# List of Northfield Mount Hermon people

Since its founding in 1879, Northfield Mount Hermon School has graduated students who went on to excel in technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; and nonprofits.
* Thomas Nelson Baker Sr., 1889, first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States
* Elizabeth Barrows Ussher, 1891, Christian missionary
* Lee de Forest, 1893, radio pioneer
* William G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball
* Howard Thurston, 1893, magician
* Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation
* Belle da Costa Greene, librarian
* Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player
* Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum director
* Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress
* Chester Barnard, 1906, philanthropist
* Henry Roe Cloud, 1906, educator and government official
* Mohini Maya Das, 1906, educator
* Harry Kemp, tramp poet, c. 1907 (expelled)
* DeWitt Wallace, 1907, founder of Reader's Digest
* Walter Harper, c. 1916, mountain climber
* Monroe W. Smith, 1919, founder of American Youth Hostels
* Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, early 1920s (d.n.g), nurse
* S. Prestley Blake, 1934, founder of Friendly's Ice Cream
* Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1937, poet
* Tad Mosel, 1940, playwright
* James W. McLamore, 1943, founder of Burger King
* John E. Kingston, 1944, New York Supreme Court judge
* Mary C. Potter, 1947–1948, professor of psychology
* James Nabrit III, 1948, civil rights attorney
* Richard Gilder, 1950, philanthropist
* William C. Pryor, 1950, Chief Judge
* Anna Diggs Taylor, 1950, Chief Judge
* David Hartman, 1952, television host
* William R. Rhodes, 1953, corporate executive
* June Jordan, 1953, poet, professor of African American Studies
* J. Stapleton Roy, 1953, diplomat
* Edward W. Said, 1953, literary theorist
* Neil Sheehan, 1954, author
* Jane English, 1960, academic, photographer
* Frank Shorter, 1965, marathoner
* Lynne Anderson, 1965, professor of education
* William Ackerman, 1967, founder of Windham Hill Records and 2005 Grammy Award winner
* Natalie Cole, 1968, vocalist
* Amy Domini, 1968, social investor
* Viola Baskerville, 1969, Virginia Secretary of Administration
* Willie Wolfe, 1969, founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
* Brian F. Atwater, 1969, geologist
* Dore Gold, 1971, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
* Erik Lindgren, 1972, composer
* Tim Stryker, 1972, computer programmer
* Jim Keller, 1972, vocals, guitar Tommy Tutone
* Valerie Jarrett, 1974, Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
* John S. Chen, 1974, CEO of BlackBerry
* Helen DeWitt, 1975, novelist
* Timothy Horrigan, 1975, Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
* Thom Gimbel, 1977, rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals Foreigner
* Taggart Siegel, 1977, documentary filmmaker, Queen of the Sun
* Elizabeth Perkins, 1978, actress
* Rick Boyages, 1981, Associate Commissioner for Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball
* Michael M. Gilday, 1981, Chief of Naval Operations, U. S. Navy
* Laura Linney, 1982, actress
* Buster Olney, 1982, sports writer
* Dylan Brody, 1982, humorist, author, comedian, playwright, and poet
* Kim Raver, 1985, actor
* Bryan Callen, 1985, actor, comedian
* Whitney Tilson, 1985, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
* Arn Chorn-Pond, 1986, activist and musician
* Hasok Chang, 1985, historian and philosopher of science
* Uma Thurman, 1988 (d.n.g.), actor, model
* Samantha Hunt, 1989, writer
* John Edgar Park, 1990, author
* Warren Webster, 1991, president and co-founder of Patch Media
* Misha Collins, 1992, actor
* John D'Agata, 1992, author
* Aaron Schuman, 1995, photographer, writer, curator and educator
* Brian Pothier, 1996, ice hockey player
* Yasmin Vossoughian, 1996, news anchor
* David de Burgh Graham, 1999, Liberal Party MP in House of Commons of Canada
* Anna Schuleit, visual artist
* YaYa DaCosta, 2000, actress
* Kimmie Weeks, 2001, human rights activist
* Dallas Baker, 2002, football player
* Tony Gaffney, 2004, basketball player
* Brian Strait, 2006, ice hockey player
* Oliver Drake, 2006, baseball player
* Clive Weeden, 2007, basketball player
* Tessa Gobbo, 2009, rower
* Spike Albrecht, 2012, basketball player
* Kellan Grady, 2017, basketball player
* Kai Toews, 2018, basketball player