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
- Col – Georgetown College
- Dent – School of Dentistry
- 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 | Law | President of Oberlin College, 2017–present; President of Cedar Crest College, 2008–2017 | ||
| 1967, 1970 | SFS, Law | President of Rutgers University, 2012–present; 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–present | ||
| Rev. | 1938–1939* | Col | President of Fairfield University, 1973–79; President of Saint Louis University, 1979–87 | |
| 1990 | Med | President of Emporia State University, 2016–present; former Walmart Vice President/Legal Counsel | ||
| 1979 | Grad | President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004–12 | ||
| 1961 | MSB | President of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003 | ||
| Rev. | 1981 | Grad | President of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–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–present | ||
| 1954, 1955 | Law, LL.M. | President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94 | ||
| 1971 | Grad | President of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow | ||
| 1984 | SFS | President of Barnard College, 2008–present | ||
| 1969 | SFS | President of the University of Illinois, 2005–09 |
Faculty
| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
| 1980 | SFS | Professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs of the Walsh School of Foreign Service; Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program | ||
| 1998 | LL.M. | Professor of law at Stanford Law School; Executive Director of the Center for E-Commerce | ||
| Law | Professor of law at George Washington University Law School; legal historian | |||
| 1994 | LL.M. | Dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2012–15; Dean of Hofstra University School of Law, 2007–12; Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law | ||
| 1983 | Med | William Ray Moore Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism at University of Louisville; Medical Ethics and Professionalism Educator | ||
| 2012 | LL.M. | Assistant Professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, co-editor of Jadaliyya, prior Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple University Beasley School of Law | ||
| 1964 | Col | Senior fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University | ||
| 1985 | MSB | Professor of business, author, and Dean of the University of Lynchburg College of Business | ||
| 1988 | MBA | Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA. | ||
| 1960 | Col | Professor of political science and Director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University New Orleans; political commentator | ||
| 1959 | Col | Dean and W.R. Irby Chair in Law at Tulane University Law School | ||
| 1977 | LL.M. | Professor of law and Co-Director of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center; Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission, 2009–13 | ||
| 1976 | SFS | Director of School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University; Director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, 1989–2001 |
Business
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 |
Think tanks, non-profit and activism
Government and politics
Heads of state and government
| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
| 1987 | MSFS | King of Jordan, 1999–present | ||
| 1935 | SFS | President of Panama, 1955–56 | ||
| 1968 | SFS | President of the Philippines, 2001–10 | ||
| 2011 | MPP | President of Colombia, 2018–present | ||
| 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–Present | ||
| 1934* | Law | President of the United States, 1963–69 | ||
| 1982 | SFS | Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present | ||
| SFS | President of Colombia, 1974–78 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 1918 | Col | Governor of Connecticut, 1948–49 | ||
| 1971 | SFS | Governor of Illinois, 2009–15 | ||
| 1822* | Col | Governor of Maryland, 1845–1848, U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1850–1857 | ||
| 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 | SFS | 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 | 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 |
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 |
| 1973 | Law | United States Trade Representative, 2017–present | ||
| 1989 | SFS | Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2017–present; 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2001 | Law | Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015–present; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2013–15 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1979 | Law | Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 2013; Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 2013–present | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1985 | Grad | Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005–07 | ||
| 1971 | SFS | Under Secretary of State for Management, 2007–present | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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–present | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1992 | LL.M. | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 2006–present |
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–present; 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–present | ||
| 1982 | Grad | White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, 2017–present | ||
| 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–present; 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 general election campaign | ||
| 1965 | Law | White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970–73 | ||
| 1983 | Col | 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 | ||
| 1985 | Grad | Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1995–98 | ||
| 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 and South Sudan, 2013–present; 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 | ||
| 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 Chile, 2014–present; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 2011–present | ||
| S. Fitzgerald Haney | 1991 | SFS/MSFS | United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2015–17 | |
| 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 | ||
| 1977 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Honduras, 2008–11 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 Georgia, 2012–present; 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–present; United States Ambassador to Djibouti, 2008–11 | |||
| 1978 | Grad | United States Ambassador to Russia, 2014–present; 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–present; 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 |
Military
Judges
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 | ||
| 1994 | Law | United States Senator from Florida, 2009–11 | ||
| 1908 | Law | United States Senator from Rhode Island, 1949–50 | ||
| 1964 | Law | United States Senator from Vermont, 1975–present; President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 2012–15 | ||
| 1920 | Law | United States Senator from Wyoming, 1934–53 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1956 | Law | United States Representative from Virginia, 1983–2000 | ||
| 1959 | SFS | United States Representative from Maryland, 1973–81 | ||
| 1977 | Law | United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2003 | ||
| 1894 | Law | United States Representative from Nevada, 1907–11 | ||
| 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–present | ||
| 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–present; co-founder and CEO of CapitalSource | ||
| 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–present | ||
| 1973 | Law | United States Representative from Florida, 2013–present | ||
| 1970 | Law | United States Representative from Texas, 1979–2005; President of America Votes | ||
| * | 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 | ||
| 2007 | Law | United States Representative from New Jersey, 2019–Present | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1966 | Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 1981–present; Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, 1989–95; House Majority Leader, 2007–2011; House Minority Whip, 2003–07, 2011–present | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1996 | Law | United States Representative from Louisiana, 1991–09; convicted of ten corruption charges | ||
| * | 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 | |||
| 1971 | Law | United States Representative from California, 2005–13 | ||
| 1901 | Law | United States Representative from South Carolina, 1901–19 | ||
| 1906, 1909 | Col, Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 1915–24 | ||
| 2004 | MSFS | United States Representative from Florida, 2017–present | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1931 | Law | United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59 | ||
| 1964 | SFS | United States Representative from Indiana, 1975–95; President of Resources for the Future, 2005–present | ||
| 1949 | SFS | United States Representative from Ohio, 1965–83 | ||
| 1916 | Law | United States Representative from Ohio, 1933–39, 1941–43, 1945–47 | ||
| 1893 | Law | United States Representative from Nevada, 1903–07 | ||
| 1990 | Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 2003–present; Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2007–11 | ||
| 1982 | Law | United States Representative from Indiana, 1985–present | ||
| 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 |
Other U.S. political figures
Other government officials outside the United States
Entertainment
Film, television, and theater
| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
| 2005 | Col | America's Next Top Model contestant | ||
| 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 | Actor; nominated for several Academy Awards and Tony Awards; named by People in 2011 as the "Sexiest Man Alive" | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1984 | MSB | Producer known for Transformers, , and Natural Born Killers | ||
| 1992 | SFS | Documentary director known for Smile Pinki; winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary | ||
| 1999 | Col | Screenwriter and director known for directing Westworld and writing the short story "Memento Mori" | ||
| 1943 | SFS | Actor, director, writer, and producer; winner of nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award | ||
| 2012 | COL | Actress | ||
| 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 |
Literature
Music, art, and comedy
Journalism and media
Law
Royalty
Science and medicine
Sports
Athletes
| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
| 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 | ||
| 1951 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins | ||
| 1995 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic | ||
| 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 |