100 Notable alumni of
Hofstra University

Hofstra University is 373rd in the world, 153rd in North America, and 143rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Hofstra University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Christopher Walken

    Christopher Walken
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actorscreenwriterfilm directordancer
    Biography

    Christopher Walken is an American actor. Prolific in film, television, and on stage, Walken is the recipient of numerous accolades. He has earned an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. His films have grossed more than $1.6 billion in the United States alone.

  2. Francis Ford Coppola

    Francis Ford Coppola
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1939-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    writerfilm producerwinegrowerscreenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or and a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA).

  3. Bernard Madoff

    Bernard Madoff
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-2021 (aged 83)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
    Occupations
    financierbankerstockbrokereconomist
    Biography

    Bernard Lawrence Madoff was an American fraudster and financier who was the mastermind of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, worth about $64.8 billion. He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Madoff's firm had two basic units: a stock brokerage and an asset management business; the Ponzi scheme was centered in the asset management business.

  4. James Caan

    James Caan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1940-2022 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    film actorkaratekafilm directoractortelevision actor
    Biography

    James Edmund Caan was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) – a performance which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised his role in The Godfather Part II (1974). He received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978.

  5. Chris Weidman

    Chris Weidman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    amateur wrestlerBrazilian jiu-jitsu practitionerkickboxerkaratekamixed martial arts fighter
    Biography

    Christopher James Weidman is an American professional mixed martial artist. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he competes in the middleweight division. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion.

  6. Maryanne Trump Barry

    Maryanne Trump Barry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudgemagistrate
    Biography

    Maryanne Trump Barry is an American attorney and a retired United States federal judge. She became an Assistant United States Attorney in 1974, and was first appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. In 1999, she was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia, PA) by President Bill Clinton.

  7. Madeline Kahn

    Madeline Kahn
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-1999 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorvoice actorstage actor
    Biography

    Madeline Gail Kahn was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981), and her Academy Award–nominated roles in Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974).

  8. Rosemarie DeWitt

    Rosemarie DeWitt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1971-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
    Biography

    Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series Standoff (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston, as well as Charmaine Craine on United States of Tara. She also was the title character in 2008's Rachel Getting Married, garnering several awards and nominations for best supporting actress. She starred in the horror/thriller Poltergeist (2015), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name.

  9. Michael Franzese

    Michael Franzese
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    motivational speakerinfluencerfilm produceractormobster
    Biography

    Michael Franzese is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.

  10. Robert Davi

    Robert Davi
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    television actordirectorfilm actorfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Robert John Davi is an American actor, singer and filmmaker. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most known roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in The Goonies (1985), Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard (1988), James Bond villain Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill (1989), police deputy chief Phil Heinemann in Predator 2 (1990) and strip club manager Al Torres in Showgirls (1995). On television, he portrayed FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in the NBC television series Profiler (1996–2000).

  11. Jonathan Cheban

    Jonathan Cheban
    Born in
    Moldova Flag Moldova
    Years
    1974-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Foodgod is an American reality television personality, entrepreneur and former publicist. He has made appearances on the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its spinoffs.

  12. Joe Morton

    Joe Morton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    television actoractorfilm actorstage actorfilm director
    Biography

    Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. is an American stage, television and film actor. He has worked with film director John Sayles in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), City of Hope (1991) and Lone Star (1996). Other films he has appeared in include Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Of Mice and Men (1992), Speed (1994), Apt Pupil (1998), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), Ali (2001), Paycheck (2003), Stealth (2005), American Gangster (2007), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).

  13. Susan Sullivan

    Susan Sullivan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
    Biography

    Susan Michaela Sullivan is an American actress. Sullivan is best known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera Another World (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom It's a Living (1980–81), as Maggie Gioberti Channing on the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–90), as Kitty Montgomery on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), and as Martha Rodgers on Castle (2009–2016). She earned an Emmy nomination for Lead Actress for the role of Julie Farr in the 1978 series Julie Farr, M.D. and a Golden Globe nomination for Supporting Actress for her role in Dharma & Greg.

