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Northfield Mount Hermon School is a co-educational preparatory school in Gill, Massachusetts in the United States. It is a member of the Eight Schools Association.
Notable alumni
- Thomas Nelson Baker Sr., 1889, first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States
- Genzaburo Ishikawa, 1890, played in the first game of basketball
- Elizabeth Barrows Ussher, 1891, Christian missionary
- Lee de Forest, 1893, controversial radio pioneer
- William G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball
- Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation
- Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum administrator and director, first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress
- Henry Roe Cloud, 1906, educator and government official
- Mohini Maya Das, 1906, Indian Christian educator, YWCA leader
- Harry Kemp, tramp poet, c. 1907 (expelled)
- DeWitt Wallace, 1907, founder of Reader's Digest
- Walter Harper, c. 1916, first person to reach the summit of Denali (Mount McKinley)
- Monroe W. Smith, 1919, founder of American Youth Hostels
- Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, early 1920s (d.n.g), first Crow registered nurse
- S. Prestley Blake, 1934, founder of Friendly's Ice Cream
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1937, poet
- Tad Mosel, 1940, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for All the Way Home
- James W. McLamore, 1943, founder of Burger King
- Mary C. Potter, 1947-1948, professor of psychology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- James Nabrit III, 1948, prominent civil rights attorney, son of James Nabrit, Jr.
- Richard Gilder, 1950, co-founder of Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, philanthropist
- William C. Pryor, 1950, Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Anna Diggs Taylor, 1950, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- David Hartman, 1952, television host
- William R. Rhodes, 1953, Chairman of Citicorp and Chairman Emeritus of the NMH Board of Trustees
- June Jordan, 1953, poet, professor of African American Studies, UC Berkeley
- J. Stapleton Roy, 1953, senior United States diplomat and ambassador to China, Indonesia and Singapore
- Edward W. Said, 1953, Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic
- Neil Sheehan, 1954, author
- Jane English, 1960, academic, photographer
- Frank Shorter, 1965, Olympic Gold Medalist marathoner
- Lynne Anderson, 1965, Professor Emerita of Education, University of Oregon
- William Ackerman, 1967, founder of Windham Hill Records and 2005 Grammy Award winner
- Natalie Cole, 1968, Grammy Award-winning vocalist
- Amy Domini, 1968, the "first lady of social investing"
- Viola Baskerville, 1969, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia Secretary of Administration
- Willie Wolfe, 1969, founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Dore Gold, 1971, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
- Chip Elliott, 1972, engineer
- Erik Lindgren, 1972, composer, leader of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
- Tim Stryker, 1972, computer programmer
- Jim Keller, 1972, vocals, guitar Tommy Tutone
- Valerie Jarrett, 1974, Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
- John S. Chen, 1974, CEO of BlackBerry
- Helen DeWitt, 1975, novelist
- Bradley Jacobs, 1976, CEO of XPOlogistics
- Thom Gimbel, 1977, rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals Foreigner (band)
- Taggart Siegel, 1977, Documentary Filmmaker Queen of the Sun
- Elizabeth Perkins, 1978, actress
- Rick Boyages, 1981, Associate Commissioner for Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball
- Michael M. Gilday, 1981, Chief of Naval Operations, U. S. Navy
- Laura Linney, 1982, actress
- Buster Olney, 1982, sports writer
- Dylan Brody, 1982, humorist, author, comedian, playwright, and poet
- Kim Raver, 1985, actor
- Bryan Callen, 1985, actor, comedian
- Arn Chorn-Pond, 1986, activist and musician
- Hasok Chang, 1985, historian and philosopher of science
- Uma Thurman, 1988 (d.n.g.), actor/model
- Samantha Hunt, 1989, novelist, essayist and short-story writer
- John Edgar Park, 1990, author, host of Make: television
- Warren Webster, 1991, president and co-founder of Patch Media
- Misha Collins, 1992, actor
- John D'Agata, 1992, author
- Brian Pothier, 1996, professional ice hockey player
- David de Burgh Graham, 1999, Liberal Party MP in House of Commons of Canada
- Anna Schuleit, visual artist
- YaYa DaCosta, 2000, actress
- Kimmie Weeks, 2001, human rights activist; winner of the 2007 BR!CK award
- Dallas Baker, 2002, professional football player
- Tony Gaffney, 2004, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Brian Strait, 2006, professional ice hockey player for the New York Islanders
- Oliver Drake, 2006, American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Clive Weeden, 2007, professional basketball player
- Tessa Gobbo, 2009, Olympic gold medalist (2016) women's rowing
- Spike Albrecht, 2012, University of Michigan basketball guard
- Kellan Grady, 2017, Davidson College basketball player