Notable faculty and alumni include: •
John Barrett 1883, American diplomat •
William H. Bates 1936, U.S. Congressman •
H. Jon Benjamin 1984, actor, comedian •
Aliyah Boston 2019, first overall pick of the 2023
WNBA Draft •
George Boardman the Younger, 1846, missionary •
George B. Boomer 1847, Civil War General •
Bernard Briskin 1943, businessman, philanthropist •
Albert H. Bumstead 1894, Chief Cartographer,
National Geographic Society, and inventor of sun compasses •
Kimberly Burwick 1993, poet •
Ralph A. "Doc" Carroll, 1909, Major League Baseball player,
Philadelphia Athletics, 1916 •
Anutin Charnvirakul, 1985,
Prime Minister of Thailand •
Edwin W. Clark, 1841, Missionary to
Nagaland,
India •
Bill Cooke 1970, National Football League player • Major General
Norman Cota 1915, portrayed by actor
Robert Mitchum in the 1962 movie classic
The Longest Day •
Lou D'Allesandro 1956, educator, coach, and elected official •
Jim Davis 1962, chairman,
New Balance Athletic Shoe •
William Stearns Davis 1896, historian and educator •
Dane DiLiegro 2007, actor and professional basketball player •
Clarence Dillon 1904, co-founder of
investment bank Dillon, Read & Co., father of
C. Douglas Dillon •
John F. Dryden 1857, Founder
Prudential Insurance, U.S. Senator •
Arthur Duffey 1899, Olympic Sprinter,
1900 Paris •
Mark Fidrych 1974, former
Detroit Tigers pitcher •
Bernie Friberg 1919, Major League Baseball player •
Jim Forbes 1978, multiple Emmy, ALMA, AP and Golden Mic award-winning writer, producer, correspondent and narrator of
VH1's
Behind the Music • Major General
Hugh J. Gaffey 1916,
Patton's Chief of Staff •
Robert Gilchrist, 2010, professional basketball player •
Willis Goldbeck, 1910, movie producer and writer •
Robert Goldwyn, 1948, surgeon and health care advocate •
Kaz Grala, 2017, stock car racing driver •
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor 1893, founder and first editor of
National Geographic magazine •
Herman Gundlach 1931,
Harvard Crimson football captain,
Boston Braves lineman, NFL •
Bruno Haas 1915,
Philadelphia Athletics pitcher and NFL player •
Alan Haberman 1947, supermarket executive credited with popularizing the
barcode •
Ned Harkness 1939, college and professional hockey coach •
Brian Herosian, 1969, former NFL player with the
Baltimore Colts and CFL player •
Louis Jean Heydt, 1921, stage and movie actor •
Arnold Hiatt, 1944, American businessman and election reformer •
Abbie Hoffman 1955, social and political activist in the 1960s •
Tom Holland 1962, film director •
John Hope 1890, educator and president of
Atlanta University •
Ernest Martin Hopkins 1896, President of
Dartmouth College •
Frank Reed Horton 1914, founder
Alpha Phi Omega fraternity •
Tony Hulman 1920,
Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner •
Lyman Jewett 1840, Baptist missionary who translated the
Bible into
Telugu •
Edward Jones 1873, co-founder of
Dow Jones •
Arthur Kennedy 1932, stage and screen actor •
Stephen Knapp 1965, artist •
Stefan Lano 1970, symphonic conductor •
Dick Lasse 1954, NFL football player and college coach •
Armand LaMontagne 1958, sculptor of prominent athletes •
Andy Lee, 1998, actor, singer, and rapper of South Korean band
Shinhwa •
Doug Leeds 1965, advertising/media executive and
Broadway benefactor •
Lou Little 1912, college football coach •
Andrew Mamedoff,
Battle of Britain pilot •
John W. Mayhew 1904, All-American football player and coach • Roy McGillicuddy 1915, a.k.a.
Roy Mack son of
Connie Mack; co-owner of the
Philadelphia Athletics • Rep.
Jim McGovern 1977, U.S. Congressman •
Charles E. Merrill 1904, co-founder of
Merrill Lynch •
Alfred Henry Miller, 1923, NFL football player
Boston Bulldogs, 1929 •
Paul Mitchell, 1968, Major League Baseball pitcher •
Robert Munford, 1944, artist •
Jim O'Day, politician •
Neil Patel, 1987, publisher of
The Daily Caller •
Jessica Phillips, 1989, actress •
Arthur Pope 1899, Persian art scholar and administrator •
Cole Porter 1909, Broadway composer •
Guy H. Preston, 1883, US Army brigadier general •
Sidney Hollis Radner, 1937 magician and expert on
Houdini •
Joseph Raycroft 1892, college basketball and football coach; considered the "father of intramural athletics" at
Princeton University •
Frank Rooney 1940, business executive •
Donald "Dee" Rowe 1947, basketball coach •
Thomas M. Salmon 1982, Vermont State Auditor •
John Edward Sawyer 1937,
President of Williams College •
Canaan Severin 2012, NFL player •
Matt Shaw 2020, MLB player •
Dennis Shulman 1968, clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, author, rabbi, and Democratic Party nominee for the United States Congress in New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District •
Mark Slade 1957, TV actor •
Jonathan Starr 1994, financial executive and philanthropist •
Charles Starrett 1922, the "Durango Kid" •
Robert Waring Stoddard 1924, businessman and benefactor •
Ira Stoll 1990, author and former managing editor of
The New York Sun •
Jacob Stroyer 1872, ex-slave, minister, and author •
Prince Nandiyavat Svasti 1927, member of the
Thai Royal Family and grandson to King Rama IV (1851–1868), a.k.a.
Mongkut, the king of
Siam depicted in the musical,
The King and I •
Royal C. Taft 1872, Governor of
Rhode Island •
Stanley F. Teele 1924, fourth dean of
Harvard Business School •
Eli Thayer 1840, founder of the
Oread Institute and the
New England Emigrant Aid Company •
Webster Thayer 1876, Massachusetts judge, presided over the trial of
Sacco and Vanzetti in 1920. •
Michael Tien 1968, Deputy,
National People's Congress,
Hong Kong and International clothing retailer •
Willard Tibbetts 1922, bronze medalist in the 3000 meter race in the
1924 Paris Olympics •
William Toomey 1957, gold-medal winning
decathlete in the
1968 Summer Olympics •
Cyril G. Wates 1902, mountaineer, amateur astronomer, and author •
Lawrence Whitney 1911, Olympic athlete •
Walt Whittaker 1913, Major League Baseball pitcher •
Lewis Wilson 1939, actor In certain instances, student-athletes attend Worcester Academy solely for their senior year, or for a single
postgraduate year, to increase their exposure to college coaches or to improve their academic standing. Notable student-athletes include: •
David Ball 2003,
New York Jets •
Colt Brennan 2003, quarterback for the
University of Hawaii, voted third in
2007 Heisman Trophy Voting •
Dick Capp 1961, wide receiver for
Green Bay Packers who appeared in
Super Bowl II •
Rick Carlisle 1979, former
NBA player, former coach of the 2011 NBA champion
Dallas Mavericks, current coach of the
Indiana Pacers •
Mo Cassara 1993, basketball coach and television analyst •
Jeff Cross, 1980, former NBA player •
Steven Daniels, 2012, former NFL player •
Pat Downey 1993, former NFL player •
Obinna Ekezie 1995, former NBA player •
Chet Gladchuk, Jr. 1969, Director of Athletics
United States Naval Academy •
Jarrett Jack 2002,
Brooklyn Nets of the NBA •
Aaron Jackson 2005,
Houston Rockets of the NBA •
Mark Johnson 1986, former Major League Baseball player for the
Los Angeles Angels,
New York Mets, and
Pittsburgh Pirates •
Jordan Lucas 2012,
Chicago Bears of the NFL,
Super Bowl LIV Champion •
Michael Malone 1989, Head coach
Denver Nuggets •
Donn Nelson 1982, former
NBA and international basketball coach, current
Dallas Mavericks president of basketball operations; son of former
Boston Celtics star
Don Nelson •
Joe Philbin 1980, former head coach of the
Miami Dolphins •
Sean Ryan 1998, former NFL player •
Craig Smith, former NBA player •
Tim Welsh 1980, former
Providence College coach and sportscaster •
Mike Wilhelm 1986, Assistant Coach,
Chicago Bulls ==Headmasters of Worcester Academy==