List of Harvard University people
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This is a table of famous people affiliated with Harvard University, including graduates, former students, and professors. For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University.
Seven Presidents of the United States have graduated from the halls of Harvard University. These include (John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt). Rutherford B. Hayes and George W. Bush graduated from the highly respected law and business schools, respectively. Bill Gates, the world's wealthiest person as of 2004, attended Harvard College but did not graduate. Some fifty Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University.
NNDB has a similar list, but with an emphasis on current fame, rather than historical significance.
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A
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| John Abizaid (born 1951) | United States Central Command commander | M.A. 1981 |
| Spencer Abraham (born 1952) | United States Secretary of Energy, United States Senator | Law School 1979 |
| Anibal Acevedo Vila (1962-) | Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; US Congressman | Law School (LLM) 1987 |
| Dean Acheson (1893-1971) | United States Secretary of State | Law School 1918 |
| Charles Francis Adams (1866) (1866-1954) | United States Secretary of the Navy | College 1888; Law School 1892 |
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915) | President of Union Pacific Railroad | College 1856 |
| Henry Adams (1838-1918) | Historian; novelist | College 1858; Professor |
| John Adams (1735-1826) | President of the United States | College 1755 |
| John Coolidge Adams (born 1947) | Composer | College 1969; M.A. 1971 |
| John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) | President of the United States | College 1787 |
| Roger Adams (1889-1971) | Pioneering organic chemist | College 1909, Graduate school 1912 |
| Samuel Adams (1722-1803) | Organizer of Boston Tea Party | College 1740; M.A. 1743 |
| Mahidol Adulyadej (1892-1929) | Prince of Thailand, father of present king Bhumibol Adulyadej | C.P.H. 1921; Medical School (M.D.) 1928 |
| James Agee (1909-1955) | Novelist, screenwriter | College 1932 |
| Esko Aho (born 1954) | Prime Minister of Finland (1991-1995) | "Sabbatical leave" of one year to lecture at Harvard University in 2000 |
| Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) | Novelist | College 1852 |
| Amerie | R&B/Pop Singer | Law School 2009 |
| John Anderson (born 1922) | U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Congressman | Law School 1949 |
| Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) | Composer | College; M.A. 1930 |
| Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) | Film director and screenwriter | College 1991 |
| Kenneth Arrow (born 1921) | Economist; Nobel Prize winner | Professor (1968-1979) |
| John Ashbery (born 1927) | Poet | College 1949 |
| John Ashbrook (1928-1982) | U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Congressman | College 1952 |
| Margaret Atwood (born 1929) | Novelist | Radcliffe M.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1967 |
B
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Babbitt (born 1938) | United States Secretary of the Interior, Governor of Arizona | Law School 1965 |
| F. Lee Bailey (born 1933) | Lawyer | Attended College, did not graduate |
| John Bailey (born 1904)) | Chairman of the Democratic National Committee | Law School |
| Bernard Bailyn (born 1922) | Historian | Ph.D. 1953; Professor (1961-) |
| James Gilbert Baker (born 1914) | Astronomer and optician | Ph.D. 1942 |
| Ragavendra R Baliga | Author and cardiologist, Ohio State University | Harvard Medical School 1995-1997 |
| Steve Ballmer (born 1956) | President and CEO of Microsoft | College 1977; gave mother's maiden name to Maxwell Dworkin Hall |
| Mohammad Sadegh Bahrami (born 1957) | Iranian Secretary of Energy | Ph.D. in Political Science |
| Alfred Barr (1902-1981) | Art historian; founding director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City | Ph.D. 1946 |
| Ron Bass (born 1942) | Screenwriter | Law School 1967 |
| Peter Benchley (born 1940) | Novelist | College 1961 |
| Robert Benchley (1889-1945) | Comedian | College 1912 |
| William Bennett (born 1943) | United States Secretary of Education, activist | Law School 1971 |
| William Berenberg (1915-2005) | Professor of pediatrics, physician | College 1936, professor |
| John Berendt (born 1939) | Writer | College 1961 |
| Richard E. Berendzen (born 1938) | President, The American University | Ph.D. 1967 |
| Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) | Art historian | College 1887 |
| Sandy Berger (born 1945) | United States National Security Advisor | Law School 1971 |
| Ben Bernanke (born 1953) | Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve | College 1975 |
| Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) | Composer | College 1939 |
| Michael Beschloss (born 1955) | Historian | Business School 1980 |
| Theodore C. Bestor | Anthropologist | Professor |
| David Bevington (??-) | Scholar | Ph.D. 1958 |
| Benazir Bhutto (born 1953) | Prime Minister of Pakistan | College 1973 |
| Francis Biddle (1886-1968) | United States Attorney General | College 1909; Law School 1911 |
| Jeff Bingaman (born 1943) | United States Senator | College 1965 |
| Matt Birk (born 1976) | 4-time Pro Bowl NFL Center | College 1998 |
| Harry Blackmun (1908-1999) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | College 1929; Law School 1932 |
| James Blake (1979 -) | Top-ten Tennis professional | Attended College, but did not graduate |
| Lloyd Blankfein | CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs | College, Law School |
| Michael Bloomberg (born 1942) | Mayor of New York City | Business School 1966 |
| Richard Blumenthal | Attorney General of Connecticut | College |
| Robert Bly (born 1926) | Poet | College 1950 |
| John Boswell (1947-1994) | Historian of homosexual history | Ph.D. 1975 |
| John Brademas (born 1927) | U.S. House Majority Whip | College 1949 |
