This list of Princeton University people include notable alumni (graduates and attendees) or faculty members (professors of various ranks, researchers, and visiting lecturers or professors) affiliated with Princeton University. People who have given public lectures, talks or non-curricular seminars; studied as non-degree students; received honorary degrees; or served as administrative staff at the university are excluded from the list. Summer school attendees and visitors are generally excluded from the list, since summer terms are not part of formal academic years.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. The "Affiliation" fields in the tables in this list indicate the person's affiliation with Princeton and use the following notation:
This section includes lists of notable academics who graduated from Princeton and notable Princeton faculty members.
Albert Einstein was one of many scholars at the independent Institute for Advanced Study not formally associated with the university but nevertheless closely linked to it.
Here are listed alumni who made notable contributions to science and technology outside academia.
Name | Affiliation | Notes | Refs |
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Lorraine Adams | A.B. 1981 | Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author of Harbor and The Room and the Chair | [218] |
Hyatt Bass | A.B. | Author of The Embers (2009) | [219] |
John Peale Bishop | A.B.1917 | Poet | |
Frederick Buechner | A.B. 1947 | Pulitzer Prize-nominated author | |
Susan Cain | 1989 | New York Times bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts... and Bittersweet | [220] [221] [222] |
Ian Caldwell | A.B. 1998 | Co-authored the book The Rule of Four , set on the Princeton campus | |
José Donoso | A.B. 1951 | Chilean author | |
Selden Edwards | A.B. 1963 | Author of The Little Book and The Lost Prince | |
Timothy Ferriss | A.B 2000 | Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and holder of the world record in tango | |
Stona Fitch | A.B. 1983 | Author of Senseless on which the movie Senseless is based and Give and Take, founder of Concord Free Press | |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | Class of 1917 (did not graduate) | Author of The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise | |
Jonathan Safran Foer | A.B. 1999 | Author of Everything Is Illuminated | |
Shelley Frisch | PhD 1981 | Literary translator from German to English | |
Rivka Galchen | A.B. 1998 | Author of Atmospheric Disturbances | |
Richard Halliburton | A.B. 1922 | Author, adventurer, and lecturer | |
Mohsin Hamid | A.B. 1993 | Author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist | |
Laura Hankin | 2010 | Author of A Special Place for Women | |
Peter Hessler | A.B. 1992 | Author of River Town and Oracle Bones | |
Ailish Hopper | A.B. 1993 | Poet and teacher | |
Walter Kirn | A.B. (English) 1983 | Author of Up in the Air and other novels, literary critic, essayist | |
Fred G. Leebron | A.B. 1983 | Short story writer, novelist, professor of English | [223] |
A. Walton Litz | A.B 1951 | Literary critic | |
John Matteson | A.B. 1983 | Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer | |
John McPhee | A.B. 1953 | Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Ferris Professor of Journalism since 1974 | |
George Frederick Morgan | Poet | ||
John Norman | PhD 1963 | Sci-fi author and philosopher | |
Jodi Picoult | A.B. 1987 | Bestselling novelist | |
William H. Quillian | B.A. 1965, M.A., Ph.D. 1975 | Author, professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College | |
David Remnick | A.B. 1981 | Editor of The New Yorker | |
Lawrence Riley | Playwright and screenwriter, author of Personal Appearance , Return Engagement and Kin Hubbard | ||
Deborah Salem Smith | A.B. Art and Archaeology, 1996 | Poet and playwright | [224] |
Eric Schlosser | A.B. 1982 | Journalist, Fast Food Nation | |
Charles Scribner I | Founder of Scribner's publishing house; his descendants include several Princeton alumni | ||
Annabel Soutar | Canadian documentary playwright | ||
Jennifer Weiner | A.B. 1991 | Novelist, Good in Bed, In Her Shoes Little Earthquakes, and Goodnight Nobody | |
Chris Welles (1937–2010) | Business journalist and author | [225] | |
Edmund Wilson | A.B. 1916 | Literary critic | |
Name | Affiliation | Notes | Refs |
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Sara Baiyu Chen | A.B. 2008 | Singer-songwriter and actress | |
Erik Barnouw | A.B. 1929 | Writer, critic, documentary filmmaker, Columbia University professor | |
Dale Bell | A.B. 1960 | producer, director, screenwriter and cinematographer, best known for his documentary Woodstock | [240] |
Roger Berlind | A.B. 1954 | Produced or co-produced over 40 plays and musicals on Broadway (winning over 60 Tony Awards, including 12 for best production), as well as many off-Broadway and regional productions | |
Stephen Bogardus | A.B. 1976 | Actor | |
Brooks Bowman | A.B. 1936 | Jazz composer and writer of the song "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" | |
Dean Cain | A.B. 1988 | Actor (Clark Kent/Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ) | |
David Aaron Carpenter | A.B. 2008 | Violist & violinist – winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Rolex Protege Prize, Warner Classics recording artist | |
Ethan Coen | A.B. 1979 | Academy Award-winning filmmaker ( No Country for Old Men , O Brother, Where Art Thou? , Fargo ) | |
Kwanza Jones | A.B. 1993 | Billboard -charting singer, songwriter and actress | |
David Duchovny | A.B. 1982 | Actor, won Golden Globe Awards for The X-Files and Californication | |
Molly Ephraim | A.B. 2008 | Stage, film, and television actress | |
José Ferrer | A.B. 1933 | Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor | |
Mark Feuerstein | A.B. 1993 | Film and television actor ( Royal Pains ) | |
Ruth Gerson | A.B. 1992 | Singer, songwriter | |
Bo Goldman | A.B. 1953 | Co-winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ); winner of the 1981 Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen ( Melvin and Howard ) | |
Karron Graves | A.B. 1999 | Actress | |
Nicholas Hammond | Actor ( The Sound of Music , The Amazing Spider-Man ) | ||
Charles Horn | Ph.D. | Writer ( Robot Chicken ) | |
Andrew Jarecki | A.B. 1985 | Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, Capturing the Friedmans | |
Eugene Jarecki | A.B. 1991 | Documentary filmmaker, Why We Fight | |
Robert L. Johnson | A.M. 1972 | Founded BET in 1980; member of the board for US Airways, General Mills, and Hilton Hotels | |
Stanley Jordan | A.B. 1981 | Jazz guitarist | |
Larissa Kelly | A.B. 2002 | Fifth-ranked all-time Jeopardy! winner, including co-Champion (with David Madden '03 and Brad Rutter) of the Jeopardy! All-Star Games tournament | |
Ellie Kemper | A.B. 2002 | Actress (Erin Hannon on The Office ) | |
Gilbert Levine | A.B. 1971 | Conductor | |
Joshua Logan | A.B. 1931 | Director ( Camelot , South Pacific ); winner (or co-winner) of seven Tony Awards, co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize, nominated three times for Academy Award | |
David Madden | A.B. 2003 | Fourth-ranked all-time Jeopardy! winner including co-Champion of the Jeopardy! All-Star Games Tournament (with Larissa Kelly '02 and Brad Rutter), founder and executive director of the National History Bee and Bowl, the International History Olympiad, and International Academic Competitions | |
Craig Mazin | A.B. 1992 | Screenwriter ( Scary Movie 3 , Scary Movie 4 ) | |
Cara McCollum | A.B. 2015 | Miss New Jersey 2013 | |
Myron McCormick | A.B. 1933 | Actor; winner of a Tony Award in 1950 | |
Douglas McGrath | A.B. 1980 | Actor, director, and screenwriter ( Bullets Over Broadway ) | |
Wentworth Miller | A.B. 1995 | Film and TV actor (Michael Scofield on Prison Break ) | |
Jeff Moss | A.B. 1963 | Lyricist, composer, poet; co-creator of Sesame Street ; former member of Princeton Triangle Club; winner of fifteen Emmy Awards | |
Rose Catherine Pinkney | A.B. 1986 | Television executive with Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox | |
Jane Randall | A.B. 2013 | Third place contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 15 ; currently signed to modelling agency IMG Models | |
Wayne Rogers | A.B. 1955 | Actor (Trapper John McIntyre on M*A*S*H ) | |
Barbara Romer | A.B. 1993 | Film and theatrical producer; founder of the Globe Theatre | |
Marc Rosen | A.B. 1998 | Film and television producer, known for his work on the Harry Potter film franchise and the TV series Threshold | |
Brooke Shields | A.B. 1987 | Model/actress ( The Blue Lagoon , TV series Suddenly Susan ), former member of Princeton Triangle Club | |
Brett Simon | A.B. 1997 | Director ( Assassination of a High School President ) | |
Jimmy Stewart | B.S. 1932 | Academy Award-winning actor (former member of Princeton Triangle Club), aviator, Brigadier General in the United States Air Force; Honorary degree in 1947 | |
Robert Taber | Actor | ||
Bretaigne Windust | A.B. 1929 | Film director, producer | |
Listed in alphabetical order by title name.
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is the engineering and applied science school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It was founded as the School of Mines in 1863 and then the School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry before becoming the School of Engineering and Applied Science. On October 1, 1997, the school was renamed in honor of Chinese businessman Z.Y. Fu, who had donated $26 million to the school.
The Princeton University Department of Mathematics is an academic department at Princeton University. Founded in 1760, the department has trained some of the world's most renowned and internationally recognized scholars of mathematics. Notable individuals affiliated with the department include John Nash, former faculty member and winner of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; Alan Turing, who received his doctorate from the department; and Albert Einstein who frequently gave lectures at Princeton and had an office in the building. Fields Medalists associated with the department include Manjul Bhargava, Charles Fefferman, Gerd Faltings, Michael Freedman, Elon Lindenstrauss, Andrei Okounkov, Terence Tao, William Thurston, Akshay Venkatesh, and Edward Witten. Many other Princeton mathematicians are noteworthy, including Ralph Fox, Donald C. Spencer, John R. Stallings, Norman Steenrod, John Tate, John Tukey, Arthur Wightman, and Andrew Wiles.
The Princeton University Department of Physics is an academic department dedicated to research and teaching at Princeton University. The associated faculty members, researchers, and students have been recognized for their research contributions, having been awarded 19 Nobel Prizes, four National Medals of Science, and two Wolf Prizes in Physics. Notable professors, researchers, and graduate students affiliated with the department include Richard Phillips Feynman, Joseph H. Taylor, Jim Peebles, Eugene P. Wigner, and John von Neumann. In addition, the department offers degree programs for bachelor's students (A.B.) and doctoral students (Ph.D.).
Thesis submitted to Princeton University March 1, 1957 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree.
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