Notable Alumni of Manhattan College

Rudy Giuliani 1944–

108th Mayor of New York City

Also attended: New York University

Spouse: Judith Giuliani (New York University, The Pennsylvania State University)

Child: Caroline Giuliani (Harvard University)

Chang Myon 1899–1966

Prime minister of South Korea's Second Republic

Mike Lawler 1986–

US representative for New York's 17th district

Bachelor of Science · Class of 2009

Joseph Maguire 1951–

Retired Navy vice admiral and Acting DNI

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1974

Also attended: Naval Postgraduate School

Roman Zvarych 1953–

Ukrainian politician

John Joseph Fitzgerald 1872–1952

Nine-term U.S. representative from New York

Also attended: New York Law School

John J. Boylan 1878–1938

Democratic US Representative from New York

Bill Owens 1949–

Former U.S. representative from New York, lawyer

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1971

Also attended: Fordham University

William Bourke Cockran 1854–1923

Irish-American congressman, lawyer and orator

Also attended: Georgetown University

Raymond Kelly 1941–

Former New York City Police Commissioner

Also attended: Harvard University, New York University

Andrew Lawrence Somers 1895–1949

Democratic US congressman from New York

Also attended: New York University

Hugh J. Grant 1858–1910

Mayor of New York City from 1889 to 1892

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Arthur Lichte 1949–

Retired US Air Force four-star general

Also attended: Harvard University

Thomas Francis Smith 1865–1923

New York congressman and lawyer

Also attended: New York Law School

John Joseph Delaney 1878–1948

U.S. representative from New York, lawyer

Also attended: Brooklyn Law School

Ronald Green 1940–

Dominican politician, former Leader of the Opposition

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, CUNY--City College, Teachers College at Columbia University

Jess McMahon 1882–1954

Professional wrestling and boxing promoter

James Cooley 1926–2016

American mathematician and computer scientist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Michael J. Flynn 1934–2025

Stanford professor emeritus and computer scientist

Also attended: Syracuse University, Purdue University-Main Campus

Peter J. Denning 1942–

Computer scientist, inventor of the working-set model

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert Tomasulo 1934–2008

Computer scientist, inventor of Tomasulo algorithm

Also attended: Syracuse University

Elizabeth Johnson 1941–

Catholic feminist theologian, Fordham professor emerita

Also attended: Catholic University of America

Henry Petroski 1942–2023

Duke University professor and engineering author

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Valery Havard 1846–1927

Army physician, botanist and explorer

Also attended: New York University

James Patterson 1947–

Author of the Alex Cross series

Also attended: Vanderbilt University

Barnard Hughes 1915–2006

Film, television and stage actor

Mike Mazurki 1907–1990

Actor and professional wrestler

Joseph Campanella 1924–2018

Character actor in over 200 film and TV roles

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Sibling: Frank Campanella (Manhattan University)

Hugo Montenegro 1925–1981

Conductor known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly cover

Robert Shea 1933–1994

Novelist and journalist, co-author of Illuminatus!

Spouse: Patricia Monaghan (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Glenn Hughes 1950–2001

Original Leatherman singer of Village People

Frank Campanella 1919–2006

Actor in many television series and films

Sibling: Joseph Campanella (Columbia University in the City of New York, Manhattan University)

Dennis Day 1916–1988

Tenor singer, actor and comedian

William Edmund Barrett 1900–1986

Writer; author of The Lilies of the Field

Liam O'Brien 1913–1996

Screenwriter and TV producer of Here Comes the Groom

Sibling: Edmond O'Brien (Columbia University in the City of New York, Fordham University)

Al Sarrantonio 1952–2025

Horror and science fiction writer and editor

Lindy Remigino 1931–2018

1952 Olympic 100 m champion

Lou Jones 1932–2006

1956 Olympic 4×400 m relay gold medalist

Jeff Xavier 1985–

Former Cape Verdean basketball player and coach

Business · Attended until 2006

Also attended: Providence College

Aliann Pompey 1978–

Guyanese sprinter and four-time Olympian

Edmund Minahan 1882–1958

Baseball player and 1900 Olympic sprinter

Also attended: Georgetown University

Neil Cohalan 1906–1968

Interim coach of the first New York Knicks season

Ryan Hall 1985–

Mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner

Heshimu Evans 1975–

Former basketball player, naturalized Portuguese

Chris Smith 1987–

Former American-Israeli professional basketball player

Sibling: J. R. Smith (North Carolina A&T State University)

George Bucci 1953–

Former basketball player

Dick Murphy 1921–1973

Basketball player for the Knicks and Celtics

Gary Halpin 1966–2021

Irish international rugby union prop

Errol Thurton 1944–

Belizean sprinter

Lou Castro 1876–1941

First Latin American in Major League Baseball

Jerry Paulson 1935–1986

Basketball player drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in 1957

Grady O'Malley 1948–

Former pro basketball player and assistant U.S. attorney

Patrick Joseph Hayes 1867–1938

Archbishop of New York and cardinal

Also attended: Catholic University of America

George Mundelein 1872–1939

Archbishop of Chicago and cardinal

Also attended: Saint Vincent Seminary

John Joseph Mitty 1884–1961

Fourth Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco

Also attended: Catholic University of America

Michael Angelo Saltarelli 1932–2009

Catholic bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, 1995–2008

Also attended: Seton Hall University

Austin Dowling 1868–1930

Second Catholic archbishop of Saint Paul

Also attended: Catholic University of America, Saint John's Seminary

John Joseph Thomas Ryan 1913–2000

Catholic archbishop for the US Military Services

Bryan Joseph McEntegart 1893–1968

Bishop of Brooklyn, former rector of Catholic University

Also attended: Catholic University of America, Columbia University in the City of New York

Patrick Ahern 1919–2011

Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York