List of University of Notre Dame alumni

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This list of the University of Notre Dame alumni, includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Notre Dame and its graduate and professional schools. Since the university's founding in 1842,^[1] there have been 162 commencement exercises at the university.^[2] Although only two degrees were awarded to the first class in 1849,^[3] today the living alumni, known collectively as the "Fighting Irish", number near 120,000.^[4]

Academia and research

Educators

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Warren J. Baker	1960 MS 1962	President of California Polytechnic State University	[5]
William Beauchamp	M.Div. 1975 JD. 1981	President of the University of Portland and former executive vice president of Notre Dame	[6]
Michael T. Benson	MNA 2011	President of Coastal Carolina University	[7]
James Brady	1959	Former president of Jacksonville University	[6]
John C. Cavanaugh	MA 1977 PhD 1978	President of the University of West Florida	[8]
William Conroy	1953	Former president of New Mexico State University	[9]
Thomas Day	1952	Former president of San Diego State University	[10]
Charles J. Dougherty	MA 1973 PhD 1975	President of Duquesne University	[11]
Mathias F. Doyle	1968 PhD	Former president of St. Bonaventure University	[12]
John H. Garvey	1970	President of The Catholic University of America	[13]
Robert E. Glennen	1962 PhD	Former president of Emporia State University	[14]
Philip A. Glotzbach	1972	President of Skidmore College	[15]
James Gower	Unknown	Co-founder of the College of the Atlantic; Catholic priest and peace activist	[16]
Theodore Hesburgh	1939	15th president of Notre Dame, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and holds the world record for most honorary degrees received	[17]
Bill Hurd	1969	Eye surgeon, jazz saxophonist	[18]
John I. Jenkins	1976 MA 1978	17th president of Notre Dame	[19]
Milam Joseph	1959	Former president of the University of Dallas	[20]
Kevin D. Kijewski	MEd 2007	Superintendent of Catholic Schools at the Archdiocese of Detroit; former Superintendent of Catholic Schools at the Archdiocese of Denver	[21]
Stephen J. Kopp	1973	President of Marshall University	[22]
Stanley R. Liberty	1965 MS 1968 PhD 1971	President of Kettering University	[23]
Edward Malloy	1963 MA 1967 MA 1969	16th president of Notre Dame	[24]
Michael McGinniss	MA 1978 PhD 1981	President of La Salle University	[25]
Joseph McGowan	1966 MA 1968	President of Bellarmine University	[26]
William Medland	2014	Former president of Viterbo University	[27]
Juan Medina	1961 MS 1963	Neymars helper	[28]
Mark O'Dea	2015	Theology teacher at St. Raphael Academy and fire dancer (among other special skills)	[29]
Percy Pierre	1961 and 1963	Former president of Prairie View A&M University; acting secretary of the Army	[30]
Kevin P. Reilly	1971	President of the University of Wisconsin System	[31]
Eugene P. Trani	1961	President of Virginia Commonwealth University	[32]
Jeffrey S. Vitter	1977	17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi	[33]
Patrick Wagner	1963 MA 1967 MA 1969	Marist High School	[24]
James W. Walker	1964	Former president of Moorpark College	[34]
Stephen L. Weber	1969 PhD	President of San Diego State University	[35]

Nobel laureates

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
James E. Muller	1965	Co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize	[36]
Eric F. Wieschaus	1969	Developmental biologist and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	[37]

Professors, scientists, inventors and researchers

Father Julius Nieuwland

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Sergio Bendixen	1970	President of Bendixen & Associates; recognized as the pre-eminent expert in Hispanic public opinion research in the United States and Latin America	[38]
G. Robert Blakey	1957 J.D. 1960	Principal draftsman of RICO, William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, and former chief counsel for the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations	[39]
John R. Cencich	2004 J.S.D. 2008	Former international war crimes investigator with the United Nations at the Hague; professor and director of the Institute of Criminological and Forensic Sciences at California University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education	[40]
Christina Cogdell	1994 M.A.	Professor of Design, University of California, Davis	[41]
Tom Flanagan	1965	Professor of political science at the University of Calgary and former campaign director of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper	[42]
William M. Fowler	1971 PhD	Professor of History at Northeastern University and former director of the Massachusetts Historical Society	[43]
Bob Galvin	1944	CEO of Motorola (1959–1986), National Medal of Technology recipient	[44]
John William Goodwine	1988	Associate Professor and Department Chair of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame	[45]
Jean-Marie Grassin	1960, 1965 MA as a Fulbright Scholar	Professor emeritus and former vice-president for international relations at the University of Limoges, France; "doctorat d'État" from the Sorbonne (Paris IV); former president of the SFLGC (French Society of General and Comparative Literature); specialist of the theory of emergence in human sciences; founder of the organization "Université de la Francophonie"; coordinator of the French Doctoral School in Brazil; commander (res.) in the French navy; general editor of the International Dictionary of Literary Terms (DITL); Commandeur, Ordre des Palmes académiques (France)	[46][47]
G. Simon Harak	MA PhD 1986	Professor of theology at Marquette University and peace activist	[48]
James Massey	1956	Former professor of digital technology, information theorist, and cryptographer	[49]
Holly Michael	1998	Hydrogeologist and associate professor of geology at the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment; 2012 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award	[50]
Charles W. Misner	1952	Theoretical physicist, author of Gravitation	[51]
William J. Mitsch	1969	Distinguished Professor of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University; 2004 Stockholm Water Prize laureate; Wetland scientist; author of "Wetlands"; pioneer of ecological engineering; founder and director, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park	[52]
Carlo Montemagno	PhD 1995	engineer and expert in nanotechnology and biomedical engineering	[53]
John Anthony Murphy	1965	Inventor of ARCnet, the first LAN	[54]
Julius Nieuwland	1899	Inventor of neoprene	[55]
H. Frederik Nijhout	BS 1970	Evolutionary biologist and the John Franklin Crowell Professor of Biology at Duke University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	[56]
James Otteson	1990	Director of the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism and Thomas W. Smith Presidential Chair in Business Ethics at Wake Forest University, winner of 2007 Templeton Enterprise Award	[57]
Charles Pell	MFA 1987	Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Physcient, Inc.; speaker at TEDMED 2011; co-founder and Director of S&T at Nekton Research (sold to iRobot); Director of BioDesign Studio at Duke University; inventor of robotic technology for surgical, maritime defense and pharmaceutical fields	[58]
Renee Rabinowitz	J.D.	Psychologist and lawyer	[59]
Chet Raymo	1958 PhD 1964	Professor of physics at Stonehill College, author, and naturalist	[60]
Saskia Sassen	1971 M.A. 1974 PhD	Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting professor at the London School of Economics	[61]
Tad Schmaltz	1988 PhD	Professor of philosophy at Duke University	[62]
Sean B. Seymore	PhD 2001, J.D. 2006	Professor of Law and Chemistry at Vanderbilt University	[63]
John J. Shea, Jr.	1943	Inventor of several ear surgery techniques	[64]
Joseph Skelly	1985	Professor of History at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, author, Army officer and Iraq War veteran, contributor to National Review	[65]
Nancy Snow	1988	Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University	[66]
Lawrence P. Sullivan	1953	Professor Emeritus of Physiology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, performed research on renal electrolyte transport and polycystic kidney disease; author of a medical school textbook on renal physiology	[citation needed]
Richard William Timm	BA 1945	Former principal of Notre Dame College, Dhaka; discovered 250 new species of nematodes	[67]
Jada Benn Torres	1999	Genetic anthropologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University	[68]
Douglas Vakoch	MA 1990	President of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), astrobiologist	[69]
John Augustine Zahm	1871	Biologist and author who worked on reconciling theology and evolution	[70]

Art and architecture

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Ted Adams		Publisher and CEO of IDW Publishing	[71]
Thom Browne	1988	Fashion designer	[72]
John Burgee	1956	Architect	[73]
Frank Ching	1966	Architect and author on architecture and design	[74]
Marianne Cusato	1997	Architecture critic and theorist	[75]
David Hayes	1953	Sculptor	[76]
Edward Noonan	1953	Architect and Shimer College president	[77]
Theresa Rebeck	1980	Playwright	[78]
Jennifer Niederst Robbins	1987	Web designer	[79]
Camilo José Vergara	1968	Photographer, 2002 MacArthur Fellow; 2010 Berlin Prize fellowship; 2013 National Humanities Medal	[80]

Business

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Salem Abraham	1987	financial operator in Canadian, Texas	[81]
Jim Andrews	1957	Co-founder of the Universal Press Syndicate	[82]
James Berges	1969	Former president of Emerson Electric Company	[83]
Debra Cafaro	1979	Former CEO of Ventas, Inc.	[84]
Paul Charron	1964	Former CEO of Liz Claiborne; Former Chairman of the Board of Campbell Soup Company	[85]
Mike Crowley	1985	President of the Oakland Athletics	[86]
Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.	1968	Businessman and former owner of the San Francisco 49ers	[87]
Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.		Businessman and shopping mall pioneer	[88]
Alfred Decrane, Jr.	1953	Former CEO of Texaco	[89]
William J. DeLaney III	1977	CEO of Sysco	[90]
Larry Dolan	1955 JD. 1956	President of the Cleveland Indians	[91]
Anthony Earley, Jr.	1971 MS 1979 JD. 1979	Former CEO of DTE Energy	[92]
Jim Fitzgerald	1947	Former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors	[10]
Cyrus F. Freidheim	1957	Former CEO of Chiquita Brands International	[93]
Joe Garagiola, Jr.	1972	Vice President of baseball operations for Major League Baseball	[94]
Diane Gulyas	1978	Vice-president of DuPont; named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune	[95]
Dan Hesse	1975	CEO of Sprint Nextel Corporation	[96]
Geoffrey P. Hunt	1973	Senior Vice President of Osram Sylvania	[97]
Harry G. John	1941	Former president of the Miller Brewing Company and founder of the De Rance Corporation	[98]
John L. Keeley Jr.	1962	Founder of Keeley Asset Management	[99]
Andrew J. McKenna		Chairman of McDonald's	[100]
John McMeel	1957	Co-founder of Universal Press Syndicate	[82]
Tom Mendoza	1973	Vice Chairman of NetApp	[101]
Matty Moroun	1949	Owner of CenTra, Inc and owner of the Ambassador Bridge border crossing between Detroit and Windsor	[102]
Brian Moynihan	1985 JD	Current CEO of Bank of America	[103]
Vince Naimoli	1959	Chairman, Tampa Bay Rays baseball team	[104]
Luis Narvaez	2009	Global Operations Director for Emerson	[85]
Steve Odland	1980	Former CEO of Office Depot	[105]
William J. O'Neill	1928	CEO Leaseway Transportation	[106]
Ted Phillips	1979	President and chief executive officer of the Chicago Bears	[107]
Philip J. Purcell	1964	Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley	[108]
Michael O'Neil	1993	CEO and founder of GetWellNetwork	[109]
Jim Rohr	1970	CEO of PNC Financial Services	[110]
John A. Schneider	1948	Former president of CBS	[10]
Hubert Schoemaker		Co-founder of Centocor	[111]
Keith Sherin	1981	Chief Financial Officer at General Electric	[112]
Max Siegel	1986 JD 1992	President of global operations of Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	[113]
Peter W. Smith		Investment banker; Republican activist	[114]
Emerson Spartz	2009	Media mogul and founder of MuggleNet, GivesMeHope	[115]
Mike Thiel		President and founder of Hideaways International	[116]
Peter Wernau	1997	CEO Wernau Asset Management Wernau Asset Management	[117]
John York	1971	Co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers	[118]

Entertainment

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  Ted Leo
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  George Wendt

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Albert Alter	1969	Clown	[119]
Brendan Bayliss	1998	Musician, lead singer for Umphrey's McGee	[120]
Tony Bill	1962	Actor and Academy Award-winning film producer	[121]
Jimmy Brogan	1970	Stand-up comedian, writer and actor; writer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for nine years	[122][123]
Mark Consuelos		Actor, Hiram Lodge on Riverdale
Patrick Creadon	1989	Documentary filmmaker, director of Wordplay and Catholics vs. Convicts	[124]
Joel Cummins	1998	Musician, keyboardist for Umphrey's McGee	[120]
Joe Doerr	2003	Musician, lead singer for Churchwood and The LeRoi Brothers	[125]
Anne Heaton	1994	Folk musician	[126]
Sandra Hodge-Hampton	1984	Writer-director-producer for Glory Visionworks, Inc.	[127]
Luigi Jannuzzi	1977	Playwright	[128]
Brian Kelly	1953	Actor best known for his role on Flipper	[129]
Bernard Lechowick	1969	Television writer and producer	[130]
Ted Leo	1993	Punk rock musician	[131]
William Mapother	1987	Actor best known for his role on Lost	[132]
Elliot Matsu	1999	Rock musician and producer	[133]
Stephen McFeely	1991	Screenwriter for Captain America and Avengers: Infinity War	[134]
Mike Mirro	1998	Musician, former drummer of Umphrey's McGee	[120]
Dan O'Brien	1999	Actor best known for his role on Whitney	[135]
Kevin O'Connor	1998	Television personality, CBS, Discovery Channel	[136]
Don Ohlmeyer	1967	Television producer and former president of NBC West Coast	[137]
Regis Philbin	1953	Television personality	[138]
Richard Riehle	1970	Film and television actor	[139]
Tim Russell	1969	Radio voice actor and announcer, best known for his role on A Prairie Home Companion	[140]
Ryan Stasik	1999	Musician, bassist for Umphrey's McGee	[120]
Austin Swift	2015	Actor, Live by Night; brother of Taylor Swift	[141]
John Walker	1978	Film producer at Pixar	[142]
George Wendt	Did not graduate	Actor best known as Norm from Cheers	[143]
Jason Zimbler	1998	Actor best known as Ferguson Darling on Clarissa Explains It All	[144]

Government and law

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  Amy Coney Barrett
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  Joe Donnelly
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  Abraham González
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  Joseph M. McDade
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  William McGurn
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  Condoleezza Rice
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  Nicholas J. Sinnott

Members of the United States Congress

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Vincente T. Blaz	1951	Delegate from Guam and Marine Corps Brigadier General	[145]
Brendan F. Boyle	1999	Representative from Pennsylvania	[146]
Edward P. Carville	1909	Senator from Nevada	[147]
Jeffrey Chiesa	1987	Senator from New Jersey	[148]
Warren Davidson	MBA	Representative from Ohio	[149]
Joe Donnelly	1977 JD. 1981	Senator from Indiana	[150]
Pat Fallon	c. 1990	Member-elect for Texas's 4th congressional district; member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton County, Texas (2013–2020); Notre Dame football player on 1988 championship team	[151]
Mike Ferguson	1992	Representative from New Jersey	[152]
Joseph M. Gaydos	1951 LL.B	Representative from Pennsylvania	[153]
William J. Granfield	1913 JD	Representative from Massachusetts	[154]
John Hall	Did not graduate	Representative from New York and former musician in Orleans	[155]
Greg J. Holbrock		Representative from Ohio and lawyer	[156]
Mike Kelly	1970	Representative from Pennsylvania	[157]
Peter T. King	1968 JD.	Representative from New York	[158]
Dan Lungren	1968	Representative from California and former attorney general of California	[159]
David O'Brien Martin	1966	Representative from New York	[160]
Washington J. McCormick	Did not graduate	Representative from Montana	[161]
Joseph M. McDade	1953	Representative from Pennsylvania	[162]
William E. Miller	1935	Representative from New York and nominee for Vice President in the 1964 U.S. presidential election	[163]
John Ratcliffe	1987	Representative from Texas	[164]
Timothy J. Roemer	1979 PhD 1982	Representative from Indiana, member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, past president of the Center for National Policy, current U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India	[165]
Nicholas J. Sinnott	1892	Representative from Oregon	[166]
Mark Souder	1974, MBA	Representative from Indiana	[167]
Pete Visclosky	1973, JD.	Representative from Indiana	[168]
Rudy Yakym	2019, MBA	Representative from Indiana	[169]

United States governors

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
William A. Allain	N/A	Former governor of Mississippi	[170]
Bruce Babbitt	1960	Former governor of Arizona and United States Secretary of the Interior	[171]
Edward P. Carville	1909	Former governor of Nevada	[172]
John J. Gilligan	1943	Former governor of Ohio	[173]
Thomas Lee Judge	1957	Former governor of Montana	[174]
Harry Kelly	1917	Former governor of Michigan	[175]
Joe Kernan	1968	Former governor of Indiana	[176]
Bob McDonnell	1976	Former governor of Virginia	[177]
John McKiernan	1934	Former governor of Rhode Island	[178]
Pedro Rosselló	1966	Former governor of Puerto Rico	[6]

Ambassadors from the United States

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Robert A. Bradtke	1971	Ambassador to Croatia	[179]
Carey Cavanaugh	1978 MA	Former ambassador/Special Negotiator for conflicts in Eurasia; Professor of conflict resolution at the University of Kentucky and director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce	[180][181]
J. Gary Cooper	1958	Former ambassador to Jamaica
James Creagan	1962	Former ambassador to Honduras	[182]
Miguel Diaz	MA PhD	Former ambassador to the Holy See	[183]
Douglas M. Griffiths	1986 BA	Ambassador to Mozambique	[184]
Kent Logsdon	1983 BA	Ambassador to Moldova	[185]
Timothy J. Roemer	1979 PhD 1982	U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India; former U.S. Representative from Indiana; member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States; past president of the Center for National Policy	[186]

Foreign political figures

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Ernesto Pérez Balladares	1967 MA 1969	Former president of Panama	[6]
Elizabeth Azcona Bocock	MBA	Former Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Honduras	[187]
Adolfo Calero	1953	Leader of the rebel Nicaraguan group Contras	[188]
Luis Cosenza-Jimenez	PhD	Former minister of the president of Honduras, Ricardo Maduro, and former representative of Central America in the Inter-American Development Bank	[189]
José Napoleón Duarte	1948	Former president of El Salvador	[190]
Abraham González		Governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution	[191]
Dr Kamal Hossain	1955	Father of the Constitution of Bangladesh; served as Minister of Law; Minister of Petroleum and Minerals and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh	[192]
Jacqueline Perkins		British Ambassador to Belarus from August 2019	[193]

Other U.S. political and legal figures

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Alfonso Aguilar	1991	Chief of the Office of Citizenship in the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	[194]
Richard V. Allen	1957 MA 1958	Former United States National Security Advisor	[195]
James L. Applegate	1953	Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives	[196]
James A. Baker		Staff attorney in the United States Department of Justice	[197]
Amy Coney Barrett	1997 JD	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States	[198]
B. Patrick Bauer	1966	State Representative (1970–2020), former Speaker	[199]
Taylor Benson	1955	Wisconsin state senator	[200]
Brendan F. Boyle	1999	State Representative, Pennsylvania (2009–2015)	[146]
Jerry Brady	1958	Former Democratic candidate for governor of Idaho and newspaper owner	[201]
Joseph Cari Jr.	1974 JD 1978	Lawyer, businessman, and public policy expert	[202]
John R. Cencich	2004 J.S.D. 2008	Former senior international war crimes investigator with the United Nations at the Hague, Netherlands	[203]
Jeffrey S. Chiesa	1987 BA 1987	New Jersey Attorney General (2012–2013)	[204]
Quin Denvir	1962	Public defense attorney best known for representing Theodore Kaczynski, as well as Reza Eslaminia of the Billionaire Boys Club	[205]
Jenny Durkan	1980	United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington (2009–2014)	[206]
Ryan Dvorak	1996	Indiana State Representative (2002–present)	[207]
Charles H. Fahy	1911	Former Solicitor General of the United States	[208]
Sean Faircloth	1982	Maine State Representative (1992–1994; 2002–2008), Maine State Senator (1994–1996), Executive Director Secular Coalition for America	[209]
Peter F. Flaherty	1951 JD	Former mayor of Pittsburgh and deputy United States Attorney General	[210]
Emilio M. Garza	1969 MA 1970	Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	[6]
Douglas Gonzales	1959 (Bachelor of Arts)	U.S. attorney and judge of the Louisiana district and circuit courts in Baton Rouge	[211]
Camille Gravel		Louisiana defense attorney and gubernatorial advisor	[212]
Leo Richard Hamilton	1949	Wisconsin State Assemblyman (1987–1993)
Thomas Hardiman	BA 1987	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2007–present)	[213]
Kevin Hasson	MA JD 1985	Lawyer and founder of religious law firm	[214]
William J. Hochul, Jr.	1981	United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (2010–2016)
William Tell Johnson		Lawyer, judge and politician	[215]
Walter J. Kavanaugh	1955	Former New Jersey state Senator (1997–2007), New Jersey state Representative (1976–1997)	[216]
Matthew F. Kennelly	1978 Bachelor of Arts	District Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1999–present)	[217]
John Kilkenny	1925 LL.B.	Federal Judge: 9th Cir. (1969–1971); D. Or. (1959–1969)	[218]
Stanley Kusper		Cook County clerk	[219]
Frank LaGrotta	1980 MA 1981	Pennsylvania state representative (1987–2006)	[220]
