Notable Alumni
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Akpoborie | Nigerian Soccer Player | |
| John Alm | Former CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises | |
| Ellen Shulman Baker | Astronaut on the Space Shuttle Atlantis and NASA medical officer | BA in Geology, 1974 |
| Turner Battle | Basketball player who led the Bulls to their first NIT and current coach | BA in 2006 |
| Jay Beckenstein | Saxophone player and co-founder of Spyro Gyra | BA in music, 1973 |
| Wolf Blitzer | Award-winning journalist for CNN | BA in history, 1970 |
| Alan Brownstein | Former CEO of the American Cancer Society | |
| Keith Buckley | Vocalist, lyricist and founding member of Buffalo-based hardcore band Every Time I Die and metal supergroup The Damned Things. | BA in English |
| Taylor Caldwell | Anglo-American novelist | BA in English, 1931 |
| Maury Chaykin | Actor | BFA in theatre, 1972 |
| Bram Cohen | Creator of the widely popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer client | |
| Angelo F. Coniglio | Civil Engineer, educator, genealogist and author | BSCE 1961, MSCE 1971 |
| Sam Craven | English Soccer Player | |
| Michael Cross | Director of Athletics Bradley University | BS '91, MA '93 |
| Rob Derhak | Bassist, lyricist and founding member of Buffalo-based jam-band moe. | |
| Ronnie James Dio | American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter; Lead singer of Rainbow from 1975-1979, lead singer and creator of Dio and lead singer of Black Sabbath from 1979-1982 | |
| Millard S. Drexler | CEO of J. Crew | |
| Ira Flatow | Science journalist, original host of the Emmy-winning Newton's Apple and current host of NPR's Science Friday | |
| Chuck Garvey | Guitarist, lyricist and founding member of the Buffalo-based jam-band moe. | |
| Wilson Greatbatch | Developer of improved versions of the cardiac pacemaker | |
| Brad Grey | American television and film producer, CEO of Paramount | |
| Max Grodénchik | American television and film actor | |
| Terry Gross | Peabody Award-winning host of the radio interview program Fresh Air | |
| Orvan Hess | Medical Doctor noted for early use of Penicillin and developing the Cardiotocograph | |
| John Hewitt | Co-founder of Jackson Hewitt and founder of Liberty Tax Service | |
| Richard Hofstadter | Pulitzer Prize-winning historian; author of such landmark works as Anti-intellectualism in American Life and The Age of Reform. | |
| Mark Huddleston | President of the University of New Hampshire | |
| Jeremy Jacobs | CEO of Delaware North Companies and owner of the Boston Bruins | B.A. in Business Administration |
| Gregory Jarvis | Astronaut on the Space Shuttle Challenger | Namesake of Jarvis Hall |
| Chris Kanyon | American professional wrestler In World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Entertainment | Bachelor's degree in physical therapy |
| David Koepsell | Author, teacher, attorney | Law degree |
| Howard Kurtz | Media reporter and columnist at the Washington Post | BA in psychology/English 1974 |
| Robin Yanhong Li | Founder, Chairman and CEO of Baidu.com, the most popular search engine in China. | M.S. Computer Science |
| Robert Lieberman | Director of Fire in the Sky and Table for Five | |
| Steve Liesman | CNBC Senior Economics Reporter, Emmy Winning Journalist, and 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| Don Miller | New York State Assemblyman, represents the 121st district | |
| Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed | Prime Minister of Somalia | B.A. History, 1993; M.A. American Studies, 2009 |
| Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett | Director National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) | BA in History, 1975 |
| Willie Nile | Singer/Songwriter - aka: Robert Noonan | BA in Philosophy, 1971 |
| Dominic Oppong | Canadian Soccer Player | |
| Gerry Philbin | Member of the 1968 World Champion New York Jets | |
| Jeanine Pirro | Westchester County, New York District Attorney | |
| Maynard Jack Ramsay | entomologist | |
| Abbe Raven | CEO and President of A&E Television Networks, founder of The History Channel | BA in History, 1974 |
| Robert Rich | Founder of Rich Products Corporation | |
| Jamey Richard | Center for the Indianapolis Colts | Football team, 2004-2007. |
| Christopher Scolese | Chief Engineer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | BS 1974 |
| Trevor Scott | Defensive end for the Oakland Raiders | Football team, 2004-2007. |
| Parry Shen | A Chinese American actor | |
| Ron Silver | Actor | |
| Ellen Spiro | documentary filmmaker | |
| James Starks | Running Back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League | |
| John Stofa | Miami Dolphins (AFL, NFL) quarterback, first expansion draft selection of the Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) | |
| Tom Toles | Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post | |
| John Walsh | Host of America's Most Wanted | 1965 |
| Harvey Weinstein | Miramax Films founder and executive | Honorary PhD |
| Dave Weldon | Republican member of the United States House of Representatives | MD |
| Jeffrey Wigand | First tobacco industry executive to become a major whistle-blower against the industry; subject of the feature film The Insider (1999), starring Russell Crowe | B.A. Chemistry, M.A. Biochemistry, Ph.D. Biochemistry |
| Robert E. Wright | Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College (South Dakota) | M.A., History, Ph.D. History |
| Ji Zhou | Minister of Education for the People's Republic of China | |
| Alan Zweibel | Comedy writer, multiple Emmy Award winner, and one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live | |
| Bil Zelman | Photographer and Director | BFA '96 |
| Mahendra Prasad Chaubey | Author and teacher of physics and mathematics at Dawson College in Montreal | Ph.D. Theoretical Physics |
| Elizabeth Willis | Poet, Literary Critic, and Guggenheim Fellow | |
| Charles Baxter | American author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry | |
| Donald Revell | American poet, essayist, translator, Guggenheim Fellow, and 2004 Lenore Marshall Award winner | |
| Anthony Petrosky | American Poet and 1982 Walt Whitman Award winner |
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