List of Boston University people

This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University.

Notable alumni or attendees[]

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Pulitzer Prize winners[]

• Robert V. Bruce (M.A., Ph.D.), 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History
• Stan Grossfeld (M.S. COM 1980), associate editor, Boston Globe, 1984 Pulitzer Prize
• Joseph Hallinan (B.S. COM 1984), reporter, Wall Street Journal, 1991 Pulitzer Prize
• Kenneth Irby, 1992, 1993, and 1994 Pulitzer Prizes
• Stephen Kurkjian, (B.A. 1966), investigative reporter and editor, The Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1972 and 1980, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003.
• Jhumpa Lahiri (M.A. GRS 1993, M.A. UNI 1995, Ph.D. UNI 1997), 2000 Pulitzer Prize
• Patricia Maldonado, former staff writer, Miami Herald, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
• Sacha Pfeiffer, reporter, Boston Globe, 2003 Pulitzer Prize
• Michael Rezendes, reporter, Boston Globe, 2003 Pulitzer Prize
• , New York Daily News, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award and Peabody Award winner
• Mark Thompson (B.S. COM 1975), senior correspondent, Time Magazine, 1985 Pulitzer Prize
• Don Van Natta Jr. (B.S. COM 1986), correspondent, New York Times, 1993, 1999, and 2002 Pulitzer Prizes
• Joan Vennochi, columnist, Boston Globe, 1980 Pulitzer Prize

Academia[]

• Khansaa Alshiha, academic
• Gleason Archer, Sr. (B.A. 1904, J.D. 1906), founder of Suffolk University and Suffolk University Law School
• J. Brian Atwood (B.A), dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
• Ben Bahan, ASL researcher, storyteller, and educator
• Richard Bohannon (PhD), Physiotherapy researcher
• Jean Briggs (M.A. 1960), anthropologist and expert on Inuit languages^[1]
• David Ciardi, (B.A. 1991), astrophysicist
• Raymond Coppinger, biologist and canine expert
• Ruth Agnes Daly, astrophysicist
• Bogdan A. Dobrescu, scientist at Fermilab
• Jeffrey Docking, president of Adrian College
• William E. Doll Jr., educator and curriculum theorist
• Charles Wesley Emerson (School of Oratory, 1877), founder of Emerson College
• Cynthia Gómez, psychologist known for work in public health, particularly for minority groups.
• Alan L. Gropman, professor of history and grand strategy, author and lecturer
• Gertrude Hunter, doctor and professor of medicine, national director of health services
• Andres Jaramillo-Botero, scientist and professor, working in Computational Chemical Physics
• Theodora J. Kalikow (Ph.D. 1974), former president of the University of Maine at Farmington and the University of Southern Maine
• Philip Kasinitz, presidential professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center
• Michael Katze, University of Washington microbiologist and infectious disease expert.
• Christopher Kukk, professor of Political Science at Western Connecticut State University
• Ted Landsmark, distinguished professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University
• Fred A. Leuchter, famous Holocaust denier
• Ruth Linn, former dean of the University of Haifa, Israel
• Dana Mohler-Faria, president, Bridgewater State College
• Maureen G. Mulvaney, special education teacher and college psychology instructor
• Mwalim (Morgan James Peters), director of Black Studies, associate professor of English, UMass Dartmouth
• Samuel L. Myers Sr., economist, former university president, education adviser and civil rights advocate
• John Nassivera, author, playwright and college professor
• Marie Jean Philip, ASL advocate, pioneer, and researcher
• Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873-1967), graduated in 1896; chair of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at Vanderbilt University from 1921 to 1942.
• Jeanette Marie Sayers, proofreader at the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and a poetry editor for The Furnace
• Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (born 1964), professor of biomedical engineering at BU
• Richard Sugarman (born 1944), Ph.D. from Boston University; professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Vermont; advisor to Bernie Sanders.
• Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Kevin J. Tracey (M.D. 1983), president, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
• Diana Chapman Walsh (M.S., Ph.D.), president, Wellesley College
• Rollin Williams (M.S. 1949), social worker; first African American professor at the University of Connecticut

Business[]

