Stanford University Notable Alumni

Discover the notable alumni of Stanford University. The list includes people like Elon Musk, John F. Kennedy, Mukesh Ambani, Sundar Pichai & Jennifer Connelly. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as business people, scientists, engineers, miscellaneous and writers etc.
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 1 
Reese Witherspoon
107
Birthdate: March 22, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 2 
Sundar Pichai
(CEO of Google Inc)
Sundar Pichai
158
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: June 10, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 3 
Tiger Woods
(One of the Greatest Golfers of All Time)
Tiger Woods
67
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 30, 1975
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cypress, California, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 4 
Sigourney Weaver
(American Actress and an Influential Figure in Science Fiction and Popular Culture)
Sigourney Weaver
25
Birthdate: October 8, 1949
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
 5 
Larry Page
(Co-founder of Google)
Larry Page
64
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 26, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 6 
Sergey Brin
(Co-Founder of 'Google')
Sergey Brin
27
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 21, 1973
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 7 
Raymond Burr
(Actor)
Raymond Burr
10
Birthdate: May 21, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Westminster, Canada
Died: September 12, 1993
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 8 
Mukesh Ambani
(Indian businessman)
Mukesh Ambani
62
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: April 19, 1957
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Aden, Yemen
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 9 
John Elway
(American football player)
John Elway
15
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 28, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Port Angeles, Washington, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 10 
Jennifer Connelly
(Best Known for Her Role in the Films: 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'Little Children')
Jennifer Connelly
64
Birthdate: December 12, 1970
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cairo, New York, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 11 
Ted Danson
(Best Known for His Roles in the NBC Sitcom ‘Cheers’ and the CBS Sitcom ‘Becker’)
Ted Danson
14
Birthdate: December 29, 1947
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 12 
Herbert Hoover
(31st President of the United States (1929 – 1933))
Herbert Hoover
39
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 10, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Branch, Iowa, United States
Died: October 20, 1964
 13 
Evan Spiegel
(Co-Founder and CEO of the Social Media Company ‘Snap Inc.’)
Evan Spiegel
16
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 4, 1990
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 14 
Sterling K. Brown
(Known for His Role in the TV Series ‘The People V. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story’)
Sterling K. Brown
12
Birthdate: April 5, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 15 
Christian McCaffrey
(American Football Running Back)
Christian McCaffrey
33
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 7, 1996
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Castle Rock, Colorado, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 16 
Fred Savage
(Actor and Director Known for His Role as ‘Kevin Arnold’ in the TV Series ‘The Wonder Years’)
Fred Savage
19
Birthdate: July 9, 1976
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 17 
Kal Penn
(Known for His Portrayal of White House Staffer Seth Wright on TV Series 'Designated Survivor')
Kal Penn
23
Birthdate: April 23, 1977
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 18 
John Steinbeck
(American Writer and Winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature)
John Steinbeck
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 27, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salinas, California, United States
Died: December 20, 1968
 19 
Kerri Walsh Jennings
(Beach Volleyball player)
Kerri Walsh Jennings
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 15, 1978
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Santa Clara, California, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 20 
Aaron Swartz
(Computer Programmer)
Aaron Swartz
32
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 8, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: January 11, 2013
 21 
Michelle Wie
(American Professional Golfer and the Youngest Winner of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links)
Michelle Wie
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 11, 1989
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 22 
Sandra Day O’Connor
(The First Female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
Sandra Day O’Connor
12
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: March 26, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, United States
 23 
Vint Cerf
(Computer scientist)
Vint Cerf
11
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 23, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
 24 
Tom Watson
(American Retired Professional Golfer)
Tom Watson
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 4, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 25 
Andrew Luck
(Former American Football Player Who Played as a Quarterback)
Andrew Luck
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1989
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 26 
Issa Rae
(Co-Creator, Co-Writer, and Star of the HBO Television Series ‘Insecure’)
Issa Rae
39
Birthdate: January 12, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 27 
Andre Braugher
15
Birthdate: July 1, 1962
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 28 
Jawed Karim
(Co-Founder of 'YouTube' and the First Person to Upload a Video to the Site)
Jawed Karim
50
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 28, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Merseburg, Germany
 29 
Jerry Yang
(Co-Founder and Former CEO of ‘Yahoo! Inc.’)
Jerry Yang
7
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 6, 1968
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 30 
Sam Harris
(American Philosopher, Neuroscientist and Author)
Sam Harris
11
Birthdate: April 9, 1967
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
 31 
Edith Head
(Costume designer)
Edith Head
4
Birthdate: October 28, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Bernardino, California, United States
Died: October 24, 1981
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 32 
Gretchen Carlson
(Former Host of CBS News Show 'The Early Show' and Fox News Show 'Fox & Friends')
Gretchen Carlson
28
Birthdate: June 21, 1966
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 33 
Laurene Powell Jobs
(Widow of Steve Jobs)
Laurene Powell Jobs
11
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 6, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: West Milford, New Jersey, United States
 34 
Sally Ride
(The First American Woman and The Third Woman in Space)
Sally Ride
23
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 26, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: July 23, 2012
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 35 
Kevin Systrom
(Computer Programmer, Entrepreneur and Co-Founded of ‘Instagram’)
Kevin Systrom
26
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: December 30, 1983
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Holliston, Massachusetts, United States
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 36 
Azim Premji
(Business Tycoon)
Azim Premji
8
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 24, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Karachi
 37 
Ben Savage
(American Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘Cory Matthews’ in the TV Sitcom ‘Boy Meets World’)
Ben Savage
15
Birthdate: September 13, 1980
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 38 
Nolan Bushnell
(Entrepreneur)
Nolan Bushnell
7
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 5, 1943
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Clearfield
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 39 
Richard Sherman
(One of the Greatest Football Cornerbacks of All Time)
Richard Sherman
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 30, 1988
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Compton, California, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 40 
Carly Fiorina
(CEO of ‘Hewlett-Packard’, the First Woman to Lead a Fortune Top-20 Company)
Carly Fiorina
10
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 6, 1954
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 41 
Reed Hastings
(Businessman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ‘Netflix’)
Reed Hastings
7
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 8, 1960
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
 42 
Kurtwood Smith
7
Birthdate: July 3, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Lisbon, Wisconsin
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 43 
Alexander Payne
(Director)
Alexander Payne
7
Birthdate: February 10, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 44 
Jack Palance
(American Actor Who Was Known for Playing Tough Guys and Villains)
Jack Palance
11
Birthdate: February 18, 1919
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 10, 2006
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 45 
Stephen Breyer
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1994 to 2022)
Stephen Breyer
6
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 15, 1938
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
 46 
Maya Harris
(American Lawyer, Public Policy Advocate & Sister of 49th Vice President of United States, Kamala Harris)
Maya Harris
28
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 30, 1967
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
 47 
Alexandra Botez
(Canadian Chess Player Who Is a Five-Time Canadian National Girls Champion)
Alexandra Botez
23
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 24, 1995
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 48 
Tom Steyer
(Founder of the Popular Investment Firm 'Farallon Capital')
Tom Steyer
19
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 27, 1957
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 49 
Mae Jemison
(First African American Woman To Travel To Space)
Mae Jemison
22
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 17, 1956
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Decatur, Alabama, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 50 
Mary Barra
(Business woman)
Mary Barra
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, US
The famous Stanford University, situated in the United States, is unarguably one of the best educational institutions in the world today. Founded by the industrialist Leland Stanford and his wife Jane back in 1885, Stanford’s reputation has grown by leaps and bounds over the years. Sprawling over a distance of approximately 12 square kilometers, this notable institution is nestled between the cities of San Jose and San Francisco It is believed that the quality of education imparted to the students as well as the infrastructure of Stanford is outstanding. Many famous celebrities who have inspired people around the world with their remarkable achievements have been a part of this institution’s notable alumni association. Former American President John F Kennedy is one such noteworthy alumnus who studied here for a short period. Acclaimed actress Reese Witherspoon, the current CEO of ‘Google’, Sundar Pichai and ace golfer Tiger Woods are a few other noteworthy names who were once students of this famous institution. The fact that these famous faces have studied at Stanford is another reason why the institution has been a favorite among many students. These aspirants have been leaving no stone unturned to secure a place at this esteemed university. They believe that being an alumnus of Stanford is a great accomplishment in itself. Here’s a list which includes several famous celebrities who were once students of the notable Stanford University.