List of Hofstra University people

Academia

• David B. Allison, class of 1987, Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Steven Feld, class of 1971, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist
• Lawrence C. Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, and journalist
• Jonathan D. Moreno, BA 1973, professor at the University of Pennsylvania; Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress; author
• Sharon Oster, BA 1970, professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management
• Tina Park, trustee, Los Angeles Community College District
• Victor Ricciardi B.B.A. 1991, professor of business and author
• Steve Salbu, dean emeritus of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Morton O. Schapiro, president of Northwestern University
• Robert Swirsky, author, lecturer, and computer scientist

  Business

• Chris Albrecht, former president and CEO of Starz, LLC; former chairman of HBO
• Avi Arad, B.B.A. 1972, CEO of Marvel Studios
• Diane Garnick, investment manager, author
• Gerald Guterman, real estate investor and developer; chairman and CEO of Guterman Partners, LLC
• Charles Kushner, J.D. 1979, billionaire real estate developer; founder and co-owner of Kushner Properties
• Ralph S. Larsen, B.B.A. 1962, chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson from 1989 to 2002
• Bernie Madoff, B.S. 1960, Wall Street investor convicted of multiple felonies related to the largest Ponzi scheme in history
• Kathryn V. Marinello, M.B.A. 1983, chairman, CEO, and a director of the Company for Stream Global Services
• Shawn Matthews, M.B.A., CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
• James C. Metzger, B.A. 1983, chairman and CEO of The Whitmore Group, Ltd.
• Tommy Mottola, former chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment; attended but did not graduate
• Scott Ross, B.S. 1974, founder, chairman, and CEO of Digital Domain, Inc.
• Steven C. Witkoff, B.A. 1980, J.D. 1983, Special Envoy to the Middle East for U.S. President Donald Trump; real estate investor and developer, founder of the Witkoff Group, attorney
• Frank G. Zarb, B.B.A.1957, MBA 1962, former chairman of NASD, Inc. and the Nasdaq Stock Market and chairman of insurer AIG

  Government, law and politics

• Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Executive, former adjunct professor
• Joseph Borg, J.D., Securities Commissioner of Alabama
• Jon Bramnick, J.D., represents District 21 in the New Jersey General Assembly
• Anutin Charnvirakul, BEng 1989, Prime Minister of Thailand
• Norm Coleman, former U.S. senator
• Taylor Darling, member of the New York State Assembly
• Thomas DiNapoli, 1976, former New York state assemblyman; current New York State Comptroller
• Timothy S. Driscoll, justice of Supreme Court of New York, Nassau County
• Lenora Fulani, first woman and first African American to appear on the ballot for U.S. president in all 50 states
• Owen H. Johnson, BA 1956, honorary JD '98, New York State Senator
• Peter S. Kalikow, MTA chairman
• Norm Kent, BA 1971, attorney, publisher, radio talk show host, chair of the board of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
• Jeff Korek, New York City-based trial lawyer; partner at Gersowitz Libo & Korek, a personal injury law firm
• Ron Kovic, activist, paraplegic, author of Born on the Fourth of July
• Norman F. Lent, former U.S. congressman, New York
• David A. Levy, former U.S. congressman, New York
• Ed Mangano, Republican, Nassau County, NY County Executive
• Hun Many, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia
• Joseph Margiotta, former Nassau County, Long Island Republican chairman
• Mary Matalin, political consultant for the Republican Party; advisor to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney
• Richard McCormack, BA 1970, member of the Vermont Senate
• Thomas McKevitt, BS, JD, represents District 17 in the New York State Assembly, which includes large portions of Nassau County
• Joseph Mondello, BA 1962, chairman, Nassau County Republican Committee
• Robert O. Muller, JD 1974, co-founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1997
• Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean politician; taught history and politician science at Hofstra between 1969 and 1980
• David Paterson, first African American governor of New York; former minority leader of the New York State Senate
• Evy Poumpouras, former U.S. Secret Service special agent
• Kathleen Riebe, member of the Utah State Senate
• Howard Safir, former New York City Police commissioner; former head of the United States Marshals Service
• Vincent Sapienza, former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection
• Peter J. Schmitt, county legislator of Nassau County, New York's 12th District
• Luis R. Sepulveda, member of the New York State Senate, former Member of the New York State Assembly
• Richard Socarides, J.D., head of public affairs for Gerson Lehrman Group, former White House advisor
• Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. Court of Appeals judge
• Thomas C. Wales, assassinated federal prosecutor

  Film, theater, television, and radio

• Scott Aharoni, film producer and director; Bardo, Leylak, Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
• Avi Arad, film producer; founder of Marvel Studios; producer of the Spider-Man and X-Men films
• James Stacy Barbour, actor
• Brian Barry, SAG actor, X-Files, I Am Legend
• Lou Berger, 1972, head writer for children's television show Sesame Street; winner of 10 Emmys for outstanding writing
• James Caan, actor, The Godfather
• Godfrey Cambridge, actor, comedian, Watermelon Man
• Clifford Chapin, voice actor
• Margaret Colin, actress
• Alan Colmes, talk radio host, former co-host of Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes
• Ryan Colucci, film producer, director and writer; Battle for Terra, Suburban Cowboy, With You, Orient City: Ronin & The Princess
• Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Award-winning director, producer and writer of classics including The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, Patton, The Outsiders, American Graffiti
• Peter Dante, played lacrosse at Hofstra; actor; The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Grandma's Boy
• Robert Davi, actor; Licence to Kill, Die Hard, The Goonies, Wiseguy
• John DeBella, disc jockey, WMGK Philadelphia
• Elizabeth Dennehy, actress
• Rosemarie DeWitt, actress; granddaughter of James Braddock
• Meredith Eaton-Gilden, actress and psychologist
• Steven Epstein, Sony Classical music producer
• Joe Frank, radio monologuist and playwright
• Peter Friedman, actor
• Lisa Glasberg, "Lisa G", radio and TV personality, The Howard Stern Show
• Adam Green, filmmaker, writer, director; Hatchet, Spiral, and Frozen
• Ellie Greenwich, songwriter, "Leader of the Pack", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love"
• Steven Haft, film producer and later senior executive at AOL and Time Inc
• Rashad Haughton, writer, film director, actor, screenwriter; brother of singer, actress and model Aaliyah
• Monica Horan, actress, Everybody Loves Raymond
• Dan Ingram, disc jockey, WCBS-FM, New York
• Anthony Ingrassia, playwright, producer and director
• Madeline Kahn, Tony Award winner for Best Actress, The Sisters Rosensweig; twice nominated for an Academy Award; Paper Moon, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety
• Lainie Kazan, actress, starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Francis Kenny, cinematographer, 2012 ASC Presidents Award
• Norm Kent, BA 1971, attorney, publisher, radio talk show host, WFTL
• Donnie Klang, solo artist, Making the Band 4
• Dennis Latos, film producer director and writer; Bardo, The Untimely Gift, Leylak
• Frederic Lebow, screenwriter, While You Were Sleeping
• Charles Ludlam, playwright
• Tom McGowan, actor
• Stewart Mead, actor and former airline pilot
• Joe Morton, actor, Terminator 2, American Gangster
• Katie Nolan, sports personality and television host
• Lisa Ortiz, voice actress, The Slayers, Pokémon, Sonic X
• Corey Rae, actress, model, writer, and activist
• Andrew Rea, YouTuber and filmmaker, Binging with Babish
• Anwar Robinson, American Idol Top 10 finalist
• Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson, NBA columnist, host on MSG Networks, CBS Sports Radio
• Robbie Rosen, B.S. 2016, American Idol contestant and EDM vocalist
• Philip Rosenthal, creator, producer and writer, Everybody Loves Raymond
• Scott Ross, producer; executive; founder of Digital Domain; General Manager of Industrial Light and Magic
• Susan H. Schulman, theater director
• Leslie Segrete, designer on TLC's While You Were Out and Trading Spaces
• Mike Starr, screen and stage actor; Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, Summer of Sam,'' The Natural, The Bodyguard, The Black Dahlia''
• Joey Styles, play-by-play announcer for Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment
• Susan Sullivan, actress
• Steven Tsapelas, writer and filmmaker
• Eliot Wald, B.A. 1967, television and film writer
• Mickey Waldman, received her Juris Doctor in 1981; WBAI radio host and producer
• Christopher Walken, attended as a dance student but did not graduate; Academy Award-winning actor
• Jay Wallace, president of Fox News

  Art, literature, and print media

• Emily Austin, social media influencer, sports journalist
• Jean Butler, dancer and choreographer
• August Darnell, aka Kid Creole, co-founder of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, and later, Kid Creole and the Coconuts
• Gene Demby, journalist, reporter at NPR and host of the Code Switch podcast
• Nelson DeMille, author
• Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 2001; former varsity basketball player
• Marilyn French, feminist, author of The Women's Room
• Pamela Geller, blogger, author, political activist, and commentator
• Patricia Reilly Giff, children's literature author, teacher
• Brenda Janowitz, writer and attorney
• Charlie Kadau, senior editor, Mad Magazine
• Madeline Kahn, Broadway Tony Award winner; appeared in television shows and movies including Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety
• Larry Keigwin, dancer and choreographer; choreographed Broadway's If/Then
• Donald S. Kellermann, journalist and opinion researcher
• Olivia, R&B singer
• Robert Phillips, classical guitarist
• Bob Rozakis, writer, editor, director of production at DC Comics
• Laurie Rozakis, writer of the Complete Idiots books
• Michelle Sakhai, painter
• Ron Shandler, national baseball analyst, writer
• George Vecsey, sportswriter for ''The New York Times''