Duke University Notable Alumni

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Discover the notable alumni of Duke University. The list includes people like Richard Nixon, Seth Curry, Tim Cook, Mike Posner & Rand Paul. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as intellectuals & academics, writers, scientists, media personalities and sportspersons etc.
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 1 
Kyrie Irving
(American Professional Basketball Player)
Kyrie Irving
66
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 3, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 2 
Tim Cook
(Chief Executive Officer of 'Apple Inc.')
Tim Cook
53
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 1, 1960
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 3 
Richard Nixon
(37th President of the United States)
Richard Nixon
63
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 9, 1913
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yorba Linda, California, United States
Died: April 22, 1994
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 4 
Ken Jeong
(Stand-Up Comedian and Actor Best Known for His Role in 'The Hangover' Film Series)
Ken Jeong
63
Birthdate: July 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
 5 
Zion Williamson
(American Professional Basketball Player Who Plays as a Power Forward)
Zion Williamson
49
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 6, 2000
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 6 
Seth Curry
(American Professional Basketball Player Who Plays as the Shooting Guard)
Seth Curry
32
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1990
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 7 
Jayson Tatum
(American Professional Basketball Player)
Jayson Tatum
39
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 3, 1998
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 8 
Grant Hill
(Basketball player)
Grant Hill
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 5, 1972
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 9 
Rand Paul
(United States Senator from Kentucky)
Rand Paul
54
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 7, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 10 
Ron Paul
(Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas)
Ron Paul
26
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 20, 1935
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 11 
Melinda Gates
(American Philanthropist and Co-Founder of ‘Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’)
Melinda Gates
33
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 15, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 12 
Mike Posner
(Singer-songwriter, Record Producer)
Mike Posner
8
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 12, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 13 
Brandon Ingram
(Basketball player)
Brandon Ingram
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 2, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kinston, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 14 
Retta
(Stand-up Comedian)
Retta
9
Birthdate: April 12, 1970
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 15 
JJ Redick
(Basketball player, Podcaster)
JJ Redick
3
Birthdate: June 24, 1984
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 16 
Jahlil Okafor
(Basketball player - Center)
Jahlil Okafor
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 15, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
 17 
Grayson Allen
(Basketball player)
Grayson Allen
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 8, 1995
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 18 
Marvin Bagley III
(Basketball player)
Marvin Bagley III
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 14, 1999
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tempe, Arizona, United States
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
 19 
Daniel Jones
(American football player)
Daniel Jones
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 27, 1997
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 20 
Elizabeth Dole
(Former United States senator)
Elizabeth Dole
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 29, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
 21 
Adam Silver
(Lawyer and 5th Commissioner of the NBA)
Adam Silver
14
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 25, 1962
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rye, New York, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 22 
Cody Ko
(YouTuber)
Cody Ko
4
Listed In: YouTubers
Birthdate: November 22, 1990
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Calgary, Canada
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 23 
Austin Rivers
(Basketball player)
Austin Rivers
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 1, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 24 
Eric Bolling
(Presenter, Television presenter, Baseball player, Journalist)
Eric Bolling
4
Birthdate: March 2, 1963
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago
 25 
Judy Woodruff
(American Broadcast Journalist Anchor and Managing Editor of ‘PBS NewsHour’)
Judy Woodruff
15
Birthdate: November 20, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
 26 
Douglas Brunt
(Novelist)
Douglas Brunt
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 25, 1971
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 27 
RJ Barrett
(Basketball Player)
RJ Barrett
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 14, 2000
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 28 
Sylvia Earle
(The First Female Chief Scientist of the ‘U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’)
Sylvia Earle
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 30, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gibbstown, Greenwich Township, New Jersey, United States
 29 
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus
(Chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services)
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 21, 1932
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 16, 2016
 30 
Dan Abrams
(Entrepreneur)
Dan Abrams
4
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 20, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
 31 
Bailey Chase
(Actor)
Bailey Chase
1
Birthdate: May 1, 1972
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 32 
Richard Brake
(Actor)
Richard Brake
3
Birthdate: November 30, 1964
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales, UK
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 33 
Sean Flynn
(Actor, Photojournalist)
Sean Flynn
0
Birthdate: May 31, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 1, 1971
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 34 
Bobby Hurley
(Basketball coach, Basketball player,)
Bobby Hurley
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 28, 1971
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 35 
Quinn Cook
(Basketball player)
Quinn Cook
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 23, 1993
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 36 
Jerome Bruner
(Psychologist, University teacher)
Jerome Bruner
1
Birthdate: October 1, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
Died: June 5, 2016
 37 
Stephen Miller
(Politician writer)
Stephen Miller
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 38 
Ayda Field
(Actress)
Ayda Field
2
Birthdate: May 17, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles County, California, USA
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 39 
Christian Laettner
(Basketball Player)
Christian Laettner
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 17, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Angola, New York, USA
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
 40 
Benjamin Watson
(American Football Player)
Benjamin Watson
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 18, 1980
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
 41 
Tyus Jones
(Basketball player)
Tyus Jones
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 10, 1996
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Burnsville, Minnesota, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 42 
Mason Plumlee
(Basketball Player)
Mason Plumlee
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 5, 1990
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
 43 
J. B. Pritzker
(43rd Governor of Illinois)
J. B. Pritzker
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 19, 1965
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Atherton, California, United States
 44 
Carlos Boozer
(Basketball player)
Carlos Boozer
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 20, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
 45 
Eric Greitens
(Politician, Author)
Eric Greitens
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 10, 1974
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
 46 
Charles H. Townes
0
Birthdate: July 28, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Died: January 27, 2015
 47 
Shane Battier
(Basketball player)
Shane Battier
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 9, 1978
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Birmingham, Michigan, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 48 
Cam Reddish
(Basketball player)
Cam Reddish
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 1, 1999
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 49 
Ken Starr
(Lawyer)
Ken Starr
3
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 21, 1946
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vernon, Texas, USA
 50 
Jay Williams
(Basketball player)
Jay Williams
16
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 10, 1981
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Situated in Dunham, North Carolina is the private research institute, Duke University. The university enjoys a total campus area of 8,600 acres including its three adjoining campuses. The ever-so-popular university enjoys its consistent inclusion among the best universities in the world as per several international university rankings. According to a New York Times corporate study, Duke University’s graduates are presented as the most sought-after and valued in the world. The university also ranks fifth to have created the most Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and Goldwater Scholars, among national universities. Duke University has spread its roots across the globe with partnerships, tie-ups and expansion in various countries such as China and Singapore. Being one of the ten toughest universities to get into in the U.S., according to Huffington Post, the campus comprises of niche, handpicked students who have displayed academic excellence. Even the excellent panel of faculty is handpicked to ensure that the students have access to one of the best education opportunities that the country has to offer. Duke University was deemed 8th in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate programs at doctorate granting institutions in the country. With a student body comprising of almost 15,000 students, Duke University’s diversity adds profundity and depth in enriching the life of each student. The university also boasts and impressive list of alumni’s from the likes of President Richard Nixon to Charlie Rose to Tim Cook to Ken Jeong. Presenting to you, a complete list of achievers from Duke University.