List of Stanford University alumni
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== List of Stanford University alumni ==
Stanford University, located in Stanford, California, has produced a significant number of notable alumni. These individuals have made substantial contributions in various fields such as business, technology, politics, sports, entertainment, and academia.
Business[edit | edit source]
- Phil Knight - Co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc.
- Reed Hastings - Co-founder and CEO of Netflix
- Marissa Mayer - Former CEO of Yahoo!
- Peter Thiel - Co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies
- Evan Spiegel - Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
- Jeffrey Skoll - First president of eBay and founder of the Skoll Foundation
Technology[edit | edit source]
- Larry Page - Co-founder of Google
- Sergey Brin - Co-founder of Google
- Jerry Yang - Co-founder of Yahoo!
- Reid Hoffman - Co-founder of LinkedIn
- Elon Musk - CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Inc. (attended but did not graduate)
Politics[edit | edit source]
- Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the United States
- Sandra Day O'Connor - First female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Cory Booker - U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- Sally Jewell - 51st United States Secretary of the Interior
- Michael McFaul - Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Sports[edit | edit source]
- Tiger Woods - Professional golfer
- John Elway - Former NFL quarterback and current executive
- Andrew Luck - Former NFL quarterback
- Kerri Walsh Jennings - Professional beach volleyball player
- Katie Ledecky - Olympic swimmer
Entertainment[edit | edit source]
- Reese Witherspoon - Academy Award-winning actress
- Sigourney Weaver - Actress known for her role in the Alien series
- Fred Savage - Actor and director
- Issa Rae - Actress, writer, and producer
- Ted Danson - Actor known for his role in Cheers
Academia[edit | edit source]
- John McCarthy - Pioneer in artificial intelligence
- Douglas Engelbart - Inventor of the computer mouse
- Condoleezza Rice - Former U.S. Secretary of State and professor at Stanford
- Paul Milgrom - Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
- Carol Dweck - Psychologist known for her work on the mindset psychological trait
Related Pages[edit | edit source]
- Stanford University
- List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Stanford University
- List of companies founded by Stanford University alumni
- List of University of California, Berkeley alumni
- List of Harvard University alumni
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