100 Notable alumni of Florida International University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Florida International University is ranked #348 in the world and #126 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Florida International 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 Florida International University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mark Grater
1964-. (aged 62)
baseball player
Mark Anthony Grater is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Grater played in nine games over parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed.
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2. Rafael Borras
1957-. (aged 69)
Rafael Borras is an American politician. In 2013, he was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security. He joined the Department in April 2010.
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3. Mark S. Pafford
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Mark S. Pafford is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 88 (2008–2012) and District 86 (2012–2016) which included Haverhill, Loxahatchee Groves, Royal Palm Beach, and Wellington in east-central Palm Beach County. Pafford's professional career includes work in the non-profit sector including stints with the ACLU, The Lord's Place, Area...
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4. Osasumwen Osaghae
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Osasumwen Osaghae Jr. is an American basketball player who last played for Spirou of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the FIU Panthers.
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5. Jerome Frink
1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Jerome Frink is an American basketball player for AB Contern of the Total League. He played college basketball for Florida International University (FIU) and LIU Brooklyn. He was named the 2017 Northeast Conference Player of the Year.
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6. Moira Dunn
1971-. (aged 55)
golfer
Moira C. Dunn is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
7. Wanle Akinboboye
1958-. (aged 68)
businessperson
Wanle Akinboboye is a Nigerian culture and tourism icon, who owns the world's first African themed beach, forest and river resort- La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort. In recent times, he has commissioned additional resorts in other destinations, such as in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, Wolyta Soddo in Ethiopia and Koton-Karfe, Kogi State, Nigeria. He created and produces the popular Mare Festival...
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8. Raoul Voss
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
association football coach
Raoul Voss is a German association football coach.
9. Willie Collazo
1979-. (aged 47)
professional baseball player
William Collazo [koy-yah'-zo] is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher. During the 2007 season, he appeared in six games for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since 2016, Collazo has worked as a minor league pitching coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
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10. Joe Clifford
writer
editor
Joe Clifford is an American author and editor. His work crosses genres but features mystery and crime fiction. Past struggles with addiction, about which he is candid, have fundamentally influenced his writing.
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11. Alberto Milian
1960-. (aged 66)
judge
Alberto Milian is a Cuban-American soldier, lawyer and judge from Florida. He is a judge in the criminal division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
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12. Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau
1964-. (aged 62)
essayist
writer
linguist
translator
poet
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau is an Argentine-born French author.
13. Danny Vasquez
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Danny Vasquez is an American soccer player who last played for Miami FC in the USL First Division.
14. Amy Serrano
1966-. (aged 60)
film director
Amy Serrano is an American filmmaker, author and human rights activist. She is most well known for her documentary, The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers on the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic.
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15. Andy Señor, Jr
1974-. (aged 52)
actor
Andres "Andy" Señor Jr. is an American actor, stage director and filmmaker.
16. Cassandra Quave
1978-. (aged 48)
university teacher
ethnobotanist
herbarium curator
Cassandra Leah Quave is an American ethnobotanist, herbarium curator, and associate professor at Emory University. Her research focuses on analyzing natural, plant-based medicine of indigenous cultures to help combat infectious disease and antibiotic resistance. In particular, she studies bacterial biofilm inhibition and quorum-sensing inhibition of botanical extracts for inflammatory skin conditions.
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17. Elizabeth Tudor
1978-. (aged 48)
writer
science fiction writer
Lala Elizabeth Tudor Hassenberg, also known as Lala Hasanova (Russian: Лала Гасанова, romanized: Lala Gasanova), is an Azerbaijani-Russian science fiction writer and lawyer of Jewish ancestry.
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18. Oren Aharoni
1973-. (aged 53)
basketball coach
basketball player
Oren Aharoni is an Israeli basketball coach and former basketball player. He played the guard position. Aharoni played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and on the Israeli national basketball team.
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19. James F. O'Brien
engineer
researcher
James F. O'Brien is a computer graphics researcher and professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also co-founder and chief science officer at Avametric, a company developing software for virtual clothing try on. In 2015, he received an award for Scientific and Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and...
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20. Stephanie A. Burns
1955-. (aged 71)
chemist
Stephanie A. Burns is an American organosilicon chemist and businesswoman, who served as president and CEO of Dow Corning from 2003 to 2011. She has also served as honorary president of Society of Chemical Industry.
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21. Alexis Calatayud
politician
Alexis Calatayud is an American politician serving as a member of the Florida Senate for the 38th district. She assumed office on November 8, 2022.
22. Juan C. Zapata
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Juan Carlos Zapata, is an American businessman, politician and the owner of Zapata Consulting. Prior to the company's inception, Zapata was involved in importing seafood, real estate and other business ventures. He also has a strong background in non-profit management.
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23. Irma Becerra Fernandez
1960-. (aged 66)
provost
Irma Becerra-Fernandez is an American electrical engineer and the seventh president of Marymount University. She has held this role since July 1, 2018. Prior to her current post, she was the provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University.
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24. Noemi Lung
1968-. (aged 58)
swimmer
Noemi Lung Zaharia is a retired butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer from Romania, who won two individual medley medals at the 1988 Olympics. A year before she collected a record five gold medals at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.
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25. Antoine Ghonda
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
minister
Antoine Ghonda Mangalibi was the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June 30, 2003, until July 23, 2004. He is currently an itinerant ambassador for President Félix Tshisekedi since March 8, 2025.
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26. Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort, is the cabinet chief of staff of Haiti. She is the current president of Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale (PHTK).
27. Ian Richards
1975-. (aged 51)
lawyer
judge
Ian Jason Richards is a former county court judge in the Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit. Richards was the first African-American judge to be elected countywide in Broward County, Florida. He presided over State of Florida v. John Reasee, in which Richards jumped over his bench to protect a witness who was being attacked by the man against whom she had...
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28. Ashleigh Shim
1993-. (aged 33)
association football player
Ashleigh Jerise Shim is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica national team. She also holds British citizenship of the Cayman Islands.
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29. Aranka Siegal
1930-. (aged 96)
memoirist
Aranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982. She is the author of three books, the best known of which is Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1930-1944, a memoir of her childhood in Hungary before her 12-month imprisonment in...
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30. Elih Villanueva
1986-. (aged 40)
baseball player
Elih Christopher Villanueva is an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, who drafted him in the 27th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft out of Florida State University. He has also played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL)...
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31. Dalma Iványi
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
basketball coach
Dalma Iványi is a Hungarian basketball player and coach, who played as a guard. She won 10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Championships with Mizo Pécs 2010 and PINKK-Pécsi 424. She also played for Utah Starzz, Phoenix Mercury, and San Antonio Silver Stars in the American Women's National Basketball Association. Iványi is the current coach of Hungarian club UNI Győr.
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32. Noah Schwartz
1983-. (aged 43)
poker player
Noah Schwartz is an American professional poker player from Miami Beach, Florida. He has won a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour title. He has reached six WPT final tables, five WSOP final tables and his lifetime winnings as of April 2016 exceed $5.3 million.
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33. Ronald Forbes
1985-. (aged 41)
athletics competitor
Ronald Joseph Forbes is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands.
34. Patricia Engel
writer
novelist
editing staff
university teacher
Patricia Engel is a Colombian-American writer, professor of creative writing at the University of Miami, and author of five books, including Vida, which was a PEN/Hemingway Fiction Award Finalist and winner of the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana, Colombia's national prize in literature. She was the first woman, and Vida the first book in translation, to receive the prize.
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35. Juan Fernandez-Barquin
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin is an American attorney, politician, and professor who has served as the clerk of court and comptroller of Miami-Dade County since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2018 to 2023.
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36. Andrea Nagy
1971-. (aged 55)
basketball player
Andrea Nagy is a retired professional basketball player. After a stand-out career playing at Florida International University, Nagy was drafted into the ABL before finishing her career in the WNBA playing as a point guard.
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37. John Barsa
civil servant
businessperson
John Barsa is an American businessman and consultant who formerly served as the United States Agency for International Development Acting Administrator in 2020. The White House requested that he assume the position of USAID Acting Deputy Administrator on November 7, 2020, which effectively circumvented the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 and would have required that he step down and...
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38. Ifeoma Dieke
1981-. (aged 45)
association football player
Ifeoma Nnenna DiekeListen is an American-born Scottish international footballer who played as a defender for several professional clubs in Sweden, the United States, and Cyprus. Between 2004 and 2017, she won 123 caps for the Scotland women's national football team. Dieke was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to Nigerian parents, moving to Cumbernauld in Scotland when she was three years old....
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39. Antwan Barnes
1984-. (aged 42)
American football player
Antwan Edward Barnes is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football for the FIU Panthers. Barnes also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, and New York Jets.
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40. Jose Fernandez
1971-. (aged 55)
basketball coach
Jose Luis Fernandez is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). He previously served as the head coach of the South Florida Bulls women's basketball team from 2000 to 2025.
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41. Margie Goldstein-Engle
1958-. (aged 68)
show jumper
Margie Goldstein-Engle is an American show jumping equestrian, and a 10-time American Grandprix Association Rider of the Year.
42. Jeff Cassar
1974-. (aged 52)
goalkeeper coach
association football coach
association football player
Jeff Cassar is an American soccer coach and former goalkeeper who last coached Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.
43. Logan Allen
1998-. (aged 28)
baseball player
Logan Taylor Allen is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
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44. Greg Ellingson
1988-. (aged 38)
Canadian football player
American football player
Greg Ellingson is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Florida International. He was a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans VooDoo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Storm, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Redblacks, Edmonton Elks, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Montreal Alouettes.
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45. Eulis Báez
1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player
Eulis Báez is a former Dominican professional basketball player. He competes internationally with the Dominican Republic national basketball team, and has appeared in various events, including the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship and 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Báez played college basketball with three college teams spanning from 2002 to 2005: Florida International, Southeastern Iowa Community College, and Western Illinois.
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46. Barbara Sharief
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Barbara Muhammad Sharief is an American politician and nurse who has served as a member of the Florida Senate since 2024. She previously served as a Broward County commissioner from 2010 to 2021, serving as mayor from 2013 to 2014, and again from 2016 to 2017. She was the county's first African-American female mayor. Sharief is also a former Miramar...
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47. Bobby Boswell
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Robert Allen "Bobby" Boswell is an American retired soccer player. He played his entire professional career in Major League Soccer, mostly with the Houston Dynamo and D.C. United. He retired in 2017 with over 360 appearances in MLS. His best season was in 2006, when he won the MLS Defender of the Year award.
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48. Cecilia Altonaga
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
judge
Cecilia María Altonaga is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was appointed in 2003 by President George W. Bush and is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a chief judge and a federal judge in the United States.
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49. Steve Ralston
1974-. (aged 52)
association football player
association football coach
Steve Ralston is an American former soccer player and manager who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his playing career in Major League Soccer with the Tampa Bay Mutiny and the New England Revolution, retiring in 2010 as the league's all-time career leader in assists (135), appearances (378), starts (372), and minutes played (33,143). He also held the...
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50. David Rivera
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
David Mauricio Rivera is an American politician from Florida. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for one term, representing Florida's 25th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican party.
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51. Luis Carlos Reyes
1983-. (aged 43)
historian
economist
politician
Luis Carlos Reyes Hernández is a Colombian economist, professor, researcher and politician who has served Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism from 2024 to 2025 under President Gustavo Petro. He served as Director of the National Tax and Customs Directorate from 2022 to 2024.
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52. Anitere Flores
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Anitere Flores is a Republican politician from Miami, Florida. She served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010. Subsequently, she served in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2020. In the 2016–18 legislative session, Flores served as president pro tempore of the Senate.
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53. Ana Cristina
1985-. (aged 41)
singer
model
singer-songwriter
guitarist
pianist
Ana Cristina Cash is an American singer-songwriter.
54. Teair Tart
1997-. (aged 29)
American football player
Teair Tart is an American professional football nose tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at ASA College, Ellsworth Community College, and Florida International University. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans in 2020.
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55. Elizabeth Perez
1976-. (aged 50)
journalist
television presenter
Elizabeth Pérez is a Cuban-Venezuelan-American television journalist and presenter working for CNN en Español in Miami, Florida.
56. Sean White
1995-. (aged 31)
American football player
Sean Michael White is an American college football quarterback who formerly played for the Auburn Tigers. White ranks third in Auburn history for career passing efficiency and fourth in completion percentage.
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57. Edwin Ríos
1994-. (aged 32)
baseball player
Edwin Gabriel Ríos is a Puerto Rican professional baseball third baseman and first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds. He played college baseball for Florida International University. Ríos was drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB...
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58. Dawn Ostroff
1960-. (aged 66)
journalist
Dawn Ostroff is an American businesswoman. She was the chief content officer and advertising business officer of Spotify and was the former president of entertainment of The CW and also the former president of Condé Nast Entertainment.
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59. Ricardo Nanita
1981-. (aged 45)
baseball player
Ricardo Michael Nanita is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons, and for the Dominican Republic national baseball team.
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60. David Le Batard
1972-2023 (aged 51)
painter
David Adam Le Batard, also known by the nickname LEBO, was an American graphic and fine artist known for his murals, live painting, and sculpture. He was described as having been one of southern Florida's "most recognizable artists", and "almost an institution" in the art world for his wide range of media, projects, and locations.
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61. Richard Blanco
1968-. (aged 58)
university teacher
writer
docent
civil engineer
poet
Richard Blanco is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer. He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration. He is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and at the time the youngest person to be the...
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62. Manny Diaz
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Manuel Alberto Diaz is a Cuban-American politician who served as the chair of the Florida Democratic Party from 2021 to 2023. From 2001 to 2009, he served as the mayor of Miami, Florida.
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63. Adam Stewart
1981-. (aged 45)
business executive
Adam Stewart is a Jamaican businessman. He is the Executive Chairman of the Caribbean-based resort company Sandals Resorts (SRI) and Beaches Resorts, President of the Sandals Foundation, and Executive Chairman of the ATL Group, a Jamaica-based automotive, commercial, and domestic appliance distributor. Stewart founded Island Routes Caribbean Adventures.
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64. Mike Lowell
1974-. (aged 52)
baseball player
Michael Averett Lowell is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball third baseman. During a 13-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees (1998), Florida Marlins (1999–2005), and the Boston Red Sox (2006–2010). With the Red Sox, he was named MVP of the 2007 World Series. He also starred on the Marlins team that won the...
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65. Carmen Reinhart
1955-. (aged 71)
economist
Carmen M. Reinhart is a Cuban-American economist and the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, she was the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for International Economics at the University of Maryland. She is a research associate at...
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66. Barbara Lagoa
1967-. (aged 59)
lawyer
judge
Barbara Lagoa is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to becoming a federal judge, she was the first Latina and Cuban American woman appointed to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
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67. Francis X. Suarez
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Francis Xavier Suarez is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 43rd mayor of Miami from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Miami City Commission from 2009 to 2017. He is the son of former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez.
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68. Jeanette Nuñez
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Jeanette Marie Nuñez is an American university administrator and politician who currently serves as the president of Florida International University. Nuñez previously served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Florida from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she represented Miami-Dade County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018, also serving as speaker pro tempore...
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69. Allie DiMeco
1992-. (aged 34)
singer
television actor
multi-instrumentalist
actor
film actor
Alexandra Jean Theresa "Allie" DiMeco is an American actress, reality television personality, multi-instrumentalist, and model, primarily known for playing the role of Nat Wolff's main love interest Rosalina in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band.
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70. Chrissie Fit
1984-. (aged 42)
television actor
television director
actor
television producer
singer
Chrissie Fit is an American actress and singer. In 2007, Fit rose to prominence after she was cast as the character Mercedes Juarez in the medical drama, General Hospital. She also played the roles of CheeChee in the DCOMs Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2, and Florencia "Flo" Fuentes in Pitch Perfect 2 and Pitch Perfect 3.
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71. Raja Bell
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Raja Dia Bell is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats, and Golden State Warriors. He was twice named to the NBA All-Defensive Team.
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72. Mercedes Schlapp
1972-. (aged 54)
columnist
lobbyist
writer
Mercedes Schlapp is an American communications specialist and political commentator for both English and Spanish media. She has served in two presidential administrations as director of specialty media under George W. Bush and as White House Director of Strategic Communications in the Trump administration from September 2017 to July 2019. She went on to work on the Trump 2020 re-election...
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73. Frank Martin
1966-. (aged 60)
basketball player
designer
architect
basketball coach
Francisco José Martin is an American basketball coach serving as the head coach for the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team. Martin was previously the head coach of the University of South Carolina men's basketball team for ten seasons. Prior to that, he was the head coach of Kansas State University for five seasons.
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74. T. Y. Hilton
1989-. (aged 37)
American football player
Eugene Marquis "T. Y." Hilton is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the FIU Panthers and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft. Hilton has also played for the Dallas Cowboys.
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75. Ana María Polo
1959-. (aged 67)
actor
lawyer
arbitrator
judge
presenter
Ana María Polo González is a Cuban-American lawyer and television personality, best known as an arbitrator on the Spanish-language court show Caso Cerrado and the Anglophone spin-off counterpart Ana Polo Rules.
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76. Danny Pino
1974-. (aged 52)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Daniel Gonzalo Pino is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna. In...
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77. Aimee Carrero
1988-. (aged 38)
television actor
voice actor
stage actor
film actor
Aimee Carrero is an American actress. She is known for her leading roles in the sitcom Young & Hungry, and the thriller series The Consultant (2023) with recurring roles on shows such as the ABC family drama Lincoln Heights (2009), and the FX spy series The Americans (2014), the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021), and the Apple TV+ dramedy series Your...
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78. Andy Garcia
1956-. (aged 70)
composer
film producer
film actor
film director
television actor
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in films such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990). He then co-starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part...
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79. Vicki Hendricks
1951-. (aged 75)
novelist
Vicki Due Hendricks is an American author of crime fiction, erotica, and a variety of short stories.
80. Jean Monestime
businessperson
Jean Monestime is an American politician, real estate businessman and member of the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2010. He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner, as well as the first to chair the commission. Monestime represents District 2 in northeast Miami-Dade County, which incorporates portions of North Miami, North Miami Beach and Biscayne Gardens, as...
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81. Ana Maria Rodriguez
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Ana María Rodríguez is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 40th district encompassing Monroe and parts of Miami-Dade Counties since 2020.
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82. Ariana Fajardo Orshan
judge
Ariana Fajardo Orshan is an American Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2018 to 2021. Prior to this, she had been a Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2012 to 2018.
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83. Rene Garcia
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
René García is an American politician who has served as a Miami-Dade County commissioner since 2020, representing the Hialeah area. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2018 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008.
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84. Bryan Avila
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Bryan Avila is an American Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida Senate, representing the 39th District. He serves as a Captain in the Florida Army National Guard and has been in the Guard for nine years. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 111th District, which includes parts of Miami and...
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85. Willy Gort
1940-. (aged 86)
politician
Wilfredo Gort de los Llanos is a Cuban-American politician who served as the 37th and acting Mayor of Miami from June to July 1996. Gort was a City of Miami Commissioner from 1993 to 2001 and again from 2010 to 2020.
