List of Harvard University people

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The list of Harvard University people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with Harvard University. For a list of notable non-graduates of Harvard, see notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard. For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University.

Seven Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University. These include John Adams, John Quincy Adams, George W. Bush, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt. Bush and Hayes graduated from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, respectively, while the others graduated from Harvard College. Some fifty Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Nobel laureates

Name Class year Notability Reference
Philip W. Anderson (born 1923) College 1943; Ph.D. 1949 Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1977) [1]
Christian Anfinsen (1916-1995) Ph.D. 1943 Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1972) [2]
Percy W. Bridgman (1882-1961) College 1904; A.M. 1905; Ph.D. 1908; Professor Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1946) [3]
Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) A.M. 1928; Ph.D. 1934 Diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1950) [4]
Donald J. Cram (1919-2001) Ph.D. 1947 Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1987) [5]
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) College 1909; A.M. 1910; Ph.D. 1914 Poet; Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1948) [6]
John Franklin Enders (1897-1985) Ph.D. 1930 Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954) [7]
Walter Gilbert (born 1932) College 1953; professor Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1980) [8]
Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932) Ph.D. 1959; professor Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1979) [9]
Roy J. Glauber (born 1925) College 1946; Ph.D. 1949; Professor Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2005) [10]
Al Gore (born 1948) College Global Climate Change activist; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2007)
Dudley R. Herschbach (born 1932) A.M. 1956; Ph.D. 1958; Professor Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1986) [11]
Roald Hoffman (born 1937) Ph.D. 1962 Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1981) [12]
H. Robert Horvitz (born 1947) A.M. 1972; Ph.D. 1974 Biologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2002) [13]
Jerome Karle (born 1918) A.M. 1938 Physical Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1985) [14]
Henry Kissinger (born 1923) College 1950; A.M. 1952; Ph.D. 1954; Professor United States Secretary of State, National Security Advisor; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1973) [15]
William S. Knowles (born 1917) College 1939 Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2001) [16]
Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947) College 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2006) [17]
David Morris Lee (born 1931) College 1952 Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (1996) [18]
Merton Miller (1923-2000) College 1944 Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1990) [19]
George Minot (1885-1950) College 1908; Medical 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1934) [20]
David A. Morse (1907-1990) Law 1932 Nobel Peace Prize winner (1969) [21]
Ben Roy Mottelson (born 1926) Ph.D. 1950 Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1975) [22]
William P. Murphy (1892-1987) Medical 1922 Physician; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1934) [23]
Joseph E. Murray (born 1919) Medical 1943 Surgeon; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1990) [24]
Edward Mills Purcell (1912-1997) A.M.; Ph.D.; Professor Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1952) [25]
Theodore W. Richards (1868-1928) Ph.D. 1888; Professor Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1914) [26]
Frederick C. Robbins (1916-2003) Medical 1940 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954) [27]
Paul Samuelson (born 1915) A.M. 1936; Ph.D. 1941 Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1970) [28]
Vernon L. Smith (born 1927) Ph.D. 1955 Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2002) [29]
Robert M. Solow (born 1924) College 1947; A.M. 1949; Ph.D. 1951 Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1987) [30]
A. Michael Spence (born 1943) Ph.D. 1972 Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2001) [31]
William Howard Stein (1911-1980) College 1933 Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1972) [32]
James B. Sumner (1887-1955) College 1910; Ph.D. 1914 Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1946) [33]
E. Donnall Thomas (born 1920) College 1941; A.M. 1943; Ph.D. 1946 Physician; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1990) [34]
James Tobin (1918-2002) College 1939; A.M. 1940 Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1981) [35]
Thomas H. Weller (born 1915) Ph.D. 1940 Virologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954) [36]
Kenneth G. Wilson (born 1936) College 1956 Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1956) [37]
John H. van Vleck (1899-1980) Ph.D. 1922; Professor Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1977) [38]
Harold E. Varmus (born 1939) A.M. Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1989) [39]

[edit] Pulitzer Prize winners

Name Class year Notability Reference
Henry Adams (1838-1918) College 1858; Professor Historian; novelist [40]
John Coolidge Adams (born 1947) College 1969; A.M. 1971 Composer [41]
James Agee (1909-1955) College 1932 Novelist, screenwriter [42]
Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) College 1912 Poet, writer [43]
John Ashbery (born 1927) College 1949 Poet [44]
Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) College 1917 Theater critic [45]
Bernard Bailyn (born 1922) A.M. 1947; Ph.D. 1953; Professor 1961- Historian [46]
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) College 1934 Historian, Librarian of Congress [47]
Elliot Carter (born 1908) College 1932 Composer [48]
Jared Diamond (born 1937) College 1958 Author, biologist [49]
Susan Faludi (born 1959) College 1981 Author, journalist [50]
Ellen Goodman (born 1941) Radcliffe 1963 Boston Globe columnist [51]
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) Ph.D. 1968 Historian, author [52]
Linda Greenhouse (born 1947) College 1968 New York Times Journalist [53]
David Halberstam (1934-2007) College 1955 Author [54]
John Harbison (born 1938) College 1960 Composer [55]
Charles Krauthammer (born 1950) Medical 1975 Washington Post columnist [56]
Nicholas D. Kristof (born 1959) College 1981 New York Times columnist [57]
Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006) College 1926; A.M. 1927 Poet, U.S. Poet Laureate [58]
Oliver Larkin (1896-1970) College 1918 Art historian [59]
Anthony Lewis (born 1927) College 1948 New York Times columnist [60]
J. Anthony Lukas (1933-1997) College 1955 journalist [61]
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) Law 1919 Poet, writer [62]
Paul Moravec (born 1957) College 1980 Composer, professor [63]
Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) College 1908; Ph.D. 1912; Professor Historian [64]
Samantha Power (born 1970) Law 1999; Professor Writer [65]
David E. Sanger (born 1960) College 1982 Journalist [66]
Sydney Schanberg (born 1934) College 1955 Journalist [67]
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007) College 1938; professor Historian, advisor to John F. Kennedy [68]
Neil Sheehan (born 1936) College 1958 Journalist [69]
George Weller (1907-2002) College 1929 Journalist [70]
Theodore White (1915-1986) College 1938 Journalist [71]
Gordon S. Wood (1933) A.M. 1959; Ph.D. 1964 Historian, Professor [72]

[edit] Science, Technology, Medicine, and Mathematics

Name Class year Notability Reference
Roger Adams (1889-1971) College 1909, Ph.D. 1912 Pioneering organic chemist [73]
James Gilbert Baker (1914-2005) Ph.D. 1942 Astronomer, optician [74]
Dan Bricklin (born 1951) Business 1979 Creator of VisiCalc [75]
Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996) College 1917; A.M. 1921; Ph.D. 1923 Geologist; One of the top Canadian scientists of the 20th Century; Thomasclarkite [76]
Stephen Cook S.M. 1962; Ph.D. 1966 Computer scientist [77]
Don Coppersmith S.M. 1975; Ph.D. 1977 Computer scientist [78]
Leda Cosmides (born 1957) College 1979; Ph.D. 1985 Evolutionary psychologist [79]
Samuel J. Danishefsky (born 1936) Ph.D. 1962 Chemist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995/96 [80]
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) College 1980 Astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Television Host [81]
E.B. Dreyer (born 1957) Medical 1984, Ph.D. 1984 Ophthalmology scientist; glaucoma scholar
Paul Farmer (born 1959) Medical 1988; Ph.D. 1990; Professor Founder of Partners in Health [82]
Rabab Fetieh (born 1954) Dental 1987 First Saudi Arabian female orthodontist
Paul Graham (born 1964) S.M. 1988; Ph.D. 1990 Computer programmer and essayist
Brian Greene (born 1963) College 1984 Famous in the world of String Theory; Columbia University Professor [83]
G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) Ph.D. 1878 First president of APA and Clark University [84]
Heisuke Hironaka (1931-) Ph.D. 1960; Professor Mathematician; Fields Medal winner [85]
Arthur Allen Hoag (1921-1999) Ph.D. 1953 Discovered Hoag's object
Ernest Ingersoll (1852—1946) naturalist, writer and explorer
Thomas Jaggar Ph.D. 1897 Geologist, founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [86]
William James (1842-1910) Medical 1869 Philosopher; psychologist; gave name to William James Hall [87]
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956) Sc. D. 1919 Sexologist [88]
Holbrook Mann MacNeille (1907-1973) Ph.D. 1935 Mathematician [89]
Scott McNealy (born 1954) College 1976 Co-founder and chairman of Sun Microsystems [90]
Marvin Minsky (born 1927) College 1950 Computer scientist [91]
Sylvanus G. Morley (1883-1948) College 1908 Mayanist scholar and archaeologist [92]
Robert Tappan Morris (born 1965) College 1987; S.M. 1993; Ph.D. 1999 CS professor at MIT, creator of the first computer worm
David Mumford (born 1937) College 1957; Ph.D. 1961 Mathematician; Fields Medal winner [93]
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) College 1925 Physicist, "father of the atomic bomb" [94]
Tim O'Reilly College 1975 Founder of O'Reilly Media [95]
George Parkman (1790-1849) Medical 1813 Physician [96]
Charles Peirce (1839-1914) College 1859 Philosopher; Mathematician [97]
Mark Plotkin (born 1955) Extension 1979 Ethnobotanist; founder of Amazon Conservation Team [98]
Daniel Quillen (born 1940) College 1961; Ph.D. 1964 Mathematician; Fields Medal winner [99]
Stuart A. Rice (born 1932) A.M. 1954; Ph.D. 1955 Physical chemist at The University of Chicago [100]
Richard Stallman (born 1953) College 1974 Founder of the Free Software Foundation [101]
John Tooby Ph.D. 1985 Anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist
Edward Osborne Wilson (born 1929) Ph.D. 1955; professor Biologist [102]
Charles F. Winslow (1811-1877) Medical 1834 Physician, diplomat, and atomic theorist [103]
John Winthrop (1714-1779) College 1732; professor Astronomer; Mathematician
Chauncey Wright (1830-1875) College 1852 Mathematician, philosopher, professor [104]

[edit] Business

Name Class year Notability Reference
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915) College 1856 President of Union Pacific Railroad [105]
Marcus Agius (born 1946) Business 1972 Chairman, Barclays PLC [106]
Steve Ballmer (born 1956) College 1977 President and CEO of Microsoft [107]
Lloyd Blankfein College 1975; Law 1978 CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs [108]
Doug Carlston College 1970; Law 1975 Co-founder of Brøderbund Software [109]
Howard L. Clark, Sr. Law former CEO (1960-1977) American Express [110]
Victor Fung (born 1945) Ph.D. 1971 Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies [111]
Trip Hawkins (born 1953) College Founder of Electronic Arts and the 3DO Company [112]
Whipple V. N. Jones (1909-2001) College 1932, Business Founder of Aspen Highlands
Jeff Kindler Law 1980 CEO of Pfizer [113]
John Loeb (1902-1996) College 1924 Financier [114]
Stanley Marcus (1905-2002) Business 1926 President and CEO, Neiman Marcus department stores [115]
Douglas McGregor (1906-1964) A.M. 1933; Ph.D. 1935 Management theorist [116]
James McNerney (born 1949) Business 1975 Chairman and CEO of Boeing [117]
George W. Merck (born 1894) College 1915 Industrialist; president of Merck & Co. [118]
Sumner Redstone (born 1923) College 1944; Law 1947 Chairman and CEO of Viacom [119]
Fred Reichheld (born 1952) College 1974; Business 1978 Author of bestselling business books [120]
David Rockefeller (born 1916) College 1936 Banker; Philanthropist; Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank [121]
Steve Schwarzman (born 1947) Business 1972 Billionaire, owner of Blackstone Group [122]
Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953) Business 1979 CEO of Enron; convicted of felonies related to Enron financial scandals [123]
William H Sumner (1780-1861) College 1799 Developed East Boston [124]
Charlemagne Tower (1809-1889) Law 1830 Lawyer and Businessman. Towns in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and North Dakota are named after him. Also served on Harvard's board of overseers. [125]
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (born 1938) Business 1964 Tamil Malaysian businessman and philanthropist
Harry Elkins Widener (1885-1912) College 1907 Harvard's Widener Library is named after him, died in the sinking of the Titanic [126]
Moses Znaimer (born 1942) A.M. Canadian media mogul [127]

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[edit] Law and politics

[edit] Presidents, Vice Presidents, and other heads of state

Name Class year Notability Reference
John Adams (1735-1826) College 1755 President of the United States [128]
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) College 1787 President of the United States [129]
Ban Ki-Moon (born 1944) KSG 1984 Secretary-General of the United Nations [130]
George W. Bush (born 1946) KSG 1975 President of the United States [131]
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (born 1962) KSG 2000 President of Mexico [132]
Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) College 1762 Vice President of the United States [133]
Al Gore (born 1948) College 1969 Vice President of the United States [134]
Rutherford Hayes (1822-1893) Law 1845 President of the United States [135]
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) College 1940 President of the United States; gave name to Kennedy School of Government [136]
Annette Lu (born 1944) Law 1978 Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) [137]
Ma Ying-Jeou (born 1950) S.J.D. 1981 President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) [138]
Miguel de la Madrid (born 1934) A.M. 1965 President of Mexico [139]
Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) A.M. 1909 President of South Korea [140]
Eduardo Rodríguez (born 1956) KSG 1988 Interim President of Bolivia; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bolivia [141]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) College 1904 President of the United States [142]
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) College 1880 President of the United States [143]
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948) KSG 1973; A.M. 1976; Ph.D. 1978 President of Mexico [144]
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf KSG 1971 President of Liberia [145]
Donald Tsang (born 1944) KSG 1982 Chief Executive of Hong Kong [146]
Alvaro Uribe (born 1953) Extension 1993 President of Colombia [147]

[edit] Heads of government

Name Class year Notability Reference
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) College 1973 Prime Minister of Pakistan [148]
Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj (Elbegdorj Tsakhia) (born 1963) KSG 2002 Prime Minister of Mongolia [149]
Lee Hsien Loong (born 1952) KSG 1980 Prime Minister of Singapore [150]
William Lyon Mackenzie King (born 1874) A.M. 1898; Ph.D. 1909 Prime Minister of Canada [151]
Fan Noli (1882-1965) College 1912 Writer, Regent and Prime Minister of Albania [152]
Andreas Papandreou (1919-1996) A.M. 1942; Ph.D. 1943; lecturer and associate professor Prime Minister of Greece [153]
Edward Seaga (born 1930) College 1952 Prime Minister of Jamaica [154]
Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000) A.M. 1945 Prime Minister of Canada [155]

[edit] Supreme Court Justices

Name Class year Notability Reference
Harry Blackmun (1908-1999) College 1929; Law 1932 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [156]
Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) Law 1877 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [157]
William J. Brennan (1906-1997) Law 1931 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [158]
Stephen Breyer (born 1938) Law 1964 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [159]
Harold Burton (1888-1964) Law 1912 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [160]
Benjamin Curtis (1809-1874) College 1829; Law 1832 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [161]
William Cushing (1732-1810) College 1751 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [162]
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) Law 1906 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [163]
Horace Gray (1828-1902) College 1845; Law 1849 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [164]
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) College 1861; Law 1866 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [165]
Anthony Kennedy (born 1936) Law 1961 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [166]
William Henry Moody (1853-1917) College 1876 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [167]
Lewis Powell (1907-1998) Law 1932 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [168]
William Rehnquist (1924-2005) A.M. 1950 Chief Justice of the United States [169]
John Roberts (born 1955) College 1976; Law 1979 Chief Justice of the United States [170]
Edward Sanford (1865-1930) College 1885; A.M. 1889; Law 1889 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [171]
Antonin Scalia (born 1936) Law 1960 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [172]
David Souter (born 1939) College 1961; Law 1966 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [173]
Joseph Story (1779-1845) College 1798; Professor Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [174]

[edit] U.S. Cabinet Secretaries

Name Class year Notability Reference
Spencer Abraham (born 1952) Law 1979 United States Secretary of Energy, United States Senator [175]
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) Law 1918 United States Secretary of State [176]
Brock Adams (1927-2004) Law 1952 United States Secretary of Transportation [177]
Charles Francis Adams III (1866-1954) College 1888; Law 1892 United States Secretary of the Navy [178]
Bruce Babbitt (born 1938) Law 1965 United States Secretary of the Interior, Governor of Arizona [179]
Robert Bacon (1860-1919) College 1880 United States Secretary of State [180]
Joseph Barr (1918-1996) A.M. 1941 United States Secretary of the Treasury [181]
William Bennett (born 1943) Law 1971 United States Secretary of Education, activist [182]
Francis Biddle (1886-1968) College 1909; Law 1911 United States Attorney General [183]
Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930) Business 1954 United States Secretary of the Treasury [184]
Joseph Califano (born 1931) Law 1955 United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [185]
Elaine Chao (born 1953) Business 1979 United States Secretary of Labor [186]
Michael Chertoff (born 1953) College 1975; Law 1978 United States Secretary of Homeland Security [187]
Henry Cisneros (born 1947) KSG 1973 United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [188]
C. Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) College 1931 United States Secretary of the Treasury [189]
Edward Everett (1794-1865) College 1811; A.M. 1814 United States Secretary of State [190]
Barbara Hackman Franklin (born 1940) Business 1964 United States Secretary of Commerce [191]
Alberto Gonzales (born 1955) Law 1982 United States Attorney General [192]
Christian Herter (1895-1966) College 1915 United States Secretary of State [193]
Donald Hodel (born 1935) College 1957 United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Secretary of Energy [194]
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) College 1948 United States Attorney General, United States Senator [195]
Richard Kleindienst (1923-2000) College 1947; Law 1950 United States Attorney General [196]
Drew Lewis (born 1931) Business 1955 United States Secretary of Transportation [197]
Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) College 1864 United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln [198]
Neil H. McElroy (1904-1972) College 1925 United States Secretary of Defense [199]
Robert McNamara (born 1916) Business 1939 United States Secretary of Defense [200]
Ogden Mills (1884-1937) College 1904, Law 1907 United States Secretary of the Treasury [201]
Richard Olney (1835-1917) Law 1858 United States Secretary of State [202]
Henry Paulson (born 1946) Business 1970 United States Secretary of the Treasury [203]
Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) College 1763 United States Secretary of State, United States Secretary of War [204]
Donald Regan (1918-2003) College 1940 United States Secretary of the Treasury [205]
Janet Reno (born 1938) Law 1963 United States Attorney General [206]
Elliot Richardson (1920-1999) College 1941, Law 1947 United States Secretary of Defense, United States Attorney General [207]
Tom Ridge (born 1946) College 1967 United States Secretary of Homeland Security [208]
Robert E. Rubin (born 1938) College 1960 United States Secretary of the Treasury; Chairman of Citigroup [209]
James Schlesinger (born 1929) College 1950; A.M. 1952; Ph.D. 1956 United States Secretary of Defense, United States Secretary of Energy [210]
William French Smith (1917-1990) Law 1942 United States Attorney General [211]
Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) A.M. 1889 United States Secretary of State, United States Secretary of War [212]
Lawrence Summers (born 1954) Ph.D. 1982; President (2001-2006); Professor United States Secretary of the Treasury [213]
Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) College 1914 United States Secretary of Commerce [214]
Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006) College 1938; Law 1941 United States Secretary of Defense [215]
Willard Wirtz (born 1912) Law 1937 United States Secretary of Labor [216]

[edit] U.S. Senators

Name Class year Notability Reference
Jeff Bingaman (born 1943) College 1965 United States Senator [217]
John Chafee (1922-1999) Law 1950 United States Senator [218]
Joseph Clark (1901-1990) College 1923 United States Senator [219]
Mike Crapo (born 1951) Law 1977 United States Senator [220]
John Culver (born 1932) College 1954; Law 1962 United States Senator [221]
Elizabeth Dole (born 1936) A.M. 1960; Law 1965 United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate [222]
Thomas Eagleton (1929-2007) Law 1953 1972 Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee, United States Senator [223]
Sam Ervin (1896-1985) Law 1922 United States Senator [224]
Russ Feingold (born 1953) Law 1979 United States Senator [225]
Hiram Fong (1906-2004) Law 1935 United States Senator [226]
Bill Frist (born 1952) Medical 1978 United States Senator, Majority Leader [227]
David Gambrell (born 1929) Law 1952 United States Senator [228]
Bob Graham (born 1936) Law 1962 United States Senator, Governor of Florida, U.S. presidential candidate [229]
Ernest Gruening (1887-1974) College 1907; Medical 1912 United States Senator [230]
Edward Gurney (1914-1996) Law 1938 United States Senator [231]
Floyd Haskell (1916-1998) College 1937; Law 1941 United States Senator [232]
William Hathaway (born 1924) College 1949; Law 1953 United States Senator [233]
H. John Heinz (1938-1991) Business 1963 United States Senator [234]
James Jeffords (born 1934) Law 1962 United States Senator [235]
Kenneth Keating (1900-1975) Law 1923 United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate [236]
Edward Kennedy (born 1932) College 1956 United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate [237]
Herbert Kohl (born 1935) Business 1958 United States Senator [238]
Carl Levin (born 1934) Law 1959 United States Senator [239]
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) College 1871; Law 1874; Ph.D. 1876 President pro tempore of the United States Senate [240]
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985) College 1924 1960 Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee, United States Senator [241]
Spark Matsunaga (1916-1990) Law 1951 United States Senator [242]
Barack Obama (born 1961) Law 1991 United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate [243]
Claude Pepper (1900-1989) Law 1924 United States Senator, U.S. Congressman [244]
Larry Pressler (born 1942) KSG 1971; Law 1971 United States Senator [245]
William Proxmire (1915-2005) Business 1940; A.M. 1949 United States Senator [246]
Jack Reed (born 1949) KSG 1973; Law 1982 United States Senator [247]
Jay Rockefeller (born 1937) College 1961 United States Senator [248]
William Roth (1921-2003) Business 1947; Law 1949 United States Senator [249]
Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) College 1914; Law 1917 United States Senator [250]
Paul Sarbanes (born 1933) Law 1960 United States Senator [251]
Harrison Schmitt (born 1935) Ph.D. 1964 Astronaut, United States Senator [252]
Charles Schumer (born 1950) College 1971; Law 1974 United States Senator [253]
Benjamin Smith II (1916-1991) College 1939 United States Senator [254]
Ted Stevens (born 1923) Law 1950 President pro tempore of the United States Senate [255]
Adlai Stevenson III (born 1930) College 1952; Law 1957 United States Senator [256]
Richard Stone (born 1928) College 1949 United States Senator [257]
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) College 1830; Law 1833 United States Senator [258]
John E. Sununu (born 1964) Business 1991 United States Senator [259]
Robert Taft (1889-1953) Law 1913 United States Senator [260]
Robert Taft Jr. (1917-1993) Law 1942 United States Senator [261]
David Vitter (born 1961) College 1983 United States Senator [262]
Tim Wirth (born 1939) College 1961; Education 1964 United States Senator [263]
Louis Wyman (1917-2002) Law 1941 United States Senator [264]

[edit] U.S. Governors

Name Class year Notability Reference
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (born 1962) Law 1987 Governor of Puerto Rico [265]
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) College 1740; A.M. 1743 Governor of Massachusetts, organizer of Boston Tea Party [266]
Roger Branigin (1902-1975) Law Governor of Indiana [267]
Phil Bredesen (born 1943) College 1967 Governor of Tennessee [268]
C. Farris Bryant (1914-2002) Law 1938 Governor of Florida [269]
Brendan Byrne (born 1924) Law 1950 Governor of New Jersey [270]
Jim Doyle (born 1945) Law 1972 Governor of Wisconsin [271]
Michael Dukakis (born 1933) Law 1960 1988 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, Governor of Massachusetts [272]
Pierre S. du Pont, IV (born 1935) Law 1963 Governor of Delaware, U.S. presidential candidate [273]
Booth Gardner (born 1936) Business 1963 Governor of Washington [274]
Samuel Goddard (1919-2006) College 1941 Governor of Arizona [275]
Jennifer Granholm (born 1959) Law 1987 Governor of Michigan [276]
John Hancock (1737-1793) College 1754 President of the Continental Congress, first Governor of Massachusetts [277]
Linwood Holton (born 1923) Law 1949 Governor of Virginia [278]
Tim Kaine (born 1958) Law 1983 Governor of Virginia [279]
John King (1916-1996) College 1938 Governor of New Hampshire [280]
Frank Licht (1916-1987) Law 1941 Governor of Rhode Island [281]
John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) College 1925; Law 1929 Governor of Connecticut [282]
John Lynch (born 1952) Business 1979 Governor of New Hampshire [283]
Ray Mabus (born 1948) Law 1976 Governor of Mississippi [284]
Jim McGreevey (born 1957) Education 1982 Governor of New Jersey [1][285]
Deval Patrick (born 1956) College 1978; Law 1982 Governor of Massachusetts [286]
Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) College 1942; Law 1948 Governor of Massachusetts [287]
John H. Reed (born 1921) Naval Supply 1944 Governor of Maine [288]
Buddy Roemer (born 1943) College 1964; Business 1967 Governor of Louisiana [289]
Mitt Romney (born 1947) Business 1975; Law 1975 Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. presidential candidate [290]
Richard Snelling (1927-1991) College 1948 Governor of Vermont [291]
Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) Law 1984 Governor of New York [292]
Bruce Sundlun (born 1920) Law 1949 Governor of Rhode Island [293]
J. Fife Symington (born 1945) College 1968 Governor of Arizona [294]
Jonathan Trumbull (1710-1785) College 1727; A.M. 1730 Governor of Connecticut [295]
Jim Guy Tucker (born 1943) College 1964 Governor of Arkansas [296]
David Walters (born 1951) Business 1975 Governor of Oklahoma [297]
Mark Warner (born 1954) Law 1980 Governor of Virginia, co-founder of Nextel [298]
William Weld (born 1945) College 1966; Law 1970 Governor of Massachusetts [299]

[edit] U.S. House of Representatives Members

Name Class year Notability Reference
Tom Allen (born 1945) Law 1974 U.S. Congressman [300]
John Anderson (born 1922) Law 1949 U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Congressman [301]
John Ashbrook (1928-1982) College 1952 U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Congressman [302]
John Barrow (born 1955) Law 1979 U.S. Congressman [303]
Anthony Beilenson (born 1932) College 1954; Law 1957 U.S. Congressman [304]
Doug Bereuter (born 1939) Design 1966; KSG 1973 U.S. Congressman [305]
John Brademas (born 1927) College 1949 U.S. House Majority Whip [306]
Tom Campbell (born 1952) Law 1976 U.S. Congressman [307]
Merrill Cook (born 1946) Business 1971 U.S. Congressman [308]
Jim Cooper (born 1954) Law 1980 U.S. Congressman [309]
Chris Cox (born 1952) Business 1977; Law 1977 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, U.S. Congressman [310]
Artur Davis (born 1967) College 1990; Law 1993 U.S. Congressman [311]
Chet Edwards (born 1951) Business 1981 U.S. Congressman [312]
Barney Frank (born 1940) College 1962; Law 1977 U.S. Congressman [313]
Frederick Gillett (1851-1935) Law 1877 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [314]
Fred Grandy (born 1948) College 1970 Actor, U.S. Congressman [315]
Jane Harman (born 1945) Law 1969 U.S. Congresswoman [316]
Katherine Harris (born 1957) KSG 1997 U.S. Congresswoman, Florida Secretary of State during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election recount [317]
Brian Higgins (born 1959) KSG 1996 U.S. Congressman [318]
Elizabeth Holtzman (born 1941) Radcliffe 1962; Law 1965 U.S. Congresswoman, District Attorney, New York Comptroller [319]
Amory Houghton (born 1926) College 1950; Business 1952 U.S. Congressman [320]
Michael Huffington (born 1947) Business 1971 U.S. Congressman, businessman and husband of Arianna Huffington [321]
William J. Jefferson (born 1947) Law 1972 U.S. Congressman [322]
Nancy Johnson (born 1935) Radcliffe 1957 U.S. Congresswoman [323]
Barbara Kennelly (born 1936) Business 1959 U.S. Congresswoman [324]
Ron Kind (born 1963) College 1985 U.S. Congressman [325]
James G. King (1791-1853) College 1810 U.S. Congressman [326]
Jim Langevin (born 1964) KSG 1994 U.S. Congressman [327]
Sander Levin (born 1931) Law 1957 U.S. Congressman [328]
John E. Leonard (1845-1878) College 1863 U.S. Congressman [329]
Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931) College 1891 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [330]
Stephen Lynch (born 1955) A.M. 1998 U.S. Congressman [331]
James Maloney (born 1948) College 1972 U.S. Congressman [332]
Jim Matheson (born 1960) College 1982 U.S. Congressman [333]
William H. Perry (1839-1902) College 1859 U.S. Congressman [334]
Tom Petri (born 1940) College 1962; Law 1965 U.S. Congressman [335]
John Sarbanes (born 1962) Law 1988 U.S. Congressman [336]
Adam Schiff (born 1960) Law 1985 U.S. Congressman [337]
Pat Schroeder (born 1940) Law 1964 U.S. Congresswoman [338]
Bobby Scott (born 1947) College 1969 U.S. Congressman [339]
Joe Sestak (born 1951) KSG 1980; Ph.D. 1984 U.S. Congressman [340]
Brad Sherman (born 1954) Law 1979 U.S. Congressman [341]
Rob Simmons (born 1943) KSG 1979 U.S. Congressman [342]
Frank Tejada (1945-1997) KSG 1980 U.S. Congressman [343]
Pat Toomey (born 1961) College 1984 U.S. Congressman, Club for Growth president [344]
Peter Torkildsen (born 1958) KSG 1990 U.S. Congressman [345]
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809) College 1759 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [346]
Chris Van Hollen (born 1959) KSG 1985 U.S. Congressman [347]
Robert Winthrop (1809-1894) College 1828 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [348]

[edit] Military

Name Class year Notability Reference
John Abizaid (born 1951) A.M. 1981 Retired US Army General and former Commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) [349]
George Downing (c. 1624-1684) College 1640s English soldier-diplomat

[edit] Other Legal Figures

Name Class year Notability Reference
Richard Blumenthal College Attorney General of Connecticut
Archibald Cox (1912-2004) College 1934; Law 1937 Special prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal
Patrick Fitzgerald (born 1961) Law 1985 Special Prosecutor in the Plame affair, United States Attorney
Kumiki Gibson (born 1959) Extension 1985 Chief Counsel to the V.P. Al Gore 1994-1997
Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) Law 1923 dean of Howard University Law School, lawyer for NAACP
John H. Langbein Law 1968 legal scholar, professor at Yale Law School
Tom Mesereau (born 1950) College 1973 Criminal defense attorney
Samuel Warren (born 1852) Law 1877 Attorney; law partner of Louis Brandeis

[edit] Other Political Figures and Activists

Name Class year Notability Reference
Mahidol Adulyadej (1892-1929) C.P.H. 1921; Medical 1928 Prince of Thailand, father of present king Bhumibol Adulyadej [350]
Sandy Berger (born 1945) Law 1971 United States National Security Advisor
Ben Bernanke (born 1953) College 1975 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
Sallie Bernard Radcliffe 1979 Executive Director of Safe Minds
Julie Bishop (born 1956) Business Australian politician
Michael Bloomberg (born 1942) Business 1966 Mayor of New York City
L. Paul Bremer (born 1941) Business 1966 Ambassador
Zbigniew Brzezinski (born 1928) Ph.D. 1953 United States National Security Advisor
Pat Caddell College 1972 Pollster
Frank T. Caprio (born 1966) College 1988 General Treasurer of Rhode Island
P. Chidambaram LAW Finance Minister of India
David Davis (born 1948) Business 1985 British politician
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) College 1890; A.M. 1891; Ph.D. 1895 Civil rights leader, African American studies scholar
Lucie Edwards KSG 1984 Canadian Diplomat
Daniel Ellsberg (born 1931) College 1952; Ph.D. 1963 Leaker of the Pentagon Papers
Douglas Feith (born 1953) College 1975 U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
David Gergen (born 1942) Law 1967 Advisor to four U.S. presidents
Richard Goodwin (born 1931) Law 1958 Speechwriter for Kennedy and Johnson administrations, author
Jamie Gorelick (born 1950) College 1972; Law 1975 Member of 9/11 Commission
John Hagelin (born 1954) Ph.D. 1981 Third-party presidential candidate
Kerry Healey (1960-) College 1982 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) College 1841 Author, Abolitionist, Colonel
Alger Hiss (1904-1996) Law 1929 Accused of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union
Peter Hughes (born 1956) Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand
Rafael Hui (1948-) KSG 1983 Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong
Michael Ignatieff (born 1947) Ph.D. 1976 Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament, Canadian scholar, professor & author
Greville Janner (born 1928) Law Member, House of Lords
William Jeffrey Ph.D. 13th Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Caroline Kennedy (born 1957) Radcliffe 1980 Writer; daughter of John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) College 1912 Kennedy political family patriarch
Alan Keyes (born 1950) College 1972; Ph.D. 1979 U.S. presidential candidate and Senatorial candidate
Marc Kielburger (born 1977) College 1999 Canadian humanitarian and activist
Faik Konitza (1875-1942) Writer, Ambassador of Albania to the United States
Philip Lader Law United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Anthony Lake (born 1939) College 1961 United States National Security Advisor
Corliss Lamont (1905-1995) College 1924, professor ACLU director, humanist author
Tobias Lear (1762-1816) College 1783 George Washington's personal secretary
Lawrence B. Lindsey (born 1954) A.M. 1981; Ph.D. 1985 Economist, Director of the National Economic Council
Nabiel Makarim (born 1945) KSG 1984 Indonesian Environmental Minister
Ken Mehlman (born 1967) Law 1991 Chairman of the Republican National Committee
David Miller (born 1958) College Mayor of Toronto
Ralph Nader (born 1934) Law 1958 Public advocate
José Ángel Navarro (1828–1876) College 1850 Early Hispanic Texas Legislator (1857–1863)
Grover Norquist (born 1956) College 1978; Business 1981 Activist
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954) College 1981 Finance Minister of Nigeria, Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria
James Otis (1725-1783) College 1743; A.M. 1746 Lawyer influential in American Revolution
Masako Owada (born 1963) College 1985 Crown Princess of Japan
Stuart Rabner (born 1960) Law 1984 New Jersey State Attorney General
Franklin Raines (born 1949) College 1971; Law 1976 Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae
Surakiart Sathirathai (born 1958) Law Foreign Minister of Thailand
G. David Schine (1927-1996) Entrepreneur, businessman, political activist
Phyllis Schlafly (born 1924) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1945 Political activist
Faryar Shirzad (born ?) KSG Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush
Bob Shrum (born 1943) Law 1968 Political consultant
Lorenzo M. Tañada (1898-1992) Law Philippine Senator, nationalist and civil libertarian
John Tsang (born 1951) KSG Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
Paul Volcker (born 1927) A.M. 1951 Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Alexander Watson College 1961 Ambassador, diplomat
James Wolfensohn (1933-) Business 1959 Ninth President of the World Bank
Robert Zoellick (born 1953) Law 1979; KSG 1981 United States Deputy Secretary of State

[edit] News

Name Class year Notability Reference
Ben Bradlee (born 1921) College 1944 Washington Post managing editor during Watergate Scandal
James Brown (born 1951) College 1973 Sportscaster
Diane Cardwell College 1987 New York Times reporter
Kevin Corke KSG 2004 Journalist, NBC News
Jim Cramer (born 1955) College 1977; Law 1984 Television host
E. J. Dionne (born 1952) College 1973 Washington Post columnist
Lou Dobbs (born 1945) College 1967 Television host
James Fallows (born 1949) College 1970 Journalist
Amy Goodman (born 1957) College 1984 Democracy Now!
Donald Graham (born 1945) College 1966 The Washington Post Company chairman and CEO
Walter Isaacson (born 1952) College 1974 Former CNN chairman and CEO, managing editor of TIME, author
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. (born 1946) College 1968; Law 1974 Washington Post publisher and CEO
Michael Kinsley (born 1951) College 1972; Law 1977 Journalist
William Kristol (born 1952) College 1973; Ph.D. 1979 Editor of The Weekly Standard
Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) College 1987 Television host
Thomas Oliphant College 1967 Boston Globe columnist
Bill O'Reilly (born 1949) KSG 1996 Journalist and commentator
John Reed (1887-1920) College 1910 Journalist, activist
Frank Rich (born 1949) College 1971 New York Times columnist
Bill Schneider A.M. 1969, Ph.D. 1972 Journalist, political analyst
Andrew Sullivan (born 1963) A.M. 1986; Ph.D. 1990 Blogger, journalist
William Lindsay White College 1924 Journalist
Mort Zuckerman (born 1937) Law 1962 U.S. News & World Report editor-in-chief, New York Daily News owner and publisher

[edit] Literature

Name Class year Notability Reference
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) College 1852 Novelist [351]
Margaret Atwood (born 1939) Radcliffe A.M. 1962 Novelist [352]
Peter Benchley (1940-2006) College 1961 Novelist [353]
Robert Benchley (1889-1945) College 1912 Comedian [354]
John Berendt (born 1939) College 1961 Writer [355]
Robert Bly (born 1926) College 1950 Poet
Harold Brodkey (1930-1996) College 1952 Novelist
Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) College 1814 Mythologist
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) College 1936 Writer
Ethan Canin (born 1960) Medical 1989 Author
Steven R. Covey Business 1975 Author and self-help guru
Michael Crichton (born 1942) College 1964; Medical 1969 Novelist, best known for Jurassic Park and the television series ER
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) College 1915; A.M. 1916 Poet
Guy Davenport (1927-2005) Ph.D. Writer, artist, critic
Paul de Man (1919-1983) Ph.D. 1960 literary critic
John dos Passos (1896-1970) College 1916 Novelist
Edward Eager (1911-1964) College c. 1932 Writer of children's literature
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) College 1821; Divinity 1829 Writer; gave name to Emerson Hall
Al Franken (born 1951) College 1973 Comedian
Edward Gorey (1925-2000) College 1950 Writer, Illustrator
Donald Hall (born 1928) College 1951 14th U.S. Poet Laureate
Mark Helprin (born 1947) College, Graduate School Writer
Julie Hilden College 1989 Author
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) College; Ph.D. 1836; professor Poet, physician
Angela Hur College 2002 Author [2][3]
Uzodinma Iweala (born 1982) College 2004 Author
Helen Keller (1880-1968) Radcliffe 1904 Deafblind author, activist, and lecturer
H.T. Kirby-Smith (born 1938) A.M. 1964 Poet and Author
Maxine Kumin (born 1925) College 1946; A.M. 1948 Poet
Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) Radcliffe 1951 Novelist
Hunter Lewis (born 1947) A.B. 1969 Author
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) College 1838 Poet, abolitionist
Alison Lurie (born 1926) Radcliffe 1947 Novelist
Norman Mailer (born 1923) College 1943 Novelist
Anne McCaffrey (born 1926) Radcliffe 1947 Novelist
Charles Murray (born 1943) College 1965 Writer
Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) College 1941 Poet
Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) College 1950 Poet
George Plimpton (1927-2003) College 1948 Writer, journalist, actor
Adrienne Rich (born 1929) Radcliffe 1951 Poet
E. San Juan, Jr. A.M.; Ph.D. Poet, cultural scholar
Erich Segal (born 1937) College 1958; A.M. 1959; Ph.D. 1965 Author, screenwriter
Maximo V. Soliven (born 1933) Ph.D. 1951 Decorated Writer; Chevalier (knight) of the National Order of Merit
Susan Sontag (1933-2004) A.M. 1957 Writer, activist
Thomas Sowell (born 1930) College 1958 Writer, economist
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) Radcliffe 1897 Poet, novelist
Ernest Thayer (1863-1940) College 1885 Poet
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) College 1837 Journalist, philosopher, writer
Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) College 1983 Novelist and writer of short stories
Scott Turow (born 1949) Law 1978 Novelist, lawyer
John Updike (born 1932) College 1954 Novelist
Kaavya Viswanathan (born 1987) Currently undergrad; College 2008 Novelist, noted plagiarist
Andrew Weil (born 1942) College 1964; Medical School 1968 Medical writer
Richard Wilbur (born 1921) A.M. 1947; professor Poet
Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) A.M. 1922 Novelist
Elizabeth Wurtzel (born 1967) College 1989 Writer

[edit] Film, Theater, and Television

Name Class year Notability Reference
Tatyana Ali (born 1979) College 2002 Actress, Singer
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) College 1991 Film director and screenwriter [356]
Ronald Bass (born 1942) Law 1967 Screenwriter [357]
S. N. Behrman (1893-1973) College 1916 Playwright, screenwriter
Julian Blaustein (1913-1995) College 1933 Film producer
Amy Brenneman (born 1964) College 1987 Actress
Stockard Channing (born 1944) Radcliffe 1965 Actress
Rob Cohen (born 1949) College 1971 Film director, screenwriter
Lindsay Crouse (born 1948) Radcliffe 1970 Actress
Jeremy Doner (born 1974) College 1994 Screenwriter [358]
Christopher Durang (born 1949) College 1971 Playwright
Andre Gregory (born 1934) College 1956 Theatre director, actor
Fred Gwynne (1926-1993) College 1951 Actor
Josephine Hull (1886-1957) Radcliffe 1899 Actress
Rashida Jones (born 1976) College 1997 Actress
Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) College 1969 Actor
Douglas Kenney (1947-1980) College 1968 Humorist, screenwriter
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) College 1947 Actor
Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) College 1940 Lyricist, librettist
Jeremy Leven (born 1941) Education 1973 Novelist, screenwriter, director, producer
John Lithgow (born 1945) College 1967 Actor
Donal Logue (born 1966) College 1989 Actor
Joseph Losey (1909-1984) A.M. Film director
Terrence Malick (born 1943) College 1966 Film director, screenwriter
Abel Meeropol Actor and composer
Alex Michel (born 1970) College 1992 American businessman and television personality for The Bachelor
David Monahan (born 1971) College Actor
Mira Nair (born 1957) College 1979 Film director
B.J. Novak (born 1979) College 2001 Comedian, actor
Conan O'Brien (born 1963) College 1985 Talk show host
Frank R. Pierson (born 1925) College 1950 Screenwriter, film director
Natalie Portman (born 1981) College 2003 Actress
Michael Ritchie (1938-2001) College 1960 Film director
Mo Rocca (born 1969) College 1991 Comedian
Meredith Salenger (born 1970) College 1992 Actress
Peter Sellars College 1980 Theater director
Wallace Shawn (born 1943) College 1965 Actor, playwright
Elisabeth Shue (born 1963) College 2000 Actress
Mira Sorvino (born 1967) College 1990 Actress
Whit Stillman (born 1952) College 1973 Screenwriter, film director
Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) College 1979 Screenwriter
Scottie Thompson (born 1981) College 2005 Actress [359]
James Toback (born 1944) College 1966 Film director and screenwriter
Brian Tyler (born 1972) College 1996 Film composer and music producer
Jack Valenti (1921-2007) Business 1952 President of the MPAA
Courtney B. Vance (born 1960) College 1982 Actor
John Weidman College 1968 Librettist
Steve Zahn (born 1967) Actor
Jeff Zucker (born 1965) College 1986 President of NBC Universal
Edward Zwick (born 1952) College 1974 Film director

[edit] Music

Name Class year Notability Reference
John Coolidge Adams (1947-) College 1929; A.M. 1930 Composer
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) College 1929; A.M. 1930 Composer [360]
Tepu Khan (1975-) College 2005 Lead vocalist for Paranoid! and Ph.D Astrophysics
Sean Bennett (born 1979) College 2001 Classical Pianist
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) College 1939 Composer
William Christie (born 1944) College 1966 Conductor
Rivers Cuomo (born 1970) College 2006 Singer of band Weezer; graduated Phi Beta Kappa
Aden Evens College 1988 Member of musical group Re:
Fred Ho (1957-) College 1979 Jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Thomas M. Lauderdale (born 1970) College 1992 Musician, frontman of Pink Martini
Tom Lehrer (born 1928) College 1946; A.M. 1947 Satirist; Mathematician; Singer
Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955) College 1976 cellist
Tom Morello (born 1964) College 1986 Lead guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine; ex-lead guitarist of the now defunct band Audioslave; Political activist
Dmitri Nabokov (born 1934) College 1955 Opera singer, son of Vladimir Nabokov
Joshua Redman (born 1969) College 1991 Jazz saxophonist
Frederic Rzewski (born 1938) College 1958 Composer, pianist
Robert Strassburg (1915-2003) A.M. 1950 Conductor, Composer, Professor of Music, Musicologist
Brian Tyler (born 1972) College 1996 Film composer, music producer, conductor, pianist, drummer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist

[edit] Art, Architecture, and Engineering

Name Class year Notability Reference
Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844) College 1781 Architect
Allan Crite Extension 1968 Artist [361]
Hardy Cross MCE 1911 Civil engineer
Gulgee (1926-2007) College 1947 Pakistani artist famous for his paintings and Islamic calligraphy, qualified engineer [362]
Philip Johnson (born 1906) College 1930 Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Fumihiko Maki (born 1928) Design 1955 Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Elizabeth Holloway Marston (born 1893) Radcliffe College A.M. 1921 Involved in the creation of the comic book character Wonder Woman
Thom Mayne (born 1944) Design 1978 Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Malcolm McKesson (1909-1999) College 1933 Outsider artist
I. M. Pei (born 1917) Design 1946 Architect
Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886) College 1859 Architect

[edit] Religion

Name Class year Notability Reference
William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) College 1798 Unitarian leader
Karim Aga Khan IV (born 1936) College 1959 Spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili branch of Islam
Bernard Francis Law (born 1931) College 1953 Cardinal Archbishop of Boston during the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
Aaron Lichtenstein (born 1933) Phd English Chief rabbi at yeshiva Har Etzion in Israel and son-in-law and disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Cotton Mather (1663-1728) College 1678, A.M. 1681 Minister, author
Increase Mather (1639-1723) College 1656 Clergyman
Theodore Parker (1810-1860) Divinity Unitarian leader
Joshua Toulmin (1740-1815) D.D. 1794 English Radical Dissenting minister

[edit] Athletics

Name Class year Notability Reference
Brian Burke (born 1955) MBA/LL.B 1981 NHL General Manager
Matt Birk (born 1976) College 1998 4-time Pro Bowl NFL Center
Ted Donato (born 1969) College 1991 NHL player, Head hockey coach
Ryan Fitzpatrick (born 1982) College 2005 NFL quarterback
Milton Green (1913-2005) College Runner, former world recorder holder in hurdles
Bobby Jones (1902-1971) College 1924 Golfer
Dominic Moore (born 1980) College NHL Player, Toronto Maple Leafs
Steve Moore (born 1978) College NHL Player, Colorado Avalanche
Christopher Nowinski (born 1978) College 2000 Professional wrestler
Angela Ruggiero (born 1980) College 2004 Olympic athlete, hockey player
Paul Wylie (born 1964) College 1991 Figure skater
Clifton Dawson (born 1983) College 2007 NFL Player, Indianapolis Colts

[edit] Criminals

Name Class year Notability Reference
Ted Kaczynski (born 1942) College 1962 Unabomber terrorist
Viktor Kozeny (born 19??) College 1989 Fugitive financier
Chas Lee (born 1971) College 1993 Embezzler

[edit] Academics

[edit] College founders and presidents

Name Class year Notability Reference
Richard E. Berendzen (born 1938) Ph.D. 1967 President, The American University
Clifton D. Gray (1875-1944) College 1897 President of Bates College
David C. Hardesty Law 1973 President of West Virginia University
M. Lee Pelton (born c. 1951) Ph.D. 1984, Senior Tutor of Winthrop House President of Willamette University NYTimes.com: Biography of M. Lee Pelton
Charles F. Phillips (born 1909) Ph.D. Economist, president of Bates College
Jonathan Rosenbaum (scholar) Ph. D President of Gratz College
Peggy R. Williams Education 1983 President of Ithaca College
David J. Steinberg College; A.M.; Ph. D President of Long Island University
Peggy R. Williams Education 1983 President of Ithaca College
Shih Choon Fong PhD 1973 President of National University of Singapore
William C. Powers JD 1973 President of The University of Texas at Austin [363]
Michael J. Young College 1988 Provost of New York Film Academy School of Film & Acting [364]

[edit] Professors and scholars

Name Class year Notability Reference
Eugene C. Barker (1874-1956) Graduate study in history Premier historian of Texas
Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) College 1887 Art historian
Michael Beschloss (born 1955) Business 1980 Historian
David Bevington Ph.D. 1958 Scholar
John Boswell (1947-1994) Ph.D. 1975 Historian of homosexual history
Donald Davidson (1917-2003) Ph.D. Philosopher
John K. Fairbank (1907-1991) College 1929 East Asian scholar
Ben Finney (b. 1934) Ph.D 1964 anthropologist, author, Polynesian Voyaging Society co-founder
Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) Radcliffe 1898 social and political theorist
James Fowler (born 1970) College 1992; PhD 2003 Political Scientist [365]
Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) College 1928; Ph.D. 1941 Philosopher
Joseph Healey (1943-) PhD Headmaster of University Liggett School. Former Dean of Hobart College.
Gary N. Knoppers A.M. 1986; Ph.D. 1988 Leading scholar on Chronicles and Chronicler
Alan Kreider (born 1941) A.M. (1965), Ph.D. (1971), Travelling Fellow (1966-67) Formerly Director, Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, University of Oxford
Saul Kripke (born 1940) College; Society of Fellows Philosopher
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922-1996) College 1943; A.M. 1946; Ph.D. 1949 Philosopher and historian of science
David Lewis (1941-2001) Ph.D. Philosopher
Perry Link College 1966, Ph.D. 1976 Sinologist, Professor
Ehsan Maraghi (born 1946) Business Dean of Tehran University
Roger Martin (born 1956) Business 1978 Dean of University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business
Francis Parkman (1823-1898) Law Historian
Joel M. Podolny (born 1965) College 1986 Dean of Yale School of Management; Sociologist
Edward Said (1935-2003) A.M.; Ph.D. 1964 Coined term Orientalism; Palestinian activist; professor
George Santayana (1863-1952) College 1886; Ph.D. 1889; professor Philosopher
Jonathan Siegel (born 1962) College 1984 Professor of Law, George Washington University
Andrea Smith B.A. Native American Studies
Christian Smith (born 1960) Ph.D. 1990 Religious Studies
Ronald Spores Ph.D 1964 Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University [366]
Latanya Sweeney (born 1960) Extension 1995 Associate Professor of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University [367]
Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) Radcliffe 1933; faculty Historian
Charles W. Woodworth (1865-1940) Grad. Student, Researcher (1886-1888), (1900-1901) Entomologist; Founder UCB's Entomology Department

[edit] Faculty

Professors who are also Harvard alumni are listed in italics.

[edit] Nobel laureates

Name Class year Notability Reference
Kenneth Arrow (born 1921) Professor 1968-1979 Economist; Nobel Prize winner [368]
Elias J. Corey (born 1928) Professor Chemist; Nobel Prize winner
Norman F. Ramsey (born 1915) Professor Physicist; Nobel Prize winner
Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) Professor Physicist; Nobel Prize winner (1965)
Amartya Sen (born 1933) Professor Economist; Nobel Prize winner (1998)
James D. Watson (born 1928) Professor Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner
Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979) professor Chemist, Nobel Prize 1965

[edit] Others

Name Class year Notability Reference
Esko Aho (born 1954) IOP Fellow 2000 Prime Minister of Finland (1991-1995) [369]
William Berenberg (1915-2005) College 1936; professor Professor of pediatrics, physician [370]
Theodore C. Bestor Professor Anthropologist
Fitzroy Carrington (born 1869) Lecturer on engraving Journalist
Richard Clarke (born 1951) Faculty Diplomat, counterterrorism expert
Kim B. Clark College 1974; A.M. 1977; Ph.D. 1978; Dean of business school 1995-2005 Economist
Lawrence "Crash" Davis (1919-2001) Baseball coach (1943-1945) Inspiration for Bull Durham
Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) Professor (1964-) Law scholar, pro-Israel activist
R. Bruce Donoff (born 1951) Dental 1967; Medical 1973 Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Noam Elkies (born 1966) A.M. 1986; Ph.D. 1987; professor (1990-) Mathematician
Denise Faustman Associate Professor of Medicine Medical doctor and pioneer in diabetes research
Martin Feldstein (born 1939) College 1961; professor Economist
Niall Ferguson (born 1964) Professor 2005-present Historian
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) Professor Canadian-American Keynesian Economist
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950) Professor African American studies scholar
Daniel Gilbert Professor at the Department of Psychology Social psychologist
Daniel Goldhagen (born 1959) Ph.D.; previously an Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies Political scientist; controversial author of Hitler's Willing Executioners
Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) Professor Biologist
Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943) Professor Literary critic
Walter Gropius (1883-1969) Professor; dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design Architect
Caroline Hoxby College 1988; professor Economist
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz Ph.D.; professor Historian
Samuel P. Huntington (born 1927) Ph.D. 1951; professor Political scientist
Howard Koh (born 1952) Professor, Harvard School of Public Health Physician
Susumu Kuno (born 1933) Ph.D. 1964, Professor Emeritus Linguist [371]
George Martin Lane (1823-1897) Professor (1869-1894) Classical scholar
Timothy Leary (1920-1996) Professor (1959-1963) Writer; psychologist; LSD guru
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Professor (1834-1854) Poet
N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958) Professor Economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
Harvey Mansfield Professor William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University
Julián Marías (1914-2005) Professor Philosopher and author
Richard Marius (1933-1999) Professor Reformation historian and author
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) Professor Evolutionary biologist
Robert Merton (born 1944) Professor Economist; Nobel Prize winner
Ken Nakayama Professor Psychologist
Hideyuki Negoro Visiting Associate Professor Medical Doctor, Medical Scientist
Robert Nozick (1938-2002) Professor Libertarian philosopher
Milman Parry (??-1935) Professor Scholar of the classics and folklore
Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880) College 1829; professor Mathematician
Steven Pinker (born 1954) Ph.D. 1979; professor (2003-) Psychologist
Robert Putnam (born 1941) Professor Political scientist
W. V. Quine (1908-2000) Ph.D. 1932; professor (1956-2000) Philosopher; logician
John Rawls (1921-2002) Professor Philosopher; political scientist
Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990) Ph.D. 1939; professor; gave name to Reischauer Institute East Asian scholar
Josiah Royce (1855-1916) Professor (1892-1914) Philosopher
James R. Russell Professor (1993-) Professor and scholar; Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University [372]
Nadav Safran (1925-2003) Professor An expert in Arab politics and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Michael Sandel Professor Political scientist
Elaine Scarry Professor of English and American Literature and Language, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Author
Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888-1965) Professor; gave name to Schlesinger Library Historian
Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916–2000) Professor Religious scholar; professor
Cordwainer Smith (1913-1966) Faculty East Asian scholar; science fiction writer
Jared Sparks (1789-1866) College 1819; professor (1838-1849) Historian
Laurence Tribe (born 1941) College 1962; Law 1966; professor Lawyer
Jesse Ventura (born 1951) taught a seminar on third-party politics at the Kennedy School of Government actor, professional wrestler, Governor of Minnesota
Cornel West (born 1953) Professor (1993-2002) African American studies scholar
George Whitesides (born 1939) College 1960; University professor (1982-) Chemist
James Q. Wilson (born 1931) Professor 1961-1987 Professor of public policy
Dave Winer (born 1955) Fellow at HLS's Berkman Center for Internet and Society 2004 Software developer; early and still famous blogger
Henry Austryn Wolfson (1887-1974) Ph.D.; professor Philosopher
Ma Ying-Jeou (born 1950) Doctor of Juridical Science, J.S.D. 1981. 12th President-Elect, Taiwan, Republic of China
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. (born 1936) economics,1963. Father to Barack Hussein Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate


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