# List of Temple University people

This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of Temple University, a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Faculty

* Russell Conwell – founder and first president of the university, author of Acres of Diamonds
* Charles Ezra Beury – second president of the university
* Robert Livingston Johnson – third president of the university
* Millard E. Gladfelter – fourth president of the university
* Paul R. Anderson – fifth president of the university
* Marvin Wachman – sixth president of the university
* Peter J. Liacouras – seventh president of the university
* David Adamany – eighth president of the university - first LGBTQIA+ president
* Ann Weaver Hart – ninth president of the university - first female president
* Neil D. Theobald – tenth president of the university
* Richard Englert – eleventh president of the university
* Jason Wingard – twelfth president of the university - first male of color president
* JoAnne A. Epps – thirteenth president of the university - first female of color president
* Theresa A. Powell – vice president of academic affairs

### Biology

* Stephen Blair Hedges
* Jody Hey
* Masatoshi Nei

### Business

* Subodha Kumar

### Communication

* Joseph P. Folger

### English

* Samuel R. Delany – science fiction author
* George W. Johnson – former chair of the Temple Department of English; later President of George Mason University (1979–1996)
* Thomas Kinsella – Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher; author of numerous volumes of poetry and a translation of the ancient Irish epic The Tain (Táin Bó Cúailnge); while at Temple, he developed a program for students to study in Ireland called "the Irish Experience"
* Sonia Sanchez – poet
* Miles Orvell – cultural historian, editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies

### Film

* Lauren Wolkstein

### History

* Richard H. Immerman
* Alan McPherson
* David Alan Rosenberg
* Gregory J. W. Urwin
* Russell Weigley
* Ralph F. Young

### Law

* Jim Drucker – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
* C. Darnell Jones II
* David Kairys
* David G. Post

### Mathematics

* Emil Grosswald
* John Allen Paulos – author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

### Music

* Katherine Ciesinski
* Rollo Dilworth – choral composer, conductor
* John Douglas – conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades
* Cynthia Folio – composer, flutist, and music theorist
* Matthew Greenbaum – composer
* Aaron Levinson – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
* Dick Oatts – saxophonist
* Terell Stafford – trumpet player

### Philosophy

* Lewis Gordon
* Espen Hammer
* Joseph Margolis
* Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus
* Miriam Solomon

### Psychology

* Lauren Alloy
* Laurence Steinberg
* Joseph Wolpe – South African psychiatrist and founding figure in behavior therapy
* Rinad Beidas

### Religion

* Ismail al-Faruqi
* Michael Alexander
* Edwin David Aponte
* Sr. Christine Schenk
* Leonard Swidler

### Sociology

* Annette Lareau

### Sports

* Nikki Franke – fencer and fencing coach

### Other disciplines

* Molefi Asante – scholar, known for popularizing and developing Afrocentricity
* Emile B. De Sauzé – language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language
* Happy Fernandez – politician
* Mary Stuart Fisher – radiologist
* John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous
* Jacob Gershon-Cohen – Professor of Research Radiology and developer of mammography for detecting breast cancer
* Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy
* Leah Modigliani – Associate Professor and Program Director of Visual Studies at Tyler School of Art and Architecture
* Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics," longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics
* Lucia V. Streng – chemist
* Ann M. Valentine – chemist
* Earl Bradley – pediatrician
* Mark L. Nelson – chemist and inventor of Nuzyra, an antibiotic FDA approved in 2018

## Alumni
### Academia

* Katalin Karikó - 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department
* Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis.
* Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator
* John Baugh – linguist known for developing theory of linguistic profiling, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
* Elizabeth D. Peña – Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Diversity at the University of California, Irvine
* Susan H. Brandt – historian
* David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College
* Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network
* Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized
* Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Also, see Temple University School of Medicine, Notable Alumni and Pioneers
* David Drasin – mathematician, specializing in function theory.
* John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University
* Louis Filler – eminent professor of American Studies
* Gail F. Forrest – spinal cord researcher at Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Medical School
* Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC
* Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant
* Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of I'm OK, You're OK
* Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India
* Edmund Kornfeld – organic chemist
* Donald Kraybill – expert on the Amish
* Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center
* Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University
* Glenda Price – former president of Marygrove College
* JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin
* Charles Coleman Sellers – historian, biographer, and librarian, winner of the Bancroft Prize in 1970
* Stephen Sheehi – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary; author of Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (University Press of Florida, 2004), Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims (Clarity Press, 2011), and Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860–1910, (Princeton University Press, 2016).
* Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and President of Princeton University
* Patrick Henry Tolan - Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Charles S. Robb Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia.
* Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, Director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient
* Alan Wolfe – political scientist and sociologist on the faculty of Boston College, as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life

### Art

* Laura Marie Greenwood – painter
* Trenton Doyle Hancock – artist
* Andrew Hussie – webcomic artist
* Simmie Knox – presidential portrait painter (Clinton)
* Nicholas Muellner – photographer and writer
* Ralph Rucci – designer
* Paula Scher – designer
* Sarai Sherman – artist
* Aaron Shikler – presidential portrait painter
* Jen Simmons – designer and web developer
* Tammy Stoner – artist and writer
* Ann Wilson – painter

### Broadcasting

* Al Alberts – singer, Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV
* Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for Citadel Media
* Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio
* Howard Bryant – senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
* Pat Callahan – host of This Week in Pro Football on 950 ESPN
* Steve Capus – president, NBC News
* John Clark – sports anchorman for NBC 10 news
* Fritz Coleman – weather anchor, KNBC-TV news
* Marsha Cooke – executive producer, ESPN Films, 30 for 30
* Tracy Davidson – news presenter for NBC 10 news
* Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author
* Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news
* Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, NFL Hall of Famer writer.
* Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com
* Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
* Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality, Our World with Black Enterprise and online HuffPost Live host, BET News correspondent and a CNN political commentator
* John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio
* Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC
* Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show Radio Times
* Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for Reuters, killed while covering the 2010 Thai political protests
* Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor
* Ronn Owens – radio talk show host
* Ed Sciaky – disc jockey
* Gene Shay – disc jockey
* Terry Smith – broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
* Dyana Williams – radio and television personality, journalist, and celebrity media coach
* Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers

### Business

* John Carrig – former COO and president for ConocoPhillips
* Sam Greenblatt – Vice President of Technology and Architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell
* Jai Gulati – CEO of Systel
* Lewis Katz – businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer
* Larry Miller – president of Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers
* Rosemary Reed Miller – owner Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique
* Ash Vasudevan – founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings

### Film, theatre, and television

* Kalen Allen – actor and internet personality discovered by Ellen DeGeneres while at Temple
* Keith Andes – actor
* Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive
* Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer
* David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker
* Richard Brooks – Academy Award-winning Hollywood filmmaker
* Quinta Brunson – actor, comedian
* Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner up of Big Brother 16, winner of Big Brother 22
* Dennis Christopher – actor
* Bryan Terrell Clark – Broadway actor
* Bill Cosby – actor, comedian
* Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer
* Colman Domingo – actor on Fear the Walking Dead
* Norman Fell – comic actor best known for Three's Company (attended Theatre Dept. classes)
* Jason Winston George – actor, Sunset Beach, Platinum
* Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's Harry's Law)
* William Goldenberg – Academy Award-winning Hollywood film editor
* Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series Hill Street Blues
* Lois Hamilton – actress
* Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
* Debra Hill – film producer and screenwriter
* Tigre Hill – film director/producer
* Saba Homayoon – actress
* Irvin Kershner – film director, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
* Bruce Mailman – theatre producer and founder of The Saint
* William Marchant – playwright and screenwriter
* Adam McKay – Emmy-nominated director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Step Brothers (2008), Academy award-winning writer of The Big Short
* Mary Lou Metzger – singer, dancer The Lawrence Welk Show
* Kunal Nayyar – actor (Raj on CBS' The Big Bang Theory)
* Eric Owens – American operatic bass-baritone
* Nadia Parfan – Ukrainian film director and creative producer
* Robert Prosky – actor
* Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Academy Award-winning actress for The Holdovers
* Nicole Raffie - Youtube influencer
* Herbert Rudley – actor
* Bob Saget – comedian, game show host, Full House
* Michael Schoeffling – actor (Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles)
* Peter Shub – actor, clown, and circus producer
* Svetlana Shusterman – from MTV's The Real World Key West
* James Riordan – actor, Broadway, Television and Film actor
* Tom Sizemore – actor
* Hugh Panaro – Broadway actor
* Paul F. Tompkins – actor, comedian
* Dan Trachtenberg – film director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, and co-host The Totally Rad Show
* Eric Wareheim – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
* Patricia Wettig – Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters, Prison Break
* Christopher Wilkinson – Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, producer, and director
* Jesse Williams – actor (Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy)
* Danny Woodburn – actor (Mickey on Seinfeld)

### Government

* Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to Panama
* Edward J. Bonin – Republican U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
* M. Julian Bradley - first African-American Republican elected to Wisconsin State Senate
* Frederick C. Branch – first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer
* Horace J. Bryant – first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey
* Jamira Burley – Municipal leader, national campaign deputy director
* Michael E. Busch – Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
* Jim Cawley – Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
* Robert Coughlin – longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to United States House of Representatives
* Mae E. De Vincentis – former United States Department of Defense official and the vice director for the Defense Logistics Agency
* Harold L. Ervin – judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
* Edwin Duing Eshleman – former Republican congressman
* Thomas M. Foglietta – U.S. Congressman and United States Ambassador to Italy
* Vincent Fumo – Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
* Tom Gannon – Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (1979–2006)
* Hage Geingob – President of the Republic of Namibia (March 21, 2015 – February 4, 2024)
* Nikoloz Gilauri – Prime Minister of Georgia
* Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) – Pennsylvania State Representative 1979–2000.
* Camillo Gonsalves (B.A. in Journalism) – Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations
* Theo-Ben Gurirab – President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1999–2000; Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005
* Stephen Hahn – Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
* Allison Hepler – state representative
* Joe Hoeffel – former Democratic congressman
* Malcolm Hoenlein – executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
* Vincent Hughes – Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat)
* Zambry Abdul Kadir – current Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia, from political party UMNO
* Kathleen Kane – first woman Attorney General of Pennsylvania, also convicted of felony perjury
* Paul E. Kanjorski – U.S. Congressman, representing Pennsylvania's 11th district
* Guy Kratzer – Pennsylvania State Senator (1983-1986)
* Jerome Kurtz – Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980)
* David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) – 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada
* Joseph Lazarow – Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976–1982
* Bryan Lentz – private attorney; former Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (2007–2010); Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
* Joseph Melrose – former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at Ursinus College
* Bernard T. Mittemeyer – lieutenant general and former Surgeon General of the United States Army.
* Francis J. Myers – former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
* Joseph M. Pratt – U.S. congressman from Philadelphia (1944-1945)
* R. K. Raghavan IPS – former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India
* Pallam Raju – former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development
* Charles W. Sandman, Jr. – represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, 1967–1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973
* Jim Saxton – U.S. Congressman representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
* Jacob Seidenberg – chairman of the Federal Services Impasses Panel
* Younes Sekkouri – Moroccan Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills
* Martin J. Silverstein – United States Ambassador to Uruguay
* John F. Street – former Mayor of Philadelphia
* Nao Takasugi – California State Assembly
* Johnny Young – U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia (2001-2004), U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain (1997-2001), U.S. Ambassador to Togo (1994-1997), U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1989-1992)
* Mary Kay Costello – federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

### Literature

* Sharmi Albrechtsen – author, blogger
* Ben Bova – science fiction author
* Frank Brookhouser – journalist, columnist, and author
* Tony Campolo – author, pastor, and speaker
* Anita Cornwell – author
* Eric Corey Freed – architect, author, public speaker
* Jeffrey Gitomer – author, speaker, business trainer
* David Goodis – crime fiction writer
* Helene Hanff – writer
* Tom McHale – novelist
* Ted Polhemus – writer, photographer, and anthropologist
* Jeffrey Robinson – author
* William Gardner Smith – author and journalist
* Jerry Spinelli – writer
* Lamont B. Steptoe – poet, photographer, and publisher
* Tony Trov – science fiction writer
* Johnny Zito – science fiction writer

### Music

* Irving Berlin (honorary degree 1954) – songwriter
* Rubén Colón Tarrats – orchestra director
* Abbie Conant–- classical trombonist
* Norman Connors – musician, composer, arranger, and producer
* Evelyn Simpson Curenton – composer
* Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz – DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter
* Alix Dobkin – singer/songwriter
* Pat Finnerty – musician, guitarist, and songwriter
* Joe Genaro – musician, guitarist, and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen
* Ariana Ghez – classic oboist
* Alex G – musician, guitarist, and songwriter
* Julie Gold – songwriter, Grammy Award winner
* Daryl Hall – musician
* Marc-André Hamelin – pianist
* Jared Hasselhoff – bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang
* Mark Kramer – musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio
* Fred Mascherino – musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
* Joe Masteroff – Tony Award-winning playwright
* Bill McGlaughlin – composer, conductor, radio host of Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday
* John Oates – musician
* Eric Owens – opera singer
* Billy Paul – Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and War of the Gods
* James Poyser – Grammy Award winning keyboardist, songwriter, and producer
* Fayette Pinkney – original member of The Three Degrees
* Jimmy Pop – lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang
* Jill Scott – R&B/soul artist
* Debbie Sledge – singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
* Joni Sledge – singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
* Kathy Sledge – singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
* Kim Sledge – singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
* Allan Slutsky – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
* Jeffrey Solow – Grammy nominated classical cellist
* Terell Stafford – professional jazz trumpet player
* Tim – Korean ballad singer
* Kenneth Thompkins - principal trombonist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
* Susan Werner – singer-songwriter

### Other

* John C. Allen – roller coaster designer
* Howard Bryant – sports journalist and columnist
* Ted Bundy – serial killer
* Reed Erickson – transgender activist, engineer, and philanthropist
* Richard L. Fox – tax attorney
* Judith E. Glaser – author and organizational anthropologist
* E. Urner Goodman – early leader of the Boy Scouts of America
* George E. Hargest – noted philatelic and member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.
* Donniel Hartman – Israeli rabbi
* Linda and Terry Jamison – "The Psychic Twins"
* Steven Levy – writer for Wired and author of Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
* Shantrelle P. Lewis – curator, historian, critic and filmmaker
* Georgia L. McMurray - activist
* Maralyn Lois Polak – journalist and author
* Stephen Starr – celebrity restaurateur
* Gary Tabach – retired United States Navy captain, the first Soviet-born citizen to be commissioned an officer in the Armed Forces of the United States
* John Thomas Taylor – congressional lobbyist for the American Legion
* Salvatore Testa - Italian American hitman for the Philadelphia crime family
* Michael van der Veen – attorney, who represented former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial
* Diana Vincent – jewelry designer
* James West – inventor, primarily of microphones
* Edith Windsor – Plaintiff in United States v. Windsor

### Philosophy

* Herman T. Tavani — scholar in ethics, and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Rivier University, and a recipient of the Weizenbaum Award

### Sports
#### Baseball

* Bobby Higginson – Major League Baseball outfielder, Detroit Tigers
* John Marzano – MLB catcher, sports analyst
* Harry Shuman – MLB pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates

#### Football

* Robby Anderson – National Football League wide receiver, New York Jets
* Matt Balasavage – NFL tight end, Baltimore Ravens
* Stan Batinski – NFL offensive guard, Detroit Lions
* Todd Bowles – NFL head coach, New York Jets
* Raheem Brock – NFL defensive end, Indianapolis Colts
* Brian Broomell – Canadian Football League quarterback
* Tim Brown – CFL running back
* Lem Burnham – NFL defensive end, Philadelphia Eagles, did not play Temple, earned Ph.D at Temple
* Henry Burris – CFL quarterback, Ottawa Redblacks
* Jim Callahan – former Continental Football League player and writer
* Larry Chester – NFL defensive tackle, Miami Dolphins
* Jim Cooper – NFL offensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys
* Mike Curcio – NFL linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers
* Dion Dawkins – NFL offensive tackle, Buffalo Bills
* Derek Dennis – American football offensive lineman
* Randy Grossman – NFL tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers
* Tom Hanson – NFL halfback, Philadelphia Eagles
* James Harris – NFL defensive end, Oakland Raiders
* Mike Jarmoluk – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
* Lance Johnstone – NFL defensive end, Minnesota Vikings
* Alex Joseph – NFL linebacker, San Francisco 49ers
* Bucko Kilroy – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
* Dan Klecko – NFL fullback, Philadelphia Eagles
* Joe Klecko – NFL Hall of Fame defensive tackle, New York Jets; father of Dan Klecko
* Terrance Knighton – NFL defensive tackle, Denver Broncos
* Bill Manlove – NCAA Division III National Championship coach
* Tyler Matakevich – NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2015 Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award Winner
* Jason McKie – NFL fullback, Chicago Bears
* Brandon McManus – NFL placekicker, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers
* Nick Mike-Mayer – NFL placekicker, Atlanta Falcons
* James Nixon – NFL cornerback, Green Bay Packers
* James Parrish – former professional football player
* Bernard Pierce – NFL running back, Jacksonville Jaguars
* Haason Reddick – NFL linebacker, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles
* Britt Reid – former assistant coach in the NFL
* Kevin Ross – NFL cornerback, Kansas City Chiefs
* Sarah Schkeeper – WFA Guard, New York Sharks
* Leslie Shepherd – NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins
* Al Singleton – NFL linebacker, Dallas Cowboys
* David Smukler – NFL fullback, Philadelphia Eagles
* Rod Streater – NFL wide receiver, Oakland Raiders
* Rian Wallace – NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
* Steve Watson – NFL wide receiver, Denver Broncos
* Muhammad Wilkerson – NFL defensive end, New York Jets
* Avery Williams – CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes
* Tavon Young – NFL cornerback, Baltimore Ravens

#### Fencing

* Kamali Thompson – Team USA fencer

#### Basketball

* Lavoy Allen – NBA player, Indiana Pacers
* Rick Brunson – NBA player, Philadelphia 76ers
* Duane Causwell – NBA player, Sacramento Kings, Miami Heat
* Mardy Collins – NBA player, New York Knicks
* Candice Dupree – WNBA player, Phoenix Mercury
* Feyonda Fitzgerald – WNBA player
* Mel Greenberg – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, reporter for Philadelphia Inquirer
* Kamesha Hairston – WNBA player, Connecticut Sun
* Donald Hodge – NBA player, Dallas Mavericks
* Marc Jackson – professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player
* Steve Javie – NBA referee
* Eddie Jones – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, 3× NBA All-Star
* Mark Macon – NBA player, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
* Aaron McKie – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, former Temple Owls men's basketball head coach
* Bill Mlkvy – NBA player, Philadelphia Warriors
* Shey Peddy – WNBA player, Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury
* Tim Perry – NBA player, Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers
* Pepe Sánchez – NBA player, Olympic gold medalist for Argentina
* Terence Stansbury – NBA player, Indiana Pacers, Seattle SuperSonics
* Mark Strickland – NBA player, Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks
* Khalif Wyatt – Israeli Basketball Premier League player, Hapoel Holon

#### Other sports

* Marcus McElhenney – Olympic bronze medalist, rowing
* Benny McLaughlin – National Soccer Hall of Fame
* Zach Pfeffer – soccer player
* Allen Rosenberg – rower and rowing coach
* Jason Read – Olympic gold medalist, rowing
* Eric Semborski – National Hockey League emergency goaltender, Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers
* Gabe Sapolsky – professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro
* Geoffrey Sisk – former PGA Tour golfer
* Gil Stein – commissioner of the National Hockey League, 1992–1993

### Fictional alumni

* Toby Flenderson – character in the television series The Office; has a degree in social work from Temple University
* Stanley Sugerman – character played by Adam Sandler in the 2022 film Hustle