This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Cincinnati.
University presidents The following persons has led the University of Cincinnati and its predecessors as president since 1819:
ImagePresidentTerm startTerm endPresidents of Cincinnati College (1819–1845)1aElijah Slack181918222Philander Chase182218231bElijah Slack182318363William Holmes McGuffey183618394Thomas J. Biggs183918455Rufus King186018696Robert Buchanan18671869Presidents of the University of Cincinnati (1870–present)7George H. Harper187318738aHenry Turner Eddy187418759Thomas Vickers187718848bHenry Turner Eddy1884188410Jacob D. Cox188518898cHenry Turner Eddy1889189111aWayland R. Benedict1891189112aEdward Wyllys Hyde1892189313William Oliver Sproull1893189411bWayland R. Benedict1894189412bEdward Wyllys Hyde1894189514Philip van Ness Myers1895189612cEdward Wyllys Hyde1896189815Howard AyersSeptember 25, 1899April 18, 190416actingJoseph E. HarryApril 18, 1904June 30, 190417Charles W. DabneyJuly 1, 1904August 31, 192018Frederick C. HicksSeptember 1, 1920January 31, 1928actingHerman SchneiderFebruary 1, 1928June 5, 192919June 5, 1929August 31, 193220Raymond WaltersSeptember 1, 1932August 31, 195521Walter C. LangsamSeptember 1, 1955August 31, 197122Warren G. BennisSeptember 1, 1971July 1, 1977actingHenry R. WinklerJuly 1, 1977December 14, 197723December 14, 1977June 30, 198424Joseph A. StegerJuly 6, 1984September 30, 200325Nancy L. ZimpherOctober 1, 2003May 31, 200926interimMonica RimaiJune 1, 2009October 31, 200927Gregory H. WilliamsNovember 1, 2009August 21, 2012interimSanta J. OnoAugust 21, 2012October 22, 201228October 22, 2012July 14, 201629interimBeverly J. DavenportJuly 15, 2016February 19, 201730Neville PintoFebruary 20, 2017present
NOTE: Unlike other universities, the University of Cincinnati includes interim leaders in the official count of university presidents. For example, Santa J. Ono is considered the 28th president instead of 26th, and Neville Pinto is considered the 30th president instead of 27th.
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Notable alumni
Those listed include graduates of the university, as well as attendees.
David Applebaum, Israeli physician Frank P. Austin, celebrity interior designer Jeff Austin, musician, Yonder Mountain String Band Juan N. Babauta, graduate, governor of United States Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Judith Baker, judoka Theda Bara, silent-film actress John Bardo, educator, president of Wichita State University, chancellor of Western Carolina University Shari Barkin, pediatrician John Barrett, graduate, CEO and president of Western & Southern Financial Group Israel Bettan, rabbi and professor Rachel Barton Butler, playwright Kathleen Battle, graduate, Grammy Award-winning singer of New York Metropolitan Opera Shoshana Bean, musical theater graduate, Broadway actress David Bell, author Stanley Rossiter Benedict, inventor of Benedict's reagent Christopher L. Bennett, author Raoul Berger, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law and Harvard Law School, early theorist of originalism Thomas Berger, A&S graduate, author of Little Big Man Matt Berninger, lead vocalist and founder of band The National Theodore Berry, graduate, mayor of Cincinnati 1972–76; member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Michael Bierut, DAAP graduate, partner at Pentagram New York John Shaw Billings, M.D. 1860, began process to organize world's medical literature, now PubMed Eula Bingham, occupational health scientist Lee Bowman, graduate, actor in films such as Love Affair, Cover Girl and Bataan Barnett R. Brickner, rabbi Frank Brogan, chancellor of State University System of Florida; former president of Florida Atlantic University Henry T. Brown, chemical engineer; first African American to earn a BS degree in chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati Robert Burck, "naked cowboy" of Times Square in New York City; NYC mayoral candidate Lindsey Burke, lawyer and politician Liz Callaway, singer and actress David Canary, A&S graduate, multiple Emmy-winning actor on All My Children since 1983 Salmon P. Chase, 23rd Governor of Ohio, U.S. treasury secretary 1861–64, chief justice 1864-73 Mike Clines, Kentucky politician Robin T. Cotton, ENT specialist and professor Dennis Courtney, aka Denis Beaulne, Broadway actor (Peter Pan, Starlight Express, director, choreographer Chase Crawford, actor and producer E. Jocob Crull, Montana politician and colonel, rival of Jennette Rankin (first female member of U.S. Congress) Cherien Dabis, filmmaker, screenwriter, The L Word, Amreeka David Daniels, singer Sujan Dasgupta, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, worked at Bell Labs; author, creator of Bengali detective Ekenbabu Charles G. Dawes, law graduate, 30th vice president of the United States, winner of Nobel Peace Prize Scott Devendorf, bass guitarist, founder of band The National Jonathan Dever, former member of Ohio House of Representatives Vinod Dham, graduate, "father" of Pentium computer chip (MS Eng, 77) John Price Durbin, chaplain of the Senate, president of Dickinson College Jennifer Eberhardt, social psychologist, MacArthur Fellow Randy Edelman, music graduate, composer of movie scores, received BMI's Outstanding Career Achievement Award Margaret Elizabeth Egan, librarian and communication scholar Bess Marie Eversull, first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati Suzanne Farrell, prima ballerina, recipient of Kennedy Center Honors and Presidential Medal of Freedom Hattie V. Feger, professor of education at Clark Atlanta University, 1931–1944 Abraham J. Feldman (1893–1977), rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht, rabbi Stephen Flaherty, music graduate, Tony-winning composer (Ragtime, Once on This Island) Frederick W. Franz, Jehovah's Witness, president of Watchtower Society William S. Friedman, rabbi Paul Gilger, architecture graduate, architect, conceived Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune, designed Industrial Light & Magic film studio for George Lucas Samuel H. Goldenson, rabbi Leon Goldman, pioneer in laser medicine Alexander D. Goode, one of Four Chaplains Michael Graves, architecture graduate, architect Moses J. Gries, rabbi Louis Grossmann, rabbi Michael Gruber, stage actor, singer, and dancer Adolf Guttmacher, rabbi Beth Gylys, poet and professor Victor H. Haas, first director of NIAID Albert Hague, music graduate, composer of score for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, won nine Tony Awards for Redhead in 1959 Victor W. Hall, U.S. Navy rear admiral Hollis Hammonds, artist and academic Earl Hamner, graduate, writer, creator of The Waltons Walt Handelsman, A&S graduate, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Dorian Harewood, drama graduate, film and television actor, voice artist Randy Harrison, drama graduate, actor, Queer as Folk Mary Hecht, BA 1952, American-born Canadian sculptor James G. Heller, rabbi and composer Maximilian Heller, rabbi Bob Herbold, former Microsoft COO Louise McCarren Herring, engineering graduate, pioneer of non-profit cooperative credit union movement Al Hirt, trumpeter and bandleader Ronald Howes, inventor of Easy-Bake Oven Sarah Hutchings, composer Bruce Edwards Ivins, microbiologist; key suspect in 2001 anthrax terror attacks, leaving five people dead Ali Jarbawi, Palestinian politician and academic James Kaiser, electrical engineer who developed Kaiser window for digital signal processing, winner of IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Jerry Kathman, president and CEO of LPK Charles Keating, criminal (Keating Five scandal); virulent anti-pornography activist Robert Kistner, gynecologist Bradley M. Kuhn, M.S. 2001, software freedom activist James Michael Lafferty, division CEO in Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco; former CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding; Olympic track and field coach Sean Lahman, historian and sports writer Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and first commissioner of Major League Baseball William Lawrence, congressman, first vice president of American Red Cross Emil W. Leipziger, rabbi Christopher W. Lentz, U.S. Air Force brigadier general Charles S. Levi, rabbi Clifton H. Levy, rabbi Liang Sili, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences Abraham Lubin, hazzan Charlie Luken, law graduate, politician and former mayor of Cincinnati Alexander Lyons, rabbi Judah Leon Magnes, rabbi, chancellor/president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1925–1948 Beverly Malone, nurse and president of American Nurses Association Steven L. Mandel, anesthesiologist Jack Manning, actor, stage director, acting teacher Markiplier, YouTube personality, director Marco Marsan, author Kevin McCollum, graduate, Tony-winning Broadway producer (Rent, Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone) Guy McElroy (M.A. 1972), art historian and curator Martin A. Meyer, rabbi Gregory Mixon, (Ph.D. 1989), American historian Julian Morgenstern, rabbi, Hebrew Union College professor and president Lena Beatrice Morton, literary scholar Dylan Mulvaney, actress and social media personality Pamela Myers, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated stage and screen actor Morris Newfield, rabbi Sandra Novack, author Michele Pawk, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Hollywood Arms, Cabaret) Archimedes Plutonium, (B.A. as Ludwig Hansen, 1972), notable Usenet personality Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever Jennie Porter, first black person to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and became the first black female public school principal in Cincinnati James B. Preston, neurophysiologist Augustus Price, nuclear scientist, first African American radar man in the U.S. Navy Faith Prince, musical theater graduate, Tony-winning Broadway actress (Guys and Dolls) Jacob S. Raisin, rabbi Max Raisin, rabbi Lee Roy Reams, musical theater graduate, Tony-nominated actor, dancer Michael E. Reynolds, champion of the "earthship" sustainable construction movement Abraham B. Rhine (1877–1941), rabbi Dennis L. Riley (born 1945), politician in New Jersey General Assembly, represented 4th Legislative District 1980–90Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 1987 edition, p. 243. E. J. Mullin, 1987. Accessed September 13, 2016. "Dennis L. Riley, Dem., Gloucester Township - Mr. Riley was born Sept. 13, 1945, in Ottawa, Ill. He studied at Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati, and received his law degree at the Camden Law School of Rutgers University in 1972, the year of his admission to the bar." Diana Maria Riva, drama graduate, screen actor Anne Mason Roberts (1910–1971), HUD official in the 1960s Michael Robinson, activist for civil right and human rights Mitch Rowland, Grammy award-winning songwriter and lead guitarist in Harry Styles' band Jerry Rubin, activist Nipsey Russell, actor, comedian, game show panelist, Tin Man in film version of The Wiz Rajiv Satyal, comedian, host and speaker; named the university's radio-station-turned-media group "BearCast" Tobias Schanfarber, rabbi Linda Schele, art and education major, expert on Mayan inscriptions and hieroglyphics Jean Schmidt, congresswoman from Ohio, 2005–13 Robert P. Schumaker, creator of AZFinText, a news-aware high-frequency stock prediction system Teddi Siddall, drama graduate, screen actor Abram Simon, rabbi Yvette Simpson, law graduate, 2011–2017 Cincinnati city councilwoman George Speri Sperti, inventor Joseph B. Strauss, engineering graduate, designed Golden Gate Bridge Thomas Szasz, psychiatrist and author of The Myth of Mental Illness Bob Taft, law graduate, 1999–2007 governor of Ohio William Howard Taft, law graduate, 27th president of the United States, Supreme Court chief justice Mary Lee Tate, painter, teacher Christian Tetzlaff, professional violinist Charles V. Theis, hydrogeologist; first geology PhD graduate of UC Paul Tibbets, pilot of B-29 plane that dropped atom bomb over Hiroshima Dwight Tillery, politician, former mayor of Cincinnati