# List of University of Cincinnati people

This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Cincinnati.

## Notable alumni

Those listed include graduates of the University, as well as attendees.
* David Applebaum, Israeli physician
* Frank P. Austin, celebrity interior designer
* Jeff Austin, musician, Yonder Mountain String Band
* Juan N. Babauta, graduate, governor of United States Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
* Judith Baker, judoka
* Theda Bara, silent-film actress
* John Bardo, educator, president of Wichita State University, chancellor of Western Carolina University
* Shari Barkin, pediatrician
* John Barrett, graduate, CEO and president of Western & Southern Financial Group
* Rachel Barton Butler, playwright
* Kathleen Battle, graduate, Grammy Award-winning singer of New York Metropolitan Opera
* Shoshana Bean, musical theater graduate, Broadway actress
* David Bell, author
* Stanley Rossiter Benedict, inventor of Benedict's reagent
* Raoul Berger, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law and Harvard Law School, early theorist of originalism
* Thomas Berger, A&S graduate, author of Little Big Man
* Matt Berninger, lead vocalist and founder of band The National
* Theodore Berry, graduate, mayor of Cincinnati 1972–76; member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
* Michael Bierut, DAAP graduate, partner at Pentagram New York
* John Shaw Billings, M.D. 1860, began process to organize world's medical literature, now PubMed
* Eula Bingham, occupational health scientist
* Lee Bowman, graduate, actor in films such as Love Affair, Cover Girl and Bataan
* Barnett R. Brickner, rabbi
* Frank Brogan, chancellor of State University System of Florida; former president of Florida Atlantic University
* Henry T. Brown, chemical engineer; first African American to earn a BS degree in chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati
* Robert Burck, "naked cowboy" of Times Square in New York City; NYC mayoral candidate
* Lindsey Burke, lawyer and politician
* Liz Callaway, singer and actress
* David Canary, A&S graduate, multiple Emmy-winning actor on All My Children since 1983
* Salmon P. Chase, 23rd Governor of Ohio, U.S. Treasury Secretary 1861–64, Chief Justice 1864-73
* Mike Clines, Kentucky politician
* Robin T. Cotton, ENT specialist and professor
* Dennis Courtney, aka Denis Beaulne, Broadway actor (Peter Pan, Starlight Express, director, choreographer
* Chase Crawford, actor and producer
* E. Jocob Crull, Montana politician and colonel, rival of Jennette Rankin (first female member of U.S. Congress)
* Cherien Dabis, filmmaker, screenwriter, The L Word, Amreeka
* David Daniels, singer
* Charles G. Dawes, law graduate, 30th vice president of the United States, winner of Nobel Peace Prize
* Scott Devendorf, bass guitarist, founder of band The National
* Jonathan Dever, former member of Ohio House of Representatives
* Vinod Dham, graduate, "father" of Pentium computer chip (MS Eng, 77)
* John Price Durbin, Chaplain of the Senate, president of Dickinson College
* Jennifer Eberhardt, social psychologist, MacArthur Fellow
* Randy Edelman, music graduate, composer of movie scores, received BMI's Outstanding Career Achievement Award
* Margaret Elizabeth Egan, librarian and communication scholar
* Bess Marie Eversull, first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati
* Suzanne Farrell, prima ballerina, recipient of Kennedy Center Honors and Presidential Medal of Freedom
* Hattie V. Feger, professor of education at Clark Atlanta University, 1931–1944
* Abraham J. Feldman (1893–1977), rabbi
* Morris M. Feuerlicht, rabbi
* Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach, YouTube personality/media star
* Stephen Flaherty, music graduate, Tony-winning composer (Ragtime, Once on This Island)
* Frederick W. Franz, Jehovah's Witness, president of Watchtower Society
* Paul Gilger, architecture graduate, architect, conceived Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune, designed Industrial Light & Magic film studio for George Lucas
* Samuel H. Goldenson, rabbi
* Leon Goldman, pioneer in laser medicine
* Alexander D. Goode, one of Four Chaplains
* Michael Graves, architecture graduate, architect
* Moses J. Gries, rabbi
* Louis Grossmann, rabbi
* Michael Gruber, stage actor, singer, and dancer
* Adolf Guttmacher, rabbi
* Beth Gylys, poet and professor
* Victor H. Haas, first director of NIAID
* Albert Hague, music graduate, composer of score for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, won nine Tony Awards for Redhead in 1959
* Victor W. Hall, U.S. Navy rear admiral
* Hollis Hammonds, artist and academic
* Earl Hamner, graduate, writer, creator of The Waltons
* Walt Handelsman, A&S graduate, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
* Dorian Harewood, drama graduate, film and television actor, voice artist
* Randy Harrison, drama graduate, actor, Queer as Folk
* Mary Hecht, BA 1952, American-born Canadian sculptor
* James G. Heller, rabbi and composer
* Maximilian Heller, rabbi
* Bob Herbold, former Microsoft COO
* Louise McCarren Herring, engineering graduate, pioneer of non-profit cooperative credit union movement
