List of University of Cincinnati people
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This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Cincinnati
in the United States of America.
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
in the United States of America.
Notable alumni
Please note that the names listed may have only attended the University at one point and not necessarily have graduated.- David ApplebaumDavid ApplebaumDavid Applebaum was an American-born Israeli physician and rabbi. He was chief of the emergency room and trauma services of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Applebaum was killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem on September 9, 2003.-Biography:David Applebaum...
, Israeli physician - Frank P. AustinFrank P. AustinFrank Parker Austin was an interior designer and antique dealer who decorated the Playboy Mansion for Hugh Hefner....
, celebrity interior designer - Juan N. BabautaJuan N. BabautaJuan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Babauta served as the sixth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for one term from January 14, 2002 until January 9, 2006....
, graduate, governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. - Charlie BaileyCharlie BaileyCharlie Bailey is a former American football coach. He was hired as the head football coach at the University of Memphis in December 1985, where he put together a 12–20–1 record. He resigned from Memphis in 1989 after allegations that two of his athletes lied about contacts with...
, 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) - John BarrettJohn BarrettJohn Barrett is the name of:* John Barrett , Irish track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics* John Barrett , Australian Senator...
, graduate, CEO and President of Western & Southern Financial GroupWestern & Southern Financial GroupWestern & Southern Financial Group, also commonly referred to as Western & Southern, is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based diversified family of financial services companies with assets owned, managed and under care in excess of $52 billion as of March, 2011... - Connor BarwinConnor BarwinConnor Barwin is an American football linebacker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Texans in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Cincinnati.-Early years:...
, NFL Defensive EndDefensive endDefensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
, currently plays for Houston TexansHouston TexansThe Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, selected 2nd round (46th overall) in 2009 NFL Draft2009 NFL DraftThe 2009 NFL Draft was the seventy-fourth annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. The draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 25 and 26, 2009. The draft consisted of two rounds on the first day starting at 4:00... - Kathleen BattleKathleen BattleKathleen Battle , is an African-American operatic soprano known for her agile and light voice and her silvery, pure tone. Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid 1970s. She made her opera debut in...
, graduate, opera singer - Shoshana BeanShoshana BeanShoshana Elise Bean is an American stage actress and singer known for her roles in Broadway musicals. She is best known for playing Elphaba on Broadway in the musical Wicked.-Early life and education:...
, musical theater graduate, Broadway actress. - Stanley Rossiter BenedictStanley Rossiter BenedictStanley Rossiter Benedict is an American chemist best known for discovering Benedict's reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars....
, inventor of "Benedicts Reagent" - Thomas Berger, A&S graduate, author of “Little Big Man”
- Theodore Berry, graduate, Former Cincinnati Mayor, member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
- Michael BierutMichael BierutMichael Bierut is a graphic designer, design critic and educator.Bierut was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning....
, DAAP graduate, partner at Pentagram New York - John Shaw BillingsJohn Shaw BillingsJohn Shaw Billings was an American librarian and surgeon best known as the modernizer of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office of the Army and as the first director of the New York Public Library.-Biography:...
, M.D. 1860. Perhaps the most famous medical school graduate, as he began the process to organize the world's medical literature, of what now is PubMed. - Eula BinghamEula BinghamEula Bingham is an American scientist who is best known as an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health during the Carter Administration.-Biography:...
, occupational health scientist, international woman of mystery - Abe Bookman, inventor of the Magic 8-BallMagic 8-ballThe Magic 8 Ball is a toy used for fortune-telling or seeking advice, manufactured by Mattel.-Origin:While Magic 8-Ball did not exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was invented by Albert C. Carter, who was inspired by a "spirit writing" device used by his mother, Mary, a...
- Ed BrinkmanEd BrinkmanEdwin Albert Brinkman was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played fifteen years in the Major League Baseball, led the American League in games played twice, won a Gold Glove Award at shortstop, and had a career batting average of .224...
, All Star baseball player - Frank BroganFrank BroganFrank T. Brogan is the current Chancellor of the State University System of Florida and the former President of Florida Atlantic University. He was also the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Florida...
, Chancellor of the State University System of FloridaState University System of FloridaThe State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...
, former President of Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort... - David "Dave Lee" Bunce, radio personality on WKRC-AM, WLW-AM radio & graduate of the College-Conservatory of Music]
- Robert Burck, World Famous Naked Cowboy of Times Square in New York City, and NYC Mayoral Candidate.
- Liz CallawayLiz CallawayLiz Callaway is an American actress and singer, famous for providing the singing voices of many female characters in films, such as Anya in Anastasia, Odette in The Swan Princess, and Kiara in The Lion King II:Simba's Pride....
, singer and actress - David CanaryDavid CanaryDavid Hoyt Canary is an American actor, who starred in both soap operas and prime time television. He is best known for his roles as the ranch foreman, Candy Canaday on Bonanza and identical twins Adam Chandler from 1983 to 2010 and Stuart Chandler from 1984 to 2009 on the daytime serial, All My...
, A&S graduate, multiple Emmy-winning actor on All My ChildrenAll My ChildrenAll My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
since 1983 - Jim CapuzziJim CapuzziJim Capuzzi is a former defensive back and quarterback in the National Football League.-Career:Capuzzi played with the Green Bay Packers for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at University of Cincinnati and Marquette University.-References:...
, NFL Defensive BackDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
and QuarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
, played for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Kristy CatesKristy CatesKristen "Kristy" Cates is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Elphaba in the Chicago production of Wicked...
, Broadway Actress - Brent CelekBrent CelekBrent Steven Celek is an American football tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Eagles in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Cincinnati.-Early years:...
, NFL Tight EndTight endThe tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
, currently plays for Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, selected 5th round (162nd overall) in 2007 NFL Draft2007 NFL DraftThe 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29, 2007. The draft was televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The NFL Network also broadcast coverage of the event, its second year doing so... - Antonio ChatmanAntonio ChatmanAntonio Tavaras Chatman is an American football wide receiver and punt returner for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
, NFL Wide ReceiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, played for Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
and Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - George ClooneyGeorge ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
, Academy Award-winning actor - Cris CollinsworthCris CollinsworthAnthony Cris Collinsworth is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played his entire professional career for...
, law graduate, Emmy-winning sports commentator, former NFL player - Greg CookGreg CookGregory Lynn Cook , is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback.-Early career:...
, graduate, former National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
quarterback - Robin T. CottonRobin T. CottonRobin Thomas Cotton is a physician who is well known for his work in pediatric otolaryngology. He is currently the Director of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio....
, ENTOtolaryngologyOtolaryngology or ENT is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders....
specialist and professor - Cherien DabisCherien DabisCherien Dabis is a Palestinian American director, producer, and screenwriter. She was named one of Variety magazine's 10 Directors to Watch in 2009.-Background:...
– filmmaker, screenwriter – The L WordThe L WordThe L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
, AmreekaAmreekaAmreeka is a 2009 American/Canadian/Kuwaiti independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith.... - David Daniels, singer
- Charles G. DawesCharles G. DawesCharles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...
, law graduate, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner - Zach DayZach DayStephen Zachary Day is a former right-handed sinker-ball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for three teams from 2002 to 2006.He currently resides in Cincinnati with his wife, Megan.-Career history:...
, MLB pitcher - Todd DeGarmo, graduate, CEO of Studios ArchitectureStudios ArchitectureSTUDIOS Architecture is an international design firm that was founded in 1985 in San Francisco, California. The firm provides architecture, master planning, interior design, environmental graphic design and strategic consulting services on commercial, mixed-use, civic, and institutional projects...
- Vinod DhamVinod DhamVinod Dham is an Inventor, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist. He is popularly known as the Father of the Pentium chip. for his contribution to the development of highly successful Pentium Processors from Intel...
, graduate, 'father' of the Pentium computer chip (MS Eng, 77) - Randy EdelmanRandy EdelmanRandy Edelman is an American film and TV score composer.-Life and career:Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and an accountant. He attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before heading to New York where he played...
, music graduate, composer of numerous movie scores, received BMI’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award - Suzanne FarrellSuzanne FarrellSuzanne Farrell is an eminent 20th century ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C....
, prima ballerina - Michael J. Fister, President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Stephen FlahertyStephen FlahertyStephen Flaherty is an American composer of musical theatre. He works most often in collaboration with the lyricist/bookwriter Lynn Ahrens...
, music graduate, Tony-winning composer (Ragtime and Once on This Island) - Frederick W. Franz, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, president of the Watchtower Society
- Danny FortsonDanny FortsonDaniel Anthony Fortson is an American former professional basketball player. He played power forward/center in the NBA from 1997 to 2007.-Early life:...
, Basketball player - Rich FranklinRich FranklinRich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...
, Mixed martial artistMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
, former UFCUltimate Fighting ChampionshipThe Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
middleweight champion - Paul GilgerPaul GilgerPaul Gilger is an American architect, set designer, and playwright. He conceived the 2003 off-Broadway Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune....
, architecture graduate, Architect, conceived Jerry HermanJerry HermanJerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage...
musical revue Showtune, designed Industrial Light & Magic film studio for George LucasGeorge LucasGeorge Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
. - Alexander D. GoodeAlexander D. GoodeAlexander D. Goode was a rabbi and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the USAT Dorchester during World War II...
, One of the Four ChaplainsFour ChaplainsThe Four Chaplains, also sometimes referred to as the "Immortal Chaplains," were four United States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other civilian and military personnel during the sinking of the troop ship USAT Dorchester during World War II. They helped other soldiers board lifeboats... - Michael GravesMichael GravesMichael Graves is an American architect. Identified as one of The New York Five, Graves has become a household name with his designs for domestic products sold at Target stores in the United States....
, architecture graduate, Architect - Michael Gruber, stage actor, singer, and dancer
- Beth GylysBeth GylysBeth A. Gylys is a poet and professor of English and Creative Writing at Georgia State University.Gylys grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Allegheny College with a Bachelors Degree in 1986. She went on to receive a Masters Degree from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in English...
, poet and professor - Earl Hamner, graduate, writer, creator of The WaltonsThe WaltonsThe Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
- Albert HagueAlbert HagueAlbert Hague was a German-born songwriter, composer, and actor.-Early life:Hague was born as Albert Marcuse to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. His father, Harry Marcuse, was a psychiatrist and a musical prodigy, and his mother, Mimi , a chess champion...
, music graduate, composer of score for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” won nine Tony's for "Redhead" in 1959 - Walt HandelsmanWalt HandelsmanWalt Handelsman is an editorial cartoonist for Newsday. He joined the paper in February 2001.-Biography:...
, A&S graduate, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist - Dorian HarewoodDorian HarewoodW. Dorian Harewood is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.-Career:...
, drama graduate, screen actor, singer - Randy HarrisonRandy HarrisonRandolph Clarke Harrison is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Justin Taylor on the Showtime drama Queer as Folk.-Early life and college:...
, drama graduate, actor on Queer as Folk - Stephanie HeinrichStephanie HeinrichStephanie Heinrich is an American model and actress.She became Playboy's first Cyber Girl of the Week in September 2000 and the first Cyber Girl of the Month ....
, PlayboyPlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
model - Bob HerboldBob HerboldRobert J. "Bob" Herbold, retired executive vice president and chief operating officer of Microsoft Corporation, is the Managing Director of The Herbold Group, LLC, a consulting business focused on executive training and profitability.-Biography:...
, former MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
COO - Kathie HillKathie HillKathy Hill is an American songwriter best known for her contribution to gospel music in the genre of children's music and works.Born in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, Kathie Hill went on to receive a BA in Musical Theatre, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music...
, children's music writer & producer - Al HirtAl HirtAl Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million selling recordings of "Java", and the accompanying album, Honey in the Horn . His nicknames included 'Jumbo' and 'The Round Mound of Sound'...
, graduate, trumpeter and bandleader - Ronald HowesRonald HowesRonald B. Howes was the American toy inventor, best known for his invention of the Easy-Bake Oven, which was introduced to consumers in 1963.-Early life:...
, inventor of the Easy-Bake OvenEasy-Bake OvenThe Easy-Bake Oven is a working toy oven introduced by Kenner in 1963, and currently manufactured by Hasbro. The original toy used an ordinary incandescent light bulb as a heat source; current versions use a true heating element. By 1997, more than 16 million Easy-Bake Ovens had been sold.The...
. - Kevin HuberKevin HuberKevin Huber is an American football punter for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Cincinnati and attended Archbishop McNicholas High School in Cincinnati. He was considered one of the top punter prospects in the 2009 NFL Draft...
, NFL punter, currently plays for the Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL... - Miller HugginsMiller HugginsMiller James Huggins , nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships....
, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager; managed the great New York Yankees teams of the 1920s - Bruce Edwards IvinsBruce Edwards IvinsBruce Edwards Ivins was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland and the key suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks.On Tuesday, July 29, 2008 he died of an overdose of...
, microbiologist and alleged perpetrator of 2001 anthrax attacks2001 anthrax attacksThe 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to... - Ali JarbawiAli JarbawiAli Jarbawi is the current Minister of Planning and Administrative Development of the Government of the Palestinian National Authority.. Prior to this appointment he worked in government as a special adviser to the Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and supervised the preparation of the Palestinian...
, Palestinian politician & academic - DerMarr JohnsonDerMarr JohnsonDerMarr Miles Johnson is an American basketball player.Johnson was a consensus McDonald's, Parade Magazine and USA Today high school All-American as well as Parade's National High School Player of the Year as a senior in 1999...
, Basketball player - Lewis JohnsonLewis JohnsonLewis Johnson is a reporter for ESPN, and NBC Sports. He formerly worked for Versus. He was the sideline reporter for Notre Dame football home games and in 2001 and 2002 was a sideline reporter for the NBA Finals on NBC and for the network's Arena Football telecasts from 2003 through 2006...
, graduate, track & field broadcaster - Jerry KathmanJerry KathmanJerry Kathman is President and Chief Executive Officer of LPK, the largest independent brand design agency in the world with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Kathman is recognized within the industry as a leading authority on the role of design in brand building...
, President & CEO of LPKLPKLPK is an international design agency headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA with five additional locations in Geneva, Switzerland; Frankfurt, Germany; Guangzhou, China; London, England; and Singapore, Singapore... - Charles KeatingCharles KeatingCharles Humphrey Keating Jr. is an American athlete, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, and financier, most known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s....
, American criminal (Keating FiveKeating FiveThe Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators – Alan Cranston , Dennis DeConcini, John Glenn , John McCain , and Donald W. Riegle,...
scandal) and virulent anti-pornography activist - Tinker KeckTinker KeckTinker "Ty" Keck is a Hollywood fitness trainer, former XFL defensive back for the Los Angeles Xtreme, and former actor.-High school years:...
, XFLXFLThe XFL was a professional American football league that played for one season in 2001. The league was founded by Vince McMahon, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of WWE...
football player - Robert KistnerRobert KistnerRobert William Kistner , was a well-known gynecologist who specialized in the treatment of endometriosis and was involved in the early development of the birth control pill....
, gynecologist
- Sandy KoufaxSandy KoufaxSanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...
, hall of fame baseball pitcher - Bradley M. KuhnBradley M. KuhnBradley M. Kuhn is a free software activist from the United States.Kuhn is currently Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy. Until 2010 he was the FLOSS Community Liaison and Technology Director of the Software Freedom Law Center . He previously served as the Executive Director of...
, (M.S. 2001), software freedom activist - Sean LahmanSean LahmanSean Lahman is an award-winning author and journalist.-Sports Research:He is most noted for the Lahman Baseball Database, a collection of baseball statistics for every team and player in Major League history...
, historian and sports writer - Kenesaw Mountain LandisKenesaw Mountain LandisKenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death...
, federal judge and first Commissioner of Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League... - William LawrenceWilliam Lawrence (Ohio)William Lawrence was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was most noted for being a US Representative, and was influential in attempting to impeach Andrew Johnson, creating the United States Department of Justice, helping to create the American Red Cross, and ratifying the Geneva...
, congressman and first vice-president of the American Red CrossAmerican Red CrossThe American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S... - James LevineJames LevineJames Lawrence Levine is an American conductor and pianist. He is currently the music director of the Metropolitan Opera and former music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Levine's first performance conducting the Metropolitan Opera was on June 5, 1971, and as of May 2011 he has...
, conductor of the Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
orchestra - Keith LockhartKeith LockhartFor the baseball player, see Keith Lockhart Keith Lockhart , to Newton Frederick and Marilyn Jean Woodyard Lockhart, is an American orchestral conductor....
, conductor of the Boston Pops orchestra - Steve LoganSteve LoganSteve Deontay Logan is an American professional basketball player. He played with the University of Cincinnati Bearcats...
, Basketball player - Abraham LubinAbraham LubinHazzan Abraham “Abe” Lubin is a London-born American Conservative Jewish Hazzan and former President of the Cantors Assembly, who currently serves at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, Maryland.-Personal life:...
, HazzanHazzanA hazzan or chazzan is a Jewish cantor, a musician trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer.There are many rules relating to how a cantor should lead services, but the idea of a cantor as a paid professional does not exist in classical rabbinic sources... - Charlie LukenCharlie LukenCharles J. Luken is an American politician of the Democratic party who was mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio and served in the Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Luken's uncle, labor leader James T. Luken, also served as mayor of Cincinnati...
, law graduate, politician and former Mayor of Cincinnati - Jack ManningJack Manning (actor)Jack Manning was an American film, television and theater character actor, teacher and stage director.-Early life:...
, actor, stage director, acting teacher - Marco MarsanMarco MarsanMarco Marsan is an American author and innovation consultant. He wrote the novel The Lion's Way, and the non-fiction works: Who are you when Nobody's Looking and Think Naked: Childlike Brilliance in the Rough Adult World. He was named one of America's Top Out of the Box thinkers by the Mazda...
, American author - Louise McCarren HerringLouise McCarren HerringLouise McCarren Herring , an Ohio native, is recognized as one of the pioneer leaders of the not-for-profit cooperative credit union movement in the United States...
, engineering graduate, pioneer of the non-profit cooperative credit union movement - Beverly MaloneBeverly MaloneDr. Beverly Malone, RN, PhD, FAAN is the chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing. Prior to assuming this position in February 2007, she served as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing for six years.-Early life:...
, nurse and president of the American Nurses AssociationAmerican Nurses AssociationThe American Nurses Association is a professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911... - Kenyon MartinKenyon MartinKenyon Lee Martin is an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "K-Mart", he plays for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in China. He was selected first overall in the 2000 NBA Draft, and has played in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets and Denver Nuggets...
, Basketball player at Denver NuggetsDenver NuggetsThe Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
, 1st overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft2000 NBA DraftThe 2000 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2000 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Until 2011, it was the last draft held at the home arena of an NBA team; the following and subsequent drafts have all taken place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This draft is... - Jason MaxiellJason MaxiellJason Dior Maxiell is a professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Detroit Pistons.-Playing career:...
, education graduate, NBA player for the Detroit PistonsDetroit PistonsThe Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where... - Kevin McCollumKevin McCollumKevin McCollum is one of the leading producers on Broadway. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1984....
, graduate, Tony-winning Broadway producer (Rent, Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone) - Urban MeyerUrban MeyerUrban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
, graduate, former head footballCollege footballCollege football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
coach of the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
GatorsFlorida GatorsThe Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
( Winners of the 20072007 BCS National Championship GameThe 2007 BCS National Championship Game, sponsored by Tostitos, was an American football game played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 8, 2007. The BCS No. 2 Florida Gators defeated the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes, 41–14. The Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing...
and 20092009 BCS National Championship GameThe 2009 BCS National Championship Game, sponsored by FedEx, was an American football game played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 8, 2009. It was the national championship game for the 2008 college football season, and featured the second-ranked Florida Gators against the...
BCSBowl Championship SeriesThe Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...
National Championship) - Pamela MyersPamela MyersPamela Myers is an American actress who made her Broadway debut as Marta in Stephen Sondheim's musical Company. For this role, in which she introduced the show-stopping number, "Another Hundred People," she was nominated at the 1971 Tony awards for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical...
, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated stage & screen actor - Haruki NakamuraHaruki NakamuraHaruki Robert Nakamura is an American football safety for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.-Early life:...
, Baltimore Ravens Safety - Sandra NovackSandra NovackSandra Novack is an American writer of a novel and short stories. Her debut novel, Precious, was a Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2009....
, author - Tom O'MalleyTom O'Malley (American football)Thomas Louis "Tom" O'Malley was a quarterback in the National Football League. He was a member of the Green Bay Packers during the 1950 NFL season. He played for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 1951, leading them to the 39th Grey Cup, winning it 21−14. He played college...
, NFL quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
, played for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Santa J. OnoSanta J. OnoSanta J. Ono is a Canadian-American biologist and university administrator. He is currently Senior Vice President and University Provost at the University of Cincinnati.-Biography:...
Award-winning biomedical scientist, university administrator - Ruben PattersonRuben PattersonRuben Nathaniel Patterson is a former American professional basketball player. During his career, he played as a small forward and shooting guard. During his college career at the University of Cincinnati, Patterson earned third-team All-American honors and helped lead the Bearcats to Conference...
