Notable Alumni of University of Pennsylvania

Donald J. Trump 1946–

45th and 47th President of the United States

Bachelor of Science · Economics · Class of 1968

Also attended: Fordham University

Child: Tiffany Trump (Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania)

Child: Barron Trump (New York University)

Kwame Nkrumah 1909–1972

First president of Ghana

Also attended: Lincoln University

William Henry Harrison 1773–1841

9th President of the United States

Also attended: Hampden-Sydney College

Father: Benjamin Harrison V (College of William and Mary)

Sibling: Carter Bassett Harrison (College of William and Mary)

Mauricio Macri 1959–

Former President of Argentina

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Alassane Ouattara 1942–

President of Ivory Coast since 2010

Also attended: Drexel University

Toomas Hendrik Ilves 1953–

Fourth President of Estonia

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Spouse: Ieva Ilves (Johns Hopkins University)

Bongbong Marcos 1957–

President of the Philippines

Sibling: Imee Marcos (Princeton University)

Soh Jaipil 1864–1951

Korean-American independence activist, physician and journalist

Also attended: George Washington University

Nnamdi Azikiwe 1904–1996

First president of Nigeria

Also attended: Howard University, Columbia University in the City of New York, Lincoln University

Alice Paul 1885–1977

Suffragist who led campaign for the 19th Amendment

Also attended: American University, Georgetown University, Swarthmore College

Krišjānis Kariņš 1964–

Former Prime Minister of Latvia

Doctor of Philosophy · Linguistics · Class of 1996

Beau Biden 1969–2015

Former Delaware attorney general, eldest son of Joe Biden

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1991

Also attended: Syracuse University

Father: Joe Biden (University of Delaware, Syracuse University)

Mother: Neilia Hunter (Syracuse University)

Frances Perkins 1880–1965

4th US Secretary of Labor, first female cabinet member

Also attended: Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University in the City of New York

Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. 1960–

Former governor of Utah and diplomat

Also attended: University of Utah

Father: Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. (University of Southern California, University of Pennsylvania)

Child: Abby Huntsman (University of Pennsylvania)

Arlen Specter 1930–2012

U.S. senator from Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1951

Also attended: Yale University, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Eyal Zamir 1966–

Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

Phil Murphy 1957–

56th governor of New Jersey

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Tammy Murphy (University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Francisco Sagasti 1944–

Former President of Peru, engineer and academic

Operations research

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

Theo-Ben Gurirab 1938–2018

Former Prime Minister of Namibia

Also attended: Temple University

Thomas Mifflin 1744–1800

Founding Father, first governor of Pennsylvania

Ted Kaufman 1939–

Former US senator from Delaware

Master of Business Administration · Class of 1966

Also attended: Duke University

Ed Rendell 1944–

45th Governor of Pennsylvania

Also attended: Villanova University

Spouse: Marjorie Rendell (University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University)

Evan McMullin 1976–

Former CIA officer and independent candidate

Master of Business Administration · Class of 2011

Also attended: Brigham Young University-Provo

Anthony Wayne 1745–1796

Continental Army general and Founding Father

William Wyatt Bibb 1781–1820

First governor of Alabama

Also attended: College of William and Mary

Gloria Allred 1941–

Civil rights attorney known for high-profile cases

Also attended: Loyola Marymount University, Southwestern Law School, New York University

Child: Lisa Bloom (University of California-Los Angeles, Yale University)

Ernesto Pérez Balladares 1946–

Former President of Panama

Also attended: University of Notre Dame, University of the Arts

Boediono 1943–

11th Vice President of Indonesia and economist

Also attended: University of the Arts

Robert J. Walker 1801–1869

US Secretary of the Treasury

Father: Jonathan Hoge Walker (Dickinson College)

William J. Brennan 1906–1997

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

Also attended: Harvard University

Conor Lamb 1984–

Former US representative and attorney

Juris Doctor, Bachelor of Arts · Political science · Class of 2009

Francis Hopkinson 1737–1791

Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, author and composer

Child: Joseph Hopkinson (University of Pennsylvania)

James Wilkinson 1757–1825

Army officer and politician in the Burr conspiracy

Ahn Cheol-soo 1962–

South Korean politician, physician and software entrepreneur

George Clymer 1739–1813

Founding Father who signed Declaration and Constitution

Chiang Wan-an 1978–

Mayor of Taipei, Kuomintang member

Master of Laws, Juris Doctor · Class of 2006

Father: Chiang Hsiao-yen (Georgetown University)

