List of Northwestern University alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni who attended Northwestern University

Academia

Selected Northwestern Alumni

Ann-Margret, Actress

Warren Beatty, Actor

Edgar Bergen, Ventriloquist

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Andrew Bird, Musician

Rod Blagojevich, former Governor of Illinois

David Boies, counsel, Bush v. Gore; founding partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner

Mike Greenberg, ESPN employee and host of radio show Mike & Mike in the Morning.

William Jennings Bryan, former U.S. Secretary of State & three-time Democratic presidential nominee

Stephen Colbert, Comedian

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Luke Donald, professional golfer

Arthur Goldberg, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Actress

Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff, former U.S. Congressman

Dick Gephardt, former U.S. House Majority Leader

Charlton Heston, Actor

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George McGovern, former U.S. Senator & Democratic presidential nominee

Charles Horace Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic

Seth Meyers, Comedian

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Eduardo Mondlane, former revolutionary leader of Mozambique

Peter George Peterson, Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations; Co-Founder & Senior Chairman of the Blackstone Group

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David J. Skorton, President of Cornell University

Graham Spanier, President of Penn State University

John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

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Rachael Yamagata, Musician

• Madeleine Wing Adler (B.A. 1962), President, West Chester University
• Amy Allen (Ph.D. 1996), Parents Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities and professor of philosophy, Dartmouth College
• Jean Allman (B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1987), J.M. Hexter Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences and professor of history, Washington University in St. Louis
• Robert J. Alpern (B.A. 1972), Dean, Yale School of Medicine
• Elijah Anderson (Ph.D. 1976), William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Sociology, Yale University
• Geert Bekaert (Ph.D. 1992), Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University
• Steven Berry (B.A. 1980), James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics, Yale University
• Wallace D. Best (Ph.D. 2000), Professor of Religion, Princeton University
• Sally Blount-Lyon (Ph.D. 1992), Dean, NYU Stern School of Business Undergraduate College
• Clinton Bristow, Jr. (B.A. 1971), former President, Alcorn State University
• Lawrence Bryan (Ph.D. 1973), President, MacMurray College
• Johnnetta B. Cole (M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1967), President Emerita, Spelman College; President, Bennett College
• Juan Cole (B.A. 1975), Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, University of Michigan
• James Hal Cone (M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1965), Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
• William C. Dudley (M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 1998), Professor of Philosophy, Williams College
• Mitchell Duneier, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
• Troy Duster (B.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1962), Professor of Sociology, New York University and University of California, Berkeley
• Lee Edelman (B.A. 1975), Fletcher Professor of English Literature, Tufts University
• Kathryn Edin (Ph.D. 1991), Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard University
• Fred D. Fagg, Jr., former President, University of Southern California
• Steven Feierman (M.A., Ph.D.), Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
• Jonathan Freedman (B.A. 1977), Professor of English and American Studies, University of Michigan
• Susan Fuhrman (B.A. 1965, M.A. 1966), President, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Jane Gaines (B.S., M.A., Ph.D. 1982), Professor of Film, Columbia University
• Simon Gikandi (Ph.D., 1986), Robert Schirmer Professor of English, Princeton University
• Barry Glassner (B.S. 1974), Executive Vice Provost & Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California
• Avner Greif (M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1989), Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University
• Philip Haile (Ph.D. 1996), Ford Foundation Professor of Economics, Yale University
• David Harris (B.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1997), Deputy Provost, Vice Provost of Social Sciences, and Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
• Fredrick C. Harris (Ph.D. 1994), Director of Center on African American Politics and Society and Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
• Cynthia Herrup (B.S.J. 1972, Ph.D. 1982), Professor of History and Law, University of Southern California
• Rosanna Hertz (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1983), Luella LaMer Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wellesley College
• Michael J. Hopkins (B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1984), Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
• David Ing (M.B.A. 1982) marketing scientist and senior consultant
• Louis Kaplow (B.A. 1977), Finn M.W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard University
• Jonathan D. Katz (Ph.D. 1996), former head of Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Yale University
• Joann (Wheeler) Kealiinohomoku (M.A. 1965), anthropologist and dance researcher
• Marc W. Kirschner (B.A. 1966), John Franklin Enders University Professor and Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard University
• Dale Knobel (Ph.D. 1976), President, Denison University
• Nirmalya Kumar (Ph.D. 1991), Co-Director, Aditya Birla India Centre; Director, Centre for Marketing; Faculty Director, Executive Education, London Business School
• Zachary Leader (B.A.), Professor of English, Roehampton University
• Michael Lounsbury (PhD 1999), Professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology at the University of Alberta
• Glenn Loury (B.A. 1972), Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University
• John Malmstad (B.A. 1963), Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
• George E. Marcus, (Ph.D. 1968), Professor of Political Science, Williams College
• Susan E. Mayer (Ph.D. 1986), Dean, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
• Mark Crispin Miller (B.A. 1971), Professor of Media Ecology, New York University
• Diana Mutz (B.A. 1984), Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication, University of Pennsylvania
• George Nemhauser (Ph.D. 1961), A. Russell Chandler lll Chair and Institute Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Gail Newman (B.A. 1976), Harold J. Henry Professor of German, Williams College
• J. Dennis O'Connor (Ph.D. 1968), former Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
• Charles M. Payne (Ph.D. 1976), Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
• Benjamin Polak (M.A. 1986), William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, Yale University
• Andrew Postlewaite (Ph.D. 1974), Harry P. Kamen Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, University of Pennsylvania
• V. Kasturi Rangan (Ph.D. 1983), Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing & Director of Research, Harvard Business School
• Thomas S. Robertson (M.A., Ph.D. 1966), Dean, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Rebecca Sherrick (Ph.D. 1980), President, Aurora University
• James Schmotter (Ph.D. 1973), President, Western Connecticut State University
• Naoko Shibusawa, (M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 1998), Associate Professor of History, Brown University
• John B. Simpson (Ph.D. 1973), President, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
• David J. Skorton (B.A. 1970, M.D. 1974), President, Cornell University
• Graham Spanier (Ph.D. 1973), President, Pennsylvania State University
• Barbara Maria Stafford (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966), William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, University of Chicago
• Grover C. Stephens (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1952), Dean, School of Biological Sciences University of California at Irvine
• Roger Taylor (J.D. 1971), President, Knox College
• Stephan Thernstrom (B.A. 1956), Winthrop Professor of History, Harvard University
• Matthew Tirrell (B.S. 1973), Arnold and Barbara Silverman Professor of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• Glen L. Urban (Ph.D. 1966), Dean Emeritus of MIT Sloan School of Management
• Penny Von Eschen (B.A. 1982), professor of history and American culture, University of Michigan
• Justin Weir, (M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 1997), professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Arts/Entertainment (Theatre, TV and Film)

