List of Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni

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

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Arts and literature

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Dennis Crosby	1952	Singer and actor	[1]
Phillip Crosby	1952	Singer and actor	[1]
Frank Bergon	1961	Writer	[2]
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"	[3]
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	[4]
Gregg Hurwitz	1991	Author
Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton)	1986	Musician	[5]
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	[8]
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	[7]
Jim Small	1955	MLB (1955–1958)
Stephen Schott	1957	former owner of Oakland Athletics	[9]
Billy Connors	1959	MLB pitcher and coach
Bob Gallagher	1962	MLB (1972–1975)
Terry Shea	1964	Head Coach Virginia Armada	[10][11]
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	[12]
Justin Baughman	1992	MLB second baseman
Pat Burrell	1994	MLB outfielder
Kevin Frandsen	2000	MLB player, San Francisco Giants (2006–2015)	[13]
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	[14]
Eric Thames	2004	MLB player (2011–2012, 2017–2020)	[15]
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 (2014–2018)
Michael Clay	2009	Special teams Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles	[16]
Marc Pelosi	2012	MLS soccer player, San Jose Earthquakes (2015–2017)	[17]
Mitchell Harrison White	2013	MLB pitcher
Austin Ajiake	2018	Linebacker, Indianapolis Colts

Business

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
John A. Sobrato	1957	Real Estate Developer	[9]
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	[18]
Robert Ballecer	1992	Jesuit priest and podcaster	[19]

Law

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
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	[20]
Tony West	1983	17th United States Associate Attorney General and current chief legal officer of Uber	[21][22][23]
John B. Owens	1989	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge	[24]
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	[25]

Politicians

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
A. P. Hamann	1926	City Manager of San Jose (1950–1969)
Tom McEnery	1963	61st Mayor of San Jose	[26]
John Vasconcellos	1950	California State Senator	[9]
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	[27]
Sam Liccardo	1987	65th Mayor of San Jose	[28]
Ralph Alvarado	1988	Kentucky State Senator
Joey Manahan	1989	Hawaii State Representative and Honolulu City Councilman	[29]
Dominic Caserta	1993	Former Santa Clara City Councilmember
Matt Mahan	2001	66th Mayor of San Jose	[30]
Lucas Ramirez	2007	Mayor of Mountain View, California	[31]

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