| Ben Bradlee (born 1921) | Washington Post managing editor during Watergate Scandal | College 1944 |
| Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930) | United States Secretary of the Treasury | Business School 1954 |
| Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1877 |
| Phil Bredesen (born 1943) | Governor of Tennessee | College 1967 |
| L. Paul Bremer (born 1941) | Ambassador | Business School 1966 |
| William J. Brennan (1906-1997) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1931 |
| Amy Brenneman (born 1964) | Actress | College 1987 |
| Stephen Breyer (born 1938) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1964 |
| Dan Bricklin (born 1951) | Creator of VisiCalc | Business School 1979 |
| Harold Brodkey (1930-1996) | Novelist | College 1952 |
| James Brown (born 1951) | Sportscaster | College 1973 |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski (born 1928) | United States National Security Advisor | Ph.D. 1953 |
| Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844) | Architect | College 1781 |
| Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) | Mythologist | College 1814 |
| Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) | Diplomat; Nobel Prize winner (1950) | A.M. 1928; Ph.D. 1934 |
| William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) | Writer | College 1936 |
| George W. Bush (born 1946) | President of the United States | Business School 1975 |
C
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Caddell (??-) | Pollster | College 1972 |
| Ethan Canin (born 1960) | Author | Medical School 1989 |
| Andrew Card (born 1947) | White House Chief of Staff (G.W. Bush) | Attended KSG |
| Diane Cardwell | New York Times reporter | College 1987 |
| Frank Carlucci (born 1930) | United States Secretary of Defense | Attended Business School, did not graduate |
| Elliot Carter (born 1908) | Composer | College 1932 |
| Doug Carlston | Co-founder of Brøderbund Software, publisher of popular computer games | College 1970, Law School 1975 |
| Stockard Channing (born 1944) | Actress | Radcliffe 1965 |
| William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) | Unitarian leader | College 1798 |
| Elaine Chao (born 1953) | United States Secretary of Labor | Business School 1979 |
| Jason S. Chen (born 1979) | The Scripps Research Institute | College, Chemistry 2001 |
| Michael Chertoff (born 1953) | United States Secretary of Homeland Security | College 1975; Law School 1978 |
| Christopher Chetsanga (born 1935) | DNA expert, discovered two repair enzymes | Post Doctoral Fellow 1969 |
| P. Chidambaram | Finance Minister of India | Law School |
| Jacques Chirac (born 1932) | President of France | Attended Summer School in 1953 |
| William Christie (born 1944) | Conductor | College 1966 |
| Henry Cisneros (born 1947) | United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | KSG 1973 |
| Richard Clarke (born 1951) | Diplomat; counterterrorism expert | Faculty |
| Kim B. Clark (??) | Economist; | College 1974; M.A. 1977; Ph.D. 1978; Dean of business school 1995-2005 |
| Rob Cohen (born 1949) | Film director, screenwriter | College 1971 |
| Stephen Cook (??-) | Computer scientist | M.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1966 |
| Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) | Journalist, broadcaster | Visiting graduate student |
| Yvette Cooper (1969-) | Politician, Member of British Parliament | Kennedy Scholar 1991 |
| Don Coppersmith (??-) | Computer scientist | M.S. 1975; Ph.D. 1977 |
| Steven R. Covey (??-) | Author and self-help guru, | Business school 1975 |
| Elias J. Corey (born 1928) | Chemist; Nobel Prize winner | Professor |
| Leda Cosmides (born 1957) | Evolutionary psychologist | College 1979; Ph.D 1985 |
| Archibald Cox (1912-2004) | Special prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal | College 1934; Law School 1937 |
| Chris Cox (born 1952) | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman | Business School 1977; Law School 1977 |
| James Cramer (born 1955) | Television host | College 1977; Law School 1984 |
| Michael Crichton (born 1942) | Novelist, best known for Jurassic Park and the television series ER | College 1964; Medical School 1969 |
| Hardy Cross | Civil engineer | MCE 1911 |
| Lindsay Crouse (born 1948) | Actress | Radcliffe 1970 |
| e. e. cummings (1894-1962) | Poet | College 1915; M.A. 1916 |
| Rivers Cuomo (born 1970) | Singer of band Weezer | Recently completed college, English and American Literature (originally dropped out) |
D
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Damon (born 1970) | Actor | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Donald Davidson (1917-2003) | Philosopher | Ph.D. |
| Lawrence "Crash" Davis (1919-2001) | Inspiration for Bull Durham | Baseball coach (1943-1945) |
| Paul de Man (1919-1983) | literary critic | Ph.D. 1960 |
| Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) | Law scholar, pro-Israel activist | Professor (1964-) |
| C. Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) | United States Secretary of the Treasury | College 1931 |
| E. J. Dionne (born 1952) | Washington Post columnist | College 1973 |
| Lou Dobbs (born 1945) | Television host | College 1967 |
| Elizabeth Dole (born 1936) | United States Senator | M.A. 1960; Law School 1965 |
| Ted Donato (born 1969) | NHL player, Head hockey coach (2005-) | College 1991 |
| R. Bruce Donoff (born 1951) | Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Dental school 1967; medical school 1973 |
| John dos Passos (1896-1970) | Novelist | College 1916 |
| Paul Douglas (1892-1976) | United States Senator | Attended Graduate School, did not graduate |
| George Downing (c. 1624-1684) | English soldier-diplomat | College 1640s |
| Jim Doyle (born 1945) | Governor of Wisconsin | Law School 1972 |
| E.B. Dreyer (born 1957) | Ophthalmology scientist; glaucoma scholar | Medical school 1984, Ph.D. 1984 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) | Civil rights leader; African American studies scholar | College 1890; M.A. 1891; Ph.D. 1895 |
| Michael Dukakis (born 1933) | 1988 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, Governor of Massachusetts | Law School 1960 |
| Pierre S. du Pont, IV (born 1935) | U.S. presidential candidate, Governor of Delaware | Law School 1963 |
| Christopher Durang (born 1949) | Playwright | College 1971 |
E
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Eager (1911-1964) | Writer of children's literature | College c. 1932 |
| Thomas Eagleton (born 1929) | 1972 Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee, United States Senator | Law School 1953 |
| Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj (Elbegdorj Tsakhia) (born 1963) | leader of non-violent revolution that brought democracy to Mongolia, two time Prime Minister of Mongolia, three time Member of Parliament | Kennedy School of Government M.P.A. 2002 |
| T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) | Poet | College 1909; M.A. 1910; Ph.D. 1914 |
| Noam Elkies (born 1966) | Mathematician | M.A. 1986; Ph.D. 1987; professor (1990-) |
| Daniel Ellsberg (born 1931) | Leaker of the Pentagon Papers | College 1952; Ph.D. 1963 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) | Writer | College 1821; gave name to Emerson Hall |
| Sam Ervin (1896-1985) | United States Senator | Law School 1922 |
| Edward Everett (1794-1865) | United States Secretary of State | College 1811; M.A. 1814 |
F
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| John K. Fairbank (1907-1991) | East Asian scholar | College 1929 |
| James Fallows (born 1949) | Journalist | College 1970 |
| Susan Faludi (born 1959) | Author | College 1981 |
| Paul Farmer (born 1959) | Founder of Partners in Health | Medical School 1988 PhD in Anthropology 1990 |
| Denise Faustman | Medical doctor and pioneer in diabetes research | Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Russ Feingold (born 1953) | United States Senator | Law School 1979 |
| Douglas Feith (born 1953) | U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy | College 1975 |
| Martin Feldstein (born 1939) | Economist | College 1961; professor |
| Rabab Fetieh (born 1954) | First Saudi Arabian female orthodontist | School of Dental Medicine 1987 |
| Niall Ferguson (born 1964) | Historian | Professor 2005-present |
| Patrick Fitzgerald (born 1961) | Special Prosecutor in the Plame affair, United States Attorney | Law School 1985 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick (born 1982) | NFL quarterback | College 2005 |
| John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950) | Poet and philosopher | College (Attended 1903-1907, but did not finish) |
| Abigail Folger (1943-1969) | Heiress and murder victim | College 1967 |
| Jonathan Frakes (born 1952) | Actor | College (Master's degree) |
| Barney Frank (born 1940) | U.S. Congressman | College 1962; Law School 1977 |
| Al Franken (born 1955) | Comedian | College 1973 |
| Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1906 |
| Bill Frist (born 1952) | United States Senator, Majority Leader | Medical School 1978 |
| Robert Frost (1874-1963) | Poet | Attended College (1897-1899), did not graduate; awarded an honorary degree in 1937 |
| Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) | Designer, Architect | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Victor Fung (born 1944) | Businessman & chairman of Hong Kong Airport Authority | Ph.D. in Economics 1972 |
G
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| William Gaddis (1922-1998) | Novelist | Attended College, did not graduate |
| John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) | Canadian-American Keynesian Economist | Professor |
| William H. Gates (born 1955) | Co-founder of Microsoft; as of 2006, wealthiest person in the world | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950) | African American studies scholar | Professor |
| Frank Gehry (born 1929) | Architect | Attended Design School, did not graduate |
| David Gergen (born 1942) | Advisor to four U.S. presidents | Law School 1967 |
| Robert P. George | McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, author | Law and Divinity School |
| Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) | Vice President of the United States | College 1762 |
| John Gidding (born 1977) | Actor, Architect | Graduate School of Design 2003 |
| Daniel Gilbert | Social psychologist | Professor at the Department of Psychology |
| Walter Gilbert (born 1932) | Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner | College; professor |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born 1933) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Attended Law School, later transferred |
| Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932) | Physicist; Nobel Prize winner | Ph.D. 1959; professor |
| Roy J. Glauber | Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner | Ph.D. |
| Daniel Goldhagen (born 1959) | Political scientist; controversial author of Hitler's Willing Executioners | Ph.D. recipient, previously an Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies |
| Alberto Gonzales (born 1955) | Attorney General of the United States | Law School 1982 |
| Ellen Goodman (born 1941) | Boston Globe columnist | Racliffe 1963 |
| Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) | Philosopher | |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) | Historian, author | Ph.D. 1968 |
| Richard Goodwin (born 1931) | Speechwriter for Kennedy and Johnson administrations, author | Law |
| Al Gore (born 1948) | Vice President of the United States | College 1969 |
| Jamie Gorelick (born 1950) | Member of 9/11 Commission | College 1972; Law School 1975 |
| Edward Gorey (1925-2000) | Illustrator | College 1950 |
| Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) | Biologist | Professor |
| Bob Graham (born 1936) | United States Senator, Governor of Florida | Law School 1962 |
| Donald Graham (born 1945) | The Washington Post Company chairman and CEO | College 1966 |
| Paul Graham (born 1964) | Computer programmer and essayist | M.S. 1988 Ph.D. 1990 |
| Fred Grandy (born 1948) | Actor, politician | College 1970 |
