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Thislist of New York University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students ofNew York University.
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 | New York University Silver 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 intoPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn,[1][2][3][4][5] which in turn merged into NYU to formNew York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in 2014. In 2015, the school changed its name toNYU Tandon School of Engineering.
| Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John S. Allen | 1936 | GSAS | Ph.D. | First president of theUniversity of South Florida inTampa; interim president of theUniversity of Florida inGainesville | [6][7] |
| Charles E. Anderson | POLY | Dean at University of Wisconsin, Madison | |||
| Miriam Basilio | 2002 | IFA | Ph.D. | Educator, author and curator atThe Museum of Modern Art, NY | [8] |
| Jack Baskin | ENG | Founder of theJack Baskin School of Engineering at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz | |||
| Samuel Baskin | 1974 | GSAS | Ph.D. | First president of theUnion Institute & University inCincinnati | [9][10] |
| Eleanor K. Baum | POLY | Cooper Union Engineering School Dean; served as Dean atPratt Institute; the first female dean of an engineering school in theUnited States | |||
| Haim Ben-Shahar | Israeli economist and President ofTel Aviv University | ||||
| Arthur Bienenstock | POLY | Vice Provost and Dean of Research atStanford University; former director of theStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource | [11] | ||
| Edward J. Bloustein | 1948 | WSC | B.A. | Seventeenth president ofRutgers University; professor at NYU Law | [12] |
| Bruno A. Boley | POLY | Dean of Engineering atNorthwestern University; National Academy of Engineering member | |||
| William Boylan | Master of Pedagogy | First president ofBrooklyn College | [13] | ||
| Joyce F. Brown | 1971, 1980 | GSAS | M.S., Ph.D. | President of theFashion Institute of Technology | |
| Truesdel Peck Calkins | Founder and first president ofHofstra University | [14] | |||
| Herbert Carlin | POLY | Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering atCornell University; professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology andÉcole Normale Supérieure, Paris | |||
| Rustica Carpio | 1956 | STEINHARDT | M.A. | Chairperson and first dean of the College of Communication ofPolytechnic University of the Philippines; Dean of the College of Mass Communication atPamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; Fulbright Scholar | |
| Serena Chen | 1997 | Ph.D | Chair of the Psychology Department atU.C. Berkeley | ||
| Frank A. Cipriani | GSAS | M.A., Ph.D. | Fifth President ofSUNY Farmingdale | [15][16] | |
| K. Mani Chandy | POLY | Chair of engineering and applied sciences at theCalifornia Institute of Technology; National Academy of Engineering member | |||
| Kenneth Connor | POLY | Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department Head from 2001 to 2008 atRensselaer Polytechnic Institute; IEEE Fellow | |||
| William Everdell | 1971 | NYU | Ph.D. | Dean of Humanities,Saint Ann's School, author ofThe First Moderns | [17][18] |
| Jessica Garretson Finch | Law | J.D. | Founding president ofFinch College | ||
| Edgar Fiedler | Economist | [citation needed] | |||
| 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 atMIT (1997–2003); former associate director ofMIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center | [19][20][21] |
| John Anderson Fry | 1986 | Stern | M.B.A. | President,Drexel University | |
| 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 | |||
| Michael J. Garanzini | 1978 | STEINHARDT | M.A. | President and Chancellor,Loyola University Chicago | [22][failed verification] |
| Jerome Gavis | POLY | Chairman of the chemical engineering department atJohns Hopkins University; National Academy of Science member; helped develop methods of separating solid waste components | [23] | ||
| Alfred Gessow | ENG | Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and professor at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park; professor atUniversity of Virginia; awardedNASA Exceptional Service Medal | |||
| Dorit Geva | 2006 | Ph.D. | Founding Dean of undergraduate studies atCentral European University | [24] | |
| Harold S. Goldberg | POLY | Dean of theTufts University School of Engineering;Gordon Prize winner; National Academy of Engineering member | |||
| Urban Gonnoud | 1958 | Stern | M.B.A. | 15th President ofSt. Francis College | |
| Martin H. Graham | 1952 | POLY | Ph.D. | Chair of the Computer Science Department atUniversity of California, Berkeley; professor at Rice University; designer of theRice Institute Computer; served as Secretary of the Academic Senate, University of California from 1978 to 1980 | [25] |
| Martha Greenblatt | POLY | Chair of the Chemistry Department at Rutgers University | |||
| Charles Waldo Haskins | POLY | Founder and first dean ofNew York University Stern School of Business | |||
| Gabriel Hawawini | 1977 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Dean,INSEAD, 2000–2006 | [26] |
| Russell K. Hotzler | POLY | President ofNew York City College of Technology | |||
| Michael Hudson | Economics professor | [citation needed] | |||
| Richard Joel | 1972, 1975 | Law | B.A., J.D. | Fourth president ofYeshiva University, 2003–2017 | [27] |
| Peter G. Jordan | POLY | Vice Chancellor ofCUNY; President ofTarrant County College; dean atNew York Institute of Technology; dean atAdelphi University; overseer forColby College | [28][29] | ||
| Francis Kilcoyne | President ofBrooklyn College | [citation needed] | |||
| Kim Won-yong | 1959 | Ph.D. | 'Father of Korean Archaeology', Prof.Seoul National University | ||
| John Sterling Kingsley | POLY | Chair of Biology atTufts University | |||
| William B. Kouwenhoven | POLY | Inventor of closed-chest cardiac defibrillator; recipient ofEdison Medal; professor at Johns Hopkins University | |||
| Jerome Krase | 1973 | SOC | Ph.D. | Professor Emeritus and Archivist at Brooklyn College | |
| Paul Kurtz | 1948 | WSC | B.A. | The "Pope of the unbelievers" | [30] |
| Norman Lamm | POLY | President and chancellor ofYeshiva University | |||
| Eugene M. Lang | POLY | Chair emeritus of the Board ofSwarthmore College | [31] | ||
| Howard Lesnick | Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law,University of Pennsylvania Law School | [citation needed] | |||
| Yehuda (Leo) Levi | POLY | Rector at theJerusalem College of Technology | |||
| Samuel Levy | Law | B.A., J.D. | Chairman of theYeshiva University Board of Trustees | ||
| Katharine Culbert Lyall | 1969 | Stern | M.B.A. | President,University of Wisconsin–Madison; President of theUniversity of Wisconsin System | |
| Gerald W. Lynch | President ofJohn Jay College | ||||
| Amy Malek | 2005 | M.A. | Assistant professor, scholar, and socioculturalanthropologist; endowed Chair and Director in Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) atOklahoma State University, Stillwater | [32] | |
| 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 | [33] | ||
| James Milliken | 1983 | Law | J.D. | President of the University of Nebraska; Chancellor of theCity University of New York | [34] |
| Cathy Minehan | STERN | MBA | Dean of the School of Management at Simmons College | ||
| Donald Moon | 1958 | ENG | M.S. | President ofShimer College | [35] |
| A. Michael Noll | POLY | Dean atUniversity of Southern California | [36] | ||
| Leonard Peikoff | 1964 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Intellectual heir ofAyn Rand; leading figure ofObjectivism | |
| Fortunato de la Peña | POLY | Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research atUniversity of the Philippines College of Engineering | |||
| Shirley D. Peterson | Law | J.D. | President ofHood College; sat on the Board of Trustees ofBryn Mawr College from 1994 to 2007; currently a Trustee Emerita ofBryn Mawr College | ||
| Nicanor Reyes Sr. | 1917 | Stern | B.A. | Founder and first president of theFar Eastern University inManila,Philippines | [37] |
| Fazlollah Reza | POLY | Head ofSharif University of Technology andUniversity of Tehran; professor atMassachusetts Institute of Technology andMcGill University; Fellow of theIEEE | |||
| Virginia P. Ruesterholz | POLY | Chairman of the Board of Trustees ofStevens Institute of Technology | |||
| Wallace S. Sayre | GSAS | Ph.D. | Professor ofColumbia University; namesake ofSayre's law | ||
| John P. Schaefer | POLY | President ofUniversity of Arizona | |||
| Alexander Schure | ENG | President ofNew York Institute of Technology | |||
| W. J. Seeley | POLY | Dean ofDuke University'sEdmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering; served as chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at Duke University; professor atUniversity of Pennsylvania; director of theNaval Ordnance Laboratory | [38] | ||
| Josef Singer | POLY | President ofTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology | |||
| Lawrence G. Smith | M.D. | Founding dean ofHofstra Northwell School of Medicine | |||
| Richard E. Sorensen | POLY | Dean of Pamplin College of Business atVirginia Tech | |||
| Richard S. Stein | POLY | Founder and Professor of the Polymer Science and Engineering Department atUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst; Member of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering; Fulbright Visiting Professor at Kyoto University; National Research Council Fellow atCambridge University; Research Associate atPrinceton University | |||
| Marian Stoltz-Loike | 1984 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Dean of Lander College for Women and Vice President ofTouro College | |
| Paul Tagliabue | Law | J.D. | Chairman of Board of Directors ofGeorgetown University | ||
| Jeremy Travis | Law | J.D. | President ofJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice | ||
| Hermann Viets | POLY | President ofMilwaukee School of Engineering | |||
| Iris Weinshall | WAG | Vice chancellor at theCity University of New York | |||
| Herbert George Welch | POLY | President ofOhio Wesleyan University | |||
| Samuel Merrill Woodbridge | 1838 | B.A. | Led New Brunswick seminary as Dean and President of the Faculty from 1883 to 1901 | [39] | |
| Howard Zinn | 1951 | CAS | B.A. | Author ofA People's History of the United States |
| Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerard A. Alphonse | POLY | 2005 president of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | |||
| Geetha Angara | 1984 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Victim of unsolved 2005 homicide at New Jersey water treatment plant | [40] |
| Boris Aronov | 1986, 1989 | Courant | M.S., Ph.D. | Computer scientist; professor atNew York University Tandon School of Engineering; Sloan Research Fellow | |
| Sylvan Barnet | 1948 | CAS | B.A. | Shakespearean scholar | |
| Tito Boeri | 1990 | Ph.D. | Professor atBocconi University,Milan; director of Fondazione RDB | ||
| Daniel Draper (meteorologist) | 1880 | Med | Ph.D | Meteorologist and medical doctor | [41] |
| E. Lloyd Du Brul | 1937 | DENT | D.D.S. | Author ofSicher and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy | |
| Avery Fisher | 1929 | ARTS | B.S. | Inventor of the first stereo radio-phonograph | |
| Neil Garg | 2000 | CAS | B.S. | UCLA Professor &Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair | |
| Caroline D. Gentile | 1949 | M.A. | Associate professor emeritus of education;physical education instructor; longest-serving faculty member of theUniversity of Maine at Presque Isle | [42] | |
| Corwin Hansch | GSAS | Ph.D. | Inventor of the Hansch equation | ||
| Martin Hellman | 1966 | ENG | B.S. | Inventedpublic key cryptography; inducted into theNational 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 theFields Institute | |
| David Korn | 1969 | Courant | Ph.D. | Creator of theKorn shell | |
| Leonard Linkow | 1952 | DENT | DDS | Pioneer in oral implantology; nominated for Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1969 | [43][44] |
| Erwin Lutwak | POLY | mathematician, inaugural fellow of theAmerican Mathematical Society | |||
| George W. Melville | POLY | Engineer-in-chief of the United States Navy;Congressional Gold Medal winner | |||
| Donald J. Metz | POLY | Nuclear engineer atBrookhaven National Laboratory | |||
| Ami Miron | POLY | Received twoTechnology and Engineering Emmy Awards | |||
| Lee Morin | 1978–1982 | Med | M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D. | Astronaut | |
| Robert Qiu | 1955 | Ph.D. | CEO of Wiscom Technologies; professor of electrical engineering atShanghai Jiao Tong University | ||
| John Wellborn Root | 1969 | ARTS | B.S. | Inventor of the floating raft system | |
| Gerald Soffen | Postdoc | Chief scientist of the Viking missions to Mars in 1976 | |||
| Salvatore Stolfo | 1979 | Courant | Ph.D. | Professor atColumbia University | |
| Dennis Tito | 1962 | CAS | B.A. | First commercial space flight customer | |
| Alfred Vail | 1836 | B.A. | Inventor | ||
| 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 theWorld Trade Center | |
| Ben Zinn | 1961 | ENG | B.S. | International soccer player and academic at theGeorgia Institute of Technology; Member of the National Academy of Engineering | [45] |
| Jay Kappraff | POLY | Professor atCooper 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, theFreeDOS 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 atPrinceton University | |||
| Ernest Bernbaum | POLY | Professor atHarvard University | |||
| Ines Mandl | POLY | Professor atColumbia University; American Academy of Arts and Sciences member; awarded theGarvan-Olin Medal in 1983 for her work on the enzymecollagenase | |||
| Frances Hugle | POLY | Microscopic and integrated circuitry pioneer; inventor oftape-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 | [46] | ||
| Alan Schriesheim | POLY | Director Emeritus and the retired CEO ofArgonne National Laboratory; professor atUniversity 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 atMIT and theNational 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 shuttleDiscovery | |||
| Paolo A. Nespoli | POLY | Italian astronaut, mission specialist at STS-120 Space Shuttle mission | |||
| Thomas J. Kelly | POLY | Scientist; "father" of theApollo Lunar Module | |||
| Jack Ruina | POLY | DARPA director;MIT professor emeritus | |||
| Robert O'Handley | POLY | MS, PhD | MIT professor and research scientist | [47] | |
| Michael Strano | 1997 | POLY | B.S. | Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering atMassachusetts Institute of Technology | [48][49] |
| Howard A. Chinn | POLY | Pioneered techniques ofanalog audio recording, and radio and television broadcasting; was chiefaudio engineer atCBS, and a researcher atMIT andHarvard. | [50][51] | ||
| Fredric J. Harris | POLY | Co-inventor of theBlackman-Harris Filter | |||
| Hugh John Casey | POLY | Designer ofthe Pentagon | |||
| Samuel Ruben | POLY | Inventor who made lasting contributions toelectrochemistry and solid-state technology, including the founding ofDuracell; 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) atStanford University; National Academy of Engineering member | |||
| Christos V. Massalas | POLY | Professor atTrinity College, Dublin; Fulbright scholar | |||
| Irwin Kra | POLY | Professor atMassachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
| Hamilton Castner | POLY | Industrial chemist; invented methods to produce sodium metal and sodium hydroxide from soda ash and salt respectively; awardedElliott Cresson Medal | |||
| George Glauberman | POLY | Professor atUniversity of Chicago; Fellow of the American Mathematical Society; proved theZJ theorem and theZ* theorem | |||
| Jules Bellisio | POLY | Chief Scientist atTelcordia Technologies | |||
| Lew Tucker | POLY | Vice President and Chief Technology Officer ofCisco Systems | [citation needed] | ||
| 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 theMultitaper | |||
| Ronald R. Yager | POLY | Professor atUniversity of California, Berkeley; inventedOrdered weighted averaging aggregation operator | |||
| Peter Pershan | POLY | Professor atHarvard University | |||
| Judea Pearl | POLY | Professor atUCLA; awardedTuring Award in 2011; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Member of the National Academy of Sciences | |||
| Mischa Schwartz | POLY | Professor atColumbia University; National Academy of Engineering member | |||
| Erol Gelenbe | POLY | Professor atImperial College London andDuke University; inventedG-networks andrandom neural network | |||
| Steven L. Goldman | POLY | Professor atLehigh University | |||
| Buddy Ratner | POLY | Professor atUniversity of Washington; National Academy of Engineering member | |||
| Ronald Silverman | POLY | Professor of Ophthalmology atWeill Cornell Medical College; Professor of Ophthalmic Science atColumbia University Medical Center | |||
| Don Torrieri | POLY | Professor atJohns Hopkins University; research engineer and fellow of theUS Army Research Laboratory | |||
| Edward A. Frieman | POLY | Professor atPrinceton University; Director of theScripps Institution of Oceanography; Guggenheim Fellow | |||
| Grigori Perelman | COURANT | Fields Medal winner; proved thesoul conjecture andThurston's geometrization conjecture | |||
| Leopold B. Felsen | POLY | Professor atBoston University; National Academy of Engineering member; Guggenheim Fellow | |||
| Erich E. Kunhardt | POLY | Professor atStevens Institute of Technology | |||
| Bishnu S. Atal | POLY | Professor atUniversity of Washington; Member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences | |||
| Robert H. Lieberman | POLY | Professor atCornell University; Fulbright scholar | [52] | ||
| 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 atColumbia 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 atUCLA | |||
| Hung-Chang Lin | POLY | Professor of Electrical Engineering at theUniversity of Maryland; invented the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit, the lateral transistor, and thewireless microphone; held 61 patents | |||
| Murray S. Klamkin | POLY | Professor atUniversity of Minnesota andSUNY Buffalo | |||
| Anthony M. Johnson | POLY | Professor at University of Maryland | |||
| Steve Wallach | POLY | Professor atRice University; holds 33 patents; member of the National Academy of Engineering | |||
| Peter Staecker | POLY | President ofInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; researcher atMIT Lincoln Laboratory | |||
| Andrew Herrmann | POLY | President of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers | |||
| Joel B. Snyder | POLY | President ofInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||
| Eli M. Pearce | POLY | President of theAmerican Chemical Society; designed fire-resistant polymers. | [53] | ||
| 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 ofAmerican Institute of Electrical Engineers; National Academy of Sciences member | |||
| Mario Cardullo | POLY | InventedRadio-frequency identification (RFID) | |||
| Robert G. Brown | POLY | Invented the first telephone handset | |||
| Joseph Owades | POLY | Inventor ofLite beer | |||
| Len Shustek | POLY | Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University | |||
| Eugene Fasullo | POLY | Chief Engineer ofPort 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 theUniversity of British Columbia | |||
| Rossiter W. Raymond | POLY | Professor atColumbia University | |||
| Henry L. Bachman | 1951, 1954 | POLY | BSEE, MSEE | IEEE president in 1987; served as Vice President ofBAE Systems; Fellow of the IEEE | [54] |
| 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 atDuPont | [53][55][56] | ||
| Henry C. Goldmark | POLY | Designed and installed thePanama Canal locks | |||
| Mario Tchou | POLY | CreatedOlivetti Elea, Italy's first computer | |||
| Leopold Just | POLY | Designed virtually every major bridge and tunnel inNew York City, as well asWashington Metro,Ohio Turnpike andConnecticut 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 theRadiation 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 calledBekenstein-Hawking radiation | [57] | ||
| Jerome H. Lemelson | ENG | Holder of 605 patents; established theLemelson Foundation; one of the mostprolific 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 automatedwarehouses,industrial robots,cordless telephones,fax machines,videocassette recorders,camcorders, and themagnetic tape drive used intape players | [3] | ||
| Ali Akansu | 1983, 1987 | POLY | M.S., Ph.D. | Professor atNew Jersey Institute of Technology best known for his contributions to subband andwavelet 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 | [58] | ||
| 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 ofCharles Stark Draper Prize | |||
| Gerard J. Foschini | ENG | professor at Princeton University | |||
| Lawrence J. Fogel | ENG | Inventor ofactive noise cancellation | |||
| Leonard Greene | ENG | Inducted into theNational 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 ofMITRE Corporation | |||
| George Doundoulakis | POLY | Designed what was until very recently the largestradio telescope in the world | [59] | ||
| Helias Doundoulakis | POLY | Patented the suspension system for the largestradio telescope in the world | |||
| Ahmed Cemal Eringen | POLY | Turkish-American engineering scientist; professor atPrinceton University; namesake of theEringen 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 atPrinceton University; member of theNational Academy of Engineering; Life Fellow ofIEEE | [60] |
| Subrata K. Sen | POLY | Joseph F. Cullman III professor and researcher atYale University | [61] | ||
| Roy LoPresti | ENG | Worked on the Apollo Moon Program; served as advisor to the US Congress; designedLoPresti Fury; designed theGrumman American AA-5; Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering atMooney Aviation Company, where he designed theMooney 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 atStanford University andCornell University; wonFrank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory; provedAx–Grothendieck theorem andAx–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 andShannon Award-winning information theorist; professor atCornell University,Columbia University andUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; provedWald–Wolfowitz runs test andDvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality | |
| Solomon Berson | 1939, 1945 | MED | M.S., MD | Developedradioimmunoassay withRosalyn Yalow, who received aNobel 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 atUniversity of Kentucky | [64] |
| Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Nirenberg | 1949 | Courant | Ph.D. | Abel Prize (2015) and 1995National Medal of Science recipient | [65] |
| S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan | 1966 | Courant | postdoc | Abel Prize (2007) | [66] |
| Peter Lax | 1947, 1949 | Courant | B.A., Ph.D. | Abel Prize (2005) and 1986National Medal of Science recipient | [67] |
| Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Babbitt | 1935 | ARTS | B.A. | 1986MacArthur Fellow | |
| George Perle | 1956 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1974MacArthur Fellow | |
| Charles Simic | 1966 | ARTS | B.A. | 1983MacArthur Fellow | |
| Michelle Dorrance | 2001 | Gallatin | B.A. | 2015MacArthur Fellow | [68] |
| Mimi Lien | 2003 | TSOA | M.F.A. | 2015MacArthur Fellow | [68] |
| Basil Twist | 2015 | TSOA | 2015MacArthur Fellow | [68] | |
| Majora Carter | 1997 | TSOA | M.F.A | 2005MacArthur Fellow | |
| Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | 2007 | TSOA | M.A. | 2016MacArthur Fellow | |
| Sylvia A. Law | 1968 | Law | J.D. | 1983MacArthur Fellow | |
| Annie Baker | 2003 | TSOA | B.F.A. | 2017MacArthur Fellow | [69] |
| Gabriel Victora | 2011 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 2017MacArthur Fellow | [70][71] |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kobi Alexander | Stern, M.B.A., 1980 | Founder and former CEO ofComverse Technology | |
| Leslie Alexander | CAS B.A. | Attorney and businessman; former owner of theHouston Rockets NBA team | |
| Nicolas Berggruen | Stern, B.S., 1981 | Billionaire, founder ofBerggruen Institute | [88] |
| Alexander Soros | CAS B.A. | Non-profit executive, heir and philanthropist; son ofGeorge Soros | |
| Philip Jaffe | POLY, 1913–14 | Co-founder ofAmerasia' involved in the 1945Amerasia espionage affair | [89] |
| Ursula Burns | POLY, B.S., 1980 | Chairman and CEO ofXerox | [90] |
| Charles Ranlett Flint | POLY, B.S., 1868 | Founder ofIBM | |
| Harvey R. Blau | A.B.; LLM | Chairman and former CEO ofGriffon Corporation | |
| Ronald Kramer | Stern, MBA | CEO ofGriffon Corporation; former president and director ofWynn Resorts | |
| Alex Klokus | Stern | Co-founder of Futurism,executive producer | [91][92] |
| James B. Rosenwald | Stern, MBA | Co-founder and managing partner of Dalton Investments LLC | |
| James M. Henderson | Graduate studies | Founder of Henderson Advertising Agency inGreenville, South Carolina; Republican candidate forLieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1970 | [93] |
| Arthur C. Martinez | POLY, B.S., 1960 | Former chairman and CEO ofSears | [94] |
| Robert J. Stevens | POLY, M.S., 1985 | Chairman, President and CEO ofLockheed Martin | |
| 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 modernsnowboard and founder ofBurton Snowboards | |
| Ben Cohen | Art Therapy * | Founder of Ben & Jerry's | |
| Robert B. Cohen | 1947 | FoundedHudson News in 1987 | [95] |
| 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 ofLord Abbett | |
| Thomas E. Dooley | Stern, M.B.A. 1984 | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, CEO and CFO ofViacom | |
| 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 ofThe George Foundation andMultinational Computer Models | |
| Kayalakakam M. George | Stern 1948, M.B.A | CEO ofPalai Central Bank (1956–60) | |
| Harvey Golub | Stern 1961, B.S. | Chairman and CEO ofAmerican Express (1994–2001); Chairman of theAmerican International Group (AIG) | |
| Alan Greenspan | Stern 1948 1950 1977, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. | Former chairman of theFederal Reserve | |
| Robert Greifeld | Stern 1977, M.B.A. | CEO of NASDAQ | |
| Scott Harrison | CAS 1998, B.A. | Founder ofCharity: Water | |
| Carl Icahn | MED* | Investor andactivist shareholder | |
| Henry Kaufman | Stern 1948, B.A.,Stern 1958, Ph.D. | Wall Street financial consultant | |
| Paul Kangas | Stern, M.B.A. | Host ofNightly Business Report | |
| Herb Kelleher | Law 1955, LL.B. | Founder and CEO of Southwest Airlines | |
| Eugene Kleiner | POLY | Founder ofKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; co-founder ofFairchild 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 ofDC Comics | |
| Martin Lipton | Law 1955, J.D. | Co-founder ofWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |
| John C. Malone | ENG, M.S. | CEO ofTele-Communications Inc.; CEO ofLiberty Media; now chairman ofLiberty Media,Liberty Global, andLiberty Interactive, all of which he is the majority owner; owns 49% ofStarz Inc. and 29% ofDiscovery Communications | |
| Michael I. Yarymovych | ENG | Vice President ofBoeing Company | |
| George Feldstein | ENG, B.S., M.S. | Founder ofCrestron 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 ofQwest | |
| Roy Neuberger | coursework* | Founder ofNeuberger & 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 atOgilvy & Mather andBozell Worldwide; creator of the "Got Milk?" advertising campaign | [96] |
| W. R. Berkley | Stern | Founder, chairman and CEO ofW. R. Berkley Corporation | |
| William T. Schwendler | ENG, B.S., 1924 | Co-founder, chairman and CEO ofGrumman | |
| Michael Birck | ENG | Co-founder and current chairman ofTellabs | |
| John Catsimatidis | ENG | Businessman invested in real estate, aviation, and groceries; radio talk show host; owner, president, chairman, and CEO ofGristedes | |
| Frederick Gluck | ENG | Chief executive atMcKinsey & Company; Director atAmgen; serves on theHarvard Business School Board of Directors of the Associates, the Management Education Council of theWharton School, the U.S. andHong Kong Economic Cooperation Committee, theCouncil on Foreign Relations, and the Board of theInternational Executive Service Corps | |
| Walter V. Shipley | Stern 1956, B.S. | Chairman and CEO ofChase Manhattan Bank | |
| Larry Silverstein | CAS B.A., 1952 | Owner ofWorld Trade Center site | |
| Mark Spitznagel | Courant, M.S. | Investor, hedge fund manager | |
| Stanley Stahl | B.A. | Real estate investor | [97] |
| 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 ofInternational Olympic Committee | |
| Sy Syms | CAS B.A., 1946 | Founder of Syms Clothing | |
| Henry Taub | Stern 1947, B.S. | Founder ofAutomatic Data Processing, philanthropist | |
| Maurice Tempelsman | Stern* | Chairman ofLazare Kaplan International Inc.; former companion ofJacqueline Kennedy Onassis | [98][99] |
| 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 ofTwitter; founder and CEO ofBlock, Inc. | [100] | |
| George W. Melville | POLY | Chief of theBureau of Steam Engineering | |
| Spencer Trask | POLY | Invested and supported entrepreneurs, includingThomas Edison's invention of the electriclight bulb and his electricity network; majority shareholder and chairman ofThe New York Times | |
| Hugh John Casey | POLY | Chairman of theNew York City Transit Authority | |
| Michael Horodniceanu | POLY | President of theMTA Capital Construction | |
| Alfred Amoroso | POLY | Former chairman ofYahoo! | |
| John Dionisio | POLY | Chairman and CEO ofAECOM | |
| Charles D. Strang | POLY | Chairman, president and CEO ofOutboard Marine Corporation | |
| Herbert L. Henkel | POLY | Chairman ofIngersoll Rand | |
| Israel Borovich | POLY | Chairman and CEO ofEL AL | |
| Jason Hsuan | POLY | Chairman and CEO ofTPV Technology | |
| John Trani | POLY | Former chairman and CEO ofStanley Black & Decker | |
| John Elmer McKeen | POLY | Former chairman and CEO ofPfizer; Member of the National Academy of Engineering | |
| Alfred P. Sloan | POLY | Former chairman and CEO ofGeneral Motors | |
| Mark Ronald | POLY | Former chairman and CEO ofBAE Systems Inc. | |
| Joseph J. Jacobs | POLY | Former chairman and founder ofJacobs Engineering Group | |
| Paul Ferri | POLY | Founder and General Partner ofMatrix Partners | |
| Bern Dibner | POLY | Former chairman, founder and CEO ofBurndy | |
| Sunil Godhwani | POLY | Chairman and CEO ofReligare | |
| Jerome Swartz | POLY | Co-foundedSymbol Technologies with POLY graduate Shelley A. Harrison | |
| Samuel Ruben | POLY | Co-foundedDuracell | |
| Richard Santulli | POLY, B.S., M.S. | Former chairman, founder and CEO ofNetJets; current chairman and founder ofMilestone Aviation Group. | [101][102] |
| Paul Soros | POLY | Founder and former CEO of Soros Associates; brother ofGeorge Soros | |
| Michael H. Kappaz | POLY | Chairman and CEO ofKM Group | |
| Vincent A. Calarco | POLY | CEO and President ofChemtura | |
| Charles Hinkaty | POLY | Vice president atCitibank | |
| David Sobin | POLY | CEO of BAMnet; founded a DSL company, which was subsequently sold for approximately $50M | |
| Edward P. Gilligan | Stern | Vice Chairman, President ofAmerican Express | [103][104] |
| Glenford Myers | POLY | Founder ofRadiSys and IP Fabrics | |
| Ami Miron | POLY | Vice president ofGeneral Instrument; senior advisor at theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University | |
| Stav Prodromou | POLY | Founder and former CEO ofPoqet Computer Corporation; former CEO ofAlien Technology andPeregrine Semiconductor; Executive Vice President ofFairchild Semiconductor | |
| Craig G. Matthews | POLY | President, CFO and Chief Operating Officer ofKeySpan | |
| Ira Drukier | POLY | Hotelier and philanthropist | |
| Fadi Chehadé | POLY | Founder ofRosettaNet; chief executive officer ofICANN | |
| Nils Lahr | POLY | Co-founder of IBEAM Broadcasting Corporation andSynergy Sports Technology | |
| William C. W. Mow | POLY | Chairman and CEO ofBugle Boy | |
| Charles Waldo Haskins | POLY | Co-founder ofHaskins and Sells | |
| Zalman Bernstein | CAS | Businessman and economist | |
| John Paulson | Stern | Hedge fund manager | |
| Kenneth Langone | Stern | Co-founder ofThe Home Depot | |
| Charles Kushner | CAS | Owner ofKushner Properties | |
| Jared Kushner | Law | President and CEO ofKushner Properties; owner ofThe New York Observer | |
| Vincent Tchenguiz | Stern | Investment adviser | |
| Rachelle Friedman | POLY | Founder ofJ&R | |
| Bill Friend | POLY | Former president ofBechtel | |
| Alan Schriesheim | POLY | Board member ofRohm and Haas | |
| Stephen M. Ross | Law | Real-estate developer; owner ofMiami 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 firmCantor Fitzgerald | ||
| Charles Zegar | Computer scientists; one of the four co-founders ofBloomberg L.P. | ||
| Richard C. Perry | Stern | Hedge fund manager, owns controlling interest inBarneys New York | [105] |
| Ira Rennert | Stern | Private investor in mining, metals, and heavy industry | |
| Lawrence Babbio Jr. | Stern | Former vice chairman and president ofVerizon | |
| Mark Wilf | Law | President and co-owner of theMinnesota Vikings | |
| Daniel E. Straus | Law | Vice Chairman of theMemphis Grizzlies | |
| Dan Schulman | Stern, M.B.A. | President and CEO ofPayPal and chairman ofSymantec; co-founder and former CEO ofVirgin Mobile USA | |
| George S. Barrett | Stern, M.B.A. | Chairman and chief executive officer ofCardinal Health, Inc. | |
| Robert W. Cremin | POLY, B.S. | Chairman, President, and chief executive officer ofEsterline; Chairman ofDover Corporation | |
| Lorenzo Fertitta | Stern, M.B.A. | Co-founder ofStation Casinos | |
| Larry Zimmerman | Stern | CFO ofXerox | |
| Charles A. Heimbold Jr. | Stern | Chairman and CEO ofBristol-Myers Squibb Company | |
| Barry Salzberg | Law | CEO ofDeloitte | |
| Evan Chesler | Law | Partner and former chairman ofCravath, Swaine & Moore | [106] |
| John Carrig | Law | Chief operating officer and president forConocoPhillips | |
| Robert I. Lipp | Law | Vice Chairman ofCitigroup | |
| Robert A. Kindler | Law | Vice Chairman ofMorgan Stanley | |
| John Turitzin | Law | Vice President ofMarvel Entertainment | |
| Herb Kelleher | Law | Founder, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO ofSouthwest Airlines | |
| Nick Ivanoff | POLY | President and CEO ofAmmann & Whitney; elected 2014-2015 chairman ofAmerican Road and Transportation Builders Association | |
| Peter Guber | Law | Hollywood producer; former chairman and CEO ofSony Pictures Entertainment | |
| Steven Florio | Stern | CEO and President of bothConde Nast Publications andThe New Yorker, as well as publisher ofGQ | |
| Barry Zyskind | Stern, M.B.A | Chairman, CEO and President ofAmTrust Financial Services | [107] |
| Sashi Reddi | Courant | CEO and founder of App Labs | [108] |
| Link Lauren | Music Business, B.S. | Online content creator, former senior campaign advisor toRobert F. Kennedy Jr. | [109] |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Alibar | TSOA | Beasts of the Southern Wild | [110] |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | TSOA 1993*, dropped out after two days | Magnolia,Boogie Nights,There Will Be Blood | |
| Aziz Ansari | Stern 2004, B.S | Actor,Parks and Recreation,Master of None,Human Giant,Scrubs; stand-up comedian | |
| Ashley Argota | NURSING, current student | True Jackson,VP,Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures | |
| Jeff Baena | TSOA | Film writer and director | |
| Sean Baker | TSOA | Director best known forTangerine,The Florida Project andAnora | [111] |
| Alec Baldwin | TSOA 1993, B.F.A. | Actor,The Hunt for Red October,Pearl Harbor,The Aviator,30 Rock | |
| 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 | |
| Laura Berman | SSW | Sex educator andsex therapist; host ofIn the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman on the Oprah Winfrey Network | |
| 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 | |
| Rachel Bloom | TSOA | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | |
| Barry Bostwick | TSOA | Original Broadway Cast ofGrease,Rocky Horror Picture Show,Spin City | |
| Martin Brest | TSOA 1973, B.F.A. | Beverly Hills Cop,Meet Joe Black,Gigli | |
| Lisa Bruce | TSOA | The Theory of Everything | [112] |
| Rustica Carpio | Steinhardt 1956, M.A. | Actress and writer; former dean of the College of Communication and Graduate School of thePolytechnic 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 | [113] |
| Jennifer Charles | TSOA 1990, B.F.A. | Musician, writer, and actress | |
| Rachel Chavkin | TSOA | Tony Award nominated director of the Broadway musicalNatasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 | [114] |
| Chris Columbus | TSOA | BothHome Alone films,Mrs. Doubtfire,Stepmom, first twoHarry Potter films,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 | |
| 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 | |
| Emira D'Spain | STEINHARDT,STERN | Model, social media influencer | [115] |
| Drea de Matteo | TSOA | The Sopranos,Joey | |
| Julie Delpy | TSOA | Homo Faber,Three Colors:White,Before Sunrise,Before Sunset | |
| Amanda Detmer | TSOA, M.F.A. | Actress | |
| Tony DiSanto | TSOA | Producer | |
| Michael Dougherty | TSOA, M.F.A. | X2,Superman Returns | |
| Lisa Edelstein | TSOA 1988, B.F.A. | House | |
| Lindsay Ellis | TSOA, B.A. 2007 | YouTuber, author ofAxiom's End | [116] |
| Kathryn Erbe | TSOA* | What About Bob?,Law and Order: Criminal Intent | |
| Burcu Esmersoy | SPS* | Turkish anchorwoman, beauty pageant titleholder, journalist, model, and occasional actress | [117] |
| Raul Esparza | TSOA 1992, B.F.A. | [Actor,Hannibal (TV series),Law & Order SVU | |
| 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 | [118] |
| Wayne Federman | TSOA 1981* | Curb Your Enthusiasm,Legally Blonde,The 40-Year-Old Virgin,Silicon Valley | |
| Malindi Fickle | B.F.A., 2002 | Jacklight,Suck it Up Buttercup | |
| Bridget Fonda | TSOA 1987, B.F.A. | Doc Hollywood,Jackie Brown | |
| 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 ofSkinnygirl | [119] |
| Griffin Frazen | GAL 2009, B.A. | Grounded For Life | |
| Lady Gaga | TSOA | Singer | |
| 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 | |
| Gina Gershon | TSOA 1983, B.F.A. | The Insider,Showgirls,Bound | |
| Tavi Gevinson | GAL* | Editor, writer, actress | [120][121] |
| Donald Glover | TSOA 2006, B.F.A | Actor, rapper under thestage name Childish Gambino | |
| Mark Gordon | TSOA | Television and film producer; former president of theProducers Guild of America | |
| Lou Gossett | CAS, 1959, B.A. | Roots,An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| Bryan Greenberg | TSOA* | Prime | |
| Rachel Griffin-Accurso, better known asMs. Rachel | STEINHARDT | YouTuber, social media personality, songwriter, and educator | [122] |
| Peter Guber | Stern, M.B.A. | Mandalay Pictures | |
| Matthew Gray Gubler | TSOA 2002, M.F.A. | Criminal Minds,(500) Days of Summer,68 Kill,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 | |
| Walter Hampden | POLY | Actor | |
| 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 | |
| Ethan Hawke | CAS* | Training Day,Dead Poets Society,Before Sunrise,Before Sunset | |
| 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 presentedAugust Wilson's entire 10-playPittsburgh Cycle | [123] |
| 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 | |
| Stephanie Hsu | TSOA 2012, B.F.A. | Everything Everywhere All at Once,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | |
| Edward Everett Horton | POLY | Character actor | |
| 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 | |
| Mark Indelicato | GAL, current student | Actor | |
| Jim Jarmusch | TSOA* | Stranger than Paradise,Down By Law,Broken Flowers | |
| Tamara Jenkins | TSOA | Slums of Beverly Hills | |
| 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 | [124] |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg | TSOA* | Shrek; co-founder of DreamWorks | |
| Anna Khachiyan | M.A. | Cohost of theRed Scare podcast | [125] |
| Daniel Dae Kim | TSOA 1996, M.F.A. | ABC seriesLost, CBS SeriesHawaii Five-0 | |
| Karlie Kloss | GAL, current student | Fashion model | [126] |
| Stanley Kramer | TSOA 1993, B.F.A. | High Noon,Cyrano de Bergerac | |
| Peter Krause | TSOA 1990, M.F.A. | Six Feet Under,Parenthood,9-1-1 | |
| Martin Kunert | TSOA | Voices of Iraq,MTV's Fear | |
| Tony Kushner | TSOA 1984, M.F.A. | Tony Award | |
