List of George Washington University alumni

This list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including a recent U.S. attorney general, four heads of state or government, CEOs of major corporations, scientists, Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows, Olympic athletes, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, royalty, and Time 100 notables.

Academia and education

Clinton E. Adams, president of Rocky Vista University
Myron Augsburger, president of Eastern Mennonite University
George F. Baughman, president of the New College of Florida
Derek Curtis Bok, president of Harvard University
Sissela Bok, professor of philosophy at Brandeis University
Walter M. Bortz III, president of Hampden–Sydney College
Lisa Bowleg, professor of Applied Social Psychology
Curley Byrd, president of University of Maryland, College Park
Preston Cloud, geologist and faculty of Harvard University, University of Minnesota, University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Santa Barbara
Lotus Coffman, president of the University of Minnesota
Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University
William Carey Crane, president of Baylor University
Jack Edmonds, computer scientist, faculty of the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics
William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis
John T. Fey, president of the University of Vermont and the University of Wyoming
H. Edward Flentje, president of Emporia State University
Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University
William Halal, professor emeritus of management, technology and innovation at George Washington University
Andrew Hartman, professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University
Todd B. Hawley, founder of the International Space University
Brooks Hays, professor at Rutgers University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and institute director at Wake Forest University
Ricardo Jaar, president of the University of San Pedro Sula
Michael Kammen, professor in the Cornell University Department of History; winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for History
Ellyn Kaschak, 1968, emeritus professor of psychology, Ohio State University
Mark Kennedy, president of University of North Dakota
Joseph E. B. Lumbard, Islamic scholar and professor at The American University of Sharjah
Floretta Dukes McKenzie, superintendent of District of Columbia Public Schools, Chief State School Officer of the District of Columbia
Gustavo A. Mellander, president of Passaic College, Mission College; chancellor of Inter American University, West Valley and Mission College District; graduate dean emeritus, George Mason University; member of New Jersey State Board of Education
Gail Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College
Cynthia H. Milligan, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Maurice F. Neufeld, professor emeritus, Cornell University
Martha Lucas Pate, president of Sweet Briar College
Roger Pilon, vice president of the Cato Institute
Carolynn Reid-Wallace, president of Fisk University; assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education
Charles P. Roland (did not graduate), history professor emeritus of the University of Kentucky^[1]
John R. Ryan, chancellor of the State University of New York and superintendent of United States Naval Academy
Robert Ryland, president of the University of Richmond
Peter Schweizer, president of Government Accountability Institute
Portia Holmes Shields, president of Albany State University, interim president of Tennessee State University
Gary Sick, Middle East analyst and academic at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Morris G. Steen Jr., president of North Florida Community College
Thomas B. Symons, president of University of Maryland, College Park
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, historian and faculty member of Morgan State University^[2]
Henry Holcombe Tucker, president of the University of Georgia
Ernest L. Wilkinson, president of Brigham Young University
Arthur Cutts Willard, president of the University of Illinois system
Gregory H. Williams, president of the University of Cincinnati and the City College of New York
John T. Wilson, president of the University of Chicago
Meyrav Wurmser, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and the US Naval Academy
Irvin D. Yalom, existential psychiatrist and emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University
Michael K. Young, president of Texas A&M University, the University of Washington, and the University of Utah
Melinda Zook, Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor of History at Purdue University

Museums and libraries

Jessie G. Beach, paleontologist with the Smithsonian Institution's department of paleobiology^[3]
Lindsay Chervinsky, presidential historian; executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
Bettye Collier-Thomas, founder of Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum and National Archives for Black Women's History
Elizabeth B. Drewry (BA, MA), archivist, National Archives and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

Activism and nonprofits

Rita Banerji, gender activist
Henry Berg-Brousseau, transgender rights activist
Roslyn Brock, chairman of the NAACP
Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush, political activist
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, civil rights activist
Kraisak Choonhavan, Thai human rights activist
Richard Cizik, environmental activist
David A. Clarke, civil rights activist
Watson Davis, science education activist
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch
Jason Franklin, urban policy activist
Marc Garlasco, senior military expert for Human Rights Watch
Margery E. Goldberg, public arts activist
Mildred Harnack, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany who was beheaded by the Gestapo
Jane Briggs Hart, anti-war activist
Jeanne Henriquez, women's rights activist
Ida Hinman, suffragette and feminist activist
Jonathan D. Katz (BA '81), founder of Queer Nation
Kivutha Kibwana, Kenyan human rights activist
Brittany Lewis, domestic violence activist
Ángel Lozada, HIV activist
Bari Lurie, chief of staff at the Clinton Foundation
Ellen Malcolm, founder and president of EMILYs List
Kati Marton, chairwoman of the International Women's Health Coalition
Stephanie K. Meeks, CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Mona Al Munajjed, sociologist who started Activating the Role of Women's Welfare Associations in Saudi Arabia
Alex Pacheco, co-founder and Chairman of PETA
Amien Rais, leader of the Indonesian reform movement
Zohra Rasekh, doctor and women's rights activist
Arlene Raven, feminist activist
Nikolas Schiller, cannabis reform activist
Mercedes Schlapp, Tea Party movement activist
Paul Shapiro, vice president of the Humane Society of the United States
Omega Silva, universal health care activist
Kim A. Snyder, chronic fatigue syndrome activist
A. L. Steiner, co-founder of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.)
Marc Tucker, founder and president of the National Center on Education and the Economy
Wong Chin Foo, Chinese-American activist
Raul Yzaguirre, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza

Art and architecture

Patricia Altschul, socialite and art collector
Reem Bassous, visual artist
Ned Bittinger, portrait painter and illustrator
Irvin Bomb, artist
Christopher Pearse Cranch, artist and writer
Alfred McAdams, painter
Nikolas Schiller, creator of Geospatial art and abstract fantasy maps
John Appleton Wilson, architect

