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This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the
University of Cincinnati in the United States of America.
Notable alumni
William Howard Taft
Salmon P. Chase
Charles Dawes
Those listed include graduates of the University, as well as attendees.
David Applebaum , Israeli physician
Frank P. Austin , celebrity interior designer
Jeff Austin , musician,
Yonder Mountain String Band
Juan N. Babauta , graduate, governor of United States Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Judith Baker , judoka
Theda Bara , silent-film actress
Shari Barkin , pediatrician
John Bardo , educator, President of
Wichita State University , Chancellor of
Western Carolina University .
John Barrett , graduate, CEO and President of
Western & Southern Financial Group
Rachel Barton Butler , playwright
Kathleen Battle , graduate, Grammy Award-winning singer of New York Metropolitan Opera
Shoshana Bean , musical theater graduate, Broadway actress
Stanley Rossiter Benedict , inventor of
Benedict's reagent
Raoul Berger , professor at the
UC Berkeley School of Law and
Harvard Law School , early theorist of
originalism
Thomas Berger , A&S graduate, author of
Little Big Man
Matt Berninger , lead vocalist and founder of band
The National
Theodore Berry , graduate, Mayor of Cincinnati 1972–76; member of
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
Michael Bierut , DAAP graduate, partner at Pentagram New York
John Shaw Billings , M.D. 1860, began process to organize world's medical literature, now PubMed
Eula Bingham , occupational health scientist
Lee Bowman , graduate, actor in films such as
Love Affair ,
Cover Girl and
Bataan
Barnett R. Brickner , rabbi
Frank Brogan , Chancellor of
State University System of Florida ; former President of
Florida Atlantic University
Henry T. Brown , chemical engineer; first African American to earn a BS degree in chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati
Robert Burck , "naked cowboy" of
Times Square in New York City; NYC mayoral candidate
[1]
Lindsey Burke , lawyer and politician
Liz Callaway , singer and actress
David Canary , A&S graduate, multiple Emmy-winning actor on
All My Children since 1983
Salmon P. Chase , 23rd
Governor of Ohio , U.S. Treasury Secretary 1861–64, Chief Justice 1864-73
Mike Clines , Kentucky politician
Robin T. Cotton ,
ENT specialist and professor
Dennis Courtney , aka Denis Beaulne, Broadway actor (
Peter Pan ,
Starlight Express , director, choreographer
Chase Crawford , actor and producer
E. Jocob Crull , Montana politician and colonel, rival of Jennette Rankin (first female member of U.S. Congress)
Cherien Dabis , filmmaker, screenwriter,
The L Word ,
Amreeka
David Daniels , singer
Charles G. Dawes , law graduate, 30th
Vice President of the United States , winner of
Nobel Peace Prize
Scott Devendorf , bass guitarist, founder of band
The National
Jonathan Dever , former member of
Ohio House of Representatives
Vinod Dham , graduate, "father" of Pentium computer chip (MS Eng, 77)
John Price Durbin , Chaplain of the Senate, president of Dickinson College
Jennifer Eberhardt , social psychologist, MacArthur Fellow
Randy Edelman , music graduate, composer of movie scores, received BMI's Outstanding Career Achievement Award
Margaret Elizabeth Egan , librarian and communication scholar
Suzanne Farrell , prima ballerina, recipient of
Kennedy Center Honors and
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Hattie V. Feger , professor of education at
Clark Atlanta University , 1931-1944
Abraham J. Feldman (1893–1977), rabbi
Morris M. Feuerlicht , rabbi
Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach , YouTube personality/media star
Stephen Flaherty , music graduate, Tony-winning composer (Ragtime , Once on This Island )
Frederick W. Franz , Jehovah's Witness, president of Watchtower Society
Paul Gilger , architecture graduate, architect, conceived
Jerry Herman musical revue
Showtune , designed
Industrial Light & Magic film studio for
George Lucas
Samuel H. Goldenson , rabbi
Leon Goldman , pioneer in
laser medicine
Alexander D. Goode , one of
Four Chaplains
Michael Graves , architecture graduate, architect
Moses J. Gries , rabbi
Louis Grossmann , rabbi
Michael Gruber , stage actor, singer, and dancer
Beth Gylys , poet and professor
Victor H. Haas , 1st Director of NIAID
Albert Hague , music graduate, composer of score for How the Grinch Stole Christmas , won nine Tony Awards for Redhead in 1959
Victor W. Hall ,
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
Hollis Hammonds , artist and academic
Earl Hamner , graduate, writer, creator of
The Waltons
Walt Handelsman , A&S graduate, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
Dorian Harewood , drama graduate, film and television actor, voice artist
Randy Harrison , drama graduate, actor,
Queer as Folk
Mary Hecht , BA 1952, American-born Canadian sculptor
James G. Heller , rabbi and composer
Maximilian Heller , rabbi
Bob Herbold , former
Microsoft COO
Louise McCarren Herring , engineering graduate, pioneer of non-profit cooperative credit union movement
Al Hirt , trumpeter and bandleader
Ronald Howes , inventor of
Easy-Bake Oven
[2]
Sarah Hutchings , composer
Bruce Edwards Ivins , microbiologist; key suspect in 2001 anthrax terror attacks, leaving five people dead
Ali Jarbawi , Palestinian politician and academic
James Kaiser , electrical engineer who developed
Kaiser window for
digital signal processing , winner of
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Jerry Kathman , President and CEO of
LPK
Charles Keating , criminal (
Keating Five scandal); virulent anti-pornography activist
Robert Kistner , gynecologist
Bradley M. Kuhn , M.S. 2001, software freedom activist
James Michael Lafferty , division CEO in Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco; current CEO of
Fine Hygienic Holding . Olympic Track and Field Coach.
Sean Lahman , historian and sports writer
Kenesaw Mountain Landis , federal judge and first Commissioner of
Major League Baseball
William Lawrence , Congressman, first vice president of
American Red Cross
Christopher W. Lentz ,
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
Liang Sili , academician of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Emil W. Leipziger , rabbi
Abraham Lubin ,
hazzan
Charlie Luken , law graduate, politician and former Mayor of Cincinnati
Judah Leon Magnes , rabbi, Chancellor/President of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1925-1948
Beverly Malone , nurse and president of
American Nurses Association
Steven L. Mandel , anesthesiologist
Jack Manning , actor, stage director, acting teacher
[3]
Marco Marsan , author
Kevin McCollum , graduate, Tony-winning Broadway producer (Rent , Avenue Q , The Drowsy Chaperone )
Guy McElroy (M.A. 1972), art historian and curator
Martin A. Meyer , rabbi
Gregory Mixon , (Ph.D. 1989), American historian
Julian Morgenstern , rabbi, Hebrew Union College professor and president
Lena Beatrice Morton , literary scholar
Pamela Myers , musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated stage and screen actor
Morris Newfield , rabbi
Sandra Novack , author
Michele Pawk , musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Hollywood Arms , Cabaret )
Archimedes Plutonium , (B.A. as Ludwig Hansen, 1972), notable
Usenet personality
