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Over the last 400 years, the Roman Catholic
Jesuit order has established a worldwide network of
schools and universities . This is an incomplete list of notable alumni of these institutions.
Note: Along with lay men and women, and non-Catholics, included in the list below are also a number of Jesuits.
Florencio Abad - Philippine lawyer and politician (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Tony Abbott - Australian Prime Minister (
St Ignatius' College, Riverview )
Monir Fakhry Abdelnour - Egyptian Minister of Tourism (
College de la Sainte Famille )
Robert Abplanalp - inventor of the aerosol valve; founder of Precision Valve Corporation (
Fordham Preparatory School )
Andy Ackerman - television director and producer,
Seinfeld ,
Curb Your Enthusiasm , and
Two and a Half Men (
Santa Clara University )
Edward Fenech Adami - former President of
Malta (
St Aloysius' College )
Héctor Aguilar Camín - Mexican writer, journalist and historian (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
José Antonio Aguirre -
Basque president (
University of Deusto )
Carlos Alazraki - President and CEO, Alazraki & Asociados Publicidad agency (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Alan Alda - American movie actor and TV star (
Fordham University )
Iyad Allawi - Iraqi politician (
Baghdad College )
Robert Altman - American film director (
Rockhurst High School )
Don Ameche - American actor (
Marquette University )
Viswanathan Anand - Indian
chess
grandmaster (
Loyola College )
Ivo Andrić - Yugoslavian author and
Nobel laureate (Jesuit gymnasium in Travnik, Bosnia)
APO Hiking Society - Filipino singing group (
Ateneo de Manila High School )
Benigno Aquino Jr. - Philippine politician (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Benigno Aquino III - Philippine politician and son of Benigno Aquino Jr. (
Ateneo de Manila University )
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - Former Indian President and Aerospace Scientist,
St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
Guillermo Arriaga - Mexican screenwriter (
Amores Perros ),
Universidad Iberoamericana
Mike Arroyo - husband of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Emilio Azcarraga Jean - President and owner,
Televisa (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Claude Bachet - French mathematician (pupil of the Jesuit mathematician
Jacques de Billy at the Jesuit College in Rheims)
Mohsen Badawi - Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist and writer (
Collège de la Sainte Famille )
Fr.
Eugene Balabin , SJ - Russian Catholic priest, collaborator with
Martynov and
Gagarin , developer of Jesuit "Slavic" Library at
Meudon (attended seminary at Vals near
Le-Puy-en-Velay )
Jakob Balde - German Latinist and poet (
University of Ingolstadt )
Donald W. Banner - United States Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (
University of Detroit )
José Celso Barbosa - medical doctor, sociologist, and political leader (first racially mixed resident to attend Puerto Rico's Jesuit Seminary)
George Barna - American political pollster (
Boston College )
Kevin Barry - martyr of the Irish War of Independence (
Belvedere College )
John Barrymore - American Shakespearean actor (
Georgetown Preparatory School )
Jyoti Basu - Communist politician from
West Bengal, India (
St. Xavier's Collegiate School )
Elgin Baylor - American basketball player (
Seattle University )
Steve Bellan - Cuban baseball player (Fordham University)
Saint
Robert Bellarmine - (
Gregorian University )
Pope Benedict XIV - Italian Pope (Collegium Clementianum)
Robert Bennett - prominent Washington, D.C. attorney (
Brooklyn Prep ,
Georgetown College ,
Georgetown University School of Law)
William Bennett - former US Secretary of Education and author (
Gonzaga College High School )
Tom Benson -
New Orleans Saints owner (
Loyola University New Orleans )
Joseph Berardino - former CEO of
Arthur Andersen (
Fairfield University )
Matt Berninger - singer-songwriter, primarily known as the
frontman of
indie rock
band
The National (
St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) )
Fr.
Daniel Berrigan , SJ - peace activist, author and professor,
Woodstock College (
Brooklyn Prep ,
Le Moyne College , Fordham University)
Philip Berrigan - author and activist (
College of the Holy Cross )
Rubén Berríos - President of the
Puerto Rican Independence Party (
Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola of
Puerto Rico )
Sabeer Bhatia - founder of Hotmail (St Joseph's College, Bangalore, India)
Jacques de Billy - French Jesuit mathematician
Joan Biskupic - U.S. Supreme Court journalist (
Marquette University and
Georgetown University Law Center )
William Peter Blatty - American author (
Brooklyn Prep and
Georgetown University )
John Boehner - Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (
Xavier University )
Georg Freiherr von Boeselager - German officer (
Aloisiuskolleg )
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager - German officer (Aloisiuskolleg)
Fr.
Jean Bolland , SJ - educator, scholar, researcher, hagiographer; founder of the
Bollandists ; original editor and author of the
Acta Sanctorum (Jesuit colleges at Maastricht and Antwerp,
Louvain )
Jean-Charles de Borda - French mathematician, physicist, political scientist and sailor (
Jesuit college at La Fleche )
Julio Borges - Venezuelan activist of Primero Justicia Party (Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola de Caracas, Venezuela)
Gutzon Borglum - American sculptor (
Creighton Preparatory School )
Philip Bosco - Tony Award-winning actor (Broadway and Hollywood) (Saint Peter's Prep, Jersey City, New Jersey)
Roger Boscovich -
Croatian
Jesuit astronomer (Jesuit College in
Ragusa )
Charles Bossut - French mathematician, confrere of the
Encyclopaedists (Jesuit College of Lyon)
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - French bishop and theologian (Collège des Godrans)
Robert Bourassa - Quebec politician (
College Jean-de-Brebeuf , Montreal)
Pat Bowlen - owner of
Denver Broncos (Campion Jesuit Catholic High School)
Christopher Brennan - Australian author (
St Ignatius' College, Riverview , Sydney)
John O. Brennan - US Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security (
Fordham University )
Carlos Brito - CEO,
InBev (educated by Jesuits in his native Brazil)
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Isaac Broid Zajman -
Mexican architect (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Till Brönner - German musician (
Aloisiuskolleg in
Bonn , Germany)
Jerry Brown - American politician (
St. Ignatius High School and
Santa Clara University )
John Bruton - former
Taoiseach of Ireland (
Clongowes Wood College )
Zbigniew Brzezinski - Polish American political scientist, geostrategist,
United States National Security Advisor (
Loyola High School )
Pat Buchanan - American journalist (
Gonzaga College High School and
Georgetown University )
William F. Buckley, Jr. - American author, conservative commentator and public intellectual (
Beaumont College in
England )
Clara de Buen Richkarday -
Mexican architect (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Georges Buffon - French
naturalist , mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author (Jesuit College of Godrans in Dijon)
Luis Buñuel - Spanish filmmaker (Jesuit College, Aragon, Spain)
Jim Bunning - American senator and baseball player (
Xavier University )
Daniel Burman - film producer (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Ryan Cabrera - Colombian musician (
Jesuit College Preparatory School )
Rafael Caldera - Venezuelan politician (Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
Caracas ,
Venezuela )
Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Spanish dramatist (
Jesuit College Madrid )
Joseph Califano - U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Carter Administration (
Brooklyn Prep and
College of the Holy Cross )
Daniel J. Callaghan - American admiral who won the Medal of Honor in WWII (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory , San Francisco)
Tom Campbell - American educator and former U.S. Representative from California (
St. Ignatius College Prep )
Tony Canadeo -
American football player (
Gonzaga University )
Philip Caputo - American journalist (
Loyola University Chicago )
Ernesto Cardenal -
Nicaraguan priest and poet
Charles Carroll of Carrollton - last surviving (and only Catholic) signer of the
U.S. Declaration of Independence , delegate to the
Continental Congress and later
US Senator for
Maryland (
College of St. Omer in
France )
Daniel Carroll - American politician, considered to be one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States (College of St. Omer in
Flanders )
Archbishop
John Carroll , SJ - first American archbishop and founder of
Georgetown University (College of St. Omer, Flanders)
Robert P. Casey, Sr. - Governor of Pennsylvania (
Scranton Preparatory School and College of the Holy Cross)
Robert P. Casey, Jr. - US Senator (
Scranton Preparatory School and College of the Holy Cross)
William Casey - American former director of the
CIA (Fordham University)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini - Italian astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (Jesuit College at Genoa)
Louis Bertrand Castel - French Jesuit mathematician (Jesuit School in Toulouse)
Fidel Castro - President of Cuba (
Colegio de Belen , Havana, Cuba)
Raúl Castro - President of Cuba (Colegio de Belen, Havana, Cuba)
Paul Cellucci - former
Governor of Massachusetts and
US Ambassador to Canada (Boston College)
Miguel de Cervantes - Spanish author
Giovanni Ceva - Italian mathematician (Jesuit College in Milan)
Tommaso Ceva - Italian mathematician (Jesuit College of Brera in Milan)
François de la Chaise - French priest and father confessor of
King Louis XIV ; namesake of the
Père Lachaise Cemetery (Jesuit College of Lyon)
Ahmed Chalabi - Iraqi politician (
Baghdad College )
Christopher G. Champlin - United States Representative and Senator from
Rhode Island ; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses; president of the
Rhode Island Bank (
College of St. Omer )
Marcia Chatelain - winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for History , alumna of
St. Ignatius College Prep
Jasti Chelameswar - Judge, Supreme Court of India (Loyola College, Chennai, India)
Elwin Bruno Christoffel - German and French mathematician and physicist (Jesuit Gymnasium in Cologne)
Vincent Cianci - American politician (
Fairfield University )
Sandra Cisneros - American author (Loyola University Chicago)
Walter Ciszek , SJ - American priest, Russian Catholic Church; accused of being a Vatican spy; Gulag survivor; author; spiritual advisor (
Collegium Russicum )
Tom Clancy , Jr. - American author (
Loyola College in Maryland and
Loyola High School )
Will Clark - American baseball player (
Jesuit High School, New Orleans )
Patricia Clarkson - Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress (
Fordham University )
Peter Claver - Roman Catholic saint
Christopher Clavius - German Jesuit astronomer
Brian P. Cleary - American humorist, poet and author of dozens of books (
Cleveland St. Ignatius High School, John Carroll University )
Bill Clinton - President of the United States (
Georgetown University )
Johnnie Cochran - American lawyer (
Loyola Law School , Los Angeles)
Billy Collins - American poet (College of the Holy Cross)
Chris Collins - American hockey player (
Boston College )
Marquis de Condorcet - French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist (Jesuit College in Reims)
Harry Connick, Jr - American singer, entertainer, movie actor (
Jesuit High School, New Orleans )
Pat Conroy - American writer (Gonzaga High School, Washington, DC) (one year)
Arthur W. Conway - Irish mathematician and President of
University College Dublin , where he had received a Jesuit education as a young man
Pierre Corneille - French dramatist
E. Gerald Corrigan - American banker, 7th President of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (
Fairfield University and Fordham University)
Pierre de Coubertin - French pedagogue and historian
Bob Cousy - American basketball player (College of the Holy Cross)
Thomas Crean
VC
DSO - Irish and British and Irish Lions rugby player, doctor and Major in the British army (
Clongowes Wood College Co. Kildare and
Belvedere College Dublin), Dublin)
Darren Criss - American actor (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory , San Francisco)
Bing Crosby - American entertainer (
Gonzaga University , Spokane)
Andrew Cuomo - governor of New York State (Fordham University)
Johann Baptist Cysat - Swiss mathematician and astronomer (
University of Ingolstadt )
Geoffrey Da Silva - Guyanese politician and administrator (
St. Stanislaus College , Guyana)
Arthur Daley - New York Times columnist and 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner, one of only three sportswriters to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for journalism (
Fordham Preparatory School )
William M. Daley - former
United States Secretary of Commerce (Loyola University Chicago)
François d'Aguilon - Belgian mathematician and physicist
Roque Dalton - Salvadoran poet and journalist (
Externado San José in
San Salvador )
Rubén Darío - Nicaraguan poet (educated by the Jesuits of
Leon, Nicaragua )
Raymond J. Dearie - American judge, Chief Judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (
Fairfield University )
David DeCaires - Guyanese journalist (
Stonyhurst College , England)
Denis Diderot - French Enlightenment philosopher, art critic, and author, co-founder of the
Encyclopédie (
College Louis-le-Grand , Paris, France)
Marco Antonio de Dominis -
Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science (educated by the Jesuits in their colleges at Loreto and Padua)
Timothy Donahue - Executive Chairman of
Sprint Nextel (
John Carroll University )
Christian de Duve - Belgian scientist,
Nobel Prize for medicine in 1974 (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege, Antwerp, Belgium)
Charles de Gaulle - former President of France
Jean-Charles de la Faille - French Jesuit mathematician (Jesuit College in Antwerp and the Jesuit College in Mechelen)
Jean-Luc Dehaene - former Belgian prime minister (
Sint-Jozefscollege, Aalst , Belgium)
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre - French mathematician and astronomer (Jesuit College in Amiens)
Don DeLillo - American novelist (
Fordham University )
Jacques Delors - French politician
René Descartes - French philosopher (
Jesuit College of La Flèche in Anjou, France)
Denis Diderot - French philosopher and writer
Khoa Do - Australian
filmmaker (
St Aloysius' College (Sydney) )
Dr. John - American musician (Jesuit High School, New Orleans)
Chris Dodd - American politician (
Georgetown Preparatory School )
Charles F. Dolan - American billionaire, the founder of Cablevision (
John Carroll University )
Tom Dooley - American Catholic physician and humanitarian (
St. Louis University High ,
St. Louis University )
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - author of the
Sherlock Holmes detective stories (
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall and
Stonyhurst College )
Dan Donovan - U.S. Representative,
Fordham Law School
Rahul Dravid - former Indian cricket captain (St. Joseph's School and St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore)
Avery Dulles - American cardinal, professor and theologian; son of Secretary of State
Dulles (
Gregorian University in Rome)
Sixto Durán Ballén - former Ecuadorian President (Colegio San Gabriel, Quito)
Will Durant - American philosopher and author (Saint Peter's Prep,
Saint Peter's College , Jersey City)
Richard J. Durbin - American politician (
Georgetown University )
Kevin Fagan - Australian doctor and
World War II hero (St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
Chris Farley - American comedian and actor (Marquette University, Wisconsin)
Michael Farris - chancellor of
Patrick Henry College , founder and chairman of the
Home School Legal Defense Association (
Gonzaga University School of Law )
Anthony Fauci - Italian-American immunologist (
Regis High School (New York City) and the
College of the Holy Cross )
Jon Favreau - head speechwriter for U.S. President Barack Obama (valedictorian at the College of the Holy Cross)
Ferdinand II , of the House of
Habsburg - reigned as
Holy Roman Emperor from 1620 to 1637 (
University of Ingolstadt )
Diego Fernández de Ceballos - Mexican senator (
Universidad Iberoamericana , Mexico)
Geraldine Ferraro - American politician and first woman vice presidential candidate (Fordham University)
Anthony Fisher - Australian prelate (St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
Garret FitzGerald - Irish economist and politician (
Belvedere College )
Patrick Fitzgerald - American attorney (
Regis High School (New York City) )
Maile Flanagan - American voice actress and comedian (
Boston College )
Justin Fleming - Australian playwright (
St Ignatius' College, Riverview , Sydney)
London Fletcher - American football player (
John Carroll University )
Doug Flutie - American football player (
Boston College )
Bernard Foley - Australian Rugby union Player (Saint Aloysius' College (Sydney))
John Patrick Foley - Cardinal, Grand Master of the
Order of the Holy Sepulchre (
Saint Joseph's Preparatory School and
Saint Joseph's College )
Thomas Foley - American politician (
Gonzaga University , Spokane)
Fontenelle - French author (Jesuit College, Rouen)
William P. Ford - international civil rights attorney (
Brooklyn Prep , Fordham College)
Michel Foucault - French philosopher (Saint-Stanislaus, Poiters)
Vicente Fox - President of
Mexico (Campion Jesuit High School for two years, and
Universidad Iberoamericana , Mexico)
Pope Francis - (
Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel ,
Colegio Máximo de San José )
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Missy Franklin - Olympic swimmer, gold medalist (
Regis Jesuit High School )
Pedro Friedeberg -
Mexican painter (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Frankie Frisch - American baseball player, third all-time for most World Series hits (
Fordham Preparatory School and
Fordham University )
Mauricio Funes - President of
El Salvador (
Externado San José in San Salvador)
Mario Gabelli - billionaire; founder and CEO of GAMCO Investors (Fordham University)
Fr.
Ivan Gagarin , SJ - Russian Catholic polemist and author (
St-Acheul , Brugelette, and Laval)
Delia Gallagher - American journalist (
University of San Francisco )
Sourav Ganguly - former Indian cricket captain (
St. Xavier's Kolkata )
Rich Gannon - Former NFL quarterback and 2002 NFL MVP (
St. Joseph's Prep )
Gabriel García Márquez -
Colombian author and
Nobel laureate (Jesuit Colegio San Jose in Barranquilla and Jesuit College in Bogotá, Colombia)
St.
Thomas Garnet SJ - canonized saint and protomartyr of St Omers, one of the
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales (
College of St. Omer )
Bachir Gemayel - Lebanese president-elect; 1982 (
Université Saint-Joseph )
Marin Getaldić - Croatian mathematician and physicist (Educated by
Clavius )
Gordon Getty - billionaire and businessman (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory )
John Paul Getty - American-British philanthropist (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory and
University of San Francisco )
Ludovico Geymonat - Italian Marxist philosopher (
Istituto Sociale in
Turin )
Carlos Ghosn - CEO of
Renault and
Nissan Motors (Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour in Lebanon)
Bob Gibson - Hall of Fame pitcher for the
St. Louis Cardinals (
Creighton University )
Soe Hok Gie - Indonesian
activist (
Kanisius in
Jakarta )
Thomas Girardi - trial lawyer (
Loyola High School (Los Angeles) ,
Loyola Marymount University ,
Loyola Law School )
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga - (
Gregorian University , Rome)
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Mexican filmmaker (
Universidad Iberoamericana , Mexico City)
Baltasar Gracián - Spanish writer
Neil Gorsuch - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (
Georgetown Preparatory School )
Guido Grandi - Italian priest and professor of mathematics, philosophy, and theology (Jesuit College in Cremona)
Bernie Grant - first African-Caribbean Member of Parliament, Westminster (St. Stanislaus College, Guyana)
Todd Graves - owner of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (
Loyola University New Orleans )
Stanley Greaves - Guyanese and Caribbean artist (
St. Stanislaus College , Guyana)
Nick Greiner - Australian politician (St Ignatius' College, Riverview,
Sydney )
Merv Griffin - actor, singer, media mogul (
University of San Francisco )
Xu Guangqi - Chinese agricultural scientist and mathematician who studied under
Matteo Ricci
Camillo-Guarino Guarini - Italian priest, mathematician, theologian and architect
Teofisto Guingona, Jr. - Filipino politician (
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan )
Teofisto "TG" Guingona III - son of Teofisto Guingona, Jr., Filipino politician (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Paul Guldin - Swiss astronomer and mathematician (
Gregorian University , studied under
Clavius )
Gustavo Gutiérrez - Dominican priest, professor, author, and
liberation theologian
Jorge Guzmán -
professional wrestler (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
William Habington - English poet (St. Omer College, Belgium)
Carter Ham - General,
United States Army ; Commanding General,
U.S. Army, Europe (
John Carroll University )
Michael Harrington - Harvard professor, political activist and author (
St. Louis University High School and
College of the Holy Cross )
Jonathan Harris - actor, best known for his TV work as Bradford Webster in The Third Man and Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space (
Fordham University )
Richard Harris - Irish actor (
Crescent College , Limerick, Ireland)
William Thomas Hart - United States Federal Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (
Loyola University Chicago School of Law )
Joseph E. Hasten - American banker, CEO of
Shorebank (
Fairfield University )
Francis Hawkins SJ - Jesuit, child prodigy and translator (College of St. Omer)
Salma Hayek - Mexican actress (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Martin Heidegger - German philosopher (Freiburg Jesuit Seminary)
Jordi Hereu - mayor of
Barcelona , Spain (
ESADE )
Roberto Hernández Ramírez - President of
Banamex and Member of the Board
Citibank (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Andrew Higgins - manufacturer; produced "
Higgins boats " (LCVPs) during
World War II –
Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, Nebraska
Mary Higgins Clark - American writer (Fordham University, Bronx, New York)
Will Hill - professional football player for the New York Giants (Saint Peter's Prep, Jersey City, New Jersey)
Alfred Hitchcock - British film director (
St Ignatius' College , Stamford Hill, N15; relocated to Enfield, Middlesex in the 1960s)
Tom Holland - British actor (Wimbledon College, London)
Sven Erik Holmes - United States federal judge (
Georgetown University Law Center )
Morihiro Hosokawa - Japanese politician (
Sophia University )
Robert Hughes - Australian
art critic , writer and television documentary maker (St Ignatius' College, Riverview in
Sydney )
Vicente Huidobro - Chilean poet
David Hume - Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (
Jesuit seminary at La Fleche )
Saint
Alberto Hurtado - Chilean priest and saint, founded the Chilean Trade Union Association
Zakir Hussain - Indian musician (
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai )
Henry Hyde - American politician (
Georgetown University ,
Loyola University Chicago )
Dan Hynes - American politician (
St. Ignatius College Prep ,
Chicago, Illinois )
Tim Kaine - governor of Virginia (
Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri)
Abdul Kalam - former President of
India (
St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli ,
Tamil Nadu ,
India )
Sebastian Kappen , SJ - Jesuit priest and liberation theologian (
Gregorian University in Rome)
Brett Kavanaugh – U.S. Supreme Court Justice (
Georgetown Prep )
Frank Keating - former Governor of Oklahoma (
Georgetown University )
John Keegan - English military historian (
Wimbledon College )
Bob Keeshan - American actor (Fordham University)
John Kerry - US Senator, 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate (
Boston College , Chestnut Hill, MA)
Bohdan Khmelnytsky -
Cossack leader (educated by the Jesuits in
L'vov ,
Ukraine )
Eusebio Kino - Tyrolian Jesuit missionary explorer of present-day California, Arizona and Sonora (
University of Ingolstadt )
Athanasius Kircher - German Jesuit scholar and
polymath (Jesuit College in Fulda)
Curt Kirkwood - American singer in the musical group
The Meat Puppets (
Brophy College Preparatory in
Phoenix, Arizona )
Peter Hans Kolvenbach - Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Canisius College, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Luke Kuechly - American football player; linebacker for the Carolina Panthers (
St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) preceding collegiate career at
Boston College )
Stephen W. Kuffler - scientist; educated by the Jesuits in Austria
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Hans Küng - Swiss Catholic priest, author and theologian (
Gregorian University in Rome, Italy)
La Condamine - French geographer and mathematician (Jesuit College of Louis-le-Grand in Paris)
Philippe de La Hire - French mathematician
Jacques Lacan - French psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and doctor involved in the psychoanalytic movement (Collège Stanislas in Paris)
Maria Elena Lagomasino - CEO of JP Morgan Private Bank from 2001 to 2005 (Fordham University)
Jérôme Lalande - French astronomer (Jesuit College in Lyon)
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff - German politician
Francesco Lana de Terzi - Italian aeronautics pioneer (studied under
Athanasius Kircher )
Nathan Lane - two-time Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor of stage, screen, and television (Saint Peter's Prep, Jersey City, New Jersey)
Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. - Cuban-American celebrity gossip blogger who writes under the pseudonym Perez Hilton (
Belen Jesuit in Miami, Florida)
Charles Laughton - English
Academy Award -winning stage and film actor, screenwriter, and producer (
Stonyhurst College )
John Leahy - Chief Operating Officer of Airbus (
Fordham University )
Patrick J. Leahy - United States Senator (
Georgetown University )
Timothy Leary - American psychologist and writer (expelled from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts after his freshman year)
Byron Lee - Jamaican music pioneer (
St. George's College, Jamaica )
Anthony James Leggett - British professor of physics (
Wimbledon College )
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet - German mathematician (Jesuit College in Cologne)
Georges Lemaître - Belgian priest and astronomer (Collège du Sacré Coeur, Charleroi, Belgium)
Elmore Leonard - American novelist (University of Detroit Jesuit High School and
University of Detroit )
Pietro Leoni - Italian priest of the Russian Catholic Church; survivor of the Gulag; author of Spio dei Vaticano (
Collegium Russicum )
G. Gordon Liddy - American political strategist (Fordham University)
John T. Lis - American professor of molecular biology and genetics;
2000 Guggenheim Fellow (
Fairfield University )
Christopher Loeak -
President of the Marshall Islands (
Gonzaga University School of Law )
Vince Lombardi - Hall of Fame football coach for the
Green Bay Packers (Fordham University)
Bernard Lonergan - Canadian professor and theologian (
Gregorian University )
Lope de Vega - Spanish
Baroque playwright and poet (
Colegio Imperial de Madrid )
Eduardo López de Romaña - President of Peru (Stonyhurst College)
Federico García Lorca - Spanish poet and playwright (attended Jesuit school as a boy in Grenada)
Henri de Lubac - French theologian (
Gregorian University in Rome, Italy)
Ruud Lubbers - former Prime Minister of the Netherlands; former
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Canisius College, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Emmanuel Lubezki - cinematographer (
The Birdcage ,
Reality Bites ) (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Peter Lynch - American financial leader (
Boston College , Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo - President of the Philippines (
Georgetown University ,
Ateneo de Manila University )
Charles Mackerras - Australian
conductor (
St Aloysius' College (Sydney) )
Gustavo Madero Muñoz - Mexican senator (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Lisa Madigan - American attorney general (
Loyola University Chicago School of Law )
Michael Madigan - American politician (
St. Ignatius College Prep ,
Chicago, Illinois )
Maurice Maeterlinck - Belgian writer; Nobel Prize-winner for literature (
Saint-Barbara college ,
Ghent, Belgium )
Ettore Majorana - Italian theoretical physicist (
Istituto Massimo )
Tak Wah Mak - Canadian
immunologist ,
molecular biologist , and academic (
Wah Yan College ,
Kowloon ,
Hong Kong )
Louis Malle - French film director
Wellington Mara - American football entrepreneur (
Loyola School (New York, NY) and Fordham University)
Jan Marek Marci - Bohemian mathematician (Jesuit college in Jindrichuv Hradec)
Guido de Marco - former president of
Malta (
St Aloysius' College in Malta)
Subcomandante Marcos (né Rafael Guillén) - Mexican leader of Zapatista Army (Instituto Cultural Tampico, Mexico)
George Martin - British music producer (St Ignatius' College, Stamford Hill, N15; relocated to Enfield, Middlesex in the 1960s)
Ignacio Martín-Baró - Jesuit priest and liberation theologian (
Pontifical Xavierian University )
Fr.
Ivan Mikhailovich Martynov , SJ - Russian Catholic priest and expositor of Slavic spiritual and cultural tradition (Brugelette and Laval)
Roberto Matta - Chilean painter
Drea de Matteo - Italian-American actress (
Loyola School )
Chris Matthews - journalist (
College of the Holy Cross )
Gregório de Mattos - major baroque poet of Brazil
Theodore McCarrick - American Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington D.C. (
Fordham Preparatory School )
Joseph McCarthy - U.S. Senator (
Marquette University )
Dylan McDermott - Golden Globe Award-winning actor, known for his roles on TV series The Practice and American Gothic
William J. McGill - former president, Columbia University (
Fordham University )
Joe McGinniss - American author (College of the Holy Cross)
John McLaughlin - American TV producer (
Boston College )
Joseph M. McLaughlin - Senior Appellate Judge, U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals (
Brooklyn Prep ,
Fordham College and
Fordham University School of Law )
Gregan McMahon - Australian actor and playwright (
St Ignatius' College, Riverview ,
Sydney )
Mark McWatt - Guyanese and Caribbean author and poet (
St. Stanislaus College , Guyana)
Pierre Méchain - French astronomer and surveyor who contributed to the early study of deep sky objects and comets (educated by Jesuits in his birthplace of
Laon )
Thomas Patrick Melady - American ambassador; sub-cabinet officer; Senior Diplomat in Residence, The Institute of World Politics (Fordham University)
Lorenzo Mendoza - billionaire and CEO of Empresas Polar (Fordham University)
Bob Menendez - American politician (
Saint Peter's College , Jersey City, New Jersey)
Ismail Merchant - American/Indian film producer and director (Saint Xavier's College, Mumbai(Bombay), India)
Freddie Mercury - British musician (St. Mary's High School in
Mazagaon )
Marin Mersenne - French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist (Le Mans and
Jesuit College of La Flèche )
Franz Mesmer - German physician whose ideas spawned the development of
hypnosis (
University of Dillingen and
University of Ingolstadt )
Joseph Michel - French baroque composer (College of Godrans)
Barbara Mikulski - United States senator of Maryland (
Loyola College in Maryland )
Jason Miller - American playwright and actor (
University of Scranton )
John N. Mitchell - U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon (
Fordham University )
Lakshmi Mittal - London-based Indian businessman and industrialist (
St. Xavier's College in
Calcutta )
Dominique Moceanu - American gymnast (
John Carroll University )
Joe Moglia - chairman and former CEO of TD Ameritrade (Fordham University)
Molière - father of modern French literature (
Collège de Clermont, Paris )
Juan Molina - Chilean Jesuit and
naturalist
Luca di Montezemolo - Italian businessman (
Istituto Massimo )
Mario Monti - Italian economist and politician (
Istituto Leone XIII ,
Milan )
Jean-Étienne Montucla - French mathematician (Jesuit College, Lyon)
Massimo Moratti - Italian oil tycoon and owner of football club
Inter Milan (
Istituto Leone XIII ,
Milan )
Alejandro Moreno - Venezuelan footballer and commentator for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer (Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola de Caracas, Venezuela)
Michael Moriarty - American actor (
University of Detroit Jesuit High School )
Paul Morphy - American chess player (
Spring Hill College )
Andrew Morrison - Guyanese journalist and human rights advocate (
St. Stanislaus College )
Julian Morrow - Australian comedian and radio host (St. Aloysius College)
George Moscone - Mayor of San Francisco, assassinated in office (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory , San Francisco)
Alonzo Mourning - American basketball player (
Georgetown University )
Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe
Anne M. Mulcahy - retired chairman and CEO of Xerox and named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" in 2006 (
Fordham University )
Arthur Murphy - author, biographer and barrister, also known by the pseudonym Charles Ranger; coined the legal term "wilful misconstruction" (
College of St. Omer )
Mark Murphy , former NFL safety, president and CEO of Green Bay Packers (
Georgetown University Law Center )
Bill Murray - American TV and movie star (
Loyola Academy , Wilmette and
Regis University )
John Courtney Murray - American theologian (Xavier High, New York and Boston College)
Joseph Murray - American surgeon and
Nobel laureate (
College of the Holy Cross )
Dikembe Mutombo - basketball player from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Georgetown University )
Conor Oberst (
Bright Eyes ) - American musician (
Creighton Preparatory School , Omaha, Nebraska)
Bernard O'Brien SJ - New Zealand philosopher (
Pullach Jesuit house of studies )
Pat O'Brien - American actor (
Marquette University High School and
Marquette University , Milwaukee)
Chris O'Donnell - actor (Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL and Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA)
Tip O'Neill - American politician (Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
Sir Anthony O'Reilly - Irish and Lions rugby union teams; businessman (Belvedere College, Dublin)
Charles Osgood - American media commentator (
Fordham University )
Tomas Osmeña - Filipino politician (
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan )
Paul Otellini - President of Intel Corporation (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory , San Francisco)
Peter O'Toole - Irish actor
Gerry Ottenheimer - Canadian politician and senator (Fordham University)
Jacques Ozanam - French mathematician (Jesuit College in Rheims)
Leon Panetta - 23rd
United States Secretary of Defense , Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Obama Administration , former
White House Chief of Staff to President
Bill Clinton , former Director,
United States Office of Management and Budget , former Member of U.S. Congress, 17th District (
Santa Clara University )
Denis Papin - French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his work with steam power (Jesuit school in Blois)
Park Geun-hye - President of South Korea (
Sogang University )
Parokya ni Edgar - Filipino rock band (
Ateneo de Manila High School )
Joe Paterno - American football coach (Brooklyn Prep)
Paul VI - Pope (Gregorian University, Rome)
Alexander Payne - American film writer-director (
Creighton Preparatory School , Omaha, Nebraska)
Denis Pétau - also known as
Petavius , French Jesuit theologian
Francis Petre - New Zealand-born
architect based in
Dunedin (
Mount St Mary's College near
Sheffield )
Jean Picard - French astronomer and priest (
Jesuit College of La Flèche )
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. - Filipino senator (
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan )
Donald Pinkel - American medical doctor, founding medical director and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Canisius High School and Canisius College)
Pius XI - Pope (
Gregorian University , Rome)
Pius XII - Pope (Gregorian University, Rome)
Joseph Mary Plunkett - Irish signatory of the
Irish Proclamation of Independence who played a leading part in the
Easter Rising , for which he was executed (Stonyhurst College)
Alexius Sylvius Polonus - Polish Jesuit astronomer and maker of astronomical instruments (Jesuit College in
Kalisz )
John E. Potter - U.S. Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service (
Fordham University )
Peter Pronovost - Critical care physician, 2008
Time 100 and
MacArthur Fellow (
Fairfield University )
Danny Pudi - American actor (
Marquette University )
Stefan Raab - German entertainer and comedian (
Aloisiuskolleg , the Jesuit gymnasium in
Bad Godesberg , Germany)
Karl Rahner - German theologian
Mariano Rajoy -Spanish Prime Minister 2011-2018 (
Jesuit College in León , Spain)
Narasimhan Ram - editor-in-chief of
The Hindu (
Loyola College, Chennai )
Jorge Ramos - journalist with Univision (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Mark Raper - Oceania Provincial superior of the
Society of Jesus (St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
Kiefer Ravena - Filipino basketball player (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Hubert Reeves - astrophysicist (
College Jean-de-Brebeuf , Montreal)
Matteo Ricci - Italian Jesuit priest responsible for much of the introduction of Western culture to China
Cardinal Richelieu - French statesman (Collège de Navarre, Collège de Calvi)
Hans Riegel - German entrepreneur (
Haribo )
Arturo Ripstein - film director and producer (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Jose Rizal - national hero of the Philippines, Reformist, Revolutionary; founder of
La Liga Filipina ;
ophthalmologist , author; surgeon; linguist; led independence movement against Spanish rule in the
Philippines (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Sam Roberts - Canadian singer
Maximilien Robespierre - French statesman (
Collège de Clermont , Paris)
Jacques Rogge - chairman of the
International Olympic Committee (Sint-Barbaracollege, Ghent, Belgium)
Michel Rojkind -
Mexican architect and former musician of Russian descent (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Al Roker - American TV meteorologist (Xavier High School, New York)
Óscar Romero - priest and martyr (
Gregorian University , Rome, Italy)
Blessed
Theodore Romzha - Ruthenian Catholic Church's Bishop of Mukachevo, martyr under Joseph Stalin (
Collegium Russicum )
Fr.
Heribert Rosweyde - Jesuit priest and hagiographer, original compiler-writer-editor for
Acta Sanctorum continued by the
Bollandists , taught philosophy at
Douai
Manuel Roxas II - Philippine Senator (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Pete Rozelle - American football commissioner (
University of San Francisco )
Peter Paul Rubens - Flemish painter of the 17th century, Antwerp
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón - Spanish politician (Jesuit Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo)
Bill Russell - American basketball player (
University of San Francisco )
Mark Russell - American political comedian (
Canisius High School , Buffalo, New York)
Tim Russert - American politician and anchorman (
Canisius High School and
John Carroll University )
Joseph Russoniello - two-time
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (
Fairfield University )
Leo Ryan - member of
U.S. House Of Representatives (D-California) assassinated during
Jonestown Massacre (
Creighton University and Campion High School)
Juan Sabines Guerrero - Governor of Chiapas (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri - Italian Jesuit and mathematician (Jesuit College in Milan)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - French writer and aviator (Jesuit schools in Montgré and Le Mans)
Grégoire de Saint-Vincent - Jesuit mathematician who independently discovered the
Mercator series , the expansion of log (1 + x) in ascending powers of x
Saint Francis de Sales - Bishop of Geneva, Church Doctor, Clermont, Paris
Antonin Scalia - American judge (
Xavier High School and
Georgetown University )
Christoph Scheiner - German astronomer and Jesuit (Jesuit Latin School in Augsburg and Jesuit College at Landsberg)
Edward Schillebeeckx - Belgian
liberation theologian, professor at University of Nijmegen and priest of the
Dominican Order
Gaspar Schott - German physicist, mathematician and natural philosopher (studied under
Athanasius Kircher )
Kurt Schuschnigg (von Schuschnigg) - Austrian chancellor imprisoned in the
Dachau concentration camp in 1938 by Nazi Germany following the
Anschluss (
Stella Matutina (Jesuit school) )
Vin Scully - American sportscaster (started as a student broadcaster at
Fordham Preparatory School ,
Fordham University )
Egon Sendler , SJ - French priest, expert on Eastern Christian iconography (
Collegium Russicum )
Antonio Serrano - Mexican film director/screenwriter (
Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas ) (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico)
J. Francisco Serrano Cacho -
Mexican architect (Universidad Iberoamericana)
John Sexton - President of New York University (
Brooklyn Prep and Fordham University)
Dennis Shedd - United States federal appellate judge (
Georgetown University Law Center )
Bartlett Sher - Tony-winning theater director (
St. Ignatius College Preparatory , San Francisco,
College of the Holy Cross )
Mark Kennedy Shriver - CEO, Save the Children (College of the Holy Cross)
Don Shula - American football head coach (
John Carroll University )
Eugene Shvidler - billionaire and international oil tycoon (Fordham University)
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès - French Roman Catholic
abbé , clergyman, political writer, and one of the chief political theorists of the
French Revolution
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Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora - Jesuit priest and early intellectual born in the Spanish viceroyalty of
New Spain (Jesuit College in
Tepoztlan )
Paul Silas - American basketball player and head coach (
Creighton University )
Eugene Edward Siler, Jr. - United States federal appellate judge (
Georgetown University Law Center )
Saravanan Sivakumar - Tamil actor (
Loyola College, Chennai )
Santosh Sivan - Indian cinematographer and film director (
Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram )
Curtis Sliwa - American founder of the
Guardian Angels (
Brooklyn Prep )
Tom Snyder - American TV/radio talk show host (
Marquette University High School )
Demetrio Sodi - Mexican politician (
Universidad Iberoamericana )
Francis Cardinal Spellman - Cardinal and Archbishop of New York (
Fordham University )
Tomáš Špidlík , SJ - Czech Jesuit Cardinal, scholar, author and professor (
Pontifical Oriental Institute )
Jordan Spieth - professional golfer (
Jesuit College Preparatory School , Dallas, Texas)
Erik Spoelstra -
NBA head coach (
Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon)
Charlie Stayers - Guyanese and West Indian cricketer (
St. Stanislaus College , Guyana)
John Stockton - American basketball player (
Gonzaga University )
Yi Su-gwang - Korean scholar; military officer (studied under Fr.
Matteo Ricci , SJ)
Robert Surcouf - French privateer
Jean-Joseph Surin - French Jesuit mystic (
Collège de Clermont )
Peter Sutherland - former DG of GATT; former Attorney General of Ireland; board member at BP and Goldman Sachs (
Gonzaga College , Dublin)
Kenneth
Suzuki - American association executive and magazine editor (Le College des Jesuites in
Quebec City , Quebec, Canada)
Alexius Sylvius Polonus - Polish Jesuit astronomer and maker of astronomical instruments (Jesuit College in Kalisz, Poland)
André Tacquet - Belgian mathematician whose work led to the eventual discovery of
calculus (Jesuit College in Antwerp)
Fr. Archimandrite
Robert F. Taft , SJ - scholar of Byzantine and other Oriental Christian liturgies (
Fordham University ,
Collegium Russicum ,
Pontifical Oriental Institute )
George Takei - actor (
Sophia University )
Talleyrand - French diplomat (
Jesuit College of La Flèche )
Akbar Tanjung - Indonesian politician and former chairman of the
Golkar Party (
Kanisius in
Jakarta )
Torquato Tasso - Italian Renaissance poet (Jesuit College Sorrento, Italy)
Claudio Teehankee - former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (
Ateneo de Manila University )
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - French Jesuit philosopher and anthropologist (Jesuit College of Mongré in
Villefranche-sur-Saône )
Sister Rose Thering - American Dominican
nun and activist (PhD from
St. Louis University )
Clarence Thomas - Associate Justice of the American Supreme Court (College of the Holy Cross)
Jay Thomas - American actor, comedian and radio talk show host (
Jesuit High School, New Orleans )
Mark Thompson -
Director-General of the BBC (
St John's Beaumont and Stonyhurst College , UK)
Chris Tiu - Filipino basketball player (
Ateneo de Manila University , Philippines)
Loretta Tofani - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Fordham University)
Alejandro Toledo - President of Peru (
University of San Francisco )
Gerardo Torrado - Mexican footballer
Evangelista Torricelli - Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the
barometer
Spencer Tracy - American actor (
Rockhurst High School and
Marquette Academy )
Daniel J. Travanti - American TV and movie star (
Loyola Marymount University )
Athanasius Treweek - Australian academic, linguist and code-breaker (
St Ignatius' College, Riverview ,
Sydney )
Pierre Elliott Trudeau - former Prime Minister of Canada (
College Jean-de-Brebeuf , Montreal)
Donald Tsang -
Chief Executive of
Hong Kong SAR (
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong )
Robin Tunney - American actress (
St. Ignatius College Prep ,
Chicago, Illinois )
Aaron Twerski - Hasidic Jewish rabbi and legal educator (
Marquette Law School )
Peter Vaghi - priest and former politician (Gonzaga College High School, College of the Holy Cross, and the Pontifical Gregorian University)
Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin - Belgian mathematician (Jesuit College at Mons)
Antonio Maria Valsalva - Italian anatomist who coined the term "
Eustachian tube "
Adriaan van Roomen - Belgian mathematician (Jesuit school in Cologne)
Jean Vanier - Canadian philanthropist and founder of
L'Arche (
Loyola High School (Montreal) )
Pierre Varignon - French priest and mathematician (Jesuit College in Caen)
Archbishop
Cyril Vasiľ , SJ - Slovak Jesuit priest, professor and Rector of the
Pontifical Oriental Institute (
Gregorian University )
Josefina Vázquez Mota - Mexican politician
Universidad Iberoamericana
Ramaswamy Venkataraman - former President of India (
Loyola College, Chennai )
Giambattista Vico -
Italian philosopher, historian, and jurist
António Vieira - Portuguese Jesuit and writer (Jesuit college at Bahia in Brazil)
Joseph Vijay - Tamil actor (Loyola College, Chennai)
Pete Visclosky - U.S. Representative from Indiana (
Georgetown University Law Center )
Vincenzo Viviani - Italian mathematician and scientist; a pupil of
Torricelli and a disciple of
Galileo (educated at Jesuit schools in his native Florence)
Voltaire - French author and skeptical master of the Enlightenment (
Lycée Louis-le-Grand , Paris, France)
Dwyane Wade - American basketball player (
Marquette University )
Benjamin Walker - Indian-born author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on
esoterica in all its forms (
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta )
Jimmy Walker - mayor of
New York City (
Xavier High School )
Albrecht von Wallenstein - soldier, generalissimo, Imperial Holy Roman Army during the latter part of the 30 Years' War (
University of Olomouc )
Donnie Walsh - President of Basketball Operations, New York Knicks; former General Manager, Indiana Pacers (
Fordham Preparatory School )
Francis Walsingham - Elizabethan spy master (University of Padua)
Denzel Washington - American film actor (
Fordham University )
Charles Waterton - English naturalist and explorer (Stonyhurst College in Lancashire)
Adam Weishaupt - German philosopher and founder of the
Order of Illuminati (
University of Ingolstadt )
Frederick Weld - former Prime Minister of
New Zealand (Stonyhurst College)
George Wendt - American actor,
Campion Jesuit High School (
Rockhurst University , Kansas City, Missouri)
Edward Douglass White - ninth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (
Jesuit High School, New Orleans )
James White - American physician, lawyer and politician; early settler in Tennessee and Louisiana (College of St. Omer)
Anthony A. Williams - American politician (
Loyola High School of Los Angeles )
Edward Bennett Williams - American trial lawyer (
College of the Holy Cross )
Malcolm Wilson - Lieutenant Governor and Governor of New York (Fordham Preparatory School, Fordham College, Fordham Law School)
Gerard Windsor - Australian author (
St Ignatius' College, Riverview , Sydney)
Terry Wogan - Irish broadcaster (
Crescent College , Limerick)