* Al Hirt, trumpeter and bandleader
* Ronald Howes, inventor of Easy-Bake Oven
* Sarah Hutchings, composer
* Bruce Edwards Ivins, microbiologist; key suspect in 2001 anthrax terror attacks, leaving five people dead
* Ali Jarbawi, Palestinian politician and academic
* James Kaiser, electrical engineer who developed Kaiser window for digital signal processing, winner of IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
* Jerry Kathman, president and CEO of LPK
* Charles Keating, criminal (Keating Five scandal); virulent anti-pornography activist
* Robert Kistner, gynecologist
* Bradley M. Kuhn, M.S. 2001, software freedom activist
* James Michael Lafferty, division CEO in Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco; current CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding; Olympic track and field coach
* Sean Lahman, historian and sports writer
* Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and first Commissioner of Major League Baseball
* William Lawrence, Congressman, first vice president of American Red Cross
* Emil W. Leipziger, rabbi
* Christopher W. Lentz, U.S. Air Force brigadier general
* Liang Sili, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Abraham Lubin, hazzan
* Charlie Luken, law graduate, politician and former mayor of Cincinnati
* Alexander Lyons, rabbi
* Judah Leon Magnes, rabbi, chancellor/president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1925–1948
* Beverly Malone, nurse and president of American Nurses Association
* Steven L. Mandel, anesthesiologist
* Jack Manning, actor, stage director, acting teacher
* Marco Marsan, author
* Kevin McCollum, graduate, Tony-winning Broadway producer (Rent, Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone)
* Guy McElroy (M.A. 1972), art historian and curator
* Martin A. Meyer, rabbi
* Gregory Mixon, (Ph.D. 1989), American historian
* Julian Morgenstern, rabbi, Hebrew Union College professor and president
* Lena Beatrice Morton, literary scholar
* Dylan Mulvaney, actress and social media personality
* Pamela Myers, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated stage and screen actor
* Morris Newfield, rabbi
* Sandra Novack, author
* Michele Pawk, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Hollywood Arms, Cabaret)
* Archimedes Plutonium, (B.A. as Ludwig Hansen, 1972), notable Usenet personality
* Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever
* Jennie Porter, first black person to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and became the first black female public school principal in Cincinnati
* James B. Preston, neurophysiologist
* Augustus Price, nuclear scientist, first African American radar man in the U.S. Navy
* Faith Prince, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Guys and Dolls)
* Jacob S. Raisin, rabbi
* Max Raisin, rabbi
* Lee Roy Reams, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated actor, dancer
* Michael E. Reynolds, champion of the "earthship" sustainable construction movement
* Abraham B. Rhine (1877–1941), rabbi
* Dennis L. Riley (born 1945), politician in New Jersey General Assembly, represented 4th Legislative District 1980–90
* Diana Maria Riva, drama graduate, screen actor
* Anne Mason Roberts (1910–1971), HUD official in the 1960s
* Michael Robinson, activist for civil right and human rights
* Mitch Rowland, Grammy award-winning songwriter and lead guitarist in Harry Styles' band
* Jerry Rubin, activist
* Nipsey Russell, actor, comedian, game show panelist, Tin Man in film version of The Wiz
* Rajiv Satyal, comedian, host and speaker; named the university's radio-station-turned-media group "BearCast"
* Linda Schele, art and education major, expert on Mayan inscriptions and hieroglyphics
* Jean Schmidt, Congresswoman from Ohio, 2005–13
* Robert P. Schumaker, creator of AZFinText, a news-aware high-frequency stock prediction system
* Teddi Siddall, drama graduate, screen actor
* Abram Simon, rabbi
* Yvette Simpson, law graduate, 2011–2017 Cincinnati City Councilwoman
* George Speri Sperti, inventor
* Joseph B. Strauss, engineering graduate, designed Golden Gate Bridge
* Thomas Szasz, psychiatrist and author of The Myth of Mental Illness
* Bob Taft, law graduate, 1999–2007 governor of Ohio
* William Howard Taft, law graduate, 27th president of the United States, Supreme Court Chief Justice
* Mary Lee Tate, painter, teacher
* Christian Tetzlaff, professional violinist
* Paul Tibbets, pilot of B-29 plane that dropped atom bomb over Hiroshima
* Dwight Tillery, politician, former mayor of Cincinnati
* Tom Tsuchiya, sculptor, most notable for the bronze plaques for the National Baseball Hall of Fame
* Tom Uttech, painter
* Anne Valente, novelist and short-story writer
* Rodney Van Johnson, education graduate, actor (soap opera Passions)
* Sigismund von Braun, German diplomat, older brother of Wernher von Braun
* Rhoza A. Walker, educator, writer, psychologist
* Chris Wanstrath, co-founder and former CEO of GitHub
* David J. Williams, Director of Architecture, musician
* Clarence A. Winder, civic leader, mayor of Pasadena, California in 1950s
* Louis Wolsey, rabbi
* George Zepin, rabbi
* Martin Zielonka, rabbi

