Northwestern University Notable Alumni

Check out the list of notable Northwestern University alumni. Some of the notable Northwestern University students are Hugh Hefner, Stephen Colbert, Zooey Deschanel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Warren Beatty.

Northwestern University or NU is a private research university based out of Evanston, Illinois. The university has branched out to touch more lives with its quality education, with its branches in Chicago, San Francisco and Doha. The university traces its foundation back to the mid 1800’s and has striven to attain its current position of having the tenth largest university endowment in the United States of America. Being on the sustainable side, Northwestern University was also listed as one of the top 10 universities in the country purchasing renewable power, as per the Green Power Partnership in 2009. The university offers way over 2100 bachelor’s degrees, 3000 master’s degrees, 500 doctoral degrees and 400 professional degrees in several areas of study. Selection process and admissions are characterized as “most selective” as per the U.S. News & World Report, with an elite group of handpicked students who make the cut every year. With the student body comprising of 21,000 students from over 100 countries, the university is a mix of diverse cultures, which perfectly blend to provide an ideal learning environment. The notable board of faculty includes an esteemed list of individuals who have gone to accomplish great things in their areas of study. Some of its prominent alumni include David Schwimmer, Stephen Colbert, Julia-Louis-Dreyfus, Saul Bellow and so on. Presenting to you, a detailed list of outstanding achievers born out of Northwestern University.

Meghan Markle
(Actress)

04 August 1981

Los Angeles, California

American

Leo

Zooey Deschanel
(Actress)

17 January 1980

Los Angeles

American

Capricorn

David Schwimmer
(Actor)

02 November 1966

Flushing, New York City, New York

American

Scorpio

Cindy Crawford

20 February 1966

DeKalb

American

Pisces

Charlton Heston
(Actor)

04 October 1923

05 April 2008

Evanston

American

Libra

Warren Beatty
(Actor)

30 March 1937

Richmond

American

Aries

Stephen Colbert
(American comedian)

13 May 1964

Washington, D.C., United States

American

Taurus

Zach Braff
(Actor, Director)

06 April 1975

South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

American

Aries

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
(Actress)

13 January 1961

New York City

American

Capricorn

Hugh Hefner
(Founder of Playboy Magazine)

09 April 1926

27 September 2017

Chicago

American

Aries

Dermot Mulroney
(Actor)

31 October 1963

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

American

Scorpio

Cloris Leachman
(Comedian, Actress)

30 April 1926

Des Moines, Iowa

American

Taurus

Paul Lynde

13 June 1926

10 January 1982

Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S.

American

Gemini

Robert Hanssen
(Former FBI Agent & Spy for the Soviet Union)

18 April 1944

Chicago

American

Aries

Jerry Springer
(Talk Show Host, Former Politician, Former News Anchor)

13 February 1944

Highgate

American

Aquarius

William Jennings Bryan
(Former United States Secretary of State)

19 March 1860

26 July 1925

Salem

American

Pisces

Jennifer Jones
(Actress)

02 March 1919

17 December 2009

Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

American

Pisces

Jim Jarmusch
(American film director)

22 January 1953

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States

American

Aquarius

Adlai Stevenson II

05 February 1900

14 July 1965

Los Angeles

American

Aquarius

Charlie Baker
(72nd Governor of Massachusetts)

13 November 1956

Elmira, New York, U.S.

American

Scorpio

Claude Akins
(Actor)

25 May 1926

27 January 1994

Nelson, Georgia

American

Gemini

Andrew Fastow
(Former CFO of Enron)

22 December 1961

Washington, D.C., USA

American

Sagittarius

Saul Bellow
(Novelist)

10 June 1915

05 April 2005

Lachine, Quebec, Canada

American

Gemini

Maulik Pancholy
(Actor)

18 January 1974

Dayton, Ohio, United States

American

Capricorn

Virginia Satir
(American author)

26 June 1916

10 September 1988

Wisconsin

American

Cancer

Cheddi Jagan
(Guyana's Father of Nation)

22 March 1918

06 March 1997

Port Mourant

Guyanese

Aries

Allan Carr
(American Producer)

27 May 1937

29 June 1999

Chicago

American

Gemini

James R. Thompson
(Lawyer, Politician)

08 May 1936

Chicago, Illinois

American

Taurus

Charles Horace Mayo
(Surgeon)

19 July 1865

26 May 1939

Rochester

American

Cancer

George Joseph Stigler
(Economist)

17 January 1911

01 December 1991

Seattle

American

Capricorn

Ann-Margret
(Singer, Stage actor, Film actor)

28 April 1941

Stockholm

Swedish,American

Taurus

Debi Thomas
(Figure skater)

25 March 1967

Poughkeepsie

American

Aries

Richard Benjamin Harrison
(Businessperson)

04 March 1941

Danville

American

Pisces

Shelley Long

1949 AD

Shawn Fanning
(Computer scientist, Programmer)

22 November 1980

Brockton

American

Scorpio

Greg Berlanti
(Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer, Television director)

24 May 1972

Rye (city), New York

American

Gemini

Sidney Sheldon
(Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist, Playwright, Film director, Actor, Television producer, Author)

11 February 1917

30 January 2007

Chicago

American

Aquarius

Ira Glass
(Radio producer, Radio personality, Actor)

03 March 1959

Baltimore

American

Pisces

Steve Albini
(Record producer, Singer, Engineer, Audio engineer, Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Journalist, Music journalist)

22 July 1962

Pasadena

American

Cancer

Edgar Bergen
(Actor, Radio personality)

16 February 1903

30 September 1978

Chicago

American

Aquarius

Ralph Bunche

1904 AD

1971 AD

Detroit

American

Dick Tufeld
(Actor, Television actor)

11 December 1926

22 January 2012

Los Angeles

American

Sagittarius

David Boies
(Lawyer)

11 March 1941

Marengo

American

Pisces

George Stigler
(Economist)

17 January 1911

01 December 1991

Seattle

American

Capricorn

John Meriwether
(Banker, Financier)

10 August 1947

Chicago

American

Leo

Herschell Gordon Lewis
(Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Actor)

15 June 1929

26 September 2016

Pittsburgh

American

Gemini

Sheldon Harnick
(Poet, Writer, Songwriter, Librettist)

30 April 1924

Chicago

American

Taurus

Ned Rorem
(Composer, Diarist, Writer, University teacher, Actor)

23 October 1923

Richmond

American

Libra

Thomas Starzl
(Physician)

11 March 1926

04 March 2017

Le Mars

American

Pisces

Margaret Walker
(novelist, poet, university teacher, writer)

07 July 1915

30 November 1998

Birmingham

American

Cancer

Matt Grevers
(Swimmer)

26 March 1985

Lake Forest

American

Aries

David Ives
(Playwright)

11 July 1950

Chicago

American

Cancer

Todd Martin
(Tennis player, Tennis coach)

08 July 1970

Hinsdale

American

Cancer

Chester Gould
(Cartoonist)

20 November 1900

11 May 1985

Pawnee

American

Scorpio

Juan Cole
(Historian, Blogger, University teacher)

23 October 1952

Albuquerque

American

Libra

Daniel Petrie
(Film director, Film producer)

26 November 1920

22 August 2004

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Canadian

Sagittarius

Ali Babacan
(Politician, Diplomat)

04 April 1967

Ankara

Turkish

Aries

Al From

31 May 1943

South Bend, Indiana

American

Gemini

Arthur J. Goldberg

1908 AD

1990 AD

Arthur Joseph Goldberg
(Politician, Lawyer)

James R. Jarmusch
(Film Score Composer, Film Producer, Screenwriter)

22 January 1953

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States

American

Aquarius

Shelley Lee Long
(Actor)

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