From movie directors to world renowned scientists, entrepreneurs to NFL football coaches, Wesleyan boasts an impressive collection of alumni. While not all may be internationally celebrated, Wesleyan students and alumni go on to do some incredible things.

Delve into the list of distinguished alumni courtesy of the Wesleyan Admissions "Notable Alumni" page.

Robert Allbritton ’92—Publisher of The Politico; chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications

Eric Asimov ’79—Chief wine critic, The New York Times

Andrea Barthwell ’76—Founder and CEO of EMGlobal (consulting firm devoted to international health care and policy); former deputy director for demand reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Washington, D.C.

Michael Bay ’86—Film producer and director (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Island, Transformers)

Carter Bays ’97—Co-creator and writer of television show How I Met Your Mother

Bill Belichick ’75—Head coach, New England Patriots, winner of three Super Bowls

Herbert Benson ’57, MD—Professor, Harvard Medical School; founding president of the Mind/Body Medical Institute; author of The Relaxation Response

Amy Bloom ’75—Author (Love Invents Us, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, Away); creator and writer of television show State of Mind

Joseph Fins ’82, MD—Chief of the division of medical ethics, Weill Medical College, Cornell University; director of medical ethics, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center

Ted Fiske ’59—Educational writer, creator of The Fiske Guide to Colleges

Jeff Galloway ’67—Olympic runner and author of Galloway’s Book on Running

David Garrow ’75—Author of Bearing the Cross, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr.

Akiva Goldsman ’83—Film producer and screenwriter (A Beautiful Mind—Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, Cinderella Man, The DaVinci Code)

Laman Gray Jr. ’63, MD—Leader in the fields of cardiovascular surgery and development of artificial hearts and circulatory support systems; implanted the world’s first self-contained artificial heart, the AbioCor

Daniel Handler ’92—Author (under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket) of A Series of Unfortunate Events children’s book series

Morrison Heckscher ’62—Chairman of the American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

John Hickenlooper Jr. ’74—Mayor, Denver, CO

Sebastian Junger ’84—Author (The Perfect Storm, Fire, A Death in Belmont)

David Kohan ’86—Co-creator and executive producer of Will and Grace

Paul Mason ’77—Senior vice president, ABC News

Thomas McKnight ’63—Artist

Alan Miller ’76—Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, The Los Angeles Times, Washington bureau

Lin-Manuel Miranda ’02—Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of the musical In the Heights

C. Richard (Rick) Nicita ’67—Co-chairman, Creative Artists Agency

Zak Penn ’90—Screenwriter (Fantastic Four, X Men: The Last Stand, PCU); director (Incident at Loch Ness, The Grand)

Tom Rogers ’76—President and CEO, TiVo

Beverly Daniel Tatum ’75—President, Spelman College; author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

Johnny Temple ’88—Publisher, Akashic Books

Craig Thomas ’97—Co-creator and writer of television show How I Met Your Mother

Hon. Stephen Trott ’62—Senior judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

Joss Whedon ’87—Creator, producer, director, and writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly; screenwriter for Speed and Toy Story

Mike White ’92—Screenwriter (Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl, School of Rock, Nacho Libre); director (Year of the Dog)

Bradley Whitford ’81—Film and television actor (The West Wing—Emmy award, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Billy Madison, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)

Christopher Wink ’83—Founder of the Blue Man Group

John Woodhouse ’53—Senior chairman, Sysco Corporation

Strauss Zelnick ’79—Founder and president, ZelnickMedia

Wikipedia also offers a comprehensive list of Wesleyan alumni.