| Eriq La Salle | TSOA, B.F.A. | ER | |
| 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 forBill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | [127] |
| Bai Ling | TSOA 1991–?? | Anna and the King | |
| Zoe Lister-Jones | TSOA B.A. | The Little Dog Laughed | |
| Victoria Loke | GAL | Actress | [128] |
| Julia Loktev | M.F.A | The Loneliest Planet,Day Night Day Night,Moment of Impact | |
| Billie Lourd | GAL | Actress | |
| Brigette Lundy-Paine | 2015 | Actor,Atypical,Bill & Ted Face the Music,I Saw the TV Glow | |
| Bruce Mailman | M.F.A. | Theatre founder of the nightclubThe Saint | [129] |
| Charlotte Manson | radio actress | [130] | |
| Rooney Mara | GAL* | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,Trash,Her | [130] |
| Demetri Martin | Law | Comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist | |
| Jesse L. Martin | TSOA 1989, M.F.A. | Ed Green inLaw 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 | |
| Dwayne McDuffie | TSOA | Television, film, and comic book writer, producer, and editor | |
| John C. McGinley | TSOA | Intensity,Scrubs,Point Break | |
| Camila Mendes | TSOA 2016 | Veronica Lodge onRiverdale | [131] |
| 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 | |
| Matthew Morrison | TSOA 1993, B.F.A. | Glee,The Hunt for Red October,Pearl Harbor,The Aviator,30 Rock | |
| Rachel Morrison | TSOA | Fruitvale Station, Cake, Sound of My Voice | [132] |
| Kate Mulgrew | TSOA 1976, A.A. | Star Trek: Voyager,Orange is the New Black | |
| Javier Muñoz | TSOA | Actor who played Usnavi in theBroadway musicalIn the Heights; currently playing the titular role in theHamilton musical | |
| 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 | |
| Vivek Oberoi | TSOA | Indian actor | |
| 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 | |
| Elizabeth Olsen | TSOA 2013 | Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene,Avengers: Age of Ultron,Godzilla,In Secret | [133] |
| Mary Kate Olsen | GAL | Full House,It Takes Two,Two of a Kind,New York Minute | |
| 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 | |
| Jeremy Piven | TSOA | Actor and producer; best known for his role asAri Gold in the comedy seriesEntourage, 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 | |
| Keith Powell | TSOA | Television actor,30 Rock | |
| 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 | |
| AnnaSophia Robb | GAL, current student | Actress | [134] |
| Matt Rogers | CAS | Las Culturistas,I Love That For You,Fire Island | |
| Meg Ryan | CAS, B.A. | When Harry Met Sally...,Sleepless in Seattle,City of Angels,You've Got Mail | |
| Joshua Safran | TSOA | Executive producer and writer ofGossip Girl; executive producer and showrunner for the second season ofSmash; creator, executive producer and showrunner ofQuantico | |
| 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 | |
| Taylor Schilling | TSOA | Actress;Screen Actors Guild Awards winner | |
| 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 | [135] |
| Joshua Seth | CAS, 1991, B.A. | Digimon,Wolf's Rain,Trigun | |
| John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | Moonstruck; winner of thePulitzer Prize for Drama | |
| Alan Shapiro | TSOA 1981, B.F.A. | The Crush,Flipper,Tiger Town,The Outsiders (series) | |
| 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 1991Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
| Barry Sonnenfeld | TSOA* | Oz,Men in Black,Get Shorty | |
| Eulalie Spence | B.S. 1937 | Her,Fool's Errand (opened onBroadway in 1927) | |
| Cole Sprouse | GAL 2015 | Friends,Big Daddy,The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,The Suite Life on Deck, Narrator andJughead Jones onRiverdale (2017 TV series) | [136] |
| Dylan Sprouse | GAL 2015 | The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,Big Daddy,The Suite Life on Deck | [136] |
| Morgan Spurlock | TSOA, B.F.A. | Supersize Me | |
| Peter Steinfeld | B.A. | Drowning Mona,Be Cool,21 | [137] |
| Peter Sullivan | TSOA | Director, producer, and screenwriter,Secret Obsession | |
| Maura Tierney | TSOA* | ER,Newsradio,Primary Colors | |
| Shenaz Treasury | Took writing course | MTV's Most Wanted,Ishq Vishk,One Life to Live,Luv Ka The End | [138] |
| Colin Trevorrow | TSOA | Home Base,Safety Not Guaranteed,Jurassic World,The Book of Henry | |
| Skeet Ulrich | NYU | Scream, F.P. Jones onRiverdale (2017 TV series) | [139] |
| Sunny Wang | Stern,Tisch, B.A., 2005 | Taiwanese actor and model | |
| 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 thePulitzer Prize for Drama | |
| Bowen Yang | CAS B.A. | Saturday Night Live | |
| Edward Lee | CAS B.A. | Celebrity Chef | [140] |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Babbitt | B.A., 1935 | 1986MacArthur Fellow, 1982Pulitzer 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 ofAdolph Green, recipient of severalTony Awards | |
| Clive Davis | CAS 1953, B.A. | Founder ofArista 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 | [141] |
| Fred Ebb | B.A., 1939 | 1967Tony Award, 1967Grammy Award forCabaret | |
| 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 | [142] |
| DJ Cuppy | Steinhardt | Nigerian music producer; daughter of Nigerian billionaireFemi Otedola | |
| Albert Hammond Jr. | TSOA | The Strokes' guitarist | |
| Antony Hegarty | TSOA | Mercury prize-winning lead singer ofAntony and the Johnsons | |
| Izza (singer) | LSS | singer and rapper | |
| Daniel Kessler | GAL | Interpol's guitarist/backing vocalist | |
| Paul Banks | GAL | Interpol's guitarist/lead vocalist | |
| Talib Kweli | previous student | member of rap duoBlack Star | [143] |
| 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 | 1982Grammy Award | [144] |
| Jackie McCullough | M.A. Philosophy | Gospel musician and pastor | |
| David Portner | former student | Founding member of experimental bandAnimal 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 | 1987Grammy Award | |
| Sajeeb Saha | GAL | a.k.a.Jai Wolf | [145] |
| Blake Schwarzenbach | B.A., 1991 | Lead singer for bandsJawbreaker andJets 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 1939Coleman Hawkins recording ofBody and Soul | |
| Eileen Southern | Steinhardt 1961, Ph.D. | FirstAfrican American woman appointed a tenured full professor atHarvard | |
| 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 | [146] |
| Elle Varner | TSOA | Singer, songwriter, producer | |
| Dot da Genius | POLY | Singer, record producer andmixing engineer | |
| Dasychira (musician) | TSOA, 2019 | Performer, songwriter, producer | |
| A Great Big World | Steinhardt | Singers and songwriters, known for theGrammy Award winning songSay Something | |
| Taylor Swift | TSOA Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree | Singer and songwriter, 11 wins for Grammy Award until 2023 |
| 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 | |
| Sean Baker | TSOA 1998 B.F.A | Academy Award 2025,Anora | |
| 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 | [147] |
| Geoff Fletcher | TSOA 1999, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2010,Precious | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | GSAS | Academy Award 1991,Ghost | [148] |
| Steve Golin | TSOA | Academy Award 2016,Spotlight | [149] |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | ARTS coursework* | Academy Award 1982,An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| Marcia Gay Harden | TSOA 1981, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2000,Pollock | |
| Anne Hathaway | GAL,TSOA | Academy Award 2012,Les Misérables | [150] |
| Bernard Herrmann | WSC student underPercy 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 | |
| Charles Kaufman | TSOA 1980 | Academy Award 2004,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| Burt Lancaster | TSOA coursework* | Academy Award 1960,Elmer Gantry | |
| 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 | [151] |
| László Nemes | TSOA | Academy Award 2016,Son of Saul | [149] |
| Ken Perlin | GSAS 1986, Ph.D. | Academy Award 1997, for the development ofPerlin noise | |
| Carole Bayer Sager | CAS 1979, B.A. | Academy Award 1981,Arthur's Theme | |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | TSOA | Academy Award 2005,The Aviator | |
| 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 | |
| Fred Waller | POLY | Academy Award winner; inventor ofCinerama; inventor of theWaller Gunnery Trainer; first to patent thewater ski; made 200 short films forParamount Pictures | |
| Paul Francis Webster | ARTS 1928–1930 * | Academy Award 1953, "Secret Love" | |
| Victor J. Zolfo | TSOA 1985 | Academy Award 2009,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Axel | Steinhardt | Grammy Award 2015 forSay Something | |
| Cy Coleman | Steinhardt | 1992 Grammy Award forThe Will Rogers Follies | |
| Todd Coolman | Steinhardt | 1999 Grammy Award forBest Album Notes | |
| Fred Ebb | ARTS 1955, B.A. | Grammy Award 1967 forCabaret | |
| Lady Gaga | TSOA* 2003–2005 | Grammy Awards 2010, 2011, and 2015 recipient in several categories | [155][156][157] |
| Chad King | Steinhardt | Grammy Award 2015 forSay Something | |
| Evelyn Lear | Grammy Award 1966 for her performance of the operaWozzeck byAlban 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'sBack to Black | |
| Rick Rubin | CAS* | Grammy Award 2012 for producer on Adele's21, 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 albumAlegria | |
| Mary Wilson | GAL | Grammy Award 1999 and 2001 withThe Supremes |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Axelrod | Med 1941, M.Sc. | 1970Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Arthur Agatston | Med 1973, M.D. | Author ofThe South Beach Diet | |
| Peter B. Berger | Med 1983, M.D. | Interventional cardiologist and Director of Clinical Research at Geisinger Clinic | |
| Barouh Berkovits | POLY | Invented thecardiac defibrillator andartificial cardiac pacemaker | |
| Fred Chasan | B.A., 1949 | Owner ofThe Chasan Villa | [162] |
| 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 theNew York State Commission in Lunacy and Director of Saratoga Springs State Reservation. | [163] |
| 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-gradepenicillin | |
| William B. Kouwenhoven | POLY | Inventor of closed-chestcardiac defibrillator | |
| Joe Landolina | POLY | InventedVetigel 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 ofyellow fever | |
| Albert Sabin | Med 1931, M.D. | Developer of the oral vaccine forpolio; President of theWeizmann 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 Salkvaccine (the firstpolio 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 | [164] |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Alexander | Law 1965, J.D. | United States Senate | |
| Rudy Boschwitz | Stern M.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 | |
| Morgan Lewis | one of the founders of NYU | Governor of New York (1804–1807) | |
| 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 |
| 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 | [168][169] |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Bellamy | Law J.D., 1968 | Executive Director ofUNICEF | |
| Abraham Foxman | Law J.D. | President of theAnti-Defamation League | |
| Dorothy Height | ARTS B.A.,GSAS M.A., 1930 | Civil and women's rights activist | |
| T. J. Jemison | Postgraduate study | President of theNational Baptist Convention from 1982 to 1994 | |
| Ivan Lozowy | Law 1986, J.D. | Founder of the Institute for Statehood and Democracy of Ukraine | [190] |
| Anne Firth Murray | GSAS Economics | Founder ofGlobal Fund for Women | |
| Harry Sisson | Student | Social media influencer | [191] |
| Park Yong Sung | Stern M.B.A. | Chairman,International Chamber of Commerce | |
| Adam Shapiro | GSAS M.A | Co-founder ofInternational Solidarity Movement | |
| Martha J Somerman | D.D.S. (NYU College of Dentistry, 1975), Ph.D. | Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research | |
| Karen Washington | Master's degree in occupational biomechanics, 1981 | Political activist and community organizer fighting forfood justice | [192] |
| Vanessa Wruble | M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications | Activist, co-founder ofThe Women's March on Washington | [193] |
| Jan Zaprudnik | Leader of theBelarusian community in the U.S. |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. David Bleich | Rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics | ||
| William Donohue | GSAS Ph.D., 1980 | President,Catholic League | |
| D. James Kennedy | GSAS | Pastor, evangelist, and Christian broadcaster; founded theCoral Ridge Presbyterian Church,Evangelism Explosion International,Westminster Academy, andKnox Theological Seminary | |
| Sang Whang | POLY | Church leader and community advocate in Florida | |
| Ted N. C. Wilson | New York University Department of Religious Studies | President of the General Conference of theSeventh-day Adventist Church | [194] |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Acker | Author ofBlood and Guts in High School | ||
| James Truslow Adams | POLY, 1898 | Writer and historian; coined the term "American Dream" in his 1931 bookThe Epic of America | |
| Warren Adler | B.A., 1949 | Author ofWar of the Roses andRandom 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 | [195] |
| Ann Shoket | 1994, B.A. | Editor in Chief ofSeventeen Magazine | |
| Jacob M. Appel | GSAS 2000, M.F.A. | Author of Arborophilia,Creve Coeur; idiosyncratic bioethicist | [196] |
| Ted Baehr | Law, J.D. | Chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission | |
| Desiree C. Bailey | GSAS 2022, M.F.A. | Poet, Winner ofYale Younger Poets Prize | [197] |
| Maria Bartiromo | CAS, 1987 B.A. | News anchor onCNBC; 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 | [198] |
| Barbara Bloemink | M.F.A. Fine and decorative arts | Author, art historian | [199] |
| 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. | HerNew York Observer column became the basis forSex 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 ofRedstockings | [200] |
| Suzanne Collins | TSOA 1989, M.F.A. | Television writer and novelist, author of the seriesThe Underland Chronicles andThe Hunger Games trilogy. | [201] |
| Howard Cosell | CAS, B.A. | Sports journalist | |
| Countee Cullen | CAS, 1925, B.A. | Author ofBallad of the Brown Girl,Color, Color | |
| Noon Meem Danish | Former teaching staff | Urdu poet | [202] |
| Miriam Davenport | IFA* | Painter and sculptor | |
| Midge Decter | ARTS* | Journalist | |
| Nieves Zuberbühler | Journalist | ||
| Erica De Mane | CAS | Author ofThe Flavors of Southern Italy | |
| Heather Dewey-Hagborg | Master of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications | Information artist | [203] |
| Crystal Eastman | Law 1907, LL.B. | Leader in early 20th-century feminist and civil liberties activism | |
| Stephen Edlich | Fine Arts 1967 | Artist, known for collage, sculpture, prints | [204] |
| 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 includingThe Myth of Male Power | [205] |
| Wayne Federman | TSOA* | Author ofMaravich; comedian,The Tonight Show | |
| Tom Ford | TSOA* | Design Director forGucci | |
| William Gaines | CAS 1948, B.A. | Founder ofMAD magazine | |
| Michael Gartner | Law 1972, J.D. | 1997Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing | |
| Elizabeth Gilbert | CAS B.A., 1991 | Author ofEat, Pray, Love | [206] |
| 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 ofRobert Lowell | [207][208] |
| Raymond P. Hammond | GAL 2000, MA | Editor-in-Chief ofNew York Quarterly | |
| Sean Hannity | coursework* | Co-host ofHannity and Colmes on Fox News Channel | |
| Joseph Heller | WSC 1948 | Author ofCatch-22 | [206] |
| Perez Hilton | B.A., 2000 | Blogger, columnist and television personality. | |
| Safiya Henderson-Holmes | B.A. | Poet, recipient of theWilliam Carlos Williams Award | [209] |
| Don Hewitt | coursework* | Creator of60 Minutes | |
| Idil Ibrahim | Director and producer; founder of Zeila Films | ||
| Percy Costa Ifill | B.S. 1939, architecture | Architect | [210][211] |
| Andrew Jacobs | studied architecture,urban design | New York Times journalist; documentary film director and producer | [212] |
| Jamie Johnson | GAL 2003, B.A. | Filmmaker | [213] |
