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J. Warren Bettis, jurist who serves as a judge on the Ohio Court of Claims, earned his law degree from the Chase College of Law in 1952. (Notable alumni)
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Rich Boehne, president and CEO of the E.W. Scripps Company, the Cincinnati-based media company, graduated in 1981. (Notable alumni)
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Steve Chabot, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 1st Congressional District, earned his Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1978. (Notable alumni)
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Hollywood actor George Clooney studied broadcast journalism at NKU. (Notable alumni)
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Joe Cunningham, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district. (Notable alumni)
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Corey Foister, 2016 Democratic candidate for Ohio's 8th Congressional District. (Notable alumni)
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Actor Adam Gregory from television and film: 90210, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and The Bold and the Beautiful. (Notable alumni)
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Wrestler "Wildcat" Chris Harris attended NKU for two years. (Notable alumni)
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Hollis Hammonds, artist and academic (Notable alumni)
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Reality star Diane Henry from CBS' Big Brother (Notable alumni)
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Ken Lucas, former U.S. Representative from Kentucky's fourth congressional district from 1999 to 2005, received an honorary doctorate from NKU. Lucas was a founding regent at NKU, where he served for 23 years on the Board of Regents, 13 of those as chairman. Lucas donated his congressional papers to the Schlachter Family Archives in NKU's Steely Library. In 1994 the Lucas Administrative Center on campus was named after him. (Notable alumni)
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Tom Luken, former mayor of Cincinnati, U.S. Representative from Ohio, and father of former Cincinnati mayor Charlie Luken, earned his Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1950. (Notable alumni)
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David Mack, creator of the comic book Kabuki and former writer/artist of Daredevil, graduated from NKU in 1995 with a BFA in graphic design. (Notable alumni)
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Faith Prince Broadway actress and singer (Notable alumni)
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Jeff Walz, current head women's basketball coach at the University of Louisville. (Notable alumni)
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Gary Webb, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, was on staff of the student newspaper, The Northerner, before dropping out and joining The Kentucky Post. He later worked at the San Jose Mercury News, where his series, "Dark Alliance," alleged that the U.S.-supported Contra rebels in Nicaragua sold drugs in America and were largely responsible for introducing crack-cocaine into the U.S. (Notable alumni)
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Hazel Barton, cave-exploring microbiology professor who has appeared on national and international press, TV and film. She was at Northern Kentucky University, but now is at the University of Akron. (Notable faculty)
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Stephen Leigh, novelist, lecturer at NKU. (Notable faculty)
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Sergei Polusmiak, Ukrainian concert pianist and master teacher, is artist in residence and professor in the music department. (Notable faculty)
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Robert Trundle, philosophy professor who Fate Magazine named as one of the 100 most influential people in Ufology in 2005 based on his book Is E.T. Here? and an article published in Science and Method in the Netherlands (Notable faculty)
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Keith Walters, former Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry, now Dean of Science and Mathematics at Valdosta State University. (Notable faculty)
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John Alberti, Jeopardy! champion, teaches in the English Department ant NKU. (Notable faculty)
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Jacque Day holds several Associated Press, Kentucky journalism awards for her work with NPR affiliate WKMS-FM. Her motion picture credits include Stir of Echoes, and she served as a producer for Discovery Health Channel programming. She left NKU in 2012 to continue freelance writing. (Notable faculty)
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Joan Ferrante, sociology professor and author of several sociology textbooks, among them Sociology: A Global Perspective. (Notable faculty)
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Mark Hardy, Broadway actor, appeared on Broadway in Titanic: The Musical, Les Misérables and Sunset Boulevard. (Notable faculty)
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William Brian Hogg, Director of Jazz Studies at NKU, is a jazz performer and educator, and the founder of the EMPOWER program, a community outreach program intended to return the roots of African American heritage to "at risk" and "urban" youth. (Notable faculty)
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Ken Jones, playwright and screenwriter, Best known for the plays Darkside, The Middle of Yesterday, A Red Eagle Falling, Victims of the Ice Age and The Great Easter Egg Hunt. He also wrote the book for the musical Burgertown. He used to be head writer for Lightpoint Entertainment at Disney/MGM Studios. (Notable faculty)
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Jimmie Manning, communication professor who was selected for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Young Professional Award based on his sex research. He was at Northern Kentucky University, but now is at Northern Illinois University. (Notable faculty)
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Owen Lee, double bass instructor, published artist and musician, who was shown on the cover of Bassist Magazine. He is principal bassist in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Notable faculty)
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Gary McGurk, actor who had small parts in Home Improvement and Babylon 5, is a current acting professor at NKU. (Notable faculty)
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James Ramage, faculty member in the history department specialized in the American Civil War, who has a Civil War museum in Fort Wright, Kentucky named in his honor. (Notable faculty)
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Brian Robertson, theatre professor who worked on movies including Dirty Dancing and the Jackal. He also worked on Beverly Hills 90210. (Notable faculty)
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