This list of alumni of Regis High School (New York City) includes graduates and students who did not graduate.
Vito Acconci (1940–2017) – performance artist and architect Norberto Barba (born 1963) – television and film director Adrian A. Basora (born 1938) – diplomat; U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic (1993–95) Michael Bérubé (born 1961) – Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature, Pennsylvania State University Adrian P. Burke (1904–2000) – lawyer, appellate judge (New York Court of Appeals), and politician. Kevin Burke – chairman, president, and CEO, Consolidated Edison James J. Busuttil (born 1958) – attorney, academic and human rights activist Frank Joseph Caggiano (born 1959) – bishop of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Thomas Cahill (born 1940) – scholar and writer; author, Hinges of History series Timothy Chorba (born 1946) – diplomat; U.S. ambassador to Singapore (1994–97) Bill Condon (born 1955) – director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Edward Conlon (born 1965) – New York Police Department police officer; bestselling author John M. Corridan (1911–1984) – Jesuit priest; organized crime fighter on the New York City waterfront (inspiration for Fr. Barry in On the Waterfront) Declan Cronin (born 1997) – major league baseball player John D'Agostino – exchange markets expert; subject of Ben Mezrich's Rigged John D'Emilio (born 1948) – academic, historian, and activist Lou DiBella (born 1960) – boxing promoter Kieran Donohue – college basketball coach John Donvan (born 1955) – journalist; ABC News Nightline correspondent Max Esterson (born 2002) – racing driver Anthony Fauci (born 1940) – infectious diseases physician, HIV/AIDS researcher; head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases John D. Feeley (born 1961) – diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Panama (2016–18) Chuck Feeney (1931–2023) – businessman and philanthropist; did not graduate (attended for 1.5 years) Patrick Fitzgerald (born 1960) – U.S. attorney; Central Intelligence Agency leak investigation special prosecutor Steve Fuller – founder of social epistemology; professor at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom Greg Giraldo (1965–2010) – comedian and television personality Robert Giroux (1914–2008) – publisher, Harcourt, Brace & Company and Farrar, Straus and Giroux Frederick Gluck (born 1935) – managing director, McKinsey & Company (1988–1994) Pete Hamill (1935–2020) – writer and columnist; did not graduate (attended until age 16); awarded honorary diploma in 2010 Charles Harbutt (1935–2015) – photographer Donald J. Harrington (born 1945) – former president, St. John's University; former president, Niagara University Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – member of Congress Timothy S. Healy (1923–1992) – president, Georgetown University and the New York Public Library Rich Hickey – creator of the programming language Clojure Robert Hilferty – filmmaker, journalist, and HIV/AIDS activist Steve Hirdt – executive vice president, Elias Sports Bureau Colin Jost (born 1982), head writer and "Weekend Update" co-anchor, Saturday Night Live; stand-up comedian Brian P. Kavanagh (born 1967) – New York state senator John F. Keenan (1929-2024) – judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Thomas C. Kelly (1931–2011) – archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville (Kentucky) Tom Kelly (1924–2008) – former Boston Celtics basketball player Phil Klay (born 1983) – winner, National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for Redeployment John Koeltl (born 1945) – judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York David Lat (born 1975) – founder and managing editor, Above the Law legal blog John Leo (born 1935) – author; former columnist, U.S. News & World Report Thomas Lippman (born 1939) – journalist and author; Middle East specialist Chris Lowney (born 1958) – Christian author and speaker Gerard E. Lynch (born 1951) – circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit John Maguire (1904–1989) – bishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Eugene T. Maleska (1916–1993) – editor, New York Times crossword puzzle Robert Marasco (1936–1998) – playwright Mark Mazzetti (born 1974) – Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times writer Ken McCarthy (born 1959) – Internet commercialization pioneer, educator, activist Mac McGarry (1926–2013) – host, the Washington, D.C., and Charlottesville, Virginia, versions of the television student quiz show It's Academic John McGiver (1913–1975) – film and television character actor Dan McGrath (1964–2025) – television writer, writer for The Simpsons and King of the Hill Lawrence M. McKenna (1933–2023) – judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Joseph M. McShane (born 1949) – president, Fordham University (2003–22) Ronald J. Mellor (born 1940) – scholar, ancient history and religion Arthur Minson Jr. (born 1970) – co-CEO, WeWork Alexander J. Motyl (born 1953) – political scientist, Rutgers University Thomas Francis Murphy (1906–1995) – government official in the perjury trials of Alger Hiss John Nonna (born 1948) – 1972 Summer Olympics fencer Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965) – New York Times film critic; screenwriter (The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956)) Edward J. O'Donnell (1931–2009) – bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette (Louisiana) Joseph A. O'Hare (1931–2020) – president, Fordham University; chairman, New York City Campaign Finance Board; editor, America magazine John O'Keefe (born 1939) – Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2014 Francis Edward Peters (born 1927) – scholar of Middle East religion, New York University Patrick Quinlan – political activist and author Gerard Reedy (1939–2016) – president, College of the Holy Cross Ken Rosato – journalist; WABC-TV Eyewitness News anchor Sandro Santagata (born 1971) – clinical pathologist Lucy Sante (born 1954) – writer and critic; graduated as Luc Sante Jon Sciambi (born 1970) – sportscaster, ESPN Jim Sciutto (born 1970) – journalist; chief national security correspondent, CNN Buck Sexton (born 1981) – radio host Joe Sheehan – founding member, BaseballProspectus.com; sports writer William F. Smith (1901–1950) – lawyer; member, New York State Assembly Brian Thomsen (1959–2008) – science fiction writer Robert Tomasulo (1934–2008) – computer scientist; devised the Tomasulo algorithm named for him Pablo Torre (born 1985) – sportswriter, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine; panelist, ESPN shows, including Around the Horn Mike Walczewski (born 1956) – public address announcer, New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden William Braucher Wood (born 1950) – diplomat; U.S. ambassador to Colombia (2003–07) and Afghanistan (2007–09)
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