List of Florida International University people

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

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.

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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.

Sports

Baseball

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Mike Lowell
AthleteNotability
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

AthleteNotability
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

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Margie Goldstein-Engle
AthleteNotability
Margie Goldstein-Engle equestrian

Football

AthleteNotability
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

AthleteNotability
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)
Santiago Patiño MLS pro soccer player, Orlando City
Steve Ralston MLS pro soccer player, New England Revolution

Track & field

AthleteNotability
Ronald Forbes Olympic athlete, 110m hurdles, Cayman Islands (2008, 2012, 2016)
Ena Guevara Olympic athlete, marathon, Peru (1984, 1992)
Tayna Lawrence Olympic athlete, 100 meters, Jamaica (2000, 2004)
Aubrey Smith Olympic athlete, long jump, Canada (2016)

Other sports

Authors and entertainers

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Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau
AlumnusNotability
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau francophone writer, poet, essayist, professor [5]
Liz Balmaseda Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Steve Benen political writer and contributor to and producer of The Rachel Maddow Show
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 [6]
Ana Menendez fiction author and journalist [7]
Amy Serrano filmmaker, author, public speaker
Javier Stanziola author, playwright, theatre director

Authors, actors, television, musicians

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Andy Garcia
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Aimee Carrero
AlumnusNotability
Aimee Carrero actress, Young & Hungry , Elena of Avalor
Janet Dacal Broadway actress and singer, known for her role as Carla in In the Heights
Allie DiMeco actress and musician, known for her role as Rosalina in Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band
Andy García Academy Award-nominated actor [8]
Ricki Noel Lander actress, fashion designer [9]
Kimberly Leemans model, America's Next Top Model contestant [10]
Syesha Mercado singer, American Idol contestant (Season 7) [11]
Natalia Navarro Miss Colombia 2009, placed 12th at Miss Universe 2010
Jackie Nespral television anchor for WTVJ, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale affiliate of NBC
Dawn Ostroff chief content officer and advertising business officer of Spotify
Danny Pino actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC [12]
Carlos Rafael Rivera Emmy-winning and nominated film and television composer
Tony Succar musician, songwriter, percussionist and producer, Latin Grammy Award nominee and winner
Nadia Turner singer, American Idol contestant (Season 4) [13]
Henry Vega award-winning composer, musician
Vijay Yesudas South Indian singer

Culinary

AlumnusNotability
Tam Pham Michelin Guide Florida 2024 Young Chef Award winner [14]

Entertainment

AlumnusNotability
Dawn Ostroff President of Entertainment, CW Television Network
Elizabeth Perez Emmy-winning television journalist and presenter, CNN en Español
Steve Tello television executive and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fox Sports Florida

Law and politics

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Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen
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Lt. Governor Nuñez
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Justice Lagoa
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Judge Altonaga

House of Representatives, U.S. Court Judges

AlumnusNotability
Cecilia Altonaga U.S. District Court Judge (first Cuban-American woman appointed)[ citation needed ]
Barbara Lagoa U.S. Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit and former justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court of Florida)
David Rivera Florida's 25th Congressional District[ citation needed ]
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen member of the United States House of Representatives and first Hispanic from South Florida[ citation needed ]

State and local politics

AlumnusNotability
Carlos Álvarez 6th Mayor of Miami-Dade County
Bryan Avila member of the Florida House of Representatives for district 111
Manny Diaz 41st Mayor of Miami and the Chair of the Florida Democratic Party
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 20th 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
Ian Richards former county court judge in the Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit (first African-American judge to be elected countywide in Broward County)
Evelyn Sanguinetti 47th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Francis Suarez 43rd and current Mayor of Miami

Foreign governments

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Danny Danon
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Kim Simplis Barrow
AlumnusNotability
Patrece Charles-Freeman Jamaican public and environmental health consultant, former Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), as well as a political candidate with the Jamaica Labour Party
Danny Danon Israeli politician and chairman of the U.N. Legal Committee
Kim Simplis Barrow Belizean activist, philanthropist, and spouse of the 4th Prime Minister of Belize
Richie Sookhai Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, engineer and businessman; current Government Senator and former President of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIC)

Education

AlumnusNotability
Carmen Reinhart Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School; World Bank Chief Economist
Elsa Murano former President of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
Bertha Vazquez director of education for the Center for Inquiry, director of the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES), and science teacher at the George Washington Carver Middle School

Science and space

AlumnusNotability
James F. O'Brien professor at UC-Berkeley, has patents pending for his explosive computer animation techniques [15]
Edith Kellnhauser (1933–2019), German nursing scientist, educator, and writer
David Shor (1991–), data scientist

Faculty

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Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar
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Marco Rubio

University presidents

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Mark B. Rosenberg
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Modesto A. Maidique
PresidentTenure
Charles Perry 19651976
Harold Crosby 19761979
Gregory Baker Wolfe 19791986
Modesto A. Maidique 19862009
Mark B. Rosenberg 20092022
Kenneth A. Jessell 2022

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