Your alma mater and famous people who went there

Wobbie

2-feign-reluctance said:

University of Missouri. Look em' up yourself! Haha!!

larry krystowiak?

InHiding80

ldent42 said:

I've just googled it and no one I've ever heard of is listed

Most of the ones I'm not familiar with for college is sports related.

Hobbes

Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

chadwick

Hobbes said:

Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

your post made me laugh for a minute
nicely done, hobbes

DancedNLaughter

WSU

Edward R. Murrow
Sherman Alexie
Gary Larson (Far Side Cartoonist)
Dolph Lundgren

Hobbes said:

Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

Wow Hobbes, pretty impressive (even for a minute)
I had the grades, but not the $$ to go to Gonzaga. Plus I didn't think I could hack Catholic college!

brianlux

hedonist said:

I didn't go to college but for one semester

But before that through Jr. High and HS, shared classes, good times and plenty of bud with Slash, Tracy Ulrich, Steve Adler, and Hillel Slovak's little bro (my sister qualifies for the actual RHCP crew in school).

And holy shit! I just did a search on my high school (Fairfax) -

Steven Adler, musician (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
Byron Allen, talk show host
Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
David Arquette, actor
Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Stephen M.H. Braitman, writer, editor, music appraiser (www.NeedleScreech.com)
Kevin Bell, Basketball Player Fresno State
Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett, musician (NOFX)
Gower Champion, director and choreographer
Mike Epstein, major league baseball player
Chuck Essegian, outfielder, 1959 World Champion Dodgers
Steven Gee, Fairfax High School English Teacher, reality star, Winner of Solitary Season One(Solitary (TV series))
Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player in the NFL
Charles Herbert, child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
Saul "Slash" Hudson, musician (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Timothy Hutton, actor
Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
David Janssen, motion picture and television actor (the Fugitive)
Alain Johannes, musician (Queens of the Stone Age)
Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
Jonathan King, editor (Sunset, Sierra, Mother Jones, The Berkeleyan)
Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Lenny Kravitz, musician
Mila Kunis, actress
Dave Kushner, musician (Velvet Revolver)
Carole Lombard, actress
Barbara Mujica writer
Bria Myles, model, actress
Chris Mills, professional basketball player
Ricardo Montalban, actor [4]
Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jaclyn Ngan, actress (Freedom Writers)
Alex Thomas, comedian
Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
Judith A. Reisman, author, critic of Kinsey
Mickey Rooney, actor
Serge Alexander, Designer
Allan Sherman, musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer
Larry Sherry, major league baseball pitcher & MVP of the 1959 World Series
Norm Sherry, major league baseball catcher
Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Craig Smith, basketball player
Joe Shipp, Basketball player Cal Bears
Josh Shipp, Basketball player UCLA Bruins
Liza Snyder, actress
Phil Spector, record producer
Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet
Martha Tilton, vocalist with Benny Goodman's band
Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson, musicians, Jackson Five
Chanel Iman, supermodel
Lenny Krayzelburg, 2000, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist (USA)
Coach Sean M. Higgins Basketball

A happnin' place!

brianlux

Interesting notion- never really thought about this beyond the few I've known.
Cubberley High School:
Ron Jones, author of "Acorn People" and whose classroom teaching methods was used to create The Third Wave social movement (also the Film) taught at my high school.
Two drummers in big name bands went to my high school.

San Francisco State University, several but some of the better know names:
Ben Fong-Torres, editor Rolling Stone
Ernest J Gaines, author
Frances Mayes, author
Anne Rice, author
Annette Bening, actor
David Carradine, actor
Dana Carvey, comedian/actor
Peter Coyote, actor, author
Danny Glover, actor
Rob Schneider, comedian/actor
Paul Desmond, musician
George Duke, musician/producer
Vince Guaraldi, musician
Kirk Hammett, Metallica
Dan Hicks, musician
Johnny Mathis, singer
Cal Tjader, musician
Willie Brown, politician
Ron Dellums, former mayor of Oakland
John Handy, musician

CA State Univ. Chico:
Raymond Carver, author
Mark Davis, Raiders owner
John Gardener, (faculty) author

Sonoma State University
Author/historian William C. Davis
Carl Peterson, K. C. Chief's former president & general manager.

Leezestarr313

Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, my list is a little different

Georg Friedrich Händel, composer
Justus Falckner, first Lutheran pastor to be ordained in the US
Dorothea Christiane von Erxleben, first female to get a medical PhD in Germany
Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt, historian
Clemens Brentano, poet
Joseph von Eichendorff, poet
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, politician
Friedrich Schorlemmer, theologist

dankind

Most results copied from Wikipedia

*knew the person
**good friends
***still friends

Southeast High School (huge football school):

NFL

Todd Williams, OL, Tennessee Titans/Minnesota Vikings

*John Reeves, LB, San Diego Chargers

*Alphonso Roundtree, DB, Miami Dolphins

*Peter Warrick, WR, Cincinnati Bengals/Seattle Seahawks

Adrian McPherson, QB, New Orleans Saints

*Reggie Green, OL, Seattle Seahawks

Ukee Dozier, CB, Minnesota Vikings

Bosley Allen, WR, San Francisco 49ers

Keaton Cromartie, LB, Green Bay Packers

Ahmad Miller, DT, New York Giants

Steve Cucci, TE, Atlanta Falcons

Ryan Rantz, WR, New England Patriots

Mike Jenkins, CB, 2008 Dallas Cowboys 1st Round Draft Pick

Julius Wilson, OL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rod Harper, WR, New Orleans Saints

AJ Love, WR, Minnesota Vikings

Jon Hoag, K, Oakland Raiders


MLB

*Joe Mays, P, Minnesota Twins (2001 MLB All Star)/Kansas City Royals/Cincinnati Reds

Bruce Westbrook, P, Pittsburgh Pirates


NBA

**Clifford Rozier, Golden State Warriors


Entertainment

Sarah Glendening, All My Children and As the World Turns

Erin Collett, Dancing with the Stars and Champion Season 4



Stetson University (good baseball program):

MLB

Brian Bocock, Philadelphia Phillies

Jacob deGrom, New York Mets, 2014 NL Rookie of the Year Award Winner

Lenny DiNardo , Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals

Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians, 2014 AL CY Young Award Winner

*Kevin Nicholson, San Diego Padres, 2004 Olympian (Canada)


NBA

Lorenzo Williams, Hornets, Magic, Mavs, Wizards


Entertainment

Jeff Bowen, author and star of Broadway play title of show

Wilma Burgess, American country music singer; charted six singles on Billboard country charts in the 1960s and 1970s.

Ted Cassidy, actor who played Lurch on The Addams Family

*Andy Dehnart, journalist, blogger, reality television critic, creator of http://www.realityblurred.com

*Melodee DeVevo, member of Dove Award-winning band Casting Crowns

Avantika Hari, filmmaker, writer and director of the award-winning Land Gold Women

Britt McHenry, ESPN Reporter

**Lisa Molinaro, violist, multi-instrumentalist, Modest Mouse

***Dexter Palmer, author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion and the forthcoming Version Control


Emerson College (mostly funny people):

Too many to mention, but I'll list Henry Winkler, Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Norman Lear, Bill Burr, Jay Leno, Paul Thomas Anderson, Andy Wachowski, Mario Cantone, Brandon Lee, Steve Sweeney, Joe Randazzo, David Cross, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Coolidge, Spalding Gray, Laura Kightlinger.

Annafalk

Impressive lists everyone , I went to the same school as Pelle Almqvist and the rest of the group The Hives. I'm not sure if they're still playing.

deadendp

My husband and I went to Kent State University. (Yes, 4 dead in O-Hi-O.) The list was long. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kent_State_University_alumni

F Me In The Brain

deadendp said:

My husband and I went to Kent State University. (Yes, 4 dead in O-Hi-O.) The list was long. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kent_State_University_alumni

Dolph Ziggler! The 11 year old nephew will be impressed.

