List of Lawrenceville School alumni
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The following is a list of notable alumni of Lawrenceville School, a coeducational, independent college preparatory boarding school located in the historic Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, New Jersey.
- George Akerlof (born 1940; class of 1958), Nobel laureate for Economics[1]
- Knowlton Ames (1868–1931; class of 1886), All-American football player at Princeton and head football coach at Purdue University[2]
- Garth Ancier (born 1957), president of the WB Network[3]
- A. Piatt Andrew (1873–1936; class of 1889), Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1910–1912) and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts[2]
- Walter G. Andrews (1889–1949; class of 1908), United States House of Representatives from New York (1931–1949)[4]
B
- David Baird Jr. (1881–1955; class of 1899), U.S. Senator from New Jersey[5]
- Dewey F. Bartlett (1919–1979; class of 1938), former Governor of Oklahoma and member of the United States Senate[6][7]
- Dierks Bentley (born 1975; class of 1993), country music singer[8][9]
- Bill Berkson (1939–2016; class of 1957), poet[2]
- Barton Biggs (1932–2012; class of 1951), former Morgan Stanley Chief Global Strategist; former money manager running Traxis Partners[10]
- C. Ledyard Blair (1867–1949; class of 1886), founder of investment bank Blair & Co., delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey, Governor of the New York Stock Exchange, owner of Blairsden and the C. Ledyard Blair House[11]
- Thomas Pickens Brady (1903–1973; class of 1923), jurist, segregationist, Associate Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court[12]
- Suleiman Braimoh (born 1989), Nigerian-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League[13]
- George Houston Brown (1810–1865), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, 1853–1855[14]
- Frederick Buechner (1926–2022; class of 1943), novelist[2][15]
- Dennis Bushyhead (1826–1898; class of 1843), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation[2][16]
- Fox Butterfield (born 1939; class of 1957), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times[2]
C
- James “Tucker” Croom (born 2008; class of 2027)
- Jay Carney (born 1965; class of 1983), 29th White House Press Secretary; former Time Washington Bureau Chief; former White House correspondent[17][18]
- Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925–1968), actor; son of Charlie Chaplin[citation needed]
- Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), actor; son of Charlie Chaplin[19]
- Korawad Chearavanont (class of 2012), entrepreneur; grandson of Dhanin Chearavanont[20]
- John Cobb Cooper (1887–1967), jurist and airline executive[21]
- Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973; class of 1911), film director best known for King Kong (1933)[2]
- Kelly Curtis (born 1989), skeleton racer who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Olympics[22]
D
- Alan D'Andrea (class of 1974), cancer researcher and the Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School[2]
- Richard Dean (1956–2006), fashion and advertising photographer, model, and player in Canadian Football League[23]
- Frederick B. Deknatel (1905–1973; class of 1924), art historian[24]
- William Adams Delano (1874–1960), architect[25]
- Christopher DeMuth (born 1946; class of 1964), president of the American Enterprise Institute[16]
- William T. Doyle (1926–2024), member of the Vermont Senate from the Washington Vermont Senate District, 1969–2017, the longest-serving state legislator in Vermont history[26]
- Barrows Dunham (1905–1995; class of 1922), author and former Head of Philosophy Department at Temple University in Philadelphia[27]
E
- Michael Eisner (born 1942; class of 1960), former CEO of The Walt Disney Company[16]
- William W. Evans Jr. (1921–1999), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1960 to 1962 and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1968[28]
F
- Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (born 1945; class of 1963), Saudi Arabia's ambassador to United States[16][29]
- Jane Ferguson (born 1984, class of 2004, journalist[30]
- Maurice Ferré (1935–2019; class of 1953), mayor of the city of Miami (1973–1985)[16]
- Major Sir Hamish Forbes (1916–2007; class of 1934), British Army officer who served in the Welsh Guards during World War II; POW decorated for numerous escape attempts[2][31]
- Sean Flynn (1941–c. 1970), actor who was the son of Errol Flynn and a freelance photojournalist best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War[32]
- Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990; class of 1937), publisher of Forbes magazine[2][33]
- Clint Frank (1915–1992; class of 1934), winner of the 1937 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award; Team Captain and All-American football player at Yale University[34]
- Charles Fried (1935–2024; class of 1952), Harvard Law School professor and United States Solicitor General[2][35]
- N. Howell Furman (1892–1965), professor of analytical chemistry who helped develop the electrochemical uranium separation process as part of the Manhattan Project[36]
G
- George Gallup Jr. (1930–2011; class of 1948), pollster and author[2]
- Roy Geronemus (born 1953; class of 1971), physician and chairman of the board of the New York Stem Cell Foundation[37]
- Irving S. Gilmore (1900–1986), musician, retail businessman and philanthropist[38]
- Robert F. Goheen (1919–2008; class of 1936), 16th President of Princeton University and United States Ambassador to India[16][39]
- Peter Gould (class of 1978), television writer and producer[40]
- Billy Granville (born 1974; class of 1992), former Cincinnati Bengals player[2]
- John Cleve Green (1800–1875; class of 1816), merchant[41]
- Samuel D. Gross (1805–1884; attended 1822–1825), academic trauma surgeon[2][16]
- Peter Johnson Gulick (1796–1877; class of 1822), pioneer Protestant missionary to Hawaii (1828–74) with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; patriarch of the missionary-rich (1820s to 1960s) Gulick clan; co-founder of Princeton University's Philadelphian Society of Nassau Hall (1825–1930); spiritual parent to today's Princeton Christian Fellowship)
- William Stryker Gummere (1852–1933; class of 1867), captain of the Princeton football team; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey[2]
- John Gutfreund (1929–2016; class of 1947), CEO of Salomon Brothers[42]
H
- Richard Halliburton (1900–1939; class of 1917), author, adventurer[2][43]
- Karen Hao (class of 2011), award-winning journalist[44]
- Randolph Apperson Hearst (1915–2000; class of 1934), chairman of the Hearst Corporation and son of William Randolph Hearst[16][45]
- Lydia Hearst-Shaw (born 1984; class of 2002), model, daughter of Patricia Hearst[16]
- Lars Hernquist (born 1954; class of 1973), theoretical astrophysicist and Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics[2]
- Armond Hill (born 1953; class of 1972), former NBA player and assistant coach[2][46]
- Walter E. Hussman Jr. (born 1947; class of 1964), newspaper publisher and chief executive officer of WEHCO Media, Inc.[2]
- Glenn Hutchins (born 1955; class of 1973), co-founder, Silver Lake Partners[2]
I
- John N. Irwin II (1913–2000), U.S. diplomat and attorney[47]
J
- Owen Johnson (1878–1952; class of 1895), author of Lawrenceville Stories[48]
- Rupert Johnson Jr. (born 1941; class of 1958), vice chairman of Franklin Resources[2]
K
- Genny Kim Knowles (born 2000), Canadian and South Korean ice hockey player[49]
- Joe Kyrillos (born 1960), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, 1988–1992 and the New Jersey Senate, 1992–2018[50]
L
- Duke Lacroix (born 1993; class of 2011), professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League[51]
- Butler Lampson (born 1943; class of 1960), computer scientist who was a 1992 Turing Award winner[2]
- Mort Landsberg (1919–1970), NFL player[52]
- William M. Lanning (1849–1912; class of 1866), U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1903–1904)[2]
- Preston Lea (attended 1859–1860), Governor of Delaware (1905–1909)[2]
- Aldo Leopold (1887–1948; class of 1905), father of ecology; author of A Sand County Almanac[2][53]
- Huey Lewis (born 1950 as Hugh Cregg; class of 1967), musician[16][54]
- Emily Li (born 1999; class of 2018), musician known as Emei[55]
- Alexander S. Lilley (1867–1925; class of 1888), first head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team[2]
- Ashley Lyle (class of 1998), Emmy Award-nominated showrunner, creator of Yellowjackets[56]
M
- Leonard Mackall (1879–1937; class of 1896), historian[57]
- John Van Antwerp MacMurray (born 1881; class of 1898), diplomat[58]
- Ricardo Maduro (born 1946; class of 1963), former President of Honduras[16][59]
- Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977), poet[60]
- Reginald Marsh (1898–1954), painter[60]
- William H. Masters (1915–2001; class of 1934), human sexuality researcher and co-founder of the Masters & Johnson Institute[2][61]
- Curtis McGraw (1895–1953), publisher and president of McGraw-Hill from 1950 to 1953[62]
- Donald C. McGraw (1897–1974; class of 1917), president of McGraw-Hill Companies[2]
- Harold McGraw Jr. (1918–2010; class of 1936), CEO of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc[2][63]
- James M. McIntosh (1828–1862; attended 1837–1840), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army[2][16]
- John Baillie McIntosh (1829–1888; attended 1837–1840), brigadier general in the Union Army[2][16]
- James Merrill (1926–1995; class of 1943), poet[15]
- Dennis Michie (1870–1898; class of 1888), first football head coach at Army, namesake of Michie Stadium[2][64]
- Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916–1962), U.S. Representative from California[65]
- Chi Modu (1966–2021), photographer known for his photos of various pioneering hip-hop music entertainers[66]
- Paul Moravec (born 1957), 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Music-winning composer[67]
- Roland S. Morris (1874–1945), lawyer and diplomat; co-founded the law firm Duane Morris in 1904; United States Ambassador to Japan 1917–1920[68]
- Geoff Morrell (class of 1987), former Press Secretary of the Department of Defense[2]
- Tinsley Mortimer (born 1976), socialite and television personality[69]
- Paul Mott (born 1958), retired professional soccer player for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, sports consultant and former professional sports executive[70]
- Patrick Erin Murphy (born 1983; class of 2002), Congressman (D-FL), representing Florida's 18th Congressional District[71]
N
- Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001, class of 2020), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks[72]
- Grant Newsome (born 1997; class of 2015), college football offensive line coach for the Michigan Wolverines[73]
- Joakim Noah (born 1985; class of 2004), basketball player for the Chicago Bulls[74]
O
- Jarvis Offutt (1894–1918; class of 1913), World War I aviator, namesake of Offutt Air Force Base[2][16][59]
- Charles Smith Olden (1799–1876; attended 1810–1814), 19th Governor of New Jersey, 1860–1863[2][16]
- A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1945–1946, and again 1948–1957[75]
P
- Arthur W. Page (1883–1960), public relations pioneer[76]
- Joel Parker (1816–1888; attended 1834–1837), 20th Governor of New Jersey, 1863–66 and 1871–74[2][16]
- Stacey Patton (born 1978; class of 1996), journalist, author and child advocate[77]
- Albert Pennoyer (1888–1957), artist and Monuments Man during World War II[78]
- Paul Pennoyer Sr. (1890–1971), lawyer and diplomat, who was a veteran of both world wars[79]
- Horace Porter (1837–1921; class of 1854), Union Army Brigadier General who was awarded the Medal of Honor[2][59]
- Rodman M. Price (1816–1894; attended 1834–1837), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 1851–1853; 17th Governor of New Jersey 1854–1857[16][80]
Q
R
- Jim Rash (born 1971; class of 1990), actor; winner of the 2012 Oscar for best adapted screenplay (The Descendants); Dean Pelton on NBC's Community[81]
- Andrew Horatio Reeder (attended 1822–1825), first Governor of the Kansas Territory (1854–55)[2]
- Laurence A. Rickels (born 1954), theorist and philosopher, known for his work on vampires, the devil, technology and science fiction[82]
- William P. Ross (1820–1891; attended 1837–40), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation[2][16]
- Bob Ryan (born 1946; class of 1964), sportswriter for The Boston Globe; ESPN analyst and contributor[83]
S
- Bobby Sanguinetti (born 1988; class of 2006), professional ice hockey defenseman for HC Lugano in the National League; left school after his sophomore year after being selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft[2][84]
- Julian Larcombe Schley (class of 1898), Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1932–1936)[2]
- Paul Schmidtberger (class of 1982), author of Design Flaws of the Human Condition[85]
- Gene Scott (1937–2006; class of 1956), tennis player and founder of Tennis Week magazine
- Hugh L. Scott (1853–1934; class of 1869), Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (West Point)[2]
- Charles Scribner I (attended 1834–1837), publisher and founder of Charles Scribner's Sons[2]
- Chip Smith (class of 1986), businessman, political strategist[86]
- Cotter Smith (born 1949; class of 1968), actor[2]
- Sheridan Snyder (class of 1954), biotechnology entrepreneur and philanthropist[2][87]
- Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007; class of 1950), novelist[2]
- William H. Stovall (1895–1970; class of 1913), World War I flying ace; World War II veteran; businessman[88]
- Bandar bin Sultan (born 1945), Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States 1983–2005[29]
T
- Brandon Tartikoff (1949–1997; class of 1966), NBC programming chief[16][89]
- Henry J. Taylor (1902–1984; class of 1920), journalist, author, and United States Ambassador to Switzerland 1957–1961[90]
- Buddy Temple (born 1942), lumber magnate and former politician from Lufkin, Texas[91]
- Taki Theodoracopulos (born 1936), international journalist[92]
- Randall Thompson (1899–1984), music composer and director of the Curtis Institute 1939–1941[93]
- Samuel Huston Thompson (1875–1966), chair of the Federal Trade Commission 1919–1927[94]
- Joseph Tsai (born 1964; class of 1982), vice chairman of Alibaba Group[95]
U
V
W
- Frederic C. Walcott (1869–1949; class of 1886), U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1929–1935)[2]
- Rawleigh Warner Jr. (1921–2013), president and CEO of Mobil[96]
- Lowell Weicker (1931–2023; class of 1949), Governor of Connecticut and United States Senator[16][97]
- Alex Westlund (born 1975), retired professional ice hockey goaltender who has since been a coach[98]
- Meredith Whitney (born 1969; class of 1988), former research analyst at Oppenheimer[2][99]
- J. Harvie Wilkinson III (born 1944), United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit[100]
- Brian Willison (born 1977; class of 1995), businessman[101]
- Alfred Alexander Woodhull (class of 1852), brigadier general and Army surgeon[2]
- J. Butler Wright (1877–1939; class of 1895), diplomat; U.S. representative in Hungary, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia and Cuba[16]