Aziz Duwaik 1947–

Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

Caesar Augustus Rodney 1772–1824

Former U.S. attorney general and senator from Delaware

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. 1906–1983

Former US Secretary of Defense

William Paca 1740–1799

Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer

Rod J. Rosenstein 1965–

37th United States Deputy Attorney General

Also attended: Harvard University, University of the Arts

Sibling: Nancy E. Messonnier (University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania)

Eugene Scalia 1963–

28th United States Secretary of Labor

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Father: Antonin Scalia (Georgetown University, Harvard University)

Hugh Williamson 1735–1819

Founding Father and signer of the US Constitution

Benjamin Stoddert 1751–1813

First United States Secretary of the Navy

Cesar Virata 1930–2026

Former Prime Minister of the Philippines

Conrad Sangma 1977–

Chief Minister of Meghalaya, India

Business administration

Richard Schweiker 1926–2015

14th US Secretary of Health and Human Services

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Charles Djou 1970–

Former U.S. representative from Hawaii

Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1992

Also attended: University of Southern California

James Smith 1719–1806

Irish-born lawyer and Declaration of Independence signer

Also attended: University of Delaware

Henry D. Gilpin 1801–1860

14th Attorney General of the United States

Sibling: William Gilpin (The United States Military Academy at West Point, University of Pennsylvania)

Ashwini Vaishnaw 1970–

Indian Minister of Railways and of Electronics and IT

Lindley Miller Garrison 1864–1932

U.S. Secretary of War under Woodrow Wilson

Also attended: Harvard University

David Scott 1945–2026

U.S. representative from Georgia's 13th district

Master of Business Administration · Class of 1969

Also attended: Florida A&M University

William Bingham 1752–1804

Pennsylvania senator and Continental Congress delegate

Isabel Guzman 1970–

Former administrator of the Small Business Administration

John Lehman 1942–

Secretary of the Navy under Reagan

Also attended: Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

John William Ashe 1954–2016

Antiguan diplomat, 68th UN General Assembly president

Benjamin A. Gilman 1922–2016

Republican U.S. Representative from New York

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1946

Also attended: New York Law School

Yoo Il-ho 1955–

Former acting prime minister of South Korea

Matt Cartwright 1961–

U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Juris Doctor · Class of 1986

Also attended: Hamilton College, Temple University

William M. Meredith 1799–1873

Lawyer and Treasury Secretary under Zachary Taylor

Ann McLaughlin Korologos 1941–2023

19th US Secretary of Labor

Master of Business Administration

Also attended: Fordham University

Spouse: John McLaughlin (Boston College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Spouse: Tom C. Korologos (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Utah)

Nabeel Shaath 1938–

Palestinian politician and banker

Su Chiao-hui 1976–

Taiwanese lawyer and legislator

Master of Laws

Also attended: Boston University

Chiau Wen-Yan 1953–

Taiwanese urban planner and former legislator

Quo Tai-chi 1888–1952

Republic of China diplomat and Kuomintang member

Alex N. Wong 1980–

Former US principal deputy national security advisor

Also attended: Harvard University

Shen Lyu-shun 1949–2023

Taiwanese diplomat and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

James Murray Mason 1798–1871

Virginia senator and Confederate diplomat

Also attended: College of William and Mary

Luis Donaldo Colosio 1950–1994

Mexican presidential candidate assassinated in 1994

Elon Musk 1971–

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts · Physics, Economics · Class of 1995

Also attended: Stanford University

Warren Buffett 1930–

Investor, former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Also attended: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Columbia University in the City of New York

Spouse: Susan Buffett (Northwestern University)

Father: Howard Homan Buffett (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Ivanka Trump 1981–

Businesswoman and daughter of Donald Trump

Also attended: Georgetown University

Spouse: Jared Kushner (Harvard University, New York University)

Father: Donald J. Trump (Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania)

Sundar Pichai 1972–

CEO of Google and Alphabet

Master of Business Administration · Business management

Also attended: Stanford University

Donald Trump Jr. 1977–

Businessman and son of Donald Trump

Spouse: Bettina Anderson (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Spouse: Vanessa Trump (Marymount Manhattan College)

John Ternus 1975–

CEO of Apple

Bachelor of Engineering

Laurene Powell Jobs 1963–

Founder of Emerson Collective, chair of The Atlantic

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science · Economics

Also attended: Stanford University

Spouse: Steve Jobs (De Anza College, Reed College)

Child: Eve Jobs (Stanford University)

Anil Ambani 1959–

Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Group

Sibling: Mukesh Ambani (Stanford University)

Ronald Lauder 1944–

Estée Lauder heir, businessman and art collector

Child: Aerin Lauder (University of Pennsylvania)

Child: Jane Lauder (Stanford University)

Safra Catz 1961–

Executive vice chair and former CEO of Oracle

Bachelor's degree, Jurisprudence · Law

Also attended: Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York

John C. Bogle 1929–2019

Founder of Vanguard Group, index fund pioneer

Also attended: Princeton University

Linda Yaccarino 1963–

Former CEO of X Corp

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

Tory Burch 1966–

Fashion designer and Tory Burch brand founder

Bachelor of Arts · Art history

Spouse: J. Christopher Burch (Ithaca College)

John Sculley 1939–

Former Apple CEO and PepsiCo president

Also attended: Brown University

Peter Lynch 1944–

Investor, manager of Fidelity's Magellan Fund

Also attended: Boston College

Brian Acton 1972–

Co-founder of WhatsApp

Also attended: University of Central Florida, Stanford University

Selçuk Bayraktar 1979–

Chairman and chief technology officer of Baykar

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ruth Porat 1957–

President and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google

Also attended: Stanford University

Yuri Milner 1961–

Entrepreneur, physicist and founder of DST Global

Steve Wynn 1942–

Casino and hotel developer and art collector

Joel Spolsky 1965–

Software engineer, creator of Trello

Also attended: Yale University

Justin Sun 1990–

Founder of Tron blockchain

Attended until 2011

Michael Milken 1946–

Financier known as the Junk Bond King

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Mallika Srinivasan 1959–

Indian industrialist, chairman of Tractors and Farm Equipment

Spouse: Venu Srinivasan (Purdue University-Main Campus)

Jim Thompson 1906–

Businessman who revitalized the Thai silk industry

Also attended: Princeton University

William S. Paley 1901–1990

Chief executive who built CBS

William Wrigley 1861–1932

Chewing gum industrialist

Eric Weinstein 1965–

Mathematician, investor and podcast host

Attended until 1985

Also attended: Harvard University

Sibling: Bret Weinstein (University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)

Ignazio Visco 1949–

Former Governor of the Bank of Italy

Also attended: University of the Arts

Mortimer Zuckerman 1937–

Billionaire media proprietor; co-founder of Boston Properties

Also attended: Harvard University

Walter Annenberg 1908–2002

Publisher, philanthropist and diplomat

Spouse: Leonore Annenberg (Stanford University)

Child: Wallis Annenberg (Pine Manor College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Jacob Wallenberg 1956–

Swedish banker, chairman of Investor AB

Sibling: Peter Wallenberg (University of Denver)

Jho Low 1981–

Malaysian businessman wanted over 1MDB scandal

Bachelor's degree · Class of 2005

Zhang Kangyang 1991–

Businessman and former chairman of Inter Milan

Will Shu 1979–

Co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo

Master of Business Administration · Class of 2012

Also attended: Northwestern University

Norman Hsu 1951–

Democratic fundraiser convicted of pyramid investment scheme

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Steven A. Cohen 1956–

Hedge fund manager, founder of Point72

Bachelor's degree · Economics

Nelson Peltz 1942–

Billionaire investor and co-founder of Trian Partners

Susan J. Fowler 1991–

Ex-Uber engineer who exposed workplace sexual harassment

James G. Rickards 1951–

Investment banker and author of Currency Wars

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, New York University

Anand Piramal 1985–

Indian businessman, chairman of Piramal Finance

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Isha Ambani (Yale University, Stanford University)

Father: Ajay Piramal (Harvard University)

Noam Chomsky 1928–

Linguist, philosopher and political activist

Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts · Class of 1951

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Spouse: Carol Chomsky (Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania)

Father: William Chomsky (Johns Hopkins University)

Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016

1999 Nobel Chemistry laureate, femtochemistry pioneer

Doctor of Philosophy · Chemistry · Class of 1974

Ei-ichi Negishi 1935–2021

Japanese chemist known for Negishi coupling

Doctor of Philosophy · Organic chemistry · Class of 1963

George E. Smith 1930–2025

Nobel-winning physicist and co-inventor of the CCD

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1955

Also attended: University of Chicago

Hideki Shirakawa 1936–2026

Chemist known for discovering conductive polymers

Lawrence Lessig 1961–

Harvard Law professor and legal scholar

Also attended: Yale University

Christian B. Anfinsen 1916–1995

American biochemist

Also attended: Harvard University, Swarthmore College

Stanley B. Prusiner 1942–

Neurologist and biochemist

Doctor of Medicine

Also attended: University of California-San Francisco

Edmund Phelps 1933–2026

Economist, 2006 Nobel laureate in Economics

Also attended: Yale University, Amherst College

Gerald Edelman 1929–2014

Biologist, 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Also attended: The Rockefeller University, Ursinus College

Lawrence Klein 1920–2013

Economist, 1980 Nobel laureate in Economics

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Los Angeles City College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thomas J. Sargent 1943–

Economist and Wharton finance professor

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Harvard University

Gregg L. Semenza 1956–

Nobel laureate in Medicine, Johns Hopkins professor

Also attended: Harvard University, Duke University

Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1960–

Risk analyst, professor and author

Eric S. Raymond 1957–

Open-source advocate; author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Hilary Putnam 1926–2016

Analytic philosopher and mathematician

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, Harvard University

Michael Stuart Brown 1941–

Geneticist, 1985 Nobel laureate in Medicine

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1966

Zahi Hawass 1947–

Egyptian archaeologist, former antiquities minister

Jeremy Rifkin 1945–

Economic and social theorist and writer

Bachelor's degree · Economics · Class of 1967

Also attended: Tufts University

Martin Seligman 1942–

Psychologist and promoter of positive psychology

Also attended: Princeton University

Charles Bachman 1924–2017

Computer scientist, database management pioneer

Master of Science · Mechanical engineering · Class of 1950

Also attended: Michigan State University

Father: Charlie Bachman (University of Notre Dame)

John William Draper 1811–1882

Scientist and physician, pioneer of portrait photography

Child: Henry Draper (New York University)

Child: John Christopher Draper (New York University)

Paul R. Ehrlich 1932–2026

Stanford biologist and environmentalist on population growth

Bachelor of Science · Zoology · Class of 1953

Also attended: University of Kansas

Amina Wadud 1952–

Islamic scholar and theologian

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1975

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Drew Gilpin Faust 1947–

Historian and 28th president of Harvard University

Doctor of Philosophy, Master's degree · History of the United States

Also attended: Harvard University, Bryn Mawr College

Spouse: Charles E. Rosenberg (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Jean Bartik 1924–2011

One of the original six ENIAC programmers

Master's degree · Class of 1967

Also attended: Northwest Missouri State University

Betty Holberton 1917–2001

One of the six original ENIAC programmers

J. Presper Eckert 1919–1995

Electrical engineer and computer pioneer

Attended until 1943

Garrett Reisman 1968–

Former NASA astronaut and engineer

Also attended: California Institute of Technology

Jonathan Haidt 1963–

Social psychologist and NYU Stern professor

Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts · Psychology · Class of 1992

Also attended: Yale University

Michael Behe 1952–

Biochemist and intelligent design advocate

Also attended: Drexel University

Joshua Fishman 1926–2015

Linguist specializing in the sociology of language

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Crawford Williamson Long 1815–1878

Surgeon who first used ether as an anesthetic

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1839

Also attended: University of Georgia

Joseph Leidy 1823–1891

Anatomist, paleontologist and parasitologist

Doreen Massey 1944–2016

British social scientist and geographer

Donald Norman 1935–

Researcher and founding director of UCSD Design Lab

Master's degree, Doctor of Philosophy · Electrical engineering, Mathematical psychology · Class of 1962

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Samuel Noah Kramer 1897–1990

Assyriologist and Sumerian history expert

Also attended: Gratz College, Temple University

Charles Conrad Abbott 1843–1919

American archaeologist and naturalist

Attended until 1865

Michael L. Gernhardt 1956–

NASA astronaut, flew four Space Shuttle missions

Also attended: Vanderbilt University

Benjamin Smith Barton 1766–1815

Botanist, physician and early natural history professor

Guion Bluford 1942–

NASA astronaut, first African American in space

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University, University of Houston--Clear Lake, The Pennsylvania State University

Eugene Garfield 1925–2017

Bibliometrics pioneer who helped create Science Citation Index

Doctor of Philosophy · Structural linguistics · Class of 1961

Nasr Abu Zayd 1943–2010

Egyptian Quranic thinker and academic

Attended until 1979

Tatiana Proskouriakoff 1909–1985

Mayanist who helped decipher Maya hieroglyphs

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

Stanley Norman Cohen 1935–

Geneticist, pioneer of gene transplantation between organisms

Eva Illouz 1961–

Israeli sociologist, Hebrew University professor emerita

Doctor of Philosophy

Fan Chung 1949–

Mathematician and UC San Diego professor

Spouse: Ronald Graham (University of California-Berkeley)

Mary Engle Pennington 1872–1952

Bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1895

Zellig S. Harris 1909–1992

Linguist known for structural linguistics and discourse analysis

Isaac Israel Hayes 1832–1881

Arctic explorer and physician

John C. Lilly 1915–2001

Physician, neuroscientist, writer and inventor

Also attended: California Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College

Katherine Oppenheimer 1910–1972

Biologist, botanist and wife of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Also attended: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Spouse: J. Robert Oppenheimer (Harvard University)

C. Everett Koop 1916–2013

13th US Surgeon General under Reagan

Also attended: Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Samuel George Morton 1799–1851

Physician and naturalist, early scientific racism figure

David Ausubel 1918–2008

Educational psychologist known for advance organizers

Also attended: Teachers College at Columbia University

Susan La Flesche Picotte 1865–1915

First Indigenous woman to earn a medical degree

Also attended: Hampton University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Sibling: Francis La Flesche (George Washington University)

Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai 1940–2025

British economist and Labour politician

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1964

Charles Poor Kindleberger 1910–2003

Economic historian, author of Manias, Panics, and Crashes

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Ralph Linton 1893–1953

Anthropologist who wrote The Study of Man

Also attended: Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York, Swarthmore College

Carol Chomsky 1930–2008

Linguist who studied children's language acquisition

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Noam Chomsky (Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Child: Aviva Chomsky (University of California-Berkeley)

Russell L. Ackoff 1919–2009

Organizational theorist and operations research pioneer

Daniel Barringer 1860–1929

Geologist who proved Earth's first impact crater

Also attended: Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Father: Daniel Moreau Barringer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Kevin Hassett 1962–

Economist and director of the National Economic Council

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1989

Also attended: Swarthmore College

Howard Atwood Kelly 1858–1943

Gynecologist and Johns Hopkins Hospital founding professor

Herbert E. Ives 1882–1953

Physicist who developed facsimile and television systems

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Leonard Hayflick 1928–2024

Anatomist and professor at UCSF and Stanford

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1956

Stanley Fish 1938–

Literary theorist and legal scholar

Also attended: Yale University

Spouse: Jane Tompkins (Bryn Mawr College)

Elisha Kent Kane 1820–1857

Arctic explorer and U.S. Navy medical officer

Father: John Kintzing Kane (Yale University)

Jacob Bigelow 1787–1879

Physician, botanist and architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1810

Child: Henry Jacob Bigelow (Harvard University, Dartmouth College)

Bert Vogelstein 1949–

Oncologist and professor at Johns Hopkins

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Harvey Cox 1929–

Theologian and Harvard Divinity School professor

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University

Britton Chance 1913–2010

Biochemist, founder of biomedical photonics

Angela Duckworth 1970–

Psychologist and University of Pennsylvania professor

Doctor of Philosophy · Psychology · Class of 2006

Also attended: Harvard University, Converse University

Joseph Jastrow 1863–1944

Psychologist known for the Jastrow illusion

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Sibling: Morris Jastrow, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania)

Witmer Stone 1866–1939

Ornithologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Nathan Glazer 1923–2019

Sociologist who taught at Berkeley and Harvard

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, CUNY--City College

Lightner Witmer 1867–1956

Psychologist who founded clinical psychology

Walter Jackson Freeman II 1895–1972

Neurologist who popularized the transorbital lobotomy

Also attended: Yale University

Child: Walter Jackson Freeman III (University of California-Los Angeles, Yale University)

George H. Heilmeier 1936–2014

Engineer and pioneer of liquid crystal displays

Also attended: Princeton University

Douglas B. Lenat 1950–2023

AI researcher, founder and CEO of Cycorp

Also attended: Stanford University

Ray Blanchard 1945–

American-Canadian sexologist

Noreena Hertz 1967–

British economist and bestselling author

Also attended: University of the Arts

Joan Slonczewski 1956–

Microbiologist and science fiction writer

Also attended: Yale University, Bryn Mawr College

Hugo Blaschke 1881–1959

Adolf Hitler's personal dentist

Linda Preiss Rothschild 1945–

Mathematician, professor emeritus at UC San Diego

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard Harlan 1796–1843

Paleontologist, anatomist and physician

Medicine

Jennie Kidd Trout 1841–1921

First licensed woman physician in Canada

Barry Schwartz 1946–

Psychologist, Swarthmore College emeritus professor

Also attended: New York University

Josephine Ho 1951–

Taiwanese academic at National Central University

Also attended: University of Georgia

Zeng Fanyi 1968–

Stem cell scientist, Shanghai Jiao Tong University professor

Also attended: University of California-San Diego

Lin Lanying 1918–2003

Materials scientist, mother of China's semiconductor materials

Also attended: University of Chicago, Dickinson College

Jeffrey Chuan Chu 1919–2011

Pioneer computer engineer

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Larry Hsien Ping Lang 1956–

Taiwanese economist, commentator and TV host

Virginia Man-Yee Lee 1945–

Alzheimer's researcher and University of Pennsylvania professor

Also attended: University of California-San Francisco

John Dewey 1859–1952

Philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer

Also attended: Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Sibling: Davis Rich Dewey (Johns Hopkins University, University of Vermont)