| David Kaufman | GSAS, M.A.[citation needed] | Contributor to theFinancial Times,The New York Times,Details, and theFox Business Network | |
| Swati Khurana | GAL 2001, M.A. | Artist and writer | [214] |
| Alen Pol Kobryn | CAS* | Poet | [215] |
| Sally Kohn | Law | Contributor for theFox News Channel | |
| William Lashner | Law, J.D. | Author oflegal thrillers | |
| Ira Levin | ARTS 1950, B.A. | Known for the broadway musicalDeathtrap | |
| Paul Levinson | WSC 1974 B.A.;Steinhardt 1979 Ph.D. | Author ofThe Plot To Save Socrates | |
| Charles Battell Loomis | POLY | Author | |
| Robert Wood Lynn | GSAS 2023, M.F.A. | Poet, winner ofYale Younger Poets Prize | [197] |
| Leonard Maltin | WSC, B.A. (journalism) | Film critic onEntertainment Tonight | |
| Demetri Martin | Law* | Comedian,The Daily Show | |
| Carson McCullers | GSAS* | Author ofThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter | |
| Frank McCourt | WSC 1953, B.A. | 1997Pulitzer 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 memoirRedefining Realness | [216] |
| Davi Napoleon | TSOA 1989Ph.D. | Arts journalist and reviewer; author ofChelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater | |
| Daniel Nayeri | Studied writing | Author ofEverything Sad Is Untrue | [217] |
| William Phillips | GSAS 1930, M.A. | Co-founder ofPartisan Review | |
| James Amos Porter | GSAS, M.A. | Painter and art historian | |
| Dorothy Rabinowitz | GSAS 1960, Ph.D. | 2001Pulitzer 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 ofPBS'sCharlie Rose Show, and correspondent forCBS's60 Minutes | [218] |
| J. D. Salinger | coursework* | Author ofCatcher in the Rye. | [219] |
| Gerald Schoenfeld | Law, J.D. | Chairman of theShubert Organization (1972–2008) | [220] |
| Ben Shahn | Artist | ||
| John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | Recipient ofPulitzer 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 ofPretty Little Liars series andThe Lying Game series | |
| George Segal | ENG 1950, B.S. | Sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures | |
| Robert Sobel | CAS 1957, Ph.D. | Business historiographer; author ofFor 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. | 1971Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | |
| Beth Ames Swartz | 1959, M.A. | Artist | [221] |
| 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 2010Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing | |
| Saul Williams | GSAS 1995, M.A. | Author ofThe Seventh Octave andSaid the Shotgun to the Head | |
| Robert Anton Wilson | 1957–1958 | Author ofThe Illuminatus! Trilogy | |
| James N. Wood | Former Director and President of theArt Institute of Chicago (1980–2004); President and CEO of theJ. Paul Getty Trust | [222] | |
| Yanyi | GSAS 2020, M.F.A. | Poet, Winner of theYale Younger Poets Prize | [197] |
| Gary Schwartz | WSC 1961, B.A. | Art historian | [223] |
| Stephanie Stebich | IFA M.A. | Art historian | [224] |
| Edgar Peters Bowron | IFA 1969, M.A., 1979, Ph.D. | Art historian | [225] |
| Alix Strauss | Author |
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Truslow Adams | POLY | 1921Pulitzer Prize for History | |
| Milton Babbitt | ARTS 1935, B.A. | 1982Pulitzer 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. | 2001Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing | |
| Morton Gould | CAS, studied under Abby Whiteside | 1995Pulitzer Prize forStringmusic | |
| Galway Kinnell | professor | 1982Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | |
| Frank McCourt | CAS 1953, B.A. | 1997Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or Autobiographical Writing | |
| George Perle | GSAS 1956, Ph.D. | 1986Pulitzer Prize forWoodwind Quintet No. 4 | |
| Dorothy Rabinowitz | GSAS 1960, Ph.D. | 2001Pulitzer Prize for Commentary | |
| James Ford Rhodes | CAS, 1865– * | 1916Pulitzer Prize forHistory of the Civil War | |
| Harold C. Schonberg | GSAS 1939, M.A., | 1971Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | |
| William Schuman | Stern* | 1943Pulitzer Prize forA Free Song | |
| John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | 2005Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
| Charles Simic | CAS 1966, B.A. | 1990Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (The World Doesn't End) | |
| Neil Simon | CAS 1944–1945* | 1991Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Lost in Yonkers) | |
| Moneta Sleet Jr. | Master's in journalism | 1969Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (Photo of grieving widowCoretta Scott King) | |
| Irwin Unger | professor | 1965Pulitzer Prize for History (The Greenback Era) | |
| Gene Weingarten | CAS 1968–1972 | 2008, 2010Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing | |
| Doug Wright | TSOA 1987 | 2004Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
| Lawrence Wright | fellow, Center for Law and Security | 2007Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
As of 2013, NYU has been associated with at least 74 men and 10 women who have participated as athletes, coaches, or managers atOlympic Games, for a total of at least 28 Olympic medals.[226]
| Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Blazer | Stern, B.S. | FIFAExecutive Committee member from 1996 to 2013;CONCACAF General Secretary from 1990 until 2011; Executive Vice President of theU.S. Soccer Federation | |
| Nada Al-Bedwawi | Swimmer; competed at the2016 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 billionaireMichael Bloomberg | ||
| Ralph Branca | Steinhardt | Professional baseballpitcher who played 12 seasons inMajor League Baseball (1944–1956); played for theBrooklyn Dodgers (1944–53, 1956),Detroit Tigers (1953–54), andNew York Yankees (1954); three-timeAll-Star; in 1951, he allowed awalk-off home run toBobby 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, theMedal 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 toAEW, where he performs under thering name "Big Bill." Was formerly signed toImpact Wrestling andWWE. | [227] |
| 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 | [228] |
| Hank Greenberg | coursework* | Major League baseball player; five-time All-Star; two-timeAmerican League MVP; elected to the Hall of Fame | |
| Gary Gubner | World record-holding shotputter and Olympic weightlifter | ||
| Happy Hairston | NBA player, 1971 champion with theLos Angeles Lakers | [229] | |
| 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 theMajor 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-timeWWE Divas Champion | |
| Colette Nelson | PhD 1998, M.S. | IFBB professional bodybuilder | [230] |
| Satch Sanders | NBA player, 1961–1966; champion with theBoston 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 | NFLBoston Redskins,Green Bay Packers 1936–1937, Model forHeisman Trophy | [231] |
| Moe Spahn | American Basketball League (MVP) | [232] | |
| Ken Strong | All-American, 1928 | NFLStaten 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 | [233] |
| 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 |
| 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 | [234] |
| Albert Gallatin | founder of NYU | Secretary of the Treasury underThomas Jefferson | |
| Martin Kimmel | major benefactor | namesake of NYU's Kimmel Center for Student Life | |
| Ruth Madoff | NYU alum | Widow ofBernie Madoff | |
| Miles Redd | NYU alum | Interior designer | [235] |
| Howard Spira | NYU alum | Gambler and felon | [236] |
| 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 | [237] |
| Oscar Lawton Wilkerson | NYU alum | Tuskegee Airman |
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 byLeighton Meester | inGossip Girl | |
| Dan Humphrey | played byPenn Badgley | inGossip Girl | |
| Vanessa Abrams | played byJessica Szohr | inGossip Girl | |
| Georgina Sparks | played byMichelle Trachtenberg | inGossip Girl | |
| Ross Geller, Professor of paleontology | played byDavid Schwimmer | in the TV showFriends | |
| Fritz the Cat | voiced bySkip Hinnant | in the film directed byRalph Bakshi | |
| Will Truman | played byEric McCormack | inWill and Grace | |
| Grace Adler | played byDebra Messing | inWill and Grace |
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