USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni

The list USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni includes Eve Torres, Neil Armstrong, Grant Imahara, James Hong and Norman Schwarzkopf. The list consists of 106 members.

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USC Viterbi School of Engineering

University of Southern California engineering school

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Eve Torres

American professional wrestler

Overview: Eve Torres Gracie (born Eve Marie Torres on August 21, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, model, martial arts instructor, and former professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with WWE ...

Date of birth: 21 August 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Dancers from Massachusetts 18T

Female models from Massachusetts 23T

Hispanic and Latino American dancers 16T
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Neil Armstrong

American astronaut; first human to set foot on the Moon

Overview: Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university ...

Date of birth: 5 August 1930

Date of death: 25 August 2012

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco 48T

NASA Astronaut Group 2 10T

Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics alumni 38T
3.

Grant Imahara

American engineer, roboticist, and television host (1970–2020)

Overview: Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, in which ...

Date of birth: 23 October 1970

Date of death: 13 July 2020

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jennifer Newman (Dating)

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2020 deaths 11,737T

Lucasfilm people 40T

Deaths from intracranial aneurysm 89T
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Desmond Koh

Swimmer

Overview: Desmond Koh Mun Kit (born 19 May 1973) is a former competitive swimmer from Singapore and represented the nation in numerous international competitions over a period of more than 10 years including 5 years ...

Date of birth: 19 May 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Singaporean

Occupation: Swimming

Gender: Male

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Competitors at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games 73T

Competitors at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games 78T

Competitors at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games 53T
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James Hong

Actor

Overview: James Hong (traditional Chinese: 吳漢章; simplified Chinese: 吴汉章; pinyin: Wú Hànzhāng; Jyutping: Ng4 Hon3zoeng1; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, voice actor, producer, and d ...

Date of birth: 22 February 1929

Age: 95

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Susan Hong (Married)

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Central High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota) alumni 17T

Los Angeles County Department of Public Works 6T

American people of Taishan descent 26T
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Norman Schwarzkopf

United States Army general and recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Overview: Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (August 22, 1934 – December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1934

Date of death: 27 December 2012

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Deaths from pneumonia in Florida 63T

20th-century American memoirists 459T

20th-century memoirists 860T
7.

Chungsen Leung

Businessman

Overview: Chungsen (C. S.) Leung (Chinese: 梁中心) (born July 14, 1950) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian businessman and Conservative politician who was formerly the MP for Willowdale. After his election in the 2011 ...

Date of birth: 14 July 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Canadian politicians of Chinese descent 55T

21st-century Canadian politicians 2,722T

Politicians from Toronto 433T
8.

John C. "Pappy" Herbst

American ace fighter pilot

Overview: John C. "Pappy" Herbst (September 25, 1909 – July 4, 1946) was an American flying ace of World War II who was officially the second highest-scoring fighter pilot in the China Burma India Theater with 18 ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1909

Date of death: 4 July 1946

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1946 4T

Petroleum engineers 31T

Aviators from California 99T
9.

Mike Markkula

American businessman (born 1942)

Overview: Armas Clifford "Mike" Markkula, Jr. (born February 11, 1942) is an American entrepreneur who was an angel investor and second CEO of Apple Computer, Inc., providing early critical funding and managerial ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

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American technology chief executives 773T

Intel people 64T

American people of Finnish descent 337T
10.

Jerry M. Linenger

American astronaut

Overview: Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.

Date of birth: 16 January 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni 23T

Space Shuttle program astronauts 353T

People from Eastpointe, Michigan 7T
11.

Nathan J. Lindsay

United States general

Overview: Nathan James Lindsay (May 24, 1936 – May 25, 2015) was a retired Major General in the United States Air Force and a former astronaut. He worked on the Titan III and the Air Force Satellite Control Network ...

Date of birth: 24 May 1936

Date of death: 25 May 2015

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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People from Monroe, Wisconsin 52T

University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni 109T

2015 deaths 9,624T
12.

Ayanna Howard

American roboticist

Overview: Ayanna MacCalla Howard (born January 24, 1972) is an American roboticist and the School Chair for Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. She is also the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Endowed ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Female

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African-American computer scientists 18T

American women computer scientists 237T

African-American women engineers 22T
13.

Firouz Naderi

Iranian American scientist (1946–2023)

Overview: Firouz Michael Naderi (Persian: فیروز نادری: Fīrouz Nāderi; 25 March 1946 – 9 June 2023) was an Iranian American scientist who spent 36 years in various technical and executive positions at NASA's Jet ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1946

Date of death: 9 June 2023

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Government

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Scientists of Iranian descent 2T

21st-century Iranian people 37T

21st-century American engineers 416T
14.

Charles Bassett

United States Air Force test pilot and astronaut

Overview: Charles Arthur Bassett II, Major, USAF, (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966) was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot. He went to Ohio State University for two years ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1931

Date of death: 28 February 1966

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1966 13T

Military personnel from Dayton, Ohio 28T

Engineers from Ohio 128T
15.

Bill Dana (pilot)

NASA research pilot and astronaut

Overview: William Harvey "Bill" Dana (November 3, 1930 – May 6, 2014) was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North ...

Date of birth: 3 November 1930

Date of death: 6 May 2014

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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NASA people 445T

2014 deaths 9,515T

NASA civilian astronauts 120T
16.

Boris Podolsky

American physicist

Overview: Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky (Russian: Бори́с Я́ковлевич Подо́льский; 29 June 1896 – 28 November 1966) was a Russian-American physicist of Russian Jewish descent, noted for his work with Albert Einstein ...

Date of birth: 29 June 1896

Date of death: 28 November 1966

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Physicist

Gender: Male

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Jewish Russian physicists 12T

Jewish Ukrainian scientists 21T

20th-century American physicists 853T
17.

Nancy J. Currie

American astronaut, engineer and Army officer (born 1958)

Overview: Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg (former married name Sherlock, born December 29, 1958) is an engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. Currie-Gregg has served in the United States Army for over ...

Date of birth: 29 December 1958

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Female

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Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences alumni 147T

Space Shuttle program astronauts 353T

Engineers from Ohio 134T
18.

Karol J. Bobko

American astronaut

Overview: Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (December 23, 1937 – August 17, 2023), (Col, USAF, Ret.), was an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former USAF and NASA astronaut ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1937

Date of death: 17 August 2023

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States) 231T

Engineers from New York City 115T

Space Shuttle program astronauts 353T
19.

Gerald P. Carr

American astronaut

Overview: Gerald Paul "Jerry" Carr (August 22, 1932 - August 26, 2020) (Col, USMC, Ret.) was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer, former United States Marine Corps officer, naval aviator, and former ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1932

Date of death: 26 August 2020

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni 80T

2020 deaths 11,737T

Skylab program astronauts 12T
20.

Brian Duffy

United States Air Force office

Overview: Brian Duffy (born June 20, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions.

Date of birth: 20 June 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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Space Shuttle program astronauts 353T

People from Rockland, Massachusetts 16T

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni 137T