29 Notable alumni of Barry University

Paula Forero Cabrera is a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for American club PSE Conquistadores in the United Premier Soccer League Women's Division. She has been a member of the Colombia women's national team.

Tiina Saario is a Finnish football midfielder. She plays club football for MPS in the Finnish second tier Naisten Ykkönen.

Devala Gorrick is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper.

Henry Jay Owens is an American former professional baseball player. A pitcher, Owens played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in 2006 and the Florida Marlins in 2007. He bats and throws right-handed.

Kellyn George is from Dominica and in 2013 created a support foundation to help people with sickle cell anemia in her homeland. In 2015, she was awarded Queen's Young Leader Award for her activism in changing the lives of people in her community.

Marco Vélez is a Puerto Rican former footballer who played as a defender and currently works as coach for Puerto Rico Surf SC.

Allyson Maynard Gibson KC is a Bahamian barrister, politician, and community rights advocate, particularly with regard to laws affecting women and children. From 2012 to 2017 she was the Attorney-General and Minister for Legal Affairs of The Bahamas, and leader of government business in the Senate of the Bahamas. From 2002 to 2007, she served as Minister of Financial Services...

Daniel Wright Burgess Jr. is an American politician who currently serves as a Florida State Senator from District 20, which includes parts of Tampa, Thonotosassa, New Tampa, and Zephyrhills. He previously served as the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, and as the mayor of Zephyrhills.

Rodger Dean Green is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League in 2017.

Helen Aguirre Ferré is a Nicaraguan American journalist and the former executive director for the Republican Party of Florida. She previously served as Communications Director for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Aguirre Ferré was the Director for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs at the National Endowment for the Arts from August to December 2018 and the White House's Director of Media...

Alen Marcina is a Canadian soccer coach and former player. He is a three-time champion with San Antonio Scorpions and Rayo OKC in the NASL.

Marcella Mesker is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Amy Diaz is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in the Miss USA 2008 and Miss Earth USA 2009. She is from Providence, Rhode Island. Diaz, along with her husband Jason Case, won the twenty-third installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race.

Heni Ozi Cukier, also known as Professor HOC is a political scientist, professor, author, and public speaker. In 2018, he was elected state legislator to serve a 4-year term at the State Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. Cukier currently serves as the director of the Postgraduate Program in Geopolitics (Global Dynamics) at the PUC Paraná University, and also teaches geopolitics...

Alberto M. Carvalho MedM is a Portuguese-American educator and the superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District. He previously served as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), the fourth-largest school district in the United States, with over 346,000 students and 52,000 employees. He was appointed superintendent in September 2008. In February 2014, the American Association of School Administrators (AASA)...

Juliette "Juju" Castaneda is an American media personality, author, actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence as a main cast member of the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York and she subsequently appeared as a supporting cast member on its spin-off show, Love & Hip Hop: Miami. Castaneda released her debut novel, Secrets of a Jewel,...

Saima Wazed, also known as Putul (Bengali: পুতুল), is the daughter of Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. She served as the South East Asian regional director for the World Health Organization from 1 November 2023, to 11 July 2025.

Carlos Antonio Giménez is an American politician and retired firefighter serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district since 2023. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district in 2022, which he represented since 2021. A Republican, he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to...

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, commonly known as Shaq, is an American former professional basketball player and sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. O'Neal is widely regarded...

Laurent Salvador Lamothe is a Haitian businessman, technology entrepreneur, and political figure who has served in the government of Haiti as Foreign Minister beginning in October 2011, then as Prime Minister after appointment on 4 May 2012. On 14 December 2014, Lamothe resigned from his position as Prime Minister. More recently Lamothe has publicly spoken about the urgent need for...

Priscilla Ann Taylor is a West Palm Beach, Florida, businesswoman and Democratic politician who formerly served as Palm Beach County commissioner for District 7.

Matt Hudson is an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 to 2012 and again from 2012 to 2016.

Felipe de Jesús Estévez is a Cuban-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida from 2011 to 2022. Estévez previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 2003 to 2011.

Tramar Lacel Dillard, known professionally as Flo Rida, is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 debut and breakout single "Low" was number 1 for ten weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital download sales at the time of its release.

Elvar Már Friðriksson is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He is also a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. He has twice been named to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team as a member of Njarðvík. In 2020, he won the Swedish championship with Borås Basket. In 2021, he was...

Walter Croston "Walt" Young was an American educator and politician.

David Johnson was the Iowa State Senator from the 1st District and served as assistant minority leader. A former Republican and currently independent, he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2019 and served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003.

Virginia Díaz Rivas is a Spanish rower. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.