Notable Alumni of Tufts University

Juan Manuel Santos 1951–

Former President of Colombia, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Also attended: University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Harvard University

Kostas Karamanlis 1956–

Former Prime Minister of Greece

Doctorate · International relations, Political science

Spouse: Natasa Pazaïti (Tufts University)

Shashi Tharoor 1956–

Indian politician, diplomat and author

Bill Richardson 1947–2023

Former governor of New Mexico and UN ambassador

Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1971

Spouse: Barbara Richardson (Wheaton College (MA))

Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1927–2003

US senator from New York and UN ambassador

Attended until 1968

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Radmila Šekerinska 1972–

NATO Deputy Secretary General, former North Macedonian defense minister

Cynthia McKinney 1955–

Former U.S. congresswoman and peace activist

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, University of Southern California

Scott Brown 1959–

Former U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1981

Also attended: Boston College, Northeastern University

Child: Ayla Brown (Boston College)

Peter Navarro 1949–

Economist and senior trade counselor to Trump

Also attended: Harvard University

Medea Benjamin 1952–

Political activist, co-founder of Code Pink

Spouse: Kevin Danaher (Sonoma State University)

Marina Kaljurand 1962–

Estonian former foreign minister and MEP

Dan Crenshaw 1984–

US Representative from Texas, former Navy SEAL

Also attended: Harvard University

Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. 1955–

19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Also attended: Georgetown University, Saint Michael's College

Gina McCarthy 1954–

Former White House climate advisor and EPA administrator

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Boston

Tinatin Bokuchava 1983–

Georgian politician, chair of United National Movement

Also attended: Smith College

Colette Flesch 1937–2026

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Also attended: Wellesley College

Frank Pallone 1951–

U.S. Representative for New Jersey

Master of Arts · Class of 1974

Also attended: Middlebury College

Shukri Ghanem 1942–2012

Former Prime Minister and oil minister of Libya

Raffi Hovannisian 1959–

First Foreign Minister of Armenia

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Los Angeles, Georgetown University

Father: Richard G. Hovannisian (University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Los Angeles)

Child: Garin Hovannisian (University of California-Los Angeles, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Abdulla Shahid 1962–

Maldivian diplomat, 76th UN General Assembly president

James Stavridis 1955–

Retired US Navy admiral, Carlyle vice chairman

Also attended: United States Naval Academy

Yasushi Akashi 1931–

Japanese diplomat and UN administrator

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Anson Chan 1940–

Former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong

Vartan Oskanian 1955–

Former Foreign Minister of Armenia

Also attended: Harvard University

Peter DeFazio 1947–

Oregon U.S. representative, Progressive Caucus founder

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1969

Also attended: University of Oregon

Anita Orbán 1974–

Hungarian deputy prime minister and foreign minister

Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts · Diplomacy, International law · Class of 2007

Jean François-Poncet 1928–2012

French foreign minister and senator

Also attended: Wesleyan University

Juan Fernando López Aguilar 1961–

Spanish former justice minister and MEP

Geng Shuang 1973–

Chinese diplomat, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN

Master's degree · Class of 2006

Hassan Wirajuda 1948–

Former foreign minister of Indonesia

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Olga Kefalogianni 1975–

Greek Minister of Tourism

Postgraduate education · International relations · Class of 2006

Mäwlen Äshimbaev 1971–

Former Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Thomas R. Pickering 1931–

Diplomat, former U.S. ambassador to the UN

Also attended: Bowdoin College

Hind Kabawat 1974–

Syrian transitional government minister of social and labour affairs

Also attended: Harvard University

Wolfgang Ischinger 1946–

German diplomat, Munich Security Conference chairman

International law · Attended until 1973

Also attended: Harvard University

Dante Caputo 1943–2018

Former foreign minister of Argentina

Joe Courtney 1953–

U.S. representative from Connecticut

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1975

Also attended: University of Connecticut

Don Pramudwinai 1950–

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Adela Raz 1986–

Former Afghan ambassador to the United States

Also attended: Simmons University

Humayun Rashid Choudhury 1928–2001

Bangladeshi diplomat, 41st UN General Assembly president

Ricardo Lewandowski 1948–

Former Brazilian Supreme Court justice and Minister of Justice

John Olver 1936–2023

Massachusetts congressman and chemist

Master of Science · Class of 1956

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Arjun Narasingha KC 1947–

Nepali politician, former professor and minister

Pieter Feith 1945–

Dutch diplomat, former EU Special Representative in Kosovo

John G. Sargent 1860–1939

US Attorney General under President Coolidge

Reem Al Hashimy 1978–

UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation

Also attended: Harvard University

Jeffrey Lam 1951–

Hong Kong politician and Executive Council member

Liu Xiaoming 1956–

Chinese diplomat, former ambassador to the UK

Erica Yuen 1980–

Hong Kong politician, actress and former People Power chairperson

Chen Mingming 1950–

Chinese diplomat

John Kuan 1940–

Former head of Taiwan's Examination Yuan

Also attended: University of Indianapolis

Liu Jingsong 1972–

Chinese Ambassador to Australia

Zhang Junsai 1953–

Chinese diplomat

Hady Amr 1967–

Diplomat and former special representative for Palestinian affairs

Also attended: Princeton University

Chuck Rosenberg 1960–

Former Acting Administrator of the DEA

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Harvard University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Michael Feldman 1968–

PR consultant and former Al Gore campaign chief of staff

Spouse: Savannah Guthrie (University of Arizona, Georgetown University)

Seth Godin 1960–

Author, marketing expert and entrepreneur

Also attended: Stanford University

Jamie Dimon 1956–

Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase

Also attended: Harvard University

Pierre Omidyar 1967–

Founder of eBay

Khaldoon Al Mubarak 1976–

Abu Dhabi government official and business leader

Anthony Scaramucci 1964–

Financier and former White House communications director

Bachelor of Arts · History

Also attended: Harvard University

Roy Raymond 1947–1993

Founder of Victoria's Secret

Also attended: Stanford University

Joi Ito 1966–

Japanese entrepreneur, venture capitalist, university president

Also attended: University of Chicago

Sibling: Mizuko Ito (Harvard University, Stanford University)

Steve Tisch 1949–

Film producer and former co-owner of the New York Giants

Father: Preston Robert Tisch (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)

Mother: Joan Tisch (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)

Shari Redstone 1954–

Media executive and former Paramount Global chairwoman

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1975

Also attended: Boston University

Spouse: Yitzhak Aharon Korff (Harvard University, Tufts University)

Father: Sumner Redstone (Georgetown University, Harvard University)

Frederick Stark Pearson 1861–1915

Electrical engineer and entrepreneur

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ness Wadia 1970–

Indian businessman, Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation managing director

Andrew Fastow 1961–

Former chief financial officer of Enron

Also attended: Northwestern University, Northwest University

Ellen Kullman 1956–

CEO of Carbon, Inc

Bachelor's degree · Mechanical engineering

Also attended: Northwestern University

Yitzchak Mirilashvili 1984–

Israeli entrepreneur and co-founder of VK

Dov Charney 1969–

Founder of American Apparel

Ben Silverman 1970–

Media executive, co-CEO of Propagate

Father: Stanley Silverman (Northeastern University Oakland, Boston University)

Chatri Sityodtong 1971–

Founder and CEO of ONE Championship

Also attended: Harvard University

Scott Borgerson

Cofounder and CEO of CargoMetrics

Sōichirō Minami 1976–

Japanese businessman, founder of Visional

Norbert Wiener 1894–1964

Mathematician and MIT professor, cybernetics pioneer

Attended until 1909

Also attended: Harvard University, Cornell University

Roderick MacKinnon 1956–

Biophysicist; 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner

Also attended: Brandeis University

Vannevar Bush 1890–1974

Engineer who headed the US OSRD during World War II

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eugene Fama 1939–

Nobel laureate economist and University of Chicago professor

Also attended: University of Chicago

Jeremy Rifkin 1945–

Economic and social theorist and writer

Master's degree · International relations · Class of 1968

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Mariana Mazzucato 1968–

Economist and professor at University College London

Also attended: The New School

Mahmood Mamdani 1946–

Anthropologist and Columbia University professor

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Spouse: Mira Nair (Harvard University)

Child: Zohran Mamdani (Bowdoin College, Bank Street College of Education)

Frederick Hauck 1941–2025

NASA astronaut and US Navy captain

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sean B. Carroll 1960–

Evolutionary developmental biologist, University of Maryland professor

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1983

Also attended: Washington University in St Louis

Michael Greger 1972–

Physician, author and plant-based diet advocate

Also attended: Cornell University

Jill Lepore 1966–

Historian, Harvard professor and New Yorker writer

Also attended: Yale University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

C. Megan Urry 1955–

Astrophysicist; Yale professor

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Yale University, Johns Hopkins University

