six long-distance track titles at...
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Billy Stevens

7. Billy Stevens

1945-. (aged 81)
American football player
William Samuel Stevens is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Stevens was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft. He played two seasons with the team. He was later acquired by the Chicago Bears, but did not appear in a game for...
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Svein Inge Valvik

8. Svein Inge Valvik

1956-. (aged 70)
athletics competitor
Svein Inge Valvik is a retired Norwegian discus thrower. He represented SK Vidar, IF Kamp-Vestheim, IK Tjalve, Stabæk IF and Urædd.
Ron Coleman

9. Ron Coleman

1941-. (aged 85)
politician teacher lawyer assistant legislative assistant
Ronald D'Emory Coleman is an American politician and former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Asa Guevara

10. Asa Guevara

1995-. (aged 31)
athletics competitor
Asa Guevara is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago specialising in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals. At the 2019 edition of the IAAF World Relays which took place in Yokohoma, Japan, Guevara ran on the third leg as part of the Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x400m relay. The team...
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Rosa Ramirez Guerrero

11. Rosa Ramirez Guerrero

1934-. (aged 92)
dancer
Rosa Ramirez Guerrero is a Mexican American educator, artist and historian from El Paso, Texas. She was the founder of the International Folklorico Dance Group. Guerrero has also been active with work in the Catholic Church, and has been called the "Dancing Missionary" in religious circles. She is also known for her multicultural dance programs which have been performed around...
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Marko Wahlman

12. Marko Wahlman

1969-. (aged 57)
physician orthopedist athletics competitor athlete
Marko Jaakko Tapani Wahlman is a retired male hammer thrower from Finland. His personal best throw was 78.39 metres, which he achieved in July 1999 in Lappeenranta.
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John Tofi

13. John Tofi

1984-. (aged 42)
basketball player
Ioana Pulo Tofi is an American-Samoan retired basketball player. He played as center. After playing college basketball with UTEP, he played professionally in Belgium for Leuven Bears and Okapi Aalstar.
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Aiyanna Stiverne

14. Aiyanna Stiverne

1995-. (aged 31)
sprinter
Aiyanna Brigitte Stiverne is an American-born sprinter who competes for Canada. Born in Miami, Florida, her hometown is Laval, Quebec. She first competed for Canada in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the Beijing 2015 World Championships, followed by the 400 metres at the London 2017 World Championships.
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Richard Crawford White

15. Richard Crawford White

1923-1998 (aged 75)
lawyer politician
Richard Crawford White was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic politician from El Paso, Texas, who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983.
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Bill Kinneberg

16. Bill Kinneberg

1957-. (aged 69)
baseball player
William Arthur Kinneberg is an American former college baseball coach. He served as the head baseball coach of the Utah Utes in 1996 and again from 2005 to 2021.
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Jim Svenøy

17. Jim Svenøy

1972-. (aged 54)
athletics competitor personal trainer
Jim Svenøy is a retired Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase.
Bob Laraba

18. Bob Laraba

1933-1962 (aged 29)
basketball player American football player
Robert Edward Laraba was an American professional football player who was a linebacker and quarterback in the American Football League (AFL). He played professionally for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (1960–1961) after playing college football with the UTEP Miners. He was killed in an automobile accident at the conclusion of his second season with the Chargers.
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Michael Saruni

19. Michael Saruni

1995-. (aged 31)
athletics competitor
Michael Saruni is a Kenyan collegiate middle-distance runner. He was the former world record holder for the indoor 600 m with a time of 1:14.79, set in January 2018. Representing the University of Texas in El Paso, he also set the all-time collegiate record for 800 m in April 2018, with a time of 1:43.25.
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Juan G. Ayala

20. Juan G. Ayala

1956-. (aged 70)
military leader
Juan Guadalupe Ayala is a retired two-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps and the former commander of the Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) and Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics (ADC, I&L). Prior to assuming command of MCICOM, Major General Ayala served as Inspector General of the Marine Corps (IGMC). During his time in the Marine Corps, he served...
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Martha P. Cotera

21. Martha P. Cotera

1938-. (aged 88)
librarian
Martha P. Cotera is a librarian, writer, and influential activist of both the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and the Chicana Feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Her two most notable works are Diosa y Hembra: The History and Heritage of Chicanas in the U.S. and The Chicana Feminist. Cotera was one of six women featured in a documentary, Las...
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tatiana de la tierra

22. tatiana de la tierra

1961-2012 (aged 51)
LGBTQ rights activist librarian writer
Tatiana de la tierra was a Colombian writer, poet and activist. She was the author of the first international Latina lesbian magazine Esto no tiene nombre.
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Kelly Parker

23. Kelly Parker

1981-. (aged 45)
association football player
Kelly Parker is a Canadian former soccer midfielder who last played for Atlanta Beat in Women's Professional Soccer. She was also a member of the Canadian national team from 2003 to 2012. She is the only player to have been named W-League MVP twice.
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Alfredo Corchado Jiménez

24. Alfredo Corchado Jiménez

writer investigative journalist
Alfredo Corchado Jiménez is a Mexican-American journalist and author who has covered Mexico for many years, and is currently the Mexico City bureau chief of The Dallas Morning News. He specializes in covering the drug wars and the U.S.-Mexico border, writing stories on topics such as drug cartels and organized crime, corruption among police and government officials, and the spread...
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Oludamola Osayomi

25. Oludamola Osayomi

1986-. (aged 40)
athletics competitor sprinter
Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi (listen; born 26 June 1986) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic silver medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won the 100 and 200 m sprints...
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Oniel Cousins

26. Oniel Cousins

1984-. (aged 42)
American football player
Oniel Theodore Cousins is a Jamaican-born former professional American football guard. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at Texas–El Paso. He also played for the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Anete Šteinberga

27. Anete Šteinberga

1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Anete Šteinberga is a Latvian basketball player for Famila Basket Schio and the Latvian national team. She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017.
Betina Gonzalez

28. Betina Gonzalez

1972-. (aged 54)
writer docent
Betina González is an Argentine writer.
César Blanco

29. César Blanco

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
César Jose Blanco is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Texas Senate representing the 29th district. He has represented the district since 2021 as a Democrat, and previously served in the Texas House of Representatives.
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Victor Mendez

30. Victor Mendez

Victor Mendez was the Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 2014 to 2017 and was previously sworn in on July 24, 2009, as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the 18th person to hold this position.
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Dick Hunsaker

31. Dick Hunsaker

1954-. (aged 72)
basketball player basketball coach
Dick Hunsaker is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Utah Valley University. He is also a former head and assistant coach at Ball State University. As one of Rick Majerus's assistant coaches, he worked with the Cardinals for two seasons, including their berth in the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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Luke Martin

32. Luke Martin

1981-. (aged 45)
basketball player
Luke Leonard Martin is an Australian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing in the National Basketball League (NBL). In 2004 and 2005, he represented the Australian national team.
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David Miner

33. David Miner

1945-. (aged 81)
singer
David Miner, sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, perhaps best known as a member of The Great Society in the 1960s. He co-founded The Great Society along with Jerry, Darby, and Grace Slick as well as Bard Du Pont, in the sense that he was there from the start. Miner sang most of the...
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Dan Evensen

34. Dan Evensen

1974-. (aged 52)
judoka kickboxer mixed martial arts fighter
Dan Tore Evensen is a Norwegian mixed martial artist and former K-1 Kickboxer. Evensen has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator Fighting Championships, and the now defunct BodogFIGHT.
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Alicia Gaspar de Alba

35. Alicia Gaspar de Alba

1958-. (aged 68)
senior lecturer poet writer
Alicia Gaspar de Alba is an American scholar, cultural critic, novelist, and poet whose works include historical novels and scholarly studies on Chicana/o art, culture and sexuality.
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Eric Vila

36. Eric Vila

1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Eric Martínez Vila is a Spanish basketball player for CB Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. He has also represented the Spanish national team internationally. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), Vila plays as a power forward.
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William D. Hawkins

37. William D. Hawkins

1914-1943 (aged 29)
military officer
William Deane Hawkins was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military honor – the Medal of Honor – for heroic actions and sacrifice of life during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II.
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John Cook

38. John Cook

1956-. (aged 70)
coach
John F. Cook is an American Democratic politician. He was mayor of El Paso, Texas for two terms from 2005 to 2013. Due to the City Charter's term limit clause, he was not eligible for a third term in 2013.
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Suleiman Nyambui

39. Suleiman Nyambui

1953-. (aged 73)
middle-distance runner marathon runner long-distance runner athletics competitor
Suleiman Nyambui is a former track athlete from Tanzania who specialized in various long-distance disciplines. Nyambui won the bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games, the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and finished first at three consecutive marathons between 1987 and 1988. He holds multiple indoor national records of Tanzania in athletics.
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Marvin Washington

40. Marvin Washington

1965-. (aged 61)
basketball player American football player
Marvin Andrew Washington is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the sixth round of the 1989 NFL draft, and played eight seasons for the New York Jets of which he was a starter for six. He additionally played for the Denver Broncos...
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Antwon Blake

41. Antwon Blake

1990-. (aged 36)
American football player
Antwon Valentino Blake is an American former professional football cornerback and special teamer who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and was also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played college football at Texas–El Paso (UTEP).
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Charmaine Crooks

42. Charmaine Crooks

1962-. (aged 64)
sprinter
Charmaine Crooks, is a Canadian businesswoman, sports executive, and retired sprinter and middle-distance runner.
Adrián Terrazas-González

43. Adrián Terrazas-González

1975-. (aged 51)
composer jazz musician
Adrián Terrazas-González is a Mexican multi-instrumentalist who plays flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and percussion. Raised in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, Terrazas-González was influenced by Central American traditional music at an early age. He was a member of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta from 2005 to 2008 and the jazz group T.R.A.M.
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Omar Thomas

44. Omar Thomas

1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player
Omar Abdul Thomas is an American former professional basketball player.
Ola Kimrin

45. Ola Kimrin

1972-. (aged 54)
American football player
Ola Fredrik Andreas Kimrin is a Swedish American football placekicker who is a member of the Nordic Storm of the European League of Football (ELF).
Lauren Esposito

46. Lauren Esposito

1982-. (aged 44)
arachnologist
Lauren Esposito is the assistant curator and Schlinger chair of Arachnology at the California Academy of Sciences. She is the co-founder of the network 500 Queer Scientists.
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Pat Mora

47. Pat Mora

1942-. (aged 84)
writer children's writer
Pat Mora is an American poet and author of books for adults, teens and children. A native of El Paso, Texas, her grandparents came to the city from northern Mexico. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, received Honorary Doctorates from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo, and was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership. A...
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Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith

48. Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith

1987-. (aged 39)
American football player
Da'Mon Jonnel Cromartie-Smith is a former safety. He was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football for the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Karla Martínez

49. Karla Martínez

1976-. (aged 50)
television presenter
Karla Martínez is a Mexican TV show hostess. She is best known for hosting the show Control from 2000 to 2006 where she took over the show after Lesley Ann Machado's departure. She is currently a co-host on the popular morning show Despierta América on the Univision Network.
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McKenzie Moore

50. McKenzie Moore

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
McKenzie Zachary Moore is an American professional basketball player for the Zavkhan Brothers of The League. He played college basketball for City College of San Francisco and the UTEP Miners before playing professionally in New Zealand, Belgium, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Israel, and the Philippines. He earned NZNBL MVP in 2016 playing for the Canterbury Rams.
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Randy Culpepper

51. Randy Culpepper

1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Randy Lechard Culpepper Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Gezira of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.
Suzanna Hupp

52. Suzanna Hupp

1959-. (aged 67)
husbandry worker politician
Suzanna Gratia Hupp is a Republican former state representative, who represented from 1997 to 2007 District 54 in central Texas, which encompasses Bell, Burnet, and Lampasas counties.
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Quintin Demps

53. Quintin Demps

1985-. (aged 41)
American football player
Quintin Lamon Demps is an American college football coach and former safety. He is the defensive pass game coordinator and safeties coach Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, a position he has held since 2025. Demps played college football at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the...
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Idris Haron