• J Allard, Vice President, Microsoft
• Kamal Bahamdan (B.S. 1994), CEO, Safanad
• , CEO, Domestic Bank
• Norman Barron, Founder,
• Brian Bedol (COM B.A. 1980), Founder of Fusient Media Ventures; Creator of Classic Sports Network (which became ESPN Classic); founder and CEO of CSTV
• Alessandro Benetton (SMG BSB 1988), Chairman of 21 Investimenti S.p. A, and Deputy Chairman of Benetton Group
• Rocco Benetton, Former Chief Executive of the Benetton Formula One team, member of the Benetton Family
• Jan Brandt, Former CMO of AOL and Vice Chair Emeritus of America Online/Time Warner
• Jim Brett, Former CEO, J.Crew
• Jay Cashman, CEO, Jay Cashman, Inc., Boston-area construction mogul
• David K. Colapinto, Esquire, Partner, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, Washington, D.C.
• Allison Davis (television executive), Vice President, CBS Television
• Mickey Drexler (MBA 1968), Chairman and CEO, J. Crew
• Trung Dung, software business executive, founder of Fogbreak Software and On Display
• David Edgerton, Co-Founder of Burger King
• Kenneth Feld (SMG 1970 BSB), CEO, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
• Jerald G. Fishman (MBA), CEO, Analog Devices
• Sara Fitzmaurice, Founder and President of FITZ & CO
• Gerald L. Gitner (B.A., 1966), Former CEO of TWA and Pan American airlines, Co-founder of People Express Airline
• Bonnie Hammer, Chairman, NBCUniversal
• Ted Harbert, President, E! Networks
• Edgar J. Helms, Founder, Goodwill Industries
• Erwin Huang, pioneer in bringing technology to education and social enterprise
• Virginia Hubbell, writer for Lev Gleason Publications, MLJ Comics, and Dell Comics
• Ishrat Husain (PhD), 13th governor of State Bank of Pakistan
• Huh Jae-myung, CEO, Iljin Materials
• Paul Irwin, Former CEO, the Humane Society of the United States
• Shel Israel (COM, no degree), author, entrepreneur and consultant
• Bruce Karatz (B.A. 1967), CEO, KB Home
• Sherman Kwek (born 1975/76), Singaporean businessman
• (born 1978), (B.A. 2000), Co-Founder and CRO of Datanyze and OutboundWorks
• Lee Suk-chae (M.S.), Former CEO, KT Corporation
• Peter J. Levine (B.S.), General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
• Ken Lin (BA), Founder and CEO of Credit Karma
• Luca Maestri (M.S.), CFO of Apple Inc.^[2]
• Mark Manson, self-help author, blogger and entrepreneur
• Jessica McClintock (B.A. 1950), Founder, President, CEO, Jessica McClintock, Inc.
• James McGibney entrepreneur
• James McLamore, Co-founder of Burger King
• Dirk Meyer (MBA 1993), President and COO, Advanced Micro Devices; ACM Maurice Wilkes Award winner for contributions to Alpha and x86 chip designs
• Frederick S. Pardee, Former Researcher at the RAND Corporation, real estate investor, philanthropist
• (MBA), Former Chairman and CEO, Doosan Group
• (MBA), Chairman and CEO, Doosan Group
• Christine Poon (MBA 1983), Former Vice Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
• Shari Redstone (J.D.), Vice Chairman, Viacom and CBS
• Monty Sarhan, CEO, Cracked Entertainment
• Aydin Senkut, Founder & Managing Partner, Felicis Ventures
• Yat Siu, Founder of Animoca Brands
• John F. Smith Jr. (MBA 1965), honorary degree 1993, Former Chairman and CEO of General Motors
• Patrick Spain (LAW J.D. 1979), Founder of Hoover's and HighBeam Research
• Margaret Stumpp, Senior Vice President, Prudential Financial
• Tom Szkutak, CFO Amazon.com
• John Svenson, Co-Founder, The Abbey Group and Part Owner, Boston Celtics
• Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment
• Robert S. Taubman, Chairman, President, and CEO, Taubman Centers
• Gerald Tsai Jr., (CAS, GRS 1949), FOrmer Chairman and CEO, Primerica
• Margaret Wallace (B.S. 1989), CEO and Co-Founder of
• Edward Zander (MBA 1975), Chairman and CEO of Motorola; Former President of Sun Microsystems

Clergy[]

• Martin Luther King Jr. (STH Ph.D. 1955), 1964 Nobel Peace Prize; civil rights Leader
• Andrew Z. Lopatin (B.A. CAS 1987), Orthodox Jewish rabbi
• Walter A. Maier (B.A. 1913), Lutheran theologian, professor at Concordia Seminary, and first speaker of The Lutheran Hour^[3]
• Richard Joseph Malone (Th.D. 1981), Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland from 2004–2012, and current Bishop of Buffalo^[4]
• Mihail Christodoulou Mouskos, Makarios III (no degree, STh 1948), archbishop and primate of the Cypriot Orthodox Church and first and fourth president of the Republic of Cyprus
• Woodie W. White (BST STH 1961), bishop of the United Methodist Church

International government, politics, royalty[]

• Faisal al-Fayez (CAS M.A.), former prime minister of Jordan
• Oscar Arias (attended, no degree), president, Costa Rica; 1987 Nobel Peace Prize
• Milind Deora (SMG BSBA '99), member of India's Parliament
• Keiko Fujimori (SMG BSB 1997), member of Peru's Congress, former first lady of Peru
• Rafic Baha El Deen Al-Hariri; board of trustees 1990–2003, named an associate founder of the university, Doctor of Laws and honorary trustee; Prime minister of Lebanon 1992–1998 and 2000–2004
• Saki Macozoma, anti-apartheid activist, ANC leader, South African businessman
• Margaret Ng (STH Ph.D.), member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council
• Fan S. Noli (Doctoratur), former Prime Minister of Albania, writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church
• Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz, UK Conservative politician and businessman
• Hiroshige Seko (COM M.S. 1992), public relations advisor in the Cabinet of Japan
• Gigi Tsereteli (SPH 2005), Parliament, Georgia
• Rizal Ramli (CAS Ph.D. 1990), Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs, Indonesia
• Mukhriz Mahathir, former Chief Minister of Kedah
• Christopher O'Neill, businessman, husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland^[5]
• Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, (POL M.A 1981), career diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly^[6]

United States government, politics[]

Governors[]

• Lincoln Almond (J.D. 1961), former Governor of Rhode Island^[7]
• John Lewis Bates (CLA A.B. 1882, LAW LL. B. 1885), former Governor of Massachusetts.^[8]
• Albert O. Brown (LL.B. 1884), former Governor of New Hampshire^[9]
• Fred H. Brown (attended LAW 1904/06, no degree), former Governor of New Hampshire, former U.S. Congressman^[10]
• Paul Dever (J.D. 1926), former Governor of Massachusetts^[11]
• Samuel D. Felker (LL.B. 1887), former Governor of New Hampshire^[12]
• Judd Gregg (J.D.), former U.S. Senator, former Governor of New Hampshire^[13]
• Bob McDonnell (MSBA 1980), former Governor of Virginia^[14]
• J. Howard McGrath (J.D. 1929), former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Rhode Island^[15]
• William Russell (LL.B. 1879), former Governor of Massachusetts.^[16]
• David I. Walsh (LL.B. 1897), former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Massachusetts^[17]

United States Senators[]

Senators may have served in other capacities, such as a governor. In such cases, the name is left unlinked, but the description will indicate the location of a linked entry.

• Edward Brooke III (J.D.), first African-American U.S. Senator since Reconstruction (MA), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient^[18]
• William M. Butler (LL.B 1884), former U.S. Senator (MA)^[19]
• William Cohen (LL.B. 1965), former U.S. Secretary of Defense, former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Congressman^[20]
• J. Howard McGrath (J.D. 1929), former U.S. Senator (see Governors)^[21]
• Thomas J. McIntyre (J.D. 1940), former U.S. Senator (NH)^[22]
• Robert Upton (LL.B. 1907), former U.S. Senator (NH)^[23]
• David I. Walsh (LL.B. 1897), former U.S. Senator (see Governors)^[24]

United States House of Representatives[]

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• Joseph E. Casey (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[26]
• Antonio Colorado (BS 1962), Resident Commissioner in US Congress from Puerto Rico^[27]
• Paul W. Cronin, former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[28]
• John Crawford Crosby (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[29]
• Emilio Q. Daddario (law), former U.S. Congressman (CT)^[30]
• Norman D'Amours (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)^[31]
• Brian J. Donnelly (BS 1970), former U.S. Congressman (MA), former US Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago,^[32]
• Charles Douglas III (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)^[33]
• Forrest Goodwin (JD), former U.S. Congressman (ME)^[34]
• Daniel L. D. Granger (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)^[35]
• Arthur Daniel Healey (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA), and U.S. federal judge^[36]
• Louise Day Hicks, former U.S. Congresswoman (MA)^[37]
• John Patrick Higgins (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[38]
• Joe Hoeffel (BS), former U.S. Congressman (PA^[39])
• Barbara Jordan (JD), former U.S. Congresswoman (TX)^[40]
• Charles Joyce (Newbury Seminary, pre-1850), former U.S. Congressman (VT)
• Ambrose Kennedy (JB LAW 1906), former U.S. Congressman (RI)^[41]
• James H. Maloney (JD), former U.S. Congressman (CT)^[42]
• Jim Marshall (JD), U.S. Congressman (GA)^[43]
• Connie Morella, former U.S. Congresswoman (MD), former Maryland State Senator^[44]
• Frank Morse, former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[45]
• Henry F. Naphen (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[46]
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (BA 2011), U.S. Congresswoman (NY)^[47]
• Jeremiah E. O'Connell, former U.S. Congressman (RI)^[48]
• Ernest W. Roberts (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[49]
• James Roosevelt (JD), former six term U.S. Congressman, commander of 2nd Raider Battalion of the Marine Raiders, and son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• Ferdinand St. Germain (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)^[50]
• Charles F. Sprague (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[51]
• Robert Stafford (JD), former U.S. Congressman (VT)^[52]
• Walter Stiness (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI^[53])
• John Andrew Sullivan (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Joseph Walsh (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[54]
• Edward Hills Wason (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)^[55]
• George Williams (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)^[56]

United States executive departments and agencies[]

• William Cohen (J.D.), former U.S. Secretary of Defense, former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Congressman
• Joshua DuBois (B.A. 2003), head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Barack Obama.
• Colleen Graffy, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State (P.R.)
• James Franklin Jeffrey (MBA), ambassador, U.S. Department of State
• Gary Locke (J.D. 1975), former U.S. Ambassador to China, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Governor of Washington (see Governors)
• Louis Wade Sullivan (MED), former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Other[]

• Peter W. Agnes Jr., associate justice of Massachusetts Appeals Court
• Keith B. Alexander (MBA), director, National Security Agency
• Armand Arabian, retired justice, California Supreme Court
• Polly W. Beal, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Pat Brown (MBA 2007), author, criminal profiler, TV commentator
• Shoshana S. Chatfield (BA 1987) United States Navy Admiral
• Martha Coakley (JD), former Massachusetts Attorney General
• John Couris, president and chief executive officer of Jupiter Medical Center
• Carmen Yulín Cruz (BA 1984 in Political Science, Honorary LLD 2018), member of the 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (2009–2013); Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013–2021)^[57][58]
• Irving Fishman, Massachusetts legislator and lawyer
• Michael F. Flaherty (JD), president, Boston City Council
• Keith Francis (runner) (MA), Senior Intelligence Analyst, ATF, World-class track athlete
• Elizabeth Meyer Glaser (SED 1970), child advocate, AIDS activist and co-founder of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States (1993–2001)
• Don Gorton (CAS B.A. 1982), commissioner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board
• Russell Holmes, Massachusetts State Representative (6th Suffolk)
• Mercy B. Jackson, one of the first women to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree
• Stephen Douglas Johnson (LLM 1989), U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit 1995–98; White House Senior Advisor for the Office of Federal Housing Oversight 2000–03
• Takeo Kikuchi (LLB LAW 1877), one of the first Japanese to study law in the US, founder and second president of Tokyo's Chuo University
• Rikki Klieman (JD LAW 1975), attorney, TV personality, Court TV
• Benjamin LaGuer (MET B.L.S. magna cum laude, 1997), Massachusetts inmate who fought a conviction for more than two decades
• I Michael Leitman, (BS 1981, MD 1985), surgeon and Dean for Graduate Medical Education at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Zsolt Limperger, Hungarian football player
• Barry Locke, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
• Ida Lorentzen, American-born Norwegian artist
• Joan M. Menard, Massachusetts State Senator
• Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (JD), political consultant
• David Mulford (MA GRS 1962), U.S. Ambassador to India
• Shannon O'Brien (JD), former Massachusetts State Treasurer
• Barbara Pariente (COM '70), Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (Authored the Terri Schiavo decision)
• Wilma Pastrana, First Lady of Puerto Rico since 2013
• Mark Regev (MS MET 1998), spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister
• Robert Reimann, retired U.S. Navy rear admiral
• Anna Howard Shaw (STH 1878, MED 1886), president, Nat'l Women's Suffrage Assn (1904–1915), first woman awarded Distinguished Service Medal
• Martha Ware, Massachusetts jurist and politician
• Sumner Whittier, former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts
• Frank J. Williams, chief justice, Rhode Island Superior Court
• John Milton Younge, Pennsylvania judge

Philippine government, politics[]

Philippine Senator[]

• Win Gatchalian,^[59] incumbent Filipino lawmaker, Senate of the Philippines^[60] (Bachelor of Science Major in Finance and Operations Management, 1995), businessman, former Valenzuela City first district representative (2001 to 2004 and 2013 to 2016), former Valenzuela City mayor (2004 to 2013)

Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture[]

