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Jon Heder

Jonathan Joseph "Jon" Heder (born October 26, 1977) is an American actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for playing the title character of the 2004 comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. He has also acted in the films The Benchwarmers, School...

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Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and former Governor of Massachusetts. Romney was CEO of Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, and co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. After his...

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Travis Hall

Travis Hall (born August 3, 1972 in Soldotna, Alaska) is an NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers. He plays the defensive tackle position. He went to Brigham Young University. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 6th round (181st overall)...

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Jason Buck

Jason Ogden Buck (born July 27, 1963 in Moses Lake, Washington) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. As a player for Brigham Young University, he won the Outland Trophy in 1986. He was taken with the 17th...

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Chris Hoke

Chris Hoke (born April 6, 1976 in Long Beach, California) is a professional football player in the NFL, and currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After a college career at Brigham Young University, Hoke was undrafted. Hoke attended Foothill...

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Brady Poppinga

Brady Paul Poppinga (born September 21, 1979 in Evanston, Wyoming) is a professional American football player for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Poppinga attended Evanston High School in Evanston, Wyoming. He lettered three years in football and...

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Shaun Nua

Shaun Nua (born May 22, 1981 in Pago Pago, American Samoa) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at...

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Ryan Denney

Ryan Craig Denney (born June 15, 1977 in Denver, Colorado) is an American Football defensive end who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Bills in the second round (61st overall) of...

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Lee Johnson

Leland Eric Johnson (born November 27, 1961 in Conroe, Texas) is a former professional American football punter who played 18 seasons in the National Football League. Throughout the course of his career, he played for the Houston Oilers (1985-1987),...

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Aaron Francisco

Aaron Francisco (born July 3, 1983 in Lā'ie, Hawai'i) is an American football safety for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at...

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Colby Bockwoldt

Colby Aaron Bockwoldt (born April 14, 1981 in Ogden, Utah) is an American football linebacker for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played...

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Jason Matthews

Jason Mathews (born February 9, 1971) played tackle for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans. Jason Mathews attended Bridge City High School in Bridge City, Texas in 1989, where he lettered in football, baseball, and track. After his...

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Ty Detmer

Ty Hubert Detmer (born October 30, 1967 in San Marcos, Texas) is a former American football quarterback who starred at Brigham Young University. Detmer holds many records for his performance as BYU's quarterback and won the Heisman Trophy in 1990....

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Doug Jolley

Doug Jolley (born January 2, 1979 in Sandy, Utah) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He attended Brigham Young University, where he was a first-team All-Mountain West selection in 2001. He was selected by the...

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Todd Christensen

Todd Jay Christensen (born August 3, 1956 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football player and a current sports broadcaster for the MountainWest Sports Network. Christensen was born in Pennsylvania while his father was...

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Scott Young

Scott Lewis Young (born July 15, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American football guard for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played...

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Gabe Reid

Gabriel Reid (born May 28, 1977 in Pago Pago, American Samoa) is a former American football tight end for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Brigham Young University. Reid played high...

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Golden Richards

John Golden Richards (born December 31, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears. Richards...

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John Tait

John Bernard Tait (born January 26, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American football offensive lineman, who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally selected with the...

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Brett Keisel

Brett "The Diesel" Keisel (born September 19, 1978 in Provo, Utah) is an American Football player who starts at defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brett hails from Greybull, Wyoming. Keisel played college football at Brigham Young University...

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Bart Oates

Bart Steven Oates (born December 16, 1958 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former American football player in the National Football League for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. He played center for the Giants from 1985-93 and with the 49ers from...

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Gordon Gravelle

Gordon Carr Gravelle (born June 12, 1949 in Oakland, California) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. Drafted out of Brigham Young University in the 1972 NFL Draft, Gravelle spent eight seasons with three...

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Trevor Matich

Trevor Anthony Matich (born October 9, 1961 in Sacramento, California) is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League from 1985 through 1996. He played college football at Brigham Young University where...

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Itula Mili

Itula Mili (born April 20, 1973) is a National Football League tight end free agent of Samoan origin; Mili played college football for Brigham Young University. On January 4, 2007 he was released from the Seahawks to make room for Ben Obomanu on the...

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Reno Mahe

Sateki Reno Mahe, Jr. (born June 3, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at BYU...

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Scott Jackson

Scott Jackson (born January 19, 1979 in Whittier, California) is an American football offensive lineman for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2004....

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Marc Wilson

Marc Douglas Wilson (born February 15, 1957 in Seattle, Washington) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders and the New England Patriots. Wilson made his greatest...

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Todd Watkins

Todd Watkins (born June 22, 1983 in San Diego, California) is an American football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft....

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Mohammed Elewonibi

Mohammed Thomas David "Moe" Elewonibi (born December 16, 1965 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a former offensive lineman in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. Elewonibi was raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He attended high...

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Chad Lewis

Chad Wayne Lewis (born October 5, 1971) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams. Lewis grew up in Orem, Utah and played football at Orem High School. Before attending...

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Vai Sikahema

Vai S. Sikahema (born August 29, 1962 in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) is a former American football running back and kickoff returner in the National Football League who played for eight seasons from 1986 to 1993. Sikahema attended and played high school...

