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This list of New York University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of New York University.

Legend

The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent NYU schools and colleges:

Abbr. Meaning
* Did not graduate
CAS College of Arts and Science
DENT College of Dentistry
NURSING Rory Meyers College of Nursing
GAL Gallatin School of Individualized Study
GSAS Graduate School of Arts and Science
IFA Institute of Fine Arts
SPS School of Professional Studies
ENG School of Engineering (discontinued/merged; now Tandon)
LAW School of Law
MED School of Medicine
POLY Tandon School of Engineering
SSW Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
STEINHARDT Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
STERN Stern School of Business
TSOA Tisch School of the Arts
ARTS University College of Arts and Sciences (discontinued/merged; now CAS)
WAG Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
SHA New York University Shanghai
WSC Washington Square College (discontinued/merged; now CAS)

In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn,[1][2][3][4][5] which in turn merged into NYU to form New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in 2014. In 2015, the school changed its name to NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Academia and research

Educators

Name Year School Degree Notability Reference
John S. Allen 1936 GSAS Ph.D. First president of the University of South Florida in Tampa; interim president of the University of Florida in Gainesville [6][7]
Haim Ben-Shahar Israeli economist and President of Tel Aviv University
Miriam Basilio 2002 IFA Ph.D. Educator, author and curator at The Museum of Modern Art, NY [8]
Samuel Baskin 1974 GSAS Ph.D. First president of the Union Institute & University in Cincinnati [9][10]
Eleanor K. Baum POLY Cooper Union Engineering School Dean; served as Dean at Pratt Institute; the first female dean of an engineering school in the United States
Edward J. Bloustein 1948 WSC B.A. Seventeenth president of Rutgers University; professor at NYU Law [11]
Bruno A. Boley POLY Dean of Engineering at Northwestern University; National Academy of Engineering member
William Boylan Master of Pedagogy First president of Brooklyn College [12]
Joyce F. Brown 1971, 1980 GSAS M.S., Ph.D. President of the Fashion Institute of Technology
Truesdel Peck Calkins Founder and first president of Hofstra University [13]
Herbert Carlin POLY Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University; professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Rustica Carpio 1956 STEINHARDT M.A. Chairperson and first dean of the College of Communication of Polytechnic University of the Philippines; Dean of the College of Mass Communication at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; Fulbright Scholar
Serena Chen 1997 Ph.D Chair of the Psychology Department at U.C. Berkeley
Frank A. Cipriani GSAS M.A., Ph.D. Fifth President of SUNY Farmingdale [14][15]
K. Mani Chandy POLY Chair of engineering and applied sciences at the California Institute of Technology; National Academy of Engineering member
Kenneth Connor POLY Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department Head from 2001 to 2008 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; IEEE Fellow
Jessica Garretson Finch Law J.D. Founding president of Finch College
Jeffrey P. Freidberg 1961, 1962, 1964 POLY B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Professor emeritus and former head of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT (1997–2003); former associate director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center [16][17][18]
John Anderson Fry 1986 Stern M.B.A. President, Drexel University
Michael J. Garanzini 1978 STEINHARDT M.A. President and Chancellor, Loyola University Chicago [19][failed verification]
Jerome Gavis POLY Chairman of the chemical engineering department at Johns Hopkins University; National Academy of Science member; helped develop methods of separating solid waste components [20]
Dorit Geva 2006 Ph.D. Founding Dean of undergraduate studies at Central European University [21]
Harold S. Goldberg POLY Dean of the Tufts University School of Engineering; Gordon Prize winner; National Academy of Engineering member
Urban Gonnoud 1958 Stern M.B.A. 15th President of St. Francis College
Martin H. Graham 1952 POLY Ph.D. Chair of the Computer Science Department at University of California, Berkeley; professor at Rice University; designer of the Rice Institute Computer; served as Secretary of the Academic Senate, University of California from 1978 to 1980 [22]
Martha Greenblatt POLY Chair of the Chemistry Department at Rutgers University
Gabriel Hawawini 1977 GSAS Ph.D. Dean, INSEAD, 2000–2006 [23]
Russell K. Hotzler POLY President of New York City College of Technology
Richard Joel 1972, 1975 Law B.A., J.D. Fourth president of Yeshiva University, 2003–2017 [24]
Peter G. Jordan POLY Vice Chancellor of CUNY; President of Tarrant County College; dean at New York Institute of Technology; dean at Adelphi University; overseer for Colby College [25][26]
Kim Won-yong 1959 Ph.D. 'Father of Korean Archaeology', Prof. Seoul National University
John Sterling Kingsley POLY Chair of Biology at Tufts University
Paul Kurtz 1948 WSC B.A. The "Pope of the unbelievers" [27]
Norman Lamm POLY President and chancellor of Yeshiva University
Katharine Culbert Lyall 1969 Stern M.B.A. President, University of Wisconsin–Madison; President of the University of Wisconsin System
James Milliken 1983 Law J.D. President of the University of Nebraska; Chancellor of the City University of New York [28]
Donald Moon 1958 ENG M.S. President of Shimer College [29]
Leonard Peikoff 1964 GSAS Ph.D. Intellectual heir of Ayn Rand; leading figure of Objectivism
Fortunato de la Peña POLY Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of the Philippines College of Engineering
Shirley D. Peterson Law J.D. President of Hood College; sat on the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College from 1994 to 2007; currently a Trustee Emerita of Bryn Mawr College
Frederick Reines GSAS Ph.D. Professor and chair of physics at Case Western Reserve University
Nicanor Reyes, Sr. 1917 Stern B.A. Founder and first president of the Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines [30]
Wallace S. Sayre GSAS Ph.D. Professor of Columbia University; namesake of Sayre's law
John P. Schaefer POLY President of University of Arizona
Josef Singer POLY President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Lawrence G. Smith M.D. Founding dean of Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Marian Stoltz-Loike 1984 GSAS Ph.D. Dean of Lander College for Women and Vice President of Touro College
Paul Tagliabue Law J.D. Chairman of Board of Directors of Georgetown University
Jeremy Travis Law J.D. President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Hermann Viets POLY President of Milwaukee School of Engineering
Herbert George Welch POLY President of Ohio Wesleyan University
Samuel Merrill Woodbridge 1838 B.A. Led New Brunswick seminary as Dean and President of the Faculty from 1883 to 1901 [31]
Howard Zinn 1951 CAS B.A. Author of A People's History of the United States
Richard E. Sorensen POLY Dean of Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech
Richard S. Stein POLY Founder and Professor of the Polymer Science and Engineering Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst; Member of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering; Fulbright Visiting Professor at Kyoto University; National Research Council Fellow at Cambridge University; Research Associate at Princeton University
Fazlollah Reza POLY Head of Sharif University of Technology and University of Tehran; professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and McGill University; Fellow of the IEEE
Virginia P. Ruesterholz POLY Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology
Yehuda (Leo) Levi POLY Rector at the Jerusalem College of Technology
Newt Margulies POLY Dean and Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at California State University, San Marcos; former Dean of the School of Business, University of California, Irvine [32]
William B. Kouwenhoven POLY Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Engineering
Eugene M. Lang POLY Chair emeritus of the Board of Swarthmore College [33]
Charles Waldo Haskins POLY Founder and first dean of New York University Stern School of Business
Charles E. Anderson POLY Dean at University of Wisconsin, Madison
A. Michael Noll POLY Dean at University of Southern California [34]
Samuel Levy Law B.A., J.D. Chairman of the Yeshiva University Board of Trustees
Elmer L. Gaden POLY Former chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at Columbia University; Russ Prize winner; National Academy of Engineering member
Cathy Minehan STERN MBA Dean of the School of Management at Simmons College
Jack Baskin ENG Founder of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexander Schure ENG President of New York Institute of Technology
Alfred Gessow ENG Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park; professor at University of Virginia; awarded NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Arthur Bienenstock POLY Vice Provost and Dean of Research at Stanford University; former director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource [35]
W. J. Seeley POLY Dean of Duke University's Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering; served as chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at Duke University; professor at University of Pennsylvania; director of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory [36]
Iris Weinshall WAG Vice chancellor at the City University of New York
Gerald W. Lynch President of John Jay College
John Harvey Kellogg Founder of American Medical Missionary College; invented corn flakes
Amy Malek 2005 M.A. Assistant professor, scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist; endowed Chair and Director in Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater [37]

Professors, researchers and scientists

Name Year School Degree Notability Reference
Neil Garg 2000 CAS B.S. UCLA Professor & Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair
Daniel Draper (meteorologist) 1880 Med Ph.D Meteorologist and medical doctor [38]
Geetha Angara 1984 GSAS Ph.D. Victim of unsolved 2005 homicide at New Jersey water treatment plant [39]
Sylvan Barnet 1948 CAS B.A. Shakespearean scholar
E. Lloyd Du Brul 1937 DENT D.D.S. Author of Sicher and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy
Avery Fisher 1929 ARTS B.S. Inventor of the first stereo radio-phonograph
Caroline D. Gentile 1949 M.A. Associate professor emeritus of education; physical education instructor; longest-serving faculty member of the University of Maine at Presque Isle [40]
Corwin Hansch GSAS Ph.D. Inventor of the Hansch equation
Robert Qiu 1955 Ph.D. CEO of Wiscom Technologies; professor of electrical engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tito Boeri 1990 Ph.D. Professor at Bocconi University, Milan; director of Fondazione RDB
Eric R. Kandel 1955 Med M.D. 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Peter Lax 1947, 1949 GSAS B.A., Ph.D. 2005 Abel Prize laureate
Leonard Linkow 1952 DENT DDS Pioneer in oral implantology; nominated for Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1969 [41][42]
Martin Hellman 1966 ENG B.S. Invented public key cryptography; inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame; Turing Award winner
John Harvey Kellogg 1875 Med Co-inventor of Kellogg's cereals
Barbara Keyfitz 1970 Courant Ph.D. Director of the Fields Institute
David Korn 1969 Courant Ph.D. Creator of the Korn shell
Boris Aronov 1986, 1989 Courant M.S., Ph.D. Computer scientist; professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Sloan Research Fellow
Gerald Soffen Postdoc Chief scientist of the Viking missions to Mars in 1976
Salvatore Stolfo 1979 Courant Ph.D. Professor at Columbia University
Cathleen Synge Morawetz 1951 Ph.D. National Academy of Science
Lee Morin 1978–1982 Med M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D. Astronaut
Louis Nirenberg 1949 Courant Ph.D. National Academy of Science
Frederick Reines 1944 GSAS Ph.D. 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics
Clifford Shull 1941 GSAS Ph.D. 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics
John Wellborn Root 1969 ARTS B.S. Inventor of the floating raft system
Dennis Tito 1962 CAS B.A. First commercial space flight customer
Victor Twersky[43] 1950 GSAS Ph.D. OSA Fellow, IEEE Fellow and professor (1966–1990) of applied mathematics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Alfred Vail 1836 B.A. Inventor
George Wald 1927 WSC B.S. 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Barbara Wertheimer 1960 M.A Co-founder and director, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Robert M. White 1951 ENG B.S. Air Force test pilot
Minoru Yamasaki 1951 GSAS M.A. Works include the World Trade Center
George W. Melville POLY Engineer-in-chief of the United States Navy; Congressional Gold Medal winner
Erwin Lutwak POLY mathematician, inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Gerard A. Alphonse POLY 2005 president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Ben Zinn 1961 ENG B.S. International soccer player and academic at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Member of the National Academy of Engineering [44]
Ami Miron POLY Received two Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards
Donald J. Metz POLY Nuclear engineer at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jay Kappraff POLY Professor at Cooper Union; NASA aerospace engineer
Torunn Atteraas Garin POLY Oversaw the development of the artificial sweetener aspartame and was a national spokesperson for it. Developed nontoxic processes to create food colorings and remove caffeine from coffee
Pat Villani POLY Author of DOS-C, the FreeDOS kernel
Peter Hänggi POLY Theoretical physicist best known for his original works on Brownian motion and ratchets, stochastic resonance and dissipative systems (classical and quantum)
Alexander Johnston POLY Professor at Princeton University
Ernest Bernbaum POLY Professor at Harvard University
Ines Mandl POLY Professor at Columbia University; American Academy of Arts and Sciences member; awarded the Garvan-Olin Medal in 1983 for her work on the enzyme collagenase
Frances Hugle POLY Microscopic and integrated circuitry pioneer; inventor of tape-automated bonding
James Wood POLY Fabricated the steel cables for the Brooklyn Bridge, making cable-lift elevators possible; contributed to the inventions of lockmaking, submarine, design of the modern refrigerator, A/C generator, electric motors, and transformer; held 240 patents [45]
Alan Schriesheim POLY Director Emeritus and the retired CEO of Argonne National Laboratory; professor at University of Chicago; National Academy of Engineering member
Jay Greene POLY Chief Engineer of NASA Johnson Space Center
Bern Dibner POLY Discovered how to connect electrical conductors still used today. Assembled one of the world's most important history of science libraries, now housed at MIT and the National Museum of American History
Norman Gaylord POLY Played a prominent role in the development of permeable contact lenses
Charles Camarda POLY Astronaut; NASA scientist and mission specialist on the Return to Flight voyage of the shuttle Discovery
Paolo A. Nespoli POLY Italian astronaut, mission specialist at STS-120 Space Shuttle mission
Thomas J. Kelly POLY Scientist; "father" of the Apollo Lunar Module
Jack Ruina POLY DARPA director; MIT professor emeritus
Robert O'Handley POLY MS, PhD MIT professor and research scientist [46]
Michael Strano 1997 POLY B.S. Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [47][48]
Howard A. Chinn POLY Pioneered techniques of analog audio recording, and radio and television broadcasting; was chief audio engineer at CBS, and a researcher at MIT and Harvard. [49][50]
Fredric J. Harris POLY Co-inventor of the Blackman-Harris Filter
Hugh John Casey POLY Designer of the Pentagon
Samuel Ruben POLY Inventor who made lasting contributions to electrochemistry and solid-state technology, including the founding of Duracell; held more than 300 patents
Ephraim Katzir POLY Fourth President of Israel; chief scientist of the Israel Defense Department
Bill Friend POLY Chairman of the University of California's President's Council on the National Laboratories; National Academy of Engineering member
Albert Macovski POLY Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University; National Academy of Engineering member
Christos V. Massalas POLY Professor at Trinity College, Dublin; Fulbright scholar
Irwin Kra POLY Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John G. Trump POLY Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; National Academy of Engineering member; developed rotational radiation therapy; with Robert J. Van de Graaff, developed one of the first million-volt X-ray generators
Hamilton Castner POLY Industrial chemist; invented methods to produce sodium metal and sodium hydroxide from soda ash and salt respectively; awarded Elliott Cresson Medal
George Glauberman POLY Professor at University of Chicago; Fellow of the American Mathematical Society; proved the ZJ theorem and the Z* theorem
Jules Bellisio POLY Chief Scientist at Telcordia Technologies
Lew Tucker POLY Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Systems [citation needed]
Herbert Carlin POLY Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University
Charles D. Strang POLY Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David J. Thomson POLY Professor at Princeton University, Stanford University, MIT, and University of Cambridge. Invented the Multitaper
Arthur Bienenstock POLY President of American Physical Society; professor at Stanford University
Ronald R. Yager POLY Professor at University of California, Berkeley; invented Ordered weighted averaging aggregation operator
Peter Pershan POLY Professor at Harvard University
Judea Pearl POLY Professor at UCLA; awarded Turing Award in 2011; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Mischa Schwartz POLY Professor at Columbia University; National Academy of Engineering member
Erol Gelenbe POLY Professor at Imperial College London and Duke University; invented G-networks and random neural network
Martha Greenblatt POLY Professor at Rutgers University
Steven L. Goldman POLY Professor at Lehigh University
John Archibald Wheeler GSAS Wolf Prize in Physics winner; professor at Princeton University; worked with the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, where he helped design nuclear reactors; helped design and build the hydrogen bomb; Guggenheim Fellow
Buddy Ratner POLY Professor at University of Washington; National Academy of Engineering member
Ronald Silverman POLY Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College; Professor of Ophthalmic Science at Columbia University Medical Center
Don Torrieri POLY Professor at Johns Hopkins University; research engineer and fellow of the US Army Research Laboratory
Edward A. Frieman POLY Professor at Princeton University; Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Guggenheim Fellow
Grigori Perelman COURANT Fields Medal winner; proved the soul conjecture and Thurston's geometrization conjecture
Leopold B. Felsen POLY Professor at Boston University; National Academy of Engineering member; Guggenheim Fellow
Erich E. Kunhardt POLY Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology
Bishnu S. Atal POLY Professor at University of Washington; Member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences
Robert H. Lieberman POLY Professor at Cornell University; Fulbright scholar [51]
Hugh Seidman POLY Professor at University of Wisconsin, Yale University, Columbia University, the College of William and Mary, and The New School
Clayton Hamilton POLY Professor at Columbia University
William B. Kouwenhoven POLY Inventor of closed-chest cardiac defibrillator; recipient of Edison Medal; professor at Johns Hopkins University
Linda Weiser Friedman POLY Professor of Statistics and Computer Information Systems at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center
George Preti POLY Professor at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Gerald J. Popek ENG Professor at UCLA
Hung-Chang Lin POLY Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland; invented the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit, the lateral transistor, and the wireless microphone; held 61 patents
John Sterling Kingsley POLY Professor at University of Illinois
Murray S. Klamkin POLY Professor at University of Minnesota and SUNY Buffalo
Richard J. Gambino POLY Professor at Stony Brook University; National Academy of Engineering member; holds 40 patents
Anthony M. Johnson POLY Professor at University of Maryland
Steve Wallach POLY Professor at Rice University; holds 33 patents; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Peter Staecker POLY President of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Andrew Herrmann POLY President of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Joel B. Snyder POLY President of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Eli M. Pearce POLY President of the American Chemical Society; designed fire-resistant polymers. [52]
Morris Janowitz WSC Made major contributions to sociological theory
Martin Pope POLY Professor emeritus at New York University
Walter Brenner POLY Professor at New York University
Bancroft Gherardi, Jr. POLY IEEE Edison Medal winner; President of American Institute of Electrical Engineers; National Academy of Sciences member
Mario Cardullo POLY Invented Radio-frequency identification (RFID)
Robert G. Brown POLY Invented the first telephone handset
Joel S. Engel POLY National Medal of Technology and Innovation winner; Charles Stark Draper Prize winner; Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Ameritech; National Academy of Engineering member
Joseph Owades POLY Inventor of Lite beer
Len Shustek POLY Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University
Eugene Fasullo POLY Chief Engineer of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Martin Schechter POLY Professor and founding director of the School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia
Rossiter W. Raymond POLY Professor at Columbia University
Henry L. Bachman 1951, 1954 POLY BSEE, MSEE IEEE president in 1987; served as Vice President of BAE Systems; Fellow of the IEEE [53]
John Gilbert POLY Inventor of non-stick coating as an application of Teflon; invented devices ranging from a multiple-head pasta extruder for the Ronzoni Company to miniaturized registers for the U.S. Army Signal Corps; Chief Scientist at DuPont [52][54][55]
Henry C. Goldmark POLY Designed and installed the Panama Canal locks
Mario Tchou POLY Created Olivetti Elea, Italy's first computer
Leopold Just POLY Designed virtually every major bridge and tunnel in New York City, as well as Washington Metro, Ohio Turnpike and Connecticut Turnpike
Jasper H. Kane POLY Developed the practical, deep-tank fermentation method for production of large quantities of pharmaceutical-grade penicillin
Nathan Marcuvitz POLY Head of the experimental group of the Radiation Laboratory (MIT); Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Jacob Bekenstein POLY Wolf Prize in Physics winner; best known for his part in the discovery of what is now called Bekenstein-Hawking radiation [56]
Jerome H. Lemelson ENG Holder of 605 patents; established the Lemelson Foundation; one of the most prolific inventors in American history; several of his inventions and works in the fields in which he patented have made possible, either wholly or in part, innovations like automated warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, camcorders, and the magnetic tape drive used in tape players [3]
Ali Akansu 1983, 1987 POLY M.S., Ph.D. Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology best known for his contributions to subband and wavelet transforms
Jack M. Sipress POLY Contributed to the development of submarine communications facilities; Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Benjamin Adler POLY Helped develop commercial television [57]
Robert Zwanzig POLY Professor at Johns Hopkins University; Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
Barouh Berkovits POLY Invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker
John B. MacChesney ENG Winner of Charles Stark Draper Prize
Gerard J. Foschini ENG professor at Princeton University
Lawrence J. Fogel ENG Inventor of active noise cancellation
Leonard Greene ENG Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
Michael I. Yarymovych ENG Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force (1973–1975); Guggenheim Fellow
Alexander H. Flax ENG Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force (1959–1961)
Robert S. Swarz ENG Co-director of the Systems Engineering Practice Office of MITRE Corporation
George Doundoulakis POLY Designed what was until very recently the largest radio telescope in the world [58]
Jerome Swartz POLY Developed early optical strategies for barcode scanning technologies; served as the project manager on NASA's Apollo Space Radiation Warning System program; National Academy of Engineering member [59]
Helias Doundoulakis POLY Patented the suspension system for the largest radio telescope in the world
Ahmed Cemal Eringen POLY Turkish-American engineering scientist; professor at Princeton University; namesake of the Eringen Medal
Henrik Ager-Hanssen ENG Norwegian nuclear physicist and businessperson; Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Bede Liu 1956, 1960 POLY M.E.E., D.E.E. Pioneer in digital signal processing. Professor at Princeton University; member of the National Academy of Engineering; Life Fellow of IEEE [60]
Subrata K. Sen POLY Joseph F. Cullman III professor and researcher at Yale University [61]
Roy LoPresti ENG Worked on the Apollo Moon Program; served as advisor to the US Congress; designed LoPresti Fury; designed the Grumman American AA-5; Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering at Mooney Aviation Company, where he designed the Mooney 201
Robert Sobel Professor of history at Hofstra University; well-known and prolific writer of business histories
Elliott Skinner Anthropologist; Guggenheim Fellow
James Ax POLY Mathematics professor at Stanford University and Cornell University; won Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory; proved Ax–Grothendieck theorem and Ax–Kochen theorem; Guggenheim Fellow
Russell A. Kirsch ENG Developed the first digital image scanner
E. Gail de Planque 1983 GSAS Ph.D. Nuclear physicist; first woman to become a Commissioner at the US government's Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); National Academy of Engineering member
Jacob Wolfowitz 1942 Courant Ph.D. Statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist; professor at Cornell University, Columbia University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; proved Wald–Wolfowitz runs test and Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality
Solomon Berson 1939, 1945 MED M.S., MD Developed radioimmunoassay with Rosalyn Yalow, who received a Nobel Prize for their joint work after Berson's death. [62]
Gabriel P. Weisberg 1963 WSC B.A. Art historian, Professor of Art History Emeritus, University of Minnesota [63]
Cortney Lollar 2002 LAW J.D. Distinguished professor of Law at University of Kentucky [64]

Abel Prize recipients

Name Year School Degree Notability Reference
Louis Nirenberg 1949 Courant Ph.D. Abel Prize (2015)
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan 1966 Courant postdoc Abel Prize (2007)
Peter Lax 1947, 1949 Courant B.A., Ph.D. Abel Prize (2005)

MacArthur Fellows

Name Year School Degree Notability Reference
Milton Babbitt 1935 ARTS B.A. 1986 MacArthur Fellow
George Perle 1956 GSAS Ph.D. 1974 MacArthur Fellow
Charles Simic 1966 ARTS B.A. 1983 MacArthur Fellow
Michelle Dorrance 2001 Gallatin B.A. 2015 MacArthur Fellow [65]
Mimi Lien 2003 TSOA M.F.A. 2015 MacArthur Fellow [65]
Basil Twist 2015 TSOA 2015 MacArthur Fellow [65]
Majora Carter 1997 TSOA M.F.A 2005 MacArthur Fellow
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 2007 TSOA M.A. 2016 MacArthur Fellow
Sylvia A. Law 1968 Law J.D. 1983 MacArthur Fellow
Annie Baker 2003 TSOA B.F.A. 2017 MacArthur Fellow [66]
Gabriel Victora 2011 GSAS Ph.D. 2017 MacArthur Fellow [67][68]

National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation, Arts and Humanities recipients

Name Year School Degree Notability Reference
Joseph B. Keller 1943–1948 GSAS B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1988 National Medal of Science recipient
Peter Lax 1947, 1949 Courant B.A., Ph.D. 1986 National Medal of Science recipient
Alexandre Chorin Courant 2014 National Medal of Science recipient
Martin David Kruskal Courant 1993 National Medal of Science recipient
Cathleen Synge Morawetz 1951 GSAS Ph.D. 1998 National Medal of Science recipient (first woman recipient)
Frederick Reines 1944 GSAS Ph.D. 1985 National Medal of Science recipient
Albert Sabin 1931 Med M.D. 1988 National Medal of Science recipient
John Archibald Wheeler 1934 GSAS postdoc 1970 National Medal of Science recipient
John G. Trump 1929 POLY B.S. 1983 National Medal of Science recipient
Joel S. Engel 1964 POLY Ph.D. 1994 National Medal of Technology recipient
Richard J. Gambino 1976 POLY M.S. 1995 National Medal of Technology recipient
Jerome Swartz POLY Ph.D. 1999 National Medal of Technology recipient
Tony Kushner 1984 TSOA MFA 2012 National Medal of Arts recipient
Moisés Kaufman 1989 TSOA BFA 2016 National Medal of Arts recipient; Guggenheim Fellow [69]
Louis Nirenberg 1949 Courant Ph.D. 1995 National Medal of Science recipient
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan 1966 Courant postdoc 2010 National Medal of Science recipient
B. Gerald Cantor Law 1995 National Medal of Arts recipient
Bernard Brodie (biochemist) 1935 GSAS Ph.D. 1968 National Medal of Science recipient

Nobel laureates

Name Year School Degree Notability Reference
Julius Axelrod 1941 Med M.Sc. 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [70]
Mohamed ElBaradei 1967 Law LL.M. 2005 Nobel Peace Prize [71]
Shimon Peres Nobel Peace Prize
Gertrude B. Elion *POLY PhD 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [72]
Friedrich Hayek 1924 GSAS 1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics [73]
Eric R. Kandel 1955 Med M.D. 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Associate Professor 1965–74 [74]
Arthur Kornberg 1947 Med 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [75]
George E. Palade Postgraduate work at biology laboratory of Robert Chambers 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [76]
Frederick Reines 1944 GSAS Ph.D. 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics [77]
Elihu Root 1867 Law LL.B. 1912 Nobel Peace Prize [78]
Irwin Rose Postgraduate work under Severo Ochoa 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [79]
Clifford Shull 1941 GSAS Ph.D. 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics [80]
George Wald 1927 WSC B.S. 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [81]
Rosalyn Yalow coursework* 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [82]
James Heckman 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Robert Aumann 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
Baruj Benacerraf 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Robert Engle 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Avram Hershko 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Tjalling Koopmans 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Rudolph Marcus POLY 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; won Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Robert Mulliken 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Gunnar Myrdal 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Severo Ochoa 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
Thomas Sargent 2011 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Saul Bellow 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
Joseph Brodsky 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature
Francis Crick 1953 POLY Postdoc 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine [83]
Rudolf Eucken 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature
Wassily Leontief 1973 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Otto Loewi 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Edward Prescott 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
Wole Soyinka 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
Martin Perl 1948 POLY B.S. 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics

Academic administrators

Business

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Kobi Alexander Stern, M.B.A., 1980 Founder and former CEO of Comverse Technology
Leslie Alexander CAS B.A. Attorney and businessman; former owner of the Houston Rockets NBA team
Nicolas Berggruen Stern, B.S., 1981 Billionaire, founder of Berggruen Institute [84]
Alexander Soros CAS B.A. Non-profit executive, heir and philanthropist; son of George Soros
Philip Jaffe POLY, 1913–14 Co-founder of Amerasia' involved in the 1945 Amerasia espionage affair [85]
Ursula Burns POLY, B.S., 1980 Chairman and CEO of Xerox [86]
Charles Ranlett Flint POLY, B.S., 1868 Founder of IBM
Harvey R. Blau A.B.; LLM Chairman and former CEO of Griffon Corporation
Ronald Kramer Stern, MBA CEO of Griffon Corporation; former president and director of Wynn Resorts
James B. Rosenwald Stern, MBA Co-founder and managing partner of Dalton Investments LLC
James M. Henderson Graduate studies Founder of Henderson Advertising Agency in Greenville, South Carolina; Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1970 [87]
Arthur C. Martinez POLY, B.S., 1960 Former chairman and CEO of Sears [88]
Robert J. Stevens POLY, M.S., 1985 Chairman, President and CEO of Lockheed Martin [89]
Edward H. Bersoff Courant, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Chairman, Greenwich Associates
Thor Bjorgolfsson Stern, B.S., 1991 Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur; known as "Iceland's first billionaire"
David Boies Law L.L.M., 1967 Founder and Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Jake Burton Carpenter economics degree 1977 WSUC Designer of modern snowboard and founder of Burton Snowboards
Ben Cohen Art Therapy * Founder of Ben & Jerry's
Robert B. Cohen 1947 Founded Hudson News in 1987 [90]
Jane Gordon CAS B.A. Jewelry designer
John J. Creedon Stern 1955, B.S. Law 1957, J.D. Former CEO and chairman, MetLife
Marvin Davis ENG, B.S. CEO of Paramount Pictures
Robert Dow ENG Managing partner and chairman of the board of Lord Abbett
Thomas E. Dooley Stern, M.B.A. 1984 Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, CEO and CFO of Viacom
Israel Englander Stern, B.S. 1972 Hedge fund manager
James Ferragamo Stern Businessman
Richard S. Fuld Stern 1973, M.B.A. CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Tom Freston Stern, M.B.A. MTV Networks
Abraham George Stern, 1973, 1975, M.B.A, Ph.D. Founder of The George Foundation and Multinational Computer Models
Kayalakakam M. George Stern 1948, M.B.A CEO of Palai Central Bank (1956–60)
Harvey Golub Stern 1961, B.S. Chairman and CEO of American Express (1994–2001); Chairman of the American International Group (AIG)
Alan Greenspan Stern 1948 1950 1977, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Former chairman of the Federal Reserve
Robert Greifeld Stern 1977, M.B.A. CEO of NASDAQ
Scott Harrison CAS 1998, B.A. Founder of Charity: Water
Carl Icahn MED* Investor and activist shareholder
Henry Kaufman Stern 1948, B.A., Stern 1958, Ph.D. Wall Street financial consultant
Paul Kangas Stern, M.B.A. Host of Nightly Business Report
Herb Kelleher Law 1955, LL.B. Founder and CEO of Southwest Airlines
Eugene Kleiner POLY Founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor
Nina Freeman POLY Video game designer, co-founder of The Code Liberation Foundation
Alan Levin Stern 1976, M.B.A. CFO of Pfizer
Paul Levitz Stern* President of DC Comics
Martin Lipton Law 1955, J.D. Co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
John C. Malone ENG, M.S. CEO of Tele-Communications Inc.; CEO of Liberty Media; now chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Liberty Interactive, all of which he is the majority owner; owns 49% of Starz Inc. and 29% of Discovery Communications
Michael I. Yarymovych ENG Vice President of Boeing Company
George Feldstein ENG, B.S., M.S. Founder of Crestron Electronics
Cathy Minehan Stern 1977, M.B.A. President of Federal Reserve Bank, Boston
Joseph Nacchio ENG, B.S., Stern, M.B.A. Chairman and CEO of Qwest
Roy Neuberger coursework* Founder of Neuberger & Berman
Marc Rich CAS, B.A. Commodities trader and hedge fund manager; indicted for tax evasion
Leonard Riggio Stern 1964, M.B.A. CEO and owner of Barnes & Noble
Edouard de Rothschild Stern 1985, M.B.A. Rothschild Banque
Jay Schulberg 1961 Advertising executive at Ogilvy & Mather and Bozell Worldwide; creator of the "Got Milk?" advertising campaign [91]
W. R. Berkley Stern Founder, chairman and CEO of W. R. Berkley Corporation
William T. Schwendler ENG, B.S., 1924 Co-founder, chairman and CEO of Grumman
Michael Birck ENG Co-founder and current chairman of Tellabs
John Catsimatidis ENG Businessman invested in real estate, aviation, and groceries; radio talk show host; owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes
Frederick Gluck ENG Chief executive at McKinsey & Company; Director at Amgen; serves on the Harvard Business School Board of Directors of the Associates, the Management Education Council of the Wharton School, the U.S. and Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Committee, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Board of the International Executive Service Corps
Walter V. Shipley Stern 1956, B.S. Chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank
Larry Silverstein CAS B.A., 1952 Owner of World Trade Center site
Mark Spitznagel Courant, M.S. Investor, hedge fund manager
Stanley Stahl B.A. Real estate investor [92]
Leonard N. Stern Stern 1957, B.S., 1959, M.B.A. Namesake of NYU's Stern School of Business; CEO of The Hartz Group
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs Stern, M.B.A. Member of International Olympic Committee
Sy Syms CAS B.A., 1946 Founder of Syms Clothing
Henry Taub Stern 1947, B.S. Founder of Automatic Data Processing, philanthropist
Maurice Tempelsman Stern* Chairman of Lazare Kaplan International Inc.; former companion of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis [93][94]
Laurence Alan Tisch Stern 1942, B.Sc. Media mogul; president and chief executive officer, CBS
Christy Turlington Gallatin 1999, B.A. Supermodel
Agnes Varis Stern 1979, M.B.A. Founder of Aegis Pharmaceuticals
Peggy Yu Stern, M.B.A. Founder of dangdang.com, the largest online Chinese language retailer
Jack Dorsey Creator of Twitter; founder and CEO of Block, Inc. [95]
George W. Melville POLY Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering
Spencer Trask POLY Invested and supported entrepreneurs, including Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb and his electricity network; majority shareholder and chairman of The New York Times
Hugh John Casey POLY Chairman of the New York City Transit Authority
Michael Horodniceanu POLY President of the MTA Capital Construction
Alfred Amoroso POLY Former chairman of Yahoo!
John Dionisio POLY Chairman and CEO of AECOM
Charles D. Strang POLY Chairman, president and CEO of Outboard Marine Corporation
Herbert L. Henkel POLY Chairman of Ingersoll Rand
Israel Borovich POLY Chairman and CEO of EL AL
Jason Hsuan POLY Chairman and CEO of TPV Technology
John Trani POLY Former chairman and CEO of Stanley Black & Decker
John Elmer McKeen POLY Former chairman and CEO of Pfizer; Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Alfred P. Sloan POLY Former chairman and CEO of General Motors
Mark Ronald POLY Former chairman and CEO of BAE Systems Inc.
Joseph J. Jacobs POLY Former chairman and founder of Jacobs Engineering Group
Paul Ferri POLY Founder and General Partner of Matrix Partners
Bern Dibner POLY Former chairman, founder and CEO of Burndy
Sunil Godhwani POLY Chairman and CEO of Religare
Jerome Swartz POLY Co-founded Symbol Technologies with POLY graduate Shelley A. Harrison
Samuel Ruben POLY Co-founded Duracell
Richard Santulli POLY, B.S., M.S. Former chairman, founder and CEO of NetJets; current chairman and founder of Milestone Aviation Group. [96][97]
Paul Soros POLY Founder and former CEO of Soros Associates; brother of George Soros
Michael H. Kappaz POLY Chairman and CEO of KM Group
Vincent A. Calarco POLY CEO and President of Chemtura
Charles Hinkaty POLY Vice president at Citibank
David Sobin POLY CEO of BAMnet; founded a DSL company, which was subsequently sold for approximately $50M
Edward P. Gilligan Stern Vice Chairman, President of American Express [98][99]
Glenford Myers POLY Founder of RadiSys and IP Fabrics
Ami Miron POLY Vice president of General Instrument; senior advisor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University
Stav Prodromou POLY Founder and former CEO of Poqet Computer Corporation; former CEO of Alien Technology and Peregrine Semiconductor; Executive Vice President of Fairchild Semiconductor
Craig G. Matthews POLY President, CFO and Chief Operating Officer of KeySpan
Ira Drukier POLY Hotelier and philanthropist
Fadi Chehadé POLY Founder of RosettaNet; Chief Executive Officer of ICANN
Nils Lahr POLY Co-founder of IBEAM Broadcasting Corporation and Synergy Sports Technology
William C. W. Mow POLY Chairman and CEO of Bugle Boy
Charles Waldo Haskins POLY Co-founder of Haskins and Sells
Zalman Bernstein CAS Businessman and economist
John Paulson Stern Hedge fund manager
Kenneth Langone Stern Co-founder of The Home Depot
Charles Kushner CAS Owner of Kushner Properties
Jared Kushner Law President and CEO of Kushner Properties; owner of The New York Observer
Vincent Tchenguiz Stern Investment adviser
Rachelle Friedman POLY Founder of J&R
Bill Friend POLY Former president of Bechtel
Alan Schriesheim POLY Board member of Rohm and Haas
Stephen M. Ross Law Real-estate developer; owner of Miami Dolphins NFL team
Robin Wilson SPS 2004, M.S Founder and CEO of bedding and interior design company Robin Wilson Home
B. Gerald Cantor Founder and chairman of securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald
Charles Zegar Computer scientists; one of the four co-founders of Bloomberg L.P.
Richard C. Perry Stern Hedge fund manager, owns controlling interest in Barneys New York [100]
Ira Rennert Stern Private investor in mining, metals, and heavy industry
Lawrence Babbio, Jr. Stern Former vice chairman and president of Verizon
Mark Wilf Law President and co-owner of the Minnesota Vikings
Daniel E. Straus Law Vice Chairman of the Memphis Grizzlies
Dan Schulman Stern, M.B.A. President and CEO of PayPal and chairman of Symantec; co-founder and former CEO of Virgin Mobile USA
George S. Barrett Stern, M.B.A. Chairman and chief executive officer of Cardinal Health, Inc.
Robert W. Cremin POLY, B.S. Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Esterline; Chairman of Dover Corporation
Lorenzo Fertitta Stern, M.B.A. Co-founder of Station Casinos
Larry Zimmerman Stern CFO of Xerox
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Stern Chairman and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Barry Salzberg Law CEO of Deloitte
Evan Chesler Law Partner and former chairman of Cravath, Swaine & Moore [101]
John Carrig Law Chief operating officer and president for ConocoPhillips
Robert I. Lipp Law Vice Chairman of Citigroup
Robert A. Kindler Law Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley
John Turitzin Law Vice President of Marvel Entertainment
Herb Kelleher Law Founder, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of Southwest Airlines
Nick Ivanoff POLY President and CEO of Ammann & Whitney; elected 2014-2015 chairman of American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Peter Guber Law Hollywood producer; former chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Steven Florio Stern CEO and President of both Conde Nast Publications and The New Yorker, as well as publisher of GQ
Barry Zyskind Stern, M.B.A Chairman, CEO and President of AmTrust Financial Services [102]
Sashi Reddi Courant CEO and founder of App Labs [103]

Entertainment

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Rachel Griffin-Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel Master’s degree in music education YouTuber, social media personality, songwriter, and educator [104]
Victoria Loke GAL Actress [105]
Emira D'Spain STEINHARDT, STERN Model, social media influencer [106]
Sean Baker TSOA Director best known for Tangerine and The Florida Project [107]
Lucy Alibar TSOA Beasts of the Southern Wild [108]
AnnaSophia Robb GAL, current student Actress [109]
Billie Lourd GAL Actress
Demetri Martin Law Comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist
Mark Indelicato GAL, current student Actor
Dwayne McDuffie TSOA Television, film, and comic book writer, producer, and editor
Jeff Baena TSOA Film writer and director
Mark Gordon TSOA Television and film producer; former president of the Producers Guild of America
Javier Muñoz TSOA Actor who played Usnavi in the Broadway musical In the Heights; currently playing the titular role in the Hamilton musical
Rachel Chavkin TSOA Tony Award nominated director of the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 [110]
Jeremy Piven TSOA Actor and producer; best known for his role as Ari Gold in the comedy series Entourage, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards
Joya Powell STEINHARDT 2005, M.A. Bessie Awards winning choreographer and educator
Joshua Safran TSOA Executive producer and writer of Gossip Girl; executive producer and showrunner for the second season of Smash; creator, executive producer and showrunner of Quantico
Aziz Ansari Stern 2004, B.S Actor, Parks and Recreation, Master of None, Human Giant, Scrubs; stand-up comedian
Edward Everett Horton POLY Character actor
Walter Hampden POLY Actor
Paul Thomas Anderson TSOA 1993*, dropped out after two days Magnolia, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood
Ashley Argota NURSING, current student True Jackson, VP, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures
Laura Berman SSW Sex educator and sex therapist; host of In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman on the Oprah Winfrey Network
Alec Baldwin TSOA 1993, B.F.A. Actor, The Hunt for Red October, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, 30 Rock
Taylor Schilling TSOA Actress; Screen Actors Guild Awards winner
Kristen Bell TSOA 1998–2001* Veronica Mars, Pulse, Heroes, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Gossip Girl
Julie Benz TSOA 1994, B.F.A. Jawbreaker, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Justin Blanchard TSOA 2001, B.F.A. Journey's End (Broadway), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Alexis Bledel TSOA* Gilmore Girls, Sin City, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Tuck Everlasting
Barry Bostwick TSOA Original Broadway Cast of Grease, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City
Vivek Oberoi TSOA Indian actor
Keith Powell TSOA Television actor, 30 Rock
Martin Brest TSOA 1973, B.F.A. Beverly Hills Cop, Meet Joe Black, Gigli
Lisa Bruce TSOA The Theory of Everything [111]
Rustica Carpio Steinhardt 1956, M.A. Actress and writer; former dean of the College of Communication and Graduate School of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines; appointed to Philippine government positions
Susan Cartsonis TSOA President of Wind Dance Films
Vinnette Justine Carroll ARTS 1946, M.A. First African American woman to direct on Broadway
Lenora Champagne ARTS 1975, M.A., 1980 PhD. Playwright, performance artist and director [112]
Jennifer Charles TSOA 1990, B.F.A. Musician, writer, and actress
Chris Columbus TSOA Both Home Alone movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, Stepmom, first two Harry Potter movies, Rent
Bud Cort TSOA 1967–1969* Harold and Maude, MASH, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Allen Covert Grandma's Boy, The Wedding Singer
Billy Crudup TSOA 1994, M.F.A. Sleepers, Big Fish, Watchmen, Public Enemies
Alan Shapiro TSOA 1981, B.F.A. The Crush, Flipper, Tiger Town, The Outsiders (series)
Billy Crystal TSOA 1970, B.F.A. Analyze This, Analyze That, City Slickers 1 & 2, When Harry Met Sally
John Cusack TSOA* High Fidelity, Con Air
Julie Delpy TSOA Homo Faber, Three Colors: White, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset
Drea de Matteo TSOA The Sopranos, Joey
Amanda Detmer TSOA, M.F.A. Actress
Tony DiSanto TSOA Producer
Michael Dougherty TSOA, M.F.A. X2, Superman Returns
Matthew Morrison TSOA 1993, B.F.A. Glee, The Hunt for Red October, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, 30 Rock
Lisa Edelstein TSOA 1988, B.F.A. House
Kathryn Erbe TSOA* What About Bob?, Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Raul Esparza TSOA 1992, B.F.A. Actor
Dakota Fanning GAL, current student Actress, I Am Sam, Charlotte's Web, Coraline, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn
Mitch Fatel TSOA 1988* The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy Central Presents: Mitch Fatel, Super Retardo CD [113]
Wayne Federman TSOA 1981* Curb Your Enthusiasm, Legally Blonde, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Silicon Valley
Bridget Fonda TSOA 1987, B.F.A. Doc Hollywood, Jackie Brown
Malindi Fickle B.F.A., 2002 Jacklight, Suck it Up Buttercup
Marc Forster TSOA 1990–1993* Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland
Bethenny Frankel WSC 1992 The Real Housewives of New York City, Bethenny Ever After, Bethenny; creator/owner of Skinnygirl [114]
Griffin Frazen GAL 2009, B.A. Grounded For Life
Melissa Gallo TSOA 2003, B.F.A. One Life to Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Edi Gathegi TSOA Gone Baby Gone, House M.D., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Jordan Gelber TSOA Avenue Q, The Sopranos, Law & Order: SVU
Lady Gaga TSOA Singer
Gina Gershon TSOA 1983, B.F.A. The Insider, Showgirls, Bound
Tavi Gevinson GAL* Editor, writer, actress [115][116]
Donald Glover TSOA 2006, B.F.A Actor, rapper under the stage name Childish Gambino
Lou Gossett CAS, 1959, B.A. Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman
Bryan Greenberg TSOA* Prime
Peter Guber Stern, M.B.A. Mandalay Pictures
Matthew Gray Gubler TSOA 2002, M.F.A. (500) Days of Summer, Criminal Minds, RV, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Michael C. Hall TSOA 1996, M.F.A. Six Feet Under, Dexter
Regina Hall GSAS 1997, M.A. Scary Movie
Wood Harris TSOA 1983, M.F.A. Above the Rim
Anne Hathaway Gallatin, TSOA* The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Ella Enchanted, Rachel Gets Married, Alice in Wonderland
Burcu Esmersoy SPS* Turkish anchorwoman, beauty pageant titleholder, journalist, model, and occasional actress [117]
Ethan Hawke CAS* Training Day, Dead Poets Society, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset
Rachel Bloom TSOA Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Amy Heckerling TSOA, B.F.A. Look Who's Talking, Loser, Clueless
Antony Hegarty TSOA, (E.T.W.) 1992 B.F.A. Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights, The Crying Light, I Am a Bird Now (UK Mercury Prize 2005)
Israel Hicks M.F.A. Stage director who presented August Wilson's entire 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle [118]
Philip Seymour Hoffman TSOA 1989, B.F.A. Capote, Boogie Nights, Happiness, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Almost Famous
Todd Holoubek TSOA 2002, B.F.A. MTV: The State
Wendy Hoopes TSOA 2002, B.F.A. Spinster, Killing Cinderella, Daria
Bryce Dallas Howard TSOA The Village, Lady in the Water, Terminator Salvation, Twilight: Eclipse
Shawn Michael Howard TSOA, B.F.A. Boycott, Above the Rim, 3000 Miles to Graceland
Neal Huff TSOA, M.F.A. Take Me Out, The Little Dog Laughed
Felicity Huffman TSOA Transamerica, Desperate Housewives
Tamara Jenkins TSOA Slums of Beverly Hills
Jim Jarmusch TSOA* Stranger than Paradise, Down By Law, Broken Flowers
Alexa Ray Joel TSOA* Singer-songwriter, pianist
Kristen Johnston TSOA, B.F.A. 3rd Rock from the Sun
Hansol Jung One-year exchange program Playwright: Wolf Play, Wild Goose Dreams, No More Sad Things [119]
Jeffrey Katzenberg TSOA* Shrek; co-founder of DreamWorks
Eriq La Salle TSOA, B.F.A. ER
Karlie Kloss GAL, current student Fashion model [120]
Daniel Dae Kim TSOA 1996, M.F.A. ABC series Lost, CBS Series Hawaii Five-0
Stanley Kramer TSOA 1993, B.F.A. High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac
Peter Krause TSOA Dirty Sexy Money, Six Feet Under
Martin Kunert TSOA Voices of Iraq, MTV's Fear
Tony Kushner TSOA 1984, M.F.A. Tony Award
Ang Lee TSOA, M.F.A. Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility
Spike Lee TSOA 1982, M.F.A. Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Bamboozled, Jungle Fever
Thomas Lennon MTV: The State, Reno 911!, Taxi (screenwriter)
Ken Leung CAS, B.A. Lost, X-Men: The Last Stand, Shanghai Kiss
Janet Lilly TSOA 1982, B.A. Principal dancer for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company [121]
Bai Ling TSOA 1991–?? Anna and the King
Zoe Lister-Jones TSOA B.A. The Little Dog Laughed
Julia Loktev M.F.A The Loneliest Planet, Day Night Day Night, Moment of Impact
Bruce Mailman M.F.A. Theatre founder of the nightclub The Saint [122]
Charlotte Manson radio actress [123]
Rooney Mara GAL* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Trash, Her [124]
Jesse L. Martin TSOA 1989, M.F.A. Ed Green in Law and Order; Rent
Mary Stuart Masterson TSOA* Fried Green Tomatoes, The Postman
Melina Matsoukas TSOA* Director of "We Found Love" by Rihanna, "Diva" by Beyoncé
John C. McGinley TSOA Intensity, Scrubs, Point Break
Camila Mendes TSOA 2016 Veronica Lodge on Riverdale [125]
Idina Menzel TSOA* Wicked, Rent, Enchanted, Rescue Me, Frozen
Ismail Merchant Stern, M.B.A. Co-founded Merchant Ivory Productions
Debra Messing TSOA 1987, M.F.A. Will and Grace, NBC's Smash
Leah Meyerhoff TSOA 2007, M.F.A. Twitch
Rachel Morrison TSOA Fruitvale Station, Cake, Sound of My Voice [126]
Kate Mulgrew TSOA 1976, A.A. Star Trek: Voyager, Orange is the New Black
Jeff Nimoy CAS, B.A. Naruto, Digimon, Trigun
Jerry O'Connell TSOA 1997, B.F.A. Crossing Jordan, Mission to Mars
Charlie O'Connell TSOA 1995, B.F.A. Sliders, The Bachelor
Ryan Scott Oliver TSOA 2007, M.F.A Musical theatre composer, Mrs. Sharp, Darling, 35MM
Ashley Olsen GAL* Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute
Mary Kate Olsen GAL Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute
Elizabeth Olsen TSOA 2013 Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Godzilla, In Secret [127]
Haley Joel Osment TSOA 2010, B.F.A. The Sixth Sense, Pay It Forward, AI, Secondhand Lions
Pedro Pascal TSOA B.F.A. Game of Thrones, Narcos, The Mandalorian, Wonder Woman 1984
Jorge Pupo TSOA 1981, B.F.A. Actor, narrator
Ted Raimi B.A. seaQuest DSV, Xena: Warrior Princess
Anthony Rapp TSOA 1989* Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, Dazed and Confused
Brett Ratner TSOA Tower Heist, New York, I Love You, Rush Hour
Meg Ryan CAS, B.A. When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, City of Angels, You've Got Mail
Adam Sandler TSOA 1991, B.F.A. Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy, Punchdrunk Love, Funny People, Hotel Transylvania, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Saturday Night Live, GrownUps
Andy Samberg TSOA 2000, B.F.A. The Lonely Island, Saturday Night Live, Hot Rod, Brooklyn 99, Hotel Transylvania, Popstar, Celeste & Jessie Forever, Storks, The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
Lenny Schultz B.S. Comedian and gym teacher
Martin Scorsese CAS 1964, B.A

Steinhardt 1966, M.A.

The Aviator, Casino, Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Gangs of New York [128]
Joshua Seth CAS, 1991, B.A. Digimon, Wolf's Rain, Trigun
John Patrick Shanley Steinhardt 1977, M.A. Moonstruck; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Sheetal Sheth TSOA 1997, B.A. ABCD; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
M. Night Shyamalan TSOA The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, The Last Airbender, Lady in the Water
Neil Simon ARTS 1944–1945* The Odd Couple; winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Eulalie Spence B.S. 1937 Her, Fool's Errand (opened on Broadway in 1927)
Cole Sprouse GAL 2015 Friends, Big Daddy, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, The Suite Life on Deck, Narrator and Jughead Jones on Riverdale (2017 TV series) [129]
Dylan Sprouse GAL 2015 The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, Big Daddy, The Suite Life on Deck [129]
Morgan Spurlock TSOA, B.F.A. Supersize Me
Barry Sonnenfeld TSOA* Oz, Men in Black
Peter Steinfeld B.A. Drowning Mona, Be Cool, 21 [130]
Peter Sullivan TSOA Director, producer, and screenwriter, Secret Obsession
Maura Tierney TSOA* ER, Newsradio, Primary Colors
Colin Trevorrow TSOA Home Base, Safety Not Guaranteed, Jurassic World, The Book of Henry
Skeet Ulrich NYU Scream, F.P. Jones on Riverdale (2017 TV series) [131]
Casey Wilson TSOA, 2002 Happy Endings, Saturday Night Live
Chandra Wilson TSOA 1991, B.F.A. Grey's Anatomy
Mara Wilson TSOA, 2009, B.F.A. Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street
Rainn Wilson TSOA, M.F.A. The Office
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo TSOA 2003, B.F.A. After.Life
Doug Wright TSOA 1987 Quills; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Sunny Wang Stern, Tisch, B.A., 2005 Taiwanese actor and model
Bowen Yang CAS B.A. Saturday Night Live

Academy Award winners

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Mahershala Ali TSOA 2000, M.F.A. Academy Award 2017, Moonlight; 2019, Green Book
Woody Allen TSOA 1953* Academy Award 1977, Annie Hall; 1986, Hannah and her Sisters
Michael Arndt TSOA 1987 Academy Award 2007, Little Miss Sunshine
Elmer Bernstein ARTS 1942, B.A. Academy Award 1968, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mark Bridges ARTS 1987, M.F.A. Academy Award 2012, The Artist
James L. Brooks TSOA* Academy Award 1984, Terms of Endearment
John Canemaker TSOA Academy Award 2006, The Moon and the Son
Joel Coen TSOA, 1978, B.F.A. Academy Award 1996, Fargo; 2008, No Country For Old Men [132]
Geoffrey Fletcher TSOA 1999, M.F.A. Academy Award 2010, Precious
Whoopi Goldberg GSAS Academy Award 1991, Ghost [133]
Louis Gossett Jr. ARTS coursework* Academy Award 1982, An Officer and a Gentleman
Anne Hathaway GAL, TSOA Academy Award 2012, Les Misérables [134]
Marcia Gay Harden TSOA 1981, M.F.A. Academy Award 2000, Pollock
Bernard Herrmann WSC student under Percy Grainger Academy Award 1941, The Devil and Daniel Webster
Lora Hirschberg TSOA 1985, B.F.A. Academy Award 2011, Inception
Philip Seymour Hoffman TSOA 1989, B.F.A. Academy Award 2005, Capote
Angelina Jolie TSOA 1993, B.F.A. Academy Award 2000, Girl, Interrupted
Burt Lancaster TSOA coursework* Academy Award 1960, Elmer Gantry
Charles Kaufman TSOA 1980 Academy Award 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ang Lee TSOA, M.F.A. Academy Award 2005, Brokeback Mountain; 2012, Life of Pi
Spike Lee TSOA, M.F.A. Academy Award 2019, BlackKklansman -
Luke Matheny TSOA, M.F.A. Academy Award 2011, God of Love
Alan Menken ARTS, B.A. Academy Award 1995, Pocahontas; 1992, Aladdin; 1991, Beauty and the Beast; 1989, The Little Mermaid [135]
Carole Bayer Sager CAS 1979, B.A. Academy Award 1981, Arthur's Theme
Thelma Schoonmaker TSOA Academy Award 2005, The Aviator
Steve Golin TSOA Academy Award 2016, Spotlight [136]
László Nemes TSOA Academy Award 2016, Son of Saul [136]
John Patrick Shanley Steinhardt 1977, M.A. Academy Award 1987, Moonstruck
Oliver Stone TSOA 1970, M.F.A. Academy Award 1978, Midnight Express; 1986, Platoon; 1989, Born on the Fourth of July
Jim Taylor TSOA 1996 Academy Award 2004, Sideways
Marisa Tomei TSOA 1983, B.F.A. Academy Award 1992, My Cousin Vinny
Ken Perlin GSAS 1986, Ph.D. Academy Award 1997, for the development of Perlin noise
Paul Francis Webster ARTS 1928–1930 * Academy Award 1953, "Secret Love"
Fred Waller POLY Academy Award winner; inventor of Cinerama; inventor of the Waller Gunnery Trainer; first to patent the water ski; made 200 short films for Paramount Pictures
Victor J. Zolfo TSOA 1985 Academy Award 2009, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Emmy Award winners

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Woody Allen TSOA 1953* Emmy Award 1957
Aziz Ansari STERN Emmy Award 2016 for Master of None [137]
Rachel Brosnahan TSOA 2012, B.F.A. Emmy Award 2017 for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Sterling K. Brown TSOA Emmy Award 2016 for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story [138]
Vinnette Justine Carroll GSAS 1946, M.A. Emmy Award 1964 for "Beyond the Blues"
Cy Coleman Steinhardt Emmy Award
Wayne Federman TSOA Emmy Award 2022 Producer George Carlin's American Dream
Vince Gilligan TSOA Emmy Award, a writer and producer for The X-Files
Emily Harper TSOA Emmy Award 2016 for Key & Peele [138]
Tony Kushner TSOA 1984, M.F.A. Emmy Award
Harvey Leonard ENG, M.S. He received two New England Emmy Awards for outstanding achievement in television weathercasting
Camryn Manheim TSOA 1987, M.F.A. Emmy Award for The Practice
Jonathan Meath TSOA 1979, B.A. Emmy nominations TV production [139]
Debra Messing TSOA 1993, M.F.A. Emmy Award 2003 for Will and Grace
David Milhous TSOA 1991, B.F.A. Emmy Award 2017 for Crime Watch Daily
Ami Miron POLY, M.S. He received two Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards
Olivia Smith (journalist) Steinhardt 2011, B.S. Emmy Award 2016 for "Dead Horse Bay: New York's Hidden Treasure Trove of Trash"
Jonathan Stern TSOA Emmy Award 2016 for Childrens Hospital [138]
Paul Tazewell TSOA Emmy Award 2016 for The Wiz Live! [138]
David Wain TSOA Emmy Award 2016 for Childrens Hospital [138]
Jeffrey Wright TSOA* Emmy Award 2003
Ayo Edebiri TSOA 2017 Emmy Award 2024 for The Bear

Grammy Award winners

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Ian Axel Steinhardt Grammy Award 2015 for Say Something
Cy Coleman Steinhardt 1992 Grammy Award for The Will Rogers Follies
Todd Coolman Steinhardt 1999 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
Fred Ebb ARTS 1955, B.A. Grammy Award 1967 for Cabaret
Lady Gaga TSOA* 2003–2005 Grammy Awards 2010, 2011, and 2015 recipient in several categories [140][141][142]
Chad King Steinhardt Grammy Award 2015 for Say Something
Evelyn Lear Grammy Award 1966 for her performance of the opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg
Melissa Manchester TSOA 1970–1971 Grammy Award 1982 for "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
Mark Ronson TSOA* Grammy Award 2007 for producer on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black
Rick Rubin CAS* Grammy Award 2012 for producer on Adele's 21, among others
Carole Bayer Sager CAS 1979, B.A. Grammy Award 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For"
Wayne Shorter Steinhardt 1956, B.M.E. Grammy Award 2004 for the album Alegria
Mary Wilson GAL Grammy Award 1999 and 2001 with The Supremes

Tony Award winners

Name Relation to NYU Tony Awards won Reference
Nina Arianda TSOA 2009, M.F.A. "Best Actress in a Play" for Venus in Fur (2012)
Marc Bell SPS 1989, M.S.R.E. Producer; "Best Musical" for Jersey Boys (2006), "Best Play" for August: Osage County (2008) [143]
Trazana Beverley TSOA, M.F.A. "Best Featured Actress in a Play" For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1977)
Barry Bostwick TSOA, 1968 M.F.A. "Best Actor in a Musical" for The Robber Bridegroom
Cy Coleman Steinhardt Composer, five Tony Awards from 1978 – 1991
Betty Comden Steinhardt Librettist, twelve Tony Awards from 1953 – 1991
Fred Ebb ARTS 1955, B.A. Lyricist, three Tony Awards: Cabaret (1967), Woman of the Year 1981, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)
Marcia Gay Harden TSOA, 1988 M.F.A. "Best Actress in a Play" for God of Carnage (2009)
Nikki M. James TSOA 2003, B.F.A. "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" for The Book of Mormon (2011) [144]
Steve Kazee TSOA 2005, M.F.A. "Best Actor in a Musical" for Once (2011)
Bradley King TSOA, M.F.A. "Best Lighting Design in a Musical" for Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 (2017) [145]
Tony Kushner TSOA 1984, M.F.A. Playwright. "Best Play" Angels in America (part 1 in 1993, part 2 in 1994)
Mimi Lien TSOA 2003, M.F.A. "Best Scenic Design in a Musical" for Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 (2017) [145]
Idina Menzel TSOA 1993, B.F.A. "Best Actress in a Musical" for Wicked (2004)
Donna Murphy TSOA 1980, B.F.A.[citation needed] "Best Actress in a Musical" for Passion (1994) and The King and I (1996)
Clint Ramos TSOA 1997, M.F.A "Best Costume Design in a Play" for Eclipsed (2016) [146]
John Patrick Shanley Steinhardt 1977, M.A. Playwright. "Best Play" for Doubt: A Parable (2005)
Stephen Spinella TSOA, 1982 M.F.A. "Best Featured Actor in a Play" for Angels in America (part 1, 1993), "Best Actor in a Play" for Angels in America (part 2, 1994)
Paul Tazewell TSOA 1989, M.F.A "Best Costume Design in a Musical" for Hamilton (2016) [146]
Barbara Whitman GAL 1988 Producer, four Tony Awards: Red (2010), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014), Fun Home (2015), The Humans (2016) [146]
Jeff Whitty TSOA, 1997 M.F.A. "Best Book" for Avenue Q (2003)
George C. Wolfe TSOA, M.F.A. "Best Direction of a Play" for Angels in America (1993), "Best Direction of a Musical" for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (1996)
Frank Wood TSOA, 1987 M.F.A. "Best Featured Actor in a Play" for Side Man (1999)
David Zinn TSOA 1991, B.F.A "Best Scenic Design in a Play" for The Humans (2016) [146]

Medicine

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Julius Axelrod Med 1941, M.Sc. 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Arthur Agatston Med 1973, M.D. Author of The South Beach Diet
Peter B. Berger Med 1983, M.D. Interventional cardiologist and Director of Clinical Research at Geisinger Clinic
Barouh Berkovits POLY Invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker
Fred Chasan B.A., 1949 Owner of The Chasan Villa [147]
Frederick Cook Med 1890, M.D. Explorer
Fred Epstein WSC 1959, B.A. Pediatric neurosurgeon
Albert Warren Ferris Med 1878, A.B.; 1885, A.M. President of the New York State Commission in Lunacy and Director of Saratoga Springs State Reservation. [148]
William Alexander Hammond Med 1848, M.D. Surgeon General, pioneer in neurology
Robert Jarvik ENG Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Jasper H. Kane POLY Developed the practical, deep-tank fermentation method for production of large quantities of pharmaceutical-grade penicillin
William B. Kouwenhoven POLY Inventor of closed-chest cardiac defibrillator
Joe Landolina POLY Invented Vetigel while an undergrad student
Henry Lee Med 1974–1975, M.S., Ph.D. Forensic scientist
Maclyn McCarty Med 1940–1941, Research Fellow Demonstrated that DNA transmits genetic traits
Walter Reed Med Discovered the mosquito transmission of yellow fever
Albert Sabin Med 1931, M.D. Developer of the oral vaccine for polio; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
Arthur M. Sackler Med, M.D. Founder of Creedmore Institute of Psychobiological Studies
Jonas Salk Med 1938, M.D. Discoverer of the Salk vaccine (the first polio vaccine)
Stephen Smith Med, M.D. Founder of the American Public Health Association
John G. Trump POLY Helped design X-ray machines that provided additional years of life to cancer patients [149]

Music

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Milton Babbitt B.A., 1935 1986 MacArthur Fellow, 1982 Pulitzer Prize special citation
Arthur Berger B.A., 1932 Composer
Cy Coleman Steinhardt Tony Award for City of Angels 1990, On the Twentieth Century 1978
Betty Comden Steinhardt Partner of Adolph Green, recipient of several Tony Awards
Clive Davis CAS 1953, B.A. Founder of Arista Records
Neil Diamond CAS 2003, Hon. Ph.D. Singer/songwriter
Carlos Dengler CAS Interpol's first bassist/keyboardist
Dave Douglas Steinhardt, B.A. Jazz trumpeter
Greg Drudy Previous student Interpol's first drummer
Hayden Dunham GAL Musician, performance artist, designer [150]
Fred Ebb B.A., 1939 1967 Tony Award, 1967 Grammy Award for Cabaret
Colleen Fitzpatrick B.A., 1991 a.k.a. Vitamin C
Bernard Garfield B.A., 1948 Bassoonist and composer
Stefani Germanotta TSOA* a.k.a. Lady Gaga
Midori Goto GAL 2000, B.A.; NYU 2005, M.A. Violinist [151]
DJ Cuppy Steinhardt Nigerian music producer; daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola
Albert Hammond, Jr. TSOA The Strokes' guitarist
Antony Hegarty TSOA Mercury prize-winning lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons
Daniel Kessler GAL Interpol's guitarist/backing vocalist
Paul Banks GAL Interpol's guitarist/lead vocalist
Talib Kweli previous student member of rap duo Black Star [152]
Elodie Lauten Steinhardt 1986, M.A. Composer
Tania León Steinhardt famous conductor, composer of "Scourge of Hyacinths",
Enoch Light Steinhardt pioneer of music recording
Melissa Manchester independent studies, 1970–1971 1982 Grammy Award [153]
Jackie McCullough M.A. Philosophy Gospel musician and pastor
David Portner former student Founding member of experimental band Animal Collective
Maggie Rogers B.F.A., 2016 Musician
Jerry Ross studied under Rudolph Schramm Composer
Rick Rubin former student, lived on campus Co-founder of Def Jam while at NYU
Carole Bayer Sager B.A., 1979 1987 Grammy Award
Sajeeb Saha GAL a.k.a. Jai Wolf [154]
Blake Schwarzenbach B.A., 1991 Lead singer for bands Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil
Patti Scialfa Gallatin; received music degree after transferring from the University Of Miami Singer and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
Wayne Shorter Steinhardt 1956, B.M.E. Influential hard-bop and modal jazz saxophonist
Russell Simmons former student Co-founder of Def Jam while at NYU
William Oscar Smith B.A., 1942 Jazz double bassist, known for 1939 Coleman Hawkins recording of Body and Soul
Eileen Southern Steinhardt 1961, Ph.D. First African American woman appointed a tenured full professor at Harvard
Louise Talma B.A., 1927 Composer
Mary Wilson Gallatin The Supremes
Austin Wintory Steinhardt, B.M., 2005 Grammy-nominated composer for video games and film
Arca TSOA Grammy-nominated musician, record producer, and DJ [155]
Elle Varner TSOA Singer, songwriter, producer
Dot da Genius POLY Singer, record producer and mixing engineer
Dasychira (musician) TSOA, 2019 Performer, songwriter, producer
A Great Big World Steinhardt Singers and songwriters, known for the Grammy Award winning song Say Something
Taylor Swift Tisch Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree Singer and songwriter, 11 wins for Grammy Award until 2023

Politics, law and government

Members of the United States House of Representatives

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Jerome Anthony Ambro B.A., 1955 United States House of Representatives
Michael McMahon B.A., 1979 United States House of Representatives
Martha Roby B.M., 1998 United States House of Representatives R-AL (2011-2021) [156]
Lawrence J. Smith United States House of Representatives
William Bernard Barry Law LL.B., 1925 United States House of Representatives D-NY 1935–1946
Charles Robin Britt Law LL.M., 1976 United States House of Representatives D-NC 1983–1985
Peter Angelo Cavicchia Law LL.B., 1908 United States House of Representatives R-NJ 1931–1937
Earl Thomas Coleman Wagner 1963, M.P.A. United States House of Representatives D-MO 1976–1993
Maurice Connolly Law LL.B., 1898 United States House of Representatives D-IA 1921-1921
Irwin Delmore Davidson B.S., 1927, Law LL.B., 1928 United States House of Representatives
Lawrence Joseph DeNardis M.A., 1960; Ph.D., 1989 United States House of Representatives
Diana DeGette Law J.D., 1982 United States House of Representatives (1997–)
Steven Boghos Derounian B.A., 1938 United States House of Representatives
Isidore Dollinger B.C.S., 1925 United States House of Representatives (1949–1959)
Fred J. Eckert Law postgraduate work United States House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador
Francis Edwin Dorn Wagner, 1936* United States House of Representatives
Smith Ely Law LL.B., 1846 United States House of Representatives
Leonard Farbstein Law LL.B. 1924 United States House of Representatives (1957–1971)
Hamilton Fish IV Law LL.B. 1957 United States House of Representatives (1969–1995)
Cornelius Edward Gallagher Law postgraduate 1948 United States House of Representatives (1959–1973)
Jacob A. Geissenhainer Law LL.B., 1862 United States House of Representatives
Benjamin A. Gilman Law LL.B., 1950 United States House of Representatives (1983–2003)
Anthony Jerome Griffin Law LL.B., 1892 United States House of Representatives (1918–1935)
Frank Joseph Guarini Law, J.D., 1950, LL.M., 1955 United States House of Representatives (1979–1993)
Cecil Landau Heftel Graduate Work United States House of Representatives (1977–1986)
Rush D. Holt, Jr. GSAS, M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1981 United States House of Representatives (1999–)
Stanley Nelson Lundine Law 1964, LL.B. United States House of Representatives (1976–1987)
Mitchell Jenkins Law 1926, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Edward Aloysius Kenney Law LL.B. 1908 United States House of Representatives (1933–1938)
Franklin Bartlett Poly 1865 United States House of Representatives (1893 – 1897)
Eugene James Keogh Stern, B.S. United States House of Representatives (1937–1967)
Arthur George Klein Law 1926, LL.B. United States House of Representatives (1946–1956)
Fiorello La Guardia Law 1908, LL.B., United States House of Representatives (1916–1934)
Jefferson Monroe Levy Law 1873, LL.B. United States House of Representatives (1911–1915)
John MacCrate Law 1906, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Vito Marcantonio Law, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Raymond Joseph McGrath M.A., 1968 United States House of Representatives (1981–1993)
Allan Langdon McDermott Law 1877, LL.B. United States House of Representatives (1900–1907)
Thomas Joseph Meskill Law 1955, LL.B. United States House of Representatives, Governor of Connecticut
Denis O'Leary Law 1890, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Nathan David Perlman Law LL.B. 1907 United States House of Representatives (1920–1927)
Anning Smith Prall Law 1908, LL.B. United States House of Representatives (1923–1935)
Benjamin Rabin Law 1917, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Leo Frederick Rayfiel Law 1908, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Charles B. Rangel Law 1957, B.S. United States House of Representatives
B. Caroll Reece Law 1916, M.A. United States House of Representatives (1921–1961) [157]
Matthew John Rinaldo Wagner 1979, M.P.A. United States House of Representatives (1973–1993) [158]
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal Law 1952, LL.M. United States House of Representatives (1962–1983)
Chris Shays Stern 1974, M.B.A. Wagner 1978, M.P.A United States House of Representatives
Isaac Siegel Law 1901, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Daniel Edgar Sickles Law 1846, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Andrew Lawrence Somers coursework* United States House of Representatives
James Tallmadge, Jr. 1st President of NYU United States House of Representatives (1817–1819)
Ludwig Teller Law 1935, LL.B. United States House of Representatives (1957–1961)
Herbert Tenzer Law 1927, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Nydia Velázquez M.A., 1976 United States House of Representatives (1992–)
Elijah Ward Law 1943, LL.B. United States House of Representatives
Arthur Vivian Watkins 1909–1910 United States House of Representatives
Leo C. Zeferetti 1963* United States House of Representatives

Members of the United States Senate

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Lamar Alexander Law 1965, J.D. United States Senate
Rudy Boschwitz SternM.B.A., 1950, Law J.D., 1953 United States Senate
Edward Irving Edwards Law, LL.B. United States Senate (1923–1929), Governor of New Jersey
Henry Drury Hatfield Med M.D., 1904 United States Senate (1929–1935), Governor of West Virginia
Jacob Javits CAS 1923, B.A., Law 1926, LL.B. United States Senate
James Edward Murray Law 1900, J.D. United States Senate (1934–1961)
Tasker Lowndes Oddie Law 1895, LL.B. United States Senate (1921–1933)
James Aloysius O'Gorman Law 1887, J.D. United States Senate(1911–1917)
Bob Packwood Law 1957, J.D. United States Senate(1969–1995)
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff B.A., 1929 United States Senate 1963–1981
Elihu Root Law 1867, LL.B. United States Senate
Arthur Walsh Stern 1915 United States Senate

United States Governors

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Edward Irving Edwards Law, LL.B. Governor of New Jersey
Henry Drury Hatfield Med M.D., 1904 Governor of West Virginia
Samuel J. Tilden Law 1838-1841 Governor of New York
Abraham A. Ribicoff Governor of Connecticut
Thomas P. Salmon Governor of Vermont
Chris Sununu TSOA* Governor of New Hampshire [159][160]

Ambassadors from the United States

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Clay Constantinou Law LL.M., 1986 United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
David M. Friedman Law United States Ambassador to Israel
John S.R. Shad Law United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
David Pressman Law United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Robert Patrick John Finn M.A. United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Patricia McMahon Hawkins CAS United States Ambassador to Togo
Fred J. Eckert CAS United States Ambassador to Fiji
Heather M. Hodges M.A. United States Ambassador to Moldova
Clifford Sobel Stern B.S., 1972 United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, United States Ambassador to Brazil
Herbert Wolcott Bowen POLY United States Ambassador to Venezuela
George W. Landau United States Ambassador to Venezuela
Mary Carlin Yates M.A., Ph.D. United States Ambassador to Ghana
Kenneth L. Brown M.A. United States Ambassador to Ghana
Charles L. English United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Max Kampelman B.A., LL.B. United States Ambassador to the CSCE
Elliott Skinner B.A. United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
William Henry Draper Jr. United States Ambassador to NATO
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. United States Ambassador to Sweden

Judges

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Shirley Abrahamson CAS Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
G. Steven Agee Law Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; former Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
Julio M. Fuentes GSAS M.A. United States Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
John Greaney Law Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Cynthia H. Hall Law Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [161]
William C. Hill Arts & Science, B.A, 1939
Law, J.D., 1941 		Associate Justice, Vermont Supreme Court [162][163]
Dennis G. Jacobs Law Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judith S. Kaye Law, LL.B., 1958 Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
M. Blane Michael Law Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Pauline Newman Law Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
William C. Brennan Law Justice, New York Supreme Court
Marian P. Opala Law LL.M. Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
Thomas Buergenthal Law J.D., 1960 Judge, International Court of Justice (2000 -)
Doris Ling-Cohan Law J.D., 1979 Judge, New York State Supreme Court
William A. Wachenfeld POLY Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1946 to 1959
Nabil Elaraby Law LL.M., 1969; J.S.D., 1971 Judge, International Court of Justice
Gonzalo Parra Aranguren Law LL.M., 1952 Judge, International Court of Justice
Burton B. Roberts B.A., 1943; Law 1949 Bronx New York Supreme Court judge known for his no-nonsense imperious handling of cases in his courtroom became the model for the character of Myron Kovitsky in the book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe [164]
Richard V. Thomas NYU Master of Laws Chief Justice of the Wyoming high court; Member of the Wyoming Supreme Court, 1974–2001 [165]
Theodore Trautwein Law Judge who sentenced a reporter from The New York Times to 40 days in jail in the "Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich [166]
James Lopez Watson B.A., 1947 Judge, United States Court of International Trade
Louis Freeh Law Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Attorneys

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Gloria Allred GSAS Feminist lawyer
Amal Clooney Law Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers; married to George Clooney
Zachary W. Carter Law United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Martin Garbus Law Attorney; Fulbright Scholar
Martin Lipton Law Lawyer; a founding partner of the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; inventor of the "poison pill"; M&A Master
Anne Milgram Law 57th Attorney General of New Jersey
Shirley D. Peterson Law Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice
Irving Picard Law Oversaw Madoff recoupment
Charles P. Rettig Law (LL.M.) Lawyer
Glenn Greenwald Law Lawyer and blogger
Ann Althouse Law Lawyer and blogger
Neil Barofsky Law Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2000 to 2008.
Marc Platt (producer) Law Entertainment attorney; film, television, and theatre producer
Bob Ferguson (politician) Law American attorney and politician who is the 18th and current Attorney General of Washington

United States Cabinet members, foreign government, royalty, and other

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Alessandra Biaggi Steinhardt B.A., 2008 New York State Senator
David Boies Law LL.M., 1967 United States v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore
Cristina Federica de Borbon GSAS M.A., 1991 Princess of Spain
Elmer Ellsworth Brown United States Commissioner of Education, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Richard Campagna M.A. Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate
Sripati Chandrasekhar GSAS Ph.D., 1944 Indian Minister of Health and Family Planning under Indira Gandhi
Dae-whan Chang GSAS Ph.D., 1987, M.A., 1985 Prime Minister, South Korea [167]
Humayun Chaudhry Physician; CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards
Li-an Chen GSAS Ph.D. Secretary of Defence, Taiwan (1990–1993), President of the Control Yuan
Demos Chiang Stern B.S. Great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek
Eugene Chien GSAS Ph.D., 1973 Foreign Minister of Taiwan
Chelsea Clinton Wagner Ph.D. student, 2010– Former First Daughter; child of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton; wife of Marc Mezvinsky
George Cromwell POLY New York state senator
Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr. Law White House Counsel, 1987–89
Stavros Dimas GSAS M.A., 1969 European Commissioner for the Environment
William Henry Draper, Jr. GSAS M.A., 1917 Under Secretary of War and the Army
Juan Carlos Echeverry GSAS Ph.D., 1996 Finance Minister of Colombia
Mark Everson GSAS M.S., 1977 U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Anthony Foxx Law United States Secretary of Transportation; served as the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, 2009–2013.
Jason Greenblatt Law United States Special Representative for International Negotiations
Carmen Fariña Former New York City Schools Chancellor, the head of the New York City Department of Education.
Vanita Gupta Law Head of the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice
Ephraim Katzir POLY Fourth President of Israel; chief scientist of the Israel Defense Department
Henry Lee (forensic scientist) GSAS Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Safety
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir Israeli politician; served as a member of the Knesset, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Deputy Speaker and Deputy Minister of Health
Carl Gatto POLY Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Fortunato de la Peña POLY Secretary of Science and Technology at the Philippine Department of Science and Technology; former chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Chung Sye-kyun Wagner M.A., 1983 Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea
Frank Padavan POLY New York state senator
George T. Burling POLY New York state senator
Ivan Itkin POLY Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Vincent O'Rourke POLY Commanding officer of a number of aviation units as well as the USS Rainier (AE-5) and USS Tripoli (LPH-10); two-time recipient of the Navy Cross, the Navy's second highest award for valor
Ed Koch Law Mayor of New York City
Bill de Blasio Mayor of New York City
Maya Soetoro-Ng Sister of US President Barack Obama; professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shimon Peres President of Israel from 2007 to 2014. Peres also served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel.
Teresa Patterson Hughes Steinhardt California State Senator [168]
Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika Steinhardt Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States.
Lamar Alexander Law 1965, J.D. U.S. Secretary of Education, U.S. Senator from Tennessee
Gloria Allred GSAS M.A., 1971 lawyer, talk show host
Ruth Balser Ph.D. member of the Mass. House of Representatives (1998–present)
Bill Bell (mayor) Mayor of Durham, North Carolina.
Carol Bellamy Law J.D., 1968 Executive Director of UNICEF
John S.R. Shad Law Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1981 and 1987; served as the ambassador to the Netherlands
Michael Benjamin B.A., 1992 U.S. Senate Candidate
Chi Mui POLY First Asian-American Mayor of San Gabriel, California
Ahmed Zaki Yamani Law Saudi Arabian politician; Minister of Oil (Petroleum) and Mineral Resources from 1962 to 1986; a minister in OPEC for 25 years
Jan Zaprudnik Leader of the Belarusian community in the U.S.
Shamma Al Mazrui UAE Minister of State for Youth [169]
Ali Khatami POLY Chief of staff of Iran; brother of former Iranian president, Mohammed Khatami
Roberto de Oliveira Campos Postgraduate study Brazilian politician and legislator; ambassador to the U.S. and UK
Phil Amicone ENG 41st Mayor of Yonkers, New York
Rafael Piñeiro Wagner MPA First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD)
Sal Albanese Steinhardt New York City Council member
Mohamed ElBaradei Law LL.M., 1967 Vice President of Egypt; Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1997–)
Neil Barofsky Law SIGTARP, the Special United States Treasury Department Inspector General overseeing the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), from late 2008 until his resignation at the end of March 2011
Isaac Herzog Israeli politician; chairman of the Labor Party; has been the opposition leader in the outgoing 19th Knesset
Maria Olympia Princess of Greece and Denmark [170]
Abraham Foxman Law J.D. President of the Anti-Defamation League
Louis Freeh Law LL.M., 1984 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1993–2001)
Guillermo Endara Galimany Postgraduate work, NYU Law President of Panama (1989–1994)
John William Gilbert GSAS Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Defence
Rudy Giuliani Law J.D., 1968 Mayor of New York City (1994–2001)
Camillo Gonsalves BsC in Global Affairs Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations (2007– ) [171]
Nancy Grace Law LL.M. Court TV host
John Grenier Taxation, L.LM, 1955 United States Senate candidate, 1966; Alabama Republican Party chairman; Birmingham lawyer
Seth Harris Law, J.D., 1990 U.S. Department of Labor, Deputy Secretary of Labor, 2009–; U.S. Department of Labor, Counselor to the Secretary, 1993–2000
Muhammad Hassanein GSAS M.A., 1966 Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt
Dorothy Height ARTS B.A., GSAS M.A., 1930 Civil and women's rights activist
T. J. Jemison Postgraduate study President of the National Baptist Convention from 1982 to 1994
Lazarus Joseph LAW 1912 N.Y. State Senator (21st District 1934–44, 24th District 1945) and Comptroller of the City of New York (1946–1954)
Meir Kahane GSAS M.A., 1957 Leader of the Kach political party in the Israeli Knesset
Raymond W. Kelly Law LL.M. Police Commissioner of New York, Under Secretary of the Treasury
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Law J.D., 1989 Son of President John F. Kennedy
Fiorello La Guardia Law 1908, LL.B. Mayor of New York City (1934–1945)
Samuel Levy University of the City of New York 1894, B.S. Manhattan Borough President (1931–1937)
Ivan Lozowy Law 1986, J.D. Founder of the Institute for Statehood and Democracy of Ukraine [172]
Ying-jeou Ma Law LL.M., 1976 President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Marie-Chantal Miller IFA Princess of Greece
Robert Mueller GSAS M.A. 1967 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under George W. Bush
Anne Firth Murray GSAS Economics Founder of Global Fund for Women
Callistus Ndlovu M.A., 1969 Zimbabwean member of parliament and cabinet minister [173]
Giorgos Papakonstantinou Stern Minister of Economy & Finance, Greece [174]
Samuel Pierce Law LL.M., 1952 US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Louis Romano Ed.D. Member of the New Jersey General Assembly [175]
Adam Shapiro GSAS M.A Co-Founder of International Solidarity Movement
Vaughn Stewart Law J.D., 2014 Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Park Yong Sung Stern M.B.A. Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce
Queen Sylvia of Buganda Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree 1985 Queen consort of Buganda, the traditional kingdom in central Uganda [176]
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff B.A., 1929 United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Leonard M. Pomata POLY B.S. 5th Secretary of Technology of Virginia [177]
Elihu Root Law 1867, LL.B. Secretary of War (1899–1903), Secretary of State (1905–1909)
Jessica Rosenworcel Law 1997, J.D. Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (2021–) [178][179]
Martha J Somerman D.D.S. (NYU College of Dentistry, 1975), Ph.D. Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah Stern graduate studies Minister of communication, ambassador to the U.S. of the Republic of Ghana
Rodney Vandergert NYU Master of Laws Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
Ernst Joseph Walch Law M.C.J., 1981 Minister of Foreign Affairs for Liechtenstein
John White Master's degree in public administration Louisiana State Superintendent of Education since 2012 [180]
Barbara Wright M.A., Nursing Education Member of the New Jersey General Assembly [181]
Vanessa Wruble M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications Activist, co-founder of The Women's March on Washington [182]
Yu Tsune-chi Sc.M. and Sc.D. former Ambassador of the Republic of China to Italy and Spain
Hun Manet MA Prime Minister of Cambodia

Religion

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
William Donohue GSAS Ph.D., 1980 President, Catholic League
D. James Kennedy GSAS Pastor, evangelist, and Christian broadcaster; founded the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Evangelism Explosion International, Westminster Academy, and Knox Theological Seminary
Sang Whang POLY Church leader and community advocate in Florida

Press, literature, and arts

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Kathy Acker Author of Blood and Guts in High School
James Truslow Adams POLY, 1898 Writer and historian; coined the term "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epic of America
Warren Adler B.A., 1949 Author of War of the Roses and Random Hearts
Kenny Albert CAS 1990, B.A. Play-by-play broadcaster, New York Rangers and Fox Sports
David Antin GSAS 1966, M.A. Recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry
Kelli Arena TSOA 1985 B.F.A. CNN reporter and anchor 1985-2009 [183]
Ann Shoket 1994, B.A. Editor in Chief of Seventeen Magazine
Jacob M. Appel GSAS 2000, M.F.A. Author of Arborophilia, Creve Coeur; idiosyncratic bioethicist [184]
Ted Baehr Law, J.D. Chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission
Maria Bartiromo CAS, 1987 B.A. News anchor on CNBC; author
Venia Bechrakis M.F.A Artist
Katherine Behar 2006, M.A Artist
Leigh Behnke 1976, M.F.A Artist
Ib Benoh Steinhardt 1993, D.A. Artist [185]
Barbara Bloemink M.F.A. Fine and decorative arts Author, art historian [186]
Judy Blume 1961 B.S., Education Writer of children's literature and young adult fiction
Stacey Bradford M.A., Journalism Financial journalist, author, and commentator
Rita Mae Brown Law 1964, M.A. Rubyfruit Jungle
Eileen Rose Busby earned B.A. at age 62 Author
Candace Bushnell CAS, B.A. Her New York Observer column became the basis for Sex and the City
Elaine Cameron-Weir 2010, MFA Artist
Bliss Carman visiting scholar Canadian poet
Corrine Grad Coleman M.A. Women's liberation activist, co-founder of Redstockings [187]
Suzanne Collins TSOA 1989, M.F.A. Television writer and novelist, author of the series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy. [188]
Howard Cosell CAS, B.A. Sports journalist
Countee Cullen CAS, 1925, B.A. Author of Ballad of the Brown Girl, Color, Color
Noon Meem Danish Former teaching staff Urdu poet [189]
Miriam Davenport IFA* Painter and sculptor
Midge Decter ARTS* Journalist
Nieves Zuberbühler Journalist
Erica De Mane CAS Author of The Flavors of Southern Italy
Heather Dewey-Hagborg Master of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications Information artist [190]
Crystal Eastman Law 1907, LL.B. Leader in early 20th-century feminist and civil liberties activism
Ralph Ellison Faculty 1970–1980 American Academy of Arts & Letters
Warren Farrell PhD in political science 1974 Educator, gender equality activist and author of seven books including The Myth of Male Power [191]
Wayne Federman TSOA* Author of Maravich; comedian, The Tonight Show
Tom Ford TSOA* Design Director for Gucci
William Gaines CAS 1948, B.A. Founder of MAD magazine
Michael Gartner Law 1972, J.D. 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Elizabeth Gilbert CAS B.A., 1991 Author of Eat, Pray, Love [192]
Jorie Graham TSOA 1973, B.F.A. Known for complex metaphors and philosophical content
Adolph Green WSC 1938* Met Betty Comden at NYU
Saskia Hamilton M.A. in English and creative writing, 1991 Poet and scholar of Robert Lowell [193][194]
Raymond P. Hammond GAL 2000, MA Editor-in-Chief of New York Quarterly
Sean Hannity coursework* Co-host of Hannity and Colmes on Fox News Channel
Joseph Heller WSC 1948 Author of Catch-22 [192]
Perez Hilton B.A., 2000 Blogger, columnist and television personality.
Safiya Henderson-Holmes B.A. Poet, recipient of the William Carlos Williams Award [195]
Don Hewitt coursework* Creator of 60 Minutes
Idil Ibrahim Director and producer; founder of Zeila Films
Andrew Jacobs studied architecture and urban design New York Times journalist; documentary film director and producer [196]
Jamie Johnson GAL 2003, B.A. Filmmaker [197]
David Kaufman GSAS, M.A.[citation needed] Contributor to the Financial Times, The New York Times, Details, and the Fox Business Network
Swati Khurana GAL 2001, M.A. Artist and writer [198]
Alen Pol Kobryn CAS* Poet [199]
Sally Kohn Law Contributor for the Fox News Channel
William Lashner Law, J.D. Author of legal thrillers
Ira Levin ARTS 1950, B.A. Known for the broadway musical Deathtrap
Paul Levinson WSC 1974 B.A.; Steinhardt 1979 Ph.D. Author of The Plot To Save Socrates
Charles Battell Loomis POLY Author
Leonard Maltin WSC, B.A. (journalism) Film critic on Entertainment Tonight
Demetri Martin Law* Comedian, The Daily Show
Carson McCullers GSAS* Author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Frank McCourt WSC 1953, B.A. 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing
Leonard Michaels WSC 1953, B.A. Essayist known for his compelling urban tales of whimsy and tragedy
Janet Mock Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, M.A. Author and journalist known for her 2014 memoir Redefining Realness [200]
Davi Napoleon TSOA 1989 Ph.D. Arts journalist and reviewer; author of Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater
Daniel Nayeri Studied writing Author of Everything Sad Is Untrue [201]
William Phillips GSAS 1930, M.A. Co-founder of Partisan Review
James Amos Porter GSAS, M.A. Painter and art historian
Dorothy Rabinowitz GSAS 1960, Ph.D. 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Carole Radziwill Stern Journalist, author, and television personality
Herman Raucher WSC, B.A. author and screenwriter, Summer of '42, Ode to Billy Joe
Charles Reznikoff Law 1916, LL.B. Objectivist poet
Charlie Rose Stern 1968, coursework* Emmy award-winning journalist, television producer, host of PBS's Charlie Rose Show, and correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes [202]
J. D. Salinger coursework* Author of Catcher in the Rye. [203]
Gerald Schoenfeld Law, J.D. Chairman of the Shubert Organization (1972–2008) [204]
Ben Shahn Artist
John Patrick Shanley Steinhardt 1977, M.A. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Tony Award
Arleen Schloss Education 1965, B.S. Sound poet, performance and video artist, curator, early childhood educator
Sara Shepard ARTS* Author of Pretty Little Liars series and The Lying Game series
George Segal ENG 1950, B.S. Sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures
Robert Sobel CAS 1957, Ph.D. Business historian; author of For Want of a Nail
Danielle Steel TSOA 1963–1967* Romance novel author
Darin Strauss ENG 1996, M.F.A. Guggenheim-winning novelist; Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy
Harold C. Schonberg GSAS 1939, M.A. 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Beth Ames Swartz 1959, M.A. Artist [205]
John Paul Thomas GSAS 1954, M.A. Artist and educator; studied with William Baziotes
Amy Vanderbilt B.A. 1929 Authority on manners, mores
Brian K. Vaughan Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Pride of Baghdad
Joel Wachs (born 1939) — Los Angeles City Council member (1970–2001), president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City
Gene Weingarten CAS 1972 2008 and 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Saul Williams GSAS 1995, M.A. Author of The Seventh Octave and Said the Shotgun to the Head
Robert Anton Wilson 1957–1958 Author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy
James N. Wood Former Director and President of the Art Institute of Chicago (1980–2004); President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust [206]
Gary Schwartz WSC 1961, B.A. Art historian [207]
Stephanie Stebich IFA M.A. Art historian [208]
Edgar Peters Bowron IFA 1969, M.A., 1979, Ph.D. Art historian [209]
Alix Strauss Author

Pulitizer Prize winners

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
James Truslow Adams POLY 1921 Pulitzer Prize for History
Milton Babbitt ARTS 1935, B.A. 1982 Pulitzer Prize, Special Citation, "for his life's work as a distinguished and seminal American composer"
Jorie Graham undergraduate/Film 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Michael Gartner Law 1972, J.D. 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Morton Gould CAS, studied under Abby Whiteside 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Stringmusic
Galway Kinnell professor 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Frank McCourt CAS 1953, B.A. 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or Autobiographical Writing
George Perle GSAS 1956, Ph.D. 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Woodwind Quintet No. 4
Dorothy Rabinowitz GSAS 1960, Ph.D. 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
James Ford Rhodes CAS, 1865– * 1916 Pulitzer Prize for History of the Civil War
Harold C. Schonberg GSAS 1939, M.A., 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
William Schuman Stern* 1943 Pulitzer Prize for A Free Song
John Patrick Shanley Steinhardt 1977, M.A. 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Charles Simic CAS 1966, B.A. 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (The World Doesn't End)
Neil Simon CAS 1944–1945* 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Lost in Yonkers)
Moneta Sleet Jr. Master's in journalism 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (Photo of grieving widow Coretta Scott King)
Irwin Unger professor 1965 Pulitzer Prize for History (The Greenback Era)
Gene Weingarten CAS 1968–1972 2008, 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Doug Wright TSOA 1987 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Lawrence Wright fellow, Center for Law and Security 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction

Sports

As of 2013, NYU has been associated with at least 74 men and 10 women who have participated as athletes, coaches, or managers at Olympic Games, for a total of at least 28 Olympic medals.[210]

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Chuck Blazer Stern, B.S. FIFA Executive Committee member from 1996 to 2013; CONCACAF General Secretary from 1990 until 2011; Executive Vice President of the U.S. Soccer Federation
Nada Al-Bedwawi Swimmer; competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Bob Arum CAS, B.A. Founder and CEO of Top Rank, one of the most successful professional boxing promotion companies in boxing history
Anjelina Belakovskaia GSAS 2001, M.S. U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1995, 1996, 1999
Moe Berg ARTS 1918–1919* Major League baseball player, spy, quiz show host
Gary Bettman Law 1977, J.D. NHL Commissioner
Georgina Bloomberg Professional equestrian; daughter of former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg
Ralph Branca Steinhardt Professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (1944-1956); played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944–53, 1956), Detroit Tigers (1953–54), and New York Yankees (1954); three-time All-Star; in 1951, he allowed a walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson, known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
Howard Cann ENG Olympic shot putter
Tedford H. Cann Stern Champion swimmer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor; world record holder in swimming; Olympian
Ben Carnevale NYU basketball player 1934–1938; Navy Basketball coach 1947–1967
Colin Cassady CAS Professional wrestler signed to AEW, where he performs under the ring name "Big Bill." Was formerly signed to Impact Wrestling and WWE. [211]
Herbert Cohen (fencer) 1962 Olympic fencer
Rudy D'Amico NBA basketball scout, and former college and professional basketball coach
Phil Edwards (runner) Won three bronze Olympic medals
Eugene Glazer 1962 Olympic fencer [212]
Hank Greenberg coursework* Major League baseball player; five-time All-Star; two-time American League MVP; elected to the Hall of Fame
Gary Gubner World record-holding shotputter and Olympic weightlifter
Happy Hairston NBA player, 1971 champion with the Los Angeles Lakers [213]
Carol Heiss CAS Gold medal winner, Olympic Winter Games 1960
Nat Holman Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
Samuel Jones Olympic gold medalist, high jump, 1904
Julia Jones-Pugliese National champion fencer and fencing coach
Barry Kramer Pro basketball player and jurist
Martin Lang (fencer) 1972 Olympic fencer
Norman Lewis (fencer) Olympic fencer
William H. Maddren POLY, B.S. Head coach of the Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team
Edith Master Olympic bronze medalist equestrian
Shep Messing Olympic soccer player and broadcaster
Marvin Miller CAS, B.S. Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982
Irv Mondschein Olympic decathlete and three-time U.S. champion, NCAA high-jump champion, and All-East football player
William Morrissey Stern, B.S. Professional wrestler known as Big Cass in WWE and W. Morrissey in Impact Wrestling
Boris Nachamkin NBA basketball player
Reggie Pearman Steinhardt Middle distance runner; competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
April Jeanette Mendez TSOA* Professional wrestler under the name "AJ Lee"; three-time WWE Divas Champion
Colette Nelson PhD 1998, M.S. IFBB professional bodybuilder [214]
Satch Sanders NBA player, 1961–1966; champion with the Boston Celtics, 1968–1969
Mika'il Sankofa CAS, 1988 Olympic gold medalist, fencing, 1988, 1992
Ollie Satenstein NFL player
Dolph Schayes NBA player, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, and coach
Babe Scheuer NFL player
Robert Shmalo CAS International ice dancing competitor
Ed Smith 1934 NFL Boston Redskins, Green Bay Packers 1936–1937, Model for Heisman Trophy [215]
Moe Spahn American Basketball League (MVP) [216]
Ken Strong All-American, 1928 NFL Staten Island Stapletons, New York Giants 1929–1947, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967
Paul Tagliabue Law 1965, J.D. NFL Commissioner
Bill Tanguay NFL player
Sidney Tannenbaum Two-time All-American basketball guard; left as NYU all-time scorer; pro player
Mary Washburn CAS Competed for the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metres, where she won the silver medal
Peter Westbrook Stern Former sabre fencing champion and Olympic medalist
John Woodruff GSAS 1941, M.A. Olympic gold medalist, 800 m, 1936
Cy Block MLB player Chicago Cubs 1942-1946
Eddie Yost MLB player for Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, LA Angels 1944–1962; All Star Team 1952; Coachof Washington Senators, NY Mets, Boston Red Sox 1962–1985
Peter Zaremba (athlete) ENG Competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the hammer throw, where he won the bronze medal

Other

Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference
Sir Harold Acton major benefactor donated the Villa LaPietra Campus to NYU
Elmer Holmes Bobst major benefactor namesake of NYU's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
Charles Butler president of council
Adela Cojab NYU alum, sued NYU author and activist against antisemitism for Zionist causes [217]
Albert Gallatin founder of NYU Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson
Martin Kimmel major benefactor namesake of NYU's Kimmel Center for Student Life
Morgan Lewis one of the founders of NYU Governor of New York (1804–1807)
Ruth Madoff NYU alum Widow of Bernie Madoff
Miles Redd NYU alum Interior designer [218]
Howard Spira NYU alum Gambler and felon [219]
Michael Steinhardt major benefactor namesake of NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Leonard N. Stern major benefactor namesake of NYU's Stern School of Business
Preston Tisch major benefactor namesake of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Donald Wallance CAS 1930, B.A. Industrial designer [220]
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson NYU alum Tuskegee Airman

Fictional

The following are characters in film, television, literature, and other media that have a connection to the university:

Name Portrayal Notability Reference
Blair Waldorf played by Leighton Meester in Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey played by Penn Badgley in Gossip Girl
Vanessa Abrams played by Jessica Szohr in Gossip Girl
Georgina Sparks played by Michelle Trachtenberg in Gossip Girl
Tibby Rollins played by Amber Tamblyn in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Ross Geller, Professor of paleontology played by David Schwimmer in the TV show Friends
Paul Finch played by Eddie Kaye Thomas in the American Pie films
Fritz the Cat voiced by Skip Hinnant in the film directed by Ralph Bakshi
Will Truman played by Eric McCormack in Will and Grace
Grace Adler played by Debra Messing in Will and Grace
Leo Markus played by Harry Connick Jr. in Will and Grace

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