• Mara Brock Akil (B.A. 1992), creator and executive producer of Girlfriends and The Game, former supervising producer of The Jamie Foxx Show
• Claude Akins (B.S. 1949), actor (Inherit the Wind, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo)
• Ann-Margret (Olsson) (Class of 1963, never graduated), Academy Award-nominated actress (Tommy, Carnal Knowledge)
• Sharif Atkins (B.S. 1999), actor (ER)
• Jayne Atkinson (B.S. 1981), Tony Award-nominated actress (Enchanted April, The Rainmaker); currently portrays Karen Hayes on 24
• Jane Badler (B.S. 1976), actress (V)
• Kate Baldwin actress (1997 - theaterschool)
• Bonnie Bartlett (B.S. 1950), Emmy Award-winning actress (St. Elsewhere, Twins, Ghosts of Mississippi)
• Warren Beatty (Class of 1959, never graduated), Academy Award-winning actor/writer/director (Bonnie and Clyde, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Shampoo, Reds)
• Lee Phillip Bell (B.A. 1950) Emmy Award-winning co-creator of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
• Rob Benedict (B.S. 1993), actor (Threshold, Felicity)
• Richard Benjamin (B.S. 1960), actor (Catch-22, Deconstructing Harry); director (Mermaids, Racing with the Moon)
• Edgar Bergen (attended, did not graduate), Academy Award-winning actor and ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)
• Greg Berlanti (B.S. 1994), screenwriter and producer (Dawson's Creek); creator of Everwood and Jack & Bobby; writer/director of Broken Hearts Club
• Eric Bernt (B.S. 1986), screenwriter (Surviving the Game, Virtuosity, Romeo Must Die)
• Craig Bierko (B.S. 1986), actor (Cinderella Man, The Thirteenth Floor); Tony Award-nominee (The Music Man)
• Karen Black (attended, never graduated), Academy Award-nominated actress (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces)
• Jeff Blumenkrantz (B.S. 1986), Tony Award-nominated musical theatre composer/lyricist (Urban Cowboy)
• Robert Borden (B.S. 1989), executive producer/writer (George Lopez)
• Zach Braff (B.S. 1997), Emmy Award-nominated actor (Scrubs); writer/director (Garden State)
• Cary Brothers (B.S. 1995), Grammy-nominated musician (Garden State)
• Clancy Brown (B.S. 1981), actor (Highlander, The Shawshank Redemption)
• Charles Busch (B.S. 1976), Tony Award-nominated playwright (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife)
• Frank Buxton (B.S. 1951), actor/writer/director
• Bruno Campos (B.S. 1995), actor (Nip/Tuck)
• Adam Chase (B.S. 1990), Emmy Award-nominated writer/executive producer (Friends)
• Josh Chetwynd, UK based baseball analyst and former player
• Janet Choi, cast member of The Real World: Seattle
• Cindy Chupack (B.S. 1987), Emmy Award-winning executive producer and writer (Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond)
• Stephen Colbert (B.S. 1987), Emmy Award-winning comedian (The Colbert Report, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
• Jack Clay, acting teacher/director/actor
• Claire Coffee, actress (General Hospital)
• Kate Collins, actress (All My Children)
• Robert Conrad (B.S. 1955), actor (The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Hawaiian Eye)
• Steven Conrad (B.A. 1991), screenwriter (The Pursuit of Happyness, The Weather Man)
• Cindy Crawford (attended, never graduated), model
• Jane Curtin (attended, never graduated), original cast member of Saturday Night Live; Emmy Award-nominated actress (Kate & Allie, 3rd Rock from the Sun)
• Stephanie D'Abruzzo (B.S. 1993), Tony Award-nominated actress and puppeteer (Avenue Q)
• William Daniels (B.S. 1950), Emmy Award-winning actor (St. Elsewhere, Boy Meets World); former president of the Screen Actors Guild
• Zooey Deschanel (attended, never graduated), actress (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Elf, Almost Famous, Winter Passing)
• Lydia R. Diamond (B.S. 1992), playwright
• Matt Doherty (B.S. 1999), actor (So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Mighty Ducks films)
• Anne Dudek, actress (House, Psych, Law and Order: CI, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men, White Chicks, The Human Stain)
• Teddy Dunn (B.S. 2003), actor (Veronica Mars)
• Nancy Dussault (B.A. 1957), actress (Too Close for Comfort); two-time Tony Award nominee (Do Re Mi, Bajour)
• Gregg Edelman (B.S. 1980), Tony Award-nominated actor (City of Angels, Into the Woods)
• Jennie Eisenhower (B.S. 2000), actress; granddaughter of Richard Nixon and the great-granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Craig Erwich (B.A. 1989) former Executive Vice President of Programming at Fox TV
• Mary Frann (B.S. 1965), actress (Newhart, Days of our Lives)
• Temi Epstein (B.S. 1996), child actress (North and South)
• Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy)
• Penny Fuller (B.S. 1959), Emmy Award-winning actress (The Elephant Man); Tony Award nominee (The Dinner Party)
• Gerald Freedman (B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950), theatre director (The Gay Life, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour)
• David T. Friendly (B.S. 1978), Academy Award-nominated producer (Little Miss Sunshine)
• George Furth B.S. 1955), Tony Award-winning playwright (Company); actor (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
• Aimee Garcia (B.S. 2000), actress (George Lopez)
• Daniele Gaither (B.S. 1993), actress, comic (MADtv)
• Barbara Gaines (B.S. 1968), founder and artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
• Frank Galati (B.A. 1965), Tony Award-winning director (The Grapes of Wrath), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (The Accidental Tourist)
• Ana Gasteyer (B.S. 1989), actress (Mean Girls, Wicked); former cast member of Saturday Night Live
• Ileen Getz (B.S. 1985), actress (3rd Rock from the Sun)
• Zach Gilford (B.S. 2004), actor (Friday Night Lights)
• Eric Gilliland (B.S. 1984), writer/producer (Rosanne, My Boys)
• Ira Glass (attended, transferred), radio and TV personality
• Jonathan Glassner, TV writer/producer, most known for developing Stargate SG-1.
• Virginia Graham (M.S.J.), former daytime TV talk show host
• Michael Greif (B.S. 1981), Tony Award-nominated director of Rent and Grey Gardens
• Mamie Gummer, actress (Evening), daughter of Meryl Streep
• Anna Gunn (B.S. 1990), actress (Deadwood)
• Kathryn Hahn, (B.S. 1995), actress (Crossing Jordan)
• Brad Hall (B.S. 1990), former cast member of (Saturday Night Live); creator of (The Single Guy, Watching Ellie)
• Samantha Harris (B.S. 1996), Emmy Award-nominated co-host of Dancing with the Stars
• Bill Hayes (M.M. 1949), Daytime Emmy Award-nominated actor (Days of our Lives)
• Heather Headley (B.S. 1997), Tony Award-winning actress and singer (Aida, The Lion King); Grammy Award-nominated R&B vocalist
• Kyle T. Heffner, actor Flashdance
• Marg Helgenberger (B.S. 1982), Emmy Award-winning actress (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, China Beach, Erin Brockovich)
• Charlton Heston (B.S. 1945), Academy Award-winning actor (Ben-Hur), National Rifle Association President
• Michael Hitchcock (B.S. 1980), writer, co-executive producer (MADTv); actor (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Serenity )
• Ron Holgate (B.S. 1959), Tony Award-winning actor (1776, The Grand Tour)
• David Hollander (B.S. 1990), creator, screenwriter, and executive producer of The Guardian
• David Horowitz (M.S. 1961), former host of Fight Back! With David Horowitz
• Jeffrey Hunter (B.A. 1949), actor (The Searchers, The Last Hurrah, King of Kings, The Longest Day)
• Lew Hunter (M.S. 1956), Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter (Fallen Angel); Chairman Emeritus and Professor of Screenwriting, UCLA School of Theater Film and Television
• Ron Husmann (B.S. 1959), Tony Award-nominated actor (Tenderloin)
• Martha Hyer (B.S. 1945), Academy Award-nominated actress (Some Came Running, Houseboat, The Sons of Katie Elder, Bikini Beach)
• Rex Ingram, actor (Cabin in the Sky, The Thief of Baghdad, Sahara, Green Pastures)
• Laura Innes (B.S. 1979), Emmy Award-nominated actress (ER); Emmy Award-nominated director (The West Wing)
• Robin Irwin, noted Broadway actress ("Titanic (musical)"), and ("Dance of the Vampires") She currently teaches at New York University
• David Ives (B.A. 1971), playwright, (All in the Timing)
• Brian d'Arcy James (B.S. 1990), Tony Award-nominated actor (Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical)
• Tim Johnson (B.A. 1983), director (Antz, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas)
• Jennifer Jones, Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette, Since You Went Away, Love Letters, Duel in the Sun, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)
• Spencer Kayden (B.S. 1990), former cast member of MADTv; Tony Award-nominee for Urinetown
• James Keach (B.S. 1970), actor (The Long Riders); producer (Walk the Line); director (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
• Stacy Keach, Sr. (B.S. 1935), actor (Get Smart); director (Tales of the Texas Rangers)
• Clinton Kelly (M.S. 1993), co-host of (What Not to Wear)
• Peter Keramidas (B.S. 1987, M.B.A 1991), former Executive Vice President of Programming at Showtime Networks
• Richard Kind (B.S. 1978), actor (Mad About You, Spin City)
• Richard Kline (M.A. 1967), actor (Three's Company)
• Robert Knepper (attended, never graduated), actor (Prison Break, Hostage, Carnivàle)
• Gary Kroeger (B.S. 1981), former cast member of (Saturday Night Live)
• Roger Kumble (B.S. 1988), writer/director (Cruel Intentions)
• Jeff Kurland (B.S. 1975), Academy Award-nominated costume designer (Bullets Over Broadway, Ocean's Eleven, Collateral)
• Clyde Kusatsu (B.S. 1970), actor (All American Girl, In the Line of Fire)
• Mark Lamos (B.S. 1969), Tony Award-winning former artistic director of the Hartford Stage
• Sherry Lansing (B.S. 1966), former CEO of Paramount Pictures; Academy Award-nominated producer (Fatal Attraction); 2007 recipient of the The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
• Martha Lavey (B.S. 1979, M.A. 1986, Ph.D. 1994), Tony Award-winning artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Britt Leach, actor (Weird Science)
• Cloris Leachman (B.S. 1948), Academy Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress (The Last Picture Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Spanglish)
• Harry J. Lennix (B.S. 1986), actor (The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Commander in Chief, Ray)
• Richard J. Lewis (B.A. 1982), Emmy Award-nominated director/producer (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
• Herschell Gordon Lewis, filmmaker
• John Logan (B.S. 1983), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (The Aviator, Gladiator, The Last Samurai)
• Laura Linney (attended for a year then transferred), actress (The Truman Show)
• Shelley Long (Class of 1971, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers, The Money Pit, Irreconcilable Differences)
• Rob Loos (B.S. 1981), award-winning writer/producer/director(Captain Kangaroo, McGee and Me!, Touched by an Angel)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Class of 1982, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine); former cast member of Saturday Night Live
• Paul Lynde (B.S. 1948), actor (Hollywood Squares, Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie)
• J.P. Manoux (B.S. 1991), actor (ER, Phil of the Future, The Emperor's New School)
• Stephanie March (B.S. 1996), actress (Law & Order: SVU, Conviction)
• Michael Markowitz B.S. 1983), Emmy Award-nominated writer and producer (Duckman, Becker)
• Garry Marshall (B.S. 1956), creator of Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Mork & Mindy; director (Pretty Woman, Beaches, The Princess Diaries)
• Marshall W. Mason (B.S. 1961), Tony Award-nominated director (Fifth of July, As Is)
• Daphne Maxwell Reid (B.A. 1970), actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
• Jacquelyn Mayer (B.S. 1964), former Miss America
• Laverne McKinnon (B.S. 1987), Senior Executive Vice President of Drama Series Development, CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
• Ralph Meeker (B.S. 1943), actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Paths of Glory, Picnic, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Anderson Tapes)
• Susan Messing (B.S. 1986), performer, teacher, and director at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Annoyance Theatre
• Josh Meyers (B.S. 1998), actor (MADtv, That '70s Show)
• Seth Meyers (B.S. 1996), cast member of Saturday Night Live; co-anchor of Weekend Update; winner of the third Celebrity Poker Showdown
• Terri Minsky (B.S. 1980), creator/writer/executive producer of Lizzie McGuire, Less Than Perfect, and The Geena Davis Show
• John Cameron Mitchell (B.S. 1985), writer/actor/director (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), executive producer (Tarnation)
• Andrew Moskos (B.A. 1990), co-founder of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam
• Karen Moncrieff (B.S. 1986), Miss Illinois 1985; writer and director of The Dead Girl and Blue Car
• Jason Moore (B.S. 1993), Tony Award-nominated director (Avenue Q)
• Robert E. Mulholland (B.S.J. 1955, M.S.J. 1956), former President and C.O.O., NBC
• Megan Mullally (Class of 1981, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (Will and Grace)
• Dermot Mulroney (B.S. 1985), actor (About Schmidt, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Family Stone)
• John Musker (B.A. 1975), writer/producer/director (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules)
• Tony Musante, actor (Toma, As the World Turns) *Margaret Nagle, screenwriter (Emmy Award Winning "Warm Springs")
• Patricia Neal (B.S. 1947), Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actress (A Face In The Crowd, Hud, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Subject Was Roses)
• Tom Neal, actor (Detour, Jungle Girl)
• George Newbern (B.S. 1986), actor (Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II, Justice League Unlimited)
• Jamie Ray Newman (B.S. 2000), actress (Veronica Mars, Stargate Atlantis)
• Peter Newman (B.S. 1975), producer (The Squid and the Whale)
• Agnes Nixon (B.S. 1944), Emmy Award-winning writer/producer (All My Children, One Life to Live, Another World, As the World Turns, Loving)
• Bruce Norris (B.S. 1982), actor (A Civil Action); playwright, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Denis O'Hare (B.S. 1984), Tony Award-winning actor (Take Me Out, Sweet Charity, Assassins)
• Dana Olsen (B.S. 1980), screenwriter (George of the Jungle, The 'Burbs)
• James Olson (B.S. 1952), actor (Rachel, Rachel, The Andromeda Strain, Ragtime, Commando)
• Jerry Orbach (Class of 1956, never graduated), Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated actor (Law & Order, Promises, Promises, Dirty Dancing)
• Mary Beth Peil (B.S. 1962), Tony Award-nominated actress (The King and I, Dawson's Creek)
• Michael Pellerin (B.S. 1987), DVD producer, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• Jeff Pinkner, screenwriter (Lost
• Michael Prywes, (B.S. 1996), writer and director of Returning Mickey Stern
• Paula Prentiss (B.S. 1959), Emmy Award-nominated actress (Where the Boys Are, The Parallax View, In Harm's Way, The World of Henry Orient)
• Jenny Powers (B.S. 2003), Miss Illinois 2000; Broadway actress (Little Women)
• John Quaintance (B.S. 1993), writer, (Joey, Aquamarine, Material Girls)
• John Qualen, actor (The Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers, Casablanca, The High and the Mighty)
• Maeve Quinlan (attended, never graduated), actress (South of Nowhere, Ken Park, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Lily Rabe, actress (No Reservations, Steel Magnolias)
• Charlotte Rae (B.S. 1948), Emmy Award-nominated and Tony Award-nominated actress (The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom)
• Tony Randall (Class of 1941, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor (The Odd Couple, Mr. Peepers, Inherit the Wind)
• Robert Reed (B.S. 1954), Emmy Award-nominated actor (The Brady Bunch, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Roots)
• Keith Reddin (B.S. 1978), playwright
• Marcia Rodd (B.S. 1960), Tony Award-nominated actress (Little Murders, Shelter)
• Tony Roberts (B.S. 1961), Tony Award-nominated actor (Annie Hall, Serpico, Play It Again, Sam)
• Jeri Ryan (B.S. 1991), actress (Boston Public, Star Trek: Voyager, Shark)
• Ethan Sandler (B.S. 1995), actor (Crossing Jordan)
• David Schwimmer (B.S. 1988), Emmy Award-nominated actor (Friends, Band of Brothers, Madagascar)
• Yuki Shimoda (Yukio Shimoda, B.A. in Accounting 1950's), Emmy Award-nominated actor, University of Chicago Compass Players "Second City", Japanese American nisei actor of the silver screen, stage and television, co-star of the Tony Award winning Broadway play, Auntie Mame with fellow Northwestern graduate Robert Reed
• Katherine Shindle (B.S. 1999), Miss America 1998, actress (Capote)
• Candace Smith (J.D. 2002), Miss Ohio USA 2003; actress (Beerfest)
• Jerry Springer (J.D. 1968), host of The Jerry Springer Show; former mayor of Cincinnati
• Florence Stanley, actress (My Two Dads, Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
• McLean Stevenson (B.S. 1952), Emmy Award-nominated actor (M*A*S*H, The Doris Day Show); guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
• Peter Strauss (B.S. 1969), Emmy Award-winning actor (Rich Man, Poor Man, Masada, Soldier Blue, The Secret of NIMH)
• Nicole Sullivan (B.S. 1991), original cast member of MADtv; actress (The King of Queens); winner of the inaugural Celebrity Poker Showdown
• Hope Summers, actress (The Andy Griffith Show)
• Inga Swenson (B.S. 1953), actress (The Miracle Worker, Benson)
• Leigh Taylor-Young (attended, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (Soylent Green, Picket Fences, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas)
• Lloyd Thaxton (B.A. 1950), television show host, Emmy Award-winning producer of "Fight Back! With David Horowitz"
• Chuti Tiu (B.A. 1991), Miss Illinois 1994; actress (Desire)
• Deborah Tranelli (B.S. 1977), actress (Dallas)
• Robert Trebor, actor (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Raise Your Voice)
• Jason Tyne, resident playwright and director, Rising Sun Performance Company
• Ira Ungerleider (B.S. 1990), Emmy Award-nominated producer/writer (Friends)
• Tom Virtue (B.S. 1979), actor (Even Stevens, Read It and Weep)
• Billie Lou Watt (B.S. 1945), actress (Search for Tomorrow, Astro Boy)
• Michael Weston (B.S.), actor (The Last Kiss, Coyote Ugly, Six Feet Under)
• Kimberly Williams (B.S. 1993), actress (Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride Part II, According to Jim)
• Fred Williamson (B.S. 1960), actor (MASH, Three the Hard Way, Black Caesar, Starsky & Hutch); former professional defensive back who played in Super Bowl I
• Edward D. Wood, Jr., filmmaker
• Mary Zimmerman (B.S. 1982, M.A. 1985, Ph.D. 1994), Tony Award-winning director/writer (Metamorphoses); librettist (Galileo Galilei)

Business

• Arthur Andersen (B.B.A. 1917), founder of Arthur Andersen LLP
• Teruaki Aoki (Ph.D. 1970), Senior Executive Vice President, Sony
• James L. Allen (B.S. 1929), founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
• Edwin G. Booz (B.S. 1914), founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
• Lisa Caputo (M.S. 1987), Chairman and CEO, Citigroup Women and Company
• Sue Castorino (B.S. 1975), founder and President of The Speaking Specialists
• Nicholas Chabraja (B.A. 1964), Chairman and CEO, General Dynamics
• Douglas Conant (B.A. 1973, MBA 1975), President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
• Terri Dial (B.A. 1971), former Pres./CEO of Wells Fargo Bank
• D. Cameron Findlay (B.A. 1982), Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Aon Corporation
• Christopher Galvin (B.A. 1973), former Chairman and CEO of Motorola
• Elbert Henry Gary (J.D. 1868), co-founder of the United States Steel Corporation
• Hugh Hefner (attended for semester of graduate sociology courses), founder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
• John H. Johnson (attended, never graduated), founder of the Johnson Publishing Company (Ebony and Jet magazines)
• Joseph Levy Jr. (B.B.A. 1947), Chairman of Levy Venture Management
• Jeffrey McClelland (B.S. 1980), former COO, US Airways
• Blythe McGarvie, director of Accenture, Viacom, and the Pepsi Bottling Group
• John Meriwether (B.S. 1969), founder of Long-Term Capital Management
• David R. Nissen (B.A. 1973), President and CEO, GE Consumer Finance
• Morgan E. O'Brien (J.D. 1969), founder of Nextel Communications, Inc.
• William A. Osborn (B.A. 1969), Chairman and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation
• Peter George Peterson (B.S. 1947), former Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers; co-founder of the Blackstone Group (*also listed under Politics, Government, and Public Policy)
• Christine Poon (B.A. 1973), Vice Chairman and Worldwide Chairman of Medicines & Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson
• Pat Ryan (B.A. 1959), founder and Executive Chairman of Aon Corporation
• Paul Sagan (B.S. 1981), President and CEO, Akamai Technologies
• Gordon Segal (B.B.A. 1960), co-founder and CEO, Crate and Barrel
• Judith A. Sprieser (B.A. 1974, M.B.A. 1977), former CFO and EVP of Sara Lee, non-exec director of Allstate Corporation, USG Corporation, Intercontinental Exchange, Royal Ahold, Reckit Benckiser, Adecco.
• Alfred Steele (B.A. 1923), former CEO of Pepsi-Cola
• Russ M. Strobel (B.A. 1974), CEO, Nicor
• Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner (B.S. 1951), Vice Chairman, Estée Lauder
• Robert Wayman (B.S. 1967), former CFO and EVP, Hewlett-Packard
• William A. Woodburn (M.S. 1975), President and CEO, GE Infrastructure