54. Idris Haron

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Idris bin Haron is a Malaysian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Melaka from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2020 to his resignation in October 2021, Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Udang from May 2013 to November 2021, Deputy Minister of Higher...
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Emmanuel Korir

55. Emmanuel Korir

1995-. (aged 31)
athletics competitor
Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and 2022 World champion in the 800 metres. Korir won the silver medal in the event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics.
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Arnett Moultrie

56. Arnett Moultrie

1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Kaohsiung Aquas of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball with the UTEP Miners and Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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Derrick Caracter

57. Derrick Caracter

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Derrick Eugene Caracter is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Capitanes de Arecibo of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played college basketball for Louisville and UTEP. Caracter played one season in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Julyan Stone

58. Julyan Stone

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Julyan Ray Stone is an American professional basketball player for Marinos B.B.C. of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Joe Devance

59. Joe Devance

1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player
Joe Calvin Devance Jr. is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He won 12 championships over the course of his career with the Alaska Aces, the Magnolia franchise and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.
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Julian Washburn

60. Julian Washburn

1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Julian Washburn is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. He attended and played college basketball for the University of Texas El Paso.
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John Danny Olivas

61. John Danny Olivas

1966-. (aged 60)
astronaut engineer
John Daniel "Danny" Olivas is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128, received two NASA Space Flight Medals, and has been in over 5 spacewalks throughout his career. He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min.
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Silvestre Reyes

62. Silvestre Reyes

1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Silvestre "Silver" Reyes is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, serving from 1997 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence between 2007 and 2011. In the Democratic primary election on May 29, 2012, Reyes lost by a margin wide enough to...
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Sean Kugler

63. Sean Kugler

1966-. (aged 60)
head coach American football coach
Sean Patrick Kugler is an American football coach who was most recently the offensive line coach for the DC Defenders of the United Football League (UFL). He was previously the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 2013 to 2017. Kugler was an assistant coach in the NFL for the Detroit Lions (2001–2005), Buffalo Bills...
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Rubén Salazar

64. Rubén Salazar

1928-1970 (aged 42)
journalist
Ruben Salazar was a civil rights activist and a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He was the first Mexican journalist from mainstream media to cover the Chicano community.
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Willie Worsley

65. Willie Worsley

1945-. (aged 81)
basketball player
Willie James Worsley is an American former professional basketball player who was one of the guards for the Texas Western Miners basketball team during their now-legendary 1966 NCAA championship game against Kentucky. Although only 5 foot 6 inches tall, he later played 24 games for the ABA's New York Nets during the 1968–69 season after being drafted by the Dallas...
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Vince Hunter

66. Vince Hunter

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Vincent Hunter is an American professional basketball player for the Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the UTEP Miners.
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Harry Flournoy

67. Harry Flournoy

1943-2016 (aged 73)
basketball player
Harry Flournoy Jr. was an American college basketball player, originally from Gary, Indiana.
Bob Schneider

68. Bob Schneider

1965-. (aged 61)
musician
Robert Schneider is an Austin, Texas based musician and former lead singer of the rock band Ugly Americans. He has recorded and officially released over 20 studio albums and EPs, many on his own Shockorama Records label. He also regularly releases additional demos, live recordings, and other projects through various platforms. His first major record Lonelyland (2001) was licensed through...
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Angelica Fuentes

69. Angelica Fuentes

1963-. (aged 63)
businessperson
Angélica Fuentes Téllez is a Mexican business executive and was the majority shareholder of Grupo Omnilife-Angelissima-Chivas, a multinational corporation based in Mexico composed of nutrition supplements company Omnilife, beauty and cosmetics brand Angelíssima, and the Mexican soccer team, C.D. Guadalajara, more commonly known as Chivas. She founded Angelíssima in 2010, followed by the Angélica Fuentes Foundation in 2014, dedicated to...
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz

70. Benjamin Alire Sáenz

1954-. (aged 72)
novelist short story writer writer children's writer poet
Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an American poet, novelist, and writer of children's books.
Blessing Okagbare

71. Blessing Okagbare

1988-. (aged 38)
long jumper athletics competitor sprinter
Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who specialized in long jump and sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medallist in the long jump and a world medalist in the 200 metres. Okagbare also holds the women's 100 metres Commonwealth Games record at 10.85 seconds.
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Nevil Shed

72. Nevil Shed

1943-. (aged 83)
basketball coach basketball player
Nevil Shed is an American former basketball player. He attended Morris High school in 1962. He was a member of the Texas Western Miners (now named University of Texas at El Paso) team that won the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament national championship. The team was coached by Don Haskins. The Miners made history for being the first...
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Gerina Piller

73. Gerina Piller

1985-. (aged 41)
golfer
Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, Mendoza appeared on the Golf Channel reality television competition The Big Break.
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Ara Celi

74. Ara Celi

1974-. (aged 52)
film actor actor television actor
Ara Celi is an American actress active in American film and television. She had a starring role in the minor 1997 dance movie Looking for Lola, but she is probably best known for her guest starring role as Inca Princess a.k.a. Ampata Gutierrez in season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Inca Mummy Girl". She is now most often seen...
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Tobi Amusan

75. Tobi Amusan

1997-. (aged 29)
athletics competitor sprinter
Oluwatobiloba Ayomide "Tobi" Amusan OON // is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter. Amusan is the current world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.12 seconds which she set at the 2022 women's 100 metres hurdles semi-final in Eugene, Oregon. She is...
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Dave Lattin

76. Dave Lattin

1943-. (aged 83)
basketball player
David Lattin is an American former basketball player. He was the starting center for the Texas Western Miners in their NCAA championship year in 1966. During his playing career, he was listed at 6 feet 6 inches tall and 225 lbs. His nickname during his career was "Big Daddy D".
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Obadele Thompson

77. Obadele Thompson

1976-. (aged 50)
athletics competitor sprinter
Obadele "Oba" Thompson BSS is a Barbados-born former sprinter, lawyer, author, and speaker. He won Barbados's first and only Olympic medal as an independent country by placing third in the 100 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a finalist at each Olympics. His personal best performances are 9.87 seconds for...
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Shoshana Johnson

78. Shoshana Johnson

1973-. (aged 53)
soldier
Shoshana "Shana" Nyree Johnson is a Panamanian-born former United States Army soldier, and the first black female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. Johnson was a specialist in the 507th Maintenance Company. During the Battle of Nasiriyah, she suffered bullet wounds to both of her ankles and was captured by Iraqi forces. She was held...
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Don Maynard

79. Don Maynard

1935-2022 (aged 87)
American football player
Donald Rogers Maynard was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver known for playing for the New York Jets in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He also played with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals; and the Shreveport Steamer of the World Football League (WFL).
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Nolan Richardson

80. Nolan Richardson

1941-. (aged 85)
basketball coach basketball player
Nolan Richardson Jr. is an American former basketball head coach best known for his tenure at the University of Arkansas, where he won the 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and led the Razorbacks to three Final Fours. Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014,...
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Veronica Escobar

81. Veronica Escobar

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Veronica Escobar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, based in El Paso, since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as an El Paso County commissioner from 2007 to 2011 and the El Paso county judge from 2011 until 2017.
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Eric Hilton

82. Eric Hilton

1933-2016 (aged 83)
hotel manager philanthropist
Eric Michael Hilton was an American heir, hotelier, and philanthropist.
Héctor Guerrero

83. Héctor Guerrero

1954-. (aged 72)
professional wrestler
Héctor Manuel Guerrero Llanes is a Mexican American former commentator and professional wrestler. He is a part of professional wrestling's Guerrero family along with his father Gory, brothers Chavo, Mando, and Eddie, nephew Chavo Jr., and niece Raquel Diaz. During his career, Guerrero worked for most of the major North American wrestling promotions, most notably serving as Total Nonstop Action...
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Sam Donaldson

84. Sam Donaldson

1934-. (aged 92)
journalist
Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr. is an American retired television reporter and news anchor. He broadcast with ABC News from 1967 to 2009. He was well known as the White House Correspondent (1977–1989 and 1998–99) with a booming loud voice, which could get the attention of President Reagan, amazingly cutting through the noise of whirling helicopter blades. He was a panelist...
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Susana Martinez

85. Susana Martinez

1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer politician
Susana Martinez is an American politician and attorney who served as 31st governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, she served as chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from 2015 to 2016. She was the first female Governor of New Mexico, and the first Hispanic female governor in the United States.
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Antonio Davis

86. Antonio Davis

1968-. (aged 58)
basketball player
Antonio Lee Davis is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played for Panathinaikos B.C. in Greece and Philips Milano in Italy. Davis is also the former president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). On October 31, 2012,...
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Bobby Joe Hill

87. Bobby Joe Hill

1943-2002 (aged 59)
basketball player
Tyrone Bobby Joe Hill was an American basketball player and was the leading scorer of the 1965–66 Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) team, helping the Miners win the 1966 NCAA basketball championship. The victory is considered one of the most important wins in American sports history – Texas Western started an all-black starting lineup,...
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Bob Beamon

88. Bob Beamon

1946-. (aged 80)
basketball player athletics competitor
Robert Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. By jumping 8.90 m ( 29 ft 2+1⁄4 in), he broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21+3⁄4 in) and his world record stood for almost 23 years until it...
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Tanga Loa

89. Tanga Loa

1983-. (aged 43)
professional wrestler
Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Fifita, better known by his ring name Tanga Loa, is an American professional wrestler. As of May 2024, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Tonga Loa. He is a member of The MFT stable.
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Nate Archibald

90. Nate Archibald

1948-. (aged 78)
basketball player basketball coach
Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City–Omaha Kings and Boston Celtics. In 1991, he was enshrined into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Ed Hochuli

91. Ed Hochuli

1950-. (aged 76)
lawyer American football official
Edward G. Hochuli is an American retired attorney and former American football official. He served as an attorney at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., from 1983 to 2021, and was an official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1990 to 2017; his uniform number was 85. Before becoming a football official, he played college football for four seasons at...
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Tim Hardaway

92. Tim Hardaway

1966-. (aged 60)
basketball player basketball coach
Timothy Duane Hardaway Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. Hardaway played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA Team member. Hardaway won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 2000...
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Blackjack Mulligan

93. Blackjack Mulligan

1942-2016 (aged 74)
professional wrestler American football player
Robert Deroy Windham, better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler and American football player. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in-law of Mike Rotunda, and the maternal grandfather of Bo Dallas and Bray Wyatt.
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Aaron Jones

94. Aaron Jones

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player American football player
Aaron LaRae Jones Sr. is an American professional football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UTEP Miners and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft. In seven seasons with the Packers, Jones led the league in rushing touchdowns in...
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Susan Blakely

95. Susan Blakely

1948-. (aged 78)
film actor actor television actor
Susan Blakely is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and an Emmy nomination for Best Actress. Blakely also has appeared in films including The Towering Inferno (1974), Report to the Commissioner...
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F. Murray Abraham

96. F. Murray Abraham

1939-. (aged 87)
stage actor television actor character actor actor film actor
F. Murray Abraham is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He came to prominence for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he...
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Alana de la Garza

97. Alana de la Garza

1976-. (aged 50)
film actor actor television actor
Alana de la Garza is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Connie Rubirosa for the final four seasons of the initial run of the NBC television series Law & Order, as well as in the spinoffs Law & Order: LA and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also portrayed Marisol Delko-Caine on CSI: Miami. In...
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Ana Alicia

98. Ana Alicia

1956-. (aged 70)
film actor actor television actor
Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres is a Mexican-American retired actress who performed in theatre and on television. After getting her television start by spending a year on the daytime soap-opera Ryan's Hope, she gained international recognition for her role as scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest which she portrayed for seven seasons from 1982...
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Charles Steen

99. Charles Steen

1919-2006 (aged 87)
geologist politician
Charles Augustus Steen was a geologist who made and lost a fortune after discovering a rich uranium deposit in Utah during the uranium boom of the early 1950s.
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Juan Pablo Plata Figueroa

100. Juan Pablo Plata Figueroa

1982-. (aged 44)
literary critic novelist writer journalist poet
Juan Pablo Plata is a Colombian writer, journalist and researcher.