List of Tulane University people

This is a list of notable individuals affiliated with Tulane University, including alumni of non-matriculating and graduates, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.

Alumni

Academia

Donald Boesch, biologist/environmental scientist
Ian Bremmer, political scientist
Cleanth Brooks, literary critic
Winston Chang, president of Soochow University
John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator; president of Louisiana Tech University 1926–1928
Light Townsend Cummins, Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and former official State Historian of Texas
James H. Dillard, professor and early advocate for education of African-Americans
Edward F. Fischer, M.A. and Ph.D, professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University
Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill, poet, writer, professor at St. Mary's University, Texas and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
James (Mac) Hyman, applied mathematician at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States
T.R. Kidder, archaeologist
Sang-don Lee, South Korean legal scholar
Sarah Miller, health economist and winner of the 2022 ASHEcon medal
John Mosier, historian
Bradley Peterson, neuroscientist
Blake Simmons, chemical engineer
Frank Vandiver, Civil War scholar, acting president of Rice University 1969–1970, president of Texas A&M University 1981–1988
Linda Wilson, 1957, former president of Radcliffe College

Arts and letters

Architecture

Robert Ivy, CEO AIA
Richard Koch, first graduate of the Tulane School of Architecture, architectural preservationist
Albert C. Ledner, designer of National Maritime Buildings in New York City and many other commercial and residential projects
Edward F. Neild, architect of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum and many buildings in his native Shreveport and Louisiana
Henry Hobson Richardson, inventor of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
Leonard Spangenberg, architect and apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright
A. Hays Town, architect

Film and television

Marion Abramson, founder of WYES-TV
Bryan Batt, BA 1985, actor
Les Blank, BA 1958, MFA 1960, documentary filmmaker
Marshall Colt, Class of 1970, psychologist and former actor
Doug Ellin, A&S 1990, television writer/director, creator of HBO's series Entourage
Evan Farmer, actor
Paul Michael Glaser, BA 1966, actor, TV's Starsky and Hutch
Carlin Glynn, NG-N ’61, actress, Tony award winner
Lawrence Gordon, 1958, producer of popular films such as Predator and Die Hard
Karen Grassle, actress
Robert Harling, movie screenwriter, producer and director
Courtney Hazlett, A&S '99, columnist and celebrity correspondent for MSNBC
Jonathan Hensleigh, Law, writer of Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Jumanji, Armageddon
Rick Hurst, actor; A&S '68
Lauren Hutton, 1964, actress; model
Anthony Jeselnik, comedian
Dave Jeser, A&S 2001, co-creator of Comedy Central's Drawn Together
Anthony Laciura, G '79, actor
Christian LeBlanc, 1980, actor
Shannon Lee, daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee
Elyse Luray, NC ’89, star of PBS' History Detectives
Olga Merediz, NC '78, actress
Linda Taylor Miller, 1976, actress
Alicia Morton, actress
Enrique Murciano, TC ’95, actor, TV's Without a Trace
Matt Ogens, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director, Audible, MADU
Ed Nelson, A&S ’53, UC ’00, actor, Peyton Place
Bruce Paltrow, 1965, television and film producer
Meryl Poster, Academy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated producer
Michael Price, Emmy award-winning writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons
Al Shea, actor and theatre critic
Jerry Springer, B.A., 1965, talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Harold Sylvester, actor, director
Ian Terry, winner of the fourteenth season of Big Brother
Ronald A. Weinberg, American-born Canadian children's television producer

Literature and poetry

John Gregory Brown, novelist, 1982
Amy Carter, G ’96, children's book author; daughter of former President Jimmy Carter
Rich Cohen, writer, 1990
Nicole Cooley, poet; Walt Whitman Award recipient
Peter Cooley, poet
Alcée Fortier, folklorist and recorder of the story of Br'er Rabbit
Whitney Gaskell, Law 1997, novelist
Shirley Ann Grau, 1950, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Jennifer Grotz, poet
N. K. Jemisin, science fiction and fantasy writer, three time Hugo Award recipient
John Reed, author, Snowball's Chance
Leigh Richmond, writer
John Kennedy Toole, BA 1958, author, Pulitzer Prize winner for A Confederacy of Dunces
Dede Wilson, poet and author

Music

Les Crane, pioneer in interactive broadcasting, co-creator of pop music "Top 40"
Paul Crawford, jazz musician, music historian, and music arranger who served as associate curator of the Hogan Jazz Archive
Odaline de la Martinez, composer and conductor; first woman to conduct in a BBC Proms concert
John Doheny, jazz saxophonist, band-leader, and historian
Scott Greenstein, A&S ’81, president of Sirius XM Radio
Zachary Richard, A&S ’72, Cajun singer/songwriter and poet
Emily Saliers, singer
Theo Hilton, indie folk musician of Nana Grizol and Defiance, Ohio
Sonia Tetlow, bass player in rock band Cowboy Mouth
Janice Torre, lyricist of the song "Paper Roses"
Michael White, jazz historian and musician

Non-fiction writing and journalism

Andrew Breitbart, '91, publisher and author
Hodding Carter, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
Christopher Drew, journalist and book author
Bessie Alexander Ficklen, writer, poet, artist
Robert Lane Greene, magazine journalist
Ira B. Harkey Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Nate Lee, B.A. 1978, writer, senior editor for Chicago's Newcity
Monroe (journalist)|Bill Monroe], A&S ’42, broadcast journalist, former host of Meet the Press
Mike Sacks, editor, writer, 1990
Thomas Sancton, editor, writer, civil rights journalist, teacher, 1935
Howard K. Smith, television journalist
Lawrence Wright, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and journalist

Visual arts

Lynda Benglis, N ’64, sculptor
Jacqueline Bishop, MFA, 1982, visual artist
Deborah Czeresko, M.A., 1992, glass blower, won first season of Blown Away
Jane Davis Doggett, 1952, graphic artist and pioneer designer of wayfinding and graphics systems for airports
Mignon Faget, Newcomb Memorial College|Newcomb] 1955, artist, jewelry designer
Mary Garrard, 1958, art historian
Bryan Nash Gill, 1984, artist
Gary Russell Libby, art historian, curator, museum director
Sergio Rossetti Morosini, artist, conservator
Frank Relle, photographer
Wendi Schneider, Newcomb 1977, artist, photographer
Hunt Slonem, B.A., 1973, artist
Meredith Stern, B.F.A. 1998, artist
Cora Kelley Ward, painter

Other

Alice K. Bache, philanthropist and art collector
Afowiri Fondzenyuy, philanthropist and long-distance marathon runner
May Hyman Lesser, medical illustrator
Howard Scott Warshaw, video game programmer/designer and documentary filmmaker

Business and economics

Matt Battiata, CEO, real estate economics expert
Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer
Peter Brack, entrepreneur, founder, business leader and investor
Andrew Friedman, president of operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Neil Bush, B.A., M.B.A., 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive
Philip J. Carroll, M.S., 1961, former CEO, Shell Oil Company and Fluor Corporation
James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and WebMD
Charles E. Fenner, founder of Fenner & Beane, a forerunner of Merrill Lynch
David Filo, B.S. 1988, co-founder of Yahoo!
Alfred Ford, great-grandson of Henry Ford
Talia Goldstein, B.A. 2002, entrepreneur, company founder
C. Jackson Grayson, professor at Harvard, Stanford and Tulane; member of the Nixon Cabinet
Thomas M. Humphrey, PhD. 1970, economist
Samuel Israel III, fraudulent hedge fund manager
Judith Kent, B.A., business executive and philanthropist
Jeff Klein - hotelier and real estate developer
Dean Lombardi, J.D., President and GM of the Los Angeles Kings
Peter McNamara, B.S. CEO, McNamara Enterprises Underground Casino & Book Broker
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, M.B.A., 1979, one of Forbes "World's Richest People"
Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian-American businessperson
Peter Schloss, chief executive officer, Broadwebasia; director, Giant Interactive
Aaron Selber Jr. B.B.A., 1950, businessman and philanthropist in Shreveport
Fred L. Smith, president and founder of Competitive Enterprise Institute
Paul Tulane, benefactor, philanthropist
Sam Zemurray, benefactor

Government and politics

Heads of state

Luis Guillermo Solis, M.A. 1981, president of Costa Rica
José Raúl Mulino, LL.M, 1983, president of Panama

U.S. senators and congressmen

William L. Armstrong, B 1958, former U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Colorado; president of Colorado Christian University
Howard Henry Baker Jr., 1945, U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan
Hale Boggs, Law, 1937, U.S. representative, 1941–1943, 1946–1972; house majority leader
Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. representative, 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997–2001
Edwin S. Broussard, U.S. senator from Louisiana
Donelson Caffery, Law, U.S. senator, 1892–1900
James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, Law, Lafayette congressman and Cajun cultural spokesman
Allen J. Ellender, Law 1913, U.S. senator, agriculture committee chair; appropriations committee chair; President Pro Tempore 1971–72
Newt Gingrich, U.S. representative, 1979–1998 and Speaker of the House, 1995–1998
Tim Griffin, L '94, U.S. representatives from Arkansas
Felix Edward Hébert, U.S. representative, 1940–1977 ; chair, House Armed Services Committee
Bob Livingston, former U.S. representative, 1977–1999; chair, House Appropriations Committee, 1995–98
John H. Overton, Law, 1897, former U.S. senator from Louisiana
Cedric Richmond, L '98, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district ; former senior adviser to President Joe Biden
Jared Y. Sanders Jr., U.S. representative, later States Rights Party
Luther Strange, B.A. 1975, Law 1978, U.S. senator from Alabama, 2017–2018
Suhas Subramanyam, U.S. representative, 2025–present
Gene Taylor, U.S. representative, 1989–2011
Dave Treen, U.S. representative, 1973–1980
David Vitter, Law, former U.S. senator from Louisiana, 2005–2017; former U.S. representative, 1999–2005

U.S. governors

Newton C. Blanchard, former governor of Louisiana
Murphy J. Foster Sr., governor of Louisiana
Michael Hahn, governor of Louisiana
Luther E. Hall, governor of Louisiana
Alvin Olin King, former governor of Louisiana
Richard W. Leche, former governor of Louisiana
Huey Long, Law, former governor of Louisiana
John McEnery, former governor of Louisiana
Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana
Pedro Pierluisi, B.A., 1980, governor of Puerto Rico, New Party for Progress
Jared Y. Sanders Sr., former governor of Louisiana
Oramel H. Simpson, former governor of Louisiana
David C. Treen, former governor of Louisiana
Bob Wise, Law, 1975, former governor of West Virginia

U.S. cabinet secretaries and other prominent federal officials

Howard Henry Baker Jr., 1945, U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan
Regina Benjamin, MBA 1991, Surgeon General of the United States
Donald Ensenat, Law, 1973, White House chief of protocol
Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Stephen Douglas Johnson, AB '85, L '88, U.S. House chief counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight

Diplomats

Howard Henry Baker Jr., U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan
Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. representative 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997–2001
Kristie Kenney, G '79, U.S. ambassador to Thailand, former ambassador to the Philippines and Ecuador
John Giffen Weinmann, former U.S. ambassador to Finland and chief of protocol in the White House
Clint Williamson U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, UN envoy, White House policy official

Mayors

Sidney Barthelemy, mayor of New Orleans
Ravinder Bhalla, J.D., mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
Paul Capdevielle, Law, mayor of New Orleans
Sandra Frankel, 1963, Arts and Sciences, former mayor of the Town of Brighton, NY
Ray Nagin, M.B.A. 1994, mayor of New Orleans
Robert Poydasheff, Law, former mayor of Columbus, Georgia
Jerry Springer, B.A. 1965, former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio and television personality
T. Semmes Walmsley, Law, mayor of New Orleans

City and state officials

Buddy Caldwell, attorney general of Louisiana 2008–16; former district attorney in Tallulah -turned-
Philip Ciaccio, state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge 1982–1998
John Elton Coon, state representative from Ouachita Parish; mayor of Monroe 1949–1956, and state fire marshal 1956–1964
Grey Ferris, member of the Mississippi State Senate
Cameron Henry, member of Louisiana House
Adam Kwasman, B.A. Economics 2003, member of Arizona House of Representatives District 11; 2014 candidate for U.S. Congress
Karen Carter Peterson, former state senator and state representative; candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd District
Weldon Russell, state representative from Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes 1984–1988; realtor in Amite
Jock Scott, B.A. Government 1969, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Scott M. Simon, architect and state representative
Eric Skrmetta, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1
Chris Ullo, member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature 1972–2008

Other

Hanan Al-Ahmadi, assistant speaker of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia
Ashley Biden, social worker, activist, and daughter of President Joe Biden
Amy Carter, '96, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; children's book author
Jan Crull Jr., Law, 1990, former Native American rights advocate, Hill staffer, international investment banker; multi Marquis Who's Who biographee
C. B. Forgotston, fellow of Tulane Institute of Politics, lecturer in law, political activist, state government watchdog
Juan Manuel García Passalacqua, 1967, late leading political analyst in Puerto Rico
Pedro A. Gelabert, 1956, Puerto Rico secretary of Natural Resources
Victor Gold, journalist and political consultant
John Grenier, Birmingham, Alabama, lawyer and leader of the Alabama Republican Party
Supriya Jindal, E '93, B '96, first lady of Louisiana
Kwan Yuk-noan, member of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan
Kenneth McClintock, Law, 1980, Puerto Rico's former senate president ; former secretary of state/lt. governor
Paul Morphy, L.L.B., April 7, 1857, chess prodigy and unofficial world chess champion
Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women
Martha Gilmore Robinson, women's rights and civic activist

Law

U.S. Supreme Court justices

Edward Douglass White Jr., Law, 1868, 9th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Federal and state judges

Edith Brown Clement, Law, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
W. T. Cunningham, preparatory curriculum, Law, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1908–1912
W. Eugene Davis, Law, 1960, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
John Malcolm Duhé Jr., Law, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Martin Leach-Cross Feldman, B.A. 1955, J.D. 1957 Federal Judge
Rufus E. Foster, Law, 1895, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
F.A. Little Jr., Class of 1958, former judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Ángel Martín, Law, former associate justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
Tucker L. Melancon, Law, 1973, justice, 5th Circuit since 1994
Judge Henry Mentz, U.S. federal district judge 1982–2005
Bill Pryor, Law, 1987, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Robert Reid, Law, 1875, justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Christian Roselius, 1857, chief justice, Louisiana Supreme Court
Alvin A. Schall, Law, 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Nauman S. Scott, one of the first Louisiana U.S. District Court Judges to advocate desegregation -turned-
Elizabeth Weaver, N ’62; L ’65, Michigan Supreme Court justice
Jacques Loeb Wiener, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
John Minor Wisdom, Law, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

Attorneys

Dean Andrews Jr., attorney convicted of perjury by Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison
Sean M. Berkowitz, 1989, chief prosecutor, Enron Task Force
Terry Michael Duncan, lawyer killed in 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
William T. Dzurilla, Law, 1981, international attorney and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White
Jim Garrison, Law, New Orleans district attorney and state appeals court judge
Marc Kligman, J.D. 1995, sports agent and criminal lawyer
Jim Letten, L '79, U.S. attorney
Leander Perez, Law, judge and district attorney of Plaquemines Parish in first half of twentieth century
Ira Sorkin, BA 1965, attorney for Bernard Madoff

Other

Yaw Darko Asare, active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana 2024–present
William Suter, Law 1962, clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court 1991–present

Math, science and technology

Jon-Erik Beckjord, paranormal investigator and photographer
Ruth Benerito, Newcomb alumna and inventor of wrinkle-free cotton
Delzie Demaree, 1889–1987, botanist and plant collector who taught botany at Tulane 1956–1958
Willey Glover Denis, 1879–1929, Newcomb A.B. 1899, Tulane M.A. 1902. Biochemist; as assistant professor at Tulane Medical School, the first woman appointed as a faculty member of a major medical institution in the U.S.
Anna Epps, microbiologist; possibly the first African-American woman with a PhD to lead a medical school
Joseph Fair, virologist
David Filo, B.S.C.E, co-founder of Yahoo!
Kurt Mislow, 1944, professor of Chemistry at Princeton University
Harold Rosen, B.S.E.E, 1947, engineer/inventor, famous for inventing the geostationary communications satellite
Evelyn Walton Ordway, chemist, suffragist and professor at Newcomb College from 1887 until 1905
Dave Winer, B.A, Mathematics, 1976, weblog and RSS pioneer, former Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society fellow
A. Baldwin Wood, B.S.M.E., 1899, engineer and inventor of the wood screw pump and the wood trash pump
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 1989–2011, student, co-founder of the social network Diaspora

Medicine

James Andrews, M.D., orthopedic surgeon
Dale Archer, B.A., 1978, M.D., doctor and television personality
Jim C. Barnett, physician and surgeon from Brookhaven, Mississippi, member of Mississippi House of Representatives 1992–2008
Charles C. Bass, MD, Tulane Medical School dean 1922–1940, researcher in tropical medicine, inventor of modern dental floss
Regina Benjamin, M.B.A., 1991, U.S. Surgeon General under President Barack Obama; first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees
Gerald Berenson, B.S. 1943, M.D. 1945, heart researcher, preventive medicine pioneer and founder of the Bogalusa Heart Study
Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher
George E. Burch, M.D., 1933, cardiologist
Benjamin Cabrera, physician
Jay Cavanaugh, Ph.D, 1994, member of California State Board of Pharmacy 1980–90; director of American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, 2001
Wallace H. Clark Jr., B.S. 1944, M.D. 1947, pathologist, cancer researcher
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., 1932, pioneer of modern medicine and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
Theodore John Dimitry Jr. M.D. 1901, pioneer of modern optometry
E. Wesley Ely, B.S., 1985; M.P.H., 1989; M.D., 1989, physician researcher of delirium at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner
Marion Spencer Fay, B.A., 1915; physician, president and dean, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Fontham, M.P.H., 1978, D.P.H., 1983, cancer epidemiologist, public health researcher, and founding dean of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health
Robert I. Grossman, B.S., 1969, physician-researcher, Dean of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H., Former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Thomas Naum James, M.D., 1949, director, World Health Organization cardiovascular center
Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., 1951, director, National Institutes of Health, for whom the Kirschstein NRSA grant program is named
Abraham L. Levin, M.D., 1907, inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still used for duodenal drainage after surgery
Rudolph Matas, M.D., 1880, "father of vascular surgery"
William Larimer Mellon Jr., M.D., M ’53, founder of Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti
José Gilberto Montoya, founder of the Immunocompromised Host Service and works at the Positive Care Clinic at Stanford
Kelly Overton, Activist
Imperato Pascal, MPH & TM, author
Steven M. Paul, B.S. 1972, M.D. 1975, neuroscientist and pharmaceutical executive
Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., 1935, U.S. surgeon general 1961–1965; chair of the committee that produced Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service
Xiaobin Wang, M.P.H., 1987, molecular epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Paul Wehrle, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox
Charles B. Wilson, pioneer in pituitary tumor treatment; Cushing Medal recipient

Military

George K. Anderson, general in the United States Air Force
David H. Berger E '81, 38th commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Wayne Downing, general in the US Army
Douglas G. Hurley, NASA astronaut
John L. McLucas, G ’43, secretary of the Air Force
Richard I. Neal, general in the US Marine Corps
Christina Maria Rantetana, MPH '97, rear admiral in the Indonesian Navy
William Suter, Law 1962, general, US Army
Tate Westbrook, captain, US Navy
James C. Yarbrough, general in the US Army

Royalty and religion

Jorge Bolaños, son of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños
Francis George, Ph.D., 1970, cardinal archbishop of Chicago
James G. Heller, rabbi and composer

Sports

Stephen Alemais, baseball player
Michael Aubrey, baseball player
David Mark Berger, A&S '66, NCAA champion, member of 1972 Israeli Olympic weightlifting team
Jim Boyle, NFL offensive tackle
Bubby Brister, NG-UC ’85, former NFL quarterback
Bobby Brown, Medicine 1950, baseball player, president of the American League
Janell Burse, basketball player in the WNBA
Chris Bush, 2004, NFL receiver
Andy Cannizaro, MLB shortstop and baseball All American
Jerry Dalrymple, football All-American
Quincy Davis, 2006, naturalised Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team player
JaJuan Dawson, 1999, NFL receiver
Burnell Dent, NFL linebacker
Corey Dowden, NFL defensive back
Barbara Farris, UC ’98, WNBA forward, New York Liberty
Steve Foley, football, quarterback in 1973 season when Tulane beat LSU for the first time in 25 years; played in two Super Bowls with Denver Broncos
Matt Forte, NFL running back
Nolan Franz, NFL wide receiver
Lester Gatewood, NFL center
Tony Giarratano, MLB, Detroit Tigers
Fred Gloden, NFL player
Brandon Gomes, MLB, Tampa Bay Rays
Jim Gueno, NFL linebacker
Ryan Grant, NFL wide receiver who is currently a free agent
Nickie Hall, football player
Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker
Phil Hicks, NBA basketball player
Rodney Holman, 1981, NFL pro bowl tight end with Cincinnati Bengals
Linton Johnson III, 2004, NBA player
Robert Kelley, NFL running back
Thakarius "BoPete" Keyes, NFL cornerback
Shaun King, 1999, NFL quarterback
Dominik Köpfer, German tennis player
Troy Kropog, 2009–present, NFL lineman, Tennessee Titans
Eric Laakso, 1976 Tulane Athlete of the year, NFL offensive tackle; started in Super Bowl XVII for Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]
J. P. Losman, NFL quarterback
Aaron Loup, MLB pitcher
Seth Marler, B ’03, NFL kicker
Lonnie Marts, 1990, NFL linebacker 1991–2001
Tommy Mason, NFL running back
Max McGee, NFL wide receiver; caught first touchdown pass in Super Bowl history for Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I
Sylvester McGrew, NFL defensive end
Darnell Mooney, NFL wide receiver
Mewelde Moore, NFL running back
Ed Morgan, baseball player
Kevin Mmahat, baseball player
Steve Mura, baseball player
Eddie Murray, UC ’80, NFL kicker
Herman Neugass, track & field athlete noted for his boycott of the 1936 Olympic trials
Phil Nugent, football player
Micah Owings, MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds
Richie Petitbon, NFL player and coach
Michael Pratt, current Green Wave quarterback
Tyjae Spears, current NFL running back
Eddie Price, football player
Patrick Ramsey, NFL quarterback
Ham Richardson, 1955, tennis player
Taylor Rochestie, American-Montenegrin player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Basketball Premier League
Cairo Santos, NFL kicker
Andy Sheets, MLB shortstop
Joe Silipo, football player in the CFL, USFL and NFL
Jerald Sowell, NFL running back
Mike Tannenbaum, former general manager, New York Jets
Eric Thomas, 1987, NFL defensive back 1987–1995
Michael Thompson, PGA Tour golfer
Paul Thompson, NBA player
Dalton Truax, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders
Linda Tuero, tennis, winner of Italian Open
John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player
Roydell Williams, NFL wide receiver
Frank Wills, MLB relief pitcher
Josh Zeid, MLB pitcher

Faculty

Akira Arimura, professor of endocrinology
William Balée, professor of anthropology and environmental studies
Harry Blackmun, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
David Bonderman, founder of TPG Capital
Elizabeth [Hill Boone], professor of Latin American art history
Christian M. M. Brady, targumist
Ian Bremmer, political scientist
Stephen Breyer, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Douglas Brinkley, historian
William Craft Brumfield, professor and historian of Russian art and architecture
Florian Cajori, historian
James Carville, political science
Alfred H. Clifford, mathematician
Harold Cummins, faculty 1919–1964, anatomist
David John Doukas, clinical ethicist and professionalism scholar
John Duffy, medical historian
Giuseppe Ferrata, composer and professor of music
Gordon G. Gallup Jr., faculty 1968–1975, developer of the mirror test for self-awareness
Kenneth W. Harl, historian
Melissa Harris-Perry, former professor of political science and anchor for MSNBC
Maximilian Heller, rabbi, professor of hebrew and hebrew literature 1912–1928
Helmut Otto Hofer, faculty 1965–1977, zoologist and comparative anatomist
Andy Horowitz, historian, winner of Bancroft Prize
Louis J. Ignarro, faculty 1973–1985; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998
Walter Isaacson, author and former CEO of CNN; member of the Board of Tulane
Barbara Jazwinski, head of the Composition Program at the Newcomb Music Department
T.R. Kidder, archaeologist
James A. Knight, M.D., former faculty, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist
Adrienne Koch, historian
Ida Kohlmeyer, artist and associate on faculty, 1950s
Kris Lane, historian and author, Tulane University and University of Minnesota faculty
Robert K. Merton, sociologist, former head of the Sociology Department
Claire Messud, novelist
Alton Ochsner, founder of Ochsner Clinic, pioneer anti-smoking advocate
William Rehnquist, justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
John Leonard Riddell, faculty 1836–1865; microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope
Charles P. Roland, historian of the American Civil War and the American South, professor at Tulane 1952–1970
Tom Sancton, journalist, musician, Andrew W. Mellon Professor
Antonin Scalia, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Andrew V. Schally, faculty 1962–2006, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, French Legion of Honor
J. Lawrence Smith, chemist and inventor of the inverted microscope
Raymond Taras, faculty, political scientist
Thomas W. Sherry, professor emeritus
Royal D. Suttkus, faculty 1950–1990, founder of the largest ichthyology collection in the world
Andrea Talentino, assistant professor of political science 1999–2005, ninth president of Augustana College
Lewis Thomas, faculty 1948–1950, physician, researcher, and essayist
Frank J. Tipler, physicist and author
Jesmyn Ward, novelist; two-time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction