List of Georgetown University alumni

Georgetown University class of 1920 at Old North.

The Georgetown College class of 1920 assembled on the steps of the Old North Building

Georgetown University is a private research university located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, Georgetown University is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States. The school graduates about two thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students annually. There are nine constitutive schools, five of which offer undergraduate degrees and six of which offer graduate degrees, as two schools offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Legend

Note: Individuals who may belong in multiple sections appear only in one. An empty class year or school/degree box indicates that the information is unknown.
* Indicates the alumnus or alumna attended but did not graduate (includes years of attendance)

• Col – College of Arts & Sciences

• SLL – former School of Languages and Linguistics, now the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics within the College of Arts & Sciences

• Dent – School of Dentistry (defunct)
• GAI – Government Affairs Institute
• Grad – Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Law – Law Center (Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws)

• LL.M. – Master of Laws

• Med – School of Medicine

• R – Medical residency in the School of Medicine
• W – Fellowship in the School of Medicine

• MSB – McDonough School of Business (undergraduate)

• GSB – former Georgetown School of Business
• SBA – former School of Business Administration
• MBA – Master of Business Administration (graduate)

• NHS – School of Nursing and Health Studies

• Nur – former Georgetown University Nursing School

• MPP – McCourt School of Public Policy

• GPPI – former Georgetown Public Policy Institute

• SCS – School of Continuing Studies

• SCE – former School of Summer and Continuing Education
• CED – School of Continuing Education

• SFS – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (undergraduate)

• MSFS – Master of Science in Foreign Service (graduate)
• SSP – Security Studies Program (graduate)

Academia

College and university presidents

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1989	SFS	President of Oberlin College, 2017–present; President of Cedar Crest College, 2008–2017
	1967, 1970	SFS, Law	President of Rutgers University, 2012–2020; President of Thomas Jefferson University, 2004–12; Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998–2004
Rev.	1976	Col	President of Saint Louis University, 1987–2013
Rev.	1979	MSB	President of Rockhurst University, 2006–present
	1980, 1994	Grad, Col	President of Georgetown University, 2001–2024
Rev.	1938–1939*	Col	President of Fairfield University, 1973–79; President of Saint Louis University, 1979–87
Edward T. Foote II		Law	President of the University of Miami, 1981–2001; Dean of Washington University School of Law, 1973–1980
	1992	LL.M.	Chancellor of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2021-present; former President of Emporia State University, 2016–2021; former Walmart Vice President/Legal Counsel
	1994	Law	Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024-Present
	1979	Grad	16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004–12; Provost of Yale University, 2002–2004; Dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1998–2002
	1961	MSB	President of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003
Rev.	1981	Grad	President of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–present
	2005	Law	President of Berklee College of Music, 2025-Present
Very Rev.	1790s	Col	President of Georgetown College, 1809; Vicar General of the Diocese of Philadelphia
Rev. Kevin F. O'Brien	1988	Col	President of Santa Clara University, 2019–present
Rev.	1956	Col	President of Georgetown University, 1989–2001
Rev.	1981	Col	President of Marquette University, 2011–13; President of the University of Scranton, 2003–11, 2018–present
Rev.	1868–1872*		President of the University of San Francisco, 1876–80; President of Santa Clara College, 1880–83, 1888–93
	1983	Col	President of Franklin & Marshall College, 2011–2018
	1954, 1955	Law, LL.M.	President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94
	1971	Grad	President of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow
	1984	SFS	Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online; President of Barnard College, 2008–2017
	1977	SFS	Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, 2014–present; Dean of Washington University School of Law, 2005–2013; Dean of Vanderbilt University Law School, 1997–2005
	1969	SFS	President of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2005–09

Faculty

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1980	SFS	Professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs of the Walsh School of Foreign Service; Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program
	1998	LL.M.	Professor of law at Stanford Law School; executive director of the Center for E-Commerce
		Law	Professor of law at George Washington University Law School; legal historian
	1994	LL.M.	Dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2012–15; Dean of Hofstra University School of Law, 2007–12; Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law
	2012	LL.M.	Assistant Professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, co-editor of Jadaliyya, prior Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple University Beasley School of Law
Alan Gallay	1986	Ph.D.	Professor and Lyndon B. Johnson Chair of U.S. History, Texas Christian University
	1960	MA	Scholar, author, and editor, including of women's biography collections; at Boston College, she is the director of the Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars Program in the Lynch School of Education, a member of the faculty, and a former Associate Dean of the College of Art and Sciences
	1964	Col	Senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School
	1985	MSB	Professor of business, author, and Dean of the University of Lynchburg College of Business
	1988	MBA	Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA
	1997	Col	Dean of the School of Professional Studies and Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America; canon lawyer
	1960	Col	Professor of political science and Director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University New Orleans; political commentator
	1959	Col	Dean and W.R. Irby Chair in Law at Tulane University Law School
	1997	Col	Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Eastern and Central European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies Troy University
	1977	LL.M.	Professor of law and co-director of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center; Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission, 2009–13
	1976	SFS	Director of School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University; Director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, 1989–2001

Business

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1967	SFS	President and Chief Operating Officer of Blockbuster Entertainment, 1991–93; founder and president of Toys "R" Us International, 1983–1990; CEO of Max Factor-Europe, 1979–83; Dean of the Lubin School of Business of Pace University
	1987	Col	Chairman of the Board of Ipsen
	1984	LL.M.	CEO of the American Wind Energy Association; Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, 1997–2007
	1983	Law	Founder of The Advisory Board Company; owner of the Atlantic Media Company
	1971	SFS	Chairman and CEO of PPG Industries; Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, 2007–08
	1962	Col	Chairman and CEO of MBNA
	1995	MBA	Co-founder and CEO of Blackboard Inc., 1999–2012
	1976	SFS	Co-chairman of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership; founder and CEO of South Swell Ventures; chairman and CEO of Macromedia, 1992–97
	2011	MSB	Co-founder of the social networking site myYearbook
Peter L. Corsell	2000	SFS	Founder of GridPoint, co-founder of Twenty First Century Utilities
	1896	Law	President of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1920–39
	1972	Col	President and CEO of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, 1999–2015; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University
	1989	Col	CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, 2009–present
	1969	MSB	Founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company
	1975	Law	Senior Vice President for Standards and On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, 2011–present; Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 1997–2005
	1993	SFS	CEO of Altice
	1968		Chairman and CEO of InterEnergy Holdings
Antonio Gracias	1992 1993	SFS	Billionaire private equity investor, founder of Valor Equity Partners, Tesla and SpaceX board member, member of Department of Government Efficiency, member of School of Foreign Service board of advisors
	1980	Col	CEO of Bruegger's, 2003–2011; CEO of Sbarro, 2012–13; President of Newk's Eatery
	1976	Law	Chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, 1999–2004
	1972	MSB	TV personality known as "Dr. Fad;" CEO of Allherb.com Foundation
Eric Hotung	1951	Col	Hong Kong billionaire businessman, philanthropist
	1965–1966*	Nur	Chairwoman of the LBJ Holding Company
	1958*	Col	Founder, CEO, and chairman of America Online (AOL)
Mehmet Omer Koç	Attended		Chairman of Koç Holding, Tüpraş, and Koç University
	1966	Law	Founder of Kroll Inc.
	1923	Law	Co-founder of Farmers Insurance; co-founder of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation
	1996	Law	CEO of Ask.com
	1977	Col	Founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment; vice chairman emeritus of AOL; chairman of SnagFilms
	1986	Col	Managing director and head of Consilient Research at Morgan Stanley Investment Management; chief investment strategist, Legg Mason
	1966	Col	Founder and chairman of Cyren Call Communications, 2005–present; co-founder and chairman of Nextel Communications (now Sprint Nextel Corporation), 1987–95
	1978	Grad	Chairman of Timmons and Company, 2008–present; Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate; Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
	1962	SFS	Owner of Financial Leasing Services, Inc.; owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions and United Football League; husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi; three of their children are Georgetown grads
	1972	SFS	Chief financial officer of Capital One Financial Corporation, 2003–present; chief financial officer and vice president of the World Bank
	1963	Law	Chairman and CEO of Visteon
	1983	Law	Chairman and CEO of Citigroup
	1972	Col	CEO of Lucent and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent
	1997, 2000	SFS, Law	Former head of special initiatives at Google; venture capital investor in Twitter and Uber; Founder of Lowercase Capital and Lowercarbon Capital
	1983	MSB	Chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros.
	1977	Law	President and co-founder of the Saint Louis Brewery
	1990 1994	MSB Law/MBA	CFO of Airbnb; former CFO of The Blackstone Group
	2006	MSB	Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; owner of Trump Winery; son of U.S. President Donald Trump
	2000–2002*	MSB	Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; model; daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump
Tiffany Trump	2020	Law	Socialite; daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump
	1999	MSB	Majority stakeholder in several multinational companies such as SGS S.A. and Von Roll Holding
	1980	SFS	President and CEO of Investor AB; chairman of International Chamber of Commerce; Vice chairman of the Institute of International Finance
	1990	Col	Chief financial officer of Facebook, Inc., 2014–present
	1991	LL.M.	Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy
	1985	Law	Founder and principal of Relational Investors; former chairman of Waste Management, Inc., and Apria HealthCare Group, Inc.
Tiffany Yu	2010	Col	Disability activist and founder of Diversability, a social enterprise attempting to create opportunities for disabled people

Civil society

Religion

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Most Rev.	1930	Col	Bishop of Jackson
Most Rev.		Law	First Archbishop of Jaro
Most Rev.	1935	Col	Bishop of Camden
HE	1970	Grad	Cardinal Archbishop of New York; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, 1979–83
Most Rev.	1971	Col	Archbishop of Mobile

Think tanks, non-profit and activism

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1981	Col	Lobbyist; chairman of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America
	1949	SFS	Historian; Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service
	1983	Grad	President of Ploughshares Fund, 2008–present; Director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
	1973	Law	President of Public Citizen, 1982–2008; Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
	1989	Law	Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
	1998	SFS	Environmentalist; founder of Blue Legacy
	1959	Law	Anti-abortion activist; founder of March for Life
	1997	SFS	Founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights; President of the Human Rights Campaign, 2012
	2025	CAS	Gun control activist, author, and co-founder of March for Our Lives.
	1981	SFS	President and CEO of Women's World Banking (microfinance)
	1952	Grad	World War II Polish resistance fighter; Polish diplomat; professor at Georgetown University for 40 years
	1989, 1993	SFS, Law	Founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies
	1978	Law	Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Ordained minister in the United Church of Christ
	1972	SLL	Money conflict resolution coach and author of books on money psychology
	1921, 1922, 1936	Col, Grad, Med	Grandson of Dr. Samuel Mudd; led efforts to posthumously rehabilitate his grandfather's name
	1993	SFS	CEO of the Goldwater Institute
	2000	Grad	Co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network; activist involved with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Convention on Cluster Munitions
	1988	Col	President and founder of Best Buddies International
	2010	Col	Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of the Concordia Summit
	2004	SSP	Freedom fighter and prisoner of war in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
	1943	Med	Founder of Project HOPE; humanitarian aid activist; first U.S. physician on the ground in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1935	SFS	President of Panama, 1955–56
	1998	MSFS	President of the European Commission, 2004–2014; Prime Minister of Portugal, 2002–04
	1989	MPP	President of Costa Rica, 2010–14
	1968	SFS	President of the United States, 1993–2001
	1968	MSB	President of El Salvador, 1989–94
	1995	MSFS	King of Spain, 2014–present
	1992	MSB	Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2009–2011; Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2016–2020
	1987	MSFS	King of Jordan, 1999–present
	1934	Law	President of the United States, 1963–69
	1982	SFS	Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present
		SFS	President of Colombia, 1974–78
	1968	SFS	President of the Philippines, 2001–10
	2011	MPP	President of Colombia, 2018–2022
	1929	SFS	President of Ecuador, 1948–52; 4th Secretary General of the Organization of American States, 1968–75

Governors of the United States

This includes the governors of the states and territories of the United States.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1963	SFS	Governor of New Mexico, 1983–87
	1889	Law	Governor of South Carolina, 1911–15; United States Senator, 1925–31
	1937	Law	Governor of Delaware, 1953–60; United States Senator, 1961–73; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1947–53
		Col	Governor of Maryland, 1876–80; great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton
	1964	Law	Governor of Delaware, 1985–92; United States Representative, 1993–2011
	1949, 1951	Col, Law	First appointed Governor of American Samoa, 1956–61; first elected Governor of American Samoa, 1978–85, 1989–93
	1981	Col	Governor of Kansas, 2018–2019
	1979	Law	Governor of Indiana, 2005–13; President of Purdue University
	1938	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1959–61
	1931	Law	Governor of Ohio, 1959–63
	1910	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1923–25
	1982	SFS	Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2009–13
	1900	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1907–09
	1966	Col	Governor of Oklahoma, 1995–2003; President and CEO of the American Bankers Association
	1978	Law	Governor of New Hampshire, 2005–13
	1986	Law	Governor of Virginia, 2014–18; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
	1981	Law	Governor of New Jersey, 2002–04
	1972	Law	Governor of New Hampshire, 1993–97
	1915*	Law	First democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, 1949–65; known as the "Father of Modern Puerto Rico"
	1957	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1973–77
	1822*	Col	Governor of Maryland, 1845–1848, U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1850–1857
	1971	SFS	Governor of Illinois, 2009–15
	1918	Col	Governor of Connecticut, 1948–49
	1972	Law	Governor of Alabama, 1999–2003
	1953	Law	Governor of Washington, 1981–85

United States executive branch officials

Cabinet members

This includes members of the Cabinet of the United States.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1851	Law	Secretary of War, 1869–76
	1895	Law	Secretary of the Treasury, 1907–09; first Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903–04; Postmaster General, 1905–07
	1974	Grad	Secretary of Defense, 2006–11; Director of Central Intelligence, 1991–93; President of the Boy Scouts of America; President of Texas A&M University, 2002–06
	1961	Grad	Secretary of State, 1981–82; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1974–79; White House Chief of Staff, 1973–74; CEO, United Technologies
	1968	Law	Secretary of Commerce, 1996–97; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993–96
	1984	SSP	Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017; White House Chief of Staff, 2017–2019
	1975	Law	Secretary of the Treasury, 2013–2017; White House Chief of Staff, 2012–13; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1998–2001, 2010–12; Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, 2009–10
	1996	MSFS	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2021–2025; White House Chief of Staff, 2013–2017; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2010–2014
	1994	SFS	Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017–2019
	1957*	Law	Secretary of Defense, 1975–77, 2001–06; White House Chief of Staff, 1974–75; United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 1973–74; Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969–70; United States Representative from Illinois, 1963–69
	1992	LL.M.	Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2018–2021; Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 2017–2018, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 2006–2009

Cabinet-level officers

This includes persons who are not members of the Cabinet but hold positions that are of cabinet-level rank.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	2001	Law	Director of National Intelligence, 2021–present; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015–2017; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2013–15
	1969 1973	Col Law	United States Trade Representative, 2017–2021
	1989	SFS	Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2017–2021; White House Chief of Staff, 2019–2020; United States Representative from South Carolina, 2011–2017
	1976	Law	Counselor to the President, 2014–15; Co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008–09; President and CEO, Center for American Progress, 2003–present; Chief of Staff to President Clinton, 1998–2001
	1948, 1950	Col, Grad	Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter administration; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1965–68
	1976	SFS	Director of Central Intelligence, 1997–2004

Agency heads and subordinate officers

This includes the heads of federal independent agencies and officers subordinate to the heads of executive departments.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1914	Law	Director of the National Park Service, 1929–33; conservationist; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
	1967	Col	Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 1993–94, founder and senior chairman of Evercore
	1984	Law	Executive Director of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, 2004–06
	1986	SFS	Secretary of the Navy (nominee pending confirmation)
	1966	Law	Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 2001–05; Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 1990–93; Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1989–90
		GAI	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Officer Corps rear admiral; Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (2024–present)
		Law	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits, 2007–09
	1987	SFS	Solicitor General of the United States, 2004–08
	1977	SFS	Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 2001–09
	1970	Law	Assistant Secretary of Energy for Domestic and International Energy Policy; Vermont Attorney General, 1981–85
	1978	Law	Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 2001–05
	1993	Law	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006–08
	1991	Law	Director of the Peace Corps, 1995–99; White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 1993; President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1999–present
	1981	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; CEO, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
	1982	Grad	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 2002–15; Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation
	1985	Grad	Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005–07
	1979	Law	Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 2013; Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 2013–present
	1971	SFS	Under Secretary of State for Management, 2007–2017
	1977	Law	Acting U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006; Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Germany, 1991–93; Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, 1989–91
	1920, 1934	Col, Law	Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53
	1999	Law	Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009–13; CEO, Council on CyberSecurity
	1973	Col	President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Chairman of Mosbacher Energy Company
	1971	Col	Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 2001–06; U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, 2006–07; Chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, 2000–01; Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, 1980–87; Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1975–87
Jerome Powell	1979	Law	16th Chair of the Federal Reserve
	1993	Law	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2001–2005; President of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, 2011–present
	1986	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2008–09
	1962	Col	Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1997–2002
	1988	MSFS	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities, 2011–13; Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support, 2001–03; first United States Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism, 1998–2000
	1999	Law	Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 2008–12
			Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; gave his name to the Slattery Report
	1973	Col	Governor of the Federal Reserve, 2009–2017
	1969	Law	Solicitor General of New York, 2007–present; Acting Solicitor General of the United States, 2001; Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, 1998–2001
	1986	Law	Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, 2009–11; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1994–97
	1967	MA	Acting Deputy Archivist of the United States, 1986–1987; Deputy Archivist of the United States, 1988–1993
	1975	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08
	1962	LL.M.	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1974–77; founding partner of Wiley Rein & Fielding

White House staff

This includes members of the Executive Office of the President.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1971	Law	White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, 2014–17; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 2011–14; Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1986–99, 2003–11
	1978	SFS	Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, 2005–09
	2008	Law	Press secretary to Vice President Joe Biden, 2009–2011
	1982	SSP	White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, 2017
	1961	Col	Advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan; White House Communications Director, 1985–87; nationally syndicated political pundit; a frequent commentator on The McLaughlin Group
	1997	Law	Assistant to the President for Special Projects, 2010; Communications Director of the U.S. Treasury, 2009–10; Chief Spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008–09; Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama, 2008 Presidential general election campaign
			Principal Deputy Press Secretary for the Biden administration
	1965	Law	White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970–73
	1983	Col	White House Chief of Staff, 2021–2023; Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden, 2008–11; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, 1995–99; U.S. Ebola Response Coordinator, 2014–15
	1920, 1934	Col, Law	Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53
	1982	Col	White House Press Secretary, 1998–2000
	1985	Grad	Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1995–98
Kayleigh McEnany	2010	SFS	White House Press Secretary, 2020–2021
	1980	Law	White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1999–2001
	1991	Col	Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005–07
	1998	Col	White House Communications Director, 2009–13; Senior Advisor to President Obama, 2013–15
	1971, 1975	Col, Law	White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, 1995–96
	1996	Law	White House Counsel to President Obama, 2011–2014

Ambassadors of the United States

This includes ambassadors of the United States to foreign states, international organizations, and at-large causes.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1959	Grad	President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress; United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 1983–87; co-founder of Center for Strategic and International Studies; advisor to President Ronald Reagan
	1977	Col	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2009–2013
	1980	SFS	United States Ambassador to Albania, 2010–14
	1952, 1953	SFS, Grad	United States Ambassador to Brazil, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1977–80
	1968	SFS	United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997–2001
	1987	Law	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1994–97; senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Special Representative for Global Partnerships
	1962	SFS	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001–04
	1921	SFS	United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1944–47; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1947–51; United States Ambassador to Cuba, 1951–53; United States Ambassador to Chile, 1953–56; United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1956–60
	1976	MSFS	United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2002–05
	1950	SFS	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1978–82; United States Ambassador to Ecuador, 1976–78
	1976	SFS	United States Special Envoy to Sudan, 2017–present; United States Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, 2013–2017; United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2010–13; United States Ambassador to Zambia, 2008–10; United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2005–08
	1988	SFS	United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 2012–present
	1981	SFS	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2010–13; United States Chargé d'Affaires a.i to Syria, 2008–10
	1982	Grad	United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 2009–13
	1832 1859	Grad Law	First Person of Color to become U.S. Ambassador of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1859 – 1861
	1960	SFS	United States Ambassador to Israel, 1993–94; United States Ambassador to Syria, 1988–91; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 1991–93; founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
	1957	SFS	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1997–2001; United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1993–97
	1971	SFS	United States Ambassador to Angola, 2004–07
	1879	Col	United States Ambassador to Denmark, 1907–18
	1995	Law	United States Ambassador to Poland, 2009–12
	1989	Law	United States Ambassador to Denmark, 2009–13
	1990	Law	United States Ambassador to Croatia, 1993–98; United Nations Representative in East Timor, 2000–01; Member of the Vermont Senate, 2011–15
	1978	Law	United States Ambassador to Morocco, 1994–98
	1975	MSFS	United States Ambassador to Romania, 2009–12
	1988	Grad	United States Ambassador to Kenya, 2011–12; Major General, United States Air Force
	1983	SFS	United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2015–present; United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2013–15; United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, 2011–13; United States Ambassador to Jordan, 2004–08
	1985	SFS	United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–present; United States Ambassador to Chile, 2014–2016; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 2011–2013
S. Fitzgerald Haney	1991	SFS/MSFS	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2015–17
Harry B. Harris Jr.	1994	SSP	United States Ambassador to South Korea, 2018-2021. Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. U.S. Navy Admiral.
	1940	SFS	United States Ambassador to Turkey, 1965–68; United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961–65; United States Ambassador to Kuwait, 1962–63; United States Ambassador to Yemen, 1961–62
	1981	SFS	President and CEO of International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children; Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1997–99
	1974	SFS	United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003–06; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2000–03
	1988	SFS	President and CEO of Meridian International Center, 2006–present; United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs, 2003–05; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Coordinator of the Bureau of International Information Programs, 2001–03; Special Assistant to the President and associate director of Presidential Personnel, 2001–03
	1982	SFS	United States Ambassador to Thailand, 2007–10
	1932	SFS	United States Ambassador-at-Large, 1973–77; United States Ambassador to Japan, 1966–68; United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1958–61; United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953–57
	1964	Law	United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1993–97; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma, 1973–87; White House Appointments Secretary, 1968–69
	1982	SFS Fellow	United States Ambassador to Finland, 1991–94; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1989–91; United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1986–88
	1948, 1950	Grad, Grad	United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1973–75; Member of the Board of Directors, United States Institute of Peace
	1960	SFS	United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 1997–2000
	1979, 1985	SFS, Grad	Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, 2005–07; United States Ambassador to Singapore, 2001–05
	1924, 1925	SFS, Grad	United States Ambassador to Israel, 1954–59; United States Ambassador to Iceland, 1949–54
	1977	SFS	United States Ambassador to Honduras, 2008–11
	1961	SFS	United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 2003–07; United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1997–2000; United States Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1993–96
	1975	SFS	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, 1997–99; United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, 1994–97
	1963	Col	United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 1985–89; Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, 1989–91
	1978	SFS	United States Ambassador to Guinea, 2004–07; United States Ambassador to the Gambia, 2001–04
	1929	SFS	United States Ambassador to Finland, 1952–55; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 1949–52
	1968, 1974	SFS, Law	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1997–2001
	1956	Law	United States Ambassador to Romania, 1994–97
	1980	SFS	Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, 2009–12; Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, 2007–08; United States Ambassador to Poland, 2012–15; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2003–06
	1991	SFS Rusk Fellow	United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2010–12; United States Ambassador to Serbia, 2007–09
	1977	SFS	United States Ambassador to Libya, 2019–present; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2012–2015; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2007–10
	1950	SFS	United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Peru, 1981–83; United States Ambassador to Guatemala, 1979–80; United States Ambassador to Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, 1977–79
	1978	Grad	United States Ambassador to Bolivia, 2000–02
	1975, 1978	Col, Law	United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 2005–08
	1978	Law	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998–2001
	1978	LL.M.	First United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, 1997–2000
	1968, 1972	Col, Law	United States Ambassador to Sweden, 1994–98
	1984	MSFS	U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, 1997–2001; Chairperson of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 2012–15
		SFS	United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013–2016; United States Ambassador to Djibouti, 2008–11
	1978	Grad	United States Ambassador to Russia, 2014–2017; United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2009–13; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2000–03
	1963	SFS	United States Ambassador to Qatar, 1995–98
	1947	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1978–79; United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1976–78; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1974–76; United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1972–74
	1998	Law	United States Ambassador to India, 2015–2017; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2009–present
	1966, 1969	SLL, Grad	United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues; Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Chief of Staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1997–2001; co-founder and chair of Vital Voices Global Partnership
	1949	SFS	Director of the Bureau for Refugee Programs, 1982; United States Ambassador to Switzerland, 1979–81
	1975	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08; United States Ambassador to Egypt, 2001–05; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1998–2002
	1956	SFS	United States Ambassador to Estonia, 1998–2001; United States Ambassador to Congo-Kinshasa, 1991–93; United States Ambassador to Mozambique, 1987–90; United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, 1976–77; United States Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1976–77

Military

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Gen.	1983	MSFS	Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2011–13; Commander of U.S. Central Command, 2010; Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 2014–present
Rear Admiral	1803–1808	Col	Commanded numerous U.S. Navy ships, most notably the during the Mexican–American War
Lt. Gen.	1933	Law	High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, 1961–64
Gen.	1970	SFS	Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 2007–11; Commander of Multi-National Force – Iraq, 2004–07
Maj. Gen.	1935	SFS	Commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, 1965; Commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, 1964–65
Brig. Gen.	1862	Col	Commanding general of Artillery districts during the Spanish–American War
Gen.	1985	Grad	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2015–2019; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2014–15; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2012–14
Maj. Gen.	1984	Grad	Deputy Director of HUMINT of the CIA, 2006–07; Director of the Marine Corps Intelligence Command, 2000–04
Lt. Col. Don C. Faith Jr.	1941	SFS	Commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir; Medal of Honor recipient
Maj. Gen.	1957	SFS	Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, 1991–93; Chairman of the Committee of 100; first Chinese-American to become a general officer in the U.S. Army
Lt. Gen.	1986	Grad	Deputy Commander of United States European Command; Commander of United States Army South
Brig. Gen.	1978	Grad	Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force, 1997–99
Gen.	1966	SFS	National Security Advisor to President Obama, 2009–10; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 2003–06; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1999–2003
Gen.	1967	MSFS	Commander-in-Chief of United Nations Command/ROK-US Combined Forces Command
Maj. Gen.	1953	Col	Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, 1984–1987
Vice Admiral	1982	Grad	Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2006–10; Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 2005–06
Gen.	1994–1995	SFS Fellow	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–12; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2010–11; Commander of United States Central Command, 2008–10
Vice Admiral	1982	Grad	President of the National Defense University, 2009–12; Director of Navy Staff, 2005–06; highest ranking woman in the U.S. Navy
Gen.	1985	Grad	Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Atlantic Command, 1994–97
Vice Admiral	1990	SSP	U.S. Military Representative to NATO
Lt. Gen.	1987	Grad	Commander of United States Army North; Commander of United States Army Military District of Washington/Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, 2005–07
Maj. Gen.	1981	Grad	Commanding General of the 4th Marine Division

Judges

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1972, 1975	Col, Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000–present
	1913	Law	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1954–75
	1969	Law	Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2002–06; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2006–present
	1826	Law	Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1861–67; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1849–53
	1958	Law	Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1997–2007; the nation's first blind federal trial judge
	1978	Law	Chief Judge, United States Tax Court, 2006–present
	1916	Law	Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1958–65; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1930–35
	1971	LL.M.	Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2010–12; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2007–present
	1930	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 1955–96; temporarily assigned to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and presided over the Little Rock Integration Crisis case
	1964	Law	Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 2009–10; Associate Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1993–2009
	1914	Law	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1949–67; Solicitor General of the United States, 1941–45
	1966, 1969	Col, Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2003–present
	1967	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1997–2011
	1986	Law	Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010–present; Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2006–10
	1990	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2007–present
	1900	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1931–35
	1979	Law	Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–13
	1960, 1966	Col, Law	Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2011–13; Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2001–08
	1988	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
	1981	Law	Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2015–present; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2002–15
	1984	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006–present
	1900	Law	Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 2010–15
	1994	Law	Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Uganda, 2009–present
	1981	Law	Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 2003–2018
	1975	Law	Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1997–2009
	1987, 1990	Col, Law	Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2011–2018; Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2007–present
	1969	Col, Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1999–2012
	1904, 1907	Col, Law	Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1949–51, Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1937–68; United States Senator from Oregon, 1960
	1975	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998–present
	1994	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006–present
	1965	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1994–2003; Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1991–94
	1915	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1945–71; the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse is named in his honor
	1975	Law	Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1994–2011
	1957	Col	Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1986–2016
	1980	LL.M.	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002–present
	1964	LL.M.	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991–2001
	1926	Law	Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1971–74; Time magazine "Man of the Year" 1973
	1979	Law	Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, 2014–present
	1978	Law	Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 2007–09; Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, 2001–present
	1971	Law	Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1990–95; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1986–2002
	1930	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1965–85; Deputy Direct, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930–48
	1955, 1957	Law, LL.M.	Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1988–2001
	1863	Col	Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–21
	1958, 1962	Col, Law	Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–07

United States Congress

The bicameral United States Congress is composed of two houses.

U.S. Senators

This includes members of the United States Senate.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1974, 1978	Col, Med	United States Senator from Wyoming, 2007–present
	1934	Law	United States Senator from Nevada, 1954–74
	1920	Law	United States Senator from New Mexico, 1935–62; first American-born Hispanic Senator; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1931–35
	1966, 1969	SFS, Law	Senate Majority Whip, 2007–15; Senate Minority Whip, 2015–present; United States Senator from Illinois, 1997–present; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1983–97
	1965	Law	United States Senator from New Hampshire, 1975–80
	1934	Col	United States Senator from Michigan, 1959–76; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1955–59; Hart Senate Office Building named in his honor
	1978	Law	United States Senator from Hawaii, 2013–present; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 2007–13; Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 1994–2002
	1836	Col	United States Senator from New York, 1875–81; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1863–65
	1992	Law	United States Senator from Illinois, 2010–17; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 2001–10
	1908	Law	United States Senator from Rhode Island, 1949–50
	1964	Law	United States Senator from Vermont, 1975–2023; President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 2012–15
	1994	Law	United States Senator from Florida, 2009–11
	1869	Col	United States Senator from Florida, 1897–1907; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1891–95
			United States Senator from Maryland, 1838–45
	1961	Law	United States Senator from Maine, 1980–95; Senate Majority Leader, 1989–95; Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1987–89; Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maine, 1979–80; U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, 1995–2001; Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast, 1999–2009; U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, 2009–11; Chairman of the Disney Company, 2004–07
	1938	Law	United States Senator from New Mexico, 1964–77; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1957–64; Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, 1955–57, 1947–51
	1980	Col	United States Senator from Alaska, 2002–present
	1920	Law	United States Senator from Wyoming, 1934–53
	2009	SFS	United States Senator from Georgia, 2021–present
		Col	United States Senator from North Dakota, 1893–99
	1993, 1993	MSFS, Law	United States Senator from Alaska, 2015–present; Attorney General of Alaska, 2009–10; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, 2006–09
	1990	Law	United States Senator from Maryland, 2017–present; Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 2017–2019; United States Representative from Maryland, 2003–2017; Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2007–11
	1975	Law	United States Senator from Virginia, 2007–13; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987–88

U.S. Representatives

This includes members of the United States House of Representatives.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1932	Col	United States Representative from Missouri, 1947–49, 1951–53
	1895	Law	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1936–40; United States Representative from Alabama, 1917–40
	1977	Law	United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2003
	1894	Law	United States Representative from Nevada, 1907–11
	1956	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1983–2000
	1959	SFS	United States Representative from Maryland, 1973–81
	1952	Col	United States Representative from Virginia, 1981–2001
	1971	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1977–79
	1991	Law	United States Representative from Louisiana, 2008–09
	1986	Law	United States Representative from Rhode Island, 2011–23
	1987	Law	United States Representative from Michigan, 2011–13
	1914	Law	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1937–49
	1931	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1949–53
	1974	SFS	United States Representative from Texas, 2005–present
	1918	Law	United States Representative from California, 1931–33
	1988	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 2013–2019; co-founder and CEO of CapitalSource
	2013	Law	United States Representative from Pennsylvania, 2023–present
	1892	Col	United States Representative from Ohio, 1907–1913
	1975, 1998	SFS, SCE	United States Representative from Michigan, 2015–present; President of the General Motors Foundation
	1949, 1952	Col, Law	Dean of the United States House of Representatives, 1995–2015; United States Representative from Michigan, 1965–2015; longest serving House member in history
	1895	Law	United States Representative from Ohio, 1888–95
	1896	Law	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1925–35
	1949, 1951	Law, LL.M.	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1971–81; first Roman Catholic Jesuit priest to serve as a voting Member of Congress; Georgetown Law professor
	1901	Col	United States Representative from New York, 1935–37
	1947	Law	United States Representative from Oklahoma, 1953–73
	1947	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1849–61
	1978	Law	United States Representative from Illinois, 1983–2007
	1822	Col	United States Representative from Virginia, 1851–59; United States Representative from West Virginia, 1875–77; United States Minister to France, 1860–61
	1995	MPP	United States Representative from New Jersey, 2001–09
	1947	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1959–61
	1923	Law	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–49
	1986	MPP	United States Representative from Nebraska, 2005–22
	1973	Law	United States Representative from Florida, 2013–present
	1970	Law	United States Representative from Texas, 1979–2005; President of America Votes
	2013, 2015	SSP, Grad	United States Representative from Wisconsin, 2017–24
	1998	SSP	United States Representative from California, 2020–2025
	*	Col	United States Representative from North Carolina, 1813–16; Georgetown College's first student; Gaston Hall is named after him; helped secure Georgetown University's federal charter
	1921–1922*	Col	United States Representative from New Jersey, 1957–65
	1895	Law	United States Representative from Illinois, 1913–15
	1920	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1939–52; Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1953–57
	1917	Law	United States Representative from Indiana, 1939–49; Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, 1953–55
	1951	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1975–81
	1926	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1946–63
	1924	Law	United States Representative from New Jersey, 1935–55
	1993, 1996, 1997	Col, Grad, Law	United States Representative from South Dakota, 2004–11
	1949	Col	United States Representative from Maryland, 1969–75
	2014	MPP	United States Representative from Indiana, 2017–23
	1966	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1981–present; Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, 1989–95; House Majority Leader, 2007–2011, 2019–2023; House Minority Whip, 2003–07, 2011–2019
	1947	Col	United States Representative from Illinois, 1975–2007
	1908	Law	United States Representative from Illinois, 1935; Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939–65
	1986	Col	United States Representative from Washington, 2017–present
	1996	Law	United States Representative from Louisiana, 1991–09; convicted of ten corruption charges
	1994	SPP	United States Representative from New York, 2013–present; House Minority Leader, 2023–present
	*		United States Representative from Rhode Island, 1995–2011; chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 1999–2001; son of Ted Kennedy
	1922	Law	United States Representative from Texas, 1939–61; Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, 1961–68
	1984	Law	United States Representative from New Hampshire, 2013–present
	1895	Law	United States Representative from Kentucky, 1903–13
		Law	United States Representative from South Carolina, 1903–13
	1901	Law	United States Representative from South Carolina, 1901–19
	1994	Law	United States Representative from California, 2015–present
	1971	Law	United States Representative from California, 2005–13
	1906, 1909	Col, Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1915–24
	2004	MSFS	United States Representative from Florida, 2017–23
	1969	Dent	United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2007
	1996	SFS	United States Representative from Virginia, 2009–11
	1934	Col	United States Representative from Montana, 1937–39
	1909	Col	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1923–25
	1933	Col	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59
	2019	MSB	United States Representative from Texas, 2021–present
	1988	SFS	United States Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands, 2015–present
	1959	Law	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1979–85
	1904	Law	United States Representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–13
	1922	Law	United States Representative from Rhode Island, 1935–37, 1939–41
	1953	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1973–75
	2013	SSP	United States Representative from New York, 2022–present
	1931	Law	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59
	1996	Law	United States Representative from Kansas, 2015–present; Attorney General of Kansas, 2011–2023
	2005	Col	United States Representative from New York, 2022–23
	1964	SFS	United States Representative from Indiana, 1975–95; President of Resources for the Future, 2005–present
	2007	Law	United States Representative from New Jersey, 2019–present
	1949	SFS	United States Representative from Ohio, 1965–83
	2003	MSB	United States Representative from Wisconsin, 2019–present
	1916	Law	United States Representative from Ohio, 1933–39, 1941–43, 1945–47
	1995	SFS	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 2019–present
	1893	Law	United States Representative from Nevada, 1903–07
	1982	Law	United States Representative from Indiana, 1985–2023
	1873	Col	United States Delegate from the Washington Territory, 1885–89
	1980	Law	United States Representative from Washington, 1995–99
	1965	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1981–2015
	1977	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1993–2008

Other U.S. political figures

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	2010	Law	Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2011–15
Kristina Arriaga	2007	M.A.	Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2016—2019
	1976	SFS	Author; the movie Syriana was based on two of his books; intelligence commentator; CIA case handler
	1995	Law	President of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Chapter; president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; member of the Massachusetts Senate, 2003–07
	1979	Med	Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2002–2015; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1991–present
	1993	Col	Chief of staff to Leon Panetta at the Department of Defense and CIA
	1973	Law	President of the Family Research Council, 1988–99; founder of the Campaign for Working Families PAC
	1961	MSB	President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party; Honorary President of the Socialist International; elected to the Puerto Rico Senate, 1973–77, 1985–89, 1997–2000
	1990	Col	Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate, 2019–present; Member of the Washington State Senate, 2013–present; Member of the Washington House of Representatives, 2011–13; Co-owner of the Spokane Indians
	1974	Law	Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1994–98
	1987	Law	California State Treasurer, 2015–2019; California State Controller, 2007–15
	2010, 2015	COL, SCS	Michigan Senate, 2016–18
	1994	Law	New Hampshire Attorney General, 2009–15
John E. Develin	1840	Col	Member of the New York State Assembly, 1846–1847, 1867
	1888	Col	Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1849; founding member of the Philodemic Society
	1979, 1986	Col, Law	New Jersey Attorney General, 1999–2002; Acting Governor of New Jersey, 2002
	1972	SFS	Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1976–84; political consultant and pundit from New Orleans
	1992	GOVT	Global fraud expert and former Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
	1975	SFS	President and founder of the Center for Security Policy
Sam Greco	2015 2019	SFS Law	Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 19th district, commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps
David G. Greenfield	2001	Law	Member of the New York City Council, 2010–2017; CEO of the Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty, 2019–present
	1964	Law	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1966–67
	1971	Law	Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, 1987–95
	2005	Law	Missouri Secretary of State, 2013–17; Member of the Missouri House of Representatives, 2009–13
	1954*	SCE	First Lady of the United States, 1961–63
	1948	SFS	President of the AFL–CIO, 1979–95
	1967	Grad	Campaign manager for President Jimmy Carter in 1980
			Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1969–83, 1991–98
	1960	MSB	Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972–80; temporary judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans attorney
	1986	BA	Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161, 2007–2010
	1976	MSB	Deputy Mayor for Operations of City of New York, 1998–2002; chairman and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2011–12
	1988	Col	Attorney General of Illinois, 2003–present
	1963	Grad	Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, 1982–87; Sister of Mercy nun who resigned her vows to remain in political office
	1987	Law	Vermont Secretary of State, 1998–2011
	1962	Grad	President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1993–2003; Vice chairman of Merrill Lynch
	2009	Grad	Senior Advisor for Human Rights to the United States Department of State's Global AIDS program and to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Global Affairs
	1983	Law	Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994–2002; President of the National Urban League, 2003–present
		Law, LL.M.	Mayor of New York City, 1933
	1973	Law	Register of Copyrights, 1985–94
	1989, 1992	Col, Med	President of the Muslim American Society, 2004–08; Member of the board of directors of Dar Al-Hijrah mosque
			Member of the Maryland Senate, 1963–66; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1955–59
	1978	SFS	Executive Director and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2007–09; Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, 1994–96
	1984	MSB	First Lady of South Carolina; investment banker; campaign manager
	Sometime 2010s	GOVT	Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 2023–present
	1963	Law	Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan's in 1976 and 1980
	1965	Col	Democratic political consultant
	1987	Law	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2011–15
	1849		Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1858–59; Member of the Colorado Territorial Legislative Assembly, 1875
	Sometime 1940s	Law	Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1939–41; survivor of the Bataan Death March
	1991	Law	Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 2009–11; Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 2003–07
	1977	Law	Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, 1988–89; Member of the Wisconsin State Senate, 1984–93; Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1979–84
	1985	Law	Co-chairwoman of the super-PAC Ready for Hillary; CEO of Turner GPA
	1982	Law	New York County District Attorney, 2010–present
	1988	Law	Attorney General of South Dakota, 2022–present
	1971	Grad	Democratic political consultant

Other government officials outside the United States

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1980, 1986	Grad, Grad	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority, 2007
			Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan
	1952	SFS	Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1979–82; Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1977–79; Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, 1971–74
	1961	SFS	Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations, 2004–09; Ambassador of Panama to the United States, 1994–96; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, 1996–98
	1998–1999	SFS Fellow	State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, 2004–12; Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, 2003–04; Minister of Defense of Georgia, 2004
	1993	SFS	Member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, 2012–2015
	1998	MSB	Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania, 2005–15
	1953	SFS	Israeli Ambassador to the United States, 1973–79; political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir, 1969–73; Member of the Knesset, 1984–88
	1988	SFS	Spokesperson for United Nations Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan and António Guterres
	1996	Law	Member of the Philippines Senate, 2007–present; Minority Floor Leader of the Philippines House of Representatives, 2004–07; Member of the Philippines House of Representatives, 1998–2007
	1959–1963*	SFS	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, 1979–80
	1970s	Col	Director of the National Police of Nicaragua, 2006–16
	1993	SFS	Ambassador of Mexico to China
	1972, 1975	Grad, Grad	Ambassador of Israel to China, 2002–07; Ambassador of Israel to India, 1995–2000
	1983	Grad	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, 2015–present; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States, 2007–15
	1983	SFS	Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, 2015–2017; Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2009–2017
	1993	SFS	Minister of Education of Slovakia, 2010–present; Member of the National Council of Slovakia, 2010–present
	1985	SFS	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 2017–present
	1979	Col	First Vice President of Panama, 2004–09; Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2004–09
	1967	SFS	Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, 2002–06; Minister of the Interior of Colombia, 1998; Ambassador of Colombia to Canada, 1994–98; Minister of Agriculture of Colombia, 1991–93; Ambassador of Colombia to France, 1990–91; Senator of Colombia, 1990; Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, 1986–90
	1953	SFS	Member of the Senate of Canada, 1990–2005; first Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, 2003–04
	1972		Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Jordan, 2013–15; Minister of Culture of Jordan, 1993–94, 2005; Member of the Jordanian Senate, 2010–11, 2015
	1952	SFS	Jurist and career diplomat; served as Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs (1964–65) and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1960–64) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; served as Ambassador of Mexico in Germany and the Netherlands
	1953	MSFS	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1991–2001; President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2003–12; Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board
	1995	SFS	United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States, 2008–present
	1971	Col	Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2008–11; Ambassador of Thailand to the United States, 2004–06; Ambassador of Thailand to Japan, 2001–03; Ambassador of Thailand to Germany, 1997–2001; Ambassador of Thailand to the Soviet Union, 1991–93; Ambassador of Thailand to Indonesia, 1994–96
			Minister of Communications of Tunisia, 2009–12; Fulbright scholar
	1974	Law	Chairman of the People First Party of the Republic of China, 2000–present; first Governor of Taiwan Province, 1993–98; Head of the Government Information Office, 1979–84
	1991	SFS	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, 2006–10; Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United Nations, 2002–06; President, Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court
		Grad	First Ambassador of Israel to China, Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands
	1958	MSB	Ambassador of Mexico to Cuba, Portugal, and Russia; Director-General, Bank of Mexico, 1982; Secretary of Budget and Planning of Mexico, 1976–77
	1983	Grad	Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 2003–07; Ambassador and High Commissioner of Singapore to India and Nepal, 1996–98
	1982	SFS	First Lady of Ukraine, 2005–10 (wife of Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko)
	2016	LL.M	Member of the Parliament of Jakarta (Indonesia), Secretary of the Indonesia Solidarity Party Fraction

Entertainment

Film, television, and theater

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1989	Law	President of HBO miniseries and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
	1985	Col	Singer and actress; winner of the Tony Award, Daytime Emmy Award, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
	1895–1897*	Col	Actor
	2001	Col	Director and screenwriter
	1970	SFS	Franco-Tunisian film producer
	2004	Col	Actor
	1978	Law	Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures
	Sometime 1950s	Col	Actress known for Private Benjamin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination
	2005	Col	Director and screenwriter
	1997	Col	Filmmaker with 12 Academy Award nominations across disciplines as an actor, writer, and producer. Winner of 3 Grammy Awards. Nominated for a Tony Award and 6 Golden Globes.
	1995	Col	Producer of Grey Gardens; winner of an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a TCA Award
	1992	Grad	Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for Wit
	c. 1963		Child actor, portrayed the kidnap victim in "Fearful Decision" and Tom Sawyer to Eileen Heckart's Aunt Polly in an episode of Campbell Television Playhouse
	1993	Law	Actor
		Col	Independent filmmaker
	1960	Col	Five-time Tony Award-winning playwright known for The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body
	1971	Col	Tony Award-winning director known for The Elephant Man play on Broadway
	1985	Col	Television writer and producer; creator of Arrested Development; co-creator of The Ellen Show
	2001	Col	Actor and comedian known for his role in The League and starring in the Kroll Show
	1914	Grad	Early stage and film actor; first portrayed the character of Svengali
	1992	Col	Director known for Undercover Brother and The Best Man
	1889	Col	Canadian actor, director, and playwright
	2005	Col	Actress and screenwriter
	1984	Law	Star and judge of The People's Court; former Florida circuit court judge
Andrew Morrison	2015	Col	Academy Award-nominated producer, winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for The Brutalist
	1984	MSB	Producer known for Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Natural Born Killers
	1992	SFS	Documentary director known for Smile Pinki; winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary
	1999	Col	Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Memento and known for co-writing Interstellar and The Dark Knight. Also known as the creator of Westworld.
	1943	SFS	Actor, director, writer, and producer; winner of nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award
	2012	Col	Actress
RaMell Ross	2005	Col	Director and co-writer of Nickel Boys, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
	1995	SFS	Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-winning director and writer known for Grey Gardens
	1989	Col	Actor
	1987		Director known for four Harry Potter films
	1989	Col	Former talk show host on KFI; documentary writer and director

Literature

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	2001	Col	New York Times bestselling author and webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron
	1950	Col	Author of novel The Exorcist with two Academy Award nominations as producer and screenwriter of the film adaptation, winning the Oscar in the latter category.
	1983	Col	Author, poet, and public intellectual; contributing editor of The Weekly Standard
	1969	SFS	Noted biographer
	1867	Grad	Creole journalist, poet, and author known for The House in Balfour Street
	1867	Grad	Creole author known for Le Tombeau Blanc
	1967	Col	Author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water and The Broken Cord, for which he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction
	1955	SFS	Financial author and Edgar Award-winning fiction novelist
	1902	Law	Author of 20 books, including The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution; columnist for The New Republic; outspoken opponent of the New Deal and the United States' entry into World War II
	1997	Grad	Author specializing in relationships and personal growth
R. F. Kuang	2018	SFS	Fiction writer known for The Poppy War, Yellowface, and Babel, the latter of which won the Nebula Award in 2022. Studied Chinese history, culture, and literature at Oxford and Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar.
		Col	Poet; editor of The Yale Review; President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
	2000	Col	Award-winning novelist known for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears; Lannan Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University; MacArthur Fellow
	1970	Col	Author on fashion and style; the "Style Guy" for GQ Magazine
	1995	Col	Novelist known for Los Angeles Times bestseller Fathermucker
	1859*	Col	Poet known for authoring "Maryland, My Maryland", the official state song of Maryland
	1999	Col	Author of the award-winning Story Thieves, Half Upon a Time, and Revenge of Magic series
	1991	SFS	Author and screenwriter known for The Dark Path and co-creating the television series Banshee

