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List Of People From Guam
Numerous notable people have lived in or come from Guam. Entertainment * Jason Barnes * Nathaniel Berg * Q. Allan Brocka *Ann Curry * Dan Ho * Pia Mia * Donovan Patton * DPR Live Games and athletics * Morgan Hikaru Aiken * Frank Camacho * Jeff Cobb * Jason Cunliffe * Joe Duarte * Christopher Duenas *Derek Mandell * Victoria Muniz * Julius Naranjo * Daniel O'Keeffe * Sean Reid-Foley * Ray Robson * Benjamin Schulte * Pilar Shimizu * William Stinnett *Jon Tuck * Wil Yamamoto Business * Eloise Baza Diplomacy * Yuri Kim Lawyers * Leevin Camacho *Benjamin Cruz * Alicia Limtiaco * Douglas Moylan * Don Parkinson Military * Peter Gumataotao * Curtis W. Howard * Susan Pangelinan Politics Activists * Siobhon McManus Delegates * Vicente T. Blaz * Madeleine Bordallo * Michael San Nicolas * Robert A. Underwood * Antonio Borja Won Pat Governors Appointed * Marcellus Boss ''(acting)'' * William Corbett ''(acting)'' * Bill Daniel * Ford Quint Elvidge * Joseph Flores * Manuel Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guam
Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most populous village is Dededo. It is the List of extreme points of the United States#Westernmost points, westernmost point and territory of the United States, as measured from the geographic center of the United States, geographic center of the U.S. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. As of 2022, its population was 168,801. Chamorros are its largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multiethnic island. The territory spans and has a population density of . Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorro people, Chamorro, who are related to the Austronesian peoples, Austronesian peoples of the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines, Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwan, and Polyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel O'Keeffe (swimmer)
Daniel O'Keeffe (born August 3, 1972) is a Guamanian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and currently holds a Guamanian record in the 100-meter butterfly (55.05). O'Keeffe was also a former member of coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team at the University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ..., before returning to Guam in 1995. O'Keeffe made his official debut, as Guam's only swimmer, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly, men's 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat two, he posted a lifetime best of 56.05 to take a fourth seed and forty-fifth overall by a hundredth of a sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Moylan
Douglas Brian Keola Moylan (born October 19, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 15th attorney general of Guam since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the ninth attorney general of Guam from 2003 to 2007. In 1990, Moylan was licensed to practice law in California and has been in active practice since. In 2002, he became Guam's first elected attorney general. In 2022, Moylan ran for re-election, defeating incumbent Leevin Camacho. Biography He was born on October 19, 1966, in Stockton, California, to his parents Richard and Jane Moylan and has four brothers Jeffrey, Scott, Brian and Steven. Moylan is the grandson of the late Scotty Moylan, a businessman. His first cousins are former lieutenant governor Kaleo Moylan and Kamaka Moylan Alston a realtor. Moylan is an attorney licensed to practice law in California, Guam and Washington, D.C. He served as the Legislative Counsel to the 24th, 25th and 26th Guam Legislatures before b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Limtiaco
Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco (born August 7, 1963) is a former United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. She was sworn in on June 21, 2010, and served until March 10, 2017. She was previously tenth (second elected) Attorney General of Guam, serving from January 3, 2007, to June 21, 2010. Limtiaco also ran as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in the 2018 gubernatorial election as the running mate of senator Frank Aguon Jr, in the Democratic gubernatorial primaries. Early life Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco was born August 7, 1963. She attended the University of Southern California, where she earned a BBA, and then the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law where she earned a juris doctor. She and her husband Vincent have one daughter. While in law school, she was a judicial extern for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She then worked as a partner in various law firms, as an as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Cruz
Benjamin Joseph Franquez Cruz (born March 3, 1951) is a Chamorro people, Chamorro lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as the Speaker of the 34th Guam Legislature from 2017 to 2018 and as Vice Speaker from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party of Guam, Democratic Party, he previously served in the Guam Legislature from 2005 to 2007 and again from 2008 to 2018. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam, Guam Supreme Court from 1999 to 2001. In September 2018, Cruz was elected to serve as Public Auditor of Guam. Early life and education He was born Benjamin Joseph Franquez Cruz on , in Guam, the second child and only son of Juan Quenga Cruz ("Tanaguan") and Antonia Cruz Franquez. His father, who had just been elected Commissioner (Mayor) of Piti, was killed by Marcelo "Mar" C. Biscoe in 1956 when Cruz was five years old. In 1960, while in Guam, Cruz's mother married Vicente Cruz Guerrero ("Tico"). They resettled the whole family in California in 1962.They re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leevin Camacho
Leevin Taitano Camacho is a Chamorro lawyer who served as fourteenth (fifth elected) attorney general of Guam. He was elected on November 6, 2018, defeating former attorney general Douglas Moylan with 67% of the vote. Inaugurated on January 7, 2019, Camacho succeeded Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson. Early life Camacho was born to Lolita San Nicolas Taitano (Familian Asan and Familian Lucas) and Vincent G. Camacho (Familian Santiago and Familian Victoriano). The Camachos were a military family. He attended John F. Kennedy High School followed by the University of Washington. Career After graduating from Boston University School of Law in 2005, Camacho returned to Guam where he clerked for the Supreme Court of Guam. Activism Camacho is a founder of We Are Guåhan, an activist movement opposed to military buildup on Guam. He also was involved with Save Southern Guam, successfully convincing the Guam Land Use Commission to revoke construction permits for a hotel project in Pago Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Kim (ambassador)
Yuri Kim (born c. 1972) is a U.S. diplomat, currently serving as principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian Affairs. She was the United States Ambassador to Albania 2020 - 2023. Kim is the first Korean-American woman to represent the United States as an ambassador and the first U.S. ambassador from Guam. Early life and education Kim was born in South Korea and grew up on the Pacific Island of Guam. She earned a B.A. (in 1993) from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Phil. from University of Cambridge. In addition to English she speaks Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, and Turkish. Career Kim is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with experience across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Kim served as the director of the State Department's Center for the Study of Diplomacy, chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state, and director of the Office of European Security and Political-Military Affairs. Kim served as the director of the Office of Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eloise Baza
Eloise Baza (January 5, 1953 – October 29, 2007) was the president of the Guam Chamber of Commerce from 1984 until 2007. She was the first woman and the first Chamorro to hold the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce. She was also the longest-serving president of the organization to date. Early life Baza was born on January 5, 1953, to her parents Jose Camacho Baza and Rosa Rivera Baza. Baza was a 1974 graduate of the College of Notre Dame, which is now known as the Notre Dame de Namur University, in Belmont, California. She was also a student at Boston College. Guam Chamber of Commerce Baza began working for the Guam Department of Commerce from 1976 to 1981 as chief of the Economic development Planning and Financing Division. She left the department to work as an assistant for then-president of the Guam Chamber of Commerce, Jim McDonald, for three years. Baza became president of the Chamber in 1984 when McDonald stepped down. She was the first woman to head the organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wil Yamamoto
Wil Yamamoto (born 11 January 1974) is a former cyclist from Guam. He competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Guamanian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Guam Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Guamanian people of Japanese descent 20th-century American sportsmen {{Guam-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Tuck
Jonathan Cruz Tuck (born August 28, 1984) is a Chamorro professional mixed martial artist. Tuck is the first Chamorro native from Guam to be signed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and competes at the Lightweight division. His official nickname is the "Super Saiyan", taken from the Japanese manga series ''Dragon Ball''. Background Tuck grew up with a love of martial arts, which he attributes to being from the culture of warriors, the Chamorros. Tuck began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA with his cousin, about six years before coming to the UFC. Tuck attended college at the University of Guam and was studying physical education before putting his education on hold because of his career in fighting. However, he does plan on finishing his college education in the near future. Before becoming a professional MMA fighter, Tuck also worked as a power plant operator. Mixed martial arts career Early career Tuck made his professional debut in 2007, earning his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stinnett
William "Willie" Eugene Stinnett III (born December 17, 1985) is a Guamanian basketball player. He is a point guard for the Guam national basketball team. High school and college Stinnett graduated from Father Dueñas Memorial School in Guam in 2004. He subsequently moved to the United States, where he played two seasons of college basketball for Wenatchee Valley College. His sophomore year was cut short after he sustained a season-ending injury in December 2005. He later played college basketball in the Philippines as well. Professional career In September 2015, Stinnett auditioned for the Hawke's Bay Hawks and other teams during a tour of New Zealand that followed Guam's bronze medal performance at the 2015 FIBA 3x3 Oceania Championships in Australia. The tryout was successful, and in December 2015, he signed with the Hawks for the 2016 New Zealand NBL season. He appeared in 17 of the Hawks' 18 games in 2016, averaging 7.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar Shimizu
Pilar Shimizu (born May 27, 1996 in Tamuning, Guam) is a Guamanian breaststroke swimmer. While qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics she broke the 20-year-old national record set by Tammie Kaae, another Olympian from Guam. At these Olympics she became the youngest Olympian ever from Guam at age 16. She finished 42nd in the 100 meter breaststroke event and did not advance to the semifinals. Shimizu also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Internationally, Shimizu has earned three bronze medals at the Oceania Games and two silver medals at the Pacific Games. Early life and education Pilar Shimizu was born in the Guamanian city of Tamuning, Guam on May 27, 1996. She attended Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School. Shimizu learned to swim at age four and started training at age seven. Shimizu is studying public health at Johns Hopkins University, with a goal of working in public health administration. Collegiate career Shimizu swam for Johns Hopkins Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |