Notable Alumni of Oakland University

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 1931–2015

Former President of India and aerospace engineer

Carl Levin 1934–2021

US senator from Michigan, 1979 to 2015

Also attended: Harvard University, Swarthmore College

Sibling: Sander Levin (University of Chicago, Harvard University)

Renee Ellmers 1964–

Former U.S. Representative from North Carolina

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1990

Gordon R. England 1937–

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and Navy Secretary

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park, Texas Christian University

G. Mennen Williams 1911–1988

41st Governor of Michigan and state Supreme Court chief justice

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Princeton University

Gaurav Sharma 1987–

Former New Zealand Labour MP and doctor

Also attended: George Washington University

N. R. Narayana Murthy 1946–

Indian billionaire, co-founder of Infosys

Child: Akshata Murty (Claremont McKenna College, Stanford University)

Barbara Oakley 1955–

Engineering professor behind popular MOOCs on learning

Also attended: University of Washington-Seattle Campus

David Hasselhoff 1952–

Actor, singer, producer and television personality

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts, Bates College

Spouse: Pamela Bach (Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College)

Spouse: Catherine Hickland (Florida Atlantic University)

Robert Englund 1947–

Actor, played Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street

Also attended: California State University-Northridge, University of California-Los Angeles

Elizabeth Reaser 1975–

Actress in The Twilight Saga and The Haunting of Hill House

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Hank Jones 1918–2010

Jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer

Curtis Armstrong 1953–

Actor known for Revenge of the Nerds

Also attended: Western Michigan University

Doris Eaton Travis 1904–2010

Dancer and actress, last surviving Ziegfeld Girl

Also attended: University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Regina Carter 1966–

Jazz violinist

Also attended: The New England Conservatory of Music

Jayne Houdyshell 1953–

Actress and Tony Award winner

Jasna Fazlić 1970–

Table tennis player at four Olympics

Also attended: Texas Wesleyan University

Kendrick Nunn 1995–

Basketball player for Panathinaikos

Attended until 2018

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Katherine Vibert 1999–

Weightlifter, Olympian and World Champion

Steve Clark 1986–

Former professional soccer goalkeeper

Keith Benson 1988–

Former professional basketball player

Anita Rapp 1977–

Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion

Olaseni Lawal 1986–

Nigerian-American professional basketball player

Kay Felder 1995–

Professional basketball player

Gary Yourofsky 1970–

Animal rights activist and lecturer

Also attended: Specs Howard School of Media Arts