List of St. John's University alumni

Notable alumni of St. John's University in New York City include, alphabetically:

• Peter Abbate (born 1949), member of New York State Assembly
• Joseph P. Addabbo (1925–1986), US Representative from New York (1961–86)
• Joseph Addabbo Jr. (born 1964), New York State Senator and New York City Council member
• Haron Amin (born 1979), Afghan diplomat and spokesman for Northern Alliance after September 11 attacks
• Rich Aurilia (born 1971), Major League Baseball shortstop; All-Star, Silver Slugger Award
• James Baba, Ugandan diplomat, politician, and state minister
• Michael Balboni, NY Deputy Secretary of State for Public Safety, NYS Senator
• Leszek Balcerowicz, MBA (1974), senior government official and architect of the Balcerowicz Plan leading Poland into a market economy
• Russ Banham (born 1954), Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and best-selling author
• Morton Bard, psychologist, trailblazer in crisis intervention, author of The Crime Victim's Book
• Erick Barkley, NBA point guard selected in first round of 2000 NBA draft
• Rowan Barrett, basketball player, top scorer in the 2002 Israel Basketball Premier League
• Frank Barsalona, music industry talent agent, non-performer inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Lucas Bartlett, professional soccer player
• Bruce R. Bent, inventor of first money market fund
• Walter Berry (born 1964), NBA basketball power forward; John R. Wooden Award
• Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923–2012), Cardinal and Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Alessandra Biaggi (born 1986), New York State Senator
• Albert H. Bosch, United States House of Representatives
• Leonard Boudin, lawyer and civil rights activist
• Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), NBA basketball center; Consensus first-team All-American
• Keegan Bradley (born 1986), professional golfer, winner of 2011 PGA Championship
• Adam Braz (born 1981), Canadian soccer player and Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer
• Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, previously Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, and auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre
• Ron Brown, US Secretary of Commerce
• Justin Brownlee, professional basketball forward
• Danny Burawa (born 1988), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Gerald Calabrese, Mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey (1965–2015), NBA player with Syracuse Nationals (predecessor to Philadelphia 76ers)
• James P. Campbell, President and CEO of General Electric Consumer and Industrial
• Gerald Cardinale, New Jersey State Senator
• Hugh Carey (1919–2011), Governor of the State of New York and US Representative from Brooklyn
• Gregory W. Carman, United States House of Representatives
• Haggai Carmon, attorney, author of intelligence thrillers, and legal advice columnist
• Lou Carnesecca (1925–2024), Hall of Fame basketball coach, St. John's head coach for 24 seasons
• Tom Carr, Seattle City Attorney and Boulder City Attorney
• William G. Carroll, member of the New York State Assembly
• William J. Casey (1913–1987), Director of Central Intelligence Agency
• Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1938–2013), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Alfred C. Cerullo III, New York City Commissioner and Council Member, professional actor in theater and television
• Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick (born 1942), judge of New York State Court of Appeals
• Frank Cipolla, journalist
• Dane Clark, actor
• Akis Cleanthous (1964–2011), Cypriot Minister of Education and Culture (2007–2008)^[1]
• J. Cole, hip-hop recording artist and record producer
• William Colton, member of New York State Assembly
• John Corvino, professor of philosophy at Wayne State University
• Mario Cuomo (1932 –2015), Governor of the State of New York, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State
• Rachel Daly, professional footballer for England women's national football team and the US' NWSL's Houston Dash
• Nickolas Davatzes, former president and CEO of A&E Network
• Mack David (1912–1993), lyricist and songwriter
• Mel Davis, NBA basketball forward
• Raymond J. Dearie, US District Judge, Eastern District of New York
• Malia DelaCruz, musician who performs as CIAO MALZ
• George Deukmejian, Attorney General (1979–1982) and Governor of the State of California (1983–1990)
• Dominick L. DiCarlo, US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, Chief Judge of the US Court of International Trade
• Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
• Patricia DiMango (born 1953), Justice, New York Supreme Court
• Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, basketball player and famously known as the Seminole Heights serial killer. ^[2]
• Richard Donoghue, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