### Athletics

* Jim Ard, basketball player for 1976 NBA champion Boston Celtics, sixth overall selection of 1970 NBA draft
* Skeeter Barnes, Major League Baseball player for Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers
* Connor Barwin, NFL defensive end for Los Angeles Rams, selected 2nd round (46th overall) in 2009 NFL draft
* Bob Bell, NFL defensive end for Detroit Lions and St. Louis Cardinals
* Corie Blount, basketball player, Chicago Bulls, first round pick in 1993 NBA draft
* Ron Bonham, basketball player, 1962 NCAA champion with Cincinnati Bearcats, 2-time NBA champion with Boston Celtics
* Vaughn Booker, NFL defensive end for Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals
* Jowon Briggs, NFL defensive tackle for Cleveland Browns
* Ed Brinkman, All-Star baseball player, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers
* Tony Campana, MLB player for Chicago Cubs
* Jim Capuzzi, NFL defensive back and quarterback, played for Green Bay Packers
* Brent Celek, NFL tight end for Philadelphia Eagles, selected 5th round (162nd overall) in 2007 NFL draft, Super Bowl LII Champion
* Antonio Chatman, NFL wide receiver, played for Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers
* Trent Cole, NFL defensive end for Philadelphia Eagles 2005–14, selected 5th round (146th overall) in 2005 NFL draft
* Zach Collaros, CFL quarterback, 3-time Grey Cup champion (2012, 2019, 2021)
* Cris Collinsworth, law graduate, Emmy-winning sports commentator, NFL wide receiver
* Bryan Cook, NFL safety for Kansas City Chiefs, 2-time Super Bowl Champion (LVII, LVIII)
* Greg Cook, graduate, NFL quarterback for Cincinnati Bengals
* Pat Cummings, NBA player, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas Mavericks
* Ralph Davis, basketball player, 17th pick of 1960 NBA draft
* Zach Day, MLB pitcher
* David DeJulius (born 1999), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Connie Dierking, basketball player, fifth overall selection of 1958 NBA draft
* Annette Echikunwoke, hammer thrower, 2024 Olympic silver medalist
* Jacob Eisner (born 1947), Israeli basketball player
* Jason Fabini, NFL offensive tackle, New York Jets
* Nate Fish, baseball player and coach
* Danny Fortson, basketball player, 10th overall pick of 1997 NBA draft
* Rich Franklin, professional mixed martial artist, former UFC middleweight champion, V.P. of Asian MMA organization ONE Championship
* Andre Frazier, NFL linebacker, played for Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, 2-time Super Bowl Champion (XL, XLIII)
* Sauce Gardner, NFL cornerback, New York Jets, selected 1st round (4th overall) in 2022 NFL draft
* Yancy Gates (born 1989), basketball player for Ironi Nahariya of Israeli Premier League
* Antonio Gibson, USFL NFL safety, Philadelphia Stars and New Orleans Saints
* Vanessa Gilles, soccer player, 2020 Olympic gold medalist
* Mardy Gilyard, CFL wide receiver
* Marcellus Greene, NFL and Canadian Football League player
* Tyjuan Hagler, football linebacker for NFL's Indianapolis Colts
* Ian Happ, MLB player for Chicago Cubs
* Josh Harrison, MLB player for Pittsburgh Pirates
* Jim Herman, professional golfer, plays on the PGA tour, 3 professional wins
* Paul Hogue, basketball player, 2-time NCAA champion with Cincinnati Bearcats, 2nd overall pick of 1962 NBA draft
* Candice Holley, basketball player
* Jim Holstein, pro basketball player, college head coach
* Kevin Huber, NFL punter, played for Cincinnati Bengals
* Miller Huggins, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager; managed champion New York Yankees teams of 1920s
* George Jamison, NFL linebacker, played for Detroit Lions
* DerMarr Johnson, basketball player
* Lewis Johnson, graduate, track & field broadcaster
* Ed Jucker, basketball player, coach of Cincinnati Bearcats' 2-time national champions
* Rich Karlis, NFL placekicker, played for Denver Broncos
* Brendon Kay, football player
* Tinker Keck, XFL football player
* Jason Kelce, NFL center for Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl LII Champion
* Travis Kelce, NFL tight end for Kansas City Chiefs, 3-time Super Bowl Champion (LIV, LVII, LVIII)
* Sean Kilpatrick (born 1990), NBA player for Chicago Bulls, and for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League
* Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, 4-time World Series champion
* Steve Logan, basketball player
* Kenyon Martin, basketball player for New York Knicks, top pick in 2000 NBA draft
* Jason Maxiell, former NBA power forward, played for Detroit Pistons
* Urban Meyer, former head football coach for the Florida Gators and Ohio State Buckeyes; winner of the 2007, and 2009 BCS Championship with Florida and the 2014 CFP Championship with Ohio State
* Joe Morrison, NFL running back and wide receiver for New York Giants
* Haruki Nakamura, NFL safety for Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers
* Elbie Nickel, NFL tight end, played for Pittsburgh Steelers
* Ray Nolting, NFL running back, played for Chicago Bears
* Jim O'Brien, NFL placekicker for Baltimore Colts, Super Bowl V champion
* Tom O'Malley, NFL quarterback, played for Green Bay Packers
* Brig Owens, NFL defensive back, played for Washington Redskins
* Ruben Patterson, NBA player, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks
* David Payne, 110m hurdler, 2008 Olympic silver medalist
* Isaiah Pead, NFL running back, played for St. Louis Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Miami Dolphins
* Tony Pike, NFL quarterback, played for Carolina Panthers
* Desmond Ridder, NFL quarterback for Arizona Cardinals
* Oscar Robertson, Hall of Fame basketball player, NBA champion and MVP
* Tom Rossley, former football head coach at SMU, offensive coordinator for Green Bay Packers
* Kelly Salchow, former Olympic rower (2004 and 2008 Olympic Games), women's quadruple sculls
* Kenny Satterfield, professional basketball player, 2001–12
* Kerry Schall, competed on reality show The Ultimate Fighter 2, professional MMA fighter
* Tyler Scott, NFL wide receiver for Chicago Bears
* Lance Stephenson, basketball player for Los Angeles Lakers
* Andrew Stewart, football player
* Clint Stickdorn, football player
* Bill Talbert, tennis player, 5-time U.S. Open champion, International Tennis Hall of Fame
* Tom Thacker, basketball player, NCAA and NBA champion, top pick of 1963 NBA draft
* Jordan Thompson, Olympic gold medalist volleyball player and member of the United States national team
* Tony Trabert, tennis player, Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion, International Tennis Hall of Fame
* Jack Twyman, basketball player, College Basketball Hall of Fame, 6-time NBA All-Star
* Brandon Underwood, NFL safety, Super Bowl XLV champion
* Nick Van Exel, basketball player, 1998 NBA All-Star
* LaDaris Vann, football player
* Roland West, basketball player
* James White, NBA guard/forward for New York Knicks, NBA champion
* Bob Wiesenhahn, basketball player, 1961 NCAA champion with Cincinnati Bearcats, 11th overall pick of 1961 NBA draft
* John Williamson (born 1986), basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Eric Wilson, football player
* Mary Wineberg, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, 4 × 400 m relay
* George Winn, NFL running back
* Derek Wolfe, NFL defensive end, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos
* D. J. Woods, Canadian Football League wide receiver, Ottawa Redblacks
* Mike Woods, All-American and NFL player
* Tony Yates, basketball player for two-time national champion Cincinnati Bearcats, head coach 1983-89
* Kevin Youkilis, 3-time All-Star, Gold Glove winner, 2-time World Series champion, MLB player 2004–13
* Curtis Young, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers

## Notable faculty

* Neil Armstrong (until death), astronaut, professor of aerospace engineering
* Kamala Balakrishnan, immunologist, professor of transplantation medicine
* Carl Blegen, first scientific explorer of Troy
* Tanya Froehlich, pediatrician
* Karen L. Gould (born 1948), president of Brooklyn College
* Michael Griffith, author
* Kay Kinoshita, physicist
* Lee Ann Liska, hospital administrator
* Santa Ono, biomedical scientist, 28th president of University of Cincinnati, 15th president of University of British Columbia, 15th president of the University of Michigan
* Neil Rackham, author of Spin Selling
* George Rieveschl, inventor of diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
* Albert Sabin, developed the oral live polio vaccine
* Vernon L. Scarborough, Mesoamerican archaeologist, professor, and anthropology department head
* Herman Schnieder, father of co-operative education
* Donald Shell, inventor of Shell sort
* Sherry Thorton, biologist
* Gabriel P. Weisberg, art historian