List of Harvard University people

There are 75 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University as alumni, researchers, or faculty List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation#Harvard University.

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Nobel laureates

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Theodore Roosevelt		Nobel Peace Prize
Philip W. Anderson (born 1923)	College 1943; Ph.D. 1949	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1977)
Christian B. Anfinsen (1916–1995)	Ph.D. 1943	Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1972)
Percy W. Bridgman (1882–1961)	College 1904; A.M. 1905; Ph.D. 1908; Professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1946)
Ralph Bunche (1904–1971)	A.M. 1928; Ph.D. 1934	Diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1950)
Donald J. Cram (1919–2001)	Ph.D. 1947	Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1987)
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)	College 1909; A.M. 1910; Ph.D. (not conferred) 1914	Poet; Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1948)
John Franklin Enders (1897–1985)	Ph.D. 1930	Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954)
Walter Gilbert (born 1932)	College 1953; professor	Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1980)
Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932)	Ph.D. 1959; professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1979)
Roy J. Glauber (born 1925)	College 1946; Ph.D. 1949; Professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2005)
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; Ph.D. 1958; Professor	Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1986)
Roald Hoffman (born 1937)	Ph.D. 1962	Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1981)
H. Robert Horvitz (born 1947)	A.M. 1972; Ph.D. 1974	Biologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2002)
Jerome Karle (born 1918)	A.M. 1938	Physical chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1985)
William S. Knowles (born 1917)	College 1939	Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2001)
Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947)	College 1967	Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (2006)
Eric Maskin (born 1950)	College 1972; A.M. 1974; Ph.D. 1976	Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2007)
David Morris Lee (born 1931)	College 1952	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (1996)
Merton Miller (1923–2000)	College 1944	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1990)
George Minot (1885–1950)	College 1908; Medical 1912	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1934)
David A. Morse (1907–1990)	Law 1932	Nobel Peace Prize winner (1969)
Ben Roy Mottelson (born 1926)	Ph.D. 1950	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1975)
William P. Murphy (1892–1987)	Medical 1922	Physician; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1934)
Joseph E. Murray (born 1919)	Medical 1943	Surgeon; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1990)
Barack Obama (born 1961)	Law 1991	President of the United States; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2009)
Edward Mills Purcell (1912–1997)	A.M.; Ph.D.; Professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1952)
Theodore W. Richards (1868–1928)	Ph.D. 1888; Professor	Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1914)
Frederick C. Robbins (1916–2003)	Medical 1940	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954)
Paul Samuelson (born 1915)	A.M. 1936; Ph.D. 1941	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1970)
Lloyd Shapley (born 1923)	College 1948	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2012)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938)	HKS 1971	President of Liberia; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2011)
Vernon L. Smith (born 1927)	Ph.D. 1955	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2002)
Robert M. Solow (born 1924)	College 1947; A.M. 1949; Ph.D. 1951	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1987)
A. Michael Spence (born 1943)	Ph.D. 1972	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2001)
William Howard Stein (1911–1980)	College 1933	Biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1972)
James B. Sumner (1887–1955)	College 1910; Ph.D. 1914	Chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1946)
E. Donnall Thomas (born 1920)	College 1941; A.M. 1943; Ph.D. 1946	Physician; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1990)
James Tobin (1918–2002)	College 1939; A.M. 1940	Economist; Nobel Prize in Economics winner (1981)
Thomas H. Weller (born 1915)	Ph.D. 1940	Virologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1954)
Kenneth G. Wilson (born 1936)	College 1956	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1956)
John H. van Vleck (1899–1980)	Ph.D. 1922; Professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1977)
Harold E. Varmus (born 1939)	A.M. 1962	Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1989)
David J. Wineland (born 1944)	Ph.D. 1970	Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2012)

Pulitzer Prize winners

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Henry Adams (1838–1918)	College 1858; Professor	Historian; novelist
John Coolidge Adams (born 1947)	College 1969; A.M. 1971	Composer
James Agee (1909–1955)	College 1932	Novelist, screenwriter
Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)	College 1912	Poet, writer
John Ashbery (born 1927)	College 1949	Poet
Brooks Atkinson (1894–1984)	College 1917	Theater critic
Bernard Bailyn (born 1922)	A.M. 1947; Ph.D. 1953; Professor 1961–	Historian
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004)	College 1934	Historian, Librarian of Congress
Elliot Carter (born 1908)	College 1932	Composer
Jared Diamond (born 1937)	College 1958	Author, biologist
Susan Faludi (born 1959)	College 1981	Author, journalist
Ellen Goodman (born 1941)	Radcliffe 1963	Boston Globe columnist
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943)	Ph.D. 1968	Historian, author
Linda Greenhouse (born 1947)	Radcliffe 1968	New York Times Journalist
David Halberstam (1934–2007)	College 1955	Author
John Harbison (born 1938)	College 1960	Composer
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)	College 1940	U.S. President
Charles Krauthammer (born 1950)	Medical 1975	Washington Post columnist
Nicholas D. Kristof (born 1959)	College 1981	New York Times columnist
Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006)	College 1926; A.M. 1927	Poet, U.S. Poet Laureate
Oliver Larkin (1896–1970)	College 1918	Art historian
Anthony Lewis (born 1927)	College 1948	New York Times columnist
J. Anthony Lukas (1933–1997)	College 1955	journalist
John Edward Mack (1929–2004)	Medical 1955	Psychiatrist, writer, professor at Harvard University School of Medicine	[48]
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)	Law 1919	Poet, writer
Paul Moravec (born 1957)	College 1980	Composer, professor
Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976)	College 1908; Ph.D. 1912; Professor	Historian
Samantha Power (born 1970)	Law 1999; Professor	Writer
David E. Sanger (born 1960)	College 1982	Journalist
Sydney Schanberg (born 1934)	College 1955	Journalist
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007)	College 1938; professor	Historian, advisor to John F. Kennedy
Neil Sheehan (born 1936)	College 1958	Journalist
John Updike (1932–2009)	College 1954	Novelist, poet, short story writer, critic
George Weller (1907–2002)	College 1929	Journalist
Theodore White (1915–1986)	College 1938	Journalist
Gordon S. Wood (1933)	A.M. 1959; Ph.D. 1964	Historian, Professor

Royalty and nobility

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (born 1955)	Ph.D.	Son of late Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, he was Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States from 1993 to 2003, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait from 2003 to 2011. He's the current Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait. His elder brother is Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, former Defense and Interior Minister.
Aga Khan IV (born 1936)	B.A. 1959	Born as Prince Karim Aga Khan, he's the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, and he's a descendant of Shah (Emperor) Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar of the Persian Qajar dynasty
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (born 1968)	Academic Exchange of one year (1992–1993)	Member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; as his title already said, he's the Crown Prince of Denmark, and therefore the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark. Prince Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, the Prince Consort.
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003)	College 1954	Son of Aga Khan III, the 48th Imam of Nizari Ismailism; Prince Sadruddin served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1978.
Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi, of Iran (Persia (1966–2011)	Ph.D. student at the time of his death	Member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia), he was the younger son of the former Shah of Persia (Emperor of Persia), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his third wife Empress Farah Pahlavi. He was second in Order of succession to the Iranian throne before the Iranian Revolution.
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla (1892–1929), from Siam (that's now Thailand)	Certificate in Public Health 1921	Member of the House of Chakri, of Siam (that's now Thailand), he was a son of King Chulalongkorn of Siam, and the father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand. He's also regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand.
Ali Reza Pahlavi I (1922–1954)	B.A.	Member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia), he was Reza Shah Pahlavi's second son, and the brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Persia (Iran) de facto
Crown Princess Masako of Japan (born 1963)	B.A.	The consort of Crown Prince Naruhito, the first son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and a member of the Imperial House of Japan through marriage.
Raja Nazrin Shah of Perak (born 1956)	Masters; Ph.D.	Son of the current Sultan of Perak, one of the Sultans of Malaysia, as a federal constitutional monarchy
Prince Abdul Reza Pahlavi (1924–2004)	M.A.	Member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia, he was son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, and the brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Persia (Iran) de facto
Catherine Oxenberg (born 1961)		Member of the Serbian House of Karađorđević, she's a Serbian American actress best known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera Dynasty. The daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (b.1936) and her first husband Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010), a Jewish dress manufacturer and close friend of the Kennedy family
Prince William zu Lobkowicz (born 1961)	B.A.	Member of the high Bohemian nobility, as member of the House of Lobkowicz, one of oldest Bohemian noble families. Prince William's great-grandfather Ferdinand (1858–1938), was the 10th Prince zu Lobkowicz when the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, leaving the Bohemian nobility stripped of its legal privileges in 1919.
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, Princess Carolina is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma.
Prince Radu of Romania (born 1960)	Executive Program 2004	He's the son in law of former King Michael I of Romania. In 1996 he married Princess Margarita of Romania, the king's eldest daughter. Princess Margarita is the Crown Princess of Romania, and also known as the Custodian of the Romanian Crown.

Science, technology, medicine, and mathematics

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Roger Adams (1889–1971)	College 1909, Ph.D. 1912	Pioneering organic chemist
Howard H. Aiken (1900–1973)	M.A. 1937; Ph.D. 1939	Computer scientist; Designer of the Harvard Mark I
James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005)	Ph.D. 1942	Astronomer, optician
John Bartlett (minister) (1784–1849)	College 1805	Minister, Founder of Massachusetts General Hospital
Amy Bishop	Ph.D. 2003	Genetics, Neuroscience, 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting
Francine D. Blau (born 1946)	M.A. 1969; Ph.D. 1975	Economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research, first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics
Dan Bricklin (born 1951)	Business 1979	Creator of VisiCalc
Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996)	College 1917; A.M. 1921; Ph.D. 1923	Geologist; One of the top Canadian scientists of the 20th century; Thomasclarkite
Stephen Cook	S.M. 1962; Ph.D. 1966	Computer scientist
Don Coppersmith	S.M. 1975; Ph.D. 1977	Computer scientist
Leda Cosmides (born 1957)	College 1979; Ph.D. 1985	Evolutionary psychologist
Robert K. Crane	Ph.D. 1950	Biochemist
Harvey Cushing (1869–1939)	Medical 1895	Brain surgeon
Elliott Cutler (1888–1947)	College 1909, M.D. 1913; Professor	Surgeon and medical educator
Samuel J. Danishefsky (born 1936)	Ph.D. 1962	Chemist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995/96
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958)	College 1980	Astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Television Host
Fe Del Mundo (born 1911)	Medical 1938	National Scientist of the Philippines, Pediatrician, Recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award, Devised an incubator made out of bamboo which was designed for use in rural communities without electrical power. The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School.
Russell Doolittle	Ph.D., 1962	Biochemist
Gideon Dreyfuss	Ph.D. 1978	Biochemist, HHMI Investigator
Charles Epstein (geneticist)	Harvard Medical College 1959	Geneticist; Injured by Ted Kaczynski aka Unabomber
Paul Farmer (born 1959)	Medical 1988; Ph.D. 1990; Professor	Founder of Partners in Health
Lewis J. Feldman	Ph.D. 1975	Professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley
Rabab Fetieh (born 1954)	Dental 1987	First Saudi Arabian female orthodontist
Robert Galambos (1914–2010)	Ph.D.	researcher who discovered how bats use echolocation
Bill Gates	Dropped out	Co-founder of Microsoft
Paul Graham (born 1964)	S.M. 1988; Ph.D. 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
Victor Guillemin (born 1937)	Ph.D. 1962	Differential geometer
G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924)	Ph.D. 1878	First president of APA and Clark University
Benjamin Morgan Harrod (1837–1912)	College 1856; Civil Engineering 1859	Designed the water and sewerage systems in his native New Orleans, Louisiana
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
Andrew Heckerling (born 1979)	College 2001	Product Development Manager, Axion Biosystems; Associate Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Heisuke Hironaka (1931–)	Ph.D. 1960; Professor	Mathematician; Fields Medal winner
Arthur Allen Hoag (1921–1999)	Ph.D. 1953	Discovered Hoag's object
Tony Hsieh (1973–)	College 1995	CEO of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos, co-founder of LinkExchange, author of Delivering Happiness
Ruth Hubbard (1924–)	Ph.D. 1950 Radcliffe	professor, biologist
Ernest Ingersoll (1852—1946)		naturalist, writer and explorer
Thomas Jaggar	Ph.D. 1897	Geologist, founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
William James (1842–1910)	Medical 1869	Philosopher; psychologist; gave name to William James Hall
Michio Kaku (born 1947)	College 1968	theoretical physicist, activist
Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956)	Sc. D. 1919	Sexologist
Ivan Krstić	College	Computer security expert
Holbrook Mann MacNeille (1907–1973)	Ph.D. 1935	Mathematician
Scott McNealy (born 1954)	College 1976	Co-founder and chairman of Sun Microsystems
Marvin Minsky (born 1927)	College 1950	Computer scientist
Sylvanus G. Morley (1883–1948)	College 1908	Mayanist scholar and archaeologist
Robert Tappan Morris (born 1965)	College 1987; S.M. 1993; Ph.D. 1999	CS professor at MIT, creator of the first computer worm
David Mumford (born 1937)	College 1957; Ph.D. 1961	Mathematician; Fields Medal winner
Major General Spurgeon Neel (1919–2003)	M.P.H. 1958	pioneer of aeromedical evacuation
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)	College 1925	Physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"
Tim O'Reilly	College 1975	Founder of O'Reilly Media
George Parkman (1790–1849)	College 1809; Medical 1813	Physician;businessman; murder victim
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)	College 1859	Philosopher; Mathematician
A. Sivathanu Pillai (born 1947)	Business 1991	Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller DRDO and CEO of BrahMos Aerospace
Mark Plotkin (born 1955)	Extension 1979	Ethnobotanist; founder of Amazon Conservation Team
Daniel Quillen (1940–2011)	College 1961; Ph.D. 1964	Mathematician; Fields Medal winner
Christian R. H. Raetz	M.D. and Ph.D. 1973	Professor of biochemistry at Duke University and member of National Academy of Sciences
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
Stuart A. Rice (born 1932)	A.M. 1954; Ph.D. 1955	Physical chemist at The University of Chicago
Dennis Ritchie	College 1963; Ph.D. 1968	Computer Scientist
Vern L. Schramm	M.S nutrition	Professor of biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Harold Hill Smith (1910–1994)	Ph.D.	Geneticist
Richard Stallman (born 1953)	College 1974	Founder of the Free Software Foundation	[49]
John Tooby	Ph.D. 1985	Anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist
John White Webster (1793–1850)	College 1811; Medical 1815	Physician; professor; killer	Parkman-Webster murder case
Edward Osborne Wilson (born 1929)	Ph.D. 1955; professor	Biologist
Charles F. Winslow (1811–1877)	Medical 1834	Physician, diplomat, and atomic theorist
John Winthrop (1714–1779)	College 1732; professor	Astronomer; Mathematician
Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)	College 1852	Mathematician, philosopher, professor

Business

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915)	College 1856	President of Union Pacific Railroad
Marcus Agius (born 1946)	Business 1972	Chairman, Barclays PLC
Steve Ballmer (born 1956)	College 1977	President and CEO of Microsoft
Gordon Binder		CEO of Amgen (1988–2000)
Lloyd Blankfein	College 1975; Law 1978	CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs
Daniel Burke (1929–2011)	MBA 1955	former President of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from 1986–1994, engineered the $3.5 billion acquisition of ABC by Capital Cities in 1986.
John T. Cahill	College; MBA	Chairman and CEO of The Pepsi Bottling Group
Doug Carlston	College 1970; Law 1975	Co-founder of Brøderbund Software
Howard L. Clark, Sr. (1916–2001)	Law	former CEO (1960–1977) American Express
Michael Cohrs	College 1979; Business 1981	Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank	[50]
Zoe Cruz (b. 1955)	College 1977; Business 1982	Former Co-President of Morgan Stanley
Jamie Dimon (born 1956)	Business 1982	Chairman & CEO of JPMorgan Chase
Colin Drummond (born 1951)	MBA	CEO of Viridor and joint CEO of Pennon Group
Victor Fung (born 1945)	Ph.D. 1971	Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies
Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr. (1909–1999)	BA, 1931	General partner of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and, from 1957 to 1986, Director of the Union Pacific Railroad
Philippe Harache (born 1954)	Advanced Management programme	Former deputy CEO of Eurocopter
Trip Hawkins (born 1953)	College 1976	Founder of Electronic Arts and the 3DO Company	[51]
Sean M. Healey (born 1961)	College 1983; Law 1987	CEO of Affiliated Managers Group and chairman of the Peabody Essex Museum
Warren Hellman (born 1934)	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.
Richard Leslie Huber (born 1936)	College 1958	Former CEO (1997–2000) of Aetna
Jeffrey R. Immelt (born 1956)	Business 1982	Chairman & CEO of General Electric	hbs.edu
Whipple V. N. Jones (1909–2001)	College 1932, Business	Founder of Aspen Highlands
Carol Kalish (1955–1991)	Radcliffe College	editor, Marvel Comics executive
Jeff Kindler	Law 1980	CEO of Pfizer
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (born 1938)	Business 1964	Tamil Malaysian businessman and philanthropist
J. Hicks Lanier	Business 1964	CEO of Oxford Industries
John Loeb (1902–1996)	College 1924	Financier
John Langeloth Loeb, Jr.	College 1952; Business 1954	Chairman of Loeb, Rhoades Trust Company; former United States Ambassador to Denmark
Sonita Lontoh	Business 2003; cross-registered MIT graduate student	Green Technology Executive
Paul B. Loyd, Jr.	M.B.A.	former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the R&B Falcon Corporation (1997–2001)
Stanley Marcus (1905–2002)	College 1925; Business 1926	President and CEO, Neiman Marcus department stores
Douglas McGregor (1906–1964)	A.M. 1933; Ph.D. 1935	Management theorist
James McNerney (born 1949)	Business 1975	Chairman and CEO of Boeing
George W. Merck (born 1894)	College 1915	Industrialist; president of Merck & Co.
Sumner Redstone (born 1923)	College 1944; Law 1947	Chairman and CEO of Viacom
Fred Reichheld (born 1952)	College 1974; Business 1978	Author of bestselling business books
Kevin Patrick Reilly, Sr. (born 1928)	College (ca. 1950)	Retired CEO of Lamar Advertising Company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
David Rockefeller (born 1916)	College 1936	Banker; Philanthropist; Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank
Sean E. Reilly (born 1961)	College 1984, Law 1989	Chief operations officer and vice president for mergers and acquisitions of Lamar Advertising and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Steve Schwarzman (born 1947)	Business 1972	Billionaire, owner of Blackstone Group
Daniel C. Searle (1926–2007)	Business 1952	heir, CEO of G. D. Searle & Company, conservative philanthropist.
Sivasankaran (born 1956)	Business 1975	Chairman of Siva Group
Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953)	Business 1979	CEO of Enron; convicted of fraud and conspiracy.
Jan Stenbeck (1942–2002)	Business	President of MTG
William H Sumner (1780–1861)	College 1799	Developed East Boston
Ratan Naval Tata (born 1937)	Business 1975	Chairman of Tata Group
John Thain (born 1955)	Business 1979	Chairman & CEO of CIT Group, last Chairman & CEO of Merrill Lynch
Charlemagne Tower (1809–1889)	Law 1830	Lawyer and Businessman. Towns in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and North Dakota are named after him. Also served on Harvard's board of overseers.
Robert Uihlein, Jr. (1916–1976)	College 1938	Chairman of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912)	College 1907	Harvard's Widener Library is named after him, died in the sinking of the Titanic
Moses Znaimer (born 1942)	A.M.	Canadian media mogul

