List of New York University alumni

This list of New York University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of New York University.

Legend
The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent NYU schools and colleges:

In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn,  which in turn merged into NYU to form New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in 2014. In 2015, the school changed its name to NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Educators

 * J. David Bleich (born 1936), rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics
 * Edgar Fiedler (1929–2003), economist
 * Michael Hudson (born 1939), economics professor
 * Francis Kilcoyne (died 1985), President of Brooklyn College
 * Howard Lesnick (1931-2020), Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Josef Singer (1923-2009), Israeli aeronautical engineer and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Academic administrators

 * Joe Gow (born 1960) (attended West Chester University before transferring to New York University, later transferring to Penn State University, from where he graduated) — American academic, musician, pornographic actor, and university administrator, noted for being fired as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in December 2023 after being outed for filming and starring in consensual pornographic videos with his wife, which they posted to public adult websites (without ever mentioning their names, careers, or university affiliations)

Pulitizer Prize winners

 * Alex Pareene, editor-in-chief of Gawker
 * Joel Shatzky (1943-2020), writer and literary professor

Sports
As of 2013, NYU has been associated with at least 74 men and 10 women who have participated as athletes, coaches, or managers at Olympic Games, for a total of at least 28 Olympic medals.


 * Jay Horwitz (born 1945), New York Mets executive

Fictional
The following are characters in film, television, literature, and other media that have a connection to the university: