List of Tulane University people
A list of notable people affiliated with Tulane University, including graduates, former students, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation is noted when available.
Academia
- Cleanth Brooks, literary critic
- Winston Chang, President of Soochow University
- Florian Cajori, historian
- Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University
- John Mosier, historian
- Linda Wilson, 1957, former President of Radcliffe College
Architecture
- Arthur Q. Davis, architect of Louisiana Superdome
- Robert Ivy, editor-in-chief, Architectural Record.
- Reed Kroloff, dean, former editor of Architecture magazine
- A. Hays Town, architect
- Samuel Wilson, Jr., preservation architect
Arts and Literature
- Hodding Carter, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Mary Louise Christovich, author
- Mignon Faget 1955, artist, jewelry designer
- William Harry Fitzpatrick, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Shirley Ann Grau, 1950, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ira B. Harkey, Jr., Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ida Kohlmeyer, artist
- Monique Moss, B.A., 1994, dancer/choreographer
- Mark Rothko, (visiting faculty), artist
- John Kennedy Toole, author, Pulitzer Prize winner
Business and Economics
- Neil Bush, B.A., M.B.A., 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive
- Philip J. Carroll, M.S., 1961, former CEO of Shell Oil Company
- James H. Clark, founder Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD
- David Filo, 1988, co-founder of Yahoo
- Ricardo Salinas Pliego, M.B.A., 1979, Mexican businessman
- Paul Tulane, (benefactor), philanthropist
- Sam Zemurray (benefactor), founder of United Fruit Company
Entertainment
- Evan Farmer, (attended), television personality
- Paul Michael Glaser, actor
- Lawrence Gordon, 1958, film producer
- Lauren Hutton, 1964, actress/model
- Howie Mandel, actor
- Taylor Miller, 1976, actress
- Bruce Paltrow, 1965, television and film producer
- Emily Saliers, (attended), singer
- Jerry Springer, B.A., 1965, talk show host
- Harold Sylvester, actor/director
- Christian LeBlanc, 1980, actor
Law and Politics
- Howard Baker, U.S. Ambassador to Japan
- Newton C. Blanchard, governor of Louisiana
- Hale Boggs, Law, 1937, U.S. Representative, 1941-1943, 1946-1972
- Lindy Boggs, 1935, U.S. Representative 1941-1943, 1973-1991, (also benefactor)
- Murphy J. Foster, governor of Louisiana
- Jim Garrison, Law, New Orleans District Attorney
- Newt Gingrich, U.S. House of Representatives, 1979-1998
- Michael Hahn, governor of Louisiana
- Luther E. Hall, governor of Louisiana
- Felix Edward Hébert, U.S. House of Representatives, 1940-1977
- Alvin Olin King, governor of Louisiana
- Richard W. Leche, governor of Louisiana
- Bob Livingston, U.S. House of Representatives, 1977-1999.
- Huey Long, Law, Governor of Louisiana
- John McEnery, governor of Louisiana
- Ray Nagin, M.B.A.1994, Mayor of the City of New Orleans
- Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana
- John H. Overton, Law, 1897, former U. S. Senator from Louisiana
- Bill Pryor, Law, 1987, Justice, 11th Circuit
- Jared Y. Sanders, governor of Louisiana
- Oramel H. Simpson, governor of Louisiana
- Gene Taylor, U.S. House of Representatives, 1989-
- David C. Treen, governor of Louisiana
- David Vitter, Law, U. S. Senator from Louisiana
- Bob Wise, Law, 1975, Governor of West Virginia
Mathematics/Science
- David Filo, Co-Founder, Yahoo!
- Robert Chadwick, Ph.D., Anthropology, 1974, archeologist
- Frank J. Tipler, (faculty) physicist and author
- Clarence Webb, M.S., 1925, archeologist and pediatrician
- A. Baldwin Wood, B.S.M.E., 1899, (December 1, 1879 - May 10, 1956) engineer and inventor of The Wood Screw Pump (1913) and The Wood Trash Pump (1915). from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Medicine
- Michael E. DeBakey, surgeon
- Bill L. Mellon, Jr., 1953, founder of Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Haiti
- Andrew V. Schally, Nobel Prize winner for Medicine and Philosophy
- Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., 1935 Surgeon General of the United States (1961 - 1965) released 1964 landmark report noting lung cancer and chronic bronchitis are causally related to cigarette smoking
- Paul Wehrle, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox
Sports
- David Berger, 1966, weight-lifter
- Jerry Dalrymple, football All-American
- Shaun King, 1999, NFL quarterback
- J. P. Losman, NFL quarterback
- Mewelde Moore, NFL running back
- Ed Morgan, baseball player
- Steve Mura, baseball player
- Eddie Price, football player
- Patrick Ramsey, NFL quarterback
- Andy Sheets, baseball player
- Jerald Sowell, NFL running back
- John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player
- Frank Wills, baseball player
Other
- Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer
- Amy Carter, daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
- Lourdes de Flores, First Lady of El Salvador
- Francis Cardinal George, Ph.D., 1970, archbishop of Chicago
- Harold Rosen, 1947, engineer/inventor
- Howard K. Smith, television journalist
- Shannon Lee, daughter of Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee
- Jake Paltrow, director and brother of Gwyneth Paltrow
- Jorge Bolaños, son of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños