21 Notable alumni of
Elon University
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Elon University is 1628th in the world, 577th in North America, and 544th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Elon 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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Grant Gustin
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actorsinger
- Biography
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Thomas Grant Gustin is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Barry Allen / The Flash on The CW series The Flash (2014–2023) as part of the Arrowverse, and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee. Trained in musical theater, his first major credit was as part of the 2010 national tour of West Side Story; he will return to theater in the original Broadway production of Water for Elephants, originating the starring role of Jacob Jankowski.
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Chris Wood
- Enrolled in Elon University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Christopher Charles Wood is an American actor. He is known for his role as Kai Parker in the sixth season of the CW's television series The Vampire Diaries in 2014, after previously appearing on The CW's The Carrie Diaries in the role of writer Adam Weaver in 2013. He also starred in the 2016 CW television series Containment in the starring role of Atlanta police officer Jake Riley. From 2016 to 2018, he played Mon-El on the CW superhero series Supergirl. In 2021, Wood voiced He-Man in Masters of the Universe: Revelation. In 2022, he played Russell Hammond in the Broadway musical Almost Famous.
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Rich Blomquist
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- screenwriter
- Biography
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Rich Blomquist is an American writer, producer and occasional actor. He was a staff writer for The Daily Show in 2003–2006, 2009 and 2011.
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Barrett Wilbert Weed
- Occupations
- actorsinger
- Biography
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Barrett Wilbert Weed is an American actress and singer. She is best known for originating the roles of Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical and Janis Sarkisian in the Broadway production of Mean Girls. She also voices Octavia "Via" Goetia in Helluva Boss.
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Jack McKeon
- Occupations
- baseball manager
- Biography
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Jack Aloysius McKeon, nicknamed "Trader Jack," is an American former Major League Baseball manager and front-office executive.
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Elijah Bryant
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Elijah Brigham Bryant is an American professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Elon Phoenix and Brigham Young Cougars.
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Frank Haith
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Frank James Haith Jr. is an American men's basketball coach, currently serving as an assistant coach for the University of Texas. He previously served as head coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2014 to 2022, and prior to that he served as the head coach at the University of Miami and the University of Missouri, leaving both programs in the midst of NCAA investigations.
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NGHTMRE
- Occupations
- DJ producerdisc jockey
- Biography
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Tyler Marenyi, better known by his stage name Nghtmre (stylized as in all caps; pronounced "nightmare"), is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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William E. Gortney
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Evans "Bill" Gortney is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the sixth commander of United States Northern Command and the 23rd commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). He previously served as the Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command from September 14, 2012 to December 2014 and Director of the Joint Staff from July 1, 2010 to August 2012. Prior to that, he served as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet. He assumed his post as CDRUSNORTHCOM and commander of NORAD on December 5, 2014, and was succeeded by General Lori Robinson on May 13, 2016.
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Wes Durham
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Dallas Wesley "Wes" Durham is an American sportscaster. He is a play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports and ACC Network coverage of college football and basketball. He works telecasts of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) due to his experience broadcasting in the conference.
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Lexie Fyfe
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Mary Beth Bentley, better known by her ring name Lexie Fyfe, is an American professional wrestler. She has wrestled in various independent wrestling promotions, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She is a one-time NWA World Women's Champion. She also appeared on WWE Raw as the "fake Hillary Clinton."
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James S. Denton
- Occupations
- publishereditor
- Biography
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James Steele Denton was the publisher and editor of World Affairs and the director of the World Affairs Institute in Washington, D.C. Previously Denton was the executive director of Heldref Publications, founded by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and her husband Evron.
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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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Thad A. Eure
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thaddeus Armie Eure was an American politician who holds the record for longest tenure as an elected official in the United States, serving as North Carolina Secretary of State from 1936 to 1989.
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Nat Robertson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nat Robertson is an American businessman and politician, who served as the mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, from December 2, 2013, through December 2017. Robertson had previously served in the Fayetteville City Council for eight years (four terms). Mayors of Fayetteville are elected to two-year terms.
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Yasmine Arrington
- Occupations
- model
- Biography
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Yasmine Alexandra Arrington is the Founder and Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS and a 2015 winner of the Peace First Prize, the JM Kaplan Innovation Prize and DC Social Innovation Prize.
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Christopher Knight
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- film producer
- Biography
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Robert Christopher Knight is a blogger and filmmaker based in Greenville, South Carolina who received much attention for a video he uploaded to YouTube and a subsequent copyright infringement clash with Viacom. The incident has since gone on to be cited in numerous legal writings and court cases involving digital copyright and the interests of corporations versus independent content producers.
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Phillip Kellam
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phillip Kellam is a politician from a well known political family in Virginia Beach. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach since 1998. He ran for Congress in Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2006.
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Steven Kinney
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Steven Kinney is an American soccer player who plays as a defender. He is currently without a club.
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Hap Perry
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Lindsay Jackson "Happy" Perry Sr. was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Elon University from 1946 to 1947, compiling a record of 8–11–1. He graduated from Elon in 1923, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. His hometown was Wingate, North Carolina.
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W. S. Renn, Jr
- Occupations
- American football coachhead coach
- Biography
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William S. Renn Jr. was an American football coach. He was the 23rd head football coach at The Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia and he held that position for two seasons, from 1967 until 1968. His coaching record at Apprentice was 5–8–2. Renn died from Alzheimer's disease on August 23, 2021, at the age of 93.
