7 Notable alumni of Farmingdale State College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Farmingdale State College is ranked #3,546 in the world and #930 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from Farmingdale State College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Farmingdale State College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sal DeVito
1735-1021 (aged -714)
advertising person
Sal DeVito was an American marketing and advertising executive based in New York City, New York. He was a partner, with Ellis Verdi, in DeVito/Verdi.
2. Fernando Caldeiro
1958-2009 (aged 51)
astronaut
engineer
Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro was an Argentine-born American scientist and NASA astronaut.
3. Clyde Vanel
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Clyde Vanel is an intellectual property attorney and entrepreneur serving as the assembly member for the 33rd district of the New York State Assembly. A Democrat, he is the chair of the Committee on Banks and Chair of the Subcommittee Internet and New Technology. The district includes Cambria Heights, St. Albans, Hollis, Queens Village, Bellerose and parts of Floral Park...
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4. Michael DenDekker
1961-. (aged 65)
actor
politician
Michael G. DenDekker is an American politician and former assemblyman for the state of New York's 34th district, which included the neighborhoods of Woodside, Jackson Heights, and East Elmhurst, all in the Borough and County of Queens.
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5. William Fichtner
1956-. (aged 70)
actor
television actor
character actor
film actor
voice actor
William Edward Fichtner is an American actor. Born in New York, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat and Strange Days (both 1995). A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognized for memorable performances in Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Go (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Crash (2004), and The Longest Yard...
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6. Len Wein
1948-2017 (aged 69)
screenwriter
comics writer
comics editor
comics artist
Leonard Norman Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.
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7. John Romita Jr
1956-. (aged 70)
comics artist
John Salvatore Romita is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2020s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr.
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