• Tom J. Donohue, President and CEO of United States Chamber of Commerce
• Dan Donovan, United States House of Representatives, New York's 11th congressional district
• John Francis Dooling Jr., US District Judge, Eastern District of New York
• Conrad B. Duberstein (1915–2005), Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Clarence Dunnaville, lawyer and civil rights activist
• George Dzundza, actor
• Randall T. Eng (born 1947), Presiding Justice, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
• John Louis Esposito, historian and orientalist
• Clare Farragher (born 1941), member of New Jersey General Assembly (1988–2002)^[3]
• Alexander A. Farrelly, Governor of US Virgin Islands
• Patricia Fili-Krushel, senior executive at NBC Universal News Group, Time Warner, WebMD, ABC Television Network
• Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963), basketball coach
• Joseph C. H. Flynn (1892–1941), lawyer, politician, and magistrate
• Gardner Fox, comic book writer, creator of original Justice Society, The Flash; novelist
• Mike Francesa, radio personality, "The Sports Pope"
• John Franco, Major League baseball pitcher, captain for New York Mets; 4× All-Star, 3× NL saves leader
• Dan Frisa, United States House of Representatives
• Jack Garfinkel (1918–2013), Boston Celtics basketball guard
• Bill Gaudette, MLS professional soccer player
• Nelson George, author, columnist, filmmaker, music and culture critic, and journalist
• John J. Ghezzi, NYS Secretary of State
• Patricia Reilly Giff, author of children's books
• Jacob H. Gilbert (1920–1981), US Representative from New York between 1960 and 1971
• John Girgenti, New Jersey State Senator
• Hy Gotkin (1922–2004), basketball player, member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame
• Matt Groenwald (born 1983), MLS professional soccer player
• Frank Gulotta, Nassau County District Attorney and NYS Appellate Division judge
• Dan Halloran, New York City Council member
• Zendon Hamilton, professional basketball player
• Craig Hansen, MLB professional baseball pitcher
• Maurice Harkless, NBA player for Portland Trail Blazers
• Marcus Hatten (born 1980), basketball point guard, 2006 top scorer in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Joseph A. Healey, US Army major general^[4]
• Richard Garth Henning, Archbishop of Boston
• Darryl Hill, basketball player known as "Showtime Hill"
• Lester Holtzman, US Congressman and NY Judge
• Daryl Homer (born 1990), Olympic saber fencer
• George Hu, Taiwanese-American actor
• Charles Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn)
• Race Imboden (born 1993), Olympic foil fencer for team USA
• Mark Jackson (born 1965), NBA basketball player; NCAA assists leader, NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA All-Star, NBA assists leader.
• Harold M. Jacobs (1912–1995), Jewish and civic leader
• Mark Jacoby (born 1947), Broadway actor
• Jaheim, R&B singer
• Theodore T. Jones Jr., Judge, New York Court of Appeals
• Shalrie Joseph, Grenadian MLS professional soccer player
• Agim Kaba, Albanian-American actor, artist
• Alex Katz (born 1994), American-Israeli baseball pitcher and Team Israel Olympian
• Melinda Katz (born 1965), Queens Borough President, Queens District Attorney
• Margaret M. Keane, Chief Executive Officer and President of Synchrony Financial
• Raymond W. Kelly, Commissioner of New York City Police Department
• D. J. Kennedy (born 1989), NBA basketball player
• John M. Kennedy Jr., politician from Suffolk County, New York
• Brian Kenny, ESPN sportscaster
• Lawrence Korb, US Assistant Secretary of Defense (1981–85)
• Boris Kostelanetz (1911–2006), tax lawyer
• John Kresse, NCAA men's basketball coach at College of Charleston
• Andrew Lanza, New York State Senator
• Henry J. Latham, United States House of Representatives
• Peter Le Jacq Maryknoll priest
• Ivan Lee (born 1981), Olympic saber fencer; later banned for life from Olympic sports^[5]
• Raymond Lesniak, New Jersey State Senator
• Andrew Levane (1920– 2012), NBA basketball player
• Stanley David Levison, lawyer, activist and advisor to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Steve Levy, 7th County Executive of Suffolk County
• Mark LoMonaco, professional wrestler
• Allen Lowe, composer, musician, music historian, and sound restoration specialist
• Annet Mahendru (born 1985), actress^[6][7][8]
• Patrick A. Malone, Chief Supervisory Officer of Garden State Securities Inc.
• Guy James Mangano (1930-2025), Presiding Justice of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
• Thomas J. Manton, US Congressman and Chair of Queens County Democratic Organization
• John J. Marchi (1921–2009), New York State Senator (1957–2007)
• Mariah the Scientist (born Mariah Amani Buckles, 1997), singer-songwriter
• Jack Martins, NYS Senator
• John McCormac, Mayor of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
• Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, co-founder of hip-hop group Run-D.M.C.
• Curtis McDowald (born 1996), fencer
• Al McGuire, NCAA basketball coach and television commentator
• Ed McGuire, assistant general manager and Executive VP of Football Operations San Diego Chargers
• Frank McGuire, NCAA basketball coach at St. John's, North and South Carolina and NBA coach for Philadelphia Warriors
• Brian McNamee, MLB conditioning coach
• Stefani Miglioranzi, soccer player for Los Angeles Galaxy, played in England for Swindon Town
• Charles Minlend, professional basketball forward, 2003 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
• Michael Montesano, member of New York State Assembly
• Chris Mullin, NBA player, Hall of Famer, head coach of St. John's Red Storm; John R. Wooden Award, Consensus first-team All-American, 5× NBA All-Star
• Ari Nagel (born 1975/1976), mathematics professor and sperm donor
• Sam Nahem (1915–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Lou Niles, radio host of 91X and executive director of Oceanside International Film Festival
• Kate O'Beirne, journalist, political commentator, magazine editor
• Paul O'Dwyer, President of the New York City Council (1974–77)
• Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Joe Panik, professional baseball player for San Francisco Giants; All Star, Gold Glove Award
• Joshua Parens, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas
• Basil Paterson, New York Secretary of State, NY State Senator, attorney
• Edmund D. Pellegrino, 11th President of The Catholic University of America
• James Pitaro, President of ESPN and Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks
• Harvey Pitt (1945-2023), 26th Chairman of US Securities and Exchange Commission (2001–03)
• Richie Powers, NBA referee (1956–79)
• Charles B. Rangel, US Representative of Manhattan
• Lewis Ranieri, former bond trader and "father" of mortgage-backed securities
• Steve Ratzer (born 1953), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Edward D. Re, Chief Judge of US Court of International Trade and US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
• Mike Repole, Co-Founder of Glaceau, BODYARMOR SuperDrink and Repole Stables
• Victor Ricciardi, professor of business
• Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965), Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
• Howard J. Rubenstein (1932–2020), lawyer and public relations expert
• Christopher Ruddy (born 1965), CEO of Newsmax Media
• Mickey Rutner (1919-2007), Major League Baseball third baseman
• Luke Sabis, musician, film director and actor
• Brent Sancho, MLS professional soccer player
• Metta Sandiford-Artest (born 1979), NBA basketball player formerly known as Metta World Peace and Ron Artest
• John J. Santucci, District Attorney of Queens
• Diane Savino, New York State Senator
• Eli Schenkel (born 1992), Canadian Olympic foil fencer
• James J. Schiro (1946–2014), CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Zurich Financial Services
• Ian Schrager, hotelier and real estate developer
• Howie Schwab, eponymous star of ESPN's show Stump the Schwab
• Malik Sealy, NBA basketball player
• Joanna Seybert (born 1946), US District Judge, Eastern District of New York
• Sidney Shapiro (1915–2014), American-born Chinese translator, actor and author
• Bob Sheppard, announcer for New York Yankees, "Voice of the Yankees"
• David D. Siegel, law professor, legal scholar and commentator
• Ron Silver (1946–2009), Tony Award for Best Actor-winning actor
• Justin Simon (born 1996), basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Keeth Smart (born 1978), Olympic team silver medalist saber fencer, first US fencer to reach #1 world ranking
• Kathryn Smith, first full-time female National Football League coach
• Taryn Delanie Smith, Miss New York 2022
• Samuel A. Spiegel (1914–1977), lawyer, politician, and judge
• John E. Sprizzo, US District Judge, Southern District of New York
• Stuart Sternberg, financier and principal shareholder and Managing General Partner of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team
• Elaine Weddington Steward, lawyer working for Major League Baseball
• Norman Sturner (born 1940), real estate developer
• Bruce Sudano, singer-songwriter, record producer and music arranger^[9]
• Kevin J. Sweeney, Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey
• Stephen Tan, business administration, Hong Kong business executive and family controlled Asia Financial Group
• Tan Xiangdong, also known as Adam Tan, Chinese-American co-founder of Hainan Airlines and former CEO of HNA Group
• Fred Thompson (1933–2019), Hall of Fame track and field coach
• Matthew Titone, member of New York State Assembly
• Michael Tucci, actor
• Bob Turner, US Representative for the 9th Congressional District of New York (2011–2013)
• Martin Tytell (1913–2008), expert in manual typewriters
• Larry Valencia, Rhode Island State Representative
• Daphne Valerius, filmmaker
• Paul Vallone, New York City Council member
• Jimmy Van Bramer, New York City Council member
• Anthony Varvaro (1984–2022), MLB pitcher and Port Authority police officer
• Guy Velella (R), New York State Senator indicted for bribery and conspiracy;^[10] pleaded guilty to one count in a plea bargain and received a year in jail, but served 182 days.^[11]
• Richard Vetere, playwright and screenwriter^[12]
• Karina Vetrano, murder victim
• Frank Viola, Major League baseball pitcher; AL Cy Young Award, 3× All-Star, MLB wins leader
• Sal Vulcano, comedian, Impractical Jokers
• Cora Walker, one of the first black women to practice law in New York^[13]
• Bill Wennington, NBA basketball player
• Aaron Wheeler (born 1998), basketball forward in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jayson Williams, NBA basketball player and author; NBA All-Star
• Kevin Williams (basketball), retired NBA basketball guard^[14]
• Chris Wingert, MLS professional soccer player
• Terence Winter, writer, TV, and film producer, creator of HBO series Boardwalk Empire
• Red Wolfe, basketball player and coach
• Dagmara Wozniak (born 1988), Olympic saber fencer, Olympic team bronze medal
• Emanuel Xavier (born 1970), poet and LGBTQ+ activist
• Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985), NBA guard/forward, All-Star, scoring champion, ABA coach^[15]