Over the last 400 years, the Roman Catholic Jesuit order has established a worldwide network of schools and universities. This is an incomplete list of notable alumni of these institutions.
NOTE: Along with lay men and women, and non-Catholics, included in the list below are also a number of Jesuits. All members of the Jesuits, including many notable enough for Wiki entries but not listed below, are in fact alumni of Jesuit educational institutions.
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- Abdul Kalam,Former president of India, St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India
- Tony Abbott, Australian Minister for Health, St Ignatius' College, Riverview
- Robert Abplanalp, Inventor of aerosol valve and Founder of Precision Valve Corporation, Fordham Preparatory School
- Edward Fenech Adami, former president of Malta; educated at St Aloysius' College
- Héctor Aguilar Camín - Mexican writer, journalist and historian, Universidad Iberoamericana
- José Antonio Aguirre, Basque president; educated at the University of Deusto
- Carlos Alazraki, President and CEO of the award-winning Alazraki & Asociados Publicidad agency; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
- Alan Alda, American movie actor and TV star; Fordham University, USA
- Iyad Allawi, Iraqi politician; attended Baghdad College
- Robert Altman, American film director, Rockhurst High School
- Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster; attended Loyola College in Chennai
- Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author and Nobel laureate, Jesuit gymnasium in Travnik, Bosnia
- Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine politician; studied at the Ateneo de Manila University
- Guillermo Arriaga, Mexican screenwriter (Amores Perros), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
- Mike Arroyo, Husband of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; studied at the Ateneo de Manila University
- Emilio Azcarraga Jean, President and Owner of Televisa the most important media network in Latin America; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
B
- John Boler - Chairman, President & CEO of Boler Co.(see Hendrickson) educated at John Carroll University
- Jack Breen - Former CEO of Sherwin-Williams,educated at John Carroll University
- Claude Bachet, French Mathematician; pupil of the Jesuit mathematician Jacques de Billy at the Jesuit College in Rheims
- Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist and writer; educated at the Collège de la Sainte Famille in Cairo, Egypt
- Jakob Balde, German Latinist and poet; studied at the University of Ingolstadt
- José Celso Barbosa, medical doctor, sociologist, and political leader, as well as the first racially-mixed resident to attend Puerto Rico's prestigious Jesuit Seminary
- George Barna, American political pollster; graduated summa cum laude from Boston College
- Kevin Barry, martyr of the Irish War of Independence, Belvedere College
- John Barrymore, American Shakespearean actor; attended Georgetown Preparatory School
- Jyoti Basu, Communist politician from West Bengal, India; educated at St. Xavier's Collegiate School
- Elgin Baylor, American basketball player, Seattle University
- Steve Bellan, Cuban baseball player, Fordham University, New York
- Tom Benson, New Orleans Saints owner, Loyola University New Orleans
- Saint Robert Bellarmine, Gregorian University, Rome
- Pope Benedict XIV, Italian Pope, Collegium Clementianum
- William Bennett, former US Secretary of Education and author, Gonzaga College High School, USA
- Joseph Berardino, former CEO of Arthur Anderson - Fairfield University
- Philip Berrigan, author and activist; educated at the College of the Holy Cross
- Rubén Berríos, President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) (Partido Independentista de Puerto Rico); educated at the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola of Puerto Rico
- Sabeer Bhatia, Founder of Hotmail, St Josephs college Bangalore, India
- Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician
- Daniel Birman Ripstein, Film Producer (El Crimen del Padre Amaro, El Callejón de Los Milagros and other films); educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
- William Peter Blatty, American author; Brooklyn Prep and Georgetown University
- Georg Freiherr von Boeselager, German officer; educated at Aloisiuskolleg
- Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, German officer; educated at Aloisiuskolleg
- Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor; educated at the Jesuit college at La Fleche
- Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor; graduate of Creighton Preparatory School
- Roger Boscovich, Croatian Jesuit astronomer; educated at the Jesuit College in Ragusa
- Charles Bossut, French mathematician, confrere of the Encyclopaedists; studied at the Jesuit College of Lyon.
- Robert Bourassa, Quebec politician, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal;
- Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian; educated at the Collège des Godrans, a classical school run by the Jesuits of Dijon.
