19 Notable alumni of
Regent University
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Regent University is 2125th in the world, 723rd in North America, and 679th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Regent 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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Tony Hale
- Occupations
- television actorcomedianvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Tony Hale is an American actor and comedian. He had a leading role in the Fox series Arrested Development as Buster Bluth, from 2003 to 2019 and was Gary Walsh on the HBO series Veep from 2012 to 2019. For the latter, Hale won the 2013 and 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Jay Sekulow
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jay Alan Sekulow is an American lawyer, radio, television talk show host and politically conservative media personality. He has been chief counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) since 1991. As a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, he served as lead outside counsel for Trump's first impeachment trial in the United States Senate.
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Winsome Sears
- Occupations
- politicianelectrician
- Biography
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Winsome Earle-Sears is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2022 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she was Virginia's first female lieutenant governor and the first woman of color elected statewide in the commonwealth.
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Bob McDonnell
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Francis McDonnell is an American politician, academic administrator, and former military officer who served as the 71st governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 44th attorney general of Virginia and in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Jordan Sekulow
- Occupations
- lawyerradio personality
- Biography
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Jordan Sekulow is an American lawyer, radio talk show host, former Washington Post blogger, political consultant, and author. A veteran of three presidential campaigns, Sekulow is the executive director at the American Center for Law & Justice, a conservative international public interest law firm and watchdog group founded by his father, Jay Sekulow.
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Daniel Kelly
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Kelly is an American attorney and former judge who served as a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice from August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2020.
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Charles Martin
- Occupations
- docentpoetwritertranslatornovelist
- Biography
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Charles Martin is an author from the Southern United States. Martin earned his B.A. in English from Florida State University and went on to receive an M.A. in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife and three sons.
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Sharon Weston Broome
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Sharon Weston Broome is an American politician who served as mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana between 2017 and 2025. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
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Nicole Johnson
- Occupations
- spokespersonbeauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Nicole Johnson is an American beauty queen, author, public health professional and activist. Crowned Miss America 1999 and Miss Virginia 1998, she became the first Miss America with diabetes and the first contestant to publicize the use of an insulin pump. She now advocates for diabetes research, treatment, and education, having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1993.
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Richard Corcoran
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Michael Corcoran is an American attorney, education administrator, and former politician. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives for two districts, he represented the 45th district from 2010 to 2012 and the 37th district from 2012 to 2018. He served as the one hundredth speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He served as the 27th education commissioner of Florida from 2019 to 2022. He has served as president of New College of Florida since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Scott Rigell
- Enrolled in Regent University
- In 1990 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Edward Scott Rigell is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2017. He declined to run for re-election in 2016, and he left office in January 2017. Rigell is the last representative from this district who did not serve in the United States Navy.
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Bobby Dyer
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert M. Dyer is an American politician serving as the mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia since 2018. A Republican, he served as a member of the city council for 14 years prior to his election as mayor. Dyer has also been a physical therapist for over 40 years and a professor of government at his alma mater, Regent University. He won the November 2018 election for mayor despite being outraised by his opponent Ben Davenport nearly 5 to 1.
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Tom Thompson
- Occupations
- motivational speakerAmerican football playerwriter
- Biography
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Emmet C. "Tom" Thompson II is an American former college football player who was a member of the football team at Austin College in Sherman, Texas during the 2009 NCAA Division III football season. In 2011, he earned a graduate degree from Austin College. He has been the kicking coach for the football team at Austin College since the 2010 season.
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Gordon Klingenschmitt
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United States - Occupations
- military chaplainpolitician
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Gordon James Klingenschmitt is an American religious figure, former chaplain in the US Navy, and former politician.
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Tom Kmiec
- Occupations
- researcherresearch administratorpolitical attachépolitician
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Tomasz Kmiec MP is a Polish-Canadian politician who has served as the deputy speaker of the House of Commons since 2025 and has been the Member of Parliament for Calgary Shepard in the House of Commons of Canada under the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2015.
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Peter M. McCoy Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Peter Michael McCoy Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina from 2020 to 2021. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2020.
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Leroy Gilbert
- Enrolled in Regent University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- military officerChristian minister
- Biography
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Leroy Gilbert is a former officer in the United States Navy and Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard.
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Zach Whiting
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zach Whiting is an American politician and policy analyst. A Republican, he served in the Iowa Senate from 2019–2021 before resigning to take a job at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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Allan Day
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Allan E. Day is a retired United States Air Force major general who recently served as the director of logistics operations of the Defense Logistics Agency. Previously, he was the director of logistics, civil engineering, force protection, and nuclear integration of the Air Force Materiel Command.