Virginia Apgar 1909–1974

Obstetrical anesthesiologist, inventor of the Apgar score

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University in the City of New York

Father: Charles E. Apgar (Wesleyan University)

Ezra Pound 1885–1972

Poet and critic, major modernist and Imagism figure

Also attended: Hamilton College

I. M. Pei 1917–2019

Chinese-American architect

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Banks 1974–

Actress and director, played Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: American Conservatory Theater

Spouse: Max Handelman (University of California-Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania)

William Carlos Williams 1883–1963

Modernist poet and physician

Candice Bergen 1946–

Actress, star of Murphy Brown

Father: Edgar Bergen (Northwestern University)

Child: Chloe Malle (Brown University)

John Legend 1978–

Singer-songwriter and record producer

Bruce Dern 1936–

Actor, Cannes Best Actor winner for Nebraska

Child: Laura Dern (University of California-Los Angeles)

Louis Kahn 1901–1974

Estonian-born American architect

Also attended: Yale University

Child: Nathaniel Kahn (Yale University)

Edward Abbey 1927–1989

Author and environmentalist, wrote Desert Solitaire

Also attended: Yale University, University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Spouse: Rita Deanin Abbey (University of New Mexico-Main Campus, Goddard College)

Zane Grey 1872–1939

Novelist known for Western adventure stories

Alfred Bester 1913–1987

Science fiction author of The Demolished Man

Jennifer Egan 1962–

Novelist, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner

Geraldo Rivera 1943–

Journalist and talk show host

Also attended: University of Arizona, Brooklyn Law School, Columbia University in the City of New York

Sibling: Craig Rivera (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)

Charles Addams 1912–1988

Cartoonist who created the Addams Family characters

Attended until 1931

Also attended: Colgate University

John D. MacDonald 1916–1986

Crime and suspense novelist

Also attended: Harvard University, Syracuse University

Mehmet Öz 1960–

Dr. Oz, cardiac surgeon, TV host and CMS administrator

Master of Business Administration

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Lisa Oz (Columbia University in the City of New York, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York)

Child: Daphne Oz (Princeton University)

Milton Babbitt 1916–2011

Composer and music theorist, Pulitzer Prize recipient

Also attended: Princeton University, New York University

Lin Huiyin 1904–1955

Chinese architect, writer and poet

Also attended: Yale University

Spouse: Liang Sicheng (Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania)

Gary Ross 1956–

Screenwriter and director of The Hunger Games

Becki Newton 1978–

Actress known for Ugly Betty

Sibling: Matt Newton (Vassar College)

Rick Yune 1971–

Actor in The Fast and the Furious

Also attended: University of the Arts

Sibling: Karl Yune (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Alan Rachins 1942–2024

Actor known for L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg

Also attended: Empire State University

Tammi Terrell 1945–1970

Motown singer known for duets with Marvin Gaye

Nikki Giovanni 1943–2024

Poet, writer, activist and educator

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Fisk University

Denise Scott Brown 1931–

Architect, planner and educator

Spouse: Robert Venturi (Princeton University)

Harold Prince 1928–2019

Broadway theater director and producer

Dick Wolf 1946–

Television producer of the Law & Order franchise

Alice Dunbar Nelson 1875–1935

Poet, journalist and activist of the Harlem Renaissance

Also attended: Dillard University, Columbia University in the City of New York, Cornell University

Spouse: Henry Arthur Callis (Cornell University)

Spouse: Paul Laurence Dunbar (Howard University)

John Doman 1945–

Actor known for The Wire

Mark Blum 1950–2020

Actor in Desperately Seeking Susan and Crocodile Dundee

Mary Ellen Mark 1940–2015

Photographer known for documentary photography

Robert Gant 1968–

Actor known for Queer as Folk

Also attended: Georgetown University

Maury Povich 1939–

Host of the talk show Maury

Spouse: Connie Chung (University of Maryland-College Park)

Whitney Cummings 1982–

Comedian, actress, writer and podcaster

Ken Olin 1954–

Actor, television director and producer

Also attended: Circle in the Square Theatre School

Spouse: Patricia Wettig (Smith College, Ohio Wesleyan University)

Benjamin Glazer 1887–1956

American screenwriter, producer and film director

Lorenzo di Bonaventura 1957–

Film producer of the Transformers series

Also attended: Harvard University

Martin Cruz Smith 1942–2025

Mystery novelist, author of Gorky Park

Bachelor of Arts · Creative writing · Class of 1964

Aaron Yoo 1979–

Actor known for Disturbia and 21

Matt Gerald 1970–

Film and television actor

Cenk Uygur 1970–

Co-creator and host of The Young Turks

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Marc Platt 1957–

Film, television and theatre producer

Also attended: New York University

Child: Ben Platt (Columbia University in the City of New York)

James Morrow 1947–

Science fiction and fantasy novelist

Also attended: Harvard University

Ray Evans 1915–2007

Songwriter, lyricist partner of Jay Livingston

Gavin O'Connor 1963–

Film director of Miracle, Warrior and The Accountant

Chaim Potok 1929–2002

Rabbi and author of The Chosen

Also attended: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Yeshiva University

Jessie Redmon Fauset 1882–1961

Novelist, poet, and editor of African-American literature

Attended until 1919

Also attended: Cornell University

Sibling: Arthur Fauset (University of Pennsylvania)

Rebecca Rittenhouse 1988–

Actress in Blood & Oil

Jeffrey Goldberg 1965–

Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic

Vanessa Bayer 1981–

Comedian and actress, former Saturday Night Live cast member

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

David Raksin 1912–2004

Composer of film and television scores

Osvaldo Golijov 1960–

Argentine classical music composer

Spouse: Neri Oxman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Richard Arlen 1898–1976

Film and television actor

James Martin 1960–

Jesuit priest, writer and editor-at-large of America magazine

Attended until 1982

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago, Boston College

Stephen Glass 1972–

Former journalist who fabricated stories at The New Republic

Also attended: Georgetown University

C. K. Williams 1936–2015

Poet, critic and translator

Erik Larson 1954–

Journalist and author of historical nonfiction

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Abner Biberman 1909–1977

Actor, director, and screenwriter

Paul Provenza 1957–

Stand-up comedian and actor

James Berardinelli 1967–

Film critic behind ReelViews

Yakov Smirnoff 1951–

Soviet-born comedian and actor

Jay Livingston 1915–2001

Composer, partner of Ray Evans

Also attended: University of the Arts

Spouse: Shirley Mitchell (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Toledo)

Sibling: Alan W. Livingston (University of Pennsylvania)

William Stanley Haseltine 1835–1900

Painter associated with Hudson River School

Also attended: Harvard University

Child: Herbert Haseltine (Harvard University)

Elizabeth Alexander 1962–

Poet and president of the Mellon Foundation

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1992

Also attended: Yale University, Boston University

Father: Clifford Alexander, Jr. (Yale University, Harvard University)

Philip Francis Nowlan 1888–1940

Science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers

Rebecca Creskoff 1971–

Actress

Also attended: New York University

Richard Saul Wurman 1935–

Architect and creator of the TED conferences

James DePreist 1936–2013

Conductor, one of the first African-American conductors worldwide

Bachelor's degree · Class of 1958

Also attended: University of the Arts

Charles Gwathmey 1938–2009

Architect, member of the New York Five

Also attended: Yale University

Father: Robert Gwathmey (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

Mother: Rosalie Gwathmey (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

Tamora Pierce 1954–

Fantasy writer, author of The Song of the Lioness

Terry Farrell 1938–2025

British architect and urban designer, founder of Farrells

Master's degree · Urban planning

Marc Blitzstein 1905–1964

Composer and lyricist of The Cradle Will Rock

Also attended: Curtis Institute of Music, University of the Arts

Martha Thorne 1953–

Former Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Master's degree · Urban planning

Also attended: University at Buffalo

Dan Lin 1973–

Film producer and former Netflix Films chairman

Also attended: Harvard University

Liang Sicheng 1901–1972

Architect and father of modern Chinese architecture

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Lin Huiyin (Yale University, University of Pennsylvania)

Sibling: Liang Siyong (Harvard University)

Robert Montgomery Bird 1806–1854

Novelist, playwright and physician

William Link 1933–2020

Film and television screenwriter and producer

David Naughton 1951–

Actor in An American Werewolf in London

Sibling: James Naughton (Yale University, Brown University)

El Brendel 1890–1964

Vaudeville comedian turned movie star

Jon Hurwitz 1977–

Screenwriter, Cobra Kai co-creator

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of the Arts

James McDaniel 1958–

Stage, film and television actor

Anne Tyng 1920–2011

Architect who collaborated with Louis Kahn for 29 years

Also attended: Harvard University

Chloe Gong 1998–

New Zealand young adult fiction novelist

Dyana Liu 1981–

Taiwanese-American actress

Hoodie Allen 1983–

Rapper, singer and songwriter

Andrea Mitchell 1946–

NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent

Spouse: Alan Greenspan (Columbia University in the City of New York, The Juilliard School)

