11 Notable alumni of
Mercy College
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Mercy College is 1981st in the world, 687th in North America, and 647th 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
- patron of the artsentrepreneurchief executive officercomputer scientistphilanthropist
- Biography
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded the social media service Facebook, along with his Harvard roommates in 2004, and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is executive chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholder.
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Gabourey Sidibe
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious, a role that earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film roles include Tower Heist (2011), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), Grimsby (2016), and Antebellum (2020).
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Jamaal Bowman
- Enrolled in Mercy College
- Graduated with Master of Arts in counseling
- Occupations
- politicianhead teacherplayer of American football
- Biography
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Jamaal Anthony Bowman is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2021. The district covers the southern half of Westchester County, including Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Bowman's hometown of Yonkers, as well as a small portion of the Bronx.
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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
- political adviserentrepreneur
- Biography
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Donald Mcintosh Kendall was an American businessman and political adviser. He served as CEO of Pepsi Cola (which merged with Herman Lay's Frito Lay, Inc. to become PepsiCo in 1965) and as CEO of PepsiCo from 1971 to 1986.
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Wesley Walker
- Occupations
- player of American footballteacher
- 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
- politician
- 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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Olivia Peguero
- Occupations
- paintersculptorbotanical 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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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 in 1996. After retiring from playing, he entered coaching and previously served as the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins. He is currently the bullpen coach for the San Francisco Giants.
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Leopoldo Minaya
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- 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.
