Fordham Preparatory School

Notable alumni

• Robert Abplanalp – Inventor of the aerosol valve and founder of Precision Valve Corporation
• Joseph Bastianich – Winemaker and restaurateur, also a judge on the television series MasterChef
• Esteban Bellan – First Latin American professional baseball player
• Arthur Daley – The New York Times sports columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner for journalism
• Joseph J. DioGuardi – U.S. Congressman
• Pete Fornatale – Disk jockey and music historian
• Frankie Frisch – Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, also known as "The Fordham Flash"
• Mario Gabelli – CEO and founder of Gabelli Asset Management
• J. Hunter Guthrie – Jesuit philosopher and president of Georgetown University
• Robert Hackett – Silver medalist in Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• John Halligan – New York Rangers public relations director and NHL executive
• John Holland – Professional basketball player
• George Jackson – Movie producer, known for New Jack City, House Party 2, and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
• Walter P. Kellenberg – Bishop of Rockville Center
• Walter Kinsella – Actor
• John L. Lahey – President of Quinnipiac University
• Theodore Edgar McCarrick – Archbishop of Washington D.C.
• Horace McKenna, S.J. – founder of S.O.M.E. and advocate of the Sursum Corda Cooperative
• Joseph Moglia – CEO of Ameritrade
• Johnny Murphy – New York Yankees pitcher who appeared in eight World Series games
• Bill O'Donnell – Sports announcer for the Baltimore Orioles
• Vin Scully – Sports announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ford C. Frick Award honoree and Radio Hall of Fame inductee
• Robert Gould Shaw – Commanding officer of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first all African-American regiment during the American Civil War; portrayed by Matthew Broderick in the 1989 movie Glory
• George Stirnweiss – Professional baseball player for the New York Yankees and American League batting champion in 1945
• Andrew Velazquez – Professional baseball player
• Donnie Walsh – President of basketball operations for the New York Knicks and former general manager for the Indiana Pacers
• Malcolm Wilson – Lieutenant Governor and Governor of New York.