# List of Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni

This list includes notable graduates of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California.

## Arts and literature

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Dennis Crosby | 1952 | Singer and actor |
| Phillip Crosby | 1952 | Singer and actor |
| Frank Bergon | 1961 | Writer |
| Michael Zagaris | 1963 | Sports Photographer |
| Eugene Jarvis | 1972 | Video Game and Pinball Programmer |
| Frank C. Girardot | 1973 | Author "Name Dropper: Investigating the Clark Rockefeller Mystery" |
| Carmine Gallo | 1983 | Author and speaker |
| Kelly Grovier | 1987 | Poet and literary critic |
| Stephen Mirrione | 1987 | Film Editor Traffic |
| Viet Thanh Nguyen | 1988 | 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction for his novel The Sympathizer |
| Gregg Hurwitz | 1991 | Author |
| Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) | 1986 | Musician |
| Darren Korb | 2000 | Composer and songwriter |
| Sunkrish Bala | 2002 | Actor |
| Jose Moreno Brooks | 2003 | Actor |
| Alex Brightman | 2005 | Actor |

## Athletes

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Marv Owen | 1924 | Major League Baseball (MLB) (1931–1940) | [6] [7] |
| Nello Falaschi | 1931 | played for NFL's New York Giants | |
| John W. Gallivan | 1933 | publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune, 1960–1984 | |
| Leo Righetti | 1944 | baseball player | |
| Conn Findlay | 1944 | holds four Olympic medals, three in rowing (1956 gold, 1960 bronze, 1964 gold) and one in sailing (1976 bronze) | |
| Wayne Belardi | 1948 | MLB first baseman | |
| Joe Albanese | 1951 | MLB pitcher | |
| Jim Small | 1955 | MLB (1955–1958) | |
| Stephen Schott | 1957 | former owner of Oakland Athletics | |
| Billy Connors | 1959 | MLB pitcher and coach | |
| Bob Gallagher | 1962 | MLB (1972–1975) | |
| Terry Shea | 1964 | Head Coach Virginia Armada | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1967 | NFL quarterback (1971–1981, 1983), Super Bowl XV champion; played in 1975 Pro Bowl | |
| Jim Wilhelm | 1970 | MLB (1978–1979) | |
| Nick Holt | 1981 | defensive coordinator of Purdue Boilermakers, former head coach of Idaho Vandals | |
| Sal Cesario | 1981 | NFL offensive guard | |
| Erik Howard | 1982 | played for NFL's New York Giants, New York Jets | |
| David Diaz-Infante | 1982 | played for NFL's San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Randy Kirk | 1983 | NFL (1987–1999) | |
| Pablo Morales | 1983 | Olympic gold and silver medalist (1979–1983) | |
| Jim Wahler | 1984 | played for NFL's Phoenix Cardinals, Washington Redskins | |
| Greg Gohr | 1985 | MLB (1993–1996) | |
| Troy Buckley | 1986 | Associate head coach, Nevada Mountain West Conference | |
| Ron Caragher | 1985 | NCAA football head coach | |
| Nick Hatzke | 1991 | MLS player (2007–09), Houston Dynamo | |
| Ed Giovanola | 1987 | MLB (1995–1999) | |
| Kyle Krpata | 1988 | Goalkeeper Continental Indoor Soccer League | |
| Kevin McMahon | 1990 | Track & field athlete at 1996 and 2000 Olympics | |
| Justin Baughman | 1992 | MLB second baseman | |
| Pat Burrell | 1994 | MLB outfielder | |
| Kevin Frandsen | 2000 | MLB player, San Francisco Giants (2006–2015) | |
| Craig Bragg | 2000 | National Football League (NFL) wide receiver | |
| Copeland Bryan | 2001 | NFL defensive end | |
| Francis Maka | 2003 | linebacker, San Jose SaberCats of Arena Football League | |
| Eric Thames | 2004 | MLB player (2011–2012, 2017–2020) | |
| Scott Weltz | 2005 | U.S. Olympic Swimmer in 2012 Olympics (200 m Breaststroke) | |
| Tommy Medica | 2006 | MLB (2013–14) | |
| Mark Canha | 2007 | MLB first baseman | |
| Erik Goeddel | 2007 | MLB pitcher, New York Mets (2014–present) | |
| Michael Clay | 2009 | Special teams Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Mitchell Harrison White | 2013 | MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Marc Pelosi | 2015 | MLS soccer player, San Jose Earthquakes (2015–2017) | |

## Business

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| John A. Sobrato | 1957 | Real Estate Developer |
| Helmy Eltoukhy | 1997 | co-founder & CEO of biotech startup companies Avantome and Guardant Health |
| Brian Armstrong | 2001 | Founder and CEO of Coinbase |

## Jesuit priests

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Joseph Fessio | 1958 | Jesuit priest and founder of Ignatius Press | |
| Robert Ballecer | 1992 | Jesuit priest and podcaster | |

## Law

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Thomas C. Lynch | 1922 | District Attorney in San Francisco and as Attorney General of California from (1964–1971) |
| Ming Chin | 1960 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California |
| Tony West | 1983 | 17th United States Associate Attorney General and current chief legal officer of Uber |
| John B. Owens | 1989 | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge |
| Jeremy Avila | 2004 | Chief Counsel at California Department of Aging |

## Military

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Scott McKean | 1986 | Lieutenant general in the United States Army,deputy commanding general for Army Futures Command. Previously Chief of Staff for United States Central Command | |

## Politicians

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| A. P. Hamann | 1926 | City Manager of San Jose (1950–1969) |
| Tom McEnery | 1963 | 61st Mayor of San Jose |
| John Vasconcellos | 1950 | California State Senator |
| Jim Beall | 1970 | California State Senator |
| Mark Boitano | 1971 | New Mexico State Senator (1997–2015) |
| Dave Cortese | 1975 | California State Senator and former Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors member |
| Sam Liccardo | 1987 | 65th Mayor of San Jose |
| Ralph Alvarado | 1988 | Kentucky State Senator |
| Joey Manahan | 1989 | Hawaii State Representative and Honolulu City Councilman |
| Dominic Caserta | 1993 | Former Santa Clara City Councilmember |
| Matt Mahan | 2001 | 66th Mayor of San Jose |
| Lucas Ramirez | 2007 | Mayor of Mountain View, California |

## Scientists

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Jorge Klor de Alva | 1966 | Anthropologist and author | |
| Brian Swimme | 1972 | Cosmologist | |

## Miscellaneous notability

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Brooke Hart | 1929 | Kidnapping and murder victim, member of Hart family | |