Notable Teachers and Alumni
- Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from New York, 65th U.S. Attorney General, brother of President John F. Kennedy. Attended, did not graduate.
- U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 1962–2009. Younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. Attended, did not graduate.
- Composer Alvin Lucier
- U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), 1999–2005.
- U.S. Representative Phil English (R-PA) 3rd District, 1995–2009.
- E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
- John E. Pepper, Jr., former Chairman of the Procter & Gamble Company, Chairman of The Walt Disney Company effective January 1, 2007.
- R. F. Patrick Cronin, 1942, Dean of Faculty of Medicine at McGill University (1972–1977).
- John Gregory Dunne . Novelist, screenwriter, and literary critic.
Christopher Ogden, 1962, biographer, journalist, lecturer.
- William A. Dembski, American mathematician, philosopher, and theologian; proponent of concept of intelligent design. Left the Abbey before graduating to attend the University of Chicago in 1977; was awarded his honorary diploma upon delivery of the 1988 Dom Luke Childs lecture at Portsmouth Abbey.
- Benedict Fitzgerald, American screenwriter.
- Christopher Buckley, 1970, American political satirist, son of William F. Buckley Jr..
- Father Jonathan DeFelice, 1965 graduate – he is President of Saint Anselm College and is founder of the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities.
- William Ruckelshaus, first Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, later became FBI Director and U.S. Deputy Attorney General
- Charlie Day, actor.
- Michael Kolowich, 1970, documentary filmmaker and Internet entrepreneur
- Knut Ansgar Nelson, bishop of Stockholm, taught classics at the school.
- Sibel Galindez, actress, arts director, former performing arts director at the school.
- Mathieu Santos, 2003, bassist for inde band Ra Ra Riot.
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