This list of Miami Dade College alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Miami Dade College.
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy.(February 2019) |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Steven Bauer | Actor who played Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface |
| Jencarlos Canela | Actor and singer, starring in Telemundo telenovela Más Sabe el Diablo |
| Nilo Cruz | Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue; with his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics , he became the first Latino honored |
| Katie Finneran | Broadway actress noted for her award-winning performances in Noises Off in 2002, and Promises, Promises in 2010 |
| Raymond Forchion | Actor, writer, producer, director; co-starred in the 2008 Emmy-winning HBO movie Recount |
| Lissette Garcia | Miss Florida USA 2011 (and made the top 16 in Miss USA 2011), represented Cuba in Reina Hispanoamericana 2007 and made the top 8 |
| Hannia Guillen | Actress and singer; known for her portrayal of Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime television soap opera Passions |
| Glenn Howerton | Actor and comedian; co-creator and star of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| Oscar Isaac | Guatemalan-American actor who played Poe Dameron in the Star Wars franchise |
| Yara Martinez | Television actress, My Own Worst Enemy |
| Rajee Narinesingh | Transgender actress, activist, author, singer, and reality television personality, most known for her appearances on the E! Entertainment docu-series, Botched |
| Ana María Polo | Attorney and TV judge on Caso Cerrado |
| Sylvester Stallone | Actor; played Rocky Balboa in Rocky and John Rambo in Rambo |
| Bob Vila | Host of home improvement show This Old House |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Lin Arison | American Novelist and arts patron |
| Liz Balmaseda | Cuban-American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author |
| James Carlos Blake | Mexican-American Award-winning novelist |
| Agnes Chavez | Cuban-American artist |
| Demi (artist) | Cuban-born American painter |
| Jane Hart | American curator and gallerist |
| Mirta Ojito | Cuban-American 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning author |
| Elena Presser | Argentine artist |
| Arturo Rodríguez | Cuban-born American painter |
| Cesar Santos | Cuban-born American artist and portrait painter |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Caballero | Opera singer |
| Harry Wayne "KC" Casey | Singer/songwriter, KC & The Sunshine Band |
| Desmond Child | Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer |
| Willy Chirino | Grammy Award-winning singer |
| Emilio Estefan | Musician and producer; former member of the Miami Sound Machine, and husband of singer Gloria Estefan |
| Alex Lacamoire | Tony Award-winning orchestrator and music director |
| Jo Mersa Marley | Jamaican reggae musician |
| Alberto Zamarbide | Heavy metal musician |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Albaladejo | Currently plays for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball; former pitcher for the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees |
| Joe Arnold | Former head baseball coach for Florida Southern College, the University of Florida, and Polk State College; former manager of the Staten Island Yankees |
| Pete Athas | Former NFL defensive back, played for the New York Giants |
| Don Baylor | Former hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies; former manager for the Chicago Cubs |
| Derek Botelho | Former baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs |
| Bill Britton | Pro golfer, PGA Tour |
| Warren Cromartie | Former baseball player, most recently for the Kansas City Royals |
| Reggie Cross | Former basketball player |
| Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent | Former baseball player and manager; earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978; voted the World Series MVP in 1978 |
| Orestes Destrade | Former baseball player, most recently for the Florida Marlins |
| Tal Erel | Israel National Baseball Team player |
| Alex Fernandez | Former baseball pitcher, most recently for the Florida Marlins |
| Bruce Fleisher | Senior PGA Tour player |
| Margie Goldstein-Engle | Equestrian [1] |
| Raúl Ibañez | Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees |
| Ernie Jones | Former NFL defensive back, played for the Seattle Seahawks |
| Willie Lozado | Former baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| Nathaniel Moore | Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver; current Miami Dolphins vice president/special advisor |
| Orlando Palmeiro | Former baseball player, most recently for the Houston Astros |
| Mike Piazza | Hall of Fame baseball player notable for his time with the New York Mets |
| Plácido Polanco | Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| Jaime Navarro | Former baseball player, most recently for the Cleveland Indians |
| Omar Olivares | Former baseball player, most recently for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Mickey Rivers | Former baseball player, most recently for the Texas Rangers |
| Alex Sanchez | Former baseball player, most recently for the San Francisco Giants |
| Andrés Torres | Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Octavio Hernández | President and CEO of U.S. Century Bank |
| David Komansky | Former CEO of Merrill Lynch |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Micky Arison | CEO of Carnival Corporation and owner of the Miami Heat |
| Ralph de la Vega | President and CEO of AT&T Mobility |
| Manuel D. Medina | Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. |
| Jorge M. Pérez | Chairman and CEO of The Related Companies of Florida |
| Maria Sastre [2] | Airline executive, on the General Mills board of directors |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Lawrence G. Abele | Provost and executive vice president at Florida State University |
| Elsa Murano | Former president of Texas A&M University |
| Francisco R. Ortega | Assistant Professor [3] in Computer Science at Colorado State University |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Johnny Diaz | Writer for the Boston Globe |
| Chris Myers | Emmy Award-winning sports-broadcasting host on the Tennis Channel |
| Belkys Nerey | Anchor WSVN-TV |
| Eliott Rodriguez | Anchor WFOR-TV |
| Maria Elvira Salazar | Former CNN en Español journalist, Emmy Award-winning, Hispanic TV journalist |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Jose Baez | Criminal defense lawyer |
| Alberto Cardenas | Senior partner at Tew Cardenas, LLP |
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Larry King, Jr. | President, Larry King Cardiac Foundation |
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