Business

Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics
Anousheh Ansari (M.S. 1992), chairwoman and co-founder of Prodea Systems; CEO of the X Prize Foundation
Ronald S. Baron, mutual fund manager and founder of Baron Capital
Kaushik Basu, chief economist of the World Bank
Michael Beckerman, CEO of the Internet Association
Dan Berger, president and CEO of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions
James C. Boland, vice chairman of Ernst & Young
Jennifer Boykin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding^[4] and vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries^[5]^[6]
General John T. Chain Jr., director at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Henry Cisneros, president of Univision
J. R. Claeys, CEO of the National Association of Government Contractors
Abby Joseph Cohen, managing director of Goldman Sachs
Rafael Corpus, chairman of the Philippine National Bank
L. Stanley Crane,^[7] CEO of Southern Railway and Consolidated Rail Corporation
Nancy Davis, founder and CIO of Quadratic Capital Management
Lester del Rey, founder of Del Rey Books
Linda Fisher, vice president of Monsanto Company; vice president of DuPont
Guilford Glazer, real estate developer
Lawrence R. Goldfarb, CEO of LRG Capital Group
Mindy Grossman, CEO of Weight Watchers Intl.
Stephen G. Haines, organizational theorist and management consultant
Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Holdings, S.A.
Donna Hrinak, president of Boeing Latin America
Lin Jianhai, secretary general of the International Monetary Fund
Clayton M. Jones, chairman of Rockwell Collins
David Kellermann, acting CFO of Freddie Mac
Mugo Kibati, CEO of Telkom Kenya
Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines
David Klein (PhD '71), governor of the Bank of Israel
Mustafa Koç, president of Koç Holding
Kenneth Lay, CEO and chairman of Enron
Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of Samsung Group
Theodore Lerner, real estate developer
Ed Liddy, chairman of Allstate and AIG
Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board of CACI
Alvan Macauley, president of Packard
Yasseen Mansour, part owner of the Mansour Group
Darla Moore (MBA), partner of the private investment firm, Rainwater, Inc.; founder of Palmetto Institute
Nate Morris, businessman and politician
Rob Nichols, president and CEO of the American Bankers Association and the Financial Services Forum
Roy Nouhra, founder and CEO of ASIS boats
Donald Nyrop, president and CEO of Northwest Airlines
Patrick O'Connell, three-star Michelin chef and owner of The Inn at Little Washington
William Owens, CEO of Nortel
Sandra Pianalto, 10th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Michael Punke, vice president of Amazon Web Services
John F. W. Rogers, chief of staff and partner at Goldman Sachs
Joe Rospars, CEO of Blue State Digital
James A. Runde, vice chairman of Morgan Stanley
Amina Al Rustamani, CEO of the TECOM Group
Bruce Sewell, senior vice president at Apple
Afnan Al-Shuaiby, secretary general of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce
José Julián Sidaoui, deputy-governor of the Bank of Mexico
Douglas Steenland, president and CEO of Northwest Airlines
Bill Studeman, vice president and deputy general manager of mission systems at Northrop Grumman
George Uribe, founder and CEO of Guestbooker.com
Julia Montgomery Walsh, first woman to be registered with the American Stock Exchange
Kathy J. Warden, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman
Christopher J. Wiernicki, CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping
Dennis R. Wraase, CEO of Pepco Holdings
Elaine Wynn, co-founder of Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts

Diplomacy

U.S. ambassadors

U.S. consut generals

Archer Blood, Consul General of the United States, Dhaka, East Pakistan
An Le, Consulate General of the United States, Ho Chi Minh City
Frank Lockhart, Consul General of the United States, Shanghai
Richard Paul Momsen, Consul General of the United States, Rio de Janeiro
Thomas Sammons, Consul General of the United States, Shanghai
Moncrieff J. Spear, Consul General of the United States, The Bahamas
Guilford Wiley Wells, Consul General of the United States, Shanghai

Other diplomats

Pearnel Patroe Charles Jr., State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Jamaica
Elliott Charng, Taiwanese Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, and India
Camillo Gonsalves, permanent representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations
Kazuyuki Hamada, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Joe Hung (PhD history, 1981),, Taiwanese Ambassador to Italy^[8]
Carl Lutz, Swiss Vice-Consul for Budapest
George Maior, Romanian Ambassador to the United States
Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Mao Ning, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
Henrique Valle, deputy Ambassador of Brazil to the United Nations

Entertainment

Casey Affleck, actor (did not graduate)
Angela Aki, singer-songwriter (Final Fantasy XII)
Nazenin Ansari, Voice of America correspondent
Emily Axford, actor
Alec Baldwin, actor (did not graduate)
Dana Bash, host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union
William Peter Blatty, writer and filmmaker who wrote the novel The Exorcist (1971) and the subsequent screenplay version, for which he won an Academy Award
Warren Brown, TV host on the Food Network
Courteney Cox (Mt. Vernon alumni), actress
Merce Cunningham (attended), dancer and choreographer
Manish Dayal, actor, known for 90210
Donna Dixon, actress, wife of Dan Aykroyd
Rowland Evans (1951), news commentator from CNN's Evans, Novak, Hunt and Shields
Adam Friedland, stand-up comedian, talk-show host and podcaster
Ina Garten, host of Barefoot Contessa
Hadas Gold, media and business reporter for CNN and CNN International
Emily Green, Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting in 2020 for her work with This American Life concerning the personal impact of the "Remain in Mexico" policy
Haddaway, singer most famous for "What Is Love" single
Taylor Hale, winner of Big Brother 24, Miss Michigan USA 2021
Kevin Peter Hall, actor, Predator
Haroon, graduate in Business Administration, singer, composer, musician and engineer
Kasie Hunt, host of MSNBC's Kasie DC
i_o, DJ and record producer
Reona Ito, music conductor (alumnus of the Elliott School)
Matt Katz, reporter for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio
Chris Kilmore, turntablist for the band Incubus
Michael Kinsley, political commentator and co-host of CNN's Crossfire
Sally Kohn, CNN and Fox News commentator
David Lynch (attended), director
Rooney Mara (attended), actress, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ross Martin, television, film, radio actor; Wild, Wild West
Thomas McInerney, Fox News pundit
Doug McKelway, Fox News journalist
Eliza McLamb, singer-songwriter and podcast host (did not graduate)
Dina Merrill, actress and socialite
T.J. Miller, actor and stand-up comedian, Silicon Valley
Naeto C, rapper
Reena Ninan, CNN correspondent, news anchor
Mosheh Oinounou, executive producer of CBS News
Lee Phillip, actor
Neil Portnow, CEO of The Recording Academy and MusiCares; vice-president of the West Coast division of Jive Records and Arista Records
Adam Richman (attended for one year), indie pop singer-songwriter
Mark Russell, satirist and comedian
Sydney Sadick, television personality
Whitney Sudler-Smith, television personality and socialite
Chuck Todd (1991), NBC News political director
Van Toffler, president of Viacom Media Networks
Kerry Washington (1998), actress
Andrew Weitz, fashion stylist and talent agent
Bill Westenhofer, Academy Award-winning visual effects artist
Nathan Hale Williams, film and television producer, entertainment lawyer
Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News anchor
Scott Wolf (1991), actor
Rachel Zoe, celebrity fashion stylist

Government

CIA

Aldrich Ames, Soviet spy working in the CIA as a counter-intelligence officer
Andrew P. Bakaj, Department of Defense and CIA official; lead counsel for the whisteblower during the impeachment inquiry and the subsequent impeachment of President Donald Trump
Harold Brown Jr., CIA officer and U.S. Army Reserve major who was killed during the Camp Chapman attack
Allen Dulles (1920), director of the CIA
John Kiriakou, CIA intelligence analyst
James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer, involved in the Watergate scandal

Defense Department

Dionel M. Aviles, Under Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Victoria Clarke, assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
David O. Cooke, Director of Administration and Management
Carlos Del Toro, United States Secretary of the Navy
Robert F. Hale, under secretary of Defense
Kathleen Troia McFarland, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Dominic J. Monetta, deputy director of Defense Research and Engineering at the U.S. Department of Defense; director, Office of New Production Reactors, at the United States Department of Energy
B. J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
John P. Roth, assistant secretary of the Air Force
Robert O. Work, 32nd United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

Health Department

Kenneth P. Moritsugu (M.D. 1971), Surgeon General of the United States (August 2006–present)^[9]

Justice Department

A. Bruce Bielaski, director of the Bureau of Investigation, predecessor to the FBI
Floyd I. Clarke, director of the FBI
Sibel Edmonds, FBI translator, founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition
W. Mark Felt (1940), associate director, FBI; "Deep Throat" informant
Stanley Finch (JD 1908), first director of the Bureau of Investigation
L. Patrick Gray, acting director of the FBI during the Watergate scandal
J. Edgar Hoover (1916, 1917, 1935), director, FBI
Kenneth E. Melson, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Eric O'Neill (JD 2003), FBI agent whose work led to the arrest and life-imprisonment conviction of Robert Hanssen
John P. O'Neill, assistant director in the FBI; head of security at the World Trade Center; died in the September 11, 2001 attacks
Clyde Tolson, associate director of the FBI, protégé of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover

National security

William B. Black Jr., 16th Deputy Director of the National Security Agency
Tom Bossert, United States Homeland Security Advisor for President Donald Trump
Roger Cressey, member of the United States National Security Council
Tim Morrison, member of the United States National Security Council

Post Office

Frank Harris Hitchcock, United States Postmaster General
William Lyne Wilson (BA 1860), 37th United States Postmaster General, U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia, president of Washington and Lee University

State Department officials

Treasury Department

Robert Nichols, president and COO of the Financial Services Forum, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs
Tony Sayegh, U.S. assistant secretary of the Treasury
James L. Wilmeth, Chief clerk of the United States Department of the Treasury; Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; mayor of Takoma Park, Maryland

Other government positions

Patricia Wilson Berger, librarian with the National Bureau of Standards, the Institute for Defense Analyses, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Environmental Protection Agency
Alexander Butterfield, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
Lewis Deschler, first Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives
Cathryn S. Dippo, statistician; associate commissioner of the Office of Survey Methods Research at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kenneth R. Harding (1937), Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
Heather Higginbottom, deputy assistant to the president for Domestic Policy in the administration of Barack Obama
Rosel H. Hyde, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Diana Josephson, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Gwendolyn King, commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Susan Bass Levin, First Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Wilma B. Liebman, chair of the National Labor Relations Board
Dan Maffei, commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission
Patrick P. O'Carroll Jr., inspector general of the Social Security Administration
Maria Pallante (1990), U.S. Register of Copyrights
Marybeth Peters (1971), U.S. Register of Copyrights
Margaret Milner Richardson, commissioner of Internal Revenue (or IRS Commissioner), head of the Internal Revenue Service, partner at Ernst & Young
Catherine M. Russell, chief of staff to Jill Biden, wife of Joseph Biden, associate deputy attorney general
William Edwin Safford, assistant botanist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture; deputy to the naval governor of Guam
Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, chairman and CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission, director of Kraft Foods Inc, and Duke Energy Corporation
Mercedes Schlapp, White House Director of Strategic Communications
Harry A. Slattery, US under secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; the Slattery Report
Katie Walsh, White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Law

Attorneys general

Solicitor Generals

Gregory G. Garre, United States Solicitor General
Ken Starr (1968), United States Solicitor General, and independent counsel during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals

Lawyers

Omar Ashmawy, chief counsel to the Office of Congressional Ethics
Jacob Burns (1924), corporate attorney
Charles Colson, chief counsel for US President Richard Nixon, spent time in prison for his part in the Watergate scandal
Harry S. Dent Sr. (JD, 1957), special counsel to President Richard Nixon; general counsel to the Republican National Committee
Dennis Herrera, city attorney of San Francisco
Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal
Charles James, general counsel of Chevron-Texaco
Belva Ann Lockwood, first woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, first female presidential candidate
John A. Rizzo, acting general counsel of the CIA
Bradley Schlozman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri; head of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Flora Warren Seymour, lawyer and first woman member of the Board of Indian Commissioners
Ira Sorkin, lead attorney for Bernard Madoff
Delbert Spurlock, General Counsel of the Army
Harry Aubrey Toulmin Sr. (1882), patent attorney to the Wright Brothers

