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List of Harvard University people
The list of Harvard University alumni 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.
Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Bush graduated from Harvard Business School, Hayes and Obama from Harvard Law School, and the others from Harvard College.
Over 150 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as alumni, researchers or faculty.
Nobel laureates edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip W. Anderson (1923–2020) | College 1943; PhD 1949 | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1977) | [1] |
| Christian B. Anfinsen (1916–1995) | PhD 1943 | Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1972) | [2] |
| Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961) | PhD 1988 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (2019) | |
| J. Michael Bishop (born 1936) | PhD 1962 | Immunology; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1989) | |
| Percy W. Bridgman (1882–1961) | College 1904; A.M. 1905; PhD 1908; Professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1946) | [3] |
| Ralph Bunche (1904–1971) | A.M. 1928; PhD 1934 | Diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1950) | [4] |
| Mario Capecchi (born 1937) | PhD 1967 | Geneticist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2007) | |
| Martin Chalfie (born 1947) | College 1969, PhD 1979 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2008) | |
| Donald J. Cram (1919–2001) | PhD 1947 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1987) | [5] |
| Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893–1986) | PhD 1920 | Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1943) | |
| T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) | College 1909; A.M. 1910; PhD (not conferred) 1914 | Poet; Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1948) | [6] |
| John Franklin Enders (1897–1985) | PhD 1930 | Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954) | [7] |
| Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008) | PhD 1946 | Physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1976) | |
| Walter Gilbert (born 1932) | College 1953; professor | Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1980) | [8] |
| Sheldon Glashow (born 1932) | PhD 1959; professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1979) | [9] |
| Roy J. Glauber (1925–2018) | College 1946; PhD 1949; Professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2005) | [10] |
| Al Gore (born 1948) | College 1969 | Vice President of the United States; global climate change activist; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2007) | |
| Dudley R. Herschbach (born 1932) | A.M. 1956; PhD 1958; Professor | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1986) | [11] |
| George H. Hitchings (1905–1998) | PhD 1933 | Physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1988) | |
| Roald Hoffman (born 1937) | PhD 1962 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1981) | [12] |
| H. Robert Horvitz (born 1947) | A.M. 1972; PhD 1974 | Biologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2002) | [13] |
| Charles Brenton Huggins (1901–1997) | Medical 1924 | Physician; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1941) | |
| Eric Kandel (born 1929) | College 1948 | Neuropsychiatry; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2000) | |
| Jerome Karle (1918–2013) | A.M. 1938 | Physical chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1985) | [14] |
| Martin Karplus (born 1930) | College 1950 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2013) | |
| Henry Kissinger (born 1923) | College 1950, PhD 1954 | Political scientist; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1973) | |
| William S. Knowles (1917–2012) | College 1939 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2001) | [15] |
| Walter Kohn (1923–2016) | PhD 1948 | Theoretical physics; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1998) | |
| Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947) | College 1967 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2006) | [16] |
| Michael Kremer (born 1964) | College 1985, PhD 1992 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (2019) | |
| Eric Maskin (born 1950) | College 1972; A.M. 1974; PhD 1976 | Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2007) | [17] |
| David Morris Lee (born 1931) | College 1952 | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (1996) | [18] |
| Craig Mello (born 1960) | PhD 1962 | Biologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2006) | |
| 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 (1926–2022) | PhD 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 (1919–2012) | Medical 1943 | Surgeon; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1990) | [24] |
| Roger Myerson (born 1951) | College 1973, PhD 1976 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (2007) | |
| Barack Obama (born 1961) | Law 1991 | President of the United States; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2009) | [25] |
| Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979) | A.M. 1923 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (1977) | |
| Saul Perlmutter (born 1959) | College 1981 | Astrophysics; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2011) | |
| Hugh David Politzer (born 1949) | PhD 1974 | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (2004) | |
| Edward Mills Purcell (1912–1997) | A.M.; PhD; Professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1952) | [26] |
| Theodore W. Richards (1868–1928) | PhD 1888; Professor | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1914) | [27] |
| Adam Riess (born 1969) | PhD 1996 | Astrophysics; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2011) | |
| Frederick C. Robbins (1916–2003) | Medical 1940 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954) | [28] |
| Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) | College 1880 | President of the United States; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1906) | |
| James Rothman (born 1950) | PhD, 1976 | Cell biologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2013) | |
| Paul Samuelson (1915–2009) | A.M. 1936; PhD 1941 | Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1970) | [29] |
| Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951) | HKS 1981 | President of Colombia; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2016) | [30] |
| Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943) | PhD 1968 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (2011) | |
| Thomas Schelling (1921–2016) | PhD 1951 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (2005) | |
| Brian Schmidt (born 1967) | PhD 1993 | Astrophysics; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2011) | |
| Richard R. Schrock (born 1945) | PhD 1971 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005) | |
| Gregg L. Semenza (born 1956) | College 1978 | Oncology; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2019) | |
| Lloyd Shapley (1923–2016) | College 1948 | Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2012) | [31] |
| Christopher A. Sims (born 1942) | College 1963 PhD 1968 | Economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner (2011) | |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) | HKS 1971 | President of Liberia; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2011) | [32] |
| George Smith (born 1941) | PhD 1970 | Biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2018) | |
| Vernon L. Smith (born 1927) | PhD 1955 | Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2002) | [33] |
| George Davis Snell (1903–1996) | PhD 1930 | Geneticist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1980) | |
| Robert M. Solow (1924–2023) | College 1947; A.M. 1949; PhD 1951 | Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1987) | [34] |
| A. Michael Spence (born 1943) | PhD 1972 | Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2001) | [35] |
| William Howard Stein (1911–1980) | College 1933 | Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1972) | [36] |
| Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011) | PhD 1968 | Immunology; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2011) | |
| Thomas A. Steitz (1940–2018) | PhD 1966 | Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2009) | |
| James B. Sumner (1887–1955) | College 1910; PhD 1914 | Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1946) | [37] |
| Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born 1941) | PhD 1968 | Astrophysics; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1993) | |
| E. Donnall Thomas (1920–2012) | MD 1946 | Physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1990) | [38] |
| James Tobin (1918–2002) | College 1939; A.M. 1940 | Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1981) | [39] |
| Roger Y. Tsien (1952–2016) | College 1972 | Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2008) | |
| Thomas H. Weller (1915–2008) | PhD 1940 | Virologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954) | [40] |
| Kenneth G. Wilson (1936–2013) | College 1956 | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1956) | [41] |
| John H. van Vleck (1899–1980) | PhD 1922; Professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1977) | [42] |
| Harold E. Varmus (born 1939) | A.M. 1962 | Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1989) | [43] |
| David J. Wineland (born 1944) | PhD 1970 | Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2012) | [44] |
Pulitzer Prize winners edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Adams (1838–1918) | College 1858; Professor | Historian, novelist | [45] |
| John Coolidge Adams (born 1947) | College 1969; A.M. 1971 | Composer | [46] |
| James Agee (1909–1955) | College 1932 | Novelist, screenwriter | [47] |
| Liaquat Ahamed (born 1952) | M.A. | Author | |
| Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) | College 1912 | Poet, writer | [48] |
| John Ashbery (1927–2017) | College 1949 | Poet | [49] |
| Brooks Atkinson (1894–1984) | College 1917 | Theater critic | [50] |
| Bernard Bailyn (born 1922) | A.M. 1947; PhD 1953; Professor 1961– | Historian | [51] |
| Walter Jackson Bate (1918–1999) | College 1939 | Historian | |
| James Phinney Baxter III (1893–1975) | PhD 1926 | Historian | |
| William M. Beecher (born 1933) | College | Journalist | |
| Samuel Flagg Bemis (1891–1973) | PhD 1916 | Historian | |
| Frank Bidart (born 1939) | A.M. 1967 | Poet | |
| Herbert P. Bix (born 1938) | PhD | Historian | |
| Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) | College 1934 | Historian, Librarian of Congress | [52][53] |
| Robert Boyd (1928–2019) | College 1949 | Journalist | |
| Van Wyck Brooks (1886–1963) | College 1908 | Historian | |
| Paul Herman Buck (1899–1978) | M.A. 1924 | Historian | |
| Robert Campbell (born 1937) | College 1958, Graduate School of Design 1967 | Boston Globe architecture critic | [54] |
| Elliott Carter (1908–2012) | College 1932 | Composer | [55] |
| Alfred D. Chandler Jr. (1918–2007) | College 1940; Professor | Historian | |
| Edward Channing (1856–1931) | College 1878 | Historian | |
| Robert Coles (born 1929) | College 1950 | Author | |
| Holland Cotter (born 1947) | College 1970 | Journalist | |
| Merle Curti (1897–1996) | College 1920 | Historian | |
| William O. Dapping (1880–1969) | B.A. 1905 | Journalist | |
| David Brion Davis (1927–2019) | PhD 1955 | Historian | |
| Bernard DeVoto (1897–1955) | College 1920 | Historian | |
| Jared Diamond (born 1937) | College 1958 | Author, biologist | [56] |
| John W. Dower (born 1938) | PhD 1972 | Historian | |
| Richard Eder (1932–2014) | College 1954 | Los Angeles Times journalist | [54] |
| Caroline Elkins (born 1969) | PhD 2001 | Historian | |
| Will Englund (born 1953) | College 1975 | Journalist | |
| David Fahrenthold (born 1978) | College 2000 | Journalist | [57] |
| Susan Faludi (born 1959) | College 1981 | Author, journalist | [58] |
| Mark Feeney (born 1957) | College 1979 | Boston Globe journalist | [54] |
| Herbert Feis (1893–1972) | College 1916 | Historian | |
| James Thomas Flexner (1908–2003) | College 1926 | Historian | |
| Caroline Fraser | PhD 1987 | Biographer | |
| Sydney P. Freedberg | College 1976 | Journalist | |
| Alix M. Freedman (born 1957) | College 1979 | Journalist | |
| Daniel Golden (born 1957) | College 1978 | Journalist | |
| Ellen Goodman (born 1941) | Radcliffe 1963 | Boston Globe columnist | [59] |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) | PhD 1968 | Historian, author | [60] |
| Annette Gordon-Reed (born 1958) | Law 1984; Professor | Historian | |
| Linda Greenhouse (born 1947) | Radcliffe 1968 | New York Times journalist | [61] |
| Richard Grozier (1887–1946) | College 1909 | Editor | |
| Cornelia Grumman (born 1963) | KSG 1989 | Journalist | |
| David Halberstam (1934–2007) | College 1955 | Author | [62] |
| Oscar Handlin (1915–2011) | M.A. 1935 | Historian | |
| Marcus Lee Hansen (1892–1938) | PhD 1928 | Historian | |
| Laurie Hays | College 1979 | Journalist | |
| Tim Hays (1907–2011) | Law 1942 | Publisher | |
| John Harbison (born 1938) | College 1960 | Composer | [63] |
| Robert Hillyer (1895–1961) | College 1917 | Poet | |
| Daniel Walker Howe (born 1937) | College 1959 | Journalist | |
| Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (1864–1960) | A.M. 1888 | Author | |
| Henry James (1879–1947) | College 1899 | Biographer | |
| Joseph Kahn (born 1964) | College 1987 | Journalist | |
| Michael Kammen (1936–2013) | PhD 1964 | Historian | |
| Peter R. Kann (born 1942) | College | Journalist | |
| Justin Kaplan (1925–2014) | College 1944 | Biographer | |
| Stanley Karnow (1925–2013) | College 1947 | Journalist | |
| John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) | College 1940 | U.S. President | [64] |
| Tracy Kidder (born 1945) | College 1967 | Author | |
| Edward M. Kingsbury (1854–1946) | College 1875 | Historian | |
| Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) | Medical 1975 | Washington Post columnist | [65] |
| Nicholas D. Kristof (born 1959) | College 1981 | New York Times columnist | [66] |
| Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006) | College 1926; A.M. 1927 | Poet, U.S. Poet Laureate | [67] |
| Oliver La Farge (1901–1963) | College 1924 | Author | |
| Oliver Larkin (1896–1970) | College 1918 | Art historian | [68] |
| Edward J. Larson (born 1953) | Law 1979 | Historian | |
| William L. Laurence (1888–1977) | Law | Journalist | |
| Joseph Lelyveld (born 1937) | College 1958 | Journalist | |
| Anthony Lewis (1927–2013) | College 1948 | New York Times columnist | [69] |
| R. W. B. Lewis (1917–2002) | College 1939 | Biographer | |
| Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) | College 1910 | Journalist | |
| J. Anthony Lukas (1933–1997) | College 1955 | Journalist | [70] |
| Robert Lowell (1917–1977) | Dropped out | Poet | [71] |
| John E. Mack (1929–2004) | Medical 1955 | Psychiatrist, writer, professor at Harvard University School of Medicine | |
| Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982) | Law 1919 | Poet, writer | [72] |
| John P. Marquand (1893–1960) | College 1915 | Novelist | |
| Megan Marshall (born 1954) | College 1977 | Biographer | |
| John Matteson (born 1961) | Law 1986 | Biographer | |
| Garrett Mattingly (1900–1962) | College 1923 | Historian | |
| Charles Howard McIlwain (1871–1968) | M.A. 1903 | Historian | |
| James Alan McPherson (1943–2016) | Law 1968 | Essayist | |
| Zachary Mider | College 2000 | Journalist | |
| Jack Miles (born 1942) | PhD 1971 | Historian | |
| Paul Moravec (born 1957) | College 1980 | Composer, professor | [73] |
| Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976) | College 1908; PhD 1912; Professor | Historian | [74] |
| Siddhartha Mukherjee (born 1970) | M.D. 2000 | Author | |
| Steven Naifeh (born 1952) | Law 1977 | Biographer | |
| Evan Osnos (born 1976) | College 1998 | Journalist | |
| Vernon Louis Parrington (1871–1929) | College 1893 | Historian | |
| Frederic L. Paxson (1877–1948) | M.A. | Historian | |
| Ralph Barton Perry (1876–1957) | PhD 1899 | Philosopher | |
| Walter Piston (1894–1976) | College 1924 | Composer | |
| Sumner Chilton Powell (1924–1993) | PhD 1956 | Historian | |
| Jack N. Rakove (born 1947) | PhD 1975 | Historian | |
| Samantha Power (born 1970) | Law 1999; Professor | Writer | [75] |
| Tom Reiss (born 1964) | College 1987 | Journalist | |
| David E. Sanger (born 1960) | College 1982 | Journalist | [76] |
| Charlie Savage (born 1975) | College 1998 | Journalist | |
| Sydney Schanberg (1934–2016) | College 1955 | Journalist | [77] |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917–2007) | College 1938; professor | Historian, advisor to John F. Kennedy | [78] |
| Carl Emil Schorske (1915–2015) | PhD 1950 | Historian | |
| Lloyd Schwartz (born 1941) | PhD 1976 | Author | |
| Roger Sessions (1896–1985) | College 1915 | Composer | |
| Neil Sheehan (born 1936) | College 1958 | Journalist | [79] |
| Odell Shepard (1884–1967) | PhD 1917 | Historian | |
| Richard H.P. Sia (born 1953) | College 1975 | Journalist | [57] |
| Gregory White Smith (1951–2014) | Law 1978 | Biographer | |
| Tracy K. Smith (born 1972) | College 1994 | Poet | |
| Paul Starr (born 1949) | PhD | Academic | |
| Farah Stockman (born 1974) | College 1996 | Journalist | |
| Richard Strout (1898–1990) | College 1919 | Journalist | |
| Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II (1912–1993) | College 1934 | Journalist | |
| William Taubman (born 1940) | College 1962 | Biographer | |
| Virgil Thomson (1896–1989) | College 1923 | Composer | |
| John Updike (1932–2009) | College 1954 | Novelist, poet, short story writer, critic | [80] |
| Peter Viereck (1916–2006) | College 1937 | Poet | |
| Charles Warren (1868–1954) | College 1889 | Historian | |
| Jonathan Weiner (born 1953) | College 1976 | Historian | |
| George Weller (1907–2002) | College 1929 | Journalist | [81] |
| Theodore White (1915–1986) | College 1938 | Journalist | [82] |
| Colson Whitehead (born 1969) | College 1991 | Author | |
| Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881–1945) | Radcliffe 1907 | Biographer | |
| Gordon S. Wood (born 1933) | A.M. 1959; PhD 1964 | Historian, professor | [83] |
| Sheryl WuDunn (born 1959) | M.B.A. 1986 | Author | |
| Yehudi Wyner (born 1929) | M.A. | Composer | |
| Du Yun (born 1977) | PhD | Composer |
Royalty and nobility edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (born 1955) | PhD 1985 | Son of late Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah; Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States from 1993 to 2003; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait from 2003 to 2011; current Prime Minister of Kuwait; his elder brother is Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, former Defense and Interior Minister | [84] |
| Aga Khan IV (born 1936) | B.A. 1959 | Born Prince Karim Aga Khan, he is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, and a descendant of Shah (Emperor) Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar of the Persian Qajar dynasty | [84] |
| Birendra Bir Bikram Shah (1945–2001) | HKS 1968 | King of Nepal | |
| Frederik, King of Denmark (born 1968) | Academic Exchange of one year (1992–1993) | Member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; Crown Prince of Denmark, therefore the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark; elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, the Prince Consort | [84] |
| Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003) | College 1954 | Son of Aga Khan III, the 48th Imam of Nizari Ismailism; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1966–1978 | [84] |
| Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi II, of Iran (1966–2011) | PhD student at the time of his death | Member of the Pahlavi imperial family of Iran (Persia); younger son of the former Shah of Persia (Emperor of Persia), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his third wife Empress Farah Pahlavi; second in order of succession to the Iranian throne before the Iranian Revolution | [84] |
| Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla (1892–1929), from Siam (Thailand) | Certificate in Public Health 1921, MD 1927 | Member of the House of Chakri, of Siam (Thailand); son of King Chulalongkorn of Siam; father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand, grandfather of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) of Thailand; regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand | [84][85][86] |
| Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi I of Iran (1922–1954) | B.A. | Member of the Pahlavi imperial family of Iran (Persia); Reza Shah Pahlavi's second son; brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; the last Shah of Persia (Iran) de facto | [84] |
| Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen of Ethiopia (born 1984) | wife of Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen; member of the Imperial House of Ethiopia through marriage | [87] | |
| Masako, Empress of Japan (born 1963) | B.A., 1985 | Consort of Emperor Naruhito, the first son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko; member of the Imperial House of Japan through marriage | [84] |
| Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (born 1969) | HBS, 1998 | Son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein | [88] |
| Nazrin Shah of Perak (born 1956) | Masters; PhD | Current Sultan of Perak, one of the Sultans of Malaysia, as a federal constitutional monarchy | [84] |
| Prince Abdul Reza Pahlavi (1924–2004) | M.A. | Member of the Pahlavi imperial family of Iran (Persia); son of Reza Shah Pahlavi; brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; the last Shah of Persia (Iran) de facto | [84] |
| Catherine Oxenberg (born 1961) | Member of the Serbian House of Karađorđević; Serbian American actress best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera Dynasty; daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and her first husband Howard Oxenberg, a Jewish dress manufacturer and close friend of the Kennedy family | [84] | |
| Prince William zu Lobkowicz (born 1961) | B.A. | Member of the high Bohemian nobility; member of the House of Lobkowicz, one of the oldest Bohemian noble families; his great-grandfather Ferdinand was the 10th Prince zu Lobkowicz when the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, leaving the Bohemian nobility stripped of its legal privileges in 1919 | [89] |
| Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma, Duchess of Guernica and Marchioness of Sala (born 1974) | Member of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well of the Dutch royal family; fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma | [84] | |
| Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of Bhutan (born 1981) | Law 2007 | Sister of the current King of Bhutan; board member of the Tarayana Foundation | [citation needed] |
Science, technology, medicine, and mathematics edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Adams (1889–1971) | College 1909, PhD 1912 | Pioneering organic chemist | [90] |
| Howard H. Aiken (1900–1973) | M.A. 1937; PhD 1939 | Computer scientist; designer of the Harvard Mark I | [91] |
| James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005) | PhD 1942 | Astronomer, optician | [92] |
| John Bartlett (1784–1849) | College 1805 | Minister, founder of Massachusetts General Hospital | [93] |
| Manjul Bhargava (born 1974) | College 1996 | Mathematician, Fields Medal winner | |
| Craig Call Black (1932–1998) | PhD 1962 | Paleontologist | |
| Francine D. Blau (born 1946) | M.A. 1969; PhD 1975 | Economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research, first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics | [94] |
| Hilary Blumberg | College 1986 | Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience | [95] |
| Dan Bricklin (born 1951) | Business 1979 | Creator of VisiCalc | [96] |
| Fred Brooks (born 1931) | PhD 1956 | Turing Award laureate | |
| Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996) | College 1917; A.M. 1921; PhD 1923 | Geologist; one of the top Canadian scientists of the 20th century; namesake of Thomasclarkite | [97] |
| Mandy Cohen | MPH 2004 | Physician; Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, former Executive Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and founding member of Doctors for America. | [98] |
| Stephen Cook (born 1939) | S.M. 1962; PhD 1966 | Computer scientist | [99] |
| Don Coppersmith | S.M. 1975; PhD 1977 | Computer scientist | [100] |
| Leda Cosmides (born 1957) | College 1979; PhD 1985 | Evolutionary psychologist | [101] |
| Robert K. Crane (1919–2010) | PhD 1950 | Biochemist | [102] |
| Harvey Cushing (1869–1939) | Medical 1895 | Neurosurgeon | |
| Elliott Cutler (1888–1947) | College 1909, M.D. 1913; Professor | Surgeon and medical educator | [103] |
| Samuel J. Danishefsky (born 1936) | PhD 1962 | Chemist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995/96 | [104] |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) | College 1980 | Astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, television host | [105] |
| Fe Del Mundo (1909–2011) | Medical 1938 | National Scientist of the Philippines; pediatrician; recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award; devised an incubator made out of bamboo, designed for use in rural communities without electrical power; the first woman admitted as a student at Harvard Medical School | |
| Russell Doolittle (1931–2019) | PhD, 1962 | Biochemist | [106] |
| Gideon Dreyfuss | PhD 1978 | Biochemist, HHMI investigator | [107] |
| William Duane (1872-1935) | A.B. 1893; A.M. 1895; Professor | Physicist, professor emeritus and chair of Biophysics at Harvard, research fellow at Harvard Cancer Commission | [108] |
| E. Allen Emerson (born 1954) | PhD 1981 | Turing Award laureate | |
| Charles Epstein (1933–2011) | Harvard Medical College 1959 | Geneticist; injured by Ted Kaczynski a.k.a. Unabomber | [109] |
| Paul Farmer (born 1959) | Medical 1988; PhD 1990; Professor | Founder of Partners in Health | [110] |
| Lewis J. Feldman (born 1945) | PhD 1975 | Professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley | [111] |
| Rabab Fetieh (born 1954) | Dental 1987 | First Saudi Arabian female orthodontist | |
| Edward Frenkel (born 1968) | PhD 1991 | Mathematician | [112] |
| Robert Galambos (1914–2010) | PhD | Researcher who discovered how bats use echolocation | [113] |
| Bill Gates (born 1955) | No degree | Founder of Microsoft and philanthropist | |
| Paul Graham (born 1964) | S.M. 1988; PhD 1990 | Computer programmer and essayist | |
| Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893–1977) | College 1915 | Paleontologist | |
| Brian Greene (born 1963) | College 1984 | Famous in the world of string theory; Columbia University professor | [114] |
