List of Villanova University alumni

This list of Villanova University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of Villanova University.

Arts, entertainment, and journalism

• Emily Barkann - Emmy award-winning journalist and White House correspondent^[1]
• Maria Bello - Golden Globe-nominated actress
• Victor Buono - Academy Award-nominated actor
• Ryan J. Condal - screenwriter, TV series co-creator, executive producer
• Bradley Cooper - Academy Award-nominated actor (attended for one year before transferring to Georgetown University)
• Jim Croce - recording artist
• Carmen Gentile - journalist, author and public speaker
• David Luis Gonzalez - artist and activist, subject of the Pultizer Prize winning podcast Suave
• Tim Hauser - singer and founder of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer
• Michael Hollinger - playwright and screenwriter
• Vahan Janjigian - former Forbes magazine columnist; author of Even Buffett Isn't Perfect and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course
• Keith Jones - Emmy award-winning news anchor and reporter at WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[2]
• Toby Keith - recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree)
• Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999; news anchor and reporter for WPVI^[3]
• Gerald Marzorati - editor of The New York Times Magazine; assistant managing editor of The New York Times
• Don McLean - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree)
• Ryan Montbleau - recording artist
• Katherine Parr - fashion model, educator, and philanthropist
• Vincent Piazza - actor (attended for a year; did not graduate)
• David Rabe - playwright (Hurlyburly) and screenwriter (Casualties of War, The Firm)
• Murtaza Razvi - journalist, Senior Assistant Editor and Head of Magazines, Dawn, political analyst, The Indian Express
• Greg Rikaart - Emmy Award-winning actor, currently starring in the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless
• Jennifer Santiago - Emmy Award-winning reporter, CBS4 News, Miami
• Cole Sternberg - visual artist
• Diana Sugg - journalist and editor at The Baltimore Sun, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 2003
• Philip Terzian - literary editor, The Weekly Standard, author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century)
• Mary Walter - on-air personality, radio show host, political commentator
• Wheeler Yuta (Paul Gruber) - professional wrestler

Business, law, and economics

• Ayman Asfari - British-Syrian businessman, CEO of Petrofac
• Stephen Bienko - Olympic gold medalist trainer and entrepreneur
• Robert J. Bolger - co-founder, former President and CEO of National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• John Drosdick - Chief Executive Officer, Sunoco
• Joseph Dugan - President and CEO, L.B. Foster Company
• John Eleuthère du Pont - American philanthropist
• José Fanjul - billionaire sugar baron^[4]
• Robert Genuario - former Connecticut State Senator, Connecticut Superior Court Judge
• Chris Gheysens (VSB, 1993) - President and CEO of Wawa Inc.^[5]
• Robert Gordon IV - CEO of BLCK VC^[6][7][8]
• Brian Higgins - billionaire hedge fund manager of King Street Capital Management^[9]
• James Kim - Chairman of Amkor Technology
• Thomas G. Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank
• James Mullen - President and Chief Executive Officer, Biogen Idec
• Jerry Pappert - Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;^[10] Attorney General of Pennsylvania 2003–2005^[11]
• Ronald O. Perelman - billionaire CEO of Mackandrews and Forbes (one semester in 1960, before transferring to University of Pennsylvania)
• Michael G. Rubin - drop-out billionaire CEO of Fanatics
• Paul V. Scura - former Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Bank of Prudential Securities
• John Waldron - criminal defense Lawyer
• David Worby - trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury cases, most notably Ground Zero illnesses

Education, engineering, and the sciences

• Andrew M. Allen - NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle pilot
• Thomas M. Casey - aerospace engineer and Chief Engineer for the Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope payload
• Bridgette Brawner - nurse researcher and professor
• Sean M. Carroll - theoretical physicist
• Steve Chen - computer engineer, principal architect of Cray X-MP supercomputer
• Nance Dicciani - chemical engineer, ranked one of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
• Edward Guinan - astronomer, discovered Neptune's ring system
• John L. Hennessy - retired President of Stanford University
• Jamie Hyneman - co-host and Executive Producer of Mythbusters (honorary Doctor of Engineering and co-advisor of VU COE senior capstone project)
• Deirdre Imus - Head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
• Christopher Lee - Director of Philanthropy of the Scripps Research Institute
• Emanuel Rubin - pathologist known for his achievements in clinical and laboratory research, and medical education

Government, politics, and military

Governor Kelly Ayotte

• Kelly Ayotte - Governor of New Hampshire, former U.S. Senator, and former Attorney General of New Hampshire
• Jill Biden - First Lady of the United States^[12]
• G. T. Bynum - Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• David A. Christian - retired United States Army captain and former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
• Joseph Clancy - former director of the U.S. Secret Service
• George B. Crist - General; first Marine to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command
• Christopher G. Donovan - Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives
• Peter Doocy - White House Correspondent for Fox News
• Walter Doran - Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)
• William J. Fallon - Admiral, U.S. Navy, and Commander of United States Central Command
• Jacob Frey - Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer
• D. Barry Gibbons - member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County, 1961–1962
• David Girard-diCarlo - nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria
• Joseph Hare - Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
• Kate M. Harper - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001
• Jerramiah T. Healy - Mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former U.S. ambassador to Sweden and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb; endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies
• Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former Commandant of the Marine Corps
• John LaFalce - former U.S. Congressman from New York state, 1975–2002
• Frank J. Larkin - Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate^[13]
• William J. Martini - district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Joseph J. McMenamin - Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps
• Nicholas Micozzie - Pennsylvania State Representative for the 163rd district (1979-2014)
• Ricaurte Vásquez Morales - Chairman of the Panama Canal Authority
• Charles A. Murphy - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee^[14]
• Peter O'Keefe - Pennsylvania State Representative 1975-1978
• Samuel J. Paparo Jr. - Admiral, US Navy, 64th Commander of the Pacific Fleet;^{[15][circular reference]}
• Jerry Pappert - Attorney General of Pennsylvania 2003–2005;^[11] Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[10]
• John A. Pica, Jr. - State Senator in Maryland, 1983–1997; Delegate, 1979–1983; lobbyist and attorney, Pica & Associates, LLC
• Dominic Pileggi - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania
• Stanley A. Prokop - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1959–1961
• James M. Quigley - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania governor and general chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2000
• Marjorie Rendell - former first lady of Pennsylvania; federal judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Stefan Roots - mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania
• John G. Rowland - former Connecticut governor, 1995–2004^[16]
• Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993
• Donald Snyder (J.D. 1982) - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981–2000; Majority Whip^[17]
• Xavier Suarez - former Mayor of Miami
• Dan Truitt - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Michael E. Wegscheider, US Army major general^[18][19]
• Anthony Zinni - General, U.S. Marine Corps (retired); former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)

