Discover the notable alumni of Brandeis University. The list includes people like Angela Davis, Debra Messing, Tyne Daly, Thomas Friedman & Christie Hefner. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, intellectuals & academics, scientists, media personalities and engineers etc.
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Debra Messing15 August 1968, American
Actresses
Tyne Daly21 February 1946, American
Actress
Loretta Devine21 August 1949, American
Actress
Thomas Friedman20 July 1953, American
Journalist & Author
Christie Hefner08 November 1952, American
Former CEO of Playboy
Simon Sinek09 October 1973, British
Writer
Gates McFadden02 March 1949, American
Actress
Marta Kauffman21 September 1956, American
Writer
Jeffrey Lurie08 September 1951, American
Producer
Mitch Albom23 May 1958, American
Writer
Louise Lasser11 April 1939, American
Actress
Aafia Siddiqui02 March 1972, Pakistani
Neuroscientist
Alexander Gould04 May 1994, American
Actor
Jack Abramoff28 February 1958, American
Producer
Steven Culp03 December 1955, American
Actor
Veronica Taylor04 December 1965, American
Voice Actress
Leslie Lamport07 February 1941, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Programmer,
Kathy Acker18 April 1947, American
Author
Sidney Blumenthal06 November 1948, American
Journalist
Jon Landau14 May 1947, American
record producer, music critic, talent manager,
Elaine Showalter21 January 1941, American
Literary critic
Arjun Appadurai04 February 1949, Indian, American
anthropologist, sociologist
Patricia Hill Collins01 May 1948, American
Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher,
Ha Jin21 February 1956, Chinese, American
Writer
Fatema Mernissi27 September 1940, Moroccan
Sociologist
Oscar Handlin29 September 1915, American
Historian