List of Stanford University faculty and staff

This is a list of encyclopedic alumni associated with Stanford University in the United States.

Notable Stanford alumni

Academics

Derek Bok (1951), President Emeritus Harvard University
Vinton Cerf (1965), Internet pioneer, Turing award winning computer scientist

Leda Cosmides, post-doctoral work; pioneer of evolutionary psychology
Ulysses S. Grant IV (Ph.D. 1929), geologist and paleontologist; grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant
Vartan Gregorian (1958), President Emeritus Brown University; President Carnegie Corporation
Victor Davis Hanson (Ph.D. 1980), classicist, historian, National Review contributor
Clark Kerr (MA 1933), President Emeritus of the University of California
Kenji Erik Kushida (MA), Author and Scholar
Paul W Klipsch (MS), Inventor, Engineer, Scientist, Pilot
Richard Levin (1968), President Yale University
Robert Moyer, Ph.D., psychologist at Bates College.
Michael North - author and UCLA Professor
Ronald Rivest (Ph.D.), cryptographer, Turing award winning computer scientist
Peter Salovey, Dean Yale University
Daniel Sleator (Ph.D.), computer scientist
Stephen Timoshenko, pioneer of modern engineering mechanics
Ted Hoff (Ph.D.), inventor of microprocessor
Andreas Bechtolsheim (Ph.D. dropout), Designer of the first Unix workstation
Robert Tarjan (MS, Ph.D.), Turing award winning computer scientist
Raj Reddy (ME, Ph.D), Turing award winning computer scientist
John Hopcroft (Ph.D), Turing award winning computer scientist
Alan Kay (Postdoc), Turing award winning computer scientist
Amir Pnueli (Postdoc), Turing award winning computer scientist
Bradford Parkinson (ME, Ph.D), inventor of global positioning system (GPS)
Rodney Brooks (Ph.D), Director of MIT computer science and artificial intelligence lab
Alan Newell (BS), pioneer of artificial intelligence, Turing award winning computer scientist
Victor Scheinman (M.E., Ph.D), inventor of programmable robot arm
Bradley Efron (Ph.D), a leading statistician, inventor of bootstrap
Sam Araki (M.E.), a designer of spy satellite
Eric Cornell (BS), Nobel prize winner in physics
Carl Wieman (Ph.D), Nobel prize winner in physics
Richard Taylor (Ph.D), Nobel prize winner in physics
Barry Sharpless (Ph.D), Nobel prize winner in chemistry
Dudley Herschbach (BS, MS), Nobel prize winner in chemistry
John Harsanyi (Ph.D), Nobel prize winner in economics
John Steinbeck (drop out), Nobel prize winner in literature
Cleve Moler (Ph.D) and Jeff Little (ME), Inventor of MATLAB
Fred Terman, father of Silicon Valley

Actors, film, and media

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Ted Koppel, ABC News journalist

Daniel Armand Lee (Tablo Epik High) A famous Korean rapper
Richard Boone, actor
David Brown, movie producer
Phil Brown, actor
Kathleen Chalfant, actress
Jennifer Connelly, actress (dropped out)
Roger Corman, producer and director
Ted Danson, actor (transferred to Carnegie Mellon University)
Elizabeth Farnsworth (MA), broadcast journalist
Nicholas Gonzalez, actor
Anne Morgan Guilbert, actress
Al Harrington (BA History 1958), actor, Hawaii 5-0
Edith Head, costume designer
Megan Hellerer, actress, Disney Channel's "Bug Juice" (1997)
Skylor Haagensen, movie producer, DreamScape Motion Pictures
Daryn Kagan, CNN anchor
Amy Kellogg (MA), news reporter for the Fox News Channel
Ted Koppel (MA), journalist
Justine Mattera, Italian TV personality
Jack Palance, actor
Alexander Payne, film director
Daniel Pearl, journalist
Danny Pintauro, actor
Megyn Price, actress
Jay Roach, film director
Fred Savage, actor
Ben Savage, actor
Joel Stein, humorist and columnist for the Los Angeles Times
Sigourney Weaver, actress
Adam West, actor (dropped out)
Reese Witherspoon, actress (dropped out)
Alice Wu, writer and director of Saving Face
Richard Zanuck, movie producer

Astronauts

Entrepreneurs and business leaders

Kurt Akeley, (MS), co-founder of Silicon Graphics
Jim Allchin, (MS) co-President of Microsoft
Mukesh Ambani, (MBA candidate, dropped out) Reliance Industries Limited Chairman
John Arrillaga, (B.A., MBA) - Silicon Valley real estate developer
Steven A. Ballmer, (MBA candidate, dropped out in 1979) CEO, Microsoft
Diosdado Banatao, (MS), venture capitalist; S3 Graphics, Chips and Technologies, Mostron co-founder.
Craig Barrett, B.S., Ph.D. (1964) - current Chairman of Intel, former CEO of Intel (1998-2005). Former Stanford Professor of Materials Science (1964-1974).
Robert M. Bass, (MBA 1974) President, Keystone, Inc.
Jeffrey Bewkes (MBA 1977), Time Warner President and COO
Len Bosack, (MS CS 1981), co-founder of Cisco Systems with his girlfriend (later wife), Sandy Lerner
Sue Bostrom, (MBA) - Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer of Cisco Systems
Sergey Brin, (M.S.), Google co-founder
Bud Colligan, (MBA 1983), Macromedia co-founder
Ray Dolby, audio engineer, founder of Dolby Labs
Richard Fairbank, Capital One co-founder
David Filo, (M.S.), Yahoo! co-founder
Carly Fiorina, (1976), CEO of Hewlett-Packard from July 1999 until her forced resignation in February 2005.
Doris Fisher, Gap Inc. co-founder (with husband Donald Fisher)
Paul Flaherty, M.S., Ph.D., computer scientist, co-inventor of the AltaVista search engine
Victor Grinich, Ph.D. 1953, one of the "Traitorous Eight" that founded Fairchild Semiconductor
Stephen Haddock, (MBA) - co-founder and CTO of Extreme Networks
Samer Hamadeh, Vault.com co-founder
Reed Hastings (M.S. 1988), Netflix founder
Trip Hawkins, (MBA) - founder of Electronic Arts and 3DO
Bill Hewlett (1934), Hewlett-Packard co-founder
Jawed Karim (current Master's student), YouTube co-founder
J. Scott Kaspick - (MBA 1983), Kaspick & Company founder and Managing Director
Guy Kawasaki - CEO of the venture capital firm Garage Technology Ventures
Vinod Khosla, (MBA), Sun Microsystems co-founder, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers partner
Philip H. Knight, (MBA 1961), founder and former CEO, Nike
Sandy Lerner, (MS Stat & CS 1981), co-founder of Cisco Systems with her boyfriend (later husband), Len Bosack
Victor Li, (BS, MS 1985) - Hong Kong businessman
Henry McKinnell, (MBA, Ph.D.) - Chairman and former CEO of Pfizer
Robert Mondavi, vintner
John Morgridge, (MBA 1957), Cisco Systems Chairman
Mark Oldman, Vault.com co-founder
David Packard, (1934), Hewlett-Packard co-founder
Larry Page, (M.S.), Google co-founder
Azim Premji CEO of Wipro Technologies
T.J. Rodgers, (Ph.D.) - founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor
James Sachs, (M.A. 1979), IDEO co-founder
Charles R. Schwab, (1959, MBA 1961), founder, chairman, and CEO of Charles Schwab Corporation
Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, Clarium Capital founder
Alan Tripp, (B.A. 1985, MBA 1989) founder of SCORE! Educational Centers and InsideTrack
Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder
Mareza Larizadeh, (MBA 2006), Doostang.com co-founder

Literature and arts

Stewart Brand, editor
Allette Brooks, musician
Robbie Conal (MFA), artist
Michael Cunningham, author
Harriet Doerr, author
Dana Gioia (1973, MBA 1977), VP at General Foods, poet, NEA chairman
Allegra Goodman (Ph.D. English literature}, novelist
Aljean Harmetz, journalist and film historian
Sam Harris, author
Robert Hass (M.A., Ph.D.), U.S. Poet Laureate
George V. Higgins (M.A.), attorney and author
Ollie Johnston, pioneering Disney animator
Ken Kesey (M.A.), author
Robert Motherwell, painter
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, socio-cultural critic and author
Scott O'Dell, author
Robert Pinsky (Ph.D.), U.S. Poet Laureate
Edward Rutherfurd, novelist
Vikram Seth, poet and author (dropped out of Ph.D program)
John Steinbeck, author (dropped out)
Scott Turow (M.A.), author
Albert Wilson (M.S.), author, botanist, talk show personality
Tobias Wolff (M.A.) and professor (1997-present), author

Miscellaneous

Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States

Chelsea Clinton (2001), First Daughter
Robin Lee Graham Author, sailed the world alone as a teenager
Harry Harlow, psychologist
Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady
Katharine Jefferts Schori (1974), first female to head a national church of the Anglican Communion
Martha Logan (Fictional), Art History, First Lady to President Charles Logan in television series 24
Michael Murphy, author and Dick Price co-founders of Esalen Institute
Neil Papiano, Esq., attorney for, among others, Elizabeth Taylor, President Reagan and Walter Matthau
H.R.H Prince Philippe (MA 1985), Duke of Brabant, Crown Prince of Belgium
Theodore Streleski, Murderer of a Stanford professor in 1978

Political leaders

Mohammad Reza Aref (M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1981), First Vice President of Iran
Ehud Barak (M.A. 1979), former Prime Minister of Israel
Max Baucus (1963, LL.B. 1967), U.S. Senator
Xavier Becerra (1980, J.D. 1984), U.S. Congressman
Jeff Bingaman (LL.B. 1968), U.S. Senator
Sir Menzies Campbell, British Liberal Democrat Leader
Subodh Chandra (1989), former Director of the City of Cleveland Law Department, failed candidate for Ohio Attorney General
Frank Church (1947, LL.B. 1950), late U.S. Senator
Warren Christopher (LL.B. 1949), former U.S. Secretary of State
March Fong Eu (Ed.D. 1954), former California Secretary of State
Kent Conrad (1970), U.S. Senator
Gray Davis (1964), former Governor of California
Dianne Feinstein (1955), U.S. Senator
Herbert Hoover (1895), President of the United States
Henry "Scoop" Jackson, former U.S. Senator
Zoe Lofgren (1970), U.S. Congresswoman
Ricardo Maduro (1967), President of Honduras
William Perry (1949, M.A. 1950), Engineer, entrepreneur, diplomat, and 19th Secretary of Defense of the United States
Adam Schiff (1982), U.S. Congressman
Susan Schwab (A.M. 1977), U.S. Trade Representative
Jim Sensenbrenner (1965), U.S. Congressman
Vice Admiral James Stockdale (M.A. 1962), the highest ranking naval officer held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and independent Vice Presidential candidate in the 1992 presidential election with Ross Perot
Thomas M. Storke (1898), late U.S. Senator
Alejandro Toledo (A.M. 1972, A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1993), President of Peru
Carmen Vali-Cave (1987, Ph.D. 1994), Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California
James Woolsey (1963), former CIA director
Ron Wyden (1971), U.S. Senator

U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Stephen Breyer (1959), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (nominated by Bill Clinton)
Sandra Day O'Connor (1950, LL.B. 1952), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (nominated by Ronald Reagan)
Anthony Kennedy (1958), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (nominated by Ronald Reagan)
William Rehnquist (1948, M.A. 1948, LL.B. 1952), U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice (nominated by Richard Nixon)

Notable Stanford faculty and affiliates

Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor
Albert Bandura, psychology professor since 1964, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology since 1973.
Paul Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemistry professor and pioneer in recombinant DNA technology
Coit Blacker, political science professor, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council; Executive Office of the President
Felix Bloch, Nobel Laureate, physics professor
Eavan Boland, Irish poet, professor
Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor. Professor at Stanford from 1987 to 2004.
Paul Cohen, Fields Medal-recipient mathematics professor
Stanley Norman Cohen, professor of genetics and medicine, who accomplished the first transplantation of genes between cells
Linda Darling-Hammond, leading educational theorist
Don E. Fehrenbacher, Pulitzer Prize winner author (1979, The Dred Scott Case: Its Signficance in American Law & Politics). Was William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies from 1953.
Morris P. Fiorina, political scientist and author
Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor, Hoover Institution
Avner Greif, economist
Lala Hardayal , Indian freedom fighter
Payton Jordan, track coach from 1957 to 1979, also head coach of the 1968 US Olympic track team
David M. Kennedy (historian), professor of history and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Alexander Kerensky, Russian revolutionary leader
Donald Knuth, creator of TeX and computer science pioneer and professor emeritus
Arthur Kornberg, Nobel Prize-winning professor of structural biology
Robert Laughlin, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, Professor at Stanford from 1989 to 2004.
Lawrence Lessig, IP and constitutional law professor
John McCarthy, responsible for the coining of the term Artificial Intelligence, and inventor of the Lisp programming language.
Scotty McLennan, Dean for Religious Life, Minister of Stanford Memorial Church, and inspiration for the Reverend Scott Sloan character in the comic strip Doonesbury
Douglas Osheroff, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
Martin L. Perl, Nobel Prize winning physics professor
William Perry, engineer, entrepreneur, diplomat, and 19th Secretary of Defense of the United States
Juan Bautista Rael, linguist and folklorist.
Condoleezza Rice, political science professor from 1981 to 2000, Provost from 1993 to 1999, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, and 66th Secretary of State of the United States
Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor
Patrick Suppes, National Medal of Science recipient, professor
Leonard Susskind, physicist, originator of String Theory, professor
John B. Taylor, economist, developed the Taylor rule
Richard Taylor, Nobel Laureate
Paul Watzlawick

Notable Stanford athletes

Frankie Albert, football
Tony Azevedo, water polo
Jennifer Azzi, basketball in the ABL and WNBA
Brad Badger, football
Notah Begay III, golf
David Bergeron, football
Mike Boit, track (graduate student)
Bob Boone, former Major League Baseball catcher
Curtis Borchardt and his wife Susan King Borchardt, basketball
Colin Branch – National Football League safety
John Brodie, National FootballLeague player
Bob Bryan, tennis (dropped out)
Mike Bryan, tennis (dropped out)
Josh Childress, basketball
Amy Chow, gymnastics
Jarron Collins, basketball
Jason Collins, basketball
Ian Dobson, cross country, track & field
John Elway, Hall of Fame football quarterback
Ellen Estes, Olympic water polo player
Janet Evans, swimming
Lauren Fleshman, cross country, track & field
Kristin Folkl, basketball
Julie Foudy, former US women's soccer player
Sam Fuld, Baseball, CHN system
Robby Fulton, soccer, Major League Soccer
Jody Gerut, Major League Baseball outfielder
Darrien Gordon, NFL Defensive Back
Ryan Hall, cross country, track & field
Kwame Harris, National Football League offensive tackle
Eric Heiden, speed skating, cycling
Rick Helling, Major League Baseball pitcher
Sonja Henning, basketball in the ABL and WNBA
Tony Hill (American football), 3 time pro bowl NFL wide receiver
Misty Hyman, swimmer
Regina Jacobs, cross country, track & field
Casey Jacobsen, basketball
Brian Johnson, retired Major League Baseball catcher
Teyo Johnson, basketball and football
Tara Kirk, swimming
Brevin Knight, basketball
Arthur Lee, basketball
Roger Levesque, soccer
James Lofton, National Football League player
Jim Lonborg, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Hank Luisetti, basketball
John Lynch, National Football League safety
Mark Madsen, basketball
Chad Marshall, soccer, Major League Soccer
Peter Marshall (swimmer), swimming
Casey Martin, golf
Bob Mathias, track and football
Ed McCaffrey, retired National Football League wide receiver
Jack McDowell, former Major League Baseball pitcher
John McEnroe, tennis (dropped out)
Patrick McEnroe, tennis
Carolyn Moos, basketball
Pablo Morales, swimming
Mike Mussina, Major League Baseball pitcher
Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand international soccer player; formerly with D.C. United in MLS, now with Blackburn Rovers in English Premiership
Heather Olson, Synchronized Swimming, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics
Darrin Nelson, former National Football League running back
Ernie Nevers, football
Ogonna Nnamani, volleyball
Vanessa Nygaard, basketball
Kate Paye, basketball
Jim Plunkett, former National Football League quarterback
Nicole Powell, basketball in the WNBA
Markus Rogan, swimming
Summer Sanders, swimming
Olympia Scott, basketball in the WNBA
Jamie Schroeder, rowing – US National Team
Kate Starbird, basketball
Toby Stevenson, pole vault
Kerri Strug, gymnastics
Debi Thomas, figure skating
Jenny Thompson, swimming
Logan Tom, volleyball
James Twellman, soccer, Major League Soccer
Jeff Rouse, swimming
Kerri Walsh, volleyball
Tom Watson, golfer
Bob Whitfield – National Football League offensive lineman
Val Whiting, WNBA basketball player
Tank Williams, National Football League defensive back
Kailee Wong, National Football League outside linebacker
Tiger Woods (dropped out), golfer
Lindsey Yamasaki, volleyball and basketball WNBA
George Yardley, Basketball Hall of Fame member