24 Notable alumni of
Campbell University
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Campbell University is 1861st in the world, 639th in North America, and 600th 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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Eric Swalwell
- Occupations
- lawyerassociation football playerpolitician
- Biography
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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
- Occupations
- actorsingerpolitician
- Biography
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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 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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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 EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for the Campbell Fighting Camels.
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Ashley Bratcher
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoranti-abortion activist
- 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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Kristin Cooper
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Kristin Cooper is an American lawyer who served as First Lady of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025.
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Ryan Fournier
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- punditpolitical activistpolitical pundit
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Ryan Fournier is an American conservative activist and political commentator. He is the co-founder and acting national chairman of Students for Trump.
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Eric Griffin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Paul Green
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- playwrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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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
- lawyerpolitician
- 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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Buck Newton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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
- Occupations
- 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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Low Ngai Yuen
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producer
- Biography
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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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David R. Lewis
- Occupations
- 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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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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Trey Freeman
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Harry Brown
- Occupations
- 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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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 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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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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Amir Celestin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Frank Iler
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 84)
- 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.
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Don Brown
- Occupations
- lawyernovelist
- Biography
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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 nonfiction, including his national bestseller, The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II (2017).
