Use the table below to browse notable alumni from private schools around the United States.
Private School Alumni Directory:
Famous Private School Alumni (Massachusetts):
School Name
Notable School Alumni (Sample)
- Lincoln Kierstein '26 - Co-founder of the New York City Ballet
- William Knowles '34 - Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Calvin Tomkins '43 - Author and Art Critic for "The New Yorker"
- Stephen Malawista '50 - Lyme disease co-discoverer
- Jeff McLaughlin '84 - Olympic Bronze and Silver Medalist in Rowing
- Kristin Baker '93 - Artist
- Kacey Bellamy '05 - Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in Women's Ice Hockey
- Kevan Miller '07 - NHL Boston Bruins Defenseman
- Kendall Coyne '11 - Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in Women's Ice Hockey
- Jack Harrison '15 - MLS Professional Soccer Player
- Peter Shumlin - Governor of Vermont
- Christian Parenti - Journalist and writer
- Philip Rickey - Sculptor
- Justin Theroux - Actor
- Frank Wood - Actor
- Marco Williams - Documentary Film Maker
- Jennifer Coolidge - Jennifer Audrey Coolidge is an actress and comedian, best known for playing "Stifler's Mom", a role in the American Pie films, Sophie in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, Paulette in Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel, Hilary Duff's character's evil st
- Aprille Ericsson-Jackson - Aprille Ericsson-Jackson is an aerospace engineer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ericsson-Jackson received her Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Masters of Enginee
- Ian Falconer - Ian Falconer is an illustrator, children's book author, and costume and set designer for the theater. He has created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications. Falconer is best known for the Olivia series, which features a young pig and
- Andrew Strominger - Andrew Strominger is a theoretical physicist who is the Director of Harvard's Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He has made significant contributions to quantum gravity and string theory. These include his work on Calabi-Yau compactification and
- Helen Keller - Helen Keller was an author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.
- Ben Wickey - Filmmaker, animator, illustrator, writer Supper With The Stars: https://vincentprice.aweb.page/supperwiththestarssignup
- DJ Plunkett - Actor/Singer/DancerFormer Boq in @wicked_musical Natl Tour BFA in musical theatre from CCM AEA
- Peter Silverman - Business Development Manager and Talent Advisor at Source and Recruit. Startup owner;Vermont Startup Pairs Students, Employers Seeking Flexible Labor Peter Silverman and his freshman roommate, Max Robbins, launched Majorwise to match up the two needshttps://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/vermont-startup-pairs-students-employers-seeking-flexible-labor-n762116
- David Altshuler '82 - Geneticist and co-founder of MIT's Broad Institute
- Peter W. Galbraith '69 - Diplomat
- Susanna Kaysen '66 - Author
- Kasi Lemmons '77 - Director
- Hamish Linklater '94 - Actor
- Ottessa Moshfegh '98 - Author
- Cornelia (Nina) Pillard '78 - United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Rachel Morrison '96 - Cinematographer, First woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, movies include Black Panther and Mudbound
- Peter Fisher '74 - Former US Undersecretary of the Treasury
- Tom Forman '91 - Executive producer
- Julia Glass '74 - Novelist
- Sebastian Junger '80 - Novelist and journalist
- David Lewis '76 - Investigative journalist, CNN
- Her Majesty Queen Noor '69 - Former Queen of Jordan
- Tom First '85 - Co-founder, Nantucket Nectars
- Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg '75 - Lawyer, writer, ambassador, and philanthropist
- Drew Gilpin Faust '64 - President of Harvard University
- Bette Davis '26 - American actress of film, television, and theater
- Nate Berkus '90 - American interior designer, author, and television personality
- John Lilley '91 - Retired American professional ice hockey player and member of 1994 men's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
- His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck '99 - King of Bhutan
- John Cena '95 - American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and television presenter
- Tom Poti '96 - American former professional ice hockey player and member of the 2002 silver-medalist men's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
- Chris Bourque '04 - American professional ice hockey forward
- Erika Lawlor '05 - Member of the silver-medalist 2010 women's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
- Meghan Duggan '06 - American ice hockey forward and member of the 2010 and 2014 women's U.S. Olympic ice hockey teams (two silver medals) and captain of the 2018 U.S. women's gold-medal Olympic ice hockey team
- Broc Little '07 - American professional ice hockey forward in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and member of the 2018 men's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
- Margaret Wise Brown, 1928 - Author of children's books
- Ginny Gilder, 1976 - Olympic Medalist, Philanthropist, Co-owner of the WNBA Seattle Storm
- Latanya Arvette Sweeney, 1977 - Computer scientist, 2010 Dana Hall Distinguished Alumna Award recipient
- Cynthia (Irving) Voigt, 1959 - Author of young adult books
- King Abdullah - King of Jordan
- John McPhee - Author
- Buddy Teevens - Collegiate football coach
- Matthew Fox - Actor
- Frank P. Cochrane ‘70 - President, Investment Timing Consultants, Inc.
- Gurdon (Stan )Wattles '75 - Former Formula 1, Indy Car and International Sports Cars Driver Founder of Metro Racing Systems and GSW Enterprises, LLC Current Board Member: National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Patrick Taylor McQuown '89 - Inventor, Entrepreneur and Co-founder and President, Proteus Director of Entrepreneurship, James Madison University Two-time Technology and Engineering Emmy Award winner MIT TR 100; granted 2004; MIT Technology Review Magazine's Top 100 people under 35
- Max Silver '06 - Entrepreneur and Founder, Vertical Groove Golf
- Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein '77 - Abdullah II is a well respected world leader and a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921. He began his reign in 1999.
- Jason Wu '98 - Jason is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist and fashion designer based in New York City best known for designing the dresses of Michelle Obama on several occasions, including those worn during the first and second inauguration of American President Barack Obama.
- Michael Douglas '60 - Michael is an award winning and acclaimed actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades over the years including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
- Henry Kravis '60 - Henry is the co-founder of KKR & Co. Inc., a global investment firm. Additionally, in 2006, he established The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership which identifies extraordinary leaders in the nonprofit sector, celebrates their accomplishments a
- Brandon Wu '12 - Brandon got his first PGA tour start at the 2019 US Open after winning the US Amerstur Championship tournament that year. In 2020, he was the Ferry Tour Championship winner and also helped guide Stanford to the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship team
- Michael Beschloss '70 - Michael is an award winning historian known for specializing on the United States presidency and has been a frequent commentator on the PBS NewsHour and is the NBC News Presidential Historian.
- Mo Cassera '89 - Mo is an American basketball coach and was Hofstra University's men's head coach from 2010-2013 and current CBS Sports Broadcaster covering NCAA basketball.
- Christopher Mellon '72 - Christopher is a former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations and later for Security and Information Operations. He also served as the staff director of the United States Sen
- Chris Waddell '84 - Chris was an American Paralympic sit-skier and wheelchair track athlete. Additionally, in 2009 he became the first paraplegic to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Chris was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2010 and the US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame i
- Thomas Hoving '46 - Thomas was an American museum executive and consultant and the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He began his career at the MET in 1967 and quickly expanded the MET's collections.
- Steve Carrell '77 - Award-winning actor, comedian, producer, and writer
- Christopher Lloyd - Actor
- Matt Nathanson - Musician
- Peter Zwack - Brigadier General
- John Kerry - U.S. Secretary of State
- Howard Hughes - Businessman, Engineer, Philanthropist
- Booker T. Washington Jr. - Son of famous abolitionist, statesman and author
- Yu Kil Chun - First Korean to study in West; essayist and social reformer
- Theophilus Parsons - Helped draft Bill of Rights and developed US judiciary system
- Edward Preble - Commodore of the USS Constitution
- Dan Gadzuric - NBA basketball player
- Jeb Bradley - Congressman - New Hampshire
- Samuel Phillips - Founder of Phillips Academy, Andover
- Duncan Robinson - NBA basketball player
- Tim Armstrong - AOL Chairman and CEO
- Dana Messina - CEO and Owner of Steinway Piano
- Audrey McNiff - Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
- Page McConnell - Keyboard Player for Phish
- Steve Heinze - '88 Olympian in Men's Hockey and Former NHL player for Boston Bruins and LA Kings
- Laurie Baker - Three time Olympian in women's hockey
- Antoine Wright - NBA player for Dallas Mavericks
- Tyler Beede - Player for the San Francisco Giants
- George Deveney ‘97 - Make-A-Wish® Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chief Advancement Officer - Eastern University
- Emma Sharon ‘15 - Major League Baseball Photographer - University of Virginia
- Scott Martinelli ‘04 - NASA Sr. Strategic Analyst for Human Exploration - Georgia Tech
- Dr. Abigail (Van Hook) Reens ’08 - Prolacta Bioscience Senior Scientist - MIT
- Jennifer Murphy ‘18 - Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Researcher - University of Texas
- Betsy Bernard - Former President of AT&T
- Steve Carell - Actor
- Kevin Systrom - Co-founder of Instagram
- Sarah Leary - Cofounder of Nextdoor
- William Hurt - Academy Award Winning Actor
- Anthony Lake - Executive Director, Unicef
- Li Chung Pei - Architect
- Cass Sunstein - Head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- Sarah Leary - Co-Founder of Nextdoor
- Martin Hoffman - US Secretary of the Army
- Joseph Kahn - Managing Editor, The New York Times
- Lucy Adams Billings '66 - New York State Supreme Court Justice
- Barbara Cooperman '73 - Executive VP, Market Communications and Corporate Relations, Elsevier
- Jean Erdman '34 - An influential figure in the world of modern dance and part of the Martha Graham Dance Company; was on the faculty of Columbia University and New York University; was the wife of mythologist Joseph Campbell until his death in 1987.
- Paula Leuchs Moats '72 - Senior VP, Laconia Capital Corporation
- Susan O'Day '77 - Exec VP: Enterprise Technology/CIO, Walt Disney Co
- Molly Shepard '64 - President and CEO, The Leader's Edge
- Stacey Sotirhos '89 - Instructional Support Specialist, New York City Board of Education
- Kari Steinert '85 - Big Foote Music, composer and musician for commercials and films
- Dian Adams Toland '72 - Project Director of Construction and Restoration, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
- Catherine Foster '95 - Architect, Pei Cobb Freed + Partners
- Marty Walsh - U.S. Secretary of Labor, Mayor of Boston
- Jon Moakley - Democratic Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Rules
- Charles Taylor - 22nd president of Liberia
- President George Bush - 41st President of the United States
- Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poet, literary leader and doctor
- Benjamin Spock - Author; authority on child-rearing; anti-war activist
- Jack Lemmon - Academy Award-winning actor
- President George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States
- Julia Alvarez - Poet, novelist, and author
- Frederick Law Olmstead - designed NYC's Central Park
- Christopher Hughes - co-founded Facebook and served as online strategist for Obama campaign
- Rebecca Dowling Adams - US's first female Top Gun pilot
- Ben Bradlee - Former editor, The Washington Post
- Tarah Donoghue - Former Deputy Press Secretary to Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States from May 2006 to August 2007; worked for former Vice President Dick Cheney
- Thomas Kean - Former New Jersey governor; former chairman of the 9/11 Commission; former president of Drew University
- Julie Kennedy - Founder and leader of AMERICA SCORES; President of the Mycelium Group
- Suzanne P. King - US Olympic cross country skier, 1994 and 1998 Olympic games
- Robert Lowell - Former sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress; Pulitzer Prize recipient; National Book Award recipient; National Book Critics Circle Award recipient
- Ashley Merriman - Premier Chef at Branzino in Seattle, WA; former contestant on Top Chef Season 6
- Storey Musgrave - Astronaut
- Georgia Chaffee Nassikas - Artist
- Scott Young - Retired American professional ice hockey right winger; First round draft pick, 11th overall in 1986 by Hartford Whalers; played on the U.S. National Team; played on three Winter Olympic teams 1988, 1992, and 2002; won 2 Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1996
- Mr. Leo Abbot '64 - Current organist and former Music Director and Organist of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston https://www.najihakim.com/links/musicians/leo-abbott/
- Dr. Basil Considine '94 - An expert in French opera of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Recently named one of the "Movers and Shapers" by Musical America and a Fullbright Academic Scholar https://basilconsidine.org/about/
- Mr. William Endicott '08 - Music Director at Holy Name Parish in West Roxbury https://holynameparish.com/music-ministry
- Mr. Alexander Pattavina '10 - Associate Organist and Choirmaster at Saint Bart's in Manhattan and winner of the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival https://stbarts.org/music/music-at-st-bartholomews-church/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkpcQhyaNO4
- Mr. Paul Sullivan '69 - Alumnus and Grammy-Award winner https://rivermusic.com/grammy-award/
- Mark Shenkman - Director of Shenkman Capital Management
- Nitya Pibulsonggram - Thai Foreign Minister, Former Thai Ambassador to the United Nations
- Bill James - Rockport Capital Partners
- Bill Guerin - NHL hockey player
- Bob Lappin - Conductor, Palm Beach Orchestra
- Olaf Halvorrsen - Received Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
- Galway Kinnel - Author/Poet
- Steve Porter ’97 - PorterHouse Media produces ESPN video mashups
- G.P. Gromacki ’89 - Led Amherst College women's basketball team to the NCAA Division III championship, named Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com.
- William S. Clark - UMass/Amherst President
- Winthrop Crane - 40th Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Senator
- Brad Hall ’75 - Actor, producer, writer. Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor
- Patrick Rissmiller - Professional hockey player, NHL NY Rangers forward
- George Crockett Strong, Class of 1851 - U.S. Civil War General
- Robert Samuelson ’63 - Economic columnist and journalist, editor for Newsweek and the Washington Post, author
- George Stanley Hall - Psychologist, father of American Psychology
- Tony Lavelli ’45 - First overall NBA draft pick, accordionist for the Harlem Globetrotters
- Cole Porter, 1909 - Broadway composer
- Jim Davis, 1962 - Chairman, New Balance Athletic Shoe
- John F. Dryden, 1857 - Founder Prudential Insurance, U.S. Senator
- Jonathan Starr, 1994 - Financial executive and philanthropist
- Alingon Mitra, 2004 - Comedian
- Kaz Grala, 2017 - Stock car racing driver
- Aliyah Boston, 2019 - Nation’s top-ranked college women’s basketball player, USC. 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Champion
- H. Jon Benjamin, 1984 - Actor, comedian
- Jordan Lucas, 2012 - NFL Player, Super Bowl LIV Champion
- Jessica Phillips, 1989 - Stage & screen actress
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