Music, art, and comedy

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	2000	Col	Rhythm and blues singer
	1975	Col	Computer game designer
	2000	Col	Comedian
	2005	Grad	Juggler and comedian
	1813–1814*	Col	Founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum
	1992	GPPI	Photographer and contemporary artist
	1968	SLL	Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter best known for "Afternoon Delight"
	1971	Col	Composer of classical music
	1988	MSB	Stand-up comedian and actor; star of The Jim Gaffigan Show
	1992	Grad	Guitarist and songwriter, formerly with Vertical Horizon
	2004	Col	Stand-up comedian; writer for Saturday Night Live
	1998	Col	Comedian and star of Impractical Jokers
	1982	Law	Attorney and artist
Jacqueline Novak	2004	Col	Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and author
	1988	Col	Guitarist for rock band Fugazi; former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring
	*	Col	Musician and co-author known for Hair
	1992	Grad	Musician and founding member of Vertical Horizon
Benito Skinner	2016	Col	Actor and comedian
	1922	Col	Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1952–60; curator of the Museum of Modern Art, 1935–46
	1992	Col	Music industry executive for Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group; co-creator of HBO's Reverb
	1989	MSB	Indie rock musician and arts activist

Journalism and media

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1986	MSB	Television personality on CNBC
	1947*	Col	Investigative journalist; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
	1976	Grad	Economist, author, and Wall Street Journal columnist
	1997	Col	Journalist
	1989	Law	Political and legal analyst on MSNBC; President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy
	1979	Grad	Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; University Professor at the University of Central Florida
	1993	Law	Supreme Court reporter for USA Today and The Washington Post
	1983	Law	Chairman and owner of Atlantic Media; founder of The Advisory Board Company and CEB Inc.
	1998	Col	CNN political commentator; Former political reporter for The Washington Post
	1894	Col	Editor of Collier's Weekly magazine (founded by his father); President of the Aero Club of America; married the granddaughter of William Astor
	1968	SFS	CBS News producer (60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II) and reporter; twice awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award by the Overseas Press Club; author of the 2003 bestseller Charlie Wilson's War
	1957	Grad	Legal journalist who is known for covering the Supreme Court for SCOTUSblog, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe; professor at Georgetown Law Center
	1987	Law	Journalist and host of To the Contrary
	1977	SFS	CNN special correspondent; National correspondent on NBC's The Today Show
	1994	SFS	Foreign correspondent with the National Public Radio; winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award and Peabody Award
	1990	Grad	President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2007–11; President of the Londgon-based Legatum Institute, 2011–14; Senior Fellow at Georgetown University and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue
	2001	Law	Journalist at The New Republic known for fabricating numerous stories
	1985	SFS	Correspondent with NPR, and PRI's The World
	2000	Grad	Journalist and former White House correspondent; co-anchor of The Today Show
	2003	Col	Head of News at Snapchat; host of Good Luck America; former CNN political reporter; author of "Did Twitter Kill The Boys On The Bus?", winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award
	1968	SFS	Deputy editorial page director of The Wall Street Journal; contributor on Fox News
	1986	Col	Senior editorial writer for The Washington Times; contributor to numerous publications and news stations
	1960	Col	Former executive editor of The Courier-Journal
	1983	Col	Journalist for The Washington Post; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
	1999	Grad	Award-winning British political journalist; became first female political editor of the BBC in 2015, one of the highest profile roles in British journalism
	1987	SFS	White House correspondent, former European economic correspondent, and Hong Kong bureau chief for The New York Times
	1983	Law	Senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal
	1985	Col	Correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast
	1986	Col	Columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service; contributing editor to the National Review
	1894, 1895	Col, Grad	Founder of Condé Nast, which publishes Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker; first president of Georgetown's student government, The Yard (predecessor to the Georgetown University Student Association)
	1981	Col	Science and technology broadcast journalist for CNN
	1984	Col	Author; former Sunday Business editor for The New York Times and editorial board member of Bloomberg View of Bloomberg News
	1996, 2003	Col, Grad	Co-anchor of CBS This Morning; former Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News
	2001	Law	Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award, and Polk Award-winning national security journalist for The Washington Post
	1922–1923*	Law	Sports editor at The Washington Post for 41 years; winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award
	1951	Col	The New York Times wine columnist and author
	1939	Col	Publisher of film magazines and co-author of the Motion Picture Production Code; spy for the United States Office of Strategic Services in Ireland during World War II; twice-elected mayor of Larchmont, New York
	2004	SCS	Emmy Award-winning documentary director; reporter for the Associated Press
	1944*	Law	Media executive; chairman and owner of National Amusements, the parent corporation of CBS Corporation and Viacom
	1977	Col	Anchor for NBC News; winner of two Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics and for The Alzheimer's Project; former First Lady of California
	1993	MSFS	Host of NBC Nightly News; co-host of the Good Morning America weekend edition
	1984	SFS	Technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal
	1992	SFS	Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning reporter; previously on CNN's The Situation Room
	1959	SFS	President of ABC Entertainment and ABC Broadcast Group
	1979, 1982	Law, LL.M.	Fox News Channel anchor of On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren
	1994	SFS	Former NYC Media general manager; former media advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Law

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1986	Law	In March 2006, sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered then to pay restitution of more than $21 million for defrauding American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials
	1961, 1964	Col, Law	Litigator; represented President Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal
	1961, 1965	Col, Law	Co-founder of Patton Boggs LLP
	1981	Law	Litigator who represented the West Memphis Three
	1953, 1956	SFS, Law	Litigator who defended numerous high-profile clients
	1990	SFS	Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Yahoo
	1981	Law	Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2006–present; President of the Freedom Forum, which operates the Newseum, 2011–present
	1928	Law	World's first space lawyer; president of Aerojet General, 1942–45; a founder in 1960 of the International Academy of Astronautics and International Institute of Space Law; coined the term "metalaw" (laws applied to relations with alien intelligences)
	Unknown	Law	Representing former United States President Donald J. Trump in the pending federal case against him for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 United States Presidential election
	1979, 1982	Col, Law	General counsel of Princeton University; Republican New Jersey state legislator
	1968, 1971	Col, Law	U.S. Attorney for Vermont
	1975, 1976	Law, LL.M.	Candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 1995 and 1999; Baton Rouge attorney
	1984	Law	Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop; wife of Chief Justice John Roberts
	1929	Col	Noted New York attorney and patriarch of the New York Mets; Shea Stadium named in his honor; name partner of Shea & Gould
	1973, 1977	Col, Law	Vice president and general counsel, Lockheed Martin
Helen Steinbinder	1955	LL.M.	First female law professor at Georgetown Law School
	1964, 1967	Col, Law	Senior partner at Williams & Connolly; litigator who defended Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Iran-Contra affair
	1995	Col	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney
	1944	Law	Trial lawyer; attorney for The Washington Post and Georgetown University; owned the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles; founder of Williams & Connolly

Royalty

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1995	MSFS	First son of Constantine II of Greece and Crown Prince
	1988–1989*	COL	Member of the Dutch Royal Family, being nephew of the former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
	1987	SFS	Third son and youngest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg
	1968	SFS	Son of King Faisal; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States, 2005–07; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2002–05; Director of General Intelligence of Saudi Arabia, 1979–2001
	1981	SFS	Member of the House of Saud; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2005–present; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Italy and Malta, 1995–2005
	2005	SFS	The younger of the two sons of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, and half-brother of the reigning King Abdullah II of Jordan
	2016	SFS	First son and heir apparent of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan
	1989	SFS, Grad	The eldest son of Prince Muhammad bin Talal, the younger brother of King Hussein of Jordan, and the grandson of King Talal of Jordan
			American socialite, fashion designer, and model; granddaughter of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and by birth a member of the House of Fürstenberg, an ancient German noble family
	1986	SFS, Grad	Member of the House of Hashemites; chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation
	1884	Col	Grandson of Don Agustín de Iturbide, the first Emperor of Mexico; became adopted son of Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, of House of Habsburg, and as the Emperors had no children, he became heir to the throne; in exile (as Emperor Don Agustín III of Mexico, de jure) he taught Spanish and French at Georgetown for many years (died 1925)
Prince Constantine-Alexios	2022	Col	First son of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece; model at Dior
	2009	SFS	Member of the Royal House of Thani, Sheikh of Qatar; brother of the Emir of Qatar - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; son of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
	2018	SFS	Princess of Jordan, member of the Hashemite family. Daughter of King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania of Jordan.
			Grandson of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
	2014	Col	Granddaughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran

Science and medicine

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	2000	MBA	United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 2006–07; Senior Vice President and President of the Health and Wellness Division of Walmart, 2007–14
	1974, 1976	Grad, Grad	NASA astronaut and astrophysicist; Research Manager for the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Center, 1995–present
Lisa Bowleg	1988	Col	Professor of Applied Social Psychology
	1971	Grad	Bacteriologist and Head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules at the Pasteur Institute; recipient of the 1998 Richard Lounsbery Award
	1962	Grad	Astronomer; Director of the Vatican Observatory, 1978–2006
	1983	Med	Tulane University; Director of the Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values, James A. Knight Chair in Medical Humanities and Ethics, clinical ethicist, and family physician
	1985, 1992	Col, Med	United States Global AIDS Coordinator of the U.S. Department of State, 2006–09
Lt. Gen.	1976	Med	Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander of U.S. Army Medical Command, 2004–07
	1995	Grad	Professor of chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen
	2012	Col	physician and health activist
	1975	W	Surgeon General of the United States, 1990–93
	1915	Med	Surgeon General of the United States, 1936–48
	1994	Med	Cardiologist; Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program and the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City
	1973, 1977	Col, Med	Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018–present; Virologist and HIV researcher; professor of medicine at University of Maryland, Baltimore; co-founder of the Institute of Human Virology
	1949, 1953	Col, Med	President of the American Medical Association, 1991–92
	1954	Med	Astronomer; recipient of numerous awards for work on galaxy rotation rates and dark matter; discovered the Rubin–Ford effect
	1959, 1962	Col, Med	Neuroscientist; University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
William Kennedy Smith	1991	Med	Member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission; founder of the Center for International Rehabilitation and Physicians Against Land Mines; member of the Kennedy family; charged with rape in a nationally publicized 1991 trial
Angelo Thrower	1989	Med	Dermatologist and company founder
	1967	Med	United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 2006–09; Director of the National Cancer Institute, 2002–05

Sports

Athletes

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Mike Altman	1997	SFS	Rower on the 2008 US Olympic team and US National Rowing team member; winner of three medals at the World Rowing Championships
	1942	Col	Professional football player for the New York Giants; killed in action during World War II while searching alone for missing comrades in the Vosges Mountains of France; the New York Giants retired his number, 32
	2001	Col	Professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers
	2007	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
	2006	SFS	Sailor on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team
	1906	Col	Professional baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders and an umpire; coach of the Georgetown varsity basketball team, 1911–14
	1985	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks; inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008
	2008	Col	Professional basketball player for the Al Rayyan Basketball Team of the Qatari Basketball League
	1982	Col	Professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets
	1997	MSB	Professional racer for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series
	2004–2007*	Col	Professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder Boston Celtics Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers
	1996	Col	Professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
	2008	Col	Professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers
	1997	Law	Three-time gold medalist swimmer on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team
	1995–1996*	Col	Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers
	1989	MSB	Professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
	1941	Col	Professional football player for the Detroit Lions
	1941	Col	Professional football player for the Chicago Bears
	1994	Col	Hammer thrower for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and 2000 U.S. Olympic team
	2008–2009*	MSB	Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks
	1943	Col	Professional football player for the Boston Yanks
	1992	Col	Professional basketball player for the Miami Heat
	1998	SFS	Track and field athlete and Chief of Mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic delegation; actress; fashion model and motivational speaker
	1991	SLL	Professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets
	1966	Col	Former American record-holder in the Boston Marathon
	1995–1997*	Col	NBA Development League basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce
	1943	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
	1942	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
	1995	Col	Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic
	1951	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
			Basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
	1931*	Col	Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
			Olympic fencer, and national champion
	2003	MSB	Professional lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse; played for the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship and Team USA in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
	2001–2003*	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls
	2011	Col	Professional soccer player for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and the United States women's national under-23 soccer team; played in the National Women's Soccer League
	1998	Col	Professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards
	1996	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
	1987	Col	Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers; 1983 Mr. Basketball USA
	1986	Col	Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers

• Brandon Bowman, basketball player in the Israeli Liga Artzit

Commissioners, owners, coaches, and managers

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1996	MSB	President of Baseball Operations of the Cleveland Indians
	1960	MSB	Owner of the Arizona Cardinals
	1934	Col	Owner of the Detroit Tigers
	1978, 1982	MSB, Law	Head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team; scout for the 1988 U.S. men's basketball team
	2000	J.D., Law	American football player and executive
	1975	Col	Owner and manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium; owner of the Los Angeles Marathon
	1975	SLL	CEO and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers; highest-ranked woman in Major League Baseball
	1988	Law	President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers; former safety in the NFL Pro Bowl; two-time Super Bowl Champion with the Washington Redskins
	2007	Law	President of the Washington Wizards; first female president of an NBA franchise
	1966	Law	President and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers; President and CEO of the Cleveland Browns
	1989	Col	Head coach of the Detroit Lions
	1966	LL.M.	Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference
	1962	Col	Commissioner of the National Football League, 1989–2006; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University, 2009–2015; member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
		MSB	General manager of the Chicago Bears; chairman and CEO of Forest Park National Bank & Trust Co.
	1968	Col	Head coach of the lightweight men of the 1979 U.S. National team; assistant coach of the heavyweight men of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team; rower for the champion 1972 U.S. Olympic team and 1974 World Rowing Championships team; founder and CEO of Vespoli USA
	1991	Col	Head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

Fictional

Name	Notability	Reference
	Title character in animated series Archer
	Played by Alexander Siddig in Syriana
	President's daughter played by Elisabeth Moss in The West Wing
	Popular boy and love interest of the protagonist, and Senior Class Vice President in Booksmart
	Main character played by Will Smith in Enemy of the State
	Played by Reese Witherspoon in Election
	Lead character played by Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
	Character played by Josh Charles in The Good Wife
	Played by Nicolas Cage in the National Treasure franchise
	Played by Troian Bellisario in Pretty Little Liars
	Characters in Doonesbury
	Character in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops
	Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief from the television series The Closer
	Main character played by Emile Hirsch in The Girl Next Door
	Main and recurring characters in The Brink
	St. Elmo's Fire
	Played by Michael McKean in the television series Better Call Saul
	Played by Michelle Trachtenberg in 17 Again
	President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert in 24
	Played by Kerry Washington in the television series Scandal
	Played by Raven-Symoné in College Road Trip
	Played by Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance
	From Designated Survivor, played by Italia Ricci
	(Grad 1980); deputy director of the Central Intelligence and President of the United States in Tom Clancy novels
	Main character in Covert Affairs
	Character in Insecure played by Jay Ellis
	Protagonist in the 1979 novel The Vicar of Christ who served as Chief Justice of the United States and later Pope
	Character played by Duane Martin in Above the Rim, who played for the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team under Coach John Thompson Jr.
	President's personal aide played by Dulé Hill in The West Wing

See also

• List of Georgetown University faculty
• List of presidents of Georgetown University
• President and Directors of Georgetown College
• History of Georgetown University

For lists of alumni organized by the university's constituent schools see:

• List of Georgetown University Law Center alumni

External links

• Georgetown University Alumni Association