List of Temple University people

This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of Temple University, a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Faculty

 * Russell Conwell – founder and first president of the university, author of Acres of Diamonds
 * Charles Ezra Beury – second president of the university
 * Robert Livingston Johnson – third president of the university
 * Millard E. Gladfelter – fourth president of the university
 * Paul R. Anderson – fifth president of the university
 * Marvin Wachman – sixth president of the university
 * Peter J. Liacouras – seventh president of the university
 * David Adamany – eighth president of the university - first LGBT president
 * Ann Weaver Hart – ninth president of the university- first female president
 * Neil D. Theobald – tenth president of the university
 * Richard Englert – eleventh president of the university
 * Jason Wingard – twelfth president of the university - first male of color president
 * JoAnne A. Epps – thirteenth president of the university - first female of color president
 * Theresa A. Powell – vice president of academic affairs

Biology

 * Stephen Blair Hedges
 * Jody Hey
 * Masatoshi Nei

Business

 * Subodha Kumar

Communication

 * Joseph P. Folger

English

 * Samuel R. Delany – science fiction author
 * George W. Johnson – former chair of the Temple Department of English; later President of George Mason University (1979–1996)
 * Thomas Kinsella – Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher; author of numerous volumes of poetry and a translation of the ancient Irish epic The Tain (Táin Bó Cúailnge); while at Temple, he developed a program for students to study in Ireland called "the Irish Experience"
 * Sonia Sanchez – poet
 * Miles Orvell – cultural historian, editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies

Film

 * Lauren Wolkstein

History

 * Richard H. Immerman
 * Alan McPherson
 * David Alan Rosenberg
 * Gregory J. W. Urwin
 * Russell Weigley
 * Ralph F. Young

Law

 * Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953), former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
 * C. Darnell Jones II
 * David Kairys
 * David G. Post

Mathematics

 * Emil Grosswald (1968–1980)
 * John Allen Paulos – author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

Music

 * Katherine Ciesinski
 * John Douglas – conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades
 * Aaron Levinson – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
 * Terell Stafford – Trumpet player

Philosophy

 * Lewis Gordon
 * Espen Hammer
 * Joseph Margolis
 * Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus
 * Miriam Solomon – Professor of Philosophy

Psychology

 * Lauren Alloy
 * Laurence Steinberg
 * Joseph Wolpe – South African psychiatrist and founding figure in behavior therapy
 * Rinad Beidas

Religion

 * Ismail al-Faruqi
 * Michael Alexander
 * Edwin David Aponte
 * Sr. Christine Schenk
 * Leonard Swidler

Sociology

 * Annette Lareau

Sports

 * Nikki Franke – fencer and fencing coach

Other disciplines

 * Molefi Asante – scholar, known for popularizing and developing Afrocentricity
 * Emile B. De Sauzé – language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language
 * Happy Fernandez – politician
 * Mary Stuart Fisher - radiologist
 * John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous
 * Jacob Gershon-Cohen – Professor of Research Radiology and developer of mammography for detecting breast cancer
 * Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy
 * Leah Modigliani – Associate Professor and Program Director of Visual Studies at Tyler School of Art and Architecture
 * Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics", longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics
 * Lucia V. Streng – chemist
 * Ann M. Valentine – chemist
 * Earl Bradley – pediatrician
 * Mark L. Nelson – chemist and inventor of Nuzyra, an antibiotic FDA approved in 2018

Academia



 * Katalin Karikó - 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department
 * Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis.
 * Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator
 * John Baugh – linguist known for developing theory of linguistic profiling, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
 * Susan H. Brandt - historian
 * David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College
 * Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network
 * Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized
 * Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Also, see Temple University School of Medicine, Notable Alumni and Pioneers
 * David Drasin – mathematician, specializing in function theory.
 * John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University
 * Louis Filler – eminent professor of American Studies
 * Gail F. Forrest – spinal cord researcher at Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Medical School
 * Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC
 * Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant
 * Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of I'm OK, You're OK
 * Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India
 * Edmund Kornfeld – Organic chemist
 * Donald Kraybill – expert on Amish
 * Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center
 * Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University
 * Glenda Price - former president of Marygrove College
 * JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin
 * Charles Coleman Sellers – historian, biographer, and librarian, winner of the Bancroft Prize in 1970
 * Stephen Sheehi اسطفان شيحا – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary; author of Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (University Press of Florida, 2004), Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims (Clarity Press, 2011), and Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860–1910, (Princeton University Press, 2016).
 * Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and President of Princeton University
 * Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, Director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient
 * Alan Wolfe – political scientist and sociologist on the faculty of Boston College who serves as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies,[2] "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy".

Art

 * Laura Marie Greenwood – painter
 * Trenton Doyle Hancock – artist
 * Andrew Hussie – webcomic artist
 * Simmie Knox – presidential portrait painter (Clinton)
 * Nicholas Muellner – photographer and writer
 * Ralph Rucci – designer
 * Paula Scher – designer
 * Sarai Sherman – artist
 * Aaron Shikler – presidential portrait painter
 * Jen Simmons – designer and web developer
 * Tammy Stoner – artist and writer
 * Ann Wilson – painter

Broadcasting

 * Al Alberts – singer, Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV
 * Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for Citadel Media
 * Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio
 * Howard Bryant – senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
 * Pat Callahan – host of This Week in Pro Football on 950 ESPN
 * Steve Capus – president, NBC News
 * John Clark – sports anchorman for NBC 10 news
 * Fritz Coleman – weather anchor, KNBC-TV news
 * Marsha Cooke - executive producer, ESPN Films, 30 for 30
 * Tracy Davidson – news presenter for NBC 10 news
 * Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author
 * Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news
 * Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, NFL Hall of Famer writer.
 * Diplo – DJ/producer
 * Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com
 * Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
 * Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality, Our World with Black Enterprise and online HuffPost Live host, BET News correspondent and a CNN political commentator.
 * John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio
 * Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC
 * Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show Radio Times
 * Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for Reuters, killed while covering the 2010 Thai political protests
 * Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor
 * Ronn Owens – radio talk show host
 * Ed Sciaky – disc jockey
 * Gene Shay – disc jockey
 * Terry Smith – broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
 * Dyana Williams - Radio and television personality, journalist, and celebrity media coach
 * Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers

Business

 * John Carrig – former COO and president for ConocoPhillips
 * Sam Greenblatt – vice president of technology and architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell
 * Jai Gulati – CEO of Systel
 * Lewis Katz – businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer
 * Larry Miller – president of Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers
 * Rosemary Reed Miller - owner Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique
 * Ash Vasudevan – founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings

Film, theatre, and television

 * Keith Andes – actor
 * Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive
 * Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer
 * David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker
 * Richard Brooks – Academy Award-winning Hollywood filmmaker
 * Quinta Brunson – actor, comedian
 * Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner up of Big Brother 16, winner of Big Brother 22
 * Dennis Christopher – actor
 * Bill Cosby – actor, comedian
 * Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer
 * Colman Domingo – actor on Fear the Walking Dead
 * Norman Fell – comic actor best known for Three's Company (attended Theatre Dept. classes)
 * Jason Winston George – actor, Sunset Beach, Platinum
 * Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's Harry's Law)
 * William Goldenberg – Academy Award-winning Hollywood film editor
 * Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series Hill Street Blues.
 * Lois Hamilton – actress
 * Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
 * Debra Hill (1950-2005), film producer and screenwriter best known for making the movie, Halloween.
 * Tigre Hill – film director/producer
 * Saba Homayoon – actress
 * Irvin Kershner – film director, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 * Bruce Mailman – theatre producer and founder of The Saint
 * William Marchant – playwright and screenwriter
 * Adam McKay – Emmy-nominated director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Step Brothers (2008), Academy award-winning writer of The Big Short
 * Mary Lou Metzger – singer, dancer The Lawrence Welk Show
 * Kunal Nayyar – actor, plays Raj on CBS's Big Bang Theory
 * Eric Owens (bass-baritone) – American operatic bass-baritone
 * Nadia Parfan – Ukrainian film director and creative producer
 * Robert Prosky – actor
 * Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Academy Award-winning actress for The Holdovers
 * Herbert Rudley – actor
 * Bob Saget – comedian, game show host, Full House
 * Michael Schoeffling – actor who played Jake Ryan in 1980s film Sixteen Candles
 * Peter Shub – actor, clown, and circus producer
 * Svetlana Shusterman – from MTV's The Real World Key West
 * James Riordan – actor, Broadway, Television and Film actor
 * Tom Sizemore – actor
 * Hugh Panaro – actor, Broadway
 * Paul F. Tompkins – actor, comedian
 * Dan Trachtenberg – film director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, and co-host The Totally Rad Show
 * Eric Wareheim – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
 * Patricia Wettig – Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters, Prison Break
 * Jesse Williams – actor (Grey's Anatomy)
 * Danny Woodburn – actor (Mickey on Seinfeld)

Government



 * Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
 * Edward J. Bonin – Republican U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
 * Frederick C. Branch – first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer
 * Horace J. Bryant – first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey
 * Jamira Burley – Municipal leader, national campaign deputy director
 * Michael E. Busch – Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
 * Jim Cawley – Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
 * Robert Coughlin – longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to United States House of Representatives
 * Mae E. De Vincentis – former United States Department of Defense official and the vice director for the Defense Logistics Agency
 * Harold L. Ervin – judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
 * Edwin Duing Eshleman – former Republican congressman
 * Thomas M. Foglietta – U.S. Congressman and United States Ambassador to Italy
 * Vincent Fumo – Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
 * Tom Gannon – Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (1979–2006)
 * Hage Geingob - President of the Republic of Namibia (March 21, 2015 – February 4, 2024)
 * Nikoloz Gilauri – Prime Minister of Georgia
 * Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) – Pennsylvania State Representative 1979–2000.
 * Camillo Gonsalves (BA in Journalism) – Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations
 * Theo-Ben Gurirab – President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1999–2000; Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005
 * Stephen Hahn – Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
 * Allison Hepler - state representative
 * Joe Hoeffel – former Democratic congressman
 * Malcolm Hoenlein – executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
 * Vincent Hughes – Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat)
 * Zambry Abdul Kadir – current Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia, from political party UMNO
 * Kathleen Kane – first woman Attorney General of Pennsylvania, also convicted of felony perjury
 * Paul E. Kanjorski – U.S. Congressman, representing Pennsylvania's 11th district
 * Guy Kratzer – Pennsylvania State Senator (1983-1986)
 * Jerome Kurtz – Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980)
 * David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) – 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada
 * Joseph Lazarow – Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976–1982
 * Bryan Lentz – private attorney; former Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (2007–2010); Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for PA's 7th congressional district
 * Joseph Melrose – former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at Ursinus College
 * Bernard T. Mittemeyer – lieutenant general and former Surgeon General of the United States Army.
 * Francis J. Myers – former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
 * Joseph M. Pratt, U.S. congressman from Philadelphia (1944-1945)
 * Cherinet Hariffo Political Science Graduate and Activist
 * R. K. Raghavan IPS – former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India
 * Pallam Raju – Former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development
 * Charles W. Sandman, Jr. – represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, 1967–1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973
 * Jim Saxton – U.S. Congressman representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
 * Jacob Seidenberg - chairman of the Federal Services Impasses Panel
 * Younes Sekkouri – Moroccan Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills
 * Martin J. Silverstein – United States Ambassador to Uruguay
 * John F. Street – former Mayor of Philadelphia
 * Nao Takasugi – California State Assembly
 * Johnny Young – U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia (2001-2004), U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain (1997-2001), U.S. Ambassador to Togo (1994-1997), U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1989-1992)

Literature

 * Sharmi Albrechtsen – author, blogger
 * Ben Bova – science fiction author
 * Frank Brookhouser – Journalist, columnist, and author.
 * Jim Callahan – retired football player and writer
 * Tony Campolo – author, pastor, and speaker
 * Anita Cornwell – author
 * Eric Corey Freed – architect, author, public speaker
 * Jeffrey Gitomer – author, speaker, business trainer
 * David Goodis – crime fiction writer
 * Helene Hanff – writer
 * Tom McHale – novelist
 * Ted Polhemus – writer, photographer, anthropologist
 * Jeffrey Robinson – author
 * William Gardner Smith – author and journalist
 * Jerry Spinelli – writer
 * Lamont B. Steptoe – poet, photographer, publisher
 * Tony Trov – science fiction writer
 * Johnny Zito – science fiction writer

Music



 * Irving Berlin – honorary degree '54, songwriter
 * Rubén Colón Tarrats – orchestra director
 * Abbie Conant - classical trombonist
 * Norman Connors - Musician, Composer, Arranger, & Producer
 * Evelyn Simpson Curenton - composer
 * Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz – DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter
 * Alix Dobkin – singer/songwriter
 * Pat Finnerty – musician, guitarist, and songwriter
 * Joe Genaro – musician, guitarist and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen
 * Ariana Ghez – classic oboist
 * Alex G - musician, guitarist, and songwriter
 * Julie Gold – songwriter, Grammy Award winner
 * Daryl Hall – musician
 * Marc-André Hamelin – pianist
 * Jared Hasselhoff – bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang
 * Mark Kramer – musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio
 * Fred Mascherino – musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
 * Joe Masteroff – Tony Award-winning playwright
 * Bill McGlaughlin – composer, conductor, radio host of Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday
 * John Oates – musician
 * Eric Owens – opera singer
 * Billy Paul – Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and War of the Gods
 * James Poyser – Grammy Award winning keyboardist, songwriter, and producer
 * Fayette Pinkney – original member of The Three Degrees
 * Jimmy Pop – lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang
 * Jill Scott – R&B/soul artist
 * Debbie Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
 * Joni Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
 * Kathy Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
 * Kim Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge
 * Allan Slutsky – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
 * Jeffrey Solow – Grammy nominated classical cellist
 * Terell Stafford – professional jazz trumpet player
 * Tim – Korean ballad singer
 * Kenneth Thompkins - principal trombonist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
 * Susan Werner – singer-songwriter

Other

 * John C. Allen – roller coaster designer
 * Ted Bundy – serial killer
 * Reed Erickson - transgender activist, engineer, and philanthropist
 * Richard L. Fox - tax attorney
 * Judith E. Glaser – author and organizational anthropologist
 * E. Urner Goodman – early leader of the Boy Scouts of America
 * George E. Hargest – Noted philatelic and member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.
 * Donniel Hartman – Israeli rabbi
 * Linda and Terry Jamison – "The Psychic Twins"
 * Steven Levy – writer for Wired and author of Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
 * Shantrelle P. Lewis – curator, historian, critic and filmmaker
 * Georgia L. McMurray - activist
 * Maralyn Lois Polak – journalist and author
 * Stephen Starr – celebrity restaurateur
 * Gary Tabach – retired United States Navy captain, the first Soviet-born citizen to be commissioned an officer in the Armed Forces of the United States
 * John Thomas Taylor – congressional lobbyist for the American Legion
 * Salvatore Testa - Italian American hitman for the Philadelphia crime family
 * Michael van der Veen - attorney, who represented former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial
 * Diana Vincent – jewelry designer
 * James West, inventor, primarily of microphones
 * Edith Windsor – Plaintiff in United States v. Windsor

Baseball

 * Bobby Higginson – Major League Baseball player, Detroit Tigers
 * John Marzano – former MLB catcher; sports analyst
 * Harry Shuman – MLB player, Pittsburgh Pirates

Football

 * Robby Anderson – NFL wide receiver, New York Jets
 * Matt Balasavage – Former NFL tight end, Baltimore Ravens
 * Stan Batinski – NFL offensive guard, Detroit Lions
 * Todd Bowles – NFL Head Coach, New York Jets
 * Raheem Brock – NFL defensive end, Indianapolis Colts
 * Matt Brown
 * Lem Burnham – NFL defensive end, Philadelphia Eagles, did not play Temple, earned Ph.D at Temple
 * Jim Callahan – former Continental Football League player and writer
 * Larry Chester – NFL defensive tackle, Miami Dolphins
 * Jim Cooper – NFL offensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys
 * Mike Curcio – NFL linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers
 * Derek Dennis – American football offensive lineman
 * Randy Grossman – NFL tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Tom Hanson – NFL halfback, Philadelphia Eagles
 * James Harris – NFL defensive end, Oakland Raiders
 * Mike Jarmoluk – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
 * Lance Johnstone – NFL defensive end, Minnesota Vikings
 * Alex Joseph – NFL linebacker, San Francisco 49ers
 * Bucko Kilroy – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
 * Dan Klecko – NFL fullback, Philadelphia Eagles
 * Joe Klecko – NFL defensive tackle, New York Jets; father of Dan Klecko
 * Terrance Knighton – NFL defensive tackle, Denver Broncos
 * Bill Manlove, national championship college coach
 * Jason McKie – NFL fullback, Chicago Bears
 * Brandon McManus – NFL placekicker, Denver Broncos
 * Nick Mike-Mayer – NFL placekicker, Atlanta Falcons
 * James Nixon – NFL cornerback, Green Bay Packers
 * James Parrish – former professional football player
 * Bernard Pierce – NFL, running back, Jacksonville Jaguars
 * Britt Reid – former assistant coach in the NFL
 * Kevin Ross – NFL cornerback, Kansas City Chiefs
 * Sarah Schkeeper – WFA Guard, New York Sharks
 * Leslie Shepherd – NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins
 * Al Singleton – NFL linebacker, Dallas Cowboys
 * David Smukler (1914–1971) NFL football player
 * Rod Streater – NFL, wide receiver, Oakland Raiders
 * Rian Wallace – NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Steve Watson – NFL wide receiver, Denver Broncos
 * Muhammad Wilkerson – NFL defensive end, New York Jets
 * Tavon Young – NFL cornerback, Baltimore Ravens
 * Henry Burris – CFL quarterback, Ottawa Redblacks

Fencing

 * Kamali Thompson – Team USA fencer

Basketball

 * Lavoy Allen – NBA player, Indiana Pacers
 * Rick Brunson – NBA player, Philadelphia 76ers
 * Mardy Collins – NBA player, New York Knicks
 * Candice Dupree – WNBA player, Phoenix Mercury
 * Mel Greenberg – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, reporter for Philadelphia Inquirer
 * Marc Jackson – professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player
 * Steve Javie – NBA referee
 * Eddie Jones – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks
 * Mark Macon – NBA player, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
 * Aaron McKie – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers
 * Tim Perry – NBA player, Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers
 * Pepe Sánchez – former NBA player now with Spanish ACB; gold- medal winner in basketball with Argentina, 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Khalif Wyatt (born 1991) – basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Other sports

 * Marcus McElhenney Olympian – Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight – bronze medal winner
 * Benny McLaughlin – National Soccer Hall of Fame
 * Zach Pfeffer (born 1995) – soccer player
 * Allen Rosenberg – rower and rowing coach
 * Jason Read – Olympic gold medalist, rowing
 * Eric Semborski – former NHL emergency Goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers
 * Gabe Sapolsky – professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro
 * Geoffrey Sisk, Class of 1987, former PGA Tour golfer
 * Gil Stein – NHL commissioner of the National Hockey League, 1992–1993

Fictional alumni

 * Toby Flenderson – character in the television series The Office; has a degree in social work from Temple University