  14. Lainie Kazan

    Lainie Kazan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1940-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    film actorvoice actorstage actorsingeractor
    Biography

    Lainie Kazan is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for St. Elsewhere and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for My Favorite Year. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role in My Favorite Year (1982). Kazan played Maria Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its sequel film My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. She also played Aunt Freida on The Nanny.

  15. Philip Rosenthal

    Philip Rosenthal
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    television producerfilm directorfilm produceractorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Philip Rosenthal is an American television writer and producer who is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005). In recent years, he has presented food and travel documentaries I'll Have What Phil's Having on PBS and Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix.

  16. Avi Arad

    Avi Arad
    Born in
    Israel Flag Israel
    Years
    1948-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    businesspersonfilm producerscreenwriterexecutive producer
    Biography

    Avi Arad is an Israeli-American film producer who became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, and the chairman, CEO, and founder of Marvel Studios. Since then, he has produced a wide array of live-action, animated, and television comic book adaptations including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the 2018 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature.

  17. Margaret Colin

    Margaret Colin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Margaret Colin is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Margo Hughes on As the World Turns and as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose on Gossip Girl.

  18. Ron Kovic

    Ron Kovic
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    peace activistveteranpolitical activistautobiographerscreenwriter
    Biography

    Ronald Lawrence Kovic is an American anti-war activist, writer, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made into the Academy Award–winning 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone.

  19. David Paterson

    David Paterson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    David Alexander Paterson is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and is the first African American governor of New York.

  20. Carol Alt

    Carol Alt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actormodeltelevision actor
    Biography

    Carol Ann Alt is an American model and actress.

  21. Mary Matalin

    Mary Matalin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    pundittelevision producerteacherpolitical adviseractor
    Biography

    Mary Joe Matalin is an American political consultant well known for her work with the Republican Party. She has served under President Ronald Reagan, was campaign director for George H. W. Bush, was an assistant to President George W. Bush, and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney until 2003. Matalin has been chief editor of Threshold Editions, a conservative publishing imprint at Simon & Schuster, since March 2005. She is married to Democratic political consultant James Carville. She appears in the award-winning documentary film Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story and also played herself, opposite her husband, James Carville, John Slattery, and Mary McCormack in the short lived HBO series K Street.

  22. Alan Colmes

    Alan Colmes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-2017 (aged 67)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    journalistradio personality
    Biography

    Alan Samuel Colmes was an American radio and television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. He was the host of The Alan Colmes Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show distributed by Fox News Radio that was broadcast throughout the United States on Fox News Talk on Sirius and XM. From 1996 to 2009, Colmes served as the co-host of Hannity & Colmes, a nightly political debate show on Fox News Channel. Beginning in 2015, Colmes supplied the voice of The Liberal Panel on Fox News Channel's The Greg Gutfeld Show.

  23. Mike Starr

    Mike Starr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Mike Starr is an American character actor. Tall and burly with a deep voice, Starr often performs as mobsters, police officers, blue-collar workers or tough guys. He was a regular cast member on The Young and the Restless and Ed, and made appearances in the films Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, and Billy Bathgate.

  24. Meredith Eaton

    Meredith Eaton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    television actorpsychologistactorfilm actorlawyer
    Biography

    Meredith Hope Eaton Gordon is an American actress. She is 122 cm (4 ft 0 in) tall, and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress". She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the CBS television series Family Law (in which she was the first female with dwarfism to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the ABC series Boston Legal, and for her lead role as Matilda "Matty" Webber on the CBS series MacGyver.

  25. Elizabeth Dennehy

    Elizabeth Dennehy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in such television series as Guiding Light, Seinfeld, Charmed, and Without a Trace, and films such as Clear and Present Danger, Gattaca, Soldier, and Red Dragon.

  26. Pamela Geller

    Pamela Geller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    writerbusinesspersonpolitical activistconspiracy theoristeditor
    Biography

    Pamela Geller is an American anti-Muslim, far-right, political activist, blogger and commentator. Geller promoted birther conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama, saying that he was born in Kenya and that he is a Muslim. She has denied genocides where Muslims were victims, including the Bosnian genocide and the Rohingya genocide.

  27. Olivia

    Olivia
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    singertelevision actor
    Biography

    Olivia Theresa Longott is an American R&B singer. She is best known for performing with the hip hop group G-Unit and also known as a cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York.

  28. Peter Friedman

    Peter Friedman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Peter Friedman is an American stage, film, and television actor.

  29. Nelson DeMille

    Nelson DeMille
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    writernovelist
    Biography

    Nelson Richard DeMille is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews.

  30. Jon Cooper

    Jon Cooper
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1967-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    ice hockey coachcoach
    Biography

    Jonathan D. Cooper is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey coach who is the head coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Cooper won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021 as the Lightning head coach, and is currently the longest-tenured coach in the NHL.

  31. Norm Coleman

    Norm Coleman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 74)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Coleman became a Republican in 1996. Elected to the Senate in 2002, he was narrowly defeated in his 2008 reelection bid. As of 2023, he is the most recent Republican to have represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.

  32. Christine Belford

    Christine Belford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Christine Belford is an American television and film actress. She has sometimes been credited as Christina Belford.

  33. Clifford Chapin

    Clifford Chapin
    Years
    1988-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    voice actor
    Biography

    Clifford Samuel Chapin IV is an American voice actor and director at Funimation and Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

  34. Kira Kazantsev

    Kira Kazantsev
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1991-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    beauty pageant contestantgolferpodcastermodel
    Biography

    Kira Dixon is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss America 2015 on September 14, 2014. She is the third consecutive Miss America winner from New York and had won the title of Miss New York on May 24, 2014 while serving as Miss City of New York.

  35. John Milhiser

    John Milhiser
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actor
    Biography

    John Milhiser is an American actor and comedian. Milhiser first garnered attention for his work as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch group Serious Lunch, before achieving widespread success for his brief stint as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for the 2013–2014 season.

  36. Adam Green

    Adam Green
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    film editorfilm produceractorscreenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Adam Green is an American actor, filmmaker and musician, best known for his work in horror and comedy films, including the Hatchet franchise, 2010's Frozen, and the television series Holliston.

  37. Wayne Chrebet

    Wayne Chrebet
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1973-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Wayne Chrebet is a former American football wide receiver who played 11 seasons for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2005.

  38. Charles Jenkins

    Charles Jenkins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Charles T. Jenkins is an American-born naturalized Serbian professional basketball player for FMP Meridian of the ABA League. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2011 NBA draft after finishing his four-year college career with the Hofstra Pride. In addition to being a citizen of the United States, Jenkins also has Serbian citizenship.

  39. Ken Singleton

    Ken Singleton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    baseball playerradio personality
    Biography

    Kenneth Wayne Singleton is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter from 1970 to 1984, most prominently as a member of the Baltimore Orioles where, he was a three-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1983 World Series winning team. He also played for the New York Mets and the Montreal Expos. In 1982, Singleton was named the recipient of the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award and in 1986, he was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame. He went on to a long career as a broadcaster, most prominently for the New York Yankees from 1997 to 2021.

  40. Speedy Claxton

    Speedy Claxton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Craig Elliott "Speedy" Claxton is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Hofstra University men's basketball team. Claxton won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. In 2013, he was named as a special assistant to the head coach for the Hofstra University men's basketball program, before being hired as head coach in 2021.

  41. Tom MacArthur

    Tom MacArthur
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    In 1982 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    politicianexecutivechief executive officer
    Biography

    Thomas Charles MacArthur is an American former insurance executive and politician. He served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A Republican, MacArthur served on the city council of Randolph, New Jersey, from 2011 through 2013, and as its mayor in 2013. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014.

  42. Lisa Glasberg

    Lisa Glasberg
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    journalistradio personality
    Biography

    Lisa Glasberg, better known as Lisa G, is an American radio personality. She is employed by iHeartRadio and can be heard on WOR-AM in New York City.

  43. Tara Sands

    Tara Sands
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    voice actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Tara Jayne Sands is an American voice actress and co-host of Cartoon Network's Fridays from 2005 to 2007. Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Spyler in the US dub of I Spy, Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure tri., Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.

  44. Lenora Fulani

    Lenora Fulani
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    psychologistpolitician
    Biography

    Lenora Branch Fulani is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist. She is best known for her presidential campaigns and development of youth programs serving minority communities in the New York City area. In the 1988 United States presidential election heading the New Alliance Party ticket, she became the first woman and the first African American to achieve ballot access in all fifty states. She received more votes for president in a U.S. general election than any other woman until Jill Stein of the Green Party of the United States in 2012. Fulani's political concerns include racial equality, gay rights, and political reform, specifically to encourage third parties.

  45. Bob McKillop

    Bob McKillop
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 73)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    1968-1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Robert McKillop is an American college basketball coach who is the former head coach of the Davidson Wildcats men's team of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

  46. Joe Frank

    Joe Frank
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1938-2018 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    voice actorradio personality
    Biography

    Joe Frank was a French-born American writer, teacher, and radio performer best known for his often philosophical, humorous, surrealist, and sometimes absurd monologues and radio dramas he recorded often in collaboration with friends, actors, and family members.

  47. Jay Hieron

    Jay Hieron
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    mixed martial arts fighteramateur wrestler
    Biography

    James Thomas Hieronymus is an American actor, stuntman and former mixed martial artist. Hieron was the final IFL Welterweight Champion, competing for the Los Angeles Anacondas, and has also competed in the UFC, WEC, Affliction, Strikeforce, and Bellator.

  48. Chris Albrecht

    Chris Albrecht
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 71)
    Biography

    Chris Albrecht is an American media executive. He is the head of television at Legendary Entertainment and was previously chief executive officer and President of Starz. Albrecht was also the former chairman and CEO of HBO. He spent 22 years at HBO and was credited for ushering in the Golden Age of Television with hit series such as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Entourage, Band of Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Wire.

  49. Ed Mangano

    Ed Mangano
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1962-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Edward P. Mangano is an American felon and former politician from the state of New York. A Republican, he was the Nassau County Executive from January 2010 to December 2017, and a former legislator in Nassau County, New York. He was elected in 1995 and served seven terms as a county legislator. In November 2009, he defeated incumbent Thomas R. Suozzi for Nassau County Executive. In November 2013, he was re-elected, again defeating Suozzi, by 59% to 41%.

  50. Randy Levine

    Randy Levine
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    presidentlawyer
    Biography

    Randy Lewis Levine is an American attorney, the current president of the New York Yankees baseball club and a member of the Board of Directors of A.C. Milan S.p.A.

  51. Namira Salim

    Namira Salim
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    explorerartist
    Biography

    Namira Salim born in Karachi, is a Pakistani polar adventurer, future astronaut and artist based in Monaco and Dubai. On the recommendation of the Pakistani government, she was in 2011 appointed as an honorary consul of Pakistan to Monaco, following her efforts to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries. She is the first Pakistani to have reached both the North Pole and the South Pole. Salim is the only Pakistani among the first 100 aspiring space tourists to purchase a ticket for Virgin Galactic's future commercial space liner.

  52. Andrew Garbarino

    Andrew Garbarino
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Andrew Reed Garbarino is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 2nd congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the New York State Assemblyman for the 7th district from 2013 to 2020.

  53. Jennifer Hutt

    Jennifer Hutt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    radio personalitylawyertelevision presenter
    Biography

    Jennifer Koppelman Hutt is an American radio host, television host, author and lawyer.

  54. Thomas DiNapoli

    Thomas DiNapoli
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Thomas Peter DiNapoli is an American politician serving as the 54th and current New York State Comptroller since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed by a bipartisan majority of the New York State Legislature to the position of comptroller on February 7, 2007. He was then elected Comptroller by New York's voters in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. In his 2014 victory, he led the statewide ticket with the most votes. He was easily reelected to a third term in November 2018, receiving 64.9% of the vote. In 2022, he secured his fourth term in office, receiving 57% of the vote. He is the second longest-serving comptroller in New York State History.

