Founded by Benjamin Franklin, University of Pennsylvania or UPenn as it is popularly called is a private Ivy League research institute located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Being the first university to include undergraduate and post graduate studies in the United States of America, UPenn enjoys a rich history and heritage that has given rise to various prominent personalities in the country. The university has created two U.S. Presidents, 25 billionaires and over 33 U.S. Senators. The American Medical Association was founded in UPenn, which is home to the oldest functioning psychology department in North America. The 279 acre campus specializes in programs in the fields of Science, Communication, Law, Education, Medicine, Design, Nursing and so many other remarkable courses. With more than 4,000 active faculty members, UPenn boasts a diverse panel of faculty who are well-qualified in their areas of expertise. University of Pennsylvania is ranked 8th among national universities in the United States, as per the 2017 rankings of U.S. News & World Report. With great racial diversity of students from over one hundred countries and with more than 53% of students who are female, the university enjoys great popularity in the U.S for producing highly capable individuals who possess intellectual rigor and innovative knowledge. Various well-known personalities have had their humble beginnings in University of Pennsylvania such as Donald Trump, Warren Buffett, John Legend and Noam Chomsky. You will be surprised by the list of high-profile celebrities who went to University Of Pennsylvania, keep reading to know more.
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Maury Povich(Television presenter, Journalist)
17 January 1939
American
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Dick Wolf(Television producer, Film producer, Screenwriter, Writer)
20 December 1946
American
Tammi Terrell(Singer, Songwriter, Musician)
29 April 1945
American
Lawrence Lessig(Jurist, Activist, Lawyer, Non-fiction writer, Computer scientist, Politician, Professor)
03 June 1961
American
George B. McClellan(Officer)
03 December 1826
American
Nikki Giovanni(Poet, Writer)
07 June 1943
American
Lynn Toler(Lawyer, Judge)
25 October 1959
American
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Charles Addams(Draughtsperson, Illustrator, Artist, Painter, Writer)
07 January 1912
American
Bobby Troup(Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Actor, Songwriter, Jazz musician, Officer)
18 October 1918
American
Nnamdi Azikiwe(Writer, Politician)
16 November 1904
Nigerian
Martin Seligman(Psychologist, Bridge player, Writer, University teacher)
12 August 1942
American
Raj Rajaratnam(Financier, Banker)
15 June 1957
Indian,American
Hilary Putnam(Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher, Non-fiction writer, Computer scientist)
31 July 1926
American
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Luis Donaldo Colosio(Politician, Economist)
10 February 1950
Mexican
Paul R. Ehrlich(Entomologist, Zoologist, University teacher)
29 May 1932
American
Stephen Decatur(Officer)
05 January 1779
American
Eric S. Raymond(Software developer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Lawyer, Computer scientist, Journalist)
04 December 1957
American
Drew Gilpin Faust(Historian, University teacher)
18 September 1947
American
Don Norman(Engineer, Computer scientist, Psychologist, Writer)
25 December 1935
American
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Walter Annenberg(Art collector, Diplomat, Publisher, Businessperson)
13 March 1908
American
Michael Moritz(Computer scientist)
12 September 1954
British
Bill Tilden(Tennis player, Tennis coach)
10 February 1893
American
Toomas Hendrik Ilves(Politician, Journalist, Diplomat)
26 December 1953
Estonian,Swedish,American
Denise Scott Brown(Architect)
03 October 1931
American
J. Presper Eckert(Electrical engineer, Engineer, Computer scientist)
09 April 1919
American
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Loren Eiseley(Anthropologist, Philosopher, Poet)
03 September 1907
American
Rexford Tugwell(Economist, Academician)
10 July 1891
American
Howard Atwood Kelly(Surgeon, Writer, Gynaecologist, University teacher)
20 February 1858
American
Hamid Dabashi(Historian, Professor, Sociologist, Literary historian, Literary critic, Journalist)
15 June 1951
Betty Holberton(Computer scientist, Programmer)
07 March 1917
American
Ei-ichi Negishi(Chemist, Professor)
14 July 1935
Chinese,American
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Jacob Wallenberg(Entrepreneur, Banker)
13 January 1956
Swedish
William Paca(Politician, Lawyer, Judge)
31 October 1740
British,American
Alfonso Prat-Gay(Economist, Politician)
24 November 1965
Argentinian
Jim Perry(Presenter)
09 November 1933
American
Chas Samuel Addams07 January 1912
American
