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Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
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1 | Ted Bundy - Notorious serial killer briefly attended Utah's law school prior to his arrest and conviction for kidnapping in 1975. | 17232 |
2 | Karl Rove - Chief political strategist and adviser to George W. Bush attended the University of Utah but never graduated. | 2715 |
3 | Orson Scott Card - Science fiction author (Author of Ender's Game) | 2150 |
4 | Alex Smith - San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, 1st overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. | 1337 |
5 | Thomas S. Monson - President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1213 |
6 | Steve Smith - Carolina Panthers wide receiver | 993 |
7 | James H. Clark - Founder, Silicon Graphics | 822 |
8 | Gordon B. Hinckley - former President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 672 |
9 | Andrew Bogut - Milwaukee Bucks forward, 1st overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft left early for the NBA and did not graduate. | 655 |
10 | Ivan Sutherland - Winner of the Turing Award in 1988 for Sketchpad, co-founder of Evans and Sutherland | 653 |
11 | John Warnock - Co-founder of Adobe Systems | 563 |
12 | Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese | 538 |
13 | Paul McCarthy - Artist | 509 |
14 | J. Willard Marriott - Founder, Marriott International | 488 |
15 | Wallace Stegner - American novelist | 442 |
16 | Edwin Catmull - Co-founder of Pixar | 370 |
17 | Kevin Dyson - Former NFL wide receiver | 351 |
18 | Keith Van Horn - Former NBA player | 338 |
19 | Mario Capecchi - 2007 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine | 334 |
20 | Gordon Gee - Has been the president of more universities than any other American. | 320 |
21 | Andre Miller - NBA player, NCAA All-American | 320 |
22 | Norm Chow - College Football Coach UCLA, Offensive Coordinator; NCAA All-America honorable mention as an offensive line | 318 |
23 | Mike Anderson - Baltimore Ravens running back and 2002 NFL Rookie of the Year. | 314 |
24 | George Seifert - former NFL head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers | 306 |
25 | Jamal Anderson - Former NFL running back | 294 |
26 | Robert A. "Bob" McDonald - CEO of Procter & Gamble | 272 |
27 | Mills Lane â Famous television judge and legendary boxing referee | 268 |
28 | David O. McKay - former President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 258 |
29 | David Neeleman - JetBlue founder, chairman and former CEO | 253 |
30 | Kyle Whittingham - current coach of the football team | 253 |
31 | Henry Eyring - Renowned theoretical chemist and twenty-year dean of the graduate school | 206 |
32 | Russell M. Nelson - renowned physician and cardiothoracic surgeon, also a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 195 |
33 | Shelby Steele - Author and columnist, research fellow at the Hoover Institution | 183 |
34 | Dave Checketts - American businessman, founder Sports Capital Partners | 178 |
35 | Holly Rowe â Sideline reporter for ESPN | 153 |
36 | Eric Weddle - safety for the San Diego Chargers | 141 |
37 | Tom Chambers - Former NBA all-star | 140 |
38 | Harold B. Lee - former President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 134 |
39 | Scott Mitchell - back-up quarterback to Dan Marino on the Miami Dolphins and later started at QB for the Detroit Lions | 126 |
40 | Michael Doleac - NBA player; AP All-American Honorable Mention and GTE First Team Academic All-American | 125 |
41 | Joseph Kearns â Radio, Film and Television Actor | 118 |
42 | Terry Tempest Williams - Author, environmentalist | 117 |
43 | George Albert Smith - former President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 116 |
44 | Larry Wilson - NFL Hall of Fame member and All-Pro free safety | 114 |
45 | Jordan Gross - Carolina Panthers offensive lineman | 111 |
46 | Ross "Rocky" Anderson - former Mayor, Salt Lake City | 105 |
47 | Willem Johan Kolff - the father of artificial organs pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs | 95 |
48 | Bob Trumpy â Former NFL tight end and current Sports broadcasting color commentator | 90 |
49 | Lyle Campbell - linguist and leading expert on American Indian languages, Leonard Bloomfield Book Award winner | 90 |
50 | Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala - former NFL running back | 89 |
51 | Manny Fernandez - Former NFL player for the Miami Dolphins defensive lineman | 81 |
52 | Keene Curtis â Stage, Film and Television Actor | 80 |
53 | Charles K. Monfort - Chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball | 76 |
54 | Jan Harold Brunvand - Emeritus Professor of English, a well-known American folklorist and urban legends researcher | 76 |
55 | Cecil O. Samuelson - President, Brigham Young University; Latter-day Saint General Authority | 67 |
56 | Craig Arnold - poet | 61 |
57 | Marv Fleming - NFL tight end, won 5 Super Bowl rings in the 1960s-70s | 56 |
58 | Frank Moss, former U.S. Senator, D-UT | 53 |
59 | John Madsen - wide receiver Oakland Raiders | 53 |
60 | Luther Elliss - Former NFL defensive lineman | 52 |
61 | Suhas Patil - Computer scientist, prolific entrepreneur and founder of Cirrus Logic, a fabless semiconductor company. | 52 |
62 | Jesse D. Jennings - renowned archaeologist and anthropologist | 46 |
63 | Andre Dyson - NFL defensive back | 46 |
64 | Larry Watson - Milkweed National Fiction Prize-winning author | 38 |
65 | Arnie Ferrin - Former NBA player, four-time NCAA All-American | 36 |
66 | Laura Chukanov â Miss Utah USA 2009 | 33 |
67 | David Evans - founder of the computer science department at the U, graphics pioneer and co-founder of Evans & Sutherland | 29 |
68 | Ann Weaver Hart - First female president of Temple University | 29 |
69 | Joseph F. Merrill - first native Utahn to receive a PhD, first principal of the College of Engineering | 29 |
70 | Jerry Chambers - former NBA player and winner of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award in 1966 | 27 |
71 | Sterling M. McMurrin - Former E.E. Erickson Professor of Philosophy and U of Utah administrator, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Mormon philosopher | 25 |
72 | Danny Vranes - Former NBA player | 22 |
73 | Ashley Postell - American Gymnast, Balance Beam Champion, 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Debrecen, Hungary | 21 |
74 | Paul G. Cassell - former United States federal judge | 21 |
75 | LeConte Stewart - American artist primarily known for his landscapes of rural Utah, later became head of the Art Department at the University of Utah from 1938 to 1956 | 19 |
76 | Josh Rosenthal (musician) - performing singer/songwriter | 19 |
77 | Ted Stewart - judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah | 19 |
78 | Terry Nofsinger - NFL quarterback for St. Louis in 1960s | 19 |
79 | Charles E. Dibble (1909â2002) - Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (1939â78), noted Mesoamericanist scholar | 18 |
80 | Bronzell Miller â Actor, NFL player | 17 |
81 | Blake Burdette - USA Rugby - Current member of the United States National Rugby Team - 4 Time All-American at Utah | 16 |
82 | Mike Newlin - Former NBA player with the Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets, and New York Knicks | 16 |
83 | Susie Wind - Seattle artist, noted for urban realism | 16 |
84 | Lily Eskelsen - vice-president of the National Education Association | 15 |
85 | Kim Smith - Sacramento Monarchs, four-Time Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, 13th pick of 2006 WNBA Draft | 15 |
86 | Alan Ashton - Co-founder of WordPerfect Corp. | 15 |
87 | Greg Marsden - current coach of the women's gymnastics team | 14 |
88 | Robison Wells - Novelist | 14 |
89 | Daria Bijak - German Gymnast, 4-time German World Championships Team member (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and 2008 Olympic Team member | 13 |
90 | Peter Breinholt - folk recording artist | 13 |
91 | Milton Bennion - long time dean of the school of education | 12 |
92 | Thomas Stockham - founder of Soundstream Inc., one of the experts selected to investigate President Richard Nixon's White House tapes. | 12 |
93 | Vern Bullough - Historian and Sexologist | 11 |
94 | Mark Maryboy - American politician from San Juan County, Utah, and a former Navajo Nation Council Delegate. | 11 |
95 | Dale A. Kimball - judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah | 10 |
96 | Shona Thorburn - Minnesota Lynx 7th Overall pick of 2006 WNBA Draft | 9 |
97 | David N. Sundwall - Executive Director, Utah Department of Health and former Assistant Surgeon General | 8 |
98 | Stefan M. Pulst - Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah and chair of the science committee of the American Academy of Neurology | 8 |
99 | Clark Waddoups - judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah | 7 |
100 | Dick Romney - member of the College Football Hall of Fame | 7 |
101 | Anson Vasco Call II - First Mayor of Afton, Wyoming (served nine terms) graduated with the first class in 1875 | 5 |
102 | Maud Babcock - The first female member of the university's faculty | 5 |
103 | Myron E. Leavitt - Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; Justice, Nevada Supreme Court | 5 |
104 | Chris Shelton - MLB baseball player (1B) | < 5 |
105 | Robert Foster Bennett - U.S. Senator, R-UT | < 5 |
106 | Billy McGill - All American basketball player and NBA | < 5 |
107 | Ed Pine - NFL center for San Francisco 49ers | < 5 |
108 | Kendall Garff - founder of Garff Automotive | < 5 |
109 | Willis W. Ritter - former United States federal judge | < 5 |
110 | Ryan Raddon - DJ who performs under the name Kaskade | < 5 |
111 | Fawn Brodie - Historian and author. | < 5 |
112 | George Ouzounian (aka Maddox) â Humorist (attended but did not graduate) | < 5 |
113 | Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. - Former Governor of the State of Utah, Current Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China | < 5 |
114 | Stephen R. Covey - Business author, consultant | < 5 |
115 | Alan Holmes - All American basketball player | < 5 |
116 | Dr. Erik Jorgensen - Head of Jorgensen Lab and University of Utah Brain Institute, lead researcher in the genetics field. | < 5 |
117 | Bill Marcroft â Radio and television broadcaster; Former play by play radio announcer for the Utah Utes. | < 5 |
118 | Stephen Jacobsen - Distinguished professor and founder of Sarcos, a robotics company that is now part of Raytheon | < 5 |
119 | E. Jake Garn - former U.S. Senator, R-UT, and Astronaut | < 5 |
120 | Jeff Rolan - 1975 NCAA Swimming Champion, 100 yard Butterfly | < 5 |
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