  55. Morton O. Schapiro

    Morton O. Schapiro
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Morton Owen Schapiro is an American economist who served as the 16th president of Northwestern University from 2009 to 2022.

  56. Tim Cluess

    Tim Cluess
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Timothy Michael Cluess is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the head men's basketball coach at Iona College. He is also a former head coach of Long Island University–C.W. Post.

  57. Justin Wright-Foreman

    Justin Wright-Foreman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1997-.. (age 26)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Justin Jamel Wright-Foreman is an American professional basketball player for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He previously played for the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Hofstra Pride. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz with the 53rd overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft.

  58. Leah Galton

    Leah Galton
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1994-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Leah Danielle Galton is an English footballer who currently plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester United.

  59. Amy Turner

    Amy Turner
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1991-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Amy Turner is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Tottenham Hotspur. She has been capped four times for the England national team.

  60. Neal Hendel

    Neal Hendel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    judgeadvocate
    Biography

    Neal Hendel is an American-born Israeli judge. He was the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel.

  61. Kevin Shinick

    Kevin Shinick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    comics writerstage actoractordirectorvoice actor
    Biography

    Kevin Thomas Shinick is an American writer, producer, director and actor, as well as a comic book creator. Shinick received an Emmy award for his work on the stop motion animated series Robot Chicken, and an Emmy nomination for his work on Mad, the animated series based on the iconic humor magazine, before serving as showrunner and supervising producer for Disney XD's Emmy nominated animated series, Marvel's Spider-Man. Shinick also played a role as the ACME Time Net Squadron Leader of the PBS series Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.

  62. Irwin Redlener

    Irwin Redlener
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1944-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    Irwin Redlener is an American pediatrician and public health activist who specializes in health care for underserved children and disaster planning, response, and recovery. He is the author of The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for 21st Century America and the author of Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now (2006).

  63. Hun Mani

    Hun Mani
    Born in
    Cambodia Flag Cambodia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Hun Many is a Cambodian politician. He is the youngest son of the Cambodian Prime minister Hun Sen and his wife, Bun Rany. Many is currently a Member of the National Assembly of Cambodia, representing Kampong Speu Province.

  64. Jessica Ramos

    Jessica Ramos
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 38)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    Studied international business
    Occupations
    politiciancommunity organizer
    Biography

    Jessica Ramos is an American politician from the state of New York. Ramos is a member of the Democratic Party. Since 2019, she has served in the New York State Senate representing District 13, which currently includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights.

  65. Peter S. Kalikow

    Peter S. Kalikow
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Peter Stephen Kalikow is president of H. J. Kalikow & Company, LLC, a New York City-based real estate firm. He is a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and past owner and publisher of the New York Post.

  66. Jeff Pulver

    Jeff Pulver
    Years
    1962-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    computer scientist
    Biography

    Jeff Pulver is an American Internet entrepreneur and futurist known for his work as an innovator in the field of Voice over Internet Protocol. Pulver's early work in VoIP with his company Free World Dialup led to a significant regulatory decision by the Federal Communications Commission in 2004 which classified VoIP as an internet application, rather than as a telephony service which would be subject to government tariffs and regulations, a decision which paved the way for the development of video and voice internet communications.

  67. Jon Bramnick

    Jon Bramnick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    Graduated with Juris Doctor
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Jon M. Bramnick is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2022, representing the 21st legislative district. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 21st Legislative District from 2003 to 2022, He also previously served as the Assembly Republican Leader from January 2012 to January 2022. He was appointed to the Assembly in 2003 to fill the unexpired term of the vacancy created upon the selection of Thomas Kean Jr. to fill an unexpired New Jersey Senate term. He was elected to a full two-year term later that year and was re-elected in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. He was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 2021.

  68. Leslie Segrete

    Leslie Segrete
    Years
    1975-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    radio personalityinterior designer
    Biography

    Leslie Segrete is an American designer, seamstress, carpenter, and television personality. She is best known for her work on the TLC show While You Were Out, which concluded a four-year run in 2006. She also appeared as a designer on Trading Spaces and Ugliest House on the Block. She currently co-hosts The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show with Tom Kraeutler. In 2014, she joined the television show Hotel Impossible as a designer.

  69. David Weprin

    David Weprin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    David Ira Weprin is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 24 in Queens since 2010, when he replaced his brother Mark. In the Assembly he has supported progressive causes, such as a surcharge on millionaires, and granting immediate parole to prisoners who have reached 55 years of age and served 15 years in prison, regardless of their sentence. He was previously a member of the New York City Council, representing the 23rd district. He is also a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission (1983–87).

  70. Rita Williams-Garcia

    Rita Williams-Garcia
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    writerchildren's writernovelist
    Biography

    Rita Williams-Garcia is an American writer of novels for children and young adults. In 2010, her young adult novel Jumped was a National Book Award finalist for Young People's Literature. She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book One Crazy Summer. She won the PEN/Norma Klein Award. Her 2013 book, P.S. Be Eleven, was a Junior Literary Guild selection, a New York Times Editors Choice Book, and won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2014. In 2016 her book Gone Crazy in Alabama won the Coretta Scott King Award. In 2017, her book Clayton Byrd Goes Underground was a finalist for the National Book Award for young people's literature.

  71. Chaz Williams

    Chaz Williams
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1991-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Chaz Calvaron Williams is an American professional basketball player for Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. He played college basketball for University of Massachusetts (UMass) and was considered one of the top point guards in the nation for the 2013–14 season.

  72. Kenny Adeleke

    Kenny Adeleke
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1983-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Andrew Kehinde "Kenny" Adeleke is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who has played 12 seasons in the NBA, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In 2006–07 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

  73. Bobby Muller

    Bobby Muller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    peace activistmilitary officer
    Biography

    Robert O. Muller is an American peace advocate.

  74. Navarro Gray

    Navarro Gray
    Years
    1979-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Navarro Gray is an American lawyer best known for his accomplishments in the entertainment industry - specifically in representing Fetty Wap in obtaining his recording deal with Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment and more recently his recording deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He appeared on the reality television show Love & Hip Hop as the attorney for Latin Music star Anais.

  75. Burton Rocks

    Burton Rocks
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1972-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Burton Evan Rocks is an American sports attorney, agent, and writer. Rocks collaborated with Yankee outfielder Paul O'Neill on the 2003 New York Times bestseller Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir.

  76. Debi Rose

    Debi Rose
    Years
    1951-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Deborah Rose is a New York City politician. She was the Council member for the 49th district of the New York City Council. She is a Democrat and was the first African American elected to higher office from Staten Island.

  77. Luis R. Sepúlveda

    Luis R. Sepúlveda
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Luis R. Sepúlveda is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as the New York State Senator from the 32nd Senate District, which includes parts of the Bronx. Prior to being in the state senate Sepúlveda was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2013 to 2018.

  78. Diane Caldwell

    Diane Caldwell
    Born in
    Ireland Flag Ireland
    Years
    1988-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Diane Evelyn Caldwell is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Reading of the English Women's Super League and the Republic of Ireland national team.

  79. Norm Kent

    Norm Kent
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-2023 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    lawyerradio personality
    Biography

    Norman Elliott Kent was an American criminal defense attorney, publisher, and radio talk show host.

  80. Joseph Mondello

    Joseph Mondello
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-2022 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Joseph Nestor Mondello was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee until September 2009 and as the chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee from 1983 to May 24, 2018.

  81. Halil Kanačević

    Halil Kanačević
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1991-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Halil Kanacević is an American-born Montenegrin professional basketball player for Trikala Aries of the Greek Basket League. Previously, he played basketball with Saint Joseph's University, where he helped lead the team to the 2014 Atlantic 10 championship.

  82. Alan Cohn

    Alan Cohn
    Biography

    Alan Michael Cohn is an American journalist who was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 U.S. House of Representatives election in Florida's 15th congressional district.

  83. Joe Holland

    Joe Holland
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1993-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Joseph Holland is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

  84. Phil Schiliro

    Phil Schiliro
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Biography

    Philip M. Schiliro is an American political consultant and strategist. He has spent much of his career on the staff of prominent elected officials, including President Barack Obama.

  85. Francis Kenny

    Francis Kenny
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950s
    Occupations
    cinematographer
    Biography

    Francis Kenny A.S.C. is an American cinematographer.

  86. Ann-Margaret Carrozza

    Ann-Margaret Carrozza
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ann-Margaret E. Carrozza is an American lawyer and politician from New York, who was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1997 to 2010.

  87. Denene Millner

    Denene Millner
    Years
    1968-.. (age 55)
    Enrolled in Hofstra University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in marketing
    Occupations
    writerjournalistchildren's writernovelisteditor
    Biography

    Denene Millner is an American author, editor, television and podcast host, and journalist. She has authored more than 30 books, including six New York Times best sellers. She is the creator and director of Denene Millner Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and MyBrownBaby.com, a critically acclaimed blog that examines the intersection of parenting and race.

  88. James Metzger

    James Metzger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    James C. Metzger is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of The Whitmore Group, Ltd., a Long Island insurance brokerage and financial services firm that opened during 1989. Metzger is a former All-American lacrosse player at Hofstra University and an multi-sport athlete at Half Hollow Hills High School East (Half Hollow Hills Central School District) in Dix Hills. His high school lacrosse jersey (#21) and university lacrosse jersey (#56) have been retired at both schools. His football jersey (#21) also has been retired by his high school.

  89. David B. Allison

    David B. Allison
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1963-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    researchergeneticistprofessorstatisticianbiostatistician
    Biography

    David Bradley Allison is an American obesity researcher, biostatistician, and psychologist. He is the dean of the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and one of the top 10 scientists in the world awarded the most NIH grants. Allison was previously Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor, and Director of the NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

  90. Anne Marie Anderson

    Anne Marie Anderson
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Anne Marie Anderson is an American sportscaster who is a graduate of Hofstra University in New York and Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado. She works for a variety of sports networks.

  91. Norman F. Lent

    Norman F. Lent
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-2012 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    military officerlawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Norman Frederick Lent was an American politician from New York. Under both the Republican and Conservative Party banners, he served in the New York State Senate from 1963 to 1970 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1993.

  92. Frank Zarb

    Frank Zarb
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Frank Gustave Zarb is an American businessman and former Republican politician. He is perhaps best known as the chairman and ceo of the NASDAQ stock exchange during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. He is also known for his role as the "Energy Czar" under President Gerald Ford during the 1970s energy crisis.

  93. David A. Levy

    David A. Levy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    David A. Levy is an American Republican politician, lawyer and former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

  94. Stephen J. Lawrence

    Stephen J. Lawrence
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1939-2021 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Stephen J. Lawrence was an American composer, who lived and worked in New York City. He was also known as Stephen Lawrence, but used his middle initial to differentiate him from the singer Steve Lawrence.

  95. Michaelle C. Solages

    Michaelle C. Solages
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Michaelle C. Solages is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 22nd district which includes portions of the town of Hempstead in Nassau County on Long Island. A Democrat, Solages was first elected in 2012.

  96. George J. Hochbrueckner

    George J. Hochbrueckner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    George Joseph Hochbrueckner is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, serving four terms in office from 1987 to 1995.

  97. Lizanne Murphy

    Lizanne Murphy
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1984-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Lizanne Murphy is a Canadian professional basketball player. She plays for Canada women's national basketball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics

  98. Alfred G. Hansen

    Alfred G. Hansen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1933-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    Alfred Gustav Hansen is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander, Air Force Logistics Command (COMAFLC) from 1987 to 1989.

  99. Robert Phillips

    Robert Phillips
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    classical guitarist
    Biography

    Robert Phillips is an American classical guitarist.

  100. Thomas C. Wales

    Thomas C. Wales
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-2001 (aged 49)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Thomas Crane Wales was an American federal prosecutor and gun control advocate who was the victim of an unsolved murder. In 2018, FBI investigators announced they strongly suspected the killing to have been carried out by a paid hitman.