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Notable Alumni of Northeastern University

Notable alumni of Northeastern University include Maggie Hassan (US senator and former governor of New Hampshire), Toby Fox (Creator and composer of Undertale) and Gregory Jarvis (Payload specialist killed in the Challenger disaster).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Business

Science and academia

  • Gregory Jarvis 1944–1986

    Payload specialist killed in the Challenger disaster

    Also attended: University at Buffalo

  • Albert Sacco 1949–

    Chemical engineer and Space Shuttle payload specialist

    Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Molly White 1993–

    Software engineer and cryptocurrency critic

    Bachelor of Science · Computer science · Class of 2016

  • Hans R. Camenzind 1934–2012

    Electronics engineer who designed the 555 timer IC

    Also attended: Santa Clara University

  • Lizhen Ji 1964–

    Mathematics professor at the University of Michigan

    Also attended: University of California-San Diego

Arts and media

  • Toby Fox 1991–

    Creator and composer of Undertale

    Environmental science · Attended until 2014

  • Wendy Williams 1964–

    Media personality, broadcaster and author

    Bachelor of Arts

  • Jane Curtin 1947–

    Actress and comedian, original Saturday Night Live cast member

  • Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark 1983–

    Princess of Greece and Denmark, and actress

    Also attended: Brown University

    Sibling: Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (Georgetown University)

    Sibling: Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (Georgetown University)

  • Patrice O'Neal 1969–2011

    Stand-up comedian, radio personality and actor

  • D. J. Cotrona 1980–

    Actor in G.I. Joe: Retaliation

  • Beverly Johnson 1952–

    First Black model on American Vogue cover

  • Nat Hentoff 1925–2017

    Jazz critic and Village Voice columnist

    Also attended: Harvard University

  • Barbara Kopple 1946–

    Documentary film director

    Also attended: The New School

  • Mary Doria Russell 1950–

    Novelist, author of The Sparrow

    Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Terry Carter 1928–2024

    Actor, Colonel Tigh in Battlestar Galactica

    Bachelor of Science · Marketing · Class of 1983

    Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, Boston University, CUNY Hunter College

  • Frank Silvera 1914–1970

    Jamaican-born character actor and theatre director

    Also attended: Boston University

  • Courtney Hunt 1964–

    Film director and screenwriter, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner

    Also attended: Sarah Lawrence College

  • Karen McManus 1969–

    Young adult author of One of Us Is Lying

  • Eugene Richards 1944–

    Documentary photographer

    Bachelor's degree · English studies

    Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jewelle Gomez 1948–

    Author, poet and playwright

    Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Sohrab Ahmari 1985–

    Journalist, writer and founding editor of Compact

  • Walter V. Robinson 1946–

    Investigative reporter at The Boston Globe

  • Don Orsillo 1968–

    San Diego Padres play-by-play announcer

  • Earle Brown 1926–2002

    Composer who created open form in music

    Also attended: Berklee College of Music

  • Kelly Killoren Bensimon 1968–

    Former model, Real Housewives of New York City cast member

    Also attended: Trinity College, Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Leslie Marshall 1972–

    Liberal radio talk show host and commentator

  • LL Cool J 1968–

    Rapper and actor

  • Michelle Bonner 1972–

    Sports journalist and news presenter

Sports

  • J. J. Barea 1984–

    Puerto Rican basketball player, 2011 NBA champion

  • Reggie Lewis 1965–1993

    Boston Celtics basketball player

  • Bianca Buitendag 1993–

    South African surfer, Olympic silver medalist

  • Reema Juffali 1992–

    Saudi racing driver, first Saudi woman racer

  • Steven Langton 1983–

    Bobsledder, two-time 2014 Olympic silver medalist

  • Kendall Coyne 1992–

    Ice hockey player, 2018 Olympic gold medalist

    Spouse: Michael Schofield (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)

  • Lynne Jewell 1959–

    Olympic champion sailor

    Also attended: Rhode Island School of Design

  • Josh Manson 1991–

    Ice hockey defenceman for the Colorado Avalanche

  • Jamie Oleksiak 1992–

    Canadian NHL defenceman

  • Thomas Kiefer 1958–

    Olympic silver medalist rower

  • Carlos Peña 1978–

    Former MLB first baseman and broadcaster

    Also attended: Wright State University-Main Campus

  • Calvin Coffey 1951–

    Rower who competed at the 1976 Olympics

  • Madison Mailey 1996–

    Canadian rower

    Also attended: The New England Conservatory of Music

  • Ollie Maclean 1998–

    New Zealand rower, 2024 Olympic silver medalist

    Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

  • Bill Maher 1946–

    Rower, 1968 Olympic double sculls bronze medalist

  • Adam Gaudette 1996–

    Professional NHL ice hockey center

  • Shawn James 1983–

    Guyanese-American former professional basketball player

    Sibling: Delroy James (University of Rhode Island)

  • Alina Müller 1998–

    Swiss ice hockey player

  • Julia Marty 1988–

    Swiss ice hockey player and former national team captain

    Also attended: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

    Sibling: Stefanie Marty (University of New Hampshire-Main Campus, Syracuse University)

  • Florence Schelling 1989–

    Swiss former ice hockey goaltender and SC Bern GM

  • Adam Ottavino 1985–

    Former MLB pitcher

  • David Poile 1950–

    Former Nashville Predators general manager

  • Chris Nilan 1958–

    Former NHL ice hockey player

  • Dan McGillis 1972–

    Canadian former NHL ice hockey player

  • Dan Ross 1957–2006

    Former NFL tight end for the Bengals

  • Bradley Thiessen 1990–

    Canadian curler

  • Chris Brickley 1986–

    Former college basketball player at Northeastern and Louisville

    Also attended: University of Louisville

Other fields

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Northeastern University (people who attended both).