Vali Nasr 1960–

Political scientist, former dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS

Bachelor of Arts, Master's degree · International relations · Class of 1984

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Father: Hossein Nasr (Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Victor A. McKusick 1921–2008

Medical geneticist, Johns Hopkins professor of medicine

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Yasmin Altwaijri 2000–

Saudi epidemiologist at King Faisal Specialist Hospital

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ann Graybiel 1942–

MIT neuroscientist and Institute Professor

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gordon S. Wood 1933–2026

Brown University historian, 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner

Attended until 1955

Also attended: Harvard University

Phillip Hagar Smith 1905–1987

Electrical engineer who invented the Smith chart

Gail Levin 1948–

Art historian and Edward Hopper specialist

Also attended: Simmons University

David Autor 1967–

MIT professor of economics

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Harvard University

Moncef Slaoui 1959–

Head of Operation Warp Speed, former GSK vaccines chief

Postdoctoral degree

Also attended: Harvard University

Paul A. Offit 1951–

Pediatrician, co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University System of Maryland

Edith Widder 1951–

Oceanographer and marine biologist

Also attended: University of California-Santa Barbara

Father: David Widder (Harvard University)

Leonard Carmichael 1898–1973

Psychologist, 7th Secretary of the Smithsonian

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Harvard University

Stephen Moulton Babcock 1843–1931

Agricultural chemist, developed the Babcock test

Also attended: Cornell University

Sung-Yoon Lee 1901–

Korean political scientist specializing in North Korea

Master's degree, Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1998

Also attended: New College of Florida

Max Tishler 1906–1989

Chemist and president of Merck research laboratories

Also attended: Harvard University

Child: Peter Tishler (Harvard University)

Richard Tousey 1908–1997

Astronomer and pioneer of space-based solar observation

Also attended: Harvard University

Mayly Sánchez 1972–

Venezuelan-born particle physicist studying neutrinos

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Catherine G. Wolf 1947–2018

Psychologist and human-computer interaction expert

Also attended: Brown University

Necia H. Apfel 1930–

Astronomer, author and educator

Also attended: Northwestern University, Harvard University

Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee 1898–1980

Obstetrician and civil rights activist

Attended until 1924

Also attended: Simmons University

Lisa Anderson 1950–

Political scientist, former president of the American University in Cairo

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Sarah Lawrence College

Catherine D'Ignazio 1975–

MIT professor focused on data feminism

Wu Teh Yao 1915–1994

Political scientist and educator

Also attended: Harvard University

Jessica Biel 1982–

Actress, known for 7th Heaven

Attended until 2002

William Hurt 1950–2022

American actor and Academy Award winner

Bachelor of Arts · Theology

Also attended: University of Nebraska Medical Center, The Juilliard School

Tracy Chapman 1964–

Singer-songwriter

Anthropology, African studies · Attended until 1986

Hank Azaria 1964–

Actor who voices many Simpsons characters

Also attended: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York

Spouse: Helen Hunt (California State University-Los Angeles, University of California-Los Angeles)

Ameesha Patel 1976–

Indian actress

Sibling: Ashmit Patel (The University of Texas at Austin)

Rainn Wilson 1966–

Actor, played Dwight Schrute in The Office

Also attended: New York University, University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Peter Gallagher 1955–

Actor in many Hollywood films

Oliver Platt 1960–

Actor nominated for Emmy and Tony Awards

Father: Nicholas Platt (Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University)

Nan Goldin 1953–

Photographer and activist

Also attended: School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

Dom DeLuise 1933–2009

Actor, comedian, director and author

Sendhil Ramamurthy 1974–

Actor known for Heroes

Ram Dass 1931–2019

Spiritual teacher and author of Be Here Now

Also attended: Wesleyan University, Stanford University

Carlos Latuff 1968–

Brazilian political cartoonist

Dan Hedaya 1940–

Actor known for supporting roles

Mary L. Trump 1965–

Psychologist and author, niece of Donald Trump

Bachelor of Arts · English-language literature

Also attended: Adelphi University, Columbia University in the City of New York

Father: Fred Trump Jr. (Lehigh University)

Tsai Chin 1933–

Chinese-British actress, singer and director

David Costabile 1967–

Actor in Breaking Bad and Billions

Also attended: New York University

Lew Rockwell 1944–

Libertarian author, editor and political consultant

Alan Hovhaness 1911–2000

Composer of 67 numbered symphonies

Also attended: The New England Conservatory of Music

Father: Haroutioun Hovanes Chakmakjian (Harvard University)

Meredith Vieira 1953–

Broadcast journalist, Today co-host and TV host

Christopher Lawford 1955–2018

Actor, author and activist from the Kennedy family

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Boston College, Harvard University, Fordham University

Mother: Patricia Kennedy Lawford (Rosemont College)

Gary Winick 1961–2011

Film director and producer of 13 Going on 30

Also attended: American Film Institute Conservatory, The University of Texas at Austin

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. 1951–

Newspaper publisher and journalist

Also attended: Harvard University, State University of New York at New Paltz

Spouse: Gail Gregg (Kansas State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Father: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Michael Dobbs 1948–

British Conservative politician and House of Cards author

Michel Gill 1960–

Actor known for House of Cards

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Spouse: Jayne Atkinson (Yale University, Northwestern University)

Gregory Maguire 1954–

Novelist, author of Wicked

Also attended: Simmons University, SUNY at Albany

Jester Hairston 1901–2000

Composer, choral conductor and actor

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Stephen Macht 1942–

Actor, rabbi and professor

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Child: Gabriel Macht (Carnegie Mellon University)

Amy Krouse Rosenthal 1965–2017

Children's author, radio host and filmmaker

Anita Shreve 1946–2018

American novelist

Lalla Essaydi 1956–

Moroccan photographer and painter

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

John Ciardi 1916–1986

Poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy

Also attended: Bates College, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Richard Leigh 1943–2007

Novelist and short story writer

Also attended: University of Chicago, Stony Brook University

Laura Silverman 1966–

Actress, older sister of Sarah Silverman

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sibling: Sarah Silverman (New York University)

Jill Johnston 1929–2010

Feminist author and cultural critic

Also attended: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Margaret George 1943–

Historical novelist

Also attended: Stanford University

Susan Haskell 1968–

Canadian actress in One Life to Live

Also attended: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York

Cid Corman 1924–2004

Poet, translator and editor of Origin

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Christopher Golden 1967–

Writer, screenwriter and novelist

Stephen Kunken 1971–

Actor known for Billions and The Handmaid's Tale

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Nancy Holt 1938–2014

Artist known for public sculpture and land art

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rosebell Kagumire 1983–

Ugandan journalist and feminist activist

Albert Berger 2000–

Film producer

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Darrell Scott 1959–

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer

Don Grolnick 1947–1996

Jazz pianist, composer and record producer

Josh Gates 1977–

Explorer and Expedition Unknown host

Jamie Saft 1971–

Keyboardist, composer and producer

Also attended: The New England Conservatory of Music

Olive Byrne 1904–1990

Author credited as inspiration for Wonder Woman

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kara Kennedy 1960–2011

Television producer, daughter of Senator Ted Kennedy

Father: Ted Kennedy (Harvard University, University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Mother: Joan Bennett Kennedy (Lesley University, Manhattanville University)

Arevik Tserunyan 1987–

Armenian painter and art historian

Ellen Bry 1951–

Television and film actress

Spouse: John Masius (University of California-Los Angeles)

Nicole Fiscella 1979–

Actress and model, known for Gossip Girl

Also attended: University of Bridgeport

Aska Cheung Chi Ho 1995–

Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor

Also attended: Miami University-Oxford

Bette Bao Lord 1938–

Chinese-born American writer and human rights activist

Spouse: Winston Lord (Yale University, Tufts University)

Sibling: Cathy Bao Bean (Tufts University)

Cathy Bao Bean 1942–

Chinese-American writer and educator

Sibling: Bette Bao Lord (Tufts University)

Jolie Chan 1981–

Hong Kong actress and singer

David Faber 1964–

CNBC financial journalist and Squawk on the Street co-host

Alok Kanojia 1982–

Psychiatrist and HealthyGamer streamer

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Zerlina Maxwell

Television host and political analyst

Also attended: Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Michelle Kwan 1980–

Figure skater and former US Ambassador to Belize

Master's degree · Class of 2011

Also attended: University of Denver

Sibling: Karen Kwan (Boston University)

Genevra Stone 1985–

Olympic rower

Also attended: Princeton University

Peter Wylde 1965–

Show jumper, 2004 Olympic team gold medalist

Jonathan Greenblatt 1970–

CEO of the Anti-Defamation League

Also attended: Northwestern University

Cathie Jung 1937–2025

Victorian dress enthusiast, Guinness record for smallest waist