Paul Polman , CEO of
Unilever
Jennie Porter , first black person to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and became the first black female public school principal in Cincinnati
James B. Preston , neurophysiologist
Augustus Price , nuclear scientist, first African American radar man in the U.S. Navy
Faith Prince , musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Guys and Dolls )
Lee Roy Reams , musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated actor, dancer
Michael E. Reynolds , champion of the "earthship" sustainable construction movement
Dennis L. Riley (born 1945), politician in
New Jersey General Assembly , represented
4th Legislative District 1980-90
[4]
Diana Maria Riva , drama graduate, screen actor
Anne Mason Roberts (1910-1971),
HUD official in the 1960s
Michael Robinson , activist for civil right and human rights
Mitch Rowland - Grammy award-winning songwriter & lead guitarist in
Harry Styles ' band
Jerry Rubin , activist
Nipsey Russell , actor, comedian, game show panelist, Tin Man in film version of
The Wiz
Rajiv Satyal , comedian, host and speaker; named the university's radio-station-turned-media group "BearCast"
Linda Schele , art and education major, expert on Mayan inscriptions and hieroglyphics
Robert P. Schumaker , creator of
AZFinText , a news-aware high-frequency stock prediction system
Jean Schmidt , Congresswoman from
Ohio , 2005–13
Teddi Siddall , drama graduate, screen actor
Abram Simon , rabbi
Yvette Simpson , law graduate, 2011-2017 Cincinnati City Councilwoman
George Speri Sperti , inventor
Joseph B. Strauss , engineering graduate, designed
Golden Gate Bridge
Thomas Szasz , psychiatrist and author of
The Myth of Mental Illness
Bob Taft , law graduate, 1999-2007
Governor of Ohio
William Howard Taft , law graduate, 27th
President of the United States , Supreme Court Chief Justice
Mary Lee Tate , painter, teacher
[5]
Christian Tetzlaff , professional violinist
Paul Tibbets , pilot of B-29 plane that dropped atom bomb over
Hiroshima
Dwight Tillery , politician, former Mayor of Cincinnati
Tom Tsuchiya , sculptor, most notable for the bronze plaques for the
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Tom Uttech , painter
Anne Valente , novelist and short-story writer
David Bell , author
Rodney Van Johnson , education graduate, actor (soap opera Passions )
Sigismund von Braun , German diplomat, older brother of
Wernher von Braun
David J. Williams , Director of Architecture, musician
Clarence A. Winder , civic leader, Mayor of
Pasadena, California in 1950s
[6]
Chris Wanstrath , co-founder and former CEO of
GitHub
Louis Wolsey , rabbi
George Zepin , rabbi
Martin Zielonka , rabbi
Dylan Mulvaney , actress and social media personality
Athletics
Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
Kevin Youkilis
Jim Ard , basketball player for 1976 NBA champion
Boston Celtics , sixth overall selection of
1970 NBA draft
Skeeter Barnes , Major League Baseball player for
Cincinnati Reds ,
Montreal Expos ,
St. Louis Cardinals and
Detroit Tigers
[7]
Connor Barwin ,
NFL
defensive end for
Los Angeles Rams , selected 2nd round (46th overall) in
2009 NFL Draft
[8]
Bob Bell , NFL defensive end for
Detroit Lions and
St. Louis Cardinals
Corie Blount , basketball player,
Chicago Bulls , first round pick in
1993 NBA draft
Ron Bonham , basketball player, 1962 NCAA champion with
Cincinnati Bearcats , 2-time NBA champion with
Boston Celtics
Vaughn Booker , NFL defensive end for
Kansas City Chiefs ,
Green Bay Packers and
Cincinnati Bengals
Ed Brinkman , All-Star baseball player,
Washington Senators and
Detroit Tigers
[9]
Jowon Briggs , NFL
defensive tackle for
Cleveland Browns
Tony Campana ,
MLB player for
Chicago Cubs
[10]
Jim Capuzzi , NFL
defensive back and
quarterback , played for
Green Bay Packers
[11]
Brent Celek , NFL
tight end for
Philadelphia Eagles , selected 5th round (162nd overall) in
2007 NFL Draft ,
[12]
Super Bowl LII Champion
Antonio Chatman , NFL
wide receiver , played for
Cincinnati Bengals and
Green Bay Packers
[13]
Trent Cole , NFL defensive end for
Philadelphia Eagles 2005–14, selected 5th round (146th overall) in
2005 NFL Draft
Zach Collaros ,
CFL quarterback, 3-time
Grey Cup champion (
2012 ,
2019 ,
2021 )
Cris Collinsworth , law graduate, Emmy-winning sports commentator, NFL wide receiver
Bryan Cook , NFL
safety for
Kansas City Chiefs , 2-time Super Bowl Champion (
LVII ,
LVIII )
Greg Cook , graduate,
NFL quarterback for
Cincinnati Bengals
[14]
Pat Cummings , NBA player,
New York Knicks ,
Milwaukee Bucks ,
Dallas Mavericks
Ralph Davis , basketball player, 17th pick of
1960 NBA draft
Zach Day , MLB pitcher
[15]
Connie Dierking , basketball player, fifth overall selection of
1958 NBA draft
Jacob Eisner (born 1947), Israeli basketball player
Jason Fabini ,
NFL offensive tackle,
New York Jets
Nate Fish , baseball player and coach
Andre Frazier , NFL linebacker, played for
Cincinnati Bengals and
Pittsburgh Steelers , 2-time Super Bowl Champion (
XL ,
XLIII )
Danny Fortson , basketball player, 10th overall pick of
1997 NBA draft
Rich Franklin , professional
mixed martial artist , former
UFC
middleweight champion ,
[16] V.P. of Asian
MMA organization
ONE Championship
Sauce Gardner , NFL
cornerback , New York Jets, selected 1st round (4th overall) in
2022 NFL Draft
Yancy Gates (born 1989), basketball player for
Ironi Nahariya of
Israeli Premier League
[17]
Antonio Gibson ,
USFL NFL safety,
Philadelphia Stars and
New Orleans Saints
Mardy Gilyard , CFL wide receiver
Marcellus Greene , NFL and
Canadian Football League player
Tyjuan Hagler , football linebacker for NFL's
Indianapolis Colts
[18]
Ian Happ ,
MLB player for
Chicago Cubs
Josh Harrison ,
MLB player for
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim Herman , professional golfer, who plays on the PGA tour, 3 professional wins.
Paul Hogue , basketball player, 2-time NCAA champion with
Cincinnati Bearcats , 2nd overall pick of
1962 NBA draft
Candice Holley , basketball player
Jim Holstein , pro basketball player, college head coach
Kevin Huber ,
NFL
punter , played for
Cincinnati Bengals
Miller Huggins , Hall of Fame baseball player and manager; managed champion
New York Yankees teams of 1920s
George Jamison , NFL
linebacker , played for
Detroit Lions
DerMarr Johnson , basketball player
Lewis Johnson , graduate, track & field broadcaster
Ed Jucker , basketball player, coach of
Cincinnati Bearcats ' 2-time national champions
Rich Karlis , NFL
placekicker , played for
Denver Broncos
Brendon Kay , football player
Tinker Keck ,
XFL football player
Jason Kelce , NFL center for
Philadelphia Eagles ,
Super Bowl LII Champion
Travis Kelce , NFL tight end for
Kansas City Chiefs , 3-time Super Bowl Champion (
LIV ,
LVII ,
LVIII )
Sean Kilpatrick (born 1990), NBA player for
Chicago Bulls , and for
Hapoel Jerusalem of the
Israeli Basketball Super League
Sandy Koufax , Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, 4-time World Series champion
[19]
Steve Logan , basketball player
Kenyon Martin , basketball player for
New York Knicks , top pick in
2000 NBA draft
Jason Maxiell , former
NBA power forward, played for
Detroit Pistons
Urban Meyer , former head
football coach for The Florida Gators, and The Ohio State Buckeyes. Winner of the 2007, and 2009 BCS Championship with Florida as well as the 2014 CFP Championship with Ohio State.
Joe Morrison , NFL
running back and
wide receiver for
New York Giants
Haruki Nakamura , NFL safety for
Baltimore Ravens ,
Carolina Panthers
Elbie Nickel , NFL
tight end , played for
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ray Nolting , NFL
running back , played for
Chicago Bears
Jim O'Brien , NFL placekicker for
Baltimore Colts ,
Super Bowl V champion
Tom O'Malley , NFL quarterback, played for
Green Bay Packers
Brig Owens , NFL
defensive back , played for
Washington Redskins
Ruben Patterson , NBA player,
Portland Trail Blazers ,
Milwaukee Bucks
David Payne , 110m hurdler, 2008 Olympic silver medalist
Isaiah Pead , NFL running back, played for
St. Louis Rams ,
Pittsburgh Steelers , and
Miami Dolphins
Tony Pike , NFL quarterback, played for
Carolina Panthers
[20]
Desmond Ridder , NFL quarterback for
Arizona Cardinals
Oscar Robertson , Hall of Fame basketball player, NBA champion and MVP
Tom Rossley , former football head coach at
SMU , offensive coordinator for
Green Bay Packers
Kelly Salchow , former Olympic rower (2004 and 2008 Olympic Games), Women's Quadruple Sculls
Kenny Satterfield , professional basketball player, 2001–12
Kerry Schall , competed on reality show
The Ultimate Fighter 2 , professional
MMA fighter
[21]
Lance Stephenson , basketball player for
Los Angeles Lakers
Andrew Stewart , football player
Clint Stickdorn , football player
Tom Thacker , basketball player, NCAA and NBA champion, top pick of
1963 NBA draft
Jordan Thompson , Olympic gold medalist volleyball player and member of the United States national team.
Bill Talbert , tennis player, 5-time U.S. Open champion,
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Tony Trabert , tennis player, Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion, International Tennis Hall of Fame
Jack Twyman , basketball player,
College Basketball Hall of Fame , 6-time NBA All-Star
Brandon Underwood , NFL safety,
Super Bowl XLV champion
Nick Van Exel , basketball player, 1998 NBA All-Star
LaDaris Vann , football player
Roland West , basketball player
James White , NBA guard/forward for
New York Knicks , NBA champion
[22]
Bob Wiesenhahn , basketball player, 1961 NCAA champion with
Cincinnati Bearcats , 11th overall pick of
1961 NBA draft
John Williamson (born 1986), basketball player for
Maccabi Kiryat Gat B.C. of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
[23]
Eric Wilson ,
football player
Mary Wineberg , 2008 Olympic gold medalist, 4 × 400 m relay
George Winn , NFL
running back
Derek Wolfe , NFL defensive end,
Baltimore Ravens ,
Denver Broncos
D. J. Woods ,
Canadian Football League wide receiver,
Ottawa Redblacks
Mike Woods , All-American and NFL player
Tony Yates , basketball player for two-time national champion
Cincinnati Bearcats , head coach 1983-89
Kevin Youkilis , 3-time All-Star, Gold Glove winner, 2-time World Series champion,
MLB player 2004-13
Curtis Young , NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers
Notable faculty
Neil Armstrong (until death), astronaut, professor of aerospace engineering
Kamala Balakrishnan , immunologist, professor of transplantation medicine
Carl Blegen , first scientific explorer of
Troy
Tanya Froehlich , pediatrician
Karen L. Gould (born 1948), President of
Brooklyn College
Michael Griffith , author
Kay Kinoshita , physicist
Lee Ann Liska , hospital administrator
Santa Ono , biomedical scientist, 28th President of
University of Cincinnati , 15th President of
University of British Columbia , 15th President of the
University of Michigan
Neil Rackham , author of Spin Selling
George Rieveschl , inventor of
diphenhydramine (
Benadryl )
Albert Sabin , developed the oral live
polio vaccine
Vernon L. Scarborough ,
Mesoamerican archaeologist, professor, and anthropology department head
Herman Schnieder , father of
co-operative education
Donald Shell , inventor of
Shell sort
Gabriel P. Weisberg , art historian
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