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Over the last 400 years, the Roman Catholic
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.
A
- Florencio Abad - Philippine lawyer and politician (Ateneo de Manila University)
- St Ignatius' College, Riverview)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Amores Perros), Universidad Iberoamericana
- Mike Arroyo - husband of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Ateneo de Manila University)
- Emilio Azcarraga Jean - President and owner, Televisa (Universidad Iberoamericana)
B
- Claude Bachet - French mathematician (pupil of the Jesuit mathematician Jacques de Billyat the Jesuit College in Rheims)
- Mohsen Badawi - Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist and writer (Collège de la Sainte Famille)
- Fr. Le-Puy-en-Velay)
- Jakob Balde - German Latinist and poet (University of Ingolstadt)
- 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)
- West Bengal, India (St. Xavier's Collegiate School)
- Elgin Baylor - American basketball player (Seattle University)
- Steve Bellan- Cuban baseball player (Fordham University)
- Saint Gregorian University)
- Pope Benedict XIV - Italian Pope (Collegium Clementianum)
- Georgetown College, Georgetown UniversitySchool 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)
- St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati))
- Fr. Brooklyn Prep, Le Moyne College, Fordham University)
- Philip Berrigan - author and activist (College of the Holy Cross)
- 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. Bollandists; original editor and author of the Acta Sanctorum (Jesuit colleges at Maastricht and Antwerp, Louvain)
- 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)
- Jesuit astronomer (Jesuit College in Ragusa)
- Encyclopaedists(Jesuit College of Lyon)
- Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - French bishop and theologian (Collège des Godrans)
- College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal)
- Pat Bowlen - owner of Denver Broncos (Campion Jesuit Catholic High School)
- 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)[1]
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Xavier University)
- Daniel Burman - film producer (Universidad Iberoamericana)
C
- 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
- 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 Schooland College of the Holy Cross)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. - US Senator (Scranton Preparatory Schooland College of the Holy Cross)
- 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)
- 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)
- King Louis XIV; namesake of the Père Lachaise Cemetery(Jesuit College of Lyon)
- Ahmed Chalabi - Iraqi politician (Baghdad College)
- 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)
- Loyola College in Maryland and Loyola High School)
- 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)
- 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)
D
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Jesuit College of La Flèchein Anjou, France)
- Denis Diderot - French philosopher and writer
- 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)
- St. Louis University)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - author of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories (Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall and Stonyhurst College)
- Fordham Law School
- Rahul Dravid - former Indian cricket captain (St. Joseph's School and St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore)
- Gregorian Universityin Rome)
- Sixto Durán Ballén - former Ecuadorian President (Colegio San Gabriel, Quito)
- Saint Peter's College, Jersey City)
- Richard J. Durbin - American politician (Georgetown University)
E
- Timothy Egan - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington)
- Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"
- University of Detroit Jesuit High School)
- St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
- Juan Ponce Enrile - Philippine politician; former Marcos Defense Minister (Ateneo de Manila University)
- Ahmet Ertegun - American entrepreneur (Georgetown University)
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Raúl Esparza - American actor
- Patrick Ewing - American basketball player (Georgetown University)
F
- 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)
- 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)
- 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))
- Saint Joseph's Preparatory School and Saint Joseph's College)
- Thomas Foley - American politician (Gonzaga University, Spokane)
- Fontenelle- French author (Jesuit College, Rouen)
- 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)[2]
- Missy Franklin - Olympic swimmer, gold medalist (Regis Jesuit High School)
- 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)
G
- Mario Gabelli - billionaire; founder and CEO of GAMCO Investors (Fordham University)
- Fr. St-Acheul, Brugelette, and Laval)
- Delia Gallagher - American journalist (University of San Francisco)
- Sourav Ganguly - former Indian cricket captain (St. Xavier's Kolkata)
- 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. College of St. Omer)
- Université Saint-Joseph)
- 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)
- Nissan Motors(Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour in Lebanon)
- Bob Gibson - Hall of Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (Creighton University)
- Kanisius in Jakarta)
- Thomas Girardi - trial lawyer (Loyola High School (Los Angeles), Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School)
- 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)
- Clavius)
- Gustavo Gutiérrez - Dominican priest, professor, author, and liberation theologian
- professional wrestler (Universidad Iberoamericana)
H
- William Habington - English poet (St. Omer College, Belgium)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- Chicago, Illinois)
I
- Innocent XI - Pope (Como, Italy)
- NBA All-Star player (Georgetown University(two years))
J
- Peter Jankowski - television producer (College of the Holy Cross)
- Gregorian University, Rome)
- Georgetown Law School)
- Paul Johnson - British journalist, historian, speechwriter and author (Stonyhurst College)
- College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal)
- Edward P. Jones - American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (College of the Holy Cross)
- St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
- James Joyce - Irish novelist (Clongowes Wood College Co. Kildare and Belvedere College Dublin)
- Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola)
- Arun Jaitley - Indian politician (St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Delhi )
K
- Tim Kaine - governor of Virginia (Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri)
- St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India)
- Gregorian Universityin Rome)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Meat Puppets (Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona)
- Peter Hans Kolvenbach - Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Canisius College, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
- St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) preceding collegiate career at Boston College)
- Stephen W. Kuffler - scientist; educated by the Jesuits in Austria[3]
- Gregorian Universityin Rome, Italy)
L
- 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)
- Belen Jesuitin Miami, Florida)
- 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)
- 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)
- President of the Marshall Islands (Gonzaga University School of Law)
- Vince Lombardi - Hall of Fame football coach for the Green Bay Packers (Fordham University)
- 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)
- Gregorian Universityin 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)
M
- 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)
- Chicago, Illinois)
- Ghent, Belgium)
- Ettore Majorana - Italian theoretical physicist (Istituto Massimo)
- )
- Louis Malle - French film director
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- Fordham College and Fordham University School of Law)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
N
- Jewish Americanpolitician (Fordham University School of Law)
- Attorney General of Arizona (Santa Clara University)
- Steve Nash - Canadian basketball player who played in the NBA (Santa Clara University)
- Pius Ncube - Archbishop of Bulawayo, human rights activist in Zimbabwe
- Bob Newhart - American actor and comedian (St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago and Loyola University Chicago)
- Gavin Newsom - American politician (Santa Clara University)
- Mexican architect (Universidad Iberoamericana)
- Gustav Nossal - Australian research biologist (St Aloysius' College, Sydney)
- Henri Nouwen - Dutch Roman Catholic priest and professor of theology (Aloysius Gymnasium, The Hague)
- Garin Nugroho - Indonesian film director (Kolese Loyola in Semarang, Central Java)
- Aurelio Nuño Morales - Mexican architect (Universidad Iberoamericana)
O
- 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)
P
- 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)
- Petavius, French Jesuit theologian
- Francis Petre - New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin (Mount St Mary's College near Sheffield)
- 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)
- Gregorian University, Rome)
- Pius XII- Pope (Gregorian University, Rome)
- 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)
- MacArthur Fellow (Fairfield University)
- Danny Pudi - American actor (Marquette University)
Q
- Francisco de Quevedo - nobleman, politician and writer of the Spanish Golden Age (Colegio Imperial de Madrid)
R
- 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)
- Society of Jesus(St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
- Kiefer Ravena - Filipino basketball player (Ateneo de Manila University)
- 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)
- 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)
- Mexican architect and former musician of Russian descent (Universidad Iberoamericana)
- Al Roker - American TV meteorologist (Xavier High School, New York)
- Gregorian University, Rome, Italy)
- Blessed Theodore Romzha - Ruthenian Catholic Church's Bishop of Mukachevo, martyr under Joseph Stalin (Collegium Russicum)
- Fr. 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)
- U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (Fairfield University)
- Jonestown Massacre (Creighton Universityand Campion High School)
S
- 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)
- Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas) (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico)
- Mexicanarchitect (Universidad Iberoamericana)
- Brooklyn Prepand 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[4]
- 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)
- NBA head coach (Jesuit High Schoolin 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)
T
- 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)
- Jesuit College of La Flèche)
- Kanisius in Jakarta)
- Torquato Tasso - Italian Renaissance poet (Jesuit College Sorrento, Italy)
- 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)
- St. Louis University)
- Clarence Thomas - Associate Justice of the American Supreme Court (College of the Holy Cross)
- 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)
- St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
- College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal)
- Hong Kong SAR (Wah Yan College, Hong Kong)
- Chicago, Illinois)
- Marquette Law School)
U
- Carmen Wong Ulrich - American author and TV anchor (Fairfield University)
V
- 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 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)
- Galileo(educated at Jesuit schools in his native Florence)
- Voltaire - French author and skeptical master of the Enlightenment (Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France)
W
- Dwyane Wade - American basketball player (Marquette University)
- St. Xavier's College, Calcutta)
- Jimmy Walker - mayor of New York City (Xavier High School)
- 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)
- Campion Jesuit High School (Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri)
- Jesuit High School, New Orleans)
- James White - American physician, lawyer and politician; early settler in Tennessee and Louisiana (College of St. Omer)
- 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)
- St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney)
- Terry Wogan - Irish broadcaster (Crescent College, Limerick)
Z
- oncologist who played a role in the introduction of cancer chemotherapy (Georgetown Preparatory School)
- Niccolò Zucchi - Italian Jesuit astronomer and physicist
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