List of Providence College alumni

Notable graduates/alumni of Providence College.

Entertainment and communications

• David Angell – Emmy Award-winning television producer, victim of the September 11 attacks (was a passenger of American Airlines Flight 11)
• Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN, former Friars basketball player
• John Daly – television host
• Wally Dunn – Broadway actor, most recently appeared in Gypsy (musical) and Spamalot
• Peter Farrelly – film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Janeane Garofalo – actress, comedian
• David Gere - film actor, producer, screenwriter
• Tara Hurley – film director
• Brendan Leonard – filmmaker
• Mike Leonard – television journalist on NBC's Today Show
• James O'Brien - film director, screenwriter, and producer
• John O'Hurley – actor, television host
• Sean McAdam – sportswriter covering the Boston Red Sox
• Edward Scanlon – Executive Vice President (retired) of NBC
• Paul G. Tremblay – author
• Joseph Ungaro – newspaper journalist

Business

• Brian Burke – President of Hockey Operations of the Calgary Flames, former Friars ice hockey player
• Rich Gotham – President of Boston Celtics
• Karen Ignagni – President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans
• Lou Lamoriello – General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• John Marinatto – Former Commissioner of the Big East Conference
• Arthur F. Ryan – Former Chairman and CEO of Prudential Insurance Company of America
• Jack Tretton – Former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Thomas Tenaglia - Digital Investment Specialist at Initiative Media

Politics and law

• Scott Avedisian – Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island
• Peter J. Barnes – Member of New Jersey State Parole Board, former New Jersey State Senator
• Jack Brennan – former chief of staff to Richard Nixon
• Frank Caprio – chief judge of Providence Municipal Court
• Arn Chorn-Pond – international human rights activist
• Richard M. Daley – Former Mayor of Chicago
• Richard J. Daronco – former United States federal judge
• Tom Dart – Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois
• Frank Devlin – former senior counsel to Exxon Mobil Corporation in Houston, TX
• Chris Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
• Thomas J. Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
• Benjamin Downing – currently the youngest Massachusetts State Senator
• Armando Diaz – Marshal of Italy, World War 1 commander (Providence College's first alumnus).
• John H. Fanning – former National Labor Relations Board Chair
• Joseph J. Fauliso - Former Lt. Governor of Connecticut
• Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston, former Friars basketball player
• Charles J. Fogarty – former Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
• John E. Fogarty – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island
• Gordon D. Fox – Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
• Anthony D. Galluccio – former Massachusetts State Senator
• Fernand St. Germain – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island
• Sheila Harrington - Massachusetts State Representative for the First Middlesex District
• Maureen McKenna Goldberg – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
• Patrick J. Kennedy – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island, son of former United States Senator Ted Kennedy
• Kieran Lalor – founder of Eternal Vigilance Society and Iraq Vets for Congress
• J. Howard McGrath – former United States Attorney General and United States Senator representing Rhode Island
• M. Teresa Paiva-Weed – President of the Rhode Island State Senate
• John Robitaille – former Rhode Island Gubernatorial candidate
• Michael F. Rush – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• William J. Sullivan – former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
• John Shea- member of Connecticut House of Representatives
• Fernand St. Germain – former United States Representative from Rhode Island
• Robert Tiernan – former United States Representative from Rhode Island

Academia

• Roy Peter Clark – Vice President and Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute
• Mark Stephen Jendrysik – Political Science and Public Administration Chair, University of North Dakota
• Timothy J. Kehoe – Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
• Clark R. McCauley – Professor of Science and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College
• Edward J. McElroy – President of American Federation of Teachers, Vice President of AFL-CIO
• Austin Sarat – Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College

Medicine

• Robert Gallo – biomedical researcher known for the discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Religious life

• Joseph Augustine Di Noia – named Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Benedict XVI. Currently, the highest ranking Dominican in the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. – Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky (1982-2007)
• Brian Shanley, O.P. – President of Providence College

Athletics

Men's basketball

• Marvin Barnes – former NBA and ABA all-star player
• Ira Bowman – former NBA player
• Marques Bragg – former NBA player
• Marshon Brooks – NBA player with New Jersey Nets
• Troy Brown – former NBA player
• Marty Conlon – former NBA player
• Austin Croshere – former NBA player
• Sharaud Curry – international professional basketball player
• Ernie DiGregorio – former NBA player
• Billy Donovan – two-time NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship head coach of Florida Gators men's basketball
• Marcus Douthit – NBA and international professional basketball player
• Weyinmi Efejuku – international professional basketball player
• Johnny Egan – former NBA player and coach
• Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston
• Rubén Garcés – former NBA and international professional basketball player
• Ryan Gomes – NBA player with Los Angeles Clippers
• Joe Hassett – former NBA player
• Herbert Hill – NBA and international professional basketball player
• Jonathan Kale – international professional basketball player
• Tuukka Kotti – international professional basketball player
• Jim Larranaga – head coach of Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
• Māris Ļaksa – international professional basketball player
• John Linehan – international professional basketball player
• Mike Malone – NBA assistant coach for the New Orleans Hornets
• Erron Maxey – international professional basketball player
• Ken McDonald – head coach of Western Kentucky Hilltopers men's basketball
• Donnie McGrath – international professional basketball player
• Brian McKenzie – international professional basketball player
• Eric Murdock – former NBA player
• Richard Pitino – head basketball coach for University of Minnesota
• Mike Riordan – former NBA player
• Karim Shabazz – international professional basketball player
• God Shammgod – former NBA player
• Abdul Shamsid-Deen – former international professional basketball player
• Dickey Simpkins – former NBA player
• Michael Smith – former NBA player
• Kevin Stacom – former NBA player
• Jamel Thomas – former NBA player
• John Thompson – former Basketball Hall of Fame head coach of Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
• Otis Thorpe – former NBA all-star player
• Orlando Vega – former international professional basketball player
• Jimmy Walker – former NBA all-star player
• Franklin Western – international professional basketball player
• Lenny Wilkens – Basketball Hall of Fame coach and player
• Eric Williams – former NBA player
• Jeff Xavier – international professional basketball player

Women's basketball

• Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN

Men's ice hockey

• Tim Army
• Brian Burke – President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Rich Costello
• Craig Darby
• John Ferguson, Jr.
• Rob Gaudreau
• Hal Gill
• Paul Guay
• Joe Hulbig
• Dave Leslie Kelly
• Regan Kelly
• Kurt Kleinendorst
• Jim Korn
• Colin McDonald
• Jeff Mason
• Gaetano Orlando
• Fernando Pisani
• Steve Rooney
• Nolan Schaefer
• Jeff Serowik
• Peter Taglianetti
• Chris Terreri
• Chris Therien
• Randy Velischek
• Ron Wilson
• Pete Zingoni

Women's ice hockey

• Chris Bailey (ice hockey) – Member of the 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Teams. Member of the 1998 and 2002 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Teams. Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist.
• Laurie Baker (ice hockey) – Member of the 1997 and 2000 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Teams. Member of the 1998 and 2002 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Teams. Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist.
• Alana Blahoski – Member of the 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Teams. Member of the 1998 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team. Olympic Gold Medalist.
• Lisa Brown-Miller – Member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1997 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Teams. Member of the 1998 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team. Olympic Gold Medalist. Former head coach of Princeton University's Women's Ice Hockey Team.
• Sara Decosta – Member of the 2000 and 2001 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Teams. Member of the 1998 and 2002 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Teams. Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist.
• Cammi Granato – Member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Teams. Member of the 1998 and 2002 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey teams. Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist. Member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Broadcaster during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for NBC Sports.
• Mari Pehkonen – Member of the 2006 and 2007 Finland women's national ice hockey team
• Karen Thatcher – Member of the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, Olympic Silver Medalist

Baseball

• John McDonald
• Lou Merloni
• Birdie Tebbetts

Track and field

• Mary Cullen – 2006 NCAA Champion, Irish long distance runner
• Martin Fagan – Irish Olympic distance runner
• Roisin McGettigan – Olympic 3000m steeplechase runner
• Geoff Smith – won Boston Marathon in 1984 and 1985
• Kimberly Smith – four-time NCAA Champion, Olympic distance runner for New Zealand
• John Treacy – 1984 silver medal winner at 1984 Summer Olympics

Football

• Charles Avedisian – former New York Football Giants player
• Brian Smith – assistant director of college scouting for the New England Patriots
• Hank Soar – former New York Football Giants player

Men's soccer

• Chaka Daley
• Chris Konopka
• Eoin Lynch
• Ryan Maduro – All-American
• John Martin