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Faculty

Russell Conwell Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 – December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, author, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphi ...

– founder and first president of the university, author of ''Acres of Diamonds'' *

Charles Ezra Beury Charles Ezra Beury (pronounced "Berry"; August 13, 1879 – March 9, 1953) was the second president of Temple University from 1925 to 1941. Dr. Beury was a banker before he became a college president. A son of the coal-operating Beurys for who ...

– second president of the university *

Robert Livingston Johnson Robert Livingston Johnson (March 25, 1894 – January 16, 1966) was Temple University's third president (1941 to 1959) and a former vice president of Time Inc. Early life Johnson was born in New York City to Frank R. and Grace Bell Johnson. He ...

– third president of the university * Millard E. Gladfelter – fourth president of the university * Paul R. Anderson – fifth president of the university *

Marvin Wachman Marvin Wachman (March 24, 1917 – December 22, 2007), a professor of American history, was president of Lincoln University and Temple University, and served as interim president of Albright College and the Philadelphia College of Textiles and ...

– sixth president of the university *

Peter J. Liacouras Peter James Liacouras (April 9, 1931 – May 12, 2016) was an American academic. Career Liacouras was the President of Temple University from 1982–2000, and former Dean of the Temple University School of Law (1972–1982). He was chancellor o ...

– seventh president of the university *

David Adamany David Walter Adamany (September 23, 1936 – November 10, 2016) was the 8th president of Wayne State University, serving from 1983 to 1997. One of Wayne State University's libraries, David Adamany Undergraduate Library, was his creation. Subsequen ...

– eighth president of the university *

Ann Weaver Hart Ann Weaver Hart (born 1948) is the 21st, first female chief executive and former president of the University of Arizona. She is the first woman to hold the position, which she assumed on November 30, 2012. Previously, Hart was the ninth presiden ...

– ninth president of the university

Biology

* Stephen Blair Hedges *

Jody Hey Jody Hey is an evolutionary biologist at Temple University. In the 1980s and 1990s he did research on natural selection and species divergence in fruit flies (Drosophila). More recently he has worked on the development of methods for studying evolut ...

Masatoshi Nei (born January 2, 1931) is a Japanese-born American evolutionary biologist currently affiliated with the Department of Biology at Temple University as a Carnell Professor. He was, until recently, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology at Pennsylvania S ...

Communication

* Joseph P. Folger

English

Samuel R. Delany Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, ) (born April 1, 1942), is an American author and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays (on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society). His ...

– science fiction author * George W. Johnson – former chair of the Temple Department of English; later President of

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

(1979–1996) * Thomas Kinsella – Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher; author of numerous volumes of poetry and a translation of the ancient Irish epic ''The Tain'' (Táin Bó Cúailnge); while at Temple, he developed a program for students to study in Ireland called "the Irish Experience" * Sonia Sanchez – poet *

Miles Orvell Miles Orvell is a professor of English and American studies at Temple University. He is the founding editor of the ''Encyclopedia of American Studies''. Biography Orvell received his B.A. from Columbia University and Ph.D. from Harvard University ...

– cultural historian, editor of the ''

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Film

Lauren Wolkstein Lauren Wolkstein is an American film director, writer, producer and editor. She is known for directing, writing, and editing the 2017 film ''The Strange Ones'' with Christopher Radcliff and serving on the directorial team for the third season of ...

History

Richard H. Immerman Richard H. Immerman (born April 28, 1949) is an American historian and author. He is currently Marvin Wachman Director Emeritus at the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy at Temple University, which he co-founded in 1993 with Russell Weig ...

Alan McPherson Alan L. McPherson is a historian specializing in US-Latin American relations. He is the Thomas J. Freaney, Jr., Professor of History at Temple University, where he is also the Director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD ...

David Alan Rosenberg David Alan Rosenberg (born 1948) is a military historian, and was Admiral Harry W. Hill Chair of Maritime Strategy at the National War College from 1996 to 2003 and held the Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair of Naval Heritage at the United States ...

* Gregory J. W. Urwin * Russell Weigley *

Ralph F. Young Ralph F. Young is an American historian. He is the author of the popular textbook ''Dissent in America: Voices that Shaped a Nation'' and teaches history at Temple University. Biography Young grew up outside New York City and attended Houghton Col ...

Law

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, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics *

C. Darnell Jones II Cardozie Darnell Jones II (born November 23, 1949) is a Senior status, Senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Cl ...

* David Kairys *

David G. Post David G. Post (born 1951) is an American legal scholar. Post is an expert in intellectual property law and cyberspace law. Until his retirement in 2014, Post served as Professor of Law at Beasley School of Law of Temple University in Philadelph ...

Mathematics

Emil Grosswald Emil Grosswald (December 15, 1912 – April 11, 1989) was a mathematician who worked primarily in number theory. Life and education Grosswald was born on December 15, 1912 in Bucharest, Romania. He received a master's degree in both mathemat ...

(1968–1980) * John Allen Paulos – author of '' Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences''

Music

Katherine Ciesinski Katherine Ciesinski (born October 13, 1950) is an American mezzo-soprano, stage director, and voice professor. Ciesinski was born to Delaware Sports Hall of Famer Roman Ciesinski and Katherine Hansen Ciesinski. She is the sister of opera singer ...

* John Douglas – conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades *

Aaron Levinson Aaron Levinson (born July 2, 1963) is a Grammy award-winning producer, musician, composer and record label owner He has produced and released dozens of albums since starting his career with Inner City Records in 1981Range Recording Studios, Staf ...

– Grammy Award-winning producer and musician * Terell Stafford – Trumpet player

Philosophy

Lewis Gordon Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of ...

Espen Hammer Espen Hammer (born 1966) is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. Focusing on modern European thought from Kant and Hegel to Adorno and Heidegger, Hammer’s research includes critical theory, Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy, ...

* Joseph Margolis *

Jitendra Nath Mohanty Jitendra Nath Mohanty (also J. N. Mohanty) is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University. Born in Cuttack, in 1928 in Orissa, India, Professor Mohanty had a distinguished career where he stood first in all public examinations a ...

, emeritus *

Miriam Solomon Miriam Solomon is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department as well as Affiliated Professor of Women's Studies at Temple University. Solomon's work focuses on the philosophy of science, social epistemology, medical epistemo ...

– Professor of Philosophy

Psychology

*Lauren Alloy *Laurence Steinberg *Joseph Wolpe – South African psychiatrist and founding figure in behavior therapy *Rinad Beidas

Religion

*Ismail al-Faruqi *Michael Alexander (academic), Michael Alexander *Edwin David Aponte *Leonard Swidler

Sociology

*Annette Lareau

Sports

* Nikki Franke – fencer and fencing coach

Other disciplines

*Molefi Asante – scholar, known for popularizing and developing Afrocentricity *Emile B. De Sauzé – language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language *Happy Fernandez – politician *Mary Stuart Fisher - radiologist *John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous *Jacob Gershon-Cohen – Professor of Research Radiology and developer of mammography for detecting breast cancer *Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy *Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics", longtime editor of ''The Journal of Pediatrics''; author of ''Nelson Book of Pediatrics'' *Lucia V. Streng – chemist *Ann M. Valentine – chemist *Earl Bradley – pediatrician *Mark L. Nelson – chemist and inventor of Nuzyra, an antibiotic FDA approved in 2018

Alumni

Academia

*Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department *Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. *Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator *John Baugh – linguist known for developing theory of linguistic profiling, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis *Susan H. Brandt - historian *David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College *Noam Chomsky – linguist and activist, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; as child attended Temple-run experimental Deweyite school, Oak Lane Day School *Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network *Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized *Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Also, see Temple University School of Medicine, Notable Alumni and Pioneers *David Drasin – mathematician, specializing in function theory. *John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University *Louis Filler – eminent professor of American Studies *Gail F. Forrest – spinal cord researcher at Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey Medical School *Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC *Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant *Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of ''I'm OK, You're OK'' *Nathan Katz (professor), Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on History of the Jews in India, Jewish communities in India *Edmund Kornfeld – Organic chemist *Donald Kraybill – expert on Amish *Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center *Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University *JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin *Stephen Sheehi اسطفان شيحا – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary; author of Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (University Press of Florida, 2004), ''Islamophobia
The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims
' (Clarity Press, 2011), and

', (Princeton University Press, 2016). *Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and President of Princeton University *Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, Director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient *Alan Wolfe – political scientist and sociologist on the faculty of Boston College who serves as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies,[2] "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy".

Art

*Laura Marie Greenwood – painter *Trenton Doyle Hancock – artist *Andrew Hussie – webcomic artist *Simmie Knox – presidential portrait painter (Clinton) *Nicholas Muellner – photographer and writer *Ralph Rucci – designer *Paula Scher – designer *Sarai Sherman – artist *Aaron Shikler – presidential portrait painter *Jen Simmons – designer and web developer

Broadcasting

*Al Alberts – singer,

personality on WPVI-TV *Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for Citadel Media *Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio *Howard Bryant – senior writer for ESPN.com and ''ESPN The Magazine'' *Pat Callahan – host of ''This Week in Pro Football'' on 950 ESPN *Steve Capus – president, NBC News *John Clark (reporter), John Clark – sports anchorman for WCAU, NBC 10 news *Fritz Coleman – weather anchor, KNBC-TV news *Tracy Davidson – news presenter for WCAU, NBC 10 news *Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author *Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news *Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, NFL Hall of Famer writer. *Diplo (DJ), Diplo – DJ/producer *Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com *Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor *Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality, ''Our World with Black Enterprise'' and online HuffPost Live host, Black Entertainment Television, BET News correspondent and a CNN political commentator. *John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio *Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC (AM), WABC *Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show ''Radio Times'' *Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for Reuters, killed while covering the 2010 Thai political protests *Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor *Ronn Owens – radio talk show host *Ed Sciaky – disc jockey *Gene Shay – disc jockey *Terry Smith (radio), Terry Smith – broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim *Dyana Williams - Radio and television personality, journalist, and celebrity media coach *Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers

Business

*John Carrig – former COO and president for ConocoPhillips *Sam Greenblatt – vice president of technology and architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell *Jai Gulati – CEO of Systel *Lewis Katz – businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' *Larry Miller (sports executive), Larry Miller – president of Air Jordan, Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers *Rosemary Reed Miller - owner Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique *Ash Vasudevan – founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings

Film, theatre, and television

*Bill Cosby – actor, comedian *Keith Andes – actor *Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive *Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer *David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker *Richard Brooks – Academy Award-winning Cinema of the United States, Hollywood filmmaker *Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner up of Big Brother 16 (American season), ''Big Brother 16'', winner of Big Brother 22 (American season), ''Big Brother 22'' *Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer *Norman Fell – comic actor best known for ''Three's Company'' (attended Theatre Dept. classes) *Jason Winston George – actor, ''Sunset Beach (TV series), Sunset Beach'', ''Platinum (TV series), Platinum'' *Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's ''Harry's Law'') *William Goldenberg – Academy Award-winning Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film editor *Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series ''Hill Street Blues''. *Lois Hamilton – actress *Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' and ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' *Tigre Hill – film director/producer *Saba Homayoon – actress *Irvin Kershner – film director, ''The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) *Bruce Mailman – theatre producer and founder of The Saint (club), The Saint *William Marchant (playwright), William Marchant – playwright and screenwriter *Adam McKay – Emmy-nominated director of ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004), ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' (2006), and ''Step Brothers (film), Step Brothers'' (2008), Academy Awards, Academy award-winning writer of ''The Big Short (film), The Big Short'' *Mary Lou Metzger – singer, dancer ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' *Kunal Nayyar – actor, plays Raj on CBS's ''Big Bang Theory'' *Robert Prosky – actor *Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Tony Award-nominated actress for ''Ghost the Musical'' *Herbert Rudley – actor *Bob Saget – comedian, game show host, ''Full House'' *Michael Schoeffling – actor who played Jake Ryan in 1980s film ''Sixteen Candles'' *Peter Shub – actor, clown, and circus producer *Svetlana Shusterman – from MTV's ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World Key West'' *James Riordan (actor), James Riordan – actor, Broadway, Television and Film actor *Tom Sizemore – actor *Hugh Panaro – actor, Broadway *Paul F. Tompkins – actor, comedian *Dan Trachtenberg – film director of ''10 Cloverfield Lane'', and co-host ''The Totally Rad Show'' *Eric Wareheim – comedian and co-creator of ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' and ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' *Patricia Wettig – Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, ''Thirtysomething (TV series), thirtysomething'', ''Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Brothers & Sisters'', ''Prison Break'' *Jesse Williams (actor), Jesse Williams – actor (''Grey's Anatomy'') *Danny Woodburn – actor (Mickey on ''Seinfeld'') *Colman Domingo – actor on ''Fear the Walking Dead'' *Quinta Brunson - actor, comedian

Government

*Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador *Edward J. Bonin – Republican U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania *Frederick C. Branch – first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer *Horace J. Bryant – first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey *Jamira Burley – Municipal leader, national campaign deputy director *Michael E. Busch – Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates *Jim Cawley – Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania *Lawrence Coughlin, Robert Coughlin – longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to United States House of Representatives *Mae E. De Vincentis – former United States Department of Defense official and the vice director for the Defense Logistics Agency *Harold L. Ervin – judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania *Edwin Duing Eshleman – former Republican Party (United States), Republican congressman *Thomas M. Foglietta – U.S. Congressman and United States Ambassador to Italy *Vincent Fumo – Democratic Pennsylvania state senator *Tom Gannon – Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Representative for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161, 161st legislative district (1979–2006) *Hage Geingob - President of the Republic of Namibia (March 21, 2015 – present) *Nikoloz Gilauri – Prime Minister of Georgia *Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) – Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Representative 1979–2000. *Camillo Gonsalves (BA in Journalism) – Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations *Theo-Ben Gurirab – President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1999–2000; Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005 *Stephen Hahn (oncologist), Stephen Hahn – Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration *Joe Hoeffel – former Democratic congressman *Malcolm Hoenlein – executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York *Vincent Hughes – Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat) *Zambry Abdul Kadir – current Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia, from political party UMNO *Kathleen Kane – first woman Attorney General of Pennsylvania, also convicted of felony perjury *Paul E. Kanjorski – U.S. Congressman, representing Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, Pennsylvania's 11th district *Guy Kratzer – Pennsylvania State Senator (1983-1986) *Jerome Kurtz – Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980) *David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) – 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada *Joseph Lazarow – List of mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976–1982 *Bryan Lentz – private attorney; former Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Representative for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161, 161st legislative district (2007–2010); Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee for United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for * Joseph Melrose – former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at Ursinus College *Bernard T. Mittemeyer – lieutenant general and former Surgeon General of the United States Army. *Francis J. Myers – former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania *Joseph Marmaduke Pratt, Joseph M. Pratt, U.S. congressman from Philadelphia (1944-1945) *R. K. Raghavan Indian Police Service, IPS – former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India *Mallipudi Raju Pallam Mangapati, Pallam Raju – Former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development *Charles W. Sandman, Jr. – represented , 1967–1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973 *Jim Saxton – U.S. Congressman representing *Jacob Seidenberg - chairman of the Federal Services Impasses Panel *Younes Sekkouri – Morocco, Moroccan Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills *Martin J. Silverstein – United States Ambassador to Uruguay *John F. Street – former List of mayors of Philadelphia, Mayor of Philadelphia *Nao Takasugi – California State Assembly *Johnny Young (diplomat), Johnny Young – United States Ambassador to Slovenia, U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia (2001-2004), United States Ambassador to Bahrain, U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain (1997-2001), United States Ambassador to Togo, U.S. Ambassador to Togo (1994-1997), United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1989-1992)

Literature

*Sharmi Albrechtsen – author, blogger *Ben Bova – science fiction author *Frank Brookhouser – Journalist, columnist, and author. *Jim Callahan (American football, born 1946), Jim Callahan – retired football player and writer *Tony Campolo – author, pastor, and speaker *Anita Cornwell – author *Eric Corey Freed – architect, author, public speaker *Jeffrey Gitomer – author, speaker, business trainer *David Goodis – crime fiction writer *Helene Hanff – writer *Tom McHale (novelist born 1941), Tom McHale – novelist *Ted Polhemus – writer, photographer, anthropologist *Jeffrey Robinson – author *William Gardner Smith – author and journalist *Jerry Spinelli – writer *Lamont B. Steptoe – poet, photographer, publisher *Tony Trov – science fiction writer *Johnny Zito – science fiction writer

Music

*Irving Berlin – honorary degree '54, songwriter *Rubén Colón Tarrats – orchestra director * Norman Connors - Musician, Composer, Arranger, & Producer *Evelyn Simpson Curenton - composer *Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz – DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter *Alix Dobkin – singer/songwriter *Pat Finnerty – musician, guitarist, and songwriter *Joe Genaro – musician, guitarist and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen *Ariana Ghez – classic oboist *Julie Gold – songwriter, Grammy Award winner *Daryl Hall – musician *Marc-André Hamelin – pianist *Jared Hasselhoff – bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang *Mark Kramer (jazz pianist), Mark Kramer – musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio *Fred Mascherino – musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea *Joe Masteroff – Tony Award-winning playwright *Bill McGlaughlin – composer, conductor, radio host of ''Exploring Music'' and ''Saint Paul Sunday'' *John Oates – musician *Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Eric Owens – opera singer *Billy Paul – Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and ''War of the Gods (album), War of the Gods'' *James Poyser – Grammy Award winning keyboardist, songwriter, and producer *Fayette Pinkney – original member of The Three Degrees *Jimmy Pop – lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang *Jill Scott (singer), Jill Scott – R&B/soul artist *Sister Sledge, Debbie Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge *Joni Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge *Kathy Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge *Sister Sledge, Kim Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group Sister Sledge *Allan Slutsky – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician *Jeffrey Solow – Grammy nominated classical cellist * Terell Stafford – professional jazz trumpet player *Tim (singer), Tim – Korean ballad singer *Susan Werner – singer-songwriter

Other

*John C. Allen – roller coaster designer *Ted Bundy – serial killer *Reed Erickson - transgender activist, engineer, and philanthropist *Richard L. Fox - tax attorney *Judith E. Glaser – author and organizational anthropologist *E. Urner Goodman – early leader of the Boy Scouts of America *George E. Hargest – Noted philatelic and member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame. *Donniel Hartman – Israeli rabbi *Linda and Terry Jamison – "The Psychic Twins" *Steven Levy – writer for ''Wired (magazine), Wired'' and author of ''Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution'' *Shantrelle P. Lewis – curator, historian, critic and filmmaker *Maralyn Lois Polak – journalist and author *Stephen Starr – celebrity restaurateur *John Thomas Taylor – congressional lobbyist for the American Legion *Salvatore Testa - Italian American hitman for the Philadelphia crime family *Michael van der Veen - attorney, who represented former President Donald Trump during his Second impeachment of Donald Trump, second impeachment trial *Diana Vincent – jewelry designer *James West (inventor), James West, inventor, primarily of microphones *Edith Windsor – Plaintiff in ''United States v. Windsor''

Sports

Baseball

*Bobby Higginson – Major League Baseball player, Detroit Tigers *John Marzano – former MLB catcher; sports analyst *Harry Shuman – MLB player, Pittsburgh Pirates

Football

*Robby Anderson – National Football League, NFL wide receiver, New York Jets *Matt Balasavage – Former NFL tight end, Baltimore Ravens *Stan Batinski – National Football League, NFL offensive guard, Detroit Lions *Todd Bowles – NFL Head Coach, New York Jets *Raheem Brock – NFL defensive end, Indianapolis Colts *Matt Brown (kick returner), Matt Brown *Lem Burnham – NFL defensive end, Philadelphia Eagles, did not play Temple, earned Ph.D at Temple *Jim Callahan (American football, born 1946), Jim Callahan – former Continental Football League player and writer *Larry Chester – National Football League, NFL defensive tackle, Miami Dolphins *Jim Cooper (American football), Jim Cooper – National Football League, NFL offensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys *Mike Curcio – NFL linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers *Derek Dennis – American football offensive lineman *Randy Grossman – NFL tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers *Tom Hanson (American football), Tom Hanson – NFL Halfback (American football), halfback, Philadelphia Eagles *James Harris (defensive end), James Harris – NFL defensive end, Oakland Raiders *Mike Jarmoluk – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles *Lance Johnstone – NFL defensive end, Minnesota Vikings *Alex Joseph (American football), Alex Joseph – NFL linebacker, San Francisco 49ers *Bucko Kilroy – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles *Dan Klecko – NFL Fullback (American football), fullback, Philadelphia Eagles *Joe Klecko – NFL defensive tackle, New York Jets; father of Dan Klecko *Terrance Knighton – NFL defensive tackle, Denver Broncos *Bill Manlove, national championship college coach *Jason McKie – NFL fullback, Chicago Bears *Brandon McManus – NFL placekicker, Denver Broncos *Nick Mike-Mayer – NFL placekicker, Atlanta Falcons *James Nixon (American football), James Nixon – NFL cornerback, Green Bay Packers *James Parrish – former professional football (American), football player *Bernard Pierce – NFL, running back, Jacksonville Jaguars *Britt Reid (American football), Britt Reid – former assistant coach in the NFL *Kevin Ross (American football), Kevin Ross – NFL cornerback, Kansas City Chiefs *Sarah Schkeeper – Women's Football Alliance, WFA Guard (American football), Guard, New York Sharks *Leslie Shepherd – NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins *Al Singleton – NFL linebacker, Dallas Cowboys *David Smukler (1914–1971) NFL football player *Rod Streater – NFL, wide receiver, Oakland Raiders *Rian Wallace – NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers *Steve Watson (wide receiver), Steve Watson – NFL wide receiver, Denver Broncos *Muhammad Wilkerson – NFL defensive end, New York Jets *Tavon Young – NFL cornerback, Baltimore Ravens *Henry Burris – CFL quarterback, Ottawa Redblacks

Fencing

*Kamali Thompson – Team USA fencer

Basketball

*Lavoy Allen – National Basketball Association, NBA player, Indiana Pacers *Rick Brunson – NBA player, Philadelphia 76ers *Mardy Collins – NBA player, New York Knicks *Candice Dupree – Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA player, Phoenix Mercury *Mel Greenberg – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, reporter for ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' *Marc Jackson – professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player *Steve Javie – NBA referee *Eddie Jones (basketball), Eddie Jones – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks *Mark Macon – NBA player, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons *Aaron McKie – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers *Tim Perry – NBA player, Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers *Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Pepe Sánchez – former NBA player now with Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto, Spanish ACB; gold- medal winner in basketball with Argentina, 2004 Summer Olympics *Khalif Wyatt (born 1991) – basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Other sports

*Marcus McElhenney Olympian – Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight – bronze medal winner *Benny McLaughlin – National Soccer Hall of Fame * Zach Pfeffer (born 1995) – soccer player * Allen Rosenberg (rower), Allen Rosenberg – rower and rowing coach *Jason Read – Olympic gold medalist, rowing *Eric Semborski – former National Hockey League, NHL emergency Goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers *Gabe Sapolsky – professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro *Gil Stein (sports administrator), Gil Stein – NHL commissioner of the National Hockey League, 1992–1993

Fictional alumni

* Toby Flenderson – character in the television series ''The Office (American TV series), The Office''; has a degree in social work from Temple University

References

*James Hilty, ''Temple University: 125 Years of Service to Philadelphia, the Region and the World'' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009). {{Temple University Temple University alumni, * Lists of people by university or college in Pennsylvania, Temple University people