List of alumni of Jesuit educational institutions
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Over the last 400 years, the Roman Catholic Jesuit order has established a world-wide network of schools and universities. This is an incomplete list of notable alumni of these institutions.
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Tony Abbott, Australian Minister for Health, St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Rogelio Aguilar, Mexican Operatic Tenor and culture Philosopher, Carlos Pereyra High School Mx; Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
José Antonio Aguirre, Basque president; educated at the University of Deusto
Alan Alda, movie actor and TV star of M*A*S*H*, Fordham University US;
Iyad Allawi, Iraqi politician; atteded Baghdad College
Robert Altman, film director, Rockhurst High School
Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion; attended Loyola College in Chennai
Ivo Andric, author and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1961, Jesuit gymnasium in Travnik, Bosnia
Guillermo Arriaga, Mexican screenwriter (Amores Perros), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine senator whose assassination led to overthrow of the Marcos regime; studied at the Ateneo de Manila University
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Claude Bachet, French Mathametician; pupil of the Jesuit mathematician Jacques de Billy at the Jesuit College in Rheims
Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist and writer; educated at the Collège de la Sainte Famille in Cairo, Egypt
Jakob Balde, German Latinist and poet; studied at the University of Ingolstadt
José Celso Barbosa, medical doctor, sociologist, and political leader, as well as the first racially-mixed resident to attend Puerto Rico's prestigious Jesuit Seminary
George Barna, political pollster; graduated summa cum laude from Boston College
Kevin Barry, martyr of the Irish War of Independence, Belvedere College
John Barrymore, American Shakespearean actor; attended Georgetown Preparatory School
Jyoti Basu, Communist politician from West Bengal, India; educated at St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Elgin Baylor, member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team -- Seattle University;
Steve Bellan, Cuban Baseball Player, Fordham University, New York;
Saint Robert Bellarmine, Gregorian University, Rome;
Pope Benedict XIV, Pope, Collegium Clementianum;
William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education and author - Gonzaga College High School US
Joseph Berardino, former CEO of Arthur Anderson - Fairfield University
Philip Berrigan, author and activist; educated at the College of the Holy Cross
Rubén Berríos, leader of the PIP (Partido Independentista de Puerto Rico); educated at the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
Sabeer Bhatia, Founder of Hotmail, St Josephs college Bangalore, India
Jacques de Billy, S.J., French Jesuit mathematician known for his advances in number theory
William Peter Blatty, author - Georgetown University
Georg Freiherr von Boeselager - resistance fighters from 20 July 1944
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager - resistance fighters from 20 July 1944
Jean-Charles de Borda, was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor; educated at the Jesuit college at La Fleche
Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor best known for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota; graduate of Creighton Preparatory School
Roger Boscovich, Croatian Jesuit astronomer, most famous for his atomic theory and important contributions to astronomy. Educated at the Jesuit College in Ragusa
Charles Bossut, French mathematician, confrere of the Encyclopaedists; studied at the Jesuit College of Lyon.
Robert Bourassa, Former Quebec Premier, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal;
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian who is widely considered to be one of the best orators of all time; educated at at the Collège des Godrans, a classical school run by the Jesuits of Dijon.
Bright Eyes -- see Conor Oberst;
Till Brönner - musician
Jerry Brown, former governor of California and current mayor of Oakland, California; graduated from St. Ignatius High School and studied at Santa Clara University
Christopher Brennan, Australian author, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Pat Buchanan, Conservative journalist and television commentator - Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University;
Georges Buffon, French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author; enducated at the Jesuit College of Godrans in Dijon
Senator Jim Bunning from Kentucky, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher -- Xavier University
Luis Buñuel, Spanish Surrealist Filmmaker, Jesuit College, Aragon, Spain.
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Ryan Cabrera, Musician - Jesuit College Preparatory School
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist, Jesuit College Madrid
Tony Canadeo, member of the Pro Football Hall Of Fame -- Gonzaga University
Philip Caputo, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist -- Loyola University Chicago
Ernesto Cardenal, priest and poet who was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Revolution.
William Casey, Former director of the CIA, Fordham University
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer, engineer, and astrologer; studied at the Jesuit College at Genoa
Louis Bertrand Castel S.J., French Jesuit mathematician; educated in the Jesuit school in Toulouse
Fidel Castro, President of Cuba - Colegio de Belen, Havana, Cuba
Paul Cellucci, Former US Ambassador to Canada - Boston College.
Miguel de Cervantes, Father of modern Spanish literature
Tommaso Ceva S.J., Jesuit mathematician and professor of mathematics at Jesuit College of Brera in Milan. His most famous student was Saccheri
François de la Chaise S.J., French Jesuit priest and father confessor of King Louis XIV. The famous Père Lachaise Cemetery cemetery is named in his honor. Studied at the Jesuit College of Lyon.
Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician; atteded Baghdad College
Elwin Bruno Christoffel, German and French mathematician and physicist, studied at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Cologne
Vincent Cianci, longest serving mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Fairfield University
Sandra Cisneros, author, Loyola University Chicago
Tom Clancy, Jr., author - Loyola College, Maryland; Loyola High School
Will Clark, Baseball player - Jesuit High School, New Orleans, LA
Peter Claver, Roman Catholic saint
Christopher Clavius, German Jesuit astronomer who helped Pope Gregory XIII to introduce what is now called the Gregorian calendar.
Bill Clinton, President of the United States - Georgetown University;
Johnnie Cochran, Jr., Defense counsel for O.J. Simpson - Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Billy Collins, American poet who served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States; educated at the College of the Holy Cross
Chris Collins, Hockey player for the Boston Bruins - Boston College.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Author and Creator of Sherlock Holmes, Stonyhurst College, UK
Marquis de Condorcet, French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method; educated at the Jesuit College in Rheims.
Harry Connick, Jr., singer, entertainer, movie actor - Jesuit High School, New Orleans;
Pat Conroy, writer, Gonzaga High School, Washington, DC (one year)
Arthur W. Conway, Irish mathematician and President of University College Dublin, where he had received a Jesuit education as a young man
Pierre Corneille, the "founder of French tragedy” who is said to be one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympics
Bob Cousy, member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team -- College of the Holy Cross
Bing Crosby Entertainer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Johann Baptist Cysat S.J., Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer, after whom Cysatus crater, on the Moon, is named; studied at the University of Ingolstadt
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William M. Daley, Former United States Secretary of Commerce, Loyola University Chicago
François d'Aguilon S.J., Belgian Jesuit mathematician and physicist.
Roque Dalton, leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist; graduate of Externado San José, in San Salvador
Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet; educated by the Jesuits of Leon, Nicaragua
Marco Antonio de Dominis, Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science; educated by the Jesuits in their colleges at Loreto and Padua
Christian de Duve, Belgian scientist, Nobel Prize for medicine in 1974, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege, Antwerp, Belgium
Jean-Luc Dehaene, former Belgian prime minister, Sint-Jozefscollege, Aalst, Belgium
Jean-Charles de la Faille S.J., French Jesuit mathematician; attended the Jesuit College in Antwerp and the Jesuit College in Mechelen
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer; attended the Jesuit College in Amiens
Don DeLillo, American novelists associated with Postmodern literature, Fordham University
Jacques Delors, Former President of the EU
René Descartes, French Philosopher, educated at the Jesuit College of La Flèche in Anjou, France.
Denis Diderot, French philosopher, writer and prominent figure in the Enlightenment, as well as editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopédie.
Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician credited with the modern "formal" definition of a function; attended the Jesuit College in Cologne and was taught by Georg Ohm
Khoa Do, Australian filmmaker; educated at St Aloysius' College in Sydney
Dr. John, U.S. Musician, Jesuit High School, New Orleans.
Chris Dodd, U.S. Senator, Georgetown Preparatory School
Tom Dooley, American-Catholic humanitarian - St. Louis University High , St. Louis University
Robert Drinan S.J., Jesuit priest, lawyer, human rights activist, and a former Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. received a B.A. and an M.A. from Boston College, an L.L.M. and L.L.B. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a doctorate in theology from Gregorian University.