Willow Bay 1963–

Dean of USC Annenberg and television journalist

Also attended: New York University

Spouse: Bob Iger (Ithaca College)

Judy Woodruff 1946–

Former anchor of PBS NewsHour

Also attended: Duke University, Meredith College

Spouse: Al Hunt (Wake Forest University)

David Corenswet 1993–

American actor and Juilliard graduate

VanossGaming 1992–

Canadian gaming YouTuber VanossGaming

Bill Tilden 1893–1953

Tennis player and world No. 1

Also attended: Peirce College

Alvin Kraenzlein 1876–1928

Hurdler who won four golds at 1900 Olympics

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ted Meredith 1891–1957

Two-time gold medalist at 1912 Olympics

Lex Luger 1958–

Professional wrestler and former football lineman

Also attended: University of Miami, The Pennsylvania State University, The Pennsylvania State University

George Orton 1873–1958

Runner, first Canadian Olympic medalist

Susan Francia 1982–

Rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist

Criminology, Sociology · Attended until 2004

John Taylor 1882–1908

Track athlete, first African American Olympic gold medalist

Attended until 1902

Fritz d'Orey 1938–2020

Brazilian Formula One driver

Donald Lippincott 1893–1962

Sprinter, 1912 Olympic 100 m bronze and 200 m silver medalist

Josiah McCracken 1874–1962

Football and track athlete, later medical professor

Child: Mary Elizabeth McCracken (Lake Erie College)

James Gentle 1904–1986

Soccer striker, National Soccer Hall of Fame member

Jenő Hámori 1933–2025

Hungarian fencer, 1956 Olympic team sabre champion

Doctor of Philosophy · Physical chemistry

Also attended: Cornell University

Truxtun Hare 1878–1956

Olympic medalist and All-American football player

Earl Eby 1894–1970

Sprinter, 1920 Olympic 800 m silver medalist

Ernie Beck 1931–2024

Former NBA basketball player

Clarence Clark 1859–1937

Tennis player, 1881 US National doubles champion

Sibling: Joseph Sill Clark Sr. (Harvard University)

Sibling: Percy Clark (Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania)

Duke Lacroix 1993–

Footballer for the Haiti national team

Meredith Colket 1878–1947

1900 Olympic silver medalist in pole vault

Andrew Byrnes 1983–

Canadian rower and Olympic gold medallist

Also attended: Bates College

Jack Ramsay 1925–2014

Basketball coach and broadcaster

Also attended: Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

Emily Cross 1986–

Foil fencer, 2008 Olympic team silver medalist

Also attended: Harvard University

Anita DeFrantz 1952–

Olympic rower and IOC member

Also attended: Connecticut College

Jon Runyan 1973–

Former NFL offensive tackle and U.S. congressman

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

John Pescatore 1964–

Rower, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist in men's eight

Hsu Chieh-yu 1992–

Taiwanese tennis player

Jasmine Chen 1989–

Taiwanese Olympic showjumper

Justin Tuck 1983–

Former NFL defensive end, two-time Super Bowl champion

Also attended: University of Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame -

Kevin Stefanski 1982–

Head coach of NFL's Atlanta Falcons

Drew Brees 1979–

Former NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints

Also attended: Purdue University-Main Campus

Matt Rhule 1975–

Head football coach at University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Also attended: University at Buffalo, The Pennsylvania State University

Tiffany Trump 1993–

Daughter of Donald Trump

Sociology, Urban studies · Attended until 2016

Also attended: Georgetown University

Father: Donald J. Trump (Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania)

Sibling: Barron Trump (New York University)

James Curtis Hepburn 1815–1911

Missionary and physician behind Hepburn romanization

Also attended: Princeton University

Ashley Biden 1981–

Social worker, fashion designer and activist

Also attended: Tulane University of Louisiana

Spouse: Howard Krein (Thomas Jefferson University)

Father: Joe Biden (University of Delaware, Syracuse University)

William Walker 1824–1860

Journalist and mercenary who led filibuster expeditions

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1843

Doc Holliday 1851–1887

American West dentist, gambler and gunfighter

Luigi Mangione 1998–

Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering · Information science, Computer science · Class of 2020

Richard Garfield 1963–

Game designer, creator of Magic: The Gathering

Doctorate · Mathematics

John Eleuthère du Pont 1938–2010

Du Pont family heir and convicted murderer

Also attended: University of Miami, Villanova University

Jack Thayer 1894–1945

Titanic survivor

Annie Duke 1965–

Former professional poker player and decision-science author

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York