List of Harvard University people
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Seven Presidents of the United States have graduated from the halls of Harvard University. These include (John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt). Rutherford B. Hayes and George W. Bush graduated from the highly respected law and business schools, respectively. Bill Gates, the world's wealthiest person as of 2004, attended Harvard College but did not graduate. Some fifty Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University.
NNDB has a [similar list], but with an emphasis on current fame, rather than historical significance.
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
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| Pat Caddell (??-) | pollster | College 1972 |
| Andrew Card (born 1947) | White House Chief of Staff (G.W. Bush) | attended KSG |
| Diane Cardwell | New York Times Reporter | College 1987 |
| Frank Carlucci (born 1930) | United States Secretary of Defense | attended Business School, did not graduate |
| Elliot Carter (born 1908) | composer | College 1932 |
| Doug Carlston | Co-founder of Brøderbund Software, publisher of popular computer games | College 1970, Law School 1975 |
| Stockard Channing (born 1944) | actress | Radcliffe 1965 |
| William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) | Unitarian leader | College 1798 |
| Elaine Chao (born 1953) | United States Secretary of Labor | Business School 1979 |
| Jason S. Chen (born 1979) | The Scripps Research Institute | College, Chemistry 2001 |
| Michael Chertoff (born 1953) | United States Secretary of Homeland Security | College 1975; Law School 1978 |
| Christopher Chetsanga (born 1935) | DNA expert, discovered two repair enzymes | Post Doctoral Fellow 1969 |
| P. Chidambaram | Finance Minister of India | Law School |
| Jacques Chirac (born 1932) | President of France | attended Summer School in 1953 |
| William Christie (born 1944) | conductor | College 1966 |
| Henry Cisneros (born 1947) | United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | KSG 1973 |
| Richard Clarke (born 1951) | diplomat; counterterrorism expert | faculty |
| Kim B. Clark (??) | economist; | college 1974; M.A. 1977; Ph.D. 1978; dean of business school 1995-2005 |
| Rob Cohen (born 1949) | film director, screenwriter | College 1971 |
| Stephen Cook (??-) | computer scientist | M.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1966 |
| Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) | journalist, broadcaster | visiting graduate student |
| Yvette Cooper (1969-) | politician, Member of British Parliament | Kennedy Scholar 1991 |
| Don Coppersmith (??-) | computer scientist | M.S. 1975; Ph.D. 1977 |
| Steven R. Covey (??-) | author and self-help guru, | Business school 1975 |
| Elias J. Corey (born 1928) | chemist; Nobel Prize winner | professor |
| Leda Cosmides (born 1957) | evolutionary psychologist | College 1979; Ph.D 1985 |
| Archibald Cox (1912-2004) | special prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal | College 1934; Law School 1937 |
| Chris Cox (born 1952) | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman | Business School 1977; Law School 1977 |
| James Cramer (born 1955) | television host | College 1977; Law School 1984 |
| Michael Crichton (born 1942) | novelist, best known for Jurassic Park and the television series E.R. | College 1964; Medical School 1969 |
| Hardy Cross | civil engineer | MCE 1911 |
| Lindsay Crouse (born 1948) | actress | Radcliffe 1970 |
| e. e. cummings (1894-1962) | poet | College 1915; M.A. 1916 |
| Rivers Cuomo (born 1970) | singer of band Weezer | recently completed college, English and American Literature (originally dropped out) |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Damon (born 1970) | actor | attended College, did not graduate |
| Donald Davidson (1917-2003) | philosopher | Ph.D. |
| Paul de Man (1919-1983) | literary critic | Ph.D. 1960 |
| Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) | law scholar, pro-Israel activist | professor (1964-) |
| C. Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) | United States Secretary of the Treasury | College 1931 |
| E. J. Dionne (born 1952) | Washington Post columnist | College 1973 |
| Lou Dobbs (born 1945) | television host | College 1967 |
| Elizabeth Dole (born 1936) | United States Senator | M.A. 1960; Law School 1965 |
| Ted Donato (born 1969) | NHL player, Head hockey coach (2005-) | College 1991 |
| John dos Passos (1896-1970) | novelist | College 1916 |
| Paul Douglas (1892-1976) | United States Senator | attended Graduate School, did not graduate |
| George Downing (c. 1624-1684) | English soldier-diplomat | College 1640s |
| Jim Doyle (born 1945) | Governor of Wisconsin | Law School 1972 |
| E.B. Dreyer (born 1957) | ophthalmology scientist; glaucoma scholar | medical school 1984, Ph.D. 1984 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) | civil rights leader; African American studies scholar | College 1890; M.A. 1891; Ph.D. 1895 |
| Michael Dukakis (born 1933) | 1988 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, Governor of Massachusetts | Law School 1960 |
