24 Notable alumni of
Campbell University
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Campbell University is 1866th in the world, 648th in North America, and 610th 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.
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Clay Aiken
- Occupations
- musicianpoliticiansingeractor
- Biography
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Clayton Holmes Aiken is an American singer, television personality, actor, politician, and 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 Well (2006), and On My Way Here (2008). Since then he has released two more albums, both with Decca Records: Tried and True (2010) and Steadfast (2012). Aiken has also had eleven tours in support of his albums. In all, he has sold over 5 million albums, and is the fourth-highest-selling American Idol alumnus.
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Eric Swalwell
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- politicianassociation football playerlawyer
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Eric Michael Swalwell is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district since 2023. His district, numbered as the 15th district from 2013 to 2023, covers most of eastern Alameda County and part of central Contra Costa County. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Gaylord Perry
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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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 leading the league with 24 wins with a 1.92 earned run average (ERA) for the fifth-place Cleveland Indians, and took the National League (NL) award in 1978 with the San Diego Padres after again leading the league with 21 wins; his Cy Young Award announcement just as he turned the age of 40 made him the oldest to win the award, which stood as a record for 26 years. He and his older brother Jim Perry, who were Cleveland teammates in 1974–1975, became the first brothers to both win 200 games in the major leagues, and remain the only brothers to both win Cy Young Awards.
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Chris Clemons
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Christopher Adam Clemons is an American professional basketball player for SLUC Nancy of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Campbell Fighting Camels.
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Ashley Bratcher
- Occupations
- film actoranti-abortion activisttelevision actor
- Biography
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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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Eric Griffin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Eric Londery Griffin is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. 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 and Taiwan.
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Elaine Marshall
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- politicianlawyerjurist
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Elaine Folk Marshall is an American attorney and politician who has served as the North Carolina Secretary of State since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to be elected to statewide office in North Carolina. Marshall was also the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate seat then held by Republican Richard Burr in the 2010 election. In 2020, Marshall was re-elected to a seventh term as North Carolina Secretary of State with 51.16 percent of the vote.
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Don Brown
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- novelistlawyer
- Biography
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Donald Mitchell Brown, Jr. is an American author, attorney, and former United States Navy JAG Officer. He has published fifteen books on the United States military, including eleven 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 nonfiction, including his national bestseller, The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II (2017). Brown may be best known for his work as legal counsel to Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance, who had been convicted of murder by a military court-martial at Fort Bragg when his platoon became involved in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2011, and his authorship of the 2019 book Travesty of Justice: The Shocking Prosecution of Lt. Clint Lorance. On November 15, 2019, President Donald Trump pardoned Lorance, and the book is considered to be a factor in leading to that pardon. Between the release of Travesty of Justice on March 31, 2019, and Lorance's pardon on November 15, 2019, Brown made numerous national television appearances and penned a number of national Op-eds urging President Trump to free and exonerate Lieutenant Lorance. On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, November 27, 2019, Brown and Lorance appeared on Hannity, the nightly national broadcast on the Fox News Channel to discuss the presidential pardon and release.
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Kristin Cooper
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Kristin Bernhardt Cooper is an American lawyer who has been First Lady of the state of North Carolina since January 1, 2017.
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Paul Green
- Occupations
- screenwriterplaywright
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Paul Eliot Green was an American playwright whose work includes historical dramas of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play, In Abraham's Bosom, which was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1926-1927.
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Bob Etheridge
- Enrolled in Campbell University
- In 1965 graduated with Campbell University
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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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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Ryan Fournier
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- punditpolitical punditpolitical activist
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Ryan Fournier is an American conservative activist and political commentator. He is the co-founder and acting national chairman of the American youth group Students for Trump.
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Buck Newton
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- politician
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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
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- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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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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David R. Lewis
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- politician
- Biography
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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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Low Ngai Yuen
- Occupations
- film producerfilm director
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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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Juan G. Ayala
- Enrolled in Campbell University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration in business management
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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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 four tours in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Kuwait as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Harry Brown
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- politician
- Biography
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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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Susan Higginbotham
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- novelist
- Biography
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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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Amir Celestin
- Occupations
- basketball player
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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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Thomas Walker
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Gray Walker was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
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Sarah Stevens
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah Suzanne Stevens is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 90th district (including constituents in Surry, Alleghany, and Wilkes counties) since 2009 and has served as speaker pro tempore since 2017.
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Frank Iler
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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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Don C. Edwards
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- politician
- Biography
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Don Calvin Edwards was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