Literature and journalism

Glenn Greenwald
Kat Abughazaleh (2020), journalist and producer of Media Matters for America
Claribel Alegría, poet and writer^[13]^[14]
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired
Steve Benen, lead blogger of The Washington Monthly
George D. Beveridge, winner of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
Kate Bolduan, CNN correspondent
John Calder Brennan (Law, 1937), historian and newspaper columnist
Margaret Carlson, journalist; columnist for Bloomberg News; first woman columnist at Time
Mona Charen, political analyst and best-selling author
Victoria Clarke, CNN analyst, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Bob Considine, journalist with United Press International and author
Lester del Rey, author, founded Del Rey Books
David Eisenhower, author and television host
Nicholas Eftimiades, novelist
Reuben Fink, journalist and author
Isaac Fitzgerald, writer
Darwin J. Flakoll, journalist, writer, and translator^[13]^[14]
Bill Gertz, reporter and analyst for The Washington Times and Fox News
Glenn Greenwald, legal author, columnist at Salon, and winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Diana B. Henriques, financial jourwnalist with The New York Times; winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
L. Ron Hubbard, author of Dianetics
Jeff Jacoby, columnist for The Boston Globe
Philip Klein, executive editor of the Washington Examiner
William McPherson, writer, winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Marianne Means, journalist and syndicated political columnist
Michael Moran, author of The Reckoning; producer of the documentary series Crisis Guides
Mark Olshaker, author and collaborator with John E. Douglas in books regarding criminal and investigative psychology
Michael Punke, novelist best known for The Revenant
Josh Rogin, CNN political analyst
Hilary Rosen, political director and Washington editor at large for The Huffington Post; CEO of the RIAA
Annika Sharma, author
Glenn R. Simpson, journalist for Wall Street Journal
Leah Soibel, executive director of Fuente Latina
Deborah Solomon, biographer, writer for The New York Times, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor and publisher of Jacobin
Ginger Thompson, senior reporter at ProPublica and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Clay Travis, sports columnist and author
Geovanny Vicente, CNN columnist and political strategist
Geovanny Vicente, political strategist and columnist for CNN
Murray Waas, award-winning journalist and author, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The Village Voice, The National Journal, and The Boston Globe
Bob Woodward, editor at The Washington Post, noted for reporting on the Watergate scandal; winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

Military

Thad Allen (MPA), Commandant of the Coast Guard 2006–2010
Earl E. Anderson (J.D.), general
Richard A. Appelbaum, Rear Admiral
Edward L. Beach Jr. (M.A.), Captain
Thomas A. Benes, Major General
Robert D. Bohn, Major General
Arnold W. Braswell, MBA, 1967, Lieutenant General United States Air Force,
F. Taylor Brown, Rear Admiral
George William Casey Sr., Major General
John T. Chain Jr., Commander of the Strategic Air Command
John R. D. Cleland, US Army major general^[15]
Sandy Daniels, Rear Admiral
Sharon K.G. Dunbar, U.S. Air Force Major General
Frank Freyer, 14th Naval Governor of Guam and Chief of Staff of the Peruvian Navy
John Fugh, the first Chinese American to attain general officer status in the U.S. Army, judge advocate general
Charles A. Gabriel, 11th chief of staff of the United States Air Force
Harold L. George, Lt. General, Air Corps Tactical School instructor, aviation pioneer who helped with the concept of daylight precision bombing ; mayor of Beverly Hills
Vincent L. Griffith, Rear Admiral
John B. Hayes (M.A.), commandant of the Coast Guard (Ret.) 1978–1982
Robert T. Herres, first vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
David E. Jeremiah, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Charles C. Krulak, commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Bruce M. Lawlor (B.S., J.D., D.Sc.), first commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support and first Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security
Gavin Marks, Brigadier General
Michael A. McAuliffe, Brigadier General
Thomas McInerney, Lieutenant General
John N. McLaughlin, Lieutenant General Marine Corps service in three wars and spent three years as a POW
Merrill A. McPeak, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and United States Secretary of the Air Force
Billy Mitchell (1919, but received degree as part of "class of 1899", having dropped out to serve in the Spanish–American War), Major General
Hal Moore, author of We Were Soldiers Once… and Young; Lieutenant General
Spurgeon Neel, Major General and father of Army aviation medicine
Peter George Olenchuk, Major General
David E. Ott, (MA, 1963), Lieutenant General ^[16]^[17]
William Owens, 3rd vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Peter Pace, 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Edwin P. Parker Jr., Class of 1912, Major General, commander of the 78th Infantry Division during World War II (August 1942 – November 1945)
Frank E. Petersen, United States Marine Corps, first black Marine general, first black Marine aviator, first black commanding officer of a fighter squadron, an air group, and a major base
Paul D. Phillips, Brigadier General United States Army; oldest living West Point graduate.^[18]^[19]^[20]
Herman Poggemeyer Jr., Major General, United States Marine Corps
John R. Ryan, Vice Admiral and superintendent of United States Naval Academy, chancellor of the State University of New York
Michael P. Ryan, Major General, United States Marine Corps, co-founded Marine Corps Marathon
John Shalikashvili, 13th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ronald F. Silva, Rear Admiral
Henry J. Stehling, Brigadier General
William W. Stickney, Major General, United States Marine Corps, Director of Marine Corps Reserve
Bill Studeman, Admiral of the United States Navy, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, acting director of Central Intelligence, director of the National Security Agency, and director of Naval Intelligence
Dennis B. Sullivan, Brigadier General
John Tweedale (LL.B.), Colonel and Medal of Honor recipient, 1868
James P. Ulm, Brigadier General
Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr., Major General
John William Vessey Jr., 10th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sidney A. Wallace, Rear Admiral
Larry D. Welch, 12th chief of staff of the United States Air Force, commander, Strategic Air Command
Don S. Wenger, Major General
Charles F. Widdecke (M.A.); Major General and recipient of Navy Cross during World War II
Hugh E. Wild
David W. Winn, Brigadier General

Politics

United States

First family

Susan Ford, daughter of U.S. President Gerald Ford
Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States
Margaret Truman, daughter of U.S. President Harry S. Truman

U.S. cabinet

William Barr (JD '77), United States Attorney General
David Bernhardt (JD '94), United States Secretary of the Interior
Henry Cisneros (DPA '76), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mayor of San Antonio
George B. Cortelyou (LLM 1896), United States Secretary of the Treasury, United States Postmaster General
John Foster Dulles (JD 1911), United States Secretary of State, U.S. senator from New York
Mark Esper (PhD '08), United States Secretary of Defense
Dan Glickman (JD '69), United States Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America
Patricia Roberts Harris (JD '60), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
Patrick J. Hurley (JD 1908, LLM 1913), United States Secretary of War, United States Ambassador to New Zealand, and United States Ambassador to the Republic of China
Stephen L. Johnson (MS '76), Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
David M. Kennedy (MA '35, JD '37), United States Secretary of the Treasury, United States permanent representatives to NATO
Mike McConnell (MPA '86), Director of National Intelligence, Director of the National Security Agency
Bill McGinley, White House Cabinet Secretary
Christopher C. Miller (BA '87), United States Secretary of Defense, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Colin Powell (MBA '71), United States Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States National Security Advisor
George W. Romney, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Governor of Michigan
Susan Schwab (PhD '93), United States Trade Representative
John W. Snow (JD '67), United States Secretary of the Treasury, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management and Budget
Mike Young (MBA '91), United States Secretary of Agriculture

U.S. senators

Hank Brown, U.S. senator from Colorado, U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado, Colorado Senate, president of the University of Colorado, president of University of Northern Colorado
Robert Byrd (attended), U.S. Senate from West Virginia; president pro tempore of the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House of Delegates
Jean Carnahan, U.S. senator from Missouri, First Lady of Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark, U.S. senator from Missouri, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Kent Conrad, U.S. senator from North Dakota, Tax Commissioner of North Dakota
Norris Cotton, U.S. senator from New Hampshire, U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire, Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Larry Craig, U.S. senator from Idaho, U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho, Idaho Senate
Jeremiah Denton, U.S. senator from Alabama, United States Navy two-star admiral
Tammy Duckworth, U.S. senator from Illinois, U.S. House of Representatives
Mike Enzi, U.S. senator from Wyoming, Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, mayor of Gillette, Wyoming
J. William Fulbright, U.S. senator from Arkansas, U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas, president of the University of Arkansas, founder of the Fulbright Program
William A. Harris, U.S. senator from Kansas, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas, Kansas Senate
Daniel O. Hastings, U.S. senator from Delaware, Delaware Secretary of State
Gordon J. Humphrey, U.S. senator from New Hampshire, New Hampshire Senate
Daniel Inouye, U.S. senator from Hawaii, president pro tempore of the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii
William E. Jenner, U.S. senator from Indiana, Indiana Senate
Daniel T. Jewett, U.S. senator from Missouri
Blair Lee I, U.S. senator from Maryland, Missouri House of Representatives
Frank Moss, U.S. senator from Utah
Francis G. Newlands, U.S. senator from Nevada, U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada
Harry Reid (JD 1964), U.S. senator from Nevada, Senate Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
William L. Scott, U.S. senator from Virginia, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
Howard Sutherland, U.S. senator from West Virginia, U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia State Senate
John Warner, U.S. senator from Virginia, United States Secretary of the Navy
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts

U.S. representatives

E. Ross Adair, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana; U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia
Jason Altmire (1998), U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Henry M. Baker, U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire House of Representatives, New Hampshire Senate
Michael D. Barnes, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
Bob Barr (1972), U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, President of the National Rifle Association
Henry W. Barry, U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi
Helen Delich Bentley, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
Michael Bilirakis (1960), U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
Vicente T. Blaz, U.S. House of Representatives from Guam, United States Marine Corps Brigadier General
Charles Harrison Brown, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
Garry E. Brown, U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan, Michigan Senate
Julia Brownley, U.S. House of Representatives from California, California State Assembly
Joel Broyhill, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
Sherman Everett Burroughs, U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire House of Representatives
Laurence J. Burton, U.S. House of Representatives from Utah
Goodloe Byron, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland, Maryland Senate, Maryland House of Delegates
John L. Cable, U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
Gordon Canfield (1926), U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey
Eric Cantor (1985), U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, House Majority Leader, Virginia House of Delegates
Lewis C. Carpenter, U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
Donna Christensen, U.S. House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands; Chair of the Virgin Islands Democratic Party
Gil Cisneros, U.S. House of Representatives from California, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
William H. Coleman, U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; mayor of McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Frank Coombs, U.S. House of Representatives from California, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, United States Minister to Japan, Speaker of the California State Assembly
John Blaisdell Corliss, U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan
William R. Coyle, U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Josiah Crudup, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
Charles F. Curry Jr., U.S. House of Representatives from California
Ewin L. Davis, U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
Martin Dies Jr., U.S. House of Representatives from Texas; co-founder and chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities
Donald C. Dobbins, U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois
John James Duncan Jr., U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
Neal Dunn, U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
Clyde T. Ellis, U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas Senate, Arkansas House of Representatives
John Flynt, U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, Georgia House of Representatives
John H. Foster, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, Indiana House of Representatives
Ralph A. Gamble, U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland, Maryland Senate, Maryland House of Delegates
Robert K. Goodwin, U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa; mayor of Redfield, Iowa
Gilbert Gude, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland, Maryland Senate, Maryland House of Delegates
Orval Hansen, U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho, Idaho Senate, Idaho House of Representatives
Franck R. Havenner, U.S. House of Representatives from California, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Brooks Hays, U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
Erin Houchin, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, Indiana Senate
George Huddleston Jr., U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama
Merlin Hull, U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin, Secretary of State of Wisconsin, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
William Y. Humphreys, U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi
Steve Israel (1985), U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Sam Johnson, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, Texas House of Representatives
Frank M. Karsten, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
Tom Kindness, U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, Ohio House of Representatives; mayor of Hamilton, Ohio
Robert W. Levering, U.S. House of Representatives of Ohio
Albert F. Dawson, U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa
Tim Mahoney (1983), U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
Henry May, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
Donald H. McLean, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey
Herbert A. Meyer, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
Earl C. Michener, U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan
Edward Tylor Miller, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
Tom Van Horn Moorehead, U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, Ohio Senate, mayor of Zanesville, Ohio
Jared Moskowitz, U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida House of Representatives
Johnny Olszewski, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland, Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland House of Delegates
William H. Parker, U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota
Stanford Parris, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, Virginia House of Delegates
James T. Patterson, U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut
Nick Rahall, U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
Jim Ramstad (1973), U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota Senate
Henry S. Reuss, U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin
John Merriman Reynolds, U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
John M. Robsion Jr., U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky
Paul Rogers, U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
Alvah Sabin, U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont, Secretary of State of Vermont, Vermont House of Representatives
Keith Sebelius, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas; Kansas Senate; mayor of Norton, Kansas
James Shannon, U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, Attorney General of Massachusetts
Joe Skubitz, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
Darren Soto, U.S. representative from Florida, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives
Gladys Spellman, U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
Frederick P. Stanton, U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee, Secretary of Kansas Territory, Acting Governor of Kansas Territory
Cliff Stearns (1963), U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
William Timmons, U.S. representative from South Carolina, South Carolina Senate
Jill Tokuda, U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii, Hawaii Senate
E. S. Johnny Walker, U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands, New Mexico House of Representatives
Francis E. Walter, U.S. House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Elton Watkins, U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon
Guilford Wiley Wells, U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi
Robert Wexler (1985), U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, Florida Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry, U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska; Nebraska State Senatel mayor of Pawnee City, Nebraska
Compton I. White Jr., U.S. House of Representatives of Idaho; mayor of Clark Fork, Idaho
Susan Wild, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
Earle D. Willey, U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware

U.S. governors

U.S. lieutenant governors

James Taylor Ellyson, Lieutenant Governor of Virgini; mayor of Richmond; Virginia Senate
Donna Lynne, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

U.S. states and territories

Julie Raque Adams, Kentucky Senate, Kentucky House of Representatives
Willie Bailey, Mississippi House of Representatives
Gary J. Barczak, Wisconsin State Assembly
Bill Baroni, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Leroy S. Bendheim, Virginia Senate, mayor of Alexandria
Edward Blackmon Jr., Mississippi House of Representatives
William V. Bouic, Maryland State Senate, mayor of Rockville, Maryland
Charlie Collins, Arkansas House of Representatives^[24]
Bobby Cox, South Carolina House of Representatives
Hector De La Torre, California State Assembly; mayor of South Gate, California
Gretchen Driskell, Michigan House of Representatives; mayor of Saline, Michigan
Randall Edwards (MBA 1990), Oregon House of Representatives, Oregon State Treasurer
Harland E. Everson, Wisconsin State Assembly
Eddie Farnsworth, president pro tempore of the Arizona Senate, Arizona House of Representatives
Sean Flaherty, Maine House of Representatives
Richard A. Flintrop, Wisconsin State Assembly
Noel Frame, Washington House of Representatives, Washington State Senate
Hillman Terome Frazier, Mississippi State Senate, Mississippi House of Representatives
Robert J. Garagiola, Majority leader of the Maryland Senate
James W. Gilchrist, Maryland House of Delegates
Steven M. Goldman, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
Bill Guffey, Wyoming House of Representatives
Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland House of Delegates
Paul Clinton Harris, Virginia House of Delegates
Gina Hinojosa (JD 1999), Texas House of Representatives^[25]
Elizabeth C. Hoffman, New York State Assembly; mayor of North Tonawanda, New York
David Holt, Oklahoma Senate, mayor of Oklahoma City
Marise James, Virgin Islands Legislature
Raymond Johnson, Wisconsin State Senate
Rod Johnston, Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin State Assembly
Susan W. Kluttz, Secretary of North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; mayor of Salisbury, North Carolina
Alex Knopp, Connecticut House of Representatives; Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
Amy Kuhn, Maine House of Representatives^[26]
Murray D. Levy, Maryland House of Delegates
Frank E. Mann, Virginia House of Delegates, mayor of Alexandria
Mari Manoogian, Michigan House of Representatives
Jesse Martineau, New Hampshire House of Representatives
Karen S. Montgomery, Maryland Senate
Daniel J. O'Donnell, New York State Assembly
Leslie Osterman (1991), Kansas House of Representatives
John Overington, Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Teena Piccione, North Carolina Secretary of Information Technology
Jeffrey Piccola, Pennsylvania State Senate, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Paul G. Pinsky, Maryland State Senate, Maryland House of Delegates, Director of the Maryland Energy Administration
Skip Priest, Washington House of Representatives; mayor of Federal Way, Washington
Atif Qarni, Virginia Secretary of Education
Karl Rhoads, Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House of Representatives
José R. Rodríguez, minority leader of Texas Senate
Thomas Davis Rust, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; mayor of Herndon, Virginia
Daniel Shagoury (M.A. 1987), Maine House of Representatives^[27]
Christopher B. Shank, Maryland Senate, Maryland House of Delegates
Caroline Simmons, Connecticut House of Representatives, Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut
Vivian V. Simpson, Secretary of State of Maryland
James Skoufis, New York State Senate, New York State Assembly
Ben Stevens, president of the Alaska State Senate, chief of staff to the Governor of Alaska
Colin Van Ostern, New Hampshire Executive Council
Lauren Vaughan, Secretary of the District of Columbia
Ram Villivalam, Illinois Senate
Joe Vogel, Maryland House of Delegates
Rob Wagner, President of the Oregon Senate
Leo Wardrup, Virginia House of Delegates
Mary Margaret Whipple, Senate of Virginia

U.S. mayors

Steven L. Abrams, mayor of Boca Raton
Rocky Anderson (JD 1978), mayor of Salt Lake City
Franklin P. Backus, mayor of Alexandria; Judge, Alexandria Circuit Court
George B. Fitch, mayor of Warrenton, Virginia
William S. Fitzgerald, mayor of Cleveland
Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of the District of Columbia, chair of the Council of the District of Columbia
W. M. Holland, mayor of Dallas
Corey Johnson, New York City Council, New York City Public Advocate
John H. Logie, mayor of Grand Rapids
Henry Brown Floyd MacFarland, president of the Board of Commissioners of Washington, D.C.
Scott Slifka, mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut
John Nicholas Udall, mayor of Phoenix
Richard Wallach, Mayor of the District of Columbia
Dorothy Wilken, mayor of Boca Raton

Other U.S.

Graham Platner, Democratic nominee for the 2026 US Senate election in Maine. (withdrew in 2016)
Roger Stone, opposition research consultant for the Republican National Committee

International

Heads of state and government

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (MEA '83), Prime Minister of Pakistan^[28]
Edward David Burt (BA '01, MS '03), Premier of Bermuda
Chang Dae-whan (MA '76), Prime Minister of South Korea
Michael Dunkley (MS '80), 12th Premier of Bermuda
Faure Gnassingbé (MBA '97), President of Togo ^[29]
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (F.S. '03), President of Croatia
Juan Guaidó (MPA '09), President of Venezuela
Lee Myung-bak (V.S. '99), President of South Korea
Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi (PhD '73), prime minister of Libya
Syngman Rhee (BA 1907), 1st president of South Korea
Mikhail Saakashvili (LLM '94), 3rd president of Georgia
Chimediin Saikhanbileg (LLM '02), Prime Minister of Mongolia
Mandé Sidibé (MBA '74), 8th Prime Minister of Mali
Song Yo Chan (BA '40), Prime Minister of South Korea
Tshering Wangchuk (LLM '03), interim Prime Minister of Bhutan
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (MA '85), president of Iraq

Cabinet ministers

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources
Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Attorney-General for Pakistan
Hedayat Amin Arsala, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
Htay Aung, Tourism Minister of Myanmar
Alaa Batayneh, Energy Minister of Jordan
Roberto Campos, Minister of Planning of Brazil
John Deng, Minister without Portfolio of Taiwan
Rex Gatchalian, Philippines secretary of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine House of Representatives from Valenzuela, mayor of Valenzuela
Pedro Sánchez Gamarra, Energy Minister of Peru
Raya Haffar al-Hassan, Finance Minister of Lebanon
Hessa Al Jaber, Minister of Information of Qatar
Aleksandre Jejelava, Science and Education Minister of Georgia
Ali bin Abdulla Al Kaabi, Labour Minister of the United Arab Emirates
Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Minister of Corrections of Georgia
Kao Su-po, Minister of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs of Taiwan
Omar Ayub Khan, Energy Minister of Pakistan
Kivutha Kibwana, Defense Minister of Kenya
Yahya Kisbi, Jordanian Minister of Public Works and Housing
S. M. Krishna, Foreign Minister of India
Zhivargo Laing, Culture Minister of the Bahamas
Lee Beom Seok, Foreign Minister of South Korea
Mihnea Motoc, Defense Minister of Romania
Mohammad Mustafa, deputy prime minister of Palestine
Mohammad Nahavandian, Vice President of Iran
Nguyễn Thanh Nghị, Vietnamese Minister of Construction, head of the Central Policy and Strategy Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of Maritime Affairs of Indonesia
Farouq Qasrawi, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Jordan)
Sérgio Paulo Rouanet, Minister of Culture (Brazil)
Sudirman Said, Energy Minister of Indonesia
Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud, Minister of Municipal Affairs of Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar, Minister of Economy & Trade of Syria
Nematullah Shahrani, Vice President of Afghanistan
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, Minister for Internet Safety & Security of the United Kingdom
Marcin Święcicki, Minister of Economic Relations of Poland
Géza Teleki, Education Minister of Hungary
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, vice governor of Jakarta, Indonesia
Jorge Alberto Uribe, Defense Minister of Colombia
Alexander Zaveryukha, deputy prime minister of Russia

Other figures

HH Prince Talal Arslan, Druze leader and Head of the House of Arslan; founder and President of the Lebanese Democratic Party
Vidar Bjørnstad, member of the Norwegian Parliament
Pearnel Patroe Charles Jr., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Jamaica
Chung Mong-joon, chairman of the Liberty Korea Party
Mauricio Vila Dosal, Governor of Yucatán, Municipal President of Mérida
Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
Kazuyuki Hamada, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Dianne Haskett, mayor of London, Ontario, Canada
Andrew Hastie, member of the Parliament of Australia
Philip Jaisohn, a founding father of the Korean Independence Movement
İbrahim Kalın, director of the National Intelligence Organization of the Republic of Türkiye
Abdul Kady Karim, 2007 candidate for president of Sierra Leone
Najmiddin Karim, Governor of Kirkuk
Donald Stone Macdonald, mayor of Gwangju, South Korea
Andrew Marshall, director of the Office of Net Assessment
Yasmine Pahlavi, princess of Persia
Elisabeth Delatour Préval, First Lady of Haiti
Sarah Adwoa Safo, member of the Parliament of Ghana
Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, princess of Saudi Arabia
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, member of the House of Lords
José Julián Sidaoui, Deputy Minister of Finance of Mexico
Johnny Wright Sol, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador representing San Salvador
Marcin Święcicki, mayor of Warsaw, Poland
Sonam Dechen Wangchuck, princess of Bhutan

Religion

Bernard P. Brockbank, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
J. Reuben Clark, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Matthew Cowley, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Frank Joseph Dewane, Roman Catholic Bishop of Venice, Florida
Violet L. Fisher, bishop of the United Methodist Church
Jonathan Hausman, rabbi of Ahavath Torah
George V. Murry, Roman Catholic Bishop of Youngstown
Gregory V. Palmer, bishop of the United Methodist Church
Richard G. Scott, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Marc Stanley, chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council
William C. Wantland, episcopal bishop of Eau Claire

Science and medicine

Patch Adams, physician portrayed in a 1998 movie
Yousef Alhorr, environmentalist known for his work in the field of sustainable built environment and climate actions
Ralph Alpher, "father of the Big Bang theory"
Paul Antony, chief medical officer of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Serena M. Auñón, physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut
Julius Axelrod, biochemist who won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970
Neal D. Barnard, physician, author, founding president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
James Carroll, president of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Peter Caws, president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
Captain Michael Coats (1977), astronaut and Space Shuttle commander
Charles Critchfield, physicist of the Manhattan Project
Robert L. Dale, pilot for the National Science Foundation
Lori Garver, deputy NASA administrator
Frederick D. Gregory, interim administrator of NASA
Michael Griffin, 11th administrator of NASA
Nancy B. Jackson, president of the American Chemical Society
Howard Judd, menopause expert and medical researcher
Albert Freeman Africanus King (MD 1861), personal physician to President Abraham Lincoln
Allenna Leonard, president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
Hans Lineweaver (B.A. 1930, M.A. 1933), physical chemist who developed the Lineweaver–Burk plot
Marcus Ward Lyon Jr., president of the American Society of Mammalogists
James Morhard, 14th deputy-administrator of NASA
Constance Tom Noguchi, sickle cell disease researcher, NIDDK
Wanda Peters, deputy associate administrator for Programs at NASA and member of Senior Executive Service
Jackie Ronne, Antarctic explorer, first woman in the world to be a working member of an Antarctic expedition
Marcus Boyd Shook, physician, president of the American Society of Internal Medicine
Matthew Stirling, ethnologist and archaeologist who discovered and excavated many pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sites
James E. Webb, second administrator of NASA
Ashani Weeraratna, cancer researcher
Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and avian paleontologist; 6th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Sports

Brendan Adams (born 2000), professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Red Auerbach (1940, 1941), president of the Boston Celtics
Brendon Ayanbadejo (MBA, 2013), football player, Super Bowl champion, Baltimore Ravens
Mike Brey (1982), head coach, Notre Dame men's basketball team
Moti Daniel (1987), Israeli, played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israel national basketball team
Yinka Dare (attended 1993–1994), basketball player, New Jersey Nets
David Falk (J.D., 1975), sports agent
John Flaherty (1988), Major League Baseball player
David Haggerty, president of the International Tennis Federation
Mike Hall (2006), basketball forward, Washington Wizards and overseas leagues, basketball coach
Ray Hanken (1911–1980), football player
Wayne Hart (1912), member of the All-South Atlantic football team for four years; coached Washington Vigilants and Clemson Agricultural College
Jonquel Jones, WNBA player, basketball center for the Connecticut Sun, currently on the New York Liberty, 2021 WNBA MVP, 2024 WNBA champion with the New York Liberty and 2024 Finals MVP
Lubomir Kavalek (1975), chess grandmaster
Tuffy Leemans (1936), football running back, Pro Football Hall of Fame, New York Giants
Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947), American-Israeli basketball player
Theodore N. Lerner (1948), owner of the Washington Nationals
Randy Levine (B.A., 1977), president of the New York Yankees
Ricky Lindo (born 2000), American-Panamanian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Larry MacPhail, National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2006), basketball forward, Galatasaray S.K., NBA executive
Ronnie Nunn, referee for the National Basketball Association
Michael O'Connor (2002), baseball pitcher, Washington Nationals
Sam Perlozzo (1973), manager, Baltimore Orioles; third base coach, Seattle Mariners
J. R. Pinnock (2006), basketball guard
Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker
Abe Pollin (1945), owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals
Justin Prinstein, inaugural player in the Israel Baseball League
Jerry Reinsdorf (1957), owner of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls
Gregg Ritchie (1987), MLB hitting coach, Pittsburgh Pirates; head coach George Washington Colonials baseball since 2013
Seth Rudolph, professional soccer player
Joel Segal ('86), sports agent, 2016 "The NFL's 100 Most Important People" and Forbes' "World's Most Powerful Sports Agents"
Chet Simmons, 1st commissioner of the United States Football League
William W. Skinner, head football coach for University of Maryland, College Park and University of Arizona
Mike Sommer (1958), member of a college football team, played in the NFL with the Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, and the Oakland Raiders
Jim Tennant, MLB player
Jack Toomay, Major League Baseball player
Tom Walter, head baseball coach for Wake Forest University
Yuta Watanabe, Japanese NBA player
Bernie Wolfe (born 1951), NHL hockey player

Olympics

Aquil Abdullah, rower at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sameera Al-Bitar, swimmer at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics
Álvaro Fortuny, swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics
Patricio Garino, basketball player at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Josiah Henson, wrestler at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Pops Mensah-Bonsu, basketball player at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Elana Meyers (BS '06, MA '11), bobsledder at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics
Ugo Oha, basketball player at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Gerald F. Russell, runner at the 1940 Summer Olympics
Alice Schmidt, runner at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics
Chad Senior, pentathlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics
Dallas Shirley, basketball player at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Ben Stevens, president of the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Other

Anwar al-Awlaki, terrorist and principal member of al-Qaeda
Harrison Howell Dodge (1852–1937), resident superintendent of Mount Vernon^[30]