• Ida Nariman Dating Dylan O'Brien - Went viral on TikTok one time. @LeoneYou- BFFs with Taylor Swift
• Samuel Adler, composer
• Uzo Aduba, Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress for the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
• Aesop Rock (born Ian Bavitz) (BFA 1998), hip hop musician
• Jason Alexander (attended SFA 3 years, Hon. 1995), Tony Award-winning actor and Seinfeld character George Costanza
• Fred Allen (attended summer session), entertainer
• Tala Ashe (BFA), actress, Zari Tomaz on Legends of Tomorrow
• Howard Ashman (briefly attended), playwright (Little Shop of Horrors), Tony Award-nominated lyricist (Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid)
• Abhishek Bachchan (CAS 1997, no degree), award-winning Indian actor; husband of actress Aishwarya Rai
• Joan Baez (CFA 1962, no degree), folk singer
• Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Tobin Bell (BA), actor best known for Saw movies
• Carolyn Bessette, socialite, publicist
• Craig Bierko (BA), actor
• James Billings (CFA 1957 MM), operatic baritone, opera librettist, and opera director
• Ed Bishop, actor, Fulbright Scholar (deceased)
• Nicole Blackman, artist, poet, author, vocalist, Goth icon
• Verna Bloom (BFA 1959), actress, Medium Cool and National Lampoon's Animal House^[61]
• Jensen Buchanan, Emmy Award-nominated actress
• Calvin Burnett (MFA 1960), artist
• Raúl Castillo (CFA 1999), Actor best known for his role of Richie Donado Ventura on the HBO series Looking.
• John Cazale, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, best known for role as "Fredo" in The Godfather
• Michael Chiklis, Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
• Andy Cohen, Bravo TV executive and host
• Alexandra Cooper, radio personality, Host of "Call Her Daddy" podcast
• Casey Cott, actor, Kevin Keller on Riverdale, did not graduate
• Alexis Cruz, actor
• Olivia Culpo, Miss USA 2012 from Rhode Island, Miss Universe 2012
• David Daniels – conductor and author
• Geena Davis (SFA 1979), Academy Award-winning actress
• David de Berry, theater composer, actor
• Peter Del Vecho, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer
• Ron Della Chiesa (BA 1959), radio personality
• Emily Deschanel (BFA), actress, Bones; sister of Zooey Deschanel
• Rocco DiSpirito, chef, restaurateur, television personality, The Restaurant
• Aubrey Dollar (no degree), actress
• Rel Dowdell, filmmaker
• Olympia Dukakis (SAR BS 1953, SFA MFA 1957), Academy Award-winning actress
• Bill Duke, actor
• Faye Dunaway, Academy Award-winning actress (BFA 1962) known for Bonnie and Clyde, The Thomas Crown Affair and Network
• Don Ellis, trumpeter and jazz composer
• Brian Fair, lead vocalist for the band Shadows Fall
• Charles Farrell (SMG 1928, no degree), film and TV actor; mayor of Palm Springs, California; has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Bruce Feirstein, screenwriter (three James Bond movies), and author of Real Men Don't Eat Quiche
• Jason Filardi, screenwriter, Bringing Down The House, 17 Again
• Florian David Fitz, actor
• Greg Fitzsimmons, comedian
• Dan Fogler, actor Balls of Fury and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Alexandra Fol, composer
• Justine Susanna Gamache (SFA BFA 1994, MFA 1999), lead singer, Freezepop
• Nina Garcia, Fashion Director of Elle Magazine, judge for Project Runway
• David Garrison (BFA), Tony award-nominated actor, Al Bundy's neighbor on Married... with Children
• Richard N. Gladstein (CGS non-degree program 1981, COM BS 1983), Academy Award-nominated film producer
• Paul Michael Glaser, actor (Starsky!) Starsky & Hutch
• Elon Gold, comedian
• Jonathan Goldsmith, actor, "The Most Interesting Man in the World"
• Ginnifer Goodwin, actress Once Upon a Time
• Amber Gray (BFA 2004), Tony Award nominated actress and singer, Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Hadestown
• Norman Greenbaum, musician, "Spirit in the Sky"
• Mariel Hemingway, Academy Award-nominated actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
• Michelle Hurd, actress
• Eugene Izotov, Principal Oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Olivia Jordan, Miss World United States 2013, Top 20 at Miss World 2013. She is also Miss USA 2015 representing Oklahoma.
• Jamie Kaler (CAS BA 1987), actor, My Boys
• Myq Kaplan, comedian
• Shraddha Kapoor, Bollywood actress
• Alex Karpovsky, actor and filmmaker, Girls^[62]
• Randi Kaye, CNN reporter
• David E. Kelley (JD), television producer, husband of Michelle Pfeiffer; his father, Jack Kelley, coached BU hockey
• Paula Kelley, singer
• Stephen Kijak (COM 1991), filmmaker
• Yunjin Kim, actress, Lost, Mistresses, "the Korean Julia Roberts"
• Vincent Larusso (BSB 2000 SMG), actor, The Mighty Ducks films
• James Kyson Lee, actor, Heroes
• Lee Phillip, Korean American actor
• Erica Leerhsen (BFA '98), actress
• Noah Lennox, experimental musician and founding member of the Animal Collective
• Will Lyman (SFA '71), narrator of PBS' Frontline
• Yan Luo, actress
• Tom Magliozzi (MBA, PhD), co-host of Car Talk
• Mark Manson (CAS BA 2007), self-help author and blogger.^[63]
• Rob Mariano (CAS BA 1999), better known as Boston Rob, reality TV star and husband of Amber Brkich
• Marc Maron, comedian, host of WTF with Marc Maron podcast
• Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston, co-creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman
• Megan McCormick, television travel host
• William Michals, actor and baritone singer
• Julianne Moore, Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress (BFA, Theatre Arts 1983)
• Russell Morash (BA '57), Emmy Award-winning producer, This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, The Victory Garden
• Mwalim, born Morgan James Peters (CAS '91, COM '93), composer, pianist, conductor, singer, playwright, director, actor
• Leonard Nimoy (no degree, school of education), (honorary doctorate in Humane Letters in 2012) Star Trek, Spock
• Kevin O'Connor (GSM MBA '99), host of This Old House
• Rosie O'Donnell (dropped out), actress, comedian
• Peter Paige, actor
• Anthony & Joseph Paratore, piano duo
• Linda Park, actress
• Ethan Phillips, actor
• PSY, born Park Jae-sang (transferred to Berklee College of Music), Korean rapper most famous for "Gangnam Style"
• Paul Rachman (CAS BA '82), film director American Hardcore, co-founder of Slamdance Film Festival
• Kim Raver (BFA), actress, Audrey Raines from 24, Grey's Anatomy
• Paul Reubens (dropped out), actor, known for Pee-wee's Playhouse
• Christian Roman, animator, The Simpsons, Pixar
• Scott Rosenberg, screenwriter, Con Air, High Fidelity
• Jeffrey Ross, actor, comedian
• Patti Rothberg (no degree), singer, songwriter
• Jessica Rothe, actress (BFA 2009) from La La Land and Happy Death Day
• Anthony Ruivivar, actor
• Harold Russell, Academy Award-winning actor, former National Commander of AMVETS
• Safdie brothers, Filmmakers, directors of Good Time
• Sarah Saltzberg, actress
• Lan Shui, Music Director, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
• Matt Squire (CAS 1999), platinum music producer
• Howard Stern (CGS non-degree program 1974, COM BS 1976), host of The Howard Stern Show
• Ryan Sypek, actor
• Mary Timony, indie rocker
• Marisa Tomei (attended CFA 1983, Hon. DFA 2002), Academy Award-winning actress
• Anthony Tommasini (born 1948), music critic and author
• Armand Van Helden, DJ
• Joan Wasser, indie rocker
• William Waterhouse, violinist
• Michaela Watkins, actress, Saturday Night Live
• Cynthia Watros, Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress
• Maura West, Daytime Emmy-winning soap opera actress
• Ashley Williams (BA '01), actress, Associated Press "It Girl", 2003
• Michael Williams, Academy Award-winning producer
• Alfre Woodard, Primetime Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
• Katya Zamolodchikova (transferred), actor, comedian, drag queen

Journalism, non-fiction film and broadcasting[]

