36 Notable alumni of
Regis University
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Regis University is 1693rd in the world, 586th in North America, and 551st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from Regis 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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Bill Murray
- Occupations
- voice actorcomediantelevision actorautobiographerfilm actor
- Biography
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William James Murray is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. He has received several accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2016.
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John Farley
- Occupations
- television actoractorcomedianfilm actor
- Biography
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John Patrick Farley is an American actor and comedian. He is the youngest brother of actor and comedian Chris Farley.
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Josephine Siao
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterfilm actorpsychologistfilm director
- Biography
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Josephine Siao Fong-fong MBE is a Hong Kong film star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including Best Actress at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival (for Summer Snow). Since retiring from show business (partly due to her increasing deafness), she has become a writer and a psychologist, known for her work against child abuse.
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Michael Erik Kurilla
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Michael Erik Kurilla is a retired United States Army general who served as the 15th commander of United States Central Command from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps from 2019 to 2022 and before that as the chief of staff of Central Command from 2018 to 2019.
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Gil Cisneros
- Enrolled in Regis University
- In 2002 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- civil servantnaval officerphilanthropistpolitician
- Biography
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Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. is an American politician and former naval officer serving as the U.S. representative for California's 31st congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in the Biden administration and was the U.S. representative for California's 39th congressional district from 2019 to 2021.
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Anne Hearst
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- socialitephilanthropist
- Biography
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Anne Randolph Hearst is an American socialite, philanthropist, and publishing heiress of the wealthy Hearst family. Hearst is a contributing editor of Town & Country magazine.
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Campbell Brown
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
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Alma Dale Campbell Brown is an American who was head of global media partnerships at Meta and a former television news reporter and anchorwoman. She was a co-anchor of the NBC news program Weekend Today from 2003 to 2007, and hosted the prime time news program Campbell Brown on CNN from 2008 to 2010. Brown won an Emmy Award as part of the NBC team reporting on Hurricane Katrina. She is a senior advisor to Tollbit, a website services provider.
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Edwin Feulner
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Edwin John Feulner Jr. was an American political scientist, think tank executive, congressional aide and foreign relations consultant who was co-founder of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in 1973. He served as the Heritage Foundation's president from 1977 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018.
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Yadira Caraveo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yadira D. Caraveo is an American politician and pediatrician who served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 8th congressional district from 2023 to 2025. A Democrat, she was Colorado's first Latina member of Congress.
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Dianne Primavera
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dianne I. Primavera is an American politician who has been the 50th lieutenant governor of Colorado since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the Colorado State Representative for the 33rd district from 2007 to 2011, and again from 2013 to 2017. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis selected Primavera as his running mate, in the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election.
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Jim Daly
- Occupations
- evangelist
- Biography
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Jim Daly is the head of Focus on the Family, an international Christian communications ministry based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He succeeded founder James Dobson in 2005.
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Nick Plott
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Nicolas Plott, known by his alias Tasteless, is an American esports commentator. He moved to Seoul, Korea in 2007 to give commentary to esports competitions. He has provided commentary for multiple Starcraft and Starcraft 2 tournaments. Together with Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski, he has provided commentary for Global StarCraft II League, and currently provides commentary for SOOP StarLeague games.
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Steven Brault
- Occupations
- professional baseball player
- Biography
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Steven Joseph Brault is an American MLB broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates and a former professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs.
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Joseph Montoya
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Manuel Montoya was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1964) and as a U.S. senator from New Mexico (1964–1977).
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Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. An oil industry executive and political figure in Tulsa, Bartlett was the Republican nominee for mayor of Tulsa in the 2009 election, and was elected as Tulsa's 39th mayor on November 10, 2009. He was re-elected in 2013, but was defeated in his second reelection bid in 2016.
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Matthew Donovan
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
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Matthew P. Donovan is a United States Air Force veteran and government official who served as the United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from March 23, 2020 to January 20, 2021. He also served as United States Under Secretary of the Air Force from August 3, 2017 to December 27, 2019. He had simultaneously served as the Acting United States Secretary of the Air Force from June 1, 2019 to October 18, 2019. Donovan previously served as majority policy director for the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. Donovan served 31 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel. His service included tours as commander of the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School and of the 95th Fighter Squadron.
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Shelley Thompson
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Shelley Ann Thompson is a German football striker. Between 2001 and 2013, she played for several Bundesliga teams, Atlanta Beat (WPS) and Regis University Rangers (Denver, Colorado), and has scored 1 goal in 2 caps for the German national team. She is of South African and Zimbabwean descent.
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Charles F. Brannan
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Franklin Brannan was the United States secretary of agriculture from 1948 to 1953. He was a liberal Democrat best known for proposing the "Brannan Plan", which was rejected by a conservative Congress and never took effect. Brannan was the last surviving member of Harry S. Truman's cabinet.
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Jane E. Norton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jane Ellen Norton is an American politician who was the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 election. She lost the nomination to Weld County District Attorney and Tea Party favorite Ken Buck. While in office, Norton was notable for leading a successful effort to outlaw gay marriage in Colorado.
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Stephen L.R. McNichols
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Colorado from 1957 to 1963.
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Rice W. Means
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Rice William Means was an American soldier, lawyer, and Ku Klux Klan leader. For three years, he was a Republican United States senator from Colorado - serving the remainder of his predecessor's term. He was defeated in the 1928 Republican primary by Charles W. Waterman on a wave of anti-KIan sentiment in the state.
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Jillian Balow
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jillian Balow is an American politician who was appointed as the Virginia superintendent of public instruction in January 2022. She resigned from the position in March 2023. From 2014 to January 2022, she was the Wyoming superintendent of public instruction.
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Tim Neville
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tim Neville is a former Republican member of the Colorado Senate from the 16th district. Neville was known for his hardline conservative stances on social issues, education and gun legislation.
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Rachel Zenzinger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rachel Zenzinger is an American politician from the state of Colorado. A Democrat, Zenzinger is the Jefferson County Commissioner for District 1. She has also represented the 19th district of the Colorado Senate from 2017 to 2025, previously representing the same seat from her appointment in 2013 until 2015. Before that, Zenzinger served on the Arvada City Council.
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Christian Rex van Minnen
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- ceramicistpainterillustrator
- Biography
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Christian Rex van Minnen is an American contemporary artist known for his distinctive and surrealistic style. Born in 1980 in Providence, Rhode Island, van Minnen grew up in Colorado and developed a passion for art from an early age. He pursued his interest in painting and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Regis University in 2002. Van Minnen began his professional painting career around 2005–2006, initially working on smaller scales and creating personal pieces. As his career progressed, he transitioned to larger scales, evolving his technique and balancing complexity with composition. Notably, van Minnen has embraced the internet as a platform for showcasing and sharing his work, bypassing traditional art scene barriers. His artwork often features vividly rendered, fantastical subjects that elicit both attraction and repulsion, exploring themes of life, absurdity, and power. While his work has drawn comparisons to historical art movements and artists, van Minnen's unique approach to color, form, and subject matter has earned him recognition as a leading figure in the realm of contemporary art.
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Michael T. Reynolds
- Biography
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Michael T. Reynolds is a career parks administrator who served as an acting director of the United States National Park Service in the first Trump administration.
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Ken Summers
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Kenneth Guy Summers is a retired Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Summers represented House District 22, including southern Lakewood, Colorado and portions of Jefferson County from 2006 to 2012.
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Mary Romero
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Mary Romero is an American sociologist. She is Professor of Justice Studies and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University, with affiliations in African and African American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and Asian Pacific American Studies. Before her arrival at ASU in 1995, she taught at University of Oregon, San Francisco State University, and University of Wisconsin–Parkside. Professor Romero holds a bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in Spanish from Regis College in Denver, Colorado. She holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2019, she served as the 110th President of the American Sociological Association.
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John Morse
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John P. Morse is an American former politician who was a state senator in the Colorado Senate from 2007 to 2013, serving as president of the senate in 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Morse represented Senate District 11, which encompassed at the time Manitou Springs, Colorado, and eastern Colorado Springs.
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Tom White
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tom White is a former member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from Omaha, Nebraska. He represented the 8th District, which consists of the Benson and Dundee neighborhoods in Omaha.
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Ebenezer Norman
- Occupations
- writerhuman rights defender
- Biography
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Ebenezer Norman is a Liberian philanthropist, humanitarian, public speaker, and founder of the education non-profit A New Dimension of Hope. He is involved in humanitarian efforts in Liberia and throughout West Africa, notably for efforts to build schools in attenuated or war-torn communities after the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003 and the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia in 2015.
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John Joseph Cavanaugh III
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Joseph Cavanaugh III is an American politician and lawyer from Nebraska. First elected to the Nebraska Legislature from 1977 until 1981, he served in the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district. Since the death of Brad Ashford in 2022, Cavanaugh is the only living Democrat in the state to have been elected to the House of Representatives.
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Kevin Lofton
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Lofton is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the University of Nebraska at Kearney men's basketball team. Lofton was named the Lopers’ head coach on March 24, 2015, after spending the previous 10 seasons as co-head coach alongside longtime UNK coach Tom Kropp. Lofton has coached at UNK since 1995, getting his start as a graduate assistant. In his first year as UNK's head coach, he led the Lopers to their first NCAA Tournament in nine years.
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Andrea Booher
- Occupations
- film producerphotographerphotojournalist
- Biography
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Andrea Booher is a Colorado-based photographer, filmmaker, and photojournalist best known for her photographs of the World Trade Center site.
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Lola Spradley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lola Spradley is an American politician from Colorado. She served as Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005, the first woman elected to the position.
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Banny deBrum
- Years
- 1956-2011 (aged 55)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Banny deBrum was the ambassador of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United States until his death in March 2011.
