List of College of William & Mary alumni
This is a List of notable alumni from the College of William and Mary. Those on the list either attended or graduated from the College of William and Mary.
U.S. Presidents
- Thomas Jefferson, (Class of 1762, LL.D 1783), author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, founder of the University of Virginia
- James Monroe, (Class of 1776), fifth President of the United States, architect of the Monroe Doctrine
- John Tyler, (Class of 1807), tenth President of the United States, former Chancellor of the College
- George Washington (received his surveyor's certificate), American Revolutionary War general, first President of the United States, former Chancellor of the College
U.S. Supreme Court
- Philip Pendleton Barbour, Associate Justice; Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives
- John Marshall, fourth Chief Justice of the United States
- Bushrod Washington, (Phi Beta Kappa), Associate Justice
Politics and Government
- George M. Bibb, U.S. Senator, Kentucky (1811-1814); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1844-1845)
- Sarah Kemp Brady, (Class of 1964), pioneer in handgun control; wife of Jim Brady, press secretary to President Ronald Reagan
- Carter Braxton, (Class of 1755), signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence; member of Continental Congress; leader in the American Revolution
- Eric Cantor, (Law 1988), U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia
- Steve Chabot, (Class of 1975), U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio, (1994-present)
- Henry Clay, U.S. Secretary of State (1825-1829); U.S. Senator; U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky
- James B. Comey, (Class of 1982), former Deputy U.S. Attorney General (2002-2005); General Counsel of Lockheed Martin (2005-present)
- John N. Dalton, (Class of 1954), Governor of Virginia, 1978-1982
- Robert Gates, (Class of 1965), former Head of the CIA (1991-1993); Deputy National Security Adviser (1989-1991)
- Mills E. Godwin Jr., Governor of Virginia (1966-1970 and 1974-1978)
- Jerry W. Kilgore, (Law 1986), former Attorney General of Virginia (2001-2005)
- David McKiernan, (Class of 1972), commanding general, Third U.S. Army, Coalition Forces Land Component Command in the Middle East
- Susan Morrissey Livingstone, (Class of 1968), Undersecretary, United States Navy
- John Francis Mercer, Delegate to the Continental Congress (1787); Governor of Maryland (1801-1803); United States Representative, Maryland (1791-1794)
- Allan Mollohan, (Class of 1966), U.S. House of Representatives, West Virginia.
- John Page, (Class of 1763), American Revolution leader and militia officer; U.S. House of Representatives; Governor of Virginia
- James Pleasants, U.S. Senator, Virginia (1819-1822); Governor of Virginia (1822-1825)
- Michael K. Powell, (Class of 1985), former Chairman of the FCC (2001-2005); son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Edmund Jennings Randolph, U.S. Secretary of State (1794-1795); U.S. Attorney General (1789-1794)
- Peyton Randolph, first President of Continental Congress (1774-1775); Attorney General, Virginia Colony; buried beneath the chapel of the College
- Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Governor of Virginia (1819-1822); Colonel of the Twentieth Infantry (War of 1812); son-in-law to Thomas Jefferson (died at Monticello in 1828)
- Janet A. Sanderson, (Class of 1977), U.S. Ambassador to Algeria; recipient of U.S. State Department's Herbert A. Salzman Award
- Winfield Scott, Commander in Chief of Union Army at start of the Civil War, author of the Anaconda Plan
- William Short, (Class of 1779), founder and president of Phi Beta Kappa (1778-1781); Charge d'Affaires of the Diplomatic Mission to France; First American Career Diplomat; Minister to Spain (1793-1795)
Arts
- Dylan Baker, (Class of 1978), actor (Kinsey, Thirteen Days, Road to Perdition)
- Katherine Boo, journalist; recipent of MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award" (2002); recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2000) for her Washington Post series Invisible Lives, Invisible Deaths
- Christopher Bram, (Class of 1974), writer, author of Father of Frankenstein which was adapted into Academy Award winning film Gods and Monsters
- Henri Cole, (Class of 1978), poet; current Poet-In-Residence at William & Mary
- Glenn Close, (Class of 1974, Phi Beta Kappa), actress Dangerous Liasions, Fatal Attraction, The Shield, Sunset Boulevard
- Stephen Culp, (Class of 1978), actor (Desperate Housewives, JAG, Thirteen Days)
- Michael D'Orso, (Class of 1975), journalist; nominated for Pulitzer Prize; author of Like Judgement Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood
- Perry Ellis, (Class of 1961), fashion designer (Perry Ellis International)
- John Gilstrap, (Class of 1979), author of thrillers Nathan's Run, Even Steven and At All Costs
- Scott Glenn, (Class of 1963), actor (Hunt for Red October, Silence of the Lambs)
- Karen L. Hall, (Class of 1978), television writer of CBS's Judging Amy, M*A*S*H
- Martin Jurow, producer (Broadway and film)
- Linda Lavin, (Class of 1959), actress, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner, starred on television sitcom Alice)
- Bill Lawrence, (Class of 1990), television, creator/writer of Scrubs and Spin City
- William Ivey Long, (Class of 1969), costume designer, four time recipient of Tony Award
- Patton Oswalt, (Class of 1991), comedian; film and television actor, CBS's The King of Queens
- Andrew Pang, (Class of 1988), actor, NBC's Law and Order: Criminal Intent
- Lewis Puller, (Class of 1967), lawyer; writer; winner of Pulitzer Prize for autobiography "Fortunate Son" (1991)
- H. Reid, author, photographer and historian
- Mark Stanley, (Class of 1978), director, New York City Ballet
- Jon Stewart, (Class of 1984), anchor and writer of Emmy-winning The Daily Show
- Audrea Topps-Harjo, (Class of 1988), founder of Obsidian Pictures, released Raw Intensity and Hard Candy
Law and Academia
- George DeShazo, (Class of 1989), Rhodes Scholar); assistant professor, UCLA
- Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD, (Class of 1957), physician and pioneer in Oncology, CEO of Yale Comprehensive Cancer Institute
- Joseph Ellis, (Class of 1965), history professor, Mount Holyoke College; wrote New York Times bestseller Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation which received 2001 Pulitzer Prize
- Haldane Robert Mayer, (Law 1971), Chief Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. (1997-present)
- William Barton Rogers, natural scientist; former Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College (1828-1835); founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1861)
- Robert E. Scott, (Law 1968), law professor; Columbia, University of Virginia; dean of University of Virginia Law School (1991-2001); Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
- Rebecca Beach Smith, (Class of 1971), U.S. District Court Judge, Virginia (Virginia's first female federal judge)
- William J. Stuntz, (Class of 1980), academic; professor, Harvard Law School (2000-present)
- St. George Tucker, (Class of 1798, Law 1801), law professor at College (1801-1804); judge, Virginia Supreme Court (1824-1831)
- Mary Jo White, (Class of 1970, Phi Beta Kappa), former U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York (1993-2002), partner at Debevoise & Plimpton (2003-present)
- George Wythe, legal scholar; America's first Professor of Law, William & Mary (1769-1789); Member of Continental Congress (1775-1776); signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776)
Business
- A. Marshall Acuff, Jr., (Class of 1962), managing director of Salomon Smith Barney
- Raymond A. Mason, (Class of 1959), founder and CEO of investment firm Legg Mason, Inc.; namesake of William & Mary's Mason School of Business
- Mark McCormack, (Class of 1951), sports agency pioneer, founder of International Management Group, author of bestseller "What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School"
- Michael F. Rogers, (Class of 1981), president, Investors Bank & Trust Company
Athletics and Aeronautics
- David M. Brown, (Class of 1978), astronaut, surgeon and pilot (died aboard the space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003)
- Steve Christie, (Class of 1989), National Football League, kicker, New York Giants
- Mike "Pinball" Clemons, (Class of 1986), former Canadian Football League player; coach
- Michael Leach, (Class of 2000), tight end, Denver Broncos
- Curtis Pride, (Class of 1992), Major League Baseball outfielder, Los Angeles Angels
- Darren Sharper, (Class of 1997), National Football League, former safety, Green Bay Packers; current strong safety, Minnesota Vikings
- Mike Tomlin, (Class of 1995), defensive backs coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers