List of Boston University people

Full list of notable alumni in the journalism, news broadcasting and radio section.

In such cases, the name is left unlinked, but the description will indicate the location of a linked entry.

Boston University graduates have been elected to all six Massachusetts state Constitutional offices.

*Craig, Eruzione, O'Callahan and Silk were inducted as members of the 1980 Winter Olympics hockey team, known as the 'Miracle on Ice' This is a list of Boston University alumni who have played on an Olympic team.

The Terriers have had 22 players who were chosen in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft as of the 2022–2023 season:

Howard Stern (COM '76), radio personality, host of The Howard Stern Show
Bill O'Reilly (COM '75), host of The O'Reilly Factor , the highest-rated U.S. cable news show for 16 years
Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg (COM 65*), legal affairs correspondent for NPR , one of NPR 's "Founding Mothers"
Bill Simmons (COM '93), ESPN columnist, CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer
Martha Coakley , first female Attorney General of Massachusetts
Carmen Yulín Cruz , mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande , President of the 74th UN General Assembly
Robert Pinsky , US Poet Laureate (1997–2000)