, Basketball player - Michelle Pawk, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Hollywood Arms, Cabaret)
- David PayneDavid Payne (athlete)David Payne is an American hurdler. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and his family moved to the suburb of Wyoming. Payne competed in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles while attending the University of Cincinnati...
, 110m hurdler, 2008 Olympic Silver medalist - Archimedes Plutonium, (B.A. as Ludwig Hansen, 1972), notable Usenet personality
- Faith PrinceFaith PrinceFaith Prince is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway. Prince has won the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical and received three Tony nominations.-Life and career:...
, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress ("Guys and Dolls") - Oscar RobertsonOscar RobertsonOscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...
, graduate, Hall of fame basketball player - Lee Roy ReamsLee Roy ReamsLee Roy Reams is an American musical theatre actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director.Born in Covington, Kentucky, Reams earned a Master of Arts degree and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati...
, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated actor, dancer - Diana Maria Riva, drama graduate, screen actor
- Tom RossleyTom RossleyTom Rossley is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the senior assistant and quarterbacks coach for the Texas A&M Aggies football team, a position he has held since the 2008 season...
, football coach, formerly offensive coordinator for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Jerry RubinJerry RubinJerry Rubin was an American social activist during the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1980s, he became a successful businessman.-Early life:...
, activist - Nipsey RussellNipsey RussellJulius "Nipsey" Russell was an American comedian, best known today for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, especially Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth and Pyramid...
, actor/comedian - Kenny SatterfieldKenny SatterfieldKenneth "Kenny" Satterfield is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. At point guard, he previously played for the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers...
, Former NBA player - Linda ScheleLinda ScheleLinda Schele was an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played an invaluable role in the decipherment of much of the Maya hieroglyphics. She produced a massive volume of drawings of stelae and inscriptions, which, following her wishes, are free for use to scholars...
, expert on Mayan inscriptions and hieroglyphics (art and education major) - Jean SchmidtJean SchmidtJeannette Marie Hoffman Schmidt, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from eastern Cincinnati to Portsmouth....
, Congresswoman from Ohio - Teddi SiddallTeddi SiddallTeddi Siddall Cole is an American actress. She has appeared in serveral roles in the television series Grey's Anatomy, Wings, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, and Happy Days, and the films Fade to Black, Prizzi's Honor, and Forever Strong...
, screen actor (drama graduate) - Hammad SiddiqiHammad SiddiqiHammad Siddiqi is a U.S.A based Pakistani economist, banker and social commentator. He is the only son of former Pakistani politician Shahid Aziz Siddiqi and educationist and social worker Shabana Siddiqi...
– Banker & author (Graduate 2003) - Benjamin T. SpencerBenjamin T. SpencerBenjamin T. Spencer was a scholar of American literature and a professor at Ohio Wesleyan University.He graduated form Kentucky Wesleyan College, and received his M.A. and Ph.D...
- Joseph B. Strauss, engineer who designed the Golden Gate BridgeGolden Gate BridgeThe Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to...
(engineering graduate) - Thomas SzaszThomas SzaszThomas Stephen Szasz is a psychiatrist and academic. Since 1990 he has been Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. He is a well-known social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, and of the social...
, psychiatrist and author of The Myth of Mental IllnessThe Myth of Mental IllnessThe Myth Of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct is a controversial book by Thomas Szasz and published in 1961. It is highly influential in the anti-psychiatry movement... - Bob TaftBob TaftRobert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft...
, former Ohio governor (law graduate) - William Howard TaftWilliam Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
, US President, Supreme Court Chief Justice (law graduate) - Christian TetzlaffChristian Tetzlaff-Biography:Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. He began playing the violin and piano at the age of 6, and made his concert debut at 14 years old. He studied with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and with Walter Levine at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.He is...
, professional violinist - Paul TibbetsPaul TibbetsPaul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force, best known for being the pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. The bomb, code-named Little Boy, was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima...
, Pilot of the B-29 plane that dropped atom bomb over HiroshimaHiroshimais the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M... - Dwight TilleryDwight TilleryDwight Tillery is an American politician of the Democratic Party who is active in local politics of Cincinnati, Ohio.Tillery grew up in the city's West End and attended the University of Cincinnati in the 1960s, where he helped found the university's United Black Association and graduated with a...
, local politician and former mayor of Cincinnati - Tony TrabertTony TrabertMarion Anthony Trabert is a retired American tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker...
, graduate, tennis player
- Tom Tsuchiya, Sculptor whose works include bronze statues for Great American Ball ParkGreat American Ball ParkThe Great American Ball Park is a Major League Baseball park in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home of the National League's Cincinnati Reds. It opened in 2003, replacing the Reds' former home, Cinergy Field, which was known as Riverfront Stadium from its opening in June 1970 until the 1996...
and the National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing... - Rodney Van JohnsonRodney Van JohnsonRodney Van Johnson is an African-American actor. He is best known for portraying the role of T.C. Russell on the daytime soap opera Passions since its inception in 1999.-Biography:...
, education graduate, actor (soap opera “Passions”) - Nick Van ExelNick Van ExelNickey Maxwell "Nick" Van Exel is a retired American professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks...
, Basketball player - Roland West (basketball)Roland West (basketball)Roland West is a former NBA basketball player for the Baltimore Bullets. West was drafted with the first pick in the twentieth round of the 1967 NBA Draft. He played in four games for the Baltimore Bullets in the 1967-68 NBA season and recorded a total of four points and five rebounds....
, former NBA player - Clarence A. WinderClarence A. WinderClarence A. Winder served as Mayor of Pasadena, California from 1953-1955.-Early life:Winder was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 30, 1887. After attending local schools, Winder graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1909 with a degree in electrical engineering...
, civic leader and Mayor of Pasadena, California - Mary WinebergMary WinebergMary Wineberg is an American athlete from Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Walnut Hills High School, she attended the University of Cincinnati on a track scholarship, graduating in 2002 with a bachelors degree in education.Wineberg was an Olympic...
, 2008 Olympic Gold medalist, 4x400m relay - Kevin YoukilisKevin YoukilisKevin Edmund Youkilis , also known as "Youk" , is an American professional baseball player with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball...
, graduate, 2-time All Star, Gold Glove winner, 2-time World Series champion, MLBMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player for the Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"... - Curtis YoungCurtis YoungCurtis Young is an American football linebacker in the National Football League who is currently a free agent. Previously, he was a member of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.-References:...
, NFL defensive endDefensive endDefensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
, currently plays for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
Notable faculty
- Neil ArmstrongNeil ArmstrongNeil Alden Armstrong is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon....
– American astronaut, professor for Aerospace engineering - Carl BlegenCarl BlegenCarl William Blegen was an American archaeologist famous for his work on the site of Pylos in modern day Greece and Troy in modern day Turkey...
– First scientific explorer of TroyTroyTroy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida... - Michael GriffithMichael Griffith (novelist)Michael Griffith is a novelist and short-story writer. His stories and essays have appeared in literary journals such as The Oxford American, The Southwest Review, Salmagundi, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, among others....
– American author - George RieveschlGeorge RieveschlDr. George Rieveschl was an American chemist and professor. He was the inventor of the popular antihistamine diphenhydramine , which he first made during a search for synthetic alternatives to scopolamine....
– The inventor of BenadrylDiphenhydramineDiphenhydramine hydrochloride is a first-generation antihistamine possessing anticholinergic, antitussive, antiemetic, and sedative properties which is mainly used to treat allergies. Like most other first-generation antihistamines, the drug also has a powerful hypnotic effect, and for this reason... - Albert SabinAlbert SabinAlbert Bruce Sabin was an American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine.-Life:...
– Developed the oral live polio vaccinePolio vaccineTwo polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis . The first was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in 1952. Announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955, it consists of an injected dose of inactivated poliovirus. An oral vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin... - Vernon L. Scarborough – Mesoamerican archaeologist, professor, and anthropology department head
- Herman Schnieder – The father of co-operative education
- Donald ShellDonald ShellDonald L. Shell is a retired American computer scientist who designed the Shell sort sorting algorithm. He acquired his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Cincinnati in 1959, after publishing the shell sort algorithm in the Communications of the ACM in July the same year.After acquiring...
– The inventor of Shell sortShell sortShellsort, also known as Shell sort or Shell's method is an in-place comparison sort. It generalizes an exchanging sort, such as insertion or bubble sort, by allowing the comparison and exchange of elements that lie far apart. Its first version was published by Donald Shell in 1959. The running... - Carol TylerCarol TylerCarol Tyler aka C. Tyler is an award-winning American painter, educator, comedian, and Eisner nominated cartoonist known for her autobiographical stories.-Background:...
– American cartoonist