List of George Washington University alumni

The list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including the current U.S. Attorney General, four current heads of state or government, CEOs of major corporations, scientists, Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows, Olympic athletes, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, royalty, and Time 100 notables.

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For the main article, see George Washington University. For a list of faculty, see List of George Washington University faculty.
See also: List of George Washington University Law School alumni, List of Elliott School of International Affairs people, List of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences people, and List of The George Washington School of Business people

Academia
William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis.
Michael K. Young, current President of Texas A&M University, formerly President of University of Washington.
Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University.

Business
Lin Jianhai, current Secretary-General of the International Monetary Fund.
Lee Kun-Hee, Chairman of Samsung and one of the world's richest people.
Kaushik Basu, 11th Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Dina Merrill, billionaire co-founder of RKO Pictures.

Economics

Politics

United States

U.S. Cabinet
William P. Barr, current U.S. Attorney General.
David Bernhardt, current U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

U.S. Governors
Senator Mark Warner, former Governor of Virginia.
George W. Romney, 52nd Governor of Michigan, father of Senator Mitt Romney.

U.S. Senators
Senator Elizabeth Warren, 2020 presidential candidate.
Daniel Inouye, former President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader during most of the Obama Presidency.
Senator J. William Fulbright, founder of the Fulbright Program.

U.S. Representatives
Rep. Eric Cantor, former House Majority Leader and House Majority Whip.
Rep. Steve Israel, Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros of California.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Darren Soto of Florida.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley of California.

U.S. mayors
Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of Washington, D.C..
Henry Cisneros, Mayor of San Antonio and 10th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Rocky Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City.

Other U.S. officials
Mercedes Schlapp, current White House Director of Strategic Communications.
Eddie Farnsworth, current President pro tempore of the Arizona Senate.
Corey Johnson, current Speaker of New York City Council.
Dennis Herrera, current City Attorney of San Francisco.
JB McCuskey, current State Auditor of West Virginia.
Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor to President Donald Trump.
Tony Sayegh, current United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
J. Edgar Hoover, 1st Director of the FBI.
Mark Felt, Deep Throat informant during the Watergate scandal.

International
Juan Guaidó, acting President of Venezuela.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, current President of Croatia.
Syngman Rhee, 1st President of South Korea.

Heads of state and government

Cabinet ministers
Mohammad Nahavandian, current Vice President of Iran.
Hessa Al Jaber, current Information Minister of Qatar
S. M. Krishna, former Foreign Minister of India.

Other figures
José Abad Santos, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Diplomacy

U.S. Ambassadors
Joseph Prueher, former U.S. Ambassador to China.
Michael Punke, former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, current Vice President of Amazon Web Services.
Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO.
Robin Bernstein, current U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Christine A. Elder, current U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.
Rebecca Gonzales current U.S. Ambassador to Lesotho.

State Department officials
Colin Powell, 65th U.S. Secretary of State.
John Foster Dulles, 52nd U.S. Secretary of State.
Carol Z. Perez, current Director General of the Foreign Service.

Other diplomats
Nestor Mendez, current Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States.

Law

U.S. Circuit Judges
Sharon Prost, current Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
John Michael Seabright, current Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

U.S. District Judges
William K. Sessions III, current Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.
Senior Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews, the first woman appointed to serve on a U.S. District Court.
Harry L. Carrico, 23rd Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court.

U.S. State Supreme Courts
Barbara Pariente, 51st Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Attorneys General
Mohan Peiris, Attorney General & Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Hsu Mo, founding Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

International judges
Belva Ann Lockwood, first woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Military
Mark Esper, current U.S. Secretary of Defense.
General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General John Shalikashvili, 13th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General John William Vessey, Jr., 10th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Journalism
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine.
Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor for the Washington Post.
Kasie Hunt, host of MSNBC's Kasie DC.
Geovanny Vicente, political strategist and columnist for CNN.

Pulitzer Prize
Glenn Greenwald, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his work on U.S. Global surveillance based on disclosures by Edward Snowden.

Activism
Alex Pacheco, Co-founder and Chairman of PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Tom Fitton, current President of Judicial Watch.
Raul Yzaguirre, President & CEO of the National Council of La Raza.

Entertainment
Alec Baldwin, Golden Globe-winning actor.
Dan Glickman, Chairman & CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America.
Courteney Cox, actress.

First Family and royalty
First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

Religion
L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology.

Sciences
Michael Griffin, 11th Administrator of NASA.
Julius Axelrod, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.

Athletics
Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals.
David Haggerty, current President of the International Tennis Federation.
Elana Meyers, medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Red Auerbach, coach for the Boston Celtics.

Olympics

Others
Roger Stone, opposition researcher for the Republican National Committee.

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