| Pierre S. du Pont, IV (born 1935) | U.S. presidential candidate, Governor of Delaware | Law School 1963 |
| Christopher Durang (born 1949) | playwright | College 1971 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Eager (1911-1964) | writer of children's literature | College c. 1932 |
| Thomas Eagleton (born 1929) | 1972 Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee, United States Senator | Law School 1953 |
| Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj (Elbegdorj Tsakhia) (born 1963) | leader of non-violent revolution that brought democracy to Mongolia, two time Prime Minister of Mongolia, three time Member of Parliament | Kennedy School of Government M.P.A. 2002 |
| T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) | poet | College 1909; M.A. 1910; Ph.D. 1914 |
| Noam Elkies (born 1966) | mathematician | M.A. 1986; Ph.D. 1987; professor (1990-) |
| Daniel Ellsberg (born 1931) | leaker of the Pentagon Papers | College 1952; Ph.D. 1963 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) | writer | College 1821; gave name to Emerson Hall |
| Sam Ervin (1896-1985) | United States Senator | Law School 1922 |
| Edward Everett (1794-1865) | United States Secretary of State | College 1811; M.A. 1814 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
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| John K. Fairbank (1907-1991) | East Asian scholar | College 1929 |
| James Fallows (born 1949) | journalist | College 1970 |
| Susan Faludi (born 1959) | author | College 1981 |
| Denise Faustman | Medical doctor and pioneer in diabetes research | Assoc. Professor of Medicine |
| Russ Feingold (born 1953) | United States Senator | Law School 1979 |
| Douglas Feith (born 1953) | U.S. Under secretary of Defense for Policy | College 1975 |
| Martin Feldstein (born 1939) | economist | College 1961; professor |
| Rabab Fetieh (born 1954) | First Saudi Arabian female orthodontist | School of Dental Medicine 1987 |
| Niall Ferguson (born 1964) | historian | Professor 2005-present |
| Patrick Fitzgerald (born 1961) | special prosecutor in the Plame affair, United States Attorney | Law School 1985 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick (born 1982) | NFL quarterback | College 2005 |
| John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950) | poet and philosopher | College (Attended 1903-1907, but did not finish) |
| Abigail Folger (1943-1969) | heiress and murder victim | College 1967 |
| Jonathan Frakes (born 1952) | actor | College (Master's degree) |
| Barney Frank (born 1940) | U.S. Congressman | College 1962; Law School 1977 |
| Al Franken (born 1955) | comedian | College 1973 |
| Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Law School 1906 |
| Bill Frist (born 1952) | United States Senator, Majority Leader | Medical School 1978 |
| Robert Frost (1874-1963) | poet | attended College (1897-1899), did not graduate; awarded an honorary degree in 1937 |
| Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) | designer, architect | attended College, did not graduate |
| Victor Fung (born 1944) | businessman & chairman of Hong Kong Airport Authority | Ph.D. in Economics 1972 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
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| William Gaddis (1922-1998) | novelist | attended College, did not graduate |
| William H. Gates (born 1955) | co-founder of Microsoft; as of 2006, wealthiest person in the world | attended College, did not graduate |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950) | African American studies scholar | professor |
| Frank Gehry (born 1929) | architect | attended Design School, did not graduate |
| David Gergen (born 1942) | advisor to four U.S. presidents | Law School 1967 |
| Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) | Vice President of the United States | College 1762 |
| John Gidding (born 1977) | Actor, Architect | Graduate School of Design 2003 |
| Daniel Gilbert | social psychologist | professor at the Department of Psychology |
| Walter Gilbert (born 1932) | molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner | College; professor |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born 1933) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | attended Law School, later transferred |
| Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932) | physicist; Nobel Prize winner | Ph.D. 1959; professor |
| Roy J. Glauber | physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics winner | Ph.D. |
| Daniel Goldhagen (born 1959) | political scientist; controversial author of Hitler's Willing Executioners | Ph.D. recipient, previously an Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies |
| Alberto Gonzales (born 1955) | Attorney General of the United States | Law School 1982 |
| Ellen Goodman (born 1941) | Boston Globe columnist | Racliffe 1963 |
| Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) | philosopher | |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) | historian, author | Ph.D. 1968 |
| Richard Goodwin (born 1931) | speechwriter for Kennedy and Johnson administrations, author | Law |
