List of La Salle University people

Government, law, and public policy

• Francis L. Bodine - former member of New Jersey General Assembly
• Kevin J. Boyle - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2011
• William Joseph Burns - United States Ambassador to Jordan; Deputy Secretary of State 2011-2014; head of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Tina Davis - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Madeleine Dean - Pennsylvania State Representative
• Joseph DeFelice - former chair of Philadelphia GOP and current Trump appointee
• Michael Driscoll - businessman, member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2015
• Dwight Evans, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
• Edward Fenlon - former member of Michigan House of Representatives and jurist
• Brian Fitzpatrick - U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
• Tom Gola - NBA Naismith Hall of Fame basketball player; Philadelphia City Controller 1970-71
• William F. Harrity - National Chairman of Democratic Party (1892–1896)
• Tom Houghton - former Pennsylvania State Representative
• William F. Keller - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Jim Kenney - Mayor of Philadelphia since 2016
• Sarah Wescott-Williams - first Prime Minister of Country Sint Maarten (2010-2014)
• Joanna E. McClinton - Pennsylvania State Representative since 2015
• Dennis M. O'Brien - Speaker of Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Philadelphia City Councilman
• Michael H. O'Brien - Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Michael J. Stack III - Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania alongside Tom Wolf
• Mark Squilla - member of Philadelphia City Council
• Chris Wogan - former Pennsylvania representative and judge
• John Waldron - American criminal defense lawyer

Business

• Tom Curley - co-creator, former President of USA Today
• Larry Miller - President of the Jordan Brand

Academia & Education

• Stephen Andriole - Thomas G. Labrecque Chair of Business Technology at Villanova University
• John D. Caputo - Thomas J. Watson Professor of Humanities at Syracuse University; founder of weak theology
• Naomi Halas - Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor in Chemistry at Rice University
• Paula Krebs - Executive Director of the Modern Language Association (MLA), 2017-present
• Michael McGinniss - President of Christian Brothers University, 1994-1999, and La Salle University, 1999-2014

Peale House on Belfield, the current Alumni House

Literature

• Michael F. Flynn - science fiction author
• Charles Fuller - playwright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
• Jack McDevitt - science fiction author
• Matthew Quick - author

Fine arts

• John McShain - builder of The Pentagon, Jefferson Memorial, and Kennedy Center

Entertainment

Peter Boyle

• Peter Boyle - Emmy award winning actor
• Ralph Garman - actor, voice actor
• Jessica Barth - actress

Journalism and media

• Adam Bagni - sportscaster
• Tom Curley - founder of USA Today, former CEO of AP
• A.J. Daulerio - editor-in-chief of Gawker, Deadspin
• Brady Hicks - wrestling journalist
• Tim Legler - NBA, ESPN analyst
• Meredith Marakovits - YES Network reporter
• Bill Raftery - ESPN and CBS Sports college basketball analyst
• Gary Smith - sportswriter

Miscellaneous

• Michael William Brescia - convicted bank robber, part of the Midwest Bank Robbers group
• Johnny Dougherty - labor leader
• Walter P. Lomax Jr. - medical practitioner

Athletics

Basketball

• Michael Brooks - NBA and Europe; professional career lasted 1980-2008
• Joe Bryant - NBA and Europe, father of Kobe Bryant, former head coach of Los Angeles Sparks of WNBA
• Rasual Butler - Last played for the San Antonio Spurs died on January 31, 2018
• Larry Cannon - ABA player
• Fran Dunphy - head coach for Temple Owls men's basketball
• Larry Foust - 8-time NBA All-Star (1951–1956, 1958–1959)
• Ramon Galloway - professional basketball player
• Tom Gola - enshrined in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976; NBA champion (1956); 5-time NBA All-Star (1960–1964); No. 15 retired by La Salle

Tom Gola's number 15 is retired by La Salle University. The Tom Gola Arena is named after him.

• Tim Legler - NBA, analyst for ESPN's NBA coverage
• Ralph Lewis - NBA player
• Joe Mihalich - head coach of Hofstra University men's basketball
• Larry Miller - former President of NBA's Portland Trail Blazers; president of Jordan Brand
• Jeff Neubauer - head coach of Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball
• Doug Overton - NBA, played in 11 NBA seasons for eight different teams; head coach for Springfield Armor
• Jim Phelan - basketball player and coach
• Bill Raftery - ESPN and CBS Sports college basketball analyst
• Lionel Simmons - NBA, third-leading scorer in NCAA history; drafted 7th overall by Sacramento Kings in 1990
• Steven Smith - NBA, Serie A player
• Fatty Taylor - ABA, NBA player
• Randy Woods - NBA player
• Christian Standhardinger - BBL player
• Cheryl Reeve - head coach of WNBA's Minnesota Lynx; by percentage the winningest coach in league's history, most postseason games of any WNBA coach

Former faculty

• Austin App - considered America's first major Holocaust denier
• Mary Ellen Balchunis - professor in the Political Science department and Democratic nominee for Congress in 2014, 2016
• John Lukacs - historian specializing in populism

Men's basketball head coaches