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Yalies are persons affiliated with Yale University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Yalies. {{Dynamic list}}

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Alumni

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For a list of notable alumni of Yale Law School, see List of Yale Law School alumni.

Prize recipients

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= Nobel laureates =

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  • George Akerlof (B.A. 1962), Economics, 2001{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2001 |title=George Akerlof Wins Nobel Prize in Economics |url=https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/features/2001/nobel/index.html |access-date=August 1, 2006 |website=University of California Berkeley}}
  • Raymond Davis Jr. (Ph.D. 1942),[http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=06-69 "Nobel Laureate Raymond Davis Dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813171529/http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=06-69|date=August 13, 2006}} Brookhaven National Laboratory press release, June 1, 2006 Physics, 2002
  • Douglas Diamond (M.A. 1976, M.Phil. 1977, PhD 1980), Economics, 2022
  • Peter A. Diamond (B.A. 1960), Economics, 2010[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/nobel-diamond.html "Economist Peter Diamond wins Nobel Prize".] MIT press release, October 11, 2010
  • Philip H. Dybvig (M.A. 1978, M.Phil. 1978, PhD 1979), Economics, 2022
  • John F. Enders (B.A. 1920),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1954/enders-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize biography of Enders |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=September 8, 1985 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Physiology or Medicine, 1954
  • John Fenn (Ph.D. 1940),{{cite web |title=Yale Engineering profile of Fenn |url=http://www.eng.yale.edu/content/HistoricFenn.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215152937/http://www.eng.yale.edu/content/HistoricFenn.asp |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |publisher=Eng.yale.edu}}{{cite web |date=October 9, 2002 |title=National Institutes of Health press release on Fenn |url=http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2002/od-09.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220194149/http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2002/od-09.htm |archive-date=December 20, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |publisher=Nih.gov}} Chemistry, 2002
  • Murray Gell-Mann (B.S. 1948),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1969/gell-mann-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Gell-Mann |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=September 15, 1929 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Physics, 1969
  • Alfred G. Gilman (B.S. 1962),{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9001529 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722080249/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9001529 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |title=Alfred G. Gilman |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica.com |date=July 1, 1941 |access-date=January 24, 2011 }} Physiology or Medicine, 1994
  • John B. Goodenough (B.S. 1944),{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/goodenough/facts/ |title= Nobel Prize Profile of John B. Goodenough| publisher=Nobelprize.org | date=2019|access-date=March 6, 2024}} Chemistry, 2019
  • Brian Kobilka (M.D. 1981), Chemistry, 2012
  • Paul Krugman (B.A. Economics, 1974), Economics, 2008; architect of "New Trade Theory"; winner of the John Bates Clark Medal; Princeton University economics professor; New York Times columnist
  • Ernest Lawrence (Ph.D. 1925),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1939/lawrence-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Lawrence |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=August 27, 1958 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Physics, 1939; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the element Lawrencium are named for him[http://www.llnl.gov/llnl/history/eolawrence.html Who Was Ernest O. Lawrence?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010052646/http://www.llnl.gov/llnl/history/eolawrence.html|date=October 10, 2006}} from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Joshua Lederberg (Ph.D. 1948),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1958/lederberg-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Lederberg |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Physiology or Medicine, 1958
  • David Lee (Ph.D. 1959),[http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/96/10.10.96/Nobel_Prize.html "Robert Richardson and David Lee win Nobel Prize in physics"] Press release from Cornell University October 10, 1996 Physics, 1996
  • Sinclair Lewis (B.A. 1908),{{cite encyclopedia |title=Sinclair Lewis |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica.com |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048025 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |date=January 10, 1951 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725162733/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048025 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead}} Literature, 1930
  • William Nordhaus (B.A. 1963),{{cite encyclopedia|title=William Nordhaus|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=britannica.com|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Nordhaus|access-date=March 7, 2024|date = May 27, 2023}} Economics, 2018
  • Lars Onsager (Ph.D. 1935),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1968/onsager-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Onsager |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Chemistry, 1968
  • Edmund Phelps (Ph.D. 1959), Economics, 2006
  • Dickinson W. Richards (B.A. 1917),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1956/richards-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Richards |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=February 23, 1973 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Physiology or Medicine, 1956
  • James A. Robinson (Ph.D. 1993),{{cite web|url = https://news.uchicago.edu/story/james-robinson-shares-nobel-prize-research-global-inequality |title=James A. Robinson shares 2024 Nobel Prize for research on global inequality |publisher=University of Chicago News| access-date=October 14, 2024| date=October 14, 2024}} Economics, 2024
  • James Rothman (B.A. 1971), Physiology or Medicine, 2013
  • William Vickrey (B.S. 1935),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1996/vickrey-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Vickrey |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=October 11, 1996 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Economics, 1996
  • George Whipple (A.B. 1900),{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1934/whipple-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize profile of Whipple |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=February 1, 1976 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Physiology or Medicine, 1934
  • Eric Wieschaus (Ph.D. 1974),{{cite encyclopedia |title=Eric F. Wieschaus |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica.com |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002469 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |date=June 8, 1947 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706193122/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002469 |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |url-status=dead}} Physiology or Medicine, 1995

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= Pulitzer Prize winners =

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  • Anne Applebaum (B.A. 1986), 2004 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners – 2004 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2004 |website=pulitzer.org}}
  • Ellen Barry (B.A. 1993), 2011 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
  • Charles Bartlett (B.A. 1943), 1956 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
  • Stephen Vincent Benét (B.A. 1919, M.A. 1920), two-time Pulitzer-winning author
  • Ron Chernow (B.A. 1970), 2011 Pulitzer Prize for biography of George Washington.
  • Anthony R. Dolan (B.A. 1970), 1978 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting{{Cite web |title=Dolan, Anthony "Tony" R.: Files, 1981-1989 |date=26 February 2024 |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/white-house-inventory/dolan-anthony-tony-r-files-1981-1989}}
  • Charles Forelle (B.A. 2002), co-author of articles for which The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2007{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/business/media/17pulitzer.html?_r=1&ref=media&oref=slogin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 17, 2007|author=Katharine Q. Seelye and James Barron|title=Wall Street Journal Wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes}}
  • John Lewis Gaddis, 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Cold War historian
  • Paul Goldberger (B.A. 1972), 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism
  • Stephen Greenblatt (B.A. 1964, M.Phil 1968, Ph.D. 1969), general editor of The Norton Shakespeare, 2012 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
  • Linda Greenhouse (M.A. 1978),{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Price Winners – 1998 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1998 |website=pulitzer.org}} U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, received the Pulitzer in 1998
  • John Hersey (B.A. 1936),{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DF1F3FF930A25756C0A965958260 |title=May 13, 1993 New York Times notice on Hersey's death |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 13, 1993 |access-date=January 24, 2011}} Pulitzer-winning author in 1945 for the novel A Bell for Adano, namesake of the annual John Hersey Lecture at Yale
  • Quiara Alegría Hudes (B.A. 1999), playwright, writer of In the Heights, 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
  • Charles Ives (B.A. 1898), 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Music
  • Michiko Kakutani (B.A. 1976), book critic for The New York Times, 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
  • David M. Kennedy (M.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1968), 2000 Pulitzer Prize for History{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners – 2000 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2000 |website=pulitzer.org}} for "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–45"
  • Elizabeth Kolbert (B.A. 1983), 2015 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
  • David McCullough (B.A. 1955),{{Cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/98-05-25-01.all.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113163039/http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/98-05-25-01.all.html|url-status=dead|title=Yale Press Release|archive-date=November 13, 2007}} popular historian, winner of two Pulitzers, best known for his books on American presidents Harry S. Truman and John Adams{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners – 2002 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2002 |website=pulitzer.org}}
  • J.R. Moehringer (B.A. 1986),{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2000-Feature-Writing |title=Meohringer biography at Pulitzer Board |publisher=Pulitzer.org |date=July 16, 2008 |access-date=October 29, 2014}} Los Angeles Times reporter, won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
  • Douglas Moore (B.A. 1915), 1951 Pulitzer, Music
  • Wesley Morris (B.A. 1997), critic-at-large for New York Times, former film critic at The Boston Globe, 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
  • Lynn Nottage (M.F.A.),{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Drama |title=The Pulitzer Prizes | Drama |publisher=Pulitzer.org |access-date=February 1, 2011}} playwright and Pulitzer Prize–winning dramatist of Ruined
  • Mel Powell (B.A. 1952),{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30610FF3A5D0C778EDDAD0894D8494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fP%2fPulitzer%20Prizes|title=Mel Powell's Musical Journey to a Pulitzer Prize|author=Allan Kozinn|date=April 24, 1990|work=The New York Times}} 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra; founding dean and professor of music of the California Institute of the Arts
  • Samantha Power (B.A. 1992),{{Cite web |title=Power '92 wins nonfiction Pulitzer |url=http://yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=22473 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106060027/http://yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID%3D22473 |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |website=Yale Daily News}} Pulitzer Prize for the book A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners – 2003 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2003 |website=pulitzer.org}}
  • Kevin Puts (M.M. 1996), 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music
  • Thomas E. Ricks (B.A. 1977), 2000 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (on The Wall Street Journal team); former reporter who writes on defense topics
  • Mark Schoofs (B.A. 1985),{{Cite web |title=Yale Bulletin and Calendar, April 14, 2000 |url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n28/story1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805150537/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n28/story1.html |archive-date=August 5, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2013}} reporter, won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting
  • Lewis Spratlan (B.A. 1962, M.M. 1965), composer, won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version
  • Jeffrey C. Stewart, Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for his biography of Alain LeRoy Locke, The New Negro
  • Garry Trudeau (B.A. 1970, M.F.A. 1973), Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for his comic strip Doonesbury
  • Wendy Wasserstein (M.F.A. 1976), playwright and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist of The Heidi Chronicles{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001719_pf.html |title=Obituary "'Heidi Chronicles' Playwright Wendy Wasserstein", January 31, 2006 by Joe Holley |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 1, 2011}}
  • Thornton Wilder (B.A. 1920),{{Cite web |title=Columbia Encyclopedia entry on Wilder |url=http://www.bartleby.com/65/wi/Wilder-T.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825073521/http://www.bartleby.com/65/wi/Wilder-T.html |archive-date=August 25, 2006 |access-date=August 1, 2006}} playwright, winner of two Pulitzers, the first in 1928 for The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and the second in 1938 for the play Our Town; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963
  • Bob Woodward (B.A. 1965), journalist, co-author of the Pulitzer-winning book All the President's Men, won a second Pulitzer in 2002 for National Reporting
  • Doug Wright (B.A. 1985),{{Cite web |last=Woodward Pu |first=Violet |date=April 6, 2004 |title=Two alumni honored with Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2004/04/06/two-alumni-honored-with-pulitzer-prizes/ |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=Yale Daily News}} screenwriter, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for drama, winner of a Tony Award{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/media/06PRIZ.html |title=The New York Times overview of winners in 2004 |work=The New York Times |date= April 6, 2004|access-date=February 1, 2011}}
  • Yehudi Wyner (B.A. 1950, B. Mus. 1951, M. Mus. 1953),{{Cite web |title=Yale Bulletin and Calendar article "McClatchy among alumni elected to Academy of Arts and Letters" April 26 – May 3, 1999 |url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v27.n30/story2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029214343/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v27.n30/story2.html |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2013}} composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2006{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners – 2006 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2006 |website=pulitzer.org}} for his piano concerto 'Chiavi in Mano'; professor emeritus of musical composition at Brandeis University
  • Daniel Yergin (B.A. 1968),[http://www.yaleeconomicreview.com/issues/spring2005/danielyergin.php Yale Economic Review "Alumni Profile: Daniel Yergin '68"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311052556/http://www.yaleeconomicreview.com/issues/spring2005/danielyergin.php |date=March 11, 2007 }} wrote Pulitzer-winning The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power; founded Cambridge Energy Research Associates

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= Abel laureates =

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  • Robert Langlands (Ph.D. 1960), 2018{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2018|title=Robert P. Langlands Awarded 2018 Abel Prize|url=https://www.ias.edu/news/press-releases/2018/abel#:~:text=The%20Norwegian%20Academy%20of%20Science,representation%20theory%20to%20number%20theory.” |access-date=November 24, 2023 |website=Institute for Advanced Study}}}}
  • John G. Thompson (B.A. 1955), 2008{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2008|title=Thompson and Tits Receive 2008 Abel Prize|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200806/tx080600707p.pdf |access-date=November 24, 2023 |website=American Mathematical Society}}

Architecture and visual arts

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Arts and humanities

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Athletics

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  • Susannah Beck (B.A. 1990), USA Champion distance runner
  • Joel Benjamin (B.A. 1985), chess Grandmaster, three-time U.S. chess champion (1987, 1997, 2000){{cite web|title=Joel Benjamin|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/138/203|publisher=2007–2014 United States Chess Federation.|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Steve Benjamin (B.A. 1978), competitive sailor; silver medalist in sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics{{cite web|title=Steve Benjamin|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/steve-benjamin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045037/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/steve-benjamin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Johnny Bent, silver medalist with the American hockey team in the 1932 Winter Olympics{{cite web|title=Johnny Bent|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/olympics/athletes/johnny-bent-1|publisher=Hockey Reference.com|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Chaim Bloom (2004), Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox
  • Craig Breslow, Major League Baseball pitcher and executive{{cite web|title=Craig Breslow|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/breslcr01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball Reference.com|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Jordan Bruner, professional basketball player{{cite web|url=https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jordan-bruner/14257|title=Jordan Bruner – 2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster – Yale University|publisher=Yale Bulldogs|access-date=January 2, 2025}}
  • Johnny Broaca, Major League Baseball player, 1936 World Series champion{{cite web|title=Johnny Broaca|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/broacjo01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball Reference.com|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Eric Brodkowitz, Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the Israel National Baseball Team
  • Walter Camp (B.A. 1880), the "father of American football"{{cite web|title=Walter Camp|url=http://www.collegesportsreport.com/college-football-walter-camp-father-of-american-football|publisher=collegesportsreport.com|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Nathan Chen (B.A. 2024), 2-time Olympic champion (2022), 3-time world champion (2018, 2019 and 2021), 3-time Grand Prix final champion (2017-2019), and 6-time U.S. champion (2017–2022) in figure skating{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Nathan Chen's fire still burns thanks to his mother and others |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2023-01-24/helene-elliott-nathan-chen-olympics-figure-skating |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317205408/https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2023-01-24/helene-elliott-nathan-chen-olympics-figure-skating |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |access-date=March 17, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Steve Clark (1964), swimmer, two-time Olympian
  • Alan Lyle Corey Jr., polo player, five-time winner of the Monty Waterbury Cup{{cite web|title=Alan L. Corey, Jr|url=http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/corey_alan.htm|publisher=2002–2006 Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame|access-date=May 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021219195409/http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/corey_alan.htm|archive-date=December 19, 2002}}
  • Ron Darling, Major League Baseball pitcher{{cite web|title=Ron Darling|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darliro01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball Reference.com|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Bob Davis, Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Irvin Dorfman, tennis player ranked No. 15 in singles in the US in 1947, and No. 3 in doubles in the US in 1948{{Cite web |title=Dorfman, Irv |url=http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525234723/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=5 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=February 25, 2018 |website=Jews in Sports}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=1qJTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wYcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5091,3888113&dq=yale+irvin-dorfman&hl=en|title=The Deseret News – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com.au}}
  • Brian Dowling (B.A. 1969), quarterback{{cite web|title=Brian Dowling|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DowlBr00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 15, 2014}}
  • Chris Dudley (B.A. 1987), former NBA player{{cite web|title=Chris Dudley|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dudlech02.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball Reference . Com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Eddie Eagan (B.A. 1921), AAU Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1919, Olympic gold medal in boxing 1920, Winter Olympics men's four-man bobsleigh gold medal 1932; only Olympian to win gold medals in Summer and Winter Olympics in different sports; New York State boxing commissioner{{cite magazine |date=October 8, 1951 |title=Sport: Eagan Out |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859396,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=February 23, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Edward Eagan Olympic Bobsleigh Boxing |url=https://www.olympic.org/edward-eagan |access-date=February 23, 2020 |website=olympic.org}}{{cite web |date=February 25, 2010 |title=The Forgotten Story of those Magnificent Men... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/feb/25/forgotten-story-magnificent-men-flying-machine |access-date=February 23, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}
  • Theo Epstein (B.A. 1995), became Red Sox general manager at age 28, youngest in Major League Baseball history; currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs{{cite web |title=Front Office Directory Chicago Cubs |url=https://www.mlb.com/cubs/team/front-office |access-date=February 23, 2020 |website=mlb.com}}
  • Eva Fabian (born 1993), American-Israeli world champion swimmer
  • Pete Falsey (Ph.B., 1914), Major League Baseball playerYale University (1916). [https://books.google.com/books?id=sK9GAQAAMAAJ&dq=bachelors+philosophy+peter+falsey&pg=PA395 Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, 1701–1915]. New Haven: Yale University. 1916. p. 395.
  • Gary Fencik (Class of 1975, B.A. 1976), professional football player twice selected for the Pro Bowl as a defensive back for the Chicago Bears{{cite web|title=Gary Fencik|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FencGa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Robert A. Gardner (Class of 1912), two-time U.S. Amateur golf champion{{cite web|title=Robert A. Gardner|url=http://www.usgamuseum.com/about_museum/news_events/news_article.aspx?newsid=313|publisher=2010 United States Golf Association.|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Earl G. Graves Jr. (B.A. 1984), former NBA player, all-time leading scorer in Yale's men's basketball history (3rd Ivy){{cite web|title=Earl G. Graves, Jr.|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gravebu01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball Reference . Com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Stephen Greenberg (B.A. 1970), former minor league player, baseball executive and sports agent, served as Deputy Commissioner of Baseball from 1990 to 1993; son of Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Greenberg.{{cite web |title=Stephen Greenberg: 2009 George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award Recipient |url=https://yalebulldogs.com/honors/george-h-w-bush-lifetime-of-leadership-award/stephen-greenberg/32 |website=Yale Bulldogs}}
  • Bob Griffin (M.A. '80, M.Phil. '82, Ph.D. '85), American-Israeli basketball player, and English Literature professor
  • Howdy Groskloss, was oldest living former Major League Baseball player when he died aged 100 in 2006{{cite web|title=Howdy Groskloss|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/groskho01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • George Haas Jr., polo player, three-time winner of the Monty Waterbury Cup{{cite web|title=George Haas, Jr.|url=http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/haas_george.htm|publisher=2002–2006 Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame|access-date=May 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019135609/http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/haas_george.htm|archive-date=October 19, 2013}}
  • Chris Hetherington (B.A. 1996), NFL running back{{cite web|title=Chris Hetherington|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HethCh00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Chris Higgins, forward for the National Hockey League Vancouver Canucks{{cite web|title=Chris Higgins|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/higgich01.html|publisher=Hockey Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Calvin Hill (B.A. 1969), football player with the NFL's Cowboys, Redskins and Browns{{cite web|title=Calvin Hill|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HillCa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Kenny Hill (B.A. 1980), football player with the NFL's Raiders, Giants and Chiefs{{cite web|title=Kenny Hill|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HillKe20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Sarah Hughes (Class of 2008), gold medalist in 2002 Olympic figure skating{{cite web|title=Sarah Hughes|url=http://www.biography.com/people/sarah-hughes-16243201#life-after-olympics&awesm=~oErmHpRSK1Bosa|publisher=2014 Bio and the Bio logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC|access-date=May 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003170759/http://www.biography.com/people/sarah-hughes-16243201#life-after-olympics&awesm=~oErmHpRSK1Bosa|archive-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • Bill Hutchison, former Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=Bill Hutchison|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hutchbi01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball Reference.com|access-date=December 16, 2023}}
  • Philip L. B. Iglehart, Chilean polo player{{cite web |title=Philip L. B. Iglehart |url=http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/iglehart_philip.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202032542/http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/iglehart_philip.htm |archive-date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2014 |publisher=2002–2006 Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame}}
  • Julian Illingworth (B.A. 2006), professional squash player, highest world ranking of no. 24{{cite web|title=Philip L. B. Iglehart|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/535-julian-illingworth|access-date=August 13, 2017}}
  • Levi Jackson (1926–2000), first African-American elected by his teammates to captain an Ivy League football team{{cite web|title=Levi Jackson|url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_10/old_yale.html|publisher=1992–2012, Yale Alumni Publications, Inc.|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Sada Jacobson{{cite web|title=Sada Jacobson|url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/JA/Sada-Jacobson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301085348/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/JA/Sada-Jacobson|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2014|publisher=2014 United States Olympic Committee.|access-date=May 16, 2014}} (B.A. 2006), bronze medalist in 2004, and silver medalist in 2008, Olympic women's saber{{Cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/blkfeatures.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201536/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/blkfeatures.asp|url-status=dead|title=Ivy League Sports|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}
  • EJ Jarvis (B.A. 2023), former basketball player{{cite web|url=https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ej-jarvis/18475|title=EJ Jarvis – 2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster – Yale University|publisher=Yale Bulldogs|access-date=January 2, 2025}}
  • Dick Jauron (B.A. 1973), head coach of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills (2006–2009){{cite web|title=Dick Jauron|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JaurDi0.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Eric Johnson (B.A. 2001), NFL tight end{{cite web|title=Eric Johnson|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnEr00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Jack Langer (born 1948/1949), basketball player and investment banker
  • Ryan Lavarnway, major league baseball catcher (Boston Red Sox/Los Angeles Dodgers)
  • Nate Lawrie (B.A. 2004), NFL tight end{{cite web|title=Nate Lawrie|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LawrNa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Glenn Layendecker (B.A. 1983), professional tennis player{{Cite web |title=Yale University Bulldogs, Official Athletic Site |url=http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/trads/famous_alums.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915131818/http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/trads/famous_alums.html |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |access-date=January 9, 2008}}
  • Mike McDaniel (B.A. 2005), head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins{{Cite web |title=McDaniel ’05 Named Head Coach of the Miami Dolphins |url=https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2022/2/7/football-mcdaniel-05-named-head-coach-of-the-dolphins.aspx |date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=December 17, 2024}}
  • Bob McKeown (B.A. 1971), Canadian Football League Grey Cup champion, award-winning journalist with CBC News, NBC and CBS{{Cite web |title=Notable Yale University Alumni |url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/information/alumni/notable_alumni |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118094154/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/information/alumni/notable_alumni |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2016}}
  • David Meckler, professional ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=David Meckler – Yale Bulldogs |url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/meckler_david00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515225713/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/meckler_david00.html |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2013}}
  • Chuck Mercein (B.A. 1964), football player with the NFL's Giants, Packers, Redskins and Jets{{cite web|title=Chuck Mercein|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MercCh00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Wendell Mottley (B.A. 1964), Olympic medalist, and subsequently a government minister for Trinidad and Tobago{{cite web|title=Wendell Mottley|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/wendell-mottley-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/wendell-mottley-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Kate O'Neill (B.A. 2003), long distance runner, 2004 Summer Olympics competitor in 10,000 m{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Miye Oni, NBA player for Utah Jazz{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/onimi01.html|title=Miye Oni|publisher=Basketball-Reference.Com|access-date=November 9, 2019}}
  • Winthrop Palmer, silver medalist with the American hockey team in the 1932 Winter Olympics{{cite web|title=Winthrop Palmer|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/winthrop-palmer-jr-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062127/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/winthrop-palmer-jr-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Mike Pyle (B.A. 1960), professional football player selected for the Pro Bowl as a center for the Chicago Bears{{cite web|title=Mike Pyle|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PyleMi00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2014}}
  • Barney Reilly, Major League Baseball infielder{{cite web|title=Barney Reilly|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reillba01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball Reference.com|access-date=August 1, 2023}}
  • Renée Richards, former professional tennis player, captain of the 1954 men's team as Richard Raskind{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Renée Richards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,641868,00.html |access-date=May 14, 2018 |website=TheGuardian.com |publisher=The Observer}}
  • Mike Richter (B.A. 2006), former goaltender for the New York Rangers{{cite web|title=Mike Richter|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/richtmi01.html|publisher=Hockey Reference.com|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Ryan Max Riley, World Cup ski racer and two-time national champion on the US Ski Team{{cite web|title=Ryan Max Riley|url=http://www.universitiesnews.com/2014/08/08/harvard-university-one-of-the-most-prestigious-universities-in-the-world/|publisher=Universities News|access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822104730/http://www.universitiesnews.com/2014/08/08/harvard-university-one-of-the-most-prestigious-universities-in-the-world/|archive-date=August 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • John Rogan, former CFL quarterback{{cite web|title=John Rogan|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/john-rogan-1.html|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=May 19, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414073132/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/john-rogan-1.html|archive-date=April 14, 2014}}
  • Jeff Rohrer (B.A. 1981), football player with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys{{cite web|title=Jeff Rohrer|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RohrJe20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Don Schollander (B.A. 1968), swimmer, five-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist: 1964, 4 gold; 1968, 1 gold, 1 silver; one of the first inductees into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (1983){{cite web|title=Don Schollander|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/don-schollander-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/don-schollander-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Justin Sears, professional basketball player
  • George C. Sherman Jr., polo player{{cite web|title=George C. Sherman, Jr.|url=http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/sherman_george.htm|publisher=2002–2006 Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame|access-date=May 19, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216195421/http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/sherman_george.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2012}}
  • Frank Shorter (B.A. 1969), gold medal (1972) and silver medal (1976), Olympic marathon{{cite web|title=Frank Shorter|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/frank-shorter-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173717/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/frank-shorter-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Adam Snow, polo player, played varsity hockey and lacrosse at Yale against Harvard UniversityGwen Rizzo, [http://www.poloplayersedition.com/feature0103.html Dancing the Dance: Adam Snow joins the elite corps of 10-goal players, making it an even dozen.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092617/http://www.poloplayersedition.com/feature0103.html|date=March 4, 2016}}, Polo Players' Edition
  • John Spagnola (B.A. 1978), football player with the NFL's Eagles, Seahawks and Packers{{cite web|title=John Spagnola|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SpagJo00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Jeff Van Gundy (attended Yale College for his freshman year), head coach for the NBA's New York Knicks and Houston Rockets{{cite web|title=Jeff Van Gundy|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/vanguje99c.html|publisher=2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Ben Wanger, American-Israeli baseball pitcher, Team Israel
  • Anne Warner (B.A. 1976), first Yale College female undergraduate to win an Olympic medal (bronze, rowing)[http://www.yale.edu/rowing/lt_history.html Yale Crew History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310143734/http://www.yale.edu/rowing/lt_history.html|date=March 10, 2006}}. The Official Yale Crew Website, Yale University. Retrieved December 22, 2009.Rotella, Carlo. [http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_07/jacobson.html "Edge of Greatness"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012033335/http://yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_07/jacobson.html|date=October 12, 2012}}. Yale Alumni Magazine, July/August 2004. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  • Josh West (born 1977), British-American Olympic medalist rower and Earth Sciences professor{{cite web|title=Josh West|date=August 2008 |url=http://forward.com/articles/13880/it-s-what-you-always-dream-about-as-a-kid-/|publisher=2014, The Forward Association, Inc.|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Danny Wolf (born 2004), American-Israeli college basketball player for Yale and then for the Michigan Wolverines

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  • Frederick Barnard (B.A. 1828),[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ba/BarnardF.html Barnard entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101133116/http://www.bartleby.com/65/ba/BarnardF.html |date=2007-11-01 }} in the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition[http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/u_museum/Millington/barnardbio.htm Profile from] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060912015929/http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/u_museum/Millington/barnardbio.htm |date=2006-09-12 }} the University of Mississippi[https://archive.today/20120722075729/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013408 Barnard entry] at the Encyclopædia Britannica mathematician, educator, president (1856–58) and chancellor (1858–61) of the University of Mississippi, president (1864–89) of Columbia University, posthumous namesake of Barnard College, active in the founding of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Sciences
  • Isaac K. Beckes (Ph.D. 1943), president of Vincennes University, 1950–80
  • J. Seelye Bixler (Ph.D. 1924), 16th president of Colby College, 1960–79
  • Richard H. Brodhead (B.A. 1968),[http://www.carnegie.org/sub/news/3newtrustees.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811195310/http://www.carnegie.org/sub/news/3newtrustees.html |date=2006-08-11 }} from the Carnegie Corporation president of Duke University
  • Samuel Palmer Brooks, president of Baylor University, 1902–31
  • Aaron Burr Sr. (B.A. 1735),[http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/burr_aaron_sr.html Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720205901/http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/burr_aaron_sr.html |date=2019-07-20 }} from A Princeton Companion by Alexander Leitch second president of Princeton University, father of the third vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr
  • Michael T. Cahill (B.A. 1993), dean and president of Brooklyn Law School
  • Gerhard Casper (LL.B. 1962; honorary doctorate, 2000), ninth president of Stanford University, former provost at the University of Chicago, member of the Yale Corporation[http://www.weforum.org/en/KNContributors/index.htm?personid=20339 Profile]{{dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the official website of the World Economic Forum
  • Daniel Chamovitz, biologist, author of What a Plant Knows, and president of Ben Gurion University of the Negev{{cite web |url=https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/Pages/management/president.aspx |access-date=27 June 2019 |title=Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU President - Prof. Daniel Chamovitz |archive-date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613231029/http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/Pages/management/president.aspx |url-status=dead }}
  • William Chauvenet (B.A. 1840), Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1863–69)
  • Carol T. Christ (Ph.D. 1970), first female chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley{{cite web|title=Carol Christ named UC Berkeley chancellor-designate, pending regents' approval|url=http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/03/13/carol-christ-named-uc-berkeley-chancellor-designate-pending-regents-approval/|website=Berkeley News|publisher=UC Berkeley|access-date=8 June 2017|date=2017-03-13}}
  • Pinkhos Churgin (1894–1957), first president of Bar-Ilan University
  • Henry Roe Cloud, first full-blooded Native American to attend Yale, reformer, educator, president of Haskell Indian Nations University; first Native American member of a Yale secret society (Elihu)
  • Vincent Cooke, S.J., 23rd president of Canisius College (1993–2010){{cite news |first=Dale |last=Anderson |title=The Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, 81, 'visionary' Canisius president |url=http://buffalonews.com/2017/06/23/rev-vincent-m-cooke-81-visionary-canisius-president/ |work=The Buffalo News |date=2017-06-23 |access-date=2017-07-19}}
  • Oscar Henry Cooper, president of Baylor University 1899–1902, and of Simmons College, now known as Hardin-Simmons University, 1902–09
  • Raymond Culver, fourth president of Shimer College
  • Jonathan Dickinson (B.A. 1706, when Yale was still named the Collegiate School of Connecticut), founder of the College of New Jersey, later named Princeton University[http://www.bartleby.com/65/di/DicknsoJon.html Dickinson entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009004600/http://bartleby.com/65/di/DicknsoJon.html |date=2006-10-09 }} at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition[http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/dickinson_jonathan.html A Princeton Companion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901071826/http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/dickinson_jonathan.html |date=2006-09-01 }} by Alexander Leitch (1978): "Dickinson, Jonathan (1688–1747), Princeton's first President, died after only four and a half months in office and is chiefly remembered for having been the leader of the little group who, in his words, 'first concocted the plan and foundation of the College.' To him, 'more than to any other man, the College . . . owes its origin,' wrote Professor William A. Packard in The Princeton Book (1879)."
  • James Johnson Duderstadt (B.E. 1964), president of the University of Michigan"[http://milproj.ummu.umich.edu/home/biography.html Biographical Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060806141935/http://milproj.ummu.umich.edu/home/biography.html |date=2006-08-06 }}:

James Johnson Duderstadt" at the University of Michigan's "Millennium Project" website

  • Henry Durant (B.A. 1827), first president of the University of California (Berkeley)
  • Peter Tyrrell Flawn (Ph.D. 1951), geologist and former president of the University of Texas at Austin
  • Edward "Tad" Foote (B.A.), former president of the University of Miami
  • Thomas H. Gallaudet (B.A. 1805, M.A. 1810), educator for the deaf, co-founder and principal (1817–30) of the American School for the Deaf, namesake of Gallaudet University"[http://pr.gallaudet.edu/GallaudetHistory Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060810003020/http://pr.gallaudet.edu/gallaudethistory/ |date=2006-08-10 }}: The Legacy Begins (1787–1851)" at the official website of Gallaudet University
  • Thomas F. George (M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1970), chemist and current chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis{{Cite web|url=http://www.umsl.edu/chancellor/|title=Office of the Chancellor|website=umsl.edu}}
  • Daniel Coit Gilman (B.A. 1852), second president of the University of California (Berkeley); first president of Johns Hopkins University (1876–1901); first president of the Carnegie Institution[http://www.bartelby.com/65/gi/Gilman-D.html Entry] at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
  • William Rainey Harper (Ph.D. 1874), first president of the University of Chicago[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/Harper-W.html Entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226134346/http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/Harper-W.html |date=2006-02-26 }} at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
  • Robert Hess (1938–1994), president of Brooklyn College
  • Catharine Bond Hill (Ph.D. 1974), tenth president of Vassar College
  • Elliot Hirshman (1983), eighth president of San Diego State University
  • Jonathan Scott Holloway (Ph.D. 1995), 21st president of Rutgers University
  • Joseph Gibson Hoyt (B.A. 1840), first chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis{{cite web |url=http://chancellorsroom.wustl.edu/hoyt.htm |title=The Chancellors of Washington University in St. Louis |publisher=Chancellorsroom.wustl.edu |access-date=February 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724024009/http://chancellorsroom.wustl.edu/hoyt.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}
  • Robert M. Hutchins (B.A. 1921, LL.B 1925), president (1929–45) and chancellor (1945–51) of the University of Chicago[http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/hutchins-bio.html Entry] at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  • John Wesley Johnson (1862), first president of the University of OregonCorning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
  • Samuel Johnson (B.A. 1714, M.A. 1717), first president of Columbia University (then known as King's College), father of William Samuel Johnson, signer of the US Constitution and third president of Columbia College (Columbia University)
  • William Samuel Johnson (B.A. 1744, M.A. 1747), signer of the U.S. Constitution, third president of Columbia College (now Columbia University) and first US Senator from Connecticut
  • Joseph D. Kearney (1986), Dean at Marquette University Law School
  • Yamakawa Kenjirō (ca. 1876), founder of Kyūshū Institute of Technology[http://www.vcci.or.jp/vcci_e/member/katsudo/publish/kiso/kiso_071.html "Contribution Kenjiro Yamanaka and Meisenkai"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101205644/http://www.vcci.or.jp/vcci_e/member/katsudo/publish/kiso/kiso_071.html |date=2007-01-01 }} by Tasuku Takagi
  • John Kneller (M.A., 1948 and Ph.D. in French, 1950), English-American professor and fifth president of Brooklyn College{{Cite web|url=http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category_id=24&id=29473|title=Info Brooklyn History Real Estate :: Brooklyn Daily Eagle|website=50.56.218.160|access-date=2019-03-27|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101445/http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category_id=24&id=29473|url-status=dead}}
  • Aptullah Kuran (B.A.1952, M.A.1954), founder and first president (1971–79) of Boğaziçi University, IstanbulEssays in Honour of Aptullah Kuran, page 12, C.Kafescioglu & L.Senocak eds., Yapi Kredi Publishing, Istanbul, 1999
  • Ted Landsmark (B.A. 1973, J.D. 1973), president of Boston Architectural College (1997–2014){{cite web |url=http://www.the-bac.edu/x1014.xml |title=Boston Architectural College |publisher=The-bac.edu |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720060136/http://www.the-bac.edu/x1014.xml |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}
  • Anthony W. Marx (B.A. 1981),[http://www.amherst.edu/~president/bio.html Biographical profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005062343/http://www.amherst.edu/~president/bio.html |date=2006-10-05 }} from Amherst College{{cite news| url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/new-york-public-library-will-name-anthony-w-marx-as-new-president/?scp=1&sq=Anthony%20W.%20MArx&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first=Kate | last=Taylor | title=New York Public Library Will Name Anthony W. Marx as New President | date=October 5, 2010}} president (2003–11) of Amherst College
  • Mario Monti (M.Sc.), rector and then president of Bocconi University, Milan, Italy and Italian prime minister
  • Douglas M. North (B.A. 1962), president of Prescott College and Alaska Pacific University; head of The Albany Academies
  • G. Dennis O'Brien (B.A. 1952), former president of Bucknell University and the University of Rochester
  • Helen Parkhurst (M.A. 1943), progressive educator, created the Dalton Plan, founder of The Dalton School{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helen-Parkhurst|title=Helen Parkhurst {{!}} American educator|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}
  • Harris Pastides (MPH 1977, MPhil 1978, Ph.D. 1980), 29th president of the University of South Carolina
  • Ravi Rajan (M.Mus. 2000), 4th president of California Institute of the Arts
  • Aurelia Henry Reinhardt (Ph.D. 1905), president of Mills College (1916–43)
  • L. Song Richardson (JD), president of Colorado College (2021–present)
  • Andrew Sledd (Ph.D. 1903), first president of the University of Florida (1905–09); president of Southern University (1910–14); first Professor of New Testament Literature at Emory University's Candler School of Theology (1914–39)University of Florida, Past Presidents, [http://www.president.ufl.edu/pastPres/sledd.htm Andrew Sledd] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528042950/http://www.president.ufl.edu/pastPres/sledd.htm |date=2009-05-28 }}.
  • Frank Strong (Ph.D. 1897), third president of the University of Oregon and sixth chancellor of the University of Kansas Historical Register of Yale University, 1701–1937 (New Haven: Yale University, 1939), pp. 125, 498.
  • Charles Burt Sumner (B.A. 1862), founding trustee and de facto first president of Pomona College{{cite news|date=15 September 1928|title=Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1927–1928|pages=16–18|work=Bulletin of Yale University|url=https://docplayer.net/56861557-Obituary-record-of-yale-graduates.html|access-date=18 September 2020}}
  • Andrea Talentino (B.A.), ninth president of Augustana College{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Jonathan |date=2021-12-07 |title=Andrea Talentino named Augustana's next president, first woman in school's 161-year history |url=https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/andrea-talentino-named-augustanas-next-president-first-woman-in-schools-161-year-history/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=WHBF - OurQuadCities.com |language=en-US}}
  • Ambrose Tighe (B.A. 1879, M.A. 1891), co-founder of William Mitchell College of LawFrederick William Wells, "A History of the Class of '79, Yale College", 440.
  • Ella King Torrey (B.A. 1980), art historian, former president of San Francisco Art Institute{{Cite news |last=Woo |first=Elaine |date=2003-05-03 |title=Ella King Torrey, 45; Former S.F. Art Institute Leader, Fund-Raiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-ella-king-torrey/144664284/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=109 |via=Newspapers.com |issn=0458-3035 |quote=Torrey, who lived in the Potrero Hill section of San Francisco, apparently took her own life Wednesday}}{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |author-link=Roberta Smith |date=2003-05-03 |title=Ella King Torrey, 45, Scholar, Arts Advocate and Administrator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/03/arts/ella-king-torrey-45-scholar-arts-advocate-and-administrator.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
  • Eleazar Wheelock (B.A. 1733), founder of Dartmouth College[http://www.dartmouth.edu/home/about/history.html "A Brief History"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928043724/http://www.dartmouth.edu/home/about/history.html |date=September 28, 2010 }} from the official Dartmouth College website: "The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister from Connecticut, founded Dartmouth College in 1769."
  • Andrew Dickson White (B.A. 1853), co-founder and first president of Cornell University[http://www.bartleby.com/65/wh/White-An.html Entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829214524/http://bartleby.com/65/wh/White-An.html |date=2006-08-29 }} at the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition[http://www.cornell.edu/about/facts/stats.cfm "Facts about Cornell"] from the official Cornell University website: "Founded 1865 By Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White."
  • Menahem Yaari (born 1935), Israeli economist, S.A. Schonbrunn Professor of Mathematical Economics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, president of the Open University of Israel
  • Hagit Messer Yaron (born 1953), Israeli electrical engineer, businesswoman, and president of Open University of Israel

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Inventors and innovators

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Mathematics and computer science

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Law and politics

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= Presidents and vice presidents, royalty, other heads of state, prime ministers and ministers =

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  • Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (Ph.D. 1968), prime minister of the Republic of Yemen (1980–83, 1998–2001), and Foreign Minister (1993–98){{cite web |url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/abdulkarim_al_eryani |title=Abdulkarim Al-Eryani | Club de Madrid |publisher=Clubmadrid.org |date=October 12, 1934 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107194735/http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/abdulkarim_al_eryani |archive-date=2010-11-07 |url-status=dead }}
  • Olympia Bonaparte, Princess Napoléon, consort of Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/prince-jean-christophe-napoleon-bonaparte-20653588|title=Princess Beatrice leads famous guests at Napoleon's descendant's royal wedding|first=Emmeline|last=Saunders|date=October 19, 2019|website=mirror}}
  • George H. W. Bush (B.A. 1948), president of the United States (1989–93), Vice President of the United States (1981–89), member of the House of Representatives (R-Texas) (1967–71), played baseball while attending and was on the 1947 and 1948 College World Series runner-up teams[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001166 Biographical entry] from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  • George W. Bush (B.A. 1968), president of the United States (2001–09), Governor of Texas (1995–2000)[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/president/gwbbio.html Biographical profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917031843/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/president/gwbbio.html |date=2009-09-17 }} from the White House
  • John C. Calhoun (B.A. 1804), seventh vice president of the United States, for two different presidents, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; Senator; Member of the House of Representatives; Secretary of State in the Tyler presidential administration[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000044 Biographical information] from the Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress
  • Karl Carstens (L.L.M. 1949), fifth president of Germany (1979–84)[http://www.bundespraesident.de/-,11065/Karl-Carstens.htm Biographical entry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813075440/http://www.bundespraesident.de/-,11065/Karl-Carstens.htm |date=2006-08-13 }} at the official Bundespraesident website.
  • Dick Cheney (Class of 1963), vice president of the United States (2001–09)[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000344 Biographical information] from the Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress
  • Tansu Çiller (Postdoctoral Fellow), prime minister of Turkey (1993–96)[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tansu-Ciller Biographical entry] from the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Bill Clinton (J.D. 1973), president of the United States (1993–2001), governor of Arkansas (1979–81, 1983–92)[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html Biographical profile] from the White House
  • Kristrún Frostadóttir (M.A. 2016), prime minister of Iceland (2024–present)[https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=1417 Kristrún Frostadóttir - Æviágrip]
  • Gerald Ford (LL.B. 1941), president of the United States (1974–77), vice president of the United States (1973–74), member of the House of Representatives[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000260 Biographical entry] from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  • Jiang Yi-huah, Premier of the Republic of China (2012–13)
  • Stavros Lambrinidis (J.D. 1988), vice president of the European Parliament (2009–11), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece (2011)
  • José P. Laurel, president of the Philippines in World War II
  • Salvador H. Laurel (LL.M 1953) (J.S.D.1960), vice president of the Philippines (1986–92)
  • Lee Hong-koo (Ph.D. 1968), prime minister of South Korea (1994–95)
  • Mario Monti (M.Sc. 1968), prime minister of Italy (2011–13)
  • Wendell Mottley (B.A. 1964), Olympic medalist and subsequently a government of Trinidad and Tobago minister
  • Peter Mutharika (LL.M. 1966, J.S.D. 1969), 5th president of Malawi
  • Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky, prince, aristocrat, financier, grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/ivan-obolensky-obituary?id=8197416 IVAN OBOLENSKY Obituary], New York Times on Jan. 31, 2019.
  • Jovito R. Salonga (J.S.D.1949), senator of the Philippines (1965–72) (1987–92)
  • William Howard Taft (B.A. 1878, honorary LL.D. 1893), 27th President of the United States (1909–13), 10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–30)[http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2331 Biographical entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829075921/http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2331 |date=2006-08-29 }} at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  • JD Vance (J.D. 2013), vice president of the United States (2025–present), U.S. senator (R-Ohio, 2023–25){{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000137|title=J.D. Vance|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=January 8, 2025}}
  • Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden of the House of Bernadotte (Class of 2000, attended for two years){{Cite web|url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_03/special_students.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114042055/http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_03/special_students.html|url-status=dead|title=Yale Alumni Magazine, March 2002, accessed August 13, 2011.|archive-date=November 14, 2012}}
  • Valdis Zatlers, president of Latvia (2007–11)
  • Ernesto Zedillo (Ph.D. 1981), president of Mexico (1994–2000)[https://archive.today/20120722192753/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002207 Biographical entry] at the Encyclopædia Britannica

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= Supreme Court justices =

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Information can be verified through the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges.{{Cite web |url=http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf |title=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges |access-date=2006-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615193127/http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf |archive-date=2006-06-15 |url-status=dead }}

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  • Samuel Alito (J.D. 1975), Supreme Court justice (2006–present)
  • Henry Baldwin (1797), Supreme Court justice (1830–44)
  • David J. Brewer (1856), Supreme Court justice (1889–1910)
  • Henry Billings Brown (1856, and law study, LL.D. 1891), Supreme Court justice (1891–1906)
  • David Davis (Law 1835), Supreme Court justice (1862–77)
  • Oliver Ellsworth (Class of 1766),{{Cite web|url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/ellsworth_oliver.html|title=Ellsworth, Oliver|website=etcweb.princeton.edu|access-date=2006-08-01|archive-date=2006-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901063817/http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/ellsworth_oliver.html|url-status=dead}} Supreme Court justice (1796–1800)
  • Abe Fortas (Law 1933), Supreme Court justice (1965–69)
  • Brett Kavanaugh (J.D 1990), Supreme Court justice (2018–present)
  • Sherman Minton (YLS one-year degree, 1917), Supreme Court justice (1949–56)
  • George Shiras Jr. (1853), Supreme Court justice (1892–1903)
  • Sonia Sotomayor (J.D. 1979), Supreme Court justice (2009–present)
  • Potter Stewart (1937, Law 1941), Supreme Court justice (1958–81)
  • William Strong (1828, GRD 1831, briefly attended YLS), Supreme Court justice (1870–80)
  • William Howard Taft (B.A. 1878, LL.D. 1893), 27th President of the United States (1909–13), 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30)
  • Clarence Thomas (J.D. 1974), Supreme Court justice (1991–present)
  • Morrison R. Waite (1837), Chief Justice of the United States (1874–88)
  • Byron White (Law 1946), Supreme Court justice (1962–93)
  • William B. Woods (1845), Supreme Court justice (1881–87)

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= U.S. senators =

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Information can be verified at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/|title=Bioguide Search|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}

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  • Alva B. Adams (1896), U.S. senator (D-Colorado, 1923–24, 1932–41){{cite encyclopedia|title=Alva B. Adams|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000028|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • John Ashcroft (B.A. 1964 cum laude), U.S. attorney general (2001–05), U.S. senator (R-Missouri, 1995–2001), governor of Missouri (1985–93){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Ashcroft|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000356|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Abraham Baldwin (B.A. 1772), U.S. representative (1789–99), U.S. senator (1799–1807); author of the charter for, and president of, the University of Georgia (1786–1801){{cite encyclopedia|title=Abraham Baldwin|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000084|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Roger Sherman Baldwin (B.A. 1811), governor of Connecticut (1844–46), U.S. senator (Whig-Connecticut, 1847–51){{cite encyclopedia|title=Roger Sherman Baldwin|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000096|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • John Beall (B.A. 1950), U.S. senator (R-Maryland, 1971–76){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Glenn Beall, Jr|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000272|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Michael Bennet (J.D. 1993), U.S. senator (D-Colorado, 2009–){{cite encyclopedia|title=Michael Bennet|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001267|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Hiram Bingham III (1898), governor of Connecticut (1925), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1924–33); explorer who rediscovered the lost city of Machu Picchu, Peru; said to be the inspiration behind the fictional character Indiana Jones{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hiram Bingham III|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000470|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Richard Blumenthal (J.D. 1973), U.S. senator (D-Connecticut, 2011–){{cite encyclopedia|title=Richard Blumenthal|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001277|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Cory Booker (J.D. 1997), U.S. senator (D-New Jersey, 2013–), former mayor of Newark{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001288|title=Cory Booker|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=January 8, 2025}}
  • David Boren (B.A. 1963), governor of Oklahoma (1975–79), U.S. senator (D-Oklahoma, 1979–94), president of University of Oklahoma{{cite encyclopedia|title=David Boren|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000639|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Stephen R. Bradley (B.A. 1775, M.A. 1778), U.S. senator (Democratic-Republican Party), Vermont, 1801–13{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stephen R. Bradley|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000745|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Nicholas F. Brady (B.A. 1952), U.S. senator (R-New Jersey, 1982){{cite encyclopedia|title=Nicholas F. Brady|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000756|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • Sherrod Brown (B.A. 1974), U.S. representative (1993–2007), U.S. senator (D-Ohio, 2007–2025){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sherrod Brown|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000944|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 19, 2014}}
  • James L. Buckley (B.A. 1943, Law 1949), U.S. senator (C-New York, 1971–77); president of Radio Free Europe, 1982–85; federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) (1985–96){{cite encyclopedia|title=James L. Buckley|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b001026|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Prescott Bush (B.A. 1917), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1953–63), father of George H. W. Bush, grandfather to George W. Bush{{cite encyclopedia|title=Prescott Bush|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b001167|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • John Chafee (B.A. 1947), governor of Rhode Island (1962–69), secretary of the navy (1969–72), U.S. senator (R–Rhode Island, 1976–99){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Chafee|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000269|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • John M. Clayton (1815), secretary of state in the Taylor administration, U.S. senator (AJ–Delaware, 1829–36; W-Delaware, 1845–49; O-Delaware 1853–56){{cite encyclopedia|title=John M. Clayton|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000496|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Hillary Clinton (J.D. 1973), U.S. senator (D-New York (2001–09){{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001041|title=Hillary Clinton|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=January 8, 2025}}
  • LeBaron Colt (B.A. 1868), U.S. senator (R-Rhode Island, 1913–24){{cite encyclopedia|title=LeBaron Colt|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000651|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Chris Coons (J.D./M.A.), U.S. senator (D-Delaware, 2010–){{cite encyclopedia|title=Chris Coons|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001088|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • David Daggett (1783), U.S. senator (F-Connecticut, 1813–19){{cite encyclopedia|title=David Daggett|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000002|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • John Danforth (J.D. DIV 1963), U.S senator (R-Missouri, 1976–95){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Danforth|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000030|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • David Davis (Law 1835), appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court by Lincoln (1862–77); U.S. senator (I-Illinois, 1877–83){{cite encyclopedia|title=David Davis|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • John Davis (1787–1854), U.S. senator (W/NR-Massachusetts, 1835–41 and 1845–53){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Davis|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000117|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Henry L. Dawes (1839), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1875–93){{cite encyclopedia|title=Henry L. Dawes|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000148|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Mark Dayton (B.A. 1969), U.S. senator (D-Minnesota, 2001–07){{cite encyclopedia|title=Mark Dayton|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000596|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Fred Dubois (B.A. 1872), U.S. senator (R-Idaho, 1891–97; D-Idaho, 1901–07){{cite encyclopedia|title=Fred Dubois|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000509|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • William M. Evarts (1837), secretary of state under Hayes, U.S. senator (R-New York, 1885–91){{cite encyclopedia|title=William M. Evarts|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Gary Hart (DIV 1961, LLB 1964), U.S. senator (D-Colorado, 1975–87){{cite encyclopedia|title=Gary Hart|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=h000287|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • John Heinz (B.A. 1960), U.S. senator (R-Pennsylvania){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Heinz|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000456|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773), U.S. senator (F-Connecticut, 1796–1810){{cite encyclopedia|title=James Hillhouse|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=h000618|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • James Jeffords (B.A. 1956), U.S. senator (I-Vermont, 1989–2007)
  • William Samuel Johnson (B.A. 1744, M.A. 1747), United States Founding Father, member of the Continental Congress (1785–1787), delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, president (1787–1800) of Columbia University (he was its first president under its new name of Columbia College; his father was the first president of the institution when it was known as King's College), U.S. senator (Connecticut, 1789–1791){{cite encyclopedia|title=William Samuel Johnson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000182|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • John Kean (1852–1914), U.S. senator (R-New Jersey){{cite encyclopedia|title=John Kean|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000028|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • Amy Klobuchar (B.A. 1982), U.S. senator (D-Minnesota, 2007–){{cite encyclopedia|title=Amy Klobuchar|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000367|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 20, 2014}}
  • James Lanman (1788), U.S. senator (D-Connecticut, 1819–25){{cite encyclopedia|title=James Lanman|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=l000083|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Joseph Lieberman (B.A. 1964, J.D. 1967), U.S. senator (I-Connecticut, 1989–2013){{cite encyclopedia|title=Joseph Lieberman|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=l000304|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Joseph Medill McCormick (1900), U.S. Senate 1919–24, publisher, Chicago Tribune{{cite encyclopedia|title=Joseph Medill McCormick|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000369|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Return J. Meigs Jr. (B.A. 1785), U.S. senator (DR–Ohio, 1808–10), 4th governor of Ohio (1810–14), 8th U.S. postmaster general (1814–23); namesake of Meigs County, Ohio{{cite encyclopedia|title=Return J. Meigs, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000633|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Henry Mitchell (1804), U.S. representative (Jacksonian-New York, 1833–35){{cite encyclopedia|title=Henry Mitchell|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000813|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Thurston Morton (B.A. 1929), U.S. senator (R-Kentucky, 1957–68){{cite encyclopedia|title=Thurston Morton|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001022|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Bill Nelson (B.A. 1965), U.S. representative (D-Florida, 1979–91), astronaut (STS-61-C, 1986), U.S. senator (D-Florida, 2001–19){{cite encyclopedia|title=Bill Nelson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=n000032|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Truman Newberry, U.S. senator (R-Michigan, 1919–22), secretary of the navy 1908–09{{cite encyclopedia|title=Truman Newberry|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=n000062|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Francis Newlands (ca. 1859), U.S. senator (D-Nevada, 1903–17){{cite encyclopedia|title=Francis Newlands|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • William Proxmire (B.A. 1948), U.S. senator (D-Wisconsin, 1957–89){{cite encyclopedia|title=William Proxmire|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=p000553|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Ben Sasse (Ph.D. 2004), U.S. senator (R-Nebraska, 2014–)
  • Arlen Specter (LL.B. 1956), U.S. senator (D-Pennsylvania, 1981–2011){{cite encyclopedia|title=Arlen Specter|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000709|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Stuart Symington (B.A. 1923), United States Secretary of the Air Force, U.S. senator (D-Missouri, 1953–76){{cite encyclopedia|title=Stuart Symington|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001136|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Robert A. Taft (B.A. 1910), U.S. senator (R-Ohio, 1939–53){{cite encyclopedia|title=Robert Taft|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000009|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Robert Taft Jr. (B.A. 1939), U.S. representative (R-Ohio, 1963–64, 1967–70), U.S. senator (R-Ohio, 1971–76){{cite encyclopedia|title=Robert Taft, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000010|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • John V. Tunney (B.A. 1956), U.S. representative (D-California, 1965–70), U.S. senator (D-California, 1971–77); inspiration for Robert Redford's character in the film The Candidate{{cite encyclopedia|title=John V. Tunney|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Frederic Walcott (1891), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1929–35){{cite encyclopedia|title=Frederic Walcott|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000032|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • John Wales (B.A. 1801), U.S. senator (W-Delaware, 1849–51); co-founder of Delaware College{{cite encyclopedia|title=John Wales|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000043|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Malcolm Wallop (B.A. 1954), U.S. senator (R-Wyoming, 1977–95){{cite encyclopedia|title=Malcolm Wallop|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000092|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Lowell Weicker (B.A. 1953), U.S. representative (R-Connecticut, 1968–71), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1971–89), governor of Connecticut (1990–94)[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000253 Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr.], Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (B.A. 1978), U.S. senator (D-Rhode Island, 2006–){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sheldon Whitehouse|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000802|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}
  • Pete Wilson (B.A. 1956), U.S. senator (R-California, 1983–91), governor of California 1991–99{{cite encyclopedia|title=Pete Wilson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000607|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=May 21, 2014}}