| Victor Guillemin (born 1937) | PhD 1962 | Differential geometer | [115] |
| G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924) | PhD 1878 | First president of APA and Clark University | [116] |
| Donald Olding Hebb (1904–1985) | PhD 1936 | Canadian psychologist; "father of neuropsychology"; President of the American Psychological Association 1960; Fellow of the Royal Society; Chancellor of McGill University 1970–1974 | |
| George Anthony Hill (1842–1916) | AB 1865, AM 1870 | Author of various textbooks, primarily on physics and mathematics; associate professor | [117] |
| Heisuke Hironaka (born 1931) | PhD 1960; Professor | Mathematician, Fields Medal winner | [118] |
| Arthur Allen Hoag (1921–1999) | PhD 1953 | Discovered Hoag's object | |
| L. Emmett Holt Jr. (1895–1974) | College 1916 | Pediatrician | [119] |
| Tony Hsieh (1973–2020) | College 1995 | CEO of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos, co-founder of LinkExchange, author of Delivering Happiness | |
| Ruth Hubbard (1924–2016) | PhD 1950 Radcliffe | professor, biologist | [120] |
| Ernest Ingersoll (1852–1946) | Naturalist, writer and explorer | ||
| Kenneth E. Iverson (1920–2004) | PhD 1954 | Turing Award laureate | |
| Thomas Jaggar (1871–1953) | PhD 1897 | Geologist, founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory | [121] |
| William James (1842–1910) | Medical 1869 | Philosopher; psychologist; namesake of William James Hall | [122] |
| Stacy Jupiter (born 1975) | AB 1997 | Marine scientist | [123] |
| Michio Kaku (born 1947) | College 1968 | Theoretical physicist, activist | |
| Richard M. Karp (born 1935) | College 1955, PhD 1959 | Turing Award laureate | |
| Jerome H. Kidder (1842–1899) | B.A. 1862; M.A. 1875 | Royal surgeon and astronomer, Order of Christ conferred by King of Portugal, the decoration authorized by joint resolution of the United States Congress in 1870 | |
| Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956) | Sc. D. 1919 | Sexologist | [124] |
| Ivan Krstić | College | Computer security expert | |
| Butler Lampson (born 1943) | College 1964 | Turing Award laureate | |
| Theodore K. Lawless (1892–1971) | Dermatologist; Spingarn Medal | [125] | |
| Saul Levin | M.A. 1994 | Psychiatrist | [126] |
| Holbrook Mann MacNeille (1907–1973) | PhD 1935 | Mathematician | [127] |
| Annie Luetkemeyer | PhD 1999 | Infectious diseases physician | |
| John Marsh (1799-1856) | 1823 | First medical doctor in California and first Harvard graduate in California. | |
| Rustin McIntosh (1894–1986) | College 1914; M.D. 1918 | Pediatrician | [128] |
| Curtis T. McMullen (born 1958) | PhD 1985 | Fields Medal winner | |
| Scott McNealy (born 1954) | College 1976 | Co-founder and chairman of Sun Microsystems | [129] |
| John S. Meyer (1924–2011) | Physician | ||
| Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) | College 1950 | Computer scientist | [130] |
| Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017) | PhD 2004 | Fields Medal winner | |
| Sylvanus G. Morley (1883–1948) | College 1908 | Mayanist scholar and archaeologist | [131] |
| Robert Tappan Morris (born 1965) | College 1987; S.M. 1993; PhD 1999 | CS professor at MIT, creator of the first computer worm | |
| David Mumford (born 1937) | College 1957; PhD 1961 | Mathematician, Fields Medal winner | [132] |
| Vivek Murthy (born 1977) | College 1997 | Vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States | |
| Major General Spurgeon Neel (1919–2003) | MPH 1958 | Pioneer of aeromedical evacuation | [133] |
| Simon Newcomb (1835-1909) | BSc 1858 | astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath | |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) | College 1925 | Physicist, "father of the atomic bomb" | [134] |
| Tim O'Reilly (born 1954) | College 1975 | Founder of O'Reilly Media | [135] |
| George Parkman (1790–1849) | College 1809; Medical 1813 | Physician, businessman, murder victim | [136] |
| Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) | College 1859 | Philosopher, mathematician | [137] |
| Alex K. Shalek (born 1981) | PhD 2011 | single cell genomics key opinion leader | [138] |
| A. Sivathanu Pillai (born 1947) | Business 1991 | Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller DRDO and CEO of BrahMos Aerospace | [139] |
| Mark Plotkin (born 1955) | Extension 1979 | Ethnobotanist; founder of Amazon Conservation Team | [140] |
| Daniel Quillen (1940–2011) | College 1961; PhD 1964 | Mathematician, Fields Medal winner | [141] |
| Christian R. H. Raetz (1946–2011) | M.D. and PhD 1973 | Professor of biochemistry at Duke University and member of National Academy of Sciences | [142] |
| Joseph Ransohoff (1915–2001) | College 1938 | Neurosurgeon, professor and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the New York University School of Medicine | |
| Charles Reigeluth | B.A. Economics, 1969 | Professor of instructional design systems and creator of Elaboration Theory | [143] |
| Stuart A. Rice (born 1932) | A.M. 1954; PhD 1955 | Physical chemist at The University of Chicago | [144] |
| Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011) | College 1963; PhD 1968 | Computer scientist | [145] |
| Brian M. Salzberg | PhD 1971 | Neuroscientist, biophysicist and professor | [146] |
| Vern L. Schramm (born 1941) | M.S. nutrition | Professor of biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine | [147] |
| Jon Seger | PhD 1980 | Developed theory of bet-hedging in biology; recipient of MacArthur Genius Grant | [148] |
| Oscar Elton Sette (1900–1972) | M.A. biology 1930 | Influential fisheries scientist who pioneered fisheries oceanography and modern fisheries science | [149][150] |
| Harold Hill Smith (1910–1994) | PhD | Geneticist | [151] |
| Richard Stallman (born 1953) | College 1974 | Founder of the Free Software Foundation | |
| John Tooby (born 1952) | PhD 1985 | Anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist | |
| Marius Vassiliou (born 1957) | College 1978 | Computational scientist and research executive | |
| Vladimir Voevodsky (1966–2017) | PhD 1966 | Fields Medal winner | |
| An Wang (1920–1990) | PhD 1948 | Computer pioneer; inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame for magnetic core memory; philanthropist | [152] |
| William C. Waterhouse (1941–2016) | College 1963; M.A.; PhD 1968 | Mathematician, professor | [153] |
| John White Webster (1793–1850) | College 1811; Medical 1815 | Physician, professor, killer; Parkman-Webster murder case | |
| Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021) | PhD 1955; professor | Biologist | [154] |
| Charles F. Winslow (1811–1877) | Medical 1834 | Physician, diplomat, and atomic theorist | [155] |
| John Winthrop (1714–1779) | College 1732; professor | Astronomer, mathematician | |
| Chauncey Wright (1830–1875) | College 1852 | Mathematician, philosopher, professor | [156] |
| Andrew Yao (born 1946) | PhD 1972 | Turing Award laureate | |
| Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) | PhD 1913 | Mathematician, philosopher, professor | |
| William James Sidis (1898–1944) | A.B. cum laude 1914 | Mathematician |
Business edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Ackman (born 1966) | College, Business 1995 | CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management | |
| Darius Adamczyk (born 1966) | Business 1995 | CEO of Honeywell | |
| William McPherson Allen (1900–1985) | Law 1925 | CEO of Boeing | |
| Adam Aron (born 1954) | College 1976, Business 1979 | CEO of AMC Theatres | |
| J. Paul Austin (1915–1985) | College 1937 | CEO of The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915) | College 1856 | President of Union Pacific Railroad | [157] |
| Marcus Agius (born 1946) | Business 1972 | Chairman, Barclays PLC | [158] |
| A. Charles Baillie (born 1939) | Business | CEO of Toronto-Dominion Bank | |
| Steve Ballmer (born 1956) | College 1977 | President and CEO of Microsoft | [159] |
| Jim Balsillie (born 1961) | Business 1989 | CEO of Research in Motion | |
| Hans W. Becherer (1935–2016) | Business | CEO of John Deere | |
| Alex Behring (born 1967) | Business 1995 | Chairman of Kraft Heinz | |
| Charles M. Berger (1936–2008) | Business, 1960 | Business executive, H. J. Heinz Company; CEO of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | [160] |
| Gordon Binder (born 1935) | CEO of Amgen (1988–2000) | [161] | |
| Frank Biondi (1945–2019) | Business | CEO of Viacom, Universal Pictures | |
| Frank Blake (born 1949) | College 1971 | CEO of The Home Depot | |
| Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) | College 1975; Law 1978 | CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs | [162] |
| Leonard Blavatnik (born 1957) | Business 1989 | Founder of Access Industries | |
| Nathan Blecharczyk (born 1983) | College | Co-founder of Airbnb | |
| Ana Patricia Botín (born 1960) | Business | Chairperson of Santander Group | |
| Robert A. Bradway | Business 1990 | CEO of Amgen | |
| Charles Bunch (born 1950) | Business 1979 | CEO of PPG Industries | |
| Daniel Burke (1929–2011) | MBA 1955 | Former President of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) 1986–94, engineered the $3.5 billion acquisition of ABC by Capital Cities in 1986 | [163] |
| James E. Burke (1925–2012) | Business 1949 | CEO of Johnson & Johnson | |
| Philip Caldwell (1920–2013) | Business 1942 | CEO of Ford Motor Company | |
| John T. Cahill | College; MBA | Chairman and CEO of The Pepsi Bottling Group | [164] |
| Chase Carey (born 1954) | Business 1979 | President of News Corporation | |
| Winslow Carlton (1907–1994) | Business 1929 | Businessman and cooperative organizer | |
| Donald J. Carty (born 1946) | Business | CEO of AMR Corporation | |
| Doug Carlston (born 1947) | College 1970; Law 1975 | Co-founder of Brøderbund Software | [165] |
| Gregory C. Case (born 1963) | Business | CEO of Aon | |
| Albert Vincent Casey (1920–2004) | College, Business 1948 | CEO of American Airlines | |
| R. Martin Chavez | Biochemistry 1985 | CFO of Goldman Sachs | [166] |
| Kenneth Chenault (born 1951) | Law 1976 | CEO of American Express | |
| Shou Zi Chew | Business 2010 | CEO of TikTok | [167] |
| Howard L. Clark Sr. (1916–2001) | Law | Former CEO of American Express (1960–1977) | [168] |
| Michael Cohrs | College 1979; Business 1981 | Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank | |
| Vittorio Colao (born 1961) | Business | CEO of Vodafone | |
| Edward Conard | Business 1982 | Founding partner, Bain Capital | [169] |
| Michael Corbat (born 1960) | College 1983 | CEO of Citigroup | |
| Zoe Cruz (born 1955) | College 1977; Business 1982 | Former Co-President of Morgan Stanley | [170] |
| H. Lawrence Culp Jr. (born 1964) | Business 1990 | CEO of General Electric | |
| Ray Dalio (born 1949) | Business | Founder of Bridgewater Associates | |
| John D'Agostino | MBA, 2002 | MD of Alkeon Capital, youngest Head of Strategy for NYMEX and subject of best-selling book Rigged: The Ivy League Kid who Changed the World of Oil From Wall Street to Dubai | |
| Jamie Dimon (born 1956) | Business 1982 | Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase | [171] |
| James Dole (1877–1950) | College 1899 | Founder of Dole Food Company | |
| Tim Draper (born 1958) | Business 1984 | Venture capitalist | |
| Robert Louis-Dreyfus (1946–2009) | Business 1973 | CEO of Adidas | |
| Colin Drummond (born 1951) | MBA | CEO of Viridor and joint CEO of Pennon Group | [172] |
| Mark Ein (born 1964) | MBA 1992 | Venture capitalist, sports team owner | |
| Mark Fields (born 1961) | Business | CEO of Ford Motor Company | |
| Robert Fornaro (born 1952 or 1953) | Design | CEO of Spirit Airlines | |
| Kenneth Frazier (born 1954) | Law 1978 | CEO of Merck & Co. | |
| Victor Fung (born 1945) | PhD 1971 | Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies | [173] |
| Elbridge T. Gerry Sr. (1909–1999) | BA, 1931 | General partner of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; director of the Union Pacific Railroad 1957–86 | [174] |
| Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (born 1942) | Business 1965 | CEO of RJR Nabisco and IBM | |
| Walter Sherman Gifford (1885–1966) | College 1905 | President of AT&T Corporation | |
| Melvin Gordon (1919–2015) | College 1941, Business 1943 | CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries | |
| Kenneth C. Griffin (born 1968) | College 1990 | Chairman of Citadel LLC | |
| Gerald Grinstein (born 1932) | Law 1957 | Former CEO of Delta Air Lines | |
| David L. Gunn (born 1937) | College 1959 | CEO of Amtrak | |
| Rajat Gupta | MBA 1973 | Businessman, later convicted for insider trading | [175] |
| Walter A. Haas Jr. (1916–1995) | Business 1939 | CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. | |
| Torstein Hagen (born 1943) | Business 1968 | Founder of Viking Cruises | |
| Josh Harris (born 1964) | MBA 1990 | Co-founder of Apollo Global Management, owner of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL's New Jersey Devils, and the NFL's Washington Commanders | |
| Fred Hassan (born 1945) | Business 1972 | CEO of Schering-Plough | |
| Trip Hawkins (born 1953) | College 1976 | Founder of Electronic Arts and the 3DO Company | [176] |
| Sean M. Healey (born 1961) | College 1983; Law 1987 | CEO of Affiliated Managers Group and chairman of the Peabody Essex Museum | [177] |
| Warren Hellman (1934–2011) | Business 1959 | Founder of Hellman & Friedman and Hellman, Ferri Investment Associates (today Matrix Partners); former president, chairman, head of Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers | |
| John B. Hess (born 1954) | College 1975 | CEO of Hess Corporation | |
| Darren Huston (born 1966) | Business | CEO of The Priceline Group | |
| Jeffrey R. Immelt (born 1956) | Business 1982 | Chairman and CEO of General Electric | [178] |
| Leila Janah (1982–2020) | College 2005 | CEO of Samasource | |
| Andy Jassy (born 1967/68) | College 1990, Business 1997 | CEO of Amazon Inc. | |
| Abigail Johnson (born 1961) | Business 1988 | CEO of Fidelity Investments | |
| Edward Johnson, III (born 1930) | College 1954 | CEO of Fidelity Investments | |
| Whipple V. N. Jones (1909–2001) | College 1932, Business | Founder of Aspen Highlands | |
| Leo Kahn (1916–2011) | College 1938 | Co-Founder of Staples Inc. | |
| George Kaiser (born 1942) | College 1964 | Chairman of BOK Financial Corporation | |
| Carol Kalish (1955–1991) | Radcliffe College | Editor, Marvel Comics executive | |
| Steven A. Kandarian | Business 1989 | CEO of MetLife | |
| Chris Kempczinski | Business 1997 | CEO of McDonald's | |
| Jeff Kindler (born 1955) | Law 1980 | CEO of Pfizer | [179] |
| Rollin King (1931–2014) | Business 1964 | Founder of Southwest Airlines | |
| Jim Koch (born 1949) | College 1971, Business & Law 1978 | Founder of Boston Beer Company | |
| Robert Kraft (born 1941) | Business 1965 | CEO of The Kraft Group, New England Patriots owner | |
| Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (born 1938) | Business 1964 | Tamil Malaysian businessman and philanthropist | |
| A.G. Lafley (born 1947) | Business 1977 | CEO of Procter & Gamble | |
| J. Hicks Lanier | Business 1964 | CEO of Oxford Industries | [180] |
| Kewsong Lee (born 1965) | College 1986; Business 1990 | CEO of The Carlyle Group | |
| Jorge Paulo Lemann (born 1939) | College 1961 | Founder of 3G Capital | |
| Reginald Lewis (1942–1993) | Law 1968 | Former CEO of Beatrice Foods | |
| John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (born 1930) | College 1952; Business 1954 | Chairman of Loeb, Rhoades Trust Company; former United States Ambassador to Denmark | |
| Paul B. Loyd Jr. | M.B.A. | Former chairman and chief executive officer of the R&B Falcon Corporation (1997–2001) | [181] |
| Michael Lynton (born 1960) | College 1982, Business 1985 | CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment | |
| Stanley Marcus (1905–2002) | College 1925; Business 1926 | President and CEO, Neiman Marcus department stores | [182] |
| Charles Peter McColough (1922–2006) | Business 1949 | CEO of Xerox Corporation; Namesake of C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations | [183] |
| Ross McEwan (born 1957) | Business | CEO of National Australia Bank | |
| Douglas McGregor (1906–1964) | A.M. 1933; PhD 1935 | Management theorist | [184] |
| Scott McNealy (born 1954) | College 1976 | Co-founder of Sun Microsystems | |
| James McNerney (born 1949) | Business 1975 | Chairman and CEO of Boeing | [185] |
| George W. Merck (1894–1957) | College 1915 | Industrialist, president of Merck & Co. | [186] |
| Hiroshi Mikitani (born 1966) | Business 1993 | CEO of Rakuten | |
| Charles Moorman (born 1953) | Business 1978 | CEO of Amtrak, Norfolk Southern Railway | |
| Henry Sturgis Morgan (1900–1982) | College 1923 | Co-founder of Morgan Stanley | |
| J. P. Morgan Jr. (1867–1943) | College 1886 | President of J.P. Morgan & Co. | |
| Charlie Munger (1924–2023) | Law 1948 | Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | |
| Vasant Narasimhan (born 1976) | Medical, KSG 2003 | CEO of Novartis | |
| David Nelms (born 1961) | Business 1987 | CEO of Discover Financial | |
| Albert Nickerson (1911–1994) | College 1933 | CEO of Mobil | |
| Roy Niederhoffer (born 1966) | College 1987 | Founder and President of R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc. | [187] |
| Irving S. Olds (1887–1963) | Law 1910 | CEO of U.S. Steel | |
| Bradley Palmer (1866–1946) | College 1888; Law 1889 | Drafted the merger that formed United Fruit Company; served on the board of directors for Gillette and ITT; appointed to represent President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference | |
| Ellen Pao (born 1970) | CEO of Reddit | ||
| John Paulson (born 1955) | Business 1980 | Founder of Paulson & Co. | |
| Art Peck (born 1955) | Business 1979 | CEO of Gap Inc. | |
| Ken Powell (born 1954) | College 1976 | CEO of General Mills | |
| Vivek Ranadivé (born 1957) | Business 1983 | CEO of TIBCO Software | |
| Sumner Redstone (born 1923) | College 1944; Law 1947 | Chairman and CEO of Viacom | [188] |
| James Reed (born 1963) | MBA 1990 | Chairman and chief executive of the Reed group of companies | [189] |
| Fred Reichheld (born 1952) | College 1974; Business 1978 | Author of bestselling business books | [190] |
| Robert Ridder (1919–2000) | Director of Knight Ridder media | [191] | |
| David Rockefeller (1915–2017) | College 1936 | Banker; philanthropist; Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank; son of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr.; grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller | [192] |
| Gary Rodkin | Business 1980 | CEO of ConAgra Foods | |
| Harry M. Rubin (born 1952) | Business 1976 | Co-founder of Samuel Adams; COO and CFO of Atari, Inc. | |
| Robert Rubin (born 1938) | Economics 1960 | United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| Sheryl Sandberg (born 1969) | College 1991 | COO of Facebook | |
| Ulf Mark Schneider (born 1965) | Business 1993 | CEO of Nestlé | |
| Steve Schwarzman (born 1947) | Business 1972 | Billionaire, owner of Blackstone Group | [193] |
| Daniel C. Searle (1926–2007) | Business 1952 | Heir, CEO of G. D. Searle & Company, conservative philanthropist | [194] |
| Frank Shrontz (born 1931) | Business 1958 | CEO of Boeing | |
| Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953) | Business 1979 | CEO of Enron; convicted of fraud and conspiracy | [195] |
| Jeff Smisek (born 1954) | Law 1982 | CEO of United Airlines | |
| Orin C. Smith (1942–2018) | Business 1967 | CEO of Starbucks | |
| Thomas G. Stemberg (1949–2015) | College 1971/Business 1973 | Co-founder of Staples Inc. | |
| Jan Stenbeck (1942–2002) | Business | President of MTG | |
| Gerald L. Storch | College | CEO of Hudson's Bay Company | |
| William H Sumner (1780–1861) | College 1799 | Developed East Boston | [196] |
| Marcel Herrmann Telles (born 1950) | Business | Founder of 3G Capital | |
| Haslina Taib | Chair of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit | [197] | |
| Ratan Naval Tata (born 1937) | Business 1975 | Chairman of Tata Group | [198] |
| John Thain (born 1955) | Business 1979 | Chairman and CEO of CIT Group, last chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch | [199] |
| Charlemagne Tower (1809–1889) | Law 1830 | Lawyer, businessman; namesake of towns in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and North Dakota; served on Harvard's board of overseers | [200] |
| Robert Uihlein Jr. (1916–1976) | College 1938 | Chairman of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company | [201] |
| Rick Wagoner (born 1953) | Business 1977 | CEO of General Motors | |
| Michael J. Ward (born 1950) | Business 1973 | CEO of CSX Corporation | |
| Meg Whitman (born 1956) | Business 1979 | CEO of HP Inc. | |
| Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912) | College 1907 | Namesake of Harvard's Widener Library; died in the sinking of the Titanic | [202] |
| Arne Wilhelmsen (1929–2020) | Business | Founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | |
| Leah Zell (born 1949) | College 1971 | Investor | [203] |
| Moses Znaimer (born 1942) | A.M. | Canadian media mogul | [204] |
| Mortimer Zuckerman (born 1937) | Law 1962 | Owner of New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report | |
| Howard Jonas (born 1956) | College 1978 | Founder and CEO of IDT Corporation |
Politics edit
Law edit
Supreme Court justices edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (born 1959) | Law 1983 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India | |
| Sophia Akuffo (born 1949) | Law | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana | |
| Solomon Areda Waktolla (born 1975) | Harvard Kennedy School, MPA 2013 Harvard Law School, LLM 2014 | Judge at United Nations Dispute Tribunal Judge at Administrative Tribunal of African Development Bank Former Deputy Chief Justice of Ethiopia, Member of Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague | |
| Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall (born 1947) | Law 1970 | Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| Richard Reeve Baxter (1921–1980) | Law 1948 | Justice of the International Court of Justice | |
| Kwamena Bentsi-Enchill (1919–1974) | Law | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana | |
| Harry Blackmun (1908–1999) | College 1929, Law 1932 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Peter Blanchard (born 1942) | Law | Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand | |
| Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) | Law 1877 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [205] |
| William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–1997) | Law 1931 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [206][207] |
| Stephen Breyer (born 1938) | Law 1964 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [208] |
| Henry Billings Brown (1836–1913) | Law 1859 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Thomas Buergenthal (born 1934) | Law | Justice of the International Court of Justice | |
| Harold H. Burton (1888–1964) | Law 1912 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [209] |
| Renato Corona (1948–2016) | Law 1982 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| Benjamin Curtis (1809–1874) | College 1829; Law 1832 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [210] |
| William Cushing (1732–1810) | College 1751 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [210] |
| James Wilfred Estey (1889–1956) | Law 1915 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Willard Estey (1919–2002) | Law 1946 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Jens Evensen (1917–2004) | Law 1968 | Justice of the International Court of Justice | |
| Marcelo Fernan (1927–1999) | Law 1954 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) | Law 1906 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [211] |
| Stephen Gageler (born 1958) | Law 1987 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Australia | |
| Neil Gorsuch (born 1967) | Law 1991 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Horace Gray (1828–1902) | College 1845; Law 1849 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [212][213] |
| Irmgard Griss (born 1946) | Law 1975 | President of the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice | |
| Ofer Grosskopf (born 1969) | Law 1999 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) | College 1861; Law 1866 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [214] |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson (born 1970) | College 1992; Law 1996 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [215] |
| Francis Jardeleza (born 1949) | Law 1977 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| Elena Kagan (born 1960) | Law 1986 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [216] |
| Sisi Khampepe (born 1957) | Law | Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa | |
| Kenneth Keith (born 1937) | Law | Justice of the International Court of Justice | |
| Anthony Kennedy (born 1936) | Law 1961 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [217] |
| Bora Laskin (1912–1984) | Law 1937 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Koen Lenaerts (born 1954) | Law 1978, KSG 1979 | Justice of the European Court of Justice | |
| Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (born 1953) | Law 1975 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Germany | |
| Eilert Stang Lund (born 1939) | Law 1973 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway | |
| John McLean (1785–1861) | College 1806 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena (born 1969) | Law | Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico | |
| Sundaresh Menon (born 1962) | Law 1991 | Chief Justice of Singapore | |
| Yuko Miyazaki (born 1951) | Law 1984 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan | |
| William Henry Moody (1853–1917) | College 1876 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [218] |
| Rohinton Fali Nariman (born 1956) | Law 1981 | Justice of the Supreme Court of India | |
| Sandile Ngcobo (born 1953) | Law | Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| Masaharu Ōhashi (born 1947) | Law 1976 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan | |
| Lewis F. Powell Jr. (1907–1998) | Law 1932 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [219] |
| Ivan Rand (1884–1969) | Law 1912 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| William Rehnquist (1924–2005) | A.M. 1950 | Chief Justice of the United States | [220] |
| John Roberts (born 1955) | College 1976; Law 1979 | Chief Justice of the United States | [221] |
| Edward Terry Sanford (1865–1930) | College 1885; A.M. 1889; Law 1889 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [222] |
| Vicente Abad Santos (1916–1993) | Law | Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) | Law 1960 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [223] |
| Stephen M. Schwebel (born 1929) | College 1950 | Justice of the International Court of Justice | |
| Dave Smuts | Law 1983 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Namibia | [224] |
| David Souter (born 1939) | College 1961; Law 1966 | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [225] |
| Wishart Spence (1904–1998) | Law 1929 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Joseph Story (1779–1845) | College 1798; Professor | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | [210] |
Other legal figures edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Bragg (1973-) | Class of 1995 | Elected Manhattan District Attorney 2022 | |
| Andrea Álvarez Marín (1986-) | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | ||
| Joshua Atherton (1737–1809) | Class of 1762 | Attorney General New Hampshire | [226] |
| John O. Bailey (1880–1959) | Class of 1906 | State supreme court justice from Oregon | |
| Stephen Barnett (1935–2009) | College 1957; Law 1962 | Legal scholar at Berkeley Law who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 | [227] |
| George Tyler Bigelow (1810–1878) | College 1829 | Associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | [228] |
| Richard Blumenthal (born 1946) | College | Former Attorney General of Connecticut | |
| Andrew Cheung (born 1961) | Master of Laws 1985 | Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong | |
| Archibald Cox (1912–2004) | College 1934; Law 1937 | Special prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal | |
| Nora Dannehy (born 1961) | Law 1986 | Special Prosecutor in the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Deputy Attorney General of Connecticut | |
| Bruce Fein (born 1947) | Law 1972 | Founder of Bruce Fein & Associates, Inc.; principal civil liberties activist in The Lichfield Group; analyst and commentator for conservative think tanks; top Justice Department official under Ronald Reagan administration; Senior Policy Advisor for the Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign | [229] |
| Patrick Fitzgerald (born 1961) | Law 1985 | Special Prosecutor in the Plame affair; United States Attorney | |
| Stephen Gageler (born 1958) | Master of Laws 1987 | Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
| Merrick Garland (born 1952) | College 1974; Law 1977 | Attorney General of the United States; former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
| Paul C. Gartzke (1927–2009) | Law 1952 | Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Kumiki Gibson (born 1959) | Extension 1985 | Chief Counsel to the V.P. Al Gore 1994–97 | |
| Terry Goddard (born 1947) | College 1969 | Attorney General of Arizona | |
| Ulysses S. Grant Jr. (1852–1929) | College 1874 | Attorney, land developer | |
| William B. Gray (1942–1994) | College 1964 | United States Attorney for Vermont | [230] |
| John Patrick Hartigan (1887–1968) | Law 1909 | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island | [231] |
| Charles Hamilton Houston (1895–1950) | Law 1923 | Dean of Howard University Law School, lawyer for NAACP | |
| Joseph D. Kearney | Law 1989 | Dean of Marquette University Law School | |
| Harold Hongju Koh (born 1954) | College 1975; Law 1980 | Legal Adviser of the Department of State; former Dean of Yale Law School | [232] |
| Juliane Kokott (born 1957) | Law | Advocate General at the European Court of Justice | |
| John H. Langbein (born 1941) | Law 1968 | Legal scholar, professor at Yale Law School | |
| Kayleigh McEnany (born 1988) | Law 2016 | Political commentator and White House press secretary | |
| Tom Mesereau (born 1950) | College 1973 | Criminal defense attorney | |
| James T. Mitchell (1834-1915) | 1855 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania | [233] |
| Wendell Phillips (born 1811) | College 1831, Law 1833 | Abolitionist | |
| Elizabeth Prelogar (born 1980) | Law 2008 | Solicitor General of the United States and former clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan | |
| Paul Reardon (1909–1988) | College 1932, Law 1935 | Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
| Lemuel Shaw (1781–1861) | College 1800 | Chief Justice of Massachusetts Supreme Court | |
| Michael Wachter (born 1943) | M.A. 1967, PhD 1970 | Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School | [234][235][236][237] |
| Samuel Warren (1852–1910) | Law 1877 | Attorney; law partner of Louis Brandeis | |
| Henry C. Whitaker (born 1978) | Law J.D. magna cum laude 2003 | Solicitor General of Florida, 2021-present | |
| Valerie Zachary (born 1962) | Law J.D. cum laude 1987 | Associate Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2015-present |
Military edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Abizaid (born 1951) | A.M. 1981 | U.S. Army general, Commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) | [238] |
| Douglas Campbell (1896–1990) | A.B. 1917 | Soldier, World War I ace | [239] |
| Erle Cocke Jr. (1921–2000) | M.B.A. 1947 | U.S. Army officer in World War II, Silver Star Medal recipient, National Commander of the American Legion (1950–51) | [240] |
| George Downing (c. 1624–1684) | College 1642 | English soldier, diplomat | |
| Peter Fanta | M.P.A. | U.S. Navy admiral | |
| Manning Force (1824–1899) | College 1845; Law 1848 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, judge, author | [241] |
| David Gurfein | M.B.A. 2000 | U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, and CEO of nonprofit organization United American Patriots | [242] |
| Pierpont M. Hamilton (1898–1982) | College 1920; A.M. 1946 | U.S. Army Air Forces general in World War II, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Walter Newell Hill (1881–1955) | College 1904 | U.S. Marine Corps general, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Henry S. Huidekoper (1839–1918) | College 1862; A.M. 1872 | Union Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| John William Kilbreth (1876–1958) | College 1898 | U.S. Army brigadier general during World War I, Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient | [243] |
| Claud Ashton Jones (1885–1948) | M.S. 1915 | U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Henry Ware Lawton (1843–1899) | Law 1866 | U.S. Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in the Philippine–American War | [241] |
| John N. Lotz | Business 1971 | Air National Guard general | |
| George G. McMurtry (1876–1958) | College 1899 | U.S. Army officer in World War I with the "Lost Battalion", Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Hal Moore (1922–2017) | U.S. Army general, author of We Were Soldiers Once... And Young | ||
| Robert C. Murray (1946–1970) | Business 1970 | U.S. Army soldier killed in the Vietnam War, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Charles Coudert Nast (1903–1981) | Law 1925 | Attorney and U.S. Army major general | [244][245] |
| Norris W. Overton (1926–2023) | Business 1972 | U.S. Air Force general | |
| Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908) | Law 1853 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Representative from Maryland, lawyer, judge | [241] |
| Horace Porter (1837–1921) | Lawrence Scientific School 1857 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, businessman, ambassador to France | [241] |
| Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887–1944) | College 1909 | Son of President Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, businessman, Governor of Puerto Rico, Governor-General of the Philippines | [241] |
| Don Ross (1922–2015) | PhD in Applied Physics & Engineering Science 1953 | recipient of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, made important developments in reduction of submarine noise | [241] |
| Leroy A. Schreiber (1917–1944) | 1939 | U.S. Army Air Forces fighter ace killed in World War II | |
| Sherrod E. Skinner Jr. (1929–1952) | 1951 | U.S. Marine Corps officer killed in the Korean War, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Phillips Waller Smith (1906–1963) | M.B.A. 1940 | U.S. Air Force general | [246] |
| Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1875–1947) | M.A. 1932 | U.S. Army general | [247] |
| Hazard Stevens (1842–1918) | College 1865 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, Massachusetts state legislator, mountaineer | [241] |
| Artemas Ward (1727–1800) | College 1748 | Major General in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts | |
| Arthur Harold Webber (1893–1918) | Harvard 1915 | Volunteer with RAF Squadron 84; killed in flying accident in Texas, April 10, 1918 | |
| Charles White Whittlesey (1884–1921) | Law 1908 | U.S. Army officer in World War I, commander of the "Lost Battalion", Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Leonard Wood (1860–1927) | Medical 1884 | U.S. Army general, military surgeon, commander of the Rough Riders, 5th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines, Medal of Honor recipient | [241] |
| Isoroku Yamamoto (1884–1943) | 1919–1921 | Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy |
Journalism edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jill Abramson (born 1954) | College 1976 | Former executive editor of The New York Times | [248] |
| Jacqueline Alemany (born 1989) | College 2011 | CBS News White House Reporter | |
| Christian Alfonsi | PhD 1999 | Author, Circle in the Sand, about Gulf War and Iraq War | |
| Jonathan Alter (born 1957) | College 1979 | Former senior editor of Newsweek | |
| Steve Bannon (born 1953) | MBA 1983 | American media executive, political strategist | |
| Melissa Block (born 1962) | College 1983 | Host of NPR's All Things Considered | |
| Ben Bradlee (1921–2014) | College 1944 | Washington Post executive editor during Watergate scandal | |
| Warren T. Brookes (1929–1991) | College 1952 | Newspaper columnist for Detroit News, known for economics reporting | [249] |
| James Brown (born 1951) | College 1973 | Sportscaster | |
| Leslie T. Chang | 1991 | Journalist (former correspondent in Beijing, China for The Wall Street Journal; author of Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China | [250] |
| Susan Chira (born 1958) | College 1980 | Foreign editor of The New York Times since 2004 | |
| Kevin Corke | HKS 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 | |
| William Emerson (1923–2009) | College 1948 | Covered the civil rights era as Newsweek's first bureau chief assigned to cover the Southern United States; editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post | [251] |
| Sharon Epperson (born 1968) | College, 1990 | Television finance correspondent for CNBC | [252] |
| James Fallows (born 1949) | College 1970 | Journalist | |
| Amy Goodman (born 1957) | College 1984 | Liberal political commentator, founder of Democracy Now! | [253] |
| Donald E. Graham (born 1945) | College 1966 | The Washington Post Company chairman and CEO | |
| Kristen Green | HKS | Journalist and author | |
| Aaron Harber | MPA | Political analyst for CBS 4 KCNC-TV, host of The Aaron Harber Show on Colorado Public Broadcasting KBDI-TV | |
| William Randolph Hearst | Class of 1885, No degree | Businessman, newspaper publisher, politician | |
| 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 | |
| Mary Louise Kelly (born 1971) | College 1993 | Host of NPR's All Things Considered | |
| Michael Kinsley (born 1951) | College 1972; Law 1977 | Journalist | |
| Jason E. Klein | MBA 1986 | CEO of Times Mirror Magazines and CEO of Newspaper National Network LP | |
| Nicholas D. Kristof (born 1960) | College 1981 | New York Times reporter and columnist; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| William Kristol (born 1952) | College 1973; PhD 1979 | Editor of The Weekly Standard | |
| Melissa Lee | College 1995 | News anchor of CNBC | |
| Nicholas Lemann (born 1954) | College 1976 | The New Yorker magazine journalist, former dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | |
| Suzanne Malveaux (born 1966) | College 1987 | CNN correspondent | |
| Michel Martin | College 1980 | Weekend host of NPR's All Things Considered; Emmy Award–winner | |
| Judith Matloff (born 1958) | College 1981 | Journalist, author, and media safety advocate | |
| Leon Neyfakh | College 2007 | Host and creator of podcast Slow Burn | [254] |
| Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) | College 1987 | Television host | |
| Thomas Oliphant | College 1967 | Boston Globe columnist | |
| Bill O'Reilly (born 1949) | HKS 1996 | Journalist and conservative political commentator; host of The O'Reilly Factor | |
| Silvia Poggioli (born 1946) | College 1968 | Foreign correspondent, NPR | |
| John Reed (1887–1920) | College 1910 | Journalist, activist | |
| Joy-Ann Reid (born 1968) | College 1990 | MSNBC correspondent and host of AM Joy | [255] |
| Frank Rich (born 1949) | College 1971 | New York Times columnist | |
| Stephen Sackur (born 1964) | BBC journalist | ||
| Peter Sagal (born 1965) | College 1987 | Public radio host of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, playwright, screenwriter, actor | |
| Bill Schneider (born 1944) | A.M. 1969, PhD 1972 | Journalist, political analyst | |
| Lara Setrakian (born 1982) | 2004 | Journalist, political analyst | |
| Richard H.P. Sia (born 1953) | College 1975 | Journalist, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; National Journal; Baltimore Sun. | [256] |
| Sam Sifton (born 1966) | College 1988 | New York Times chief restaurant critic | |
| Andrew Sullivan (born 1963) | HKS 1986; PhD 1990 | Blogger, journalist | |
| Evan Thomas (born 1951) | College 1973 | Journalist for Newsweek and TIME; author of two New York Times bestsellers | |
| Pablo S. Torre (born 1985) | College 2007 | Sportswriter for ESPN and Sports Illustrated | |
| Kristen Welker (born 1977) | College 1998 | News anchor NBC | |
| Katharine Weymouth (born 1966) | College 1988 | Washington Post publisher | |
| William Lindsay White (1900–1973) | College 1924 | Journalist | |
| Jessica Yellin (born 1971) | College | Journalist | |
| Mort Zuckerman (born 1937) | Law 1962 | U.S. News & World Report editor-in-chief, New York Daily News owner and publisher |
Literature edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) | College 1852 | Novelist | [257] |
| Tahmima Anam (born 1975) | Phd 2005 | Novelist | [258] |
| Michael J. Arlen (born 1930) | College 1952 | Writer, journalist, critic | [259] |
| Margaret Atwood (born 1939) | Radcliffe A.M. 1962 | Novelist | [260] |
| Peter Benchley (1940–2006) | College 1961 | Novelist | [261] |
| Robert Benchley (1889–1945) | College 1912 | Comedian | [262] |
| John Berendt (born 1939) | College 1961 | Writer | [263] |
| Robert Bly (born 1926) | College 1950 | Poet | |
| Marita Bonner (1899–1971) | Radcliffe College 1922 | Harlem Renaissance writer, essayist, poet | |
| Bill Branon | College 1959 | Novelist | |
| Harold Brodkey (1930–1996) | College 1952 | Novelist | |
| George Hardin Brown | College 1971 | Medieval scholar | [264] |
| Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867) | College 1814 | Mythologist | |
| William S. Burroughs (1914–1997) | College 1936 | Writer | |
| Ethan Canin (born 1960) | Medical 1989 | Author | |
| Karla Cornejo Villavicencio | College 2011 | Writer | [265] |
| Steven R. Covey (1932–2012) | Business 1975 | Author and self-help guru | |
| Michael Crichton (1942–2008) | 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) | PhD | Writer, artist, critic | |
| Paul de Man (1919–1983) | PhD 1960 | literary critic | |
| Joseph Dennie (1768–1812) | College 1790 | Author, editor | [266] |
| 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, namesake of Emerson Hall | |
| Berry Fleming (1899–1989) | College 1922 | Novelist[267] | |
| Al Franken (born 1951) | College 1973 | Comedian, United States Senator | |
| Robert Frost (1874–1963) | College 1897 to 1899, dropped out | Poet | |
| Edward Gorey (1925–2000) | College 1950 | Writer, illustrator | |
| Alfred Grossman (born 1927) | 1949 | writer and novelist | [268] |
| Donald Hall (1928–2018) | College 1951 | 14th U.S. Poet Laureate | |
| Louisa Hall (born 1982) | College 2004 | Author | |
| James D. Hart (1911–1990) | Writer, professor | ||
| Mark Helprin (born 1947) | College, Graduate School | Writer | |
| Julie Hilden | College 1989 | Author | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894) | College; PhD 1836; professor | Poet, physician | |
| Amanda Gorman | College 2020 | Poet, activist | |
| Angela Hur | College 2002 | Author | [269][270] |
| Gregg Hurwitz | College 1995 | Novelist, comics writer | |
| Uzodinma Iweala (born 1982) | College 2004 | Author | |
| Gish Jen (born 1955) | College 1977 | 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 (1925–2014) | College 1946; A.M. 1948 | Poet | |
| Jean Kwok | College | Author | |
| Sally Laird (1956–2010) | MA 1981 | Writer, editor, translator | [271] |
| Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) | Radcliffe 1951 | Novelist | |
| Hunter Lewis (born 1947) | A.B. 1969 | Author | |
| Frederick Wadsworth Loring (1848–1871) | College 1870 | Author, newspaper correspondent | |
| James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | College 1838 | Poet, abolitionist | |
| Alison Lurie (born 1926) | Radcliffe 1947 | Novelist | |
| Norman Mailer (1923–2007) | College 1943 | Novelist | |
| F.O. Matthiessen (1902–1950) | M.A. 1926 PhD 1927 | Harvard teacher | |
| Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) | Radcliffe 1947 | Novelist | |
| Julian Moynahan (1925–2014) | College 1946, PhD 1957 | Critic and novelist | |
| Charles Murray (born 1943) | College 1965 | Writer | |
| Ogden Nash (1902-1971) | College 1920 | Poet | |
| Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) | College 1941 | Poet | |
| Frank O'Hara (1926–1966) | College 1950 | Poet | |
| Carl Phillips (born 1959) | College 1981 | Poet | |
| George Plimpton (1927–2003) | College 1948 | Writer, journalist, actor | |
| Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) | Radcliffe 1951 | Poet | |
| George de la Ruiz Santayana (1863–1952) | College 1886 | Philosopher, poet | |
| Rudy Ruiz (born 1968) | College 1990; M.P.P. 1993 | Novelist and writer of short stories | [272] |
| E. San Juan Jr. (born 1938) | A.M.; PhD | Poet, cultural scholar | |
| Erich Segal (1937–2010) | College 1958; A.M. 1959; PhD 1965 | Author, screenwriter | |
| Frank Shuffelton (d. 2010) | Literary scholar | ||
| Maximo V. Soliven (1929–2006) | PhD 1951 | 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 | |
| Lily Tuck (born 1938) | Radcliffe College 1960 | Novelist, winner of the 2004 National Book Award. | [273] |
| Scott Turow (born 1949) | Law 1978 | Novelist, lawyer | |
| John Updike (1932–2009) | College 1954 | Novelist | |
| Kaavya Viswanathan (born 1987) | College 2008 | Novelist, noted plagiarist | |
| Andrew Weil (born 1942) | College 1964; Medical School 1968 | Medical writer | |
| Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) | A.M. 1947; professor | Poet | |
| Lauren Willig (born 1977) | J.D. 2004 | Novelist | |
| Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) | A.M. 1922 | Novelist | |
| John Burnham Schwartz (b. 1965) | A.B. 1987 | Novelist, screenwriter | |
| Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967–2020) | College 1989 | Writer | |
| Yangsze Choo | Fantasy novelist |
- Benjamin Kunkel (born 1972), novelist and political economist
Film, theater, and television edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatyana Ali (born 1979) | College 2002 | Actress, singer | |
| Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) | College 1991 | Film director and screenwriter | [274] |
| Ronald Bass (born 1942) | Law 1967 | Screenwriter | [275] |
| S. N. Behrman (1893–1973) | College 1916 | Playwright, screenwriter | |
| Roberts Blossom (1924–2011) | College 1943 | Actor, poet | |
| Andy Borowitz (born 1958) | College 1980 | Comedian, film actor | |
| Josh Brener (born 1984) | College 2007 | Actor | |
| Amy Brenneman (born 1964) | College 1987 | Actress | |
| Bill Brown | College 1992 | Experimental filmmaker | |
| Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) | College 1990 | Actor | |
| Emily Carmichael (born 1982) | College 2004 | Director, screenwriter, animator | |
| Stockard Channing (born 1944) | Radcliffe 1965 | Actress | |
| Damien Chazelle (born 1985) | College 2007 | Film director, screenwriter, Academy Award nominee for Whiplash and Academy Award winner for La La Land | |
| Karen Chee (born 1995) | College 2017 | Comedian | |
| Rob Cohen (born 1949) | College 1971 | Film director, screenwriter | |
| Cesar Conde (born 1973) | College 1995 | President of Univision | |
| Lindsay Crouse (born 1948) | Radcliffe 1970 | Actress | |
| Matt Damon (born 1970) | College 1988–92 | Actor, screenwriter, producer, Academy Award winner | |
| Greg Daniels (born 1962) | College 1980–84 | Comedy writer, producer, and director | |
| Jeremy Doner (born 1974) | College 1994 | Screenwriter | [276] |
| David Dorfman (born 1994) | Law 2015 | Actor, attorney | |
| John Duda (born 1977) | College 1999 | Actor | [277] |
| Christopher Durang (born 1949) | College 1971 | Playwright | |
| Olga Fedori (born 1984) | College 2004 | Actress, singer | |
| Geoffrey S. Fletcher (born 1970) | College 1992 | Screenwriter, film director, professor | |
| Greg Giraldo (1965–2010) | Law 1988 | Comedian | |
| Caroline Giuliani (born 1989) | College 2011 | filmmaker, writer, daughter of Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover | |
| Armando Gutierrez (born 1949) | Extension 2009 | Actor, producer | |
| Fred Grandy (born 1948) | College 1970 | Actor, U.S. Congressman | [278] |
| Andre Gregory (born 1934) | College 1956 | Theatre director, actor | |
| Fred Gwynne (1926–1993) | College 1951 | Actor | |
| Hill Harper (born 1966) | HKS, Law 1992 | Actor | |
| Erika Harold (born 1980) | Law 2007 | Miss America 2003 | [279] |
| Sarah Haskins (born 1979) | College 2001 | Comedian | |
| David Heyman (born 1961) | College 1983 | Film producer | |
| Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957) | College | CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | [280] |
| Josephine Hull (1886–1957) | Radcliffe 1899 | Actress | |
| Rashida Jones (born 1976) | College 1997 | Actress | |
| Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) | College 1969 | Actor, Academy Award winner, All-Ivy League guard on football team in 1968 | |
| Colin Jost (born 1982) | College 2004 | Actor, writer, comedian | |
| Ashley Judd (born 1968) | HKS 2010 (Mid-Career MPA) | Actress | |
| Douglas Kenney (1947–1980) | College 1968 | Humorist, screenwriter | |
| Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) | College 1947 | Actor, Academy Award winner | |
| 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, Academy Award nominee | |
| Donal Logue (born 1966) | College 1989 | Actor | |
| Joseph Losey (1909–1984) | A.M. | Film director | |
| Terrence Malick (born 1943) | College 1966 | Film director, screenwriter | |
| Robert Myhrum (1927–1999) | College 1948 | Emmy-nominated television director | |
| Dan McGrath (born 1965) | College 1985 | Emmy-winning writer, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, King of the Hill | |
| Tom McGrath (born 1956) | College 1976, MBA 1980 | Film and theater executive, producer; The Princess Bride, Hair, Passing Strange, West Side Story; six-time Tony winner | |
| Abel Meeropol (1903–1986) | Actor and composer | ||
| Alex Michel (born 1970) | College 1992 | Businessman, television personality; The Bachelor | |
| David Monahan (born 1971) | College | Actor | |
| Mira Nair (born 1957) | College 1979 | Film director | |
| Dean Norris (born 1963) | College 1985 | Actor, Breaking Bad, Under the Dome | |
| B. J. Novak (born 1979) | College 2001 | Comedian, actor, The Office | |
| Conan O'Brien (born 1963) | College 1985 | Talk show host | |
| Mark O'Donnell (1954–2012) | College 1976 | Comedy writer, Tony winner for Hairspray, author, op-ed columnist | |
| Steve O'Donnell (born 1954) | College 1976 | Comedy writer, multiple Emmy winner, Head Writer for David Letterman Show, The Simpsons | |
| Lance Oppenheim (born 1996) | College 2019 | Film director | |
| Keir Pearson (born 1968) | College 1989 | Screenwriter | |
| Frank Pierson (1925–2012) | College 1950 | Screenwriter, film director | |
| Natalie Portman (born 1981) | College 2003 | Actress, Academy Award winner | |
| Carol Potter (born 1948) | Social Relations (Psychology) 1970 | Actress, Beverly Hills, 90210 | [281] |
| Julia Riew | College 2022 | Composer, Librettist, Lyricist | |
| Geneva Robertson-Dworet (born 1985) | College 2007 | Screenwriter | |
| Mo Rocca (born 1969) | College 1991 | Comedian | |
| Peter Sagal (born 1965) | College 1987 | Host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | [282] |
| Nat Sakdatorn (born 1983) | College c.2005 | Actor | |
| Meredith Salenger (born 1970) | College 1992 | Actress | |
| Michael Schur (born 1975) | College 1997 | Writer for Saturday Night Live, The Office, and Parks and Recreation | |
| Peter Sellars (born 1957) | College 1980 | Theater director | |
| Wallace Shawn (born 1943) | College 1965 | Actor, playwright | |
| Elisabeth Shue (born 1963) | College 2000 | Actress | |
| Henry Singer (born 1957) | College 1980 | Film director | |
| Mira Sorvino (born 1967) | College 1990 | Actress, Academy Award winner | |
| Whit Stillman (born 1952) | College 1973 | Screenwriter, film director | |
| Renee Tajima-Peña (born 1958) | College 1980 | Film director and producer, Who Killed Vincent Chin? | [283] |
| Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) | College 1979 | Screenwriter | |
| Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born 1981) | College 2004 | Actor | |
| Scottie Thompson (born 1981) | College 2005 | Actress | [284] |
| James Toback (born 1944) | College 1966 | Film director and screenwriter | |
| Bitsie Tulloch (born 1981) | College 2003 | Actress | |
| Brian Tyler (born 1972) | College 1998 | 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 (born 1946) | College 1968 | Librettist | |
| Scott Weinger (born 1975) | College 1998 | Actor | |
| Steve Zahn (born 1967) | Actor | ||
| Jeff Zucker (born 1965) | College 1986 | President of NBC Universal | |
| Edward Zwick (born 1952) | College 1974 | Film director, producer, Academy Award winner | |
| Bill Stetson | B.A. 1982 | President of the Vermont Film Commission; producer of What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library; Citizen Suits; and A Closer Walk | |
| Nuseir Yassin (born 1992) | College 2014 | Web-based personality | [285] |
Music edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams (born 1947) | College 1965 | Composer | |
| Samuel Hans Adler (born 1928) | College 1950; MA | Composer, conductor | [286] |
| Charlie Albright | College 2011 | Pianist, composer | |
| Leroy Anderson (1908–1975) | College 1929; A.M. 1930 | Composer, conductor | [287] |
| Matthew Aucoin (born 1990) | College 2012 | Composer, conductor, pianist, best known for his operas | |
| Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) | College 1939 | Composer, conductor | |
| Alison Brown (born 1962) | Grammy Award-winning banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer | ||
| Elliott Carter (1908–2012) | College 1931 | Composer, Pulitzer Prize-winner[288] | |
| Del Castillo (1893–1992) | College 1914 | Organist, composer[289] | |
| Han-na Chang (born 1982) | College 2001 | Cellist | |
| William Christie (born 1944) | College 1966 | Conductor | |
| Rivers Cuomo (born 1970) | College 2006 | Singer of Grammy Award-winning band Weezer | |
| Du Yun (born 1977) | Ph.D. 2006 | Composer, performance artist, Pulitzer Prize-winner | |
| Elephante (born 1989) | College 2011, Economics | Music Producer and DJ | |
| China Forbes (born 1970) | College 1992 | Singer; lead vocalist of Pink Martini | |
| Elliot Forbes (1917–2006) | College 1941; A.M. 1947 | Conductor, musicologist | |
| Russ Gershon (born 1959) | College 1981/82 | Jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader | |
| Alan Gilbert (born 1967) | College 1989 | Music director of the New York Philharmonic | |
| Aaron Goldberg (born 1974) | College 1996 | Jazz pianist | |
| Jerry Harrison (born 1949) | College 1971 | Keyboardist for Talking Heads | |
| Fred Ho (born 1957) | College 1979 | Jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader | |
| Samuel Holyoke (1762–1820) | College 1789, A.M. 1792 | Composer | |
| Justin Hurwitz (born 1985) | College 2003 | Composer, pianist, and screenwriter; Academy Award-winner for La La Land | [290] |
| Stefan Jackiw (born 1985) | College 2007 | Violinist | |
| Jacob Kimball (1761–1826) | College 1780 | Composer | |
| Thomas M. Lauderdale (born 1970) | College 1992 | Musician, frontman of Pink Martini | |
| Sara Lazarus | College 1984 | Jazz vocalist | |
| Trey Chui-yee Lee (born 1973) | College 1997 | Cellist | |
| Tom Lehrer (born 1928) | College 1946; A.M. 1947 | Satirist, mathematician, singer | |
| Ryan Leslie (born 1978) | College 1994 | Music producer, singer-songwriter, musical arranger | [291] |
| Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955) | College 1976 | Cellist | |
| Daniel Manzano (born 1980) | College 1999 | Bassist, percussionist, backing vocals, and songwriter for Boyce Avenue | |
| Harper MacKay (1921—1995) | music director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, pianist, conductor, and composer of scores for film and television | [292] | |
| Tom Morello (born 1964) | College 1986 | Lead guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning band Rage Against the Machine; ex-lead guitarist of the now defunct band Audioslave; political activist | |
| Dmitri Nabokov (1934–2012) | College 1955 | Opera singer, son of Vladimir Nabokov | |
| Ursula Oppens (born 1944) | Radcliffe 1965 | Pianist | |
| William P. Perry (born 1930) | College 1951 | Composer | |
| Joshua Redman (born 1969) | College 1991 | Jazz saxophonist | |
| Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021) | College 1958 | Composer, pianist | |
| Anton Schwartz (born 1967) | College 1989 | Jazz saxophonist | |
| Robert Strassburg (1915–2003) | A.M. 1950 | Conductor, composer, professor of music, musicologist | [293] |
| Michael Stern (born 1959) | College 1981 | Conductor, Kansas City Symphony | [294] |
| Brian Tyler (born 1972) | College 1998 | Film composer, music producer, conductor, pianist, drummer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist | |
| Dan Wilson (born 1961) | College 1983 | musician, singer in the band Semisonic known for the song Closing Time (Semisonic song) | |
| Peter Wollny (born 1961) | German musicologist, Bach Archive Leipzig |
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Art, architecture, and engineering edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr. (1899–1949) | College 1920; MA 1933 | Art historian, architect, namesake of Belknap Press | [295] |
| Ann Bermingham (born 1948) | PhD 1982 | Art historian | |
| Barbara Bestor (born 1966) | College 1987 | Architect | [296][297] |
| Sheila Blair (born 1948) | PhD 1980 | Art historian | [298] |
| Anna Campbell Bliss (1925–2015) | 1951 | Artist and architect | [299] |
| Jonathan M. Bloom (born 1950) | College 1972; PhD 1980 | Art historian, assistant professor of art history (1981-1987) | [300] |
| Henry Clifford Boles (1910–1979) | M.Arch 1949 | African American architect, active in Liberia and Massachusetts | [301] |
| Louis Briel (1945–2021) | MA 1960s-1970s | Artist and author | [302] |
| Charles Bulfinch (1763–1844) | College 1781 | Architect | |
| Rika Burnham | Museum Educator, dancer and PROSE Award winner | [303] | |
| Geoffrey Chadsey (born 1967) | A.B. 1989 | Artist | [304] |
| Kermit S. Champa (1939–2004) | PhD 1965 | Art historian, Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University | [305] |
| Kate Cordsen (born 1966) | A.M. 1998 | Photographer, Artist | |
| Allan Crite (1910–2007) | Extension 1968 | Artist | [306][307] |
| Hardy Cross (1885–1959) | MCE 1911 | Civil engineer | |
| James Cuno (born 1951) | A.M. 1980; PhD 1985 | Art historian, director of the Harvard Art Museums | [308] |
| Frederick B. Deknatel (1905–1973) | PhD 1935 | Art historian, William Door Boardman Professor of Fine Arts at Harvard University | [309] |
| Walter B. Denny | A.M. 1965; PhD 1971 | Art historian, University Distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst | [310] |
| Henri Dorra (1924–2002) | A.M. 1950; PhD 1954 | Art historian, Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara | [311] |
| Massumeh Farhad | PhD 1987 | Art historian, curator at Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Asian Art | [312] |
| Cécile Fromont | A.M. 2004; PhD 2008 | Art historian, Associate Professor of African and South Atlantic Art at Yale University | [313] |
| Buckminster Fuller | 1917; Expelled | Architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, futurist | |
| Joseph Goldyne (born 1942) | College 1970 | Artist, printmaker, curator | [314][315] |
| Lauren Greenfield (born 1966) | College 1987 | Artist, Photographer, Filmmaker | [316][317][318] |
| Gulgee (1926–2007) | College 1947 | Pakistani artist famous for his paintings and Islamic calligraphy; qualified engineer | [319] |
| Philip Johnson (1906–2005) | College 1930 | Architect, Pritzker Prize winner | |
| Julian Hatton (born 1956) | College 1979 | Artist, abstract landscapes | [320][321] |
| Jarvis Hunt (1863–1941) | Architect | [322] | |
| Charles L. Kuhn (1901–1985) | A.M. 1924; PhD 1929 | Art historian, director of the Busch-Reisinger Museum | |
| Thomas W. Lentz (born 1951) | A.M. 1981; PhD 1985 | Art historian, director of the Harvard Art Museums | [323] |
| Fumihiko Maki (born 1928) | Design 1955 | Architect, Pritzker Prize winner | |
| Howard Hibbard (1928–1984) | PhD 1958 | Art historian, Professor of Italian Baroque Art at Columbia University | |
| Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893–1993) | Radcliffe 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 | |
| Philippe de Montebello (born 1936) | College 1962 | Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
| I. M. Pei (1917–2019) | Design 1946 | Architect, Pritzker Prize winner | |
| Jules Prown (born 1930) | A.M. 1953, PhD 1961 | Art historian, Professor of Art History Emeritus at Yale University | |
| Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886) | College 1859 | Architect | |
| Scott Rothkopf (born 1976) | College 1999 | Art historian, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art | |
| Kenneth Dupee Swan (1887–1970) | Photographer, forester | [324] | |
| Gary Tinterow (born 1953) | A.M. 1983 | Art historian, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | [325] |
| Oliver Samuel Tonks (1874–1953) | A.B. 1898, A.M. 1899, Ph.D. 1903 | Art historian, Professor of Art History Emeritus at Vassar College | [326] |
| Edward Warburg (1908–1992) | 1930 | Philanthropist, patron of the arts | [327] |
| Harold Wethey (1902–1984) | A.M. 1931; PhD 1934 | Art historian, professor at the University of Michigan |
Religion
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Arthur Buttrick (1892–1980) | faculty member in 1955 | Professor of Christian Morals | [328] |
| William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) | College 1798 | Unitarian leader | |
| Jane Dempsey Douglass (born 1933) | PhD 1963 | Feminist theologian and ecclesiastical historian; president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches | |
| Shubael Dummer (1636–1692) | College 1656 | Founder of the First Parish Congregational Church of York, the oldest church congregation in the state of Maine; killed in the Candlemas Massacre | [329] |
| John Hale (1636–1700) | College 1657 (Theology Degree) | Participant in the Salem witch trials who would later apologize for his role; first minister of the parish church in Beverly, Massachusetts | [330][331] |
| Edward William Cornelius Humphrey (1844–1917) | Law 1866 | Presbyterian leader, lawyer and judge | |
| Karim Aga Khan IV (born 1936) | College 1958 | Spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili branch of Islam | |
| Bernard Francis Law (1931–2017) | College 1953 | Cardinal Archbishop of Boston | |
| Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015) | PhD English | Chief rabbi at Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank; son-in-law and disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | |
| Walter A. Maier (1893–1950) | M.A. 1920, PhD 1929 | Professor at Concordia Seminary, first speaker of The Lutheran Hour | [332] |
| Cotton Mather (1663–1728) | College 1678, A.M. 1681 | Minister, author | |
| Increase Mather (1639–1723) | College 1656 | Clergyman | |
| Robert W. McElroy (born 1954) | College 1975 | American Roman Catholic Cardinal designate, sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego | |
| Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933) | Divinity | Muslim philosopher, leading exponent of the Perennial Philosophy leader | |
| Fan S. Noli (1882–1965) | D.D. 1908 | Clergyman, founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church | |
| Theodore Parker (1810–1860) | Divinity | Unitarian leader | |
| Samuel Phillips (1690–1771) | College 1708 | First pastor of the South Church in Andover, Massachusetts | [333] |
| William G. Sinkford (born 1946) | College 1968 | Unitarian Universalist leader | |
| Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815) | D.D. 1794 | English radical dissenting minister |
Athletics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Adams (born 1977) | College 1999 | NHL player, Pittsburgh Penguins | [334] |
| Eugene Belisle (1910–1983) | College 1931 | Coxwain at 1928 Summer Olympics | |
| Matt Birk (born 1976) | College 1998 | NFL center | [335] |
| Brian Burke (born 1955) | MBA/JD 1981 | NHL general manager | |
| Dick Button (born 1929) | AB 1952 JD 1955 | Figure skater, two-time Olympic gold medalist 1948/1954, five-time world champion, seven-time national champion | |
| Ellery Harding Clark (1874–1949) | College 1896 | Two-time gold medalist at 1896 Summer Olympics | |
| Emily Cross (born 1986) | College 2009 | Silver medalist in fencing at 2008 Summer Olympics | |
| Clifton Dawson (born 1983) | College 2007 | NFL player, Indianapolis Colts | |
| Jillian Dempsey (born 1991) | College 2013 | Ice hockey player | |
| Eli Dershwitz (born 1995) | College 2019 | 2023 Saber World Champion, 2015 Saber Junior World Champion, competitor for US in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics | [336] |
| John Dockery (born 1944) | College 1968 | NFL cornerback | [337] |
| Ted Donato (born 1969) | College 1991 | NHL player, head hockey coach | [338] |
| Chandler Egan (1884–1936) | College 1905 | Gold and silver medalist in golf at 1904 Summer Olympics | |
| Ali Farag (born 1992) | College 2014 | Squash player, highest world ranking of no. 1 | [339] |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick (born 1982) | College 2005 | NFL quarterback, St. Louis Rams, Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins. | [340] |
| Eddie Grant (1883–1918) | College 1905, Law 1909 | MLB infielder, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants | [341] |
| Milton Green (1913–2005) | College | Runner, former world recorder holder in hurdles | |
| Peter Gregg (1940–1981) | College 1961 | Racing driver | [342] |
| Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett (1820–1871) | First superintendent of physical education in American higher education | [343] | |
| Arnold Horween (1898–1985) | College 1921 | American football All-American player for the Harvard Crimson and the NFL; Harvard coach | [344] |
| Ralph Horween (1896–1997) | College 1920 and Law School 1929 | American football All-American player for the Harvard Crimson and the NFL; centenarian | [345] |
| Bobby Jones (1902–1971) | College 1924 | Golfer | [346] |
| Dan Jiggetts (born 1954) | College 1976 | NFL offensive tackle, Chicago sportscaster | [347] |
| Isaiah Kacyvenski (born 1977) | College 2000, HBS 2011 | NFL player, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders | [348] |
| Marv Levy (born 1925) | College | NFL coach, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills | [349] |
| Jeremy Lin (born 1988) | College 2010 | NBA player, Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets | [350] |
| Esther Lofgren (born 1986) | College 2009 | Gold medalist in rowing at 2012 Summer Olympics | |
| Rob Manfred (born 1958) | Law 1983 | Commissioner of Major League Baseball | |
| Shep Messing (born 1949) | College 1973 | Soccer player | |
| Noam Mills (born 1986) | College 2012; MBA 2016 | Olympic épée fencer for Israel at 2008 Summer Olympics | [351][352] |
| Dominic Moore (born 1980) | College | NHL player, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks | [353] |
| Steve Moore (born 1978) | College | NHL player, Colorado Avalanche | [354] |
| Christopher Nowinski (born 1978) | College 2000 | Professional wrestler | |
| Jeffrey Orridge (born 1960) | Law 1986 | Commissioner of the Canadian Football League | |
| David Otunga (born 1980) | 2006 | Professional wrestler | |
| John Paul (born 1939) | MBA | Sportscar racing driver | [355] |
| Dylan Reese (born 1984) | College | NHL player, New York Islanders | [356] |
| Robert Ridder (1919–2000) | Lester Patrick Trophy recipient, United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee | [191] | |
| Ryan Max Riley (born 1979) | College 2007 | United States Ski Team skier | |
| Gabrielle Thomas (born 1996) | College 2018 | Bronze medalist in 200m at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| Larry Scott (born 1964) | College 1986 | WTA CEO, Pac-10 commissioner | [357][358] |
| Richard Sears (1861–1943) | College 1883 | Seven-time US Open champion | [359] |
| Lou Silver (born 1953) | College 1975 | American-Israeli basketball player | [360] |
| Ed Smith (1929–1998) | Former NBA player, New York Knicks | [361] | |
| David Stearns (born 1985) | College 2007 | Milwaukee Brewers general manager | [362] |
| Siddharth Suchde (born 1985) | College 2007 | Former squash player, highest world ranking of no. 39 | [363] |
| Andrew Sudduth (1961–2006) | College 1983 | Silver medalist in rowing at 1984 Summer Olympics | |
| Malcolm Turner | JD/MBA | Athletic Director at Vanderbilt University | [364] |
| Benjamin (Benji) Ungar (born 1986) | Fencer, NCAA champion, Harvard Male Athlete of the Year 2006 | ||
| Noah Welch (born 1982) | College 2005 | NHL player, Florida Panthers | [365] |
| Keith Wright (born 1989) | College 2012 | 2010–11 Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year | [366] |
| Paul Wylie (born 1964) | College 1991 | Figure skater | |
| Jimmy Vesey (born 1993) | College 2016 | NHL player, New York Rangers | [367] |
- Ross Friedman (born 1992), Major League Soccer player
- Michael Zimmerman (born 1970), tennis player, 2x Ivy League Player of the Year
Criminals
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinedu Tadesse (born 1975) | Harvard College class of 1996 | Murderer | |||
| John Connolly | 1967 Harvard Kennedy School | Mobster and former FBI agent, associate of the Winter Hill Gang, convicted of racketeering and second degree murder | |||
| Marc Stuart Dreier (born 1950) | Juris Doctor Harvard Law School 1975 | Securities fraud | |||
| Paul Bilzerian (born 1950) | MBA 1975 | Securities Fraud | |||
| Rajat Gupta (born 1948) | MBA 1973 | Securities Fraud, Conspiracy | |||
| Ted Kaczynski (1942–2023) | College 1962 | Unabomber terrorist, murderer | |||
| Viktor Kozeny (born 1963) | College 1989 | Fugitive financier | |||
| William Leonard Pickard (born 1945) | Harvard Kennedy School 1996 | LSD manufacturer | [368] | ||
| Eugene Plotkin | College 2000 | Convicted of insider trading | [369] | ||
| Louis Agassiz Shaw II (1906–1987) | Class of 1929 | Murderer | |||
| Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953) | Business 1979 | Conspiracy, making false statements, insider trading, and securities fraud during the Enron case | [370] | ||
| Chuck Turner (1940–2019) | College 1963 | Convicted felon and former Boston City Council member | |||
| John White Webster (1793–1850) | College 1811 | Murderer | |||
| Richard Whitney (1888–1974) | Embezzler | ||||
| Stephen H. Kessler (born 1935) | Medical 1957 | "Mad LSD Slayer" of 1967 | [371] |
Academics
Educational institution founders and presidents
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Allen (1784–1968) | College 1802 | President of Bowdoin College | |
| Richard E. Berendzen (born 1938) | PhD 1967 | President, The American University | |
| Thomas W. Butcher (1867–1947) | M.A. 1904 | President of Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University) from 1913 to 1943 | [372] |
| Walter William Spencer Cook (1888–1924) | B.A. 1913, M.A. 1915, PhD 1924 | Co-founder of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts, 1935 | [373] |
| William R. Cotter | College 1958, Law 1961 | 18th President of Colby College | |
| Claudio Demattè (1942–2004) | Business 1970 | Founder, SDA Bocconi | |
| Shih Choon Fong (born 1945) | PhD 1973 | First President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | [374] |
| Clifton D. Gray (1875–1944) | College 1897 | President of Bates College | |
| David C. Hardesty | Law 1973 | President of West Virginia University | |
| Yoshito Hori (born 1962) | MBA | Founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management | |
| William DeWitt Hyde (1858–1917) | College 1879 | President of Bowdoin College | |
| Jonathan Koppell | AB 1993 | 10th President of Montclair State University | [375] |
| Heather Knight | Doctorate | 21st President of Pacific Union College | |
| Robert B. Lawton (born 1947) | PhD 1977 | President, Loyola Marymount University | [376] |
| Edith Lesley (1872–1953) | Radcliffe College 1908 | Founder of Lesley University | |
| Daniel Little (born 1949) | Philosophy | Chancellor of University of Michigan-Dearborn | |
| Alexandra W. Logue | Provost of New York Institute of Technology | ||
| Stephen W. Nease (1925–2006) | Divinity | President of the Eastern Nazarene College 1981–89 | [377][378] |
| Laurie L. Patton (born 1961) | BA, 1983 | 17th President of Middlebury College | |
| M. Lee Pelton (born 1950) | PhD 1984, Senior Tutor of Winthrop House | President of Willamette University | [379] |
| Marvin Banks Perry Jr. (1918–1994) | MA 1941; PhD 1950 | President of Goucher College and Agnes Scott College | [380] |
| Ruth J. Person | Institute of Educational Management 1989 | Chancellor, University of Michigan (Flint Campus) | [381] |
| Charles F. Phillips (1910–1998) | PhD | Economist, president of Bates College | |
| John Phillips (1719–1795) | B.A., M.A. | Founder of Phillips Exeter Academy | [382] |
| William C. Powers (1946–2019) | JD 1973 | President of The University of Texas at Austin | [383] |
| L. Song Richardson (1966/67) | B.A. | President of Colorado College (2021-Present) | [384] |
| Louise Richardson (born 1958) | PhD 1989 | First female vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews and first female vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
| Mark Roosevelt (born 1955) | B.A. From Harvard University Law degree from Harvard Law School | President of Antioch College, Yellow Springs Ohio; great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1980 | |
| Jonathan Rosenbaum (born 1947) | PhD | President of Gratz College | |
| Katherine A. Rowe | PhD 1992 | 28th and first female president of the College of William and Mary; graduate of Carleton College | [385] |
| Fred J. Shields | Education | President of the Eastern Nazarene College 1919–23 | [386][387] |
| Phillip Shriver (1922–2011) | President of Miami University Ohio; graduate of Yale University and Columbia University | ||
| Andrew Sledd (1870–1939) | M.A. Greek 1896 | First president of the University of Florida, 1905–09 | [388] |
| David J. Steinberg | College; A.M.; PhD | President of Long Island University | |
| Robert E. L. Strider (1917–2010) | College 1939 | 17th president of Colby College | |
| Sanford J. Ungar (born 1945) | 10th president of Goucher College | ||
| John William Ward | BA 1945 | President of Amherst College, Chairman of the Ward Commission | |
| Peggy R. Williams | Education 1983 | President of Ithaca College | |
| George W. Webber (1920–2010) | College 1942 | President of the New York Theological Seminary | [389] |
| John Philip Wernette (1903–1988) | M.A. 1929, PhD 1932 | President of the University of New Mexico |
- Yoram Ben-Porat (1937–1992), Israeli economist and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Shlomo Eckstein (1929–2020), Israeli economist and President of Bar-Ilan University
- Amos Eiran, Israeli President of the University of Haifa
- Yosef Tekoah (1925–1991), Ph.D., Israeli President of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Professors and scholars edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton Stevens Coon | A.B. 1925, PhD 1928 | Anthropologist, lecturer and professor 1928-1948, president of American Association of Physical Anthropologists | |
| M.H. Abrams (1912–2015) | A.B. 1934, A.M. 1937, PhD 1940 | Literary theorist and critic, Class of 1916 Professor of English at Cornell University | |
| Encarnacion Alzona (1895–2001) | Radcliffe 1920 | Historian; National Scientist of the Philippines; first Filipino woman to receive a Ph.D; member of the University of the Philippines System Board of Regents | [390] |
| Herman Vandenburg Ames (1865–1935) | PhD 1891 | Historian; inaugural recipient of the Justin Winsor Prize | [391] |
| Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016) | PhD 1954 | Shakespearean scholar | |
| George E. Bates (1902–1992) | M.B.A. 1925 | Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School; editor of the Harvard Business Review | [392] |
| Robert Percy Barnes (1898 - 1990) | PhD 1933 | Professor of chemistry at Howard University. First African American person to graduate from Harvard with a PhD with chemistry. | [393] |
| Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) | College 1887 | Art historian | |
| Ann Bergren (1942–2018) | PhD 1973 | Professor of Greek Literature; first woman classicist to gain tenure at UCLA | |
| Luciano Berio (1925–2003) | 1994 Distinguished Composer in Residence | Composer | |
| Michael Beschloss (born 1955) | Business 1980 | Historian | |
| David Bevington (1931–2019) | PhD 1958 | Scholar | |
| John Boswell (1947–1994) | PhD 1975 | Historian of homosexual history | |
| Jean Briggs (1929–2016) | PhD 1967 | Anthropologist, ethnographer and expert on Inuit languages; compiled the world's first Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut dictionary (2015) | [394] |
| Schuyler V. Cammann (1921–1991) | A.M. 1941 | Anthropologist | |
| Lester J. Cappon (1900–1981) | A.M. and PhD 1928 | Historian, documentary editor, and archivist for Colonial Williamsburg | |
| Robert Castelli (born 1949) | A.M. 1996 | Criminal Justice Department Chair at Iona College, New York State Assemblyman | |
| Yuen Ren Chao (1892–1982) | PhD 1918 | Chinese American linguist, philosopher and amateur composer | |
| John Leonard Clive (1924–1990) | PhD 1952 | Historian, winner of the 1974 National Book Award for Biography | [395] |
| Kate Cooper (born 1960) | MTS | Professor of Ancient History | [396] |
| Anna Crone | 1975 | Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures; University of Chicago | |
| Donald Davidson (1917–2003) | PhD | Philosopher | |
| Joseph R. D'Cruz | PhD 1979 | Professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management | [397] |
| Greg Dening (1931–2008) | PhD | Historian, scholar of historical ethnography | |
| Martina Deuchler (born 1935) | PhD 1967 | Professor of Korean Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London | |
| John Enemark | A.M. 1964, Ph.D. 1966 | American bioinorganic chemist and professor | |
| Lia Epperson | A.B. with magna cum laude in sociology | Professor of Law, civil rights lawyer; American University Washington College of Law | [398] |
| John K. Fairbank (1907–1991) | College 1929 | East Asian scholar | |
| Ben Finney (1933–2017) | PhD 1964 | Anthropologist, author, Polynesian Voyaging Society co-founder | |
| M. Judah Folkman (1933–2008) | 1953 | Founder of angiogenesis | |
| Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933) | Radcliffe 1898 | Social and political theorist | |
| Richard Foltz (born 1961) | PhD 1996 | Historian of religions | |
| James Fowler (born 1970) | College 1992; PhD 2003 | Political scientist | [399] |
| Gerald Frug | LL.B 1963 | Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. | |
| Timothy S. George (born 1955) | A.M. 1993; PhD 1996 | Professor in East and Southeast Asian History, University of Rhode Island | |
| Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith (1909–1981) | A.M. 1932 | Historian | [400] |
| Nelson Goodman (1906–1998) | A.B. 1928; PhD 1941 | Philosopher | |
| Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) | 1989 | Professor; University of Pennsylvania School of Law | |
| Nancy Guerra (born 1950) | Ed.D 1986 | psychologist and dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine | [401] |
| Philip F. Gura (born 1950) | A.B. 1972; PhD 1977 | Leading scholar on American history and literature | |
| Patricia Greenspan | A.M. 1968; PhD 1972 | Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park | [402] |
| Lewis A. Grossman | Juris Doctor, 1990 | Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law | |
| Valerie Hansen (born 1958) | A.B. 1979 | Stanley Woodward Professor of History, Yale University | |
| Harlan P. Hanson (1925–1996) | A.B. 1948; PhD 1959 | Director of the Advanced Placement program (1965–1989) | |
| George Haskins (1915–1991) | A.B. 1935; J.D. 1942 | Law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School | |
| KC Johnson (born 1967) | A.B. 1988; PhD 1993 | Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke lacrosse case | [403] |
| T.R. Kidder (born 1960) | PhD 1989 | Archaeologist, Dean, Tulane University | |
| Gary N. Knoppers (1956–2018) | A.M. 1986; PhD 1988 | Leading scholar on Chronicles and Chronicler | |
| Robert A. Kraft (born 1934) | PhD 1961 | Leading scholar on Jewish history and Christian origins | |
| Rosalind E. Krauss (born 1941) | PhD 1969 | Art historian and founder of academic journal October | |
| Alan Kreider (1941–2017) | A.M. (1965), PhD (1971), Travelling Fellow (1966–67) | 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; PhD 1949 | Philosopher and historian of science | |
| Carole LaBonne (1922–1996) | PhD 1996 | Erastus O. Haven Professor of Life Sciences and chair of the department of molecular biosciences at Northwestern University | |
| Christopher Lasch (1932–1994) | A.B. 1954 | Professor of History, University of Rochester; Historian | [404] |
| David Lewis (1941–2001) | PhD 1967 | Professor of Government, Oberlin College; philosopher | |
| Robert Lieber (born 1941) | PhD 1968 | Professor, Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University | [405] |
| Robert C. Lieberman (born 1964) | PhD 1994 | Political scientist, Provost of Johns Hopkins University | [406] |
| Perry Link (born 1944) | A.B. 1966; PhD 1976 | Chancellorial Chair Professor for Innovative Teaching Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages, University of California, Riverside; Sinologist | |
| Frederick D. Losey (1866-1932) | MA 1899 | Shakespearian scholar and elocutionist | |
| Victor H. Mair (born 1943) | PhD 1976 | Professor in Chinese Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Roger Martin (born 1956) | A.B. 1979; M.B.A. 1981 | Dean of University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management | |
| Robert Mundheim (born 1933) | A.B. 1954; LL.B. 1957 | Attorney; dean of law school and professor of law, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (born 1941) | PhD 1969; LL.D. 2010 | Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge; president, British Academy (2005–2009); principal, Newnham College, Cambridge; 2017 laureate, Berggruen Prize | [407] |
| Hugh R. Page (born 1956) | PhD 1990 | Professor of Africana Studies and Theology, University of Notre Dame | [408] |
| Yangjin Pak | A.M. 1992; PhD 1996 | Professor of Archeology, Chungnam National University | |
| James Palais (1934–2006) | A.B. 1955; PhD 1968 | Professor of Korean History, University of Washington | |
| Juan Antonio Pérez López (1934–1996) | PhD 1970 | Professor of Organizational Behavior, IESE Business School | |
| Joel M. Podolny (born 1965) | A.B. with magna cum laude 1986; A.M.; PhD | Dean of the School of Management, Yale University; sociologist | |
| Eve Troutt Powell (born 1961) | A.B. 1983; A.M. 1988; PhD 1995 | Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Ben H. Procter (1927–2012) | PhD 1961 | Professor of History, Texas Christian University, 1957 to 2000; biographer of William Randolph Hearst | [409] |
| Daniel Richman | A.B. 1980 | Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law, Columbia University | |
| William Rees Brebner Robertson (1881–1941) | PhD 1915 | Professor of Zoology, University of Kansas; Robertsonian translocation | |
| V. Vance Roley | Masters; PhD | Dean of the Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii | [410] |
| Duane W. Roller (born 1946) | PhD 1971 | Professor of Classics, Ohio State University | |
| Mark Rosenzweig (1922–2009) | PhD 1949 | Professor, University of California, Berkeley; his studies showed that the brain develops into adulthood based on life experiences | [411] |
| Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954) | A.B.; A.M; PhD | University Professor, Columbia University; economist | |
| Edward Said (1935–2003) | A.M.; PhD 1964 | Professor of Literature, Columbia University; coined term Orientalism; Palestinian activist | |
| Andrea Smith | A.B. | Professor in Native American Studies, University of California, Riverside | |
| Christian Smith (born 1960) | PhD 1990 | William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame | |
| Timothy L. Smith (1924–1997) | PhD | Professor in American religious history, Johns Hopkins University; religious historian, author | [412] |
| Diane Souvaine (born 1954) | College | Chairperson of the computer science program at Tufts University; professor of computer science and mathematics | |
| Ronald Spores (born 1931) | PhD 1964 | Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University | [413] |
| Amy Stanley (born 1977) | A.B. 1999; PhD 2007 | Wayne V. Jones II Research Professor in History, Northwestern University | |
| Marian Stoltz-Loike | Psychology and Social Relations | College Dean and Vice President | |
| Peter C. Sutton | A.B. 1972 | Art historian and director of the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science | |
| Phillip Swagel (born 1966) | PhD 1993 | Economist | [414] |
| Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) | Radcliffe 1933; faculty | Historian | |
| Arthur Waldron (born 1948) | A.B. with summa cum laude 1971; PhD 1981 | Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Jon Wiener (born 1944) | PhD | Historian | [415] |
| Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950) | PhD 1912 | Historian, second African American to receive a Ph.D. (after W.E.B. DuBois), professor and dean of the college of arts and sciences at Howard University, co-founder of Black History Month | |
| Charles W. Woodworth (1865–1940) | Grad. student, researcher (1886–1888) (1900–1901) | Entomologist; founder of UCB's Entomology Department | |
| Roy Bin Wong (born 1949) | A.M. 1973, PhD 1983 | Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Amy Zegart (born 1967) | College 1989, magna cum laude in East Asian Studies | Professor of Public Policy; UCLA School of Public Affairs | |
| Noel Ignatiev (1940-2019) | PhD 1995 | Historian |
Faculty edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| William James (1842–1910) | M.D. 1869; Professor | Philosopher and psychologist, founder of psychology department, writer | |
| Mark Albion (born 1951) | PhD 1982 | Author, social entrepreneur, co-founder of Net Impact | |
| Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017) | Professor | Economist; Nobel Prize winner | [416] |
| William Berenberg (1915–2005) | College 1936; professor | Professor of pediatrics, physician | [417] |
| Theodore C. Bestor (1951–2021) | Professor | Anthropologist | |
| Grete L. Bibring (1899–1977) | Professor, Harvard Medical School | Psychoanalyst; first female professor at Harvard Medical School | [418] |
| Roderick Bronson | Director, Rodent Pathology Core, Harvard Medical School | Pathologist | |
| Fitzroy Carrington (1869–1954) | Lecturer on engraving | Journalist | |
| Marcia Caldas de Castro (1964–) | Demography | Faculty | |
| Gennaro Chierchia (born 1953) | Haas Foundation Professor of Linguistics | Linguist | |
| Richard Clarke (born 1951) | Faculty | Diplomat, counterterrorism expert | |
| Kim B. Clark (born 1949) | College 1974; A.M. 1977; PhD 1978; Dean of business school 1995–2005 | Economist; President of BYU-Idaho | |
| Elias J. Corey (born 1928) | Professor | Chemist; Nobel Prize winner | |
| Bronson Crothers (1884–1959) | College 1904; M.D. 1909; Professor (1944–1952) | Pediatric neurologist | |
| Rose Laub Coser (1916–1994) | Professor of sociology in psychiatry department | [1] | |
| Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) | Professor (born 1964) | Law scholar, pro-Israel activist | |
| Noam Elkies (born 1966) | A.M. 1986; PhD 1987; professor (born 1990) | Mathematician | |
| Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935) | Professor | First recipient of the Winn Professorship of Ecclesiastical History | |
| Archie Epps (1937–2003) | B.D 1961 | Dean of Students (1971–1999) | [419] |
| Denise Faustman (born 1958) | Associate Professor of Medicine | Medical doctor and pioneer in diabetes research | |
| Martin Feldstein (1939–2019) | College 1961; professor | Economist | |
| Niall Ferguson (born 1964) | Professor 2005–present | Historian | |
| C. Stephen Foster | Professor 1993–present | Ophthalmologist | |
| Jeffry Frieden | Stanfield Professor of International Peace | Chair of the Department of Government | |
| John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) | Professor | Canadian-American Keynesian economist | |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born 1950) | Professor | African American studies scholar | |
| Daniel Gilbert (born 1957) | Professor at the Department of Psychology | Social psychologist | |
| Andrew M. Gleason (1921–2008) | Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy | Major contributions to the solution of Hilbert's 5th Problem, the analyticity of Lie groups | |
| Daniel Goldhagen (born 1959) | PhD; 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 | |
| Asa Gray (1810-1888) | Professor | Botanist | |
| Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943) | Professor | Literary critic | |
| Walter Gropius (1883–1969) | Professor; dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design | Architect | |
| Dudley Herschbach (born 1932) | Professor | Chemist; Nobel Prize winner | |
| Caroline Hoxby (born 1966) | College 1988; professor | Economist | |
| Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (born 1942) | PhD; professor | Historian | |
| Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008) | PhD 1951; professor | Political scientist | |
| Jay Jasanoff (born 1942) | A.B. 1963, PhD 1968; professor 1970–78, 1998– | Linguist | [420] |
| Geoffrey Jones | Professor 2002–present | Business historian | |
| Diana Kleiner (born 1947) | Assistant Professor of Art History (1976-1980) | Art historian | |
| Howard Koh (born 1952) | Professor, Harvard School of Public Health | Physician | |
| Susumu Kuno (born 1933) | PhD 1964, Professor Emeritus | Linguist | [421] |
| George Martin Lane (1823–1897) | Professor (1869–1894) | Classical scholar | |
| Timothy Leary (1920–1996) | Lecturer (1959–1963) | Writer, psychologist, LSD guru | |
| Alain Leroy Locke (1885–1954) | College 1907; PhD 1918 | Writer, educator, philosopher | |
| William Lipscomb (1919–2011) | Professor | Chemist; Nobel Prize winner | |
| 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 (born 1932) | 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 C. Merton (born 1944) | Professor | Economist, Nobel Prize winner | |
| Ken Nakayama | Professor | Psychologist | |
| Robert Nozick (1938–2002) | Professor | Libertarian philosopher | |
| Francis Parkman (1823–1898) | A.B. 1844; Law | Historian; professor | |
| Milman Parry (1902–1935) | Professor | Scholar of the classics and folklore | |
| Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880) | College 1829; professor | Mathematician | |
| Jordan Peterson (born 1962) | Professor (1993–1998) | Psychologist | |
| Steven Pinker (born 1954) | PhD 1979; professor | Psychologist | |
| Robert Putnam (born 1941) | Professor | Political scientist | |
| W. V. Quine (1908–2000) | PhD 1932; professor (1956–2000) | Philosopher, logician | |
| Norman F. Ramsey (1915–2011) | Professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize winner | |
| John Rawls (1921–2002) | Professor | Philosopher, political scientist | |
| Wade Regehr | Professor | Neurobiology | [422] |
| Edwin O. Reischauer (1910–1990) | PhD 1939; professor; namesake of Reischauer Institute | East Asian scholar | |
| Juan Rosai (born 1940) | Visiting Professor | Medical doctor and professor of pathology; author of a main textbook in the field; discoverer of the Rosai-Dorfman disease | |
| Josiah Royce (1855–1916) | Professor (1892–1914) | Philosopher | |
| James R. Russell (born 1953) | Professor (born 1993) | Professor and scholar; Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University | [423] |
| Matthew Sacchet | Assistant Professor | Neuroscientist | |
| Nadav Safran (1925–2003) | Professor | Expert in Arab politics; former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies | |
| Michael Sandel (born 1953) | Professor | Political scientist | |
| George Santayana (1863–1952) | College 1886; PhD 1889 | Professor of Philosophy; philosopher | |
| Elaine Scarry (born 1946) | Professor of English and American Literature and Language, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value | Author | |
| Thomas Schelling (1921–2016) | Professor | Economist, Nobel Prize 2005 | |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888–1965) | Professor, namesake of Schlesinger Library | Historian | |
| Julian Schwinger (1918–1994) | Professor | Physicist; Nobel Prize winner (1965) | |
| Amartya Sen (born 1933) | Professor | Economist; Nobel Prize winner (1998) | |
| William M. Sinton (1925–2004) | Astronomer | Adolph Lomb Medalist; OSA Fellow | |
| B. F. Skinner (1904–1990) | PhD 1931, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology | Behavioral psychologist, inventor | |
| Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916–2000) | Professor | Religious scholar, professor | |
| Jared Sparks (1789–1866) | College 1819; professor (1838–1849) | Historian | |
| David A. Thomas (born 1956) | Professor | Dean of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University | |
| Laurence Tribe (born 1941) | College 1962; Law 1966; professor | Lawyer | |
| Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) | Visiting Professor | Writer; Nobel Prize winner | [424] |
| Edward Willett Wagner (1924–2001) | A.B. 1949; A.M. 1951; PhD 1959 | Professor of Korean Studies | |
| James D. Watson (born 1928) | Professor | Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner | |
| Cornel West (born 1953) | Professor (1993–2002) | African American studies scholar | |
| George M. Whitesides (born 1939) | College 1960; University professor (born 1982) | Chemist | |
| James Q. Wilson (1931–2012) | Professor 1961–87 | Professor of public policy | |
| Harry Austryn Wolfson (1887–1974) | PhD; professor | Philosopher | |
| Richard Wilson (1926–2018) | Professor at the Department of Physics (born 1955) | Physicist | [425] |
| Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979) | Professor | Chemist, Nobel Prize 1965 |
See also edit
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School and the others from Harvard College Over 150 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as alumni researchers or faculty This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Nobel laureates 2 Pulitzer Prize winners 3 Royalty and nobility 4 Science technology medicine and mathematics 5 Business 6 Politics 7 Law 7 1 Supreme Court justices 7 2 Other legal figures 8 Military 9 Journalism 10 Literature 11 Film theater and television 12 Music 13 Art architecture and engineering 14 Religion 15 Athletics 16 Criminals 17 Academics 17 1 Educational institution founders and presidents 17 2 Professors and scholars 18 Faculty 19 See also 20 ReferencesNobel laureates editName Class year Notability Reference s Philip W Anderson 1923 2020 College 1943 PhD 1949 Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1977 1 Christian B Anfinsen 1916 1995 PhD 1943 Biochemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1972 2 Abhijit Banerjee born 1961 PhD 1988 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 2019 J Michael Bishop born 1936 PhD 1962 Immunology Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1989 Percy W Bridgman 1882 1961 College 1904 A M 1905 PhD 1908 Professor Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1946 3 Ralph Bunche 1904 1971 A M 1928 PhD 1934 Diplomat Nobel Peace Prize winner 1950 4 Mario Capecchi born 1937 PhD 1967 Geneticist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2007 Martin Chalfie born 1947 College 1969 PhD 1979 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 2008 Donald J Cram 1919 2001 PhD 1947 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1987 5 Edward Adelbert Doisy 1893 1986 PhD 1920 Biochemist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1943 T S Eliot 1888 1965 College 1909 A M 1910 PhD not conferred 1914 Poet Nobel Prize in Literature winner 1948 6 John Franklin Enders 1897 1985 PhD 1930 Scientist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1954 7 Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1923 2008 PhD 1946 Physician Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1976 Walter Gilbert born 1932 College 1953 professor Molecular biologist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1980 8 Sheldon Glashow born 1932 PhD 1959 professor Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1979 9 Roy J Glauber 1925 2018 College 1946 PhD 1949 Professor Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 2005 10 Al Gore born 1948 College 1969 Vice President of the United States global climate change activist Nobel Peace Prize winner 2007 Dudley R Herschbach born 1932 A M 1956 PhD 1958 Professor Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1986 11 George H Hitchings 1905 1998 PhD 1933 Physician Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1988 Roald Hoffman born 1937 PhD 1962 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1981 12 H Robert Horvitz born 1947 A M 1972 PhD 1974 Biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2002 13 Charles Brenton Huggins 1901 1997 Medical 1924 Physician Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1941 Eric Kandel born 1929 College 1948 Neuropsychiatry Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2000 Jerome Karle 1918 2013 A M 1938 Physical chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1985 14 Martin Karplus born 1930 College 1950 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 2013 Henry Kissinger born 1923 College 1950 PhD 1954 Political scientist Nobel Peace Prize winner 1973 William S Knowles 1917 2012 College 1939 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 2001 15 Walter Kohn 1923 2016 PhD 1948 Theoretical physics Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1998 Roger D Kornberg born 1947 College 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 2006 16 Michael Kremer born 1964 College 1985 PhD 1992 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 2019 Eric Maskin born 1950 College 1972 A M 1974 PhD 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics winner 2007 17 David Morris Lee born 1931 College 1952 Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics 1996 18 Craig Mello born 1960 PhD 1962 Biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2006 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 1926 2022 PhD 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 1919 2012 Medical 1943 Surgeon Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1990 24 Roger Myerson born 1951 College 1973 PhD 1976 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 2007 Barack Obama born 1961 Law 1991 President of the United States Nobel Peace Prize winner 2009 25 Bertil Ohlin 1899 1979 A M 1923 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 1977 Saul Perlmutter born 1959 College 1981 Astrophysics Nobel Prize in Physics winner 2011 Hugh David Politzer born 1949 PhD 1974 Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 Edward Mills Purcell 1912 1997 A M PhD Professor Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1952 26 Theodore W Richards 1868 1928 PhD 1888 Professor Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1914 27 Adam Riess born 1969 PhD 1996 Astrophysics Nobel Prize in Physics winner 2011 Frederick C Robbins 1916 2003 Medical 1940 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1954 28 Theodore Roosevelt 1858 1919 College 1880 President of the United States Nobel Peace Prize winner 1906 James Rothman born 1950 PhD 1976 Cell biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2013 Paul Samuelson 1915 2009 A M 1936 PhD 1941 Economist Nobel Prize in Economics winner 1970 29 Juan Manuel Santos born 1951 HKS 1981 President of Colombia Nobel Peace Prize winner 2016 30 Thomas J Sargent born 1943 PhD 1968 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 2011 Thomas Schelling 1921 2016 PhD 1951 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 2005 Brian Schmidt born 1967 PhD 1993 Astrophysics Nobel Prize in Physics winner 2011 Richard R Schrock born 1945 PhD 1971 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005 Gregg L Semenza born 1956 College 1978 Oncology Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2019 Lloyd Shapley 1923 2016 College 1948 Economist Nobel Prize in Economics winner 2012 31 Christopher A Sims born 1942 College 1963 PhD 1968 Economist Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf born 1938 HKS 1971 President of Liberia Nobel Peace Prize winner 2011 32 George Smith born 1941 PhD 1970 Biologist Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 Vernon L Smith born 1927 PhD 1955 Economist Nobel Prize in Economics winner 2002 33 George Davis Snell 1903 1996 PhD 1930 Geneticist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1980 Robert M Solow 1924 2023 College 1947 A M 1949 PhD 1951 Economist Nobel Prize in Economics winner 1987 34 A Michael Spence born 1943 PhD 1972 Economist Nobel Prize in Economics winner 2001 35 William Howard Stein 1911 1980 College 1933 Biochemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1972 36 Ralph M Steinman 1943 2011 PhD 1968 Immunology Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 2011 Thomas A Steitz 1940 2018 PhD 1966 Biochemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 2009 James B Sumner 1887 1955 College 1910 PhD 1914 Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 1946 37 Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr born 1941 PhD 1968 Astrophysics Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1993 E Donnall Thomas 1920 2012 MD 1946 Physician Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1990 38 James Tobin 1918 2002 College 1939 A M 1940 Economist Nobel Prize in Economics winner 1981 39 Roger Y Tsien 1952 2016 College 1972 Biochemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 2008 Thomas H Weller 1915 2008 PhD 1940 Virologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1954 40 Kenneth G Wilson 1936 2013 College 1956 Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1956 41 John H van Vleck 1899 1980 PhD 1922 Professor Physicist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 1977 42 Harold E Varmus born 1939 A M 1962 Scientist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner 1989 43 David J Wineland born 1944 PhD 1970 Scientist Nobel Prize in Physics winner 2012 44 Pulitzer Prize winners editName Class year Notability Reference s Henry Adams 1838 1918 College 1858 Professor Historian novelist 45 John Coolidge Adams born 1947 College 1969 A M 1971 Composer 46 James Agee 1909 1955 College 1932 Novelist screenwriter 47 Liaquat Ahamed born 1952 M A Author Conrad Aiken 1889 1973 College 1912 Poet writer 48 John Ashbery 1927 2017 College 1949 Poet 49 Brooks Atkinson 1894 1984 College 1917 Theater critic 50 Bernard Bailyn born 1922 A M 1947 PhD 1953 Professor 1961 Historian 51 Walter Jackson Bate 1918 1999 College 1939 Historian James Phinney Baxter III 1893 1975 PhD 1926 Historian William M Beecher born 1933 College Journalist Samuel Flagg Bemis 1891 1973 PhD 1916 Historian Frank Bidart born 1939 A M 1967 Poet Herbert P Bix born 1938 PhD Historian Daniel J Boorstin 1914 2004 College 1934 Historian Librarian of Congress 52 53 Robert Boyd 1928 2019 College 1949 Journalist Van Wyck Brooks 1886 1963 College 1908 Historian Paul Herman Buck 1899 1978 M A 1924 Historian Robert Campbell born 1937 College 1958 Graduate School of Design 1967 Boston Globe architecture critic 54 Elliott Carter 1908 2012 College 1932 Composer 55 Alfred D Chandler Jr 1918 2007 College 1940 Professor Historian Edward Channing 1856 1931 College 1878 Historian Robert Coles born 1929 College 1950 Author Holland Cotter born 1947 College 1970 Journalist Merle Curti 1897 1996 College 1920 Historian William O Dapping 1880 1969 B A 1905 Journalist David Brion Davis 1927 2019 PhD 1955 Historian Bernard DeVoto 1897 1955 College 1920 Historian Jared Diamond born 1937 College 1958 Author biologist 56 John W Dower born 1938 PhD 1972 Historian Richard Eder 1932 2014 College 1954 Los Angeles Times journalist 54 Caroline Elkins born 1969 PhD 2001 Historian Will Englund born 1953 College 1975 Journalist David Fahrenthold born 1978 College 2000 Journalist 57 Susan Faludi born 1959 College 1981 Author journalist 58 Mark Feeney born 1957 College 1979 Boston Globe journalist 54 Herbert Feis 1893 1972 College 1916 Historian James Thomas Flexner 1908 2003 College 1926 Historian Caroline Fraser PhD 1987 Biographer Sydney P Freedberg College 1976 Journalist Alix M Freedman born 1957 College 1979 Journalist Daniel Golden born 1957 College 1978 Journalist Ellen Goodman born 1941 Radcliffe 1963 Boston Globe columnist 59 Doris Kearns Goodwin born 1943 PhD 1968 Historian author 60 Annette Gordon Reed born 1958 Law 1984 Professor Historian Linda Greenhouse born 1947 Radcliffe 1968 New York Times journalist 61 Richard Grozier 1887 1946 College 1909 Editor Cornelia Grumman born 1963 KSG 1989 Journalist David Halberstam 1934 2007 College 1955 Author 62 Oscar Handlin 1915 2011 M A 1935 Historian Marcus Lee Hansen 1892 1938 PhD 1928 Historian Laurie Hays College 1979 Journalist Tim Hays 1907 2011 Law 1942 Publisher John Harbison born 1938 College 1960 Composer 63 Robert Hillyer 1895 1961 College 1917 Poet Daniel Walker Howe born 1937 College 1959 Journalist Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe 1864 1960 A M 1888 Author Henry James 1879 1947 College 1899 Biographer Joseph Kahn born 1964 College 1987 Journalist Michael Kammen 1936 2013 PhD 1964 Historian Peter R Kann born 1942 College Journalist Justin Kaplan 1925 2014 College 1944 Biographer Stanley Karnow 1925 2013 College 1947 Journalist John F Kennedy 1917 1963 College 1940 U S President 64 Tracy Kidder born 1945 College 1967 Author Edward M Kingsbury 1854 1946 College 1875 Historian Charles Krauthammer 1950 2018 Medical 1975 Washington Post columnist 65 Nicholas D Kristof born 1959 College 1981 New York Times columnist 66 Stanley Kunitz 1905 2006 College 1926 A M 1927 Poet U S Poet Laureate 67 Oliver La Farge 1901 1963 College 1924 Author Oliver Larkin 1896 1970 College 1918 Art historian 68 Edward J Larson born 1953 Law 1979 Historian William L Laurence 1888 1977 Law Journalist Joseph Lelyveld born 1937 College 1958 Journalist Anthony Lewis 1927 2013 College 1948 New York Times columnist 69 R W B Lewis 1917 2002 College 1939 Biographer Walter Lippmann 1889 1974 College 1910 Journalist J Anthony Lukas 1933 1997 College 1955 Journalist 70 Robert Lowell 1917 1977 Dropped out Poet 71 John E Mack 1929 2004 Medical 1955 Psychiatrist writer professor at Harvard University School of Medicine Archibald MacLeish 1892 1982 Law 1919 Poet writer 72 John P Marquand 1893 1960 College 1915 Novelist Megan Marshall born 1954 College 1977 Biographer John Matteson born 1961 Law 1986 Biographer Garrett Mattingly 1900 1962 College 1923 Historian Charles Howard McIlwain 1871 1968 M A 1903 Historian James Alan McPherson 1943 2016 Law 1968 Essayist Zachary Mider College 2000 Journalist Jack Miles born 1942 PhD 1971 Historian Paul Moravec born 1957 College 1980 Composer professor 73 Samuel Eliot Morison 1887 1976 College 1908 PhD 1912 Professor Historian 74 Siddhartha Mukherjee born 1970 M D 2000 Author Steven Naifeh born 1952 Law 1977 Biographer Evan Osnos born 1976 College 1998 Journalist Vernon Louis Parrington 1871 1929 College 1893 Historian Frederic L Paxson 1877 1948 M A Historian Ralph Barton Perry 1876 1957 PhD 1899 Philosopher Walter Piston 1894 1976 College 1924 Composer Sumner Chilton Powell 1924 1993 PhD 1956 Historian Jack N Rakove born 1947 PhD 1975 Historian Samantha Power born 1970 Law 1999 Professor Writer 75 Tom Reiss born 1964 College 1987 Journalist David E Sanger born 1960 College 1982 Journalist 76 Charlie Savage born 1975 College 1998 Journalist Sydney Schanberg 1934 2016 College 1955 Journalist 77 Arthur M Schlesinger Jr 1917 2007 College 1938 professor Historian advisor to John F Kennedy 78 Carl Emil Schorske 1915 2015 PhD 1950 Historian Lloyd Schwartz born 1941 PhD 1976 Author Roger Sessions 1896 1985 College 1915 Composer Neil Sheehan born 1936 College 1958 Journalist 79 Odell Shepard 1884 1967 PhD 1917 Historian Richard H P Sia born 1953 College 1975 Journalist 57 Gregory White Smith 1951 2014 Law 1978 Biographer Tracy K Smith born 1972 College 1994 Poet Paul Starr born 1949 PhD Academic Farah Stockman born 1974 College 1996 Journalist Richard Strout 1898 1990 College 1919 Journalist Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II 1912 1993 College 1934 Journalist William Taubman born 1940 College 1962 Biographer Virgil Thomson 1896 1989 College 1923 Composer John Updike 1932 2009 College 1954 Novelist poet short story writer critic 80 Peter Viereck 1916 2006 College 1937 Poet Charles Warren 1868 1954 College 1889 Historian Jonathan Weiner born 1953 College 1976 Historian George Weller 1907 2002 College 1929 Journalist 81 Theodore White 1915 1986 College 1938 Journalist 82 Colson Whitehead born 1969 College 1991 Author Linnie Marsh Wolfe 1881 1945 Radcliffe 1907 Biographer Gordon S Wood born 1933 A M 1959 PhD 1964 Historian professor 83 Sheryl WuDunn born 1959 M B A 1986 Author Yehudi Wyner born 1929 M A Composer Du Yun born 1977 PhD ComposerRoyalty and nobility editName Class year Notability Reference s Sheikh Dr Muhammad Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah born 1955 PhD 1985 Son of late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah III Al Salim Al Sabah Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States from 1993 to 2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait from 2003 to 2011 current Prime Minister of Kuwait his elder brother is Sheikh Salem Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah former Defense and Interior Minister 84 Aga Khan IV born 1936 B A 1959 Born Prince Karim Aga Khan he is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism and a descendant of Shah Emperor Fat h Ali Shah Qajar of the Persian Qajar dynasty 84 Birendra Bir Bikram Shah 1945 2001 HKS 1968 King of Nepal Frederik King of Denmark born 1968 Academic Exchange of one year 1992 1993 Member of the House of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg Crown Prince of Denmark therefore the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik the Prince Consort 84 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan 1933 2003 College 1954 Son of Aga Khan III the 48th Imam of Nizari Ismailism United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1966 1978 84 Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi II of Iran 1966 2011 PhD student at the time of his death Member of the Pahlavi imperial family of Iran Persia younger son of the former Shah of Persia Emperor of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his third wife Empress Farah Pahlavi second in order of succession to the Iranian throne before the Iranian Revolution 84 Mahidol Adulyadej Prince of Songkla 1892 1929 from Siam Thailand Certificate in Public Health 1921 MD 1927 Member of the House of Chakri of Siam Thailand son of King Chulalongkorn of Siam father of King Ananda Mahidol Rama VIII and King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX of Thailand grandfather of King Vajiralongkorn Rama X of Thailand regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand 84 85 86 Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi I of Iran 1922 1954 B A Member of the Pahlavi imperial family of Iran Persia Reza Shah Pahlavi s second son brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi the last Shah of Persia Iran de facto 84 Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen of Ethiopia born 1984 wife of Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen member of the Imperial House of Ethiopia through marriage 87 Masako Empress of Japan born 1963 B A 1985 Consort of Emperor Naruhito the first son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko member of the Imperial House of Japan through marriage 84 Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein born 1969 HBS 1998 Son of Hans Adam II Prince of Liechtenstein 88 Nazrin Shah of Perak born 1956 Masters PhD Current Sultan of Perak one of the Sultans of Malaysia as a federal constitutional monarchy 84 Prince Abdul Reza Pahlavi 1924 2004 M A Member of the Pahlavi imperial family of Iran Persia son of Reza Shah Pahlavi brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi the last Shah of Persia Iran de facto 84 Catherine Oxenberg born 1961 Member of the Serbian House of Karađorđevic Serbian American actress best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera Dynasty daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and her first husband Howard Oxenberg a Jewish dress manufacturer and close friend of the Kennedy family 84 Prince William zu Lobkowicz born 1961 B A Member of the high Bohemian nobility member of the House of Lobkowicz one of the oldest Bohemian noble families his great grandfather Ferdinand was the 10th Prince zu Lobkowicz when the Austro Hungarian Empire collapsed leaving the Bohemian nobility stripped of its legal privileges in 1919 89 Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon Parma Duchess of Guernica and Marchioness of Sala born 1974 Member of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon Parma as well of the Dutch royal family fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo Duke of Parma 84 Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of Bhutan born 1981 Law 2007 Sister of the current King of Bhutan board member of the Tarayana Foundation citation needed Science technology medicine and mathematics editName Class year Notability Reference s Roger Adams 1889 1971 College 1909 PhD 1912 Pioneering organic chemist 90 Howard H Aiken 1900 1973 M A 1937 PhD 1939 Computer scientist designer of the Harvard Mark I 91 James Gilbert Baker 1914 2005 PhD 1942 Astronomer optician 92 John Bartlett 1784 1849 College 1805 Minister founder of Massachusetts General Hospital 93 Manjul Bhargava born 1974 College 1996 Mathematician Fields Medal winner Craig Call Black 1932 1998 PhD 1962 Paleontologist Francine D Blau born 1946 M A 1969 PhD 1975 Economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics 94 Hilary Blumberg College 1986 Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience 95 Dan Bricklin born 1951 Business 1979 Creator of VisiCalc 96 Fred Brooks born 1931 PhD 1956 Turing Award laureate Thomas H Clark 1893 1996 College 1917 A M 1921 PhD 1923 Geologist one of the top Canadian scientists of the 20th century namesake of Thomasclarkite 97 Mandy Cohen MPH 2004 Physician Director of the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services former Executive Director of the Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services and founding member of Doctors for America 98 Stephen Cook born 1939 S M 1962 PhD 1966 Computer scientist 99 Don Coppersmith S M 1975 PhD 1977 Computer scientist 100 Leda Cosmides born 1957 College 1979 PhD 1985 Evolutionary psychologist 101 Robert K Crane 1919 2010 PhD 1950 Biochemist 102 Harvey Cushing 1869 1939 Medical 1895 Neurosurgeon Elliott Cutler 1888 1947 College 1909 M D 1913 Professor Surgeon and medical educator 103 Samuel J Danishefsky born 1936 PhD 1962 Chemist winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995 96 104 Neil deGrasse Tyson born 1958 College 1980 Astrophysicist director of the Hayden Planetarium television host 105 Fe Del Mundo 1909 2011 Medical 1938 National Scientist of the Philippines pediatrician recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award devised an incubator made out of bamboo designed for use in rural communities without electrical power the first woman admitted as a student at Harvard Medical School Russell Doolittle 1931 2019 PhD 1962 Biochemist 106 Gideon Dreyfuss PhD 1978 Biochemist HHMI investigator 107 William Duane 1872 1935 A B 1893 A M 1895 Professor Physicist professor emeritus and chair of Biophysics at Harvard research fellow at Harvard Cancer Commission 108 E Allen Emerson born 1954 PhD 1981 Turing Award laureate Charles Epstein 1933 2011 Harvard Medical College 1959 Geneticist injured by Ted Kaczynski a k a Unabomber 109 Paul Farmer born 1959 Medical 1988 PhD 1990 Professor Founder of Partners in Health 110 Lewis J Feldman born 1945 PhD 1975 Professor of plant biology at the University of California Berkeley 111 Rabab Fetieh born 1954 Dental 1987 First Saudi Arabian female orthodontist Edward Frenkel born 1968 PhD 1991 Mathematician 112 Robert Galambos 1914 2010 PhD Researcher who discovered how bats use echolocation 113 Bill Gates born 1955 No degree Founder of Microsoft and philanthropist Paul Graham born 1964 S M 1988 PhD 1990 Computer programmer and essayist Ulysses S Grant IV 1893 1977 College 1915 Paleontologist Brian Greene born 1963 College 1984 Famous in the world of string theory Columbia University professor 114 Victor Guillemin born 1937 PhD 1962 Differential geometer 115 G Stanley Hall 1844 1924 PhD 1878 First president of APA and Clark University 116 Donald Olding Hebb 1904 1985 PhD 1936 Canadian psychologist father of neuropsychology President of the American Psychological Association 1960 Fellow of the Royal Society Chancellor of McGill University 1970 1974 George Anthony Hill 1842 1916 AB 1865 AM 1870 Author of various textbooks primarily on physics and mathematics associate professor 117 Heisuke Hironaka born 1931 PhD 1960 Professor Mathematician Fields Medal winner 118 Arthur Allen Hoag 1921 1999 PhD 1953 Discovered Hoag s object L Emmett Holt Jr 1895 1974 College 1916 Pediatrician 119 Tony Hsieh 1973 2020 College 1995 CEO of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos co founder of LinkExchange author of Delivering Happiness Ruth Hubbard 1924 2016 PhD 1950 Radcliffe professor biologist 120 Ernest Ingersoll 1852 1946 Naturalist writer and explorer Kenneth E Iverson 1920 2004 PhD 1954 Turing Award laureate Thomas Jaggar 1871 1953 PhD 1897 Geologist founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 121 William James 1842 1910 Medical 1869 Philosopher psychologist namesake of William James Hall 122 Stacy Jupiter born 1975 AB 1997 Marine scientist 123 Michio Kaku born 1947 College 1968 Theoretical physicist activist Richard M Karp born 1935 College 1955 PhD 1959 Turing Award laureate Jerome H Kidder 1842 1899 B A 1862 M A 1875 Royal surgeon and astronomer Order of Christ conferred by King of Portugal the decoration authorized by joint resolution of the United States Congress in 1870 Alfred Kinsey 1894 1956 Sc D 1919 Sexologist 124 Ivan Krstic College Computer security expert Butler Lampson born 1943 College 1964 Turing Award laureate Theodore K Lawless 1892 1971 Dermatologist Spingarn Medal 125 Saul Levin M A 1994 Psychiatrist 126 Holbrook Mann MacNeille 1907 1973 PhD 1935 Mathematician 127 Annie Luetkemeyer PhD 1999 Infectious diseases physician John Marsh 1799 1856 1823 First medical doctor in California and first Harvard graduate in California Rustin McIntosh 1894 1986 College 1914 M D 1918 Pediatrician 128 Curtis T McMullen born 1958 PhD 1985 Fields Medal winner Scott McNealy born 1954 College 1976 Co founder and chairman of Sun Microsystems 129 John S Meyer 1924 2011 Physician Marvin Minsky 1927 2016 College 1950 Computer scientist 130 Maryam Mirzakhani 1977 2017 PhD 2004 Fields Medal winner Sylvanus G Morley 1883 1948 College 1908 Mayanist scholar and archaeologist 131 Robert Tappan Morris born 1965 College 1987 S M 1993 PhD 1999 CS professor at MIT creator of the first computer worm David Mumford born 1937 College 1957 PhD 1961 Mathematician Fields Medal winner 132 Vivek Murthy born 1977 College 1997 Vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States Major General Spurgeon Neel 1919 2003 MPH 1958 Pioneer of aeromedical evacuation 133 Simon Newcomb 1835 1909 BSc 1858 astronomer applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath J Robert Oppenheimer 1904 1967 College 1925 Physicist father of the atomic bomb 134 Tim O Reilly born 1954 College 1975 Founder of O Reilly Media 135 George Parkman 1790 1849 College 1809 Medical 1813 Physician businessman murder victim 136 Charles Sanders Peirce 1839 1914 College 1859 Philosopher mathematician 137 Alex K Shalek born 1981 PhD 2011 single cell genomics key opinion leader 138 A Sivathanu Pillai born 1947 Business 1991 Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller DRDO and CEO of BrahMos Aerospace 139 Mark Plotkin born 1955 Extension 1979 Ethnobotanist founder of Amazon Conservation Team 140 Daniel Quillen 1940 2011 College 1961 PhD 1964 Mathematician Fields Medal winner 141 Christian R H Raetz 1946 2011 M D and PhD 1973 Professor of biochemistry at Duke University and member of National Academy of Sciences 142 Joseph Ransohoff 1915 2001 College 1938 Neurosurgeon professor and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the New York University School of Medicine Charles Reigeluth B A Economics 1969 Professor of instructional design systems and creator of Elaboration Theory 143 Stuart A Rice born 1932 A M 1954 PhD 1955 Physical chemist at The University of Chicago 144 Dennis Ritchie 1941 2011 College 1963 PhD 1968 Computer scientist 145 Brian M Salzberg PhD 1971 Neuroscientist biophysicist and professor 146 Vern L Schramm born 1941 M S nutrition Professor of biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine 147 Jon Seger PhD 1980 Developed theory of bet hedging in biology recipient of MacArthur Genius Grant 148 Oscar Elton Sette 1900 1972 M A biology 1930 Influential fisheries scientist who pioneered fisheries oceanography and modern fisheries science 149 150 Harold Hill Smith 1910 1994 PhD Geneticist 151 Richard Stallman born 1953 College 1974 Founder of the Free Software Foundation John Tooby born 1952 PhD 1985 Anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Marius Vassiliou born 1957 College 1978 Computational scientist and research executive Vladimir Voevodsky 1966 2017 PhD 1966 Fields Medal winner An Wang 1920 1990 PhD 1948 Computer pioneer inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame for magnetic core memory philanthropist 152 William C Waterhouse 1941 2016 College 1963 M A PhD 1968 Mathematician professor 153 John White Webster 1793 1850 College 1811 Medical 1815 Physician professor killer Parkman Webster murder case Edward Osborne Wilson 1929 2021 PhD 1955 professor Biologist 154 Charles F Winslow 1811 1877 Medical 1834 Physician diplomat and atomic theorist 155 John Winthrop 1714 1779 College 1732 professor Astronomer mathematician Chauncey Wright 1830 1875 College 1852 Mathematician philosopher professor 156 Andrew Yao born 1946 PhD 1972 Turing Award laureate Norbert Wiener 1894 1964 PhD 1913 Mathematician philosopher professor William James Sidis 1898 1944 A B cum laude 1914 MathematicianBusiness editName Class year Notability Reference s Bill Ackman born 1966 College Business 1995 CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management Darius Adamczyk born 1966 Business 1995 CEO of Honeywell William McPherson Allen 1900 1985 Law 1925 CEO of Boeing Adam Aron born 1954 College 1976 Business 1979 CEO of AMC Theatres J Paul Austin 1915 1985 College 1937 CEO of The Coca Cola Company Charles Francis Adams Jr 1835 1915 College 1856 President of Union Pacific Railroad 157 Marcus Agius born 1946 Business 1972 Chairman Barclays PLC 158 A Charles Baillie born 1939 Business CEO of Toronto Dominion Bank Steve Ballmer born 1956 College 1977 President and CEO of Microsoft 159 Jim Balsillie born 1961 Business 1989 CEO of Research in Motion Hans W Becherer 1935 2016 Business CEO of John Deere Alex Behring born 1967 Business 1995 Chairman of Kraft Heinz Charles M Berger 1936 2008 Business 1960 Business executive H J Heinz Company CEO of The Scotts Miracle Gro Company 160 Gordon Binder born 1935 CEO of Amgen 1988 2000 161 Frank Biondi 1945 2019 Business CEO of Viacom Universal Pictures Frank Blake born 1949 College 1971 CEO of The Home Depot Lloyd Blankfein born 1954 College 1975 Law 1978 CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs 162 Leonard Blavatnik born 1957 Business 1989 Founder of Access Industries Nathan Blecharczyk born 1983 College Co founder of Airbnb Ana Patricia Botin born 1960 Business Chairperson of Santander Group Robert A Bradway Business 1990 CEO of Amgen Charles Bunch born 1950 Business 1979 CEO of PPG Industries Daniel Burke 1929 2011 MBA 1955 Former President of the American Broadcasting Company ABC 1986 94 engineered the 3 5 billion acquisition of ABC by Capital Cities in 1986 163 James E Burke 1925 2012 Business 1949 CEO of Johnson amp Johnson Philip Caldwell 1920 2013 Business 1942 CEO of Ford Motor Company John T Cahill College MBA Chairman and CEO of The Pepsi Bottling Group 164 Chase Carey born 1954 Business 1979 President of News Corporation Winslow Carlton 1907 1994 Business 1929 Businessman and cooperative organizer Donald J Carty born 1946 Business CEO of AMR Corporation Doug Carlston born 1947 College 1970 Law 1975 Co founder of Broderbund Software 165 Gregory C Case born 1963 Business CEO of Aon Albert Vincent Casey 1920 2004 College Business 1948 CEO of American Airlines R Martin Chavez Biochemistry 1985 CFO of Goldman Sachs 166 Kenneth Chenault born 1951 Law 1976 CEO of American Express Shou Zi Chew Business 2010 CEO of TikTok 167 Howard L Clark Sr 1916 2001 Law Former CEO of American Express 1960 1977 168 Michael Cohrs College 1979 Business 1981 Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank Vittorio Colao born 1961 Business CEO of Vodafone Edward Conard Business 1982 Founding partner Bain Capital 169 Michael Corbat born 1960 College 1983 CEO of Citigroup Zoe Cruz born 1955 College 1977 Business 1982 Former Co President of Morgan Stanley 170 H Lawrence Culp Jr born 1964 Business 1990 CEO of General Electric Ray Dalio born 1949 Business Founder of Bridgewater Associates John D Agostino MBA 2002 MD of Alkeon Capital youngest Head of Strategy for NYMEX and subject of best selling book Rigged The Ivy League Kid who Changed the World of Oil From Wall Street to Dubai Jamie Dimon born 1956 Business 1982 Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase 171 James Dole 1877 1950 College 1899 Founder of Dole Food Company Tim Draper born 1958 Business 1984 Venture capitalist Robert Louis Dreyfus 1946 2009 Business 1973 CEO of Adidas Colin Drummond born 1951 MBA CEO of Viridor and joint CEO of Pennon Group 172 Mark Ein born 1964 MBA 1992 Venture capitalist sports team owner Mark Fields born 1961 Business CEO of Ford Motor Company Robert Fornaro born 1952 or 1953 Design CEO of Spirit Airlines Kenneth Frazier born 1954 Law 1978 CEO of Merck amp Co Victor Fung born 1945 PhD 1971 Chairman of Li amp Fung group of companies 173 Elbridge T Gerry Sr 1909 1999 BA 1931 General partner of Brown Brothers Harriman amp Co director of the Union Pacific Railroad 1957 86 174 Louis V Gerstner Jr born 1942 Business 1965 CEO of RJR Nabisco and IBM Walter Sherman Gifford 1885 1966 College 1905 President of AT amp T Corporation Melvin Gordon 1919 2015 College 1941 Business 1943 CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries Kenneth C Griffin born 1968 College 1990 Chairman of Citadel LLC Gerald Grinstein born 1932 Law 1957 Former CEO of Delta Air Lines David L Gunn born 1937 College 1959 CEO of Amtrak Rajat Gupta MBA 1973 Businessman later convicted for insider trading 175 Walter A Haas Jr 1916 1995 Business 1939 CEO of Levi Strauss amp Co Torstein Hagen born 1943 Business 1968 Founder of Viking Cruises Josh Harris born 1964 MBA 1990 Co founder of Apollo Global Management owner of the NBA s Philadelphia 76ers the NHL s New Jersey Devils and the NFL s Washington Commanders Fred Hassan born 1945 Business 1972 CEO of Schering Plough Trip Hawkins born 1953 College 1976 Founder of Electronic Arts and the 3DO Company 176 Sean M Healey born 1961 College 1983 Law 1987 CEO of Affiliated Managers Group and chairman of the Peabody Essex Museum 177 Warren Hellman 1934 2011 Business 1959 Founder of Hellman amp Friedman and Hellman Ferri Investment Associates today Matrix Partners former president chairman head of Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers John B Hess born 1954 College 1975 CEO of Hess Corporation Darren Huston born 1966 Business CEO of The Priceline Group Jeffrey R Immelt born 1956 Business 1982 Chairman and CEO of General Electric 178 Leila Janah 1982 2020 College 2005 CEO of Samasource Andy Jassy born 1967 68 College 1990 Business 1997 CEO of Amazon Inc Abigail Johnson born 1961 Business 1988 CEO of Fidelity Investments Edward Johnson III born 1930 College 1954 CEO of Fidelity Investments Whipple V N Jones 1909 2001 College 1932 Business Founder of Aspen Highlands Leo Kahn 1916 2011 College 1938 Co Founder of Staples Inc George Kaiser born 1942 College 1964 Chairman of BOK Financial Corporation Carol Kalish 1955 1991 Radcliffe College Editor Marvel Comics executive Steven A Kandarian Business 1989 CEO of MetLife Chris Kempczinski Business 1997 CEO of McDonald s Jeff Kindler born 1955 Law 1980 CEO of Pfizer 179 Rollin King 1931 2014 Business 1964 Founder of Southwest Airlines Jim Koch born 1949 College 1971 Business amp Law 1978 Founder of Boston Beer Company Robert Kraft born 1941 Business 1965 CEO of The Kraft Group New England Patriots owner Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan born 1938 Business 1964 Tamil Malaysian businessman and philanthropist A G Lafley born 1947 Business 1977 CEO of Procter amp Gamble J Hicks Lanier Business 1964 CEO of Oxford Industries 180 Kewsong Lee born 1965 College 1986 Business 1990 CEO of The Carlyle Group Jorge Paulo Lemann born 1939 College 1961 Founder of 3G Capital Reginald Lewis 1942 1993 Law 1968 Former CEO of Beatrice Foods John Langeloth Loeb Jr born 1930 College 1952 Business 1954 Chairman of Loeb Rhoades Trust Company former United States Ambassador to Denmark Paul B Loyd Jr M B A Former chairman and chief executive officer of the R amp B Falcon Corporation 1997 2001 181 Michael Lynton born 1960 College 1982 Business 1985 CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment Stanley Marcus 1905 2002 College 1925 Business 1926 President and CEO Neiman Marcus department stores 182 Charles Peter McColough 1922 2006 Business 1949 CEO of Xerox Corporation Namesake of C Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations 183 Ross McEwan born 1957 Business CEO of National Australia Bank Douglas McGregor 1906 1964 A M 1933 PhD 1935 Management theorist 184 Scott McNealy born 1954 College 1976 Co founder of Sun Microsystems James McNerney born 1949 Business 1975 Chairman and CEO of Boeing 185 George W Merck 1894 1957 College 1915 Industrialist president of Merck amp Co 186 Hiroshi Mikitani born 1966 Business 1993 CEO of Rakuten Charles Moorman born 1953 Business 1978 CEO of Amtrak Norfolk Southern Railway Henry Sturgis Morgan 1900 1982 College 1923 Co founder of Morgan Stanley J P Morgan Jr 1867 1943 College 1886 President of J P Morgan amp Co Charlie Munger 1924 2023 Law 1948 Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Vasant Narasimhan born 1976 Medical KSG 2003 CEO of Novartis David Nelms born 1961 Business 1987 CEO of Discover Financial Albert Nickerson 1911 1994 College 1933 CEO of Mobil Roy Niederhoffer born 1966 College 1987 Founder and President of R G Niederhoffer Capital Management Inc 187 Irving S Olds 1887 1963 Law 1910 CEO of U S Steel Bradley Palmer 1866 1946 College 1888 Law 1889 Drafted the merger that formed United Fruit Company served on the board of directors for Gillette and ITT appointed to represent President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference Ellen Pao born 1970 CEO of Reddit John Paulson born 1955 Business 1980 Founder of Paulson amp Co Art Peck born 1955 Business 1979 CEO of Gap Inc Ken Powell born 1954 College 1976 CEO of General Mills Vivek Ranadive born 1957 Business 1983 CEO of TIBCO Software Sumner Redstone born 1923 College 1944 Law 1947 Chairman and CEO of Viacom 188 James Reed born 1963 MBA 1990 Chairman and chief executive of the Reed group of companies 189 Fred Reichheld born 1952 College 1974 Business 1978 Author of bestselling business books 190 Robert Ridder 1919 2000 Director of Knight Ridder media 191 David Rockefeller 1915 2017 College 1936 Banker philanthropist Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank son of American financer John D Rockefeller Jr grandson of Standard Oil co founder John D Rockefeller 192 Gary Rodkin Business 1980 CEO of ConAgra Foods Harry M Rubin born 1952 Business 1976 Co founder of Samuel Adams COO and CFO of Atari Inc Robert Rubin born 1938 Economics 1960 United States Secretary of the Treasury Sheryl Sandberg born 1969 College 1991 COO of Facebook Ulf Mark Schneider born 1965 Business 1993 CEO of Nestle Steve Schwarzman born 1947 Business 1972 Billionaire owner of Blackstone Group 193 Daniel C Searle 1926 2007 Business 1952 Heir CEO of G D Searle amp Company conservative philanthropist 194 Frank Shrontz born 1931 Business 1958 CEO of Boeing Jeffrey Skilling born 1953 Business 1979 CEO of Enron convicted of fraud and conspiracy 195 Jeff Smisek born 1954 Law 1982 CEO of United Airlines Orin C Smith 1942 2018 Business 1967 CEO of Starbucks Thomas G Stemberg 1949 2015 College 1971 Business 1973 Co founder of Staples Inc Jan Stenbeck 1942 2002 Business President of MTG Gerald L Storch College CEO of Hudson s Bay Company William H Sumner 1780 1861 College 1799 Developed East Boston 196 Marcel Herrmann Telles born 1950 Business Founder of 3G Capital Haslina Taib Chair of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 197 Ratan Naval Tata born 1937 Business 1975 Chairman of Tata Group 198 John Thain born 1955 Business 1979 Chairman and CEO of CIT Group last chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch 199 Charlemagne Tower 1809 1889 Law 1830 Lawyer businessman namesake of towns in Pennsylvania Minnesota and North Dakota served on Harvard s board of overseers 200 Robert Uihlein Jr 1916 1976 College 1938 Chairman of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company 201 Rick Wagoner born 1953 Business 1977 CEO of General Motors Michael J Ward born 1950 Business 1973 CEO of CSX Corporation Meg Whitman born 1956 Business 1979 CEO of HP Inc Harry Elkins Widener 1885 1912 College 1907 Namesake of Harvard s Widener Library died in the sinking of the Titanic 202 Arne Wilhelmsen 1929 2020 Business Founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd Leah Zell born 1949 College 1971 Investor 203 Moses Znaimer born 1942 A M Canadian media mogul 204 Mortimer Zuckerman born 1937 Law 1962 Owner of New York Daily News and U S News amp World Report Howard Jonas born 1956 College 1978 Founder and CEO of IDT CorporationPolitics editMain article List of Harvard University politiciansLaw editSupreme Court justices edit Name Class year Notability Reference s Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud born 1959 Law 1983 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India Sophia Akuffo born 1949 Law Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana Solomon Areda Waktolla born 1975 Harvard Kennedy School MPA 2013 Harvard Law School LLM 2014 Judge at United Nations Dispute Tribunal Judge at Administrative Tribunal of African Development Bank Former Deputy Chief Justice of Ethiopia Member of Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague Mary Arden Lady Arden of Heswall born 1947 Law 1970 Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Richard Reeve Baxter 1921 1980 Law 1948 Justice of the International Court of Justice Kwamena Bentsi Enchill 1919 1974 Law Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana Harry Blackmun 1908 1999 College 1929 Law 1932 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Peter Blanchard born 1942 Law Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand Louis Brandeis 1856 1941 Law 1877 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 205 William J Brennan Jr 1906 1997 Law 1931 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 206 207 Stephen Breyer born 1938 Law 1964 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 208 Henry Billings Brown 1836 1913 Law 1859 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Thomas Buergenthal born 1934 Law Justice of the International Court of Justice Harold H Burton 1888 1964 Law 1912 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 209 Renato Corona 1948 2016 Law 1982 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Benjamin Curtis 1809 1874 College 1829 Law 1832 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 210 William Cushing 1732 1810 College 1751 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 210 James Wilfred Estey 1889 1956 Law 1915 Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Willard Estey 1919 2002 Law 1946 Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Jens Evensen 1917 2004 Law 1968 Justice of the International Court of Justice Marcelo Fernan 1927 1999 Law 1954 Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Felix Frankfurter 1882 1965 Law 1906 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 211 Stephen Gageler born 1958 Law 1987 Justice of the Supreme Court of Australia Neil Gorsuch born 1967 Law 1991 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Horace Gray 1828 1902 College 1845 Law 1849 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 212 213 Irmgard Griss born 1946 Law 1975 President of the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice Ofer Grosskopf born 1969 Law 1999 Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr 1841 1935 College 1861 Law 1866 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 214 Ketanji Brown Jackson born 1970 College 1992 Law 1996 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 215 Francis Jardeleza born 1949 Law 1977 Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Elena Kagan born 1960 Law 1986 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 216 Sisi Khampepe born 1957 Law Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Kenneth Keith born 1937 Law Justice of the International Court of Justice Anthony Kennedy born 1936 Law 1961 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 217 Bora Laskin 1912 1984 Law 1937 Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Koen Lenaerts born 1954 Law 1978 KSG 1979 Justice of the European Court of Justice Gertrude Lubbe Wolff born 1953 Law 1975 Justice of the Supreme Court of Germany Eilert Stang Lund born 1939 Law 1973 Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway John McLean 1785 1861 College 1806 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Alfredo Gutierrez Ortiz Mena born 1969 Law Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico Sundaresh Menon born 1962 Law 1991 Chief Justice of Singapore Yuko Miyazaki born 1951 Law 1984 Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan William Henry Moody 1853 1917 College 1876 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 218 Rohinton Fali Nariman born 1956 Law 1981 Justice of the Supreme Court of India Sandile Ngcobo born 1953 Law Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa Masaharu Ōhashi born 1947 Law 1976 Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan Lewis F Powell Jr 1907 1998 Law 1932 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 219 Ivan Rand 1884 1969 Law 1912 Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada William Rehnquist 1924 2005 A M 1950 Chief Justice of the United States 220 John Roberts born 1955 College 1976 Law 1979 Chief Justice of the United States 221 Edward Terry Sanford 1865 1930 College 1885 A M 1889 Law 1889 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 222 Vicente Abad Santos 1916 1993 Law Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Antonin Scalia 1936 2016 Law 1960 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 223 Stephen M Schwebel born 1929 College 1950 Justice of the International Court of Justice Dave Smuts Law 1983 Judge of the Supreme Court of Namibia 224 David Souter born 1939 College 1961 Law 1966 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 225 Wishart Spence 1904 1998 Law 1929 Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Joseph Story 1779 1845 College 1798 Professor Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 210 Other legal figures edit Name Class year Notability Reference s Alvin Bragg 1973 Class of 1995 Elected Manhattan District Attorney 2022 Andrea Alvarez Marin 1986 Member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica Joshua Atherton 1737 1809 Class of 1762 Attorney General New Hampshire 226 John O Bailey 1880 1959 Class of 1906 State supreme court justice from Oregon Stephen Barnett 1935 2009 College 1957 Law 1962 Legal scholar at Berkeley Law who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 227 George Tyler Bigelow 1810 1878 College 1829 Associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 228 Richard Blumenthal born 1946 College Former Attorney General of Connecticut Andrew Cheung born 1961 Master of Laws 1985 Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong Archibald Cox 1912 2004 College 1934 Law 1937 Special prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal Nora Dannehy born 1961 Law 1986 Special Prosecutor in the Dismissal of U S attorneys controversy former U S Attorney for the District of Columbia Deputy Attorney General of Connecticut Bruce Fein born 1947 Law 1972 Founder of Bruce Fein amp Associates Inc principal civil liberties activist in The Lichfield Group analyst and commentator for conservative think tanks top Justice Department official under Ronald Reagan administration Senior Policy Advisor for the Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign 229 Patrick Fitzgerald born 1961 Law 1985 Special Prosecutor in the Plame affair United States Attorney Stephen Gageler born 1958 Master of Laws 1987 Justice of the High Court of Australia Merrick Garland born 1952 College 1974 Law 1977 Attorney General of the United States former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Paul C Gartzke 1927 2009 Law 1952 Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Kumiki Gibson born 1959 Extension 1985 Chief Counsel to the V P Al Gore 1994 97 Terry Goddard born 1947 College 1969 Attorney General of Arizona Ulysses S Grant Jr 1852 1929 College 1874 Attorney land developer William B Gray 1942 1994 College 1964 United States Attorney for Vermont 230 John Patrick Hartigan 1887 1968 Law 1909 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island 231 Charles Hamilton Houston 1895 1950 Law 1923 Dean of Howard University Law School lawyer for NAACP Joseph D Kearney Law 1989 Dean of Marquette University Law School Harold Hongju Koh born 1954 College 1975 Law 1980 Legal Adviser of the Department of State former Dean of Yale Law School 232 Juliane Kokott born 1957 Law Advocate General at the European Court of Justice John H Langbein born 1941 Law 1968 Legal scholar professor at Yale Law School Kayleigh McEnany born 1988 Law 2016 Political commentator and White House press secretary Tom Mesereau born 1950 College 1973 Criminal defense attorney James T Mitchell 1834 1915 1855 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 233 Wendell Phillips born 1811 College 1831 Law 1833 Abolitionist Elizabeth Prelogar born 1980 Law 2008 Solicitor General of the United States and former clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan Paul Reardon 1909 1988 College 1932 Law 1935 Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Lemuel Shaw 1781 1861 College 1800 Chief Justice of Massachusetts Supreme Court Michael Wachter born 1943 M A 1967 PhD 1970 Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School 234 235 236 237 Samuel Warren 1852 1910 Law 1877 Attorney law partner of Louis Brandeis Henry C Whitaker born 1978 Law J D magna cum laude 2003 Solicitor General of Florida 2021 present Valerie Zachary born 1962 Law J D cum laude 1987 Associate Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals 2015 presentMilitary editName Class year Notability Reference s John Abizaid born 1951 A M 1981 U S Army general Commander of United States Central Command CENTCOM 238 Douglas Campbell 1896 1990 A B 1917 Soldier World War I ace 239 Erle Cocke Jr 1921 2000 M B A 1947 U S Army officer in World War II Silver Star Medal recipient National Commander of the American Legion 1950 51 240 George Downing c 1624 1684 College 1642 English soldier diplomat Peter Fanta M P A U S Navy admiral Manning Force 1824 1899 College 1845 Law 1848 Union Army general Medal of Honor recipient judge author 241 David Gurfein M B A 2000 U S Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and CEO of nonprofit organization United American Patriots 242 Pierpont M Hamilton 1898 1982 College 1920 A M 1946 U S Army Air Forces general in World War II Medal of Honor recipient 241 Walter Newell Hill 1881 1955 College 1904 U S Marine Corps general Medal of Honor recipient 241 Henry S Huidekoper 1839 1918 College 1862 A M 1872 Union Army officer Medal of Honor recipient 241 John William Kilbreth 1876 1958 College 1898 U S Army brigadier general during World War I Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient 243 Claud Ashton Jones 1885 1948 M S 1915 U S Navy admiral Medal of Honor recipient 241 Henry Ware Lawton 1843 1899 Law 1866 U S Army general Medal of Honor recipient killed in the Philippine American War 241 John N Lotz Business 1971 Air National Guard general George G McMurtry 1876 1958 College 1899 U S Army officer in World War I with the Lost Battalion Medal of Honor recipient 241 Hal Moore 1922 2017 U S Army general author of We Were Soldiers Once And Young Robert C Murray 1946 1970 Business 1970 U S Army soldier killed in the Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient 241 Charles Coudert Nast 1903 1981 Law 1925 Attorney and U S Army major general 244 245 Norris W Overton 1926 2023 Business 1972 U S Air Force general Charles E Phelps 1833 1908 Law 1853 Union Army general Medal of Honor recipient U S Representative from Maryland lawyer judge 241 Horace Porter 1837 1921 Lawrence Scientific School 1857 Union Army general Medal of Honor recipient businessman ambassador to France 241 Theodore Roosevelt Jr 1887 1944 College 1909 Son of President Theodore Roosevelt U S Army general Medal of Honor recipient businessman Governor of Puerto Rico Governor General of the Philippines 241 Don Ross 1922 2015 PhD in Applied Physics amp Engineering Science 1953 recipient of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award made important developments in reduction of submarine noise 241 Leroy A Schreiber 1917 1944 1939 U S Army Air Forces fighter ace killed in World War II Sherrod E Skinner Jr 1929 1952 1951 U S Marine Corps officer killed in the Korean War Medal of Honor recipient 241 Phillips Waller Smith 1906 1963 M B A 1940 U S Air Force general 246 Oliver Lyman Spaulding 1875 1947 M A 1932 U S Army general 247 Hazard Stevens 1842 1918 College 1865 Union Army general Medal of Honor recipient Massachusetts state legislator mountaineer 241 Artemas Ward 1727 1800 College 1748 Major General in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts Arthur Harold Webber 1893 1918 Harvard 1915 Volunteer with RAF Squadron 84 killed in flying accident in Texas April 10 1918 Charles White Whittlesey 1884 1921 Law 1908 U S Army officer in World War I commander of the Lost Battalion Medal of Honor recipient 241 Leonard Wood 1860 1927 Medical 1884 U S Army general military surgeon commander of the Rough Riders 5th Chief of Staff of the United States Army Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines Medal of Honor recipient 241 Isoroku Yamamoto 1884 1943 1919 1921 Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese NavyJournalism editName Class year Notability Reference s Jill Abramson born 1954 College 1976 Former executive editor of The New York Times 248 Jacqueline Alemany born 1989 College 2011 CBS News White House Reporter Christian Alfonsi PhD 1999 Author Circle in the Sand about Gulf War and Iraq War Jonathan Alter born 1957 College 1979 Former senior editor of Newsweek Steve Bannon born 1953 MBA 1983 American media executive political strategist Melissa Block born 1962 College 1983 Host of NPR s All Things Considered Ben Bradlee 1921 2014 College 1944 Washington Post executive editor during Watergate scandal Warren T Brookes 1929 1991 College 1952 Newspaper columnist for Detroit News known for economics reporting 249 James Brown born 1951 College 1973 Sportscaster Leslie T Chang 1991 Journalist former correspondent in Beijing China for The Wall Street Journal author of Factory Girls From Village to City in a Changing China 250 Susan Chira born 1958 College 1980 Foreign editor of The New York Times since 2004 Kevin Corke HKS 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 William Emerson 1923 2009 College 1948 Covered the civil rights era as Newsweek s first bureau chief assigned to cover the Southern United States editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post 251 Sharon Epperson born 1968 College 1990 Television finance correspondent for CNBC 252 James Fallows born 1949 College 1970 Journalist Amy Goodman born 1957 College 1984 Liberal political commentator founder of Democracy Now 253 Donald E Graham born 1945 College 1966 The Washington Post Company chairman and CEO Kristen Green HKS Journalist and author Aaron Harber MPA Political analyst for CBS 4 KCNC TV host of The Aaron Harber Show on Colorado Public Broadcasting KBDI TV William Randolph Hearst Class of 1885 No degree Businessman newspaper publisher politician 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 Mary Louise Kelly born 1971 College 1993 Host of NPR s All Things Considered Michael Kinsley born 1951 College 1972 Law 1977 Journalist Jason E Klein MBA 1986 CEO of Times Mirror Magazines and CEO of Newspaper National Network LP Nicholas D Kristof born 1960 College 1981 New York Times reporter and columnist two time Pulitzer Prize winner William Kristol born 1952 College 1973 PhD 1979 Editor of The Weekly Standard Melissa Lee College 1995 News anchor of CNBC Nicholas Lemann born 1954 College 1976 The New Yorker magazine journalist former dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Suzanne Malveaux born 1966 College 1987 CNN correspondent Michel Martin College 1980 Weekend host of NPR s All Things Considered Emmy Award winner Judith Matloff born 1958 College 1981 Journalist author and media safety advocate Leon Neyfakh College 2007 Host and creator of podcast Slow Burn 254 Soledad O Brien born 1966 College 1987 Television host Thomas Oliphant College 1967 Boston Globe columnist Bill O Reilly born 1949 HKS 1996 Journalist and conservative political commentator host of The O Reilly Factor Silvia Poggioli born 1946 College 1968 Foreign correspondent NPR John Reed 1887 1920 College 1910 Journalist activist Joy Ann Reid born 1968 College 1990 MSNBC correspondent and host of AM Joy 255 Frank Rich born 1949 College 1971 New York Times columnist Stephen Sackur born 1964 BBC journalist Peter Sagal born 1965 College 1987 Public radio host of Wait Wait Don t Tell Me playwright screenwriter actor Bill Schneider born 1944 A M 1969 PhD 1972 Journalist political analyst Lara Setrakian born 1982 2004 Journalist political analyst Richard H P Sia born 1953 College 1975 Journalist International Consortium of Investigative Journalists National Journal Baltimore Sun 256 Sam Sifton born 1966 College 1988 New York Times chief restaurant critic Andrew Sullivan born 1963 HKS 1986 PhD 1990 Blogger journalist Evan Thomas born 1951 College 1973 Journalist for Newsweek and TIME author of two New York Times bestsellers Pablo S Torre born 1985 College 2007 Sportswriter for ESPN and Sports Illustrated Kristen Welker born 1977 College 1998 News anchor NBC Katharine Weymouth born 1966 College 1988 Washington Post publisher William Lindsay White 1900 1973 College 1924 Journalist Jessica Yellin born 1971 College Journalist Mort Zuckerman born 1937 Law 1962 U S News amp World Report editor in chief New York Daily News owner and publisherLiterature editName Class year Notability Reference s Horatio Alger Jr 1832 1899 College 1852 Novelist 257 Tahmima Anam born 1975 Phd 2005 Novelist 258 Michael J Arlen born 1930 College 1952 Writer journalist critic 259 Margaret Atwood born 1939 Radcliffe A M 1962 Novelist 260 Peter Benchley 1940 2006 College 1961 Novelist 261 Robert Benchley 1889 1945 College 1912 Comedian 262 John Berendt born 1939 College 1961 Writer 263 Robert Bly born 1926 College 1950 Poet Marita Bonner 1899 1971 Radcliffe College 1922 Harlem Renaissance writer essayist poet Bill Branon College 1959 Novelist Harold Brodkey 1930 1996 College 1952 Novelist George Hardin Brown College 1971 Medieval scholar 264 Thomas Bulfinch 1796 1867 College 1814 Mythologist William S Burroughs 1914 1997 College 1936 Writer Ethan Canin born 1960 Medical 1989 Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio College 2011 Writer 265 Steven R Covey 1932 2012 Business 1975 Author and self help guru Michael Crichton 1942 2008 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 PhD Writer artist critic Paul de Man 1919 1983 PhD 1960 literary critic Joseph Dennie 1768 1812 College 1790 Author editor 266 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 namesake of Emerson Hall Berry Fleming 1899 1989 College 1922 Novelist 267 Al Franken born 1951 College 1973 Comedian United States Senator Robert Frost 1874 1963 College 1897 to 1899 dropped out Poet Edward Gorey 1925 2000 College 1950 Writer illustrator Alfred Grossman born 1927 1949 writer and novelist 268 Donald Hall 1928 2018 College 1951 14th U S Poet Laureate Louisa Hall born 1982 College 2004 Author James D Hart 1911 1990 Writer professor Mark Helprin born 1947 College Graduate School Writer Julie Hilden College 1989 Author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr 1809 1894 College PhD 1836 professor Poet physician Amanda Gorman College 2020 Poet activist Angela Hur College 2002 Author 269 270 Gregg Hurwitz College 1995 Novelist comics writer Uzodinma Iweala born 1982 College 2004 Author Gish Jen born 1955 College 1977 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 1925 2014 College 1946 A M 1948 Poet Jean Kwok College Author Sally Laird 1956 2010 MA 1981 Writer editor translator 271 Ursula K Le Guin 1929 2018 Radcliffe 1951 Novelist Hunter Lewis born 1947 A B 1969 Author Frederick Wadsworth Loring 1848 1871 College 1870 Author newspaper correspondent James Russell Lowell 1819 1891 College 1838 Poet abolitionist Alison Lurie born 1926 Radcliffe 1947 Novelist Norman Mailer 1923 2007 College 1943 Novelist F O Matthiessen 1902 1950 M A 1926 PhD 1927 Harvard teacher Anne McCaffrey 1926 2011 Radcliffe 1947 Novelist Julian Moynahan 1925 2014 College 1946 PhD 1957 Critic and novelist Charles Murray born 1943 College 1965 Writer Ogden Nash 1902 1971 College 1920 Poet Howard Nemerov 1920 1991 College 1941 Poet Frank O Hara 1926 1966 College 1950 Poet Carl Phillips born 1959 College 1981 Poet George Plimpton 1927 2003 College 1948 Writer journalist actor Adrienne Rich 1929 2012 Radcliffe 1951 Poet George de la Ruiz Santayana 1863 1952 College 1886 Philosopher poet Rudy Ruiz born 1968 College 1990 M P P 1993 Novelist and writer of short stories 272 E San Juan Jr born 1938 A M PhD Poet cultural scholar Erich Segal 1937 2010 College 1958 A M 1959 PhD 1965 Author screenwriter Frank Shuffelton d 2010 Literary scholar Maximo V Soliven 1929 2006 PhD 1951 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 Lily Tuck born 1938 Radcliffe College 1960 Novelist winner of the 2004 National Book Award 273 Scott Turow born 1949 Law 1978 Novelist lawyer John Updike 1932 2009 College 1954 Novelist Kaavya Viswanathan born 1987 College 2008 Novelist noted plagiarist Andrew Weil born 1942 College 1964 Medical School 1968 Medical writer Richard Wilbur 1921 2017 A M 1947 professor Poet Lauren Willig born 1977 J D 2004 Novelist Thomas Wolfe 1900 1938 A M 1922 Novelist John Burnham Schwartz b 1965 A B 1987 Novelist screenwriter Elizabeth Wurtzel 1967 2020 College 1989 Writer Yangsze Choo Fantasy novelist Benjamin Kunkel born 1972 novelist and political economistFilm theater and television editName Class year Notability Reference s Tatyana Ali born 1979 College 2002 Actress singer Darren Aronofsky born 1969 College 1991 Film director and screenwriter 274 Ronald Bass born 1942 Law 1967 Screenwriter 275 S N Behrman 1893 1973 College 1916 Playwright screenwriter Roberts Blossom 1924 2011 College 1943 Actor poet Andy Borowitz born 1958 College 1980 Comedian film actor Josh Brener born 1984 College 2007 Actor Amy Brenneman born 1964 College 1987 Actress Bill Brown College 1992 Experimental filmmaker Nestor Carbonell born 1967 College 1990 Actor Emily Carmichael born 1982 College 2004 Director screenwriter animator Stockard Channing born 1944 Radcliffe 1965 Actress Damien Chazelle born 1985 College 2007 Film director screenwriter Academy Award nominee for Whiplash and Academy Award winner for La La Land Karen Chee born 1995 College 2017 Comedian Rob Cohen born 1949 College 1971 Film director screenwriter Cesar Conde born 1973 College 1995 President of Univision Lindsay Crouse born 1948 Radcliffe 1970 Actress Matt Damon born 1970 College 1988 92 Actor screenwriter producer Academy Award winner Greg Daniels born 1962 College 1980 84 Comedy writer producer and director Jeremy Doner born 1974 College 1994 Screenwriter 276 David Dorfman born 1994 Law 2015 Actor attorney John Duda born 1977 College 1999 Actor 277 Christopher Durang born 1949 College 1971 Playwright Olga Fedori born 1984 College 2004 Actress singer Geoffrey S Fletcher born 1970 College 1992 Screenwriter film director professor Greg Giraldo 1965 2010 Law 1988 Comedian Caroline Giuliani born 1989 College 2011 filmmaker writer daughter of Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover Armando Gutierrez born 1949 Extension 2009 Actor producer Fred Grandy born 1948 College 1970 Actor U S Congressman 278 Andre Gregory born 1934 College 1956 Theatre director actor Fred Gwynne 1926 1993 College 1951 Actor Hill Harper born 1966 HKS Law 1992 Actor Erika Harold born 1980 Law 2007 Miss America 2003 279 Sarah Haskins born 1979 College 2001 Comedian David Heyman born 1961 College 1983 Film producer Dawn Hudson born c 1957 College CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 280 Josephine Hull 1886 1957 Radcliffe 1899 Actress Rashida Jones born 1976 College 1997 Actress Tommy Lee Jones born 1946 College 1969 Actor Academy Award winner All Ivy League guard on football team in 1968 Colin Jost born 1982 College 2004 Actor writer comedian Ashley Judd born 1968 HKS 2010 Mid Career MPA Actress Douglas Kenney 1947 1980 College 1968 Humorist screenwriter Jack Lemmon 1925 2001 College 1947 Actor Academy Award winner 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 Academy Award nominee Donal Logue born 1966 College 1989 Actor Joseph Losey 1909 1984 A M Film director Terrence Malick born 1943 College 1966 Film director screenwriter Robert Myhrum 1927 1999 College 1948 Emmy nominated television director Dan McGrath born 1965 College 1985 Emmy winning writer Saturday Night Live The Simpsons King of the Hill Tom McGrath born 1956 College 1976 MBA 1980 Film and theater executive producer The Princess Bride Hair Passing Strange West Side Story six time Tony winner Abel Meeropol 1903 1986 Actor and composer Alex Michel born 1970 College 1992 Businessman television personality The Bachelor David Monahan born 1971 College Actor Mira Nair born 1957 College 1979 Film director Dean Norris born 1963 College 1985 Actor Breaking Bad Under the Dome B J Novak born 1979 College 2001 Comedian actor The Office Conan O Brien born 1963 College 1985 Talk show host Mark O Donnell 1954 2012 College 1976 Comedy writer Tony winner for Hairspray author op ed columnist Steve O Donnell born 1954 College 1976 Comedy writer multiple Emmy winner Head Writer for David Letterman Show The Simpsons Lance Oppenheim born 1996 College 2019 Film director Keir Pearson born 1968 College 1989 Screenwriter Frank Pierson 1925 2012 College 1950 Screenwriter film director Natalie Portman born 1981 College 2003 Actress Academy Award winner Carol Potter born 1948 Social Relations Psychology 1970 Actress Beverly Hills 90210 281 Julia Riew College 2022 Composer Librettist Lyricist Geneva Robertson Dworet born 1985 College 2007 Screenwriter Mo Rocca born 1969 College 1991 Comedian Peter Sagal born 1965 College 1987 Host of NPR s Wait Wait Don t Tell Me 282 Nat Sakdatorn born 1983 College c 2005 Actor Meredith Salenger born 1970 College 1992 Actress Michael Schur born 1975 College 1997 Writer for Saturday Night Live The Office and Parks and Recreation Peter Sellars born 1957 College 1980 Theater director Wallace Shawn born 1943 College 1965 Actor playwright Elisabeth Shue born 1963 College 2000 Actress Henry Singer born 1957 College 1980 Film director Mira Sorvino born 1967 College 1990 Actress Academy Award winner Whit Stillman born 1952 College 1973 Screenwriter film director Renee Tajima Pena born 1958 College 1980 Film director and producer Who Killed Vincent Chin 283 Sooni Taraporevala born 1957 College 1979 Screenwriter Jonathan Taylor Thomas born 1981 College 2004 Actor Scottie Thompson born 1981 College 2005 Actress 284 James Toback born 1944 College 1966 Film director and screenwriter Bitsie Tulloch born 1981 College 2003 Actress Brian Tyler born 1972 College 1998 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 born 1946 College 1968 Librettist Scott Weinger born 1975 College 1998 Actor Steve Zahn born 1967 Actor Jeff Zucker born 1965 College 1986 President of NBC Universal Edward Zwick born 1952 College 1974 Film director producer Academy Award winner Bill Stetson B A 1982 President of the Vermont Film Commission producer of What We Want What We Believe The Black Panther Party Library Citizen Suits and A Closer Walk Nuseir Yassin born 1992 College 2014 Web based personality 285 Music editName Class year Notability Reference s John Adams born 1947 College 1965 Composer Samuel Hans Adler born 1928 College 1950 MA Composer conductor 286 Charlie Albright College 2011 Pianist composer Leroy Anderson 1908 1975 College 1929 A M 1930 Composer conductor 287 Matthew Aucoin born 1990 College 2012 Composer conductor pianist best known for his operas Leonard Bernstein 1918 1990 College 1939 Composer conductor Alison Brown born 1962 Grammy Award winning banjo player guitarist composer and producer Elliott Carter 1908 2012 College 1931 Composer Pulitzer Prize winner 288 Del Castillo 1893 1992 College 1914 Organist composer 289 Han na Chang born 1982 College 2001 Cellist William Christie born 1944 College 1966 Conductor Rivers Cuomo born 1970 College 2006 Singer of Grammy Award winning band Weezer Du Yun born 1977 Ph D 2006 Composer performance artist Pulitzer Prize winner Elephante born 1989 College 2011 Economics Music Producer and DJ China Forbes born 1970 College 1992 Singer lead vocalist of Pink Martini Elliot Forbes 1917 2006 College 1941 A M 1947 Conductor musicologist Russ Gershon born 1959 College 1981 82 Jazz saxophonist composer bandleader Alan Gilbert born 1967 College 1989 Music director of the New York Philharmonic Aaron Goldberg born 1974 College 1996 Jazz pianist Jerry Harrison born 1949 College 1971 Keyboardist for Talking Heads Fred Ho born 1957 College 1979 Jazz baritone saxophonist composer and bandleader Samuel Holyoke 1762 1820 College 1789 A M 1792 Composer Justin Hurwitz born 1985 College 2003 Composer pianist and screenwriter Academy Award winner for La La Land 290 Stefan Jackiw born 1985 College 2007 Violinist Jacob Kimball 1761 1826 College 1780 Composer Thomas M Lauderdale born 1970 College 1992 Musician frontman of Pink Martini Sara Lazarus College 1984 Jazz vocalist Trey Chui yee Lee born 1973 College 1997 Cellist Tom Lehrer born 1928 College 1946 A M 1947 Satirist mathematician singer Ryan Leslie born 1978 College 1994 Music producer singer songwriter musical arranger 291 Yo Yo Ma born 1955 College 1976 Cellist Daniel Manzano born 1980 College 1999 Bassist percussionist backing vocals and songwriter for Boyce Avenue Harper MacKay 1921 1995 music director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera pianist conductor and composer of scores for film and television 292 Tom Morello born 1964 College 1986 Lead guitarist of the Grammy Award winning band Rage Against the Machine ex lead guitarist of the now defunct band Audioslave political activist Dmitri Nabokov 1934 2012 College 1955 Opera singer son of Vladimir Nabokov Ursula Oppens born 1944 Radcliffe 1965 Pianist William P Perry born 1930 College 1951 Composer Joshua Redman born 1969 College 1991 Jazz saxophonist Frederic Rzewski 1938 2021 College 1958 Composer pianist Anton Schwartz born 1967 College 1989 Jazz saxophonist Robert Strassburg 1915 2003 A M 1950 Conductor composer professor of music musicologist 293 Michael Stern born 1959 College 1981 Conductor Kansas City Symphony 294 Brian Tyler born 1972 College 1998 Film composer music producer conductor pianist drummer guitarist multi instrumentalist Dan Wilson born 1961 College 1983 musician singer in the band Semisonic known for the song Closing Time Semisonic song Peter Wollny born 1961 German musicologist Bach Archive LeipzigArt architecture and engineering editName Class year Notability Reference s Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr 1899 1949 College 1920 MA 1933 Art historian architect namesake of Belknap Press 295 Ann Bermingham born 1948 PhD 1982 Art historian Barbara Bestor born 1966 College 1987 Architect 296 297 Sheila Blair born 1948 PhD 1980 Art historian 298 Anna Campbell Bliss 1925 2015 1951 Artist and architect 299 Jonathan M Bloom born 1950 College 1972 PhD 1980 Art historian assistant professor of art history 1981 1987 300 Henry Clifford Boles 1910 1979 M Arch 1949 African American architect active in Liberia and Massachusetts 301 Louis Briel 1945 2021 MA 1960s 1970s Artist and author 302 Charles Bulfinch 1763 1844 College 1781 Architect Rika Burnham Museum Educator dancer and PROSE Award winner 303 Geoffrey Chadsey born 1967 A B 1989 Artist 304 Kermit S Champa 1939 2004 PhD 1965 Art historian Andrea V Rosenthal Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University 305 Kate Cordsen born 1966 A M 1998 Photographer Artist Allan Crite 1910 2007 Extension 1968 Artist 306 307 Hardy Cross 1885 1959 MCE 1911 Civil engineer James Cuno born 1951 A M 1980 PhD 1985 Art historian director of the Harvard Art Museums 308 Frederick B Deknatel 1905 1973 PhD 1935 Art historian William Door Boardman Professor of Fine Arts at Harvard University 309 Walter B Denny A M 1965 PhD 1971 Art historian University Distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 310 Henri Dorra 1924 2002 A M 1950 PhD 1954 Art historian Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of California Santa Barbara 311 Massumeh Farhad PhD 1987 Art historian curator at Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Asian Art 312 Cecile Fromont A M 2004 PhD 2008 Art historian Associate Professor of African and South Atlantic Art at Yale University 313 Buckminster Fuller 1917 Expelled Architect systems theorist writer designer inventor philosopher futurist Joseph Goldyne born 1942 College 1970 Artist printmaker curator 314 315 Lauren Greenfield born 1966 College 1987 Artist Photographer Filmmaker 316 317 318 Gulgee 1926 2007 College 1947 Pakistani artist famous for his paintings and Islamic calligraphy qualified engineer 319 Philip Johnson 1906 2005 College 1930 Architect Pritzker Prize winner Julian Hatton born 1956 College 1979 Artist abstract landscapes 320 321 Jarvis Hunt 1863 1941 Architect 322 Charles L Kuhn 1901 1985 A M 1924 PhD 1929 Art historian director of the Busch Reisinger Museum Thomas W Lentz born 1951 A M 1981 PhD 1985 Art historian director of the Harvard Art Museums 323 Fumihiko Maki born 1928 Design 1955 Architect Pritzker Prize winner Howard Hibbard 1928 1984 PhD 1958 Art historian Professor of Italian Baroque Art at Columbia University Elizabeth Holloway Marston 1893 1993 Radcliffe 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 Philippe de Montebello born 1936 College 1962 Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art I M Pei 1917 2019 Design 1946 Architect Pritzker Prize winner Jules Prown born 1930 A M 1953 PhD 1961 Art historian Professor of Art History Emeritus at Yale University Henry Hobson Richardson 1838 1886 College 1859 Architect Scott Rothkopf born 1976 College 1999 Art historian Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art Kenneth Dupee Swan 1887 1970 Photographer forester 324 Gary Tinterow born 1953 A M 1983 Art historian director of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston 325 Oliver Samuel Tonks 1874 1953 A B 1898 A M 1899 Ph D 1903 Art historian Professor of Art History Emeritus at Vassar College 326 Edward Warburg 1908 1992 1930 Philanthropist patron of the arts 327 Harold Wethey 1902 1984 A M 1931 PhD 1934 Art historian professor at the University of MichiganReligionName Class year Notability Reference s George Arthur Buttrick 1892 1980 faculty member in 1955 Professor of Christian Morals 328 William Ellery Channing 1780 1842 College 1798 Unitarian leader Jane Dempsey Douglass born 1933 PhD 1963 Feminist theologian and ecclesiastical historian president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches Shubael Dummer 1636 1692 College 1656 Founder of the First Parish Congregational Church of York the oldest church congregation in the state of Maine killed in the Candlemas Massacre 329 John Hale 1636 1700 College 1657 Theology Degree Participant in the Salem witch trials who would later apologize for his role first minister of the parish church in Beverly Massachusetts 330 331 Edward William Cornelius Humphrey 1844 1917 Law 1866 Presbyterian leader lawyer and judge Karim Aga Khan IV born 1936 College 1958 Spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili branch of Islam Bernard Francis Law 1931 2017 College 1953 Cardinal Archbishop of Boston Aharon Lichtenstein 1933 2015 PhD English Chief rabbi at Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank son in law and disciple of Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik Walter A Maier 1893 1950 M A 1920 PhD 1929 Professor at Concordia Seminary first speaker of The Lutheran Hour 332 Cotton Mather 1663 1728 College 1678 A M 1681 Minister author Increase Mather 1639 1723 College 1656 Clergyman Robert W McElroy born 1954 College 1975 American Roman Catholic Cardinal designate sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego Seyyed Hossein Nasr born 1933 Divinity Muslim philosopher leading exponent of the Perennial Philosophy leader Fan S Noli 1882 1965 D D 1908 Clergyman founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church Theodore Parker 1810 1860 Divinity Unitarian leader Samuel Phillips 1690 1771 College 1708 First pastor of the South Church in Andover Massachusetts 333 William G Sinkford born 1946 College 1968 Unitarian Universalist leader Joshua Toulmin 1740 1815 D D 1794 English radical dissenting ministerAthleticsName Class year Notability Reference s Craig Adams born 1977 College 1999 NHL player Pittsburgh Penguins 334 Eugene Belisle 1910 1983 College 1931 Coxwain at 1928 Summer Olympics Matt Birk born 1976 College 1998 NFL center 335 Brian Burke born 1955 MBA JD 1981 NHL general manager Dick Button born 1929 AB 1952 JD 1955 Figure skater two time Olympic gold medalist 1948 1954 five time world champion seven time national champion Ellery Harding Clark 1874 1949 College 1896 Two time gold medalist at 1896 Summer Olympics Emily Cross born 1986 College 2009 Silver medalist in fencing at 2008 Summer Olympics Clifton Dawson born 1983 College 2007 NFL player Indianapolis Colts Jillian Dempsey born 1991 College 2013 Ice hockey player Eli Dershwitz born 1995 College 2019 2023 Saber World Champion 2015 Saber Junior World Champion competitor for US in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics 336 John Dockery born 1944 College 1968 NFL cornerback 337 Ted Donato born 1969 College 1991 NHL player head hockey coach 338 Chandler Egan 1884 1936 College 1905 Gold and silver medalist in golf at 1904 Summer Olympics Ali Farag born 1992 College 2014 Squash player highest world ranking of no 1 339 Ryan Fitzpatrick born 1982 College 2005 NFL quarterback St Louis Rams Cincinnati Bengals Buffalo Bills New York Jets Tampa Bay Buccaneers Miami Dolphins 340 Eddie Grant 1883 1918 College 1905 Law 1909 MLB infielder Cleveland Indians Philadelphia Phillies Cincinnati Reds New York Giants 341 Milton Green 1913 2005 College Runner former world recorder holder in hurdles Peter Gregg 1940 1981 College 1961 Racing driver 342 Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett 1820 1871 First superintendent of physical education in American higher education 343 Arnold Horween 1898 1985 College 1921 American football All American player for the Harvard Crimson and the NFL Harvard coach 344 Ralph Horween 1896 1997 College 1920 and Law School 1929 American football All American player for the Harvard Crimson and the NFL centenarian 345 Bobby Jones 1902 1971 College 1924 Golfer 346 Dan Jiggetts born 1954 College 1976 NFL offensive tackle Chicago sportscaster 347 Isaiah Kacyvenski born 1977 College 2000 HBS 2011 NFL player Seattle Seahawks St Louis Rams Oakland Raiders 348 Marv Levy born 1925 College NFL coach Kansas City Chiefs Buffalo Bills 349 Jeremy Lin born 1988 College 2010 NBA player Charlotte Hornets Brooklyn Nets 350 Esther Lofgren born 1986 College 2009 Gold medalist in rowing at 2012 Summer Olympics Rob Manfred born 1958 Law 1983 Commissioner of Major League Baseball Shep Messing born 1949 College 1973 Soccer player Noam Mills born 1986 College 2012 MBA 2016 Olympic epee fencer for Israel at 2008 Summer Olympics 351 352 Dominic Moore born 1980 College NHL player Toronto Maple Leafs Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks 353 Steve Moore born 1978 College NHL player Colorado Avalanche 354 Christopher Nowinski born 1978 College 2000 Professional wrestler Jeffrey Orridge born 1960 Law 1986 Commissioner of the Canadian Football League David Otunga born 1980 2006 Professional wrestler John Paul born 1939 MBA Sportscar racing driver 355 Dylan Reese born 1984 College NHL player New York Islanders 356 Robert Ridder 1919 2000 Lester Patrick Trophy recipient United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee 191 Ryan Max Riley born 1979 College 2007 United States Ski Team skier Gabrielle Thomas born 1996 College 2018 Bronze medalist in 200m at the 2020 Summer Olympics Larry Scott born 1964 College 1986 WTA CEO Pac 10 commissioner 357 358 Richard Sears 1861 1943 College 1883 Seven time US Open champion 359 Lou Silver born 1953 College 1975 American Israeli basketball player 360 Ed Smith 1929 1998 Former NBA player New York Knicks 361 David Stearns born 1985 College 2007 Milwaukee Brewers general manager 362 Siddharth Suchde born 1985 College 2007 Former squash player highest world ranking of no 39 363 Andrew Sudduth 1961 2006 College 1983 Silver medalist in rowing at 1984 Summer Olympics Malcolm Turner JD MBA Athletic Director at Vanderbilt University 364 Benjamin Benji Ungar born 1986 Fencer NCAA champion Harvard Male Athlete of the Year 2006 Noah Welch born 1982 College 2005 NHL player Florida Panthers 365 Keith Wright born 1989 College 2012 2010 11 Ivy League Men s Basketball Player of the Year 366 Paul Wylie born 1964 College 1991 Figure skater Jimmy Vesey born 1993 College 2016 NHL player New York Rangers 367 Ross Friedman born 1992 Major League Soccer player Michael Zimmerman born 1970 tennis player 2x Ivy League Player of the YearCriminalsName Class year Notability Reference s Sinedu Tadesse born 1975 Harvard College class of 1996 Murderer John Connolly 1967 Harvard Kennedy School Mobster and former FBI agent associate of the Winter Hill Gang convicted of racketeering and second degree murder Marc Stuart Dreier born 1950 Juris Doctor Harvard Law School 1975 Securities fraud Paul Bilzerian born 1950 MBA 1975 Securities Fraud Rajat Gupta born 1948 MBA 1973 Securities Fraud Conspiracy Ted Kaczynski 1942 2023 College 1962 Unabomber terrorist murderer Viktor Kozeny born 1963 College 1989 Fugitive financier William Leonard Pickard born 1945 Harvard Kennedy School 1996 LSD manufacturer 368 Eugene Plotkin College 2000 Convicted of insider trading 369 Louis Agassiz Shaw II 1906 1987 Class of 1929 Murderer Jeffrey Skilling born 1953 Business 1979 Conspiracy making false statements insider trading and securities fraud during the Enron case 370 Chuck Turner 1940 2019 College 1963 Convicted felon and former Boston City Council member John White Webster 1793 1850 College 1811 Murderer Richard Whitney 1888 1974 Embezzler Stephen H Kessler born 1935 Medical 1957 Mad LSD Slayer of 1967 371 AcademicsEducational institution founders and presidents Name Class year Notability Reference s William Allen 1784 1968 College 1802 President of Bowdoin College Richard E Berendzen born 1938 PhD 1967 President The American University Thomas W Butcher 1867 1947 M A 1904 President of Kansas State Teachers College now Emporia State University from 1913 to 1943 372 Walter William Spencer Cook 1888 1924 B A 1913 M A 1915 PhD 1924 Co founder of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts 1935 373 William R Cotter College 1958 Law 1961 18th President of Colby College Claudio Dematte 1942 2004 Business 1970 Founder SDA Bocconi Shih Choon Fong born 1945 PhD 1973 First President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 374 Clifton D Gray 1875 1944 College 1897 President of Bates College David C Hardesty Law 1973 President of West Virginia University Yoshito Hori born 1962 MBA Founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management William DeWitt Hyde 1858 1917 College 1879 President of Bowdoin College Jonathan Koppell AB 1993 10th President of Montclair State University 375 Heather Knight Doctorate 21st President of Pacific Union College Robert B Lawton born 1947 PhD 1977 President Loyola Marymount University 376 Edith Lesley 1872 1953 Radcliffe College 1908 Founder of Lesley University Daniel Little born 1949 Philosophy Chancellor of University of Michigan Dearborn Alexandra W Logue Provost of New York Institute of Technology Stephen W Nease 1925 2006 Divinity President of the Eastern Nazarene College 1981 89 377 378 Laurie L Patton born 1961 BA 1983 17th President of Middlebury College M Lee Pelton born 1950 PhD 1984 Senior Tutor of Winthrop House President of Willamette University 379 Marvin Banks Perry Jr 1918 1994 MA 1941 PhD 1950 President of Goucher College and Agnes Scott College 380 Ruth J Person Institute of Educational Management 1989 Chancellor University of Michigan Flint Campus 381 Charles F Phillips 1910 1998 PhD Economist president of Bates College John Phillips 1719 1795 B A M A Founder of Phillips Exeter Academy 382 William C Powers 1946 2019 JD 1973 President of The University of Texas at Austin 383 L Song Richardson 1966 67 B A President of Colorado College 2021 Present 384 Louise Richardson born 1958 PhD 1989 First female vice chancellor of the University of St Andrews and first female vice chancellor of the University of Oxford Mark Roosevelt born 1955 B A From Harvard UniversityLaw degree from Harvard Law School President of Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt Class of 1980 Jonathan Rosenbaum born 1947 PhD President of Gratz College Katherine A Rowe PhD 1992 28th and first female president of the College of William and Mary graduate of Carleton College 385 Fred J Shields Education President of the Eastern Nazarene College 1919 23 386 387 Phillip Shriver 1922 2011 President of Miami University Ohio graduate of Yale University and Columbia University Andrew Sledd 1870 1939 M A Greek 1896 First president of the University of Florida 1905 09 388 David J Steinberg College A M PhD President of Long Island University Robert E L Strider 1917 2010 College 1939 17th president of Colby College Sanford J Ungar born 1945 10th president of Goucher College John William Ward BA 1945 President of Amherst College Chairman of the Ward Commission Peggy R Williams Education 1983 President of Ithaca College George W Webber 1920 2010 College 1942 President of the New York Theological Seminary 389 John Philip Wernette 1903 1988 M A 1929 PhD 1932 President of the University of New Mexico Yoram Ben Porat 1937 1992 Israeli economist and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Shlomo Eckstein 1929 2020 Israeli economist and President of Bar Ilan University Amos Eiran Israeli President of the University of Haifa Yosef Tekoah 1925 1991 Ph D Israeli President of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Professors and scholars edit Name Class year Notability Reference s Carleton Stevens Coon A B 1925 PhD 1928 Anthropologist lecturer and professor 1928 1948 president of American Association of Physical Anthropologists M H Abrams 1912 2015 A B 1934 A M 1937 PhD 1940 Literary theorist and critic Class of 1916 Professor of English at Cornell University Encarnacion Alzona 1895 2001 Radcliffe 1920 Historian National Scientist of the Philippines first Filipino woman to receive a Ph D member of the University of the Philippines System Board of Regents 390 Herman Vandenburg Ames 1865 1935 PhD 1891 Historian inaugural recipient of the Justin Winsor Prize 391 Sylvan Barnet 1926 2016 PhD 1954 Shakespearean scholar George E Bates 1902 1992 M B A 1925 Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School editor of the Harvard Business Review 392 Robert Percy Barnes 1898 1990 PhD 1933 Professor of chemistry at Howard University First African American person to graduate from Harvard with a PhD with chemistry 393 Bernard Berenson 1865 1959 College 1887 Art historian Ann Bergren 1942 2018 PhD 1973 Professor of Greek Literature first woman classicist to gain tenure at UCLA Luciano Berio 1925 2003 1994 Distinguished Composer in Residence Composer Michael Beschloss born 1955 Business 1980 Historian David Bevington 1931 2019 PhD 1958 Scholar John Boswell 1947 1994 PhD 1975 Historian of homosexual history Jean Briggs 1929 2016 PhD 1967 Anthropologist ethnographer and expert on Inuit languages compiled the world s first Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut dictionary 2015 394 Schuyler V Cammann 1921 1991 A M 1941 Anthropologist Lester J Cappon 1900 1981 A M and PhD 1928 Historian documentary editor and archivist for Colonial Williamsburg Robert Castelli born 1949 A M 1996 Criminal Justice Department Chair at Iona College New York State Assemblyman Yuen Ren Chao 1892 1982 PhD 1918 Chinese American linguist philosopher and amateur composer John Leonard Clive 1924 1990 PhD 1952 Historian winner of the 1974 National Book Award for Biography 395 Kate Cooper born 1960 MTS Professor of Ancient History 396 Anna Crone 1975 Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Chicago Donald Davidson 1917 2003 PhD Philosopher Joseph R D Cruz PhD 1979 Professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto s Rotman School of Management 397 Greg Dening 1931 2008 PhD Historian scholar of historical ethnography Martina Deuchler born 1935 PhD 1967 Professor of Korean Studies School of Oriental and African Studies University of London John Enemark A M 1964 Ph D 1966 American bioinorganic chemist and professor Lia Epperson A B with magna cum laude in 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of California Irvine 401 Philip F Gura born 1950 A B 1972 PhD 1977 Leading scholar on American history and literature Patricia Greenspan A M 1968 PhD 1972 Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland College Park 402 Lewis A Grossman Juris Doctor 1990 Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law Valerie Hansen born 1958 A B 1979 Stanley Woodward Professor of History Yale University Harlan P Hanson 1925 1996 A B 1948 PhD 1959 Director of the Advanced Placement program 1965 1989 George Haskins 1915 1991 A B 1935 J D 1942 Law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School KC Johnson born 1967 A B 1988 PhD 1993 Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke lacrosse case 403 T R Kidder born 1960 PhD 1989 Archaeologist Dean Tulane University Gary N Knoppers 1956 2018 A M 1986 PhD 1988 Leading scholar on Chronicles and Chronicler Robert A Kraft born 1934 PhD 1961 Leading scholar on Jewish 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1944 A B 1966 PhD 1976 Chancellorial Chair Professor for Innovative Teaching Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages University of California Riverside Sinologist Frederick D Losey 1866 1932 MA 1899 Shakespearian scholar and elocutionist Victor H Mair born 1943 PhD 1976 Professor in Chinese Language and Literature University of Pennsylvania Roger Martin born 1956 A B 1979 M B A 1981 Dean of University of Toronto s Rotman School of Management Robert Mundheim born 1933 A B 1954 LL B 1957 Attorney dean of law school and professor of law University of Pennsylvania Onora O Neill Baroness O Neill of Bengarve born 1941 PhD 1969 LL D 2010 Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge president British Academy 2005 2009 principal Newnham College Cambridge 2017 laureate Berggruen Prize 407 Hugh R Page born 1956 PhD 1990 Professor of Africana Studies and Theology University of Notre Dame 408 Yangjin Pak A M 1992 PhD 1996 Professor of Archeology Chungnam National University James Palais 1934 2006 A B 1955 PhD 1968 Professor of Korean History University of Washington Juan Antonio Perez Lopez 1934 1996 PhD 1970 Professor of Organizational Behavior IESE Business School Joel M Podolny born 1965 A B with magna cum laude 1986 A M PhD Dean of the School of Management Yale University sociologist Eve Troutt Powell born 1961 A B 1983 A M 1988 PhD 1995 Christopher H Browne Distinguished Professor of History University of Pennsylvania Ben H Procter 1927 2012 PhD 1961 Professor of History Texas Christian University 1957 to 2000 biographer of William Randolph Hearst 409 Daniel Richman A B 1980 Paul J Kellner Professor of Law Columbia University William Rees Brebner Robertson 1881 1941 PhD 1915 Professor of Zoology University of Kansas Robertsonian translocation V Vance Roley Masters PhD Dean of the Shidler College of Business University of Hawaii 410 Duane W Roller born 1946 PhD 1971 Professor of Classics Ohio State University Mark Rosenzweig 1922 2009 PhD 1949 Professor University of California Berkeley his studies showed that the brain develops into adulthood based on life experiences 411 Jeffrey Sachs born 1954 A B A M PhD University Professor Columbia University economist Edward Said 1935 2003 A M PhD 1964 Professor of Literature Columbia University coined term Orientalism Palestinian activist Andrea Smith A B Professor in Native American Studies University of California Riverside Christian Smith born 1960 PhD 1990 William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame Timothy L Smith 1924 1997 PhD Professor in American religious history Johns Hopkins University religious historian author 412 Diane Souvaine born 1954 College Chairperson of the computer science program at Tufts University professor of computer science and mathematics Ronald Spores born 1931 PhD 1964 Professor of Anthropology Vanderbilt University 413 Amy Stanley born 1977 A B 1999 PhD 2007 Wayne V Jones II Research Professor in History Northwestern University Marian Stoltz Loike 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1942 PhD professor Historian Samuel P Huntington 1927 2008 PhD 1951 professor Political scientist Jay Jasanoff born 1942 A B 1963 PhD 1968 professor 1970 78 1998 Linguist 420 Geoffrey Jones Professor 2002 present Business historian Diana Kleiner born 1947 Assistant Professor of Art History 1976 1980 Art historian Howard Koh born 1952 Professor Harvard School of Public Health Physician Susumu Kuno born 1933 PhD 1964 Professor Emeritus Linguist 421 George Martin Lane 1823 1897 Professor 1869 1894 Classical scholar Timothy Leary 1920 1996 Lecturer 1959 1963 Writer psychologist LSD guru Alain Leroy Locke 1885 1954 College 1907 PhD 1918 Writer educator philosopher William Lipscomb 1919 2011 Professor Chemist Nobel Prize winner 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 born 1932 Professor William R Kenan Jr Professor of Government at Harvard University Julian 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