Discover the notable alumni of Wesleyan University. The list includes people like Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Undertaker, Michael Bay, Joss Whedon & Clark Gregg. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, film & theater personalities, musicians, intellectuals & academics and singers etc.
The Undertaker24 March 1965, American
Professional Wrestler
Lin-Manuel Miranda16 January 1980, American
Composer
Michael Bay17 February 1965, American
Film Director, Producer
Joss Whedon23 June 1964, American
Screenwriter, Director & Producer
Clark Gregg02 April 1962, American
Actor
Ram Dass06 April 1931, American
Spiritual Teacher
William Christopher20 October 1932, American
Actor
Kim Wayans16 October 1961, American
Actress
Willie Garson20 February 1964, American
Actor
Daniel Dennett28 March 1942, American
Matthew Weiner29 June 1965, American
Film Director
Elisabeth Harnois26 May 1979, American
Actress
Candace Nelson08 May 1974, Indonesian
Pastry Chef
Adlai Stevenson I23 October 1835, American
23rd Vice President of the United States
Edward Thorndike31 August 1874, American
Psychologist
Charles W. Fairbanks11 May 1852, American
Former American senator
Bozoma Saint John21 January 1977, American
Chief Brand Officer at Uber
Daniel Weiss23 April 1971, American
Television Producer
Bill Belichick16 April 1952, American
Sports coach
Bradley Whitford10 October 1959, American
Actor
Amanda Palmer30 April 1976, American
Singer, Street artist, Composer, Pianist,
Emily Kinney15 August 1985, American
actor, musician, singer, stage actor, television
Alex Kurtzman07 September 1973, American
Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer
D. B. Weiss23 April 1971, American
Television producer
John Hickenlooper07 February 1952, American
Politician
Anuradha Sriram09 July 1970, Indian
Singer
Akiva Goldsman07 July 1962, American
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director, Writer
William R. Moses17 November 1959, American
Actor
Santigold25 September 1976, American
Singer-songwriter
Patricia Wettig04 December 1951, American
Actor, Playwright, Stage actor, Television actor
Ruben Fleischer31 October 1974, American
Director
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Kenneth Lonergan16 October 1962, American
Screenwriter, Playwright, Theatre director, Actor,
Jon Turteltaub08 August 1963, American
Director
Mildred Gillars29 November 1900, American
Radio personality, Journalist
John Perry Barlow03 October 1947, American
Poet
Dar Williams19 April 1967, American
Singer-songwriter, Musician, Writer, Singer,
Sebastian Junger17 January 1962, American
Film director, Journalist, Non-fiction writer,
Hari Kondabolu21 October 1982, American
Comedian
David McClelland20 May 1917, American
Psychologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Elliot Aronson09 January 1932, American
Psychologist, Sociologist, University teacher,
Charles Olson27 December 1910, American
Poet
David Jay24 April 1982, American
Activist
David Josiah Brewer20 June 1837, Turkish, American
Jurist
Michael Bennett28 November 1964, American
Politician
Steve Almond27 October 1966, American
Writer, Journalist, Literary critic
Wilbur Olin Atwater03 May 1844, American
Chemist
John McLaughlin04 January 1942, British
guitarist, jazz musician, screenwriter, jazz
Henry Seely White20 May 1861, American
Mathematician
Charles Hubbard Judd20 February 1873, American
Psychologist
Chuck Stone21 July 1924, American
Newspaper editor
Edward M. Kennedy, Jr.26 September 1961, American
George Brown Goode13 February 1851, American
Ichthyologist
Albert Francis Blakeslee09 November 1874, American
Botanist
Thomas Bangs Thorpe01 March 1815, American
Humorist
Charles Manning Child02 February 1869, American
Zoologist
T. Balasaraswati13 May 1918, Indian
Dancer
Harold D. Arnold03 September 1883, American
Physicist