11 Notable alumni of
Mercy College
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Mercy College is 2111th in the world, 719th in North America, and 675th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Mercy 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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Mark Zuckerberg
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneurpatron of the artsprogrammerphilanthropist
- Biography
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman and programmer who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms. He serves as its chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and controlling shareholder.
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Gabourey Sidibe
- Occupations
- film directortelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress. She is known for starring in the drama film Precious (2009), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the eighth black actress to be nominated in that category. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.
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Jamaal Bowman
- Enrolled in Mercy College
- Graduated with Master of Arts in counseling
- Occupations
- American football playerhead teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Jamaal Anthony Bowman is an American politician and former educator who served from 2021 to 2025 as the United States representative for New York's 16th congressional district.
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Mookie Wilson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach who played for the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays over 12 major league seasons. He is best remembered as the Met who hit the ground ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six of the 1986 World Series.
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Donald M. Kendall
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpolitical adviser
- Biography
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Donald Mcintosh Kendall was an American businessman and political adviser. He was CEO of Pepsi Cola (which merged with Herman Lay's Frito Lay, Inc. to become PepsiCo in 1965), and CEO of PepsiCo from 1971 to 1986. Kendall died on September 19th, 2020 at 99 years old.
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Wesley Walker
- Occupations
- teacherAmerican football player
- Biography
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Wesley Darcel Walker is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 1977 to 1989.
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Robert Cornegy
- Occupations
- basketball playerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert E. Cornegy Jr. is an American politician. He is a former New York City Council Member for the 36th district, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
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Stan Jefferson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stanley Jefferson is an American former center and left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 1991.
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Garvin Alston
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Garvin James Alston Sr. is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Wei Chuan Dragons. After retiring from playing, he entered coaching and previously served as the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins. He most recently served as the bullpen coach for the San Francisco Giants.
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Olivia Peguero
- Occupations
- sculptorpainterbotanical illustrator
- Biography
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Olivia Peguero is a Dominican and American contemporary landscape and botanical painter and sculptor. Painting most of the year in the Dominican Republic and Florida, she is known for producing all of her studies and the majority of her finished pieces en plein air. Unlike many other Dominican artists, her works are created in oil paint, using a more traditional European-style, many times depicting life as birth, existence and death within her flowers. Two common themes present in Peguero art are the conservation of old growth Dominican forests and pride in Dominican heritage.
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Leopoldo Minaya
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Leopoldo Minaya is a Dominican-American poet. He is a member of the Generation of 1980 literary movement in the Dominican Republic. He won the 2001 Miguel de Cervantes Cultural Association Award. His works have been published by various Spanish and Dominican publications. Minaya has a doctorate in law from the University of Santo Domingo and took graduate studies in urban education at Mercy College in the United States. Minaya is also a member of the Writers' International Society.