• Mike Barnicle, journalist, radio host
• Liz Cho, WABC-TV news anchor
• Christine Chubbuck, television reporter who committed suicide on live television in 1974
• Elizabeth Cohen, CNN medical correspondent
• Glenn Consor (BS 1980), sports broadcaster, Washington Wizards broadcasts, and former NCAA and pro basketball player
• Fabien Cousteau (BS 1991), aquatic filmmaker, grandson of Jacques Cousteau
• Jim Donovan (sportscaster) (BS 1978), news anchor and play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns
• David Doubilet (COM 1970 BS), underwater photographer, National Geographic
• Kristin Fisher (COM), journalist and television news presenter for Fox News Channel
• Tom Fitzgerald, The Boston Globe sports journalist^[64]
• Dave Goucher (COM 1993), play-by-play broadcaster for the Vegas Golden Knights
• Edwin Grozier (1881), publisher of the Boston Post
• Eliza Putnam Heaton (1880), journalist, editor
• Erica Hill, anchor, CNN Headline News
• Jeremy Hobson, co-host, NPR's Here and Now
• Gordon Hyatt, producer and writer, CBS documentaries and public broadcasting^[65]
• Randi Kaye, CNN correspondent, AC360
• Steve Kornacki, NBC News political correspondent
• Stephen Kurkjian, American journalist
• Justin Kutcher, NFL, NCAA, and MLB play-by-play broadcaster for Fox
• Michele LaFountain, anchor, ESPN SportsCenter en espanól
• Monica Larner, wine critic, The Wine Advocate
• Kristine Leahy, sports reporter, host of American Ninja Warrior
• Albert Maysles, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
• Carl Mydans (CBA BS 1930), photographic journalist with Life magazine from 1936 into the 1950s
• Joseph Nocera, columnist, New York Times
• Anne O'Hagan Shinn (AB 1890), journalist and suffragist
• Bill O'Reilly (MS '75), radio and television personality
• Anthony Radziwill, NBC anchor and reporter
• Jay Severin, commentator, politico
• Casey Sherman, bestselling author of A Rose for Mary, Black Irish, and The Finest Hours
• Bill Simmons (COM 1993 MS), podcaster, writer for ESPN's Page2
• Chet Simmons (COM 1952 MS), ABC Sports executive, NBC Sports president, first ESPN president, USFL commissioner
• Howard Stern (CGS 1974 NDP, SPC 1976 BS), shock jock, radio personality, "King of all Media"
• Sharon Tay, host, MSNBC
• Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic, New York Times
• Nina Totenberg (COM 1965), correspondent for National Public Radio
• Gary Tuchman (COM 1982), CNN national correspondent
• Dana Tyler, Emmy Award-winning news anchor
• Linda Vester, host, Fox News Channel
• Jim Vicevich, radio host of Sound Off Connecticut
• Nick Fuentes, Conservative political commentator (attended.)

Literature[]

• Ellen Bass (1970 M.A.), poet and author
• Percy Jewett Burrell (pre-1900 B.O., School of Oratory), dramatist
• Adam Cesare, horror writer
• Hal Clement (SED 1946 M.Ed.), science fiction writer
• Nicholas Gage (DGE 1961, COM B.S. 1963, HON LtD 1985), author, , , Greek Fire
• Peter Guralnick (1971 M.A.), author focused on twentieth-century American popular music
• Younghill Kang, author, Guggenheim Fellow
• William Ellery Leonard (1899), poet
• Susan Miller (SSW 1979 MSS), author
• Stewart O'Nan (ENG 1983 B.S.), author
• Robert B. Parker (GRS 1957 M.A., 1971 Ph.D.), author, Spencer for Hire and other mystery novels
• Norman Vincent Peale (STh), minister, author
• John Perkins (SMG 1968 BSB), economist, author
• Kim Stanley Robinson (GRS 1975 M.A.), science fiction author
• Anne Sexton, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet (deceased)
• Lauren Slater (SED 1995 EDD [Doctor of Education]), author, psychologist
• Neal Stephenson (CLA 1981 B.A.), science fiction author
• Dorothy West, author, member of Harlem Renaissance
• Bart Yates (M.M. 1988), author

Sports[]

• Carl Adams, current wrestling coach; 3-time NCAA All-American, two-time National Champion @ 158 lb.
• Harry Agganis, professional baseball player
• Tony Amonte, retired NHL hockey player
• Tunji Awojobi (born 1973), Nigerian professional basketball player
• Shawn Bates, former NHL hockey player
• Raja Bell (transferred to Florida International University), former NBA basketball player
• Rocco Benetton, former chief executive of the Benetton Formula One team
• Cindy Blodgett, former WNBA player, assistant basketball coach
• Nick Bonino, NHL hockey player
• Billy Brooks, NFL's Buffalo Bills '93–'95
• Brett Brown, basketball coach
• Thomas Burke (Law LL.B. 1897), Olympic champion
• Butch Byrd, professional football player
• Gerardo Mauricio Chavez Montaño (CAS '02), president and general manager of , Club de Basquetbol, of Mexico's CIBACOPA League
• Mickey Cochrane, Hall of Fame baseball player
• Colby Cohen, professional ice hockey player
• Glenn Consor (BS '80), sports broadcaster, radio color commentary for FM 106.7 Washington Wizards broadcasts; started four years for Rick Pitino on BU Basketball Team
• Jim Craig, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Dave DeGuglielmo (SED; BS '90, EdM '91), former NCAA football coach, professional football coach
• Rick DiPietro, NHL hockey player
• Andy Dorman, Major League Soccer soccer player
• Chris Drury, retired NHL hockey player, Hobey Baker Award winner
• Tom Dwan (no degree), professional poker player
• Jack Eichel, NHL hockey player
• Michael Emenalo (CAS BA 1989), member of Nigeria's 1994 World Cup soccer team
• Mike Eruzione, Captain, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Dick Farley, College Football Hall of Fame coach
• Paul Farren, former NFL player, Cleveland Browns 1983–91
• Foge Fazio, NCAA football coach, NFL football coach
• Michael Felger, sportswriter for the Boston Herald; sports radio talk show host
• Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player
• Tony Gaffney (born 1984), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Matt Gilroy, former NHL hockey player, Hobey Baker Award winner
• Mike Grier, retired NHL hockey player
• Bill Herrion, NCAA basketball coach
• Karl Hobbs, NCAA basketball coach
• Rick Hoyt, triathlete
• Mike Jarvis, NCAA basketball coach
• Jim "Crash" Jensen, former NFL football player
• İrem Karamete (born 1993), Turkish Olympic fencer
• Robyn Kenney, Team USA field hockey
• Steven Key, WNBA's Chicago Sky head coach/general manager
• Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, ex-professor, BU
• Charlie McAvoy, current NHL player
• Shawn McEachern, retired NHL hockey player
• John McKinlay (rower), BU crew captain, two-time Olympian, rowing, 1952 Helsinki Finland, 1956 Melbourne Australia silver medalist
• Shane McMahon, former executive vice president of Global Media, WWE
• Stephanie McMahon, former executive vice president, creative and current chief brand officer
• Freddy Meyer, retired NHL hockey player
• Kevin Murphy, 1st Team Associated Press 1-AA Football All-American, former Arena Football Player
• Jack O'Callahan, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Jay Pandolfo, retired NHL hockey player
• Jack Parker, Boston University hockey coach
• Gary Plummer, NBA player
• Mary Pratt, women's professional baseball player, Rockford Peaches ("A League of Their Own")
• Tom Poti, retired NHL hockey player
• Marie-Philip Poulin, member of Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; two-time Olympic gold medalist
• Ed Ronan, retired NHL hockey player
• Reggie Rucker, former NFL player
• Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor
• Dave Silk, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Mike Sullivan, retired NHL hockey player, NHL coach
• John Thomas, high jump world record holder
• Keith Tkachuk, retired NHL hockey player
• Jennifer Wakefield, member of Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; Olympic gold medalist
• Catherine Ward, member of Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; two-time Olympic gold medalist
• David Warsofsky, NHL hockey player
• Tara Watchorn, member of Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; Olympic gold medalist
• Ryan Whitney, former NHL hockey player
• Brandon Yip, former NHL hockey player
• Scott Young, retired NHL player

Miscellaneous[]

• Warren Adelson, art dealer and author
• Myrtle Bachelder (MS 1939), chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniques in the chemistry of metals
• Francis Lee Bailey (aka F. Lee Bailey) (JD '60), lawyer, graduated first in class
• Bernard Berenson (attended CLA 1883–84, no degree), prominent art historian of the early 20th century
• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr.; killed in an airplane crash on July 16, 1999
• Doris Holmes Blake, entomologist^[66]
• James Richard Cocke, M.D. (1863–1900), physician, homeopath, pioneer hypnotherapist (the first blind medical graduate)
• Richard A. Cohen, instrumental figure in conversion therapy
• Warren A. Cole, founder of Lambda Chi Alpha, one of the largest social fraternities in the United States
• Fe Del Mundo (1940), National Scientist of the Philippines; recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award which is considered the Nobel Prize of Asia; devised an incubator made out of bamboo, for use in rural communities without electrical power
• Charles Alexander Eastman (first named Ohiyesa), Native American physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer
• Ivan Fisher, lawyer
• Larry Graham (JD '70), president, National Confectioners Association
• Jennifer Guidi, artist
• William W. Happ - (PhD) - Silicon transistor pioneer at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, and Professor at Arizona State University^[67]
• Joyce Jillson, astrologer, 20th Century Fox Studios, Reagan Administration
• Karen Kwan, figure skater
• Hadassah Lieberman, wife of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman
• Jenna Mourey, commonly known as Jenna Marbles, the most popular female personality on YouTube
• Frederick S. Pardee, former economics researcher at the RAND Corporation, real estate investor in Los Angeles, California, philanthropist
• Francis E. Quinlan, U.S. Marine Corps general
• Mark Rosewater, Magic: The Gathering Head Designer
• Travis Roy (COM 2000), leading activist for spinal cord injury survivors and founder of the Travis Roy Foundation
• Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., State Historian of Maine
• Cora Smith Eaton, suffragist, physician and mountaineer
• Joe Solmonese (COM 1987), president of the Human Rights Campaign
• Dawn Steel (did not graduate), first woman to run a major Hollywood studio (deceased)
• Trish Vradenburg, playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer's Disease advocate
• Kate Vrijmoet, artist
• Helen Magill White, first woman to earn a Ph.D.

Notable faculty members[]

Nobel laureates[]

• Saul Bellow, 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature (deceased)
• Sheldon Lee Glashow, 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Martin Luther King Jr., 1964 Nobel Peace Prize (deceased)
• Osamu Shimomura, 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Daniel C. Tsui, 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature; fellow, MacArthur Foundation
• Elie Wiesel, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize (deceased)

Fulbright Scholars[]

• Anne Donahue, Fulbright Scholar
• Robert Neffson, Fulbright Scholar

Guggenheim Fellows[]

