Harvard University alumni

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.

Natalie Hershlag, known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an actress, film producer and director with dual Israeli and American citizenship. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

American poet (1874–1963)

Israeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

French philosopher (1930–2004)

Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)

American economist (1915–2009)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960

American folk singer (1919–2014)

American writer (1923–2007)

American political scientist (1927–2008)

American physicist

American particle physicist and string theorist

Dutch-born American physicist

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Japanese Marshal Admiral (1884–1943)

American physicist (1912-1997)

King of Denmark since 2024

American physicist (1923-2020)

American astrophysicist

American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)

Danish nuclear physicist (1926–2022)

American philosopher (1942–2024)

American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)

American astronomer

American physicist (1899–1980)

Greek politician, president of the Socialist International

American actress

Polish-American economist and mathematician (1917–2008)

American physical chemist

American actress

Director-General of the World Trade Organization

American physicist

American physicist, chemist and botanical collector (1896 - 1986)

American economist (1921-2016)

United States chemist (1868–1928)

American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)

Swedish economist and politician (1899-1979)

American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)

American biochemist, cell biologist, and university teacher (born 1947)

American biochemist (1893-1986)

American physicist (1923–2016)

33rd President of Colombia 2018–2022

molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate

American economist (1918–2002)

American writer

American neuropsychiatrist

American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)

1945-, American chemist

Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and Holocaust child survivor (born 1937)

American journalist and political commentator (1889–1974)

American mathematician and logician (1903–1995)

American biologist and Nobel laureate

American sociologist (1910–2003)

Greek economist and politician (1919–1996)

Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)

American biochemist (1911–1980)

American chemist