This list of Princeton University people include notable alumni (graduates and attendees) or faculty members (professors of various ranks, researchers, and visiting lecturers or professors) affiliated with Princeton University. People who have given public lectures, talks or non-curricular seminars; studied as non-degree students; received honorary degrees; or served as administrative staff at the university are excluded from the list. Summer school attendees and visitors are generally excluded from the list, since summer terms are not part of formal academic years.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. The "Affiliation" fields in the tables in this list indicate the person's affiliation with Princeton and use the following notation: B indicates a bachelor's degree Att indicates that the person attended the undergraduate program but may not have graduated AM indicates a Master of Arts degree MPP indicates a Master of Public Policy degree awarded by the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs MPA indicates a Master in Public Affairs degree awarded by the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs MCF indicates completion of the Mid-Career Fellowship, a discontinued non-degree program of the Woodrow Wilson School MSE indicates a Master of Science in Engineering degree awarded by the School of Engineering and Applied Science PhD indicates a Ph.D. degree GS indicates that the person was a graduate student but may not have received a degree F indicates a faculty member, followed by years denoting the time of service on the faculty VS indicates a visiting scholar, followed by years of stay T indicates a trustee of Princeton University, followed by years denoting the time of service Pres indicates a president of Princeton University, followed by years denoting the time of service
Politics and government
Royalty Kyril, Prince of Preslav Prince Ali bin Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco Queen Noor of Jordan Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud
Military James Millikin Bevans – U.S. Air Force major general Alexander Bonnyman Jr., 1932 – World War II Medal of Honor recipient killed in the Battle of Tarawa William L. Brandon, 1819 – Confederate Army general James Caldwell, A.B. 1759 – American Revolutionary soldier and chaplain Christopher G. Cavoli, A.B. 1987 – commander, United States European Command James Robb Church, 1888 – Medal of Honor recipient, Spanish–American War Kenneth F. Cramer, B.Litt. 1916, M.A. 1917 – United States Army Major General and chief of the National Guard Bureau William J. Crowe (1925–2007), Ph.D. 1965 – U.S. Navy admiral, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and American ambassador to Great Britain Philip Dalton (1903–1941) M.S. 1925 – naval aviator and engineer, creator of E6B analog flight computer Glen Edwards, M.S. 1947 – U.S. Air Force test pilot Joseph C. Fegan Jr., B.A. 1943 – United States Marine Corps lieutenant general; World War II, Korea and Vietnam Andrew Goodpaster, A.M. 1949, M.S.E. 1949, Ph.D. 1950 – supreme allied commander, Europe for NATO Gordon Johnston, A.B. 1896 – Medal of Honor recipient, Philippine–American War Fumitaka Konoe – son of Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, A.B. 1773 – American Revolutionary cavalry officer, father of Robert E. Lee Mark A. Milley, A.B. 1980 – U.S. Army general, 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff David Petraeus, M.P.A. 1985 Ph.D. 1987 – former commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), USCENTCOM, and Multi-National Force – Iraq; former director of the Central Intelligence Agency Nathaniel Scudder – physician and patriot leader during the Revolutionary War Elliott White Springs, A.B. 1917 – World War I flying ace and memoirist Blake Wayne Van Leer, M.S. 1959 – commander and captain in the U.S. Navy; led SeaBee program and the nuclear research and power unit at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze Tamon Yamaguchi, 1921–1923 – Japanese admiral
Academia This section includes lists of notable academics who graduated from Princeton and notable Princeton faculty members.
Alumni and students