Yale College alumni

George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. The eldest son of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, he was the governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 (1857–1930)

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actress in film. As a performer, she is known for her versatility. She has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Honorary Palme d'Or.

American inventor and painter (1791–1872)

American physicist (1929–2019)

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

American political scientist (1927–2008)

American scientist (1839–1903)

vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850)

Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012 and 2026, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948)

American investigative journalist (born 1943)

American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics

American actress

Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate (1914-1996)

American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)

American statesman and lawyer (1893-1971)

American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)

African-American actress (born 1963)

American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)

American journalist and historian (born 1964)

American inventor (1765-1825)

U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)

American mineralogist, scientist and zoologist (1813-1895)

Nobel prize in economics winner

United States Secretary of War (1867-1950)

American actor, producer and director (born 1940)

25th United States Secretary of Defense

American feminist and journalist (born 1962)

United States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1980 (1917–2002)

American paleontologist (1831–1899)

United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2017 to 2021

American war correspondent (1956–2012)

American astronomer (1914–1997)

American politician and US Senator from Connecticut (1895-1972)

American explorer (1880–1951)

American historian and author (1933–2022)

American politician (born 1948)

American actress, comedian and musician

environmental activist and writer

American lawyer and politician (born 1955)

American swimmer

Nathan Wei Chen is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion, the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion, a ten-time Grand Prix medalist, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, and a six-time U.S. national champion (2017–22). At the junior level, Chen is the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Junior Grand Prix medalist. He became the youngest skater to win a U.S. Championship at the novice level in 2010, at age ten, a title he successfully defended the following season.

United States 39th Secretary of Commerce

American politician (1832-1918)

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2017 to 2025

American actor

Israeli-American author

chief justice of the United States from 1796 to 1800

soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

American sociologist (1840–1910)

American politician, son of 27th U.S. President William Howard Taft (1889–1953)

American historian (born 1958)

American lawyer and politician (1818–1901)

American actress

Governor of California from 1991 to 1999

American actor (1930–2018)

American politician (1938-1995)

United States federal judge

lawyer and politician (1790-1844)