Who are some famous alumni of Yale?

Answer 1

Famous Yale Alumni GOVERNMENT ACHESON, Dean '15 - Secretary of State under Truman
ASHCROFT, John '64 - U.S. Attorney General
ASPIN, Les '60 - Secretary of Defense
BENTON, William '21 - Assistant Secretary of State under Truman
BLUMENTHAL, Richard '73L - Attorney General of Connecticut
BOREN, David '63 - Senator from Oklahoma
BOWLES, Chester `24S - Governor of Connecticut, Ambassador to India
BRADY, Nicholas '52 - Secretary of Treasury under Reagan
BROWN, Jerry '64L - Governor of California, Mayor of Oakland, CA.
BUSH, George H.W. '48 - 41st U.S. President
BUSH, George W., Jr. '68 - 43rd U.S. President
BUSH, Prescott II '17 - Governor & Senator from Connecticut
CHAFEE, John '44 - U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
CHENEY, Dick '63 - U.S. Vice President
CLINTON, Hillary Rodham '73L - Senator from New York
CLINTON, William '73L - 42nd U.S. President
COOPER, John Sherman '23 - Senator from Kentucky
DANFORTH, John '63L - Senator from Misouri
DILWORTH, Richardson '21 - Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1956-62); Assistant Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Awarded Silver Star
DODD, Thomas J. `33L - Senator from Connecticut
FORD, Gerald '41 Law - 38th U.S. President
GATES, Artemus '18 - Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air
GREGG, Hugh '39 - Governor of New Hampshire (1953-55)
HART, Gary '64 - Senator from Colorado
KERRY, John '66 - Senator from Massachusetts
LASSITER, Robert '34 - Attorney General Counsel's office, U.S. Treasury
LIEBERMAN, Joseph '64, 67L - Senator from Connecticut
LINDSAY, John V. '44 - Mayor of New York, NY; Congressman from New York
MacARTHUR, Douglas '32 - Ambassador to Japan and Belgium, Advisor to General Dwight D. Eisenhower during WW II.
MACOMBER, William B. '44 - Under Secretary of State; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan
PATAKI, George '67 - Governor of New York
PRICE, Hugh B. `66L - President of the National Urban League
RESOR, Stanley '39 - Secretary of the Army
SCRANTON, William '39 - Governor of Pennsylvania (1962-65)
TAFT, William Howard 1878 - 27th U.S. President
TAFT, Jr. Robert '39 - Senator from Ohio (1971-76)
VANCE, Cyrus '39 - Secretary of State under Carter
WILSON, Pete '55 - Governor of California ENTERTAINERS & MEDIA ACKROYD, David '68 Drama - Actor
BASSETT, Angela '80, '83 MFA,MFAD - Actress
BEALS, Jennifer '86 - Actress
BOOKE, Sorrel '52 Drama - Actor
BUCKLEY, William F., Jr. '50 - Author
BURROWS, James '65 Drama - Creator of Cheers and other TV shows
BURTON, Kate '82 Drama - Actress
BUSH, Catherine '83 - Novelist ("Minus Time" & "Rules of Engagement")
CAVETT, Dick '58 - TV Talk Show Host; Comedy Writer
CHADWICK, Charles 1897 - Author of short stories and novels
CLARKE, Brian '74 - Actor (Eight is Enough, General Hospital)
COLANTONI, Enrico '93 Drama - Actor (Elliott on "Just Shoot Me")
DANES, Claire '02 - Actress (My So Called Life, Shopgirl)
DERSHOWITZ, Alan `62L - Celebrated Attorney (O.J. Simpson Trial)
DILLMAN, Bradford '51 - Actor
DUTTON, Charles S. '83 Drama - Actor ("Roc"), director, producer
EIKENBERRY, Jill '70 Drama - Actress (L.A. Law)
FORD, Jack '72 - ABC's 20-20 & Good Morning America, former host of NBC weekend Today Show, NBC Legal Correspondent
FOSTER, Jodie - Actress, Director & Producer
GILBERT, Sara '97 - Actress (Rosanne)
GRAHAM, Fred '53 - Head of Court TV
GREENFIELD, Jeffrey '67L - TV Journalist, CNN, ABC reporter
HAMLIN, Harry '74 - Actor (L.A. Law)
HILL, George Roy '43 - Director, Writer, Producer (Hawaii, Slap Shot, World of Henry Orient, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
KACZMAREK, Jane '82 Drama - Actress (Malcolm in the Middle)
KAZAN, Elia '33 Drama - Director (East of Eden, On The Waterfront, etc)
KEACH, Stacy, Jr. '66 Drama - Actor (Titus)
LATHAN, Sanaa '95 Drama - Actress (Lead in Love & Basketball)
LLOYD, Christopher '82 - TV Produce & Writer
LLOYD, David '56 - TV Producer & Writer (Frasier)
MacLEISH, Archibald '15 - Pulitzer Prize winner, Poet, Playwrite
MALINA, Josh '88 - Actor (Sports Night, West Wing)
MARTIN, David C. '65 - CBS Correspondent from the Pentagon.
MARTIN, Kellie '97 - Actress (Little House on the Prairie, ER, Life Goes On)
McDORMAND, Frances '82 Drama - Actress ("Fargo")
McENROE, Colin '76 - Reporter, Columnist for The Hartford Courant
McKEOWN, Bob '71 - NBC staff newsman
MICHAELA, Genia '99 - Appeared on Broadway in "The Crucible" and "Jake's Women" with Alan Alda, Brenda Vaccaro and Tracy Pollan
MIFFLIN, Lawrie '73 - Editor for New York Times
NAUGHTON, James '70 Drama - Actor (Tony's for City of Angels and Chicago on Broadway), TV & Movies.
NEWMAN, Paul '54 Drama - Oscar winning Actor
NORTON, Edward '91 - Supporting Actor Oscar for Primal Fear
NOTH, Christopher '85 CDR - Actor (Law & Order, Sex In The City)
O'NEILL, Eugene '26 - Playwright
PARDUE, KIP `98 - Actor (Remember the Titans, Driven)
PHILLIPS, Stone '77 - Host of NBC Dateline
PIERCE, David Hyde '81 - Actor (Frasier)
PINCHOT, Bronson - '81 Actor
PORTER, Cole '12 - Song Writer (Night & Day)
PRICE, Vincent '33 - Actor (The Fly, Laura, etc)
ROSENBERG, Alan '74 Drama - Actor (L.A. Law, Sybil)
SHALHOUB, Tony `80 Drama - Actor (Monk)
SISKEL, Gene '67 - Movie Reviewer (Siskel & Ebert)
SKROVAN, Stephen '79 - TV Producer & Writer (Everybody Loves Raymond)
SORVINO, Josh - Actor (The Wonder Years)
SPOCK, Benjamin '24 - Olympian (Gold), Pediatrician, Author of books on babies
STEIN, Ben '70 Law - Actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Win Ben Stein's Money on TV)
STONE, Oliver `80 Drama - Director (Wall Street, JFK, Any Given Sunday)
STREEP, Meryl '75 Drama - Oscar winning Actress
TARTIKOFF, Brandon '69 (Fe,BB) - Former President of NBC TV
TRILLIN, Calvin '57 - Writer (New Yorker Magazine)
TRUDEAU, Gary '70 - Cartoonist (Doonesbury)
TUCK, Jessica '85 - Actress (Judging Amy)
TUCKER, Michael - Actor (L.A. Law)
WALLACE, William `45w - Writer (New York Times)
WASSERSTEIN, Wendy '76 Drama - Author (Heidi Chronicles, etc)
WATERSTON, Sam '62 - Actor (The Great Gatsby, Law & Order, I'll Fly Away)
WEAVER, Sigourney - Actress
WEBSTER, Noah 1778 - Wrote the dictionary
WHITMORE, James '44 - Actor (Miracle-Gro commercials)
WILDER, Thornton '20 - Novelist (Our Town)
WINKLER, Henry '70 Drama - Actor (Happy Days), Director & Producer
WOODWARD, Bob '65 - Journalist, Writer (All The Presidents Men)
YU, Jessica '87 - Won Oscar in 1996 for directing, directed episodes of The West Wing.
ZIMBALIST, Efrem, Jr. '40 - Actor (77 Sunset Strip, The FBI) BUSINESS LEADERS AKERS, John F. '56 - IBM
ASHTON, Harris '54 - Pres. & CEO of General Host Corp.
BASS, Perry '37 - Bass Enterprises
COMBS, Harry `35S - Head of Learjet
CROZLER, William, Jr. '54 - Bay Banks
DOTEN, Sue (Wellington) '81 - Pres. U.S. Beverages, VP Quaker Oats
FINCKE, Clarence 1897 - Pres. Bank of America (1920-32)
GELB, Richard '45 - Bristol-Meyers Squibb
GOIZUETA, Roberto '53 - President of Coca-Cola
GRANT, Tone '66 - President of Refco, Inc. (Commodity Trading Company)
GREENBERG, Steve - President of Classic Sports Network
GRINSTEIN, Gerald '54 - Burlington Northern
HALSTED, William S. 1874 - Co-Founder of Johns Hopkins Medical School
HEYMAN, Samuel J. '60 - GAF Corporation
HULMAN, Anton, Jr. '24S - Chr. of Board Indianapolis Speed Way
JACKSON, Levi '50 - VP Ford Motor
JOHNSON, Charles '54 - Franklin Resources
KIAM, Victor '47 - Owner of Remington Corp. and former owner of New England Patriots
KNODE, Donald '51 - President of Merrill Lynch Japan
KUNSTLER, William '41 - Attorney
LaROCHE, Chester '18 - V.Chrmn. & Director of American Broadcasting Co.
LUCE, Henry R. '20 - Co-founder, Editor, President and CEO of Time, Inc.
LYNCH, David '50 - Multibank Financial
MELLON, Paul '29 - Philanthropist
MORLEY, John C. '54 - Reliance Electric
MORITZ, Charles '58 - Dun & Bradstreet
PILLSBURY, Philip '24 - CEO of Pillsbury Mills
POTTS, James '43 - Overseas Operations Director for CARE
ROGERS, Robert D. '58 - Texas Industries
RUBIN, Robert '64 - Goldman Sachs
SMILOW, Joel E. `54 - International Playtex, Inc.
SMITH, Frederick W. '66 - Founder & CEO of Federal Express
SPRAGUE, Peter J. '61 - National Semiconductor
STRATTON, Frederick P., Jr. '61 - Briggs & Stratton
WEYERHAUSER, John P., Jr. '20 - President of Weyerhauser Lumber
WOLFE, Ken - President of Hershey Corp.
WRIGLEY, William, Jr. '54 - Owner of Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Chewing Gum ATHLETICS AXTHELM, Pete '65 - Sports Writer, Columnist and TV Broadcaster
BOOTH, Albie '32 - Member of College Football Hall of Fame; Football & Basketball Official
CAMP, Walter 1880 - Father of American Football; Member College Football Hall of Fame
CLARK, Stephen '65 - Olympian (3 Gold)
DARLING, Ron - Professional baseball player (Mets, A's, Expos)
DALY-DONOFRIO, Heather `91 - LPGA Tour player
DELL, Donald '60 - Davis Cup Captain for U.S. 1968-69, Founder and CEO of ProServ
DIANA, Rich '81 - Pro Football (Miami Dolphins - On Super Bowl Team), 10th in Heisman Balloting
DOWLING, Brian '69 - Pro. Football (Patriots, Packers), Finished ninth in Heisman balloting in '68, Made famous by Gary Trudeau as B.D. in Doonesbury, Sportscaster.
DUBINETZ, Greg '75 - Pro Football (Wash. Redskins)
DUDLEY, Chris '87 - Pro Basketball (Trailblazers, Cavs, Knicks, Suns)
EBERSOL, Dick - President of NBC Sports
EPSTEIN, Theo `95 - General Manager, Boston Red Sox
FENCIK, Gary '76 - Pro Football (Chicago Bears); TV Sportscaster
FRANK, Clint '38 - Heisman Trophy winner, Maxwell Award winner, Member College Football Hall of Fame
GIAMATTI, A. Bartlett `60 - Former Baseball Commissioner
HETHERINGTON, Chris '96 - Pro Football (Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers)
HILL, Calvin '69 - Pro Football (Dal. Cowboys, Wash. Redskins, Cleve. Browns), VP of Baltimore Orioles, Silver Ann. Award Winner
HILL, Kenny '80 - Pro Football (Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, New York Giants -- Super Bowl XXI, Kansas City Chiefs)
JACOBS, Eli '59 - Owner of Baltimore Orioles
JAURON, Dick '73 - Pro Football Player (Detroit Lions, Cleve. Browns, Cincinnati Bengals) Head Coach Detroit Lions
JOHNSON, Eric '00 - Pro Football Player (San Francisco 49ers)
JONES, Rees L '63 - Award-Winning Golf Couse architect
JONES, Robert Trent, Jr. '61 - Golf course designer
KELLEY, Larry '37 - Heisman Trophy winner, Member of College Football Hall of Fame
KILPATRICK, John Reed '11 - President of New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden; Hockey & Football Hall of Fame
LAYENDECKER, Glenn '83 - Pro Tennis Player (reached top-50 in singles)
LITNER, Jon '85 - Exec. V.P. and chief operating officer of the N.H.L.
MacKENZIE, Ken '56 - Pitcher on original NY Mets
MARTIN, Don '71 - Pro Football player and coach (New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders)
McCASKEY, Mike '65 - President of Chicago Bears
SCOTT, Gene '60 - Member of U.S. Davis Cup team 1963-65, Founder and Publisher of Tennis Week
SHORTER, Frank '69 - Olympic Track Star
STAGG, Amos Alonzo 1888 - Member College Football Hall of Fame, Author, Inventor, Football Coach
VINCENT, Fay `63L - Baseball Commissioner
WEISS, George M. '17 - Baseball Executive (Yankees & Mets)
WOSTERHOLME, Martin '84 - Pro Tennis Player, Member of Canadian Davis Cup Team
YAWKEY, Thomas '25 - Owner of Boston Red Sox

1. Charles Montgomery Burns, an energy magnate
2. Robert Underdunk Terwiliger, a stage performer
3. Lionel Hutz, a prominent attorney

and many, many more!