The following is a list of notable graduates of Robert College and Robert Academy (RA), American College for Girls (ACG), Robert Yuksek, which were the subsections of Robert College until the merger of 1971.
A Halide Edib Adıvar, novelist Hranoush Agaganian (Madame Bey), Ottoman-Armenian American boxing trainer and wife of a Turkish diplomatKuneralp, Sinan. "Ottoman Diplomatic and Consular Personnel in the United States of America, 1867–1917." In: Criss, Nur Bilge, Selçuk Esenbel, Tony Greenwood, and Louis Mazzari (editors). American Turkish Encounters: Politics and Culture, 1830–1989 (EBSCO Ebook Academic Collection). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 12 July 2011. , 9781443832601. pp. 100-108. CITED: p. 103. "[...]Mrs Sıdky Bey,[...]Educated at the Constantinople College for Girls[...] Engin Deniz Akarlı, Turkish-American historian; professor emeritus of Modern Middle East History at Brown University Serap Aksoy, Turkish-American medical entomologist Zeki Alasya, actor Safiye Ali, first female Turkish physician Fikri Alican, scientist and physician Ahmet Altan, journalist and author Semahat Arsel, billionaire businesswoman; member of Koç family Engin Ardıç, writer Fuad Asllani, Albanian lawyer, politician and diplomat; Minister of Foreign Affairs (1935–1936) Tomur Atagok, painter, museologist and author Türkkaya Ataöv, academic and columnist Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, director of the Turkey Project at the Brookings Institution
B Gülay Barbarosoğlu, rector of Boğaziçi University (2012–2016) Henri Barki, Turkish-Canadian social scientist, who was a Canada Research Chair at the HEC Montréal, Université de Montréal Selçuk Bayraktar, engineer and businessperson; chairman and the CTO of Baykar Mihri Belli, socialist politician and author Seyla Benhabib, Turkish-born American philosopher; professor of law at the Columbia Law School Izak Benbasat, professor of management information systems; professor at the Sauder School of Business Nihat Berker, professor of physics Halil Berktay, historian; professor at the Ibn Haldun University Feyyaz Berker, businessperson; co-founder of the Tekfen Holding Serdar Bilgili, businessperson; former president of Beşiktaş J.K. Refika Birgül, food writer and television presenter Lynda Goodsell Blake, American missionary and educator; principal at the American Collegiate Institute (1948–1971) Behice Boran, politician Cem Boyner, businessman and former politician; chairman of Boyner Ayşe Buğra, social scientist; professor at the Boğaziçi University Serdar Bulun, physician; chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine
C Alper Çağlar, film director Halet Çambel, archaeologist and Olympic fencer; first woman with a Muslim background to compete in the Olympic Games Özlem Çarıkçıoğlu, alpine skier, who competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics Tuncer Cebeci, Turkish-American engineer and academic Zeynep Çelik, architect and architectural historian İsmail Cem, politician, author and journalist; Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2002) Burcu Çetinkaya, rally driver and television presenter Engin Cezzar, actor and director Tansu Çiller, Prime minister of Turkey (1993–1996); Turkey's only female prime minister Alev Lytle Croutier, ACG 63, novelist
D Ibrahim Dakkak, Palestinian civil engineer and activist Arwa Damon, Syrian American journalist; senior international correspondent for CNN Xhafer Deva, Albanian politician and entrepreneur; former Minister of Internal Affairs of Albania Şükriye Dikmen, painter Agop Dilaçar, linguist Abidin Dino, artist Arif Dirlik, Turkish-American historian who published on historiography and political ideology in modern China Sokrat Dodbiba, Albanian politician; Minister of Finance (1943–1944) Michalis Dorizas, Greek athlete; bronze medal winner for stone throw and javelin throw in the 1906 Summer Olympics Haldun Dormen, actor and playwright Tsanko Dyustabanov, Bulgarian revolutionary
E Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002) Rahşan Ecevit, politician Nejat Eczacıbaşı, industrialist and entrepreneur; member of Eczacıbaşı family Şakir Eczacıbaşı, businessman and photographer; member of Eczacıbaşı family Selma Ekrem, Turkish-American writer; published hundreds of essays in The Christian Science Monitor Orhan Eralp, diplomat; Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN (1964–1969, 1978–1980) and NATO (1972–1976) Neşe Erberk, businesswoman and former fashion model; Miss Europe '84 Marcel Erdal, linguist and Turkologist; professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt Aslı Erdoğan, writer Refik Erduran, playwright, columnist and writer Tunç Erem, academic in international marketing; rector of Marmara University (2002–2006) Sedat Ergin, journalist Genco Erkal, actor and playwright Şenes Erzik, former vice-president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA); member of the FIFA Council Münir Ertegün, 2nd Ambassador of Turkey to the United States; father of Ahmet Ertegün Evgenios Evgenidis, Greek shipping businessperson and benefactor
F Moris Farhi, author and vice-president of International PEN (2001–2019) Maureen Freely, ACG 71, American journalist, novelist, translator-notably of Orhan Pamuk's works Ivan Fichev, Bulgarian general, Minister of Defense and military historian
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Karen Gerşon Şarhon, scholar of Judaeo-Spanish Emre Gönensay, politician; former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Haydar Görk, diplomat and former ambassador of Turkey to the United States Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American magazine editor who was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic (1899–1954); president of the National Geographic Society (1920–1954) Calouste Gulbenkian, Ottoman-Armenian born British-Armenian businessman and philanthropist Kasım Gülek, politician; secretary-general of the Republican People's Party
H Talat Sait Halman, cultural historian; first Minister of Culture of Turkey Erdem Helvacıoğlu, composer, sound designer and musician Agop Hacikyan, Armenian-Canadian literary scholar and historian; professor at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean
I Hasan Halet Işıkpınar, engineer and professor at the Robert College Ahmet İsvan, politician; Mayor of Istanbul (1973–1977) Todor Ivanchov, politician and Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1899–1901)
K Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, author, essayist and tourist guide Cemal Kafadar, professor of Middle Eastern history at Harvard University Nur al-Din Kahala, Syrian politician during the United Arab Republic Cem Karaca, rock singer and songwriter Ayla Karacabey, architect who practiced in the United States Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, chairman of Çukurova Holding Osman Kavala, philanthropist Ömer Kavur, film director Ömer Ali Kazma, video artist Hagop Kevorkian, Ottoman-born Armenian-American art dealer and collector Yousef al-Khalidi, politician; Mayor of Jerusalem (1870–1876; 1878–1879; 1899–1906) Suna Kıraç, businessperson; member of Koç family Osman Kibar, Turkish-American billionaire; founder of Biosplice Nemir Kirdar, Iraqi Turkmen banker, billionaire and businessman; founder of Investcorp Ömer Koç, businessperson; member of Koç family Rahmi Koç, businessperson; member of Koç family Göksel Kortay, actress, voice actress, translator and lecturer Vasif Kortun, musician, curator Spiro Kostof, architectural historian, professor at the University of California, Berkeley Karolos Koun, Greek theater director Cem Kozlu, businessman, politician and writer Shavarsh Krissian, Ottoman-Armenian athlete, writer, educator; editor of Marmnamarz Ayşe Kulin, Writer, columnist Aptullah Kuran, historian of Ottoman architecture; dean of the Middle East Technical University Faculty of Architecture (1962–1968); first Turkish rector of Boğaziçi University Timur Kuran, Turkish-American economist and political scientist; professor at Duke University Pınar Kür, novelist, dramatist, and translator
L Levon Larents, Armenian writer and journalist Skënder Luarasi, Albanian scholar, writer and anti-fascist activist
M Perihan Mağden, RC 79, writer and commentator Etyen Mahçupyan, columnist and journalist M. M. Mangasarian, Ottoman-Armenian born American rationalist and secularist writer Arman Manukyan, economist and lecturer at the Boğaziçi University Roni Margulies, poet, author, translator and political activist Mgirdiç Migiryan, represented the Ottoman Empire in the Olympic Games which was held in Stockholm in 1912 Konstantin Vladov Muraviev, Bulgarian politician and former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Lale Müldür, poet and writer
N Gülru Necipoğlu, Turkish American professor of Islamic Art; professor at Harvard University Nevra Necipoğlu, Byzantinist and historian; professor at Boğaziçi University Leyla Neyzi, anthropologist and oral historian; professor at Sabancı University Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek athlete, football manager and businessman; founder of Panathinaikos Sevan Nişanyan, intellectual, travel writer and researcher
O Kamil Ocak, politician; Minister of State (1965–1969) Fügen Ok, diplomat; Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations (1992–1998) John Olcay, Turkish-American financier Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Osmanoğlu, Ottoman prince and 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty Hakkı Ögelman, physicist and astrophysicist; professor at Middle East Technical University Tamer Önder, molecular biologist; professor at Koç University Tolga Örnek, film director Cemil Özbal, medical doctor and tambur player Ümit Özkan, Turkish-American chemical engineer A. Sumru Özsoy, linguist; professor at Boğaziçi University Hüsnü Özyeğin, businessman; founder of Finansbank and Fiba Holding
P Orhan Pamuk, RA 70, novelist; recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature Şevket Pamuk, professor of economic history at Boğaziçi University; former president of European Historical Economics Society Stefan Panaretov, Bulgarian diplomat; professor at Robert College Vahram Papazyan, one of two athletes that represented the Ottoman Empire's first official appearance in the Olympic Games Beri Pardo, Portuguese-Turkish association football strategist Mihriban Pekgüleryüz, Turkish–Canadian metallurgist; professor at McGill University Mihri Pektaş, politician; one of the first 18 female parliament members of Turkey Gönül Pultar, novelist and academic Mustafa Pultar, academic and writer; professor at Bilkent University
Q Parashqevi Qiriazi, Albanian teacher and member of the Congress of Monastir, which decided the Albanian alphabet Sevasti Qiriazi, Albanian educator, Protestant missionary and author
R Halit Refiğ, film director, writer, producer Dani Rodrik, economist; Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
S Vasileios Sachinis, leader of the Greek World War II resistance in southern Albania/Northern Epirus Kenan Sahin, Turkish-born American scientist and entrepreneur Selim Sarper, diplomat and politician; Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations and NATO; Minister of Foreign Affairs (1960–1962) Nuri Saryal, engineer and academic; rector of Middle East Technical University (1977–1979) Çiğdem Selışık Onat, actress Serge Semenenko, Hollywood banker and philanthropist Nevra Serezli, film, stage, television and voice actress Emin Gün Sirer, Turkish-American computer scientist Stavro Skëndi, Albanian-American linguist and historian Ayşe Soysal, mathematician; rector of Boğaziçi University (2004–2008) Mete Sozen, structural engineer; professor of Structural Engineering at Purdue University Konstantin Stoilov, 8th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1877; 1894–1899) Eve Sussman, British-born American artist Celâl Şengör, RA 73, geologist Bülent Şenver, banker and lecturer in finance
T Çiğdem Talu, composer Ülkü Tamer, poet, journalist, actor and translator