22 Notable alumni of
Sacred Heart University
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Sacred Heart University is 2047th in the world, 711th in North America, and 671st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Sacred Heart 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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John Ratzenberger
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision directorscreenwritervoice actor
- Biography
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John Dezso Ratzenberger is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Cliff Clavin on the comedy series Cheers, for which he earned two Primetime Emmy nominations. Ratzenberger also played a role in the short-lived spin-off The Tortellis and in an episode of Wings, which was made by the same creators. He has voiced various characters in every single Pixar feature film until Onward (2020), including Hamm in the Toy Story franchise, The Abominable Snowman in the Monsters, Inc. franchise, Mack in the Cars franchise, The Underminer in The Incredibles franchise, and many others.
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Lydia Hearst-Shaw
- Occupations
- television actormodelfilm actorsocialite
- Biography
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Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw is an American fashion model, actress, socialite, and lifestyle blogger. She is a great-granddaughter of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst and a daughter of the author and actress Patty Hearst.
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Kevin Nealon
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Kevin Nealon is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Nealon first gained widespread attention during his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, where he anchored the show's news parody segment Weekend Update. After leaving SNL, he acted in several of the Happy Madison films, played Doug Wilson on the Showtime series Weeds, and provided the voice of the title character, Glenn Martin, on Glenn Martin, DDS.
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Ramón Colón-López
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Ramón Colón-López is a retired senior non-commissioned officer of the United States Air Force and a former pararescueman, and served as the 4th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) from December 13, 2019 to November 3, 2023. In his role as SEAC, Colón-López is the most senior enlisted member of the United States military. In 2007 he was the only Hispanic American among the first six airmen to be awarded the newly created Air Force Combat Action Medal. He served as the Senior Enlisted Leader of United States Africa Command from September 2016 to November 2019.
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Romain Cannone
- Enrolled in Sacred Heart University
- Studied in 2015-2016
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Romain Cannone is a French right-handed épée fencer, 2022 team world champion, 2022 individual world champion, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.
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Romeo Roselli
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Giovanni "Johnny" Roselli is a professional wrestler and actor better known as Romeo Roselli. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment, on its RAW brand, as one half of the tag team "The Heart Throbs".
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Jenna Sanz-Agero
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- singerlawyer
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Jenna Leah Sanz-Agero is the former lead singer of the female rock group Vixen, and a former president of Media 8. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California and served from 2017 to 2019 as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Operations for The H Collective, a motion picture company. Since July 2019 she serves as Director of Business, Legal Affairs and Strategic Knowledge Management at Netflix.
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Zack Short
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Zachary Ryan Short is an American professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers.
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Matt Jones
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Matthew Jones is a Welsh former international footballer. He made his professional debut in the Premier League for Leeds United and played his last professional game for his home town club Llanelli in the Welsh Premier League. He has played centre-midfield for most of his career, though sometimes appeared at right back. He formerly played for Leeds United and Leicester City.
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Justin Danforth
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Justin Danforth is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who can also play as a winger. He currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the ECHL Rookie of the Year in 2018 with the Cincinnati Cyclones.
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Frank J. Shakespeare
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- businesspersondiplomat
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Francis Joseph Shakespeare was an American diplomat, political consultant and media executive. He was the president of CBS before entering public service. He served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and the United States ambassador to the Holy See from 1986 to 1989. He later served as an honorary member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation.
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Jason Foley
- Years
- 1995-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jason Joseph Foley is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021.
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Julius Chestnut
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Julius Chestnut is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Sacred Heart.
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Troy Scribner
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Troy Alex Scribner is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Brian Hamilton
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Brian Hamilton is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Sageworks, a fintech company that was acquired by Accel-KKR in 2018, and founder of the philanthropic organizations "Inmates to Entrepreneurs" and the "Brian Hamilton Foundation." He also stars in the television series Free Enterprise on ABC stations, where he helps people who have been incarcerated start businesses. In 2021, Hamilton invested in LiveSwitch, a Canadian video technology firm, and expanded its operations to North Carolina.
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Michael Pavia
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Pavia is an American businessman who served as the 30th mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.
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Ginny Capicchioni
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United States - Occupations
- lacrosse player
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Ginny Capicchioni is a lacrosse goaltender. She played women's lacrosse at Sacred Heart University. After college she played men's box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, senior Canadian Lacrosse Association, and for Team USA at the 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship.
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Quincy McKnight
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Quincy McKnight is an American professional basketball player who last played for Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Sacred Heart Pioneers and the Seton Hall Pirates. He grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut and attended St. Joseph High School before transferring to The Phelps School. McKnight played two seasons at Sacred Heart, where he was named to the First Team All-Northeast Conference, before transferring to Seton Hall. He was named Honorable Mention All-Big East after leading the team to a share of the league championship during his senior season.
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Mark Nofri
- Occupations
- American football coachhead coach
- Biography
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Mark Nofri is the current head coach of the Sacred Heart Pioneers football team. He became the interim head coach in 2012, and was promoted to full head coach in 2013. He helped lead Sacred Heart to their first ever national ranking, as they were ranked #24 in The Sports Network FCS Poll on October 20, 2014.
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Drew Denbaum
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directortheatrical directorscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Drew Denbaum is an American writer, actor, director, and educator, with credits in theater, film, and television.
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Teresa López
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Teresa López is an artist, graphic designer and art professor. She was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico and lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. López was the creator, graphic designer and director of Orificio, an independent art publication for contemporary Puerto Rican art. Orificio showcased the work of established and emerging contemporary artists in Puerto Rico and also functioned as an exhibition space.
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Jarrid Frye
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Jarrid Jamel Frye is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Stjarnan of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. He attended Martin Luther High School and played college basketball at Sacred Heart University. Since retiring, Frye has taught Geometry at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Florida
