Mystery Theme... again by AllenJ

Non-fictional alumni of what highly competitive workplace program include Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers, Michael Eisner, Lara Spencer, Ted Koppel, and Aubrey Plaza, but not Kenneth Parcell?

In 1926 the Virginia State Legislature regulated usage of a specific form of food product to those "cut from the carcasses of peanut-fed hogs, raised in the peanut-belt of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of North Carolina, and which are cured, treated and smoked in..." what Virginia town?

Born with the name Peter Gene Hernandez, what musician's debut studio album was titled, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans?"

What American television show is centered upon John and Olivia, John's parents Zeb and Esther, and their seven sons, especially the eldest, John Jr.?

What whistled song often marks the arrival of Omar Little on "The Wire?"

He won a national championship and the Most Outstanding Player award as a freshman, and stayed in school all four years for Denny Crum. Who was selected first overall in the 1989 NBA draft?

What man followed Abe Beame as mayor of New York City, and was followed, three terms later, by David Dinkins?

At the 2015 University of Miami commencement, what honorary Doctor of Music told the graduates, "It's time to see the world, time to kiss a girl, and time to cross that wide meridian?"

The sports teams of the United States Military Academy share what two-word team name?

Many of this author's science fiction works are set in the Uplift universe, but "The Postman" was set in a post-apocalyptic United States.

The full title of what work of art continues with "Central Park, New York, 1979-2005?"

The answers you have produced all refer to the names of one or more people in the top 25 slots of the 2015 version of a yearly list. Name ONE person from the top 25, NOT referenced here.