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86. Joe Carollo
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Joseph Xavier Carollo is a Cuban-American politician who served as mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2001. Following his loss in the 2001 mayoral election, he served as Doral, Florida city manager from January 2013 until his firing in April 2014; he was reinstated in June 2017, then immediately resigned. He successfully ran for...
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87. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is an American politician and lobbyist from Miami who represented Florida's 27th congressional district from 1989 to 2019. At the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She was chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 2011–2013. In 1989, she won a special election becoming the first Cuban American elected to...
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88. Mark Worrell
1983-. (aged 43)
baseball player
Mark Robert Worrell is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles between 2008 and 2011.
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89. Shawn Riggans
1980-. (aged 46)
baseball player
Shawn Willis Riggans is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2006 to 2009 for the Tampa Bay Rays.
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90. Grant Henry
1956-. (aged 70)
artist
Grant Henry, aka Sister Louisa, is an American former divinity student, artist, and businessman based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his artwork and installations created as his alter ego "Sister Louisa" and for being the proprietor of the popular Atlanta bar, Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium.
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91. Evelyn Sanguinetti
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Evelyn Sanguinetti is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019 under Governor Bruce Rauner. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served on the Wheaton City Council. Sanguinetti announced her candidacy for the 2020 election in Illinois's 6th congressional district, challenging first-term Democratic incumbent Sean Casten, but dropped...
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92. Tyrone Marshall
1974-. (aged 52)
association football player
association football coach
Tyrone Everton Marshall is a Jamaican former footballer and coach.
93. Paul Mainieri
1957-. (aged 69)
baseball player
Paul Mainieri is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman. He is currently the head baseball coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He played college baseball at LSU, Miami-Dade CC and New Orleans before pursuing a professional baseball career. He then served as the head coach of the St. Thomas Bobcats (1983–1988), the Air Force Falcons (1989–1994), the...
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94. Michael Caputo
1962-. (aged 64)
political adviser
lobbyist
politician
Michael Raymon Caputo is an American political strategist and lobbyist. In April 2020, Caputo was appointed as assistant secretary of public affairs in the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. He worked for the Reagan Administration with Oliver North, and later as director of media services on the campaign for President George H. W. Bush in...
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95. Garvin Alston
1971-. (aged 55)
baseball player
Garvin James Alston Sr. is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Wei Chuan Dragons. After retiring from playing, he entered coaching and previously served as the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins. He most recently served as the...
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96. Michael Chiarello
1962-2023 (aged 61)
television celebrity chef
chef
Michael Dominic Chiarello was an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessperson, who was known for Italian-influenced California cuisine. He hosted the cooking TV shows Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello on Food Network and NapaStyle on Fine Living Network. He was the owner of a tapas restaurant named Coqueta and an Italian restaurant named Bottega and has locations in Napa Valley,...
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97. Teresita Fernández
1968-. (aged 58)
installation artist
sculptor
photographer
draftsperson
Teresita Fernández is a New York-based visual artist best known for her public sculptures and unconventional use of materials. Her work is characterized by a reconsideration of landscape and issues of visibility. Fernández’s practice generates psychological topographies that prompt the subjective reshaping of spatial and historical awareness. Her experiential, large-scale works are often inspired by natural landscapes, investigating the historical,...
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98. Danny Danon
1971-. (aged 55)
diplomat
politician
Danny Danon is an Israeli politician and diplomat serving as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations since 2024, and previously from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Likud party, he served in the Knesset from 2009 to 2015 and from 2022 to 2024. The former leader of the world Betar organization, Danon was elected Chairman of the World Likud....
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99. Carlos Arroyo
1979-. (aged 47)
basketball player
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río was President of Ecuador from 1940 to 1944. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party.
100. Carlos Álvarez
1952-. (aged 74)
police officer
Carlos Alberto Álvarez is an Argentine politician. He was Vice President of Argentina during the first 10 months of President Fernando de la Rúa's term, and headed the ALADI Secretariat from 2011 to 2017.
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