Check out the list of notable Harvard University alumni. Some of the notable Harvard University students are Mark Zuckerberg, Pierre Trudeau, Ted Cruz, Theodore Roosevelt and Matt Damon.
We know many successful political leaders, celebrities and business experts who have graduated from Harvard and that is the reason why many government agencies, top law firms and Fortune 500 companies make a beeline to recruit Harvard graduates. Some of the eminent personalities who were former students of Harvard are Bill Gates – the founder of the multi-Billion dollar ‘Microsoft’ corporation, actors Natalie Portman and Matt Damon, ‘Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, is also an alumnus of Harvard.
Besides numerous successful businessmen, scientists, scholars, writers, there are many celebrity actors and artists that have also been Harvard alumni. We've compiled a list of some of the most famous Harvard students of all time, along with the field/area of their achievements. This list of notable Harvard University alumni is based on the individual’s achievements and fame. We are quite certain that you will be surprised by some of the notable Harvard alumni who made it to this list.
Pierre Trudeau(15th Prime Minister of Canada)
18 October 1919
28 September 2000
Montreal, Quebec
Canadian
Libra
B. F. Skinner(American psychologist)
20 March 1904
18 August 1990
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
American
Pisces
Robert F. Kennedy(Brother of President John F. Kennedy)
20 November 1925
06 June 1968
Brookline, Massachusetts
American
Scorpio
Ralph Waldo Emerson(American Lecturer, Philosopher, Essayist & Poet)
25 May 1803
27 April 1882
U.S.
American
Gemini
Robert Frost(Poet)
26 March 1874
29 January 1963
San Francisco, California,, United States
American
Aries
W. E. B. Du Bois(Civil Rights Activists)
23 February 1868
27 August 1963
Great Barrington
Ghanaian
Pisces
Michael Bloomberg(Mayor of New York City)
14 February 1942
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
American
Aquarius
Margaret Atwood(Writer, Environmental Activist)
18 November 1939
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canadian
Scorpio
William James(Philosopher, Psychologist)
11 January 1842
26 August 1910
New York City, New York
American
Capricorn
William S. Burroughs(Novelist, Short Story Writer)
05 February 1914
02 August 1997
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
American
Aquarius
Leonard Bernstein(Conductor (New York Philharmonic))
25 August 1918
14 October 1990
Lawrence
American
Virgo
Gertrude Stein03 February 1874
27 July 1946
Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
American
Aquarius
Jacques Derrida(Philosopher)
15 July 1930
09 October 2004
El Biar, French Algeria
Algerian,French
Cancer
Isoroku Yamamoto(Japanese Naval Officer Who Conceived The Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941)
04 April 1884
18 April 1943
Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Japanese
Aries
Norman Mailer(Novelist, Journalist and Screen Writer)
31 January 1923
10 November 2007
Long Branch
American
Aquarius
Jacques Chirac(Politician, Ex-President of France, Ex-Prime Minister of France and Ex-Mayor of Paris)
29 November 1932
Paris
French
Sagittarius
Lester B. Pearson(14th Prime Minister of Canada)
23 April 1897
27 December 1972
Newtonbrook, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian
Taurus
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf(Africa’s First Elected Female Head of State)
29 October 1938
Monrovia
Liberian
Scorpio
Michael Porter(Economist, Researcher, Author, Advisor, Speaker and Teacher)
23 May 1947
Ann Arbor
American
Gemini
George Santayana(Philosopher, Essayist, Poet, & Novelist)
16 December 1863
26 September 1952
Madrid
Spanish,American
Sagittarius
Stephen Covey(Writer of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People")
24 October 1932
16 July 2012
Salt Lake City
American
Scorpio
James Roosevelt(United States Congressman, US Military Officer, Businessman)
23 December 1907
13 August 1991
New York City, New York
American
Capricorn
Walter Lippmann(First to introduce the concept of Cold War)
23 September 1889
14 December 1974
New York City
American
Virgo
Ralph Bunche(American Political Scientist and Diplomat)
07 August 1903
09 December 1971
Detroit
American
Leo
Matthew Henson(First African-American to explore the North Pole)
08 August 1866
09 March 1955
Nanjemoy
American
Leo
Learned Hand(Former United States Judge and Judicial Philosopher)
27 January 1872
18 August 1961
Albany
American
Aquarius
Birendra of Nepal(11th King of Nepal)
28 December 1945
01 June 2001
Narayanhity Palace
Nepalese
Capricorn
Quote Of The Day
