List of Georgetown University alumni

Georgetown University 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

Col – College of Arts & Sciences
Dent – School of Dentistry
GAI – Government Affairs Institute
Grad – Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Law – Law Center
Med – School of Medicine
MSB – McDonough School of Business
NHS – School of Nursing and Health Studies
MPP – McCourt School of Public Policy
SCS – School of Continuing Studies
SFS – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Academia

College and university presidents

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1989	SFS	President 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.	1976	Col	President of Saint Louis University, 1987–2013
Rev.	1979	MSB	President of Rockhurst University, 2006–present
	1980, 1994	Grad, Col	President of Georgetown University, 2001–2024
Rev.	1938–1939*	Col	President of Fairfield University, 1973–79; president of Saint Louis University, 1979–87
Edward T. Foote II		Law	President of the University of Miami, 1981–2001; dean of Washington University School of Law, 1973–1980
	1992	LL.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
	1994	Law	Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024–present
	1979	Grad	16th 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
	1961	MSB	President of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003
Rev.	1981	Grad	President of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–present
	2005	Law	President of Berklee College of Music, 2025–present
Very Rev.	1790s	Col	President of Georgetown College, 1809; vicar general of the Diocese of Philadelphia
Rev. Kevin F. O'Brien	1988	Col	President of Santa Clara University, 2019–present
Rev.	1956	Col	President of Georgetown University, 1989–2001
Rev.	1981	Col	President 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
	1983	Col	President of Franklin & Marshall College, 2011–2018
	1954, 1955	Law, LL.M.	President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94
	1971	Grad	President of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow
	1984	SFS	Senior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online; president of Barnard College, 2008–2017
	1977	SFS	Chancellor and president of Syracuse University, 2014–present; dean of Washington University School of Law, 2005–2013; dean of Vanderbilt University Law School, 1997–2005
	1969	SFS	President of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2005–09

Civil society

Religion

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Most Rev.	1930	Col	Bishop of Jackson
Most Rev.		Law	First archbishop of Jaro
Most Rev.	1935	Col	Bishop of Camden
HE	1970	Grad	Cardinal archbishop of New York; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, 1979–83
Most Rev.	1971	Col	Archbishop of Mobile

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1935	SFS	President of Panama, 1955–56
	1998	MSFS	President of the European Commission, 2004–2014; prime minister of Portugal, 2002–04
	1989	MPP	President of Costa Rica, 2010–14
	1968	SFS	President of the United States, 1993–2001
	1968	MSB	President of El Salvador, 1989–94
	1995	MSFS	King of Spain, 2014–present
	1992	MSB	Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2009–2011; prime minister of Lebanon, 2016–2020
	1987	MSFS	King of Jordan, 1999–present
	1934	Law	President of the United States, 1963–69
	1982	SFS	Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present
		SFS	President of Colombia, 1974–78
	1968	SFS	President of the Philippines, 2001–10
	2011	MPP	President of Colombia, 2018–2022
	1929	SFS	President 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.

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

United States executive branch officials

Cabinet members

This includes members of the Cabinet of the United States.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1851	Law	Secretary of War, 1869–76
	1895	Law	Secretary of the Treasury, 1907–09; first Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903–04; Postmaster General, 1905–07
	1974	Grad	Secretary of Defense, 2006–11; Director of Central Intelligence, 1991–93; president of the Boy Scouts of America; president of Texas A&M University, 2002–06
	1961	Grad	Secretary of State, 1981–82; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1974–79; White House Chief of Staff, 1973–74; CEO, United Technologies
	1968	Law	Secretary of Commerce, 1996–97; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993–96
	1984	SSP	Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017; White House Chief of Staff, 2017–2019
	1975	Law	Secretary of the Treasury, 2013–2017; White House Chief of Staff, 2012–13; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1998–2001, 2010–12; Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, 2009–10
	1996	MSFS	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2021–2025; White House Chief of Staff, 2013–2017; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2010–2014
	1994	SFS	Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017–2019
	1957*	Law	Secretary of Defense, 1975–77, 2001–06; White House Chief of Staff, 1974–75; United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 1973–74; director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969–70; United States representative from Illinois, 1963–69
	1992	LL.M.	Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2018–2021; Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 2017–2018, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 2006–2009

Cabinet-level officers

This includes persons who are not members of the Cabinet but hold positions that are of cabinet-level rank.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	2001	Law	Director of National Intelligence, 2021–present; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015–2017; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2013–15
	1969 1973	Col Law	United States Trade Representative, 2017–2021
	1989	SFS	Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2017–2021; White House Chief of Staff, 2019–2020; United States representative from South Carolina, 2011–2017
	1976	Law	Counselor to the President, 2014–15; co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008–09; president and CEO, Center for American Progress, 2003–present; chief of staff to President Clinton, 1998–2001
	1948, 1950	Col, Grad	Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter administration; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1965–68
	1976	SFS	Director of Central Intelligence, 1997–2004

Agency heads and subordinate officers

This includes the heads of federal independent agencies and officers subordinate to the heads of executive departments.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1914	Law	Director of the National Park Service, 1929–33; conservationist; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
	1967	Col	Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 1993–94, founder and senior chairman of Evercore
	1984	Law	Executive Director of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, 2004–06
	1986	SFS	Secretary of the Navy
	1966	Law	Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 2001–05; Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 1990–93; Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1989–90
		GAI	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps rear admiral; director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
		Law	Assistant secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits, 2007–09
	1987	SFS	Solicitor general of the United States, 2004–08
	1977	SFS	Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 2001–09
	1970	Law	Assistant Secretary of Energy for Domestic and International Energy Policy; Vermont attorney general, 1981–85
	1978	Law	Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 2001–05
	1993	Law	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006–08
	1991	Law	Director of the Peace Corps, 1995–99; White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 1993; president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1999–present
	1981	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; CEO, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
	1982	Grad	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 2002–15; Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation
	1985	Grad	Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005–07
	1979	Law	Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 2013; Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 2013–present
	1971	SFS	Under Secretary of State for Management, 2007–2017
	1977	Law	Acting U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006; Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Germany, 1991–93; Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, 1989–91
	1920, 1934	Col, Law	Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53
	1999	Law	Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009–13; CEO, Council on CyberSecurity
	1973	Col	President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; chairman of Mosbacher Energy Company
	1971	Col	Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 2001–06; U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, 2006–07; chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, 2000–01; chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, 1980–87; member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1975–87
Jerome Powell	1979	Law	16th Chair of the Federal Reserve
	1993	Law	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2001–2005; president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, 2011–present
	1986	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2008–09
	1962	Col	Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1997–2002
	1988	MSFS	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities, 2011–13; Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support, 2001–03; first United States ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, 1998–2000
	1999	Law	Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 2008–12
			Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; gave his name to the Slattery Report
	1973	Col	Governor of the Federal Reserve, 2009–2017
	1969	Law	Solicitor general of New York, 2007–present; acting solicitor general of the United States, 2001; principal deputy solicitor general of the United States, 1998–2001
	1986	Law	Assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division, 2009–11; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1994–97
	1967	MA	Acting deputy Archivist of the United States, 1986–1987; deputy Archivist of the United States, 1988–1993
	1975	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08
	1962	LL.M.	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1974–77; founding partner of Wiley Rein & Fielding

White House staff

This includes members of the Executive Office of the President.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1971	Law	White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, 2014–17; lieutenant governor of Kentucky, 2011–14; mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1986–99, 2003–11
	1978	SFS	Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, 2005–09
	2008	Law	Press secretary to Vice President Joe Biden, 2009–2011
	1982	SSP	White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, 2017
	1961	Col	Advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan; White House Communications Director, 1985–87; nationally syndicated political pundit; a frequent commentator on The McLaughlin Group
	1997	Law	Assistant to the President for Special Projects, 2010; communications director of the U.S. Treasury, 2009–10; chief spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008–09; chief of staff to Michelle Obama, 2008 presidential election campaign
			Principal Deputy Press Secretary for the Biden administration
	1965	Law	White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970–73
	1983	Col	White House Chief of Staff, 2021–2023; Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden, 2008–11; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, 1995–99; U.S. Ebola Response Coordinator, 2014–15
	1920, 1934	Col, Law	Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53
	1982	Col	White House Press Secretary, 1998–2000
	1985	Grad	Press secretary to President Clinton, 1995–98
Kayleigh McEnany	2010	SFS	White House Press Secretary, 2020–2021
	1980	Law	White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1999–2001
	1991	Col	Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005–07
	1998	Col	White House Communications Director, 2009–13; Senior Advisor to President Obama, 2013–15
	1971, 1975	Col, Law	White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, 1995–96
	1996	Law	White House Counsel to President Obama, 2011–2014

Ambassadors of the United States

This includes ambassadors of the United States to foreign states, international organizations, and at-large causes.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1959	Grad	President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress; United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 1983–87; co-founder of Center for Strategic and International Studies; advisor to President Ronald Reagan
	1977	Col	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2009–2013
	1980	SFS	United States Ambassador to Albania, 2010–14
	1952, 1953	SFS, Grad	United States Ambassador to Brazil, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1977–80
	1968	SFS	United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997–2001
	1987	Law	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1994–97; senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Special Representative for Global Partnerships
	1962	SFS	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001–04
	1921	SFS	United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1944–47; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1947–51; United States Ambassador to Cuba, 1951–53; United States Ambassador to Chile, 1953–56; United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1956–60
	1976	MSFS	United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2002–05
	1950	SFS	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1978–82; United States Ambassador to Ecuador, 1976–78
	1976	SFS	United States Special Envoy to Sudan, 2017–present; United States Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, 2013–2017; United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2010–13; United States Ambassador to Zambia, 2008–10; United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2005–08
	1988	SFS	United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 2012–present
	1981	SFS	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2010–13; United States Chargé d'Affaires a.i to Syria, 2008–10
	1982	Grad	United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 2009–13
	1832 1859	Grad Law	First person of color to become U.S. Atmbassador of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1859–1861
	1960	SFS	United States Ambassador to Israel, 1993–94; United States Ambassador to Syria, 1988–91; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 1991–93; founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
	1957	SFS	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1997–2001; United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1993–97
	1971	SFS	United States Ambassador to Angola, 2004–07
	1879	Col	United States Ambassador to Denmark, 1907–18
	1995	Law	United States Ambassador to Poland, 2009–12
	1989	Law	United States Ambassador to Denmark, 2009–13
	1990	Law	United States Ambassador to Croatia, 1993–98; United Nations Representative in East Timor, 2000–01; Member of the Vermont Senate, 2011–15
	1978	Law	United States Ambassador to Morocco, 1994–98
	1975	MSFS	United States Ambassador to Romania, 2009–12
	1988	Grad	United States Ambassador to Kenya, 2011–12; Major General, United States Air Force
	1983	SFS	United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2015–present; United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2013–15; United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, 2011–13; United States Ambassador to Jordan, 2004–08
	1985	SFS	United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–present; United States Ambassador to Chile, 2014–2016; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 2011–2013
S. Fitzgerald Haney	1991	SFS/MSFS	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2015–17
Harry B. Harris Jr.	1994	SSP	United States Ambassador to South Korea, 2018–2021; former commander, U.S. Pacific Command; U.S. Navy admiral
	1940	SFS	United States Ambassador to Turkey, 1965–68; United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961–65; United States Ambassador to Kuwait, 1962–63; United States Ambassador to Yemen, 1961–62
	1981	SFS	President and CEO of International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children; Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1997–99
	1974	SFS	United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003–06; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2000–03
	1988	SFS	President and CEO of Meridian International Center, 2006–present; United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs, 2003–05; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and coordinator of the Bureau of International Information Programs, 2001–03; Special Assistant to the President and associate director of Presidential Personnel, 2001–03
	1982	SFS	United States Ambassador to Thailand, 2007–10
	1932	SFS	United States Ambassador-at-Large, 1973–77; United States Ambassador to Japan, 1966–68; United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1958–61; United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953–57
	1964	Law	United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1993–97; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma, 1973–87; White House Appointments Secretary, 1968–69
	1982	SFS Fellow	United States Ambassador to Finland, 1991–94; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1989–91; United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1986–88
	1948, 1950	Grad, Grad	United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1973–75; member of the board of directors, United States Institute of Peace
	1960	SFS	United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 1997–2000
	1979, 1985	SFS, Grad	Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, 2005–07; United States Ambassador to Singapore, 2001–05
	1924, 1925	SFS, Grad	United States Ambassador to Israel, 1954–59; United States Ambassador to Iceland, 1949–54
	1977	SFS	United States Ambassador to Honduras, 2008–11
	1961	SFS	United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 2003–07; United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1997–2000; United States Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1993–96
	1975	SFS	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, 1997–99; United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, 1994–97
	1963	Col	United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 1985–89; Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, 1989–91
	1978	SFS	United States Ambassador to Guinea, 2004–07; United States Ambassador to the Gambia, 2001–04
	1929	SFS	United States Ambassador to Finland, 1952–55; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 1949–52
	1968, 1974	SFS, Law	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1997–2001
	1956	Law	United States Ambassador to Romania, 1994–97
	1980	SFS	Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, 2009–12; Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, 2007–08; United States Ambassador to Poland, 2012–15; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2003–06
	1991	SFS Rusk Fellow	United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2010–12; United States Ambassador to Serbia, 2007–09
	1977	SFS	United States Ambassador to Libya, 2019–present; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2012–2015; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2007–10
	1950	SFS	United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Peru, 1981–83; United States Ambassador to Guatemala, 1979–80; United States Ambassador to Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, 1977–79
	1978	Grad	United States Ambassador to Bolivia, 2000–02
	1975, 1978	Col, Law	United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 2005–08
	1978	Law	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998–2001
	1978	LL.M.	First United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, 1997–2000
	1968, 1972	Col, Law	United States Ambassador to Sweden, 1994–98
	1984	MSFS	U.S. representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, 1997–2001; chairperson of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 2012–15
		SFS	United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013–2016; United States Ambassador to Djibouti, 2008–11
	1978	Grad	United States Ambassador to Russia, 2014–2017; United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2009–13; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2000–03
	1963	SFS	United States Ambassador to Qatar, 1995–98
	1947	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1978–79; United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1976–78; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1974–76; United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1972–74
	1998	Law	United States Ambassador to India, 2015–2017; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2009–present
	1966, 1969	SLL, Grad	United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues; Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Chief of Staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1997–2001; co-founder and chair of Vital Voices Global Partnership
	1949	SFS	Director of the Bureau for Refugee Programs, 1982; United States Ambassador to Switzerland, 1979–81
	1975	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08; United States Ambassador to Egypt, 2001–05; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1998–2002
	1956	SFS	United States Ambassador to Estonia, 1998–2001; United States Ambassador to Congo-Kinshasa, 1991–93; United States Ambassador to Mozambique, 1987–90; United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, 1976–77; United States Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1976–77

United States Congress

The bicameral United States Congress is composed of two houses.

U.S. senators

This includes members of the United States Senate.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1974, 1978	Col, Med	United States senator from Wyoming, 2007–present
	1934	Law	United States senator from Nevada, 1954–74
	1920	Law	United States senator from New Mexico, 1935–62; first American-born Hispanic senator; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1931–35
	1966, 1969	SFS, Law	Senate majority whip, 2007–15; Senate minority whip, 2015–present; United States senator from Illinois, 1997–present; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1983–97
	1965	Law	United States senator from New Hampshire, 1975–80
	1934	Col	United States senator from Michigan, 1959–76; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1955–59; Hart Senate Office Building named in his honor
	1978	Law	United States senator from Hawaii, 2013–present; member of the United States House of Representatives, 2007–13; lieutenant governor of Hawaii, 1994–2002
	1836	Col	United States senator from New York, 1875–81; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1863–65
	1992	Law	United States senator from Illinois, 2010–17; member of the United States House of Representatives, 2001–10
	1908	Law	United States senator from Rhode Island, 1949–50
	1964	Law	United States senator from Vermont, 1975–2023; president pro tempore of the United States Senate, 2012–15
	1994	Law	United States senator from Florida, 2009–11
	1869	Col	United States senator from Florida, 1897–1907; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1891–95
			United States senator from Maryland, 1838–45
	1961	Law	United States senator from Maine, 1980–95; Senate majority leader, 1989–95; deputy president pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1987–89; judge, United States District Court for the District of Maine, 1979–80; U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland, 1995–2001; chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast, 1999–2009; U.S. special envoy for Middle East Peace, 2009–11; chairman of the Disney Company, 2004–07
	1938	Law	United States senator from New Mexico, 1964–77; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1957–64; lieutenant governor of New Mexico, 1955–57, 1947–51
	1980	Col	United States senator from Alaska, 2002–present
	1920	Law	United States Senator from Wyoming, 1934–53
	2009	SFS	United States senator from Georgia, 2021–present
		Col	United States senator from North Dakota, 1893–99
	1993, 1993	MSFS, Law	United States senator from Alaska, 2015–present; attorney general of Alaska, 2009–10; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, 2006–09
	1990	Law	United States senator from Maryland, 2017–present; chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 2017–2019; United States representative from Maryland, 2003–2017; chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2007–11
	1975	Law	United States senator from Virginia, 2007–13; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987–88

