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Notable Alumni of University of Hartford

Notable alumni of University of Hartford include Richard Neal (US Representative from Massachusetts since 1989), Dionne Warwick (Singer, actress and television host) and Jack Swigert (NASA astronaut and test pilot).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Science and academia

Arts and media

  • Dionne Warwick 1940–

    Singer, actress and television host

  • Chip Taylor 1940–2026

    Songwriter of Wild Thing and Angel of the Morning

    Sibling: Jon Voight (Catholic University of America)

    Sibling: Barry Voight (University of Notre Dame, Columbia University in the City of New York)

  • Marin Ireland 1979–

    Actress and playwright known for New York theatre

  • Charles Nelson Reilly 1931–2007

    Actor and comedian, Tony Award winner

  • Leo Brouwer 1939–

    Cuban composer, conductor and classical guitarist

    Also attended: The Juilliard School

  • Tony MacAlpine 1960–

    Musician and composer

  • Keir O'Donnell 1978–

    Australian actor in American Sniper and Wedding Crashers

  • Cindy Blackman 1959–

    Jazz and rock drummer

    Also attended: Berklee College of Music

  • Gia Allemand 1983–2013

    Actress, model and reality TV contestant

  • Houston Person 1934–

    Jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer

    Also attended: South Carolina State University

  • Ron McClure 1941–

    Jazz bassist

  • Teresa Stich-Randall 1927–2007

    Soprano opera singer

  • Javier Colon 1978–

    Singer-songwriter

  • Justin Foley 1976–

    Drummer of metalcore band Killswitch Engage

    Also attended: University of Connecticut

  • Tommy Mars 1951–

    Keyboard player known for work with Frank Zappa

  • Ara Dinkjian 1958–

    Musician and founder of the band Night Ark

  • Tyondai Braxton 1978–

    Composer and musician, founding member of Battles

  • Emil Richards 1932–2019

    Vibraphonist and percussionist

  • Ananda Sukarlan 1959–

    Indonesian pianist and composer

  • David Moss 1949–

    Composer, percussionist and vocalist

    Also attended: Bennington College

  • Barbara Kolb 1938–2024

    Composer, first woman to win Rome Prize in composition

    Master of Music, Bachelor of Music · Music composing · Class of 1964

  • Brock Harris 1988–

    Musician, model and actor

  • Mark Dion 1961–

    Conceptual artist using scientific presentation in installations

  • Jim Ford 1981–

    Actor, screenwriter and film director

  • Alex Briley 1947–

    Singer, original G.I. of Village People

  • Jack Elliott 1927–2001

    TV and film composer, conductor and producer

  • Bertram Turetzky 1933–

    American double bass player, composer and teacher

  • Gudrun Lund 1930–2020

    Danish composer

  • Stephen Humphrey Bogart 1949–

    Writer and producer, son of Humphrey Bogart

    Also attended: Boston University, University of Pennsylvania

    Mother: Lauren Bacall (American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York)

    Sibling: Sam Robards (Sarah Lawrence College)

  • Annette Lemieux 1957–

    Painter and conceptual artist

  • Carmino Ravosa 1930–2015

    Composer and lyricist known for children's songs

  • Edward Dugmore 1915–1996

    Abstract expressionist painter

  • Stass Shpanin 1990–

    Painter

  • Fatric Bewong 1981–

    Ghanaian visual artist and educator

    Master of Fine Arts

  • David Dodge Boyden 1910–1986

    Musicologist and violinist

    Also attended: Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Apo Hsu 1956–

    Taiwanese-American conductor

  • Joseph Payne 1937–2008

    Harpsichordist, organist and musicologist

    Also attended: Trinity College

Sports

  • Vin Baker 1971–

    Former NBA player, four-time All-Star

  • Sonja Fuss 1978–

    Former German football defender

  • Damion Lowe 1993–

    Jamaican professional footballer

  • Jeff Bagwell 1968–

    Hall of Fame first baseman for the Houston Astros

  • Kenny Adeleke 1983–

    Nigerian-American professional basketball player

    Also attended: Hofstra University

  • Katharina Lindner 1979–2019

    German footballer and University of Stirling lecturer

  • Ingrid Sternhoff 1977–

    Norwegian former football goalkeeper

  • Sean Newcomb 1993–

    MLB pitcher who played for several teams

  • Elvis Thomas 1972–

    Former Canadian soccer player

  • Cindy Walsh 1979–

    Canadian women's soccer defender

  • Hayley Nolan 1997–

    Irish professional footballer

  • Dan Gaspar 1955–

    Soccer goalkeeper coach, assistant at Hartford Athletic

  • Cleveland Thomas 1993–

    Professional basketball player

    Also attended: Western Kentucky University, University of New Mexico-Main Campus

  • Omar Tall 1993–

    Senegalese midfielder

  • Corban Wroe 1992–

    Former Australian professional basketball player

  • David MacKinnon 1994–

    Former professional baseball first baseman

  • Jerry Kelly 1966–

    Professional golfer on the PGA Tour

  • Irene Stelling 1971–

    Danish former women's football forward

  • Yasin Kolo 1992–

    German basketball player

    Also attended: Bellarmine University, East Carolina University

Other fields

  • Christian Longo 1974–

    Convicted of murdering his wife and three children

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with University of Hartford (people who attended both).