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List of people from Arizona

The following are people either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Arizona and/or the Arizona Territory.

Academia

 * Russell Merle Genet – research scholar and astronomer
 * Joseph Hilbe (1944–2017) – statistician, professor, and author
 * Craig D. Idso – founder and chairman of the board of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
 * Percival Lowell (1855–1916) – astronomer and founder of the Lowell Observatory
 * Julia Robinson – mathematician
 * Larry T. Wimmer – professor of economics
 * Roger L. Worsley – educator

Art

 * Max Cannon (born 1962) – alternative cartoonist
 * Bil Keane (1922–2011) – cartoonist
 * James Rallison (born 1996) – cartoonist and YouTuber
 * Paolo Soleri (1919–2013) – architect

Literature

 * Clive Cussler (1931–2020) – author of the Dirk Pitt adventure novels and shipwreck explorer, part-time resident
 * Diana Gabaldon (born 1952) – novelist
 * Kevin Hearne (born 1970) – novelist
 * Harold L. Humes (1926–1992) – novelist, co-founder of The Paris Review
 * Stephenie Meyer (born 1973) – author, teen literature novelist, Twilight series
 * Barbara Park (1947–2013) – author of the Junie B. Jones series
 * Barrett Tillman (born 1948) – novelist and military historian
 * Brady Udall (born 1971) – author
 * Mary Whitebird (died 2010) – author

Poetry

 * Ai (1947–2010) – poet and educator
 * Jon Anderson (1940–2007) – poet and educator
 * Jayne Cortez (1934–2012) – poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist
 * Norman Dubie (born 1945) – poet, educator, Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University
 * Alberto Ríos (born 1952) – poet, author, Arizona's first state poet laureate, Regents Professor and Katharine C. Turner Endowed Chair in English at Arizona State University
 * Richard Shelton (born 1933) – poet, writer, and emeritus Regents Professor of English at the University of Arizona
 * Jim Simmerman (1952–2006) – poet and editor
 * Luci Tapahonso (born 1953) – poet and educator
 * Ofelia Zepeda (born 1952) – poet and educator

Film, television, and theater

 * Erika Alexander (born 1969) – actress
 * Rex Allen (1920–1999) – actor, iconic singing cowboy
 * Steve Allen (1921–2000) – comedian, actor, known as the "father of TV talk shows"; first job was in Arizona
 * Asher Angel (born 2002) – actor, Shazam!
 * Samaire Armstrong (born 1980) – actress, Juliet Darling on Dirty Sexy Money and Anna Stern on The O.C.
 * Jules Asner (born 1968) – actress and host of E!'s show Wild On!
 * Jaime Lyn Bauer (born 1949) – soap opera actress, played Lauralee Brooks on The Young and the Restless and Laura Spencer Horton on Days of Our Lives
 * Sandra Bernhard (born 1955) – actress, comedian; attended high school in Arizona
 * Michael Biehn (born 1956) – actor, The Terminator, Tombstone
 * Mika Boorem (born 1987) – actress, The Tom Show
 * Aidy Bryant (born 1987) – actress, comedian, Saturday Night Live
 * Brooke Burke (born 1971) – actress, model, TV personality, Dancing with the Stars
 * Lynda Carter (born 1951) – actress and singer, known for Wonder Woman, 1972 Miss World USA
 * Joan Ganz Cooney (born 1929) – TV producer of Sesame Street
 * Brady Corbet (born 1988) – actor
 * J'aime Crandall (born 1982) – ballet dancer
 * Matt Dallas (born 1982) – actor, Kyle XY
 * Ted Danson (born 1947) – actor, Cheers, CSI
 * Rosemary DeCamp (1910–2001) – actress, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Bob Cummings Show
 * Andy Devine (1905–1977) – actor, Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
 * Charles Dudley (1883–1952) – stage and film actor, studio makeup artist
 * Barbara Eden (born 1931) – actress, I Dream of Jeannie
 * Gail Edwards (born 1952) – actress, known for her roles in It's a Living, Blossom, and Full House
 * Jack Elam (1918–2003) – actor
 * Michael Ensign (born 1944) – actor, Boston Legal
 * Danielle Fishel (born 1981) – actress, Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World
 * Pablo Francisco (born 1974) – stand-up comedian, actor
 * Sammi Hanratty (born 1995) – child actress, The Unit, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
 * James Hatley (born 1997) – actor in adult films
 * Alexa Havins (born 1980) – actress, All My Children, One Life to Live, Torchwood
 * Amelia Heinle (born 1973) – actress, Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless; also played Mia Saunders on All My Children
 * David Henrie (born 1989) – actor, Wizards of Waverly Place, How I Met Your Mother, That's So Raven
 * Catherine Hicks (born 1951) – actress, 7th Heaven, Child's Play; attended Gerard Catholic High School
 * Earl Hindman (1942–2003) – actor, Ryan's Hope, Home Improvement
 * Gregg Hoffman (1963–2005) – film producer
 * Michael Horse (born 1951) – artist, actor, Twin Peaks, Passenger 57
 * Dominic Janes (born 1994) – teen actor, ER, Out of Jimmy's Head, Dexter
 * Brad Johnson (born 1959) – actor, Always, Flight of the Intruder
 * Chelsea Kane (born 1988) – actress, singer, Jonas, Fish Hooks
 * Tanner Maguire (born 1998) – child actor, Young Shawn Brady on Days of Our Lives
 * Leslie Mancia (born 1987) – model, contestant on America’s Next Top Model Cycle 6
 * Taryn Manning (born 1978) – actress, fashion designer, singer-songwriter
 * Abigail Mavity (born 1993) – actress
 * Josh McDermitt (born 1978) – actor, comedian, Dr. Eugene Porter on The Walking Dead
 * Rachel Melvin (born 1985) – actress, Chelsea Brady on Days of Our Lives
 * Jenny Mollen (born 1979) – actress
 * Heather Morris (born 1987) – actress, Brittany Pierce on Glee
 * Tarah Paige (born 1982) – actress, dancer, gymnast, Make It or Break It
 * Mary-Louise Parker (born 1964) – actress, Weeds; graduated from Marcos de Niza High School, Tempe
 * Valerie Perrine (born 1943) – actress, Superman, Lenny; attended Camelback High School
 * Busy Philipps (born 1979) – actress, Cougar Town, Dawson's Creek, Freaks and Geeks
 * Larry Pine (born 1945) – actor
 * Greg Proops (born 1959) – actor, comedian
 * Jenni Pulos – Jeff Lewis's assistant on Bravo's Flipping Out
 * James Rallison (born 1996) – internet personality, animator
 * Liz Renay (1926–2007) – actress
 * Terry Rhoads (1951–2013) – actor
 * Jennifer Rubin (born 1962) – actress, model
 * Jayla Rubinelli (born 1984) – model, contestant on America’s Next Top Model Cycle 5
 * Kylee Saunders (born 1994) – Japanese-American singer
 * Garry Shandling (1949–2016) – actor, comedian, The Larry Sanders Show
 * David Spade (born 1965) – actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live, Tommy Boy, Just Shoot Me
 * Fay Spain (1932–1983) – actress, The Godfather Part II, Al Capone, God's Little Acre
 * Emma Stone (born 1988) – actress, La La Land, The Help, The Amazing Spider-Man
 * Shayne Topp (born 1991) – internet personality, comedian, actor, Smosh, The Goldbergs
 * Amber Valletta (born 1974) – actress, model
 * Janet Varney (born 1976) – actress, On the Lot, The Legend of Korra, Stan Against Evil
 * Kate Walsh (born 1967) – actress, Dr. Addison Montgomery on Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
 * Mare Winningham (born 1959) – actress, American Horror Story, St. Elmo's Fire, Georgia
 * Scott William Winters (born 1965) – actor, Oz, NYPD Blue
 * Shannon Woodward (born 1984) – actress, Westworld, Raising Hope, The Riches
 * Nick Young – actor, Friend of the World
 * Jason Zumwalt (born 1975) – actor, scriptwriter, voice of Roman in Grand Theft Auto IV

Government, law, and politics

 * Thad Allen (born 1949) – retired U.S. Coast Guard admiral; National Incident Commander under President Barack Obama
 * John T. Alsap (1830–1886) – first mayor of Phoenix
 * Joe Arpaio (born 1932) – former Maricopa County Sheriff (1993–2016)
 * Henry F. Ashurst (1874–1962) – one of the first U.S. Senators from Arizona (1912–1941)
 * Bruce Babbitt (born 1938) – former Governor of Arizona (1978–1987), and Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton Administration (1993–2001)
 * Harriet C. Babbitt (born 1947) – First Lady of Arizona (1978–1987), U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (1993–1997), and Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (1997–2001)
 * Walter Blackman – Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives
 * Jan Brewer (born 1944) – served as the 22nd Governor of Arizona
 * William Docker Browning (1931–2008) – federal judge
 * Dean Burch – former chairman of the Republican National Committee
 * César Chávez (1927–1993) – labor union leader
 * Dennis DeConcini (born 1937) – retired U.S. Senator (1977–1994)
 * Doug Ducey (born 1964) – Governor of Arizona (2015–2023)
 * Paul Fannin (1907–2002) – former U.S. Senator (1965–1977) and Governor of Arizona (1959–1965)
 * Jeff Flake (born 1962) – Arizona U.S. Senator (2013–2019)
 * Gabby Giffords (born 1970) – U.S. Representative, wounded in the 2011 Tucson shooting
 * Barry M. Goldwater (1909–1998) – longtime Arizona Senator (1953–1965, 1969–1987), and 1964 Republican nominee for president
 * George Nicholas Goodman (1895–1959) – five-time mayor of Mesa in three different decades
 * John Noble Goodwin (1824–1887) – first governor of the Arizona Territory (1863–1866)
 * Margaret Hance (1923–1990) – first female mayor of Phoenix, 1976–1983
 * Carl Hayden (1877–1972) – U.S. Senator, holds the record for the longest service in the U.S. Congress
 * Katie Hobbs (born 1969) – incumbent Governor of Arizona since 2019
 * Brad Hoylman (born 1965) – New York State Senator
 * Don Lorenzo Hubbell – Arizona State Senator
 * John C. Keegan – judge, legislator, Mayor of Peoria
 * Lisa Graham Keegan – legislator, Superintendent of Public Instruction
 * Denison Kitchel (1908–2002) – Scottsdale lawyer and the Goldwater presidential national campaign manager in 1964
 * Jon Kyl (born 1942) – former U.S. Senator (1995–2013; 2018–)
 * Fiorello La Guardia – Mayor of New York City
 * Rex E. Lee (1935–1996) – United States Solicitor General during the Reagan Administration
 * John McCain (1936–2018) – Panamanian-born politician, longtime U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1986 until his death, former navy officer, and 2008 Republican nominee for president
 * Ernest McFarland (1894–1984) – former U.S. Senator (1941–1953) and governor of Arizona (1955–1959)
 * Rose Mofford (1922–2016) – first female governor of Arizona, 1988–1991
 * Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – served as the 21st Governor of Arizona
 * Sandra Day O'Connor (born 1930) – first female justice of the United States Supreme Court
 * Mary Peters (born 1948) – United States Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush
 * Ben Quayle (born 1976) – former U.S. Congressman
 * Dan Quayle (born 1947) – former U.S. Senator from Indiana (1981–1989), and 44th Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush
 * William Rehnquist (1924–2005) – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
 * Charles S. Robb (born 1939) – former Governor of Virginia (1982–1986) and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1989–2001)
 * John Shadegg (born 1949) – former U.S. representative from Phoenix
 * Stephen Shadegg (1909–1990) – political consultant associated with Barry Goldwater
 * Marcus A. Smith (1851–1924) – one of the first two Senators from Arizona
 * John G.F. Speiden (1900–1970) – rancher and political insider, various state boards
 * Jack Taylor – mayor of Mesa, 1966–1972; member of both houses, consecutively, of the Arizona legislature
 * David King Udall – Arizona Territorial Legislature
 * Don Taylor Udall – Arizona State Legislature
 * Jesse Addison Udall – Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
 * John Hunt Udall – mayor of Phoenix
 * Levi Stewart Udall – Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
 * Mark Udall – Senator from Colorado
 * Morris "Mo" Udall (1922–1998) – U.S. Congressman and former pro basketball player
 * Nick Udall – Mayor of Phoenix
 * Stewart Udall (1920–2010) – U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior during the JFK and LBJ administrations

Journalism and media

 * Noah Beck (born 2001) – social media personality
 * Rachel Campos-Duffy (born 1971) – TV personality, The Real World: San Francisco, The View
 * Cheryl Casone (born 1970) – anchor for the Fox Business Network and business correspondent for Fox News
 * John Garcia – National Geographic Channel's DogTown series star, Guinness World Record holder
 * Hadas Gold (born 1988) – media and business reporter
 * Savannah Guthrie (born 1971) – White House correspondent for NBC News, co-host of NBC's Today Show
 * Dan Hicks (born 1962) – sportscaster for NBC
 * Pat Hughes (born 1955) – play-by-play voice of the Chicago Cubs for WGN radio
 * Don Imus (1940–2019) – nationally syndicated talk radio host, Imus in the Morning
 * Meghan McCain (born 1984) – co-host of The View

Military

 * John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (1920–2006) – World War II United States Marine Corps officer and firearms training innovator
 * Timothy Creamer (born 1959) – U.S. Army Colonel, NASA astronaut
 * Joe Foss (1915–2003) – leading United States Marine Corps fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Ira Hayes (1923–1955) – United States Marine Corps, World War II, helped raise United States flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima
 * Frank Luke (1897–1918) – World War I fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Lori Piestewa (1979–2003) – United States Army, first Native American woman from Arizona to be killed in war; Iraq War, Purple Heart and Prisoner of War Medal recipient
 * Pat Tillman (1976–2004) – United States Army; Afghanistan Silver Star recipient; college and NFL football player

Music

 * Jim Adkins (born 1975) – lead singer and guitarist for the band Jimmy Eat World
 * Rex Allen (1920–1999) – singer-songwriter, actor, known as "The Arizona Cowboy"
 * Alec Benjamin (born 1994) – pop singer
 * Chester Bennington (1976–2017) – lead singer for the band Linkin Park
 * Dierks Bentley (born 1975) – country singer (Phoenix)
 * Derrick Bostrom (born 1960) – Meat Puppets drummer
 * Jess Bowen (born 1989) – alternative rock musician, drummer of The Summer Set
 * Michelle Branch (born 1983) – singer-songwriter, guitarist
 * Kennedy Brock (born 1989) – alternative rock musician, guitarist of The Maine
 * Glen Campbell (1936–2017) – singer, musician and actor; inductee to Country Music Hall of Fame
 * Max Cavalera (born 1969) – vocalist and guitarist (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera conspiracy)
 * Roger Clyne (born 1968) – rock musician; lead singer for Refreshments and RCPM
 * Alice Cooper (born 1948) – rock and roll singer
 * Brian Dales (born 1989) – alternative rock musician, lead singer of The Summer Set
 * Duane Eddy (born 1938) – guitarist, inductee of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 * Linda Eder (born 1961) – singer, Broadway star and recording artist
 * Travis Edmonson (1932–2009) – singer-songwriter, part of folk duo Bud & Travis
 * David Ellefson (born 1964) – bass guitar player and co-founder of the metal band Megadeth
 * Dolan Ellis (born 1935) – singer-songwriter, official State Balladeer since 1966, original member of New Christy Minstrels
 * Esteban (born 1948) – musician
 * Frank Fafara – early 1960s pop singer, TV star of Wallace & Ladmo Show
 * Steve George (born 1955) – of the group Mr. Mister
 * John Gomez (born 1991) – alternative rock musician, guitarist of The Summer Set
 * Stephen Gomez (born 1988) – alternative rock musician, bassist of The Summer Set
 * Lalo Guerrero (1916–2005) – singer-songwriter, known as the "father of Chicano music"; recipient of the National Medal of Arts
 * Injury Reserve – alternative and experimental rap group consisting of producer Parker Corey and rappers Nathaniel Ritchie and Jordan Groggs (1988–2020)
 * Waylon Jennings (1937–2002) – singer; inductee to Country Music Hall of Fame
 * Joe Jonas (born 1989) – member of the Jonas Brothers and lead singer of the pop-rock band DNCE
 * Daniel Jones – guitarist and vocalist with 7th Order
 * Maynard James Keenan (born 1964) – actor, frontman for Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer
 * Brandon Kellum (born 1985) – frontman for American Standards
 * Patrick Kirch (born 1990) – alternative rock musician, drummer of The Maine
 * Cris Kirkwood (born 1960) – guitar and vocals for the Meat Puppets
 * Katie Lee (1919–2017) – folk singer
 * Craig Mabbitt (born 1987) – frontman for Blessthefall (2003–2008), The Word Alive (2008), and Escape the Fate (2008–present)
 * Charles Mingus (1922–1979) – jazz bassist, composer and bandleader
 * Josh Montgomery (born 1988) – alternative rock musician, guitarist of The Summer Set
 * Dave Mustaine (born 1961) – frontman and founder of the metal band Megadeth
 * Jason Newsted (born 1963) – former bassist of heavy metal band Metallica
 * Wayne Newton (born 1942) – singer, known as "Mr. Las Vegas"
 * Stevie Nicks (born 1948) – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, known for solo work and as lead singer with Fleetwood Mac
 * Hans Olson (born 1952) – musician, singer and songwriter; inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame
 * Buck Owens (1929–2006) – country singer and musician; inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame (Mesa)
 * Richard Page (born 1953) – of the group Mr. Mister
 * CeCe Peniston (born 1969) – pop singer
 * Marty Robbins (1925–1982) – country music singer
 * Linda Ronstadt (born 1946) – singer-songwriter, 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
 * Nate Ruess (born 1982) – lead singer of Fun. and formerly of The Format
 * Alvie Self – 1960s musician and singer
 * Bob Shane (1934–2020) – singer, founding member of The Kingston Trio
 * Jordin Sparks (born 1989) – singer, winner of American Idol Season 6
 * Chris Squire (1948–2015) – bass player and founding member of progressive rock group Yes
 * Tanya Tucker (born 1958) – country singer
 * Upsahl (born 1998) – indie pop singer
 * Brooke White (born 1983) – indie pop, folk-pop singer

Old West era

 * Apache Kid (1860–1896?) – outlaw, reported killer of three Arizona lawmen 1889–1890
 * Billy the Kid (1859–1881) – outlaw
 * William Brocius (1845–1882) – gunman, rustler, outlaw Cowboy
 * Cochise (1812–1874) – chief of the Chiricahua Apache
 * Virgil Earp (1843–1905) – lawman
 * Wyatt Earp (1848–1929) – lawman
 * C. S. Fly (1849–1901) – photographer
 * Geronimo (1829–1909) – leader of Chiricahua Apache who fought against encroachment of European settlers on Native American lands; hero of Native American fight for respect and independence
 * Pearl Hart (1871–1955) – outlaw
 * Doc Holliday (1851–1887) – gambler, gunfighter, dentist
 * Irataba (1814–1874) – leader of the Mohave Nation
 * Imogen LaChance (1853–1938) – social reformer
 * Bat Masterson (1853–1921) – lawman, gambler, journalist
 * Sherman McMaster (1853–1892) – outlaw turned lawman, involved in Earp Vendetta Ride
 * James Reavis (1843–1914) – self-styled "Baron of Arizona", claimed to have owned much of Arizona
 * Johnny Ringo (1850–1882) – outlaw
 * John Horton Slaughter (1841–1922) – lawman, cowboy, poker player, rancher
 * Billy Stiles (1871–1908) – outlaw

Sportspeople

 * Max Aaron (born 1992) – 2013 U.S. national champion figure skater
 * Chance Adams (born 1994) – starting pitcher for the New York Yankees
 * Jeremy Affeldt (born 1979) – relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
 * Erik Affholter (born 1966) – NFL wide receiver
 * Kyle Allen (born 1996) – NFL quarterback
 * Prince Amukamara (born 1989) – cornerback for the New York Giants
 * Brian Anderson (born 1982) – outfielder for the Kansas City Royals
 * Mark Andrews (born 1996) – NFL tight end
 * Jake Bailey (born 1997) – punter for the New England Patriots
 * Dave Baldwin (born 1938) – Major League Baseball player
 * Brian Bannister (born 1981) – starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
 * Jake Barrett (born 1991) – relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
 * Danny Batten (born 1987) – linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
 * Jerryd Bayless (born 1988) – player for the Toronto Raptors
 * John Beck (born 1981) – quarterback for the Washington Redskins
 * Rich Beem (born 1970) – professional golfer
 * Charlie Beljan (born 1984) – professional golfer
 * Mike Bell (born 1983) – running back for the New Orleans Saints
 * Cody Bellinger (born 1995) – first baseman and outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs
 * Mike Bibby (born 1978) – retired NBA point guard
 * Hunter Bishop (born 1998) – baseball player
 * Eddie Bonine (born 1981) – relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
 * Alex Bowman (born 1993) – NASCAR driver
 * Dallas Braden (born 1983) – starting pitcher for the Oakland A's
 * Debbie Bramwell-Washington (born 1966) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Brian Broderick (born 1986) – pitcher for the Sugar Land Skeeters
 * Keith Brown (born 1964) – pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
 * Mike Budenholzer (born 1964) – head coach for the Atlanta Hawks
 * Kole Calhoun (born 1987) – outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels
 * Michael Carbajal (born 1967) – boxing champion
 * Ka'Deem Carey (born 1992) – running back for the Chicago Bears
 * D. J. Carrasco (born 1977) – MLB pitcher
 * Henry Cejudo (born 1987) – 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal winner in wrestling, UFC Flyweight Champion and Bantamweight Champion
 * Steve Colter (born 1962) – retired NBA point guard
 * Manuel Contreras (born 1993) – left fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks
 * Bryce Cotton (born 1992) – point guard for the San Antonio Spurs
 * C. J. Cron (born 1990) – first baseman and designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins
 * Curley Culp (1946–2021) – NFL defensive lineman, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * Billy Cundiff (born 1980) – placekicker for the Baltimore Ravens
 * Chad Curtis (born 1968) – MLB outfielder
 * Ike Davis (born 1987) – first baseman for the Oakland A's
 * Khris Davis (born 1987) – left fielder for the Oakland A's
 * Tyeler Davison (born 1992) – defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
 * Chris DeGeare (born 1987) – offensive guard for the Minnesota Vikings
 * Na'il Diggs (born 1978) – retired NFL linebacker
 * Chris Duncan (1981–2019) – left fielder and first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
 * Shelley Duncan (born 1979) – former MLB left fielder
 * Karl Eller (1928–2019) – owner of the Phoenix Suns
 * Sean Elliott (born 1968) – basketball player
 * Brady Ellison (born 1988) – competitive archer, World Champion and Olympian
 * Julie Ertz (born 1992) – defender for the United States women's national soccer team and Chicago Red Stars
 * Andre Ethier (born 1982) – outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Nick Evans (born 1986) – player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
 * Jeff Feagles (born 1966) – NFL punter
 * Carrick Felix (born 1990) – player for the Utah Jazz
 * Ryan Fitzpatrick (born 1982) – NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins
 * D. J. Foster (born 1993) – NFL running back for the New England Patriots
 * Channing Frye (born 1983) – center and power forward for the Phoenix Suns
 * Brianna & Nicole Garcia (born 1983) – professional wrestling twins, WWE 2007–2012
 * Luis Fernando González Hoenig (born 1995), baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants
 * David Gossett (born 1979) – professional golfer
 * Jim Grabb (born 1964) – tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doubles
 * Superstar Billy Graham (born 1943) – professional wrestler
 * Everson Griffen (born 1987) – defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings
 * Eric Hagg (born 1989) – safety for the Cleveland Browns
 * Scott Hairston (born 1980) – left fielder for the San Diego Padres
 * Max Hall (born 1985) – quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals
 * J. J. Hardy (born 1982) – shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles
 * Billy Hatcher (born 1960) – MLB player and coach
 * Mickey Hatcher (born 1955) – MLB player and coach
 * Todd Heap (born 1980) – tight end for the Baltimore Ravens
 * Charlie Hickcox (1947–2010) – competitive swimmer, three-time Olympic Champion
 * Austin Hollins (born 1991) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Misty Hyman (born 1979) – 2000 Olympics gold medalist swimmer
 * Richie Incognito (born 1983) – guard for the Buffalo Bills
 * Helen Jacobs (1908–1997) – tennis player, member of International Tennis Hall of Fame
 * Robert James (born 1983) – linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
 * J. J. Jansen (born 1986) – long snapper for the Carolina Panthers
 * Richard Jefferson (born 1980) – small forward for the Dallas Mavericks
 * Brian Jennings (born 1976) – long snapper and tight end for the San Francisco 49ers
 * Elliot Johnson (born 1984) – utility player for the Cleveland Indians
 * Nick Johnson (born 1992) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Levi Jones (born 1979) – offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
 * Cameron Jordan (born 1989) – defensive end for the New Orleans Saints
 * Ryan Kalil (born 1985) – center for the Carolina Panthers
 * Devon Kennard (born 1991) – linebacker for the New York Giants
 * Steve Kerr (born 1965) – head coach of the Golden State Warriors
 * Scott Kingery (born 1994) – baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
 * Ian Kinsler (born 1982) – Israeli-American 4-time All Star second baseman in Major League Baseball, Olympian
 * Paul Konerko (born 1976) – first baseman for the Chicago White Sox
 * Kyle Kosier (born 1978) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
 * Rick Kranitz (born 1958) – pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves
 * Frank Kush (1929–2017) – head football coach for Arizona State and NFL's Baltimore Colts
 * Spencer Larsen (born 1984) – NFL fullback
 * Jon Levine (born 1963) – tennis player
 * Kevin Long (born 1966) – hitting coach for the New York Mets
 * Lou Marson (born 1986) – catcher for the Cleveland Indians
 * Doug Mathis (born 1983) – relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers
 * Auston Matthews (born 1997) – center for the Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Billy Mayfair (born 1966) – professional golfer
 * Mickey McConnell (born 1989) – player for the Texas Legends
 * Randall McDaniel (born 1964) – NFL offensive guard; member of both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * Michael McDowell (born 1984) – NASCAR driver
 * Phil Mickelson (born 1970) – professional golfer
 * Zach Miller (born 1985) – tight end for the Seattle Seahawks
 * Brad Mills (born 1985) – relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
 * Bryce Molder (born 1979) – professional golfer
 * Arte Moreno (born 1946) – owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
 * Trent Murphy (born 1990) – linebacker for the Washington Redskins
 * Brett Nicholas (born 1988) – catcher for the Texas Rangers
 * Bart Oates (born 1958) – center for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers
 * Larry Owens (born 1983) – player for the Iowa Energy
 * Jim Palmer (born 1945) – starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Baseball Hall of Famer
 * Danica Patrick (born 1982) – auto racing driver competing in the Indy Racing League and NASCAR
 * James Pazos (born 1991) – relief pitcher for the New York Yankees
 * Andrus Peat (born 1993) – offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
 * Rodney Peete (born 1966) – USC and NFL quarterback
 * Pat Perez (born 1976) – professional golfer
 * Scott Pinckney (born 1989) – professional golfer
 * Mike Pollak (born 1985) – guard for the Cincinnati Bengals
 * Don Pooley (born 1951) – professional golfer
 * Brock Purdy (born 1999) – NFL quarterback
 * Ted Purdy (born 1973) – professional golfer
 * Marilyn Ramenofsky (born 1946) – competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist
 * Brooks Reed (born 1987) – defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons
 * Danny Schayes (born 1959) – college and NBA basketball player, son of Dolph Schayes
 * Chaz Schilens (born 1985) – wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
 * Curt Schilling (born 1966) – professional baseball pitcher and broadcaster
 * Tyler Schmitt (born 1986) – NFL long snapper
 * Wes Schweitzer (born 1993) – offensive guard for the Atlanta Falcons
 * Lyle Sendlein (born 1984) – center for the Arizona Cardinals
 * Paul Silas (1943–2022) – NBA player and coach
 * Shelley Smith (born 1987) – guard for the Houston Texans
 * Eric Sogard (born 1986) – second baseman for the Oakland Athletics
 * Karsten Solheim (1911–2000) – creator and founder of PING
 * Sammy Solis (born 1988) – relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
 * Ken Stabler (1945–2015) – four-time Pro Bowl NFL quarterback, primarily with the Oakland Raiders
 * Kerri Strug (born 1977) – gymnast; 1996 Olympic gold medalist
 * Marcus Thomas (born 1984) – NFL running back
 * Michael Thompson (born 1985) – professional golfer
 * Pat Tillman (1976–2004) – college and pro football player killed in Afghanistan
 * Tim Toone (born 1985) – wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
 * Howard Twitty (born 1949) – professional golfer
 * Cain Velasquez (born 1982) – professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist
 * Bobby Wade (born 1981) – wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
 * Neal Walk (1948–2015) – basketball player
 * Ken Westerfield (born 1947) – disc sports (frisbee) pioneer
 * Markus Wheaton (born 1991) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Danny White – professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys
 * Tom Wilhelmsen (born 1983) – relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
 * Dot Wilkinson (1921–2023) – Hall of Fame inductee for bowling and softball
 * Alan Williams (born 1993) – player for the Phoenix Suns
 * Jeremy Wolf (born 1993) – American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel national baseball team
 * Darren Woodson (born 1969) – professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys
 * J. J. Yeley (born 1976) – NASCAR driver

Miscellaneous

 * Johnny Chan – professional poker player, 10–time World Series of Poker champion
 * Angel Delgadillo – founder of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona and retired barber
 * Ernest Garcia II – founder of DriveTime, major shareholder of Carvana
 * Grumpy Cat (2012–2019) – Internet celebrity cat
 * Rob Leatham – professional shooter, 24-time USPSA National champion
 * Emmanuel Lemelson – Greek Orthodox priest, social commentator and hedge fund manager
 * Jerry Meek – evangelist and land developer
 * Arte Moreno – billionaire businessman, owner of Los Angeles Angels
 * Kayla Mueller – activist
 * Aron Ra – president of the Atheist Alliance of America, host of the Ra-Men podcast
 * Rick Alan Ross – deprogrammer
 * Mark Shoen – billionaire businessman, vice president of U-Haul
 * María Urquides – educator, "mother of bilingual education"

Fictional characters

 * Eleanor from The Good Place
 * Michelle Chang and Julia Chang, both from the Tekken fighting video game series
 * Annie Porter from Speed; played by Sandra Bullock
 * John Rambo from First Blood and Rambo movies; born in Bowie
 * Bella Swan from the Twilight saga

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Statutory boards of the Singapore Government

The statutory boards of the Government of Singapore are autonomous organisations that have been tasked to perform an operational function by legal statutes passed as Acts in the Parliament of Singapore. The statutes define the purpose, rights and powers of each authority. These organisations would usually subsequently report to one specific ministry. This list includes both current and new statutory boards formed.

