List of University of Cincinnati people
This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States of America.
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 the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Charlie Bailey, design graduate, chief special-effects model-maker for Industrial Light and Magic (Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, E.T, Indiana Jones, Poltergeist, Jurassic Park)
- Theda Bara, Silent film actress
- John Bardo, 13th president of Wichita State University
- John Barrett, graduate, CEO and President of Western & Southern Financial Group
- Kathleen Battle, graduate, opera singer
- Shoshana Bean, musical theater graduate, Broadway actress
- Stanley Rossiter Benedict, inventor of Benedict's reagent
- Thomas Berger, A&S graduate, author of Little Big Man
- Theodore Berry, graduate, former Cincinnati Mayor; member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
- Michael Bierut, DAAP graduate, partner at Pentagram New York
- John Shaw Billings, M.D. 1860, began the process to organize the world's medical literature, of what now is PubMed
- Eula Bingham, occupational health scientist
- Lee Bowman, graduate, actor
- Frank Brogan, Chancellor of the State University System of Florida; former President of Florida Atlantic University
- Robert Burck, Naked Cowboy of Times Square in New York City; NYC mayoral candidate[1]
- Liz Callaway, singer and actress
- David Canary, A&S graduate, multiple Emmy-winning actor on All My Children since 1983
- Salmon P. Chase, US Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice
- Robin T. Cotton, ENT specialist and professor
- Dennis Courtney, aka Denis Beaulne, Broadway actor (Peter Pan, Starlight Express, Roza), director, choreographer
- E. Jocob Crull, Montana State Representative and colonel who was Jennette Rankin's (first female member of the U.S. Congress) chief primary rival
- Cherien Dabis – filmmaker, screenwriter, The L Word, Amreeka
- David Daniels, singer
- Charles G. Dawes, law graduate, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Jonathan Dever, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Vinod Dham, graduate, 'father' of the Pentium computer chip (MS Eng, 77)
- Randy Edelman, music graduate, composer of numerous movie scores, received BMI’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award
- Margaret Elizabeth Egan, librarian and communication scholar
- Suzanne Farrell, prima ballerina
- Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach, YouTube personality/media star
- Stephen Flaherty, music graduate, Tony-winning composer (Ragtime and Once on This Island)
- Frederick W. Franz, Jehovah's Witness, president of the Watchtower Society
- Paul Gilger, architecture graduate, architect, conceived Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune, designed Industrial Light & Magic film studio for George Lucas
- Alexander D. Goode, one of the Four Chaplains
- Michael Graves, architecture graduate, architect
- Michael Gruber, stage actor, singer, and dancer
- Beth Gylys, poet and professor
- 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
- Earl Hamner, graduate, writer, creator of The Waltons
- Walt Handelsman, A&S graduate, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
- Dorian Harewood, drama graduate, screen actor, singer
- Randy Harrison, drama graduate, actor, Queer as Folk
- Stephanie Heinrich, Playboy model
- Bob Herbold, former Microsoft COO
- Louise McCarren Herring, engineering graduate, pioneer of the non-profit cooperative credit union movement
- Kathie Hill, children's music writer and producer
- Al Hirt, trumpeter and bandleader
- Ronald Howes, inventor of the Easy-Bake Oven[2]
- Bruce Edwards Ivins, microbiologist; key suspect in the 2001 Anthrax terror attacks, leaving 5 people dead
- Ali Jarbawi, Palestinian politician & academic
- 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
- Sean Lahman, historian and sports writer
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and first Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- William Lawrence, congressman and first vice president of the American Red Cross
- Liang Sili, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Abraham Lubin, hazzan
- Charlie Luken, law graduate, politician and former Mayor of Cincinnati
- Michael Malatin, entrepreneur in the field of hospital valet parking
- Beverly Malone, nurse and president of the American Nurses Association
- Jack Manning, actor, stage director, acting teacher[3]
- Marco Marsan, author
- Kevin McCollum, graduate, Tony-winning Broadway producer (Rent, Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone)
- Pamela Myers, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated stage & screen actor
- Sandra Novack, author
- Santa J. Ono biomedical scientist, university administrator, 28th President University of Cincinnati
- Michelle 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
- Faith Prince, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Guys and Dolls)
- Lee Roy Reams, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated actor, dancer
- Dennis L. Riley (born 1945), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 4th Legislative District from 1980 to 1990.[4]
- Diana Maria Riva, drama graduate, screen actor
- Jerry Rubin, activist
- Nipsey Russell, actor, comedian
- Rajiv Satyal, comedian, host & speaker. Satyal named University of Cincinnati's radio-station-turned-media group "BearCast".[1]
- Linda Schele, art and education major, expert on Mayan inscriptions and hieroglyphics
- Jean Schmidt, Congresswoman from Ohio
- Teddi Siddall, drama graduate, screen actor
- Hammad Siddiqi, graduate 2003, banker and author
- George Speri Sperti, inventor
- Joseph B. Strauss, engineer who designed the Golden Gate Bridge (engineering graduate)
- Thomas Szasz, psychiatrist and author of The Myth of Mental Illness
- Bob Taft, law graduate, former Ohio governor
- William Howard Taft, law graduate, US President, Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Christian Tetzlaff, professional violinist
- Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 plane that dropped atom bomb over Hiroshima
- Dwight Tillery, local politician and former mayor of Cincinnati
- Tom Tsuchiya, sculptor whose works include bronze statues for Great American Ball Park and the National Football League
- Tom Uttech, painter
- Anne Valente, novelist and short story writer
- Rodney Van Johnson, education graduate, actor (soap opera Passions)
- Sigismund von Braun, German diplomat and older brother of Wernher von Braun
- Clarence A. Winder, civic leader and Mayor of Pasadena, California[5]
Athletics
- Skeeter Barnes, retired Major League Baseball utility player for the Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers[6]
- Connor Barwin, NFL defensive end, currently plays for Philadelphia Eagles, selected 2nd round (46th overall) in 2009 NFL Draft[7]
- Bob Bell, NFL defensive end, played for the Detroit Lions and the St. Louis Cardinals
- Vaughn Booker, NFL defensive end, played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals
- Ed Brinkman, All Star baseball player[8]
- Tony Campana, MLB player for the Chicago Cubs[9]
- Jim Capuzzi, NFL defensive back and quarterback, played for the Green Bay Packers[10]
- Brent Celek, NFL tight end, currently plays for Philadelphia Eagles, selected 5th round (162nd overall) in 2007 NFL Draft[11]
- Antonio Chatman, NFL wide receiver, played for Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers[12]
- Trent Cole, NFL defensive end, currently plays for Philadelphia Eagles, selected 5th round (146th overall) in 2005 NFL Draft
- Cris Collinsworth, law graduate, Emmy-winning sports commentator, former NFL player
- Greg Cook, graduate, former National Football League quarterback[13]
- Pat Cummings, former NBA player
- Zach Day, MLB pitcher[14]
- Sabrina DeMore, professional bowling instructor
- Connie Dierking, basketball player
- Jason Fabini, NFL offensive tackle, played for the New York Jets
- Danny Fortson, basketball player
- Rich Franklin, professional mixed martial artist, former UFC middleweight champion,[15] V.P. of Asian MMA organization ONE Championship
- Yancy Gates (born 1989), basketball player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League[16]
- Antonio Gibson, USFL NFL safety, played for the Philadelphia Stars and the New Orleans Saints
- Marcellus Greene, NFL player
- Nick Gotovac, Swiss American Football League, player and coach, 1988-1989; 1989 Swiss National Champions Bern Grizzlies
- Tyjuan Hagler, football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League[17]
- Josh Harrison, MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Kevin Huber, NFL punter, currently plays for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Miller Huggins, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager; managed the New York Yankees teams of the 1920s
- George Jamison, NFL linebacker, played for the Detroit Lions
- DerMarr Johnson, basketball player
- Lewis Johnson, graduate, track & field broadcaster
- Rich Karlis, NFL placekicker, played for the Denver Broncos
- Tinker Keck, XFL football player
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax
- Jason Kelce, NFL Center for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher[18]
- Steve Logan, basketball player
- Kenyon Martin, basketball player for the New York Knicks, 1st overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft
- Jason Maxiell, former NBA power forward, played for the Detroit Pistons
- Urban Meyer, former head football coach at Florida (winner of the 2007 and 2009 BCS National Championship), current head coach at Ohio State
- Joe Morrison, NFL running back wide receiver, played for the New York Giants
- Haruki Nakamura, Baltimore Ravens safety
- Elbie Nickel, NFL tight end, played for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Ray Nolting, NFL running back, played for the Chicago Bears
- Tom O'Malley, NFL quarterback, played for the Green Bay Packers
- Brig Owens, NFL defensive back, played for the Washington Redskins
- Ruben Patterson, NBA player
- David Payne, 110m hurdler, 2008 Olympic silver medalist
- Tony Pike, NFL quarterback[19]
- Oscar Robertson, Hall of Fame basketball player
- Tom Rossley, football coach, formerly offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers
- Kenny Satterfield, former NBA player
- Kerry Schall, competed on the reality show The Ultimate Fighter 2, retired professional MMA fighter[20]
- Lance Stephenson, basketball player
- Andrew Stewart, player of gridiron football
- Tom Thacker, basketball player
- Tony Trabert, tennis player
- Jack Twyman, basketball player
- Nick Van Exel, basketball player
- LaDaris Vann, football player
- Roland West, former NBA player
- Kevin Youkilis, graduate, 2-time All Star, Gold Glove winner, 2-time World Series champion, MLB player for the New York Yankees
- Curtis Young, NFL defensive end, currently plays for the Green Bay Packers
- James White, former NBA guard/forward, played for the New York Knicks[21]
- John Williamson (born 1986), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League[22]
- Mary Wineberg, 2008 Olympic Gold medalist, 4 × 400 m relay
- Derek Wolfe, NFL defensive end; plays for the Denver Broncos
- D. J. Woods, Canadian Football League Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver
- Mike Woods, All-American and NFL player
Notable faculty
- Neil Armstrong (till death), astronaut, professor of aerospace engineering
- Carl Blegen, first scientific explorer of Troy
- Michael Griffith, author
- 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
- Carol Tyler, cartoonist
References
- ↑ "AM New York Web Logs". Weblogs.amny.com. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ↑ Horstman, Barry M. (February 19, 2010). "Ronald Howes, inventor of Easy-Bake Oven, dies at 83". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ↑ Fox, Margalit (September 18, 2009). "Jack Manning, Character Actor, Dies at 93". New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- ↑ Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 1987 edition, p. 243. E. J. Mullin, 1987. Accessed September 13, 2016. "Dennis L. Riley, Dem., Gloucester Township - Mr. Riley was born Sept. 13, 1945, in Ottawa, Ill. He studied at Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati, and received his law degree at the Camden Law School of Rutgers University in 1972, the year of his admission to the bar."
- ↑ "Civic leader Winder dies". Star-News. Pasadena, California. July 22, 1959. pp. 1, 4.
- ↑ "Skeeter Barnes Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Connor Barwin". The Football Database. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Ed Brinkman Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Tony Campana stats". espn.go.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "James Capuzzi". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Brent Steven Celek". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Antonio Chatman". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Gregory Lynn Cook". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Zach Day Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Rich Franklin UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑
- ↑ "Tyjuan Hagler". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "GoBEARCATS.COM Sandy Koufax Bio - University Of Cincinnati Official Athletic Site University Of Cincinnati". Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ↑ "Tony Pike stats". espn.go.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ http://www.gregwapling.com/tv/the-ultimate-fighter/the-ultimate-fighter-biographies.html
- ↑ "James White". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
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