List of Northfield Mount Hermon people

Since its founding in 1879, Northfield Mount Hermon School has graduated students who went on to excel in technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; and nonprofits.


 * Thomas Nelson Baker Sr., 1889, first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States
 * Elizabeth Barrows Ussher, 1891, Christian missionary
 * Lee de Forest, 1893, radio pioneer
 * William G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball
 * Howard Thurston, 1893, magician
 * Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation
 * Belle da Costa Greene, librarian
 * Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player
 * Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum director
 * Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress
 * Chester Barnard, 1906, philanthropist
 * Henry Roe Cloud, 1906, educator and government official
 * Mohini Maya Das, 1906, educator
 * Harry Kemp, tramp poet, c. 1907 (expelled)
 * DeWitt Wallace, 1907, founder of Reader's Digest
 * Walter Harper, c. 1916, mountain climber
 * Monroe W. Smith, 1919, founder of American Youth Hostels
 * Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, early 1920s (d.n.g), nurse
 * S. Prestley Blake, 1934, founder of Friendly's Ice Cream
 * Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1937, poet
 * Tad Mosel, 1940, playwright
 * James W. McLamore, 1943, founder of Burger King
 * John E. Kingston, 1944, New York Supreme Court judge
 * Mary C. Potter, 1947–1948, professor of psychology
 * James Nabrit III, 1948, civil rights attorney
 * Richard Gilder, 1950, philanthropist
 * William C. Pryor, 1950, Chief Judge
 * Anna Diggs Taylor, 1950, Chief Judge
 * David Hartman, 1952, television host
 * William R. Rhodes, 1953, corporate executive
 * June Jordan, 1953, poet, professor of African American Studies
 * J. Stapleton Roy, 1953, diplomat
 * Edward W. Said, 1953, literary theorist
 * Neil Sheehan, 1954, author
 * Jane English, 1960, academic, photographer
 * Frank Shorter, 1965, marathoner
 * Lynne Anderson, 1965, professor of education
 * William Ackerman, 1967, founder of Windham Hill Records and 2005 Grammy Award winner
 * Natalie Cole, 1968, vocalist
 * Amy Domini, 1968, social investor
 * Viola Baskerville, 1969, Virginia Secretary of Administration
 * Willie Wolfe, 1969, founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
 * Brian F. Atwater, 1969, geologist
 * Dore Gold, 1971, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
 * Chip Elliott, 1972, engineer
 * Erik Lindgren, 1972, composer
 * Tim Stryker, 1972, computer programmer
 * Jim Keller, 1972, vocals, guitar Tommy Tutone
 * Valerie Jarrett, 1974, Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
 * John S. Chen, 1974, CEO of BlackBerry
 * Helen DeWitt, 1975, novelist
 * Timothy Horrigan, 1975, Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
 * Thom Gimbel, 1977, rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals Foreigner (band)
 * Taggart Siegel, 1977, Documentary Filmmaker Queen of the Sun
 * Elizabeth Perkins, 1978, actress
 * Rick Boyages, 1981, Associate Commissioner for Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball
 * Michael M. Gilday, 1981, Chief of Naval Operations, U. S. Navy
 * Laura Linney, 1982, actress
 * Buster Olney, 1982, sports writer
 * Dylan Brody, 1982, humorist, author, comedian, playwright, and poet
 * Kim Raver, 1985, actor
 * Bryan Callen, 1985, actor, comedian
 * Arn Chorn-Pond, 1986, activist and musician
 * Hasok Chang, 1985, historian and philosopher of science
 * Uma Thurman, 1988 (d.n.g.), actor/model
 * Samantha Hunt, 1989, writer
 * John Edgar Park, 1990, author
 * Warren Webster, 1991, president and co-founder of Patch Media
 * Misha Collins, 1992, actor
 * John D'Agata, 1992, author
 * Aaron Schuman, 1995, photographer, writer, curator and educator
 * Brian Pothier, 1996, ice hockey player
 * Yasmin Vossoughian, 1996, news anchor
 * David de Burgh Graham, 1999, Liberal Party MP in House of Commons of Canada
 * Anna Schuleit, visual artist
 * YaYa DaCosta, 2000, actress
 * Kimmie Weeks, 2001, human rights activist
 * Dallas Baker, 2002, football player
 * Tony Gaffney, 2004, basketball player
 * Brian Strait, 2006, ice hockey player
 * Oliver Drake, 2006, baseball player
 * Clive Weeden, 2007, basketball player
 * Tessa Gobbo, 2009, rower
 * Spike Albrecht, 2012, basketball player
 * Kellan Grady, 2017, basketball player