Singapore is a country known for its highly efficient and centralised government system largely due to these statutory boards. They play a significant role in the development and implementation of policies and programs in various sectors of the country.

These boards are responsible for providing essential services and regulating key industries, with the goal of ensuring the welfare and well-being of Singaporeans. The highly centralized and efficient system of statutory boards has contributed to Singapore's success as a modern and prosperous nation.

Current statutory boards

 * Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
 * Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
 * Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)
 * Board of Architects (BOA)
 * Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
 * Central Provident Fund Board (CPF)
 * Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)
 * Civil Service College (CSC)
 * Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)
 * Council for Estate Agencies (CEA)
 * Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA)
 * Economic Development Board (EDB)
 * Energy Market Authority (EMA)
 * Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG)
 * Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore (GRA)
 * Government Technology Agency (GovTech)
 * Health Promotion Board (HPB)
 * Health Sciences Authority (HSA)
 * Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
 * Hotels Licensing Board (HLB)
 * Housing and Development Board (HDB)
 * Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
 * Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)
 * Institute of Technical Education (ITE)
 * Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
 * ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS)
 * JTC Corporation (JTC)
 * Land Surveyors Board (LSB)
 * Land Transport Authority (LTA)
 * Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)
 * Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)
 * Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
 * Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP)
 * National Arts Council (NAC)
 * National Council of Social Service (NCSS)
 * National Environment Agency (NEA)
 * National Heritage Board (NHB)
 * National Library Board (NLB)
 * National Parks Board (NParks)
 * Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP)
 * People's Association (PA)
 * Professional Engineers Board, Singapore (PEB)
 * Public Utilities Board (PUB)
 * Public Transport Council (PTC)
 * Republic Polytechnic (RP)
 * Science Centre Board (SCB)
 * Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC)
 * Singapore Dental Council (SDC)
 * Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB)
 * Singapore Food Agency (SFA)
 * Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF)
 * Singapore Land Authority (SLA)
 * Singapore Medical Council (SMC)
 * Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)
 * Singapore Pharmacy Council (SPC)
 * Singapore Polytechnic (SP)
 * Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
 * SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
 * Sport Singapore (SPORTSG)
 * TCM Practitioners Board (TCMPB)
 * Temasek Polytechnic (TP)
 * Tote Board (TOTE BOARD)
 * Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
 * Workforce Singapore (WSG)
 * Yellow Ribbon Singapore (YRSG)

Former statutory boards

 * Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore (CRA), reconstituted to become a gambling regulator (GRA) on 1 August 2022
 * Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (CISCO), corporatised as CISCO Security on 5 July 2005
 * Nanyang Technological University (NTU), corporatised on 1 April 2006
 * National University of Singapore (NUS), corporatised on 1 April 2006
 * Post Office Savings Bank (POSB), acquired by DBS Bank on 16 November 1998.
 * Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA), formed on 1 October 1994, merged into Media Development Authority on 1 January 2003.
 * Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) corporatised as the Television Corporation of Singapore on 1 October 1994
 * Singapore Harbour Board, taken over by the Port of Singapore Authority on 1 April 1964
 * SingTel corporatised on 1 April 1992
 * SingPost corporatised on 1 April 1992
 * National Computer Board, reorganised into Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore on 1 December 1999.
 * Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, reorganised into Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore on 1 December 1999.
 * Public Works Department, corporatised as the CPG Corporation in 1999
 * Media Development Authority (MDA) and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), reorganised into Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) in 2016
 * Singapore Totalisator Board, rebranded as Tote Board (TOTE BOARD) in 2008
 * Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB), merged as Preservation of Sites and Monuments under National Heritage Board (NHB) on 1 July 2009
 * Singapore Sports Council (SSC), rebranded as Sport Singapore (SPORTSG) on 1 April 2014
 * Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), reconstituted as Workforce Singapore (WSG) on 4 October 2016
 * Council for Private Education (CPE), functions absorbed under a new statboard SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) on 4 October 2016
 * SPRING Singapore (SPRING), formed in 2002 to support enterprises, reorganised into Enterprise Singapore (ESG) on 1 April 2018
 * Trade Development Board, formed in 1983 and renamed to International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) in 2002 to support internationalisation, reorganised into Enterprise Singapore (ESG) on 1 April 2018
 * Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS), formed on 1 January 2005 to enforce competition law. Renamed to Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) on 1 April 2018 to reflect its new role in protecting consumer rights
 * Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), formed on 1 April 2000 to regulate food and veterinary issues. Dissolved into Singapore Food Agency (SFA) for food issues and National Parks Board (NParks) for veterinary issues on 1 April 2019

Statutory or privatised government corporations

 * Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, reconstituted with regulatory functions on 1 July 2009
 * Changi Airport Group, corporatisation of airport operations on 1 July 2009
 * Housing and Development Board
 * Building & Development Division, corportised into HDB Corporation on 1 July 2003, renamed to Surbana Corporation and now CapitaLand Township.
 * Jurong Town Corporation, corporatised and reconstituted as JTC Corporation on 15 November 2000
 * Ascendas Private Limited, corporatisation and merger of property group on 8 January 2001
 * Jurong Consultants Private Limited, corporatisation of technical services group on 9 April 2001
 * Jurong Port Private Limited, corporatisation of port services group on 12 January 2001
 * Port of Singapore Authority (PSA)'s regulatory functions transferred to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore on 2 February 1996
 * PSA International, corporatisation of port services on 1 October 1997
 * Singapore Power, corporatisation of electricity and gas services on 1 October 1995

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Yevgeny Nazdratenko

Yevgeny Ivanovich Nazdratenko (Евге́ний Ива́нович Наздрате́нко; born February 16, 1949) is a Russian politician.

In 1983, he graduated from the Far Eastern Technological Institute where he specialized in economics.

Nazdratenko was a governor of Primorsky Krai from 1993 until his resignation on February 5, 2001, following a heart attack. It was speculated that he was forced to resign from his office, as he was blamed for an energy crisis.

Nazdratenko was appointed deputy secretary of the Security Council of Russia in 2003.

Nazdratenko is married and has two sons.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camp Quest Canada

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was merge. JYolkowski // talk 21:44, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Camp Quest Canada
No evidence of notability. --W(t) 18:04, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)

 * Keep Jinkleberries 19:52, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: Junkleberries is a new account today and voted 'keep' on 37 articles within a 7-minute period. This user also received a vandalism warning today.  Tobycat 21:04, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Camp Quest. Postdlf 04:08, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete everything this guy seems to be creating is unnotable and seems to be an ad for his organization's sites. --Xcali 04:15, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Camp Quest as per Postdlf.  JeremyA 04:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Lords of the Realm III

Lords of the Realm III (also known as Lords 3) is a medieval themed real-time strategy computer game published in March 2004 by Sierra Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Games. It is the third installment in the Lords of the Realm series, and the last game made by Impressions Games.

Gameplay
At the start of a game, the player must choose a noble by either selecting one of the default nobles or creating a new one. Nobles act as user accounts within the game, wherein completed campaigns and saved games are local to each noble. A noble consists of three customizable features: housename, portrait, and heraldry.

Once a noble is selected, the player can choose to play a campaign or battle map, or load a saved game. While all the battle maps are available when a noble is created, the campaigns require that the player complete each level in sequence. The game has four campaigns, each with several scenarios.

Battle maps
In a battle map, the player is placed in a battlefield and is provided with predefined companies of soldiers available to them. The only victory condition of these battles is to defeat all enemy companies. The gameplay is consistent with that of the battle mode in the campaigns.

Layers
Except for the tutorials, campaigns consist of three layers of gameplay: the strategy layer, the diplomacy layer, and the battle layer. The layers allow the player to control different components of the game.

Strategy layer and vassalage
The strategy layer allows the player to see a large overview of the lands to command their armies and assign vassals to the lands they possess. The land that the player possesses is subdivided into parcels. The player must assign a vassal to each parcel to manage the land for them.

There are several different types of parcels that dictate what they will produce. Furthermore, each parcel is of a certain quality which determines how fast they will upgrade their land and produce units. The different categories of vassals are as follows:

 * Knight - Builds a fort on a parcel, which will produce a company of a certain type that is based on the knight.

 * Priest - A priest will build a church on a parcel which increase the player's Christianity level.

 * Burgher - A burgher builds a city on their designated parcel that produces gold to be spent on upgrades to the player's castle or hiring mercenaries.

 * Serf - Serfs build farmlands on parcels that supply the armies with food.

Diplomacy layer
In the diplomacy screen, the player may assess his progress and the progress of the other nobles as well as engage in politics such as trade, war declarations, and forming alliances. The diplomacy screen shows a diplomatic map of all the lands, colored by the nobles who own them, that displays parcel usage, army locations, and territorial control. The player can view their chivalry, Christianity, and honor levels, and their progress in obtaining the next level in each of them.

Battle layer
The battle layer engages the player in the battlefield, allowing them to manually control their companies.

Reception
Lords of the Realm III received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. A common complaint was, relative to its predecessors, the simplification of province management and the departure from the turn-based strategy map.

Lords of the Realm III was a runner-up for Computer Games Magazine's 2004 "Best Budget Game" award, but lost to The Political Machine.

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Multibus

Multibus is a computer bus standard used in industrial systems. It was developed by Intel Corporation and was adopted as the IEEE 796 bus.

The Multibus specification was a robust industry standard with a relatively large form factor, allowing complex devices to be designed on it. Because it was well-defined and well-documented, a Multibus-compatible industry grew around it, with many companies making card cages and enclosures for it. Many others made CPU, memory, and other peripheral boards. In 1982 there were over 100 Multibus board and systems manufacturers. This allowed complex systems to be built from commercial off-the-shelf hardware, and also allowed companies to innovate by designing a proprietary Multibus board, then integrate it with another vendor's hardware to create a complete system. One example of this was Sun Microsystems with their Sun-1 and Sun-2 workstations. Sun built custom-designed CPU, memory, SCSI, and video display boards, and then added 3Com Ethernet networking boards, Xylogics SMD disk controllers, Ciprico Tapemaster 1/2 inch tape controllers, Sky Floating Point Processor, and Systech 16-port Terminal Interfaces in order to configure the system as a workstation or a file server. Other workstation vendors who used Multibus-based designs included HP/Apollo and Silicon Graphics.

The Intel Multibus I & II product line was purchased from Intel by RadiSys Corporation, which in 2002 was then purchased by U.S. Technologies, Inc.

Multibus architecture
Multibus was an asynchronous bus that accommodated devices with various transfer rates while maintaining a maximum throughput. It had 20 address lines so it could address up to 1 Mb of Multibus memory and 1 Mb of I/O locations. Most Multibus I/O devices only decoded the first 64 Kb of address space.

Multibus supported multi-master functionality that allowed it to share the Multibus with multiple processors and other DMA devices.

The standard Multibus form factor was a 12 in, 6.75 in circuit board with two ejection levers on the front edge. The board had two buses: a wider P1 bus with pin assignment defined by the Multibus specification and a second smaller P2 bus was also defined as a private bus.

Multibus standards
Multibus includes the following buses:
 * Multibus System Bus — adopted as IEEE 796
 * iSBX (I/O Expansion Bus) — adopted as IEEE P959
 * iLBX Local Bus Extension (Execution Bus)
 * Multichannel I/O Bus

Multibus I
IEEE-796: Microcomputer System Bus; First released by Intel in 1974. The cards did not use front panels, instead using card edge fingers as the connectors (similar to ISA/PC-AT cards). Companies like Northwest Technical still provide "End of Life" products for Multibus I, which is now considered obsolete. The following are a list sections relevant to Multibus from the IEC 796 standard:
 * IEC 796-1:1990 Microprocessor system bus—8-bit and 16-bit data (Multibus I) — Part 1: Functional description with electrical and timing specifications
 * IEC 796-2:1990 Microprocessor system bus—8-bit and 16-bit data (Multibus I) — Part 2: Mechanical and pin descriptions for the system bus configuration, with edge connectors (direct)
 * IEC 796-3:1990 Microprocessor system BUS I, 8-bit and 16-bit data (Multibus I) — Part 3: Mechanical and pin descriptions for the Eurocard configuration with pin and socket (indirect) connectors

Multibus II
IEEE-1296 32-bit/10 MHz bus, at 40 Mbyte/s. Card sizes are 3U x 220 mm, and 6U x 220 mm. These cards are larger than the VME Eurocard sizes, which are 3U/6U x 160mm. It uses TTL ("Fast" series) gates for drivers and the Backplane Connectors are DIN 41612 type C. Multibus II is not yet considered obsolete, but considered mature; however it is not recommended for new designs. IEEE-STD-1296: High-performance synchronous 32-bit bus: Multibus II, released in 1987, and 1994. Also as ISO/IEC 10861.
 * ISO/IEC 10861:1994 Information technology—Microprocessor systems—High-performance synchronous 32-bit bus: Multibus II

Historical uses
Multibus-II hardware running the iRMX operating system is used in the majority of the core Automatic Train Supervision subsystems on CLSCS, the London Underground Central line Signals Control System. This was supplied by Westinghouse Rail Systems and commissioned from the mid-1990s. The Central line is an Automatic Train Operation line. The Automatic Train Supervision elements use a mixture of iRMX on Multibus, and Solaris on SPARC computers. Sixteen Multibus-based Local Site Computers are distributed along the line together with six central Multibus-based subsystems in the control centre. Real time control and communications functions are provided by the Multibus-based processors and Sun workstations provide database functions and the operator consoles in the control room. All subsystem computers are dual redundant. The safety-critical Automatic Train Protection component is provided by trackside and trainborne equipment that does not use Multibus. The system was still in full operation. In the control centre, Westinghouse also provided a cut-down mimic of the system for staff training and software test purposes using much of the same hardware and software as the full ATS system, but connected to a computer (also Multibus-II and Sun based) to simulate train movements and signaling behavior.

Oslo Metro or Oslo Tunnelbane uses a similar (although less complex) Westinghouse-supplied Multibus hardware control system through the central Common Tunnel or Fellestunnelen tracks, but was expected to be decommissioned in 2011.

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The Equalizer (1985 TV series)

The Equalizer is an American spy thriller television series, originally airing on CBS from September 18, 1985, to August 24, 1989; which was co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. It starred Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent people who find themselves in dangerous circumstances, while sometimes also dealing with people from his past in covert operations who want to pull him back in or settle old scores. The show has inspired further works, including three feature films and a re-imagined series.

Series plot elements
The series stars British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former covert operations officer of an unnamed US government intelligence organization, which was often referred to simply as "the Agency" or "the Company", who tries to atone for his past by offering, usually free of charge, his services as a troubleshooter, a protector, and an investigator.

People in need found him through a newspaper classified ad: "Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer: 212 555 4200." When he began the business in the pilot episode, the nickname "Equalizer" was revealed as bestowed on him by an operative named "Brahms", played by Jerry Stiller.

Aided by a group of sometimes mysterious contacts, some of whom date back to his spying days, McCall traverses the streets of New York City, delivering justice upon bullies, corrupt police officials and politicians, hoodlums, mobsters, rapists, racists, murderers, kidnappers, drug dealers, and other "truly deserving" people. "Please do not do anything you will never live to regret," he tells one villain.

His contacts were also prone to human foibles that ranged from egoism to domestic problems.

Many episodes focused on McCall interacting with "Control" (played by Robert Lansing), the unnamed head of the Manhattan office of the secret organization for which McCall used to work. As a general rule, however, the people responding to the newspaper ad were unremarkable, average, and unknown.

McCall's Jaguar XJ saloon car, weapons, and other gadgetry at times featured significantly as elements in the plot.

Main

 * Edward Woodward as Robert McCall: A veteran operative of The Company who becomes disillusioned with sacrificing ordinary people for the perceived greater good. He quits and takes out a newspaper advert offering his services to those who need it as The Equalizer. McCall himself is divorced, a "lost dad" long estranged from his son, Scott (William Zabka). Scott comes back into his life as a young adult who is at first bitterly critical of his father's world, but then becomes drawn into that world to the dismay of both of his parents. McCall also lost a woman he was in love with, a fellow operative named Manon Brevard, and discovers that she had secretly given birth to his daughter, Yvette. McCall appears to be independently wealthy, as although he almost never takes payment for his work, he owns a high-end apartment, is always well dressed and drives a Jaguar XJ6 car (registered 5809-AUG). He enjoys classical music (playing the piano himself), fine wine and dining and is occasionally seen dating and trying to live a "normal" life, only for work or his past to get in the way. His father, William, was a British Army officer who was killed in Egypt in 1952 when McCall was 19 and also an army officer. His mother was a working-class American entertainer and his father was disinherited by his family and shunned by his regiment for being seen to be marrying beneath himself. McCall had a strained relationship with his father, whom he blamed for remaining overseas and leaving him at boarding school while his mother was dying. He was also guilt-ridden at his various actions during the Cold War, notably helping to establish the dictatorship in Chile and working with South Africa's apartheid regime in Angola. Woodward was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series four years in a row but never won, and was also nominated in 1986 and 1987 for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, winning in 1986.
 * Keith Szarabajka as Mickey Kostmayer (Also starring, 56 episodes): A former Navy SEAL, who was in the brig for a crime he did not commit until McCall cleared him and recommended he join The Company. Often seen surveilling suspects or protecting witnesses. Always laconic, he is from Houston, Texas, of Polish/American origin and served in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, claiming to have stayed awake during one mission for 96 hours straight. He is seen to enjoy fishing in his free time, is a fan of the Knicks basketball team and bubble-gum and builds models out of matchsticks. His brother is a priest, also in the city, and needs the help of McCall and Mickey in one episode. While McCall is almost always dressed in a suit, Mickey is usually seen in jeans and wearing a watch cap and army overcoat. A black Dodge van is his usual mode of transport.

Recurring

 * Robert Lansing as Control (29 episodes). A contemporary of McCall's in The Company who has risen to a senior rank; he and McCall are usually friendly, although at times Control's focus on the mission causes friction with McCall's desire to avoid collateral damage. Although McCall does not always agree with Control's methods, he usually helps his old friend when younger and even more ruthless agents try to force him out. For his part Control allows McCall to utilize Company men like Mickey, Jimmy and Sterno provided they are not on assignment. Known for his trademark bowties.
 * Mark Margolis as Jimmy (16 episodes). Another Company veteran and an expert in surveillance. Usually brought in by McCall when high-tech bugs or wiretaps are required. He is divorced and almost always has a story about his ex-wife to tell McCall. Abandoned by his father at age 6, Jimmy is part of the Big Brother project, mentoring troubled kids.
 * William Zabka as Scott McCall (12 episodes). McCall's estranged son when the series begins, their growing relationship is one of the recurring themes throughout the series. Scott is an accomplished musician but is drawn more and more deeply in to his father's world as the series progresses. Scott also knows of the kinship between himself, Yvette, and their father although McCall has sworn him to secrecy. (In season 2, Scott meets and later dates Jenny Morrow, played by Lori Loughlin.)
 * Chad Redding as Sgt. Alice Shepard (11 episodes). An NYPD detective who often assists McCall, recognizing that he can take action where she cannot.
 * Richard Jordan as Harley Gage (10 episodes). Another disillusioned Company veteran, Gage was brought in by Richard Dyson (played by Robert Mitchum) to track down McCall when he goes missing in "Mission McCall", and ends up staying on and helping people with McCall. This was done to lighten the load on Woodward after he suffered a heart attack, although Keith Szarabajka was featured in only five of the episodes with Jordan.
 * Maureen Anderman as Pete O'Phelan (9 episodes). The widow of a former colleague of McCall's, and a former operative herself. She owns a bar that McCall and Mickey frequent, and also helps out with their missions from time to time.
 * Ron O'Neal as Lt. Isadore Smalls (7 episodes). An NYPD detective who assists McCall.
 * Irving Metzman as Sterno (7 episodes). Another Company man, specializing in computers and finance. He is often seen eating, particularly fast food, which generally annoys McCall's more refined tastes.
 * Steven Williams as Lt. Jefferson Burnett (6 episodes). An NYPD detective in the first season, who is aware of McCall's past and is initially distrustful of him.
 * Robert Joy as Jacob Stock (5 episodes). A Company operative who botches his first assignment with McCall, but redeems himself. He occasionally resurfaces to assist McCall.
 * Melissa Sue Anderson as Yvette Marcel (4 episodes). The daughter of McCall's former love Manon. She believes that Phillip Marcel (played by Anthony Zerbe) is her father but Marcel later reveals to McCall that she is McCall's daughter. McCall keeps this to himself, telling Marcel that he must be the one to tell her, which he does after being fatally wounded by an old enemy. Anderson is the real-life wife of series co-creator Michael Sloan.
 * Eddie Jones as Lt. Brannigan (4 episodes). An NYPD detective in the fourth season.
 * Ray Baker as Dana (3 episodes). An agent of The Company who occasionally aids McCall in his investigations. Jovial, generous and good-hearted, he is nonetheless an expert in the seedier side of New York life with a comprehensive knowledge of the city's sex industry.
 * Joe Morton as Carter Brock (3 episodes). A Vietnam veteran and explosives expert who appears in the fourth season. McCall calls him "Brockie".
 * Charles Cioffi as Lt. Kramer (3 episodes). An NYPD detective in the second and third seasons.
 * Earl Hindman as Lt. Elmer (3 episodes). An NYPD detective in the second season.
 * Saul Rubinek as Jason Masur (3 episodes). A Company official who interferes with McCall and pushes Control around.
 * Austin Pendleton as Jonah (3 episodes). A computer expert who helps McCall.

Notable guest stars
The show had quite a number of notable guest stars, many of whom became major stars within a few years of their appearances. Eight-year-old Macaulay Culkin appeared in one episode as a kidnap victim. Nine-year-old Melissa Joan Hart appeared as a young girl whom McCall protected from her ex-con father. Christian Slater appeared as a high-school student in the episode "Joyride". Kevin Spacey played a corrupt police officer. Ed O'Neill played a doctor in the first-season episode "The Children's Song", in which William Zabka appears as McCall's son Scott. John Goodman played a single father who was tricked by co-worker Joe Morton into taking part in a robbery. Goodman's frequent co-star Steve Buscemi appeared in the same episode, which marks the first time the two were on screen together.

Stewart Copeland, who composed the show's theme song and much of its music, made a cameo as a pickpocket. Vincent D'Onofrio appeared twice in the series, playing the arsonist son of a mobster in his first appearance, and a mentally-challenged man falsely accused of murder in his second. Adam Ant played a villain in an episode that also featured J.T. Walsh, David Alan Grier, Lori Petty and Luis Guzmán. Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys made a rare acting appearance in an episode alongside Alex Winter. Bradley Whitford appeared as a brutal young thug whose terrorizing of a hitch-hiking young couple leads to a siege of the weaponless McCall and his son who are away on a father-son weekend. Frank Whaley, Sam Rockwell, and Jerry O'Connell appeared in the same episode as members of a teen robbery gang. Shelby Anderson lent her singing ability as a lounge singer in an episode that also involved her giant panda, ZhenZhen. Singer Vitamin C appeared in two episodes under her real name, Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick.

Other well-known stars at the time, as well as future stars, who appeared on the show included Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas, Tomas Milian (twice), Maureen Stapleton, E. G. Marshall, Laurence Fishburne, Jane Kaczmarek, Lauren Tom, Patricia Clarkson, Jennifer Grey, Reginald VelJohnson, Quentin Crisp, Laurie Metcalf, Frances Fisher, Oliver Platt, Patricia Richardson, William H. Macy, Robin Curtis, Stanley Tucci, Roma Maffia, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Moriarty, Chris Cooper, Michael Rooker, David Strathairn, Charles S. Dutton, Cynthia Nixon, Bruce Payne, Laura San Giacomo, Kasi Lemmons, Al Leong, Ving Rhames, Amanda Plummer, Daniel Davis, Jon Polito, Jasmine Guy, Mark Linn-Baker, Meat Loaf, William Hickey, Lori Loughlin, Michael Wincott, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony Zerbe, Michael Cerveris, William Atherton, Giancarlo Esposito, and the singing duo of Ashford and Simpson.

The series also made good use of its New York City filming location/setting by employing actors who were appearing on Broadway in the late 1980s as guest stars. These included Terrence Mann, Frances Ruffelle, Kevin Conway, J. Smith-Cameron, Philip Bosco, Caitlin Clarke, Josef Sommer, Jim Dale, Christine Baranski, and Anne Twomey.

Additionally, several former stage and screen co-stars of Edward Woodward appeared on the show. These included Brian Bedford, Tammy Grimes (real-life mother of the aforementioned Ms. Plummer), Gwen Verdon, Sandy Dennis, Jenny Agutter, Shirley Knight, and Sylvia Sidney.

Woodward's second wife, Michele Dotrice, appeared as the central character in the season 2 episode, "Heartstrings". Her father, Roy Dotrice, also guest-starred on the show in season 4's "Trial By Ordeal". Edward Woodward's son, actor Tim Woodward, appeared as McCall's father in a flashback scene in the episode "Prisoners of Conscience", also in season 4.

Music
The show's theme music was created by composer/performer Stewart Copeland. The track is called "Busy Equalizing". An extended version appears on his album The Equalizer and Other Cliff Hangers.

Six episodes in the 1988 season were scored by Joseph Conlan and the final season was scored by Cameron Allan. Other episodes were scored by John Cacavas.

Episodes
The show ran for four seasons of 22 episodes each. It was initially renewed for a fifth season (causing Keith Szarabajka to turn down a role on Midnight Caller). However, the show was later canceled due to a row between CBS and Universal Studios over the renewal of Murder, She Wrote.

In The Story of The Equalizer, created for the DVD box set, executive producer Coleman Luck also stated that Universal requested a script for a crossover episode with Magnum, P.I. despite the objections of the Equalizer crew as its dark tone was much different than Magnum's much lighter and sunnier style. Ultimately the episode was never filmed, but its script was adapted and changed, ultimately airing as the episode "Beyond Control".

Critical response
After the broadcast of the first episode in September 1985, the show received mixed reviews. Critic Tom Shales wrote in The Washington Post that "to judge from this very attractively atmospheric premiere, [the show] could become a welcome guest in many an American home". However, for People, Jeff Jarvis wrote, "The plot’s confusing and the show’s as erratic as a pacemaker on low batteries".

Localizations
The series was translated into Afrikaans for broadcast through South Africa's SABC as Die laaste uitweg.

The series was broadcast throughout the Arab World with Arabic subtitles during the 1990s, like in Egypt through Channel 2 and Saudi Arabia through Saudi 2.

Home media
On February 12, 2008, Universal Studios released Season 1 of The Equalizer on DVD in Region 1 (US only).

On May 15, 2013, it was announced that Visual Entertainment had acquired the rights to the series in Region 1. They subsequently released season 2 on DVD on August 26, 2014. Season 3 was released on October 25, 2014, followed by season 4 on November 24, 2014.

Visual Entertainment also released a limited edition complete series set on DVD on August 19, 2014. The Equalizer Complete Collection Limited Edition set contains all 88 episodes plus 12 hours of bonus content including CI5: The New Professionals; the last film ever done by Edward Woodward, A Congregation of Ghosts; and The Story of The Equalizer featuring interviews with cast and crew.

In Region 2, Universal Playback UK released season 1 on DVD on April 21, 2008. In late 2011, Fabulous Films announced that they had acquired the rights to the series. They have subsequently released seasons 2–4. On May 27, 2013, Fabulous Films released The Equalizer: The Complete Collection on DVD. This 24-disc box set contains all 88 episodes of the series as well as bonus content including an all-new documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew.

Many fans have noted that the Region 1 version has had several of the originally used songs replaced. In fact nearly 50 percent of all music apart from the theme and scoring by Stewart Copeland has been replaced by "covers" due to expired music licensing agreements and the costs which would be incurred in the US to have the licensing renewed. In contrast, the Region 2 version contains all of the original music intact.

In Region 4, Umbrella Entertainment has released all four seasons on DVD in Australia.

Film series
A film starring Denzel Washington in the title role, very loosely based upon the series, was released in September 2014. It was followed by a sequel, The Equalizer 2, which was released on July 20, 2018. Melissa Leo, who was a guest star in "The Defector," the third episode of the TV series, appears in both movies.

A third film titled The Equalizer 3 with Washington and director Antoine Fuqua returning was released on September 1, 2023.

2021 television revival series
In November 2019, CBS announced that a reboot was in development with Queen Latifah in the lead role as Robyn McCall. Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller were named as showrunners with Latifah herself as an executive producer. On January 27, 2020, CBS issued a pilot order for the new version.

The series was among the 14 pilots ordered by CBS in February 2020 and was fast tracked to series the following March, as they are unable to film their pilots where Universal Television was shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 8, 2020, CBS picked up the series and they added Chris Noth as William Bishop, a quirky ex-CIA director who is the opposite of Latifah. It premiered on February 7, 2021, after Super Bowl LV.

Literature
A collection of novels featuring Robert McCall has been written by the original co-creator Michael Sloan. The first is simply entitled The Equalizer published in 2014, followed by Killed in Action: An Equalizer Novel, which was released in 2018. The novels are a modern reimagining of the original series and focus on McCall leaving The Company and eventually becoming a private investigator in New York. It also features a number of original recurring characters from the television series such as Mickey Kostmayer, Control, and Scott McCall. A third novel, Equalizer: Requiem was released in 2020.

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WWF Undisputed Title
A much better version of this article already exists (WWE Undisputed Championship). I say either delete this article or just make it into a redirect to the other article. -- CMC 18:08, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Jinkleberries 19:52, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: Junkleberries is a new account today and voted 'keep' on 37 articles within a 7-minute period. This user also received a vandalism warning today.  Tobycat 21:05, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Jinkleberries 19:52, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops, our friend Jinkeberries hit the 'paste' function twice on this one. Tobycat 21:05, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect Christopher Parham (talk) 20:55, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
 * Redirect to WWE Undisputed Championship: doesn't say anything that isn't already covered in the latter article.   — Gwalla | Talk 22:36, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as the WWF doesn't exist anymore after it got sued by the Word Wildlife Fund and lost... And can someone please ban Junkleberries! Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 22:42, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * According to his talkpage, Jinkleberries was banned for vandalism yesterday.   — Gwalla | Talk 16:11, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to WWE Undisputed Championship. JamesBurns 04:36, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect pretty obviously to WWE Undisputed Championship. Paulley 19:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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This should be moved to BJAODN. WAvegetarian 18:09, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Jinkleberries 19:52, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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 * No evidence presented, or located, that this isn't complete fiction. I don't have the time right now to check whether the band of this name meets the WP:MUSIC criteria. Delete. Uncle G 00:45, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)
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