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= Other legislators =

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  • Joel M. Acker (1836), Mississippi state senator (1846, 1854–1856), Mississippi State House (1840–1844, 1865–1866)
  • Richard S. Aldrich (B.A. 1906), U.S. representative, R-Rhode Island{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000084|title=ALDRICH, Richard Steere (1884–1941)|dictionary = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= April 8, 2014}}
  • William L. Borden (B.A. 1942, J.D. 1947), executive director of United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1949–53
  • Carolyn Bourdeaux (B.A. 1992), U.S. representative, D-Georgia (2021–23)
  • Winfield S. Braddock, Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Edwin Corning Jr. (B.A. 1942), New York State Assembly{{cite news |date=February 1, 1964 |title=Brother of Albany Mayor Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/56253959/ |work=The Times Record |location=Troy, NY |page=5 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Brother of Albany Mayor Dies"}}}}
  • Parker Corning (B.A. 1895), U.S. representative, D-New York{{cite book |date=1944 |title=Bulletin of Yale University: Obituary Record, 1943–43 |url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1942-43.pdf |location=New Haven, CT |publisher=Yale University |pages=46–47}}
  • Lawrence Coughlin, Republican representative from Pennsylvania, 1969–91
  • Nelson Antonio Denis (J.D., 1980), New York state assemblyman
  • Ron DeSantis (B.A., 2001), Republican representative from Florida (2013–18), governor of Florida
  • Charles S. Dewey, Republican representative from Illinois (1941–42)
  • Jerome F. Donovan (Law 1894), U.S. representative, D-New York (1918–21)
  • E. D. Estilette (B.A. 1857), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1876; state district court judge in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Estilette&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1157&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=132675965&df=all&|title=Edmond Ducre Estilette|publisher=Gulf Publishing Company: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical Biographical Section|pages=35–36|author=William Henry Perrin|date=1891|access-date=March 7, 2015}}
  • Porter J. Goss, U.S. representative, R-FL, 1989–2004, and director of CIA
  • Anne P. Graham (M.S. 1986), Maine House of Representatives{{Cite web |title=Anne Graham |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Anne_Graham |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
  • George Hambrecht (LL.B. 1904), Wisconsin State Assembly (1909–10, 1915)
  • Ro Khanna (J.D. 2001), U.S. representative, D-California (2017–present)
  • Roland Kotani, member of Hawaii State House of Representatives
  • Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (B.A. 2012), Alaska House of Representatives (2013–)
  • Sheila Jackson Lee (B.A. 1972), U.S. representative, D-Texas
  • Philip Livingston (B.A. 1737), delegate and signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York, state senator
  • Dwight Loomis (1847), U.S. representative from Connecticut (1859–63)
  • Seth Magaziner (M.B.A. 2010), U.S. representative, D-Rhode Island (2023–present)
  • Samuel Augustus Maverick (B.A. 1828), member of the Texas State Senate, namesake for eponym "maverick"
  • Edward Ralph May (1838), sole delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1850 to support African American suffrage
  • David M. McIntosh (B.A. 1980), U.S. representative, R-Indiana (1994–2001)
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton (M.A. 1963, LL.B. 1964), non-voting congressional delegate for District of Columbia (1991–)
  • Hugh Q. Parmer (B.A. 1961), Democratic member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature, 1963–65 and 1983–91; mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, 1977–79
  • Katie Porter (B.A. 1996), U.S. representative, D-California (2019–present)
  • William S. Reyburn, Republican representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–13
  • Carlos Romero Barceló (B.A. 1953), U.S. representative (Resident commissioner), D-Puerto Rico (1993–2000), governor of Puerto Rico (1977–85)
  • Daniel Sayre (B.A. 1985), Maine state representative{{Cite web |title=Representative Daniel Sayre |url=https://legislature.maine.gov/housedems/sayre/index.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=legislature.maine.gov}}
  • Joe Sempolinski (M.A. 2006, M.Phil. 2008), U.S. representative, R-New York, 2022-23
  • Brinley D. Sleight (B.A. 1858), New York State Assembly
  • Gerry Studds (B.A. 1959, M.A. 1961), U.S. representative, D-Massachusetts, 1973–97
  • Richard Swett (B.A. 1979), U.S. representative, D-New Hampshire, 1991–95

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= Governors, mayors, other city and state officials =

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= Cabinet members, chairpersons/administrators and advisers =

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= Judges and attorneys =

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= Activists =

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= Political commentators =

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  • John P. Avlon (B.A. 1996), author, political commentator, CNN Senior Political Analyst and former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast{{cite web | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/style/margaret-hoover-john-avlon-post-partisan-marriage.html | title =Margaret Hoover and John Avlon on their Post-Partisan Marriage | last =Green | first =Penelope | date =July 11, 2018 | website =The New York Times | access-date =September 8, 2018 | quote =He avoided Washington after Yale, and went to work for Mr. Giuliani because he believed that he could be more effective in city politics. }}{{cite web | url = https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2004/09/16/editor-bemoans-u-s-political-polarization/ | title =Editor bemoans U.S. political polarization | last =Callie | first =Siskel | date =September 16, 2004 | website =yaledailynews.com | publisher =Yale Daily News | access-date =November 30, 2021 | quote =With the imminent presidential election and the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks just four days past, newspaper editor and former speechwriter John Avlon ’96 gave a timely speech to about 25 students on centrism in politics at a Calhoun College Master’s Tea yesterday. }}
  • Christopher Buckley (B.A. 1975), political pundit, columnist, author of Thank You for Smoking
  • William F. Buckley (B.A. 1950), political pundit, founder of the National Review, host of public affairs television show Firing Line
  • David Gergen (B.A. 1963), political pundit, worked as an advisor for the Republican and Democratic presidential administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
  • Michael J. Knowles (B.A. 2012), political pundit, author ofSpeechless, host of political podcast on The Daily Wire
  • Andrés Martinez (B.A. 1988), editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times
  • Marvin Olasky (B.A. 1971), editor-in-chief of WORLD magazine
  • Kenneth M. Pollack (B.A. 1988), Middle East expert, author, fellow of the Brookings Institution
  • Gideon Rose (B.A. 1985), author, editor-in-chief of Foreign Affairs
  • Sean Trende (B.A. 1995), Senior Elections Analyst for RealClearPolitics, co-author of The Almanac of American Politics
  • Fareed Zakaria (B.A. 1986), political pundit, author, host of public affairs show Foreign Exchange

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= Other =

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Military

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Religion

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History, literature, and journalism

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Musicians and composers

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  • Marin Alsop (1973–75, transferred to Juilliard), conductor and music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • June Anderson (B.A. 1974), soprano
  • Eric Banks (B.A. 1990), composer
  • Jane Ira Bloom (B.A. 1976, Yale Music School 1977), soprano saxophonist
  • Robert Bloom, professor of Oboe, Yale School of Music (1957–76)
  • Carter Brey, principal cellist for the New York Philharmonic
  • Robert Carl, composer and chair of the Composition Department at the Hartt School
  • Rachel Cheung (M.Mus. 2013), Hong Kong pianist
  • Jonathan Coulton (B.A. 1992), musician, internet celebrity
  • Dominick DiOrio (M.M. 2008, D.M.A. 2012), conductor, composer, professor of choral conducting at the Jacobs School of Music, director of NOTUS
  • Eliot Fisk (1972–76), classical guitar virtuoso
  • Jack Glatzer (B.A. 1960), concert violinist
  • Michael Gore (B.A. 1973), Academy Award-winning composer
  • Adam Guettel (B.A. 1987), Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist
  • Walter Hekster (M.Mus. 1963), composer, clarinetist and conductor
  • Mark Helias (M.Mus. 1976), bassist and composer
  • Lisa Hopkins (B.A. 2001), opera singer and Tony Award winner
  • Charles Ives (B.A. 1898), composer, classical music
  • Vijay Iyer (B.S. 1991), 2013 MacArthur Fellow, jazz pianist and composer
  • Ranidu Lankage (B.A. 2005), Sinhalese R&B and hip-hop artist
  • Fan Lei (M.Mus. 1992), clarinetist, pedagogue, adjudicator, founder and artistic director of numerous international music festivals and competitions
  • Mitch Leigh (B.A 1951, M.Mus. 1952), composer, producer Man of La Mancha, "To Dream the Impossible Dream"
  • Gilbert Levine (M.A. 1972), conductor
  • George E. Lewis (B.A. 1974), trombonist and composer
  • David Longstreth, songwriter, singer, guitarist for the Dirty Projectors{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/arts/music/07sisa.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | title=The Experimental, Led by the Obsessive | first=Ben | last=Sisario | date=June 7, 2009 | access-date=March 31, 2010}}
  • Robert Lopez (B.A. 1997), co-creator of the Broadway musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon and winner of three Tony Awards
  • Alvin Lucier (B.A. 1954), experimental composer
  • John Mauceri (B.A. 1967), conductor and scholar
  • Susan Merdinger (B.A. 1983), concert pianist, music educator
  • Douglas Moore (B.A. 1915, B.M 1917), composer
  • Nerissa Nields (B.A. 1989), of the band The Nields
  • Kevin Olusola (B.A. 2011), beatboxer, cellist, singer, songwriter, Grammy-winning member of Pentatonix
  • Johann Sebastian Paetsch (M.M. 1987), musician and cellist
  • Cole Porter (B.A. 1913), composer
  • Pras (Michél), Grammy Award-winning rapper, member of hip-hop trio The Fugees
  • Ravi Rajan (M.Mus. 2000), musician, artist, college president
  • André Raphel, conductor of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
  • Root Boy Slim, real name Foster MacKenzie III (B.A. 1967), lyricist and blues musician
  • Kurt Hugo Schneider (B.A. 2010), YouTube sensation, music producer, and filmmaker
  • Caroline Shaw (M.Mus. 2007), composer, violinist, and singer
  • Chad Shelton (M.A. 1997), operatic tenor
  • Sam Tsui (B.A. 2011), YouTube sensation, singer{{Cite web|url=http://dukesmen.com/index.php?id=3#16|title=Meet The Duke's Men|website=The Duke's Men|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329080032/http://dukesmen.com/index.php?id=3#16|archive-date=March 29, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2020}}
  • Rudy Vallée (B.A. 1927), singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer{{cite web | url = http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_11/old_yale.html | title = Rudy Vallée, The First Crooner | access-date = July 12, 2010 | last = Schiff | first = Judith Ann | date = November 2002 | work = Yale Alumni Magazine | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611202648/http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_11/old_yale.html | archive-date = 2011-06-11 | url-status = dead }}
  • Maury Yeston (B.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1974), composer, lyricist, musicologist, Tony Awards for Nine and Titanic
  • Terence Yung (Course Certificate 2022),{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/YEHJ5VV4MHQP |website=Coursera |access-date=17 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/TYCNWVXAYDMT |website=Coursera |access-date=17 June 2023}} concert pianist

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Nobel laureates

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Social sciences

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Technologists

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Television

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Theatre

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  • Clare Barron (B.A. 2008), Pulitzer Prize finalist for Dance Nation
  • Victoria Clark (B.A. 1982), Tony Award for Best Lead Actress for The Light in The Piazza
  • Ali Ewoldt (B.A. in Psychology), first Asian-American Christine in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
  • Mimi Lien (B.A. 1997), Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/939/|title=Mimi Lien – MacArthur Foundation|website=macfound.org}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/theater/tony-winners-list.html|title=2017 Tony Awards Winners|first=Compiled by Andrew R.|last=Chow|date=June 11, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Michael P. Price (M.F.A. 1963), theatre producer and longest-serving artistic director in American theatre, Executive Director of Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals
  • Andy Sandberg (B.A. 2005/06), Tony Award-winning producer of Hair, 2009
  • Ted Sperling (B.A. 1982), Tony Award for orchestration

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Others

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= Life sciences and medicine =

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= Mathematics =

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Heads of Collegiate School, Yale College, and Yale University

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Rectors of Yale CollegeBirth–deathYears as rector
1Rev. Abraham Pierson1641–17071701–07 Collegiate School
2Rev. Samuel Andrew1656–17381707–19 (pro tempore)
3Rev. Timothy Cutler1684–17651719–26; 1718/9: renamed Yale College
4Rev. Elisha Williams1694–17551726–39
5Rev. Thomas Clap1703–17671740–45

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Presidents of Yale CollegeBirth–deathYears as president
5Rev. Thomas Clap1703–17671745–66
6Rev. Naphtali Daggett1727–17801766–77 (pro tempore)
7Rev. Ezra Stiles1727–17951778–95
8Timothy Dwight IV1752–1811795–1817
9Jeremiah Day1773–18671817–46
10Theodore Dwight Woolsey1801–18991846–71
11Noah Porter III1811–18921871–86
12Timothy Dwight V1828–19161886–99; 1887: renamed Yale University
13Arthur Twining Hadley1856–19301899–1921
14James Rowland Angell1869–19491921–37
15Charles Seymour1885–19631937–51
16Alfred Whitney Griswold1906–19631951–63
17Kingman Brewster Jr.1919–19881963–77
18Hanna Holborn Gray1930–1977–78 (acting)
19A. Bartlett Giamatti1938–19891978–86
20Benno C. Schmidt Jr.1942–1986–92
21Howard R. Lamar1923–1992–93 (acting)
22Richard C. Levin1947–1993–2013
23Peter Salovey1958–2013–

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