For notable M.B.A. alumni see the Kellogg School of Management

Journalism

• J. A. Adande, ESPN contributor, Around the Horn; former Los Angeles Times sports columnist
• Jabari Asim, columnist, Washington Post
• David Barstow (B.S. 1986), Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times
• Steve Bell (M.S. 1963), former correspondent for ABC News
• Amalie Benjamin, sports columnist, Boston Globe
• Ira Berkow (M.S. 1964), sports columnist, The New York Times
• Kevin Blackistone (B.S. 1981), ESPN contributor, Around the Horn; Dallas Morning News sports columnist
• David Boardman (B.S. 1979) executive editor, The Seattle Times
• Steve Bogira, columnist, Chicago Reader
• Christine Brennan (B.S. 1980, M.S. 1981), sports columnist, USA Today
• Elizabeth Brenner (B.S. 1976), publisher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Elisabeth Bumiller, former White House Correspondent, The New York Times
• Ben Burns (B.S. 1934), founding editor of Ebony and Jet
• David Chalian, deputy political director, ABC News
• Pauline W. Chen (M.D.) author of Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Knopf)
• Carina Chocano (B.A. 1990), film critic for the Los Angeles Times
• Amanda Congdon (B.S. 2003), former hostess of Rocketboom
• Rance Crain (B.S. 1960), president and editor-in-chief, Crain Communications Inc.
• Mort Crim (M.S. 1963), former broadcast journalist
• Lester Crystal (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1957), executive producer, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
• Benoit Denizet-Lewis (B.S. 1997), contributor to the New York Times Magazine and author of the forthcoming book America Anonymous
• Gregg Easterbrook, author and journalist
• Leo Ebersole, writer, Chicago Tribune RedEye
• Rich Eisen, NFL Network anchor
• Stuart Elliott, advertising columnist for The New York Times
• Fred Eychaner (B.S. 1966), founder of Newsweb Corporation
• Linda Foley (B.S. 1977) president, The Newspaper Guild
• John Fricke, Emmy Award-winning author/historian; noted expert on Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz
• Jack Fuller (B.S. 1968), former publisher of the Chicago Tribune and president of the Tribune Company
• Georgie Anne Geyer, journalist
• Ira Glass, host, NPR's "This American Life" attended Northwestern but transferred to Brown University and graduated from there.
• Lauren Green, religion correspondent for Fox News Channel
• Mike Greenberg ESPN Sportscenter Host, Co-Host of Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio
• Richard Harris (B.S. 1976), senior producer, Nightline
• Kwame Holman (M.S. 1982), correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
• Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Washington Post and novelist
• Michael Isikoff, investigative journalist for Newsweek magazine
• Laura Jacobs (B.A. 1978), contributing editor at Vanity Fair and New Criterion dance critic
• Jeff Jarvis, creator of Entertainment Weekly, columnist, professor at CUNY Journalism program
• Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief, Mother Jones Magazine
• Sherry Jones (M.S. 1971), senior producer, Frontline
• Walter Kerr, Broadway theater critic, playwright, and author
• Rikki Klieman, Court TV anchor and legal analyst
• Michelle Kosinski, correspondent, NBC News
• Irv Kupcinet, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist
• Katherine Lanpher, writer and radio personality, author of Leap Days
• Nicole Lapin, anchor, CNN Pipeline
• Robert R. McCormick, former owner of the Chicago Tribune
• Steve McGonigle, The Dallas Morning News writer and investigative reporter
• Brent Musburger, sports announcer, ABC
• Rachel Nichols, ESPN and Washington Post reporter
• John Palmer, former news correspondent for NBC News
• Barry Petersen, foreign correspondent, CBS News
• Daniel H. Pink (B.A. 1986), author of A Whole New Mind
• Neal Pollack, novelist, essayist, and humor writer.
• Steven Reddicliffe (B.S. 1975), former editor-in-chief, TV Guide; current television editor for The New York Times
• Nick Reding (B.A. 1994), author of "Methland" and "The Last Cowboys at the End of the World"
• Kathy Reichs, best-selling novelist and forensic anthropologist.
• Jacque Reid, television and radio personality, former lead anchor for the BET nightly news
• Dave Revsine, sportscaster, ESPN
• Darren Rovell, CNBC Sports Business Reporter
• Daniel Rubin, metro columnist,"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
• Jamie Samuelsen, radio personality (WDFN)
• Anatole Shub, journalist for Washington Post and New York Times, author*
• Jane Skinner, host of Fox News Live
• David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover and political strategist
• Evan Smith, Editor in Chief of Texas Monthly
• Margaret Sullivan, Editor, The Buffalo News
• Lynn Sweet, Washington, D.C., bureau chief and columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
• Sander Vanocur, journalist
• Julia Wallace (B.S. 1978), editor, The Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Alan Weisman, (B.A., M.A.), journalist and author of The World Without Us
• Gary Weiss, journalist
• Michael Wilbon, ESPN analyst (Pardon the Interruption) and Washington Post sports columnist

For more notable alumni visit the Medill School of Journalism's Hall of Achievement: http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/alumni/honors/

Law

• Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. (J.D. 1969), Justice, Hawaii Supreme Court
• Rachel E. Barkow (B.A. 1993), Professor of Law, New York University Law School
• Randy Barnett (B.A. 1974), Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University
• William Duane Benton (B.A. 1972), Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Richard Ben-Veniste (L.L.M. 1968), former Watergate counsel and 9/11 Commission member
• Raoul Berger (J.D. 1935), former Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History, Harvard Law School
• Vincent Blasi (B.A. 1964), Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties, Columbia University Law School; James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School
• David Boies (B.S. 1964), counsel, Bush v. Gore; founding partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
• Erwin Chemerinsky (B.S. 1975), Dean, University of California at Irvine School of Law
• G. Marcus Cole (J.D. 1993), Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Curriculum, Stanford Law School
• Cyrus E. Dietz (J.D. 1902), Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
• Carl E. Douglas, Lawyer, O.J. Simpson trial
• Arthur Goldberg (B.S.L. 1929, J.S.D. 1930), former Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Douglas Kmiec (B.A. 1973), Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University School of Law; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta
• Lawrence C. Marshall (J.D. 1985), Professor of Law, David and Stephanie Mills Director of Clinical Education, and Associate Dean for Public Interest and Clinical Education, Stanford Law School
• Lyman Ray Patterson, former Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility, University of Georgia School of Law
• John Paul Stevens (J.D. 1947), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Seymour Simon (B.S. 1935), former Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
• Loren Smith (B.A. 1966, J.D. 1969), Federal Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
• Richard Tallman, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School

