This list of Villanova University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of Villanova University.
Arts, entertainment, and journalism
Maria Bello - Golden Globe-nominated actress Victor Buono - Academy Award-nominated actor Ryan J. Condal - screenwriter, TV series co-creator, executive producer Bradley Cooper - Academy Award-nominated actor (attended for one year before transferring to Georgetown University) Jim Croce - recording artist Carmen Gentile - journalist, author and public speaker David Luis Gonzalez - artist and activist, subject of the Pultizer Prize-winning podcast Suave Tim Hauser - singer and founder of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer Michael Hollinger - playwright and screenwriter Keith Jones - Emmy award-winning news anchor and reporter at WCAU in PhiladelphiaNBC10 Philadelphia Bio: Keith Jones Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999; news anchor and reporter for WPVI Gerald Marzorati - editor of The New York Times Magazine; assistant managing editor of The New York Times Kacie McDonnell - Fox News talent, mostly on Fox Business as host of Mansion Global Don McLean - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree) Ryan Montbleau - recording artist Vincent Piazza - actor (attended for a year; did not graduate) David Rabe - playwright (Hurlyburly) and screenwriter (Casualties of War, The Firm) Murtaza Razvi - journalist, senior assistant editor and head of magazines, Dawn, political analyst, The Indian Express Greg Rikaart - Emmy Award-winning actor; soap opera The Young and the Restless Jennifer Santiago - Emmy Award-winning reporter, CBS4 News, Miami Cole Sternberg - visual artist Diana Sugg - journalist and editor at the Baltimore Sun, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 2003 Philip Terzian - literary editor, The Weekly Standard, author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century) Mary Walter - on-air personality, radio show host, political commentator Wheeler Yuta (Paul Gruber) - professional wrestler
Business, law, and economics Ayman Asfari - British-Syrian businessman, CEO of Petrofac Stephen Bienko - Olympic gold medalist trainer and entrepreneur Robert J. Bolger - co-founder, former president and CEO of National Association of Chain Drug Stores John Drosdick - chief executive officer, Sunoco Joseph Dugan - president and CEO, L.B. Foster Company John Eleuthère du Pont - philanthropist José Fanjul - billionaire sugar baron Robert Genuario - former Connecticut state senator, Connecticut Superior Court judge Chris Gheysens (VSB, 1993) - president and CEO of Wawa Inc.Nicholson, Chris. "Driving Success Through Business Analytics: Wawa's President Speaks to Students" , Villanova Business, Summer 2012. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Chris Gheysens ’93 VSB, CFO and President of Wawa, discusses his company's use of business analytics to expand its profitability." Brian Higgins - billionaire hedge fund manager of King Street Capital Management James Kim - chairman of Amkor Technology Thomas G. Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank James Mullen - president and chief executive officer, Biogen Idec Jerry Pappert - judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; attorney general of Pennsylvania 2003–2005 Ronald O. Perelman - billionaire CEO of Mackandrews and Forbes (one semester in 1960, before transferring to University of Pennsylvania) Michael G. Rubin - drop-out billionaire CEO of Fanatics Paul V. Scura - former executive vice president and head of Investment Bank of Prudential Securities John Waldron - criminal defense lawyer David Worby - trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury cases, most notably Ground Zero illnesses
Education, engineering, and the sciences Andrew M. Allen - NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle pilot Bridgette Brawner - nurse researcher and professor Sean M. Carroll - theoretical physicist Steve Chen - computer engineer, principal architect of Cray X-MP supercomputer Nance Dicciani - chemical engineer, ranked one of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women Tyler Folsom - engineer, academic, and researcher known for his work on autonomous vehicles Edward Guinan - astronomer, discovered Neptune's ring system John L. Hennessy - retired president of Stanford University Jamie Hyneman - co-host and executive producer of MythBusters (honorary doctor of Engineering and co-advisor of VU COE senior capstone project) Deirdre Imus - head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology Emanuel Rubin - pathologist known for his achievements in clinical and laboratory research, and medical education
Government, politics, and military
Kelly Ayotte - governor of New Hampshire, former U.S. senator, and former attorney general of New Hampshire Jill Biden - First Lady of the United States G. T. Bynum - mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma David A. Christian - retired United States Army captain and former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Joseph Clancy - former director of the U.S. Secret Service George B. Crist - general; first Marine to be designated commander in chief, Central Command Christopher G. Donovan - speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives Peter Doocy - White House correspondent for Fox News Walter Doran - admiral, U.S. Navy (retired) William J. Fallon - admiral, U.S. Navy, and commander of United States Central Command Jacob Frey - mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer D. Barry Gibbons - member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County, 1961–1962 David Girard-diCarlo - nominated as U.S. ambassador to Austria Joseph Hare - rear admiral, U.S. Navy Kate M. Harper - member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001 Jerramiah T. Healy - mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former U.S. ambassador to Sweden and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb; endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies Jennifer L. Johnson - U.S. ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former commandant of the Marine Corps John LaFalce - former U.S. congressman from New York state, 1975–2002 Frank J. Larkin - sergeant at arms of the U.S. SenateFrank J. Larkin-United States Senate William J. Martini - district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Joseph J. McMenamin - brigadier general, U.S. Marine Corps Nicholas Micozzie - Pennsylvania state representative for the 163rd district (1979–2014) Ricaurte Vásquez Morales - chairman of the Panama Canal Authority Charles A. Murphy - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Peter O'Keefe - Pennsylvania state representative 1975–1978 Samuel J. Paparo Jr. - admiral, US Navy, 64th commander of the Pacific Fleet Jerry Pappert - attorney general of Pennsylvania 2003–2005; judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dominic Pileggi - state senate majority leader of Pennsylvania Stanley A. Prokop - former U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania, 1959–1961 James M. Quigley - former U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania governor and general chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2000 Marjorie Rendell - former first lady of Pennsylvania; federal judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Stefan Roots - mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania John G. Rowland - former Connecticut governor, 1995–2004 Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993 Donald Snyder (J.D. 1982) - member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981–2000; majority whip Xavier Suarez - former mayor of Miami Dan Truitt - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives Michael E. Wegscheider - US Army major general Anthony Zinni - general, U.S. Marine Corps (retired); former commander in chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
Religion and philosophy William Edward Atkinson - Catholic priest with a cause for sainthood Michael Francis Burbidge - bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington Pope Leo XIV - 267th pope, born Robert Francis Prevost Salvador Miranda - church historian John Joseph O'Connor - cardinal and archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York
Sports and athletics Malik Allen - former professional basketball player, currently assistant coach with the Miami Heat Ryan Arcidiacono - professional basketball player, currently with the Windy City Bulls, most outstanding player of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, member of Basketball Hall of Fame, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in NBA history in 1996 Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion 1969 New York Jets James Bell (born 1992) - professional basketball player for Japanese team Passlab Yamagata Wyverns Christian Benford - professional football player for the Buffalo Bills Michael Bradley - former professional basketball player, NBA and European leagues Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting gold medalist Mikal Bridges - professional basketball player, currently with the New York Knicks Jalen Brunson - professional basketball player, currently with the New York Knicks Eamonn Coghlan - track and field athlete, four-time Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile Rolando Cruz - three-time Olympic pole vaulter for Puerto Rico Jim Curtin - former Major League Soccer player and current head coach of the Philadelphia Union Ron Delany - track and field athlete, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Olympic Games Denise Dillon - VU Hall of Fame; former Drexel University head women's basketball coach; Villanova University head women’s basketball coach Donte DiVincenzo - professional basketball player, currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves Tim Donaghy - former professional basketball referee Jumbo Elliott - track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981 Brian Finneran - former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and Atlanta Falcons (2000–2009), Walter Payton Award winner 1997 Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers Randy Foye - former professional basketball player Stan Galazin - professional football player Josh Hart - professional basketball player, currently playing with the New York Knicks Darrun Hilliard (born 1993) - basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Larry James - track and field athlete, 1968 Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; director of athletics and recreation at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Wali Jones - former professional basketball player Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, First Team Basketball All-American 1996 Marty Liquori - track and field athlete, competed in the 1968 Olympics as a freshman in the 1500 meter Howie Long - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, 2019 NBA Champion, currently with the Philadelphia 76ers Art Mahan - former professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, United States Navy officer, Villanova baseball coach and athletic director