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The following is a partial list of notable Brown University alumni, known as Brunonians. It includes alumni of
* Michael H. Dickinson (Sc.B. 1984) – Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology; recipient of the 2001 MacArthur Fellowship
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* Rufus Babcock (1821) – 2nd President, Colby College
* Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Ph.D. 1994) – Dean, Pratt School of Engineering, 
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* Suzanne M. Rivera (A.B. 1991) – 17th President, Macalester College
* Chase F. Robinson (A.B. 1985) – President and Distinguished Professor, 
* Yang Wei (engineer), Yang Wei (Ph.D. 1985) – President, Zhejiang University
* Nils Yngve Wessell (A.M. 1935) – 8th President, Tufts University
* Benjamin Ide Wheeler (A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878) – 8th President, University of California
* Charles Lincoln White (A.B. 1887) – 13th President, Colby College
* Beniah Longley Whitman (A.B. 1887, A.M. 1890) – 11th President, Colby College; 7th President, George Washington University
* Mary Emma Woolley (A.B. 1894, A.M 1895) – 11th President,
* Bernard Budiansky (Ph.D. 1950) – James Lawrence Professor of Engineering, Harvard University; recipient of the 1989 Timoshenko Medal
* Herman Chernoff (Ph.D. 1948) – Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics, MIT; known for the Chernoff bound, Chernoff distribution and Chernoff face
* Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (Sc.B. 1969) – Stanford W. Ascherman M.D. Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering, 
* Joseph Jacobson (Sc.B 1987) – Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
* Richard D. James (scientist), Richard D. James (B.Sc. 1974) – Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Aerospace Engineering Mechanics, University of Minnesota
* Mark Kachanov (Ph.D. 1981) – Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
* John Kim (professor), John Kim (Sc.M. 1974) – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
* Victor Li (engineer), Victor Li (B.Sc. 1977, M.Sc. 1978, Ph.D. 1981) – James R. Rice Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and the E.B. Wylie Collegiate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan; inventor of engineered cementitious composites
* Reda R. Mankbadi (Ph.D. 1979) – Distinguished Professor and Founding Dean, College of Engineering, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
* Robert McMeeking (M.Sc. 1974, Ph.D. 1977) – Tony Evans Distinguished Professor of Structural Materials and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara; recipient of the 2014 Timoshenko Medal
* Yves Moreau (M.Sc. 1994) – Professor of Engineering, KU Leuven
* Simon Ostrach (Sc.M. 1945, Ph.D. 1950) – Wilbert J. Austin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering,
* Clarence Edwin Ayres (A.B. 1912, M.A. 1914) – Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin; leading proponent of institutional economics
* Malcolm Baker (A.B. 1992) – Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
* William A. Darity Jr. (A.B. 1974) – Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy at 
* Steven Davis (economist), Steven J. Davis (A.M. 1981, Ph.D. 1986) – William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
* Mihir A. Desai (A.B. 1989) – Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School; Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
* Douglas Diamond (A.B. 1975) – Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Nobel laureate (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economic Sciences, 2022)
* Karen Dynan (A.B. 1985) – Professor of the Practice, Economics Department, Harvard Kennedy School
* James Feyrer (A.M., Ph.D. 2001) – Professor and Vice-Chair of Economics, Dartmouth College
* Marvin Goodfriend (Ph.D. 1980) – Friends of Allan Meltzer Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
* John Haltiwanger (Sc.B. 1977) – Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor of Economics and Distinguished University Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
* Janice Hammond (Sc.B.) – Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing, Harvard Business School
* Jerry A. Hausman (A.B. 1968) – John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, MIT
* Guido Imbens (A.M. 1989, Ph.D. 1991) – Applied Econometrics Professor and Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Nobel laureate (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economic Sciences, 2021)
* Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (A.M. 1997, Ph.D. 2000) – Neil Moskowitz Endowed Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
* Bruce J. Katz (A.B. 1981) – Vice President, Brookings Institution; Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
* Michael Keane (economist), Michael Keane (Ph.D. 1989) – Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Economics, University of New South Wales
* Robert King (economist), Robert G. King (A.B., A.M., Ph.D.) – Professor of Economics, Boston University
* Randall Kroszner (Sc.B. 1984) – Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
* Neale Mahoney (Sc.B. 2005) – Professor of Economics, 
* William Fulton (mathematician), William Fulton (A.B. 1961) – Oscar Zariski Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
* Anne Gelb (Sc.M. 1991, Ph.D. 1996)– John G. Kemeny Parents Professor of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
* Mark Goresky (Ph.D. 1976) – Member, Institute for Advanced Study; co-inventor of intersection homology
* John Guttag (A.B. 1971) – Chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (1999–2004), MIT
* James Hendler (M.Sc. 1983, Ph.D. 1986) – Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences, 
* Katrina Ligett (Sc.B. 2004) – Associate Professor of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Michael L. Littman (Ph.D. 1996) – University Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
* Dan Margalit (mathematician), Dan Margalit (Sc.B. 1998) – Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
* Kathleen McKeown (A.B. 1976) – Henry and Gertrude Rothschild Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director, Data Science Institute at Columbia University
* Melanie Mitchell (A.B. 1980) – Davis Professor of Complexity, Santa Fe Institute; co-developer of Copycat (software), Copycat
* John Coleman Moore (Ph.D. 1952) – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Princeton University; known for the Borel−Moore homology and Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence
* Edward F. Moore (Ph.D. 1950) – Professor of Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison; known for the Moore machine
* Anthony Morse (Ph.D. 1937) – Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley; known for the Morse–Kelley set theory, Sard's theorem, Morse–Sard theorem and the Federer–Morse theorem
* John Mylopoulos (Sc.B. 1966) – Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of Toronto
* David Nadler (mathematician), David Nadler (B.Sc. 1996) – Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* David Notkin (Sc.B. 1977) – Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
* Tony O'Farrell (Ph.D. 1973) – Irish mathematician who is Professor Emeritus at Maynooth University
* Peter J. Olver (Sc.B. 1973) – Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
* Randy Pausch (Sc.B. 1982) – Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
* Carl Pomerance (A.B. 1966) – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
* Kenneth Alan Ribet, Ken Ribet (A.B., A.M. 1969) – Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley; known for the Herbrand–Ribet theorem and Ribet's theorem
* Stefan Roth (Sc.M. 2003, Ph.D. 2007) – Professor of Computer Science, Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt
* Robert Schapire (Sc.B. 1986) – former David M. Siegel '83 Professor in Computer Science, Princeton University
* Robert Sedgewick (computer scientist), Robert Sedgewick (Sc.B. 1968, Sc.M. 1970) – Department Chair and William O. Baker Professor in Computer Science, Princeton University
* Scott Shenker (Sc.B. 1978) – Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Chief Scientist, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Shu Shien-Siu (Ph.D. 1948) – Chair Emeritus, Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
* Joseph H. Silverman (Sc.B. 1977) – Professor of Mathematics, Brown University
* Scott A. Smolka (Ph.D. 1984) – Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Stony Brook University
* Halil Mete Soner (M.Sc. 1983, Ph.D. 1986) – Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University
* John A. Stankovic (B.Sc. 1970, M.Sc. 1975, Ph.D. 1979) – BP America Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia
* John Stasko (Sc.M. 1985, Ph.D. 1989) – Regents Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
* Frank Tompa (Sc.B., Sc.M. 1970) – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
* Kari Vilonen (Ph.D. 1983) – Professor in Pure Mathematics, University of Melbourne
* Martin M. Wattenberg (A.B. 1991) – Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
* Raymond Louis Wilder (Ph.B. 1918, Sc.M. 1921) – Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan
* Thaleia Zariphopoulou (M.Sc. 1989, Ph.D. 1989) V.F. Neuhaus Centennial Professor and Presidential Chair in Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
* Gary Gerstle (A.B. 1976) – Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge
* Brie Gertler (Ph.D. 1997) – Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia
* George Gorse (A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1980) – Viola Horton Professor of Art History, Pomona College
* Jacqueline Wernimont (A.M 2005, Ph.D. 2009) – Distinguished Chair in Digital Humanities and Social Engagement, Dartmouth College
* John Greco (philosopher), John Greco (Ph.D. 1989) – Robert L. McDevitt and Catherine H. McDevitt Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
* Roland Greene (A.B. 1979) – Mark Pigott KBE Professor, Anthony P. Meier Family Professor of the Humanities, Director, Humanities Center, 
* Charles Hill (diplomat), Charles Hill (A.B. 1957) – Senior Lecturer in the Humanities, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, Yale University
*James S. Holmes (1948–1950) – founding figure in translation studies
*Jean E. Howard (A.B. 1970) – George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities, Princeton University
*George B. Hutchinson (A.B. 1975) – Newton C. Farr Professor of American Culture, Cornell University
*Matthew Frye Jacobson (Ph.D. 1992) – Sterling Professor of American Studies and History, Yale University
*Dale Jacquette (A.M. 1981, Ph.D. 1983) – Professor Ordinarius of Philosophy, University of Bern
* Gene Andrew Jarrett (A.M. 1999, Ph.D. 2002) – Dean of the Faculty and William S. Tod Professor of English, Princeton University
* Donald Kagan (A.M. 1955) – Sterling Professor Emeritus of Classics & History, Yale University; winner of the National Humanities Medal
* Matthew Kapstein (Ph.D. 1987) – Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School
* Patricia Keating (A.M. 1976, Ph.D. 1980) – Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
*David Kelley (A.B., A.M.) – philosopher, founder of The Atlas Society
* Sean Dorrance Kelly (Sc.B. 1989, M.S. 1989) – Teresa G. and Ferdinand F. Martignetti Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University
* Ari Kelman (A.M. 1993, Ph.D. 1998) – Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of History, University of California, Davis; winner of the 2014 Bancroft Prize
* Karen Leigh King (Ph.D. 1984) – Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University
* Mark Kishlansky (A.M. 1972, Ph.D. 1977) – Frank Baird Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
* Carolyn Korsmeyer (Ph.D. 1972) – Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
* Jennifer Lackey (Ph.D. 2000) – Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
* Aditi Lahiri (Ph.D. 1982) – Chair of Linguistics, University of Oxford
* Wallace Lambert (A.B. 1947) – psychologist of linguistics; "widely considered the father of the psychological study of bilingualism"
*Keith Lehrer (Ph.D. 1960) – Regents' Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, University of Arizona
* Jeffrey Lesser (A.B. 1982; M.A. 1984) – Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University
* Nancy MacLean (A.B. 1981, A.M. 1981) – William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy, 
* Sharon Marcus (A.B. 1986) – Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
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*Brian McHale (A.B. 1974) – Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor, Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
* Anne K. Mellor (A.B. 1963) – Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
* Nara Milanich (A.B. 1994) – Professor of History, Barnard College
*Ronald H. Nash (A.M. 1960) – Evangelical Baptist philosopher and apologist; Professor, Reformed Theological Seminary
* Sianne Ngai (A.B. 1993) – Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English, University of Chicago
*Kathy Peiss (Ph.D. 1982) – Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History, University of Pennsylvania
* Nelson W. Polsby (A.M. 1956) – Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Arthur Upham Pope (A.B. 1904) – expert on Iranian art; founder and first director, Asia Institute
* Gerald Prince (Ph.D. 1968) – Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania
*Arthur S. Reber (M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1967) – psychologist known for introducing the concept of implicit learning; Broeklundian Professor, Emeritus, Brooklyn College
*Christina Riggs, Christina J. Riggs (A.B. 1993) – Professor of History of Visual Culture, Durham University
* Camille Robcis (A.B. 1999) – Professor of History and French, Columbia University, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
*Daniel T. Rodgers (A.B., Sc.B. 1965) – Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University
* Tricia Rose (A.M. 1987, Ph.D. 1993) – Chancellor's Professor of Africana studies, Africana Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University
* Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld (Ph.D. 1967) – Professor of English and M. Glazer Chair and Professor of Jewish Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
*James F. Ross (Ph.D. 1958) – Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania
*John Howland Rowe (A.B. 1939) – Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Mari Ruti (A.B. 1988) – Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
* Nathan Schneider (A.B. 2006) – journalist; Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
* Daniel R. Schwarz (Ph.D. 1968) – Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature & Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Cornell University
* Julius S. Scott (A.B 1973) – scholar of History of slavery, slavery and History of the Caribbean, Caribbean and Atlantic history, author, ''The Common Wind''
*Russ Shafer-Landau (A.B. 1986) – Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin, Madison
* Ethan H. Shagan (A.B. 1994) – Zaffaroni Family Chair in Education of the History Department, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting (Ph.D. 1994) – Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University
* Maxim D. Shrayer (A.B. 1989) – Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston University
* Kaja Silverman (Ph.D. 1977) – Katherine and Keith L. Sachs Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania
* Richard Slotkin (Ph.D. 1966) – Olin Professor of English Emeritus, Wesleyan University
* Timothy D. Snyder (A.B. 1991) – Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences
* David Sosa (A.B. 1989) – Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
* Jeffrey Stout (A.B. 1972) – Professor Emeritus of Religion, Princeton University
* David Summers (art historian), David Summers (A.B. 1963) – William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Art Theory and Italian Renaissance Art, University of Virginia.
* Charles Taliaferro (A.M., Ph.D. 1984) – Oscar and Gertrude Boe Overby Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College
* Richard Taylor (philosopher), Richard Taylor (Ph.D. 1959) – philosopher; subject of David Foster Wallace's prize-winning undergraduate thesis
*John L. Thomas (Ph.D. 1961) – George L. Littlefield Professor of American History Emeritus, Brown University; winner of the 1964 Bancroft Prize
* Salamishah Tillet (M.A.T. 1997) – Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University–Newark; recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism 
* Francesca Trivellato (Ph.D. 2004) – Andrew W Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
* Adam Ulam (A.B. 1943) – Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, Harvard University; one of the world's foremost authorities on Russia and the Soviet Union
* Dell Upton (M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1980) – Chair of the Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
* Geoffrey Wawro (A.B. 1983) – Professor of Military History and Director of the Military History Center, University of North Texas
* Charles Edwin Wilbour (Class of 1854) – Egyptologist, co-discoverer of the Elephantine Papyri
* Dean Zimmerman (philosopher), Dean Zimmerman (Ph.D. 1992) – Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
*Steven Zwicker (Ph.D. 1969) – Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities, Washington University in St. Louis
Sarah Cleveland (A.B. 1987) – Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, Columbia Law School
* Jennifer Daskal (A.B. 1994) – Professor of Law, Washington College of Law at American University
* Lawrence Douglas (A.B. 1982) – James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, 
* Kent Greenfield (law professor), Kent Greenfield (A.B. 1984) – Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School
* Henry B. Hansmann (A.B. 1967) – Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor Emeritus of Law, Yale Law School
*Harold Dexter Hazeltine (A.B. 1894) – Downing Professor of the Laws of England (1919–1942), University of Cambridge
*Sonia Katyal (A.B. 1993) – Distinguished Haas Chair, UC Berkeley School of Law
* David Kennedy (jurist), David Kennedy (A.B. 1976) – Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School
* Larry Kramer (legal scholar), Larry Kramer (A.B. 1980) – Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Law School; president of the Hewlett Foundation
* Bruce H. Mann (A.B., A.M. 1972) – Carl F. Schipper Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, husband of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
* Eric L. Muller (1984) – Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics, University of North Carolina School of Law
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*Jonathan Berek (M.M.Sc. 1973) – Laurie Kraus Lacob Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
* John M. Barry (A.B. 1968) – author; Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
* Linda Bartoshuk (Ph.D. 1965) – Presidential Endowed Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, University of Florida
*Mark S. Blumenkranz (A.B. 1972, M.D. 1975, M.M.Sc. 1976) – H.J. Smead Professor Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine
*Atul Butte (A.B. 1991, M.D. 1995) – Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Director, Baker Computational Health Sciences Institute
*Christopher G. Chute (A.B. 1977, M.D. 1982) – Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics at Johns Hopkins University
* Barbara E. Ehrlich (Sc.B. 1974) – Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular And Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine
*Nancy Etcoff (A.B.) – Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
*Stanley Falkow (Ph.D. 1961) – father of microbiology, discoverer of the molecular nature of Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic resistance; Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine; winner of the Lasker Award
* James D. Griffin (scientist), James D. Griffin (A.B. 1970) – Professor, Harvard Medical School; Chair of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute; Director of Medical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
* Tina Hartert (A.B. 1985) – Lulu H. Owen Chair in Medicine and Vice President for Translational Research, Vanderbilt University
* Arthur L. Horwich (A.B. 1972, M.D. 1975) – Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine; winner of the Lasker Award, Shaw Prize, and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Breakthrough Prize; discoverer of the functions and mechanisms of Chaperone (protein), chaperone-mediated protein folding
*Howard Hu (B.Sc. 1976) – Flora L. Thornton Chair and Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Founding Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto
*William Kessen (Sc.M. 1950) – Eugene Higgins Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University
* Jim Yong Kim (A.B. 1982) – President, Dartmouth College; co-founder of Partners In Health; Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine and Chair of the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; former director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department; recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship; 12th 
* Beth Levine (physician), Beth Levine (A.B. 1981) – Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center
* Jonathan S. Lewin (A.B. 1981) – Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University; Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health
* David C. Lewis (physician), David C. Lewis (A.B. 1957) – Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community Health and Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University.
* Stacy Tessler Lindau (M.D. 1996) – Catherine Lindsay Dobson Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine Director, University of Chicago
*George Makari (A.B. 1982) – Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the De Witt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
*Joseph Matarazzo (A.B. 1946) – 98th President of the American Psychological Association, chair of the first department of medical psychology in the United States
*Jessica Meir (A.B. 1999) – NASA astronaut; former Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
* Craig C. Mello (Sc.B. 1982) – Nobel laureate (2006, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine); Blais University Chair in Molecular medicine, Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
* Lloyd B. Minor (Sc.B. 1979, M.D. 1982) – Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine; former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
* Mark Musen (Sc.B. 1977, M.D. 1980) – Professor of Health informatics, Biomedical Informatics and of Biomedical Data Science,
* Mark Bear (Ph.D. 1984) – Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT; former Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
* Joy M. Bergelson (Sc.B. 1984) – Dorothy Schiff Professor of Genomics, New York University
*Marianne Bronner (Sc.B. 1975) – Edward B. Lewis Professor of Biology; Director of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
* Stephen L. Buchwald (Sc.B. 1977) – Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT; developed Buchwald-Hartwig amination
* Sankar Das Sarma (Ph.D. 1979) – Distinguished University Professor and Richard E. Prange Chair in Physics, University of Maryland, College Park
*Richard E. Carson (Sc.B. 1977) – Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
*Andrew G. Clark (Sc.B. 1976) – Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Population genetics, Population Genetics and Chair of Computational Biology, Cornell University
* Julia Clarke (A.B. 1995) – John A. Wilson Professor in Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Texas at Austin
* Tejal A. Desai (Sc.B. 1994) – bioengineer and therapeutic nanotechnologist; Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Brown University School of Engineering
* Michael H. Dickinson (Sc.B. 1984) – Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Biology, California Institute of Technology; recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
* Neil Donahue (B.Sc. 1985) – Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric chemist; Thomas Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
* John Donoghue (neuroscientist), John Donoghue (Ph.D. 1979) – H.M. Wriston Professor of Neuroscience and Engineering, Brown University
*Bethany Ehlmann (M.S. 2008, Ph.D. 2010) — president of The Planetary Society; Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology; Rhodes Scholar
*Anne Fausto-Sterling (Ph.D. 1970) – major contributor to sexology and biology of gender; Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies, Brown University
* W. Tecumseh Fitch (A.B. 1986, Ph.D. 1994) – Professor of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna
*Raymond Fuoss (Ph.D. 1932) – Sterling Professor Chair of Chemistry, Yale University
*Paul Garabedian (A.B. 1946) – Director of the Division of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
* Margaret Gardel (Sc.B. 1998) – Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics, University of Chicago
* Miriam B. Goodman (B.Sc. 1986) – Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, 
* John Edwards Holbrook (A.B. 1815) – zoologist, herpetologist, and naturalist
*Donald C. Hood (Ph.D. 1969) – James F. Bender Professor in Psychology and Professor of Ophthalmic Science, Columbia University
*Arthur L. Horwich (A.B. 1972, M.D. 1975) – Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine; winner of the Lasker Award, Albany Medical Center Prize, Shaw Prize, and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Breakthrough Prize; discoverer of the functions and mechanisms of Chaperone (protein), chaperone-mediated protein folding
*Richard Ivry (A.B. 1981) – Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
*Bor-ming Jahn (M.Sc. 1967) – Distinguished Chair Emeritus in Geosciences, National Taiwan University
*Lucy Jones (A.B. 1976) – seismologist
* Richard Kaner (A.B. 1980) – Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Materials Innovation, UCLA
* Suzanne Mahlburg Kay (Ph.D. 1975) – William & Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences Emeritus, Cornell University
*Brian Keating (M.Sc. 1995, Ph.D. 2000) – Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
*Steven Kliewer (B.Sc. 1985) – Diana K. and Richard C. Strauss Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
*Philip Kocienski (Ph.D. 1971) – Professor Emeritus of Organic Chemistry, University of Leeds
* Clifford Kubiak (Sc.B 1975) – Distinguished Professor and Harold C. Urey Chair in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
*Krishna Kumar (chemist), Krishna Kumar (Ph.D. 1996) – Robinson Professor in Chemistry, Tufts University
*Ka Yee Christina Lee (Sc.B. 1986) – 14th Provost and David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago
* Wen-Hsiung Li (Ph.D. 1972) – James Watson Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
* Robert Bruce Lindsay (A.B., Sc.M. 1920) – Chair of the Physics Department and Dean of the Graduate School, Brown University; recipient of the ASA Gold Medal
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* John F. Mustard (M.Sc. 1986, Ph.D. 1990) – Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
* Myung Kyungjae (Ph.D. 1999) – biologist, Distinguished Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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* Jenny Saffran (A.B. 1991) – Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin
*Ellery Schempp (Ph.D. 1967) – physicist, primary student involved in the landmark 1963 United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court case, ''Abington School District v. Schempp''
* William Seeley (A.B. 1993) – Zander Family Endowed Professor in Neurology, 
* Selmer Bringsjord (Ph.D. 1987) – Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, 
* Michael Kimmel (M.A. 1974) – Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University
* Eric Klinenberg (A.B. 1993) – Professor of Sociology and Helen Gould Shepard Professor in Social Science, New York University
* Prema Kurien (A.M. 1989, Ph.D. 1993) – Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
* Harold Leavitt (Sc.M. 1944) – pioneer in Industrial and organizational psychology, management psychology; Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior, 
*Lloyd Ohlin (A.B. 1940) – sociologist and criminologist; Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Chicago
* Hal Pashler (A.B. 1980) – Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
* Thomas Pepinsky (A.B. 2001) – Walter F. LaFeber Professor of Government, Cornell University
* Nelson W. Polsby (A.M. 1957) – Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley, member, Council on Foreign Relations
*Imam Prasodjo (Ph.D. 1997) –Professor in the Department of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia
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* Bruce Riedel (A.B. 1975) – Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS
* Lisa Rofel (A.B. 1975) – Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz
* Eldar Shafir (A.B. 1984) – Class of 1987 Professor of Behavioral Science and Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
* Patrick Sharkey (A.B. 2000) – Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
* William Herbert Sheldon (A.B. 1919) – psychologist, creator of the field of somatotype and constitutional psychology
* Rachel Sherman (sociologist), Rachel Sherman (A.B. 1991) – Professor and Chair of Sociology, The New School for Social Research
* Adam T. Smith (A.B. 1990) – Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Anthropology, Cornell University
*Richard Solomon (psychologist), Richard Solomon (A.B. 1940, A.M. 1942, Ph.D. 1947) – Experimental psychology, experimental psychologist; author of the opponent-process theory of emotion; James M. Skinner University Professor of Science, University of Pennsylvania
* Erroll Southers (A.B. 1978) – Director of the Safe Communities Institute and Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies, USC Price School of Public Policy
* Deborah A. Thomas (A.B. 1988) – R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Experimental Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania
* Fred Turner (author), Fred Turner (A.B. 1984) – Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication,
* Pedro Noguera (A.B. 1981, A.M. 1982) – Dean, USC Rossier School of Education
* Bina Venkataraman (A.B. 2002) – Director of Global Policy Initiatives, Broad Institute
*Noah Wardrip-Fruin (Ph.D. 2006) – Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
*Morton Gurtin (Ph.D. 1961) – Timoshenko Medal-winning mechanical engineer and mathematical physicist
* Andy Hertzfeld (Sc.B. 1975) – key member of original Apple Macintosh development team; one of the primary software architects of the classic Mac OS
*Alexander Lyman Holley (1853) – American inventor, founding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
* Eliot Horowitz (Sc.B. 2003) – co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB
* Mary Lou Jepsen (1987, Ph.D. 1997) – technology executive and inventor, co-founder of One Laptop per Child
*Chirinjeev Kathuria (B.Sc. 1988, M.D. 1993) – co-founder and co-chairman of UpHealth Inc, co-founder of Ocean Biomedical
*Amy Leventer (Sc.B. 1979) – marine biologist, micropaleontologist, Antarctic researcher
* Adam Leventhal (programmer), Adam Leventhal (Sc.B. 2001) – software engineer, one of the three authors of DTrace
*David J. Lipman (A.B.) – Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information
*Hilary Mason (data scientist), Hilary Mason – data scientist, former general manager of machine learning at Cloudera and chief scientist at Bitly
*Rebecca Moore (scientist), Rebecca Moore (1977) – Director, Google Earth
*Meredith Ringel Morris (Sc.B. 2001) – Director and Principal Scientist, People + AI Research Team, Google, Google Research
*Peter Norvig (Sc.B. 1978) – Director of Research, Google Inc.
*John Peirce (1856) – inventor who participated in the development of the telephone
* Erin Pettit (Sc.B. 1994) – glaciologist, Antarctic researcher
*David Shrier (Sc.B. 1995) – American futurist and author
*Ken Silverman (Sc.B. 2000) – writer of the Build (game engine), Build engine
*Marion Elizabeth Stark (A.B. 1916, A.M. 1979) – one of the first female American mathematics professors
* Gordon Kidd Teal (Ph.D. 1931) – inventor of the commercial silicon transistor
*John Tukey (Sc.B. 1936, Sc. M. 1937) – co-developed the Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm, Cooley–Tukey fast Fourier transform algorithm; coined the terms bit, byte, software and cepstrum, recipient of the National Medal of Science
* 
Bob Wallace (computer scientist), Bob Wallace (Class of 1971) – ninth Microsoft employee, inventor of the term shareware
* Lynn J. Rothschild (Ph.D. 1985) – Evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist and astrobiologist at NASA's Ames Research Center Thomas O. Paine (A.B. 1942) – third Administrator of NASA, oversaw first seven Project Apollo, Apollo crewed missions
* Ellen Stofan (Ph.D. 1989) – NASA Chief Scientist (2013–2016), John and Adrienne Mars Director, National Air and Space Museum
* Suzanne Smrekar (B.Sc. 1984) – Deputy Principal Investigator for the InSight, Mars InSight lander
* Paul Spudis (Sc.M. 1977) – noted lunar scientist associated with the NASA Office of Space Science
* Winslow Upton (Sc.B. 1875) – astronomer, director of Ladd Observatory
* George Wallerstein (Sc.B. 1951) – astronomer, winner of the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
* Maria Zuber (Ph.D. 1986) – Principal Investigator of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's GRAIL, Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission
* William Claflin (Class of 1837) – 27th Governor of Massachusetts (1869–1872)
*John H. Clifford (1827) – 21st Governor of Massachusetts (1853–1854)
*Samuel Cony (1829) – 31st Governor of Maine (1864–1867)
* Elisha Dyer (A.B. 1829) – 25th Governor of Rhode Island (1857–1859)
* Elisha Dyer Jr. – 45th Governor of Rhode Island (1897–1900)
* James Fenner (A.B. 1789) – 7th, 11th, and 17th Governor of Rhode Island (1807–1811, 1824–1831, 1843–1845)
*John Brown Francis (A.B. 1808) – 13th Governor of Rhode Island (1833–1838)
* William Gaston (Massachusetts politician), William Gaston (1840) – 29th Governor of Massachusetts (1875–1876)
*Theodore Francis Green (1887) – 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1936); United States Senate, U.S. Senator, Democratic Party (United States), D–Rhode Island (1937–1961)
* Maggie Hassan (A.B. 1980) – 81st Governor of New Hampshire (2013–2017); United States Senate, U.S. Senator, Democratic Party (United States), D–New Hampshire (2017–)
* James H. Higgins (A.B. 1898) – 50th Governor of Rhode Island (1907–1909)
*Charles Evans Hughes (A.B. 1881) – 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910)
* Charles Jackson (Rhode Island politician), Charles Jackson (A.B. 1917, A.M. 1920) – 18th Governor of Rhode Island (1845–46)
* Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (Sc.B. 1992) – 55th List of governors of Louisiana, Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016)
* Otto Kerner Jr. (1930) – 33rd Governor of Illinois – (1961–1968)
*Samuel Ward King – 15th Governor of Rhode Island (1839–1843)
*Frank Licht (A.B. 1938) – 67th Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973)
* William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – Justice of New York State Supreme Court (1829); 11th Governor of New York (1833–1839); United States Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of War (1845–1849); United States Senator, U.S. Senator from New York (state), New York; U.S. Secretary of State (1853–1857)
* Jack Markell (1982) – 18th United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United States Ambassador to the OECD, 73rd List of governors of Delaware, Governor of Delaware (2009–2017) 
* Marcus Morton (A.B. 1804, A.M 1807) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1817–1821), 16th & 18th Governor of Massachusetts (1825, 1840–1844)
* Pendleton Murrah (1848) – 10th Governor of Texas (1863–1865)
* Philip W. Noel (1954) – 68th Governor of Rhode Island (1973–1977)
* Robert E. Quinn (1915) – 58th Governor of Rhode Island (1937–1939), Judge for the Rhode Island Superior Court
* Edward C. Stokes (1883) – 32nd Governor of New Jersey (1905–1908)
* John Milton Thayer (1841) – 2nd List of governors of Wyoming, Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875–1878) and 6th List of governors of Nebraska, Governor of Nebraska (1887–1892)
*David Rogerson Williams (1792–1795) – 45th Governor of South Carolina (1814–1816)
*Jared W. Williams (A.B. 1818) – 21st Governor of New Hampshire (1847–1849)
* William D. Williamson (1804) – 2nd Governor of Maine (1821–1821), U.S. Congressman, Maine (1821–1823)
* Samuel G. Arnold (A.B. 1841) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* James Burrill Jr. (A.B. 1788) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Lincoln Chafee (A.B. 1975) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island; Governor of Rhode Island (2011–2015)
* John Hopkins Clarke (A.B. 1809) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Nathan F. Dixon I (A.B. 1799) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island
* Nathan F. Dixon III (A.B. 1869) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* James Fenner (A.B. 1789) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757), Dwight Foster (A.B. 1774) – U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
* Lafayette S. Foster (A.B. 1828) – U.S. Senator, Connecticut (1855–1867), President pro tempore of the Senate (1865–1867)
* Theodore Foster (A.B. 1770) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* John Brown Francis (A.B. 1808) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Theodore F. Green (A.B. 1887) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1937–1961)
* Maggie Hassan (A.B. 1980) – 81st Governor of New Hampshire (2013–2017); U.S. Senator, Democratic Party (United States), D–New Hampshire (2017–)
* Nathaniel P. Hill (A.B. 1856) – U.S. Senator, Colorado (1879–1885)
* John Holmes (Maine politician), John Holmes (A.B. 1796) – U.S. Congressman, District of Maine, Massachusetts (1817–1820), U.S. Senator, Maine (1820–1827, 1829–1833)
* Jeremiah B. Howell (A.B. 1789) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1811–1817)
* William Hunter (senator), William Hunter (A.B. 1791) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1811–1821)
* Edward L. Leahy (A.B.) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1949–1950)
* Henry F. Lippitt (A.B. 1878) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1911–1917)
* William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – U.S. Senator, New York (state), New York (1831–1833)
* Blair Moody (A.B. 1922) – U.S. Senator, Michigan (1951–1952)
*John Ruggles (A.B. 1813) – U.S. Senator from Maine (1835–1841)
* Frederic M. Sackett (1890) – U.S. Senator, Kentucky (1924–1930), U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1930–1933)
* John Milton Thayer (1841) – U.S. Senator, Nebraska (1867–1871)
*Jared W. Williams (A.B. 1818) – U.S. Senator, New Hampshire (1853–1854); U.S. Congressman, New Hampshire (1837–1841); 21st Governor of New Hampshire (1847–1849)
* Gil Cisneros (M.A. 2015) – U.S. Congressman, California (2019–2021), 10th Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
* William Claflin – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1877 –1881)
*Stephen A. Cobb (1858) – U.S. Congressman, Kansas (1873–1875)
*Howard A. Coffin (1901) – U.S. Congressman, Michigan (1947–1949)
* Samuel S. Cox (1846) – U.S. Congressman, Ohio, New York (state), New York, U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
* Samuel L. Crocker (1822) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1853–1855)
*Robert Lee Davis – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania (1932–1933)
*Nathan F. Dixon II (1833) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1849–1851, 1863–1871)
*Job Durfee (A.B. 1813) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1821–1825)
* Samuel Eddy (1787) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1819–1825), Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1827–1835)
* Frederick D. Ely (1859) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1885–1887)
*James Ervin (politician), James Ervin (1797) U.S. Congressman, South Carolina (1817–1821)
* Horace Everett (A.B. 1797) – U.S. Congressman, Vermont (1829–1843)
* Thomas Ewing Jr. – U.S. Congressman, Ohio (1877–1881)
*George Fisher (New York politician), George Fisher (1813) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1829–1830)
*Dwight Foster (1757–1823), Dwight Foster (A.B. 1774) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1793–1800)
* George B. Francis (1904) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1917–1919)
*Daniel L. D. Granger (1874) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1903–1909)
*Julian Hartridge (1848) – U.S. Congressman, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia (1875–1879)
* Nathaniel Hazard (1792) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1819–1820)
*Aaron Hobart (1805) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1820–1827)
*Thomas Jenckes (1838) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1859–1863)
* Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (Sc.B. 1992) – U.S. Congressman, Louisiana (2004–2008)
* George Gordon King (1825) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1849–1853)
*Oscar Lapham (1864) – U.S. Congressman, Rhode Island (1891–1895)
* Dan Maffei (A.B. 1990) – U.S. Congressman, D-New York (state), New York (2009-2011, 2013–2015)
* Seth Magaziner (A.B. 2006) – U.S. Congressman-elect, Rhode Island
* Horace Mann (A.B. 1819) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1848–1853)
* James Brown Mason (A.B. 1791) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1815–1819)
* Charles D. Millard (1897) – U.S Congressman, New York (state), New York (1931–1937)
*Marcus Morton (A.B. 1804, A.M 1807) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1817–1821); Governor of Massachusetts (1825, 1840–1844)
* John J. O'Connor (New York representative), John J. O'Connor (1906) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1923–1939)
* Richard Olney II (1892) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1815–1921)
*Dutee Jerauld Pearce (A.B. 1808) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1825–1837)
*Dean Phillips (A.B. 1991) – U.S. Congressman, Minnesota (2019–)
* Henry Kirke Porter (1860) – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania (1903–1905)
* John Reed Jr. (1803) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1813–1817, 1821–1841)
*Edwin R. Reynolds (1839) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1860–1861)
*Christopher Robinson (Rhode Island politician), Christopher Robinson (1825) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1859–1861)
*Deborah K. Ross (1985) – U.S Congresswoman, North Carolina (2021–)
*Jonathan Russell (1791) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1820)
*Zabdiel Sampson (1803) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1817–1820)
* William Paine Sheffield (1857–1919), William P. Sheffield, II (1877) – U.S. Congressman, Rhode Island (1909–1911)
* Solomon Sibley (1794) – first United States Attorney for the Michigan Territory; territorial Delegate to United States Congress, Congress
*Thomas Hale Sill (1804) – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania (1826 –1827, 1829 –1831)
* Edward L. Sittler Jr. (1930) – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania, 23rd Congressional District
* Albert Smith (Maine politician), Albert Smith (1813) – U.S. Congressman, Maine (1839–1841)
*Henry J. Spooner (1860) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1881–1891)
*Walter Russell Stiness (1877) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1815–1823)
*Ebenezer Stoddard (1807) – U.S Congressman, Connecticut.
*James Tallmadge Jr. (1798) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1817–1819), President of New York University (1830–1846)
*Eli Thayer (1845) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1857–1861)
*Benjamin Thomas (politician), Benjamin Thomas (1830) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1861–1863)
* Charles R. Train (1837) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1859–1863)
*Daniel Wardwell (1811) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1831–1837)
* Ezekiel Whitman (1795) – U.S. Congressman, Maine (1835–1837)
*David Rogerson Williams (1792–1795) – U.S. Congressman, South Carolina (1811– 1813), Governor of South Carolina (1814–1816)
*Henry Williams (Massachusetts politician), Henry Williams (1826) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1839 –1831, 1843–1845)
*William D. Williamson (1804) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1809–1811) and Maine (1821–1822)
*William Widnall (1926) – U.S. Congressman, New Jersey (1950–1975)
* John W. Wydler (1947) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1963–1981)
* Chelsie J. Senerchia – 26th Mayor of Miami, Miami, Florida (1951–1953)
* Solomon Sibley (A.B. 1794) – 1st Mayor of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan (1806–1806)
* Sumbul Siddiqui (A.B. 2010) – Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (2020–); first Muslim mayor in Massachusetts history
* Samuel Starkweather (1822) – 7th and 15th Mayor of Cleveland (1844–1845, 1857–1858)
* Konstantinos Zervas (Sc.M. 1989) – Mayor of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (2019–)
* Charles Evans Hughes (A.B. 1881) – U.S. Secretary of State (1921–1925)
*Noble Brandon Judah (1904) – U.S. Ambassador to Cuba (1927–1929)
*Suzan G. LeVine (A.B. 1993) – U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein (2014–2017)
* Frederick Irving (A.B. 1943) – U.S. Ambassador to Iceland (1972–1976)
* Roberta S. Jacobson (A.B. 1982) – U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2016–2018)
* William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – U.S. Secretary of State (1853–1857), 20th United States Secretary of War (1845–1849)
* Anthony Dryden Marshall (1950) – U.S. Consul in Istanbul, 1958–59; U.S. Ambassador to Malagasy Republic, 1969–71; Trinidad and Tobago, 1972–74; Kenya, 1973; Seychelles, 1976–77; theatrical producer; felon
* Adam Namm (A.B. 1985) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Ecuador, United States Ambassador to Ecuador (2012–2015)
*James D. Nealon (A.B. 1980) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Honduras, United States Ambassador to Honduras (2014–2017)
*Victoria Nuland (A.B. 1983) – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2021–), U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO (2005–2008)
* Richard G. Olson, Richard Olson (A.B. 1981) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2008–2011); United States Ambassador to Pakistan (2012–2015)
* Richard Olney (A.B. 1856) – 34th United States Secretary of State (1895–1897), 40th United States Attorney General (1893–1895)
* Ely Palmer (A.B. 1907) – first American Ambassador to Afghanistan
*Nitya Pibulsonggram, Nit Phibunsongkhram (A.M. 1967) – Foreign Minister of Thailand (2006–2008), List of ambassadors of Thailand to the United States, Thai Ambassador to the United States (1996–2000)
* David Pressman (A.B. 1999) – United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs (2014–2017), List of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary (2022–), co-founder Not on Our Watch (organization), Not on Our Watch
*Frederic M. Sackett (A.B. 1890) – U.S. Senator, Kentucky (1924–1930), United States Ambassador to Germany (1930–1933), United States Ambassador to Djibouti (2006–2008)
*John J. Sullivan (diplomat), John J. Sullivan (A.B. 1981) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia, United States Ambassador to Russia, United States Deputy Secretary of State and acting United States Secretary of State
* Stephanie S. Sullivan (A.B. 1980) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Ghana, United States Ambassador to Ghana (2019–), List of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo, United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (2013–2017)
*William H. Sullivan (A.B. 1943) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Laos, United States Ambassador to Laos (1964–1969), the Foreign relations of the Philippines, Philippines (1973–1977), and Foreign relations of Iran, Iran (1977–1979)
*W. Stuart Symington (diplomat), W. Stuart Symington (A.B. 1974) – United States Ambassador to Nigeria (2016–2019), List of ambassadors of the United States to Rwanda, Ambassador to Rwanda (2008-2011)
*Thomas J. Watson Jr. (A.B. 1937) – former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–1981); 2nd President of IBM (1952–71); List of national presidents of the Boy Scouts of America, 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68); recipient of the 1964 Presidential Medal of Freedom
*Henry Wheaton (1802) – first U.S. minister to Denmark (1827–35), second U.S. minister to Prussia (1837–1846)
* Curtin Winsor Jr. (A.B. 1961) – U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica (1983–1985)
* Charles Hill (diplomat), Charles Hill (A.B. 1957) – Senior Lecturer in the Humanities, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, Yale University; former executive aid to former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz; research fellow, Hoover Institution
* E. Howard Hunt (1940) – author, Office of Strategic Services, OSS & CIA officer, worked under President Richard Nixon; figured in the Watergate scandal
* Randall Kroszner (A.B. 1984) – member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
* Ira Magaziner (1969) – Bill Clinton, Clinton advisor, current chairman of Clinton AIDS Initiative; co-instigator of Brown's New Curriculum
* Seema Nanda (government official), Seema Nanda (1992) – United States Solicitor of Labor, CEO of the Democratic National Convention
*Annette Nazareth (A.B. 1979) – former Securities and Exchange Commissioner, partner at Davis Polk & Wardell
* Richard Olney (1856) – United States Attorney General (1893–1895), United States Secretary of State (1895–1897)
* David Onek (1991) – candidate for District Attorney of San Francisco
* Thomas Perez (A.B. 1983) – Chair of the Democratic National Committee, former United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017)
*John A. Rizzo (A.B. 1969) – Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency noted for his role in "laying the legal groundwork" for the War on Terror
*Tahesha Way (A.B. 1993) – Secretary of State of New Jersey (2018– )
* Janet Yellen (A.B. 1967) – United States Secretary of the Treasury, former Chair of the Federal Reserve, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
*Nitya Pibulsonggram (A.M. 1967) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand (2006–2008)
*Nadiem Makarim (2006) – Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia), Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia (2021–present)
*Eduardo Montealegre (Sc.B. 1976) – Nicaraguan politician, Deputy to the National Assembly (Nicaragua), National Assembly, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nicaragua), Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Aeneas Mackay, 15th Lord Reay – Member of the House of Lords Excepted Hereditary (2019–present)
*Uttama Savanayana (Sc.B. 1982) – Former Minister of Ministry of Finance (Thailand), Finance (2019–2020), Ministry of Industry (Thailand), Industry (2016–2018), and Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Digital Economy and Society of Thailand (2015-2016)
*Tarek Shawki (M.Sc. 1983, M.Sc. 1985, Ph.D. 1985) – of Egypt
*Ijyaraj Singh (Sc.B. 1987) – Member of the Lok Sabha representing Kota (Lok Sabha constituency), Kota (2009–2014)
*Julio Velarde (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1978) – Chairman of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (2006–present)
* Maya Keyes – anarchist and gay rights activist
* Alfie Kohn (A.B. 1979) – proponent of progressive education
*Nancy Lublin (1993) — founder of Crisis Text Line
* Horace Mann (A.B. 1819) – educationist; father of American Public school (government funded), public school education
* Nancy Northup (A.B. 1981) – President, Center for Reproductive Rights
* 
*Jesselyn Radack (A.B. 1992) – national security and human rights attorney
*Cecile Richards (1980) – President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
* George Lincoln Rockwell (Class of 1942) – founder of the American Nazi Party; dropped out after sophomore year to join the United States Navy, Navy
* Kenneth Roth (A.B. 1978) – Executive Director of Human Rights Watch (1993–2022)
* Malika Saada Saar (A.B. 1992) – Director of the Human Rights Project for Girls; co-founder of Rebecca Project for Human Rights
*Rinku Sen (A.B. 1988) – Co-president of the Women’s March Board of Directors, former executive director of Race Forward
*Martha Sharp (A.B. 1926) – Unitarian who aided hundreds of Jews in escaping the Holocaust
*Michael Soussan (A.B. 1996) – whistleblower and author
*Irving Stowe (A.B. 1936) – founder of Greenpeace
* Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (A.B. 1909) – 20th United States Solicitor General; son of Charles Evans Hughes
* Alfred H. Joslin (A.B. 1936) - Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1963–1979)
* Patrick C. Lynch (1987) – Rhode Island Attorney General (D)
* Lewis Linn McArthur – Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
* Theron Metcalf (A.B. 1805) – Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
* Marcus Morton (judge), Marcus Morton (1838) – Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1882–1890)
* Michael Newdow (Sc.B. 1974) – atheism, atheist doctor and lawyer who unsuccessfully argued ''Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow'' before the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court
* Thomas J. Perrelli (A.B. 1988) – former United States Associate Attorney General
*Solomon Sibley (A.B. 1794) – Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court; first United States Attorney for the Michigan Territory; territorial Delegate to United States Congress, Congress
* Kenneth Starr (M.A. 1969) – former United States Solicitor General, U.S. Solicitor General; former U.S. appeals court judge; special counsel in Bill Clinton Lewinsky scandal#Impeachment, impeachment proceedings and namesake of the Starr Report; President of Baylor University
* Norman O. Tietjens (Ph.B. 1925, M.A. 1927) – judge of the United States Tax Court''Official Congressional Directory'' (1979), p. 749.United States Tax Court, "Memorial Proceedings for the Honorable Norman O. Tietjens, Judge, United States Tax Court'', ''Reports of the Tax Court of the United States'', Vol. 81, p. iii-xxi.
* Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson (A.B. 1973) – federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former Rhode Island Superior Court judge
*William Tong (A.B. 1995) – Attorney General of Connecticut (2019–)
* Anne Rachel Traum (A.B. 1991) – Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
* Craig Waters (A.B. 1979) – communications counsel to the Florida Supreme Court
*Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1938) – co-founder and President, Diners Club International
* Orlando Bravo (1970) - first Puerto Rican billionaire businessman
* Willard C. Butcher (1948) – former chairman and CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank
*Adam Cahan (A.B. 1993) – former Senior Vice President of Mobile and Emerging Products, Yahoo!
*Arthur L. Carter (1953) – investor, namesake of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University
* Lisa Caputo (A.B. 1986) – chief marketing officer, Citigroup
* Finn M. W. Caspersen (A.B. 1963) – financier, chairman and chief executive of the Beneficial Corporation
*John S. Chen (Sc.B. 1978) – chairman and CEO of BlackBerry Limited
*Chung Yong-jin (A.B. 1994) – South Korean billionaire, vice chairman and CEO of Shinsegae, Shinsegae Group
*Glenn Creamer (A.B. 1984) – billionaire, Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
* Dan DiMicco (B.Sc. 1972) – CEO (2000–12) and chairman (2006–12) of Nucor
*Tanya Dubash (A.B. 1991) – Indian businesswoman
*David Ebersman (A.B. 1991) – former Chief Financial Officer of Facebook, Inc.; founder, Lyra Health
* Donna M. Fernandes (Sc.B 1981) President and CEO, Buffalo Zoo 2000–2017
*Dylan Field (Class of 2013½) – founder and CEO of Figma (software), Figma
*Devin Finzer (B.Sc. 2013) – billionaire, CEO and co-founder of OpenSea
* George M. C. Fisher (Sc. M. 1964, Ph.D. 1966) – former CEO of Motorola and Eastman Kodak Company
* Tim Forbes (1976) – Chief Operating Officer, Forbes
*Sidney Frank (Class of 1942) – billionaire founder of Grey Goose (vodka), Grey Goose and Jägermeister
* Tom Gardner (A.B. 1990) – co-founder and co-chairman of the Motley Fool
*Kenneth Gaw (1992) – Hong Kong businessman
*Charles Giancarlo (B.Sc. 1979) – chairman and CEO of Pure Storage, former chief technology officer at Cisco Systems
* Jeffrey W. Greenberg (A.B. 1973) – chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies
* Theresia Gouw (Sc.B. 1990) – investor, wealthiest female venture capitalist in the United States
*Ross Greenburg (1977) – president of HBO Sports
* Oliver Haarmann (1990) – founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners
*James Harmon (A.B. 1957) – investor; President and CEO, Export–Import Bank of the United States (1997-2001)
*Walter Hoving (Ph.B. 1920) – CEO of Tiffany & Co.
* Bradley S. Jacobs (Class of 1979) – billionaire founder and CEO of XPO Logistics
* Nina Jacobson (A.B. 1987) – former president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
*Parth Jindal (A.B. 2012) – managing director of JSW Cement, son of Sajjan Jindal
*Craig Kallman (A.B. 1987) – chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records Group
*Ray Kassar (1948) – former CEO of Atari
* Paul Kazarian (M.A. 1980) – billionaire investor
*Dara Khosrowshahi (Sc.B. 1991) – CEO of Uber, former CEO of Expedia Group
*İpek Kıraç (2007, M.P.H. 2011) – Turkish language, Turkish billionaire heiress and businesswoman
*Beth Kobliner (A.B. 1986) – personal finance commentator
*Randy Komisar (A.B. 1976) – co-founder of Claris, former CEO of LucasArts
*Jonathan Klein (CNN), Jonathan Klein (A.B. 1980) – former president of CNN/US
*Steph Korey (A.B. 2009) – founder of Away (company), Away
*Liz Lange (A.B. 1988) – founder of Liz Lange Maternity
* Debra L. Lee (A.B. 1976) – chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television
* Gordon Macklin (A.B. 1950) – former president and CEO, NASDAQ
* Nadiem Makarim (A.B. 2006) – founder of Gojek, current Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia), Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia
*Robert Marcus (A.B. 1987) – former chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable
*Brian Moynihan (A.B. 1981) – president and CEO, Bank of America
*Jonathan M. Nelson (A.B. 1977) – billionaire, investor
* Karan Paul (1992) – chairman, Apeejay Surrendra Group
*Steven Price (businessman), Steven Price (Sc.B. 1984) – co-founder of Townsquare Media, and minority owner of the Atlanta Hawks
*George Pyne (business executive), George Pyne (1988) – founder and CEO of Bruin Sports Capital
* Sridhar Ramaswamy (Ph.D. 1995) – former Senior Vice President of Advertising and Commerce, Google
*Ajit Ranade (A.M., Ph.D. 1997) – Chief Economist with the Aditya Birla Group
* Steven Rattner (A.B. 1974) – Deputy Chairman and Ceputy CEO, Lazard Frères & Co.
* William R. Rhodes (A.B. 1957) – Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup
* Stephen Robert (A.B. 1962), chairman and CEO of Oppenheimer & Co. (1983–1997), Chancellor of Brown University (1998–2007)
* John D. Rockefeller Jr. (A.B. 1897) – financer, philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller, and builder of Rockefeller Center
* Tom Rothman (A.B. 1976) – president, 20th Century Fox Film Group
* Tom Scott (businessman), Tom Scott (A.B. 1989) – co-founder of Nantucket Nectars, with Tom First
* John Sculley (A.B. 1961) – president of PepsiCo (1977–1983); CEO of Apple Computer (1983–1993)
*Josh Silverman (A.B. 1991) – CEO of Etsy (2017–) and Skype (2008–10); founder of Evite
*Rashmi Sinha (Ph.D. 1998) – co-founder and CEO of SlideShare
* Lawrence M. Small (A.B. 1963) – president of Fannie Mae; secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
* Orin R. Smith (1957) – chairman and CEO, Engelhard (1999–2001)
* Barry Sternlicht (A.B. 1982) – founder of Starwood Capital Group and Starwood
*Jeff Stibel (Sc.M. 1999) – entrepreneur, founder of Bryant Stibel
* Jeffrey Swartz (A.B. 1982) – former CEO of The Timberland Company, Timberland
*Melvin Swig (A.B. 1939) – real estate developer and Philanthropy, philanthropist
*Ted Turner (Class of 1960) – billionaire founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting
*Amelia Warren Tyagi (A.B. 1993) – businesswoman, author; daughter of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren
* Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1937) – president and CEO of IBM (1956–1971); U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–1981)
* Jochen Wermuth (A.M. 1992) – German investor, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Wermuth Asset Management
*Melanie Whelan (1999) – CEO of SoulCycle (2015–2019)
*Meredith Whitney (A.B. 1992) – equity research analyst notable for her prediction of the financial crisis of 2007–2009
* Andrew Yang (A.B. 1996) – founder of Venture for America (VFA), 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate 
*Nancy Zimmerman (A.B. 1985) – hedge fund manager, co-founder of Bracebridge Capital
*Robert Conley (reporter), Robert Conley (1953) – founding member and former General Manager of NPR; creator and original host of ''All Things Considered''; former ''New York Times'' front-page correspondent; ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' writer; reporter and anchor for NBC and the ''Huntley-Brinkley Report''
* Gareth Cook (A.B. 1991) – Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, ''Boston Globe'', for writing about stem cell research
* David Corn (1981) – Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ''Mother Jones (magazine), Mother Jones''
*Dana Cowin (A.B. 1982) – Editor-in-Chief of ''Food & Wine Magazine, Food & Wine''
* Lyn Crost (A.B. 1938) – World War II correspondent and author, ''Honor by Fire:Japanese Americans at War in Europe and the Pacific''
* Adrian Dearnell (A.B. 1994) – Franco-American financial journalist, CEO and founder of EuroBusiness Media
*Larry Elder (A.B. 1974) – columnist; radio personality; TV talk show host, ''The Larry Elder Show''; author; unsuccessful Republican Party (United States), Republican candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election
* Katherine Eban (A.B. 1989) – investigative journalist
*Chip Giller (A.B. 1993) – environmentalist, founder of ''Grist (magazine), Grist''
* Ira Glass (A.B. 1982) – host and producer, National Public Radio, ''This American Life''
* Jerry Green (writer), Jerry Green (A.B. 1950) – sports journalist, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
* Catherine Gund (A.B. 1988) – documentary filmmaker; activist
* Chris Hayes (A.B. 2001) – Editor of ''The Nation'' and host of ''All In with Chris Hayes'' on MSNBC 
* Tony Horwitz (1980) – journalist, ''Wall Street Journal'', winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
* A. J. Jacobs (1990) – journalist and author, ''The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World'', ''The Year of Living Biblically''
*Edward Jones (statistician), Edward Davis Jones (Class of 1877) – co-founder of ''The Wall Street Journal,'' namesake of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
*Sasha Frere-Jones (Class of 1988) – writer, music critic, and musician
*John F. Kennedy Jr. (A.B. 1983) – lawyer; journalist; publisher of ''George (magazine), George'' magazine; son of President John F. Kennedy; John F. Kennedy Jr. airplane crash, killed in an airplane crash on July 16, 1999
* Glenn Kessler (journalist), Glenn Kessler (A.B. 1981) – diplomatic correspondent for ''The Washington Post''
* Noel King (broadcast journalist), Noel King (A.B. 2004) – co-host of ''Morning Edition'' and ''Up First''
*Hiroko Kuniya (A.B. 1979) – Japanese news anchor
*Erik Kuselias (1991) – host of hosts CBSSports.com, Sportsline and CBS Sports
*Sharon LaFraniere (A.B. 1977) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist at ''The New York Times''
*Josh Levin (2002) – National Editor at ''Slate (magazine), Slate''
*Irving R. Levine (1944) – former NBC News correspondent
* Mara Liasson (A.B. 1977) – NPR correspondent
* Bill Lichtenstein (1978) – journalist, documentary filmmaker, president of LCMedia, Inc.; recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship and Peabody Award
* Andrew Marantz (2006) – staff writer at ''The New Yorker''
*Mark Maremont (1980) – senior special writer for the ''Wall Street Journal''; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
* Josh Marshall (Ph.D. 2003) – Polk Award-winning journalist; founder, ''Talking Points Memo''
* Matthew Miller (journalist), Matthew Miller (A.B. 1983) – Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Journalist, columnist for ''Fortune (magazine), Fortune;'' regular contributor to ''The New York Times Magazine''
*George Musser (Sc.B. 1988) – author and editor at ''Scientific American''
* Pamela Paul (A.B. 1993) – opinion columnist, ''The New York Times'', editor of ''The New York Times Book Review'' (2013–2022)
*Holly Peterson (A.B. 1987) – contributing editor for ''Newsweek'' magazine, editor-at-large for ''Talk (magazine), Talk'' magazine, producer for ABC News
*Sasha Polakow-Suransky (2001) – deputy editor at ''Foreign Policy,'' Rhodes Scholar
*Scott Poulson-Bryant (A.B. 2008, originally Class of 1989) – co-founding editor of ''VIBE Magazine''
* Andrew Revkin (A.B. 1978) – environmental journalist, ''New York Times''; recipient of 2008 Columbia University Journalism School John Chancellor Award
* Quentin Reynolds (1924) – World War II war correspondent.
* James Risen (1977) – journalist for ''The Intercept''; author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency; broke the 2005 story of warrantless NSA wiretapping; winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
* David S. Rohde (A.B. 1990) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; escaped from 7-month Taliban captivity in 2009
* Kevin Roose (Class of 2009) – technology columnist for ''The New York Times''
*Alissa J. Rubin (A.B. 1980) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, Baghdad Bureau chief, ''The New York Times''
*Margaret Russell (1980) – Editor-in-Chief, ''Elle Decor'' magazine; design judge, ''Top Design''
* Laura Secor (A.B.) – journalist
*Aaron Schatz (1996) – ESPN NFL analyst, founder of Football Outsiders
* Kathryn Schulz (A.B. 1996) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, staff writer at ''The New Yorker''
* Julia Flynn Siler (A.B. 1983) – journalist and nonfiction author
*Elissa Silverman (A.B. 1995) – journalist, member of the Council of the District of Columbia at-large (2015–present)
*Amy Sohn (A.B. 1995) – columnist, ''New York (magazine), New York'' magazine; novelist, ''Run Catch Kiss'' and ''Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell''
* Doreen St. Félix (2014) – staff writer at ''The New Yorker''
*Alison Stewart (A.B. 1988) – host, MSNBC's ''The Most with Alison Stewart''
* A. G. Sulzberger (A.B. 2003) – publisher, ''The New York Times;'' chairman of The New York Times Company
*André Leon Talley (A.M. 1973) – ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' magazine editor-at-large; first African-American male creative director of ''Vogue''; regarded as "fashion icon"
*Wallace Terry (A.B. 1959) – African-American journalist, author, and oral historian known for his coverage of Black soldiers in the Vietnam War
* Salamishah Tillet (M.A.T. 1997) - 
*David Wallace-Wells (A.B. 2004) – opinion columnist, ''The New York Times;'' author of ''The Uninhabitable Earth (book), The Uninhabitable Earth''
*Ivan Watson (A.B. 1997) – senior international correspondent, CNN
*Curtis Yarvin (1992) – blogger, political theorist, software engineer, and internet entrepreneur associated with the Dark Enlightenment
* Brian Christian (A.B. 2006) – author, ''The Most Human Human''
*Zinzi Clemmons (A.B. 2007) – author
* Nicole Cooley (A.B. 1988) – poet, Professor of English, Queens College, City University of New York
* Nilo Cruz (M.F.A. 1994) – 
* Percival Everett (A.M. 1982) – novelist, poet; Distinguished Professor of English, University of Southern California
* Rudolph Fisher (A.B. 1919, A.M. 1920) – author, musician, physician; a leader of the Harlem Renaissance
* 
*Zeyn Joukhadar (Ph.D. 2014) – novelist
*Bess Kalb (A.B. 2010) – author and television writer
*Phil Kaye (A.B. 2010) – poet and spoken word artist
*Sarah Kay (poet), Sarah Kay (A.B. 2010, M.A.T. 2012) – poet and spoken word artist
*Jonathan Karp (A.B. 1986) – publisher, CEO of Simon & Schuster
* Caroline Kepnes (A.B. 1999) – American author and screenwriter, ''You (Kepnes novel), You, Hidden Bodies, Providence (Kepnes novel), Providence''
*Alexandra Kleeman (A.B. 2007) – writer
*T. E. D. Klein (A.B. 1969) – horror fiction writer and magazine editor
* Caroline Knapp (A.B. 1981) – essayist and author, ''Drinking: A Love Story''
* Richard Kostelanetz (A.B.1962) – cultural historian, fictioner, poet, experimental writer, critic of avant-garde arts and artists, anthologist
* Geoffrey A. Landis (Ph.D. 1988) – Nebula Award and Hugo Award-winning scientist-writer and hard science fiction author
* Reif Larsen (A.B 2003) – professor at Columbia University; author, ''The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet''
*Marie Lee, Marie Myung-Ok Lee (A.B. 1986) – author and essayist
* Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (A.M. 1969) – author and journalist
* Ben Lerner (A.B. 2001, M.F.A. 2003) – poet, author of ''Angle of Yaw'', ''Leaving the Atocha Station'', ''10:04 (novel), 10:04'' and ''The Lichtenberg Figures'', recipient of the MacArthur fellowship
* Steven Levenson (A.B. 2006) – author, ''Dear Evan Hansen,'' winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
*David Levithan (A.B. 1993) – author, ''Boy Meets Boy (novel), Boy Meets Boy'', ''Will Grayson, Will Grayson'', ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist''
* Alan Levy (A.B. 1952) – author
* David Lipsky (A.B. 1987) – author, ''Three Thousand Dollars'', ''The Art Fair'', ''Absolutely American''
* Sam Lipsyte (A.B. 1990) – author, ''Home Land'', ''Venus Drive'', ''The Fun Parts''
* Lois Lowry (Class of 1958) – Newbery Medal-winning author, ''The Giver''
* Thomas Mallon (A.B. 1973) – author, ''Henry and Clara'', ''Thomas Mallon, Bandbox'', ''Dewey Defeats Truman'', ''Two Moons (novel), Two Moons''
* Ben Marcus (M.F.A. 1991) – author, ''The Age of Wire and String'', ''Notable American Women''
* Alex McAulay (A.B.) – author, ''Alex McAulay, Bad Girls'', ''Lost Summer'', ''Oblivion Road'', ''Shelter Me''
* Emily Arnold McCully (A.B. 1961) – Caldecott Award-winning children's author, ''Mirette on the High Wire''
* Mark C. McGarrity (A.B. 1966) – wrote crime fiction under the name Bartholomew Gill
* Roland Merullo (A.B. 1975, A.M.) – author
*Madeline Miller (A.B. 2000, A.M. 2001) – Women's Prize for Fiction-winning author of ''The Song of Achilles'' and ''Circe (novel), Circe''
* Steven Millhauser (1968–71) – 
* Jandy Nelson (M.F.A. 1992) – author, ''I'll Give You the Sun''
*Emily Nemens (A.B. 2005) – writer, editor, ''The Paris Review''
* Naomi Novik (A.B. 1995) – fantasy author, ''His Majesty's Dragon''
*Dan O'Brien (playwright), Dan O'Brien (M.F.A. 1999) – playwright and poet, author of ''The Body of an American''
* Nicanor Parra (1943–1945) – Chilean poet, author of '','' winner of the 2011 Miguel de Cervantes Prize
* S. J. Perelman (Class of 1925) – humorist, ''The New Yorker''; author; Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, ''Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film), Around the World in Eighty Days''
* Nathaniel Philbrick (A.B. 1978) – nonfiction writer; National Book Award winner, author of ''In the Heart of the Sea''
*Marilynne Robinson (A.B. 1966) – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize and Orange Prize-winning author, ''Gilead (novel), Gilead'', ''Housekeeping (novel), Housekeeping'', ''Home (Robinson novel), Home''
* Yona Sabar, Ariel Sabar (A.B. 1993) – author, National Book Critics Circle Award 2009 for ''My Father's Paradise''
* 
*Joshua M. Zeitz (A.M. 1998, Ph.D. 2002) – historian
*C Pam Zhang (2011) – author, ''How Much of These Hills Is Gold''
* William A. Catterall (A.B. 1968) – Chair and Professor of Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine, ForMemRS
*Charles V. Chapin (A.B. 1876) – Providence Superintendent of Health (1884–1932), pioneer in public health research and practice, first president of the American Epidemiological Society, professor of physiology at Brown
* Lynda Chin (A.B. 1988) – Department Chair and Professor of genomic medicine, Genomic Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Scientific Director, MD Anderson Institute for Applied Cancer Science
* James J. Cimino (B.Sc. 1977) – Professor of Medicine and Director, Informatics Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
*George E. Coghill (A.B. 1896, Ph.D. 1902) – anatomist
* Solomon Drowne (A.B. 1773) – physician, academic, and surgeon during the American Revolution
*Nora Groce (Ph.D.) – Leonard Cheshire Chair of Disability and Inclusive Development, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, University College London
*Andrew C. Hecht (1989) – Chief of Spine Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan), Mount Sinai Hospital; Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Neurologic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine
*Insoo Hyun (Ph.D. 1998) – Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
*Judith V. Jordan (1965) – co-director, Jean Baker Miller Institute; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
*Mark L. Kahn (A.B. 1984, M.D. 1987) – Edward S. Cooper, M.D./Norman Roosevelt and Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
*Philip Kantoff (1976, M.D. 1979) – former Chairman of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School
* 
William Williams Keen (A.B. 1859) – first American Neurosurgery, brain surgeon
* Linda Liau (A.B., S.B. 1987) – W. Eugene Stern Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
* Lloyd B. Minor (Sc.B. 1979, M.D. 1982) – Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine; former provost, Johns Hopkins University
*Christine Montross (M.D. 2006, M.M.Sc. 2007) – Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School at Brown University
*
*Joan Reede (Sc.B. 1976) – physician, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
* Griffin P. Rodgers (Sc.B. 1976, M.M.Sc. & M.D. 1979) – Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
* Matthew Sacchet (A.B. 2010) – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
*Sally Satel (M.D. 1984) – Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
* Erica Schwartz (Sc.B. 1994, M.D. 1998) – Deputy Surgeon General of the United States (2019-2021)
* Manny Sethi (A.B. 2000) – physician, president and founder of the non-profit Healthy Tennessee
*Neel Shah (Sc.B. 2004, M.D. 2009) – Executive Director of Costs of Care, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
*William C. Chase (A.B. 1916) – Major general, Major General during World War II
*G. Edward Buxton Jr., G. Edward Buxton (Ph.B. 1902) – commanding officer of Sergeant Alvin C. York; first assistant director of the Office of Strategic Services, OSS
*Thomas Ewing Jr. (Class of 1856) – Union Army general during the American Civil War, first chief justice of Kansas
*Ployer Peter Hill (B.Sc. 1916) – test pilot, namesake of Hill Air Force Base in Utah
* James Mitchell Varnum (A.B. 1769) – General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory
* Mary Chapin Carpenter (A.B. 1981) – country music, country singer-songwriter
* Chubb Rock – rapper and radio host
* Joel Cohen (musician), Joel Cohen (A.B. 1963) – director of the Boston Camerata
* Alvin Curran (A.B. 1960) – avant-garde composer
* Catie Curtis (1987) – folk music, contemporary folk singer-songwriter
* Dave Dederer (A.B.) – guitarist, singer, and founding member of rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (band), The Presidents of the United States of America
* Shelby Gaines (1991) – musician and artist
*Sofi Tukker, Tucker Halpern (2013) – musician and DJ, one half of electronic pop group Sofi Tukker
* Dhani Harrison (2001) – son of George Harrison, composer, guitarist
*Sofi Tukker, Sophie Hawley-Weld (2014) – musician, one half of electronic pop group Sofi Tukker
* Lili Haydn (1992) – singer-songwriter, violinist
*Lingua Ignota (musician), Lingua Ignota (M.F.A. 2016) – multidisciplinary artist and instrumentalist
*Nicolás Jaar (A.B. 2012) – avant-garde electronic music producer, owner and founder of record label and art house Clown & Sunset
* Gabriel Kahane (2003) – singer-songwriter
*Elliott Kerman (Sc.B. 1981) – founding baritone member of Rockapella
* Tad Kinchla (1995) – bassist for jam band Blues Traveler
* Richard Kostelanetz (A.B. 1962) – electro-acoustic composer (New York City Oratorio, America's Game), writer on innovative musics and musicians
* Damian Kulash (A.B. 1998) – lead singer and founding member of indie rock band OK Go
* Erich Kunzel (1964) – conductor, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
*Lawrence (band), Lawrence – soul-pop group founded by Clyde Lawrence '15 and Gracie Lawrence (Class of 2020)
*Lisa Loeb (A.B. 1990) – Grammy Award-winning alternative rock, alternative singer-songwriter; first unsigned artist to top the American charts
* The Low Anthem – indie folk band that includes alums Ben Knox Miller (2006), Jeff Prystowsky (2006) and Jocie Adams
* Erin McKeown (2000) – folk music, folk singer-songwriter
* Elizabeth Mitchell (musician), Elizabeth Mitchell (1990) – musician, member of indie folk music, folk–pop music, pop band Ida (band), Ida; played in a band with Lisa Loeb and Duncan Sheik while at Brown
* Will Oldham (Class of 1992) – indie rock/alternative country singer-songwriter who also performs under the names Will Oldham, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Will Oldham, Palace
* Elvis Perkins (1995) – singer-songwriter
* Navah Perlman (A.B. 1992) – concert pianist; daughter of Itzhak Perlman
* Dan Prothero – producer / engineer and owner of Fog City Records
* The Range (musician), The Range – DJ and electronic musician
* Sebastian Ruth (A.B. 1997) – violinist, 2010 MacArthur Fellow and faculty member of the Yale School of Music
* Susan Salms-Moss (A.B. 1967) – soprano
* Theodore Shapiro (composer), Theodore Shapiro (A.B. 1993) – film score composer, ''State and Main'' (2000), ''Old School (film), Old School'' (2003), ''Starsky & Hutch (film), Starsky & Hutch'' (2004), ''The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), ''Marley & Me (film), Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Tropic Thunder'' (2008), ''I Love You, Man'' (2008), ''We're the Millers'' (2013), ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (2013), ''Ghostbusters'' (2016), ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film), The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' (2021), ''Severance (TV series), Severance'' (2022)
* Duncan Sheik (A.B. 1992) – alternative rock singer-songwriter; top 10 hit for the song "Barely Breathing"; Grammy Award, Grammy and two-time Tony Award-winning composer, ''Spring Awakening (musical), Spring Awakening''
* Sasha Spielberg (2012) – musician, Wardell (band), Wardell; daughter of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
* Susie Suh (A.B. 2002) – alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Saleka (A.B. 2018) – Rhythm and blues, R&B singer-songwriter; daughter of M. Night Shyamalan
* Jon Spencer – singer and composer, known for Pussy Galore (band), Pussy Galore and Boss Hog
* Sally Taylor (singer-songwriter), Sally Taylor (1996) – singer-songwriter, daughter of Carly Simon and James Taylor
*Gwyneth Walker (A.B. 1967) – composer
*J. Mayo Williams (1920) – first African-American producer at a major record label
*Jamila Woods, (A.B. 2011) singer, songwriter and poet signed to Jagjaguwar, Jagajaguwar
* ZOX – SideOneDummy recording artist, composed of John Zox '02, Eli Miller '02, Daniel Edinberg '02, and Spencer Swain
* Scott E. Anderson (Sc.B. 1986) – Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor, Babe (film), ''Babe'', and nominee Starship Troopers (film), ''Starship Troopers'', ''Hollow Man''
* Bess Armstrong (1975) – actress, ''The Four Seasons (1981 film), The Four Seasons'' (1981), ''High Road to China (film), High Road to China''
* Raymond J. Barry (A.B) – actor, ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born on the Fourth of July, Steel City (film), Steel City''
*David Bartis (A.B. 1988) – producer, The Wall (2017 film), ''The Wall'', ''Edge of Tomorrow'', Fair Game (2010 film), ''Fair Game''
* Randall Batinkoff (1990) – actor, ''For Keeps (film), For Keeps'', ''School Ties''
*Steve Bloom (A.B. 1978) – screenwriter, ''James and the Giant Peach (film), James and the Giant Peach'', ''The Sure Thing'', ''Tall Tale'', ''Jack Frost (1998 film), Jack Frost''
*Joseph Bologna – actor, ''My Favorite Year'', ''Blame It on Rio''
*Sara Colangelo (A.B. 2001) – writer and director, ''Little Accidents,'' ''Worth (film), Worth''
*David Conrad (A.B. 1990) – actor, ''Wedding Crashers'', ''Ghost Whisperer''
* Michael Costigan (film producer), Michael Costigan (1990) – producer, ''Brokeback Mountain'', ''American Gangster (film), American Gangster'', ''Under the Banner of Heaven''
*Louis Ozawa Changchien (M.F.A. 2006) – actor, ''Predators (film), Predators, The Bourne Legacy (film), The Bourne Legacy'', ''Bosch (TV series), Bosch''
*Yaya Da Costa (A.B. 2004) – actress, ''Take the Lead'', ''Honeydripper (film), Honeydripper'', ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right'', ''The Butler (film), The Butler''; fashion model
* Lucy DeVito (A.B. 2005) – actress, ''Melissa and Joey'', ''Leaves of Grass (film), Leaves of Grass''
* Tom Dey (A.B. 1987) – director, ''Shanghai Noon'', ''Showtime (film), Showtime'', ''Failure to Launch'', ''Marmaduke (2010 film), Marmaduke'', ''Wedding Season''
* Alice Drummond (A.B. 1950) – actress, ''Awakenings'', ''Nobody's Fool (1994 film), Nobody's Fool'' (1994), ''Doubt (2008 film), Doubt'' (2008)
* Richard Fleischer (A.B. 1939) – director, ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1954), ''The Narrow Margin'', ''Fantastic Voyage'', ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', ''The Boston Strangler (film), The Boston Strangler'', ''Doctor Dolittle (film), Doctor Dolittle'', ''Mandingo (film), Mandingo'', ''Soylent Green''; Academy Award-winning documentary producer, ''Design for Death''
* Josh Friedman (1989) – screenwriter, ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'', ''The Black Dahlia (film), The Black Dahlia''; executive producer, ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''; developer, Snowpiercer (TV series), ''Snowpiercer''
* Liz Garbus (A.B. 1992) – Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, ''What Happened, Miss Simone?'', ''The Farm: Angola, USA'', ''Killing in the Name'', ''All In: The Fight for Democracy'', ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
* Francesca Gregorini (A.B. 1990) – Italian-American writer and film director
*Davis Guggenheim (1986) – Academy Award-winning documentary film director, ''An Inconvenient Truth'', ''It Might Get Loud,'' and ''Waiting for "Superman"''; film director for ''Gracie (film), Gracie'', ''Gossip (2000 American film), Gossip'' (2000), and episodes of ''24 (television), 24'', ''Alias (television), Alias'', ''The Shield'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''NYPD Blue''
* John Hamburg (A.B. 1992) – director, ''I Love You, Man'', ''Along Came Polly''; screenwriter, ''Zoolander'', ''Meet the Parents'', ''Meet the Fockers''
* Josh Hamilton (actor), Josh Hamilton (1991) – actor, ''Eighth Grade (film), Eighth Grade, 13 Reasons Why''
*Hill Harper (A.B. 1988) – actor, ''Constellation (film), Constellation'', ''Lackawanna Blues (film), Lackawanna Blues'', ''CSI: NY''
*Phil Hay (screenwriter), Phil Hay – screenwriter, Destroyer (2018 film), ''Destroyer'', ''The Invitation (2015 film), The Invitation, Ride Along (film), Ride Along''
* Todd Haynes (A.B. 1983) – Academy Award-nominated writer/director, ''Mildred Pierce (miniseries), Mildred Pierce'', ''I'm Not There'', ''Far from Heaven'', ''Velvet Goldmine'', ''Safe (1995 film), Safe'' (1995), ''Poison (film), Poison'', ''Dark Waters (2019 film), Dark Waters'', ''The Velvet Underground''
* David Hedison (Class of 1949) – film, television, and stage actor
*Sean Hood (1988) – screenwriter, ''Conan the Barbarian (2011 film), Conan the Barbarian'', ''Halloween: Resurrection'', ''Cursed (2005 film), Cursed'', ''Cube 2: Hypercube (film), Cube 2: Hypercube''
* Ruth Hussey (A.B. 1933) – Academy Award-nominated actress, ''The Philadelphia Story (film), The Philadelphia Story''
* Oren Jacoby (1977) – Academy Award-nominated documentarian, ''Constantine's Sword (film), Constantine's Sword''
* Kirsten Johnson (1987) - documentarian, director, and cinematographer, ''Dick Johnson Is Dead'', ''Cameraperson''
* Rory Kennedy (A.B. 1991) – independent filmmaker, Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc.; ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
* Simon Kinberg (A.B. 1995) – screenwriter and producer, ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'', ''Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), Sherlock Holmes'', ''Jumper (2008 film), Jumper'' (2008), ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film), Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005)
*Alison Klayman (A.B. 2006) – documentary filmmaker and journalist, ''Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry''
*Paul Kowalski (A.B. 2004) – film director and screenwriter, Paper Tiger (2020 film), ''Paper Tiger'' (2020)
* John Krasinski (A.B. 2001) – playwright, actor, director, and producer, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', ''Jack Ryan (TV series), Jack Ryan, A Quiet Place (film), A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place Part II, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, License to Wed, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi''
* Ellen Kuras (1981) – cinematographer, ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'', ''Blow (film), Blow'', ''He Got Game'', ''Summer of Sam'', ''Be Kind Rewind''
* Jonathan Levine (American Director), Jonathan Levine (A.B. 2000) – writer/director, ''Warm Bodies (film), Warm Bodies'', ''50/50 (2011 film), 50/50'' (2011), ''The Wackness'', ''All The Boys Love Mandy Lane''
* Doug Liman (A.B. 1988) – director and producer, ''The O.C.'', ''Edge of Tomorrow (film), Edge of Tomorrow'', ''Fair Game (2010 film), Fair Game'' (2010),''Jumper (2008 film), Jumper'' (2008), ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film), Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), ''The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'' (2002), ''The Bourne Supremacy (film), The Bourne Supremacy'', ''Go (1999), Go'' (1999), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996)
* Laura Linney (A.B. 1986) – three-time Academy Award and two-time Tony Award-nominated actress, ''The Big C (TV series), The Big C'', ''The Savages (film), The Savages'', ''The Nanny Diaries'', ''The Squid and the Whale'', ''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'', ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey'', ''Mystic River (film), Mystic River'', ''Love Actually'', ''You Can Count on Me'', ''The Truman Show'', ''Absolute Power (film), Absolute Power'', ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear, Ozark (TV series), Ozark''
* Kurt Luedtke (A.B. 1961) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter, ''Out of Africa (film), Out of Africa''
* Kátia Lund (A.B. 1989) – co-director, ''City of God (2002 film), Cidade de Deus (City of God)'' (2002)
* George Macready (A.B. 1921) – actor of film, stage, and television, ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', ''Paths of Glory''
* Eli Marienthal (Class of 2008) – actor, ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'', ''The Iron Giant'', ''Jack Frost (1998 film), Jack Frost'' (1998)
* Matt Manfredi – screenwriter, ''Crazy/Beautiful, Ride Along (film), Ride Along, The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV series), The Mysterious Benedict Society''
*Ross McElwee (A.B. 1970) – documentary filmmaker, ''Sherman's March (1986 film), Sherman's March'' (1986) and ''Bright Leaves (film), Bright Leaves''
* Leah Meyerhoff (A.B. 2001) – Student Academy Awards, Student Academy Award-nominated writer/director, ''Twitch (film), Twitch''
* Tim Blake Nelson (A.B. 1986) – actor, ''Lincoln (2012 film), Lincoln'' (2012), ''The Incredible Hulk (film), The Incredible Hulk'', ''Syriana (film), Syriana'', ''Minority Report (film), Minority Report'', ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'' (1998); director, ''Leaves of Grass (film), Leaves of Grass'', ''O (film), O'', ''The Grey Zone''
* Lorraine Nicholson (2012) – actress, ''Soul Surfer''
* Yoruba Richen (A.B. 1994) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
*Angela Robinson (director), Angela Robinson (A.B. 1992) – director, ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', ''D.E.B.S. (2003 film), D.E.B.S.'' (2003), ''D.E.B.S. (2004 film), D.E.B.S.'' (2004)
*Jane Rosenthal – founder of the Tribeca Film Festival
*Danny Rubin (A.B. 1979) – screenwriter, ''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day''
* Michael Showalter (A.B. 1992) – actor/writer/director, ''Wet Hot American Summer'', ''The Baxter'' and the series ''The State (1993 TV series), The State'', ''Stella (U.S. TV series), Stella'' and ''Michael & Michael Have Issues''
* Leelee Sobieski (Class of 2005) – actress, ''Eyes Wide Shut,'' ''Never Been Kissed'', ''Here on Earth (film), Here on Earth'', ''Joy Ride (2001 film), Joy Ride'' (2001), ''The Glass House (2001 film), The Glass House'' (2001), ''The Wicker Man (2006 film), Wicker Man'' (2006), ''88 Minutes'', ''Public Enemies (2009 film), Public Enemies'' (2009); nominated for an Emmy for ''Joan of Arc (miniseries), Joan of Arc''
* Alison Stewart (A.B. 1988) – radio and television journalist; filmmaker
* Matthew Sussman – actor, documentary filmmaker
* Sara Tanaka (A.B. 2000) – actress, ''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', ''Imaginary Heroes''
*Astra Taylor (Class of 2001) – activist and filmmaker, ''Zizek!'', ''Examined Life'', ''What Is Democracy?''
* Christine Vachon (A.B. 1983) – acclaimed independent film producer, ''I'm Not There'', ''Infamous (2006 film), Infamous'' (2006), ''The Notorious Bettie Page'', ''Far From Heaven'', ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'' (1999); executive producer, ''This American Life''
* Andrew Wagner (A.B. 1985) – writer, director, ''Starting Out in the Evening'', ''The Talent Given Us''
* Earl Wallace (A.B. 1955) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter, ''Witness (1985 film), Witness''
* Julie Warner (A.B. 1987) – actress, ''Doc Hollywood'', ''Tommy Boy (film), Tommy Boy''
* Emma Watson (A.B. 2014) – actress, model, and activist, Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'', ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film), The Perks of Being a Wallflower'', ''Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (2017), ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'' (2019)
* Betsy West (1973) – filmmaker and director, ''RBG (film), RBG'', ''My Name Is Pauli Murray, My Name is Pauli Murray''; Fred W. Friendly Professor of Professional Practice in Media Society Emeritus, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
*JoBeth Williams (A.B. 1970) – actress, ''The Big Chill (film), The Big Chill'', ''Poltergeist movies, Poltergeist''
*Jeff Zimbalist (2000) – filmmaker, ''Favela Rising''
* Roger Bowen (A.B.) – comedic actor, ''M*A*S*H (film), M*A*S*H;'' novelist
*Warren Brown (TV Host), Warren Brown – host, ''Sugar Rush (Food Network), Sugar Rush''
* Jessica Capshaw (A.B. 1998) – actress, ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''The Practice'', ''Minority Report (film), Minority Report''
* Jordan Carlos (A.B. 2001) – comedian, Stephen Colbert's "black friend"
* Charise Castro Smith (A.B. 2005) actress, writer, playwright, producer, ''The Exorcist (TV series), The Exorcist, The Haunting of Hill House (TV series), The Haunting of Hill House'', ''Encanto (film), Encanto''
*Kitty Chen (A.B. 1966) – actress, ''Law & Order'', writer
* Nick Chinlund – actor, ''The X-Files''
*Jude Ciccolella (A.B. 1969) – actor, best known for his role as Mike Novick in ''24 (TV series), 24''
* Yaya DaCosta (A.B. 2004) – actress and model
*Joel de la Fuente (A.B. 1991) – actor, best known for his role as Dr. Johann Pryce in ''Hemlock Grove (TV series), Hemlock Grove''
*Aunjanue Ellis (A.B. 1993) – actress, ''The Mentalist''
*India Ennenga (A.B.) – actress, ''Treme (TV series), Treme''
* Eve Gordon (A.B. 1978) – actress, ''Recount (film), Recount'', ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'', ''American Horror Story'', ''Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'', ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural''
* Robin Green (1967) – Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, ''The Sopranos'', ''Northern Exposure''
* Andy Greenwald (1999)– writer, podcaster, and producer
*Jonathan Groff (writer), Jonathan Groff (A.B. 1983) – actor, BlackAF; producer, ''Black-ish''; writer, ''The Jon Stewart Show'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''
*David Groh (1961) – actor, ''Rhoda''
* Marin Hinkle (1988) – actress, ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Once and Again'', ''Two and a Half Men''
* Takehiro Hira (1997) – Japanese-born actor, ''Giri/Haji, Sekigahara (film), Sekigahara''
*Tina Holmes (1995) – actress, ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under''
* Peter Jacobson (1987) – actor, ''House M.D.''
* Rafe Judkins (2005) – contestant on ''Survivor: Guatemala'', television writer
* Rhonda Ross Kendrick (A.B. 1993) – Daytime Emmy-nominated actress, ''Another World (TV series), Another World'', daughter of Diana Ross
* Rory Kennedy (A.B. 1990) – Emmy Award-winning documentary producer, director, and writer, ''American Hollow'', ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
* John Krasinski (A.B. 2002) – actor, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', ''Leatherheads'', ''License to Wed''; director, A Quiet Place (film), ''A Quiet Place''
* Clea Lewis (A.B. 1987) – actress, ''Ellen (TV series), Ellen'', ''Andy Barker, P.I.''
* Florencia Lozano (A.B. 1992) – actress, ''One Life to Live''
*Ian Maxtone-Graham (A.B. 1982.5) – writer, producer, ''The Simpsons'', ''Saturday Night Live''
* Silas Weir Mitchell (actor), Silas Weir Mitchell (A.B. 1991) – actor, ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm''
*Peter Nowalk (A.B. 2000) – creator, ''How to Get Away with Murder''; producer, ''Scandal (TV series), Scandal, Grey's Anatomy''
*Masi Oka (Sc.B. 1997) – actor, ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', ''Will and Grace'', ''Gilmore Girls'', ''Get Smart (film), Get Smart''
*Monica Owusu-Breen (1990) – writer, ''Alias (TV series), Alias,'' ''Lost (TV series), Lost;'' executive producer, ''Brothers & Sisters (TV series), Brothers & Sisters,'' ''Midnight, Texas''
*John Pleshette (1964) – actor, ''Knots Landing, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977 film), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald''
*Tracee Ellis Ross (A.B. 1995) – actress, ''Girlfriends (U.S. TV series), Girlfriends'', ''Black-ish'', daughter of Diana Ross
* Ben Shenkman (A.B. 1990) – actor, ''Royal Pains'' and ''Angels in America (miniseries), Angels in America''
*Sam Trammell (A.B. 1991) – actor, ''True Blood''
* Bee Vang (2015) – actor, ''Gran Torino,'' writer
* Julie Warner (A.B. 1987) – actress, ''Nip/Tuck'', ''Family Law (American TV series), Family Law'', ''The Guiding Light''
* Suzanne Whang (Sc. M. 1986) – ''General Hospital'', ''Las Vegas (TV series), Las Vegas''; host HGTV's ''House Hunters''
* David Walton (actor), David Walton (2001) – actor, ''About a Boy (TV series), About a Boy''
*Moisés Zamora (A.B. 2000) – creator, ''Selena: The Series''
* Daveed Diggs (A.B. 2004) – actor, Tony Award-winning originator of the roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the Pulitzer-Prize winning 2015 musical ''Hamilton (musical), Hamilton''
* Jackie Sibblies Drury (M.F.A.) – Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, ''Fairview (play), Fairview''
* Gina Gionfriddo (M.F.A. 1997) – playwright, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, ''Becky Shaw'' (2009) and ''Rapture, Blister, Burn'' (2013); producer, ''Law and Order''
* Ann Harada (A.B. 1985) – actress in the original Broadway casts of ''Avenue Q'' and ''Cinderella (2013 Broadway production), Cinderella''
* Quiara Alegría Hudes (M.F.A. 2004) – Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, ''Water by the Spoonful'', ''In the Heights (musical), In the Heights'' (Tony Award winner for Best Musical), ''Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, In the Heights''
* Stephen Karam (2002) – playwright, ''Speech and Debate (play), Speech & Debate'' (2006); Tony Award winner, ''The Humans (play), The Humans'' (2016); two-time 
* Amy Van Nostrand – actress, ''The Hothouse''
*David Yazbek (1982) – Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer, musician, composer, and lyricist, ''The Band's Visit (musical), The Band's Visit'' (2017), ''The Full Monty (musical), The Full Monty'' (2000), ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (2005) and ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (musical), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2010)
* John Lloyd Young (A.B. 1998) – actor; Tony Award winner for ''Jersey Boys'' (2006); lead vocalist, 2007 Grammy-winning ''Jersey Boys'' album for Clint Eastwood's 2014 ''Jersey Boys (film), Jersey Boys''; member of President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
* Kriyananda, Swami Kriyananda (1945–47) – founder of the Ananda movement
*Yehuda Kurtzer (A.M. 2001) – President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
* Jonathan Maxcy (A.B. 1787) – President of
*Prince Alexander-Georg von Auersperg (1983) – son of Sunny von Bülow
*Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli, Countess Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli (1989) – daughter of Claus von Bülow and Sunny von Bülow
*Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (A.B. 1993) – businessman, son of Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
*Tatiana von Fürstenberg, Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg (A.B. 1991) –singer-songwriter, daughter of Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
*Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein (Sc.B. 1985) – son of the late King Hussein of Jordan; Commander of the Jordan Royal Air Force
*Lady Gabriella Kingston (A.B. 2004) – freelance writer and member of the royal family of the United Kingdom
*Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (A.B. 1993) – member of the titular Greek royal family, royal family of Greece
*Princess Nissa Raad (A.B. 2002) – member of the Jordanian royal family, Jordanian Royal Family
*Leila Pahlavi, Princesss Lila Pahlavi (A.B. 1992) – Princess of Iran; youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, deposed Pahlavi dynasty, Shah of Iran
* Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (A.B. 2006) – member of the titular royal family of Greece
*Lady Gabriella Windsor (A.B. 2004) – member of the British royal family
* Charles Evans Hughes III (A.B.) – architect, grandson of Charles Evans Hughes
*Francis L. V. Hoppin (A.B.) – architect
* Norman Isham (A.B. 1886, M.A. 1890) – Rhode Island historical architect
*Harry Wild Jones – architect
*John Black Lee – mid-century modern architect
*Robert Somol (A.B. 1982) – Architectural theory, architectural theorist
*Laurinda Hope Spear (B.F.A. 1972) – architect, co-founder of Arquitectonica
* Thomas Alexander Tefft (1851) – pioneer American architect
*Susan Freedman (A.B. 1982) – president of the Public Art Fund
*Chitra Ganesh (A.B. 1996) – artist
*Orly Genger (A.B. 2001) – contemporary sculptor and installation artist
*Sanford Robinson Gifford (A.B. 1844) – landscape painter of the Hudson River School
* Isca Greenfield-Sanders (A.B. 2000) – artist
* Karl Haendel (A.B. 1998) – artist known for his pencil drawings
* Ilana Halperin (A.B. 1995) – artist
* George Hitchcock (artist), George Hitchcock (A.B. 1872) – impressionist painter
*Akiko Ichikawa (A.B. 1994) – interdisciplinary visual artist and writer
* Bill Jacobson (A.B. 1977) – photographer
* Ken Johnson (art critic), Ken Johnson (A.B. 1976) – art critic for the ''New York Times''
* Paul Ramirez Jonas (A.B. 1987) – contemporary artist; Chair of the Department of Art, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
* Nina Katchadourian (A.B. 1989) – multimedia artist
* Richard Kostelanetz (A.B. 1962) – book-art, audio, video, photography, film, holography
* Paul Laffoley (A.B. 1962) – artist and architect
* Walter Liedtke (A.M. 1969) – curator of European paintings Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Candice Lin (A.B 2001) – artist
*Sarah Morris (A.B. 1988) – contemporary painter and filmmaker
*Elizabeth Neel (A.B. 1997) – contemporary painter
*Lisa Oppenheim (A.B. 1998) – multimedia artist
* Sarah Oppenheimer (A.B. 1995) – sculptor and intallation artist
* Maureen Paley (A.B. 1975) – established the first East End gallery in London, represents the work of important contemporary artists
* Bern Porter (Sc.M. 1933) – visual artist and scientist involved in the development of the cathode-ray tube and the Manhattan Project
*Seth Price (A.B. 1997) – post-conceptual artist
*
* Mark Tribe (A.B. 1990) – artist; chair of the School of Visual Arts' MFA program
*Marcus Waterman (1857) – Orientalism, Orientalist painter
*Virgil Macey Williams (1847–1850) – painter, co-founder of the San Francisco Art Association
* Saya Woolfalk (A.B. 2001) – multimedia artist
* Steve Jordan (American football), Steve Jordan (Sc.B. 1982) – professional football player, six-time All-Pro tight end who played for the Minnesota Vikings
* Sean Morey (American football), Sean Morey (1999) – Special Teams Captain of 2005 Super Bowl XL Champion Pittsburgh Steelers
* Bill O'Brien (American football), Bill O'Brien (A.B. 1992) – Offensive coordinator, Offensive cordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Alabama, former head Coach at Pennsylvania State University, Penn State
* Curly Oden (1921) – National Football League running back and member of 1928 league champion Providence Steam Roller
* Joe Paterno (A.B. 1950) – Head Coach for Pennsylvania State University, Penn State (1966–2011), all-time winningest Division I football coach
* Fritz Pollard (A.B. 1919) – first black All-American halfback (American football), halfback; first black National Football League head coach; as a player, led the Akron Pros to the NFL's first-ever championship in 1920; inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Edward North Robinson (1896) – football coach at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Brown, Tufts College, Tufts, Boston University, and for the Providence Steam Roller; member of the College Football Hall of Fame
* Wallace Wade (1917) – football coach at the University of Alabama and then Duke University, Duke, member of the College Football Hall of Fame; namesake of Duke's football stadium
*Jack Spellman (1924) – American wrestler, Olympic gold (1924 Summer Olympics, 1924) medal in the men's freestyle light heavyweight
*Norman Taber (1913) – American runner, Olympic gold (1912 Summer Olympics, 1912) medal in the 3000m relay
* Dwight Foster (1757–1823), Dwight Foster (A.B. 1770) – United States Senator from Massachusetts, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
* Theodore Foster (A.B. 1770) – United States Senator from Rhode Island
* David Howell (jurist), David Howell (A.M. 1769) – Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation
* Joshua Toulmin (A.M. 1769) – English English Dissenters, dissenting minister
* James Mitchell Varnum (A.B. 1769) – leader of 1st Rhode Island Regiment, widely regarded as the first Black battalion in U.S. history
* Samuel Ward Jr. (A.B. 1771) – delegate to the Hartford Convention
*Andrew Dexter Jr. (A.B. 1798) – founder of Montgomery, Alabama
* Isaac Haxton (2008) – professional poker player
*Douglas Harriman Kennedy (A.B.) – tenth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
*Alexandra Kerry (A.B. 1997) – daughter of presidential candidate and U.S. Senator John Kerry
* Sadad Ibrahim Al Husseini (M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1973) – oil and gas industry expert
*Theodore Morde (1935–36) – famed explorer and adventurer who claimed to have discovered the "Lost City of the Monkey God" in Honduras
* Cara Mund (Class of 2016) – Miss America 2018
* Allegra Versace (Class of 2008) – heiress to Gianni Versace's fortune and daughter of Donatella Versace
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
and Pembroke College, Brown's former women's college. "Class of" is used to denote the graduation class of individuals who attended Brown, but did not or have not graduated. When solely the graduation year is noted, it is because it has not yet been determined which degree the individual earned.
MacArthur "Genius" Fellows
*Donald Antrim
Donald Antrim (born 1958) is an American novelist. His first novel, '' Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World'', was published in 1993.
In 1999, ''The New Yorker'' named him as among the 20 best writers under the age of 40. In 2013, he was named ...
(A.B. 1981) – novelist, '' Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World;'' recipient of the 2013 MacArthur Fellowship
* Greg Asbed (B.Sc. 1985) – human rights strategist and labor organizer; recipient of the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship
* Kelly Benoit-Bird (B.Sc. 1998) – Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; recipient of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship
* Richard Benson (1961) – photographer, Dean of the Yale School of Art (1996–2006); recipient of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship
* Lucy Blake (A.B. 1981) – conservationist, recipient of the 2000 MacArthur Fellowship
* John C. Bonifaz
John C. Bonifaz (born 22, June 1966, in Wilmington, DE) is an Amherst-based attorney and political activist specializing in constitutional law and voting rights. He is the president and co-founder of Free Speech for People. He is also the found ...
(A.B. 1959) – founder, National Voting Rights Institute
The National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) was a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization based in Boston, which described itself as "committed to making real the promise of American democracy that meaningful political participation and pow ...
, recipient of the 1999 MacArthur Fellowship
* Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or ...
(M.F.A. 1993) – Haitian-American
Haitian Americans (french: Haïtiens-Américains; ht, ayisyen ameriken) are a group of Americans of full or partial Haitian origin or descent. The largest proportion of Haitians in the United States live in Little Haiti to the South Florida area ...
author, recipient of the 2009 MacArthur Fellowship
* Michael H. Dickinson (Sc.B. 1984) – Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology; recipient of the 2001 MacArthur Fellowship
* Richard Foreman
Richard Foreman (born June 10, 1937 in New York City) is an American avant-garde playwright and the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
Achievements and awards
Foreman has written, directed and designed over fifty of his own plays, b ...
(A.B. 1959) – playwright and avant-garde theater pioneer; recipient of the 1995 MacArthur Fellowship
* Jim Yong Kim (A.B. 1982) – 12th President of the World Bank
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
, President Emeritus of Dartmouth College, and public health physician; recipient of the 2003 MacArthur Fellowship
* Ben Lerner (A.B. 2001, M.F.A. 2003) – poet; recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship
* David Lobell
David B. Lobell is an agricultural ecologist. He is currently the Gloria and Richard Kushel Director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment and Professor of Earth System Science at Stanford University. He is additionally a William Wrigl ...
(Sc.B. 2000) – Gloria and Richard Kushel Director at the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
; recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship
* Monica Muñoz Martinez
Monica Muñoz Martinez is a scholar of Mexican-American history current serving as an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Martinez was previously the Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of American Studies ...
(A.B. 2006) – public historian; recipient of the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship
* Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly working-class people who are Black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for he ...
(A.B. 1986) – first female playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
twice; recipient of the 2007 MacArthur Fellowship
* Nawal M. Nour
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(A.B. 1988) – obstetrician and gynecologist, Kate Macy Ladd Professor at Harvard Medical School; recipient of the 2013 MacArthur Fellowship
* Lauren Redniss
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Education
Redniss graduated from Brown University. She earned an MFA in Illustration ...
(A.B. 1996) – artist and writer; recipient of the 2016 MacArthur Fellowship
* Jennifer Richeson
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(Sc.B. 1994) – Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology, Yale University; recipient of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowship
* Sarah Ruhl (A.B. 1997, M.F.A 2001) – playwright; recipient of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowship
* Sebastian Ruth (A.B. 1997) – violinist, recipient of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship
* Joanna Scott
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A native of ...
(M.A. 1985) – author; recipient of the 1992 MacArthur Fellowship
* William Seeley (A.B. 1993) – Professor of Neurology and Pathology, UC San Francisco
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, recipient of the 2011 MacArthur Fellowship
Academia
Academic administrators
* Jasper Adams (A.B. 1815) – President, College of Charleston; 1st PresidentHobart College Hobart College may refer to:
* Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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* Vernon Alden
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(A.B. 1945) – 15th President, Ohio University
* James Burrill Angell (A.B. 1849) – 3rd President, University of Michigan
* Rufus Babcock (1821) – 2nd President, Colby College
* Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Ph.D. 1994) – Dean, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
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(2016–2021); Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory University (2021-)
* Samuel Belkin (Ph.D. 1935) – 2nd President, Yeshiva University
* Lee Eliot Berk
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(A.B 1964) – 2nd President and namesake, Berklee College of Music
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* Sarah Bolton (Sc.B. 1988) – 12th President, College of Wooster; former Dean of the College, Williams College
* Hermon Carey Bumpus
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Early life and education
Hermon Carey Bumpus was born in Buckfield, Maine in 18 ...
(Ph.B. 1884) – 5th President, Tufts University
* Walter Burse (1920) – 2nd President, Suffolk University
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* Dame Frances Cairncross
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She formerly chaired the executive committee of the Institute f ...
(A.M. 1966) – Rector, Exeter College, Oxford
* James Tift Champlin
James Tift Champlin (June 9, 1811 – March 15, 1882) was the seventh President of Colby College, Maine, United States, from 1857-1873.
Early life
James Tift Champlin was born in Colchester, Connecticut on June 9, 1811.
He died in Portland, Main ...
(1834) – 7th President, Colby College
* Gordon Keith Chalmers
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(A.B. 1925) – 13th President, Kenyon College; 9th President, Rockford College Rockford or Rockfords may refer to:
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* Rockford, Illinois, a city, the largest municipality of this name
*Rockford, Alabama, a town
* Rockford, Idaho, a census-designated place
* Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, a United St ...
* Jeremiah Chaplin (1799) – Founder and 1st President, Colby College
* Oren B. Cheney
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(Class of 1840) – Founder and 1st President, Bates College
* Barbara Chernow
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(A.B. 1979) – Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Brown University
* Aram Chobanian (A.B. 1951) – 9th President, Boston University
* Jay Coogan (A.B. 1980) – 16th President, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
* William E. Cooper (A.B., A.M. 1973) – 8th President, University of Richmond
* Robert A. Corrigan
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Before that, Corrigan served nine years as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston from ...
(A.B. 1957) – 12th President, San Francisco State University
* Glenn Cummings (M.A.T. 1984) – 13th President, University of Southern Maine
* Eliphaz Fay (A.B. 1821) – 4th President, Colby College
* Willbur Fisk (A.B. 1815) – 1st President, Wesleyan University
* Henry Simmons Frieze
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(A.B. 1841) – Acting President, University of Michigan
* Edward Guiliano (1972) – 3rd President, New York Institute of Technology
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* Thomas Hassan
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(1978) – 14th Principal, Phillips Exeter Academy
(not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God)
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; first gentleman of New Hampshire
* John Hope (1894) – 4th President, Morehouse College
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; 5th President, Atlanta University; the first African American in both roles; co-founder of the Niagara Movement, which became the NAACP
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* Suzanne Keen (A.B. 1984, A.M. 1986) – 10th President, Scripps College
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* Jim Yong Kim (A.B. 1982) – 17th President, Dartmouth College; 12th President of the World Bank
President most commonly refers to:
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*President (government title)
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* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
* Joan Leitzel
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(M.A. 1961) – 17th President, University of New Hampshire
* Luther Luedtke
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(Ph.D. 1971) – 5th President, California Lutheran University
* James A. MacAlister (1856) – 1st President, Drexel University
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* Horace Mann (A.B. 1819) – 1st President, Antioch College; father of American public education
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; member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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* Jonathan Maxcy (A.B. 1787) – 2nd President, Brown University; 1st President, University of South Carolina; 3rd President, Union College
* David Maxwell (A.M. 1968) – 12th President, Drake University
* Alexander Meiklejohn
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Alexander Meiklejohn was born o ...
(A.B. 1893, A.M. 1895) – 8th President, Amherst College
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; Dean, Brown University; philosopher and free-speech advocate
* Richard L. Morrill (A.B. 1961) – 8th President, University of Richmond; 18th President, Centre College; President, Salem College
* Robert W. Morse
Dr. Robert Warren Morse (May 25, 1921 – January 19, 2001) was the first president of Case Western Reserve University, and the fifth and last president of Case Institute of Technology.
Career
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a memb ...
(A.M. 1947, Ph.D. 1949) – 1st President, Case Western Reserve University
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* Bernard Muir (1990) – Athletic Director, Stanford University
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*Samuel M. Nabrit
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(Ph.D. 1932) – 2nd President, Texas Southern University
* Louis E. Newman
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...
(Ph.D. 1983) – Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University
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* Melissa Nobles (A.B. 1985) – Chancellor and Professor of Political Science, MIT
* Eliphalet Nott (A.M. 1795) – 4th President, Union College; 3rd President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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; the longest serving American college president
* Inman E. Page
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(A.B. 1877, A.M. 1880) – President of the Lincoln Institute, Langston University, Western University, and Roger Williams University
* Lynn Pasquerella
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(Ph.D. 1985) – 18th President, Mount Holyoke College
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...
* Willard Preston
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(A.B. 1806) – 4th President, University of Vermont
* Wendell Pritchett
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(A.B. 1986) – Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden (2009–14); Provost, University of Pennsylvania (2017–21); Interim President, University of Pennsylvania (2022); first person of color to lead the University of Pennsylvania
* Suzanne M. Rivera (A.B. 1991) – 17th President, Macalester College
* Chase F. Robinson (A.B. 1985) – President and Distinguished Professor, The Graduate Center, CUNY
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* Leonard Schlesinger
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(A.B. 1972) – 12th President, Babson College
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* Arthur R. Taylor (A.B. 1957, A.M 1961) – 10th President, Muhlenberg College; President, CBS (1972–1976)
* Sir Richard Trainor (A.B. 1970) – Principal, King's College London
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(2004–2014); Rector, Exeter College, Oxford (2014–)
* Yang Wei (engineer), Yang Wei (Ph.D. 1985) – President, Zhejiang University
* Nils Yngve Wessell (A.M. 1935) – 8th President, Tufts University
* Benjamin Ide Wheeler (A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878) – 8th President, University of California
* Charles Lincoln White (A.B. 1887) – 13th President, Colby College
* Beniah Longley Whitman (A.B. 1887, A.M. 1890) – 11th President, Colby College; 7th President, George Washington University
* Mary Emma Woolley (A.B. 1894, A.M 1895) – 11th President, Mount Holyoke College
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...
Applied sciences
* Lallit Anand (Sc.M. 1972, Ph.D. 1975) – Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT * Panos Antsaklis (M.Sc. Ph.D. 1977) – H. Clifford and Evelyn A. Brosey Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame * Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Ph.D. 1994) – Dean, Pratt School of Engineering,Duke University
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(2016–2021); Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory University
* Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Sc.B. 1990) – John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
* Bernard Budiansky (Ph.D. 1950) – James Lawrence Professor of Engineering, Harvard University; recipient of the 1989 Timoshenko Medal
* Herman Chernoff (Ph.D. 1948) – Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics, MIT; known for the Chernoff bound, Chernoff distribution and Chernoff face
* Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (Sc.B. 1969) – Stanford W. Ascherman M.D. Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
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* Philippe Fauchet (M.Sc. 1980) – Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
* Leigh Hochberg (B.Sc. 1990) – L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering, Brown University; Senior Lecturer in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
* Philip G. Hodge (Ph.D. 1949) – Professor Emeritus of Mechanics, University of Minnesota
* Ayanna Howard (Sc.B. 1993) – Dean, Ohio State University College of Engineering, College of Engineering, Ohio State University
* Joseph Jacobson (Sc.B 1987) – Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
* Richard D. James (scientist), Richard D. James (B.Sc. 1974) – Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Aerospace Engineering Mechanics, University of Minnesota
* Mark Kachanov (Ph.D. 1981) – Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
* John Kim (professor), John Kim (Sc.M. 1974) – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
* Victor Li (engineer), Victor Li (B.Sc. 1977, M.Sc. 1978, Ph.D. 1981) – James R. Rice Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and the E.B. Wylie Collegiate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan; inventor of engineered cementitious composites
* Reda R. Mankbadi (Ph.D. 1979) – Distinguished Professor and Founding Dean, College of Engineering, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
* Robert McMeeking (M.Sc. 1974, Ph.D. 1977) – Tony Evans Distinguished Professor of Structural Materials and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara; recipient of the 2014 Timoshenko Medal
* Yves Moreau (M.Sc. 1994) – Professor of Engineering, KU Leuven
* Simon Ostrach (Sc.M. 1945, Ph.D. 1950) – Wilbert J. Austin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
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; pioneer in Outline of space science, space science
* Stella Pang (B.Sc. 1977) – Department Head and Chair Professor of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
* Louise Prockter (M.Sc. Ph.D. 1999) – Chief Scientist, Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
* Upadrasta Ramamurty (Ph.D. 1994) – Professor, Department of Materials science, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
* Kavita Ramanan (M.Sc. 1993, Ph.D. 1998) – Roland George Dwight Richardson University Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
* Kaliat Ramesh (Sc.M. 1985, Sc.M. 1987, Ph.D. 1988) – Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering
* Guruswami Ravichandran (Ph.D. 1987) – John E. Goode Jr., Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Otis Booth Leadership Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology
* Ares J. Rosakis (ScM. 1980, Ph.D. 1982) – Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
* Ed Scheinerman (B.Sc. 1980) –Professor of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Johns Hopkins University
* Paul H. Steen (Sc.B. A.B., 1975) – Maxwell M. Upson Professor, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
* Katia Sycara (Sc.B. 1969) – Edward Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University
* Gretar Tryggvason (Sc.M. 1982, Ph.D. 1985) – Department Head and Charles A. Miller Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
* Krystyn Van Vliet (Sc.B. 1998) – Michael and Sonja Koerner Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
*Richard W. Ziolkowski (Sc.B. 1974) – Litton Industries John M. Leonis Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
Economics and management
* Mark Aguiar (A.B. 1988) – Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance, Princeton University * Igor Ansoff (Ph.D. 1948) – economist and applied mathematician; Founding Dean, Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University
* Clarence Edwin Ayres (A.B. 1912, M.A. 1914) – Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin; leading proponent of institutional economics
* Malcolm Baker (A.B. 1992) – Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
* William A. Darity Jr. (A.B. 1974) – Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
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* Steven Davis (economist), Steven J. Davis (A.M. 1981, Ph.D. 1986) – William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
* Mihir A. Desai (A.B. 1989) – Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School; Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
* Douglas Diamond (A.B. 1975) – Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Nobel laureate (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economic Sciences, 2022)
* Karen Dynan (A.B. 1985) – Professor of the Practice, Economics Department, Harvard Kennedy School
* James Feyrer (A.M., Ph.D. 2001) – Professor and Vice-Chair of Economics, Dartmouth College
* Marvin Goodfriend (Ph.D. 1980) – Friends of Allan Meltzer Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
* John Haltiwanger (Sc.B. 1977) – Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor of Economics and Distinguished University Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
* Janice Hammond (Sc.B.) – Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing, Harvard Business School
* Jerry A. Hausman (A.B. 1968) – John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, MIT
* Guido Imbens (A.M. 1989, Ph.D. 1991) – Applied Econometrics Professor and Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Nobel laureate (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economic Sciences, 2021)
* Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (A.M. 1997, Ph.D. 2000) – Neil Moskowitz Endowed Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
* Bruce J. Katz (A.B. 1981) – Vice President, Brookings Institution; Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
* Michael Keane (economist), Michael Keane (Ph.D. 1989) – Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Economics, University of New South Wales
* Robert King (economist), Robert G. King (A.B., A.M., Ph.D.) – Professor of Economics, Boston University
* Randall Kroszner (Sc.B. 1984) – Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
* Neale Mahoney (Sc.B. 2005) – Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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* Edwin Mills (economist), Edwin Mills (A.B. 1951) – Professor Emeritus of Real Estate and Finance, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
* Robert A. Moffitt (A.M. 1972, Ph.D. 1975) – Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
* Jonathan Morduch (A.B. 1985) – Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, NYU
* Anna Nagurney (A.B. 1977, Sc.B. 1977, Sc.M. 1980, Ph.D. 1983) – John F. Smith Memorial Professor, Isenberg School of Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst
* Georgia Perakis (Sc.M. 1988, Ph.D. 1993) – William F. Pounds Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
* Eswar Prasad (A.M. 1986) – Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
* Nancy Rothbard (A.B. 1990) – Deputy Dean and David Pottruck Professor of Management, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
* David Schmittlein (A.B. 1977) – John C Head III Dean and Professor of Marketing, MIT Sloan School of Management
* Scott Shane (professor), Scott Shane (A.B. 1986) – A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University
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* Anthony Shorrocks (A.M. 1970) – Professor, London School of Economics; 5th Director of UNU-WIDER, World Institute for Development Economics Research;
* Julia Steinberger (Sc.B. 1996) – Professor of Ecological Economics, University of Lausanne
* Ebonya Washington (A.B. 1995) – Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics, Yale University
*David N. Weil (A.B. 1982) – James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics, Brown University
* John Henry Williams (economist), John Henry Williams (A.B. 1912) – Founding Dean, Harvard Kennedy School; economist of international trade theory
* Janet Yellen (A.B. 1967) – Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley; 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve; the first woman in both roles
Formal sciences
* Frederick J. Almgren Jr. (Ph.D. 1962) – Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University; recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship * Douglas N. Arnold (A.B. 1975) – McKnight Presidential Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota * Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (Ph.D. 1939) – President, Mathematical Association of America; the first woman elected to position * David Blei (Sc.B. 1997) – Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, Columbia University * Dick Bulterman (Sc.M. 1977, Ph.D. 1982) – Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam * Nelson Dunford (Ph.D. 1936) – James E. English Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, Yale University; namesake of the Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem; * Steven K. Feiner (A.B. 1973, Ph.D. 1985) – Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University * George Forsythe (Ph.D. 1941) – founder and chair of the Computer Science Department,Stanford University
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; creator of the term "Computer Science"
* William Fulton (mathematician), William Fulton (A.B. 1961) – Oscar Zariski Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
* Anne Gelb (Sc.M. 1991, Ph.D. 1996)– John G. Kemeny Parents Professor of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
* Mark Goresky (Ph.D. 1976) – Member, Institute for Advanced Study; co-inventor of intersection homology
* John Guttag (A.B. 1971) – Chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (1999–2004), MIT
* James Hendler (M.Sc. 1983, Ph.D. 1986) – Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...
; one of the originators of the Semantic Web
* Scott Klemmer (A.B. 1999) – Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
* Robert Lazarsfeld (Ph.D. 1980) – Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Mathematics Department, Stony Brook University
* Edward D. Lazowska (A.B. 1972) – Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at University of Washington
*Derrick Henry Lehmer (Ph.D. 1930) – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC, Berkeley; "father of computational number theory"
* Katrina Ligett (Sc.B. 2004) – Associate Professor of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Michael L. Littman (Ph.D. 1996) – University Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
* Dan Margalit (mathematician), Dan Margalit (Sc.B. 1998) – Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
* Kathleen McKeown (A.B. 1976) – Henry and Gertrude Rothschild Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director, Data Science Institute at Columbia University
* Melanie Mitchell (A.B. 1980) – Davis Professor of Complexity, Santa Fe Institute; co-developer of Copycat (software), Copycat
* John Coleman Moore (Ph.D. 1952) – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Princeton University; known for the Borel−Moore homology and Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence
* Edward F. Moore (Ph.D. 1950) – Professor of Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison; known for the Moore machine
* Anthony Morse (Ph.D. 1937) – Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley; known for the Morse–Kelley set theory, Sard's theorem, Morse–Sard theorem and the Federer–Morse theorem
* John Mylopoulos (Sc.B. 1966) – Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of Toronto
* David Nadler (mathematician), David Nadler (B.Sc. 1996) – Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* David Notkin (Sc.B. 1977) – Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
* Tony O'Farrell (Ph.D. 1973) – Irish mathematician who is Professor Emeritus at Maynooth University
* Peter J. Olver (Sc.B. 1973) – Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
* Randy Pausch (Sc.B. 1982) – Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
* Carl Pomerance (A.B. 1966) – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
* Kenneth Alan Ribet, Ken Ribet (A.B., A.M. 1969) – Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley; known for the Herbrand–Ribet theorem and Ribet's theorem
* Stefan Roth (Sc.M. 2003, Ph.D. 2007) – Professor of Computer Science, Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt
* Robert Schapire (Sc.B. 1986) – former David M. Siegel '83 Professor in Computer Science, Princeton University
* Robert Sedgewick (computer scientist), Robert Sedgewick (Sc.B. 1968, Sc.M. 1970) – Department Chair and William O. Baker Professor in Computer Science, Princeton University
* Scott Shenker (Sc.B. 1978) – Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Chief Scientist, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Shu Shien-Siu (Ph.D. 1948) – Chair Emeritus, Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
* Joseph H. Silverman (Sc.B. 1977) – Professor of Mathematics, Brown University
* Scott A. Smolka (Ph.D. 1984) – Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Stony Brook University
* Halil Mete Soner (M.Sc. 1983, Ph.D. 1986) – Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University
* John A. Stankovic (B.Sc. 1970, M.Sc. 1975, Ph.D. 1979) – BP America Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia
* John Stasko (Sc.M. 1985, Ph.D. 1989) – Regents Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
* Frank Tompa (Sc.B., Sc.M. 1970) – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
* Kari Vilonen (Ph.D. 1983) – Professor in Pure Mathematics, University of Melbourne
* Martin M. Wattenberg (A.B. 1991) – Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
* Raymond Louis Wilder (Ph.B. 1918, Sc.M. 1921) – Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan
* Thaleia Zariphopoulou (M.Sc. 1989, Ph.D. 1989) V.F. Neuhaus Centennial Professor and Presidential Chair in Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
Humanities
* Linda Martín Alcoff (Ph.D. 1987) – Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College * Margaret L. Anderson (Ph.D. 1971) – Professor Emerita of History, UC Berkeley * Leora Auslander (Ph.D. 1988) – Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in Western Civilization, Professor of European Social History, University of Chicago * Jacques Bailly (A.B. 1988) – classicist at the University of Vermont; National Spelling Bee Official Pronouncer * Janetta Rebold Benton (Ph.D. 1980) – Distinguished Professor of Art History, Pace University * Olivier Berggruen (A.B. 1986) – art historian * Bernard Bloch (linguist), Bernard Bloch (Ph.D. 1935) – Professor of Linguistics, Yale University * George Boas (A.B., A.M. 1913) – Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University * Edgar S. Brightman (A.B. 1907, A.M. 1908) – philosopher, Martin Luther King Jr.'s advisor at Boston University * Marcia Chatelain (A.M., Ph.D. 2008) – Professor of History and African American Studies, Georgetown University, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History for ''Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America'' * Roderick Chisholm (A.B. 1938) – Professor of Philosophy, Brown University * James Corum (A.M.) – military historian; Lecturer, University of Salford * Christina Crosby (Ph.D. 1982) – Professor of English, Wesleyan University; scholar of feminism and Disability studies, critical disability studies * Kenneth Dean (academic), Kenneth Dean (A.B. 1979) – Raffles Professor of Humanities, National University of Singapore * Matt Delmont (A.M. 2004, Ph.D. 2008) – Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, Dartmouth College * Melvin Dixon (Ph.D. 1975) – Professor of Literature, Queens College, City University of New York, Queens College * Anne Dufourmantelle – philosopher and psychoanalyst * Fred Feldman (philosopher), Fred Feldman (Ph.D. 1968) – Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Ann Ferguson (Ph.D. 1965) – Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Alison Fields (M.A. 2003) – Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West, University of Oklahoma * Diana Fuss (Ph.D. 1988) – Louis W. Fairchild Class of ’24 Professor of English, Princeton University * Alexander R. Galloway (A.B. 1996) – Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
* Gary Gerstle (A.B. 1976) – Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge
* Brie Gertler (Ph.D. 1997) – Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia
* George Gorse (A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1980) – Viola Horton Professor of Art History, Pomona College
* Jacqueline Wernimont (A.M 2005, Ph.D. 2009) – Distinguished Chair in Digital Humanities and Social Engagement, Dartmouth College
* John Greco (philosopher), John Greco (Ph.D. 1989) – Robert L. McDevitt and Catherine H. McDevitt Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
* Roland Greene (A.B. 1979) – Mark Pigott KBE Professor, Anthony P. Meier Family Professor of the Humanities, Director, Humanities Center, Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
; President, Modern Language Association (2015–16)
* Albert Harkness (1842) – founder of the American Philological Association and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
* John Hattendorf (A.M. 1971) – Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History, Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus of Maritime History, United States Naval War College
* Dagmar Herzog (A.M. 1985, Ph.D. 1991) – Distinguished Professor of History, Daniel Rose Faculty Scholar, Graduate Center, CUNY
* Marianne Hirsch (A.B., A.M. 1970, Ph.D. 1975) – William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
* Charles Hill (diplomat), Charles Hill (A.B. 1957) – Senior Lecturer in the Humanities, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, Yale University
*James S. Holmes (1948–1950) – founding figure in translation studies
*Jean E. Howard (A.B. 1970) – George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities, Princeton University
*George B. Hutchinson (A.B. 1975) – Newton C. Farr Professor of American Culture, Cornell University
*Matthew Frye Jacobson (Ph.D. 1992) – Sterling Professor of American Studies and History, Yale University
*Dale Jacquette (A.M. 1981, Ph.D. 1983) – Professor Ordinarius of Philosophy, University of Bern
* Gene Andrew Jarrett (A.M. 1999, Ph.D. 2002) – Dean of the Faculty and William S. Tod Professor of English, Princeton University
* Donald Kagan (A.M. 1955) – Sterling Professor Emeritus of Classics & History, Yale University; winner of the National Humanities Medal
* Matthew Kapstein (Ph.D. 1987) – Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School
* Patricia Keating (A.M. 1976, Ph.D. 1980) – Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
*David Kelley (A.B., A.M.) – philosopher, founder of The Atlas Society
* Sean Dorrance Kelly (Sc.B. 1989, M.S. 1989) – Teresa G. and Ferdinand F. Martignetti Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University
* Ari Kelman (A.M. 1993, Ph.D. 1998) – Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of History, University of California, Davis; winner of the 2014 Bancroft Prize
* Karen Leigh King (Ph.D. 1984) – Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University
* Mark Kishlansky (A.M. 1972, Ph.D. 1977) – Frank Baird Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
* Carolyn Korsmeyer (Ph.D. 1972) – Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
* Jennifer Lackey (Ph.D. 2000) – Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
* Aditi Lahiri (Ph.D. 1982) – Chair of Linguistics, University of Oxford
* Wallace Lambert (A.B. 1947) – psychologist of linguistics; "widely considered the father of the psychological study of bilingualism"
*Keith Lehrer (Ph.D. 1960) – Regents' Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, University of Arizona
* Jeffrey Lesser (A.B. 1982; M.A. 1984) – Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University
* Nancy MacLean (A.B. 1981, A.M. 1981) – William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
* Sharon Marcus (A.B. 1986) – Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
* Monica Muñoz Martinez
Monica Muñoz Martinez is a scholar of Mexican-American history current serving as an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Martinez was previously the Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of American Studies ...
(A.B. 2006) – Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin, recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
*Brian Massumi (A.B. 1979) – philosopher and social theorist, former Professor of Communication, Université de Montréal
*Brian McHale (A.B. 1974) – Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor, Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
* Anne K. Mellor (A.B. 1963) – Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
* Nara Milanich (A.B. 1994) – Professor of History, Barnard College
*Ronald H. Nash (A.M. 1960) – Evangelical Baptist philosopher and apologist; Professor, Reformed Theological Seminary
* Sianne Ngai (A.B. 1993) – Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English, University of Chicago
*Kathy Peiss (Ph.D. 1982) – Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History, University of Pennsylvania
* Nelson W. Polsby (A.M. 1956) – Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Arthur Upham Pope (A.B. 1904) – expert on Iranian art; founder and first director, Asia Institute
* Gerald Prince (Ph.D. 1968) – Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania
*Arthur S. Reber (M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1967) – psychologist known for introducing the concept of implicit learning; Broeklundian Professor, Emeritus, Brooklyn College
*Christina Riggs, Christina J. Riggs (A.B. 1993) – Professor of History of Visual Culture, Durham University
* Camille Robcis (A.B. 1999) – Professor of History and French, Columbia University, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
*Daniel T. Rodgers (A.B., Sc.B. 1965) – Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University
* Tricia Rose (A.M. 1987, Ph.D. 1993) – Chancellor's Professor of Africana studies, Africana Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University
* Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld (Ph.D. 1967) – Professor of English and M. Glazer Chair and Professor of Jewish Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
*James F. Ross (Ph.D. 1958) – Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania
*John Howland Rowe (A.B. 1939) – Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Mari Ruti (A.B. 1988) – Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
* Nathan Schneider (A.B. 2006) – journalist; Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
* Daniel R. Schwarz (Ph.D. 1968) – Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature & Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Cornell University
* Julius S. Scott (A.B 1973) – scholar of History of slavery, slavery and History of the Caribbean, Caribbean and Atlantic history, author, ''The Common Wind''
*Russ Shafer-Landau (A.B. 1986) – Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin, Madison
* Ethan H. Shagan (A.B. 1994) – Zaffaroni Family Chair in Education of the History Department, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
* Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting (Ph.D. 1994) – Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University
* Maxim D. Shrayer (A.B. 1989) – Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston University
* Kaja Silverman (Ph.D. 1977) – Katherine and Keith L. Sachs Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania
* Richard Slotkin (Ph.D. 1966) – Olin Professor of English Emeritus, Wesleyan University
* Timothy D. Snyder (A.B. 1991) – Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences
* David Sosa (A.B. 1989) – Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
* Jeffrey Stout (A.B. 1972) – Professor Emeritus of Religion, Princeton University
* David Summers (art historian), David Summers (A.B. 1963) – William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Art Theory and Italian Renaissance Art, University of Virginia.
* Charles Taliaferro (A.M., Ph.D. 1984) – Oscar and Gertrude Boe Overby Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College
* Richard Taylor (philosopher), Richard Taylor (Ph.D. 1959) – philosopher; subject of David Foster Wallace's prize-winning undergraduate thesis
*John L. Thomas (Ph.D. 1961) – George L. Littlefield Professor of American History Emeritus, Brown University; winner of the 1964 Bancroft Prize
* Salamishah Tillet (M.A.T. 1997) – Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University–Newark; recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
* Francesca Trivellato (Ph.D. 2004) – Andrew W Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
* Adam Ulam (A.B. 1943) – Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, Harvard University; one of the world's foremost authorities on Russia and the Soviet Union
* Dell Upton (M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1980) – Chair of the Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
* Geoffrey Wawro (A.B. 1983) – Professor of Military History and Director of the Military History Center, University of North Texas
* Charles Edwin Wilbour (Class of 1854) – Egyptologist, co-discoverer of the Elephantine Papyri
* Dean Zimmerman (philosopher), Dean Zimmerman (Ph.D. 1992) – Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
*Steven Zwicker (Ph.D. 1969) – Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities, Washington University in St. Louis
Law
* Herman Vandenburg Ames – legal scholar, Professor of American Constitutional History, University of Pennsylvania *Richard Reeve Baxter (A.B. 1942) – Judge, International Court of Justice; Manley Hudson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School *Karima Bennoune (A.B. 1988) – Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law *Samuel W. Buell (A.B. 1987) – Bernard M. Fishman Distinguished Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law *Zechariah Chafee (A.B. 1907) – First Amendment scholar; University Professor of Law, Harvard University *Sarah Cleveland (A.B. 1987) – Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, Columbia Law School
* Jennifer Daskal (A.B. 1994) – Professor of Law, Washington College of Law at American University
* Lawrence Douglas (A.B. 1982) – James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...
* Heidi Li Feldman (A.B. 1986) – Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
* Daniel Fischel (A.M. 1974) – Lee and Brena Freeman Professor Emeritus of Law and Business and Dean Emeritus, University of Chicago Law School
* James Forman Jr. (A.B. 1988) – J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
-winning writer, ''Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America''
* Kent Greenfield (law professor), Kent Greenfield (A.B. 1984) – Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School
* Henry B. Hansmann (A.B. 1967) – Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor Emeritus of Law, Yale Law School
*Harold Dexter Hazeltine (A.B. 1894) – Downing Professor of the Laws of England (1919–1942), University of Cambridge
*Sonia Katyal (A.B. 1993) – Distinguished Haas Chair, UC Berkeley School of Law
* David Kennedy (jurist), David Kennedy (A.B. 1976) – Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School
* Larry Kramer (legal scholar), Larry Kramer (A.B. 1980) – Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Law School; president of the Hewlett Foundation
* Bruce H. Mann (A.B., A.M. 1972) – Carl F. Schipper Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, husband of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
* Eric L. Muller (1984) – Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics, University of North Carolina School of Law
*Wendell Pritchett
Wendell Eric Pritchett is an American lawyer, legal scholar, professor, and university administrator. He is currently the James S. Riepe Presidential Professor of Law and Education at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Since February 202 ...
(A.B. 1986) – James S. Riepe Presidential Professor of Law and Education, University of Pennsylvania Law School
*Alexander A. Reinert (A.B. 1994) – Max Freund Professor of Litigation & Advocacy, Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University
* Vincent Rougeau (A.B. 1985) – President, College of the Holy Cross; Dean Emeritus, Boston College Law School
* Paul M. Schwartz (A.B. 1981) – Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
* Harry Shulman (A.B. 1923) – Dean Emeritus, Yale Law School
* Ken Starr, Kenneth Starr (A.M. 1969) – Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean Emeritus, Pepperdine University School of Law; United States Solicitor General, solicitor general for George H. W. Bush; Independent Counsel for the Whitewater controversy; 14th President of Baylor University
* Francis Wayland III (A.B. 1846) – Dean Emeritus, Yale Law School
Medicine and public health
* Cheryl A. M. Anderson (A.B. 1992) – Professor and Dean, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego * Louise Aronson (A.B. 1986) – author; Professor of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco *Ann Arvin (A.B. 1966) – Lucile Salter Packard Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Emerita, Stanford University School of Medicine * Aaron T. Beck (A.B. 1942) – "father of cognitive behavioral therapy"; founder of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania; winner of the Lasker Award
*Jonathan Berek (M.M.Sc. 1973) – Laurie Kraus Lacob Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
* John M. Barry (A.B. 1968) – author; Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
* Linda Bartoshuk (Ph.D. 1965) – Presidential Endowed Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, University of Florida
*Mark S. Blumenkranz (A.B. 1972, M.D. 1975, M.M.Sc. 1976) – H.J. Smead Professor Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine
*Atul Butte (A.B. 1991, M.D. 1995) – Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Director, Baker Computational Health Sciences Institute
*Christopher G. Chute (A.B. 1977, M.D. 1982) – Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics at Johns Hopkins University
* Barbara E. Ehrlich (Sc.B. 1974) – Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular And Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine
*Nancy Etcoff (A.B.) – Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
*Stanley Falkow (Ph.D. 1961) – father of microbiology, discoverer of the molecular nature of Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic resistance; Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine; winner of the Lasker Award
* James D. Griffin (scientist), James D. Griffin (A.B. 1970) – Professor, Harvard Medical School; Chair of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute; Director of Medical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
* Tina Hartert (A.B. 1985) – Lulu H. Owen Chair in Medicine and Vice President for Translational Research, Vanderbilt University
* Arthur L. Horwich (A.B. 1972, M.D. 1975) – Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine; winner of the Lasker Award, Shaw Prize, and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Breakthrough Prize; discoverer of the functions and mechanisms of Chaperone (protein), chaperone-mediated protein folding
*Howard Hu (B.Sc. 1976) – Flora L. Thornton Chair and Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Founding Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto
*William Kessen (Sc.M. 1950) – Eugene Higgins Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University
* Jim Yong Kim (A.B. 1982) – President, Dartmouth College; co-founder of Partners In Health; Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine and Chair of the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; former director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department; recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship; 12th President of the World Bank
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
* Beth Levine (physician), Beth Levine (A.B. 1981) – Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center
* Jonathan S. Lewin (A.B. 1981) – Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University; Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health
* David C. Lewis (physician), David C. Lewis (A.B. 1957) – Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community Health and Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University.
* Stacy Tessler Lindau (M.D. 1996) – Catherine Lindsay Dobson Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine Director, University of Chicago
*George Makari (A.B. 1982) – Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the De Witt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
*Joseph Matarazzo (A.B. 1946) – 98th President of the American Psychological Association, chair of the first department of medical psychology in the United States
*Jessica Meir (A.B. 1999) – NASA astronaut; former Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
* Craig C. Mello (Sc.B. 1982) – Nobel laureate (2006, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine); Blais University Chair in Molecular medicine, Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
* Lloyd B. Minor (Sc.B. 1979, M.D. 1982) – Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine; former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
* Mark Musen (Sc.B. 1977, M.D. 1980) – Professor of Health informatics, Biomedical Informatics and of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
; Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research
* Srihari S. Naidu (Sc.B. 1993, M.D. 1997) – Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College
* Jordan S. Orange (A.B., Ph.D., 1996, M.D., 1997) – Chair of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Pediatrician-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
*Thomas G. Plante (Sc.B. 1982) – clinical psychologist; Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. University Professor of Psychology, Santa Clara University
*Paul Ridker (B.Sc.. 1981) – Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital
* Janet Sinsheimer (B.Sc. 1979) – Professor of Biostatistics, Biomathematics, and Human Genetics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
*Thomas A. Wadden (A.B. 1975) – Albert J. Stunkard Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
* Augustus A. White (A.B. 1957) – Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Natural sciences
* Anthony Aguirre (Sc.B. 1995) – Faggin Family Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information, University of California, Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz * Stephon Alexander (Ph.D. 2000) – theoretical physicist and musician, Professor of Physics, Brown University * Edgar Allen (Sc.B. 1915, A.M. 1916, Ph.D. 1921) – anatomist and physiologist, discoverer of estrogen and father of endocrinology * Amy Arnsten (A.B. 1976) – Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology, Yale University *Raymond Arvidson (Ph.D. 1974) – James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis *Biman Bagchi (Ph.D. 1980) – Biophysical chemistry, biophysical chemist, Theoretical chemistry, theoretical chemist; Amrut Mody Professor, Indian Institute of Science
* Mark Bear (Ph.D. 1984) – Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT; former Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
* Joy M. Bergelson (Sc.B. 1984) – Dorothy Schiff Professor of Genomics, New York University
*Marianne Bronner (Sc.B. 1975) – Edward B. Lewis Professor of Biology; Director of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
* Stephen L. Buchwald (Sc.B. 1977) – Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT; developed Buchwald-Hartwig amination
* Sankar Das Sarma (Ph.D. 1979) – Distinguished University Professor and Richard E. Prange Chair in Physics, University of Maryland, College Park
*Richard E. Carson (Sc.B. 1977) – Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
*Andrew G. Clark (Sc.B. 1976) – Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Population genetics, Population Genetics and Chair of Computational Biology, Cornell University
* Julia Clarke (A.B. 1995) – John A. Wilson Professor in Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Texas at Austin
* Tejal A. Desai (Sc.B. 1994) – bioengineer and therapeutic nanotechnologist; Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Brown University School of Engineering
* Michael H. Dickinson (Sc.B. 1984) – Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Biology, California Institute of Technology; recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
* Neil Donahue (B.Sc. 1985) – Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric chemist; Thomas Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
* John Donoghue (neuroscientist), John Donoghue (Ph.D. 1979) – H.M. Wriston Professor of Neuroscience and Engineering, Brown University
*Bethany Ehlmann (M.S. 2008, Ph.D. 2010) — president of The Planetary Society; Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology; Rhodes Scholar
*Anne Fausto-Sterling (Ph.D. 1970) – major contributor to sexology and biology of gender; Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies, Brown University
* W. Tecumseh Fitch (A.B. 1986, Ph.D. 1994) – Professor of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna
*Raymond Fuoss (Ph.D. 1932) – Sterling Professor Chair of Chemistry, Yale University
*Paul Garabedian (A.B. 1946) – Director of the Division of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
* Margaret Gardel (Sc.B. 1998) – Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics, University of Chicago
* Miriam B. Goodman (B.Sc. 1986) – Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, Stanford University
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; Chair, Stanford Neuroscience Institute
*Andrew V. Granato (Ph.D. 1955) – Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
*Alan Grossman (Sc.B. 1979) – Praecis Professor of Biology and Department Head of Biology, MIT
*David Grinspoon (A.B., Sc.B.) – Astrobiology, astrobiologist; Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute
* James W. Head (Ph.D. 1969) – Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Geological Sciences, Brown University
*Arthur Hoag (A.B. 1942) – astronomer; discoverer of Hoag's Object
* Michael R. Hoffmann (Ph.D. 1973) – John S. and Sherry Chen Professor of Environmental Science, California Institute of Technology, Caltech
* Albrecht Hofmann (Ph.D. 1969) – Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, ForMemRS
* John Edwards Holbrook (A.B. 1815) – zoologist, herpetologist, and naturalist
*Donald C. Hood (Ph.D. 1969) – James F. Bender Professor in Psychology and Professor of Ophthalmic Science, Columbia University
*Arthur L. Horwich (A.B. 1972, M.D. 1975) – Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine; winner of the Lasker Award, Albany Medical Center Prize, Shaw Prize, and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Breakthrough Prize; discoverer of the functions and mechanisms of Chaperone (protein), chaperone-mediated protein folding
*Richard Ivry (A.B. 1981) – Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley
*Bor-ming Jahn (M.Sc. 1967) – Distinguished Chair Emeritus in Geosciences, National Taiwan University
*Lucy Jones (A.B. 1976) – seismologist
* Richard Kaner (A.B. 1980) – Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Materials Innovation, UCLA
* Suzanne Mahlburg Kay (Ph.D. 1975) – William & Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences Emeritus, Cornell University
*Brian Keating (M.Sc. 1995, Ph.D. 2000) – Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
*Steven Kliewer (B.Sc. 1985) – Diana K. and Richard C. Strauss Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
*Philip Kocienski (Ph.D. 1971) – Professor Emeritus of Organic Chemistry, University of Leeds
* Clifford Kubiak (Sc.B 1975) – Distinguished Professor and Harold C. Urey Chair in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
*Krishna Kumar (chemist), Krishna Kumar (Ph.D. 1996) – Robinson Professor in Chemistry, Tufts University
*Ka Yee Christina Lee (Sc.B. 1986) – 14th Provost and David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago
* Wen-Hsiung Li (Ph.D. 1972) – James Watson Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
* Robert Bruce Lindsay (A.B., Sc.M. 1920) – Chair of the Physics Department and Dean of the Graduate School, Brown University; recipient of the ASA Gold Medal
* David Lobell
David B. Lobell is an agricultural ecologist. He is currently the Gloria and Richard Kushel Director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment and Professor of Earth System Science at Stanford University. He is additionally a William Wrigl ...
(Sc.B. 2000) – Gloria and Richard Kushel Director at the Center on Food Security and the Environment and Professor in the Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
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; recipient of a MacArthur Award, MacArthur Fellowship
* Robert H. MacArthur (A.M. 1953) – founding figure in evolutionary ecology; Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University
* Nick McCave (Ph.D. 1967) – Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge; fellow, St John's College, Cambridge
*Warren Meck (Ph.D. 1982) – Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
* Kenneth R. Miller (Sc.B. 1970) – Professor of Biology, Brown University
* John F. Mustard (M.Sc. 1986, Ph.D. 1990) – Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
* Myung Kyungjae (Ph.D. 1999) – biologist, Distinguished Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
*Samuel M. Nabrit
Samuel Milton Nabrit (February 21, 1905 – December 30, 2003) was an American marine biologist. He was the first African American to be awarded a doctoral degree from Brown University, the first Morehouse College graduate to earn a Ph.D. and t ...
(Ph.D. 1932) – first African American to receive doctorate degree from Brown University
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; first African American trustee at Brown University; first African American appointed to the United States Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; second president of Texas Southern University
*Michael Paradiso (Ph.D. 1984) – Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University
*Robert L. Park (Ph.D. 1964) – Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park; former Director of Public Information at the American Physical Society
* Robert Parr (A.B. 1942) – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, UNC Chapel Hill; co-founder of quantum chemistry
*Ainissa Ramirez (Sc.B. 1990) – material scientist and science communicator
* Maureen Raymo (Sc.B 1982) – Paleoclimatology, paleoclimatologist; Bruce C. Heezen/Lamont Research Professor and Director of the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory; Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
* Collin Roesler (Sc.B. 1985) – William R. Kenan Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College
* Rachel Rosen (Sc.B.) – Associate Professor of Physics, Columbia University
* Carolyn Rovee-Collier (M.Sc. 1964, Ph.D. 1966) – Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University; pioneering developmental psychologist
*David M. Sabatini (Sc.B. 1990) – Professor of Biology, MIT; Member, Whitehead Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator; discoverer of mTOR
* Jenny Saffran (A.B. 1991) – Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin
*Ellery Schempp (Ph.D. 1967) – physicist, primary student involved in the landmark 1963 United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court case, ''Abington School District v. Schempp''
* William Seeley (A.B. 1993) – Zander Family Endowed Professor in Neurology, UC San Francisco
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, recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
* Michael Shadlen (A.B. 1981, M.D. 1988) – Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
* Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy (Ph.D. 1998) – Professor of Physics, Indian Institute of Science
* Gabriela Schlau-Cohen (B.Sc. 2003) – Associate Professor of Chemistry, MIT
*Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (Sc.B. 1986) – Director, Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute, George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
*Steven H. Simon (Sc.B. 1990) – Professor of Physics, University of Oxford
* Daniel L. Stein (Sc.B. 1975) – Professor of Physics and Mathematics, New York University
* Eliot Stellar (M.Sc. 1942, Ph.D. 1947) – Provost Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania; one of the founders of behavioral neuroscience
*James W. Stigler (A.B. 1976) – Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
*Jesse Thaler (Sc.B. 2002) – Professor of Physics, MIT; Director, National Science Foundation, NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions
* Jessica Tierney (A.B. 2005, M.Sc. 2008, Ph.D. 2010) – Associate Professor of Geosciences and Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science, University of Arizona
* Jan Peter Toennies (Ph.D. 1957) – Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization; Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Göttingen
*Stefanie Tompkins (M.Sc. 1993, Ph.D. 1997) – Director, DARPA; former vice president for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines
*Mark Trodden (M.Sc., Ph.D. 1995) – Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor and Department Chair of Physics, Co-Director of the Penn Center for Particle physics in cosmology, Particle Cosmology, University of Pennsylvania
*Fyodor Urnov (Ph.D. 1996) – Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development, University of California, Berkeley
*John S. Werner (Ph.D. 1979) – Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Vision Science and Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis, UC Davis
*Xi-Cheng Zhang (Ph.D. 1986) – Parker Givens Chair of Optics, University of Rochester; Director of The Institute of Optics, Institute of Optics
* Maria Zuber (Ph.D. 1986) – E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Research, MIT; NASA planning advisor; Co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Social sciences
* Massimo Livi Bacci (1960–61) – Professor Emeritus of Demography, University of Florence *Mary Beaudry (A.M. 1975, Ph.D. 1980) – Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Gastronomy, Boston University * Peter Bearman (A.B. 1978) – Jonathan R. Cole Professor of the Social Sciences, Columbia University * Aaron Belkin (A.B. 1988) – Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University; authority on LGBT people in the United States Armed Forces * Adia Benton (A.B. 1999) – cultural and Medical anthropology, medical anthropologist, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University * Kenneth A. Bollen (A.M. 1975, Ph.D. 1977) – Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill * Jason Bordoff (A.B. 1994) – Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
* Selmer Bringsjord (Ph.D. 1987) – Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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* Melani Cammett (A.B. 1991) – Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University; Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
* Prudence Carter (B.Sc. 1991) – Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology, Brown University; Mary E. Pardee Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley (2016–2021)
*Neta Crawford (A.B. 1985) – Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, Oxford University
*Lee Drutman (A.B. 1999) – Senior Fellow, New America (organization), New America; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
*Emily Falk (Sc.B. 2004) – Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
* William H. Frey (A.M. 1971, Ph.D. 1974) – Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
*Ester Fuchs (A.M. 1974) – Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Columbia University SIPA
* Robert M. Gagné (Sc.M 1939, Ph.D. 1940) – educational psychologist; Professor, Florida State University; author of ''Conditions of Learning''
* John Ghazvinian (A.B. 1996) – Executive Director, Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania
* John Wesley Gilbert (A.B. 1888, A.M. 1891) – first African American to receive an A.M. from Brown, first African American archaeologist
*Michael Inzlicht (Sc.M. 1999, Ph.D. 2001) – Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
* David Kertzer (A.B. 1969) – Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Science, Brown University; recipient of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
* Michael Kimmel (M.A. 1974) – Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University
* Eric Klinenberg (A.B. 1993) – Professor of Sociology and Helen Gould Shepard Professor in Social Science, New York University
* Prema Kurien (A.M. 1989, Ph.D. 1993) – Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
* Harold Leavitt (Sc.M. 1944) – pioneer in Industrial and organizational psychology, management psychology; Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University
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* Jacob T. Levy (A.B. 1993) – Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science, McGill University
*Ogden Lindsley (A.B. 1948, Sc.M. 1950) – developer of precision teaching; Professor, University of Kansas
* Geoffrey Loftus (A.B. 1967) – Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Washington
* Sabina Magliocco (A.B. 1980) – Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, University of British Columbia
* Leslie McCall (A.B. 1986) – Presidential Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY
*Ruth Milkman (A.B. 1975) – Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY; former president, American Sociological Association
* Melissa Nobles (A.B. 1985) – Chancellor and Professor of Political Science, MIT; Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (2015–2021)
*Lloyd Ohlin (A.B. 1940) – sociologist and criminologist; Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Chicago
* Hal Pashler (A.B. 1980) – Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego
* Thomas Pepinsky (A.B. 2001) – Walter F. LaFeber Professor of Government, Cornell University
* Nelson W. Polsby (A.M. 1957) – Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley, member, Council on Foreign Relations
*Imam Prasodjo (Ph.D. 1997) –Professor in the Department of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia
*Jennifer Richeson
Jennifer A. Richeson (born September 12, 1972) is an American social psychologist who studies racial identity and interracial interactions. She is currently the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology at Yale University where she heads the Socia ...
(Sc.B. 1994) – Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology, Yale University; MacArthur Fellowship recipient
* Bruce Riedel (A.B. 1975) – Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS
* Lisa Rofel (A.B. 1975) – Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz
* Eldar Shafir (A.B. 1984) – Class of 1987 Professor of Behavioral Science and Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
* Patrick Sharkey (A.B. 2000) – Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
* William Herbert Sheldon (A.B. 1919) – psychologist, creator of the field of somatotype and constitutional psychology
* Rachel Sherman (sociologist), Rachel Sherman (A.B. 1991) – Professor and Chair of Sociology, The New School for Social Research
* Adam T. Smith (A.B. 1990) – Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Anthropology, Cornell University
*Richard Solomon (psychologist), Richard Solomon (A.B. 1940, A.M. 1942, Ph.D. 1947) – Experimental psychology, experimental psychologist; author of the opponent-process theory of emotion; James M. Skinner University Professor of Science, University of Pennsylvania
* Erroll Southers (A.B. 1978) – Director of the Safe Communities Institute and Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies, USC Price School of Public Policy
* Deborah A. Thomas (A.B. 1988) – R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Experimental Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania
* Fred Turner (author), Fred Turner (A.B. 1984) – Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication, Stanford University
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* Khachig Tölölyan (Ph.D. 1975) – founding figure in diaspora studies; Professor Emeritus of English and Letters, Wesleyan University
*Sam Wineburg (Class of 1980) – Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University
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*Deborah J. Yashar (A.B. 1985) – Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Others
* Asger Aaboe (Ph.D. 1957) – Professor Emeritus of the History of Science, Mathematics and of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University *Ryan S. Baker (B.Sc. 2000) – Professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education; Director, Penn Center for Learning Analytics *Albert T. Corbett (A.B. 1972) – Associate Research Professor Emeritus of Human–Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University *Julie Beth Lovins (A.B. 1968) – Computational linguistics, computational linguist who developed the first stemming algorithm for word matching *Jamie Metzl (A.B. 1990) – futurist; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
* Pedro Noguera (A.B. 1981, A.M. 1982) – Dean, USC Rossier School of Education
* Bina Venkataraman (A.B. 2002) – Director of Global Policy Initiatives, Broad Institute
*Noah Wardrip-Fruin (Ph.D. 2006) – Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science, technology and innovation
* Willis Adcock (Ph.D. 1948) — chemist, professor of electrical engineering, grew silicon boules for construction of the first silicon transistor at Texas Instruments * Katherine L. Adams (A.B. 1986) – General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security, Apple Inc. *Zachariah Allen (1813) – Inventor of the steam engine automatic cut-off valve * Seth Berkley (Sc.B. 1978, M.D. 1981) – CEO of GAVI, founder and former President and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative * John Seely Brown (A.B. 1962) – inventor of spellcheck * Walter Guyton Cady (1895) – physicist and electrical engineer; developed the first quartz crystal oscillator *Bryan Cantrill (B.Sc. 1996) – one of the three authors of DTrace, CTO of Oxide Computer Company, former CTO of Joyent *John H. Crawford (1975) – chief architect, Intel386 and Intel486 microprocessors; co-managed the development of the Pentium microprocessor; Intel Fellow, Enterprise Platforms Group * John Cumbers (Ph.D. 2011) – British molecular biologist, founder of SynBioBeta *Lisa Gelobter (1991) – developed visual programs such as Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave * Lillian Moller Gilbreth (Ph.D. 1915) – one of the first working female engineers; arguably the first true industrial/organizational psychologist; mother of twelve children as described by the book ''Cheaper by the Dozen''
*Morton Gurtin (Ph.D. 1961) – Timoshenko Medal-winning mechanical engineer and mathematical physicist
* Andy Hertzfeld (Sc.B. 1975) – key member of original Apple Macintosh development team; one of the primary software architects of the classic Mac OS
*Alexander Lyman Holley (1853) – American inventor, founding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
* Eliot Horowitz (Sc.B. 2003) – co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB
* Mary Lou Jepsen (1987, Ph.D. 1997) – technology executive and inventor, co-founder of One Laptop per Child
*Chirinjeev Kathuria (B.Sc. 1988, M.D. 1993) – co-founder and co-chairman of UpHealth Inc, co-founder of Ocean Biomedical
*Amy Leventer (Sc.B. 1979) – marine biologist, micropaleontologist, Antarctic researcher
* Adam Leventhal (programmer), Adam Leventhal (Sc.B. 2001) – software engineer, one of the three authors of DTrace
*David J. Lipman (A.B.) – Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information
*Hilary Mason (data scientist), Hilary Mason – data scientist, former general manager of machine learning at Cloudera and chief scientist at Bitly
*Rebecca Moore (scientist), Rebecca Moore (1977) – Director, Google Earth
*Meredith Ringel Morris (Sc.B. 2001) – Director and Principal Scientist, People + AI Research Team, Google, Google Research
*Peter Norvig (Sc.B. 1978) – Director of Research, Google Inc.
*John Peirce (1856) – inventor who participated in the development of the telephone
* Erin Pettit (Sc.B. 1994) – glaciologist, Antarctic researcher
*David Shrier (Sc.B. 1995) – American futurist and author
*Ken Silverman (Sc.B. 2000) – writer of the Build (game engine), Build engine
*Marion Elizabeth Stark (A.B. 1916, A.M. 1979) – one of the first female American mathematics professors
* Gordon Kidd Teal (Ph.D. 1931) – inventor of the commercial silicon transistor
*John Tukey (Sc.B. 1936, Sc. M. 1937) – co-developed the Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm, Cooley–Tukey fast Fourier transform algorithm; coined the terms bit, byte, software and cepstrum, recipient of the National Medal of Science
* Bob Wallace (computer scientist), Bob Wallace (Class of 1971) – ninth Microsoft employee, inventor of the term shareware
Space science and exploration
* Brian Binnie (Sc.B. 1975, Sc.M. 1976) – test pilot, privately funded experimental spaceplane SpaceShipOne * James B. Garvin (Sc.B. 1978, Sc.M. 1981, Ph.D. 1984) – Chief Scientist, NASA Mars and lunar exploration programs * David Grinspoon (Sc.B. 1982) – Astrobiology, astrobiologist, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute * Wesley Huntress (Sc.B. 1964) – president, The Planetary Society * Byron K. Lichtenberg (Sc.B. 1969) – NASA astronaut * Sarah Milkovich (Sc.M. 2002, Ph.D. 2005) – Lead of Science Operations for the Mars 2020 rover at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory * Jessica Meir (A.B. 1999) – NASA astronaut; one of two women to participate in the first all-female spacewalk
* Lynn J. Rothschild (Ph.D. 1985) – Evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist and astrobiologist at NASA's Ames Research Center Thomas O. Paine (A.B. 1942) – third Administrator of NASA, oversaw first seven Project Apollo, Apollo crewed missions
* Ellen Stofan (Ph.D. 1989) – NASA Chief Scientist (2013–2016), John and Adrienne Mars Director, National Air and Space Museum
* Suzanne Smrekar (B.Sc. 1984) – Deputy Principal Investigator for the InSight, Mars InSight lander
* Paul Spudis (Sc.M. 1977) – noted lunar scientist associated with the NASA Office of Space Science
* Winslow Upton (Sc.B. 1875) – astronomer, director of Ladd Observatory
* George Wallerstein (Sc.B. 1951) – astronomer, winner of the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
* Maria Zuber (Ph.D. 1986) – Principal Investigator of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's GRAIL, Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission
Government, law and public policy
Governors
* Philip Allen (Rhode Island politician), Philip Allen (A.B. 1803) – 22nd Governor of Rhode Island (1851–1853), U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1853–1859) *Oliver Ames (governor), Oliver Ames (1851–1853) – 35th Governor of Massachusetts (1887–1890) * Henry B. Anthony (A.B. 1833) – 21st Governor of Rhode Island (1849–1851), U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1859–1884), President pro tempore of the United States Senate, President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate * Augustus O. Bourn (1855) – 36th Governor of Rhode Island (1883–1885) *Donald Carcieri (A.B. 1965) – 73rd Governor of Rhode Island (2003–2011) * Norman S. Case (A.B. 1908) – 56th Governor of Rhode Island (1928–1933) *Lincoln Chafee (A.B. 1975) – 74th Governor of Rhode Island (2011–2015), U.S. Senator, Rhode Island
* William Claflin (Class of 1837) – 27th Governor of Massachusetts (1869–1872)
*John H. Clifford (1827) – 21st Governor of Massachusetts (1853–1854)
*Samuel Cony (1829) – 31st Governor of Maine (1864–1867)
* Elisha Dyer (A.B. 1829) – 25th Governor of Rhode Island (1857–1859)
* Elisha Dyer Jr. – 45th Governor of Rhode Island (1897–1900)
* James Fenner (A.B. 1789) – 7th, 11th, and 17th Governor of Rhode Island (1807–1811, 1824–1831, 1843–1845)
*John Brown Francis (A.B. 1808) – 13th Governor of Rhode Island (1833–1838)
* William Gaston (Massachusetts politician), William Gaston (1840) – 29th Governor of Massachusetts (1875–1876)
*Theodore Francis Green (1887) – 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1936); United States Senate, U.S. Senator, Democratic Party (United States), D–Rhode Island (1937–1961)
* Maggie Hassan (A.B. 1980) – 81st Governor of New Hampshire (2013–2017); United States Senate, U.S. Senator, Democratic Party (United States), D–New Hampshire (2017–)
* James H. Higgins (A.B. 1898) – 50th Governor of Rhode Island (1907–1909)
*Charles Evans Hughes (A.B. 1881) – 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910)
* Charles Jackson (Rhode Island politician), Charles Jackson (A.B. 1917, A.M. 1920) – 18th Governor of Rhode Island (1845–46)
* Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (Sc.B. 1992) – 55th List of governors of Louisiana, Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016)
* Otto Kerner Jr. (1930) – 33rd Governor of Illinois – (1961–1968)
*Samuel Ward King – 15th Governor of Rhode Island (1839–1843)
*Frank Licht (A.B. 1938) – 67th Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973)
* William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – Justice of New York State Supreme Court (1829); 11th Governor of New York (1833–1839); United States Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of War (1845–1849); United States Senator, U.S. Senator from New York (state), New York; U.S. Secretary of State (1853–1857)
* Jack Markell (1982) – 18th United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United States Ambassador to the OECD, 73rd List of governors of Delaware, Governor of Delaware (2009–2017)
* Marcus Morton (A.B. 1804, A.M 1807) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1817–1821), 16th & 18th Governor of Massachusetts (1825, 1840–1844)
* Pendleton Murrah (1848) – 10th Governor of Texas (1863–1865)
* Philip W. Noel (1954) – 68th Governor of Rhode Island (1973–1977)
* Robert E. Quinn (1915) – 58th Governor of Rhode Island (1937–1939), Judge for the Rhode Island Superior Court
* Edward C. Stokes (1883) – 32nd Governor of New Jersey (1905–1908)
* John Milton Thayer (1841) – 2nd List of governors of Wyoming, Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875–1878) and 6th List of governors of Nebraska, Governor of Nebraska (1887–1892)
*David Rogerson Williams (1792–1795) – 45th Governor of South Carolina (1814–1816)
*Jared W. Williams (A.B. 1818) – 21st Governor of New Hampshire (1847–1849)
* William D. Williamson (1804) – 2nd Governor of Maine (1821–1821), U.S. Congressman, Maine (1821–1823)
Legislators
United States senators
* Philip Allen (Rhode Island politician), Philip Allen (A.B. 1803) – United States Senate, U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1853–1859), Governor of Rhode Island (1851–1853) * Henry B. Anthony (A.B. 1833) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1859–1884), President pro tempore of the United States Senate (1875–1875), Governor of Rhode Island (1849–1851)
* Samuel G. Arnold (A.B. 1841) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* James Burrill Jr. (A.B. 1788) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Lincoln Chafee (A.B. 1975) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island; Governor of Rhode Island (2011–2015)
* John Hopkins Clarke (A.B. 1809) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Nathan F. Dixon I (A.B. 1799) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island
* Nathan F. Dixon III (A.B. 1869) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* James Fenner (A.B. 1789) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757), Dwight Foster (A.B. 1774) – U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
* Lafayette S. Foster (A.B. 1828) – U.S. Senator, Connecticut (1855–1867), President pro tempore of the Senate (1865–1867)
* Theodore Foster (A.B. 1770) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* John Brown Francis (A.B. 1808) – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
* Theodore F. Green (A.B. 1887) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1937–1961)
* Maggie Hassan (A.B. 1980) – 81st Governor of New Hampshire (2013–2017); U.S. Senator, Democratic Party (United States), D–New Hampshire (2017–)
* Nathaniel P. Hill (A.B. 1856) – U.S. Senator, Colorado (1879–1885)
* John Holmes (Maine politician), John Holmes (A.B. 1796) – U.S. Congressman, District of Maine, Massachusetts (1817–1820), U.S. Senator, Maine (1820–1827, 1829–1833)
* Jeremiah B. Howell (A.B. 1789) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1811–1817)
* William Hunter (senator), William Hunter (A.B. 1791) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1811–1821)
* Edward L. Leahy (A.B.) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1949–1950)
* Henry F. Lippitt (A.B. 1878) – U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1911–1917)
* William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – U.S. Senator, New York (state), New York (1831–1833)
* Blair Moody (A.B. 1922) – U.S. Senator, Michigan (1951–1952)
*John Ruggles (A.B. 1813) – U.S. Senator from Maine (1835–1841)
* Frederic M. Sackett (1890) – U.S. Senator, Kentucky (1924–1930), U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1930–1933)
* John Milton Thayer (1841) – U.S. Senator, Nebraska (1867–1871)
*Jared W. Williams (A.B. 1818) – U.S. Senator, New Hampshire (1853–1854); U.S. Congressman, New Hampshire (1837–1841); 21st Governor of New Hampshire (1847–1849)
Members of the United States House of Representatives
* Benjamin Adams (politician), Benjamin Adams (A.B. 1788) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1816–1821) *Jeremiah Bailey (1795) – U.S. Congressman, Maine (1835–1837) *John Bailey (Massachusetts politician), John Bailey (1807) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1824–1831) *John Baldwin (congressman), John Baldwin (A.B. 1797) – U.S. Congressman, Connecticut (1825–1829) * Gideon Barstow (1803) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1821–1823) *William Baylies (1795) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1809–1809, 1813–1817, 1833–1835) *William H. Bates (1940) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1950–1969) *Barnabas Bidwell – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1805 –1807) *William Daniel Brayton – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1857–1861) *Franklin E. Brooks (1883) – U.S. Congressman, Colorado (1903–1907) *George H. Browne (1840) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1861–1863) *Tristam Burges (A.B. 1796) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1825–1835) * David Cicilline (A.B. 1983) – first openly gay mayor of a state capital–Providence, Rhode Island; U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (2011–).
* Gil Cisneros (M.A. 2015) – U.S. Congressman, California (2019–2021), 10th Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
* William Claflin – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1877 –1881)
*Stephen A. Cobb (1858) – U.S. Congressman, Kansas (1873–1875)
*Howard A. Coffin (1901) – U.S. Congressman, Michigan (1947–1949)
* Samuel S. Cox (1846) – U.S. Congressman, Ohio, New York (state), New York, U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
* Samuel L. Crocker (1822) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1853–1855)
*Robert Lee Davis – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania (1932–1933)
*Nathan F. Dixon II (1833) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1849–1851, 1863–1871)
*Job Durfee (A.B. 1813) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1821–1825)
* Samuel Eddy (1787) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1819–1825), Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1827–1835)
* Frederick D. Ely (1859) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1885–1887)
*James Ervin (politician), James Ervin (1797) U.S. Congressman, South Carolina (1817–1821)
* Horace Everett (A.B. 1797) – U.S. Congressman, Vermont (1829–1843)
* Thomas Ewing Jr. – U.S. Congressman, Ohio (1877–1881)
*George Fisher (New York politician), George Fisher (1813) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1829–1830)
*Dwight Foster (1757–1823), Dwight Foster (A.B. 1774) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1793–1800)
* George B. Francis (1904) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1917–1919)
*Daniel L. D. Granger (1874) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1903–1909)
*Julian Hartridge (1848) – U.S. Congressman, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia (1875–1879)
* Nathaniel Hazard (1792) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1819–1820)
*Aaron Hobart (1805) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1820–1827)
*Thomas Jenckes (1838) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1859–1863)
* Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (Sc.B. 1992) – U.S. Congressman, Louisiana (2004–2008)
* George Gordon King (1825) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1849–1853)
*Oscar Lapham (1864) – U.S. Congressman, Rhode Island (1891–1895)
* Dan Maffei (A.B. 1990) – U.S. Congressman, D-New York (state), New York (2009-2011, 2013–2015)
* Seth Magaziner (A.B. 2006) – U.S. Congressman-elect, Rhode Island
* Horace Mann (A.B. 1819) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1848–1853)
* James Brown Mason (A.B. 1791) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1815–1819)
* Charles D. Millard (1897) – U.S Congressman, New York (state), New York (1931–1937)
*Marcus Morton (A.B. 1804, A.M 1807) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1817–1821); Governor of Massachusetts (1825, 1840–1844)
* John J. O'Connor (New York representative), John J. O'Connor (1906) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1923–1939)
* Richard Olney II (1892) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1815–1921)
*Dutee Jerauld Pearce (A.B. 1808) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1825–1837)
*Dean Phillips (A.B. 1991) – U.S. Congressman, Minnesota (2019–)
* Henry Kirke Porter (1860) – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania (1903–1905)
* John Reed Jr. (1803) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1813–1817, 1821–1841)
*Edwin R. Reynolds (1839) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1860–1861)
*Christopher Robinson (Rhode Island politician), Christopher Robinson (1825) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1859–1861)
*Deborah K. Ross (1985) – U.S Congresswoman, North Carolina (2021–)
*Jonathan Russell (1791) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1820)
*Zabdiel Sampson (1803) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1817–1820)
* William Paine Sheffield (1857–1919), William P. Sheffield, II (1877) – U.S. Congressman, Rhode Island (1909–1911)
* Solomon Sibley (1794) – first United States Attorney for the Michigan Territory; territorial Delegate to United States Congress, Congress
*Thomas Hale Sill (1804) – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania (1826 –1827, 1829 –1831)
* Edward L. Sittler Jr. (1930) – U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania, 23rd Congressional District
* Albert Smith (Maine politician), Albert Smith (1813) – U.S. Congressman, Maine (1839–1841)
*Henry J. Spooner (1860) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1881–1891)
*Walter Russell Stiness (1877) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1815–1823)
*Ebenezer Stoddard (1807) – U.S Congressman, Connecticut.
*James Tallmadge Jr. (1798) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1817–1819), President of New York University (1830–1846)
*Eli Thayer (1845) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1857–1861)
*Benjamin Thomas (politician), Benjamin Thomas (1830) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1861–1863)
* Charles R. Train (1837) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1859–1863)
*Daniel Wardwell (1811) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1831–1837)
* Ezekiel Whitman (1795) – U.S. Congressman, Maine (1835–1837)
*David Rogerson Williams (1792–1795) – U.S. Congressman, South Carolina (1811– 1813), Governor of South Carolina (1814–1816)
*Henry Williams (Massachusetts politician), Henry Williams (1826) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1839 –1831, 1843–1845)
*William D. Williamson (1804) – U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts (1809–1811) and Maine (1821–1822)
*William Widnall (1926) – U.S. Congressman, New Jersey (1950–1975)
* John W. Wydler (1947) – U.S. Congressman, New York (state), New York (1963–1981)
State legislators
* Sullivan Ballou (Class of 1852) – member of Rhode Island House of Representatives; Major in Rhode Island militia; killed at First Battle of Bull Run * Brian Benjamin (A.B. 1998) – member of the New York State Senate ( 2017–present), Lieutenant Governor of New York (2021–2022) *Antonio Cabral, Antonio F. D. Cabral (1997) – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1990–present) * Dan Greenberg (A.B. 1988) – member of the Arkansas General Assembly (2006–2011) * Elijah Hamlin – member of the Maine House of Representatives (1830–1832) * Steve Harrison (West Virginia politician), Steve Harrison (1990) – member of the West Virginia State Senate (2003–2006) and the West Virginia House of Delegates (1993–2002) *Wingate Hayes (1844) – Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1859 to 1860 *Ratcliffe Hicks (1864) – member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1866–1895), benefactor of the University of Connecticut * Walter M. D. Kern – politician who served in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly, General Assembly from 1978 to 1990, where he represented the 40th Legislative District (New Jersey), 40th Legislative District. * Mee Moua (1992) – Minnesota State Senator, first elected Hmong-American politician * Mark Strama (1990) – member of the Texas House of Representatives * Austin Volk (1941) – member of the New Jersey General Assembly and mayor of Englewood, New Jersey * Aaron Regunberg (2012) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and 2018 Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode IslandMayors
*Kostas Bakoyannis (A.B. 2000) – Mayor of Athens, Greece (2019–present) *David Cicilline (A.B. 1983) – first openly gay mayor of a state capital–Providence, Rhode Island; U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (2011–). * Buddy Dyer (Sc.B. 1980) – 32nd Mayor of Orlando, Florida (2003–) * Henry Loeb (1943) – Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee (1960–1963, 1968–1971) * Alex Morse (A.B. 2011) – 44th Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts (2012–2021); elected youngest mayor of Holyoke at age 22
* Chelsie J. Senerchia – 26th Mayor of Miami, Miami, Florida (1951–1953)
* Solomon Sibley (A.B. 1794) – 1st Mayor of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan (1806–1806)
* Sumbul Siddiqui (A.B. 2010) – Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (2020–); first Muslim mayor in Massachusetts history
* Samuel Starkweather (1822) – 7th and 15th Mayor of Cleveland (1844–1845, 1857–1858)
* Konstantinos Zervas (Sc.M. 1989) – Mayor of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (2019–)
Diplomats
* Willard L. Beaulac (1918) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Paraguay, U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay (1944–1947), List of ambassadors of the United States to Colombia, Colombia (1947–1951), List of ambassadors of the United States to Cuba, Cuba (1951–1953), List of ambassadors of the United States to Chile, Chile (1953–1956) and List of ambassadors of the United States to Argentina, Argentina (1956–1960) *W. Randolph Burgess (1912) – U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (1957–1961) * William Harrison Courtney, William H. Courtney (Ph.D. 1972) – U.S. Ambassador to Georgia (country), Georgia (1995–1997), and Kazakhstan (1992–1994) * Samuel S. Cox (1846) – Ambassadors of the United States, U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire under President Grover Cleveland *Nathaniel Davis (1944) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, United States Ambassador to Switzerland, Director General of the Foreign Service * Rosemary DiCarlo (A.B. 1969, M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1979) – acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2013) * Norm Eisen (A.B. 1985) – U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2011–2014) * Rufus Gifford (A.B. 1996) – U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (2013–2017), Deputy Campaign Manager for Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, nominee for Chief of Protocol of the United States * John Hay (A.B. 1858) – U.S. Secretary of State (1898–1905) * Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (A.B. 1962) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1999–2001), United States Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, former Chairman of the Asia Society, member of the Atlantic Council of the United States, Counselor to the Council on Foreign Relations, Founding Chairman of the American Academy in Berlin
* Charles Evans Hughes (A.B. 1881) – U.S. Secretary of State (1921–1925)
*Noble Brandon Judah (1904) – U.S. Ambassador to Cuba (1927–1929)
*Suzan G. LeVine (A.B. 1993) – U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein (2014–2017)
* Frederick Irving (A.B. 1943) – U.S. Ambassador to Iceland (1972–1976)
* Roberta S. Jacobson (A.B. 1982) – U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2016–2018)
* William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – U.S. Secretary of State (1853–1857), 20th United States Secretary of War (1845–1849)
* Anthony Dryden Marshall (1950) – U.S. Consul in Istanbul, 1958–59; U.S. Ambassador to Malagasy Republic, 1969–71; Trinidad and Tobago, 1972–74; Kenya, 1973; Seychelles, 1976–77; theatrical producer; felon
* Adam Namm (A.B. 1985) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Ecuador, United States Ambassador to Ecuador (2012–2015)
*James D. Nealon (A.B. 1980) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Honduras, United States Ambassador to Honduras (2014–2017)
*Victoria Nuland (A.B. 1983) – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2021–), U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO (2005–2008)
* Richard G. Olson, Richard Olson (A.B. 1981) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2008–2011); United States Ambassador to Pakistan (2012–2015)
* Richard Olney (A.B. 1856) – 34th United States Secretary of State (1895–1897), 40th United States Attorney General (1893–1895)
* Ely Palmer (A.B. 1907) – first American Ambassador to Afghanistan
*Nitya Pibulsonggram, Nit Phibunsongkhram (A.M. 1967) – Foreign Minister of Thailand (2006–2008), List of ambassadors of Thailand to the United States, Thai Ambassador to the United States (1996–2000)
* David Pressman (A.B. 1999) – United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs (2014–2017), List of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary (2022–), co-founder Not on Our Watch (organization), Not on Our Watch
*Frederic M. Sackett (A.B. 1890) – U.S. Senator, Kentucky (1924–1930), United States Ambassador to Germany (1930–1933), United States Ambassador to Djibouti (2006–2008)
*John J. Sullivan (diplomat), John J. Sullivan (A.B. 1981) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia, United States Ambassador to Russia, United States Deputy Secretary of State and acting United States Secretary of State
* Stephanie S. Sullivan (A.B. 1980) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Ghana, United States Ambassador to Ghana (2019–), List of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo, United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (2013–2017)
*William H. Sullivan (A.B. 1943) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Laos, United States Ambassador to Laos (1964–1969), the Foreign relations of the Philippines, Philippines (1973–1977), and Foreign relations of Iran, Iran (1977–1979)
*W. Stuart Symington (diplomat), W. Stuart Symington (A.B. 1974) – United States Ambassador to Nigeria (2016–2019), List of ambassadors of the United States to Rwanda, Ambassador to Rwanda (2008-2011)
*Thomas J. Watson Jr. (A.B. 1937) – former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–1981); 2nd President of IBM (1952–71); List of national presidents of the Boy Scouts of America, 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68); recipient of the 1964 Presidential Medal of Freedom
*Henry Wheaton (1802) – first U.S. minister to Denmark (1827–35), second U.S. minister to Prussia (1837–1846)
* Curtin Winsor Jr. (A.B. 1961) – U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica (1983–1985)
Advisors and officials
* Charles Colson, Charles "Chuck" Colson (1953) – chief counsel to Richard Nixon (1969–1973); figured in the Watergate Scandal; founder of Prison Fellowship * Thomas Gardiner Corcoran, Thomas Corcoran (1922) – member of President Franklin Roosevelt's "brain trust"; guided New Deal legislation; high-powered Washington Lobbying, lobbyist * Tad Devine (A.B. 1978) – political consultant, senior adviser in Al Gore's 2000 and John Kerry's 2004 Presidential campaigns, chief strategist for Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign *David F. Duncan (1995) – domestic policy advisor to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton; co-originator of the self-medication hypothesis of drug addiction * John Hay (1858) – U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (1898–1905), private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln
* Charles Hill (diplomat), Charles Hill (A.B. 1957) – Senior Lecturer in the Humanities, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, Yale University; former executive aid to former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz; research fellow, Hoover Institution
* E. Howard Hunt (1940) – author, Office of Strategic Services, OSS & CIA officer, worked under President Richard Nixon; figured in the Watergate scandal
* Randall Kroszner (A.B. 1984) – member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
* Ira Magaziner (1969) – Bill Clinton, Clinton advisor, current chairman of Clinton AIDS Initiative; co-instigator of Brown's New Curriculum
* Seema Nanda (government official), Seema Nanda (1992) – United States Solicitor of Labor, CEO of the Democratic National Convention
*Annette Nazareth (A.B. 1979) – former Securities and Exchange Commissioner, partner at Davis Polk & Wardell
* Richard Olney (1856) – United States Attorney General (1893–1895), United States Secretary of State (1895–1897)
* David Onek (1991) – candidate for District Attorney of San Francisco
* Thomas Perez (A.B. 1983) – Chair of the Democratic National Committee, former United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017)
*John A. Rizzo (A.B. 1969) – Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency noted for his role in "laying the legal groundwork" for the War on Terror
*Tahesha Way (A.B. 1993) – Secretary of State of New Jersey (2018– )
* Janet Yellen (A.B. 1967) – United States Secretary of the Treasury, former Chair of the Federal Reserve, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
International politicians
* Junaid Ahmad (A.B.) – Bangladeshi economist, World Bank country director for India *Ichirō Fujisaki – List of ambassadors of Japan to the United States, Japanese Ambassador to the United States (2008–12), Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1995–99) *Shigeyuki Goto (A.M. 1984) – Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (2021–present) *Martín Guzmán (Ph.D. 2013) – Ministry of Economy (Argentina), Minister of Economy of Argentina (2019–2022)
*Nitya Pibulsonggram (A.M. 1967) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand (2006–2008)
*Nadiem Makarim (2006) – Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia), Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia (2021–present)
*Eduardo Montealegre (Sc.B. 1976) – Nicaraguan politician, Deputy to the National Assembly (Nicaragua), National Assembly, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nicaragua), Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Aeneas Mackay, 15th Lord Reay – Member of the House of Lords Excepted Hereditary (2019–present)
*Uttama Savanayana (Sc.B. 1982) – Former Minister of Ministry of Finance (Thailand), Finance (2019–2020), Ministry of Industry (Thailand), Industry (2016–2018), and Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Digital Economy and Society of Thailand (2015-2016)
*Tarek Shawki (M.Sc. 1983, M.Sc. 1985, Ph.D. 1985) – of Egypt
*Ijyaraj Singh (Sc.B. 1987) – Member of the Lok Sabha representing Kota (Lok Sabha constituency), Kota (2009–2014)
*Julio Velarde (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1978) – Chairman of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (2006–present)
Activists, reformers, and thought leaders
* Junaid Ahmad (A.B. 1983) – economist; World Bank Country Director for India * Benjamin Boas (A.B. 2007) – Cool Japan Ambassador to the Cabinet Office (Japan), Cabinet Office of Japan and cultural consultant * John Bonifaz (1987) – founder,National Voting Rights Institute
The National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) was a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization based in Boston, which described itself as "committed to making real the promise of American democracy that meaningful political participation and pow ...
, recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
*Geoffrey Bowers – plaintiff an early HIV/AIDS Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS, discrimination case
* Katherine Chon (Sc.B. 2002) – co-founder and Board President of anti-human trafficking non-profit Polaris Project
* Bhupendranath Datta (M.A. 1914) – Indian revolutionary, sociologist and anthropologist
*Sean Eldridge (A.B. 2009) – political activist and former congressional candidate
*Derek Ellerman (Sc.B. 2002) – co-founder and Board Chairman of anti-human trafficking non-profit Polaris Project, former Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Ashoka fellow and current Ashoka Ambassador
* John Dix Fisher (1820) – founder of the Perkins School for the Blind, Perkins Institution for the Blind—the first school for the blind established in the U.S.
*Kathryn S. Fuller (A.B. 1968) – chairman of the Board Ford Foundation former president and CEO of non-governmental organization World Wildlife Fund – U.S. (1989–2005)
* Samuel Gridley Howe (1821) – prominent physician, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, advocate of education for the blind
* Gene Karpinski (1974) – President, League of Conservation Voters
* Kerry Kennedy (A.B. 1981) – activist, writer; President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; former wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo; daughter of Robert F. Kennedy
* Maya Keyes – anarchist and gay rights activist
* Alfie Kohn (A.B. 1979) – proponent of progressive education
*Nancy Lublin (1993) — founder of Crisis Text Line
* Horace Mann (A.B. 1819) – educationist; father of American Public school (government funded), public school education
* Nancy Northup (A.B. 1981) – President, Center for Reproductive Rights
* Nawal M. Nour
Nawal M. Nour is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist who directs the Ambulatory Obstetrics Practice at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her research and practice focus on providing the right care to women who have undergone female genital mutilation/cut ...
(A.B. 1988) – physician, founder of the first hospital center in the United States devoted to the medical needs of African women who have undergone Female genital mutilation, FGM, recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
*Michael Parenti (A.M. 1957) – political scientist, social critic, and author
*Jesselyn Radack (A.B. 1992) – national security and human rights attorney
*Cecile Richards (1980) – President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
* George Lincoln Rockwell (Class of 1942) – founder of the American Nazi Party; dropped out after sophomore year to join the United States Navy, Navy
* Kenneth Roth (A.B. 1978) – Executive Director of Human Rights Watch (1993–2022)
* Malika Saada Saar (A.B. 1992) – Director of the Human Rights Project for Girls; co-founder of Rebecca Project for Human Rights
*Rinku Sen (A.B. 1988) – Co-president of the Women’s March Board of Directors, former executive director of Race Forward
*Martha Sharp (A.B. 1926) – Unitarian who aided hundreds of Jews in escaping the Holocaust
*Michael Soussan (A.B. 1996) – whistleblower and author
*Irving Stowe (A.B. 1936) – founder of Greenpeace
Jurists and attorneys
*Leslie Abrams Gardner (A.B. 1997) – District Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia *Asa Aldis (A.B. 1796) – Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court * Peleg Arnold (A.B.) – Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1795 to 1812; represented Rhode Island as a delegate to the Continental Congress in the 1787–1788 session; incorporator of the Providence Society for the Abolition of Slavery in 1790 * Haiganush R. Bedrosian (A.B. 1965) – Chief Justice, Rhode Island Family Court * Francisco Besosa (A.B. 1971) – District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico * Theodore R. Boehm (A.B. 1960) – Justice, Indiana Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Indiana * Charles S. Bradley (A.B. 1838) – Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court * George Moulton Carpenter (A.B. 1864) – Federal Judge for United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island *Zachary A. Cunha (A.B. 1998) – United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, District of Rhode Island * Herbert F. DeSimone (A.B. 1910) – Attorney General of Rhode Island and Assistant Secretary of Transportation * Job Durfee (A.B. 1813) – Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court * Samuel Eddy (1787) – U.S Congressman, Rhode Island (1819–1825), Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court (1827–1835) * John Patrick Hartigan (A.B. 1951) – Rhode Island Attorney General, 1933–1939; US District Court, 1940–1951; US Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1951–1968 *Richard Hertling, (A.B. 1982) – Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims * Charles Evans Hughes (A.B. 1881) – 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941); Governor of New York (1907–1910); U.S. Secretary of State (1921–1925)
* Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (A.B. 1909) – 20th United States Solicitor General; son of Charles Evans Hughes
* Alfred H. Joslin (A.B. 1936) - Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1963–1979)
* Patrick C. Lynch (1987) – Rhode Island Attorney General (D)
* Lewis Linn McArthur – Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
* Theron Metcalf (A.B. 1805) – Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
* Marcus Morton (judge), Marcus Morton (1838) – Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1882–1890)
* Michael Newdow (Sc.B. 1974) – atheism, atheist doctor and lawyer who unsuccessfully argued ''Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow'' before the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court
* Thomas J. Perrelli (A.B. 1988) – former United States Associate Attorney General
*Solomon Sibley (A.B. 1794) – Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court; first United States Attorney for the Michigan Territory; territorial Delegate to United States Congress, Congress
* Kenneth Starr (M.A. 1969) – former United States Solicitor General, U.S. Solicitor General; former U.S. appeals court judge; special counsel in Bill Clinton Lewinsky scandal#Impeachment, impeachment proceedings and namesake of the Starr Report; President of Baylor University
* Norman O. Tietjens (Ph.B. 1925, M.A. 1927) – judge of the United States Tax Court''Official Congressional Directory'' (1979), p. 749.United States Tax Court, "Memorial Proceedings for the Honorable Norman O. Tietjens, Judge, United States Tax Court'', ''Reports of the Tax Court of the United States'', Vol. 81, p. iii-xxi.
* Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson (A.B. 1973) – federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former Rhode Island Superior Court judge
*William Tong (A.B. 1995) – Attorney General of Connecticut (2019–)
* Anne Rachel Traum (A.B. 1991) – Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
* Craig Waters (A.B. 1979) – communications counsel to the Florida Supreme Court
Business
*Lawrence D. Ackman (1960) – real estate entrepreneur, father of billionaire Bill Ackman *Giovanni Alberto Agnelli (1986) – heir apparent and designated future chairman of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Fiat group *Akash Ambani (A.B. 2013) – Director of Jio and Reliance Retail; eldest son of Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani *George S. Barrett (A.B. 1977) – CEO of Cardinal Health (2009–2017) *John Berylson (A.B. 1975) – American investor *Marvin Bower (Sc.B. 1925) – co-founder of McKinsey & Company *Aneel Bhusri (Sc.B. 1988) – billionaire, co-founder and CEO of Workday, Inc., Workday
*Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1938) – co-founder and President, Diners Club International
* Orlando Bravo (1970) - first Puerto Rican billionaire businessman
* Willard C. Butcher (1948) – former chairman and CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank
*Adam Cahan (A.B. 1993) – former Senior Vice President of Mobile and Emerging Products, Yahoo!
*Arthur L. Carter (1953) – investor, namesake of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University
* Lisa Caputo (A.B. 1986) – chief marketing officer, Citigroup
* Finn M. W. Caspersen (A.B. 1963) – financier, chairman and chief executive of the Beneficial Corporation
*John S. Chen (Sc.B. 1978) – chairman and CEO of BlackBerry Limited
*Chung Yong-jin (A.B. 1994) – South Korean billionaire, vice chairman and CEO of Shinsegae, Shinsegae Group
*Glenn Creamer (A.B. 1984) – billionaire, Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
* Dan DiMicco (B.Sc. 1972) – CEO (2000–12) and chairman (2006–12) of Nucor
*Tanya Dubash (A.B. 1991) – Indian businesswoman
*David Ebersman (A.B. 1991) – former Chief Financial Officer of Facebook, Inc.; founder, Lyra Health
* Donna M. Fernandes (Sc.B 1981) President and CEO, Buffalo Zoo 2000–2017
*Dylan Field (Class of 2013½) – founder and CEO of Figma (software), Figma
*Devin Finzer (B.Sc. 2013) – billionaire, CEO and co-founder of OpenSea
* George M. C. Fisher (Sc. M. 1964, Ph.D. 1966) – former CEO of Motorola and Eastman Kodak Company
* Tim Forbes (1976) – Chief Operating Officer, Forbes
*Sidney Frank (Class of 1942) – billionaire founder of Grey Goose (vodka), Grey Goose and Jägermeister
* Tom Gardner (A.B. 1990) – co-founder and co-chairman of the Motley Fool
*Kenneth Gaw (1992) – Hong Kong businessman
*Charles Giancarlo (B.Sc. 1979) – chairman and CEO of Pure Storage, former chief technology officer at Cisco Systems
* Jeffrey W. Greenberg (A.B. 1973) – chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies
* Theresia Gouw (Sc.B. 1990) – investor, wealthiest female venture capitalist in the United States
*Ross Greenburg (1977) – president of HBO Sports
* Oliver Haarmann (1990) – founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners
*James Harmon (A.B. 1957) – investor; President and CEO, Export–Import Bank of the United States (1997-2001)
*Walter Hoving (Ph.B. 1920) – CEO of Tiffany & Co.
* Bradley S. Jacobs (Class of 1979) – billionaire founder and CEO of XPO Logistics
* Nina Jacobson (A.B. 1987) – former president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
*Parth Jindal (A.B. 2012) – managing director of JSW Cement, son of Sajjan Jindal
*Craig Kallman (A.B. 1987) – chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records Group
*Ray Kassar (1948) – former CEO of Atari
* Paul Kazarian (M.A. 1980) – billionaire investor
*Dara Khosrowshahi (Sc.B. 1991) – CEO of Uber, former CEO of Expedia Group
*İpek Kıraç (2007, M.P.H. 2011) – Turkish language, Turkish billionaire heiress and businesswoman
*Beth Kobliner (A.B. 1986) – personal finance commentator
*Randy Komisar (A.B. 1976) – co-founder of Claris, former CEO of LucasArts
*Jonathan Klein (CNN), Jonathan Klein (A.B. 1980) – former president of CNN/US
*Steph Korey (A.B. 2009) – founder of Away (company), Away
*Liz Lange (A.B. 1988) – founder of Liz Lange Maternity
* Debra L. Lee (A.B. 1976) – chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television
* Gordon Macklin (A.B. 1950) – former president and CEO, NASDAQ
* Nadiem Makarim (A.B. 2006) – founder of Gojek, current Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia), Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia
*Robert Marcus (A.B. 1987) – former chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable
*Brian Moynihan (A.B. 1981) – president and CEO, Bank of America
*Jonathan M. Nelson (A.B. 1977) – billionaire, investor
* Karan Paul (1992) – chairman, Apeejay Surrendra Group
*Steven Price (businessman), Steven Price (Sc.B. 1984) – co-founder of Townsquare Media, and minority owner of the Atlanta Hawks
*George Pyne (business executive), George Pyne (1988) – founder and CEO of Bruin Sports Capital
* Sridhar Ramaswamy (Ph.D. 1995) – former Senior Vice President of Advertising and Commerce, Google
*Ajit Ranade (A.M., Ph.D. 1997) – Chief Economist with the Aditya Birla Group
* Steven Rattner (A.B. 1974) – Deputy Chairman and Ceputy CEO, Lazard Frères & Co.
* William R. Rhodes (A.B. 1957) – Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup
* Stephen Robert (A.B. 1962), chairman and CEO of Oppenheimer & Co. (1983–1997), Chancellor of Brown University (1998–2007)
* John D. Rockefeller Jr. (A.B. 1897) – financer, philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller, and builder of Rockefeller Center
* Tom Rothman (A.B. 1976) – president, 20th Century Fox Film Group
* Tom Scott (businessman), Tom Scott (A.B. 1989) – co-founder of Nantucket Nectars, with Tom First
* John Sculley (A.B. 1961) – president of PepsiCo (1977–1983); CEO of Apple Computer (1983–1993)
*Josh Silverman (A.B. 1991) – CEO of Etsy (2017–) and Skype (2008–10); founder of Evite
*Rashmi Sinha (Ph.D. 1998) – co-founder and CEO of SlideShare
* Lawrence M. Small (A.B. 1963) – president of Fannie Mae; secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
* Orin R. Smith (1957) – chairman and CEO, Engelhard (1999–2001)
* Barry Sternlicht (A.B. 1982) – founder of Starwood Capital Group and Starwood
*Jeff Stibel (Sc.M. 1999) – entrepreneur, founder of Bryant Stibel
* Jeffrey Swartz (A.B. 1982) – former CEO of The Timberland Company, Timberland
*Melvin Swig (A.B. 1939) – real estate developer and Philanthropy, philanthropist
*Ted Turner (Class of 1960) – billionaire founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting
*Amelia Warren Tyagi (A.B. 1993) – businesswoman, author; daughter of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren
* Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1937) – president and CEO of IBM (1956–1971); U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–1981)
* Jochen Wermuth (A.M. 1992) – German investor, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Wermuth Asset Management
*Melanie Whelan (1999) – CEO of SoulCycle (2015–2019)
*Meredith Whitney (A.B. 1992) – equity research analyst notable for her prediction of the financial crisis of 2007–2009
* Andrew Yang (A.B. 1996) – founder of Venture for America (VFA), 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
*Nancy Zimmerman (A.B. 1985) – hedge fund manager, co-founder of Bracebridge Capital
Journalism
* Leroy F. Aarons (A.B. 1955) – journalist; founder of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association *Jim Axelrod (A.M. 1989) – Chief White House correspondent, CBS News *Rebecca Ballhaus (A.B. 2013) –Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
–winning journalist
* Chris Berman (A.B. 1977) – ESPN host and anchor
* Martin Bernheimer (1958) – Pulitzer Prize–winning music critic
*Duncan B. Black, aka Atrios (Ph.D. 1999) – political blogger
* Elizabeth Bruenig (2014–2015) – opinion writer at ''The New York Times'' and formerly ''The Washington Post''
*Robert Conley (reporter), Robert Conley (1953) – founding member and former General Manager of NPR; creator and original host of ''All Things Considered''; former ''New York Times'' front-page correspondent; ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' writer; reporter and anchor for NBC and the ''Huntley-Brinkley Report''
* Gareth Cook (A.B. 1991) – Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, ''Boston Globe'', for writing about stem cell research
* David Corn (1981) – Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ''Mother Jones (magazine), Mother Jones''
*Dana Cowin (A.B. 1982) – Editor-in-Chief of ''Food & Wine Magazine, Food & Wine''
* Lyn Crost (A.B. 1938) – World War II correspondent and author, ''Honor by Fire:Japanese Americans at War in Europe and the Pacific''
* Adrian Dearnell (A.B. 1994) – Franco-American financial journalist, CEO and founder of EuroBusiness Media
*Larry Elder (A.B. 1974) – columnist; radio personality; TV talk show host, ''The Larry Elder Show''; author; unsuccessful Republican Party (United States), Republican candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election
* Katherine Eban (A.B. 1989) – investigative journalist
*Chip Giller (A.B. 1993) – environmentalist, founder of ''Grist (magazine), Grist''
* Ira Glass (A.B. 1982) – host and producer, National Public Radio, ''This American Life''
* Jerry Green (writer), Jerry Green (A.B. 1950) – sports journalist, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
* Catherine Gund (A.B. 1988) – documentary filmmaker; activist
* Chris Hayes (A.B. 2001) – Editor of ''The Nation'' and host of ''All In with Chris Hayes'' on MSNBC
* Tony Horwitz (1980) – journalist, ''Wall Street Journal'', winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
* A. J. Jacobs (1990) – journalist and author, ''The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World'', ''The Year of Living Biblically''
*Edward Jones (statistician), Edward Davis Jones (Class of 1877) – co-founder of ''The Wall Street Journal,'' namesake of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
*Sasha Frere-Jones (Class of 1988) – writer, music critic, and musician
*John F. Kennedy Jr. (A.B. 1983) – lawyer; journalist; publisher of ''George (magazine), George'' magazine; son of President John F. Kennedy; John F. Kennedy Jr. airplane crash, killed in an airplane crash on July 16, 1999
* Glenn Kessler (journalist), Glenn Kessler (A.B. 1981) – diplomatic correspondent for ''The Washington Post''
* Noel King (broadcast journalist), Noel King (A.B. 2004) – co-host of ''Morning Edition'' and ''Up First''
*Hiroko Kuniya (A.B. 1979) – Japanese news anchor
*Erik Kuselias (1991) – host of hosts CBSSports.com, Sportsline and CBS Sports
*Sharon LaFraniere (A.B. 1977) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist at ''The New York Times''
*Josh Levin (2002) – National Editor at ''Slate (magazine), Slate''
*Irving R. Levine (1944) – former NBC News correspondent
* Mara Liasson (A.B. 1977) – NPR correspondent
* Bill Lichtenstein (1978) – journalist, documentary filmmaker, president of LCMedia, Inc.; recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship and Peabody Award
* Andrew Marantz (2006) – staff writer at ''The New Yorker''
*Mark Maremont (1980) – senior special writer for the ''Wall Street Journal''; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
* Josh Marshall (Ph.D. 2003) – Polk Award-winning journalist; founder, ''Talking Points Memo''
* Matthew Miller (journalist), Matthew Miller (A.B. 1983) – Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Journalist, columnist for ''Fortune (magazine), Fortune;'' regular contributor to ''The New York Times Magazine''
*George Musser (Sc.B. 1988) – author and editor at ''Scientific American''
* Pamela Paul (A.B. 1993) – opinion columnist, ''The New York Times'', editor of ''The New York Times Book Review'' (2013–2022)
*Holly Peterson (A.B. 1987) – contributing editor for ''Newsweek'' magazine, editor-at-large for ''Talk (magazine), Talk'' magazine, producer for ABC News
*Sasha Polakow-Suransky (2001) – deputy editor at ''Foreign Policy,'' Rhodes Scholar
*Scott Poulson-Bryant (A.B. 2008, originally Class of 1989) – co-founding editor of ''VIBE Magazine''
* Andrew Revkin (A.B. 1978) – environmental journalist, ''New York Times''; recipient of 2008 Columbia University Journalism School John Chancellor Award
* Quentin Reynolds (1924) – World War II war correspondent.
* James Risen (1977) – journalist for ''The Intercept''; author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency; broke the 2005 story of warrantless NSA wiretapping; winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
* David S. Rohde (A.B. 1990) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; escaped from 7-month Taliban captivity in 2009
* Kevin Roose (Class of 2009) – technology columnist for ''The New York Times''
*Alissa J. Rubin (A.B. 1980) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, Baghdad Bureau chief, ''The New York Times''
*Margaret Russell (1980) – Editor-in-Chief, ''Elle Decor'' magazine; design judge, ''Top Design''
* Laura Secor (A.B.) – journalist
*Aaron Schatz (1996) – ESPN NFL analyst, founder of Football Outsiders
* Kathryn Schulz (A.B. 1996) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, staff writer at ''The New Yorker''
* Julia Flynn Siler (A.B. 1983) – journalist and nonfiction author
*Elissa Silverman (A.B. 1995) – journalist, member of the Council of the District of Columbia at-large (2015–present)
*Amy Sohn (A.B. 1995) – columnist, ''New York (magazine), New York'' magazine; novelist, ''Run Catch Kiss'' and ''Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell''
* Doreen St. Félix (2014) – staff writer at ''The New Yorker''
*Alison Stewart (A.B. 1988) – host, MSNBC's ''The Most with Alison Stewart''
* A. G. Sulzberger (A.B. 2003) – publisher, ''The New York Times;'' chairman of The New York Times Company
*André Leon Talley (A.M. 1973) – ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' magazine editor-at-large; first African-American male creative director of ''Vogue''; regarded as "fashion icon"
*Wallace Terry (A.B. 1959) – African-American journalist, author, and oral historian known for his coverage of Black soldiers in the Vietnam War
* Salamishah Tillet (M.A.T. 1997) - Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
-winning essayist
* Krista Tippett (A.B. 1983) – host, NPR's ''Speaking of Faith,'' and creator and host of ''On Being''
* Larry Tye (A.B. 1977) – journalist
*Alex Wagner (A.B. 1999) – host, ''Alex Wagner Tonight'', MSNBC
*David Wallace-Wells (A.B. 2004) – opinion columnist, ''The New York Times;'' author of ''The Uninhabitable Earth (book), The Uninhabitable Earth''
*Ivan Watson (A.B. 1997) – senior international correspondent, CNN
*Curtis Yarvin (1992) – blogger, political theorist, software engineer, and internet entrepreneur associated with the Dark Enlightenment
Literature
* David Allyn (A.B. 1991) – author, ''Make Love, Not War: The Sexual Revolution: An Unfettered History, Make Love, Not War'', ''I Can't Believe I Just Did That'', playwright, ''Baptizing Adam'' *Donald Antrim
Donald Antrim (born 1958) is an American novelist. His first novel, '' Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World'', was published in 1993.
In 1999, ''The New Yorker'' named him as among the 20 best writers under the age of 40. In 2013, he was named ...
(A.B. 1981) – author, '' Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World'', ''The Verificationist'', ''The Hundred Brothers'', recipient of the MacArthur fellowship, MacArthur Fellowship
* Jacob M. Appel (A.B. 1995) – author, playwright, ''Arborophilia'', ''Creve Coeur'', ''The Mistress of Wholesome''
* Mona Awad (M.F.A. 2014) – novelist and short story writer
*Peter Balakian (Ph.D. 1980) – Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
-winning poet, ''Ozone Journal''
* Edward Ball (American author), Edward Ball (A.B. 1982) – National Book Award-winning nonfiction writer, ''Slaves in the Family'', ''The Genetic Strand''
* Mark Baumer (M.F.A. 2011) – writer and environmental activist
*Josh Bazell (A.B. 1992) – novelist
* Bill Berkson (1957–1959) – poet and critic
*Lisa Birnbach (A.B. 1978) – author, ''The Official Preppy Handbook''
* Kate Bornstein ( Albert Bornstein) (A.B. 1969) – transgender activist, performance artist, playwright, gender theory, gender theorist, and author
* Jeffrey Carver (A.B. 1971) – science fiction author, Nebula Award finalist
* Andrew Chaikin (A.B. 1978) – author, ''A Man on the Moon''
*Jessamine Chan (2000) – author, ''The School for Good Mothers''
*Susan Cheever (A.B. 1965) – author
* Frank Chipasula (A.M. 1980, Ph.D. 1987) – Malawian writer
* Franny Choi (A.B. 2011) – poet
*Mallika Chopra (A.B. 1993) — author and self-help entrepreneur
* Ted Chiang (Sc.B. 1989) – Nebula Award, Locus Award, and Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer; author of ''Story of Your Life,'' the basis for the film ''Arrival (film), Arrival''
* Brian Christian (A.B. 2006) – author, ''The Most Human Human''
*Zinzi Clemmons (A.B. 2007) – author
* Nicole Cooley (A.B. 1988) – poet, Professor of English, Queens College, City University of New York
* Nilo Cruz (M.F.A. 1994) – Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
–winning playwright, ''Anna in the Tropics''
* Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or ...
(M.F.A. 1993) – American Book Award-winning author, ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'', ''The Dew Breaker'', recipient of the MacArthur fellowship
*Cyrus Grace Dunham (2014) – author, ''A Year Without A Name: A Memoir''
* David Ebershoff (A.B. 1991) – Lambda Literary Award-winning author, ''The Danish Girl'', editor-at-large at Random House, professor at Columbia University
* Jeffrey Eugenides (A.B. 1983) – Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
–winning author, ''Middlesex (novel), Middlesex'', ''The Virgin Suicides'', ''The Marriage Plot''
* Percival Everett (A.M. 1982) – novelist, poet; Distinguished Professor of English, University of Southern California
* Rudolph Fisher (A.B. 1919, A.M. 1920) – author, musician, physician; a leader of the Harlem Renaissance
* Richard Foreman
Richard Foreman (born June 10, 1937 in New York City) is an American avant-garde playwright and the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
Achievements and awards
Foreman has written, directed and designed over fifty of his own plays, b ...
(A.B. 1959) – playwright/avant-garde theater pioneer; founder, ''Ontological-Hysteric Theater'', recipient of the MacArthur fellowship
* Sam Walter Foss (A.B. 1882) – poet
*Sarah Gambito (M.F.A. 1999) – poet; director of creative writing, Fordham University
* Deborah Garrison (A.B. 1986) – poet
* Peter Gizzi (M.F.A. 1991) – poet, professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers
*Xochitl Gonzalez (A.B. 1999) – author and screenwriter, ''Olga Dies Dreaming''
* Jaimy Gordon (A.M. 1972, A.D. 1975) – National Book Award-winning author, ''Lord of Misrule (novel), Lord of Misrule''
* Andrew Sean Greer (A.B. 1992) – Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
–winning author, ''Less (novel), Less''
* Jennifer Haley (M.F.A. 2005) – playwright, winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
*Scott Haltzman (1982, M.D. 1985) – psychiatrist, self-help author
* Jordan Harrison (M.F.A. 2003) – playwright, finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
*Tony Horwitz (A.B. 1980) – Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
–winning journalist, author of ''Confederates in the Attic,'' ''Blue Latitudes''
* Shelley Jackson (M.F.A. 1994) – Hypertext fiction, hyperfiction writer, author of ''Patchwork Girl (hypertext), Patchwork Girl''
* Steven Berlin Johnson, Steven Johnson (A.B. 1990) – writer and popular science author
* Winthrop Jordan (Ph.D. 1960) – American Civil War and racial history writer, winner of the National Book Award and Bancroft Prize
* Gayl Jones (M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1975) – novelist, poet, and playwright; "literary legend" of African-American literature, Black literature
*Zeyn Joukhadar (Ph.D. 2014) – novelist
*Bess Kalb (A.B. 2010) – author and television writer
*Phil Kaye (A.B. 2010) – poet and spoken word artist
*Sarah Kay (poet), Sarah Kay (A.B. 2010, M.A.T. 2012) – poet and spoken word artist
*Jonathan Karp (A.B. 1986) – publisher, CEO of Simon & Schuster
* Caroline Kepnes (A.B. 1999) – American author and screenwriter, ''You (Kepnes novel), You, Hidden Bodies, Providence (Kepnes novel), Providence''
*Alexandra Kleeman (A.B. 2007) – writer
*T. E. D. Klein (A.B. 1969) – horror fiction writer and magazine editor
* Caroline Knapp (A.B. 1981) – essayist and author, ''Drinking: A Love Story''
* Richard Kostelanetz (A.B.1962) – cultural historian, fictioner, poet, experimental writer, critic of avant-garde arts and artists, anthologist
* Geoffrey A. Landis (Ph.D. 1988) – Nebula Award and Hugo Award-winning scientist-writer and hard science fiction author
* Reif Larsen (A.B 2003) – professor at Columbia University; author, ''The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet''
*Marie Lee, Marie Myung-Ok Lee (A.B. 1986) – author and essayist
* Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (A.M. 1969) – author and journalist
* Ben Lerner (A.B. 2001, M.F.A. 2003) – poet, author of ''Angle of Yaw'', ''Leaving the Atocha Station'', ''10:04 (novel), 10:04'' and ''The Lichtenberg Figures'', recipient of the MacArthur fellowship
* Steven Levenson (A.B. 2006) – author, ''Dear Evan Hansen,'' winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
*David Levithan (A.B. 1993) – author, ''Boy Meets Boy (novel), Boy Meets Boy'', ''Will Grayson, Will Grayson'', ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist''
* Alan Levy (A.B. 1952) – author
* David Lipsky (A.B. 1987) – author, ''Three Thousand Dollars'', ''The Art Fair'', ''Absolutely American''
* Sam Lipsyte (A.B. 1990) – author, ''Home Land'', ''Venus Drive'', ''The Fun Parts''
* Lois Lowry (Class of 1958) – Newbery Medal-winning author, ''The Giver''
* Thomas Mallon (A.B. 1973) – author, ''Henry and Clara'', ''Thomas Mallon, Bandbox'', ''Dewey Defeats Truman'', ''Two Moons (novel), Two Moons''
* Ben Marcus (M.F.A. 1991) – author, ''The Age of Wire and String'', ''Notable American Women''
* Alex McAulay (A.B.) – author, ''Alex McAulay, Bad Girls'', ''Lost Summer'', ''Oblivion Road'', ''Shelter Me''
* Emily Arnold McCully (A.B. 1961) – Caldecott Award-winning children's author, ''Mirette on the High Wire''
* Mark C. McGarrity (A.B. 1966) – wrote crime fiction under the name Bartholomew Gill
* Roland Merullo (A.B. 1975, A.M.) – author
*Madeline Miller (A.B. 2000, A.M. 2001) – Women's Prize for Fiction-winning author of ''The Song of Achilles'' and ''Circe (novel), Circe''
* Steven Millhauser (1968–71) – Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
–winning author, ''Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, Martin Dressler''
* Rick Moody (A.B. 1983) – author, ''The Ice Storm'', ''Garden State (book), Garden State'', ''Purple America'', ''The Diviners (Rick Moody novel), The Diviners''
* Kass Morgan (A.B.) – author, ''The 100 (novel series), The 100''
*Rebecca Morris (author), Rebecca Morris (M.F.A. 1986) – nonfiction author, ''Ted and Ann'', ''If I Can't Have You'', ''A Killing in Amish Country''
*Ottessa Moshfegh (M.F.A. 2011) – writer, author of ''My Year of Rest and Relaxation''
* Jandy Nelson (M.F.A. 1992) – author, ''I'll Give You the Sun''
*Emily Nemens (A.B. 2005) – writer, editor, ''The Paris Review''
* Naomi Novik (A.B. 1995) – fantasy author, ''His Majesty's Dragon''
*Dan O'Brien (playwright), Dan O'Brien (M.F.A. 1999) – playwright and poet, author of ''The Body of an American''
* Nicanor Parra (1943–1945) – Chilean poet, author of '','' winner of the 2011 Miguel de Cervantes Prize
* S. J. Perelman (Class of 1925) – humorist, ''The New Yorker''; author; Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, ''Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film), Around the World in Eighty Days''
* Nathaniel Philbrick (A.B. 1978) – nonfiction writer; National Book Award winner, author of ''In the Heart of the Sea''
*Marilynne Robinson (A.B. 1966) – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize and Orange Prize-winning author, ''Gilead (novel), Gilead'', ''Housekeeping (novel), Housekeeping'', ''Home (Robinson novel), Home''
* Yona Sabar, Ariel Sabar (A.B. 1993) – author, National Book Critics Circle Award 2009 for ''My Father's Paradise''
* Joanna Scott
Joanna Scott (born June 22, 1960) is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Her award-winning fiction is known for its wide-ranging subject matter and its incorporation of historical figures into imagined narratives.
A native of ...
(M.A. 1985) – author, recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
* Dana Schwartz (A.B. 2015) – author
* David Shenk (A.B. 1988) – author, ''The Forgetting,'' ''Data Smog,'' ''The Immortal Game''
* Reginald Shepherd (M.F.A. 1988) – poet and author
* Daniel Sherrell (A.B. 2013) – author and Climate movement, climate organizer
*David Shields (A.B. 1978) – author, ''Reality Hunger''
* Scott Snyder (A.B. 1998) – author of the story collection ''Voodoo Heart'' and writer of Vertigo Comics's ongoing original series ''American Vampire''
* Gustaf Sobin (A.B. 1957) – poet, expatriate
*Brian Kim Stefans (M.F.A. 2006) – poet, professor of English at UCLA
*Nathanael West (Ph.B. 1924) – author, ''Miss Lonelyhearts'', ''The Day of the Locust''
* Meg Wolitzer (A.B. 1981) – author, ''The Wife (novel), The Wife'', ''The Interestings'', ''The Position''
* Adelle Waldman (A.B. 1988) – author, ''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.''
*Afaa M. Weaver (M.F.A. 1987) – poet, author, and editor
*Sherley Anne Williams (A.M. 1972) – poet and novelist
*Kevin Young (poet), Kevin Young (M.F.A. 1996) – poetry editor, New Yorker (magazine), ''New Yorker''; director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
*Joshua M. Zeitz (A.M. 1998, Ph.D. 2002) – historian
*C Pam Zhang (2011) – author, ''How Much of These Hills Is Gold''
Medicine and public health
* Samuel Warren Abbott (A.M. 1858) – first medical examiner and first secretary of Massachusetts's first state board of health from 1886 to 1904 * Justin M. Andrews (Ph.B. 1923) – Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2nd Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases * Aaron T. Beck (A.B. 1942) – "father of cognitive behavioral therapy"; founder of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania; winner of the Lasker Award *Seth Berkley (Sc.B. 1978, M.D. 1981) – CEO of GAVI, founder and former President and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative *Tom Catena (A.B. 1986) – Catholic Medical missions, medical missionary working in central Sudan
* William A. Catterall (A.B. 1968) – Chair and Professor of Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine, ForMemRS
*Charles V. Chapin (A.B. 1876) – Providence Superintendent of Health (1884–1932), pioneer in public health research and practice, first president of the American Epidemiological Society, professor of physiology at Brown
* Lynda Chin (A.B. 1988) – Department Chair and Professor of genomic medicine, Genomic Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Scientific Director, MD Anderson Institute for Applied Cancer Science
* James J. Cimino (B.Sc. 1977) – Professor of Medicine and Director, Informatics Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
*George E. Coghill (A.B. 1896, Ph.D. 1902) – anatomist
* Solomon Drowne (A.B. 1773) – physician, academic, and surgeon during the American Revolution
*Nora Groce (Ph.D.) – Leonard Cheshire Chair of Disability and Inclusive Development, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, University College London
*Andrew C. Hecht (1989) – Chief of Spine Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan), Mount Sinai Hospital; Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Neurologic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine
*Insoo Hyun (Ph.D. 1998) – Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
*Judith V. Jordan (1965) – co-director, Jean Baker Miller Institute; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
*Mark L. Kahn (A.B. 1984, M.D. 1987) – Edward S. Cooper, M.D./Norman Roosevelt and Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
*Philip Kantoff (1976, M.D. 1979) – former Chairman of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School
* William Williams Keen (A.B. 1859) – first American Neurosurgery, brain surgeon
* Linda Liau (A.B., S.B. 1987) – W. Eugene Stern Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
* Lloyd B. Minor (Sc.B. 1979, M.D. 1982) – Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine; former provost, Johns Hopkins University
*Christine Montross (M.D. 2006, M.M.Sc. 2007) – Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School at Brown University
*Nawal M. Nour
Nawal M. Nour is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist who directs the Ambulatory Obstetrics Practice at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her research and practice focus on providing the right care to women who have undergone female genital mutilation/cut ...
(A.B. 1984) – Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
*Michael Polydefkis (B.Sc. 1988) – Director, Cutaneous Nerve Lab, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
*Megan Ranney (M.P.H. 2010) – Warren Alpert Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School; Academic Dean, Brown University School of Public Health
*Joan Reede (Sc.B. 1976) – physician, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
* Griffin P. Rodgers (Sc.B. 1976, M.M.Sc. & M.D. 1979) – Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
* Matthew Sacchet (A.B. 2010) – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
*Sally Satel (M.D. 1984) – Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
* Erica Schwartz (Sc.B. 1994, M.D. 1998) – Deputy Surgeon General of the United States (2019-2021)
* Manny Sethi (A.B. 2000) – physician, president and founder of the non-profit Healthy Tennessee
*Neel Shah (Sc.B. 2004, M.D. 2009) – Executive Director of Costs of Care, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
Military
* John F. Aiso (1931) – highest-ranking Japanese American in the U.S. Army during World War II, first Japanese American judge in the contiguous U.S.
*William C. Chase (A.B. 1916) – Major general, Major General during World War II
*G. Edward Buxton Jr., G. Edward Buxton (Ph.B. 1902) – commanding officer of Sergeant Alvin C. York; first assistant director of the Office of Strategic Services, OSS
*Thomas Ewing Jr. (Class of 1856) – Union Army general during the American Civil War, first chief justice of Kansas
*Ployer Peter Hill (B.Sc. 1916) – test pilot, namesake of Hill Air Force Base in Utah
* James Mitchell Varnum (A.B. 1769) – General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory
Performing arts
Music
* Sean Altman (A.B. 1983) – founding tenor member of Rockapella, known for the theme song of ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' * Charles Ansbacher (1965) – founder and conductor of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra * MC Paul Barman (A.B. 1997) – cult following, cult rapping, rapper * Marco Beltrami (Sc.B. 1988) – two-time Academy Award-nominated film score composer, ''Scream (1996 film), Scream'' (1996), ''Resident Evil (2002 film), Resident Evil'' (2002), ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003), ''Hellboy (2004 film), Hellboy'' (2004), ''Live Free or Die Hard'' (2007), ''3:10 to Yuma (2007 film), 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), ''Max Payne (film), Max Payne'' (2008), ''Mesrine (2008 film), Mesrine'' (2008), ''The Hurt Locker'' (2009), ''The Wolverine (film), The Wolverine'' (2013), ''Warm Bodies (film), Warm Bodies'' (2013), ''World War Z (film), World War Z'' (2013), ''Free Solo'' (2018), ''Ford v Ferrari'' (2019), and the video game ''Fortnite'' * Clare Burson (1997) – singer-songwriter * David Buskin (A.B 1965) – singer-songwriter (Modern Man), jingle composer, Clio Award winner (1983) * Julia Cafritz – musician, known for Pussy Galore (band), Pussy Galore * Wendy Carlos (A.B. 1962) – composer and electronic musician, ''Switched-On Bach'' (1968); film score composer, ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), ''Tron'' (1982)
* Mary Chapin Carpenter (A.B. 1981) – country music, country singer-songwriter
* Chubb Rock – rapper and radio host
* Joel Cohen (musician), Joel Cohen (A.B. 1963) – director of the Boston Camerata
* Alvin Curran (A.B. 1960) – avant-garde composer
* Catie Curtis (1987) – folk music, contemporary folk singer-songwriter
* Dave Dederer (A.B.) – guitarist, singer, and founding member of rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (band), The Presidents of the United States of America
* Shelby Gaines (1991) – musician and artist
*Sofi Tukker, Tucker Halpern (2013) – musician and DJ, one half of electronic pop group Sofi Tukker
* Dhani Harrison (2001) – son of George Harrison, composer, guitarist
*Sofi Tukker, Sophie Hawley-Weld (2014) – musician, one half of electronic pop group Sofi Tukker
* Lili Haydn (1992) – singer-songwriter, violinist
*Lingua Ignota (musician), Lingua Ignota (M.F.A. 2016) – multidisciplinary artist and instrumentalist
*Nicolás Jaar (A.B. 2012) – avant-garde electronic music producer, owner and founder of record label and art house Clown & Sunset
* Gabriel Kahane (2003) – singer-songwriter
*Elliott Kerman (Sc.B. 1981) – founding baritone member of Rockapella
* Tad Kinchla (1995) – bassist for jam band Blues Traveler
* Richard Kostelanetz (A.B. 1962) – electro-acoustic composer (New York City Oratorio, America's Game), writer on innovative musics and musicians
* Damian Kulash (A.B. 1998) – lead singer and founding member of indie rock band OK Go
* Erich Kunzel (1964) – conductor, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
*Lawrence (band), Lawrence – soul-pop group founded by Clyde Lawrence '15 and Gracie Lawrence (Class of 2020)
*Lisa Loeb (A.B. 1990) – Grammy Award-winning alternative rock, alternative singer-songwriter; first unsigned artist to top the American charts
* The Low Anthem – indie folk band that includes alums Ben Knox Miller (2006), Jeff Prystowsky (2006) and Jocie Adams
* Erin McKeown (2000) – folk music, folk singer-songwriter
* Elizabeth Mitchell (musician), Elizabeth Mitchell (1990) – musician, member of indie folk music, folk–pop music, pop band Ida (band), Ida; played in a band with Lisa Loeb and Duncan Sheik while at Brown
* Will Oldham (Class of 1992) – indie rock/alternative country singer-songwriter who also performs under the names Will Oldham, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Will Oldham, Palace
* Elvis Perkins (1995) – singer-songwriter
* Navah Perlman (A.B. 1992) – concert pianist; daughter of Itzhak Perlman
* Dan Prothero – producer / engineer and owner of Fog City Records
* The Range (musician), The Range – DJ and electronic musician
* Sebastian Ruth (A.B. 1997) – violinist, 2010 MacArthur Fellow and faculty member of the Yale School of Music
* Susan Salms-Moss (A.B. 1967) – soprano
* Theodore Shapiro (composer), Theodore Shapiro (A.B. 1993) – film score composer, ''State and Main'' (2000), ''Old School (film), Old School'' (2003), ''Starsky & Hutch (film), Starsky & Hutch'' (2004), ''The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), ''Marley & Me (film), Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Tropic Thunder'' (2008), ''I Love You, Man'' (2008), ''We're the Millers'' (2013), ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (2013), ''Ghostbusters'' (2016), ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film), The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' (2021), ''Severance (TV series), Severance'' (2022)
* Duncan Sheik (A.B. 1992) – alternative rock singer-songwriter; top 10 hit for the song "Barely Breathing"; Grammy Award, Grammy and two-time Tony Award-winning composer, ''Spring Awakening (musical), Spring Awakening''
* Sasha Spielberg (2012) – musician, Wardell (band), Wardell; daughter of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
* Susie Suh (A.B. 2002) – alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Saleka (A.B. 2018) – Rhythm and blues, R&B singer-songwriter; daughter of M. Night Shyamalan
* Jon Spencer – singer and composer, known for Pussy Galore (band), Pussy Galore and Boss Hog
* Sally Taylor (singer-songwriter), Sally Taylor (1996) – singer-songwriter, daughter of Carly Simon and James Taylor
*Gwyneth Walker (A.B. 1967) – composer
*J. Mayo Williams (1920) – first African-American producer at a major record label
*Jamila Woods, (A.B. 2011) singer, songwriter and poet signed to Jagjaguwar, Jagajaguwar
* ZOX – SideOneDummy recording artist, composed of John Zox '02, Eli Miller '02, Daniel Edinberg '02, and Spencer Swain
Film
*Andrew Ahn (2008) – director, ''Spa Night,'' ''Driveways (film), Driveways'' *Eva Amurri (2007) – actress, ''Loving Annabelle'', ''Saved!'', ''The Banger Sisters''; daughter of Susan Sarandon
* Scott E. Anderson (Sc.B. 1986) – Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor, Babe (film), ''Babe'', and nominee Starship Troopers (film), ''Starship Troopers'', ''Hollow Man''
* Bess Armstrong (1975) – actress, ''The Four Seasons (1981 film), The Four Seasons'' (1981), ''High Road to China (film), High Road to China''
* Raymond J. Barry (A.B) – actor, ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born on the Fourth of July, Steel City (film), Steel City''
*David Bartis (A.B. 1988) – producer, The Wall (2017 film), ''The Wall'', ''Edge of Tomorrow'', Fair Game (2010 film), ''Fair Game''
* Randall Batinkoff (1990) – actor, ''For Keeps (film), For Keeps'', ''School Ties''
*Steve Bloom (A.B. 1978) – screenwriter, ''James and the Giant Peach (film), James and the Giant Peach'', ''The Sure Thing'', ''Tall Tale'', ''Jack Frost (1998 film), Jack Frost''
*Joseph Bologna – actor, ''My Favorite Year'', ''Blame It on Rio''
*Sara Colangelo (A.B. 2001) – writer and director, ''Little Accidents,'' ''Worth (film), Worth''
*David Conrad (A.B. 1990) – actor, ''Wedding Crashers'', ''Ghost Whisperer''
* Michael Costigan (film producer), Michael Costigan (1990) – producer, ''Brokeback Mountain'', ''American Gangster (film), American Gangster'', ''Under the Banner of Heaven''
*Louis Ozawa Changchien (M.F.A. 2006) – actor, ''Predators (film), Predators, The Bourne Legacy (film), The Bourne Legacy'', ''Bosch (TV series), Bosch''
*Yaya Da Costa (A.B. 2004) – actress, ''Take the Lead'', ''Honeydripper (film), Honeydripper'', ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right'', ''The Butler (film), The Butler''; fashion model
* Lucy DeVito (A.B. 2005) – actress, ''Melissa and Joey'', ''Leaves of Grass (film), Leaves of Grass''
* Tom Dey (A.B. 1987) – director, ''Shanghai Noon'', ''Showtime (film), Showtime'', ''Failure to Launch'', ''Marmaduke (2010 film), Marmaduke'', ''Wedding Season''
* Alice Drummond (A.B. 1950) – actress, ''Awakenings'', ''Nobody's Fool (1994 film), Nobody's Fool'' (1994), ''Doubt (2008 film), Doubt'' (2008)
* Richard Fleischer (A.B. 1939) – director, ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1954), ''The Narrow Margin'', ''Fantastic Voyage'', ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', ''The Boston Strangler (film), The Boston Strangler'', ''Doctor Dolittle (film), Doctor Dolittle'', ''Mandingo (film), Mandingo'', ''Soylent Green''; Academy Award-winning documentary producer, ''Design for Death''
* Josh Friedman (1989) – screenwriter, ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'', ''The Black Dahlia (film), The Black Dahlia''; executive producer, ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''; developer, Snowpiercer (TV series), ''Snowpiercer''
* Liz Garbus (A.B. 1992) – Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, ''What Happened, Miss Simone?'', ''The Farm: Angola, USA'', ''Killing in the Name'', ''All In: The Fight for Democracy'', ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
* Francesca Gregorini (A.B. 1990) – Italian-American writer and film director
*Davis Guggenheim (1986) – Academy Award-winning documentary film director, ''An Inconvenient Truth'', ''It Might Get Loud,'' and ''Waiting for "Superman"''; film director for ''Gracie (film), Gracie'', ''Gossip (2000 American film), Gossip'' (2000), and episodes of ''24 (television), 24'', ''Alias (television), Alias'', ''The Shield'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''NYPD Blue''
* John Hamburg (A.B. 1992) – director, ''I Love You, Man'', ''Along Came Polly''; screenwriter, ''Zoolander'', ''Meet the Parents'', ''Meet the Fockers''
* Josh Hamilton (actor), Josh Hamilton (1991) – actor, ''Eighth Grade (film), Eighth Grade, 13 Reasons Why''
*Hill Harper (A.B. 1988) – actor, ''Constellation (film), Constellation'', ''Lackawanna Blues (film), Lackawanna Blues'', ''CSI: NY''
*Phil Hay (screenwriter), Phil Hay – screenwriter, Destroyer (2018 film), ''Destroyer'', ''The Invitation (2015 film), The Invitation, Ride Along (film), Ride Along''
* Todd Haynes (A.B. 1983) – Academy Award-nominated writer/director, ''Mildred Pierce (miniseries), Mildred Pierce'', ''I'm Not There'', ''Far from Heaven'', ''Velvet Goldmine'', ''Safe (1995 film), Safe'' (1995), ''Poison (film), Poison'', ''Dark Waters (2019 film), Dark Waters'', ''The Velvet Underground''
* David Hedison (Class of 1949) – film, television, and stage actor
*Sean Hood (1988) – screenwriter, ''Conan the Barbarian (2011 film), Conan the Barbarian'', ''Halloween: Resurrection'', ''Cursed (2005 film), Cursed'', ''Cube 2: Hypercube (film), Cube 2: Hypercube''
* Ruth Hussey (A.B. 1933) – Academy Award-nominated actress, ''The Philadelphia Story (film), The Philadelphia Story''
* Oren Jacoby (1977) – Academy Award-nominated documentarian, ''Constantine's Sword (film), Constantine's Sword''
* Kirsten Johnson (1987) - documentarian, director, and cinematographer, ''Dick Johnson Is Dead'', ''Cameraperson''
* Rory Kennedy (A.B. 1991) – independent filmmaker, Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc.; ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
* Simon Kinberg (A.B. 1995) – screenwriter and producer, ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'', ''Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), Sherlock Holmes'', ''Jumper (2008 film), Jumper'' (2008), ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film), Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005)
*Alison Klayman (A.B. 2006) – documentary filmmaker and journalist, ''Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry''
*Paul Kowalski (A.B. 2004) – film director and screenwriter, Paper Tiger (2020 film), ''Paper Tiger'' (2020)
* John Krasinski (A.B. 2001) – playwright, actor, director, and producer, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', ''Jack Ryan (TV series), Jack Ryan, A Quiet Place (film), A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place Part II, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, License to Wed, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi''
* Ellen Kuras (1981) – cinematographer, ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'', ''Blow (film), Blow'', ''He Got Game'', ''Summer of Sam'', ''Be Kind Rewind''
* Jonathan Levine (American Director), Jonathan Levine (A.B. 2000) – writer/director, ''Warm Bodies (film), Warm Bodies'', ''50/50 (2011 film), 50/50'' (2011), ''The Wackness'', ''All The Boys Love Mandy Lane''
* Doug Liman (A.B. 1988) – director and producer, ''The O.C.'', ''Edge of Tomorrow (film), Edge of Tomorrow'', ''Fair Game (2010 film), Fair Game'' (2010),''Jumper (2008 film), Jumper'' (2008), ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film), Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), ''The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'' (2002), ''The Bourne Supremacy (film), The Bourne Supremacy'', ''Go (1999), Go'' (1999), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996)
* Laura Linney (A.B. 1986) – three-time Academy Award and two-time Tony Award-nominated actress, ''The Big C (TV series), The Big C'', ''The Savages (film), The Savages'', ''The Nanny Diaries'', ''The Squid and the Whale'', ''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'', ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey'', ''Mystic River (film), Mystic River'', ''Love Actually'', ''You Can Count on Me'', ''The Truman Show'', ''Absolute Power (film), Absolute Power'', ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear, Ozark (TV series), Ozark''
* Kurt Luedtke (A.B. 1961) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter, ''Out of Africa (film), Out of Africa''
* Kátia Lund (A.B. 1989) – co-director, ''City of God (2002 film), Cidade de Deus (City of God)'' (2002)
* George Macready (A.B. 1921) – actor of film, stage, and television, ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', ''Paths of Glory''
* Eli Marienthal (Class of 2008) – actor, ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'', ''The Iron Giant'', ''Jack Frost (1998 film), Jack Frost'' (1998)
* Matt Manfredi – screenwriter, ''Crazy/Beautiful, Ride Along (film), Ride Along, The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV series), The Mysterious Benedict Society''
*Ross McElwee (A.B. 1970) – documentary filmmaker, ''Sherman's March (1986 film), Sherman's March'' (1986) and ''Bright Leaves (film), Bright Leaves''
* Leah Meyerhoff (A.B. 2001) – Student Academy Awards, Student Academy Award-nominated writer/director, ''Twitch (film), Twitch''
* Tim Blake Nelson (A.B. 1986) – actor, ''Lincoln (2012 film), Lincoln'' (2012), ''The Incredible Hulk (film), The Incredible Hulk'', ''Syriana (film), Syriana'', ''Minority Report (film), Minority Report'', ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'' (1998); director, ''Leaves of Grass (film), Leaves of Grass'', ''O (film), O'', ''The Grey Zone''
* Lorraine Nicholson (2012) – actress, ''Soul Surfer''
* Yoruba Richen (A.B. 1994) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
*Angela Robinson (director), Angela Robinson (A.B. 1992) – director, ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', ''D.E.B.S. (2003 film), D.E.B.S.'' (2003), ''D.E.B.S. (2004 film), D.E.B.S.'' (2004)
*Jane Rosenthal – founder of the Tribeca Film Festival
*Danny Rubin (A.B. 1979) – screenwriter, ''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day''
* Michael Showalter (A.B. 1992) – actor/writer/director, ''Wet Hot American Summer'', ''The Baxter'' and the series ''The State (1993 TV series), The State'', ''Stella (U.S. TV series), Stella'' and ''Michael & Michael Have Issues''
* Leelee Sobieski (Class of 2005) – actress, ''Eyes Wide Shut,'' ''Never Been Kissed'', ''Here on Earth (film), Here on Earth'', ''Joy Ride (2001 film), Joy Ride'' (2001), ''The Glass House (2001 film), The Glass House'' (2001), ''The Wicker Man (2006 film), Wicker Man'' (2006), ''88 Minutes'', ''Public Enemies (2009 film), Public Enemies'' (2009); nominated for an Emmy for ''Joan of Arc (miniseries), Joan of Arc''
* Alison Stewart (A.B. 1988) – radio and television journalist; filmmaker
* Matthew Sussman – actor, documentary filmmaker
* Sara Tanaka (A.B. 2000) – actress, ''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', ''Imaginary Heroes''
*Astra Taylor (Class of 2001) – activist and filmmaker, ''Zizek!'', ''Examined Life'', ''What Is Democracy?''
* Christine Vachon (A.B. 1983) – acclaimed independent film producer, ''I'm Not There'', ''Infamous (2006 film), Infamous'' (2006), ''The Notorious Bettie Page'', ''Far From Heaven'', ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'' (1999); executive producer, ''This American Life''
* Andrew Wagner (A.B. 1985) – writer, director, ''Starting Out in the Evening'', ''The Talent Given Us''
* Earl Wallace (A.B. 1955) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter, ''Witness (1985 film), Witness''
* Julie Warner (A.B. 1987) – actress, ''Doc Hollywood'', ''Tommy Boy (film), Tommy Boy''
* Emma Watson (A.B. 2014) – actress, model, and activist, Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'', ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film), The Perks of Being a Wallflower'', ''Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (2017), ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'' (2019)
* Betsy West (1973) – filmmaker and director, ''RBG (film), RBG'', ''My Name Is Pauli Murray, My Name is Pauli Murray''; Fred W. Friendly Professor of Professional Practice in Media Society Emeritus, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
*JoBeth Williams (A.B. 1970) – actress, ''The Big Chill (film), The Big Chill'', ''Poltergeist movies, Poltergeist''
*Jeff Zimbalist (2000) – filmmaker, ''Favela Rising''
Television
* Sosie Bacon (Class of 2014) – actress, ''13 Reasons Why, Loverboy (2005 film), Loverboy, Smile (2022 film), Smile;'' daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick *Iris Bahr (1998) – actress, ''Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Curb Your Enthusiasm'' *Kenneth Biller (1986) – television producer, writer, and director *Julie Bowen (A.B. 1991) – actress, ''Modern Family'', ''Boston Legal'', ''Ed (television program), Ed'', ''Happy Gilmore''
* Roger Bowen (A.B.) – comedic actor, ''M*A*S*H (film), M*A*S*H;'' novelist
*Warren Brown (TV Host), Warren Brown – host, ''Sugar Rush (Food Network), Sugar Rush''
* Jessica Capshaw (A.B. 1998) – actress, ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''The Practice'', ''Minority Report (film), Minority Report''
* Jordan Carlos (A.B. 2001) – comedian, Stephen Colbert's "black friend"
* Charise Castro Smith (A.B. 2005) actress, writer, playwright, producer, ''The Exorcist (TV series), The Exorcist, The Haunting of Hill House (TV series), The Haunting of Hill House'', ''Encanto (film), Encanto''
*Kitty Chen (A.B. 1966) – actress, ''Law & Order'', writer
* Nick Chinlund – actor, ''The X-Files''
*Jude Ciccolella (A.B. 1969) – actor, best known for his role as Mike Novick in ''24 (TV series), 24''
* Yaya DaCosta (A.B. 2004) – actress and model
*Joel de la Fuente (A.B. 1991) – actor, best known for his role as Dr. Johann Pryce in ''Hemlock Grove (TV series), Hemlock Grove''
*Aunjanue Ellis (A.B. 1993) – actress, ''The Mentalist''
*India Ennenga (A.B.) – actress, ''Treme (TV series), Treme''
* Eve Gordon (A.B. 1978) – actress, ''Recount (film), Recount'', ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'', ''American Horror Story'', ''Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'', ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural''
* Robin Green (1967) – Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, ''The Sopranos'', ''Northern Exposure''
* Andy Greenwald (1999)– writer, podcaster, and producer
*Jonathan Groff (writer), Jonathan Groff (A.B. 1983) – actor, BlackAF; producer, ''Black-ish''; writer, ''The Jon Stewart Show'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''
*David Groh (1961) – actor, ''Rhoda''
* Marin Hinkle (1988) – actress, ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Once and Again'', ''Two and a Half Men''
* Takehiro Hira (1997) – Japanese-born actor, ''Giri/Haji, Sekigahara (film), Sekigahara''
*Tina Holmes (1995) – actress, ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under''
* Peter Jacobson (1987) – actor, ''House M.D.''
* Rafe Judkins (2005) – contestant on ''Survivor: Guatemala'', television writer
* Rhonda Ross Kendrick (A.B. 1993) – Daytime Emmy-nominated actress, ''Another World (TV series), Another World'', daughter of Diana Ross
* Rory Kennedy (A.B. 1990) – Emmy Award-winning documentary producer, director, and writer, ''American Hollow'', ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
* John Krasinski (A.B. 2002) – actor, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', ''Leatherheads'', ''License to Wed''; director, A Quiet Place (film), ''A Quiet Place''
* Clea Lewis (A.B. 1987) – actress, ''Ellen (TV series), Ellen'', ''Andy Barker, P.I.''
* Florencia Lozano (A.B. 1992) – actress, ''One Life to Live''
*Ian Maxtone-Graham (A.B. 1982.5) – writer, producer, ''The Simpsons'', ''Saturday Night Live''
* Silas Weir Mitchell (actor), Silas Weir Mitchell (A.B. 1991) – actor, ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm''
*Peter Nowalk (A.B. 2000) – creator, ''How to Get Away with Murder''; producer, ''Scandal (TV series), Scandal, Grey's Anatomy''
*Masi Oka (Sc.B. 1997) – actor, ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', ''Will and Grace'', ''Gilmore Girls'', ''Get Smart (film), Get Smart''
*Monica Owusu-Breen (1990) – writer, ''Alias (TV series), Alias,'' ''Lost (TV series), Lost;'' executive producer, ''Brothers & Sisters (TV series), Brothers & Sisters,'' ''Midnight, Texas''
*John Pleshette (1964) – actor, ''Knots Landing, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977 film), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald''
*Tracee Ellis Ross (A.B. 1995) – actress, ''Girlfriends (U.S. TV series), Girlfriends'', ''Black-ish'', daughter of Diana Ross
* Ben Shenkman (A.B. 1990) – actor, ''Royal Pains'' and ''Angels in America (miniseries), Angels in America''
*Sam Trammell (A.B. 1991) – actor, ''True Blood''
* Bee Vang (2015) – actor, ''Gran Torino,'' writer
* Julie Warner (A.B. 1987) – actress, ''Nip/Tuck'', ''Family Law (American TV series), Family Law'', ''The Guiding Light''
* Suzanne Whang (Sc. M. 1986) – ''General Hospital'', ''Las Vegas (TV series), Las Vegas''; host HGTV's ''House Hunters''
* David Walton (actor), David Walton (2001) – actor, ''About a Boy (TV series), About a Boy''
*Moisés Zamora (A.B. 2000) – creator, ''Selena: The Series''
Theater
* Ayad Akhtar (1993) – Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, ''Disgraced'' *Adam Bock (1989) – Obie Award-winning playwright, ''The Thugs'' * Kate Burton (actress), Kate Burton (A.B. 1979) – actress; nominated for three Tony Awards; on ''Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr. Ellis Grey * Zoë Chao (A.B. 2008) – actress in theatre and star of her own television show ''The God Particles''; currently starring as Isobel in Facebook Watch drama ''Strangers (2017 TV series), Strangers'' * Nilo Cruz (M.F.A. 1994) – Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, ''Anna in the Tropics''
* Daveed Diggs (A.B. 2004) – actor, Tony Award-winning originator of the roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the Pulitzer-Prize winning 2015 musical ''Hamilton (musical), Hamilton''
* Jackie Sibblies Drury (M.F.A.) – Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, ''Fairview (play), Fairview''
* Gina Gionfriddo (M.F.A. 1997) – playwright, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, ''Becky Shaw'' (2009) and ''Rapture, Blister, Burn'' (2013); producer, ''Law and Order''
* Ann Harada (A.B. 1985) – actress in the original Broadway casts of ''Avenue Q'' and ''Cinderella (2013 Broadway production), Cinderella''
* Quiara Alegría Hudes (M.F.A. 2004) – Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, ''Water by the Spoonful'', ''In the Heights (musical), In the Heights'' (Tony Award winner for Best Musical), ''Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, In the Heights''
* Stephen Karam (2002) – playwright, ''Speech and Debate (play), Speech & Debate'' (2006); Tony Award winner, ''The Humans (play), The Humans'' (2016); two-time Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
finalist, ''Sons of the Prophet'' (2012) and ''The Humans (play), The Humans''
* James Naughton (A.B. 1967) – actor, two-time Tony Award winner for ''City of Angels (musical), City of Angels'' (1992) and ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' (1996); also featured in films such as ''The Paper Chase (film), The Paper Chase'' (1973), ''The Glass Menagerie'' (1987) and ''The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006)
*John Ford Noonan (A.B. 1964) – actor and playwright best known for ''A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking''
* Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly working-class people who are Black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for he ...
(A.B. 1986) – first female playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize
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twice, Macarthur fellowship, MacArthur fellowship recipient, ''Ruined (play), Ruined'', ''Sweat (play), Sweat''
* Sarah Ruhl (A.B. 1997, M.F.A 2001) – playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
finalist, recipient of the Macarthur fellowship, MacArthur fellowship, ''The Clean House'', ''Eurydice (Ruhl play), Eurydice'', ''Passion Play (Sarah Ruhl play), Passion Play'', ''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)''
* Burt Shevelove (1937) – Tony Award-winning playwright, ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''
* Alfred Uhry (1958) – playwright; Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award and Tony Award winner, ''Driving Miss Daisy'', ''The Last Night of Ballyhoo''
* Amy Van Nostrand – actress, ''The Hothouse''
*David Yazbek (1982) – Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer, musician, composer, and lyricist, ''The Band's Visit (musical), The Band's Visit'' (2017), ''The Full Monty (musical), The Full Monty'' (2000), ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (2005) and ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (musical), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2010)
* John Lloyd Young (A.B. 1998) – actor; Tony Award winner for ''Jersey Boys'' (2006); lead vocalist, 2007 Grammy-winning ''Jersey Boys'' album for Clint Eastwood's 2014 ''Jersey Boys (film), Jersey Boys''; member of President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Religion and theology
* Alfred W. Anthony (A.B. 1883) – Professor at Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, author, Free Will Baptist minister * Mark E. Brennan (A.B. 1969) – Catholic auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore * Alexander Viets Griswold (A.B. 1810) – Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal Episcopal Eastern Diocese, Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, which included all of New England with the exception of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut * Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe (1808–1895), Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe (A.B. 1828) – first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania (now Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, Diocese of Bethlehem) * William Bullein Johnson (A.M. 1814) – South Carolina Baptist leader; first president of the Southern Baptist Convention; instrumental figure in the founding Furman University, out of which emerged Southern Baptist Theological Seminary * Adoniram Judson (A.B. 1807) – Baptist missionary; due in part to his efforts, Myanmar has the third largest number of Baptists worldwide
* Kriyananda, Swami Kriyananda (1945–47) – founder of the Ananda movement
*Yehuda Kurtzer (A.M. 2001) – President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
* Jonathan Maxcy (A.B. 1787) – President of Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
and Baptist minister
* George Maxwell Randall (A.B. 1835) – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and Parts Adjacent
*Katherine Sonderegger (Ph.D. 1990) – William Meade Chair in Systematic Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary
* Joshua Toulmin (A.M. 1769) – English dissenting minister with U.S. sympathies
Royalty and nobility
* Prince Rahim Aga Khan (A.B. 1995) – eldest son of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
*Prince Alexander-Georg von Auersperg (1983) – son of Sunny von Bülow
*Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli, Countess Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli (1989) – daughter of Claus von Bülow and Sunny von Bülow
*Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (A.B. 1993) – businessman, son of Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
*Tatiana von Fürstenberg, Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg (A.B. 1991) –singer-songwriter, daughter of Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
*Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein (Sc.B. 1985) – son of the late King Hussein of Jordan; Commander of the Jordan Royal Air Force
*Lady Gabriella Kingston (A.B. 2004) – freelance writer and member of the royal family of the United Kingdom
*Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (A.B. 1993) – member of the titular Greek royal family, royal family of Greece
*Princess Nissa Raad (A.B. 2002) – member of the Jordanian royal family, Jordanian Royal Family
*Leila Pahlavi, Princesss Lila Pahlavi (A.B. 1992) – Princess of Iran; youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, deposed Pahlavi dynasty, Shah of Iran
* Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (A.B. 2006) – member of the titular royal family of Greece
*Lady Gabriella Windsor (A.B. 2004) – member of the British royal family
Fine and applied arts
Architecture
* Stan Allen (A.B. 1978) – architect; George Dutton '27 Professor of Architecture and former Dean (2002 – 2012), Princeton University School of Architecture *Edwin T. Banning (1885) – architect active in Rhode Island * Clarke & Howe, Prescott O. Clarke (1880) – architect active in Rhode Island *Henry Atherton Frost – architect * Sarah Williams Goldhagen (A.B. 1982) – architectural critic *John G. Haskell – architect of Kansas public buildings, including the Kansas State Capitol * Raymond Hood (1898–99) – architect of the Tribune Tower in Chicago and Rockefeller Center in New York
* Charles Evans Hughes III (A.B.) – architect, grandson of Charles Evans Hughes
*Francis L. V. Hoppin (A.B.) – architect
* Norman Isham (A.B. 1886, M.A. 1890) – Rhode Island historical architect
*Harry Wild Jones – architect
*John Black Lee – mid-century modern architect
*Robert Somol (A.B. 1982) – Architectural theory, architectural theorist
*Laurinda Hope Spear (B.F.A. 1972) – architect, co-founder of Arquitectonica
* Thomas Alexander Tefft (1851) – pioneer American architect
Design
* Jonathan Adler (A.B. 1988) – potter, designer and author *Julie Carlson (A.B. 1983) – co-founder of Remodelista * Tom Geismar (A.B. 1953) – graphic designer, designer of the Public Broadcasting Service, PBS and Mobil logos * Chuck Hoberman (1974–1976) – designer, inventor of the Hoberman sphereFashion
* Montana Levi Blanco (A.M.) – costume designer, recipient of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play * Dana Buchman (A.B. 1973) – fashion designer * Kimberly Ovitz (A.B. 2005) – fashion designer * André Leon Talley (A.M. 1973) – ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' magazine editor-at-large; first African-American male creative director of ''Vogue''
Visual arts
*David Aldrich (A.B. 1929) – watercolor painter * Deborah Aschheim (A.B. 1986) – new media artist * Marc Erwin Babej (A.B. 1992) – photographic artist, writer *Éric Baudelaire (A.B. 1994) – artist * Richard Benson (1961) – photographer, Dean of the Yale School of Art (1996–2006), recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship *Bill Bollinger (1961) – minimalist sculptor and intallation artist *Dawn Clements (A.B. 1986) – contemporary artist known for her panoramas * Dave Cole (artist), Dave Cole (A.B. 2000) – sculptor, visual artist * John Connell (artist), John Connell (Class of 1962) – sculptor and painter *Devon Dikeou (A.B. 1986) – artist and curator * Barnaby Evans (1975) – creator of the environmental art installation WaterFire *Ayana Evans (A.B. 1998) – performance artist * Brian Floca (A.B. 1991) – author and book illustrator * Coco Fusco (A.B. 1982) – interdisciplinary artist and feminist
*Susan Freedman (A.B. 1982) – president of the Public Art Fund
*Chitra Ganesh (A.B. 1996) – artist
*Orly Genger (A.B. 2001) – contemporary sculptor and installation artist
*Sanford Robinson Gifford (A.B. 1844) – landscape painter of the Hudson River School
* Isca Greenfield-Sanders (A.B. 2000) – artist
* Karl Haendel (A.B. 1998) – artist known for his pencil drawings
* Ilana Halperin (A.B. 1995) – artist
* George Hitchcock (artist), George Hitchcock (A.B. 1872) – impressionist painter
*Akiko Ichikawa (A.B. 1994) – interdisciplinary visual artist and writer
* Bill Jacobson (A.B. 1977) – photographer
* Ken Johnson (art critic), Ken Johnson (A.B. 1976) – art critic for the ''New York Times''
* Paul Ramirez Jonas (A.B. 1987) – contemporary artist; Chair of the Department of Art, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
* Nina Katchadourian (A.B. 1989) – multimedia artist
* Richard Kostelanetz (A.B. 1962) – book-art, audio, video, photography, film, holography
* Paul Laffoley (A.B. 1962) – artist and architect
* Walter Liedtke (A.M. 1969) – curator of European paintings Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Candice Lin (A.B 2001) – artist
*Sarah Morris (A.B. 1988) – contemporary painter and filmmaker
*Elizabeth Neel (A.B. 1997) – contemporary painter
*Lisa Oppenheim (A.B. 1998) – multimedia artist
* Sarah Oppenheimer (A.B. 1995) – sculptor and intallation artist
* Maureen Paley (A.B. 1975) – established the first East End gallery in London, represents the work of important contemporary artists
* Bern Porter (Sc.M. 1933) – visual artist and scientist involved in the development of the cathode-ray tube and the Manhattan Project
*Seth Price (A.B. 1997) – post-conceptual artist
*Lauren Redniss
Lauren Redniss (b. 1974) is an American artist and writer. She was awarded a "Genius Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 2016.
Education
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(A.B. 1996) – artist and writer, recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship
*Willoughby Sharp (A.B. 1957) – pioneer in conceptual and performance art
*Jeff Shesol (A.B. 1991) – cartoonist, ''Thatch (comic strip), Thatch''; scriptwriter for Bill Clinton
* Taryn Simon (A.B. 1997) – multidisciplinary artist
* Scott Snibbe (A.B. 1991, M.Sc. 1994) – interactive media artist
* Anne Morgan Spalter (A.B. 1987) – digital mixed media artist and pioneering computer art academic; founder of Brown's and RISD's original digital fine arts courses
*Martha Tedeschi (A.B. 1980) – Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums
*Kerry Tribe (A.B. 1997) – installation artist
* Mark Tribe (A.B. 1990) – artist; chair of the School of Visual Arts' MFA program
*Marcus Waterman (1857) – Orientalism, Orientalist painter
*Virgil Macey Williams (1847–1850) – painter, co-founder of the San Francisco Art Association
* Saya Woolfalk (A.B. 2001) – multimedia artist
Game Design
* Elizabeth Hargrave (1994) – board game designerAthletics
Baseball
* Bill Almon (1975) – professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates; #1 pick in the 1974 draft * Mark Attanasio (A.B. 1979) – financier and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers * Charley Bassett – professional baseball player * Tommy Dowd (baseball), Tommy Dowd – professional baseball player * Dave Fultz – professional baseball player * Bump Hadley, Irving "Bump" Hadley (Class of 1928) – professional baseball player, pitcher for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators and New York Yankees * Mike Lynch (pitcher), Mike Lynch – professional baseball player * Frank Philbrick – professional baseball player * Lee Richmond – professional baseball player, pitched the first perfect game in major league baseball history * Fred Tenney – professional baseball player *William Edward White – possibly the first African-American to play major league baseball
Basketball
* Lindsay Gottlieb (1999) – head coach, USC Trojans women's basketball * Bernard Muir (1990) – athletic director at Stanford Cardinal, Stanford University *Stephen Silas (1996) – head coach for the Houston RocketsFootball
* Don Colo (1950) – professional American football, football player, three-time Pro Bowl selection; played for the Cleveland Browns * Zak DeOssie (2007) – linebacker and long snapper for the New York Giants, two-time Pro Bowl selection (2008, 2010) * James Develin (2010) – fullback for the New England Patriots; 2014 and 2016 Super Bowl Champion; 2017 Pro Bowl selection * John W. Heisman (Class of 1891) – college football player and coach; namesake of the Heisman Trophy
* Steve Jordan (American football), Steve Jordan (Sc.B. 1982) – professional football player, six-time All-Pro tight end who played for the Minnesota Vikings
* Sean Morey (American football), Sean Morey (1999) – Special Teams Captain of 2005 Super Bowl XL Champion Pittsburgh Steelers
* Bill O'Brien (American football), Bill O'Brien (A.B. 1992) – Offensive coordinator, Offensive cordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Alabama, former head Coach at Pennsylvania State University, Penn State
* Curly Oden (1921) – National Football League running back and member of 1928 league champion Providence Steam Roller
* Joe Paterno (A.B. 1950) – Head Coach for Pennsylvania State University, Penn State (1966–2011), all-time winningest Division I football coach
* Fritz Pollard (A.B. 1919) – first black All-American halfback (American football), halfback; first black National Football League head coach; as a player, led the Akron Pros to the NFL's first-ever championship in 1920; inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Edward North Robinson (1896) – football coach at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Brown, Tufts College, Tufts, Boston University, and for the Providence Steam Roller; member of the College Football Hall of Fame
* Wallace Wade (1917) – football coach at the University of Alabama and then Duke University, Duke, member of the College Football Hall of Fame; namesake of Duke's football stadium
Ice hockey
* Curt Bennett (1970) – professional ice hockey player, St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Flames * Yann Danis (A.B. 2004) – professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Islanders * Brian Eklund (A.B. 2002) – professional ice hockey goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning * Garnet Hathaway (2014) – professional ice hockey forward for the Washington Capitals * Brian Ihnacak (1985) – professional ice hockey forward for HC '05 Banská Bystrica * Sam Lafferty (2018) – professional ice hockey forward for the Pittsburgh PenguinsLacrosse
* Timothy Kelly (sports executive), Timothy Kelly (2002) – General Manager of the New York Titans (lacrosse), New York Titans of the National Lacrosse League *Dylan Molloy (2017) – player for the Chrome Lacrosse Club * Lars Tiffany (1990) – head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse program at the University of Virginia * Dom Starsia (1974) – former head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse program at the University of VirginiaOlympics
Gold
* Tessa Gobbo (2013) – American rower, Olympic gold (2016 Summer Olympics, 2016) medalist in women's coxed eight rowing *Helen Johns (swimmer), Helen Johns Carroll (A.B. 1936) – American freestyle swimmer, Olympic gold (1932 Winter Olympics, 1932) medalist *Becky Kellar-Duke (1997) – Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic gold (2002, 2006, 2010) and silver (1998) medalist *Katie King (ice hockey), Katie King (1997) – American ice hockey player, Olympic gold (1998 Winter Olympics, 1998), silver (2002 Winter Olympics, 2002), and bronze (2006 Winter Olympics, 2006) medalist *Tara Mounsey (Sc.B. 2001) – American ice hockey player, Olympic gold (1998) and silver (2002) medalist *Xeno Müller (2002) – Swiss rower, Olympic gold (1996 Summer Olympics, 1996) and silver (2000 Summer Olympics, 2000) medalist in the single scull * Albina Osipowich (A.B. 1933) – American freestyle swimmer, Olympic gold (1928) medals in the 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle *Alicia Sacramone (2010) – American gymnast, Olympic silver (2008 Summer Olympics, 2008) medal in the women's artistic team all-around
*Jack Spellman (1924) – American wrestler, Olympic gold (1924 Summer Olympics, 1924) medal in the men's freestyle light heavyweight
*Norman Taber (1913) – American runner, Olympic gold (1912 Summer Olympics, 1912) medal in the 3000m relay
Silver
*Lauren Gibbs (2006) – American bobsledder, Olympic silver (2018 Winter Olympics, 2018) medalist in women's doubles bobsled *Jonathan Smith (rower), Jonathan Smith (1983) – American rower, Olympic silver (1984 Summer Olympics, 1984) and bronze (1988 Summer Olympics, 1988) medalist in the coxless four and men's eight *John Welchli (1950) – American rower, Olympic silver (1956 Summer Olympics, 1956) *Vincent Zhou (2023) – American figure skater, Olympic silver in the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event, team event (2022 Winter Olympics, 2022)
Bronze
*Igor Boraska (1995) – Croatian rower, Olympic bronze (2000 Summer Olympics, 2000) medal in the eights competition *Robert Bennett (athlete), Robert Bennett (1949) – American athlete, Olympic bronze (1948 Summer Olympics, 1948) medal in the men's hammer throw *Charles Thomas Butler (1955) – American bobsledder, Olympic bronze (1956 Winter Olympics, 1956) medal in the four-man *John Collier (athlete), John Collier (1929) – American athlete, Olympic bronze (1928 Summer Olympics, 1928) medal in the Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles, 110 metre hurdles *Pam Dreyer (2003) – American ice hockey player, Olympic bronze (2006 Winter Olympics, 2006) medal in the women's tournament *Glen Foster (1952) – American sailor, Olympic bronze (1972 Summer Olympics, 1972) medal in the ''Tempest (keelboat), Tempest class'' *David Hall (athlete), David Hall (1901) – American runner, Olympic bronze (1900 Summer Olympics, 1900) medalist in the 800 meter race * Kim Insalaco (2003) – American ice hockey player, Olympic bronze (2006) medal in the women's tournament * Kathleen Kauth (2001) – American ice hockey player, Olympic bronze (2006) medalist * Janet Leung (2016) – Canadian softball player, Olympic bronze (2020 Summer Olympics, 2020) * Ted Patton (1988) – American rower, Olympic bronze (1988) *Jimmy Pedro (A.B. 1994) – most decorated American male judo athlete; Judo World Champion (1999); two-time Olympic bronze medalist (1996, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004) *Donald Whiston (1951) – American ice hockey player, Olympic bronze (1952 Summer Olympics, 1952) medal in the men's tournamentCompetitors
*Hanna Barakat (2022) – Palestinian–American runner, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics *Dick Dreissigacker (1969) – American rower, competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics *Cicely Madden (2018) – American rower, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics *Rajanya Shah (1996) – American rower, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics *Jagger Stephens (2020) – Guamanian swimmer, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics *Nikola Stojić (1997) – Serbian rower, competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) * Evan Weinstock (1914) – American bobsledder, competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics *Anders Weiss (2016) – American rower, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Anna Willard (2006) – 2008 Olympic qualifier in 3000m steeplechase, American record holder in 3000m steeplechase * Joanna Zeiger (1992) – fourth in inaugural Olympic Women's Triathlon, 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney; Olympic trial qualifier in marathon, triathlon and swimming; world champion in triathlonOther sports
* Rhett Bernstein (2009) – professional soccer player * Mark Donohue (1959) – professional race car driver; 1972 Indianapolis 500 winner; fatally injured in a crash in practice for the Formula One 1975 Austrian Grand Prix; inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1991) * Cory Gibbs (2001) – professional football (soccer), soccer player, Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic, FA Premier League * Fred Hovey (1890) – professional tennis player, US Open (tennis), US Open US Open champions (Men's Doubles), Men's Doubles Champion (1893) and US Open champions (Men's Singles), Men's Singles Champion (1895) * Jeff Larentowicz (2005) – professional soccer player, New England Revolution, Major League Soccer * Bill Wirtz (1950) – owner of the Chicago BlackhawksColonial Era graduates (1769–1783)
* Solomon Drowne (A.B. 1773) – physician
* Dwight Foster (1757–1823), Dwight Foster (A.B. 1770) – United States Senator from Massachusetts, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
* Theodore Foster (A.B. 1770) – United States Senator from Rhode Island
* David Howell (jurist), David Howell (A.M. 1769) – Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation
* Joshua Toulmin (A.M. 1769) – English English Dissenters, dissenting minister
* James Mitchell Varnum (A.B. 1769) – leader of 1st Rhode Island Regiment, widely regarded as the first Black battalion in U.S. history
* Samuel Ward Jr. (A.B. 1771) – delegate to the Hartford Convention
Unclassified
* Michael V. Bhatia (A.B. 1999) – Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom recipient * Susan Bennett (1971) – voice actress, original voice of Apple's Siri *Florencio Campomanes (A.M. 1951) – former president of the FIDE, World Chess Federation * Amy Carter (Class of 1989) – daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; political activist
*Andrew Dexter Jr. (A.B. 1798) – founder of Montgomery, Alabama
* Isaac Haxton (2008) – professional poker player
*Douglas Harriman Kennedy (A.B.) – tenth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
*Alexandra Kerry (A.B. 1997) – daughter of presidential candidate and U.S. Senator John Kerry
* Sadad Ibrahim Al Husseini (M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1973) – oil and gas industry expert
*Theodore Morde (1935–36) – famed explorer and adventurer who claimed to have discovered the "Lost City of the Monkey God" in Honduras
* Cara Mund (Class of 2016) – Miss America 2018
* Allegra Versace (Class of 2008) – heiress to Gianni Versace's fortune and daughter of Donatella Versace
References
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