- Terry Sanford
James Terry Sanford (August 20 1917 - April 18 1998) was a Democratic politician from the Southern United States. A native of North Carolina, he was a North Carolina state senator from 1953 to 1961, governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, and United States Senator from 1986 to 1993. Sanford was noted for his progressive leadership in the fields of civil rights and education. - John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a United States historian and past president of the American Historical Association. Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, he is best known for his work "From Slavery to Freedom", first published in 1947, and continuously updated. More than three million copies have been sold. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. - Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a 10th-term Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a member of the Republican Party, a physician, and a candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 and represented Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985. He earned the nickname "Dr. - Melinda Gates
Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is a former unit manager for several Microsoft products: Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates, founder, chairman, and former chief software architect of Microsoft. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (b. April 1996), Rory John Gates (b. 1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002). Melinda was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, … - Mike Pressler
Mike Pressler is the head coach of the Bryant University Bulldogs men's lacrosse team. Formerly, he coached at Duke University for 16 seasons, but was forced to resign in the wake of false allegations of rape against three athletes in the program. Pressler compiled a 153-82 record at Duke, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship three times, … - Michael Hardt
Michael Hardt (born 1960) is an American literary theorist and political philosopher based at Duke University. Perhaps his most famous work is "Empire" written with Antonio Negri. The sequel to "Empire", called "Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire", was released in August, 2004, and details the idea of the multitude (which Hardt and Negri initially elaborated in "Empire") as the potential site of a global democratic movement. - Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson (born April 14, 1934) is a literary critic and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for the analysis of contemporary cultural trends; he described postmodernism as the spatialization of culture under the pressure of organized capitalism. Jameson's best-known books include "Postmodernism: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism", "The Political Unconscious", and "Marxism and Form". - Crystal Gail Mangum
Crystal Gail Mangum (born 1978) is an African-American woman known for her controversial accusations that three Duke University lacrosse players raped her in March 2006. In December 2006, however, she said that she was "no longer certain whether she was penetrated vaginally," although the players are still charged with other sexual offenses and kidnapping. - Richard H. Brodhead
Richard Halleck Brodhead (b. 1947) currently ninth president of Duke University, is a scholar of 19th-century American literature and an educator. - Demarcus Nelson
DeMarcus De’Juan Nelson is a Guard on the Duke University's men's basketball team. - David Brooks
Mr. Brooks joined The Weekly Standard at its inception in September 1995, having worked at The Wall Street Journal for the previous nine years. His last post at the Journal was as op-ed editor. Prior to that, he was posted in Brussels, covering Russia, the Middle East, South Africa and European affairs. His first post at the Journal was as editor of the book review section, and he filled in for five months as the Journal's movie critic. - Stanley Fish
Stanley Fish (born 1938) is a prominent American literary theorist and legal scholar. He was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He is among the most important critics of the English poet John Milton in the 20th century, and is often associated with post-modernism, at times to his irritation. He is the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and a Professor of Law at Florida International University, in Miami, … - Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidential administrations, and currently serves as a United States senator representing the state of North Carolina. The first woman to represent North Carolina in the Senate, she was elected to the Senate in 2002 for a term ending in 2009. - J. J. Redick
Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick (born June 24, 1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position. He was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA Draft. In his collegiate years, Redick played for Duke University and became the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leading scorer. His jersey number, 4, was retired on February 4, 2007. - Carlos Boozer
Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. (born November 20 1981, in Aschaffenburg, West Germany (present Germany)) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. Boozer was a two-time Parade All-American in high school, leading the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears to back-to-back state titles. He then played collegiately for Duke University, helping the team win the 2001 NCAA basketball tournament. - David Price
David Eugene Price (born August 17 1940) is a professor and politician currently serving as Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of North Carolina.(map) - Jim Ellis
James Tice Ellis was a computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Ellis grew up in Orlando, Florida. Before developing Usenet, Ellis attended Duke University. He later worked as an Internet security consultant for Sun Microsystems. He was married and had three children when he died of lymphoma in 2001 in Harmony, Pennsylvania. - Tom Truscott
Tom Truscott is a computer scientist best known for creating Usenet with Jim Ellis, when both were graduate students at Duke University. - Miguel Nicolelis
Miguel Angelo Laporta Nicolelis, MD, PhD, (São Paulo, March 7, 1961) is a Brazilian physician and scientist, best known for his pioneering work in "reading monkey thought". He and his colleagues implanted electrode arrays into a monkey's brain that were able to detect the monkey's motor intent and thus able to control reaching and grasping movements performed by a robotic arm. - Mark Anthony Neal
Mark Anthony Neal is an Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African American Studies and Director of the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies (ICUSS) at Duke University. Neal will be co-convening with Neil De Marchi and Annabel J. Wharton for the 2007-08 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute seminar "Recycle". - Shane Battier
Shane Battier , now 23 years of age, is already an accomplished individual. Battier graduated from Duke University in May 2001 with a degree in Comparative Religion, and with an NCAA championship. - Greg Paulus
Greg Paulus (born July 31986 in Medina, Ohio) is a starting point guard on the Duke University's men's basketball team. - Dan Ariely
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioural Economics at Duke University and a visiting Professor at MIT's Media Lab. He is an expert on how people actually act (irrationally)-and why they act-in all kinds of business and economic environments, and what this means for business innovation, strategy and marketing. Ariely is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Predictably Irrational . Few heavy thinkers are as funny or as engaging as he is. - Marguerite Annie Johnson
Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. A poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, Dr. Angelou continues to travel the world making appearances, spreading her legendary wisdom. A mesmerizing vision of grace, swaying and stirring when she moves, Dr. Angelou captivates her audiences lyrically with vigor, fire and perception. - Henry Petroski
Henry Petroski (born 1942) is an American civil engineering professor at Duke University where he specializes in failure analysis. He is a prolific author, having written a dozen books - most notably "To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design" (1985) - including a number of titles detailing the industrial design history of common, everyday objects, such as pencils, paper clips, and silverware. - Nannerl O. Keohane
Nannerl Overholser Keohane , named for Mozart's musically talented sister and affectionately called "Nan," recently completed 11 years as Duke's eighth (and first female) president. During her tenure, she led the $2.36 billion Campaign for Duke, started the Robertson Scholars program with UNC, built the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership and championed the Women's Initiative. - Christian Laettner
Christian Donald Laettner (born August 17, 1969 in Angola, New York) is a former Dallas Mavericks player who has played 13 seasons in the NBA on six different teams. He started for the 1991 and 1992 NCAA champion Duke University Blue Devils. He is considered one of the greatest collegiate players of all time. - Gerald Henderson
Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson (born January 16 1956 in Richmond, Virginia, USA) is a retired American basketball player. He was a shooting guard who had a 13 year career in the NBA from 1979 until 1992. He played for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, and Houston Rockets. Henderson attended Virginia Commonwealth University. - Shelden Williams
Shelden DeMar Williams (born October 21, 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Williams, a former Duke University star, was selected by the Hawks with the fifth pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. His jersey number, 23, was retired by Duke University on January 28, 2007. His size (6'9", 250 lbs.), aggressive style of play, … - Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman (born May 6 1942 Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. Dorfman, who is Jewish, was born in Argentina but his family moved to the United States shortly after his birth, and then moved to Chile in 1954. He attended and was later a professor at the University of Chile and adopted Chilean Citizenship in 1967. From 1970 to 1973, Dorfman was part of the administration of president Salvador Allende. - James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Elton John, Jackson Browne as well as Carly Simon, whom Taylor later married. - Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 - January 3, 1945) was an American who claimed psychic abilities. He claimed an ability to channel answers to questions on subjects such as health, astrology, reincarnation, and Atlantis while in a self-induced trance. Although Cayce lived before the emergence of the New Age movement, he remains a major influence on its teachings. - Jon Scheyer
Jon Scheyer (born August 24 1987) is a guard on the Duke University's men's basketball team. He is noted for his exceptional 3-point range shooting, and his performance in big games. Scheyer is a rangy, slick passer. He is also a good defensive rebounder. - Josh McRoberts
Joshua Scott McRoberts (born February 28, 1987 in Carmel, Indiana) was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 37th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. McRoberts, a 6-10 power forward/center, played his college ball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. - William L. Anderson
William L. Anderson, Ph.D., is an author and an associate professor of economics at Frostburg State University in Maryland. He is also an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy as well as for the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama. Anderson was formerly a professor of economics at North Greenville College in Tigerville, South Carolina. - Orin Starn
Orin Starn is the Sally Dalton Robinson Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Starn is the author of "Ishi's Brain: In Search of America's Last Wild Indian"; his other books include "Nightwatch: The Politics of Protest in the Andes" and he is a co-editor of "Indigenous Experience Today", "The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics" and "Between Resistance and Revolution: Cultural Politics and Social Protest". - Reynolds Price
Reynolds Price (born February_1, 1933, as Edward Reynolds Price) is a American novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price has had a lifelong interest in ancient languages and Biblical scholarship. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Price was born in Macon, North Carolina and, after attending public schools of his native state, … - Erich Jarvis
When he was eighteen years old, Erich Jarvis stood at a crossroads: should he be a professional dancer or a scientist? Very different directions, clearly, and Jarvis' choice - to go to college and pursue a scientific education - led him on the path towards becoming one of today's brightest young stars in the field of neurobiology. Not only is Erich Jarvis ' personal story compelling, but his dedication, perseverance, and enthusiasm for his field of science is also truly inspiring. - Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams (born May 20, 1966) is the chief legal correspondent for NBC News, former host of "The Abrams Report", and the current General Manager of MSNBC. Before joining MSNBC, Abrams was a reporter for Court TV, and he has continued his legal reporting on MSNBC. Currently, Abrams hosts Live with Dan Abrams Monday-Thursday at 9pm. Abrams graduated from Riverdale Country School in 1984, from Duke University, cum laude, with a degree in Political Science in 1988, … - Chris Duhon
Chris Nicholas Duhon (born August 31, 1982 in Mamou, Louisiana), is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Duhon was a guard for the Duke University men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004.
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