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Jeremy Hanks

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Aaron Harris

Aaron Harris is responsible for managing the engineering organization at Intacct. Aaron has more than 15 years of high-tech engineering experience in the areas of business applications and software development strategies. For the past five years at...

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Aaron Harris

Aaron Harris is responsible for managing the engineering organization at Intacct. Aaron has more than 15 years of high-tech engineering experience in the areas of business applications and software development strategies. For the past five years at...

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Morgan Lynch

Morgan is the Chairman of LogoWorks where he has overall responsibility for achieving the company vision of becoming the brand small businesses trust for graphic design solutions. Prior to co-founding LogoWorks, Morgan worked at InsurQuote, a...

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Paul Brockbank

Paul is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Logoworks. Previously Paul was the CEO of Enhance Interactive (formerly ah-ha.com). He led the company to rapid growth and it was sold to Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX). He has held a variety of senior...

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Paul Brockbank

Paul is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Logoworks. Previously Paul was the CEO of Enhance Interactive (formerly ah-ha.com). He led the company to rapid growth and it was sold to Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX). He has held a variety of senior...

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Bill Woahn

Bill currently serves as the President and CEO of DriveSafety, Inc., a venture-backed company with a mission to reduce deaths and injuries among teenage drivers through the use of simulation technology. Prior to joining DriveSafety, Bill was CEO of...

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Bill Woahn

Bill currently serves as the President and CEO of DriveSafety, Inc., a venture-backed company with a mission to reduce deaths and injuries among teenage drivers through the use of simulation technology. Prior to joining DriveSafety, Bill was CEO of...

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Gary Winterton

Gary is Executive Vice President of Sales at Logoworks. Gary joins Logoworks after having served as Vice President of Sales at Enhance Interactive (formerly ah-ha.com). Gary was one of the primary executives that led and contributed to the company's...

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Dale Brown

Dale Brown, Vice President of Research and Development at OptiMedica, has more than fifteen years experience in the laser-based ophthalmology industry. Prior to OptiMedica, he was Director of Research and Development at Lumenis where he helped the...

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Michael Dean Crapo

Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo (pronounced /ˈkreɪpoʊ/ "Cray-poe"; born May 20, 1951) is the senior United States Senator from Idaho. He is a member of the Republican Party. He became Idaho's Senior Senator in January 2009, as Larry Craig did not seek...

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Curtis Akisson

Curtis Atkisson is Chief Financial Officer of Affinity Labs. Curtis has joined the founding team of Affinity Labs after devoting five years to corporate entrepreneurship activities for UAL Corp. Most recently at UAL Corp., Curtis served as Vice...

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Dan Coats

Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943 in Jackson, Michigan) is an American diplomat and politician. He is a member of the Republican party. Coats graduated from Jackson High School in 1961. He graduated from Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) with...

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John Denney

John S. Denney (born December 13, 1978 in Denver, Colorado) is an American football long snapper for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at...

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John Beck

Rookie Quarterback for the NFL Miami Dolphins, as of 2007.

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Naufahu Tahi

Naufahu Tahi (born October 30, 1981 in Fontana, California) is an American football fullback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2006. He played...

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Curtis Brown

Curtis Brown is an American football running back who currently plays in the National Football League. Brown was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent after completing his career at BYU. Curtis Brown is the all-time leading...

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Rob Morris

Robert Samuel Morris (born January 18, 1975 in Nampa, Idaho) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Indianapolis Colts 28th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at...

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Zac Collie

Zac Collie (born May 17, 1982) is an American football wide receiver that is currently a free-agent. He is the older brother of Indianapolis Colts wideout Austin Collie.

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Orrin Hatch

Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on Energy, Natural Resources, and...

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Reed Smoot

Reed Owen Smoot (January 10, 1862 – February 9, 1941) was a native-born Utahn who served in the United States Senate. Smoot was also a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), serving as an apostle and as a...

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Gordon Smith

Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is a former United States Senator and businessman from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Senate. Born in Eastern Oregon, Smith was raised there and in Maryland before attending...

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Paul D. Boyer

Paul Delos Boyer (born July 31, 1918) is an American biochemist and analytical chemist. He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of adenosine...

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Bernie Fryer

Bernie W. Fryer (born December 25, 1949 in Bellingham, Washington) has been Vice President and Director of Officials for the National Basketball Association since July 2008. He was a player in the NBA and American Basketball Association (ABA) from...

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Brad King

Brad King (born February 12, 1956) is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the state's 69th house district in Price since 1997. He currently serves as the Minority Leader in the Utah House. Representative King...

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Fred Roberts

Frederick (Fred) Clark Roberts (born August 14, 1960, in Provo, Utah) is a retired American basketball player who played power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons, a career spanning from 1983 to 1997, becoming one of...

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Matt Salmon

Matthew James "Matt" Salmon (born January 21, 1958) is a former Republican Congressional Representative from Arizona. In 2002, he lost to Janet Napolitano in a highly competitive Arizona governor's race. Salulmon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah,...

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Daniel Coats

Daniel Coats (born April 16, 1984 in Layton, Utah) is an American football fullback and tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was signed by the Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football...

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Rafael Araújo

Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo (Portuguese pronunciation: [hafaˈɛw aɾaˈuʒu]; born August 12, 1980 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian professional basketball player currently with Paulistano of NBB. After attending Padre Anacleto High School in São Paulo,...

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