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183 notable alumni U.S. News #23

Notable Alumni of Georgetown University

Notable alumni of Georgetown University include Bill Clinton (42nd President of the United States), Lyndon B. Johnson (36th President of the United States) and Bradley Cooper (Actor and filmmaker).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Business

Science and academia

  • Vera Rubin 1928–2016

    Astronomer who pioneered galaxy rotation research

    Doctor of Philosophy

    Also attended: Cornell University, Vassar College

    Child: Judith Young (Harvard University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst)

    Child: Karl Rubin (Harvard University, Princeton University)

  • Wilferd Madelung 1930–2023

    Scholar of Islamic history and Iranian studies

  • Cyril Toumanoff 1913–1997

    Georgian-American historian and genealogist

  • Charles Frédéric Girard 1822–1895

    French zoologist specializing in ichthyology

  • John-David F. Bartoe 1944–

    Astrophysicist and astronaut

    Also attended: Lehigh University

  • James Hillman 1926–2011

    Psychologist who studied at the Jung Institute

  • Noura Erakat 1980–

    Rutgers professor and human rights attorney

    Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

  • Steven Novella 1964–

    Neurologist, Yale professor and skeptic podcaster

  • Pascale Cossart 1948–

    French bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute

  • Theodore Sherman Palmer 1868–1955

    American zoologist

    Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

  • George Coyne 1933–2020

    Jesuit priest and Vatican Observatory director

    Also attended: Fordham University

  • Solomon H. Snyder 1938–

    Neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

    Attended until 1962

    Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

  • As'ad AbuKhalil 1960–

    Political science professor at Cal State Stanislaus

  • Robert H. Hewsen 1934–2018

    Historian and expert on ancient South Caucasus

    Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1967

    Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park

  • Frederick Pei Li 1940–2015

    Physician who co-discovered Li–Fraumeni syndrome

    Also attended: New York University, University of Rochester

  • Svetlana Rimsky-Korsakoff 1931–

    Sinologist who grew up in China

Arts and media

Sports

  • Allen Iverson 1975–

    Former NBA player nicknamed the Answer

  • Dikembe Mutombo 1966–2024

    NBA center for 18 seasons

  • Patrick Ewing 1962–

    Jamaican-American basketball player and coach

    Child: Patrick Ewing, Jr. (Indiana University-Bloomington)

  • Alonzo Mourning 1970–

    Former NBA player and Miami Heat executive

  • Jeff Green 1986–

    NBA player who has played for 11 teams

  • Greg Monroe 1990–

    Former NBA player and Pelicans development coach

  • Otto Porter 1993–

    Former professional basketball player

  • Roy Hibbert 1986–

    Former NBA player and two-time All-Star

  • William Holland 1874–1930

    Track athlete, 1900 Olympic 400m silver medalist

  • Nancy Hogshead-Makar 1962–

    Swimmer, three-time gold medalist at 1984 Olympics

    Also attended: Duke University

  • Leo Sexton 1909–1968

    Shot putter, 1932 Olympic gold medalist

  • DaJuan Summers 1988–

    Professional basketball player, played for Georgetown

  • Mac McClung 1999–

    Professional basketball player

    Attended until 2020

    Also attended: Texas Tech University

  • Rebekkah Brunson 1981–

    Basketball player, assistant coach of Minnesota Lynx

  • Nikole Mitchell 1974–

    Jamaican sprinter, 1996 Olympic relay bronze medalist

  • Robert LeGendre 1898–1931

    Pentathlete, 1924 Olympic bronze medalist

  • Hollis Thompson 1991–

    Basketball player, formerly of Georgetown

  • Reggie Williams 1964–

    Former NBA player, Georgetown national champion

  • Charles Smith 1967–

    Former NBA player, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist

  • Emily Infeld 1990–

    Long-distance runner in 5000 m and 10,000 m

  • Kyra Carusa 1995–

    Soccer forward for the Republic of Ireland

    Also attended: Stanford University

Other fields

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Georgetown University (people who attended both).