| Al Gore (born 1948) | Vice President of the United States | College 1969 |
| Jamie Gorelick (born 1950) | Member of 9/11 Commission | College 1972; Law School 1975 |
| Edward Gorey (1925-2000) | illustrator | College 1950 |
| Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) | biologist | professor |
| Bob Graham (born 1936) | United States Senator, Governor of Florida | Law School 1962 |
| Donald Graham (born 1945) | The Washington Post Company chairman and CEO | College 1966 |
| Fred Grandy (born 1948) | actor, politician | College 1970 |
| Jennifer Granholm (born 1959) | Governor of Michigan | Law School 1987 |
| Clifton D. Gray (1875-1944) | President of Bates College | College 1897 |
| Milton Green (1913-2005) | runner, former world recorder holder in hurdles | College |
| Brian Greene (born 1963) | Famous in the world of String Theory. Columbia University Professor | College 1984 |
| Andre Gregory (born 1934) | theatre director, actor | College 1956 |
| Walter Gropius (1883-1969) | architect | professor; dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| Fred Gwynne (1926-1993) | actor | College 1951 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
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| John Hagelin (born 1954) | third-party presidential candidate | Ph.D. 1981 |
| David Halberstam (born 1934) | author | College 1955 |
| G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) | First president of APA and Clark University | Ph.D. 1878 |
| John Hancock (1737-1793) | President of the Continental Congress | College 1754 |
| John Harbison (born 1938) | composer | College 1960 |
| David C. Hardesty | President of West Virginia University | J.D. 1973 |
| Katherine Harris (born 1957) | U.S. Congresswoman, Florida Secretary of State during the state's recount in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election | KSG 1998 |
| Trip Hawkins (born 1953) | founder of Electronic Arts and the 3DO Company | College |
| Rutherford Hayes (1822-1893) | President of the United States | Law School 1845 |
| William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) | newspaper magnate | attended College, did not graduate |
| H. John Heinz (1938-1991) | United States Senator | Business School 1963 |
| Mark Helprin (born 1947) | writer | College, Graduate School |
| Dudley R. Herschbach (born 1932) | chemist; Nobel Prize winner | professor |
| Christian Herter (1895-1966) | United States Secretary of State | College 1915 |
| Alger Hiss (1904-1996) | accused of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union | Law School 1929 |
| Fred Ho (1957-) | jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader | Sociology 1979 |
| Donald Hodel (born 1935) | United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Secretary of Energy | College 1957 |
| Blair Hornstine (born 1984) | teenager who sued to be sole valedictorian of high school | unsuccessful applicant |
| Heisuke Hironaka (1931-) | mathematician; Fields Medal winner | Ph.D. 1960 |
| Peter Hughes (born 1956) | Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand, | |
| Jason Michael Holly (born 1980) | Author, political consultant, Scranton, PA | M.A. 2007 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) | poet, physician | College; Ph.D. 1836; professor |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | College 1861; Law School 1866 |
| Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz | historian | Ph.D.; professor |
| Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) | jurist | Law School 1922 and 1923 |
| Rafael Hui (1948-) | Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong | MPA 1983 |
| Josephine Hull (1886-1957) | actress | Radcliffe 1899 |
| Samuel P. Huntington (born 1927) | political scientist | Ph.D. 1951; professor |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
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| Michael Ignatieff (born 1947) | Canadian Scholar, Professor & Author, Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Parliament | Ph.D. in History 1976 |
| Walter Isaacson (born 1952) | former CNN chairman and CEO | College 1974 |
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| Name | Known for | Relationship to Harvard |
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| Thomas Jaggar | geologist, founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory | College 1897 |
| Henry James (1843-1916) | novelist | attended Law School, did not graduate |
| William James (1842-1910) | philosopher; psychologist | Medical School 1869; gave name to William James Hall |
| James Jeffords (born 1934) | United States Senator | Law School 1962 |
| William Jeffrey | 13th Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Philip Johnson (born 1906) | architect | College 1930 |
| Bobby Jones (1902-1971) | golfer | College 1924 |
| Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. (born 1946) | Washington Post publisher and CEO | College 1968; Law School 1974 |
| Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) | actor | College 1969 |
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