U.S. representatives

This includes members of the United States House of Representatives.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1932	Col	United States representative from Missouri, 1947–49, 1951–53
	1895	Law	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1936–40; United States representative from Alabama, 1917–40
	1977	Law	United States representative from Georgia, 1995–2003
	1894	Law	United States representative from Nevada, 1907–11
	1956	Law	United States representative from Virginia, 1983–2000
	1959	SFS	United States representative from Maryland, 1973–81
	1952	Col	United States representative from Virginia, 1981–2001
	1971	Law	United States representative from New York, 1977–79
	1991	Law	United States representative from Louisiana, 2008–09
	1986	Law	United States representative from Rhode Island, 2011–23
	1987	Law	United States representative from Michigan, 2011–13
	1914	Law	United States representative from Massachusetts, 1937–49
	1931	Law	United States representative from New York, 1949–53
	1974	SFS	United States representative from Texas, 2005–present
	1918	Law	United States representative from California, 1931–33
	1988	Law	United States representative from Maryland, 2013–2019; co-founder and CEO of CapitalSource
	2013	Law	United States representative from Pennsylvania, 2023–present
	1892	Col	United States representative from Ohio, 1907–1913
	1975, 1998	SFS, SCE	United States representative from Michigan, 2015–present; president of the General Motors Foundation
	1949, 1952	Col, Law	Dean of the United States House of Representatives, 1995–2015; United States representative from Michigan, 1965–2015; longest serving House member in history
	1895	Law	United States representative from Ohio, 1888–95
	1896	Law	United States representative from Massachusetts, 1925–35
	1949, 1951	Law, LL.M.	United States representative from Massachusetts, 1971–81; first Roman Catholic Jesuit priest to serve as a voting Member of Congress; Georgetown Law professor
	1901	Col	United States representative from New York, 1935–37
	1947	Law	United States representative from Oklahoma, 1953–73
	1947	Law	United States representative from Virginia, 1849–61
	1978	Law	United States representative from Illinois, 1983–2007
	1822	Col	United States representative from Virginia, 1851–59; United States representative from West Virginia, 1875–77; United States minister to France, 1860–61
	1995	MPP	United States representative from New Jersey, 2001–09
	1947	Law	United States representative from Maryland, 1959–61
	1923	Law	United States representative from Connecticut, 1947–49
	1986	MPP	United States representative from Nebraska, 2005–22
	1973	Law	United States representative from Florida, 2013–present
	1970	Law	United States representative from Texas, 1979–2005; president of America Votes
	2013, 2015	SSP, Grad	United States representative from Wisconsin, 2017–24
	1998	SSP	United States representative from California, 2020–2025
	*	Col	United States representative from North Carolina, 1813–16; Georgetown College's first student; Gaston Hall is named after him; helped secure Georgetown University's federal charter
	1921–1922*	Col	United States representative from New Jersey, 1957–65
	1895	Law	United States representative from Illinois, 1913–15
	1920	Law	United States representative from New York, 1939–52; chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1953–57
	1917	Law	United States representative from Indiana, 1939–49; Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, 1953–55
	1951	Law	United States representative from Virginia, 1975–81
	1926	Law	United States representative from Virginia, 1946–63