Medicine, Science and Technology

• David Applebaum, Israeli physician
• Andy Carvin, founding editor and former coordinator of the Digital Divide Network
• George W. Crane, Ph.D., M.D., psychologist, physician, author, newspaper columnist
• Alston Scott Householder (B.A. 1925), mathematician
• Cheddi Jagan, dentist/Guyanese president
• Irene D. Long, Chief Medical Officer, Kennedy Space Center.
• Charles H. Mayo, doctor (Mayo Clinic)
• Robert F. Furchgott, Ph.D., 1940, Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (1998)
• Marc Kirschner (B.A. 1966), founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
• Richard Skrenta, creator of the first computer virus, Elk Cloner
• Joseph Staten, writer and director of the Halo video games
• Sam Treiman, former theoretical physicist and professor of physics at Princeton University
• Jacques Vallee (Ph.D. 1967), computer scientist, astronomer and UFO researcher
• Edward Weiler (B.A. 1971, M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1976), director, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Daniel Hale Williams, first person to perform open heart surgery
• Ben Slivka, headed up Microsoft projects for first 3 Internet Explorer browser versions.
• Kermit E Krantz, (B.S. 1945, M.S. 1947, M.D. 1948) Distinguished University Professor of Medicine University of Kansas. Among others, developed the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) and invented the expandable tampon. Namesake of the Arey/Krantz Museum of Anatomy at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

Music, Literature and the Arts

• Steve Albini, recording engineer, musician
• Jack Anderson, dance critic, The New York Times
• Marie Arana, editor of Washington Post Book World, author of National Book Award-finalist American Chica and the novel Cellophane
• Ernst Bacon, composer
• Mary Jo Bang (B.A., M.A.), 2007 National Book Critics Circle award winner for poetry collection entitled "Elegy;" professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis
• Saul Bellow (B.A. 1937), Nobel Prize-winning novelist
• Andrew Bird (B.M. 1995), singer-songwriter
• Chris Bliss, juggler
• Anthony Bozza, music journalist, author of Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem and Tommyland.
• Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano
• Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
• William Butler (B.A. 2005), member of indie rock band Arcade Fire
• Mark Camphouse, composer, notably of symphonic wind pieces, and conductor
• Dan Chaon, author of You Remind Me of Me and Among the Missing
• Julia Davids, founding member and Artistic Director of the Canadian Chamber Choir
• Maggie Dietz (B.A.), poet and author of "Perennial Fall"
• Cynthia Dobrinski, handbell composer and clinician
• Ivan Doig, novelist
• Tananarive Due, novelist and journalist, The Living Blood
• Andy Duncan, former member of OK Go
• Mary Dunleavy, soprano
• Wilma Dykeman, writer
• Timothy Ferris, science author
• William R. Ferris (M.A. 1965), former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Kyle Gann, composer, microtonalist
• Chester Gould, cartoonist
• Shari Goldhagen, author
• James Green (B.A. 1966), author
• Ayun Halliday, columnist and author of No Touch Monkey!
• Amir Hamed, Uruguaya writer
• Howard Hanson, composer
• Aleksandar Hemon (M.A. 1996), author and MacArthur Fellow, "The Lazarus Project"

, Nowhere Man, The Question of Bruno

• Cristina Henriquez (B.A. 1999), author of "The World in Half" (Riverhead, 2009)
• Sheldon Harnick, lyricist
• Cheryl Holland (B.M. 1994), Music Therapist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
• Brigid Hughes, former editor-in-chief of The Paris Review and editor-in-chief of A Public Space
• Myron Hunt, architect
• Brendan Kelly, member of the The Lawrence Arms
• Ardis Krainik (B.S. 1951), former General Manager of the Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Jay Krush, tubist
• William Lava, composer
• Margaret Lloyd, soprano
• Attica Locke, novelist and screenwriter, author of "Black Water Rising"
• George R.R. Martin, author
• Sherrill Milnes, baritone
• Robert McHenry, encyclopedist and author
• Audrey Niffenegger, novelist and artist; author of The Time Traveller's Wife
• Bruce Norris (B.A. 1982), playwright; "The Pain and the Itch"
• Tawni O'Dell, novelist, Sister Mine, Coal Run, Back Roads
• Karen A. Page, writer
• Marge Piercy, novelist and poet
• Leslie Pietrzyk, writer
• Neal Pollack, satirical author and journalist
• Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter
• Steve Rodby, jazz bassist
• Ned Rorem, composer
• Tina Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
• Karen Russell (B.A. 2003), author of St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
• David Sanborn, saxophonist
• Joseph Schwantner, composer
• Sidney Sheldon, author (never graduated)
• Jon Solomon, DJ / record label owner
• Warren Spector, game designer
• Michael Sprinker, late literary theorist
• Frederick Swann, organist and President of the American Guild of Organists
• Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, composer
• Augusta Read Thomas, composer
• Trevanian, author
• Kathy Reichs, author
• Thomas Tyra (B.A. 1954, M.A. 1955), composer, music educator, bandmaster
• Walter Wager, author
• Nike Wagner, author
• Margaret Walker (B.A. 1935), poet and author
• Doug Wamble (M.M. 1997), musician and composer
• Joshua Weiner (B.A. 1985), poet, author of The World's Room
• Paul Winter, musician
• Rachael Yamagata (B.S. 1997), musician

Politics, Government, and Public Policy

• Jonathan Addleton (B.S. 1979), USAID mission director
• Michael Bakalis (B.A. 1959, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1966), former Deputy Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education
• George Ball, former Undersecretary of State
• Judy Biggert, Republican congresswoman
• Rod Blagojevich, former Governor of Illinois
• Judy Baar Topinka, former State Treasurer of Illinois; Republican Gubernatorial candidate, 2006 election
• William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic presidential nominee
• Dale Bumpers (J.D. 1951), former U.S. Senator and Governor of Arkansas
• John A. Cade (M.B.A. 1954), former Maryland State Senator
• Francis H. Case, former U.S. Senator
• Salem Chalabi, ex-General Director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal
• Wendy Chamberlin (B.S. 1970), former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan; former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East
• Cardiss Collins, former U.S. Representative from Illinois
• James L. Connaughton, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality
• Steven M. Cook, Former Warrenville Park District Commissioner, Natural Areas Commissioner, Investment Banker
• Dan Cronin, Current Illinois State Senator
• Nathan Daschle, executive director, Democratic Governors Association, son of Tom Daschle
• Karen DeCrow (B.S. 1959), former President of the National Organization for Women
• Rahm Emanuel, former aide to Bill Clinton, former Democratic congressman of Illinois' 5th congressional district and White House Chief of Staff of President Barack Obama
• Scott Feeney (B.A. 1987), country director, office of the Secretary of Defense
• Al From, founder and current CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council
• Chrissy Gephardt, prominent LGBT-rights political advocate, daughter of Dick Gephardt
• Dick Gephardt, former House Democratic leader
• Barbara Gittings, American LGBT activist
• Wendy Lee Gramm, former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Robert Hanssen (M.B.A. 1971), former FBI agent who engaged in spying for the Soviet Union and Russia against the United States
• Loy W. Henderson (B.A. 1915), former United States Foreign Service Officer
• Earl Dewitt Hutto, former United States Representative from Florida
• Janet Kafka (B.S. 1978), Consul of Spain in Texas
• Steve Kagen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• Jim Kolbe, former U.S. Representative from Arizona, served 11 terms
• Scott L. Klug (M.S.J. 1976), former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• Liz Krueger (B.A.), New York State Senator
• Dan Lipinski (B.S. 1988), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Frank Orren Lowden, former Governor of Illinois
• Edwin M. Martin, former United States Foreign Service Officer
• Catherine Waugh McCulloch, suffragist
• George McGovern, South Dakota Senator and 1972 Democratic candidate for president
• Eduardo Mondlane, Revolutionary leader of Mozambique
• Newton Minow, former director of the Federal Communications Commission
• Dawn Clark Netsch (B.A. 1948), politician
• Phyllis Oakley (B.A. 1956), former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, the State Department
• George M. O'Brien (B.A. 1939), former U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Terry O'Neill (B.A.), president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Glenn Pearce-Oroz (B.A. 1991), senior USAID urban and municipal development officer, Honduras
• Peter George Peterson, former chairman of the Council On Foreign Relations, United States Secretary of Commerce (*also listed under Business)
• John Edward Porter (B.S. and B.A 1957), former U.S. Representative from Illinois
• J. Leonard Reinsch, former White House Press Secretary
• Mel Sembler (B.S. 1952), former U.S. ambassador to Italy
• Adlai Stevenson, Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential nominee
• Mike Synar (M.A. 1974), former United States Representative from Oklahoma
• James R. Thompson, former Governor of Illinois
• Daniel Walker, former Governor of Illinois
• Harold Washington, first black Chicago mayor
• Lois Weisberg (B.S. 1946), Commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
• Richard E. Wiley (B.S. 1955, J.D.), former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

Sports

• Mike Adamle, football player and sportscaster
• Katrina Adams, tennis player
• Darnell Autry, football player and actor
• Brett Basanez, football player
• D'Wayne Bates, football player
• Harold Blackmon, former football player, Seattle Seahawks
• Ron Burton, former football player, Boston Patriots (now known as the New England Patriots)
• Luis Castillo, San Diego Chargers football player
• Barry Cofield, New York Giants Defensive Lineman
• Audra Cohen, 2007 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Champion (never graduated)
• Javiar Collins, football player, Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns
• Paul Dana, former race car driver in the Indy Racing League
• Jerry Doggett, former broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Luke Donald, golfer
• John L. "Paddy" Driscoll, football player
• Eddie Einhorn (J.D. 1960), Vice Chairman of the Chicago White Sox
• Evan Eschmeyer, former basketball player
• Pat Fitzgerald, former 2-time All-American football player, current Northwestern head football coach
• Barry Gardner, professional football player
• Joe Girardi, former baseball player and current New York Yankees manager
• Grant Golden, tennis player
• Jim Golliday, track
• Otto Graham, professional football player
• Seymour Greenberg, tennis player
• Glen Grunwald (J.D. 1984), Senior Vice President for Basketball Operations of the New York Knicks
• JA Happ, baseball player
• Napoleon Harris, football player, Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings
• Noah Herron, football player, Green Bay Packers
• Chris Hinton, former 7-time Pro Bowl football player, Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons & Minnesota Vikings
• Mike Huff, former baseball player
• Ronald Joseph, figure skater and long jumper
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis (J.D. 1891), first Commissioner of Baseball
• Mark Loretta, baseball player
• Todd Martin, tennis player
• Daryl Morey (B.S. 1996), general manager of the Houston Rockets
• Matt O'Dwyer, football player
• Ted Phillips, Chicago Bears President and CEO
• Jerry Reinsdorf (J.D. 1960), owner of the Chicago Bulls and the Chicago White Sox
• Marty Riessen, tennis player
• Annette Rogers, sprinter
• Anucha Browne Sanders (B.S. 1985), former Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Operations, New York Knickerbockers
• Rick Sund, General Manager, Seattle Supersonics
• Steve Tasker, football player, sports announcer, Buffalo Bills
• Rick Telander, sportswriter
• Debi Thomas, figure skater

Other

• Patti Davis (attended, never graduated), daughter of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis Reagan
• Jade Smalls, Miss Illinois 1999 and concert pianist
• Kelly O'Donnell, White House correspondent for NBC News, class of 1987 from the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP).
• Crispin Sanchez, (Ph.D. in education), advocate for education and athletics among Mexican Americans in South Texas
• Rick Telander, sportswriter and author of "Heaven is a Playground"

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