List of Bowling Green State University alumni

Authors and writers • Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet • Tony Ardizzone, novelist • James Baldwin, author, poet (writer in residence) • Matt Bell, author • Mary Biddinger, poet • James Carlos Blake, author • Philana Marie Boles, author of Glitz, Little Divas, In the Paint, and Blame It on Eve • Scott Cairns, poet • Gary Cohn, comic book writer • Jennifer Crusie, writer • Jim Daniels, poet and writer • Tom De Haven, writer • Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer • Frank Dungan, television producer and Primetime Emmy Award winner • Quinton Flynn, voice actor • Robert Patrick, actor • James Pickens, Jr., actor • Ric Reitz, actors • Kathia Rodriguez, actress • Eva Marie Saint, Academy Award-winning actress • Ron Sweed, television actor • Matt Zimmerman, actor Musicians and composers • Uzee Brown Jr, composer • Chris Castle, folk musician • David Conte, composer • Hildward Croes, Aruban musician • Joseph Dangerfield, composer • Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano • Ray Davis, bass singer and founding member of The Parliaments • John Douglas, conductor • Tim Hagans, jazz musician • Bob Hartman, Christian rock artist and founder of the band Petra • Jennifer Higdon, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning classical music composer • Michael Holmes, saxophonist • Eglė Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian classical pianist • Marian McPartland, jazz musician • Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano, received an honorary degree • Ric Ocasek, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for The Cars • Griffen Palmer, country singer-songwriter • Rich Perry, jazz musician • Bill Randle, DJ, received an honorary doctorate • James Swearingen, concert band literature composer • William Takacs, musician Artists • Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist; worked in the studio of Jun Kaneko; colleague of painter Don Reichert • Kathrine Baumann, handbag designer, model, and actress • Barbara Bosworth, large format photographer • George O. Hughes, painter, poet, performance artist • Tony Kern, film director, directed A Month of Hungry Ghosts • Dominick Labino, glass artist, scientist, honorary doctorate • Tim McCreight, metal smith • Jason Nelson, pioneering net artist, digital poet • Ed Sayles, theater director • William Silvers, wildlife artist, painter for Walt Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, and Warner Brothers • Douglas Steakley, metal smith and photographer; winner of the 2003 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography • Rick Valicenti, graphic designer Dancers • Mary Jo Freshley, Korean dance instructor at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa • Judson Laipply, creator of the "Evolution of Dance" ==Athletes==

Olympians • Rob Blake, Hall of Fame ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 2001; three-time member of the Canadian Olympic hockey team, winning a gold medal in 2002 • Scott Hamilton, professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist • Margarita Kalmikova, two-time Olympian swimmer from Latvia • Ken Morrow, former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team • Mark Wells, former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team • Dave Wottle, won an Olympic gold medal for the 800 meter run at the 1972 Summer Olympics former MLB pitcher • Doug Bair, former professional baseball player • Jon Berti, professional baseball player currently with the Miami Marlins • Orel Hershiser, former professional baseball player, currently an analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers • Jim Joyce, former MLB umpire • Roger McDowell, former professional baseball player and coach • Nolan Reimold, former MLB baseball player • Andy Tracy, former professional baseball player; current manager for the Columbus Clippers of the International League • Chet Trail, former professional baseball player Football • Martin Bayless, former professional football player • Karl Brooks, professional football player currently with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League • Khary Campbell, former professional football player • Jeff Genyk, current tight ends coach and special teams coordinator for the University of Wisconsin football team • Joe Green, former professional player for the New York Giants • Jeff Groth, former professional football player • Josh Harris, professional football player, last with the New York Giants • Omar Jacobs, professional football player currently with the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League • Chris Jones, professional football player with the New England Patriots • Kamar Jorden, professional football player currently with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League • Kory Lichtensteiger, professional football player currently with the Washington Redskins • Scotty Miller, professional football player, Super Bowl LV champion • Quintin Morris, professional football player currently with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League • Scott Mruczkowski, professional football player • Don Nehlen, former player who became a highly successful coach at West Virginia University and college football hall of fame member • Kevin O'Brien, former professional football player • Dean Pees, NFL defensive coordinator • Doyt Perry, former college football coach and college football hall of fame member • Dave Preston, former professional football player • Robert Redd, professional football player • Bob Reynolds, former professional football player • Jamie Rivers, former professional football player • Bob Schnelker, former professional football player • Bob Seaman, football coach • Doug Smith, former professional football player • Fred Sturt, former professional football player • Shaun Suisham, professional football player currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers • Vince Villanucci, former professional football player • Phil Villapiano, former professional football player; four-time Pro Bowler • Mike Weger, former professional football player • Charlie Williams, former professional football player • Bob Wolfe, football coach Hockey • Kevin Bieksa, professional ice hockey player currently with the Anaheim Ducks • Aris Brimanis, professional ice hockey player currently with the Hannover Scorpions • Dan Bylsma, former professional ice hockey player and current head coach of the Seattle Kraken • Gino Cavallini, former professional hockey player, scorer for the Falcons NCAA National Championship, winning overtime goal • Greg de Vries, former professional ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 2001 • Dave Ellett, former professional ice hockey player • Nelson Emerson, former professional ice hockey player • Alex Foster, professional ice hockey player • Mark Friedman (born 1995), NHL player • Garry Galley, former professional ice hockey player • Andrew Hammond, professional ice hockey player • Brian Hills, former professional ice hockey player, current associate head coach of the RIT Tigers men's hockey team • Brian Holzinger, former professional ice hockey player and Hobey Baker Award winner • Mike Johnson, former professional ice hockey player, currently an analyst for the NHL Network, and TSN and color commentator for the Winnipeg Jets • Dan Kane, former professional ice hockey player • Ken Klee, former professional ice hockey player • Mike Liut, former professional ice hockey player • Brian MacLellan, professional ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 1989; current General Manager of the Washington Capitals • Jon Matsumoto, professional hockey player currently with the San Jose Sharks • George McPhee, former professional ice hockey player, Hobey Baker Award winner, General Manager of NHL's Vegas Golden Knights and former GM of Washington Capitals • Todd Reirden, former professional ice hockey player and current head coach for the Washington Capitals; won Stanley Cup in 2018 • Dan Sexton, professional ice hockey player currently with the Tampa Bay Lightning • Jonathan Sigalet, professional ice hockey player playing for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League • Jordan Sigalet, former professional ice hockey player; currently the goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League • Wayne Wilson, current head coach of the RIT Tigers men's hockey team • Paul Ysebaert, former professional ice hockey player Other • Alissa Czisny, figure skater and 2009 US Figure Skating National Champion • Mike McCullough, professional golfer • Nick Mileti, former owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Crusaders, and writer of Closet Italians • Kurt Weaver, rugby match official ==Politics==

Ambassadors • Daniel Ayalon, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. • Don Plusquellic, 59th mayor of Akron, Ohio • Kathy Sheehan, mayor of Albany, New York (D) State of Ohio government • Bruce Johnson, 63rd lieutenant governor of Ohio • Derek Merrin, Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives • Chris Redfern, former Ohio state representative and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party (D) • Douglas Swearingen, Jr., Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives and former baseball player Ohio Senate • Steve Buehrer, former member of the Ohio Senate and former director of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation • Kevin Coughlin, former Republican member of the Ohio Senate • M. Ben Gaeth, former member of the Ohio Senate • Randy Gardner, Ohio state senator (R) and chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education • Theresa Gavarone, Republican member of the Ohio Senate Other state governments • Tim Berry, Indiana state auditor (R) • Arnold E. Brown, first African-American elected to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Legislature • Dan Carter, state representative, Connecticut's 2nd Assembly District • Tal Hutchins, Democrat member of the West Virginia House of Delegates • Sue Rocca, former Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives • John Villapiano, former Democrat member of the New Jersey General Assembly and former professional football player ==News==

• Karen T. Borchers, former photojournalist for The Mercury News; shared a Pulitzer Prize for covering the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Ken W. Clawson, journalist and spokesman for President Richard Nixon • David Dietz, science journalist, 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner, honorary degree • Beth Macy, journalist and non-fiction writer; author of Truevine • Jason Schmitt, journalist, director of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship Broadcast journalism • Leon Bibb, WEWS news anchor • Herb Clarke, weatherman • Steve Hartman, CBS News correspondent Sports journalism • Jay Crawford, ESPN sportscaster • Jim Day, sportscaster • Mike Emrick, NHL on NBC play-by-play announcer • Jason Jackson, ESPN sportscaster • Steve Mason, sports journalist with ESPN • Steve Mears, NHL Network sportscaster • Grant Napear, sports journalist and former lacrosse player ==Science==

Geology • Conrad Allen, geologist and inventor • Barbara Bedette, paleontologist, cataloged 30,860 Cenozoic molluscs Mathematics and statistics • Jie Chen, statistician with interdisciplinary biology research • Andrew Ogg, mathematician, creator of Ogg's formula, and involved in the creation of the Grothendieck–Ogg–Shafarevich formula, and the Néron–Ogg–Shafarevich criterion Sociology • Howard E. Aldrich, sociologist and business theorist • Anthony Walsh, criminologist and author • William Julius Wilson, university professor at Harvard, sociologist, and author;