SVRDhand13

Binghamton

According to wiki:

Arnold J. Levine, '61, molecular biologist, President of Rockefeller University
Ellyn Kaschak, '65, clinical psychologist, retired professor
Deborah Tannen, '66, academic/writer on linguistics, discourse analysis, and interpersonal communication
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, '66, Labor Economist & Author
Camille Paglia, '68, critic, author
David E. Wellbery, '69, scholar, author
Tony Kornheiser, '70, host of The Tony Kornheiser Show
Norman Finkelstein, '74, political scientist, professor
Stewart D. Friedman, '74, author and professor[86]
Elaine D. Kaplan, '76, Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Paul Reiser, '77, actor, comedian
Thomas Secunda, '77, American business executive; Co-Founder/Vice Chairman of Bloomberg L.P.[87]
Lee Ranaldo, '78, musician, writer, artist
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, '78, actor
Marc Lawrence, '81, screenwriter and director
Karthik Sivakumar, Indian Actor
Alan Berliner, '82, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker
Donna Lupardo, MA '83, New York State Assembly
Billy Baldwin, '85, actor
Michael Lederer, '81, author
John Liu, '88, 43rd New York City Comptroller
Stephanie Courtney, '92, actor, Flo (Progressive Insurance)
Hakeem Jeffries, '92, New York State Assembly, United States House of Representatives
Amy Dacey, '93, CEO of the Democratic National Committee
Art Spiegelman, 1995 Honorary Doctorate. Cartoonist and Editor, creator of Maus (attended Harpur, never graduated)
Faisal Farooqui, '99, Founder and CEO of MouthShut.com[88]
Steven Fulop, '99, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
Ingrid Michaelson, '01, musician
Jillian York, '04, journalist

Flo from Progressive lol

InHiding80

SVRDhand13 said:

Binghamton

According to wiki:

Arnold J. Levine, '61, molecular biologist, President of Rockefeller University
Ellyn Kaschak, '65, clinical psychologist, retired professor
Deborah Tannen, '66, academic/writer on linguistics, discourse analysis, and interpersonal communication
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, '66, Labor Economist & Author
Camille Paglia, '68, critic, author
David E. Wellbery, '69, scholar, author
Tony Kornheiser, '70, host of The Tony Kornheiser Show
Norman Finkelstein, '74, political scientist, professor
Stewart D. Friedman, '74, author and professor[86]
Elaine D. Kaplan, '76, Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Paul Reiser, '77, actor, comedian
Thomas Secunda, '77, American business executive; Co-Founder/Vice Chairman of Bloomberg L.P.[87]
Lee Ranaldo, '78, musician, writer, artist
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, '78, actor
Marc Lawrence, '81, screenwriter and director
Karthik Sivakumar, Indian Actor
Alan Berliner, '82, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker
Donna Lupardo, MA '83, New York State Assembly
Billy Baldwin, '85, actor
Michael Lederer, '81, author
John Liu, '88, 43rd New York City Comptroller
Stephanie Courtney, '92, actor, Flo (Progressive Insurance)
Hakeem Jeffries, '92, New York State Assembly, United States House of Representatives
Amy Dacey, '93, CEO of the Democratic National Committee
Art Spiegelman, 1995 Honorary Doctorate. Cartoonist and Editor, creator of Maus (attended Harpur, never graduated)
Faisal Farooqui, '99, Founder and CEO of MouthShut.com[88]
Steven Fulop, '99, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
Ingrid Michaelson, '01, musician
Jillian York, '04, journalist

Flo from Progressive lol

Someone from my graduating class is mayor of Jersey City or any city. Fuck, I'm getting old.

Bentleyspop

University of Maryland

It's a long list so here's a few highlights. ....

Jim Henson
Larry David
Savid Simon (The Wire )
Connie Chung
Bonnie Bernstein
Scott Van Pelt
Steve Francis
Steve Blake
Boomer Esiason
Carl Bernstein
Len Elmore
Tom McMillen
John Lucas
Vernon Davis
Dominique Dawes
Tim Kurkjian

Wobbie

Flo from Progressive is awesome! did that girl fall into a goldmine or what?????

brian - the SFSU list is more impressive that I might have thought

Wobbie

deadendp said:

My husband and I went to Kent State University. (Yes, 4 dead in O-Hi-O.) The list was long. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kent_State_University_alumni

as an OU grad, I must say your list sucks, other than joe walsh, chrissie hynde and drew carey (none of whom actually graduated)

deadendp

No love for Mark Mothersbaugh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnSn3SLZoNM

Go Beavers

Go Boilers!