- Isaac Broid Zajman, Mexican Architect; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
- Till Brönner, German musician; educated at Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn, Germany
- Jerry Brown, American politician; graduated from St. Ignatius High School and studied at Santa Clara University
- Christopher Brennan, Australian author, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- Carlos Brito, CEO if InBev; educated by the Jesuits in his native Brazil[1]
- John Bruton, former Taoiseach of Ireland, Clongowes Wood College
- Pat Buchanan, American journalist; Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University;
- William F. Buckley, Jr., American author, conservative commentator, and public intellectual; attended Beaumont College in England
- Clara de Buen Richkarday, Mexican Architect; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
- Georges Buffon, French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author; educated at the Jesuit College of Godrans in Dijon
- Jim Bunning, American Senator and baseball player; Xavier University
- Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker, Jesuit College, Aragon, Spain.
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- Ryan Cabrera, Colombian musician; Jesuit College Preparatory School
- Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan politician; Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola Caracas, Venezuela
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist, Jesuit College Madrid
- Tony Canadeo, American football player; Gonzaga University
- Philip Caputo, American journalist; Loyola University Chicago
- Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and poet
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, last surviving and only Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, delegate to the Continental Congress and later US Senator for Maryland; educated at the College of St. Omer in France
- Daniel Carroll, American politician, considered to be one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; educated at the College of St. Omer in Flanders
- Robert P. Casey, Sr., Governor of Pennsylvania - Scranton Preparatory School and College of the Holy Cross
- Robert P. Casey, Jr., US Senator - Scranton Preparatory School and College of the Holy Cross
- William Casey, American former director of the CIA, Fordham University
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer, engineer, and astrologer; studied at the Jesuit College at Genoa
- Louis Bertrand Castel, French Jesuit mathematician; educated in the Jesuit school in Toulouse
- Fidel Castro, President of Cuba - Colegio de Belen, Havana, Cuba
- Raúl Castro, President of Cuba - Colegio de Belen, Havana, Cuba
- Paul Cellucci, former US Ambassador to Canada - Boston College.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author
- Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician; educated at a Jesuit college in Milan.
- Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician; Jesuit College of Brera in Milan.
- François de la Chaise, French priest and father confessor of King Louis XIV and the namesake of the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery; studied at the Jesuit College of Lyon.
- Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician; attended Baghdad College
- Christopher G. Champlin, United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses; president of the Rhode Island Bank; educated at the College of St. Omer
- Elwin Bruno Christoffel, German and French mathematician and physicist, studied at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Cologne
- Vincent Cianci, American politician, Fairfield University
- Sandra Cisneros, American author, Loyola University Chicago
- Tom Clancy, Jr., American author - Loyola College in Maryland and Loyola High School, USA
- Will Clark, American baseball player; Jesuit High School, New Orleans, USA
- Peter Claver, Roman Catholic saint
- Christopher Clavius, German Jesuit astronomer
- Bill Clinton, President of the United States; Georgetown University
- Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer; Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, USA
- Billy Collins, American poet; educated at the College of the Holy Cross
- Chris Collins, American hockey player; Boston College.
- Arthur Conan Doyle, British author; Stonyhurst College, United Kingdom
- Marquis de Condorcet, French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist; educated at the Jesuit College in Reims
- Harry Connick, Jr, American singer, entertainer, movie actor; Jesuit High School, New Orleans
- Pat Conroy, American writer, Gonzaga High School, Washington, DC (one year)
- Arthur W. Conway, Irish mathematician and President of University College Dublin, where he had received a Jesuit education as a young man
- Pierre Corneille, French dramatist
- E. Gerald Corrigan, American banker, 7th President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Fairfield University
- Pierre de Coubertin, French pedagogue and historian
- Bob Cousy, American basketball player; College of the Holy Cross
- Bing Crosby American entertainer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, USA
- Johann Baptist Cysat, Swiss mathematician and astronomer; studied at the University of Ingolstadt
D
- Arthur Daley, New York Times columnist and 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner, one of only three sportswriters to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for journalism Fordham Preparatory School
- William M. Daley, former United States Secretary of Commerce, Loyola University Chicago
- François d'Aguilon, Belgian mathematician and physicist.
- Roque Dalton, Salvadoran poet and journalist; graduate of Externado San José, in San Salvador
- Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet; educated by the Jesuits of Leon, Nicaragua
- Raymond J. Dearie, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York; Fairfield University
- Bob Dickinson - CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, John Carroll University
- Timothy Donahue - Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel, John Carroll University
- Marco Antonio de Dominis, Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science; educated by the Jesuits in their colleges at Loreto and Padua
- Christian de Duve, Belgian scientist, Nobel Prize for medicine in 1974, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege, Antwerp, Belgium
- Jean-Luc Dehaene, former Belgian prime minister, Sint-Jozefscollege, Aalst, Belgium
- Jean-Charles de la Faille, French Jesuit mathematician; attended the Jesuit College in Antwerp and the Jesuit College in Mechelen
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer; attended the Jesuit College in Amiens
- Don DeLillo, American novelist; Fordham University
- Jacques Delors, French politician
- René Descartes, French philosopher, educated at the Jesuit College of La Flèche in Anjou, France.
- Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer
- Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician; attended the Jesuit College in Cologne
- Khoa Do, Australian filmmaker; educated at St Aloysius' College in Sydney
- Dr. John, American musician, Jesuit High School, New Orleans.
- Chris Dodd, American politician, Georgetown Preparatory School
- Tom Dooley, American Catholic physician and humanitarian; St. Louis University High, St. Louis University
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories; educated at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall and Stonyhurst College
- Will Durant, American philosopher and author, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City.
- Richard J. Durbin, American politician, Georgetown University
- Avery Dulles, American cardinal, professor and theologian; son of Secretary of State Dulles; studied at the Gregorian University in Rome
E
- Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish liberation theologian and professor at
Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - Keith Ellison, American lawyer and politician, graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School
- Patrick Ewing, American basketball player, Georgetown University.
- Nick Enright, Australian playwright, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
- Juan Ponce Enrile, Philippine politician; former Marcos Defense Minister; studied at the Ateneo de Manila University
- Ahmet Ertegün, American entrepreneur; educated at Georgetown University
- Farid Esack, South African scholar, writer and political activist; studied at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Raúl Esparza, American actor
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- Anthony Fauci, Italian-American immunologist, attended Regis High School and the College of the Holy Cross
- Kevin Fagan, Australian doctor and World War II hero, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- Chris Farley, American comedian and actor, Marquette University, Wisconsin;
- Ferdinand II, of the House of Habsburg, reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from 1620-1637; educated at the University of Ingolstadt
- Jon Favreau, head speechwriter for U.S. President Barack Obama; was the valedictorian of his class at the College of the Holy Cross
- Diego Fernández de Ceballos, Mexican senator, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico;
- Geraldine Ferraro, American politician, Fordham University
- Anthony Fisher, Australian prelate, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- Garret FitzGerald, Irish economist and politician, Belvedere College
- Patrick Fitzgerald, American attorney, alumnus of Regis High School
- Maile Flanagan, American voice actress and comedian, Boston College
- Justin Fleming, Australian playwright, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
- Doug Flutie, American football player, Boston College
- John Patrick Foley, Cardinal, Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Saint Joseph's Preparatory School; Saint Joseph's College
- Thomas Foley, American politician; Gonzaga University, Spokane
- Fontenelle, French author, Jesuit College, Rouen
- Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Saint-Stanislaus, Poiters
- Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, Campion Jesuit High School (2 years) Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
- Pedro Friedeberg - Mexican Painter, Universidad Iberoamericana
- Frankie Frisch, American baseball player, third all-time on the list for World Series hits, behind Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle and just ahead of Joe DiMaggio Fordham Preparatory School and Fordham University
- Mauricio Funes, President of El Salvador; educated at Externado San José in San Salvador
G
- Delia Gallagher, American journalist, University of San Francisco
- St. Thomas Garnet SJ, canonized saint and protomartyr of St Omers, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales; educated at the College of St. Omer
- Charles de Gaulle, former President of France
- Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist, ; educated at Kanisius in Jakarta.
- Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician; educated at the Université Saint-Joseph
- Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician and physicist. Educated by Clavius
- John Paul Getty, American-British philanthropist, Jesuit College, San Francisco;
- Ludovico Geymonat, Italian Marxist philosopher; educated at the Istituto Sociale in Turin
- Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan Motors; educated at the Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour in Lebanon
- Bob Gibson, Hall-Of-Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals -- Creighton University;
- Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Gregorian University, Rome;
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City;
- Baltasar Gracián, Spanish writer
- Guido Grandi, Italian priest and professor of mathematics, philosophy, and theology; educated at the Jesuit college in Cremona
- Todd Graves (entrepreneur), owner of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Loyola University New Orleans
- Nick Greiner, Australian politician, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
- Xu Guangqi, Chinese agricultural scientist and mathematician who studied under Matteo Ricci
- Camillo-Guarino Guarini, Italian priest, mathematician, theologian and architect
- Teofisto Guingona, Filipino politician, Ateneo de Manila University
- Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician; educated at the Gregorian University in Rome where he studied under Clavius.
- Gustavo Gutiérrez, Dominican priest, professor, author, and liberation theologian
- Jorge Guzmán - professional wrestler; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
H
- William Habington, English Poet, St. Omer College, Belgium
- Carter Ham - General, United States Army, currently serving as Commanding General, U.S. Army, Europe, John Carroll University
- Howard W. "Hoddy" Hanna, III - Chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Inc., John Carroll University
- Michael Harrington, Harvard professor, political activist and author, St. Louis University High School and College of the Holy Cross
- Richard Harris, Irish actor, Crescent College, Limerick, Ireland
- Joseph E. Hasten, American banker, CEO of Shorebank; Fairfield University
- Francis Hawkins SJ, Jesuit, child prodigy and translator; translated (aged 10) An Alarum for Ladyes, translated from de La Serre (aged 13) thirteenYouths Behaviour, or, Decency in Conversation amongst Men (1641); educated at the College of St. Omer
- Salma Hayek, Mexican actress; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
- Martin Heidegger, German philosopher; educated at Freiburg Jesuit Seminary
- Roberto Hernández Ramírez - President of Banamex and Member of the Board Citibank; educated at the Universidad Iberoamericana
- Mary Higgins Clark, American writer, Fordham University, Bronx, New York
- Alfred Hitchcock, British film director, St Ignatius' College, Enfield, London
- Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese politician, Bachelor of Laws from Sophia University
- Robert Hughes, Australian art critic, writer and television documentary maker; educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney, Australia
- Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet
- David Hume, Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian; studied at the Jesuit seminary at La Fleche in Anjou, France
- Saint Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest and saint; major figure in the labor movements of his time, e.g. founded the Chilean Trade Union Association
- Zakir Hussain, Indian musician; educated at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, India
- Henry Hyde, American politician, Georgetown graduate with law degree from Loyola University Chicago
- Dan Hynes, American politician, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois
I
- Innocent XI, Pope, Como, Italy;
- Allen Iverson, NBA All-Star Player, Georgetown University (two years);
J
- Barnaby Joyce, Australian senator, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- James Joyce, Irish novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Clongowes Wood College Co. Kildare and Belvedere College Dublin;
- John Paul I, Pope, Gregorian University, Rome;
- Paul Johnson, British journalist, historian, speechwriter and author. He was educated at Stonyhurst College
- Pierre-Marc Johnson, Former Quebec Premier, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal;
- Raúl Juliá, American actor, studied at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola class of 1957
K
- Tim Kaine, governor of Virginia; educated at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri
- Sebastian Kappen, S.J., Jesuit priest and liberation theologian. Studied and the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy
- John Kerry, US Senator, 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate, JD, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA;
- John Keegan, English military historian; graduate of Wimbledon College
- Bob Keeshan, American actor, Fordham University
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Cossack leader, educated by the Jesuits in L'vov, Ukraine
- Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar and polymath; educated at the Jesuit College in Fulda
- Curt Kirkwood, American singer in the musical group The Meat Puppets. Attended Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Canisius College, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;
- Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, author and theologian. Studied at the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy
L
- Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and doctor involved in the psychoanalytic movement; educated by Jesuits at the Collège Stanislas in Paris
- La Condamine, French geographer and mathematician; studied at the Jesuit College of Louis-le-Grand in Paris
- Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician
- Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer; studied at the Jesuit College in Lyon
- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, German politician
- Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., Cuban-American celebrity gossip blogger who writes under the pseudonym Perez Hilton. Educated at Belen Jesuit in Miami, Florida
- Francesco Lana de Terzi, Italian aeronautics pioneer, studied under Athanasius Kircher
- Charles Laughton, English Academy Award-winning stage and film actor, screenwriter, and producer; educated at Stonyhurst College
- Cecilia Landerreche - Director of the DIF, Universidad Iberoamericana
- Timothy Leary, American psychologist and writer, expelled from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts after his freshman year,
- Byron Lee, Jamaician music pioneer; educated at St. George's College, Jamaica
- Anthony James Leggett, British professor of physics, educated at Wimbledon College
- Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest and astronomer, Collège du Sacré Coeur, Charleroi, Belgium.
- Elmore Leonard, American novellist, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and University of Detroit
- G. Gordon Liddy, American political strategist, Fordham University
- John T. Lis, American professor of molecular biology and genetics; 2000 Guggenheim Fellow; Fairfield University
- Vince Lombardi, Hall-Of-Fame coach for the Green Bay Packers -- Fordham University
- Lope de Vega, Spanish Baroque playwright and poet; educated at the Colegio Imperial de Madrid
- Eduardo López de Romaña, President of Peru; educated at Stonyhurst College
- Jose R. Lopez-Diaz, Puertorrican History and Social Studies High School Teacher; educated at the Colegio San Igancio de Loyola in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright, attended Jesuit school as a boy in Grenada
- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian author and Nobel laureate, Jesuit Colegio San Jose in Barranquilla and Jesuit College in Bogotá, Colombia
- Henri de Lubac, French theologian, Gregorian University in Rome, Italy
- Ruud Lubbers , former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Canisius college, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Peter Lynch, American financial leader, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts,
- Patrick J. Leahy, United States Senator, Georgetown University
- Nathan Lane, American actor, St. Peter's Preparatory High School, New Jersey
- Bernard Lonergan, Canadian professor and theologian, Gregorian University
- Emmanuel Lubezki, Cinematographer (The Birdcage, Reality Bites, Sleepy Hollow, Children of Men and other Films), Universidad Iberoamericana
M
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines, Georgetown University, Ateneo de Manila University
- Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, educated at St Aloysius' College in Sydney
- Gustavo Madero Muñoz - Mexican senator Universidad Iberoamericana
- Lisa Madigan, American attorney general, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Michael Madigan, American politician, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois
- Ettore Majorana, Italian theoretical physicist, Istituto Massimo
- Tak Wah Mak, Canadian immunologist, molecular biologist, and academic; educated at Wah Yan College, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Louis Malle, French film director
- Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian mathematician, attended Jesuit college in Jindrichuv Hradec
- Guido de Marco, former president of Malta; attended St Aloysius' College in Malta
- Subcomandante Marcos (né Rafael Guillén), Mexican leader of Zapatista Army, Instituto Cultural Tampico, Mexico
- Wellington Mara, American football entrepreneur, Loyola School and Fordham University
- George Martin, British music producer, St Ignatius' College, Enfield, London UK
- Ignacio Martín-Baró, Jesuit priest and liberation theologian, Pontifical Xavierian University
- Chris Matthews, journalist; attended the College of the Holy Cross
- Roberto Matta, Chilean painter
- Drea de Matteo, Italian-American actress, Loyola School
- Gregório de Mattos, major baroque poet of Brazil
- Theodore McCarrick, American Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington D.C., Fordham Preparatory School
- John McLaughlin, American TV producer, Boston College
- Gregan McMahon Australian actor and playwright, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor who made significant contributions to the early study of deep sky objects and comets; educated by Jesuits in his birthplace of Laon
- Bob Menendez, American politician, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Ismail Merchant, American/Indian film producer and director,Saint Xaviar's College, Mumbai(Bombay), India
- Freddie Mercury, British musician, attended St. Mary's High School [2] in Mazagaon
- Marin Mersenne, French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist; educated at Le Mans and at the Jesuit College of La Flèche
- Franz Mesmer, German physician whose ideas spawned the development of hypnosis. Studied at the Jesuit University of Dillingen and University of Ingolstadt.
- Lakshmi Mittal, London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, educated at St. Xavier's College in Calcutta
- Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast, attending John Carroll University
- Molière, father of modern French literature, Collège de Clermont, Paris
- Juan Molina, Chilean Jesuit and naturalist.
- Luca di Montezemolo, Italian businessman, Istituto Massimo
- Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Istituto Leone XIII, Milan
- Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician, Jesuit College, Lyon
- Michael Moriarty, American actor, University of Detroit Jesuit High School
- Paul Morphy, American chess player, educated at Spring Hill College
- Massimo Moratti, Italian oil tycoon and owner of football club Inter Milan, Istituto Leone XIII, Milan
- Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player, Georgetown University
- Julian Morrow, Australian comedian and radio host, St. Aloysius College
- Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
- Bill Murray, American TV and movie star, Loyola Academy, Wilmette and Regis University;
- John Courtney Murray, American theologian, Xavier High, New York and Boston College
- Joseph Murray, American surgeon and Nobel laureate, College of the Holy Cross
- Dikembe Mutombo, basketball player from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgetown University
- Jason Miller, American playwright and actor, University of Scranton
- Barbara Mikulski, United States senator of Maryland, Loyola College in Maryland
- Arthur Murphy, author, biographer and barrister, also known by the pseudonym Charles Ranger; associate of Henry Thrale and Samuel Johnson; Commissioner of Bankruptcy; coined the legal term "wilful misconstruction"; educated at the College of St. Omer
- Kathleen A. Murphy, CEO of ING Wealth Management, 2007 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, Fairfield University
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- Pius Ncube Archbishop of Bulawayo, Human Rights Activist in Zimbabwe
- Jerrold Nadler, Jewish American politician, Fordham University School of Law
- Steve Nash, American basketball player, Santa Clara University
- Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian, St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago and Loyola University Chicago
- Gavin Newsom, American politician, attended Santa Clara University
- Enrique Norten, Mexican Architect; Universidad Iberoamericana
- Gustav Nossal, Australian research biologist, St Aloysius' College, Sydney
- Henri Nouwen, Dutch Roman Catholic priest and professor of theology, Aloysius Gymnasium, The Hague
- Garin Nugroho, Indonesian film director; attended Kolese Loyola in Semarang, Central Java
- Aurelio Nuño Morales, Mexican Architect; Universidad Iberoamericana
O
- Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), American musician -- Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, Nebraska
- Pat O'Brien, American actor -- Marquette University High School and Marquette University, Milwaukee
- Chris O'Donnell, Actor, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Sir Anthony O'Reilly, Irish & Lions Rugby Union Teams and Businessman, Belvedere College, Dublin
- Peter O'Toole, Irish actor
- Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill, American politician, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
- Charles Osgood, American media commentator, Fordham University
- Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician, studied at the Jesuit College in Rheims
- Michael O'Shaughnessy, Chief Operating Officer, Walsh Jesuit, Stow, Ohio
P
- Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering work with steam power; received education at the Jesuit school in Blois
- Alexander Payne, American film writer-director, Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, Nebraska
- Denis Pétau, also known as Petavius, French Jesuit theologian
- Francis Petre, New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin; educated at Mount St Mary's College near Sheffield
- Jean Picard, French astronomer and priest, Jesuit College of La Flèche,
- Pius XII, Pope, Gregorian University, Rome
- Paul VI, Pope, Gregorian University, Rome
- Joe Paterno, American football coach, attended Brooklyn Prep
- Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish signatory of the Irish Proclamation of Independence who played a leading part in the Easter Rising, for which he was executed; educated at Stonyhurst College
- Alexius Sylvius Polonus, Polish Jesuit astronomer and maker of astronomical instruments. Studied at the Jesuit College in Kalisz.
- Peter Pronovost, Critical care physician, 2008 Time 100 and MacArthur Fellow, Fairfield University
Q
- Francisco de Quevedo, nobleman, politician and writer of the Spanish Golden Age; educated at the Colegio Imperial de Madrid
R
- Stefan Raab, German entertainer and comedian; graduate of the Aloisiuskolleg, the Jesuit gymnasium in Bad Godesberg, Germany
- Karl Rahner, German theologian
- Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief of The Hindu, Loyola College, Chennai
- Jorge Ramos, Journalist of Univision, Universidad Iberoamericana
- Mark Raper, Oceania Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
- Hubert Reeves, Astrophysicist, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal
- Hans Riegel, German - entrepreneur (Haribo)
- Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit priest who spent considerable time in China and the far east. Responsible for much of the introduction of Western culture to China
- Cardinal Richelieu, French Statesman, Collège de Navarre, Collège de Calvi
- Isabel Rico De Garcia, Curator/Art Historian (Instituto Cultural De Mexico), Universidad Iberoamericana
- Arturo Ripstein, Film Director and Producer (El Callejón de Los Milagros and Directing Principio y Fin), Universidad Iberoamericana
- Jose Rizal, author, surgeon, linguist, led independence movement against Spanish rule in the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University
- Maximilien Robespierre, French statesman, Collège de Clermont, Paris
- Sam Roberts, Candaian singer
- Michel Rojkind, Mexican Architect and former musician of Russian descent, Universidad Iberoamericana
- Al Roker, American TV meteorologist, Xavier High School, New York
- Óscar Romero, Priest and martyr, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
- Manuel Roxas II, Philippine Senator, Ateneo de Manila University
- Pete Rozelle, American football commissioner, University of San Francisco
- Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter of the 17th century, Antwerp
- Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Spanish politician, Jesuit Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo
- Bill Russell, American basketball player, University of San Francisco
- Mark Russell, American political comedian, Canisius High School, Buffalo, New York
- Tim Russert, America politician and anchor man, Canisius High School and John Carroll University
- Joseph Russoniello, two-time U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California; Fairfield University
- Leo Ryan, Member of the U.S. House Of Representatives (D-California) who was assassinated at the outset of the Jonestown Massacre, Creighton University and Campion High School
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- Juan Sabines Guerrero, Governor of Chiapas Universidad Iberoamericana
- Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian Jesuit and mathematician, studied at the Jesuit College in Milan
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and aviator, educated at Jesuit schools in Montgré and Le Mans
- Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Jesuit mathematician who independently discovered the Mercator series, the expansion of log (1 + x) in ascending powers of x.
- Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Church Doctor, Clermont, Paris,
- Antonin Scalia, American judge, Xavier High School and Georgetown University
- C.A. Scarpello, American Musician and Sociological Observer, St. Joseph's University
- Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit; attended the Jesuit Latin school in Augsburg and continued his studies in the Jesuit college at Landsberg
- Edward Schillebeeckx, American liberation theologian and priest of the Dominican Order
- Gaspar Schott, German physicist, mathematician and natural philosopher; studied under Athanasius Kircher
- Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian chancellor leading up to the Second World War, imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp in 1938 as a political prisoner by Nazi Germany following the Anschluss; educated at the Stella Matutina (Jesuit school)
- Vin Scully, American sportscaster, started as a student broadcaster at Fordham Preparatory School, Fordham University
- Antonio Serrano, Mexican film director/screenwriter (Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
- J. Francisco Serrano Cacho, Mexican Architect. (Universidad Iberoamericana
- Don Shula, American football head coach, John Carroll University
- Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Jesuit priest and one of the first great intellectuals born in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. Studied at the Jesuit College in Tepoztlan
- Paul Silas, American basketball player and head coach, Creighton University
- Curtis Sliwa, American founder of the Guardian Angels, Brooklyn Prep
- Saravanan Sivakumar, Tamil actor, Loyola College, Chennai
- Santosh Sivan, Indian cinematographer and film director; studied at the Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
- Tom Snyder, American TV/radio talk show host -- Marquette University High School
- Demetrio Sodi - Mexicana Politician, Universidad Iberoamericana
- John Stockton, American basketball player, Gonzaga University
- Sting, also known as Gordon Sumner, British musician
- Peter Sutherland, Ex DG of GATT, Ex Attorney General of Ireland, Chair LSE and board member of BP and Goldman Sachs, Gonzaga College, Dublin
- Yi Su-gwang, Korean scholar and a military officer; studied under Fr. Matteo Ricci S.J.
- Robert Surcouf, famous French privateer.
- Jean-Joseph Surin, French Jesuit mystic; educated at the Collège de Clermont
- Kenneth Suzuki, American association executive and magazine editor, studied at Le College des Jesuites in Quebec City, Canada
- Alexius Sylvius Polonus, Polish Jesuit astronomer and maker of astronomical instruments; studied at the Jesuit College in Kalisz, Poland
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- André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician whose work prepared ground for the eventual discovery of the calculus. Educated at the Jesuit College in Antwerp
John Taaffe, Founder of the "I take offence of anything said or done", Clongowes Wood College
- Talleyrand, French diplomat; studied at the Jesuit College of La Flèche
- Akbar Tanjung, Indonesian politician and former chairman of the Golkar party; attended Kanisius in Jakarta
- Torquato Tasso, Italian Renaissance Poet, Jesuit College Sorrento, Italy;
- Claudio Teehankee, former Chief Justice of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University
- Sister Rose Thering, American Dominican nun and activist; received PhD from St. Louis University
- Clarence Thomas, American judge of the Supreme Court Justice, College of the Holy Cross
- Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, Stonhyurst College, UK
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Jesuit philosopher and anthropologist; educated at the Jesuit college of Mongré, in Villefranche-sur-Saône
- Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru, University of San Francisco
- Gerardo Torrado, Notable Mexican footballer.
- Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
- Spencer Tracy, American actor, attended Rockhurst High School and Marquette Academy but did not graduate
- Daniel J. Travanti, American TV and movie star, Loyola Marymount University
- Athanasius Treweek, Australian academic, linguist and code-breaker, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Former Prime Minister of Canada, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal;
- Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
- Robin Tunney, American actress, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois
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- Carmen Wong Ulrich, American author and TV anchor, Fairfield University
V
- Peter Vaghi, priest and former politician; attended Georgetown Prep, College of the Holy Cross, and the Pontifical Gregorian University
- Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician; studied at the Jesuit College at Mons
- Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist who coined the term Eustachian tube
- Jean Vanier, Canadian philanthropist and founder of L'Arche, which creates homes and provides day programs for those with developmental disabilities; educated at Loyola High School in Montreal
- Adriaan van Roomen, Belgian mathematician; attended the Jesuit school in Cologne.
- Pierre Varignon, French priest and mathematician; educated at the Jesuit College in Caen
- Ramaswamy Venkataraman, former President of India; educated at Loyola College in Chennai
- Josefina Vázquez Mota, Mexican politician, Universidad Iberoamericana
- Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher, historian, and jurist
- António Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit and writer; received his education at the Jesuit college at Bahia in Brazil.
- Joseph Vijay, Tamil actor, Loyola College, Chennai
- Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist. He was a pupil of Torricelli and a disciple of Galileo. Educated at Jesuit schools in his native Florence
- Voltaire, French author and skeptical master of the Enlightenment, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
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- Dwyane Wade, American basketball player, Marquette University
- Benjamin Walker, Indian-born author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica in all its forms; educated at St. Xavier's College in Calcutta
- Jimmy Walker, mayor of New York City; educated at Xavier High School
- Donnie Walsh, President of basketball operations for the New York Knicks and former general manager for the Indiana Pacers, Fordham Preparatory School
- Francis Walsingham, Elizabethan Spy Master, University of Padua
- Denzel Washington, American film actor, Fordham University
- Charles Waterton, English naturalist and explorer; educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire
- Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and founder of the Order of Illuminati; educated at the University of Ingolstadt
- Sir Frederick Weld, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; educated at Stonyhurst College
- George Wendt, American actor - Campion Jesuit High School; Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Edward Douglass White, ninth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Jesuit High School, New Orleans;
- Willie White. Artistic Director, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Clongowes Wood College;
- James White (politician), American physician, lawyer and politician; early settler in Tennessee and Louisiana; delegate for North Carolina in the Continental Congress and a non-voting member of the U.S. House for the Southwest Territory; educated at the College of St. Omer
- Malcolm Wilson, Lieutenant Governor and Governor of New York, Fordham Preparatory School
- Gerard Windsor, Australian author, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney;
- Anthony A. Williams, American politician, educated at Loyola High School of Los Angeles
- Terry Wogan, Irish Broadcaster, Crescent College, Limerick;
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- Gordon Zubrod, American oncologist who played a prominent role in the introduction of chemotherapy for cancer; alumnus of the Georgetown Preparatory School
- Niccolò Zucchi, Italian Jesuit astronomer and physicist.
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