Law and politics

Heads of State

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (born 1963)	2002 – HKS	President of Mongolia	[52]
John Adams (1735–1826)	1755 – College	President of the United States
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)	1787 – College	President of the United States
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (born 1962)	2000 – HKS	President of Mexico
José María Figueres (born 1954)	1991 – HKS	President of Costa Rica
Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814)	1762 – College	Vice President of the United States
Al Gore (born 1948)	1969 – College	Vice President of the United States
Rutherford Hayes (1822–1893)	1845 – Law	President of the United States
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)	1940 – College	President of the United States; gave name to Kennedy School of Government
Ban Ki-Moon (born 1944)	1984 – HKS	Secretary-General of the United Nations
Annette Lu (born 1944)	1978 – Law	Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Miguel de la Madrid (born 1934)	1965 – HKS	President of Mexico
Jamil Mahuad (born 1949)	1989 – HKS	President of Ecuador
George W. Bush (born 1946)	1973 – HBS	President of the United States
Barack Obama (born 1961)	1991 – Law	President of the United States
Sebastián Piñera (born 1949)	1976 – PhD in Economics	President of Chile
Syngman Rhee (1875–1965)	1909 – A.M.	President of South Korea
Eduardo Rodríguez (born 1956)	1988 – HKS	President of Bolivia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945)	1904 – College	President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)	1880 – College	President of the United States
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948)	1973 – HKS; 1976 A.M.; 1978 Ph.D.	President of Mexico
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf	1971 – HKS	President of Liberia
Sir Donald Tsang (born 1944)	1982 – HKS	Chief Executive of Hong Kong
John Tsang	MPA	Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)
Álvaro Uribe (born 1953)	1993 – Extension	President of Colombia
Ma Ying-Jeou (born 1950)	1981 – S.J.D.	President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Heads of government

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007)	College 1973	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Lee Hsien Loong (born 1952)	HKS 1980	Prime Minister of Singapore
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950)	A.M. 1898; Ph.D. 1909	Prime Minister of Canada
Najib Mikati (born 1955)	2004 – Business	Prime Minister of Lebanon
Fan Noli (1882–1965)	College 1912	Prime Minister of Albania
Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996)	A.M. 1942; Ph.D. 1943; lecturer and associate professor	Prime Minister of Greece
Edward Seaga (born 1930)	College 1952	Prime Minister of Jamaica
Frederick Sumaye (born 1950)	HKS 2007	Prime Minister of Tanzania
Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000)	HKS 1945	Prime Minister of Canada
Gro Harlem Brundtland (born 1939)	Master of Public Health – 1965	Prime Minister of Norway

Supreme Court Justices

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Renato Corona (born 1948)	Law 1982	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Aharon Barak (born 1936)		President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Louis Brandeis (1856–1941)	Law 1877	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
William J. Brennan (1906–1997)	Law 1931	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Stephen Breyer (born 1938)	Law 1964	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Harold Burton (1888–1964)	Law 1912	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Benjamin Curtis (1809–1874)	College 1829; Law 1832	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
William Cushing (1732–1810)	College 1751	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965)	Law 1906	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
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935)	College 1861; Law 1866	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Elena Kagan (born 1960)	Law 1986	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Anthony Kennedy (born 1936)	Law 1961	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
William Henry Moody (1853–1917)	College 1876	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Lewis Powell (1907–1998)	Law 1932	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
William Rehnquist (1924–2005)	A.M. 1950	Chief Justice of the United States
John Roberts (born 1955)	College 1976; Law 1979	Chief Justice of the United States
Edward Terry Sanford (1865–1930)	College 1885; A.M. 1889; Law 1889	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Antonin Scalia (born 1936)	Law 1960	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
David Souter (born 1939)	College 1961; Law 1966	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph Story (1779–1845)	College 1798; Professor	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. Cabinet Secretaries

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Spencer Abraham (born 1952)	Law 1979	United States Secretary of Energy, United States Senator
Dean Acheson (1893–1971)	Law 1918	United States Secretary of State
Brock Adams (1927–2004)	Law 1952	United States Secretary of Transportation
Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954)	College 1888; Law 1892	United States Secretary of the Navy
Bruce Babbitt (born 1938)	Law 1965	United States Secretary of the Interior, Governor of Arizona
Robert Bacon (1860–1919)	College 1880	United States Secretary of State
Joseph Barr (1918–1996)	A.M. 1941	United States Secretary of the Treasury
William Bennett (born 1943)	Law 1971	United States Secretary of Education, activist
Francis Biddle (1886–1968)	College 1909; Law 1911	United States Attorney General
Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930)	Business 1954	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Joseph Califano (born 1931)	Law 1955	United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Elaine Chao (born 1953)	Business 1979	United States Secretary of Labor
Michael Chertoff (born 1953)	College 1975; Law 1978	United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Henry Cisneros (born 1947)	HKS 1973	United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
C. Douglas Dillon (1909–2003)	College 1931	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Elizabeth Hanford Dole (born 1936)	Law 1965	United States Secretary of Transportation, United States Secretary of Labor
Shaun Donovan (born 1966)	HKS 1995	United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Edward Everett (1794–1865)	College 1811; A.M. 1814	United States Secretary of State
Barbara Hackman Franklin (born 1940)	Business 1964	United States Secretary of Commerce
Alberto Gonzales (born 1955)	Law 1982	United States Attorney General
Christian Herter (1895–1966)	College 1915	United States Secretary of State
Donald Hodel (born 1935)	College 1957	United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Secretary of Energy
Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968)	College 1948	United States Attorney General, United States Senator
Richard Kleindienst (1923–2000)	College 1947; Law 1950	United States Attorney General
Drew Lewis (born 1931)	Business 1955	United States Secretary of Transportation
Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926)	College 1864	United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln
Neil H. McElroy (1904–1972)	College 1925	United States Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara (1916–2009)	Business 1939	United States Secretary of Defense
Ogden Mills (1884–1937)	College 1904, Law 1907	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Richard Olney (1835–1917)	Law 1858	United States Secretary of State
Henry Paulson (born 1946)	Business 1970	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Pickering (1745–1829)	College 1763	United States Secretary of State, United States Secretary of War
Donald Regan (1918–2003)	College 1940	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Janet Reno (born 1938)	Law 1963	United States Attorney General
Elliot Richardson (1920–1999)	College 1941, Law 1947	United States Secretary of Defense, United States Attorney General
Tom Ridge (born 1946)	College 1967	United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Robert E. Rubin (born 1938)	College 1960	United States Secretary of the Treasury; Chairman of Citigroup
James Schlesinger (born 1929)	College 1950; A.M. 1952; Ph.D. 1956	United States Secretary of Defense, United States Secretary of Energy
William French Smith (1917–1990)	Law 1942	United States Attorney General
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950)	A.M. 1889	United States Secretary of State, United States Secretary of War
Lawrence Summers (born 1954)	Ph.D. 1982; President (2001–2006); Professor	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Sinclair Weeks (1893–1972)	College 1914	United States Secretary of Commerce
Caspar Weinberger (1917–2006)	College 1938; Law 1941	United States Secretary of Defense
Willard Wirtz (born 1912)	Law 1937	United States Secretary of Labor

U.S. Senators

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Jeff Bingaman (born 1943)	College 1965	United States Senator
Richard Blumenthal (born 1946)	College 1967	United States Senator
John Chafee (1922–1999)	Law 1950	United States Senator
Joseph S. Clark (1901–1990)	College 1923	United States Senator
Mike Crapo (born 1951)	Law 1977	United States Senator
Ted Cruz (born 1970)	Law 1995	United States Senator
John Culver (born 1932)	College 1954; Law 1962	United States Senator
Elizabeth Dole (born 1936)	A.M. 1960; Law 1965	United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate
Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007)	Law 1953	United States Senator, 1972 Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee
Sam Erv (1896–1985)	Law 1922	United States Senator
Russ Feingold (born 1953)	Law 1979	United States Senator
Al Franken (born 1951)	College 1973	United States Senator, Comedian, Actor
Hiram Fong (1906–2004)	Law 1935	United States Senator
Bill Frist (born 1952)	Medical 1978	United States Senator, Majority Leader
David Gambrell (born 1929)	Law 1952	United States Senator
Bob Graham (born 1936)	Law 1962	United States Senator, Governor of Florida, U.S. presidential candidate
Ernest Gruening (1887–1974)	College 1907; Medical 1912	United States Senator
Edward Gurney (1914–1996)	Law 1938	United States Senator
Floyd Haskell (1916–1998)	College 1937; Law 1941	United States Senator
William Hathaway (born 1924)	College 1949; Law 1953	United States Senator
H. John Heinz (1938–1991)	Business 1963	United States Senator
James Jeffords (born 1934)	Law 1962	United States Senator
Kenneth Keating (1900–1975)	Law 1923	United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate
Edward Kennedy (1932–2009)	College 1956; Honorary degree 2008	United States Senator, U.S. presidential candidate
Herbert Kohl (born 1935)	Business 1958	United States Senator
Carl Levin (born 1934)	Law 1959	United States Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924)	College 1871; Law 1874; Ph.D. 1876	President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985)	College 1924	United States Senator, 1960 Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee
Spark Matsunaga (1916–1990)	Law 1951	United States Senator
Harrison Gray Otis (1765–1848)	Law 1765	United States Senator
Claude Pepper (1900–1989)	Law 1924	United States Senator, U.S. Congressman
Larry Pressler (born 1942)	HKS 1971; Law 1971	United States Senator
William Proxmire (1915–2005)	Business 1940; HKS 1949	United States Senator
Jack Reed (born 1949)	HKS 1973; Law 1982	United States Senator
Jay Rockefeller (born 1937)	College 1961	United States Senator
William Roth (1921–2003)	Business 1947; Law 1949	United States Senator
Leverett Saltonstall (1892–1979)	College 1914; Law 1917	United States Senator
Paul Sarbanes (born 1933)	Law 1960	United States Senator
Harrison Schmitt (born 1935)	Ph.D. 1964	United States Senator, Astronaut
Charles Schumer (born 1950)	College 1971; Law 1974	United States Senator
Benjamin Smith II (1916–1991)	College 1939	United States Senator
Ted Stevens (1923–2010)	Law 1950	President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Adlai Stevenson III (born 1930)	College 1952; Law 1957	United States Senator
Richard Stone (born 1928)	College 1949	United States Senator
Charles Sumner (1811–1874)	College 1830; Law 1833	United States Senator
John E. Sununu (born 1964)	Business 1991	United States Senator
Robert Taft (1889–1953)	Law 1913	United States Senator
Robert Taft Jr. (1917–1993)	Law 1942	United States Senator
Pat Toomey (born 1961)	College 1984	United States Senator
Robert Torricelli (born 1951)	HKS 1980	United States Senator
Paul Tsongas (1941–1997)	HKS 1974	United States Senator
David Vitter (born 1961)	College 1983	United States Senator
Mark Warner (born 1954)	Law 1980	Governor of Virginia, U.S. Senator, co-founder of Nextel
Tim Wirth (born 1939)	College 1961; Education 1964	United States Senator
Louis Wyman (1917–2002)	Law 1941	United States Senator

U.S. Governors

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (born 1962)	Law 1987	Governor of Puerto Rico
Samuel Adams (1722–1803)	College 1740; A.M. 1743	Governor of Massachusetts, organizer of Boston Tea Party
Roger Branigin (1902–1975)	Law	Governor of Indiana
Phil Bredesen (born 1943)	College 1967	Governor of Tennessee
C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002)	Law 1938	Governor of Florida
Brendan Byrne (born 1924)	Law 1950	Governor of New Jersey
Jim Doyle (born 1945)	Law 1972	Governor of Wisconsin
Michael Dukakis (born 1933)	Law 1960	Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee
Pierre S. du Pont, IV (born 1935)	Law 1963	Governor of Delaware, U.S. presidential candidate
Booth Gardner (born 1936)	Business 1963	Governor of Washington
Samuel Goddard (1919–2006)	College 1941	Governor of Arizona
Jennifer Granholm (born 1959)	Law 1987	Governor of Michigan
John Hancock (1737–1793)	College 1754	President of the Continental Congress, first Governor of Massachusetts
Linwood Holton (born 1923)	Law 1949	Governor of Virginia
Tim Kaine (born 1958)	Law 1983	Governor of Virginia
John King (1916–1996)	College 1938	Governor of New Hampshire
Frank Licht (1916–1987)	Law 1941	Governor of Rhode Island
John Davis Lodge (1903–1985)	College 1925; Law 1929	Governor of Connecticut
John Lynch (born 1952)	Business 1979	Governor of New Hampshire
Ray Mabus (born 1948)	Law 1976	Governor of Mississippi
Jim McGreevey (born 1957)	Education 1982	Governor of New Jersey
Deval Patrick (born 1956)	College 1978; Law 1982	Governor of Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody (1920–1997)	College 1942; Law 1948	Governor of Massachusetts
John H. Reed (born 1921)	Naval Supply 1944	Governor of Maine
Buddy Roemer (born 1943)	College 1964; Business 1967	Governor of Louisiana
Mitt Romney (born 1947)	Business 1975; Law 1975	Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. presidential candidate
George L. Sheldon (born 1870)	1893	14th Governor of Nebraska
Richard Snelling (1927–1991)	College 1948	Governor of Vermont
Eliot Spitzer (born 1959)	Law 1984	Governor of New York
Bruce Sundlun (born 1920)	Law 1949	Governor of Rhode Island
J. Fife Symington III (born 1945)	College 1968	Governor of Arizona
Jonathan Trumbull (1710–1785)	College 1727; A.M. 1730	Governor of Connecticut
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809)	College 1759;	Governor of Connecticut son of John Trumbull class of 1727; also served as US Speaker of the House and US Senator	[53]
Jim Guy Tucker (born 1943)	College 1964	Governor of Arkansas
David Walters (born 1951)	Business 1975	Governor of Oklahoma
Mark Warner (born 1954)	Law 1980	Governor of Virginia, U.S. Senator, co-founder of Nextel
William Weld (born 1945)	College 1966; Law 1970	Governor of Massachusetts

U.S. House of Representatives members

Name	Class year	Notability	References
John Adler (1959–2011)	College 1981; Law 1984	U.S. Congressman
Tom Allen (born 1945)	Law 1974	U.S. Congressman
John Anderson (born 1922)	Law 1949	U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Congressman
John Ashbrook (1928–1982)	College 1952	U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Congressman
John Barrow (born 1955)	Law 1979	U.S. Congressman
Anthony Beilenson (born 1932)	College 1954; Law 1957	U.S. Congressman
Doug Bereuter (born 1939)	Design 1966; HKS 1973	U.S. Congressman
John Brademas (born 1927)	College 1949	U.S. House Majority Whip
Tom Campbell (born 1952)	Law 1976	U.S. Congressman
Merrill Cook (born 1946)	Business 1971	U.S. Congressman
Jim Cooper (born 1954)	Law 1980	U.S. Congressman
Christopher Cox (born 1952)	Business 1977; Law 1977	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, U.S. Congressman
Paul Cronin (born 1938)	HKS 1969	U.S. Congressman
Artur Davis (born 1967)	College 1990; Law 1993	U.S. Congressman
Chet Edwards (born 1951)	Business 1981	U.S. Congressman
Barney Frank (born 1940)	College 1962; Law 1977	U.S. Congressman
Frederick Gillett (1851–1935)	Law 1877	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Fred Grandy (born 1948)	College 1970	Actor, U.S. Representative
Allan Grayson (born 1958)	College 1978; HKS 1983; Law 1983	Actor, U.S. Representative
Jane Harman (born 1945)	Law 1969	U.S. Representative
Katherine Harris (born 1957)	HKS 1997	U.S. Representative, Florida Secretary of State during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election recount
Brian Higgins (born 1959)	HKS 1996	U.S. Representative
Jim Himes (born 1966)	College 1988	U.S. Representative
Elizabeth Holtzman (born 1941)	Radcliffe 1962; Law 1965	U.S. Representative, District Attorney, New York Comptroller
Steve Horn (born 1931)	HKS 1955	U.S. Representative
Amory Houghton (born 1926)	College 1950; Business 1952	U.S. Representative
Michael Huffington (born 1947)	Business 1971	U.S. Representative, businessman and husband of Arianna Huffington
William J. Jefferson (born 1947)	Law 1972	U.S. Representative
Nancy Johnson (born 1935)	Radcliffe 1957	U.S. Representative
Barbara Kennelly (born 1936)	Business 1959	U.S. Representative
Ron Kind (born 1963)	College 1985	U.S. Representative
James G. King (1791–1853)	College 1810	U.S. Representative
Jim Langevin (born 1964)	HKS 1994	U.S. Representative
Sander Levin (born 1931)	Law 1957	U.S. Representative
John E. Leonard (1845–1878)	College 1863	U.S. Representative
Nicholas Longworth (1869–1931)	College 1891	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Stephen Lynch (born 1955)	HKS 1999	U.S. Representative
James H. Maloney (born 1948)	College 1972	U.S. Congressman
Jim Matheson (born 1960)	College 1982	U.S. Congressman
Jim Moody (born 1935)	HKS 1967	U.S. Representative
Scott Murphy (born 1970)	College 1992	U.S. Representative
William H. Perry (1839–1902)	College 1859	U.S. Representative
Tom Petri (born 1940)	College 1962; Law 1965	U.S. Representative
John Sarbanes (born 1962)	Law 1988	U.S. Representative
Adam Schiff (born 1960)	Law 1985	U.S. Representative
Pat Schroeder (born 1940)	Law 1964	U.S. Representative
Bobby Scott (born 1947)	College 1969	U.S. Congressman
Joe Sestak (born 1951)	HKS 1980; Ph.D. 1984	U.S. Congressman
Brad Sherman (born 1954)	Law 1979	U.S. Congressman
Rob Simmons (born 1943)	HKS 1979	U.S. Congressman
Samuel S. Stratton (1916–1990)	A.M. 1940	U.S. Congressman
Frank Tejeda (1945–1997)	HKS 1980	U.S. Congressman
Pat Toomey (born 1961)	College 1984	U.S. Congressman, Club for Growth president
Peter Torkildsen (born 1958)	HKS 1990	U.S. Congressman
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809)	College 1759	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Chris Van Hollen (born 1959)	HKS 1985	U.S. Congressman
Robert Winthrop (1809–1894)	College 1828	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Other legal figures

Name	Class year	Notability	References
John O. Bailey (1880–1959)	Class of 1906	State supreme court justice from Oregon	Wikipedia article
Stephen Barnett	College 1957; Law 1962	legal scholar at Berkeley Law who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970
Richard Blumenthal	College	former Attorney General of Connecticut
Archibald Cox (1912–2004)	College 1934; Law 1937	Special prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal
Nora Dannehy	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	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 Reagan administration; Senior Policy Advisor for the Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign
Patrick Fitzgerald (born 1961)	Law 1985	Special Prosecutor in the Plame affair, United States Attorney
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 1994–1997
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852–1929)	College 1874	attorney, land developer
Charles Hamilton Houston (1895–1950)	Law 1923	dean of Howard University Law School, lawyer for NAACP
Harold Hongju Koh	College 1975; Law 1980	Legal Adviser of the Department of State; former Dean of Yale Law School
Juliane Kokott	Law	Advocate General at the European Court of Justice	Wikipedia article
John H. Langbein	Law 1968	legal scholar, professor at Yale Law School
Lemuel Shaw {1781–1861}	College 1800	Chief Justice of Massachusetts Supreme Court
Lamar Tooze {1895–1971}	Law 1921	Attorney, U. S. Army Major General, law professor
Tom Mesereau (born 1950)	College 1973	Criminal defense attorney
Samuel Warren (born 1852)	Law 1877	Attorney; law partner of Louis Brandeis
Terry Goddard	College 1969	Attorney General of Arizona

Other political figures and activists

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Julia Chang Bloch	Government, Grad School 1967	United States Ambassador to Nepal (under President George H. W. Bush), the first US Ambassador of Asian origin	Wikipedia article
Crown Princess Masako of Japan (born 1963)	B.A.	The consort of Crown Prince Naruhito, the first son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and a member of the Imperial House of Japan through marriage.
Bernardo Villegas	PhD in Economics	Economist, Presidential Advisor, Founder of the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), lead a committee that drafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla (1892–1929), from Siam (that's now Thailand)	Certificate in Public Health 1921	Member of the House of Chakri, of Siam (that's now Thailand), he was a son of King Chulalongkorn of Siam, and the father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand. He's also regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand.
Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (born 1955)	Ph.D.	Son of late Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, he was Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States from 1993 to 2003, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait from 2003 to 2011. He's the current Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait. His elder brother is Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, former Defense and Interior Minister.
Ray Atherton (1883–1960)	College 1905	First United States Ambassador to Canada
Sandy Berger (born 1945)	Law 1971	United States National Security Advisor
Ben Bernanke (born 1953)	College 1975	Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
Sallie Bernard	Radcliffe 1979	Executive Director of SafeMinds
Julie Bishop (born 1956)	Business	Australian politician
Michael Bloomberg (born 1942)	Business 1966	Mayor of New York City
André Boisclair (born 1966)	HKS 2005	former leader of Parti Québécois
L. Paul Bremer (born 1941)	Business 1966	Ambassador
Zbigniew Brzezinski (born 1928)	Ph.D. 1953	United States National Security Advisor
Anna Escobedo Cabral (born 1959)	HKS 1990	Treasurer of the United States
Pat Caddell	College 1972	Pollster
Frank T. Caprio (born 1966)	College 1988	General Treasurer of Rhode Island
Robert Cerasoli (born 1945)	HKS 1988	Massachusetts House of Representatives, Inspector General Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inspector General New Orleans
P. Chidambaram	HBS	Finance Minister of India
David Davis (born 1948)	Business 1985	British politician
Nelson Antonio Denis	College 1977	Former New York State Assemblyman
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)	College 1890; A.M. 1891; Ph.D. 1895	Civil rights leader, African American studies scholar
Lucie Edwards	HKS 1984	Canadian Diplomat
Daniel Ellsberg (born 1931)	College 1952; Ph.D. 1963	Leaker of the Pentagon Papers
Douglas Feith (born 1953)	College 1975	U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Michèle Flournoy (born 1960)	College 1983	Under Secretary of Defense for Policy of the United States
Richard Fuller		British Member of Parliament
David Gergen (born 1942)	Law 1967	Advisor to four U.S. presidents
Carl Gershman (born 1943)	M. Education 1968	U.N. Representative and National Endowment for Democracy President
Richard N. Goodwin (born 1931)	Law 1958	Speechwriter for Kennedy and Johnson administrations, author
Jennifer Gordon	College 1987, Law 1992	founded the Workplace Project, associate professor at Fordham University School of Law
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003)	College 1954	Son of Aga Khan III, the 48th Imam of Nizari Ismailism; Prince Sadruddin served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1978.
Jamie Gorelick (born 1950)	College 1972; Law 1975	Member of 9/11 Commission
John Hagelin (born 1954)	Ph.D. 1981	Third-party presidential candidate
Will Ford Hartnett (1956–)	College 1978	Lawyer from Dallas; member of the Texas House of Representatives
Kerry Healey (1960–)	College 1982	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911)	College 1841	Author, Abolitionist, Colonel
Alger Hiss (1904–1996)	Law 1929	Accused of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union
Rafael Hui (1948–)	HKS 1983	Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong
Lindsay Hyde (1982–)	College 2004	founder and President of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc.
Michael Ignatieff (born 1947)	Ph.D. History 1976	Liberal Party of CanadaLeader of Her majestys loyal opposition, Member of Parliament, Canadian scholar, professor & author
Edita Tahiri (born 1956)	HKS 2002	A founder and leader of independence movement of Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo 1991–2000, Deputy Primeminister
Greville Janner (born 1928)	Law	Member, House of Lords
William Jeffrey	Ph.D.	13th Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Raymond W. Kelly (born 1940)	HKS 1984	New York City Police Commissioner
Caroline Kennedy (born 1957)	Radcliffe 1980	Writer; daughter of John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy (1888–1969)	College 1912	Kennedy political family patriarch
Alan Keyes (born 1950)	College 1972; Ph.D. 1979	U.S. presidential candidate and Senatorial candidate
Marc Kielburger (born 1977)	College 1999	Canadian humanitarian and activist
Faik Konitza (1875–1942)		Writer, Ambassador of Albania to the United States
Philip Lader	Law	United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Anthony Lake (born 1939)	College 1961	United States National Security Advisor
Corliss Lamont (1905–1995)	College 1924, professor	ACLU director, humanist author
Tobias Lear (1762–1816)	College 1783	George Washington's personal secretary
Lawrence B. Lindsey (born 1954)	A.M. 1981; Ph.D. 1985	Economist, Director of the National Economic Council
Nabiel Makarim (born 1945)	HKS 1984	Indonesian Environmental Minister
Dan Massey (1942–2013)	Graduate 1969	sexual freedom scholar, religious philosopher, human rights activist, chief engineer at BBN Technologies, and senior scientist at Science Applications International Corporation
Susan McCaw (born 1962)	Business 1988	US Ambassador to Austria, 2005–2007
Ken Mehlman (born 1967)	Law 1991	Chairman of the Republican National Committee
David Miller (born 1958)	Economics (undergrad) 1981	Mayor of Toronto
William Green Miller		United States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 to 1998
Daniel Mudd (born 1956)	HKS 1986	President and CEO of Fannie Mae
Ralph Nader (born 1934)	Law 1958	Public advocate
Grover Norquist (born 1956)	College 1978; Business 1981	Activist
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954)	College 1981	Finance Minister of Nigeria, Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria
James Otis (1725–1783)	College 1743; A.M. 1746	Lawyer influential in American Revolution
Lalith Athulathmudali (1936–1993)	Law	Sri Lankan Minister of National Security, Minister of Education
Samuel Allyne Otis (1740–1814)	College 1759	1st Secretary of the U.S. Senate
Kelly Overton	Government, year unknown	animal rights activist	Wikipedia article
Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi, of Iran (Persia (1966–2011)	Ph.D. student at the time of his death	Member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia), he was the younger son of the former Shah of Persia (Emperor of Persia), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his third wife Empress Farah Pahlavi. He was second in Order of succession to the Iranian throne before the Iranian Revolution.
Francis Pangilinan (born 1963)	HKS 1998	Senator and the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
José Piñera (born 1948)	Economics, Grad School M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1974	Chile Minister of Labor and Social Security, Minister of Mines (under President Augusto Pinochet), 1978–1980, enacted world's first system of private retirement accounts. Known as one of the Chicago Boys.	Wikipedia article
Jesse Robredo (1958–2012)	M.P.A. 1999	Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines
Stuart Rabner (born 1960)	Law 1984	New Jersey State Attorney General
Franklin Raines (born 1949)	College 1971; Law 1976	Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae
Rosa Gumataotao Rios (born 1966)	College 1987	Treasurer of the United States
Andres Rivero (born 1962)	Law 1987	Local Deputy in the Congress of Colima, member of PAN, and former President of Seguros ING, S.A. de C.V.
Muhammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (born 1958)	Law	Foreign Minister of Kuwait
Surakiart Sathirathai (born 1958)	Law	Foreign Minister of Thailand
G. David Schine (1927–1996)	College 1949	Entrepreneur, businessman, political activist
Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971)	College 1993	Indian Member of Parliament and Union Minister of State for IT and Communications
Phyllis Schlafly (born 1924)	Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1945	Political activist
Faryar Shirzad (born 1966)	HKS	Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush
Bob Shrum (born 1943)	Law 1968	Political consultant
George William Strake, Jr. (born 1935)	MBA 1961	Secretary of State of Texas, 1979–1981; Republican state chairman, 1983–1988; Houston businessman and philanthropist
Lorenzo M. Tañada (1898–1992)	Law	Philippine Senator, nationalist and civil libertarian
Tina Tchen (born 1956)	College 1978	lawyer, Assistant to President Barack Obama; Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama; and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls.
Paul Volcker (born 1927)	HKS 1951	Chairman of the Federal Reserve
George F. Ward	M.P.A.	former United States Ambassador to Namibia
Joseph Warren (1741–1775)	College 1759; A.M. 1762	physician, soldier, activist
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, Princess Carolina is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma.
Prince Radu of Romania (born 1960)	Executive Program 2004	He's the son in law of former King Michael I of Romania. In 1996 he married Princess Margarita of Romania, the king's eldest daughter. Princess Margarita is the Crown Princess of Romania, and also known as the Custodian of the Romanian Crown.
Alexander Watson	College 1961	Ambassador, diplomat
Kevin White	HKS 1957	Mayor of Boston
Anthony A. Williams	HKS, Law 1987	Mayor of Washington, DC
Gita Wirjawan	HKS, 2000	Minister of Trade of Indonesia
James Wolfensohn (1933–)	Business 1959	Ninth President of the World Bank
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith (1934–)	Business	economist, diplomat, and language veteran from Bangladesh
Yam Ah Mee (1957–)	Business unknown	Returning Officer, Singaporean general election, 2011, Former Brigadier General in the Republic of Singapore Air Force
Robert Zoellick (born 1953)	Law 1979; HKS 1981	Eleventh President of the World Bank
Raja Nazrin Shah of Perak (born 1956)	Masters; Ph.D.	Son of the current Sultan of Perak, one of the Sultans of Malaysia, as a federal constitutional monarchy
Kiraitu Murungi (born 1952)	Law 1991	Minister of Energy in Kenya
Raja Nazrin Shah (born 1956)	A.M.; Ph.D	Crown Prince of Perak, Malaysia
Steve Spinner	MBA	Adviser to Obama Campaign, Department of Energy Official
Martha M. Walz (born 1953)	HKS 2000	Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (born 1960)	College 1984	EU Ambassador to Pakistan

Military

Name	Class year	Notability	References
John Abizaid (born 1951)	A.M. 1981	U.S. Army general, Commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM)
Douglas Campbell (aviator) {1896–1990}	A.B. 1917	Soldier-World War I ace
Erle Cocke, Jr. (1921–2000)	M.B.A. 1947	U.S. National Guard general
Harry F. Cruver {1916–2000}	B.A.	U.S. Army Air Forces aviator in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal
George Downing (c. 1624–1684)	College 1640s	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
Pierpont M. Hamilton (1898–1982)	College 1920; A.M. 1946	U.S. Army Air Forces general in World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
Walter Newell Hill (1881–1955)	College 1904	U.S. Marine Corps general, Medal of Honor recipient
Henry S. Huidekoper (1839–1918)	College 1862; A.M. 1872	Union Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient
Claud Ashton Jones (1885–1948)	M.S. 1915	U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient
Henry Ware Lawton (1843–1899)	Law 1866	U.S. Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in the Philippine–American War
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
Hal Moore (born 1922)		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
Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (1946–1970)	attended 1967–68	commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal; killed in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda; awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service for his conduct in the Yom Kippur War
Norris W. Overton (born 1926)	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
Horace Porter (1837–1921)	Lawrence Scientific School 1857	Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, businessman, ambassador to France
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
Sherrod E. Skinner, Jr. (1929–1952)	1951	U.S. Marine Corps officer killed in the Korean War, Medal of Honor recipient
Phillips Waller Smith (1906–1963)	M.B.A. 1940	U.S. Air Force general
Hazard Stevens (1842–1918)	College 1865	Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, Massachusetts state legislator, mountaineer
Charles White Whittlesey (1884–1921)	Law 1908	U.S. Army officer in World War I, commander of the "Lost Battalion", Medal of Honor recipient
Arthur Harold Webber {1893–1918}	Harvard 1915	Volunteer with RAF Squadron 84, Killed in Flying Accident Texas April 10, 1918
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
Samuel Scott Young	HES 2012	Parachute Rigger, Aircrew Survival Equipmentman, United States Navy Honor Guard

News

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Jill Abramson (born 1954)	College 1976	Executive editor of The New York Times
Melissa Block (born 1962)	College 1983	Host of NPR's All Things Considered
Ben Bradlee (born 1921)	College 1944	Washington Post managing editor during Watergate Scandal
James Brown (born 1951)	College 1973	Sportscaster
Susan Chira	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.
James Fallows (born 1949)	College 1970	Journalist
Amy Goodman (born 1957)	College 1984	liberal political commentator, founder of Democracy Now!
Donald E. Graham (born 1945)	College 1966	The Washington Post Company chairman and CEO
Aaron Harber	MPA	Political analyst for CBS 4 KCNC-TV, host of The Aaron Harber Show on Colorado Public Broadcasting KBDI-TV Channel 12
Walter Isaacson (born 1952)	College 1974	Former CNN chairman and CEO, managing editor of TIME, author
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. (born 1946)	College 1968; Law 1974	Washington Post publisher and CEO
Michael Kinsley (born 1951)	College 1972; Law 1977	Journalist
Nicholas D. Kristof (born 1960)	College 1981	New York Times reporter and columnist; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
William Kristol (born 1952)	College 1973; Ph.D. 1979	Editor of The Weekly Standard
Melissa Lee	College 1995	News Anchor of CNBC
Soledad O'Brien (born 1966)	College 1987	Television host
Suzanne Malveaux (born 1966)	College 1987	CNN correspondent
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
Frank Rich (born 1949)	College 1971	New York Times columnist
Stephen Sackur (born 1964)	HKS ?	BBC journalist and political commentator; host of HARDtalk
Peter Sagal (born 1965)	College 1987	Public radio host of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, playwright, screenwriter, actor
Bill Schneider	A.M. 1969, Ph.D. 1972	Journalist, political analyst
Lara Setrakian	2004	Journalist, political analyst
Sam Sifton (born 1966)	College 1988	New York Times Chief Restaurant Critic
Andrew Sullivan (born 1963)	HKS 1986; Ph.D. 1990	Blogger, journalist
Pablo S. Torre (born 1985)	College 2007	Sportswriter for ESPN and Sports Illustrated
Katharine Weymouth (born 1966)	College 1988	Washington Post publisher
William Lindsay White	College 1924	Journalist
Jessica Yellin	College	Journalist
Mort Zuckerman (born 1937)	Law 1962	U.S. News & World Report editor-in-chief, New York Daily News owner and publisher

Literature

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899)	College 1852	Novelist
Margaret Atwood (born 1939)	Radcliffe A.M. 1962	Novelist
Peter Benchley (1940–2006)	College 1961	Novelist
Robert Benchley (1889–1945)	College 1912	Comedian
John Berendt (born 1939)	College 1961	Writer
Robert Bly (born 1926)	College 1950	Poet
Marita Bonner	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
Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)	College 1814	Mythologist
William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)	College 1936	Writer
Ethan Canin (born 1960)	Medical 1989	Author
Steven R. Covey (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)	Ph.D.	Writer, artist, critic
Paul de Man (1919–1983)	Ph.D. 1960	literary critic
Joseph Dennie (1768–1812)	College 1790	Author, editor
John dos Passos (1896–1970)	College 1916	Novelist
Edward Eager (1911–1964)	College c. 1932	Writer of children's literature
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)	College 1821; Divinity 1829	Writer; gave name to Emerson Hall
Berry Fleming (1899–1989)	College 1922	Writer of novels
Al Franken (born 1951)	College 1973	Comedian, United States Senator
Edward Gorey (1925–2000)	College 1950	Writer, Illustrator
Donald Hall (born 1928)	College 1951	14th U.S. Poet Laureate
Louisa Hall (born 1982)	College 2004	Author
James D. Hart (died 1990)		Writer, Professor
Mark Helprin (born 1947)	College, Graduate School	Writer
Julie Hilden	College 1989	Author
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)	College; Ph.D. 1836; professor	Poet, physician
Angela Hur	College 2002	Author
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 (born 1925)	College 1946; A.M. 1948	Poet
Jean Kwok	College	Author
Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)	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 Ph.D 1927	Harvard Teacher
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011)	Radcliffe 1947	Novelist
Charles Murray (born 1943)	College 1965	Writer
Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)	College 1941	Poet
Frank O'Hara (1926–1966)	College 1950	Poet
George Plimpton (1927–2003)	College 1948	Writer, journalist, actor
Adrienne Rich (born 1929)	Radcliffe 1951	Poet
E. San Juan, Jr.	A.M.; Ph.D.	Poet, cultural scholar
Erich Segal (born 1937)	College 1958; A.M. 1959; Ph.D. 1965	Author, screenwriter
Maximo V. Soliven (born 1933)	Ph.D. 1951	Decorated Writer; Chevalier (knight) of the National Order of Merit
Susan Sontag (1933–2004)	A.M. 1957	Writer, activist
Thomas Sowell (born 1930)	College 1958	Writer, economist
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)	Radcliffe 1897	Poet, novelist
Ernest Thayer (1863–1940)	College 1885	Poet
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)	College 1837	Journalist, philosopher, writer
Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)	College 1983	Novelist and writer of short stories
Lily Tuck (born 1938)	Radcliffe College 1960	Novelist, winner of the 2004 National Book Award.
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 (born 1921)	A.M. 1947; professor	Poet
Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938)	A.M. 1922	Novelist
Elizabeth Wurtzel (born 1967)	College 1989	Writer
A. B. Yehoshua (born 1936)		Novelist, essayist, and playwright

Film, theater, and television

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Tatyana Ali (born 1979)	College 2002	Actress, Singer
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969)	College 1991	Film director and screenwriter
Catherine Oxenberg (born 1961)		Serbian American actress
Ronald Bass (born 1942)	Law 1967	Screenwriter
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
Amy Brenneman (born 1964)	College 1987	Actress
Gaspar Bergman (born 1979)	Law 2001	Film director
Bill Brown	College 1992	Experimental filmmaker
Emily Carmichael (born 1982)	College 2004	Director, Screenwriter, Animator
Stockard Channing (born 1944)	Radcliffe 1965	Actress
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
Greg Daniels (born 1962)	College 1980–1984	Comedy Writer, producer, and director
Jeremy Doner (born 1974)	College 1994	Screenwriter
Christopher Durang (born 1949)	College 1971	Playwright
Geoffrey S. Fletcher (born 1970)	College 1992	Screenwriter, film director, professor
Greg Giraldo (1965–2010)	Law 1988	Comedian
Fred Grandy (born 1948)	College 1970	Actor, U.S. Congressman
Andre Gregory (born 1934)	College 1956	Theatre director, actor
Fred Gwynne (1926–1993)	College 1951	Actor
Hill Harper (1966)	HKS, Law 1992	Actor
Sarah Haskins (1979)	College 2001	Comedian
Josephine Hull (1886–1957)	Radcliffe 1899	Actress
Rashida Jones (born 1976)	College 1997	Actress
Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946)	College 1969	Actor
Douglas Kenney (1947–1980)	College 1968	Humorist, screenwriter
Jack Lemmon (1925–2001)	College 1947	Actor
Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)	College 1940	Lyricist, librettist
Jeremy Leven (born 1941)	Education 1973	Novelist, screenwriter, director, producer
John Lithgow (born 1945)	College 1967	Actor
Donal Logue (born 1966)	College 1989	Actor
Joseph Losey (1909–1984)	A.M.	Film director
Terrence Malick (born 1943)	College 1966	Film director, screenwriter
Dan McGrath (born 1965)	College 1985	Emmy-winning writer "Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and King of the Hill."
Tom McGrath (born 1956)	College 1976, MBA 1980	Film & Theater Executive/Producer, The Princess Bride, Hair, Passing Strange, West Side Story	Wikipedia
Abel Meeropol		Actor and composer
Alex Michel (born 1970)	College 1992	American businessman and television personality for The Bachelor
David Monahan (born 1971)	College	Actor
Mira Nair (born 1957)	College 1979	Film director
B.J. Novak (born 1979)	College 2001	Comedian, actor, The Office
Conan O'Brien (born 1963)	College 1985	Talk show host
Mark O'Donnell (1954–2012)	College 1976	Comedy writer, Tony winner Hairspray, author, op-ed columnist	imdb.com
Steve O'Donnell (born 1954)	College 1976	Comedy writer, multiple Emmy winner, Head Writer David Letterman Show, The Simpsons	imdb.com
Keir Pearson (born 1968)	College 1989	Screenwriter
Frank R. Pierson (born 1925)	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
Fred Gwynne (1926–1993)	College 1951	Actor
Mo Rocca (born 1969)	College 1991	Comedian
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	College 1980	Theater director
Wallace Shawn (born 1943)	College 1965	Actor, playwright
Elisabeth Shue (born 1963)	College 2000	Actress
Mira Sorvino (born 1967)	College 1990	Actress
Whit Stillman (born 1952)	College 1973	Screenwriter, film director
Renee Tajima-Peña	College 1980	Film director and producer, notable for "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"
Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957)	College 1979	Screenwriter
Scottie Thompson (born 1981)	College 2005	Actress
James Toback (born 1944)	College 1966	Film director and screenwriter
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	College 1968	Librettist
Steve Zahn (born 1967)		Actor
Jeff Zucker (born 1965)	College 1986	President of NBC Universal
Edward Zwick (born 1952)	College 1974	Film director
Bill Stetson	B.A. 1982	President of the Vermont Film Commission, Producer: "What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library"; “Citizen Suits”; and "A Closer Walk,"	|- valign="top"
Olga Fedori	College 2004	Actress, Singer

Music

Name	Class year	Notability	References
John Adams (1947–)	College 1965	Composer
Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)	College 1929; A.M. 1930	Composer
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)	College 1939	composer, conductor
Han-na Chang (1982–)	College 2001	cellist
William Christie (born 1944)	College 1966	Conductor
Rivers Cuomo (born 1970)	College 2006	Singer of band Weezer
Aden Evens	College 1988	Member of musical group Re:
Elliot Forbes (1917–2006)	College 1941; A.M. 1947	conductor, musicologist
Aaron Goldberg	College 1996	Jazz pianist
Fred Ho (1957–)	College 1979	Jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Samuel Holyoke (1762–1820)	College 1789, A.M. 1792	composer
Jacob Kimball (1761–1826)	College 1780	composer
Lester Allyson Knibbs, a.k.a. Abdulhakim Muhammad	College 1968, Ph.D.	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
Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955)	College 1976	cellist
Tom Morello (born 1964)	College 1986	Lead guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine; ex-lead guitarist of the now defunct band Audioslave; Political activist
Dmitri Nabokov (born 1934)	College 1955	Opera Singer, Son of Vladimir Nabokov
William P. Perry (born 1930)	College 1951	Composer
Joshua Redman (born 1969)	College 1991	Jazz saxophonist
Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)	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
Michael Stern (born 1959)	College 1981	Conductor, Kansas City Symphony
Brian Tyler (born 1972)	College 1998	Film composer, music producer, conductor, pianist, drummer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist
David Wax	College 2005	Musician & songwriter, David Wax Museum
Alan Gilbert (born 1967)	College 1989	Music director of the New York Philharmonic
Daniel Manzano (born 1980)	College 1999	bassist, percussionist, backing vocals, and songwriter for Boyce Avenue

Art, architecture, and engineering

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Charles Bulfinch (1763–1844)	College 1781	Architect
Allan Crite	Extension 1968	Artist
Hardy Cross	MCE 1911	Civil engineer
Gulgee (1926–2007)	College 1947	Pakistani artist famous for his paintings and Islamic calligraphy, qualified engineer
Philip Johnson (born 1906)	College 1930	Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Julian Hatton (born 1956)	College 1979	Artist; abstract landscapes
Fumihiko Maki (born 1928)	Design 1955	Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Elizabeth Holloway Marston (born 1893)	Radcliffe College A.M. 1921	Involved in the creation of the comic book character Wonder Woman
Thom Mayne (born 1944)	Design 1978	Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Malcolm McKesson (1909–1999)	College 1933	Outsider artist
Philippe de Montebello	College 1962	Director of Metropolitan Museum of Art
I. M. Pei (born 1917)	Design 1946	Architect; Pritzker Prize winner
Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886)	College 1859	Architect
Kenneth Dupee Swan (1887–1970)		Photographer, forester

Religion

Name	Class year	Notability	References
George Arthur Buttrick (1892–1980)	faculty member in 1955	Professor of Christian Morals
William Ellery Channing (1780–1842)	College 1798	Unitarian leader
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.
Karim Aga Khan IV (born 1936)	College 1958	Spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili branch of Islam
Bernard Francis Law (born 1931)	College 1953	Cardinal Archbishop of Boston
Aaron Lichtenstein (born 1933)	Phd English	Chief rabbi at yeshiva Har Etzion in Israel and son-in-law and disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Cotton Mather (1663–1728)	College 1678, A.M. 1681	Minister, author
Increase Mather (1639–1723)	College 1656	Clergyman
Theodore Parker (1810–1860)	Divinity	Unitarian leader
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	References
Craig Adams (born 1977)	College 1999	NHL player, Pittsburgh Penguins
Eugene Belisle (1910–1983)	College 1931	Coxwain at 1928 Summer Olympics
Matt Birk (born 1976)	College 1998	NFL Center
Brian Burke (born 1955)	MBA/JD 1981	NHL General Manager
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
John Dockery (born 1944)	College 1968	NFL Cornerback
Ted Donato (born 1969)	College 1991	NHL player, Head hockey coach
Chandler Egan (1884–1936)	College 1905	Gold and Silver medalist in Golf at 1904 Summer Olympics
Ryan Fitzpatrick (born 1982)	College 2005	NFL quarterback, St. Louis Rams, Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills
Eddie Grant (1883–1918)	College 1905, Law 1909	MLB Infielder, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants
Milton Green (1913–2005)	College	Runner, former world recorder holder in hurdles
Peter Gregg (1940–1981)	College 1961	Racing driver
Arnold Horween (1898–1985)	College 1921	American football All American player for the Harvard Crimson and the NFL; Harvard coach
Ralph Horween (1896–1997)	College 1920 and Law School 1929	American football All American player for the Harvard Crimson and the NFL; centenarian
Bobby Jones (1902–1971)	College 1924	Golfer
Dan Jiggetts (born 1954)	College 1976	NFL offensive tackle, Chicago sportscaster
Isaiah Kacyvenski (born 1977)	College 2000, HBS 2011	NFL Player, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders
Marv Levy (born 1925)	College	NFL Coach, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills
Jeremy Lin (born 1988)	College 2010	NBA Player, Houston Rockets
Esther Lofgren (born 1986)	College 2009	Gold medalist in rowing at 2012 Summer Olympics
Shep Messing (born 1949)	College 1973	soccer player
Dominic Moore (born 1980)	College	NHL Player, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks
Steve Moore (born 1978)	College	NHL Player, Colorado Avalanche
Christopher Nowinski (born 1978)	College 2000	Professional wrestler
John Paul (born 1939)	MBA	sportscar racing driver
Dylan Reese (born 1984)	College	NHL Player, New York Islanders
Larry Scott (born 1964)	College 1986	WTA CEO, Pac-10 commissioner
Richard Sears (1861–1943)	College 1883	7 time US Open champion
Ed Smith (born 1929)		former NBA player, New York Knicks
Andrew Sudduth (1961–2006)	College 1983	Silver medalist in rowing at 1984 Summer Olympics
Noah Welch (born 1982)	College 2005	NHL player, Florida Panthers
Keith Wright	College 2012	2010–11 Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Paul Wylie (born 1964)	College 1991	Figure skater

Criminal activity

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Amy Bishop (born 1965)	Ph.D. 1993	mass-murderess
Marc Stuart Dreier	Juris Doctor Harvard Law School 1975	Securities fraud
Gina Grant (born 1976)	Did not matriculate	voluntary manslaughter. Lied on application about killing mother. Early Admission offered, then rescinded.
Christopher Janus (1911–2009)	College 1936	Bank Fraud
Ted Kaczynski (born 1942)	College 1962	Unabomber terrorist/Murderer
Viktor Kozeny (born 1963)	College 1989	Fugitive financier
Chas Lee (born 1971)	College 1993	Embezzler
Suzanne Pomey (born 1980)	College 2002	Embezzler
Joshua Parker		Forger
Henry Phillips	Class of 1724	Murderer {Duelist}-died in exile in France 1729
Eugene Plotkin	College 2000	Convicted of insider trading
Robert Schuyler	Class of 1817	Embezzler/Bigamist
Louis Agassiz Shaw II		Murderer
Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953)	Business 1979	Conspiracy, making false statements, insider trading, and securities fraud during the Enron case
Sinedu Tadesse (1974–1995)	College 1996 (did not graduate)	Murderer
Chuck Turner (born 1941)	College 1963	Convicted felon and former Boston City Council Member
Dr John White Webster (1793–1850)	College 1811	Murderer
Richard Whitney (financier) (1888–1974)		Embezzler
Stephen H. Kessler (1930s-?)	Medical 1957	"Mad LSD Slayer" of 1967

Academics

College founders and presidents

Name	Class year	Notability	References
William Allen	College 1802	President of Bowdoin College
Richard E. Berendzen (born 1938)	Ph.D. 1967	President, The American University
Francisco J. Azcúnaga Guerra (born 1951)	Ed.M.1976–1978	President, of The University of Monterrey
Ruth J. Person	Institute of Educational Management 1989	Chancellor, The University of Michigan (Flint Campus)
Claudio Demattè (1942–2004)	Business 1970	Founder, SDA Bocconi
Shih Choon Fong	PhD 1973	First President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Clifton D. Gray (1875–1944)	College 1897	President of Bates College
David C. Hardesty	Law 1973	President of West Virginia University
William DeWitt Hyde	College 1879	President of Bowdoin College
Robert B. Lawton	Ph.D. 1977	President, The Loyola Marymount University
Edith Lesley	Radcliffe College 1908	founder of Lesley University
Stephen W. Nease	Divinity	President of the Eastern Nazarene College 1981–1989
David Lloyd Johnston	AB 1963	President of University of Waterloo
M. Lee Pelton (born c. 1951)	Ph.D. 1984, Senior Tutor of Winthrop House	President of Willamette University
Charles F. Phillips (born 1910)	Ph.D.	Economist, president of Bates College
William C. Powers	JD 1973	President of The University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan Rosenbaum (scholar)	Ph. D	President of Gratz College
Clifford A. Scott (born 1946)	MPH	President, The New England College of Optometry
Fred J. Shields	Education	President of the Eastern Nazarene College 1919–1923
Phillip Shriver (1922–2011)		President of Miami University Ohio; also a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University
Andrew Sledd (1870–1939)	M.A. Greek 1896	First president of the University of Florida 1905–1909
David J. Steinberg	College; A.M.; Ph. D	President of Long Island University
Peggy R. Williams	Education 1983	President of Ithaca College
Michael J. Young	College 1988	Provost of New York Film Academy
George W. Webber (1920–2010)	College 1942	President of the New York Theological Seminary
Daniel Little	Philosophy	Chancellor of University of Michigan-Dearborn
Heather Knight	Doctorate	21st President of Pacific Union College
Yoshito Hori	MBA	Founder Globis University Graduate School of Management

Professors and scholars

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Eugene C. Barker (1874–1956)	Graduate study in history	Premier historian of Texas
Sylvan Barnet	Ph.D. 1954	Shakespearean scholar
Bernard Berenson (1865–1959)	College 1887	Art historian
Luciano Berio (1925–2003)	1994 Distinguished Composer in Residence	Composer
Michael Beschloss (born 1955)	Business 1980	Historian
David Bevington	Ph.D. 1958	Scholar
Amy Bishop (born 1965)	Ph. D.	Assassinated three fellow professors and wounded two more at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
John Boswell (1947–1994)	Ph.D. 1975	Historian of homosexual history
Robert Castelli (born 1949)	M.A. 1996	Criminal Justice Department Chair at Iona College, New York State Assemblyman
Schuyler V. Cammann (1921–1991)	M.A. 1941	anthropologist
Donald Davidson (1917–2003)	Ph.D.	Philosopher
Greg Dening (1931–2008)	Ph.D.	Historian, scholar of historical ethnography
John K. Fairbank (1907–1991)	College 1929	East Asian scholar
Ben Finney (b. 1934)	Ph.D 1964	Anthropologist, author, Polynesian Voyaging Society co-founder
M. Judah Folkman (February 24, 1933 – January 14, 2008)	1953	founder of angiogenesis
Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933)	Radcliffe 1898	social and political theorist
Richard Foltz (born 1961)	Ph.D. 1996	Historian of religions
James Fowler (born 1970)	College 1992; Ph.D. 2003	Political Scientist
Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith (1909–1981)	M.A. 1932	Historian
Nelson Goodman (1906–1998)	College 1928; Ph.D. 1941	Philosopher
Philip F. Gura	A.B. 1972; Ph.D. 1977	Leading scholar on American history and literature
Harlan P. Hanson (1925–1996)	A.B. 1948; Ph.D. 1959	Director of the Advanced Placement program (1965–1989)
Perry H. Howard		Sociologist at Louisiana State University who researched into Louisiana politics
T.R. Kidder born 1960	Ph.D. 1989	Archaeologist, former Dean of Tulane
Gary N. Knoppers	A.M. 1986; Ph.D. 1988	Leading scholar on Chronicles and Chronicler
Robert A. Kraft	Ph.D. 1961	Leading scholar on Jewish History and Christian Origins
Rosalind E. Krauss	Ph.D. 1969	Art Historian and founder of October, a leading academic journal
Alan Kreider (born 1941)	A.M. (1965), Ph.D. (1971), Travelling Fellow (1966–67)	Formerly Director, Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, University of Oxford
Saul Kripke (born 1940)	College; Society of Fellows	Philosopher
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996)	College 1943; A.M. 1946; Ph.D. 1949	Philosopher and historian of science
David Lewis (1941–2001)	Ph.D. 1967	Philosopher
Perry Link	College 1966, Ph.D. 1976	Sinologist, Professor
Tanya Luhrmann	College 1981	American psychological anthropologist, elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003 ref=
Roger Martin (born 1956)	Business 1978	Dean of University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management
Francis Parkman (1823–1898)	Law	Historian
Juan Antonio Pérez López (1934–1996)	Ph.D. 1970	Business Theorist
Joel M. Podolny (born 1965)	College 1986	Dean of Yale School of Management; Sociologist
Mark Rosenzweig (1922–2009)	Ph.D. 1949	Professor at the University of California, Berkeley whose studies showed that the brain develops into adulthood based on life experiences
Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954)	B.A.;M.A;Ph.D.	Economist
Edward Said (1935–2003)	A.M.; Ph.D. 1964	Coined term Orientalism; Palestinian activist; professor
George Santayana (1863–1952)	College 1886; Ph.D. 1889; professor	Philosopher
Jonathan Siegel (born 1962)	College 1984	Professor of Law, George Washington University
Harpreet Singh	M.T.S. 2005; Ph.D. 2011	Scholar of Islamic, Hindu and Sikh traditions of South Asia; Co-Founder of the Sikh Coalition
Andrea Smith	B.A.	Native American Studies
Christian Smith (born 1960)	Ph.D. 1990	Religious Studies
Timothy L. Smith (1924–1997)	PhD	Religious historian, author
Diane Souvaine	College	chair of the computer science program at Tufts University, also a professor of computer science and mathematics
Ronald Spores	Ph.D 1964	Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)	Radcliffe 1933; faculty	Historian
Jon Wiener (1944–)	Ph.D.	Historian
Charles W. Woodworth (1865–1940)	Grad. Student, Researcher (1886–1888), (1900–1901)	Entomologist; Founder UCB's Entomology Department
Amy Zegart (1967–)	College 1989, magna cum laude in East Asian Studies	Professor of Public Policy; UCLA School of Public Affairs

Faculty

Professors who are also Harvard alumni are listed in italics.

Nobel laureates

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Kenneth Arow (born 1921)	Professor	Economist; Nobel Prize winner
Elias J. Corey (born 1928)	Professor	Chemist; Nobel Prize winner
Dudley Herschbach (born 1932)	Professor	Chemist; Nobel Prize winner
William Lipscomb (born 1919)	Professor	Chemist; Nobel Prize winner
Norman F. Ramsey (born 1915)	Professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize winner
Thomas Schelling (1921–?)	Professor	Economist, Nobel Prize 2005
Julian Schwinger (1918–1994)	Professor	Physicist; Nobel Prize winner (1965)
Amartya Sen (born 1933)	Professor	Economist; Nobel Prize winner (1998)
James D. Watson (born 1928)	Professor	Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner
Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979)	Professor	Chemist, Nobel Prize 1965

Others

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Mark Albion (born 1951)	PhD 1982	Author, Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Net Impact
Esko Aho (born 1954)	IOP Fellow 2000	Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)
William Berenberg (1915–2005)	College 1936; professor	Professor of pediatrics, physician
Theodore C. Bestor	Professor	Anthropologist
Fitzroy Carrington (born 1869)	Lecturer on engraving	Journalist
Richard Clarke (born 1951)	Faculty	Diplomat, counterterrorism expert
Kim B. Clark	College 1974; A.M. 1977; Ph.D. 1978; Dean of business school 1995–2005	Economist
Lawrence "Crash" Davis (1919–2001)	Baseball coach (1943–1945)	Inspiration for Bull Durham
Alan Dershowitz (born 1938)	Professor (1964–)	Law scholar, pro-Israel activist
Bruce Donoff (born 1951)	Dental 1967; Medical 1973	Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Noam Elkies (born 1966)	A.M. 1986; Ph.D. 1987; professor (1990–)	Mathematician
Archie Epps (1937–2003)	B.D 1961	Dean of Students, (1971–1999)	,
Denise Faustman	Associate Professor of Medicine	Medical doctor and pioneer in diabetes research
Martin Feldstein (born 1939)	College 1961; professor	Economist
Niall Ferguson (born 1964)	Professor 2005–present	Historian
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)	Professor	Canadian-American Keynesian Economist
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950)	Professor	African American studies scholar
Daniel Gilbert	Professor at the Department of Psychology	Social psychologist
Daniel Goldhagen (born 1959)	Ph.D.; previously an Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies	Political scientist; controversial author of Hitler's Willing Executioners
Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002)	Professor	Biologist
Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943)	Professor	Literary critic
Walter Gropius (1883–1969)	Professor; dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design	Architect
Theodore Hall (1925–1999)	College 1943	Soviet Spy on the Manhattan Project
Caroline Hoxby	College 1988; professor	Economist
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz	Ph.D.; professor	Historian
Samuel P. Huntington (born 1927)	Ph.D. 1951; professor	Political scientist
Jay Jasanoff	A.B. 1963, Ph.D. 1968; professor 1970–78, 1998–	Linguist
Howard Koh (born 1952)	Professor, Harvard School of Public Health	Physician
Susumu Kuno (born 1933)	Ph.D. 1964, Professor Emeritus	Linguist
George Martin Lane (1823–1897)	Professor (1869–1894)	Classical scholar
Timothy Leary (1920–1996)	Professor (1959–1963)	Writer; psychologist; LSD guru
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)	Professor (1834–1854)	Poet
N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958)	Professor	Economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
Harvey Mansfield	Professor	William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University
Julián Marías (1914–2005)	Professor	Philosopher and author
Richard Marius (1933–1999)	Professor	Reformation historian and author
Ernst Mayr (1904–2005)	Professor	Evolutionary biologist
Robert C. Merton (born 1944)	Professor	Economist; Nobel Prize winner
Ken Nakayama	Professor	Psychologist
Robert Nozick (1938–2002)	Professor	Libertarian philosopher
Milman Parry (??-1935)	Professor	Scholar of the classics and folklore
Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880)	College 1829; professor	Mathematician
Steven Pinker (born 1954)	Ph.D. 1979; professor (2003–)	Psychologist
Seda Pumpyanskaya (born 1965)	1992;	International Corporate Communication Director
Robert Putnam (born 1941)	Professor	Political scientist
W. V. Quine (1908–2000)	Ph.D. 1932; professor (1956–2000)	Philosopher; logician
John Rawls (1921–2002)	Professor	Philosopher; political scientist
Wade Regehr	Professor	Neurobiology
Edwin O. Reischauer (1910–1990)	Ph.D. 1939; professor; gave name to Reischauer Institute	East Asian scholar
Juan Rosai	Visiting Professor	Medical doctor and professor of pathology; author of a main textbook in the field and discoverer of the Rosai-Dorfman disease.
Josiah Royce (1855–1916)	Professor (1892–1914)	Philosopher
James R. Russell	Professor (1993–)	Professor and scholar; Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University
Nadav Safran (1925–2003)	Professor	An expert in Arab politics and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Michael Sandel	Professor	Political scientist
Elaine Scarry	Professor of English and American Literature and Language, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value	Author
Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888–1965)	Professor; gave name to Schlesinger Library	Historian
B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)	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
Laurence Tribe (born 1941)	College 1962; Law 1966; professor	Lawyer
Cornel West (born 1953)	Professor (1993–2002)	African American studies scholar
George M. Whitesides (born 1939)	College 1960; University professor (1982–)	Chemist
James Q. Wilson (born 1931)	Professor 1961–1987	Professor of public policy
Dave Winer (born 1955)	Fellow at HLS's Berkman Center for Internet and Society 2004	Software developer; early and still famous blogger
Harry Austryn Wolfson (1887–1974)	Ph.D.; professor	Philosopher
Ma Ying-Jeou (born 1950)	Doctor of Juridical Science, J.S.D. 1981.	12th President of the Republic of China
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. (1936–1982)	A.M., economics, 1965.	Kenyan economist, father of U.S. President Barack Obama
Sameh El-Saharty (born 1957)	MD, MSc, MPH 1991	president of Harvard Arab Alumni, Senior Health specialist, World Bank
Richard Wilson (born 1926)	Professor at the Department of Physics (1955–)	Physicist

See also

• Notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard