List of Harvard University people

List of notable people associated with Harvard University

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The List of Harvard University people includes notable alumni, faculty, and affiliates of Harvard University, a prestigious Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard is renowned for its academic excellence, influential alumni, and significant contributions to various fields.

Notable Alumni

Presidents of the United States

• John Adams - 2nd President of the United States, graduated in 1755.
• John Quincy Adams - 6th President of the United States, graduated in 1787.
• Rutherford B. Hayes - 19th President of the United States, attended Harvard Law School.
• Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States, graduated in 1880.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd President of the United States, graduated in 1903.
• John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States, graduated in 1940.
• George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States, graduated from Harvard Business School in 1975.
• Barack Obama - 44th President of the United States, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991.

Nobel Laureates

• Al Gore - Nobel Peace Prize laureate, former Vice President of the United States, graduated in 1969.
• Henry Kissinger - Nobel Peace Prize laureate, former U.S. Secretary of State, graduated in 1950.
• Amartya Sen - Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, graduated in 1953.
• Joseph E. Stiglitz - Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, graduated in 1964.

Business Leaders

• Bill Gates - Co-founder of Microsoft, attended Harvard but did not graduate.
• Mark Zuckerberg - Co-founder of Facebook, attended Harvard but did not graduate.
• Sheryl Sandberg - COO of Facebook, graduated in 1991.

Authors and Writers

• T.S. Eliot - Renowned poet and essayist, graduated in 1910.
• Michael Crichton - Author and filmmaker, graduated in 1964.
• Jhumpa Lahiri - Pulitzer Prize-winning author, graduated in 1989.

Notable Faculty

Scientists and Researchers

• E.O. Wilson - Biologist known for his work on biodiversity and sociobiology.
• Steven Pinker - Cognitive psychologist and linguist.
• Lisa Randall - Theoretical physicist and cosmologist.

Economists

• John Kenneth Galbraith - Economist known for his work on public policy and economic theory.
• Lawrence Summers - Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and President of Harvard University.

Historians

• Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Historian and literary critic known for his work on African American history.
• Jill Lepore - Historian and author, known for her work on American history.

Affiliates

• Ralph Waldo Emerson - Philosopher and essayist, attended Harvard Divinity School.
• Helen Keller - Author and activist, attended Radcliffe College, a former women's college associated with Harvard.

Also see

• Harvard University
• List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Harvard University
• List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni
• List of Harvard University faculty
• List of Ivy League university people