Edward Leavy	1953 LL.B.	Federal Judge: 9th Cir. (1987–1997); D. Or. (1984–1987)	[221]
Robert E. Lynch		Wisconsin State Assemblyman (1933–1936; 1943–1958)	[222]
Michael Madigan		Illinois State Representative (1971–present), Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives (1983–1995; 1997–present) and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois	[223]
Mbuyiseli Madlanga	1990 LL.B.	Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; appointed on August 1, 2013	[224]
Eduardo Malapit	1962 JD	Former Mayor of Kauai, Hawaii, first Filipino American mayor in the United States	[225]
Jennifer Mason McAward	1994 BA	Former clerk to Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and current Associate Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School	[226]
Ralph McGehee	1949	Former officer for the Central Intelligence Agency who went on to be an outspoken critic of the Agency as the author of Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA	[227]
William McGurn	1980	President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter and chief editorial writer and member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board	[228]
C. E. McIntosh		Wisconsin State Assemblyman (1869–1871)	[229]
Jerry Meek		Lawyer and chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party	[230]
Joan Orie Melvin	1978	Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, felon	[citation needed]
Robert Meza	1986	Arizona State Senator (2011–present), Arizona State Representative (2003–2011)	[231]
Federico A. Moreno	1974	Chief Federal Judge of the Southern District of Florida	[232]
Michael Murphy	1979	Indiana state representative (1994–2010)	[233]
Ralph Neas	1968	Politician and former president of the People For the American Way	[234]
Paul V. Niemeyer	1966 JD	Federal Judge: 4th Cir. (1990–present), D. Md. (1988–1990)	[235]
Kevin J. O'Connor	1989	United States Attorney from Connecticut	[236]
Alan Page	1967	Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame	[237]
Louis P. Peck	1950 (BA) 1951 (JD)	Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court	[238]
Condoleezza Rice	1975 MA	United States Secretary of State and former National Security Advisor	[239]
Al Salvi	1982	Former member of the Illinois House of Representatives, US Senate Republican nominee and Illinois Secretary of State Republican nominee; managing partner of Salvi & Maher, LLC	[240]
John Sears	1960	Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan	[241]
Matthew J. Slaughter	1990	Economist and former member of the Council of Economic Advisers	[242]
Thomas W. Sneddon Jr.	1963	District Attorney of Santa Barbara County, California	[243]
George William Strake, Jr.	Bachelor of Arts 1957	Secretary of State of Texas (1979–1981); Texas Republican state chairman, 1983–1988; Houston businessman and philanthropist	[244]
John Suthers	1974	41st Mayor of Colorado Springs, 37th Attorney General of Colorado	[245]
Casper R. Taylor, Jr.	1956	Former House Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates	[246]
Mike Turzai	1981	Speaker of the Pennsylvania House Representatives, former Republican Caucus (Majority) Leader	[247][248]
Martha Vázquez	1975	United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico	[249]
Clair H. Voss		Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals	[250]
Steven T. Walther	1965	Vice-Chairman of the Federal Election Commission	[251]
Mike Wenstrup		Chair of the Alaska Democratic Party	[252]
Michael Whatley	1997 J.D., M.A.	Chairman of the Republican National Committee	[253]
Charles R. Wilson	1976 JD 1979	Judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit	[254]
Francis Parker Yockey	1941 JD	Lawyer, political theorist, and author of Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics	[255]

Journalists and media personalities

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Tom Bettag	1966	Former producer of Rock Center with Brian Williams, former senior executive producer of State of the Union with Candy Crowley and Reliable Sources on CNN, former executive producer of ABC News Nightline, This Week with George Stephanopoulous, Nightline UpClose, and CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	[256]
Robert Costa	2008	Journalist for The Washington Post	[257]
Don Criqui	1962	Sportscaster for CBS, NBC	[258]
George Dohrmann	1995	2000 Pulitzer Prize winner for beat reporting, Sports Illustrated senior writer and author of Play Their Hearts Out	[259][260]
Phil Donahue	1957	Talk show host and creator of The Phil Donahue Show	[261]
David Freddoso	1999	Washington Examiner columnist and best-selling author of The Case Against Barack Obama	[262]
John W. Gallivan	1937	Salt Lake Tribune publisher, 1960–1984	[263]
Steve Garagiola	1977	WDIV-TV anchor	[264]
Mike Golic	1985	Radio host of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning	[265]
Bryan Gruley	1979	Shared a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the September 11 attacks with The Wall Street Journal	[266]
William J. Guilfoile	1954	Public Relations Director of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1979–1996)	[267]
Nikole Hannah-Jones	1998	Investigative journalist, MacArthur Fellow, and Pulitzer Prize winner for The 1619 Project	[268]
Sunny Hostin	1992 JD	Former prosecutor, legal analyst, co-host of The View	[269]
Jerry Kammer	1971	Journalist and co-Pulitzer Prize winner	[270]
Andrew Napolitano	1975 JD	Correspondent for the Fox News Channel and former New Jersey Superior Court judge	[271]
Jim Nelson	1966	Editor-in-Chief of GQ Magazine	[272]
Don Ohlmeyer	1966	Former television producer and president of the NBC network's west coast division	[273]
Walter O'Keefe	1921	Songwriter, actor, syndicated columnist, Broadway composer, radio host, screenwriter, musical arranger, and TV host	[274]
Terry O'Neil	1971	Retired sports producer for ABC, CBS, and NBC	[275]
Tom O'Neil	1977	Show business awards expert; founder of GoldDerby.com; author of "Movie Awards," "The Emmys" and "The Grammys"	[276]
William Pfaff	1949	Long-time contributor to the International Herald Tribune and author of several books on current events and contemporary history	[277]
Regis Philbin	1953	Television personality best known for hosting Live with Regis and Kelly and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	[278]
Ted Robinson	1978	Sportscaster best known for Olympics coverage	[279]
Mark Shields	1959	Political columnist and commentator for CNN and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer	[280]
Red Smith	1927	Sportswriter for the New York Herald Tribune and New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner	[281]
Terence Smith	1960	Journalist and media correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer	[282]
Matthew V. Storin	1964	Former editor of the Boston Globe and Chicago Sun-Times; former Managing Editor of the New York Daily News; former reporter at the U.S. News & World Report	[283]
Hannah Storm	1983	ESPN sportscaster and co-host of CBS's The Early Show	[284]
Kate Sullivan	1998	Television news presenter	[285]
Anne Thompson	1979	Correspondent for NBC News	[286]
Mike "Monte" Towle	1978	Editor for Nashville Tennessean; former sportswriter for The National; author of Walter Payton and Pat Tillman bios	[287]
Kenneth L. Woodward	1957	Religion Editor for Newsweek	[288]
Don Wycliff	1969	Former Public Editor and Editorial Page Editor of the Chicago Tribune	[289]

Literature and writing

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
John Bellairs	1959	Gothic novelist best known for work in the horror and mystery genres	[290]
John Dearie	1986	Author and Vice President of Policy and Research at the Financial Services Forum	[291]
W.A. Firstenberger	1989	Author of the ground-breaking material culture biography In Rare Form	[292]
Kevin Guilfoile	1990	Author of the novel Cast of Shadows	[293]
Tess Gunty	2015	Won National Book Award for Fiction in 2022 for The Rabbit Hutch	[294]
Samuel John Hazo	1949	Author; poet; first Poet Laureate of Pennsylvania; an annual award in his name for student poetry is presented at Commencement	[295]
Angela Hur	2005 MFA	Author; Sparks Prize recipient	[296]
James Patrick Kelly	1972	Author best known for work in science fiction and two-time winner of the Hugo Award	[297]
Evan Kuhlman	1990	Children's author	[298]
Barry Lopez	1966 MAT 1968	Essayist, poet, and fiction writer	[299]
Bob McKenty	1956	Poet	[300]
Edwin O'Connor	1939	Author and Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Last Hurrah	[301]
James Reese		Author of gothic novels	[302]
Nicholas Sparks	1988	Author best known for novels A Walk to Remember and The Notebook	[303]
Harry Sylvester	1930	Novelist and short story writer, best known for his novels Dayspring and Moon Gaffney	[304]

Military

Francis J. Harvey

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Joseph A. Ahearn	1958	Air Force Major general and former civil engineer of the Air Force	[305]
Mark W. Balmert		Naval rear admiral commander of the joint Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Strike Group Three	[306]
Vincente T. Blaz	1951	Marine Corps brigadier general and formerly served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs	[145]
Michael H. Decker	1980	Director of Marine Corps Intelligence (2004–2005), Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight (2009–2014)	[307]
Daniel L. Gard	MA 1988 PhD 1992	Naval rear admiral and Deputy Chief of Chaplains for Reserve Matters	[308]
Francis J. Harvey	1965	Former United States Secretary of the Army	[309]
John Henebry	1940	General in the United States Air Force	[310]
Donald Rice	1961	Former United States Secretary of the Air Force	[311]
Charles E. Tucker, Jr.	1979	Retired major general in the United States Air Force	[312]	name= Charles E. Tucker, Jr.
	1979	Retired major general in the United States Air Force	[313]

NASA crew members

Michael T. Good

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Kevin A. Ford	1982	NASA astronaut	[314]
Michael T. Good	1984 MS 1986	NASA astronaut	[315]
Annette Hasbrook	1985	Former Flight Director of Johnson Space Center	[316]
Thomas McMurtry	1957	Former test pilot, Chief Engineer and Director for Flight Operations at NASA's Flight Research Center	[317]
Dava Newman	1986	Deputy Administrator of NASA	[318]
Jim Wetherbee	1974	Former astronaut and deputy director of Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	[319]

Religion

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
William Donald Borders	1947	Former archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland	[320]
Joan Chittister	1968 MA	Nun, social activism lecturer, and columnist	[295]
Kelvin Felix	1969 MA	Archbishop emeritus of Castris, cardinal	[321]
Ben Fischer	2008 PhD	Bishop suffragan of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains	[322]
Kilian Caspar Flasch		Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin	[323]
Timothy Galvin	1916	Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, president of the Notre Dame Alumni Association	[324][325][326]
Theotonius Amal Ganguly	1949 MA 1951 Ph.D.	Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka	[327][328]
Jeffery D. Long	1991 BA	Noted Hindu expert and author of A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism	[329]
John Francis Cardinal O'Hara	1911	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, president of Notre Dame (1943–1945)	[330]
Kevin Ranaghan	PhD	Religious scholar	[321]
William Albert Wack, C.S.C.	1989 BA 1993 Mdiv	American Roman Catholic Prelate, bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee	[331]

Sports

Main article: List of University of Notre Dame athletes

See also: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Although Notre Dame is highly ranked academically,^[332] it is also strong in athletics, producing a large number of athletes.^[333] Over 400 students have gone on to play professional American football in the National Football League, American Football League, or the All-America Football Conference,^[334] including recent graduates, like Brady Quinn and Pro Football Hall of Famers like Joe Montana. Additionally, Notre Dame had had 47 former students inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame,^[335] including football pioneer Knute Rockne. In addition to football, Notre Dame has had a number of athletes go professional, such as Women's National Basketball Association star Skylar Diggins-Smith and National Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. Notre Dame has also produced a number of Olympians, including fencing medalists Mariel Zagunis and Nick Itkin.

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Coaches and executives

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Dutch Bergman		Football coach for New Mexico A&M, Dayton, Minnesota, Catholic University of America, and the Washington Redskins	[336]
Pete Bevacqua	1993	Chairman, NBC Sports Group	[337]
Dick Coury	1951	Football coach for Cal State Fullerton Titans, USC Trojans, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, and Portland Storm	[338]
Mike Girsch		General manager for the St. Louis Cardinals	[339]
Mike Haywood	1986	Football coach for Miami (OH), Notre Dame, Texas, LSU, Ball State, Ohio, Army, and Minnesota	[340]
Frank Leahy	1931	Football coach for Georgetown University, Michigan State, Fordham University, Boston College, Notre Dame	[341]
Knute Rockne	1914	Three-time National Championship-winning coach for Notre Dame	[342]
Charlie Weis	1978	Football coach for the University of Florida, Notre Dame, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and New York Giants	[343]

Other

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Steve Bartman	1999	Fan who interfered with a foul ball in the 2003 National League Championship Series	[344]
Thomas Anthony Dooley III	1944	Physician, humanitarian, and anti-Communism activist	[345]
Marc Maurer	1974	President of the National Federation of the Blind	[346]
Vincent Meli	1944	Mobster	[347]
Hubert Schlafly	1941	Designed and patented the teleprompter	[348]
Thomas Schuler		Spinal surgeon	[349]

Fictional

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Eamon Bailey		One of the Three Wise Men in the novel The Circle by Dave Eggers
Josiah Bartlet		President of the United States in The West Wing	[350]
Abbey Bartlet		First Lady of the United States in The West Wing	[350]
Danny Concannon		Member of the White House press corps on The West Wing	[350]
Sean Donahue		Character from The Middle
Paul Lassiter		Press secretary on Spin City	[351]
Li'l Sebastian		Miniature horse with honorary Notre Dame degree on Parks and Recreation	[352]
Edward Montgomery		Greg's father on Dharma & Greg	[353]
Lt. Walter J. "Touchdown" Schinoski		Claims to have played football at Notre Dame in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket	[354]
John Smith		Professional spy, or hitman, in Mr. & Mrs. Smith portrayed by Brad Pitt	[355]
William Walden		Vice President on Homeland
Sean Rilley		Reilly is an FBI agent who is assigned to a case involving a violent museum attack. The Last Templar (2005 debut novel by Raymond Khoury)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Templar