	1924	Law	United States representative from New Jersey, 1935–55
	1993, 1996, 1997	Col, Grad, Law	United States representative from South Dakota, 2004–11
	1949	Col	United States representative from Maryland, 1969–75
	2014	MPP	United States representative from Indiana, 2017–23
	1966	Law	United States representative from Maryland, 1981–present; chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, 1989–95; House majority leader, 2007–2011, 2019–2023; House minority whip, 2003–07, 2011–2019
	1947	Col	United States representative from Illinois, 1975–2007
	1908	Law	United States representative from Illinois, 1935; judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939–65
	1986	Col	United States representative from Washington, 2017–present
	1996	Law	United States representative from Louisiana, 1991–09; convicted of ten corruption charges
	1994	SPP	United States representative from New York, 2013–present; House minority leader, 2023–present
	*		United States representative from Rhode Island, 1995–2011; chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 1999–2001; son of Ted Kennedy
	1922	Law	United States representative from Texas, 1939–61; judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, 1961–68
	1984	Law	United States representative from New Hampshire, 2013–present
	1895	Law	United States representative from Kentucky, 1903–13
		Law	United States representative from South Carolina, 1903–13
	1901	Law	United States representative from South Carolina, 1901–19
	1994	Law	United States representative from California, 2015–present
	1971	Law	United States representative from California, 2005–13
	1906, 1909	Col, Law	United States representative from Maryland, 1915–24
	2004	MSFS	United States representative from Florida, 2017–23
	1969	Dent	United States representative from Georgia, 1995–2007
	1996	SFS	United States representative from Virginia, 2009–11
	1934	Col	United States representative from Montana, 1937–39
	1909	Col	United States representative from Connecticut, 1923–25
	1933	Col	United States representative from Connecticut, 1947–59
	2019	MSB	United States representative from Texas, 2021–present
	1988	SFS	United States Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands, 2015–present
	1959	Law	United States representative from Connecticut, 1979–85
	1904	Law	United States representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–13
	1922	Law	United States representative from Rhode Island, 1935–37, 1939–41
	1953	Law	United States representative from New York, 1973–75
	2013	SSP	United States representative from New York, 2022–present
	1931	Law	United States representative from Connecticut, 1947–59
	1996	Law	United States representative from Kansas, 2015–present; attorney general of Kansas, 2011–2023
	2005	Col	United States representative from New York, 2022–23
	1964	SFS	United States representative from Indiana, 1975–95; president of Resources for the Future, 2005–present
	2007	Law	United States representative from New Jersey, 2019–present
	1949	SFS	United States representative from Ohio, 1965–83
	2003	MSB	United States representative from Wisconsin, 2019–present
	1916	Law	United States representative from Ohio, 1933–39, 1941–43, 1945–47
	1995	SFS	United States representative from Massachusetts, 2019–present
	1893	Law	United States representative from Nevada, 1903–07
	1982	Law	United States representative from Indiana, 1985–2023
	1873	Col	United States delegate from the Washington Territory, 1885–89
	1980	Law	United States representative from Washington, 1995–99
	1965	Law	United States representative from Virginia, 1981–2015
	1977	Law	United States representative from Maryland, 1993–2008

Entertainment

Film, television, and theater

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
	1989	Law	President of HBO miniseries and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
	1985	Col	Singer and actress; winner of the Tony Award, Daytime Emmy Award, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
	1895–1897*	Col	Actor
	2001	Col	Director and screenwriter
	1970	SFS	Franco-Tunisian film producer
	2004	Col	Actor
	1978	Law	Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures
	Sometime 1950s	Col	Actress known for Private Benjamin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination
	2005	Col	Director and screenwriter
	1997	Col	Filmmaker with 12 Academy Award nominations as an actor, writer, and producer; winner of 3 Grammy Awards; nominated for a Tony Award and 6 Golden Globes
	1995	Col	Producer of Grey Gardens; winner of an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a TCA Award
	1992	Grad	Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for Wit
	c. 1963		Child actor, portrayed the kidnap victim in "Fearful Decision" and Tom Sawyer to Eileen Heckart's Aunt Polly in an episode of Campbell Television Playhouse
	1993	Law	Actor
		Col	Independent filmmaker
	1960	Col	Five-time Tony Award-winning playwright known for The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body
	1971	Col	Tony Award-winning director known for The Elephant Man play on Broadway
	1985	Col	Television writer and producer; creator of Arrested Development; co-creator of The Ellen Show
	2001	Col	Actor and comedian known for his role in The League and starring in the Kroll Show
	1914	Grad	Early stage and film actor; first portrayed the character of Svengali
	1992	Col	Director known for Undercover Brother and The Best Man
	1889	Col	Canadian actor, director, and playwright
	2005	Col	Actress and screenwriter
	1984	Law	Star and judge of The People's Court; former Florida circuit court judge
Andrew Morrison	2015	Col	Academy Award-nominated producer, winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for The Brutalist
	1984	MSB	Producer known for Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Natural Born Killers
	1992	SFS	Documentary director known for Smile Pinki; winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary
	1999	Col	Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Memento; co-wrote Interstellar and The Dark Knight; creator of Westworld
	1943	SFS	Actor, director, writer, and producer; winner of nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award
	2012	Col	Actress
RaMell Ross	2005	Col	Director and co-writer of Nickel Boys, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
	1995	SFS	Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-winning director and writer known for Grey Gardens
	1989	Col	Actor
	1987		Director known for four Harry Potter films
	1989	Col	Former talk show host on KFI; documentary writer and director

Science and medicine

Sports

Athletes

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Mike Altman	1997	SFS	Rower on the 2008 US Olympic team and US National Rowing team member; winner of three medals at the World Rowing Championships
	1942	Col	Professional football player for the New York Giants; killed in action during World War II while searching alone for missing comrades in the Vosges Mountains of France; the New York Giants retired his number, 32
	2001	Col	Professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers
	2007	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
	2006	SFS	Sailor on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team
	1906	Col	Professional baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders and an umpire; coach of the Georgetown varsity basketball team, 1911–14
	1985	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks; inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008
	2008	Col	Professional basketball player for the Al Rayyan Basketball Team of the Qatari Basketball League
	1982	Col	Professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets
	1997	MSB	Professional racer for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series
	2004–2007*	Col	Professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder Boston Celtics Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers
	1996	Col	Professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
	2008	Col	Professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers
	1997	Law	Three-time gold medalist swimmer on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team
	1995–1996*	Col	Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers
	1989	MSB	Professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
	1941	Col	Professional football player for the Detroit Lions
	1941	Col	Professional football player for the Chicago Bears
	1994	Col	Hammer thrower for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and 2000 U.S. Olympic team
	2008–2009*	MSB	Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks
	1943	Col	Professional football player for the Boston Yanks
	1992	Col	Professional basketball player for the Miami Heat
	1998	SFS	Track and field athlete and Chief of Mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic delegation; actress; fashion model and motivational speaker
	1991	SLL	Professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets
	1966	Col	Former American record-holder in the Boston Marathon
	1995–1997*	Col	NBA Development League basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce
	1943	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
	1942	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
	1995	Col	Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic
	1951	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins
			Basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
	1931*	Col	Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
			Olympic fencer, and national champion
	2003	MSB	Professional lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse; played for the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship and Team USA in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
	2001–2003*	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls
	2011	Col	Professional soccer player for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and the United States women's national under-23 soccer team; played in the National Women's Soccer League
	1998	Col	Professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards
	1996	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
	1987	Col	Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers; 1983 Mr. Basketball USA
	1986	Col	Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers

Brandon Bowman, basketball player in the Israeli Liga Artzit