List of Stanford University people

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This is a list of encyclopedic persons (students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates) associated with Stanford University in the United States.

Contents 1 Notable Stanford alumni 1.1 Academics 1.1.1 Academia 1.1.2 Computer Science 1.1.3 Humanities 1.1.4 Other Science 1.2 Arts and Literature 1.2.1 Artists 1.2.2 Film/Television 1.2.3 Journalism 1.2.4 Music 1.2.5 Writers 1.3 Astronauts 1.4 Entrepreneurs and business leaders 1.5 Miscellaneous 1.6 Politics 1.6.1 U.S. Congress 1.6.2 U.S. President 1.6.3 Foreign politicians 1.6.4 Other 1.6.5 U.S. Supreme Court Justices 2 Notable Stanford faculty and affiliates 2.1 Biology/biochemistry 2.2 Computer science 2.3 Economics 2.4 Engineering 2.5 History 2.6 Literature and arts 2.7 Mathematics 2.8 Political science/law 2.9 Philosophy 2.10 Physics 2.11 Other 3 Notable Stanford athletes 3.1 Baseball 3.2 Basketball 3.3 Football 3.4 Golf 3.5 Gymnastics 3.6 Rowing 3.7 Soccer 3.8 Swimming 3.9 Tennis 3.10 Track and field 3.11 Volleyball 3.12 Water polo 3.13 Other sports

[edit] Notable Stanford alumni

[edit] Academics

[edit] Academia

• Jeremy M. Berg (B.S., M.S.) director, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Derek Bok (B.A. 1951), President Emeritus Harvard University
• William R. Brody (Ph.D.), President of John Hopkins University
• Jean-Lou Chameau (Ph.D), President of California Institute Of Technology
• Vartan Gregorian (Ph.D. 1964), President Emeritus Brown University; President Carnegie Corporation
• Su Guaning (Ph.D. ), President of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Clark Kerr (M.A. 1933), President Emeritus of the University of California
• Richard Levin (B.A. 1968), President Yale University
• Shirley A. R. Lewis (Ph.D. 1979), (first female) President of Paine College
• Thomas L. Magnanti (M.S., Ph.D), Dean, School of Engineering, MIT
• Peter Salovey, Dean Yale University

[edit] Computer Science

• Andy Bechtolsheim (Ph.D. dropout), designer of the first Unix workstation
• Dave Boggs (Ph.D.), co-inventor of Ethernet
• Rodney Brooks (Ph.D. 1981), Director of MIT computer science and artificial intelligence lab
• Vint Cerf (B.S. 1965), Internet pioneer, Turing award winning computer scientist
• John Cioffi (M.S., Ph.D.), father of DSL (broad band internet connection)
• David Eppstein (B.S. 1984), computer scientist
• Ted Hoff (Ph.D. 1962), inventor of microprocessor
• John Hopcroft (Ph.D 1964), Turing award winning computer scientist
• Alan Kay (Postdoc), Turing award winning computer scientist
• Cleve Moler (Ph.D.) and John N. Little (M.E. 1980), creators of MATLAB
• Hans Moravec (Ph.D. 1980), designer of Stanford CART, the first computer-controlled robot car
• Alan Newell (B.S.), pioneer of artificial intelligence, Turing award winning computer scientist
• Amir Pnueli (Postdoc), Turing award winning computer scientist
• Raj Reddy (Ph.D. 1966), Turing award winning computer scientist, founder of robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
• Ronald Rivest (Ph.D. 1974), cryptographer, Turing award winning computer scientist
• Edward Shortliffe (Ph.D.), inventor of the rule-based pharmacological expert system: Mycin
• Daniel Sleator (Ph.D.), computer scientist
• Robert Tarjan (Ph.D. 1972), Turing award winning computer scientist