Will Durant, philosopher and author, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ
Senator Richard J. Durbin, United States Senator from Illinois (Democrat), Georgetown University
Avery Cardinal Dulles S.J., renowned professor and theologian; son of Secretary of State Dulles; studied at the Gregorian University in Rome
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Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. liberation theologian and professor at Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"
Keith Ellison, American lawyer and politician, who became the first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress; graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School
Patrick Ewing, member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, Georgetown University;
Nick Enright, Australian playwright, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
Ahmet Ertegun, chairman of Atlantic Records and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; educated at Georgetown University
Farid Esack, South African Islamic scholar, writer, and political activist; studied at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Anthony Fauci, a scientist leading the fight against AIDS; attended Regis High School and the College of the Holy Cross
Kevin Fagan, Australian Doctor and World War II hero, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Chris Farley, American comedian and actor, Marquette University, Wisconsin;
Ferdinand II, of the House of Habsburg, reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from 1620-1637; edcuated at the University of Ingolstadt
Diego Fernández de Ceballos, Mexican senator, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico;
Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Candidate, Fordham University;
Anthony Fisher OP, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Garret FitzGerald, Economist, former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Belvedere College
Maile Flanagan, Voice actress and LGBT comedian, Boston College
Justin Fleming, Australian playwright, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Doug Flutie, American football player who also played in the Canadian Football League, Boston College
Thomas Foley, former Speaker of the House of Representatives - Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Fontenelle, French Author, Jesuit College, Rouen;
Michel Foucault, French Philosopher, Saint-Stanislaus, Poiters;
Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, Campion Jesuit High School (2 years) Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Frankie Frisch, American Major League Baseball player of the early 20th century and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; graduate of Fordham Preparatory School and Fordham University
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Delia Gallagher CNN Faith and Values Correspondent, University of San Francisco;
Charles de Gaulle Former President of France;
Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist, who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suharto; educated at Kanisius in Jakarta.
Bachir Gemayel, former president of Lebanon; educated at the Université Saint-Joseph
Marin Getaldić, A mathematician and physicist who most significant gains were made in physics, especially optics, and mathematics. Educated by Clavius
John Paul Getty, American-British philanthropist, Jesuit College, San Francisco;
Ludovico Geymonat, Italian Marxist philosopher; educated at the Istituto Sociale in Turin
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan Motors; educated at the Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour in Lebanon
Bob Gibson, Hall-Of-Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals -- Creighton University;
Kieran Gilligan, Fairfield University;
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Gregorian University, Rome;
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City;
Guido Grandi, Italian priest and professor of mathematics, philosophy, and theology; educated at the Jesuit college in Cremona
Nick Greiner, former Premier of New South Wales, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Xu Guangqi, Chinese agricultural scientist and mathematician who studied under Matteo Ricci S.J.
Camillo-Guarino Guarini, Italian priest, mathematician, and theologian, best known for his contributions to Baroque architecture
Teofisto Guingona, former Vice President of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University
Paul Guldin S.J., Jesuit astronomer and mathematician; educated at the Gregorian University in Rome where he studied under Clavius.
Gustavo Gutiérrez, Domincan priest, professor, author, and liberation theologian
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William Habington, English Poet, St. Omer College, Belgium
Michael Harrington, Harvard professor, political activist and author, St. Louis University High School and College of the Holy Cross
Richard Harris, Actor, Crescent College, Limerick, Ireland
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
Brian Helsper, Loyola High School of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, US
Mary Higgins Clark, Writer, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, US
Alfred Hitchcock, Film Director, St Ignatius' College, Enfield, London UK
Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan, Bachelor of Laws from Sophia University
Robert Hughes, Australian art critic, writer and television documentary maker; educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney, Australia
Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet
David Hume, philosopher, economist, and historian and one of the principal figures in Western philosophy and of the Scottish Enlightenment; studied at the Jesuit seminary at La Fleche in Anjou, France
Saint Alberto Hurtado S.J., Chilean priest and saint; major figure in the labor movements of his time, e.g. founded the Chilean Trade Union Association
Zakir Hussain, Indian musician; edcuated at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, India
Henry Hyde, United States House of Representatives, Georgetown graduate with law degree from Loyola University Chicago
Dan Hynes, Illinois State Comptroller, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois
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Innocent XI, Pope, Como, Italy;
Allen Iverson, NBA All-Star Player, Georgetown University (two years);
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Barnaby Joyce, Australian senator, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
James Joyce, Irish novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature,Clongowes Wood College Co.Kildare and Belvedere College Dublin;
John Paul I, Pope, Gregorian University, Rome;
Paul Johnson, British Roman Catholic journalist, historian, speechwriter and author. He was educated at Stonyhurst College
Pierre-Marc Johnson, Former Quebec Premier, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal;
Raúl Juliá, actor, studied at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
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Sebastian Kappen, S.J., Jesuit priest and liberation theologian. Studied and the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy
John Kerry, US Senator, 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate, JD, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA;
Sir John Keegan, English military historian; graduate of Wimbledon College
Bob Keeshan, actor best known for playing the title character of the children's show Captain Kangaroo, Fordham University
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Cossack leader, educated by the Jesuits in L'vov, Ukraine
Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published many works of note in the fields of oriental studies, egyptology, geology and medicine; educated at the Jesuit College in Fulda
Curt Kirkwood, founding member of the seminal 1980s-era punk/runk musical group, the Meat Puppets, Brophy College Preparatory
Saint Maximillian Kolbe, Gregorian University, Rome;
Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Canisius College, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;
Hans Küng, Catholic priest, author and theologian. Studied at the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy
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La Condamine, French geographer and mathematician; studied at the Jesuit College of Louis-le-Grand in Paris
Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and pioneer in projective geometry; taught by Honoré Fabri and later became part of a circle formed by Fabri which included Cassini, Deschales, both Huygenses, Leibniz, Descartes and Mersenne.
Jérôme Lalande, astronomer; studied at the Jesuit College in Lyon
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff - executive committee of the FDP and member of the European parliament
Francesco Lana de Terzi S.J., considered the father of aeronautics; studied under Athanasius Kircher S.J.
Timothy Leary, American psychologist and writer, expelled from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts after his freshman year,
Byron Lee, Jamaician music pioneer; educated at St. George's College, Jamaica
Anthony James Leggett, professor of physics and winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics; educated at Wimbledon College
Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest and astronomer, proposed the Big Bang theory, Collège du Sacré Coeur, Charleroi, Belgium.
Elmore Leonard, mystery writer - University of Detroit Jesuit High School and University of Detroit
G. Gordon Liddy, Of the White House Plumbers -- Fordham University
Vince Lombardi, Hall-Of-Fame coach for the Green Bay Packers -- Fordham University
Eduardo López de Romaña, President of Peru; educated at Stonyhurst College
Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright, attended Jesuit school as a boy in Grenada
Gabriel García Márquez, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1982, Jesuit Colegio San Jose in Barranquilla and Jesuit College in Bogotá, Colombia
Ruud Lubbers , former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Canisius college, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Peter Lynch, American financial leader, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts,
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, United States Senator from Vermont (Democrat), Georgetown University
Nathan Lane, American actor, St. Peter's Preparatory High School, New Jersey
Bernard Lonergan, S.J., Canadian professor and theologian, Gregorian University
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines, Georgetown University, Ateneo de Manila University
Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor; educated at St Aloysius' College in Sydney
Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Michael Madigan, Illinois Democratic Party leader, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois
Ettore Majorana, Italian theoretical physicist who began promising work on neutrino masses; educated at the Istituto Massimo
Tak Wah Mak, Canadian immunologist, molecular biologist, and academic; edcuated at Wah Yan College in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Louis Malle, French film director
Jan Marek Marci, mathematician whose work principally involved geometrical optics; lived in Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia) and attended the Jesuit college in Jindrichuv Hradec.
Subcomandante Marcos, Leader of Zapatista Army, Jesuit school in Tampico, Mexico
Wellington Mara, co-owner and CEO of New York Giants, Loyola School and Fordham University
George Martin, signed the Beatles to their first contract, and produced almost all their recordings, St Ignatius' College, Enfield, London UK
Ignacio Martín-Baró, Jesuit priest and liberation theologian. Studied at the Pontifical Xavierian University
Roberto Matta, Chilean painter
Drea de Matteo, actress on HBO series The Sopranos, Loyola School
Gregório de Mattos, major baroque poet of Brazil
John McLaughlin, creator, executive producer, and host of The McLaughlin Group, a weekly public affairs television program broadcast in the United States; earned two master's degrees in philosophy and English literature from Boston College
Gregan McMahon Australian actor and playwright, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor who made significant contributions to the early study of deep sky objects and comets; educated by Jesuits in his birthplace of Laon
Bob Menendez, nominee to the United States Senate, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ
Freddie Mercury musician best known as the frontman and lead singer for the English rock band Queen; attended St. Mary's High School [1] in Mazagaon
Marin Mersenne, French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist; educated at Le Mans and at the Jesuit College of La Flèche, where he was a schoolmate and friend of René Descartes
Lakshmi Mittal, London-based Indian billionaire industrialist; educated at St. Xavier's College in Calcutta
Dominique Moceanu, Olympic gold medalist; attending John Carroll University
Molière, Father of modern French literature, Collège de Clermont, Paris
Juan Molina, Chilean Jesuit and naturalist.
Luca di Montezemolo,Italian businessman, president of Ferrari and chairman of FIAT; educated at the Istituto Massimo
Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician; educated at the Istituto Leone XIII in Milan
Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician; educated in the Jesuit College in Lyon
Michael Moriarty, Tony-winning and Emmy-winning American actor; graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School
Paul Morphy, American chess player considered to have been the greatest chess master of his time; educated at Spring Hill College
Massimo Moratti, Italian oil tycoon and owner of football club Inter Milan; edcuated at the Istituto Leone XIII in Milan
Alonzo Mourning, seven-time NBA All-Star, two-time NBA Defensive Player Of The Year -- Georgetown University
Julian Morrow, Comedian and radio host. Known for his work on The Chaser, St Aloysius College
Robert Mugabe , President of Zimbabwe
Bill Murray, TV and movie star - Loyola Academy, Wilmette and Regis University;
John Courtney Murray, Jesuit Theologian, Xavier High, New York and Boston College
Joseph Murray, American surgeon who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for work on organ and cell transplantation; educated at the College of the Holy Cross
Dikembe Mutombo, seven-time NBA All-Star, four-time NBA Defensive Player Of The Year -- Georgetown University
Jason Miller, Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright and actor, University of Scranton
Senator Barbara Mikulski, United States senator of Maryland, Loyola College in Maryland
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Jerrold Nadler, Jewish American member of the United States House of Representatives, Fordham University School of Law
Steve Nash, winner of the 2004-05 NBA MVP award -- Santa Clara University
Bob Newhart, Actor and comedian, St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago and Loyola University Chicago
Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco; attended Santa Clara University
Gustav Nossal, Australian research biologist; graduate of St Aloysius' College in Sydney
Henri Nouwen, Dutch Roman Catholic priest and professor of theology at Yale University and Notre Dame; educated by the Jesuits at the Aloysius Gymnasium at The Hague
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Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), American musician -- Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, Nebraska
Pat O'Brien, American actor -- Marquette University High School and Marquette University, Milwaukee
Chris O'Donnell, Actor, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Peter O'Toole, actor
Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill, American Politician, former Speaker of the House of Representatiives, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Charles Osgood, media commentator, Fordham University
Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician, studied at the Jesuit College in Rheims
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Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering work with steam power; received education at the Jesuit school in Blois
Alexander Payne, Academy Award-winning writer-director -- Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, Nebraska
Denis Pétau, also known as Petavius -- French Jesuit theologian
Francis Petre, New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin; educated at Mount St Mary's College near Sheffield
Jean Picard, French astronomer and priest; educated at the Jesuit College of La Flèche,
Pius XII, Pope, Gregorian University, Rome
Paul VI, Pope, Gregorian University, Rome
Joe Paterno, American football coach, attended Brooklyn Prep
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Stefan Raab, German entertainer and comedian; graduate of the Aloisiuskolleg, the Jesuit gymnasium in Bad Godesberg, Germany
Karl Rahner S.J., theologian
Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief of The Hindu, Loyola College, Chennai
Mark Raper SJ, Oceania Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
Norman Rentrop, publisher
Hubert Reeves, Astrophysicist, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal
Hans Riegel - entrepreneur (Haribo)
Vincent Riccati S.J., Jesuit mathematician who pioneered the development of hyperbolic functions[2]
Matteo Ricci S.J., Italian Jesuit priest who spent considerable time in China and the far east. Responsible for much of the introduction of Western culture to China
Cardinal Richelieu, French Statesman, Collège de Navarre, Collège de Calvi
Thomas J. Riley, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jose Rizal, author, surgeon, linguist, led independence movement against Spanish rule in the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University
Sam Roberts, Lead Singer of self-named Canadian band
Al Roker, Fox News Meteorologist, Xavier High School, New York, NY
Bishop Óscar Romero, Jesuit priest and martyr, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
Pete Rozelle, NFL Commissioner -- University of San Francisco
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter of the 17th cent., Antwerp
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, mayor of Madrid; educated at the Jesuit Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo
Bill Russell (basketball), member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team -- University of San Francisco
Mark Russell, political comedian, Canisius High School, Buffalo, New York
Tim Russert, Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, NBC News and moderator of Meet the Press -- Canisius High School and John Carroll University
Leo Ryan, Member of the U.S. House Of Representatives (D-California) who was assassinated at the outset of the Jonestown Massacre -- Creighton University and Campion High School
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Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri S.J., Italian Jesuit and mathematician; studied at the Jesuit College in Milan
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and aviator whose most famous work is Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince); educated at Jesuit schools in Montgré and Le Mans
Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Jesuit mathematician who independently discovered the Mercator series, the expansion of log (1 + x) in ascending powers of x.
Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Church Doctor, Clermont, Paris,
Justice Antonin Scalia, US Supreme Court Justice, Xavier High School and Georgetown University
Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit; attended the Jesuit Latin school in Augsburg and continued his studies in the Jesuit college at Landsberg
Edward Schillebeeckx, liberation theologian and priest of the Dominican Order
Gaspar Schott, German physicist, mathematician and natural philosopher; studied under Athanasius Kircher
Vin Scully, American sportscaster, started as a student broadcaster at Fordham University
Antonio Serrano, Mexican film director/screenwriter (Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Don Shula, winningest NFL head coach, Miami Dolphins - John Carroll University
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora S.J., Jesuit priest and one of the first great intellectuals born in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. Studied at the Jesuit College in Tepoztlan
Paul Silas, NBA All-Star and head coach -- Creighton University
Saravanan Sivakumar, Tamil actor, Loyola College, Chennai
Santosh Sivan, Indian cinematographer and film director; studied at the Loyola School in Thiruvananthapuram
Tom Snyder, American TV/radio talk show host -- Marquette University High School
John Stockton, member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team -- Gonzaga University
Sting, aka Gordon Sumner, British Musician
Yi Su-gwang, Korean scholar and a military officer; studied under Fr. Matteo Ricci S.J.
Robert Surcouf, famous French privateer.
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André Tacquet S.J., Belgian mathematician whose work prepared ground for the eventual discovery of the calculus. Educated at the Jesuit College in Antwerp
Talleyrand, French diplomat; studied at the Jesuit College of La Flèche
Akbar Tanjung, Indonesian politician and former chairman of the Golkar party; attended Kanisius in Jakarta
Torquato Tasso, Italian Rennaisance Poet, Jesuit College Sorrento, Italy;
Claudio Teehankee, Former Chief Justice of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University
Sister Rose Thering, Dominican nun and activist; received PhD from St. Louis University
Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice, College of the Holy Cross
Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, Stonhyurst College, UK
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., French Jesuit philosopher and anthropologist; educated at the Jesuit college of Mongré, in Villefranche-sur-Saône
Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru, University of San Francisco
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
Spencer Tracy, actor, attended Rockhurst High School and Marquette Academy but did not graduate
Daniel J. Travanti, TV and movie star, Hill Street Blues -Loyola Marymount University
Athanasius Treweek, Australian academic, linguist and code-breaker, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Former Prime Minister of Canada, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal;
Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong;
Robin Tunney, Actress, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois;
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Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician; studied at the Jesuit College at Mons
Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist who coined the term Eustachian tube
Jean Vanier, Canadian philanthropist and founder of L'Arche, which creates homes and provides day programs for those with developmental disabilities; educated at Loyola High School in Montreal
Adriaan van Roomen, Belgian mathematician; attended the Jesuit school in Cologne.
Pierre Varignon, French priest and mathematician; educated at the Jesuit College in Caen
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, former President of India; educated at Loyola College in Chennai
Giambattista Vico, Neapolitan philosopher, historian, and jurist
António Vieira S.J., Portuguese Jesuit and writer; received his education at the Jesuit college at Bahia in Brazil.
Joseph Vijay, Tamil actor, Loyola College, Chennai
Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist. He was a pupil of Torricelli and a disciple of Galileo. Educated at Jesuit schools in his native Florence
Voltaire, French author and skeptical master of the Enlightenment, lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
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Dwyane Wade, professional basketball player; attended Marquette University
Benjamin Walker, Indian-born author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica in all its forms; educated at St. Xavier's College in Calcutta
Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabethan Spy Master, University of Padua;
Denzel Washington, movie star - Fordham University
Charles Waterton, English naturalist and explorer; educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire
Edward Douglass White, chief justice, United States Supreme Court- Jesuit High School, New Orleans;
Gerard Windsor, Australian author, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
George Wendt, actor - Campion Jesuit High School; Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Missouri)
Anthony A. Williams - Mayor of Washington D.C., educated at Loyola High School of Los Angeles
Terry Wogan, Irish Broadcaster, Crescent College, Limerick;
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Sho Yano, American child prodigy, Loyola University Chicago;
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Gordon Zubrod M.D., American oncologist who played a prominent role in the introduction of chemotherapy for cancer; alumnus of the Georgetown Preparatory School
Niccolo Zucchi S.J., Italian Jesuit astronomer and physicist.
