List of Georgetown University alumni


is a private research university located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, Georgetown University is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States. The school graduates about two thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students annually. There are nine constitutive schools, five of which offer undergraduate degrees and six of which offer graduate degrees, as two schools offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Legend

Note: Individuals who may belong in multiple sections appear only in one. An empty class year or school/degree box indicates that the information is unknown.

* Indicates the alumnus or alumna attended but did not graduate

College and university presidents

NameClass yearSchool/
degree		NotabilityReference
1989SFSPresident of Oberlin College, 2017–present; president of Cedar Crest College, 2008–2017
1967,
1970		SFS,
Law		President of Rutgers University, 2012–2020; president of Thomas Jefferson University, 2004–12; provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998–2004
Rev. 1976ColPresident of Saint Louis University, 1987–2013
Rev. 1979MSBPresident of Rockhurst University, 2006–present
1980,
1994		Grad,
Col		President of Georgetown University, 2001–2024
Rev. 1938–1939*ColPresident of Fairfield University, 1973–79; president of Saint Louis University, 1979–87
Edward T. Foote IILawPresident of the University of Miami, 1981–2001; dean of Washington University School of Law, 1973–1980
1992LL.M.Chancellor of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2021–present; former president of Emporia State University, 2016–2021; former Walmart vice president/legal counsel
1994LawChancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024–present
1979Grad16th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004–12; provost of Yale University, 2002–2004; dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1998–2002
1961MSBPresident of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003
Rev. 1981GradPresident of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–present
2005LawPresident of Berklee College of Music, 2025–present
Very Rev. 1790sColPresident of Georgetown College, 1809; vicar general of the Diocese of Philadelphia
Rev. Kevin F. O'Brien1988ColPresident of Santa Clara University, 2019–present
Rev. 1956ColPresident of Georgetown University, 1989–2001
Rev. 1981ColPresident of Marquette University, 2011–13; president of the University of Scranton, 2003–11, 2018–present
Rev. 1868–1872*President of the University of San Francisco, 1876–80; president of Santa Clara College, 1880–83, 1888–93
1983ColPresident of Franklin & Marshall College, 2011–2018
1954,
1955		Law,
LL.M.		President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94
1971GradPresident of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow
1984SFSSenior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online; president of Barnard College, 2008–2017
1977SFSChancellor and president of Syracuse University, 2014–present; dean of Washington University School of Law, 2005–2013; dean of Vanderbilt University Law School, 1997–2005
1969SFSPresident of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2005–09

Faculty

Business

Civil society

Religion

NameClass yearSchool/
degree		NotabilityReference
Most Rev. 1930ColBishop of Jackson
Most Rev. LawFirst archbishop of Jaro
Most Rev. 1935ColBishop of Camden
HE 1970GradCardinal archbishop of New York; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, 1979–83
Most Rev. 1971ColArchbishop of Mobile

Think tanks, non-profit and activism

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

NameClass yearSchool/
degree		NotabilityReference
1935SFSPresident of Panama, 1955–56
1998MSFSPresident of the European Commission, 2004–2014; prime minister of Portugal, 2002–04
1989MPPPresident of Costa Rica, 2010–14
1968SFSPresident of the United States, 1993–2001
1968MSBPresident of El Salvador, 1989–94
1995MSFSKing of Spain, 2014–present
1992MSBPrime Minister of Lebanon, 2009–2011; prime minister of Lebanon, 2016–2020
1987MSFSKing of Jordan, 1999–present
1934LawPresident of the United States, 1963–69
1982SFSTripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present
SFSPresident of Colombia, 1974–78
1968SFSPresident of the Philippines, 2001–10
2011MPPPresident of Colombia, 2018–2022
1929SFSPresident of Ecuador, 1948–52; 4th Secretary General of the Organization of American States, 1968–75

Governors of the United States

This includes the governors of the states and territories of the United States.
NameClass yearSchool/
degree		NotabilityReference
1963SFSGovernor of New Mexico, 1983–87
1889LawGovernor of South Carolina, 1911–15; United States senator, 1925–31
1937LawGovernor of Delaware, 1953–60; United States senator, 1961–73; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1947–53
ColGovernor of Maryland, 1876–80; great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton
1964LawGovernor of Delaware, 1985–92; United States representative, 1993–2011
1949,
1951		Col,
Law		First appointed governor of American Samoa, 1956–61; first elected governor of American Samoa, 1978–85, 1989–93
1981ColGovernor of Kansas, 2018–2019
1979LawGovernor of Indiana, 2005–13; president of Purdue University
1938LawGovernor of Rhode Island, 1959–61
1931LawGovernor of Ohio, 1959–63
1910LawGovernor of Rhode Island, 1923–25
1982SFSGovernor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2009–13
1900LawGovernor of Rhode Island, 1907–09
1966ColGovernor of Oklahoma, 1995–2003; president and CEO of the American Bankers Association
1978LawGovernor of New Hampshire, 2005–13
1986LawGovernor of Virginia, 2014–18; chairman of the Democratic National Committee
1981LawGovernor of New Jersey, 2002–04
1972LawGovernor of New Hampshire, 1993–97
1915*LawFirst democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico, 1949–65; known as the "father of modern Puerto Rico"
1957LawGovernor of Rhode Island, 1973–77
1822*ColGovernor of Maryland, 1845–1848, U.S. senator from Maryland, 1850–1857
1971SFSGovernor of Illinois, 2009–15
1918ColGovernor of Connecticut, 1948–49
1972LawGovernor of Alabama, 1999–2003
1953LawGovernor of Washington, 1981–85