• Bonnie Costello (William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of English) 1990
• Theodore Antoniou (composer; professor of music) 1978
• David Aronson (Painter; emeritus professor of Art) 1960
• Saul Bellow (Novelist; University Professor) 1948 and 1955
• Alicia Borinsky (professor of Latin American and comparative literature), 2001 Latin American and Caribbean Fellow
• Robert V. Bruce (professor emeritus of History) 1957
• Charles Capper (professor of history) 1994
• Robert Dallek (professor of history) 1973
• Norman Dello Joio (composer; university professor and professor emeritus of music) 1944 and 1945
• Leslie D. Epstein (director, Creative Writing Program) 1977
• Thomas F. Glick (professor of history) 1987
• Gennady Gorelik (research fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science) 1995 US and Canadian Fellow
• Jaakko Hintikka (professor of philosophy) 1987
• Caroline A. Jones (associate professor of Art History) 1999 US and Canadian Fellow
• Howard Clark Kee (William Goodwin Aurelio Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies) 1966
• Nancy Kopell (professor of mathematics) 1984
• Leonid A. Levin (professor of computer science) 1993
• Ralph Lombreglia (Instructor in Creative Writing) 1996 US and Canadian Fellow
• Debraj Ray (former professor of economics) 1997 US and Canadian Fellow
• Maureen Raymo (research associate professor of earth sciences) 2003 US and Canadian Fellow
• Abner Shimony (emeritus professor of philosophy and physics) 1972 US and Canadian Fellow
• Murad Taqqu (professor of mathematics) 1987
• Ibram X. Kendi (author, director of Center for Antiracist Research) 2019

MacArthur Fellows[]

• Jim Collins, fellow, MacArthur Foundation, professor of biomedical engineering
• Nancy Kopell, fellow, MacArthur Foundation, professor of mathematics^[68]

Rhodes Scholars[]

• Jim Collins, Rhodes Scholar, professor of biomedical engineering
• Michael Hasselmo, Rhodes Scholar, professor of psychology
• Jon Westling, Rhodes Scholar, former president of Boston University

Film, performing arts, television, radio[]

• Julia Child, cooking show host (deceased)
• Harold Dorschug, radio engineer, former faculty member (deceased)
• Simon Estes, operatic bass-baritone
• Mark Fergus, screenwriter, director
• Lukas Foss, composer and conductor (deceased)
• Leslie Parnas, cellist
• Sumner Redstone, media mogul
• Roman Totenberg, violinist (deceased)
• Paul Ulanowsky, pianist
• Roger Voisin, principal trumpet; Boston Symphony Orchestra (deceased)
• Bob Zelnick, former ABC News correspondent, author

Other[]

• Isaac Asimov, author, best known for his work in writing science and science fiction (deceased)
• Warren Ault, Huntington professor of history
• Andrew Bacevich, historian, writer
• Alexander Graham Bell, professor, inventor of the telephone (deceased)
• Peter L. Berger, contemporary sociologist and theologian^[69] (deceased)
• Zvi Bodie, professor
• Belinda Borrelli, professor and director of the Center for Behavioral Science Research.
• Borden Parker Bowne, professor of philosophy, 1876–1910
• Gerald Warner Brace, professor of English; writer known for his novels, fiction and literary works
• Lewis E. Braverman, chief of endocrinology 1999-2017
• Robert A. Brown, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences, current Boston University president
• Robert V. Bruce, winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History (deceased)
• Caroline Walker Bynum, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Milič Čapek (1909–1997), philosopher
• Ray Carney, film theorist
• Aram Chobanian, Lifetime Achievement Award, American Heart Association, former Boston University president
• Robert Dallek, author, historian, Bancroft Prize winner
• Charles DeLisi, Presidential Citizens Medal; Smithsonian Platinum Technology 21st Century Pioneer Partnership Laureate; Arthur G B Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering
• Mildred S. Dresselhaus, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering
• Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, former associate dean, Boston University School of Law
• Leslie Epstein
• Henry Giroux, founding theorist of critical pedagogy in the United States
• Robert Hess (1938-1994), President of Brooklyn College
• Geoffrey Hill, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Gene Andrew Jarrett, professor of English and African American studies^[70]
• Ha Jin, author, National Book Award winner, Faulkner Award winner, Hemingway Award winner
• Sir Hans Kornberg, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences
• Thomas Kunz, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Richard Landes, historian, director of the Center for Millennial Studies
• Calvin B. T. Lee, dean of the College of Liberal Arts 1968–1970, acting president 1970–1971, executive vice president 1971–1971
• Leonid Levin, co-discoverer of NP-completeness
• Robert J. McShea
• Adil Najam, dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
• S. Hamid Nawab, professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-author of Signals and Systems (1997), published by Pearson (Prentice Hall).
• Father Norman O'Connor (1921–2003), former BU Catholic Chaplain, jazz aficionado, writer, radio and TV show host
• Patrice Oppliger, assistant professor of Communication and media consultant on popular culture
• Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate
• Anne Sexton, poet (deceased)
• Batu Siharulidze, prominent artist, known for his figurative sculptures
• John Silber, former president
• Whitney Smith, vexillologist
• Susanne Sreedhar, assistant professor of philosophy
• Charles R Stith, US Ambassador to Tanzania 1998–2001
• Merlin Swartz, scholar of religion
• Shanghua Teng, professor of computer science at Boston University and winner of Gödel Prize
• Shari Thurer, adjunct associate professor in psychology
• Georgia Warnke, distinguished professor of philosophy and the director of the Center for Ideas & Society at the University of California, Riverside
• Rosanna Warren, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• David Wiggins, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Howard Zinn, historian, political activist, best selling author
• Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder and main author of Daily Kos

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