8 Notable alumni of Naropa University
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Naropa University is ranked #3,942 in the world and #1,030 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 8 notable alumni from Naropa 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 Naropa University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Tim Z. Hernandez
1974-. (aged 52)
poet
Tim Z. Hernandez is an American writer, performer, and multi-disciplinary artist. His first poetry collection, Skin Tax, received the 2006 American Book Award, and his debut novel, Breathing, in Dust (2010), was awarded the 2010 Premio Aztlán Literary Prize, and was a finalist for the California Book Award. In 2011, Hernandez was named one of sixteen New American Poets by...
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2. Trinidad Escobar
1986-. (aged 40)
writer
Trinidad Escobar is an author, poet, and cartoonist active in the San Francisco Bay Area, and an educator at the California College of the Arts.
3. Miranda Mellis
302-6697 (aged 6395)
novelist
Miranda Mellis is the author of Demystifications, The Spokes, None of This Is Real, and The Revisionist. Her fiction, reviews, and essays have appeared in various publications including The Believer's The Logger, Harper’s, Conjunctions, the New York Times, Fence and elsewhere. She has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Hawkes Prize in Fiction,...
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4. William John Sullivan
1976-. (aged 50)
computer scientist
programmer
engineer
William John Sullivan is a software freedom activist, hacker, and writer. John was formerly executive director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project. He also maintains the Plannermode and delicious-el packages for the GNU Emacs text editor.
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5. Eleni Sikelianos
1965-. (aged 61)
poet
writer
Eleni Sikelianos is an American experimental poet with a particular interest in scientific idiom. She is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.
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6. Gregory Alan Isakov
1979-. (aged 47)
singer-songwriter
musician
Gregory Alan Isakov is a South African musician currently based in Boulder, Colorado. Isakov and his family immigrated to the United States in 1986 and he was raised in Philadelphia.
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7. Brad Will
1970-2006 (aged 36)
environmentalist
journalist
director
photographer
Bradley Roland Will was an American activist, videographer, and journalist. He was affiliated with Indymedia. On October 27, 2006, during a labor dispute in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Will was shot twice, by government-aligned paramilitaries, resulting in his death.
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8. Justine Frischmann
1969-. (aged 57)
painter
guitarist
singer
musician
Justine Elinor Frischmann is an English artist and retired musician. After forming Suede, she co-founded the Britpop band Elastica before retiring from the music industry and pursuing a career as an artist.
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