List of George Washington University alumni

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
For the main article, see George Washington University. For a list of faculty, see List of George Washington University faculty.

This list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including a recent 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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academia

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William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis

Business

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Lee Kun-Hee, former chairman of Samsung and one of the world's richest people.

Economics

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Lin Jianhai, current Secretary-General of the International Monetary Fund

Politics

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United States

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U.S. Cabinet

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Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State
David Bernhardt, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior

U.S. Governors

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Senator Mark Warner, former governor of Virginia
George W. Romney, 52nd governor of Michigan, father of Senator Mitt Romney

U.S. Senators

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Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader during most of the Obama Presidency
Senator J. William Fulbright, founder of the Fulbright Program

U.S. Representatives

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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. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania
Sitting U.S. Rep. Darren Soto of Florida
Sitting U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley of California
Former U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania
Former U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros of California

U.S. mayors

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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

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Mercedes Schlapp, 2nd White House Director of Strategic Communications
J. Edgar Hoover, 1st Director of the FBI
Eddie Farnsworth, former president pro tempore of the Arizona Senate
Corey Johnson, former Speaker of New York City Council
Dennis Herrera, former 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
Mark Felt, Deep Throat informant during the Watergate scandal

International

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

Heads of state and government

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Cabinet ministers

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Mohammad Nahavandian, current vice president of Iran
Hessa Al Jaber, former Information Minister of Qatar
S. M. Krishna, former Foreign Minister of India
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, current Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia

Other figures

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


Diplomacy

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U.S. ambassadors

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Michael Ratney, current U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Michael Punke, former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, current vice president of Amazon Web Services
Joseph Prueher, former U.S. Ambassador to China
Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Robin Bernstein, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Rebecca Gonzales former U.S. Ambassador to Lesotho

State Department officials

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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

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

Law

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U.S. Circuit judges

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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

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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

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Barbara Pariente, 51st Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court

Attorneys General

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Hsu Mo, founding Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

International judges

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

Military

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Mark Esper, former 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

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Reena Ninan on CBS News
Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor for the Washington Post
Kasie Hunt, host of MSNBC's Kasie DC

Pulitzer Prize

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Activism

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Alex Pacheco, co-founder and Chairman of 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

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

First Family and royalty

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First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Religion

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Sciences

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Michael Griffin, 11th Administrator of NASA
Jennifer Boykin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding[21]
Julius Axelrod, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist

Athletics

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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

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Other

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References

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  19. ^ At 105, Colorado veteran is West Point’s oldest living graduate
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