| Jennifer Granholm (born 1959) | Governor of Michigan | Law School 1987 |
| Clifton D. Gray (1875-1944) | President of Bates College | College 1897 |
| Milton Green (1913-2005) | Runner, former world recorder holder in hurdles | College |
| Brian Greene (born 1963) | Famous in the world of String Theory. Columbia University Professor | College 1984 |
| Andre Gregory (born 1934) | Theatre director, actor | College 1956 |
| Walter Gropius (1883-1969) | Architect | Professor; dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| Fred Gwynne (1926-1993) | Actor | College 1951 |
H
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| John Hagelin (born 1954) | Third-party presidential candidate | Ph.D. 1981 |
| David Halberstam (born 1934) | Author | College 1955 |
| G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) | First president of APA and Clark University | Ph.D. 1878 |
| John Hancock (1737-1793) | President of the Continental Congress | College 1754 |
| John Harbison (born 1938) | Composer | College 1960 |
| David C. Hardesty | President of West Virginia University | J.D. 1973 |
| Katherine Harris (born 1957) | U.S. Congresswoman, Florida Secretary of State during the state's recount in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election | KSG 1997 [1] |
| Trip Hawkins (born 1953) | Founder of Electronic Arts and the 3DO Company | College |
| Rutherford Hayes (1822-1893) | President of the United States | Law School 1845 |
| Kerry Healey (1960-) | Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | College 1982 |
| William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) | Newspaper magnate | Attended College, did not graduate |
| H. John Heinz (1938-1991) | United States Senator | Business School 1963 |
| Mark Helprin (born 1947) | Writer | College, Graduate School |
| Bruce Henderson (1915-1992) | Founder of the Boston Consulting Group | Attended Business School, did not graduate |
| Dudley R. Herschbach (born 1932) | Chemist; Nobel Prize winner | Professor |
| Christian Herter (1895-1966) | United States Secretary of State | College 1915 |
| Alger Hiss (1904-1996) | Accused of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union | Law School 1929 |
| Fred Ho (1957-) | Jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader | Sociology 1979 |
| Donald Hodel (born 1935) | United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Secretary of Energy | College 1957 |
| Blair Hornstine (born 1984) | Teenager who sued to be sole valedictorian of high school | Unsuccessful applicant |
| Heisuke Hironaka (1931-) | Mathematician; Fields Medal winner | Ph.D. 1960 |
| Peter Hughes (born 1956) | Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand, | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) | Poet, physician | College; Ph.D. 1836; professor |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | College 1861; Law School 1866 |
| Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz | Historian | Ph.D.; professor |
| Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) | Jurist | Law School 1922 and 1923 |
| Rafael Hui (1948-) | Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong | MPA 1983 |
| Josephine Hull (1886-1957) | Actress | Radcliffe 1899 |
| Samuel P. Huntington (born 1927) | Political scientist | Ph.D. 1951; professor |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Ignatieff (born 1947) | Canadian scholar, professor & author, Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Parliament | Ph.D. in History 1976 |
| Walter Isaacson (born 1952) | Former CNN chairman and CEO | College 1974 |
| Uzodinma Iweala (born 1982) | Author | College 2004 |
J
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jaggar | Geologist, founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory | College 1897 |
| Henry James (1843-1916) | Novelist | Attended Law School, did not graduate |
| William James (1842-1910) | Philosopher; psychologist | Medical School 1869; gave name to William James Hall |
| James Jeffords (born 1934) | United States Senator | Law School 1962 |
| William Jeffrey | 13th Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Nancy Johnson (politician) (born 1935) | member of the US House of Representatives for Connecticut | Radcliffe |
| Philip Johnson (born 1906) | Architect | College 1930 |
| Bobby Jones (1902-1971) | Golfer | College 1924 |
| Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. (born 1946) | Washington Post publisher and CEO | College 1968; Law School 1974 |
| Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) | Actor | College 1969 |
K
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Kaczynski (born 1942) | Unabomber terrorist | College 1962 |
| Philip Kaufman (born 1936) | Film director, screenwriter | Attended Law School, did not graduate |
| Helen Keller (1880-1968) | Deafblind author, activist, and lecturer | Radcliffe 1904 |
| Anthony Kennedy (born 1936) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1961 |
| Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (born 1957) | Writer; daughter of John F. Kennedy | Radcliffe 1980 |
| Edward Kennedy (born 1932) | United States Senator | College 1956 |
| John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) | President of the United States | College 1940; gave name to Kennedy School of Government |
| Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) | Kennedy political family patriarch | College 1912 |
| Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) | United States Senator, U.S. Attorney General | College 1948 |
| Douglas Kenney (1947-1980) | Humorist, screenwriter | College 1968 |
| Alan Keyes (born 1950) | U.S. presidential candidate and Senatorial candidate | College 1972; Ph.D. 1979 |
| Karim Aga Khan IV (born 1936) | Spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili branch of Islam | College 1959 |
| Jeff Kindler | CEO of Pfizer | Law School 1980 |
| Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956) | Sexologist | Sc.D. 1919 |
| Michael Kinsley (born 1951) | Journalist | College 1972; Law School 1977 |
| Henry Kissinger (born 1923) | United States Secretary of State, National Security Advisor | College 1950; M.A. 1952; Ph.D. 1954; Professor 1957 |
| Richard Kleindienst (1923-2000) | United States Attorney General | College 1947; Law School 1950 |
| Howard Koh (born 1952) | Physician | Professor, Harvard School of Public Health |
| Herbert Kohl (born 1935) | United States Senator | Business School 1958 |
| Alan Kreider (born 1941) | formerly Director, Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, University of Oxford | A.M. (1965), Ph.D. (1971), Travelling Fellow (1966-67) |
| Saul Kripke (born 1940) | Philosopher | College; Society of Fellows |
| Nicholas D. Kristof (born 1959) | New York Times columnist | College 1981 |
| William Kristol (born 1952) | Editor of The Weekly Standard | College 1973; Ph.D. 1979 |
| Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922-1996) | Philosopher and historian of science | College 1943; M.A. 1946; Ph.D. 1949 |
| Maxine Kumin (born 1925) | Poet | College 1946; M.A. 1948 |
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| Name | Known for |
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|---|---|---|
| Philip Lader (born ?) | United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | Law School |
| Anthony Lake (born 1939) | United States National Security Advisor | College 1961 |
| Corliss Lamont (1905-1995) | ACLU director, humanist author | College 1924, professor |
| Edwin Land (1909-1991) | Inventor | Attended College, did not graduate |
| George Martin Lane (1823-1897) | Classical scholar | Professor (1869-1894) |
| Jim Langevin (born 1964) | member of the US House of Representatives for Rhode Island | Kennedy School |
| Bernard Cardinal Law (born 1931) | Archbishop of Boston during the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal | College 1953 |
| Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) | Novelist | Radcliffe 1951 |
| Timothy Leary (1920-1996) | Writer; psychologist; LSD guru | Professor (1959-1963) |
| Chas Lee (born 1971) | Embezzler | College 1993 |
| Lee Hsien Loong (born 1952) | Current Prime Minister of Singapore | MPA Kennedy School of Government 1980 |
| Tom Lehrer (born 1928) | Satirist; Mathematician; Singer | College 1946; M.A. 1947 |
| Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) | Actor | College 1947 |
| Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) | Lyricist, librettist | College 1940 |
| Carl Levin (born 1934) | United States Senator | Law School (1959) |
| Anthony Lewis (born 1927) | New York Times columnist | College 1948 |
| David Lewis (1941-2001) | Philosopher | Ph.D. |
| Lawrence B. Lindsey (born 1954) | Economist | M.A. 1981; Ph.D. 1985 |
| John Lithgow (born 1945) | Actor | College 1967 |
| Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985) | 1960 Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. | College 1924 |
| John Loeb (1902-1996) | Financier | College 1924 |
| Donal Logue (born 1966) | Actor | College 1989 |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) | Poet | Professor (1834-1854) |
| Alan Lomax (1915-2002) | Musicologist | Attended College (1932-1933), did not graduate |
| John Lomax (1867-1948) | Musicologist | Visiting student (1907) |
| Joseph Losey (1909-1984) | Film director | A.M. |
| James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) | Poet, abolitionist | College 1838 |
| Robert Lowell (1917-1977) | Poet | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Alison Lurie (born 1926) | Novelist | Radcliffe 1947 |
| John Lynch (born 1952) | Governor of New Hampshire | Business School 1979 |
M
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955) | cellist | College 1976 |
| Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) | Poet, writer | Law School 1919 |
| Holbrook Mann MacNeille (1907-1973) | Mathematician | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1935 |
| Nabiel Makarim (born 1945) | Indonesian Environmental Minister | John F. Kennedy School of Government 1984 |
| Norman Mailer (born 1923) | Novelist | College 1943 |
| Terrence Malick (born 1943) | Film director, screenwriter | College 1966 |
| N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958) | Economist | Professor |
| Harvey Mansfield | William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University | Professor |
| Ehsan Maraghi (born 1946) | Dean of Tehran University | M.B.A. Harvard School of Business Management |
| Julián Marías (1914-2005) | Philosopher and author | Professor |
| Richard Marius (1933-1999) | Reformation historian and author | Professor |
| Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston (born 1893) | co-creator of the comic book character, Wonder Woman | Radcliffe College, M.A. 1921 |
| Roger Martin (born 1956) | Dean of University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business | M.B.A. 1978 |
| Cotton Mather (1663-1728) | Minister, author | College 1678, M.A. 1681 |
| Increase Mather (1639-1723) | Clergyman | College 1656 |
| Jim Matheson (born 1960) | Congressman from Utah | College |
| Thom Mayne (born 1944) | Architect; Pritzker Prize winner | School of Design 1978 |
| Anne McCaffrey (born 1926) | Novelist | Radcliffe 1947 |
| Neil H. McElroy (1904-1972) | United States Secretary of Defense | College 1925 |
| Jim McGreevey (born 1957) | Governor of New Jersey | GSE 1982 |
| Malcolm McKesson (1909-1999) | Outsider artist | College 1933 |
| Robert McNamara (born 1916) | United States Secretary of Defense | Business School 1939 |
| Scott McNealy (born 1954) | Co-founder and chairman of Sun Microsystems | College |
| Ken Mehlman (born 1967) | Chairman of the Republican National Committee | Law School 1991 |
| Robert Merton (born 1944) | Economist; Nobel Prize winner | Professor, Harvard Business School |
| Tom Mesereau (born 1950) | Criminal defense attorney | College 1973 |
| Marvin Minsky (born 1927) | Computer scientist | College 1950 |
| David Miller (born 1958) | Mayor of Toronto | College |
| David Monahan (born 1971) | Actor | College |
| Tom Morello (born 1964) | Lead guitarist of the band Audioslave; ex-lead guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine; Political activist | College 1986 |
| David Morgan (born 1947) | CEO of Westpac | Ph.D |
| Sylvanus G. Morley (1883-1948) | Mayanist scholar and archaeologist | College 1908 |
| Robert Tappan Morris (born 1965) | CS professor at MIT, creator of the first computer worm | College 1987; M.S. 1993; Ph.D. Applied Sciences 1999 |
| David Mumford (born 1937) | Mathematician; Fields Medal winner | College 1957; Ph.D. 1961 |
| James Murdoch (born 1972) | British Sky Broadcasting CEO | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Charles Murray (born 1943) | Writer | College 1965 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitri Nabokov (born 1934) | Opera singer, son of Vladamir Nabokov | College 1955 |
| Ralph Nader (born 1934) | Public advocate | Law School 1958 |
| Mira Nair (born 1957) | Film director | College 1979 |
| José Ángel Navarro (1828–1876) | Early Hispanic Texas Legislator (1857–1863) | College 1850 |
| Ogden Nash (1902-1971) | Poet | Attended College (1920-21), did not graduate |
| Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) | Poet | College 1941 |
| Grover Norquist (born 1956) | Activist | College 1978; Business School 1981 |
| Christopher Nowinski (born 1978) | Professional wrestler | College 2000 |
| Robert Nozick (1938-2002) | Libertarian philosopher | Professor |
O
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama (born 1961) | United States Senator | Law School 1991 |
| Conan O'Brien (born 1963) | Talk show host | College 1985 |
| Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) | Television host | College, did not graduate |
| Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) | Poet | College 1950 |
| Thomas Oliphant | Boston Globe columnist | College 1967 |
| Stan O'Neal (?) | CEO and Chairman of Merrill Lynch | Business School |
| Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) | Playwright | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954) | Minister of Finance of Nigeria | College 1981 |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) | Physicist, "father of the atomic bomb" | College 1925 |
| Bill O'Reilly (born 1949) | Journalist and commentator | KSG 1996 |
| Tim O'Reilly (??-) | Founder of O'Reilly Media | College 1975 |
| James Otis (1725-1783) | Lawyer influential in American Revolution | College 1743; M.A. 1746 |
| Masako Owada (born 1963) | Crown Princess of Japan | College 1985 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Theodore Parker (1810-1860) | Unitarian leader | Divinity School |
| Francis Parkman (1823-1898) | Historian | Law School |
| George Parkman (1790-1849) | Physician | Medical School |
| Milman Parry (??-1935) | Scholar of the classics and folklore | Professor |
| I. M. Pei (born 1917) | Architect | Design School 1946 |
| Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880) | Mathematician | College 1829; professor |
| Charles Peirce (1839-1914) | Philosopher; Mathematician | College 1859 |
| Claude Pepper (1900-1989) | United States Senator, U.S. Congressman | Law School 1924 |
| Charles F. Phillips (born 1909) | Economist, president of Bates College | Ph.D. - Graduate School |
| Frank R. Pierson (born 1925) | Screenwriter, film director | College 1950 |
| Steven Pinker (born 1954) | Psychologist | Ph.D. 1979; professor (2003-) |
| George Plimpton (1927-2003) | Journalist; actor | College 1948 |
| Cole Porter (1891-1964) | Composer | Attended Law and Graduate Schools, did not graduate |
| Natalie Portman (born 1981) | Actress | College 2003 |
| William Proxmire (1915-2005) | United States Senator | Business School 1940; M.A. 1949 |
| Alexander Pring-Wilson (born 1978) | Accused murderer | Attended graduate school, did not graduate |
| Robert Putnam (born 1941) | Political scientist | Professor |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Quillen (born 1940) | Mathematician; Fields Medal winner | College 1961; Ph.D. 1964 |
| W. V. Quine (1908-2000) | Philosopher; logician | Ph.D. 1932; professor (1956-2000) |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Raines (born 1949) | Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae | College 1971; Law School 1976 |
| Bonnie Raitt (born 1949) | Singer, songwriter | Attended Radcliffe, did not graduate |
| Norman F. Ramsey (born 1915) | Physicist; Nobel Prize winner | Professor |
| John Rawls (1921-2002) | Philosopher; political scientist | Professor |
| Joshua Redman (born 1969) | Jazz saxophonist | College 1991 |
| Sumner Redstone (born 1923) | Chairman and CEO of Viacom | College 1943; Law School 1947 |
| Jack Reed (born 1949) | United States Senator | KSG 1973; Law School 1982 |
| John Reed (1887-1920) | Journalist, activist | College 1910 |
| Donald Regan (1918-2003) | United States Secretary of the Treasury | College 1940 |
| Fred Reichheld | Author of bestselling business books | College 1974; Business School 1978 |
| William Rehnquist (1924-2005) | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | M.A. 1950 |
| Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990) | East Asian scholar | Ph.D. 1939; professor; gave name to Reischauer Institute |
| Janet Reno (born 1938) | United States Attorney General | Law School 1963 |
| Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) | President of South Korea | M.A. 1909 |
| Stuart A. Rice (born 1932) | Physical chemist at The University of Chicago | A.M., 1954; Ph.D., 1955 |
| Adrienne Rich (born 1929) | Poet | Radcliffe 1951 |
| Frank Rich (born 1949) | New York Times columnist | College 1971 |
| Elliot Richardson (1920-1999) | United States Secretary of Defense, United States Attorney General | College 1941, Law School 1947 |
| Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886) | Architect | College 1859 |
| Tom Ridge (born 1946) | United States Secretary of Homeland Security | College 1967 |
| Eden Riegel (born 1981) | Actress | Attended College (1998-2000), did not graduate |
| Michael Ritchie (1938-2001) | Film director | College 1960 |
| John Roberts (born 1955) | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | College 1976; Law School 1979 |
| Mo Rocca (born 1969) | Comedian | College 1991 |
| Jay Rockefeller (born 1937) | United States Senator | College 1961 |
| David Rockefeller (born 1916) | Banker; Philanthropist; Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank | College 1936 |
| Eduardo Rodríguez (born 1956) | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bolivia; Interim President of Bolivia | Law School |
| Mitt Romney (born 1947) | Governor of Massachusetts | Business School and Law School 1975 |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) | President of the United States | College 1904 |
| Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) | President of the United States | College 1880 |
| Josiah Royce (1855-1916) | Philosopher | Professor (1892-1914) |
| Robert E. Rubin (born 1938) | U.S. Treasury Secretary; Chairman, Citigroup | College 1960 |
| James R. Russell [2] | Professor and scholar; Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University | Professor (1993-) |
| Frederic Rzewski (born 1938) | Composer, pianist | College 1958 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Said (1935-2003) | Coined term Orientalism; Palestinian activist | M.A. ??; Ph.D. 1964 |
| Meredith Salenger (born 1970) | Actress | College 1992 |
| Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948) | President of Mexico, (1988-94) | M.P.A. 1973; Ph.D. 1978 |
| Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) | United States Senator | College 1914; Law School 1917 |
| Michael Sandel (??-) | Political scientist | Professor |
| George Santayana (1863-1952) | Philosopher | College 1886; Ph.D. 1889; professor |
| Francisco Santos (??-) | Vice President of Colombia | Extension School 1992 |
| Paul Sarbanes (born 1933) | United States Senator | Law School 1960 |
| Surakiart Sathirathai (born 1958) | Foreign Minister of Thailand | Law School; LL.M.; S.J.D. |
| Antonin Scalia (born 1936) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1960 |
| Elaine Scarry | Author | Professor of English and American Literature and Language, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value |
| Sydney Schanberg (born 1934) | Journalist | College 1955 |
| Phyllis Schlafly (born 1924) | Political activist | Graduate School 1945 |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888-1965) | Historian | Professor; gave name to Schlesinger Library |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (born 1917) | Historian, advisor to John F. Kennedy | College 1938; professor |
| Harrison Schmitt (born 1935) | Astronaut, United States Senator | Ph.D. 1964 |
| Bill Schneider | Journalist, political analyst | M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1972 |
| Pat Schroeder (born 1940) | U.S. Congresswoman | Law School 1964 |
| Charles Schumer (born 1950) | United States Senator | College 1971; Law School 1974 |
| Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) | Physicist; Nobel Prize winner (1965) | Professor |
| Pete Seeger (born 1919) | Songwriter, singer, activist | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Erich Segal (born 1937) | Author, screenwriter | College 1958; M.A. 1959; Ph.D. 1965 |
| Peter Sellars (??-) | Theater director | College 1980 |
| Amartya Sen (born 1933) | Economist; Nobel Prize winner (1998) | Professor |
| Irina Serbanescu (born 1971) | Plagiarist | Colleger 2003 |
| HM King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah (1945-2001) | Late King of Nepal | Attended for one year (1967) |
| Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) | Abolitionist, Union Army colonel | Attended College (1856-1859), did not graduate. |
| Wallace Shawn (born 1943) | Actor, playwright | College 1965 |
| Harry Shearer (born 1943) | Actor, writer | Attended Graduate School, did not graduate |
| Bob Shrum (born 1943) | Political consultant | Law School 1968 |
| Elisabeth Shue (born 1963) | Actress | College 2000 |
| Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President of Liberia | KSG |
| Jonathan Siegel (born 1962) | Professor of Law, George Washington University | College 1984 |
| Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953) | CEO of Enron | Business School 1979 |
| Burrhus F. Skinner (1904-1990) | behavioristic psychologist | Ph.D. 1931, Researcher till 1936, Professor since 1948 |
| Cordwainer Smith (1913-1966) | East Asian scholar; science fiction writer | Faculty |
| William French Smith (1917-1990) | United States Attorney General | Law School 1942 |
| Robert M. Solow (born 1924) | Economist; Nobel Prize winner (1987) | College 1947, Ph.D. 1951 |
| Maximo V. Soliven (born 1933) | Decorated Writer; Chevalier (knight) of the National Order of Merit. | Ph.D. 1951 |
| Susan Sontag (1933-2004) | Writer, activist | M.A. 1957 |
| Mira Sorvino (born 1967) | Actress | College 1990 |
| David Souter (born 1939) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | College 1961; Law School 1966 |
| Thomas Sowell (born 1930) | Writer, economist | College 1958 |
| Jared Sparks (1789-1866) | Historian | College 1819; professor (1838-1849) |
| Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) | New York Attorney General | Law School 1984 |
| Evan Sprecher (born 1984) | Massachusetts Jock, Ultimate Frisbee | College 2007 |
| Richard Stallman (born 1953) | Founder of the Free Software Foundation | College 1974 |
| David J. Steinberg | President of Long Island University | B.A., M.A., and Ph.D |
| Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) | Poet, novelist | Radcliffe 1897 |
| Theodore Steinbock (1952 - ) | Radiologist, author | College and Medical School |
| Ted Stevens (born 1923) | President pro tempore of the United States Senate | Law School 1950 |
| Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) | Poet | Special student (1897-1900), did not graduate |
| Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) | 1952 and 1956 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, Governor of Illinois | Attended Law School, did not graduate |
| Whit Stillman (born 1952) | Screenwriter, film director | College 1973 |
| Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) | United States Secretary of State, United States Secretary of War | M.A. 1889 |
| Andrew Sullivan (born 1963) | Blogger, journalist | M.A. 1986; Ph.D. 1990 |
| Lawrence Summers (born 1954) | Economist; United States Secretary of the Treasury; Chief Economist for the World Bank | Ph.D. 1982; President (2001-2006) |
| Charles Sumner (1811-1874) | United States Senator | College 1830; Law School 1833 |
| John E. Sununu (born 1964) | United States Senator | Business School 1991 |
| Taro Sugimura (born 1963) | Gakyukan CEO, PRESENCE CEO | Kennedy School 2003 |
| Nadav Safran (1925-2003) | An expert in Arab politics and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies | Professor |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Sinedu Tadesse (1974-1995) | Murderer | Attended college (1993-1995), did not graduate. |
| Robert Taft (1889-1953) | United States Senator | Law School 1913 |
| Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr. | Professor and scholar | Ph.D., 1974; professor (1972-) |
| Ernest Thayer (1863-1940) | Poet | College 1885 |
| Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born 1981) | Actor | Attended college (2001-2002), did not graduate. |
| Grant Thompson (??-) | Runner-up on second season of Dream Job, actor | College 1998 |
| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) | Journalist, philosopher, writer | College 1837 |
| James Toback (born 1944) | Film director and screenwriter | College 1966 |
| James Tobin (1918-2002) | Economist; Nobel Prize winner (1981) | College 1939 |
| John Tooby (?? --) | Anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist | Ph.D 1985 |
| Pat Toomey (born 1961) | Club for Growth president | College 1984 |
| Laurence Tribe (born 1941) | Lawyer | College 1962; Law School 1966; professor |
| Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) | Novelist and writer of short stories | College 1983 |
| Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000) | Prime Minister of Canada | M.A. 1945 |
| Jonathan Trumbull (1710-1785) | Politician | College 1727 |
| Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809) | Politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives | College 1759 |
| Donald Tsang (born 1944) | Politician, Chief Executive of Hong Kong | KSG 1982 |
| Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) | Historian | Radcliffe 1933; faculty |
| Scott Turow (born 1949) | Novelist, lawyer | Law School 1978 |
U
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Alvaro Uribe (born 1952) | President of Colombia | Extension School 1993 |
| John Updike (born 1932) | Writer | College 1954 |
V
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Valenti (born 1921) | President of the MPAA | Business School 1952 |
| Courtney B. Vance (born 1960) | Actor | College 1982 |
| Kaavya Viswanathan (born 1987) | Novelist, noted plagiarist | Currently undergrad; College 2008 |
| David Vitter (born 1961) | United States Senator | College 1983 |
| Paul Volcker (born 1927) | Chairman of the Federal Reserve | M.A. 1951 |
W
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Wallace (born 1947) | Television host | College 1969 |
| Mark Warner (born 1954) | Governor of Virginia, co-founder of Nextel | Law School 1980 |
| Samuel Warren (born 1852) | Attorney; law partner of Louis Brandeis | Law School 1877 |
| Alexander Watson | Ambassador, diplomat | College 1961 |
| James D. Watson (born 1928) | Molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner | Professor |
| John Weidman (??-) | Librettist | College 1968 |
| Andrew Weil (born 1942) | Medical writer | College 1964; Medical School 1968 |
| Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006) | United States Secretary of Defense | College 1938; Law School 1941 |
| William Weld (born 1945) | Governor of Massachusetts | College 1966; Law School 1970 |
| Cornel West (born 1953) | African American studies scholar | Professor (1993-2002) |
| Theodore White (1915-1986) | Journalist | College 1938 |
| William Lindsay White | Journalist | College 1924 |
| George Whitesides (born 1939) | Chemist | College 1960; University professor (1982-) |
| Harry Elkins Widener (1885-1912) | Harvard's Widener Library is named after him | College 1907 |
| Richard Wilbur (born 1921) | Poet | M.A. 1947; professor |
| Edward Osborne Wilson (born 1929) | Biologist | Ph.D. 1955; professor |
| Kenneth G. Wilson (born 1936) | Physicist; Nobel Prize winner | College 1956 |
| James Q. Wilson (born 1931) | Professor of public policy | Professor of Government-1961 to 1987 |
| Dave Winer (born 1955) | Software developer; early and still famous blogger | Fellow at HLS's Berkman Center for Internet and Society 2004 |
| John Winthrop (1714-1779) | Astronomer; Mathematician | College 1732; professor |
| Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) | Novelist | M.A. 1922 |
| James Wolfensohn (1933-) | Ninth President of the World Bank | Business School 1959 |
| Henry Austryn Wolfson (1887-1974) | Philosopher | Ph.D.; professor |
| Charles W. Woodworth (1865-1940) | Entomologist; Founder UCB's Entomology Department | Grad. Student, Researcher (1886-1888), (1900-1901) |
| Chauncey Wright (1830-1875) | Mathematician, philosopher, professor | College 1852 |
| Elizabeth Wurtzel (born 1967) | Writer | College 1989 |
| Paul Wylie (born 1964) | Figure skater | College 1991 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Yamamoto Isoroku (1884-1943) | World War II admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy | Visiting student (1919-1921) |
| Takashi Yuasa (born 1955) | Japanese international lawyer | Law School unknown (but entrance to school in 1984) |
Z
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Zoellick (born 1953) | United States Deputy Secretary of State | Law School 1979; KSG 1981 |
| Jeff Zucker (born 1965) | President of NBC Universal | College 1986 |
| Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984) | Founder & CEO of Facebook, Inc. | Attended College, did not graduate |
| Mort Zuckerman (born 1937) | U.S. News & World Report editor-in-chief, New York Daily News owner and publisher | Law School 1962 |
| Edward Zwick (born 1952) | Film director | College 1974 |