24 Notable alumni of Campbell University

Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees

Campbell University is 2153st in the world, 1st in North America, and 546st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Campbell University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Campbell University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Don Brown

1. Don Brown

1955-. (aged 71)
American football player
Donald Mitchell Brown Jr. is an American author, attorney, and former United States Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer. He has published 15 books on the United States military, including 11 military-genre novels, the best known of which is Treason (2005) in which radical Islamic clerics infiltrate the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. He has published four works of military...
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Don C. Edwards

2. Don C. Edwards

1861-1938 (aged 77)
politician
Don Calvin Edwards was a U.S. representative from Kentucky.
Thomas Walker

3. Thomas Walker

1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
Thomas Gray Walker was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Amir Celestin

4. Amir Celestin

1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Amir Celestin is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Campbell University in NCAA Division Iwhere he starred in his four seasons with the Campbell Fighting Camels.
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Frank Iler

5. Frank Iler

1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Francis Robertson "Frank" Iler Jr. is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Iler has represented the 17th district since 2009. A retired businessman who lives in Oak Island, North Carolina, Iler was appointed when Bonner Stiller resigned in 2009.
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David R. Lewis

6. David R. Lewis

1971-. (aged 55)
politician
David R. Lewis is an American former politician of the Republican Party who served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 2002 to 2020, representing the state's 53rd House District. His district encompassed most of Harnett County including the City of Dunn and Towns of Angier, Coats, Erwin, and Lillington.
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Harry Brown

7. Harry Brown

1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Harry Brown is an American businessman and politician. A Republican, Brown has been a member of the North Carolina State Senate since 2004, and the Senate majority leader since 2011. He represents the state's sixth Senate district, which consists of Jones and Onslow counties.
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Sarah Stevens

8. Sarah Stevens

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Sarah Suzanne Stevens is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 90th district (including constituents in Surry and Wilkes counties) since 2009 and previously served as speaker pro tempore from 2017 to 2025. Stevens announced her intention to run for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2026 elections.
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Bob Etheridge

9. Bob Etheridge

1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer politician
Bobby Ray "Bob" Etheridge is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 1997 to 2011.
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Buck Newton

10. Buck Newton

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Eldon Sharpe "Buck" Newton III is an American lawyer and politician who serves as a Republican state senator in the North Carolina General Assembly (the state's legislature) representing N.C. Senate District 4 (Wilson, Greene and Wayne counties). Newton originally won a seat in the North Carolina Senate in the 2010 election by defeating the Democratic incumbent, Albin B. Swindell.
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Eugene McDaniel

11. Eugene McDaniel

1931-. (aged 95)
United States Naval Aviator
Eugene Barker McDaniel is a retired United States Navy captain, Naval Aviator and a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. He was released from captivity on 4 March 1973 after six years of confinement.
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Low Ngai Yuen

12. Low Ngai Yuen

1977-. (aged 49)
film director film producer
Low Ngai Yuen is a Malaysian film director, producer, actress and TV show host. She is also a women's rights activist and an entrepreneur in the arts industry. She directed the production of short films and documentaries that advocate women's rights. Low is the current President of Kakiseni, an NGO platform for the performing arts in Malaysia.
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Ashley Bratcher

13. Ashley Bratcher

1987-. (aged 39)
film actor television actor anti-abortion activist
Ashley Bratcher is an actress who has starred in Christian films in the U.S. She portrayed anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson in the 2019 film Unplanned.
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Kristin Cooper

14. Kristin Cooper

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer
Kristin Cooper is an American lawyer who served as First Lady of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025.
Ryan Fournier

15. Ryan Fournier

1995-. (aged 31)
pundit political activist political pundit
Ryan Fournier is an American conservative activist and political commentator. He is the co-founder and acting national chairman of Students for Trump.
Eric Swalwell

16. Eric Swalwell

1980-. (aged 46)
lawyer association football player politician
Eric Michael Swalwell is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 14th congressional district since 2023, having previously represented the 15th district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, his district covers most of eastern Alameda County.
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Clay Aiken

17. Clay Aiken

1978-. (aged 48)
actor singer politician
Clayton Holmes Aiken is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went multi-platinum. He released four more albums on the RCA label, Merry Christmas with Love (2004), A Thousand Different Ways (2006), the Christmas EP All is...
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Chris Clemons

18. Chris Clemons

1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Christopher Adam Clemons is an American professional basketball player for EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for the Campbell Fighting Camels.
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Gaylord Perry

19. Gaylord Perry

1938-2022 (aged 84)
baseball player
Gaylord Jackson Perry was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the most durable and successful pitchers in history. A five-time All-Star, Perry was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. He won the American League (AL) award in 1972 after...
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Eric Griffin

20. Eric Griffin

1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Eric Londery Griffin is an American professional basketball player for Paisas Basketball of the Basketball Champions League Americas. He played college basketball for Hiwassee College, Garden City CC, and Campbell University before playing professionally in Italy, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the United Arab Emirates, Dominican Republic, Israel, Poland, Australia, Greece, Uruguay and Taiwan.
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Juan G. Ayala

21. Juan G. Ayala

1956-. (aged 70)
military leader
Juan Guadalupe Ayala is a retired two-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps and the former commander of the Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) and Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics (ADC, I&L). Prior to assuming command of MCICOM, Major General Ayala served as Inspector General of the Marine Corps (IGMC). During his time in the Marine Corps, he served...
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Susan Higginbotham

22. Susan Higginbotham

novelist
Susan Higginbotham is an American historical fiction author and attorney. She has written on the Middle Ages and the Wars of the Roses. Her historical fiction deals especially with female figures.
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Trey Freeman

23. Trey Freeman

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
James H. "Trey" Freeman III is an American professional basketball player for Šibenka of the Croatian League. He played college basketball for Old Dominion University and Campbell University.
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Paul Green

24. Paul Green

1894-1981 (aged 87)
playwright screenwriter
Paul Green, an Australian former politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council representing the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) from 2011 to 2019.
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