List of Famous Taureans

Daniel Ricardo Manning is an American college basketball coach and retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He most recently served as the men's head coach at Wake Forest. Manning played high school basketball at Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, NC as well as Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas. He played college basketball at the University of Kansas, and played in the NBA for 14 years. After retiring from professional basketball Manning became an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas. He won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player, and again as an assistant in 2008. He is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points. The next closest player to his point total is Nick Collison, who is 854 points behind Manning.

Shoko Nakagawa is a Japanese tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. Also known by her nickname Shokotan (しょこたん), she is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday, and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime Gurren Lagann.

Mary Matilyn Mouser is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lacey Fleming on the ABC series Body of Proof. She took over the role of Karen Grant, Fitz & Mellie's daughter on Scandal in Season 4. She is currently starring in the Netflix series Cobra Kai.

Casey Jon Deidrick ; born April 25, 1987) is an American actor and heavy metal/rock singer. Deidrick is best known for originating the role of Chad DiMera on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Ann-Margret Olsson, known mononymously as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer.

Kim M. Janey is an American politician who is currently serving as the Acting Mayor of Boston. She is the first woman and first black person to serve as mayor of the city. She has been a member of the Boston City Council since January 2018, representing District 7, and was selected as president of the Council in January 2020. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Janey became Boston's acting mayor upon Marty Walsh's departure from the post when confirmed as the United States Secretary of Labor. Janey's formal swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for March 24.

Christine Jane Baranski is an American actress and singer. She is a 15-time Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill (1995–98). Baranski has received further critical acclaim for her performance as Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–16) and its spinoff series The Good Fight (2017–present), as well as her recurring role as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2009–19) for which she received four Emmy nominations. She is also known for her roles in numerous successful television films, such as her portrayal of Kate in To Dance with the White Dog (1993), Prunella Stickler in Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime, and Amanda in Who Is Simon Miller? (2011).

Karen Takizawa is a Japanese model, tarento and actress. She is represented by her agency Stardust Promotion and was the winner of the Miss Seventeen 2008 grand prix. She was an exclusive model for the fashion magazine JJ. Takizawa's father is Ukrainian, her mother is Japanese.

Jeffrey Ross Toobin is an American lawyer, blogger, author and legal analyst for CNN. During the Iran–Contra affair, he served as an associate counsel in the Department of Justice. He moved from government into writing during the 1990s, and wrote for The New Yorker from 1993 to 2020. Toobin has written several books, including an account of the O. J. Simpson murder case. That book was adapted as a TV series, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which aired in 2016 as the first season of FX American Crime Story; it won nine Emmy Awards. In October of 2020, Toobin took a leave from CNN and was suspended and then fired from The New Yorker after exposing himself and masturbating while on a Zoom video call.

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor who is best known for his critically acclaimed role of Joffrey Baratheon on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson semi-retired from acting and has since taken part in independent theater and the 2020 BBC miniseries Out of Her Mind.