18 Notable alumni of Moravian College
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Moravian College is ranked #3,334 in the world and #866 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Moravian College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Moravian College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Emil Alexander de Schweinitz
1866-1904 (aged 38)
writer
chemist
Emil Alexander de Schweinitz was an American bacteriologist.
2. Zora Martin-Felton
teacher
writer
Zora Martin-Felton was an American museum director and curator. She established the education department at the Anacostia Community Museum, which is a museum in the Smithsonian Institution and worked as Director of Education from 1967 to 1995.
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3. John B. Callahan
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
John B. Callahan was the 10th Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was the Democratic nominee in an unsuccessful 2010 bid for United States Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.
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4. Caroline Lockhart
1871-1962 (aged 91)
novelist
writer
journalist
Caroline Cameron Lockhart was an American journalist, author, newspaper publisher, rodeo promoter and rancher. Along with Buffalo Bill and Senator Alan Kooi Simpson, she is one of the most famous citizens of Cody, Wyoming.
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5. William F. Badè
1871-1936 (aged 65)
biographer
professor
writer
anthropologist
religious studies scholar
William Frederic Badè, perhaps best known as the literary executor and biographer of John Muir, was a versatile scholar of wide interests. As an archaeologist, he led the excavation of Tell en-Nasbeh in Palestine, now believed on the basis of his work to be the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin. He was also an ordained Moravian minister, a professor...
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6. Kathryn Poland
1919-2010 (aged 91)
politician
Kathryn E. "Kay" Poland Silides (October 12, 1919 – September 3, 2010) was an American businesswoman and politician.
7. Fred B. Rooney
1925-2019 (aged 94)
politician
Frederick Bernard Rooney Jr. was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 1963 to 1979.
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8. John Baillie McIntosh
1829-1888 (aged 59)
military officer
John Baillie McIntosh was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. His brother, James M. McIntosh, served as a Confederate general until he was killed in the Battle of Pea Ridge.
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9. James M. Beck
1861-1936 (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
James Montgomery Beck was an American lawyer, politician, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Solicitor General and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
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10. William Jacob Holland
1848-1932 (aged 84)
university teacher
paleontologist
lepidopterist
scientific illustrator
zoologist
Rev William Jacob Holland FRSE LLD was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished lepidopterist, zoologist, and paleontologist, as well as an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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11. Richard Shindell
1960-. (aged 66)
songwriter
singer-songwriter
guitarist
musician
Richard Shindell is an American folk singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, and now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, Lila Caimari, a university professor, and their children.
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12. George Hrab
1971-. (aged 55)
composer
podcaster
guitarist
musician
George Joseph Hrab is an American drummer, guitarist, composer and podcaster known for performing rock, funk and jazz and for exploring atheist, skeptic and science themes in his work. He has released nine albums as a solo artist.
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13. David Zinczenko
1969-. (aged 57)
editing staff
entrepreneur
journalist
dietitian
nutritionist
David Zinczenko is an American publisher, author, and businessman. Previously, he was the executive vice president and general manager of Men's Health, Women's Health, Prevention and Rodale Books, the editorial director of Men's Fitness and the nutrition and wellness editor at ABC News.
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14. Andrew A. Humphreys
1810-1883 (aged 73)
military officer
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army.
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15. Florence Foster Jenkins
1868-1944 (aged 76)
opera singer
songwriter
pianist
socialite
musician
Florence Foster Jenkins was an American socialite and amateur coloratura soprano who became known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability. Stephen Pile, in his book The Book of Heroic Failures ranked her "the world's worst opera singer... No one, before or since, has succeeded in liberating themselves quite so completely from the shackles of...
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16. John Andretti
1963-2020 (aged 57)
racing automobile driver
John Andrew Andretti was an American professional race car driver. He won individual races in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series, and NASCAR during his career. A member of the Andretti racing family, he was the son of Aldo Andretti, older brother of racer Adam Andretti, nephew of Mario Andretti, and the cousin to CART drivers Michael and Jeff...
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17. John Sterling
1938-. (aged 88)
sports commentator
John Sterling is an American retired sportscaster, best known as the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2024. Sterling called 5,060 consecutive Yankees games from 1989 to 2019.
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18. John Gorka
1958-. (aged 68)
singer-songwriter
recording artist
guitarist
singer
John Gorka is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."
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