37 Notable alumni of
Iona College
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Iona College is 1198th in the world, 424th in North America, and 397th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 37 notable alumni from Iona College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Amanda Saccomanno
- Occupations
- actorprofessional wrestlermodel
- Biography
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Amanda Rose Saccomanno is an American professional wrestler, television personality, and fitness and figure competitor. She is best known for her tenure in WWE from 2015 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Mandy Rose, and was a former NXT Women's Champion and was the leader of the Toxic Attraction stable alongside Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin. Rose was also previously a member of the Fire and Desire tag team duo alongside Sonya Deville.
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Don McLean
- Enrolled in Iona College
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor in Business Administration
- Occupations
- singersongwritersinger-songwritercomposerguitarist
- Biography
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Donald McLean III is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", "Castles in the Air", and "Wonderful Baby", as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".
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Ian Whyte
- Occupations
- basketball playertelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Ian Stuart Whyte is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. He is best known for his roles as Predators in the Alien vs. Predator film series, Sheikh Suleiman in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, The Last Engineer in Prometheus, as well as various characters in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.
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Tommy Dreamer
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Thomas James Laughlin is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA Digital Media Champion, and was the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore (HOH) promotion.
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Bud Cort
- Occupations
- character actorscreenwriterfilm actorvoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort, was an American actor known for his unorthodox starring roles in Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970), for which he was nominated for a Golden Laurel Award, and Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude (1971), for which he was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. He also had supporting roles in films such as M*A*S*H (1970), Electric Dreams (1984), Heat (1995), Dogma (1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), Pollock (2000), and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
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Kyle Kulinski
- Occupations
- YouTuberpodcasterpeace activistjournalist
- Biography
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Kyle Edward Kulinski is an American left-wing political commentator and media host. He is the host and producer of The Kyle Kulinski Show on his YouTube channel Secular Talk, co-host on Kyle & Corin on the YouTube channel Corin's WORLD, and co-host with his wife Krystal Ball on the progressive podcast Krystal Kyle & Friends. A self-described social democrat, Kulinski is a co-founder of Justice Democrats, a progressive political action committee founded on the principles that the candidates it endorses must refuse donations from corporate PACs.
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Walter Clayton Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Walter Marterry Clayton Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Iona Gaels and the Florida Gators. With Florida, Clayton was a consensus first-team All-American in 2025 and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player (MOP) after leading Florida to a national championship victory.
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Vito Fossella
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerdisc jockeypercussionistviolinist
- Biography
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Vito John Fossella Jr. is an American politician serving as the Staten Island Borough President since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Fossella previously represented the state's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. A Staten Island native, Fossella initially took office in 1997 after winning a special election held to replace the resigning Susan Molinari.
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Scott Machado
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Michael Scott Machado is an American-Brazilian professional basketball player for Minas Clube of Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He played college basketball for the Iona Gaels and represents the Brazilian national team.
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Richie Guerin
- Occupations
- basketball playermilitary officerstockbrokerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Richard Vincent Guerin is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks franchise where he spent nine years. On February 15, 2013, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Guerin had been elected as one of its 2013 inductees.
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Benedict Groeschel
- Occupations
- Catholic priestpsychologistnon-fiction writeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R. was an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, and television host. He hosted the television talk program Sunday Night Prime (originally Sunday Night Live) on the Eternal Word Television Network, as well as several serial religious specials.
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Isaiah Washington
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Isaiah Washington is an American professional basketball player for Basket Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He played for St. Raymond High School for Boys in The Bronx, where he was named Mr. New York Basketball in 2017. Washington co-founded and popularized Jelly Fam, a social media movement that emphasizes creative finger roll layups. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Iona Gaels and Long Beach State.
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Robert Greifeld
- Occupations
- inventorexecutive
- Biography
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Robert Greifeld is an American businessman and author. He is the former CEO and chairman of Nasdaq and former chairman of Virtu Financial.
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John Sweeney
- Occupations
- trade unionist
- Biography
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John Joseph Sweeney was an American labor leader who served as president of the AFL–CIO from 1995 to 2009.
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Steve Burtt Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Steven Dwayne Burtt Jr. is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player.
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Eileen Ivers
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- fiddler
- Biography
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Eileen Ivers is an American fiddler.
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Damon Bruce
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Damon Matthew Bruce is an American sports radio host who hosted the Damon and Ratto (with Ray Ratto) on KGMZ-FM "95.7 the Game" in San Francisco, California. The Duo was replaced in a station shuffle in March 2023.
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A. J. English
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Albert Jay "A. J." English III is an American professional basketball player for Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Iona Gaels.
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Mindaugas Timinskas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Mindaugas Timinskas is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach. He represented the Lithuania national team.
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Leonard Korir
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Leonard Essau Korir is an American long-distance runner who competes over distances from 5000 meters to the marathon. He is a two-time NCAA champion, winning an indoor 5000 m title and outdoor 10,000 meters title in 2011 for the Iona Gaels. He gained United States citizenship and began competing for his adoptive nation in 2016.
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Tariq Kirksay
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tariq Kinte Kirksay is a French American former professional basketball player. He was born in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up.
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Jo Anne Simon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jo Anne Simon is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 52nd District. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Boerum Hill and DUMBO in Brooklyn. She was a candidate for Congress in New York's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in 2022.
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Terry Finn
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Teresa Jo Ann Bernadette "Terry" Finn is an American actress best known for creating the role of Gussie Carnegie in the original Broadway cast of the Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince/George Furth musical comedy Merrily We Roll Along and its Original Cast Album.
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Kevin Sullivan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Sullivan was the White House Communications Director, also known as the Assistant to the President for Communications, from July 24, 2006, until January 20, 2009. From April 2005 to July 2006 he was the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach at the United States Department of Education.
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Sharon F. Terry
- Biography
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Sharon F. Terry is an American health advocate in San Diego, California. She co-founded PXE International when her children were diagnosed with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) in 1994. Her TEDMED talk from 2017 has been viewed more than a million times, and was the subject of the TED Radio Hour. In 2009, she was elected an Ashoka Fellow for her entrepreneurial work in engagement and the development of interventions for genetic conditions.
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Warren Isaac
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Joseph Warren Isaac, commonly known as Warren Isaac in the United States and Joe Isaac in Italy, is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He had a standout college career at Iona before playing and coaching professionally in Italy.
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Kate Avery
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Kate Avery is a British long-distance runner. She competes in track and road competitions but specialises in cross country running. She was twice silver medallist at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships and 2015, and also a gold medallist on both occasions as part of the Great Britain women's senior team. She became the first British woman to win the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 2014, running for Iona College.
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Harry Rilling
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harry W. Rilling is an American politician who previously served as mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut. He had previously served as Norwalk's police chief for 17 years before retiring. He is a Democrat, and was elected in 2013. Rilling defeated incumbent mayor Richard A. Moccia. On March 3, 2025, Rilling announced that he would not be seeking re-election and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Barbara Smyth.
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Michael Benedetto
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Benedetto is a Member of the New York State Assembly representing the 82nd Assembly District, which covers the Co-op City, Throggs Neck, Westchester Square, City Island, Country Club, and Pelham Bay sections of the East Bronx. After a 35-year teaching career at the elementary and secondary school level, he was first elected to the State Assembly in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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David Laury
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David Laury III is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Lamar State and Iona before playing professionally in the NBA G League, Puerto Rico and Israel.
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Tajuan Agee
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tajuan Agee is an American professional basketball player for JL Bourg of the LNB Pro A and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for Iona and Tyler Junior College.
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Edward R. Reilly
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edward R. Reilly is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Maryland Senate, appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to represent District 33 after State Senator Janet Greenip resigned. He then ran and was elected in November 2010 to his first full term.
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Rickey McGill
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rickey Isaiah Justin McGill. is an American professional basketball player for Patrioti Levice of Slovak Extraliga (basketball) (SLB). He played college basketball for the Iona Gaels.
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Laura Jackson
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Laura Elaine Jackson is a former professional footballer and coach. Born in England, she played as a midfielder for the Jamaica women's national team.
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Daniel Tobin
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- poetassociation football player
- Biography
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Daniel Tobin is an American poet, scholar, editor, and essayist.
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Stephen Kwelio Chemlany
- Occupations
- marathon runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Stephen Kwelio Chemlany is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:06:24 hours for the event.
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Raymond P. Ayres
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Raymond P. Ayres, Jr. is an American military officer who held the rank of Lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps.
