# List of Fordham University alumni

Fordham University is a private, Roman Catholic research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1841, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States, the third-oldest university in the state of New York, and the only Jesuit university in New York City. Since its establishment 184 years ago as St. John's College, the university has been home to multiple colleges and schools, some of which are defunct or have gone through changes in name. As of 2017, Fordham is composed of a total of four undergraduate and six constitutive graduate schools, situated across three campuses in southern New York State, with its two main campuses in New York City: Rose Hill in The Bronx, and Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
As of 2017, Fordham claims over 183,500 alumni throughout the world. Numerous U.S. and international politicians are counted among Fordham's alumni body, including Central Intelligence Directors William J. Casey and John O. Brennan, U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell, various governors, and a head of state: Hage Geingob, President of Namibia Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairperson and CEO of Xerox, Wellington Mara (owner of the New York Giants), and billionaire entrepreneurs Eugene Shvidler and Lorenzo Mendoza are alumni. As a Jesuit institution, the university claims numerous Roman Catholic clergy, including Álvaro Corrada del Río, bishop of Mayagüez; Cardinal Francis Spellman, archbishop of New York; and Eugene Marino, archbishop of Atlanta.
Fordham has numerous alumni in the entertainment industry. Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda; in film, Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington and nominee Patricia Clarkson; and in theater, Tony winners John Benjamin Hickey, Robert Sean Leonard, and Julie White; are alumni. Voice actor and comedian Bill Lobley graduated from Fordham as well. Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey is an alumna, as well as writers Mary Higgins Clark and Don DeLillo. Football players and coaches Vince Lombardi and Peter Carlesimo are alumni, as well as two-time Olympic gold medal-winning track runner Tom Courtney. Stage, film, and television actor Dylan McDermott, graduated from Fordham College at Lincoln Center in 1983.

## Legend

Notes and abbreviations used
* Individuals who may belong in multiple sections appear only in one.
* An empty class year or school/degree box indicates that the information is unknown.
* "DNG" indicates the alumnus or alumna attended but did not graduate; year(s) of attendance are included if available.

## Academia
### College and university presidents

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| William Boylan | | | Doctor of Philosophy | First President of Brooklyn College |
| Seamus Carey | 1993, 1996 | GSAS | M.A., PhD | President of Transylvania University |
| Francesco Cesareo | | GSAS | M.A., PhD | President of Assumption College, historian |
| Vincent Cooke, S.J. | 1960, 1962, 1965 | FCRH, GRE, GSAS | B.A., M.A. | President of Canisius College (1993–2010), acting President of John Carroll University (1992) |
| Dennis Di Lorenzo | 1993 | FC | B.S. | Dean, NYU School of Professional Studies (2013–2018) |
| Steven DiSalvo | 1984, 1990, 2002 | FC, GE | B.S., MBA, PhD | President of Endicott College |
| Barbara Doherty, S.P. | | GRE | PhD | Former President of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College |
| John B. Duff | | FC | B.S. | 8th President of Columbia College Chicago |
| Timothy S. Healy | 1953 | GSAS | M.A. | Former President of Georgetown University |
| Michael Holman, S.J. | DNG | GE | | Principal of Heythrop College, University of London |
| Candace Introcaso, CDP | 1986 | GSAS | PhD | President of La Roche College; former vice-President of Heritage University |
| Rosemary Jeffries, R.S.M. | | GSAS | M.A., PhD | Former President of Georgian Court University |
| Eamon Kelly | 1958 | FC | B.S. | President Emeritus of Tulane University |
| Robert B. Lawton | 1970 | FC | B.S. | President of Loyola Marymount University |
| Gerald W. Lynch | 1958 | FC | B.S. | President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
| William J. McGill | 1943, 1947 | FC, GSAS | B.S., M.S. | President of Columbia University |
| Robert J. Morris | | Law | | President of University of Dallas |
| Edward J. Mortola | 1938, 1941, 1946 | FC, GSAS | B.A., M.A., PhD | President of Pace University |
| Mary Eileen O'Brien | 2012 | GRE | PhD | President of Dominican University New York |
| Leo J. O'Donovan | 1961 | GSAS | PhD | President Emeritus of Georgetown University |
| Scott Pilarz, S.J. | | GSAS | M.A. | President of the University of Scranton (2003–13) |
| Kevin Quinn, S.J. | 1979 | FC | B.S. | President of the University of Scranton (2013–2017) |
| Gerard Reedy, S.J. | 1965 | GSAS | | President of College of the Holy Cross |
| Paul Reiss | 1954 | GSAS | M.A. | President of College of the Holy Cross, and former dean of Marymount College |
| Harold Ridley, S.J. | 1969 | FC | B.A. | 23rd President of Loyola College, Maryland |
| John Sexton | 1963, 1978 | FC, GSAS | B.A., M.A., PhD | President, New York University |
| Lawrence G. Smith | 1971 | FC | B.S. | Founding dean of Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine |
* Richard Guarasci, longest-serving president of Wagner College
* Robert Kibbee (died 1982), Chancellor of the City University of New York
* Hakim Lucas, 13th president of Virginia Union University
* Jay Sexter, former President of Mercy University
* Joseph G. Marina, Catholic priest and Jesuit; president of the University of Scranton
* Mary Eileen O'Brien, president of the Dominican University New York

### Scholars and professors

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Regis J. Armstrong, O.F.M. | | GRE | PhD | Professor of theology at The Catholic University of America, Capuchin friar |
| Ivo Banac | 1969 | FC | B.A. | Professor of history at Yale University |
| Francis J. Beckwith | 1989 | GSAS | M.A., PhD | Professor of philosophy at Baylor University |
| Peter Boghossian | 1992 | GSAS | M.A. | Professor of philosophy at Portland State University |
| James A. Brundage | 1955 | GSAS | PhD | Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Kansas |
| Danielle Citron | 1994 | Law | J.D. | Professor of law at University of Maryland |
| Francis Xavier Clooney, S.J. | 1973 | FC | B.A. | Professor of theology at Harvard University |
| Selwyn Cudjoe | 1969 | FC | B.A. | Professor and scholar of Caribbean literature |
| Kenneth C. Davis | | | | Historian |
| Kathleen Deignan | 1980, 1986 | GRE | M.A., PhD | Professor of theology at Iona College |
| Nancy Denton | 1973 | GSAS | M.A. | Professor of sociology at University at Albany, SUNY |
| Owen Flanagan | 1970 | FC | B.A. | James B. Duke Professor of philosophy at Duke University |
| Mary Cleophas Garvin | 1927 | FC | B.S. | Mathematician |
| John Allan Grim | 1968, 1975 | FC, GSAS | B.A., M.A. | Professor at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies |
| Beverly Hall | 1990 | GSAS | Ed.D | Education administrator |
| David Hartman | | GSAS | M.A. | Jewish scholar, founder of Shalom Hartman Institute |
| Fr. Thomas Hopko | 1982 | GSAS | PhD | Orthodox Christian theologian |
| William Irwin | 1992 | FC | B.A. | Professor of philosophy at King's College |
| Stanley Jaki, OSB | 1958 | GSAS | PhD | Physicist and theologian, Distinguished Professor at Seton Hall University |
| David Kolb | 1963 | FC, GSAS | B.A., M.A. | Professor of philosophy at Bates College |
| Catherine LaCugna | 1974, 1979 | GRE | M.A., PhD | Professor of theology at University of Notre Dame |
| Brian P. Levack | 1965 | FC | B.A. | Professor of history at University of Texas at Austin |
| John J. McDermott | 1959 | GSAS | PhD | Professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University |
| Guillermo Owen | 1958 | FC | B.S. | Mathematician |
| Fernando Picó, S.J. | 1966 | | M.A. | Historian and Jesuit, expert on the history of Puerto Rico, professor of history at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus 1972–2017 |
| Anthony Picciano | 1986 | GSAS | PhD | Professor of education at City University of New York |
| Robert V. Remini | 1943 | FCRH | B.S. | Professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago; official historian of the U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2010) |
| Claude Schwob | 1931 | | PhD | Researcher on the Manhattan Project |
| Donald Spoto | 1966, 1970 | GSAS | M.A., PhD | Biographer and celebrity historian |
| Ezra Suruma | 1969 | FC, GSAS | B.S., M.S. | Economist |
| Vince Tinto | 1963 | FC | B.S. | Theorist in the field of higher education, particularly concerning university student retention |
| Mary Evelyn Tucker | 1977 | GSAS | M.A. | Co-founder and co-director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology |
| Susana Urbina | 1972 | GSAS | PhD | Psychologist, scholar |
| Alice von Hildebrand | | | | Catholic theologian |
| Lee Ward | | GSAS | PhD | Canadian political scientist and historian |
| Phyllis Zagano | 1969 | MC | B.A. | Professor of theology at Hofstra University |

## Art and literature

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Michael Alig | 1984–85; DNG | FC | — | Writer, club promoter |
| Candida Alvarez | 1977 | FC | B.F.A. | Painter |
| Lester Atwell | | | | Author |
| Lorraine Avila | | | B.A. | Writer |
| Edward Bloor | 1973 | FC | B.A. | Author |
| Thomas Cahill | 1964 | FC | B.A. | Author |
| Paddy Chayefsky | 1943 (DNG) | | — | Playwright |
| Kevin Clancy | 2007 | GSB | MBA | Blogger |
| Mary Higgins Clark | 1979 | FC | B.A. | Novelist |
| Maureen Corrigan | FC | B.A. | Writer, critic | |
| Michael Craig-Martin | 1959–61 (DNG) | FC | — | Irish-British conceptual artist |
| Don DeLillo | 1958 | FC | B.S. | National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author |
| Michael Donaghy | 1976 | FC | B.A. | Poet |
| Thomas Fleming (historian) | 1950 | FC | B.A. | History Author |
| Richard Foerster | 1971 | FC | B.A. | Poet |
| Warren King | 1938 | FC | B.S. | Cartoonist |
| John LaFarge | 1852 | SJC | B.A. | Visual artist, stained glass window-maker |
| Thomas Maier | FC | 1978 | | Author |
| Robert Marasco | 1958 | FC | B.A. | Horror novelist and playwright |
| Charles Martin | | FC | B.A. | Poet |
| Harry Mattison | 1974 | FC | B.A. | Photographer |
| Bernice McFadden | 1983 | FC | B.A. | Novelist |
| Robert Munsch | 1969 | FC | B.A. | Children's author |
| Virginia O'Hanlon | 1930 | GSAS | PhD | As a child, wrote a letter to the New York Sun asking about Santa Claus which prompted the famous response "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" |
| Isaac Oliver | | FC | B.A. | Playwright, author, comic |
| Lev Raphael | 1975 | FC | B.A. | Author |
| John Sanford | 1927 | Law | J.D. | Author |
| Valerie Sayers | | FC | | Author |
| John Dawson Gilmary Shea | 1854 | SJC | LL.D. | Author and historian |
| Courtney Sheinmel | | Law | J.D. | Children's literature author |
| Jeanette Pasin Sloan | 1967 | MC | B.F.A. | Visual artist |
| Antony Theodore | 1980 | GSAS | PhD | Poet |
| B.A. Van Sise | | Visual Arts | B.A. | Photographer |
| Hiromi Yoshida | 1994 | GSAS | M.A. | Poet |

## Business

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Robert A. Agresta | 2005 | FC | B.S. | Investor, politician |
| Raul Alarcon | 1978 | FC | B.S. | CEO of Spanish Broadcasting System |
| Ellen Alemany | 1980 | GSB | MBA | Former chairman and CEO of RBS Citizens Financial Group and RBS Americas |
| Darcy Antonellis | | GSB | MBA | CEO of Vubiquity |
| Louis Boccardi | 1958 | FC | B.S. | CEO (1985–2003) of Associated Press; member of the Pulitzer Prize Board 1994–2003 |
| Rose Marie Bravo | 1971 | FC | B.S. | Vice Executive and former CEO of Burberry |
| Kathleen Brown | 1985 | Law | | Senior advisor, Head of Public Finance (Western Region) of Goldman Sachs |
| Kevin Burke | 1977 | Law | J.D. | Chairman, President, and CEO of Con Edison |
| Wendy Craigg | | | | Former Governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas |
| Harry Crosby | | GSB | MBA | Investment banker, former actor; son of Bing Crosby |
| Katherine DePaul | | FC | B.A. | Record executive |
| Mario Gabelli | 1965 | GSB | CBA | Billionaire founder, Chairman, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of GAMCO Investors; donated $25 million to Fordham University in September 2010 for the undergraduate business school, renamed the Gabelli School of Business |
| Stephen J. Hemsley | 1974 | GSB | CBA | CEO of UnitedHealth Group |
| Matt Higgins | 2002 | Law | J.D. | Executive of Miami Dolphins and New York Jets; co-founder of RSE Ventures |
| Maria Elena Lagomasino | 1977 | GSB | MBA | CEO (2001–2005) of JP Morgan Private Bank; Board of Directors, Coca-Cola |
| John Leahy | 1972 | FC | B.A. | COO of Customers, Airbus |
| John Mara | 1979 | Law | M.L. | President, COO, and co-owner of the New York Giants |
| Wellington Mara | 1937 | FC | | Former owner of the NFL's New York Giants from 1959 until his death |
| John J. McGrath | 1989 | GSAS | PhD | CEO, President of American Collegiate Acquisitions, Inc. |
| Robert B. McKeon | | FC | B.S. | Chairman of Veritas Capital |
| Lorenzo Mendoza | 1991 | FC | | Venezuelan billionaire, CEO of Empresas Polar |
| Joe Moglia | 1971 | FC | | Former Chairman and CEO of TD Ameritrade |
| Angelo Mozilo | 1960 | CBA | | Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation |
| Anne M. Mulcahy | 1974 | MC | | Chairman and CEO of Xerox |
| Donna Redel | 1995 | Law | J.D. | Businesswoman and philanthropist |
| Eugene Shvidler | 1992 | GSB | MBA | Russian-American billionaire, international oil tycoon |
| Don Valentine | 1954 | FC | B.A. | Venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital; an original investors of Apple Computer, Atari, LSI Logic, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Electronic Arts, Google, and YouTube |
| Rosemary Vrablic | | FC | | Managing director and senior private banker of Deutsche Bank's US private wealth management business, with clients like Donald Trump |
* Michael J. Dowling, president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health
* Thomas F. Woodlock, editor of the Wall Street Journal and US Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner

## Civil society
### Clergy

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Emilio S. Allué | 1981 | GSAS | PhD | Auxiliary bishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston |
| Gordon Bennett, S.J. | 1980 | SCPS | P.D. | Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Mandeville |
| Edwin Broderick | 1945 | GSAS | PhD | Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Albany |
| Elden Francis Curtiss | | GRE | | Roman Catholic prelate, former Bishop of Helena, Montana |
| Edward Vincent Dargin | 1919 | FC | B.A. | Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of New York |
| Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. | 1974 | FC | B.A. | Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mayagüez |
| Joan Frances Gormley | | GRE | PhD | Consecrated virgin and Roman Catholic nun, Biblical scholar |
| George Henry Guilfoyle | 1968 | Law | J.D. | Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Camden |
| Michael John Hoban | 1873 (DNG) | SJC | — | Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Scranton |
| Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. | 1966 | GSAS | | Major archbishop, Ukrainian Catholic Church |
| John Joseph Jenik | | | | Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
| Joseph Kopacz | | GSAS | M.A. | Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson |
| Eugene Antonio Marino | | GRE | M.A. | First African American archbishop in North America |
| James Massa | 1997 | GSAS | PhD | Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn |
| Theodore Edgar McCarrick | | FC | | Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington |
| Nicolas M. Mondejar | 1959 | GSSS | M.S. | Bishop emeritus, Diocese of Romblon, Philippines |
| Robert C. Morlino | | FC | B.A. | Bishop of Madison; former Bishop of Helena, Montana |
| Patrick O'Boyle | | | | First resident archbishop of Washington |
| Terrence Prendergast, S.J. | | FC | B.A. | Archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa |
| Sylvester Horton Rosecrans | 1846 | SJC | | Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus |
| Francis Spellman | 1911 | FC | B.A. | Cardinal and Archbishop of New York |
| Anthony Taylor | 1989 | GSAS | PhD | Bishop, Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Gerald Thomas Walsh | 1983 | M.S. | GSS | Vicar general, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |

### Activism

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Virginia Apuzzo | 1973 | GE | M.S. | Gay rights activist |
| Emma L. Bowen | | | | Health care and media activist |
| Mirtha Colón | | GSSS | M.S. | Garifuna and HIV/AIDS activist |
| Elizabeth McAlister | 1961 | MC | B.A. | Peace activist, former Roman Catholic nun |
| Peter Hildebrand Meienberg | 1959 | GSAS | M.A. | Missionary and prison reform activist in East Africa |
| Encarnación Padilla de Armas | | | B.A., Doctorate (Hon. Causa) | Community leader, organizer, and advocate |
| Ilyasah Shabazz | | GSAS | M.S. | Social activist, writer, daughter of Malcolm X |
| Elizabeth Yeampierre | 1980 | | B.A. | Attorney and environmental activist |

## Entertainment
### Film, television, dance, and theater

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Philip Abbott | | FC | | Actor |
| Carolyn Adams (dancer) | | | M.S.W. | Dancer, choreographer teacher |
| Alan Alda | 1956 | FC | B.A. | Six-time Emmy Award-winning and six-time Golden Globe-winning actor |
| Trini Alvarado | | FC | | Actress |
| Tracey Anarella | | GSB | M.B.A. | Filmmaker |
| Sherry Britton | 1982 | Law | B.L. | Burlesque performer and model |
| Hilarie Burton | 2000 (DNG) | FC | — | Actress |
| Thomas Calabro | 1981 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Joshua Caldwell | 2006 | FC | B.A. | Director |
| Kate Morgan Chadwick | | FC | B.A. | Actress, singer |
| Patricia Clarkson | 1982 | FC | B.A. | Academy Award-nominated actress |
| Bud Collyer | | Law | J.D. | Radio and game show presenter |
| David Copperfield | 1975 (DNG) | FC | — | Illusionist, actor |
| John DeLuca | 2008 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Tommy Dorfman | 2015 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Megan Fairchild | | | | Ballerina |
| Alison Fraser | 2010 | GSAS | M.A. | Actress |
| Betty Gilpin | 2008 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Sasha K. Gordon | 2012 | FC | B.S. | Actress |
| Dan Grimaldi | 1966 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Miles Gutierrez-Riley | 2020 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Regina Hall | 1992 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Kenneth Harlan | | FC | | Silent film actor |
| Pat Harrington Jr. | 1950 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Jonathan Harris | 1934 | PHC | MPharm | Actor |
| John Benjamin Hickey | 1985 | FC | B.A. | Tony Award-winning actor |
| Raúl Juliá | DNG | FC | — | Actor |
| Wayne J. Keeley | 1978 | FC | B.A. | Producer, writer, and director |
| Bob Keeshan | 1951 | UGE | B.S. | Actor, writer, producer |
| Karen Kopins | 1981 | MC | | Actress |
| Robert Sean Leonard | 1990 | FC | B.A. | Tony Award-winning actor |
| Lou Liberatore | 1981 | FC | B.A. | Tony Award-nominated actor |
| Christina Bennett Lind | 2005 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Heather Lind | 2005 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Susan Lucci | 1968 | MC | B.A. | Actress |
| Mike Mazurki | | Law | J.D. | Actor |
| Dylan McDermott | 1983 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Michaela McManus | 2005 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Lara Jill Miller | 1994 | Law | J.D. | Actress |
| Ilan Mitchell-Smith | 1997 | GSAS | M.A. | Actor |
| Brianne Moncrief | 2005 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Paul Morrissey | DNG | FC | — | Film director |
| Robert Mulligan | 1948 | FC | B.A. | Film director |
| Dan Naturman | | Law | J.D. | Comedian |
| Edmond O'Brien | | FC | — | Academy Award-winning and two-time Golden Globe-winning actor |
| Annie Parisse | 1997 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Denise Pence | 2000 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| Greg Poehler | 2000 | Law | J.D. | Actor |
| Aaron Rhyne | 2002 | FC | B.A. | Video designer |
| Lea Salonga | 2000 (DNG) | FC | — | Actress and singer |
| Taylor Schilling | 2006 | FC | B.A. | Actress |
| John Scurti | 1987 | FC | B.A. | Actor |
| Amanda Seyfried | 2003 (DNG) | FC | — | Academy Award-nominated actress |
| Raymond Siller | 1960 | FC | B.A. | Television writer |
| Karina Smirnoff | | FC | B.A. | Professional dancer |
| Hunter Tylo | 1988–1990 (DNG) | FC | — | Actress, former model |
| Amirah Vann | 2002 | FC | B.A. | Actress, singer |
| Denzel Washington | 1977 | FC | B.A. | Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Tony-winning actor |
| Julie White | 1982 (DNG) | FC | — | Tony Award-winning actress |
| Virginia Williams | | FC | B.A. | Actress |

### Music

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Lana Cantrell | 1994 | Law | J.D. | Grammy Award-nominated Australian singer |
| Graham Clarke | 1994 | GSAS | M.A. | Children's music singer-songwriter |
| Lana Del Rey | 2008 | FC | B.A. | BRIT Award-winning and Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter |
| Kevin Devine | 2001 | FC | B.A. | Singer-songwriter |
| Faith Evans | 1991 (DNG) | FC | — | Singer, songwriter |
| Norman Frauenheim | | FC | | Pianist |
| Cathie Ryan | | FC | | Celtic musician |
| Alice Smith | 1999 | FC | B.A. | Grammy Award-nominated singer |

## Government and politics
### Heads of state and government

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
| Hage Geingob | 1970 | FC | B.A. | First Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence; third President of Namibia | |

### Governors of the United States

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Andrew Cuomo | 1979 | FC | B.A. | Governor of New York State (2011-2021) and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton |
| Martin H. Glynn | 1914 | FC | B.A. | Governor of New York State |
| Tim Murray | | FC | | 71st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts |
| Malcolm Wilson | 1933, 1936 | FC, Law | B.S., J.D. | Governor of New York (1973–1975) |

### United States Executive Branch officials
#### Cabinet members

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
| John E. Potter | 1977 | FC | B.S. | U.S. Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service | |

#### Cabinet-level officers

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
| John O. Brennan | 1977 | FC | B.A. | Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security (2009–2013) and CIA Director under President Barack Obama | |

#### Agency heads and subordinate officers

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| William J. Casey | 1934 | FC | B.S. | U.S. Director of Central Intelligence (1981–1987) |
| E. Gerald Corrigan | 1965, 1971 | GSAS | M.A., PhD | Former President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Carmen Fariña | | GE | M.A. | New York City Schools Chancellor; head of the New York City Department of Education |
* Dennis Walcott, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education

#### White House staff

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Ann McLaughlin Korologos | 1963 | MC | B.A. | United States Secretary of Labor (1987–1989) |
| John N. Mitchell | 1913 | Law | J.D. | U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon, figure in Watergate Scandal |
| Bernard M. Shanley | 1938 | Law | B.L. | Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Counsel to President Dwight D. Eisenhower |

### Military

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Gen. Jack Keane | 1966 | FC | B.S. | Retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army |
| Martin T. McMahon | 1855 | SJC, Law | B.L. | Bvt. Major General, United States Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor, United States Ambassador to Paraguay, New York State Senator, New York State Assemblyman |
| Robert C. Murray | 1968 | FC | | U.S. soldier, recipient of Medal of Honor |
| John Morrison Oliver | | SJC | | Union general during the American Civil War |
| Robert Gould Shaw | 1850-51 | SJC | | Colonel, United States Army, commander of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment |

### Judges

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| William G. Bassler | 1960 | FC | B.A. | Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey |
| Vincent L. Briccetti | 1978 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Robert J. Callahan | 1955 | Law | J.D. | Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1996–99) |
| Claire C. Cecchi | 1989 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey |
| Denny Chin | 1978 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| John William Clancy | 1909, 1912 | FC, Law | B.A., LL.B. | Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Salvatore A. Cotillo | 1911 | Law | J.D. | Italian-born New York lawyer and politician; first Italian-American to serve in both houses of the New York State Legislature, and the first to serve as Justice of the New York State Supreme Court |
| Kevin Duffy | 1958 | Law | J.D. | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Claire Eagan | 1976 | Law | J.D. | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma |
| David Norton Edelstein | | FC, Law | B.S., M.A. | U.S. Federal Judge |
| Peter T. Farrell | 1925 | Law | J.D. | Judge who presided over the trial of bank robber Willie Sutton |
| James Thomas Foley | 1931 | FC | B.A. | Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York |
| Arthur Gonzalez | 1982 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (1995–present); presided over Enron Corporation and WorldCom bankruptcies |
| Denis Reagan Hurley | 1966 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York |
| Irving Kaufman | 1931 | Law | J.D. | Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| John F. Keenan | 1954 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. | 1967 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
| Vincent L. Leibell | 1908 | Law | LL.B. | U.S. Federal Judge |
| Barbara Lenk | 1972 | FC | B.A. | Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court |
| Gerald McLaughlin | 1914 | FC | B.A. | Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
| Joseph M. McLaughlin | 1959 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1990 – August 8, 2013) |
| Kevin Michael Moore | 1976 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
| William Hughes Mulligan | 1939, 1942 | FC, Law | B.S., J.D. | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1971–1981) |
| Gregory Francis Noonan | 1928 | Law | LL.B. | Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1950–1964) |
| Marilyn Hall Patel | 1963 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Loretta A. Preska | 1973 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Jaime Rios | 1977 | Law | J.D. | Judge, Queens County Supreme Court |
| Max L. Rosenberg | 2000 | FC LC | B.A. | Judge, Probate Court, District 47, Connecticut |
| Cathy Seibel | 1985 | Law | J.D. | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |

### United States Congress
#### U.S. Senators

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Brien McMahon | 1924 | FC | B.A. | U.S. Senator, Connecticut (1945–1952) |
| Edward Murphy Jr. | 1857 | SJC | | U.S. Senator, New York (1893–1899) |
| Malcolm Smith | | FC | B.S. | U.S. Senator, New York 10th District (2000–02), 14th District (2003–14) |

#### U.S. Representatives

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Hugh Joseph Addonizio | 1939 | FC | | Member of U.S. House of Representatives, New Jersey (1949–62) |
| Loring M. Black Jr. | 1907 | FC | | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York (1911–23) |
| Joseph Cao | 1995 | GSAS | M.A. | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Louisiana (2009–11) |
| Dan Donovan | 1988 | Law | J.D. | Member of U.S. House of Representatives, New York's 11th district (2015–) |
| Francis Edwin Dorn | 1932, 1935 | FC, Law | B.A., B.L. | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–61) |
| Geraldine Ferraro | 1960 | Law | J.D. | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–85) and first woman Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party |
| Vito Fossella | 1993 | Law | J.D. | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1998–2008) |
| Robert Giaimo | 1941 | FC | | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–81) |
| James Kerrigan | | SJC | | Member of U.S. House of Representatives, New York's 4th congressional district (1861–63) |
| Jerrold Nadler | 1977 | Law | | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–present) |
| Donald Lawrence O'Toole | 1925 | Law | J.D. | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York's 13th district (1945–53) |
| Bill Pascrell Jr. | 1959, 1961 | FC, GSAS | | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2024) |
| Thomas Vincent Quinn | 1924 | Law | B.L. | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–51) |
| James P. Scoblick | 1930 | Law | | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1946–49) |
| Adam Smith | 1987 | FC | | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington state (1997–present) |

### Other U.S. political figures

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Thomas J. Abinanti | 1968 | FC | B.A. | Member of the New York State Assembly, 92nd district |
| Rob Astorino | 1989 | FC | B.A. | County Executive of Westchester County |
| Adrian A. Basora | 1960 | FC | B.A. | Diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic under George H. W. Bush |
| Gennaro Bizzarro | 1997 | FC | B.A. | Member of the Connecticut Senate |
| Richard Bond | 1972 | FC | B.A. | Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1992–93) |
| Neil Breslin | 1964 | FC | B.S. | New York State Senator, New York 42nd District (1997–2002), 46th District (2003–12), 44th District (2013–) |
| Jack Caulfield | | | | Security operative and law enforcement officer of the Richard Nixon administration |
| Carmine DeSapio | 1931 | FC | B.A. | Secretary of State of New York (1955–59) |
| Sylvester A. Dineen | 1920 | FC | B.A. | Member of the New York State Assembly |
| Joseph F. Finnegan | 1931 | Law | LL.B. | Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| Joan Fitz-Gerald | | Law | J.D. | President of the Senate, Colorado (2001–07) |
| Michael Gianaris | 1990 | FC | B.S. | New York State Senator, New York 12th District (2011–) |
| John F. Good | 1954 | FC | | FBI agent who created the Abscam sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s which led to the arrest and conviction of several elected officials at the local, state and federal level, which was portrayed in the 2013 film American Hustle |
| John Granville | 1997 | FC | | United States Agency for International Development diplomat assassinated in Sudan |
| Louis F. Haffen | 1875 | SJC | B.A. | First borough president of the Bronx |
| George Harlamon | | FC | B.S. | Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut, (1969–1970) |
| Vincent R. Impellitteri | 1924 | Law | J.D. | 101st Mayor of New York City |
| John N. Irwin | 1941 | Law | J.D. | Diplomat, aide to Douglas MacArthur |
| Ellen Jaffee | 1980 | GE | M.S. | Member of the New York State Assembly, 97th district |
| G. Gordon Liddy | 1952 | FC | | Political operative for President Richard Nixon, leader of the Watergate scandal, political pundit and radio show host |
| William C. McCreery | 1919 | Law | | Lawyer and member of the New York State Assembly |
| Ray McGovern | 1961, 1962 | FC, GSAS | | Former CIA analyst, political activist |
| Judith McHale | 1979 | Law | J.D. | Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2009–11) |
| Liam McLaughlin | 1989 | FC | B.S. | Yonkers City Council president |
| Rick Merkt | 1975 | Law | J.D. | Member of New Jersey General Assembly, 25th district |
| Louis Niñé | 1950 | FC | B.S. | Politician |
| James Oddo | | FC | B.A. | Borough president of Staten Island |
| Cesar A. Perales | 1965 | Law | J.D. | 65th Secretary of State of New York |
| Phelps Phelps | 1925 | Law | J.D. | U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic |
| Adam Clayton Powell IV | 1988 | Law | J.D. | Member of the New York State Assembly, 68th district (2001–10) |
| Daniel Ragsdale | | Law | J.D. | Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| Loret Miller Ruppe | | MC | | U.S. Ambassador to Norway, director of Peace Corps |
| Holly Schepisi | 1997 | Law | J.D. | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, 39th district |
| Jo Anne Simon | | Law | | Member of the New York State Assembly, 52nd district |
| Aravella Simotas | 1999, 2002 | FC, Law | | Member of the New York State Assembly (2011–) |
| William F. Smith | 1922 | Law | LL.B. | Member of the New York State Assembly |
| Austin Tobin | 1928 | Law | | Executive director of the Port of New York Authority (1942–1972) |
| Joan Voss | 1998 | GSAS | Ed.D. | Member of New Jersey General Assembly (2004–2012) |
| Frank Zullo | | | | Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (1965–1971) |

### International political figures

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
| Jesus Estanislao | | | M.S. | Secretary of Finance of the Philippines 1990–1992 | |
| Étienne-Théodore Pâquet | | SJC | | French-Canadian civil law notary | |

## Law

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Francis W.H. Adams | 1928 | Law | J.D. | Lawyer, New York City Police Commissioner (1954–55) |
| Eunice Carter | 1932 | Law | J.D. | Lawyer |
| Robert J. Cleary | 1980 | Law | J.D. | U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1999–2002) |
| James B. Donovan | 1937 | FC | B.A. | Negotiated the exchange of captured U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and American student Frederic Pryor for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel; negotiated the 1962 release and return of 9,703 prisoners held by Cuba after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion; portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies |
| Walter A. Lynch | 1915, 1918 | FC, Law | B.A., J.D. | New York Supreme Court Justice |
| Dudley Field Malone | | Law | | Lawyer, activist |
| William R. Meagher | 1924, 1927 | FC, Law | | Former Senior Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
| Ruth Whitehead Whaley | 1924 | Law | | First African American woman to be admitted to the New York State and North Carolina Bar Associations |
| Thomas F. Woodlock | 1906 | Law | | Editor of the Wall Street Journal and US Interstate Commerce Commission Commissioner |

## Media and communications

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| John Andariese | 1960 | GSB | CBA | Radio color commentator for the New York Knicks |
| Louis Boccardi | 1958 | FC | B.A. | Retired president of The Associated Press |
| Mike Breen | 1983 | FC | | Sportscaster for NBA games on ABC and ESPN as well as New York Knicks games on MSG Network; 2020 recipient of Curt Gowdy Media Award |
| Dick Brennan | 1983 | GSB | B.S. | WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV anchor |
| Patti Ann Browne | 1987 | FC | B.A. | FOX News anchor and reporter |
| Chris Carrino | 1992 | GSB | CBA | Radio play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets |
| John Chervokas | 1959 | FC | | Advertising writer and executive |
| Chip Cipolla | 1950 | FC | | Radio announcer for the New York Football Giants and other professional sports teams in the New York City area |
| Christopher Cuomo | 1995 | Law | J.D. | Emmy Award-winning correspondent for ABC News |
| Jack Curry | 1986 | FC | B.A. | Baseball columnist and reporter for The New York Times |
| Arthur Daley | 1926 | FC | | Sportswriter; first Fordham graduate to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| Spero Dedes | 2001 | FC | B.A. | Announcer for CBS and Turner; former radio play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers |
| Scott Detrow | 2007 | FC | B.A. | NPR political correspondent and podcast host |
| Lauren Duca | 2013 | FC | B.A. | Journalist |
| Dan D'Uva | 2009 | FC | B.A. | Radio play-by-play for Las Vegas Golden Knights |
| Jim Dwyer | 1979 | FC | B.S. | Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist |
| Jack Ford | | Law | J.D. | Journalist |
| Pete Fornatale | 1967 | FC | B.A. | Radio personality and music historian |
| Alice Gainer | 2004 | FC | B.A. | WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV anchor |
| Jason J. Gelinas | 1999 | FC | B.A. | Activist for QAnon and its popular platform qmap.pub |
| John T. Georgopoulos | 1986 | FC | B.S. | Award-winning fantasy sports journalist and SiriusXM radio personality |
| John Giannone | 1995 | FC | B.A. | Reporter and play-by-play announcer for MSG Networks |
| Richard Hake | 1991 | FC | B.A. | Reporter for WNYC and host of NPR's Morning Edition |
| Amanda Hearst | 2008 | FC | B.A. | Marketing editor of Marie Claire |
| Beth Karas | | Law | J.D. | Attorney and TV commentator who worked as a senior reporter for truTV |
| Michael Kay | 1982 | FC | B.A. | Television play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees; host of CenterStage and The Michael Kay Show |
| Greg Kelly | 1991 | FC | B.A. | News anchor, Good Day New York |
| Paul La Rosa | 1975 | FC | B.A. | Producer, CBS News; former reporter, NY Daily News; four-time Emmy Award winner, Peabody Award, duPont Award, 2 Gracie Awards, 2 Edward R. Murrow Awards, 2 NY Press Club Awards; author of 4 true crime books, a memoir and a novel |
| Tom Leykis | 1972–73 (DNG) | FC | — | Talk radio personality |
| Dotty Lynch | 1968 | GSSS | M.S. | Journalist, political pollster |
| Lori Majewski | 1993 | FC | B.A. | Entertainment writer |
| Patrick Range McDonald | | FC | B.A. | Journalist |
| Connell McShane | 1999 | FC | B.A. | Anchor for Fox Business Network; former news anchor for Imus in the Morning and Bloomberg Television |
| Malcolm Moran | 1975 | FC | B.A. | Sportswriter for USA Today, USBWA Hall of Famer; recipient of the 2007 Curt Gowdy Media Award |
| Lynn Neary | 1971 | TMC | B.A. | Award-winning NPR journalist |
| Olivia Nuzzi | 2013 (DNG) | FC | — | Journalist |
| Marianna Olszewski | | GSB | MBA | Writer and life coach |
| Charles Osgood | 1954 | FC | B.S. | Three-time Emmy Award and two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist for CBS, Radio Hall of Famer |
| Bob Papa | 1986 | GSB | CBA | Radio play-by-play announcer for the New York Giants |
| Tony Reali | 2000 | FC | B.A. | Host of ESPN's Around the Horn and "Statboy" on Pardon the Interruption |
| Ryan Ruocco | 2008 | FC | B.A. | Announcer for ESPN; backup play-by-play voice of the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets; host of R2C2 podcast; former radio host for ESPN New York |
| Lauren Scala | 2004 | FC | B.A. | Traffic reporter for Today in NY |
| John Schaefer | 1980 | FC | B.A. | Music journalist for New York Public Radio and host of WNYC's New Sounds |
| Vin Scully | 1949 | FC | B.A. | Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers; Baseball Hall of Fame; Radio Hall of Fame |
| Justin Shackil | 2009 | FC | B.A. | Sportscaster for the New York Yankees |
| Charlie Slowes | 1983 | FC | | Radio play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals |
| Susan L. Taylor | 1989 | FC | B.A. | Editor and journalist |
| Loretta Tofani | 1975 | FC | B.A. | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist |
| Mike Walczewski | 1979 | FC | B.A. | Public Address announcer for Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks, and the New York Liberty |
| Paul Wontorek | 1994 | FC | B.A. | Editor-in-Chief of Broadway.com |
| Mike Yam | 2003 | FC | B.A. | Host for Pac-12 Network and former ESPN sports anchor |

## Royalty

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
| Archduchess Charlotte of Austria | | GSSS | | Daughter of Emperor Charles I of Austria | |
| Jazmin Grace Grimaldi | 2014 | GSB | B.S. | Daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, granddaughter of Grace Kelly | |

## Science and technology

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Mollie Beattie | 1968 | MC | B.A. | Nature conservationist |
| Fred Berlin | 1966 | GSAS | M.S. | Psychiatrist and sexologist |
| Jason Calcanis | 1992 | FC | B.A. | Internet entrepreneur; founder of Silicon Alley Reporter and Digital Coast Reporter |
| Rita Charon | 1970 | FC | B.A. | Executive Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University |
| Gloria M. Coruzzi | 1976 | FC | B.S. | Molecular biologist and professor |
| George Coyne, S.J. | 1958 | FC | B.S. | Astronomer, and former director of the Vatican Observatory |
| Ronald A. DePinho, M.D. | 1977 | FC | B.S. | President of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Maureen Goodenow | | FC | B.S. | Scientist and AIDS researcher |
| Susan Love | 1970 | FC | B.S. | Surgeon, co-founder of National Breast Cancer Coalition |
| Sean E. McCance | 1987 | FC | B.S. | Co-director of spine surgery in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| Colleen Plimpton | | FC | B.S. | Horticulturalist |
| Thomas D. Schiano | 1979 | FC | B.S. | Liver transplantation specialist |
| Marie Taylor | 1941 | GSAS | PhD | Botanist |
| Joseph R. Testa | 1976 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Cancer geneticist |
| Kenneth Thibodeau | 1967 | | BA | Archivist |
| Monica Turner | 1980 | FC | B.S. | Ecologist |
| James Joseph Walsh | 1884 | SJC | PhD | Physician, author, encyclopedia contributor and science journalist |

## Sports

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability |
| Jermaine Anderson | 2006 | FC | | Canadian professional basketball player |
| Nate Archibald | 1990 | GSAS | M.S. | Former NBA player |
| Steve Bellán | 1868 | SJC | | First Latin American to play Major League Baseball |
| Hank Borowy | 1939 | FC | B.S. | MLB starting pitcher |
| Sam Bower | | | | Gridiron football player |
| P.J. Carlesimo | 1971 | FC | | College and professional basketball coach; Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors |
| Peter A. Carlesimo | 1940 | FC | | Former Executive Director, National Invitation Tournament |
| Ken Charles | 1973 | FC | | Former NBA basketball player, played for the Atlanta Hawks and Buffalo Braves |
| Jack Coffey | 1910 | FC | | Minor league baseball player; namesake of Coffey Field |
| Tom Courtney | 1955 | FC | | Two-time Olympic Games gold medalist, held world record in 880-yard run |
| Ed Danowski | 1934 | FC | | NFL player for the New York Giants |
| Kevin Eakin | 2004 | FC | | Professional football player |
| Chase Edmonds | 2018 | FC | | Professional football player |
| Joelle Forte | 2010 | FC | | Professional figure skater |
| Ed Franco | 1937 | FC | | Professional football player, one of the Seven Blocks of Granite |
| Frankie Frisch | 1920 | FC | B.S. | Baseball Hall of Famer, nicknamed "The Fordham Flash" |
| Kerri Gallagher | 2011 | FC | B.S. | Long-distance runner |
| Frank Gargan | 1910 | FC | | College football player and coach |
| Howard Gargan | 1908 | FC | | College football player and coach |
| Eddie Gordon | 2005 | GSB | B.S. | The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale winner, professional mixed martial artist |
| Pete Harnisch | 1987 | FC | | Former Major League All-Star pitcher |
| Bob Hassmiller | 1939 | FC | | Consensus Second Team All-American basketball player in 1939 |
| Harry Jacunski | 1939 | FC | | NFL player, college football coach |
| Aki Jones | 2009 | GSB | B.S. | NFL player, Washington Redskins |
| Grant Kerr | 2008 | FC | B.S. | Scottish professional soccer player in Europe |
| Jim Lansing | 1943 | FC | | Football coach |
| Vince Lombardi | 1937 | FC | B.S. | Football coach, Pro Football Hall of Famer, one of the Seven Blocks of Granite |
| Nick Martinez | 2012 (DNG) | | | Professional baseball pitcher |
| Joe McCluskey | 1933 | FC | B.S. | Olympic Games bronze medalist, USATF Hall of Famer |
| Ryan Meara | 2012 | GSB | B.S. | Soccer player, New York Red Bulls |
| John Mulcahy | 1894 | SJC | | Olympic Games gold and silver medalist |
| Patrick Murray | 2012 | FC | | NFL player |
| Dan O'Sullivan | 1990 | FC | | Former NBA journeyman |
| Leo Paquin | | FC | | Football player, one of the Seven Blocks of Granite |
| Howie Roseman | 2000 | Law | | Manager of Philadelphia Eagles |
| Dave Shean | 1906 | SJC | | Major League Baseball second baseman |
| John Skelton | 2010 | FC | | Professional football player for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| Jack Slattery | 1901 | SJC | | Major League Baseball catcher |
| Kurt Sohn | | | | Former NFL player, New York Jets |
| Tom Sullivan | 1972 | | | College basketball head coach for Southern New Hampshire University, Manhattan College, and University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Walt Uzdavinis | 1934 | FC | | NFL player |
| Sara Whalen | 2006 | GSE | | Former professional soccer player for the New York Power and US Women's National team |
| Cary Williams | 2003–04 (DNG) | FC | — | NFL player |
| Greg Wilson | | FC | | NFL player |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1938 | FC | | Pro Football Hall of Famer, College Football Hall of Famer, one of the Seven Blocks of Granite |
| John Wolyniec | 1999 | FC | | Major League Soccer player for the New York Red Bulls |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1941–42 (DNG) | FC | — | NFL player with the Chicago Cardinals |
| Joe Zapustas | 1933 | FC | | Major League Baseball player |
* Bob Berman, Major League Baseball player
* Bryant Dunston, American-Armenian basketball player

## Miscellaneous

| Name | Class year | School(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
| Jonathon Edington | 2004 | Law | J.D. | Convicted murderer, former lawyer | |
* Joel Steinberg (born 1941), attorney convicted of manslaughter

## Fictional

| Name | Notability |
| Jack Boyle | Character in Blue Bloods (television series) |
| Ray Brocco | Character of The Good Shepherd (film, 2006) |
| Adam Burton | Character in Little Manhattan (film, 2005) |
| Dominick Carisi | Character in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (television series) |
| Pepper Cartwright | Character of Supreme Courtship (novel, 2008) |
| Michael Clayton | Title character of Michael Clayton (film, 2007) |
| Bryan Connerty | Character in Billions (television series) |
| Michael J. Flaherty | Character in Spin City (television series) |
| Mary Gilligan | Character of Shattered Vows (television film, 1984) |
| Jacob Moore | Character of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (film, 2010) |
| Nicole | Character of Whiplash (film, 2014) |
| Annie Norris | Character of Life on Mars (television series) |
| Dave Norris | Character of The Adjustment Bureau (film, 2011) |
| Sonek Pran | A character in Star Trek: A Singular Destiny (novel, 2009) |
| Erin Reagan | Character in Blue Bloods (television series) |
| Samantha Reyes | Character in Daredevil (television series); wears a Fordham sweatshirt, implying she is an alumna |
| Nick Rice | Character of Law Abiding Citizen (film, 2009) |
| Frank Rossitano | Character on 30 Rock (television series), attended Fordham for a semester, but had to drop out when his mother became ill |
| Jack Spaniel | Character on The Newsroom (television series) |
| Vinnie Terranova | Character of Wiseguy (television series) |
| Bruno Tattaglia | Character of The Godfather (novel, 1969) |