14 Notable alumni of
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is 2650th in the world, 921st in North America, and 870th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 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 Shalhoub
- Occupations
- film actordub actortelevision actorstage actorfilm director
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Anthony Marc Shalhoub is an American actor. His breakout role was as Antonio Scarpacci on the sitcom Wings from 1991 to 1997. He later starred as Adrian Monk in the USA Network series Monk from 2002 to 2009, winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. For his supporting role as Abe Weissman on Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Tony Bennett
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Anthony Guy Bennett is an American former professional basketball player and college basketball coach. From 2009 to 2024, he was the head coach of the University of Virginia men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2019. Bennett is a three-time recipient of the Henry Iba Award, two-time Naismith College Coach of the Year, and two-time AP Coach of the Year. He is one of three coaches in history (with Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski) to lead his program to 10 or more consecutive winning ACC records—retiring with a streak of 13—and is one of three coaches (also with Smith and Krzyzewski) to be named ACC Coach of the Year four or more times. He coached 500 games at Virginia, winning 364 (72.8%) of them, edging out Pop Lannigan (72.7%) to hold Virginia's highest winning percentage in school history; he also holds that record at Washington State (winning 67.6%). He is the all-time wins leader at Virginia and holds or shares the single-season wins record at both UVA and WSU. He led the Virginia program to two of its three ACC Tournament championships and one of its three Final Four appearances.
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Keifer Sykes
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Keifer Jerail Sykes is an American professional basketball player for Openjobmetis Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Sykes is featured in the 2018 documentary film Chi-Town, produced and directed by Nick Budabin, following his path from high school to his brush with the NBA.
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Tosaint Ricketts
- Occupations
- association football playerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Tosaint Antony Ricketts is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
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Kerem Kanter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kerem Kanter is a Turkish professional basketball who plays for Avtodor of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for Wisconsin–Green Bay and the Xavier Musketeers. Kanter is the younger brother of NBA player Enes Freedom.
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Jeff Nordgaard
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Jeff Wallace Nordgaard is an American-born naturalized Polish former professional basketball player.
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Rahmon Fletcher
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rahmon L. D. Fletcher is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Manchester Giants of the British Basketball League (BBL). Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, he competed with Green Bay at the college level. Since then, Fletcher has played with multiple teams in Europe, winning the BBL Most Valuable Player Award twice with the Newcastle Eagles.
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Robert Cowles
- Occupations
- politician
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Robert Lewis Cowles III is a retired American Republican politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He served 38 years as a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district from 1987 to 2025. Before being elected to the Senate, he served four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1983–1987).
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Jordan Dover
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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William Emmanuel Jordan Dover is a footballer who plays as a defender. Born in Canada, he represents Guyana internationally.
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Shae Sortwell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shae A. Sortwell is an American truck driver and Republican politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 2nd Assembly district since 2019. He previously served on the Green Bay city council and the town board of Gibson, Wisconsin.
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Carrington Love
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Carrington Love is an American professional basketball player who last played for British Basketball League (BBL) club Leicester Riders. Love played college basketball for Green Bay from 2012 until 2016.
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Javier Mendiburu
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Francisco Javier Mendiburu Urgell is a Spanish basketball player, playing the point guard or the shooting guard position.
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Nick Mortensen
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- comedian
- Biography
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Nicholas Jay Mortensen is an American comedian and motivational speaker.
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Dave Hansen
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
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Dave Hansen is an American Democratic politician and former state legislator. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 2001 through 2021, representing the 30th senatorial district.
