List of Florida International University people

This list of notable Florida International University alumni includes alumni, faculty, and presidents of Florida International University in Miami, Florida, which includes 26 colleges and schools.

View of the FIU campus towards Green Library
Health and Life Sciences buildings, home of the FIU College of Medicine

Alumni

With more than 150,500 alumni around the world, the Florida International University Golden Panthers constitute one of the fastest-growing university alumni groups in the state of Florida. FIU graduates more than 8,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in South Florida.

Baseball

Mike Lowell
Athlete Notability
Brad Eldred professional MLB baseball player[1]
Mike Lowell professional MLB baseball player
Garrett Wittels professional baseball player; 56-game college hitting streak[2]

Basketball

Athlete Notability
Oren Aharoni Israeli basketball coach and former Israeli Basketball Premier League basketball player
Carlos Arroyo professional NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League basketball player
Raja Bell professional NBA basketball player[3]
Rakeem Buckles professional Israeli Basketball Premier League basketball player
Andrea Nagy professional WNBA basketball player

Equestrian

Athlete Notability
Margie Goldstein-Engle equestrian

Football

Athlete Notability
Antwan Barnes NFL pro football player, free agent
Johnathan Cyprien NFL pro football player, Tennessee Titans
Anthony Gaitor NFL pro football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
T. Y. Hilton NFL pro football player, Indianapolis Colts
Nick Turnbull NFL pro football player, Atlanta Falcons
Tourek Williams NFL pro football player, San Diego Chargers

Soccer

Athlete Notability
Bobby Boswell MLS pro soccer player, Houston Dynamo
Jeff Cassar MLS pro soccer player, FC Dallas
Juan Francisco Guerra Venezuelan First Division pro soccer player, New York Cosmos (2010)
Steve Ralston MLS pro soccer player, New England Revolution

Track & Field

Athlete Notability
Ronald Forbes Olympic Athlete 110m Hurdles, Cayman Islands (2008, 2012, 2016)[4]
Ena Guevara Olympic Athlete Marathon, Peru (1984, 1992)[5]
Tayna Lawrence Olympic Athlete 100 meters, Jamaica (2000, 2004)[6]
Aubrey Smith Olympic Athlete Long Jump, Canada (2016)[7]

Other sports

Authors and entertainers

Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau
Alumnus Notability
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau francophone writer, poet, essayist, professor[9]
Richard Blanco inaugural poet, public speaker, author
Niala Boodhoo journalist and host of the Asian American Journalists Association program AAJA At ThisTime
Dennis Lehane author of Mystic River[10]
Ana Menendez fiction author and journalist[11]
Amy Serrano filmmaker, author, public speaker

Authors, actors, television, musicians

Andy Garcia
Alumnus Notability
Aimee Carrero actress, Young & Hungry, Elena of Avalor
Janet Dacal Broadway actress and singer, known for her role as Carla in In the Heights
Andy García Academy Award-nominated actor[12]
Ricki Noel Lander actress, fashion designer[13]
Kimberly Leemans model, America's Next Top Model contestant[14]
Syesha Mercado singer, American Idol contestant (Season 7)[15]
Natalia Navarro Miss Colombia 2009, placed 12th at Miss Universe 2010
Dawn Ostroff president of entertainment of the CW Network[16]
Danny Pino actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC[17]
Tony Succar musician, songwriter, percussionist and producer, Latin Grammy Award nominee and winner
Nadia Turner singer, American Idol contestant (Season 4)[18]
Henry Vega award-winning composer, musician
Vijay Yesudas South Indian singer

Entertainment

Alumnus Notability
Dawn Ostroff President of Entertainment, CW Television Network
Elizabeth Perez Emmy-winning television journalist and presenter, CNN en Español

Law and politics

Delegate Kirill Reznik
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen

House of Representatives, U.S. Court Judges

Alumnus Notability
Cecilia Altonaga U.S. District Court Judge (first Cuban-American woman appointed)
David Rivera Florida's 25th Congressional District
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen member of the United States House of Representatives and first Hispanic from South Florida

State politics

Alumnus Notability
Bryan Avila member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 111
Katie Edwards member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 98
Anitere Flores member of the Florida Senate for District 37
Rene Garcia member of the Florida Senate for District 38
Jeanette Nuñez member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 119 and Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Mark Pafford member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 86
Kirill Reznik member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 39
Evelyn Sanguinetti Lt. Governor of Illinois

Foreign governments

Alumnus Notability
Danny Danon Israeli politician and chairman of the U.N. Legal Committee

Education

Alumnus Notability
Elsa Murano former President of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
Francisco R. Ortega Assistant Professor at Colorado State University

Science and space

Alumnus Notability
James F. O'Brien professor at UC-Berkeley, has patents pending for his explosive computer animation techniques[19]
Edith Kellnhauser (1933–2019), German nursing scientist, educator, and writer
David Shor (1991-), data scientist

Faculty

University presidents

President Tenure
Charles Perry19651976
Harold Crosby19761979
Gregory Baker Wolfe19791986
Modesto A. Maidique19862009
Mark B. Rosenberg20092022

References

  1. http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=434660 Brad Eldred Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights
  2. "Garrett Wittels - The Baseball Cube". www.thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. "Raja Bell". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  4. Ronald Forbes
  5. Ena Guevara
  6. Tayna Lawrence
  7. Aubrey Smith (athlete)
  8. "David Avellan Information". 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  9. "Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau - Biographie, publications (livres, articles)". www.editions-harmattan.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  10. http://www.bandp-book-dealers-int.com/dennis_lehane Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 4, 2010
  11. "Ana Menendez from HarperCollins Publishers". Archived from the original on 2010-02-06.
  12. http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/andy_garcia/index.shtml Retrieved July 4, 2010
  13. Boston herald: "Meet Robert Kraft's mystery gal" June 8, 2012
  14. "America's Next Top Model: Cycle Nine Finalist Already a "Top Model"". 25 August 2007.
  15. Syesha Mercado
  16. Levin, Gary; Lieberman, David (January 25, 2006). "UPN, WB networks merge". USA Today.
  17. "Danny Pino Biography - Yahoo! Movies". movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24.
  18. Nadia Turner
  19. "Florida International University - Alumni Profiles- Page 3". fiualumni.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
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