Religion and philosophy

Pope Leo XIV

• Pope Leo XIV - 267th Pope, born Robert Francis Prevost
• Michael Francis Burbidge - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington
• Salvador Miranda - church historian
• John Joseph O'Connor - cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York
• William Edward Atkinson – Catholic priest with a cause for sainthood

Sports and athletics

• Malik Allen - former professional basketball player, currently an assistant coach with the Miami Heat
• Ryan Arcidiacono - professional basketball player, currently with the Windy City Bulls, most outstanding player of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, member of Basketball Hall of Fame, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in NBA history in 1996
• Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion 1969 New York Jets
• James Bell (born 1992) - professional basketball player for Japanese team Passlab Yamagata Wyverns
• Michael Bradley - former professional basketball player, NBA and European leagues
• Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting gold medalist
• Mikal Bridges - professional basketball player, currently with the New York Knicks
• Jalen Brunson - professional basketball player, currently with the New York Knicks
• Donte DiVincenzo - professional basketball player, currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Rolando Cruz - three-time Olympic pole vaulter for Puerto Rico
• Eamonn Coghlan - track and field athlete, four-time Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile
• Jim Curtin - former Major League Soccer player and current head coach of the Philadelphia Union
• Ron Delany - track and field athlete, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Olympic Games
• Denise Dillon - VU Hall of Fame; former Drexel University head women's basketball coach; Villanova University head women’s basketball coach
• Tim Donaghy - former professional basketball referee
• Jumbo Elliott - track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981
• Brian Finneran - former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and Atlanta Falcons (2000–2009), Walter Payton Award winner 1997
• Michael Fitzmaurice - swimmer, gold medal winner 1967 Pan American Games, former US and NCAA record holder, 8-time All American^{[citation needed]}
• Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers
• Randy Foye - former professional basketball player
• Stan Galazin - professional football player
• Josh Hart - professional basketball player, currently playing with the New York Knicks
• Darrun Hilliard (born 1993) - basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Larry James - track and field athlete, 1968 Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; director of athletics and recreation at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Wali Jones - former professional basketball player
• Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, First Team Basketball All-American 1996
• Marty Liquori - track and field athlete, competed in the 1968 Olympics as a freshman in the 1500 meter
• Howie Long - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor
• Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, 2019 NBA Champion, currently with the Philadelphia 76ers
• Art Mahan - former professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, United States Navy officer, Villanova baseball coach and athletic director
• Sydney Maree - track and field athlete, 1988 Olympian, three NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979)
• Bill Melchionni - former professional basketball player, number retired by NBA Nets
• John Mellus - professional football player; named All-American while at Villanova
• Jimmy Murray - former general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-founder of Ronald McDonald House
• Marcus O'Sullivan - Villanova University head coach; three-time indoor world champion; four-time Olympian
• Sonia O'Sullivan - track and field athlete, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m
• Don Paige - track and field athlete
• Richie Phillips - lawyer, players' agent, former head of MLB Umpires and NBA officials unions
• Ed Pinckney - former professional basketball player, MVP of 1985 Final Four, member of 1985 National Championship winning basketball team
• John Pinone - Second Team Basketball All-American, 1983
• Howard Porter - former professional basketball player, First Team Basketball All-American 1971
• Summer Rappaport - triathlete, 2020 Olympic Games
• Allan Ray - former professional basketball player
• Kevin Reilly - former professional football player
• Scottie Reynolds - professional basketball player for Polish team Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski; First Team Basketball All-American 2009
• John Ricco - baseball executive; senior vice president and chief of staff for the New York Mets
• Browning Ross - Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan American Games
• Mike Seamon - professional soccer player for MLS Seattle Sounders
• Mike Siani - NFL wide receiver, No. 1 draft choice of the Oakland Raiders
• Maddy Siegrist - professional basketball player with the Dallas Wings of the WNBA
• Rory Sparrow - former professional basketball player
• Art Spector (1920–1987) - Boston Celtics basketball player
• Matt Szczur - former professional baseball player; member of 2009 National Championship winning football team
• Tim Thomas - former professional basketball player
• Raymond Ventrone - former professional football player, currently special teams coach for the Indianapolis Colts; 2008 Super Bowl participant with NFL Patriots
• Doug West - former professional basketball player; unsuccessfully recruited by then-Pitt assistant coach John Calipari
• Brian Westbrook - former professional football player, 2001 Walter Payton Award winner, 2006 Super Bowl participant with Philadelphia Eagles