List of University of Cincinnati people
This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States of America.
Notable alumni
Please note that the names listed may have only attended the University at one point and not necessarily have graduated.
- Sue J. Ainsworth (Hillgren), prominent crafts-style painter, 1941-1988
- Frank P. Austin, celebrity interior designer
- Kathleen Battle, opera singer
- Juan N. Babauta, Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Shoshana Bean, Broadway Actress.
John Shaw Billings, M.D. 1860. Perhaps the most famous medical school graduate, as he began the process to organize the world's medical literature, of what now is PubMed.
- Eula Bingham, occupational health scientist
- David Canary, actor on All My Children
- Kristy Cates, Broadway Actress
- Greg Cook, former National Football League quarterback
- Robin T. Cotton, ENT specialist and professor
- Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States
- Zach Day, MLB pitcher
- Vinod Dham, 'father' of the Pentium computer chip (MS Eng, 77)
- Danny Fortson, basketball player (did not graduate)[citation needed]
- Rich Franklin, Professional MMA fighter
- Alexander D. Goode, One of the Four Chaplains
- Michael Graves, architect
- Michael Gruber, stage actor, singer, and dancer
- Earl Hamner, writer, creator of The Waltons
- Randy Harrison, actor on Queer as Folk
- Stephanie Heinrich, Playboy model
- Al Hirt, trumpeter and bandleader
- Louise McCarren Herring, pioneer of the non-profit cooperative credit union movement
- Jill Elaine Hughes, playwright and journalist
- DerMarr Johnson, basketball player (did not graduate)[citation needed]
- Robert Kistner, gynecologist
- Kip Knight, Vice President of Marketing, eBay
- Sandy Koufax, hall of fame baseball player
- William Lawrence, congressman and first vice-president of the American Red Cross
- James Levine, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra
- Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops orchestra
- Steve Logan, Basketball player (did not graduate)[citation needed]
- Charlie Luken, politician and former Mayor of Cincinnati
- Beverly Malone, nurse and president of the American Nurses Association
- Kenyon Martin, basketball player (did not graduate)[citation needed]
- Kevin McCollum, Award-winning Broadway producer (Rent, Avenue Q)
- Stuart O'Neal, Data Architect, named Time Magazine Person of the Year 2006
- Sarah Jessica Parker, Actress
- Ruben Patterson, basketball player
- Oscar Robertson, basketball player
- Tom Rossley, football coach, formerly offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers
- Jerry Rubin, activist
- Nipsey Russell, actor/comedian
- Jean Schmidt, Congresswoman from Ohio
- Joseph B. Strauss, engineer who designed the Golden Gate Bridge
- Bob Taft, Ohio govenor
- William Howard Taft, US President, Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Christian Tetzlaff, professional violinist
- Mike Valentine, CEO of Valentine radar and laser detectors
- Tony Trabert, tennis player
- Nick Van Exel, basketball player (did not graduate)[citation needed]
- Kevin Youkilis, MLB player
Notable Faculty
- George Rieveschl - The inventor of Benadryl
- Albert Sabin - Developed the oral live polio vaccine
- Herman Schnieder - The father of co-operative education
- Neil Armstrong - American Astronaut
References
Albert Hague, Oscar winning composer and composer of the music for "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." Also music professor in the movie and TV show "Fame."