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This is a table of notable people affiliated with Princeton University, including graduates of the undergraduate college and all graduate programs, former students, and former professors. Some noted current faculty are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

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.

Note: Alumni who have served as Princeton professors are listed in bold:

Government, law and public policy

Presidents and Heads of State

Vice-Presidents

Governors

Senators

Information can be verified at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.[8]

Congressmen

Information can be verified at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.[8]

Attorneys General

Solicitors General

State Attorneys General

Supreme Court Justices

Information can be verified through the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges.[17]

Cabinet Members and Ministers

White House Chiefs of Staff

Directors of Central Intelligence

Soldiers

Other

Academia

Business

Economics

Science and technology

Astronauts

Engineering and science

Mathematics and physics

Many prominent scientists, most famously Albert Einstein, worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, a research facility in Princeton, New Jersey not formally associated with the University but closely linked to it.

Literature

Pulitzer Prize winners

Sports

Journalism

Entertainment

Art and architecture

Other

Fictional

See also: Princeton University: In fiction

(in alphabetical order by title name)

Notable Princeton professors

Architecture

Economics and business

Government, law, and public policy

Art, Literature, and Humanities

Math and science

Engineering

References

  1. ^ Biographical excerpt from "A Princeton Companion" by Alexander Leitch
  2. ^ Biography from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  3. ^ Official biography from the government of Jordan
  4. ^ Biographical entry from the Biography Channel
  5. ^ Biographical entry at CNN's "Cold War Experience"
  6. ^ Biographical entry at the Nobel Prize organization
  7. ^ Robert Stockton Green, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
  8. ^ a b Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  9. ^ George Houston Brown, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 1, 2007.
  10. ^ Charles Browne, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 1, 2007.
  11. ^ Samuel Fowler, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 4, 2007.
  12. ^ Henry Schenck Harris, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 3, 2007.
  13. ^ Charles Robert Howell, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 10, 2007.
  14. ^ Ira Wells Wood, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 6, 2007.
  15. ^ Benjamin H. Brewster (1882 - 1885): Attorney General, Miller Center of Public Affairs. Accessed November 27, 2007.
  16. ^ Stuart Rabner: State Attorney General, State of New Jersey. Accessed September 20, 2007. "Rabner grew up in Passaic and was graduated summa cum laude in 1982 from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University."
  17. ^ Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  18. ^ Biography entry from the United States Treasury website
  19. ^ Biographical entry from the United States Treasury website
  20. ^ Biographical entry from American National Biography Online (login required).
  21. ^ "Matthew Boxer". State of New Jersey. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  22. ^ Colonel E. Lester Jones, NOAA. Accessed December 20, 2007. "Later he matriculated to Princeton University in the Class 1898, from which institution he received the Bachelor of Arts Degree."
  23. ^ "Professor Mike Archer - Profile". UNSW Faculty of Science. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  24. ^ "Dr. James Creese Drexel President". New York Times. February 10, 1966. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  25. ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "Carl F. Hovde, Former Columbia Dean, Dies at 82", The New York Times, September 10, 2009. Accessed September 11, 2009.
  26. ^ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187237,00.html Mike Brown, Pluto's Worst Nightmare] article by Michael D. Lemonick in TIME Magazine, May 8, 2006
  27. ^ A Pulitzer Biography, interview from the News Hour with Jim Lehrer April 23, 1999
  28. ^ Biography entry at the Pulitzer organization
  29. ^ Obituary from the Associated Press, entitled "George Kennan, celebrated historian, dies at 101", March 18, 2005
  30. ^ Biographical entry at the Encyclopedia Britannica
  31. ^ Biographical entry at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
  32. ^ Biographical entry at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
  33. ^ Biographical entry at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
  34. ^ Biographical entry at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
  35. ^ The Pulitzer Prizes for 1918 at Pulitzer organization
  36. ^ Epstein, Jennifer (2006-10-05). "A Man of the Times". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  37. ^ Frank Deford: All in the Game, The Washington Post, April 23, 2006
  38. ^ Los Angeles Times
  39. ^ Profile at the official website of 24 at Fox
  40. ^ A Brilliant Madness companion website for the PBS American Experience historical series.
  41. ^ Movie review in the New York Times entitled "Shattered Pieces of a Glass Slipper: A San Fernando Valley 'Cinderella'" by Stephen Holden, July 16, 2004: "Outside school, Cinderella and the Prince have already fallen in cyber-love. The sweethearts spend hours billing and cooing via instant messages on the Internet, where Samantha goes by the name of Princeton Girl but refuses to divulge her true identity. Princeton, you see, is the movie's equivalent of Happily Ever After."
  42. ^ Movie review in Rolling Stone magazine by Peter Travers:"Bruce later dumps Princeton and his virginal Rachel (Katie Holmes -- OK, Tom Cruise, start raving) and heads for the Himalayas to toughen up".
  43. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/
  44. ^ Allmovie by Hal Erickson at the New York Times
  45. ^ Everwood official website synopsis, Episode "Acceptance" (Season 3, Episode 64)
  46. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379865/
  47. ^ [1]
  48. ^ South Park episode "Volcano" (Season 1, Episode 2), Daniels says: "Don't you think I know that? How dare you insult my intellect, I went to Princeton for God's sake! You get out of my office!"
  49. ^ Entry at TVLand
  50. ^ The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "I, done", part 2 (series finale) Season 6, Episode Number 148
  51. ^ Movie review in Entertainment Weekly by Scott Brown, posted August 11, 2004: "In Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement Mia, having graduated Princeton in poli sci, is now off to rule Euro Disney, er, Genovia."
  52. ^ The Simpsons, episode "Brother from another series" (Season 8, Episode 160): Sideshow Bob: "Oh, come now! You wanted to be Krusty's sidekick since you were five! What about the buffoon lessons? The four years at Clown College?" Cecil: "I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way."
  53. ^ From the movie, Mary : "There was this guy back in college who was bothering me...got kind of ugly--a restraining order, the whole bit. Anyway, when I got out of Princeton I changed my name as a precaution."
  54. ^ From the movie, one friend says "Loser? Woogie was all-state football and basketball and valedictorian of his class", and another follows with "I heard he got a scholarship to Princeton but he's going to Europe first to model."
  55. ^ In the movie, Herbert Greenleaf says: "I see you were at Princeton. Then you'll most likely know our son, Dick. Dickie Greenleaf".
  56. ^ Ripley meets Dickie, and says "It's Tom. Tom Ripley. We were at Princeton together."
  57. ^ Episode 406, "Game On", in which Seaborn says "I'm a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton and editor of the Duke Law Review. Tell her I've worked for Congressmen and the D-triple-C."
  58. ^ Book synopsis of the 75th anniversary edition at Publishers Weekly (January 30, 1995): "Fitzgerald's first novel, about a coterie of Princeton socialites, appears in a 75th anniversary edition."
  59. ^ From the book, "Amory had decided definitely on Princeton, even though he would be the only boy entering that year from St. Regis'."
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