[edit] Humanities

• Leda Cosmides, post-doctoral work; pioneer of evolutionary psychology
• Victor Davis Hanson (Ph.D. 1980), classicist, historian, National Review contributor
• John Harsanyi (Ph.D. 1958), Nobel prize winner in economics (1994)
• Michael North, (B.A. 1973), author and UCLA Professor

[edit] Other Science

• John Chowning (Ph.D), father of digital music synthesizer, inventor of frequency modulation (FM) algorithm
• Eric Allin Cornell (B.S. 1985), Nobel prize winner in physics
• Bradley Efron (Ph.D. 1960), a leading statistician, inventor of bootstrap
• Jerome Friedman (postdoc), Nobel prize winner in physics (1990)
• Ulysses S. Grant IV (Ph.D. 1929), geologist and paleontologist; grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert H. Grubbs, (Postdoc) winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Theodor W. Hänsch, Postdoc and long time faculty member, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics
• Dudley R. Herschbach (M.S. 1955), Nobel prize winner in chemistry (1986)
• Henry Kendall (postdoc), Nobel prize winner in physics (1990)
• Paul W Klipsch (M.S. 1934), high-fidelity audio pioneer
• Roger D. Kornberg, (Ph.D. 1972), winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Bradford Parkinson (Ph.D. 1966), inventor of global positioning system (GPS)
• Calvin Quate (Ph.D. 1950), inventor of the atomic force microscope
• Victor Scheinman (Ph.D.), inventor of programmable robot arm
• K. Barry Sharpless (Ph.D. 1965), Nobel prize winner in chemistry (2001)
• Richard E. Taylor (Ph.D. 1962), Nobel prize winner in physics (1990)
• Frederick Terman (M.S. 1922), father of Silicon Valley
• Brian Wansink (Ph.D. 1990) Cornell University professor and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
• Carl Wieman (Ph.D. 1977), Nobel prize winner in physics (2001)

[edit] Arts and Literature

[edit] Artists

• Robbie Conal (MFA), artist
• Dana Gioia (1973, MBA 1977), VP at General Foods, poet, NEA chairman
• Robert Motherwell, painter

[edit] Film/Television

• Richard Boone, actor
• David Brown, movie producer
• Phil Brown, actor
• Jennifer Connelly, actress (dropped out)
• Roger Corman, producer and director
• Ted Danson, actor (transferred to Carnegie Mellon University)
• Nicholas Gonzalez, actor
• Al Harrington (BA History 1958), actor, Hawaii 5-0
• Edith Head, costume designer
• Skylor Haagensen, movie producer, DreamScape Motion Pictures
• Ollie Johnston, pioneering Disney animator
• Jack Palance, actor
• Alexander Payne, film director
• Kameelah Phillips, Cast member on MTV's The Real World's sixth season.
• Danny Pintauro, actor
• Megyn Price, actress
• Jay Roach, film director
• Fred Savage, actor
• Ben Savage, actor
• Sigourney Weaver, actress
• Adam West, actor (dropped out)
• Reese Witherspoon, actress (dropped out)
• Alice Wu, writer and director of Saving Face
• Richard Zanuck, movie producer

[edit] Journalism

• Elizabeth Farnsworth (MA), broadcast journalist
• Aljean Harmetz, journalist and film historian
• Daryn Kagan, CNN anchor
• Amy Kellogg (MA), news reporter for the Fox News Channel
• Ted Koppel (MA), journalist
• Daniel Pearl, journalist

[edit] Music

• Allette Brooks, musician
• Joseph King (B.A.), musician
• Daniel Armand Lee (aka Tablo), Korean rapper in the group Epik High
• Vienna Teng, musician

[edit] Writers

• Stewart Brand, editor
• Jorge Cham (Ph.D. 2003), author of the webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper
• Michael Cunningham, author
• Allegra Goodman (Ph.D. English literature}, novelist
• Robin Lee Graham Author, sailed the world alone as a teenager
• Sam Harris, author
• Robert Hass (M.A., Ph.D.), U.S. Poet Laureate
• George V. Higgins (M.A.), attorney and author
• bell hooks (B.A. 1973), highly acclaimed writer on race, class, and gender.
• Ken Kesey (M.A.), author
• Dhan Gopal Mukerji, socio-cultural critic and author
• Michael Murphy, author and Dick Price co-founders of Esalen Institute
• Scott O'Dell, author
• Robert Pinsky (Ph.D.), U.S. Poet Laureate
• Edward Rutherfurd, novelist
• Vikram Seth, poet and author (dropped out of Ph.D program)
• John Steinbeck (drop out), Nobel prize winner in literature
• Joel Stein, humorist and columnist for the Los Angeles Times
• Scott Turow (M.A.), author
• Albert Wilson (M.S.), author, botanist, talk show personality
• Tobias Wolff (M.A.) and professor (1997-present), author

[edit] Astronauts

• Eileen Collins (MS)
• Mike Fincke (MS)
• William Fisher
• Owen Garriott (MS, Ph.D.)
• Susan Helms (MS)
• Mae Jemison (BS, BA)
• Tamara Jernigan (BS, MS)
• Gregory Linteris (MS)
• David Low (MS)
• Edward Lu (Ph.D.)
• Bruce McCandless II (MS)
• Barbara Rudding Morgan
• Ellen Ochoa (MS, Ph.D.)
• Scott Parazynski (BS, MD)
• Sally Ride (BA, BS, MS, Ph.D.)
• Stephen Robinson (MS, Ph.D.)
• Steve Smith (BS, MS, MBA)
• Jeff Wisoff (MS, Ph.D.)

[edit] Entrepreneurs and business leaders

• Kurt Akeley, (MS), co-founder of Silicon Graphics
• Jim Allchin, (MS) co-President of Microsoft
• Mukesh Ambani, (MBA candidate, dropped out) Reliance Industries Limited Chairman
• John Arrillaga, (B.A., MBA) - Silicon Valley real estate developer
• Steven A. Ballmer, (MBA candidate, dropped out in 1979) CEO, Microsoft
• Diosdado Banatao, (MS), venture capitalist; S3 Graphics, Chips and Technologies, Mostron co-founder.
• Craig Barrett, B.S., Ph.D. (1964) - current Chairman of Intel, former CEO of Intel (1998-2005). Former Stanford Professor of Materials Science (1964-1974).
• Robert M. Bass, (MBA 1974) President, Keystone, Inc.
• Jeffrey Bewkes (MBA 1977), Time Warner President and COO
• Len Bosack, (MS CS 1981), co-founder of Cisco Systems with his girlfriend (later wife), Sandy Lerner
• Sue Bostrom, (MBA) - Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer of Cisco Systems
• Sergey Brin, (M.S.), Google co-founder
• Orkut Büyükkökten , Founder of social networking service called Orkut
• Bud Colligan, (MBA 1983), Macromedia co-founder
• Ray Dolby, audio engineer, founder of Dolby Labs
• Richard Fairbank, (BA, MBA), co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Capital One
• David Filo, (M.S.), Yahoo! co-founder
• Carly Fiorina, (1976), CEO of Hewlett-Packard from July 1999 until her forced resignation in February 2005.
• Doris Fisher, Gap Inc. co-founder (with husband Donald Fisher)
• Paul Flaherty, M.S., Ph.D., computer scientist, co-inventor of the AltaVista search engine
• Victor Grinich, Ph.D. 1953, one of the "Traitorous Eight" that founded Fairchild Semiconductor
• Stephen Haddock, (MBA) - co-founder and CTO of Extreme Networks
• Samer Hamadeh, Vault.com co-founder
• Reed Hastings (M.S. 1988), Netflix founder
• Trip Hawkins, (MBA) - founder of Electronic Arts and 3DO
• Bill Hewlett (1934), Hewlett-Packard co-founder
• Jawed Karim (current Master's student), YouTube co-founder
• Guy Kawasaki - CEO of the venture capital firm Garage Technology Ventures
• Howard Kerzner - (MBA 1991) - former CEO of Kerzner International
• Vinod Khosla, (MBA), Sun Microsystems co-founder, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers partner
• Philip H. Knight, (MBA 1961), founder and former CEO, Nike
• Mareza Larizadeh, (MBA 2006), Doostang.com co-founder
• Sandy Lerner, (MS Stat & CS 1981), co-founder of Cisco Systems with her boyfriend (later husband), Len Bosack
• Victor Li, (BS, MS 1985) - Hong Kong businessman
• Henry McKinnell, (MBA, Ph.D.) - Chairman and former CEO of Pfizer
• Robert Mondavi, vintner
• John Morgridge, (MBA 1957), Cisco Systems Chairman
• Mark Oldman, Vault.com co-founder
• David Packard, (1934), Hewlett-Packard co-founder
• Larry Page, (M.S.), Google co-founder
• Azim Premji CEO of Wipro Technologies
• T.J. Rodgers, (Ph.D.) - founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor
• James Sachs, (M.A. 1979), IDEO co-founder
• Charles R. Schwab, (1959, MBA 1961), founder, chairman, and CEO of Charles Schwab Corporation
• Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, Clarium Capital founder
• Alan Tripp, (B.A. 1985, MBA 1989) founder of SCORE! Educational Centers and InsideTrack
• Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Chelsea Clinton (B.A. 2001), First Daughter
• Richard W. Fisher, (M.B.A 1975), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President
• Harry Harlow, psychologist
• Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady
• Katharine Jefferts Schori (1974), first female to head a national church of the Anglican Communion
• Neil Papiano, Esq., attorney for, among others, Elizabeth Taylor, President Reagan and Walter Matthau
• H.R.H Prince Philippe (MA 1985), Duke of Brabant, Crown Prince of Belgium
• H.R.H. Princess Dechen Wangchuck, H.R.H. Princess Kezan Wangchuck, H.R.H. Princess Sonam Wangchuck, daughters of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan
• Janie Hsieh, Miss Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) in Miss Universe 2004
• Theodore Streleski, Murderer of a Stanford professor in 1978

[edit] Politics

[edit] U.S. Congress

• Max Baucus (1963, LL.B. 1967), U.S. Senator
• Xavier Becerra (1980, J.D. 1984), U.S. Congressman
• Jeff Bingaman (LL.B. 1968), U.S. Senator
• Frank Church (1947, LL.B. 1950), late U.S. Senator
• Kent Conrad (1970), U.S. Senator
• Dianne Feinstein (1955), U.S. Senator
• Henry "Scoop" Jackson, former U.S. Senator
• Zoe Lofgren (1970), U.S. Congresswoman
• Adam Schiff (1982), U.S. Congressman
• Jim Sensenbrenner (1965), U.S. Congressman
• Thomas M. Storke (1898), late U.S. Senator
• Ron Wyden (1971), U.S. Senator

[edit] U.S. President

• Herbert Hoover (1895), President of the United States

[edit] Foreign politicians

• Mohammad Reza Aref (M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1981), First Vice President of Iran
• Ehud Barak (M.A. 1979), former Prime Minister of Israel
• Sir Menzies Campbell, British Liberal Democrat Leader
• Ricardo Maduro (1967), former President of Honduras
• Alejandro Toledo (A.M. 1972, A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1993), former President of Peru

[edit] Other

• Cory Booker (1991), Mayor of Newark, NJ
• Warren Christopher (LL.B. 1949), former U.S. Secretary of State
• March Fong Eu (Ed.D. 1954), former California Secretary of State
• Gray Davis (1964), former Governor of California
• William Perry (1949, M.A. 1950), Engineer, entrepreneur, diplomat, and 19th Secretary of Defense of the United States
• Susan Schwab (A.M. 1977), U.S. Trade Representative
• Vice Admiral James Stockdale (M.A. 1962), the highest ranking naval officer held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and independent Vice Presidential candidate in the 1992 presidential election with Ross Perot
• Carmen Vali-Cave (1987, Ph.D. 1994), Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California
• James Woolsey (1963), former CIA director
• Ira Ruskin M.A. Communications (emphasis on filmmaking),1983 Democratic California State Assemblyman
• Olene S. Walker (M.A.), 15th (and first female) Governor of Utah

[edit] U.S. Supreme Court Justices

• Stephen Breyer (1959), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (nominated by Bill Clinton)
• Sandra Day O'Connor (1950, LL.B. 1952), former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (nominated by Ronald Reagan)
• Anthony Kennedy (1958), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (nominated by Ronald Reagan)
• William Rehnquist (1948, M.A. 1948, LL.B. 1952), U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice (nominated by Richard Nixon)

[edit] Notable Stanford faculty and affiliates

[edit] Biology/biochemistry

• Paul Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemistry professor and pioneer in recombinant DNA technology
• Stanley Norman Cohen, professor of genetics and medicine, who accomplished the first transplantation of genes between cells
• Andrew Z. Fire, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Arthur Kornberg, Nobel Prize-winning professor of biochemistry
• Roger D. Kornberg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and structural biologist

[edit] Computer science

• Douglas Engelbart, Turing award-winning computer scientist, inventor of the mouse, former researcher.
• Edward Feigenbaum, Turing award-winning computer scientist
• Robert Floyd former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
• Antony Hoare former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
• Donald Knuth, creator of TeX and computer science pioneer and professor emeritus, Turing award winner
• John McCarthy, responsible for the coining of the term Artificial Intelligence, and inventor of the Lisp programming language, Turing award winner
• Robert Metcalfe, former faculty, co-inventor of Ethernet
• Robin Milner former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
• Dana Scott former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
• Niklaus Wirth former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist, inventor of PASCAL
• Andrew Yao, former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist

[edit] Economics

• Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor
• Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor, Hoover Institution
• Avner Greif, economist
• Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor
• John B. Taylor, economist, developed the Taylor rule

[edit] Engineering

• William Perry (M.A. 1950), engineer, entrepreneur, diplomat, and 19th Secretary of Defense of the United States
• Stephen Timoshenko, pioneer of modern engineering mechanics

[edit] History

• Don E. Fehrenbacher, Pulitzer Prize winner author (1979, The Dred Scott Case: Its Signficance in American Law & Politics). Was William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies from 1953.
• David M. Kennedy (historian), professor of history and Pulitzer Prize-winning author

[edit] Literature and arts

• Eavan Boland, Irish poet, professor
• Scott Bukatman, Film and Media professor
• Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, literary theorist
• Juan Bautista Rael, linguist and folklorist.

[edit] Mathematics

• Paul Cohen, Fields Medal-recipient mathematics professor

[edit] Political science/law

• Coit Blacker, political science professor, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council; Executive Office of the President
• Morris P. Fiorina, political scientist and author
• Alexander Kerensky, Russian revolutionary leader, Hoover Institute fellow
• Lawrence Lessig, IP and constitutional law professor
• Condoleezza Rice, political science professor from 1981 to 2000, Provost from 1993 to 1999, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, and 66th Secretary of State of the United States

[edit] Philosophy

• Lala Hardayal (lecturer), Indian freedom fighter
• Patrick Suppes, National Medal of Science recipient, professor

[edit] Physics

• Felix Bloch, Nobel Laureate, physics professor
• Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor. Professor at Stanford from 1987 to 2004.
• Robert Laughlin, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, Professor at Stanford from 1989 to 2004.
• Douglas Osheroff, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
• Martin L. Perl, Nobel Prize winning physics professor
• Leonard Susskind, physicist, originator of String Theory, professor
• Richard Taylor, Nobel Laureate

[edit] Other

• Albert Bandura, psychology professor since 1964, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology since 1973.
• Linda Darling-Hammond, leading educational theorist
• Payton Jordan, track coach from 1957 to 1979, also head coach of the 1968 US Olympic track team
• Kate Lorig, chronic disease self management, patient education, director of the Stanford Patient Education Center
• Scotty McLennan, Dean for Religious Life, Minister of Stanford Memorial Church, and inspiration for the Reverend Scott Sloan character in the comic strip Doonesbury

[edit] Notable Stanford athletes

[edit] Baseball

• Bob Boone, former Major League Baseball catcher
• Sam Fuld, Baseball, CHN system
• Jody Gerut, MLB outfielder
• Rick Helling, MLB pitcher
• Brian Johnson, retired MLB catcher
• Jim Lonborg, MLB pitcher
• Jack McDowell, MLB pitcher
• Mike Mussina, MLB pitcher

[edit] Basketball

• Jennifer Azzi, ABL and WNBA
• Curtis Borchardt and his wife Susan King Borchardt
• Josh Childress
• Jarron Collins
• Jason Collins
• Kristin Folkl
• Sonja Henning, ABL and WNBA
• Casey Jacobsen
• Teyo Johnson, basketball and football
• Brevin Knight
• Hank Luisetti
• Mark Madsen
• Carolyn Moos
• Vanessa Nygaard
• Kate Paye
• Nicole Powell, WNBA
• Olympia Scott, WNBA
• Kate Starbird
• Val Whiting, WNBA
• Lindsey Yamasaki, volleyball and basketball, WNBA
• George Yardley, Basketball Hall of Fame member

[edit] Football

• Frankie Albert
• Brad Badger
• David Bergeron
• Colin Branch, National Football League safety
• John Brodie,
• John Elway, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
• Darrien Gordon, NFL Defensive Back
• Kwame Harris, NFL offensive tackle
• Tony Hill (American football), 3 time pro bowl NFL wide receiver
• James Lofton, NFL player
• John Lynch, NFL safety
• Bob Mathias, track and football
• Ed McCaffrey, NFL wide receiver
• Darrin Nelson, NFL running back
• Ernie Nevers,
• Jim Plunkett, NFL quarterback
• Bob Whitfield – NFL offensive lineman
• Tank Williams, NFL defensive back
• Kailee Wong, NFL outside linebacker

[edit] Golf

• Notah Begay III
• Casey Martin
• Tiger Woods (dropped out)

[edit] Gymnastics

• Amy Chow
• Kerri Strug

[edit] Rowing

• Jamie Schroeder, rowing, US National Team
• Samantha Magee, rowing, olympic silver medalist

[edit] Soccer

• Julie Foudy, former US women's soccer player
• Roger Levesque
• Chad Marshall, Major League Soccer
• Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand international soccer player; formerly with D.C. United in MLS, now with Blackburn Rovers in English Premiership
• James Twellman, Major League Soccer

[edit] Swimming

• Randall Bal
• Janet Evans
• Misty Hyman
• Tara Kirk
• Peter Marshall
• Pablo Morales
• Heather Olson, Synchronized Swimming, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics
• Markus Rogan
• Gabrielle Rose
• Summer Sanders
• Jenny Thompson
• Jeff Rouse

[edit] Tennis

• Bob Bryan (dropped out)
• Mike Bryan (dropped out)
• John McEnroe (dropped out)
• Patrick McEnroe

[edit] Track and field

• Mike Boit (M.S. 78), Bronze medal 1972 Munich Olympics in 800m track
• Ryan Hall, cross country, track & field
• Regina Jacobs, cross country, track & field
• Toby Stevenson, pole vault

[edit] Volleyball

• Ogonna Nnamani
• Logan Tom
• Kerri Walsh

[edit] Water polo

• Tony Azevedo
• Ellen Estes, Olympic water polo player

[edit] Other sports

• Eric Heiden, speed skating, cycling
• Luiz Alberto Nunes Junior (MBA), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion (MBA)
• Debi Thomas, figure skating