List of Muhlenberg College people

Notable alumni

George O. Bierkoe, president and co-founder of Endicott College
Mahlon Hellerich, historian
Amy B. Jordan, Professor and Chair of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University
Sidney Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia^[1]
Herbert Needleman, professor of pediatrics and child psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the Stem Cell program at Boston Children's Hospital

Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson and consultant in the craft and DIY (do-it-yourself) community
Frederick Busch, author
Andrea Clearfield, composer
Madison Ferris, actress
Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality
Sarah Lampert - Creator of the Netflix series, Ginny & Georgia
Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter
Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair^[2]
Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter
Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter
Nisha Sharma, novelist^[3]
Brian Teta, executive producer, The View and former supervising producer, Late Show with David Letterman
Theodore Weiss, poet

Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater hearings, member of the 9/11 Commission
Edward H. Bonekemper, federal government attorney; military historian, author and lecturer
Marcus C. L. Kline, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
Fred Ewing Lewis, U.S. Representative
Edwin W. Martin Jr., Assistant Secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Related Services. 1979-80; Associate and Deputy Commissioner 1969-1979. Director US House of. Representatives Subcommittee on the Handicapped, 1966–67
Michael Schlossberg, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
John O. Sheatz (did not graduate), Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer (1908–11)
Lee Solomon, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
John Van Sant, Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator from 1951-1970.

Russ Choma, reporter and investigative journalist
Barbara Crossette, journalist and author, former chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and South Asia and United Nations bureau chief at The New York Times, United Nations correspondent for The Nation, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee of the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs
David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone

Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that rose to prominence in Europe and the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s
Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian
Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author

Henry David Abraham, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his work with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Frank Baldino Jr., scientist and co-founder of Cephalon
Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon
Lois Curfman McInnes, applied mathematician
Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning
Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital

Sisto Averno (1925–2012), professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL)
Jake Bornheimer, professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors
Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks^[4]
Bill Kern, professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics
Tim Murray, Host at VSiN. Former Muhlenberg men's basketball team member
Tony Zuzzio, professional football player, Detroit Lions

George Barclay, football coach (1907)
Haps Benfer, football, basketball, and baseball coach (1925-1965)
Sam Bishop, assistant men's soccer coach (2007–08)
Bennie Borgmann, men's basketball coach (1949-1954)
Alfred E. Bull, football coach (1903–07)
Doggie Julian, football coach (1936-1944) and baseball coach (1942-1944)
Thomas Kelley, football coach (1911–13) and men's basketball coach (1912-1914)
Bob Macaluso, baseball coach (1999-2006)
George McCaa, football coach (1914-1915), men's basketball coach (1914-1917), and baseball coach (1914-1915)
Nate Milne, head football coach (2018 to present)
Steve Moore, men's basketball coach (1981–87)
John B. Price, football and baseball coach (1916-1917)
Larry Rosati, football coach (1945)
Johnny Spiegel, football coach (1921–22)
John Troxell, assistant football coach (1997-2000)
John Utz, football coach (1934–35), men's basketball coach (1933–36), and baseball coach (1934–35)
Walter W. Wood, football, men's basketball, and baseball coach (1923–24)

^ "Sidney Milkis". politics.virginia.edu. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ Lauer-Williams, Kathy (June 7, 2009). "Designs on a Tony: Allentown Native Michael McDonald is Nominated for Broadway's Top Honor for Costumes for 'Hair'". The Morning Call.
^ Kita, Meghan (March 15, 2022). "Happily Ever After". Muhlenberg College. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
^ Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks: A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played on or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team. September 27, 2007. ISBN 9781461734789.