24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Wagner College

Notable alumni of Wagner College include Fran Drescher (Actress, star and creator of The Nanny), Robert Loggia (Actor, Oscar nominee for Jagged Edge) and Peter L. Berger (Austrian-born sociologist and Protestant theologian).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Nicole Malliotakis 1980–

US representative for New York's 11th district

Master of Business Administration · Class of 2010

Also attended: Seton Hall University
Guy Victor Molinari 1928–2018

Former US Representative and Staten Island borough president

Also attended: New York Law School

Child: Susan Molinari (SUNY at Albany)
Lynne Stewart 1939–2017

Defense attorney convicted of supporting terrorism

Bachelor of Arts · Political science

Also attended: Hope College

Science and academia

Peter L. Berger 1929–2017

Austrian-born sociologist and Protestant theologian

Also attended: The New School
Fred Espenak 1952–2025

Astrophysicist

Bachelor's degree · Physics

Also attended: University of Toledo
Claire Fagin 1926–2024

Nurse, educator and academic

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, New York University, Teachers College at Columbia University
Friedrich Katz 1927–2010

Austrian-born historian of Mexico

Arts and media

Fran Drescher 1957–

Actress, star and creator of The Nanny

Also attended: CUNY Queens College

Spouse: Peter Marc Jacobson (CUNY Queens College)

Spouse: Shiva Ayyadurai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Loggia 1930–2015

Actor, Oscar nominee for Jagged Edge

Also attended: Northwestern University, University of Missouri-Columbia
Jim Carroll 1949–2009

Author, poet and punk musician

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York
Carmine Giovinazzo 1973–

Actor, played Danny Messer in CSI: NY

Spouse: Vanessa Marcil (College of the Desert)
Gerard Malanga 1943–

Poet and photographer, Andy Warhol collaborator
Regina Askia-Williams 1967–

Nigerian-born actress, model and nurse practitioner
Molly Burnett 1988–

Actress, three-time Daytime Emmy nominee
Michelle Cliff 1946–2016

Jamaican-American novelist, essayist and critic

Bachelor of Arts
Randy Graff 1955–

Actress and singer known for Les Misérables
Paul Zindel 1936–2003

Playwright and young adult novelist

Spouse: Bonnie Zindel (Columbia University in the City of New York)
Arno Rafael Minkkinen 1945–

Finnish-American photographer

Also attended: Rhode Island School of Design
Bob Beckel 1948–2022

Political pundit and Fox News analyst

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1970

Sibling: Graham Beckel (American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York)
Jedediah Bila 1979–

Podcast host and former The View co-host

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Sports

Andrew Bailey 1984–

Former MLB pitcher, Red Sox pitching coach
Alex Morales 1997–

Puerto Rican basketball player with the Orlando Magic
Jasmine Nwajei 1995–

Nigerian basketball player

Also attended: Syracuse University
Danny Seigle 1976–

Filipino-American basketball player and coach

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 Wagner College (people who attended both).

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