Swarthmore College
Discover the notable alumni of Swarthmore College. The list includes people like Stephen Lang, Sally Ride, Alice Paul, James A. Michener & Iqbal Quadir. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as intellectuals & academics, writers, scientists, critics & connoisseurs and media personalities etc.
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1
Sally Ride(The First American Woman and The Third Woman in Space)
Birthdate: May 26, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: July 23, 2012
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
2
Alice Paul(American Quaker, Feminist, Suffragist, and Women's Rights Activist)
Birthdate: January 11, 1885
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey, United States
Died: July 9, 1977
3
Susan Oliver
(American Actress and Aviator)
Birthdate: February 13, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: May 10, 1990
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
4
Jonathan Franzen
(Novelist)
Birthdate: August 17, 1959
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthdate: February 3, 1907
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 16, 1997
Birthdate: July 11, 1952
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
7
Michael Dukakis(65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts (1975 - 1979, 1983 - 1991))
Birthdate: November 3, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
8
Kurt Eichenwald
(Journalist)
Birthdate: June 28, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.
9
Ted Nelson
(American Pioneer of Information Technology, Philosopher, and Sociologist)
Birthdate: June 17, 1937
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
10
Christiana Figueres
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: August 7, 1956
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San José, Costa Rica
11
Chris Van Hollen
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 10, 1959
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Karachi Karachi, Pakistan
Birthdate: September 28, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oberlin, Ohio, United States
Died: October 14, 2001
Birthdate: March 20, 1962
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Greenfield, Massachusetts Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
14
David Gale
(Mathematician, Economist)
Birthdate: December 13, 1921
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: March 7, 2008
15
Robert D. Putnam
(Political Scientist)
Birthdate: January 9, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
16
Carol Gilligan
(Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer, Sociologist, Feminist)
Birthdate: November 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City
17
A. Mitchell Palmer
(50th United States Attorney General)
Birthdate: May 4, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: White Haven, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 11, 1936
18
Andre Gunder Frank
(Sociologist, economic historian known for contributions to world-systems theory)
Birthdate: February 24, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: April 23, 2005
19
Joseph Altuzarra
(Fashion designer)
Birthdate: 1983 AD
Birthplace: Paris, France
20
Frank H. Easterbrook
(Judge)
Birthdate: September 3, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buffalo
21
John C. Mather
(Astrophysicist)
Birthdate: August 7, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
22
Malcolm Wilde Browne
(Journalist)
Birthdate: April 17, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: August 27, 2012
Birthdate: August 6, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
24
Drew Pearson
(American journalist)
Birthdate: December 13, 1897
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States
Died: September 1, 1969
25
Gerard K. O'Neill
(American Physicist and Space Activist Known for Inventing the 'Particle Storage Ring')
Birthdate: February 6, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: April 27, 1992
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
26
Howard Martin Temin(American Geneticist, Virologist and Winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Birthdate: December 10, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 9, 1994
27
Jed S. Rakoff
(Lawyer, Judge)
Birthdate: August 1, 1943
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia
28
Edward C. Prescott
(Economist, University teacher)
Birthdate: December 26, 1940
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glens Falls
29
Kenneth Turan
(Journalist)
Birthdate: October 27, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn
30
Christina H. Paxson
(Economist)
Birthdate: February 6, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: United States
Birthdate: May 17, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stony Creek, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 1, 2003
32
Lee MacPhail
(Baseball executive)
Birthdate: October 25, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: November 8, 2012
Birthdate: March 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Monessen, Pennsylvania
Died: May 14, 1995
Birthdate: October 26, 1954
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Durham
35
Elizabeth Janeway
(Author)
Birthdate: October 7, 1913
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: January 15, 2005
Birthdate: August 13, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Jessore District
37
Anand Yang
(Professor of South Asia Studies and History at the University of Washington)
Birthplace: Shantiniketan, India
38
Helen Magill White
(Instructor)
Birthdate: November 28, 1853
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: October 28, 1944
39
Frances Wilson Grayson
(Pilot)
Birthdate: 1892 AD
Birthplace: Cherokee Village, Arkansas, United States
Died: December 23, 1927
40
Molly Yard
(Chinese-Born American Feminist and Activist Who Led the National Organization for Women)
Birthdate: July 6, 1912
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Died: September 21, 2005
41
Herbert Weir Smyth
(American Classical Scholar )
Birthdate: August 8, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: July 16, 1937
42
John Woodland Hastings
(Biochemist)
Birthdate: March 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Salisbury, Maryland, United States
Died: August 6, 2014
43
Stephanie Nyombayire
(Director General of Communication)
Birthdate: December 6, 1986
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rwanda
44
John Diebold
(Businessman)
Birthdate: June 8, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Weehawken, New Jersey, United States
Died: December 26, 2005