# List of Georgetown University alumni

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Georgetown University 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 (includes years of attendance)
* Col – Georgetown College
   * CAS – former College of Arts & Sciences
   * SLL – former School of Languages and Linguistics, now the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics within the College
* Dent – School of Dentistry (defunct)
* GAI – Government Affairs Institute
* Grad – Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
* Law – Law Center (Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws)
   * LL.M. – Master of Laws
* Med – School of Medicine
   * R – Medical residency in the School of Medicine
   * W – Fellowship in the School of Medicine
* MSB – McDonough School of Business (undergraduate)
   * GSB – former Georgetown School of Business
   * SBA – former School of Business Administration
   * MBA – Master of Business Administration (graduate)
* NHS – School of Nursing and Health Studies
   * Nur – former Georgetown University Nursing School
* MPP – McCourt School of Public Policy
   * GPPI – former Georgetown Public Policy Institute
* SCS – School of Continuing Studies
   * SCE – former School of Summer and Continuing Education
   * CED – School of Continuing Education
* SFS – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (undergraduate)
   * MSFS – Master of Science in Foreign Service (graduate)
   * SSP – Security Studies Program (graduate)

## Academia
### College and university presidents

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Carmen Twillie Ambar | 1989 | Law | President of Oberlin College, 2017–present; President of Cedar Crest College, 2008–2017 |
| Robert L. Barchi | 1967, 1970 | SFS, Law | President of Rutgers University, 2012–2020; President of Thomas Jefferson University, 2004–12; Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998–2004 |
| Rev. Lawrence Biondi | 1976 | Col | President of Saint Louis University, 1987–2013 |
| Rev. Thomas Curran | 1979 | MSB | President of Rockhurst University, 2006–present |
| John J. DeGioia | 1980, 1994 | Grad, Col | President of Georgetown University, 2001–2024 |
| Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald | 1938–1939* | Col | President of Fairfield University, 1973–79; President of Saint Louis University, 1979–87 |
| Edward T. Foote II | | Law | President of the University of Miami, 1981–2001; Dean of Washington University School of Law, 1973–1980 |
| Allison Garrett | 1992 | LL.M. | Chancellor of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2021-present; former President of Emporia State University, 2016–2021; former Walmart Vice President/Legal Counsel |
| Susan Hockfield | 1979 | Grad | 16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004–12; Provost of Yale University, 2002–2004; Dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1998–2002 |
| George R. Houston Jr. | 1961 | MSB | President of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003 |
| Rev. Brian F. Linnane | 1981 | Grad | President of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–present |
| Very Rev. William Matthews | 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. Leo J. O'Donovan | 1956 | Col | President of Georgetown University, 1989–2001 |
| Rev. Scott R. Pilarz | 1981 | Col | President of Marquette University, 2011–13; President of the University of Scranton, 2003–11, 2018–present |
| Rev. John Pinasco | 1868–1872* | | President of the University of San Francisco, 1876–80; President of Santa Clara College, 1880–83, 1888–93 |
| Daniel R. Porterfield | 1983 | Col | President of Franklin & Marshall College, 2011–2018 |
| A. Kenneth Pye | 1954, 1955 | Law, LL.M. | President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94 |
| Kathleen Ross | 1971 | Grad | President of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow |
| Debora L. Spar | 1984 | SFS | Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online; President of Barnard College, 2008–2017 |
| Kent Syverud | 1977 | SFS | Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, 2014–present; Dean of Washington University School of Law, 2005–2013; Dean of Vanderbilt University Law School, 1997–2005 |
| B. Joseph White | 1969 | SFS | President of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2005–09 |

### Faculty

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Anthony Clark Arend | 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 |
| Ian C. Ballon | 1998 | LL.M. | Professor of law at Stanford Law School; executive director of the Center for E-Commerce |
| Robert J. Cottrol | | Law | Professor of law at George Washington University Law School; legal historian |
| Nora Demleitner | 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 |
| Noura Erakat | 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 |
| Alan Gallay | 1986 | Ph.D. | Professor and Lyndon B. Johnson Chair of U.S. History, Texas Christian University |
| Carol Hurd Green | 1960 | MA | Scholar, author, and editor, including of women's biography collections; at Boston College, she is the director of the Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars Program in the Lynch School of Education, a member of the faculty, and a former Associate Dean of the College of Art and Sciences |
| Thomas J. Healey | 1964 | Col | Senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School |
| Nancy Hubbard | 1985 | MSB | Professor of business, author, and Dean of the University of Lynchburg College of Business |
| Darnell Hunt | 1988 | MBA | Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA |
| David P. Long | 1997 | Col | Dean of the School of Professional Studies and Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America; canon lawyer |
| Ed Renwick | 1960 | Col | Professor of political science and Director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University New Orleans; political commentator |
| Edward F. Sherman | 1959 | Col | Dean and W.R. Irby Chair in Law at Tulane University Law School |
| Michael Slobodchikoff | 1997 | Col | Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Eastern and Central European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies Troy University |
| David Vladeck | 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 |
| Mark von Hagen | 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

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Joseph R. Baczko | 1967 | SFS | President and Chief Operating Officer of Blockbuster Entertainment, 1991–93; founder and president of Toys "R" Us International, 1983–1990; CEO of Max Factor-Europe, 1979–83; Dean of the Lubin School of Business of Pace University |
| Henri Beaufour | 1987 | Col | Chairman of the Board of Ipsen |
| Denise Bode | 1984 | LL.M. | CEO of the American Wind Energy Association; Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, 1997–2007 |
| David G. Bradley | 1983 | Law | Founder of The Advisory Board Company; owner of the Atlantic Media Company |
| Charles Bunch | 1971 | SFS | Chairman and CEO of PPG Industries; Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, 2007–08 |
| Charles Cawley | 1962 | Col | Chairman and CEO of MBNA |
| Michael Chasen | 1995 | MBA | Co-founder and CEO of Blackboard Inc., 1999–2012 |
| Bud Colligan | 1976 | SFS | Co-chairman of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership; founder and CEO of South Swell Ventures; chairman and CEO of Macromedia, 1992–97 |
| Catherine Cook | 2011 | MSB | Co-founder of the social networking site myYearbook |
| Peter L. Corsell | 2000 | SFS | Founder of GridPoint, co-founder of Twenty First Century Utilities |
| Charles Donnelly | 1896 | Law | President of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1920–39 |
| William Doyle | 1972 | Col | President and CEO of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, 1999–2015; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University |
| Mary Callahan Erdoes | 1989 | Col | CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, 2009–present |
| Nicholas C. Forstmann | 1969 | MSB | Founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company |
| Joe Garagiola Jr. | 1975 | Law | Senior Vice President for Standards and On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, 2011–present; Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 1997–2005 |
| Dexter Goei | 1993 | SFS | CEO of Altice |
| Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster | 1968 | | Chairman and CEO of InterEnergy Holdings |
| James J. Greco | 1980 | Col | CEO of Bruegger's, 2003–2011; CEO of Sbarro, 2012–13; President of Newk's Eatery |
| Jeffrey W. Greenberg | 1976 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, 1999–2004 |
| Ken Hakuta | 1972 | MSB | TV personality known as "Dr. Fad;" CEO of Allherb.com Foundation |
| Eric Hotung | 1951 | Col | Hong Kong billionaire businessman, philanthropist |
| Luci Baines Johnson | 1965–1966* | Nur | Chairwoman of the LBJ Holding Company |
| Jim Kimsey | 1958* | Col | Founder, CEO, and chairman of America Online (AOL) |
| Mehmet Omer Koç | Attended | | Chairman of Koç Holding, Tüpraş, and Koç University |
| Jules Kroll | 1966 | Law | Founder of Kroll Inc. |
| Thomas E. Leavey | 1923 | Law | Co-founder of Farmers Insurance; co-founder of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation |
| Doug Leeds | 1996 | Law | CEO of Ask.com |
| Ted Leonsis | 1977 | Col | Founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment; vice chairman emeritus of AOL; chairman of SnagFilms |
| Michael J. Mauboussin | 1986 | Col | Managing director and head of Consilient Research at Morgan Stanley Investment Management; chief investment strategist, Legg Mason |
| Morgan E. O'Brien | 1966 | Col | Founder and chairman of Cyren Call Communications, 2005–present; co-founder and chairman of Nextel Communications (now Sprint Nextel Corporation), 1987–95 |
| Martin P. Paone | 1978 | Grad | Chairman of Timmons and Company, 2008–present; Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate; Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs |
| Paul Pelosi | 1962 | SFS | Owner of Financial Leasing Services, Inc.; owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions and United Football League; husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi; three of their children are Georgetown grads |
| Gary Perlin | 1972 | SFS | Chief financial officer of Capital One Financial Corporation, 2003–present; chief financial officer and vice president of the World Bank |
| Peter J. Pestillo | 1963 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Visteon |
| Charles Prince | 1983 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Citigroup |
| Patricia Russo | 1972 | Col | CEO of Lucent and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent |
| Chris Sacca | 1997, 2000 | SFS, Law | Former head of special initiatives at Google; venture capital investor in Twitter and Uber; Founder of Lowercase Capital and Lowercarbon Capital |
| Ann Sarnoff | 1983 | MSB | Chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. |
| Thomas Schlafly | 1977 | Law | President and co-founder of the Saint Louis Brewery |
| Laurence Tosi | 1990 1994 | MSB Law/MBA | CFO of Airbnb; former CFO of The Blackstone Group |
| Eric Trump | 2006 | MSB | Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; owner of Trump Winery; son of U.S. President Donald Trump |
| Ivanka Trump | 2000–2002* | MSB | Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; model; daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump |
| Tiffany Trump | 2020 | Law | Socialite; daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump |
| August Francois von Finck | 1999 | MSB | Majority stakeholder in several multinational companies such as SGS S.A. and Von Roll Holding |
| Marcus Wallenberg | 1980 | SFS | President and CEO of Investor AB; chairman of International Chamber of Commerce; Vice chairman of the Institute of International Finance |
| David Wehner | 1990 | Col | Chief financial officer of Facebook, Inc., 2014–present |
| Mark Weinberger | 1991 | LL.M. | Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy |
| Ralph V. Whitworth | 1985 | Law | Founder and principal of Relational Investors; former chairman of Waste Management, Inc., and Apria HealthCare Group, Inc. |
| Tiffany Yu | 2010 | Col | Disability activist and founder of Diversability, a social enterprise attempting to create opportunities for disabled people |

## Civil society
### Religion

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Most Rev. Joseph Bernard Brunini | 1930 | Col | Bishop of Jackson |
| Most Rev. Jose Maria Cuenco | | Law | First Archbishop of Jaro |
| Most Rev. George Henry Guilfoyle | 1935 | Col | Bishop of Camden |
| HE John O'Connor | 1970 | Grad | Cardinal Archbishop of New York; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, 1979–83 |
| Most Rev. Thomas John Rodi | 1971 | Col | Archbishop of Mobile |

### Think tanks, non-profit and activism

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Mitch Bainwol | 1981 | Col | Lobbyist; chairman of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America |
| Ed Bearss | 1949 | SFS | Historian; Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service |
| Joseph Cirincione | 1983 | Grad | President of Ploughshares Fund, 2008–present; Director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| Joan Claybrook | 1973 | Law | President of Public Citizen, 1982–2008; Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Brian Concannon | 1989 | Law | Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti |
| Alexandra Cousteau | 1998 | SFS | Environmentalist; founder of Blue Legacy |
| Nellie Gray | 1959 | Law | Anti-abortion activist; founder of March for Life |
| Chad Griffin | 1997 | SFS | Founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights; President of the Human Rights Campaign, 2012 |
| Mary Ellen Iskenderian | 1981 | SFS | President and CEO of Women's World Banking (microfinance) |
| Jan Karski | 1952 | Grad | World War II Polish resistance fighter; Polish diplomat; professor at Georgetown University for 40 years |
| Tim King | 1989, 1993 | SFS, Law | Founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies |
| Barry W. Lynn | 1978 | Law | Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Ordained minister in the United Church of Christ |
| Olivia Mellan | 1972 | SLL | Money conflict resolution coach and author of books on money psychology |
| Richard Mudd | 1921, 1922, 1936 | Col, Grad, Med | Grandson of Dr. Samuel Mudd; led efforts to posthumously rehabilitate his grandfather's name |
| Darcy Olsen | 1993 | SFS | CEO of the Goldwater Institute |
| Kenneth Rutherford | 2000 | Grad | Co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network; activist involved with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Convention on Cluster Munitions |
| Anthony Shriver | 1988 | Col | President and founder of Best Buddies International |
| Matthew Swift | 2010 | Col | Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of the Concordia Summit |
| Matthew VanDyke | 2004 | SSP | Freedom fighter and prisoner of war in the 2011 Libyan Civil War |
| William B. Walsh | 1943 | Med | Founder of Project HOPE; humanitarian aid activist; first U.S. physician on the ground in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |

## Government and politics
### Heads of state and government

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Ricardo Arias | 1935 | SFS | President of Panama, 1955–56 |
| José Manuel Barroso | 1998 | MSFS | President of the European Commission, 2004–2014; Prime Minister of Portugal, 2002–04 |
| Laura Chinchilla | 1989 | MPP | President of Costa Rica, 2010–14 |
| Bill Clinton | 1968 | SFS | President of the United States, 1993–2001 |
| Alfredo Cristiani | 1968 | MSB | President of El Salvador, 1989–94 |
| King Felipe VI | 1995 | MSFS | King of Spain, 2014–present |
| Saad Hariri | 1992 | MSB | Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2009–2011; Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2016–2020 |
| Abdullah II bin al-Hussein | 1987 | MSFS | King of Jordan, 1999–present |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 1934 | Law | President of the United States, 1963–69 |
| Željko Komšić | 1982 | SFS | Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present |
| Alfonso López Michelsen | | SFS | President of Colombia, 1974–78 |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | 1968 | SFS | President of the Philippines, 2001–10 |
| Ivan Duque Marquez | 2011 | MPP | President of Colombia, 2018–2022 |
| Galo Plaza | 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 |
| Toney Anaya | 1963 | SFS | Governor of New Mexico, 1983–87 |
| Coleman Livingston Blease | 1889 | Law | Governor of South Carolina, 1911–15; United States Senator, 1925–31 |
| James Caleb Boggs | 1937 | Law | Governor of Delaware, 1953–60; United States Senator, 1961–73; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1947–53 |
| John Lee Carroll | | Col | Governor of Maryland, 1876–80; great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton |
| Michael N. Castle | 1964 | Law | Governor of Delaware, 1985–92; United States Representative, 1993–2011 |
| Peter Tali Coleman | 1949, 1951 | Col, Law | First appointed Governor of American Samoa, 1956–61; first elected Governor of American Samoa, 1978–85, 1989–93 |
| Jeff Colyer | 1981 | Col | Governor of Kansas, 2018–2019 |
| Mitch Daniels | 1979 | Law | Governor of Indiana, 2005–13; President of Purdue University |
| Christopher Del Sesto | 1938 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1959–61 |
| Michael V. DiSalle | 1931 | Law | Governor of Ohio, 1959–63 |
| William S. Flynn | 1910 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1923–25 |
| Luis Fortuño | 1982 | SFS | Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2009–13 |
| James H. Higgins | 1900 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1907–09 |
| Frank Keating | 1966 | Col | Governor of Oklahoma, 1995–2003; President and CEO of the American Bankers Association |
| John H. Lynch | 1978 | Law | Governor of New Hampshire, 2005–13 |
| Terry McAuliffe | 1986 | Law | Governor of Virginia, 2014–18; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
| Jim McGreevey | 1981 | Law | Governor of New Jersey, 2002–04 |
| Steve Merrill | 1972 | Law | Governor of New Hampshire, 1993–97 |
| Luis Muñoz Marín | 1915* | Law | First democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, 1949–65; known as the "Father of Modern Puerto Rico" |
| Philip W. Noel | 1957 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1973–77 |
| Thomas Pratt | 1822* | Col | Governor of Maryland, 1845–1848, U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1850–1857 |
| Pat Quinn | 1971 | SFS | Governor of Illinois, 2009–15 |
| James C. Shannon | 1918 | Col | Governor of Connecticut, 1948–49 |
| Don Siegelman | 1972 | Law | Governor of Alabama, 1999–2003 |
| John Spellman | 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 |
| William W. Belknap | 1851 | Law | Secretary of War, 1869–76 |
| George Cortelyou | 1895 | Law | Secretary of the Treasury, 1907–09; first Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903–04; Postmaster General, 1905–07 |
| Robert Gates | 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 |
| Alexander Haig | 1961 | Grad | Secretary of State, 1981–82; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1974–79; White House Chief of Staff, 1973–74; CEO, United Technologies |
| Mickey Kantor | 1968 | Law | Secretary of Commerce, 1996–97; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993–96 |
| John F. Kelly | 1984 | SSP | Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017; White House Chief of Staff, 2017–2019 |
| Jack Lew | 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 |
| Denis McDonough | 1996 | MSFS | United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2021–present); White House Chief of Staff, 2013–2017; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2010–2014 |
| Kirstjen Nielsen | 1994 | SFS | Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017–2019 |
| Donald Rumsfeld | 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 |
| Robert L. Wilkie | 1992 | LL.M. | Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2018–2021; Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 2017–2018, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 2006–2009 |

#### 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 |
| Avril Haines | 2001 | Law | Director of National Intelligence, 2021–present; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015–2017; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2013–15 |
| Robert Lighthizer | 1973 | Law | United States Trade Representative, 2017–2021 |
| Mick Mulvaney | 1989 | SFS | Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2017–2021; White House Chief of Staff, 2019–2020; United States Representative from South Carolina, 2011–2017 |
| John Podesta | 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 |
| Charles Schultze | 1948, 1950 | Col, Grad | Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter administration; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1965–68 |
| George Tenet | 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 |
| Horace M. Albright | 1914 | Law | Director of the National Park Service, 1929–33; conservationist; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Roger Altman | 1967 | Col | Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 1993–94, founder and senior chairman of Evercore |
| Bradley Belt | 1984 | Law | Executive Director of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, 2004–06 |
| Philip Bilden | 1986 | SFS | Secretary of the Navy (nominee pending confirmation) |
| Robert C. Bonner | 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 |
| Chad M. Cary | | GAI | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Officer Corps rear admiral; Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (2024–present) |
| Bradford P. Campbell | | Law | Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits, 2007–09 |
| Paul Clement | 1987 | SFS | Solicitor General of the United States, 2004–08 |
| Paula Dobriansky | 1977 | SFS | Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 2001–09 |
| John J. Easton Jr. | 1970 | Law | Assistant Secretary of Energy for Domestic and International Energy Policy; Vermont Attorney General, 1981–85 |
| Douglas Feith | 1978 | Law | Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 2001–05 |
| Edwin Foulke | 1993 | Law | Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006–08 |
| Mark Gearan | 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 |
| Maura Harty | 1981 | SFS | Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; CEO, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children |
| Kim R. Holmes | 1982 | Grad | Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 2002–15; Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation |
| Michael P. Jackson | 1985 | Grad | Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005–07 |
| Elaine D. Kaplan | 1979 | Law | Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 2013; Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 2013–present |
| Patrick F. Kennedy | 1971 | SFS | Under Secretary of State for Management, 2007–2017 |
| Robert M. Kimmitt | 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 |
| Frederick Lawton | 1920, 1934 | Col, Law | Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53 |
| Jane Holl Lute | 1999 | Law | Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009–13; CEO, Council on CyberSecurity |
| Robert Mosbacher Jr. | 1973 | Col | President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Chairman of Mosbacher Energy Company |
| Andrew Natsios | 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 |
| Michael Powell | 1993 | Law | Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2001–2005; President of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, 2011–present |
| Matthew A. Reynolds | 1986 | SFS | Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2008–09 |
| Charles O. Rossotti | 1962 | Col | Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1997–2002 |
| Michael A. Sheehan | 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 |
| Douglas Shulman | 1999 | Law | Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 2008–12 |
| Harry A. Slattery | | | Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; gave his name to the Slattery Report |
| Daniel Tarullo | 1973 | Col | Governor of the Federal Reserve, 2009–2017 |
| Barbara Underwood | 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 |
| Christine A. Varney | 1986 | Law | Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, 2009–11; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1994–97 |
| Claudine Weiher | 1967 | MA | Acting Deputy Archivist of the United States, 1986–1987; Deputy Archivist of the United States, 1988–1993 |
| C. David Welch | 1975 | SFS | Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08 |
| Richard E. Wiley | 1962 | LL.M. | Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1974–77; founding partner of Wiley Rein & Fielding |

#### White House staff

This includes members of the Executive Office of the President.
| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Jerry Abramson | 1971 | Law | White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, 2014–17; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 2011–14; Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1986–99, 2003–11 |
| David Addington | 1978 | SFS | Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, 2005–09 |
| Elizabeth Alexander | 2008 | Law | Press secretary to Vice President Joe Biden, 2009–2011 |
| Steve Bannon | 1982 | SSP | White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, 2017 |
| Pat Buchanan | 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 |
| Stephanie Cutter | 1997 | Law | Assistant to the President for Special Projects, 2010; 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 |
| Olivia Dalton | | | Principal Deputy Press Secretary for the Biden administration |
| John Dean | 1965 | Law | White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970–73 |
| Ron Klain | 1983 | Col | White House Chief of Staff, 2021–2023; 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 |
| Frederick Lawton | 1920, 1934 | Col, Law | Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53 |
| Joe Lockhart | 1982 | Col | White House Press Secretary, 1998–2000 |
| Mike McCurry | 1985 | Grad | Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1995–98 |
| Kayleigh McEnany | 2010 | SFS | White House Press Secretary, 2020–2021 |
| Beth Nolan | 1980 | Law | White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1999–2001 |
| Meghan O'Sullivan | 1991 | Col | Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005–07 |
| Dan Pfeiffer | 1998 | Col | White House Communications Director, 2009–13; Senior Advisor to President Obama, 2013–15 |
| Jack Quinn | 1971, 1975 | Col, Law | White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, 1995–96 |
| Kathryn Ruemmler | 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 |
| David Manker Abshire | 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 |
| Anne Slaughter Andrew | 1977 | Col | United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2009–2013 |
| Alexander A. Arvizu | 1980 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Albania, 2010–14 |
| Diego C. Asencio | 1952, 1953 | SFS, Grad | United States Ambassador to Brazil, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1977–80 |
| Christopher C. Ashby | 1968 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997–2001 |
| Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | 1987 | Law | United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1994–97; senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Special Representative for Global Partnerships |
| Vincent M. Battle | 1962 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001–04 |
| Willard L. Beaulac | 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 |
| John W. Blaney | 1976 | MSFS | United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2002–05 |
| Richard J. Bloomfield | 1950 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1978–82; United States Ambassador to Ecuador, 1976–78 |
| Donald E. Booth | 1976 | SFS | United States Special Envoy to Sudan, 2017–present; United States Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, 2013–2017; United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2010–13; United States Ambassador to Zambia, 2008–10; United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2005–08 |
| Piper Anne Wind Campbell | 1988 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 2012–present |
| Maura Connelly | 1981 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2010–13; United States Chargé d'Affaires a.i to Syria, 2008–10 |
| Ivo H. Daalder | 1982 | Grad | United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 2009–13 |
| Alexander Dimitry | 1832 1859 | Grad Law | First Person of Color to become U.S. Ambassador of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1859 – 1861 |
| Edward P. Djerejian | 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 |
| Thomas J. Dodd Jr. | 1957 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1997–2001; United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1993–97 |
| Cynthia G. Efird | 1971 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Angola, 2004–07 |
| Maurice Francis Egan | 1879 | Col | United States Ambassador to Denmark, 1907–18 |
| Lee A. Feinstein | 1995 | Law | United States Ambassador to Poland, 2009–12 |
| Laurie S. Fulton | 1989 | Law | United States Ambassador to Denmark, 2009–13 |
| Peter W. Galbraith | 1990 | Law | United States Ambassador to Croatia, 1993–98; United Nations Representative in East Timor, 2000–01; Member of the Vermont Senate, 2011–15 |
| Marc Ginsberg | 1978 | Law | United States Ambassador to Morocco, 1994–98 |
| Mark Gitenstein | 1975 | MSFS | United States Ambassador to Romania, 2009–12 |
| Scott Gration | 1988 | Grad | United States Ambassador to Kenya, 2011–12; Major General, United States Air Force |
| David Hale | 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 |
| Michael A. Hammer | 1985 | SFS | United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–present; United States Ambassador to Chile, 2014–2016; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 2011–2013 |
| S. Fitzgerald Haney | 1991 | SFS/MSFS | United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2015–17 |
| Parker T. Hart | 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 |
| Maura Harty | 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 |
| John E. Herbst | 1974 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003–06; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2000–03 |
| Stuart Holliday | 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 |
| Eric G. John | 1982 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Thailand, 2007–10 |
| U. Alexis Johnson | 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 |
| James R. Jones | 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 |
| John Hubert Kelly | 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 |
| William Kintner | 1948, 1950 | Grad, Grad | United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1973–75; Member of the Board of Directors, United States Institute of Peace |
| Alphonse F. La Porta | 1960 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 1997–2000 |
| Frank Lavin | 1979, 1985 | SFS, Grad | Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, 2005–07; United States Ambassador to Singapore, 2001–05 |
| Edward B. Lawson | 1924, 1925 | SFS, Grad | United States Ambassador to Israel, 1954–59; United States Ambassador to Iceland, 1949–54 |
| Hugo Llorens | 1977 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Honduras, 2008–11 |
| John Maisto | 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 |
| Eileen Malloy | 1975 | SFS | Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, 1997–99; United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, 1994–97 |
| Richard T. McCormack | 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 |
| Jackson McDonald | 1978 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Guinea, 2004–07; United States Ambassador to the Gambia, 2001–04 |
| Jack K. McFall | 1929 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Finland, 1952–55; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 1949–52 |
| Gerald S. McGowan | 1968, 1974 | SFS, Law | United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1997–2001 |
| Alfred H. Moses | 1956 | Law | United States Ambassador to Romania, 1994–97 |
| Stephen Mull | 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 |
| Cameron Munter | 1991 | SFS Rusk Fellow | United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2010–12; United States Ambassador to Serbia, 2007–09 |
| Richard Norland | 1977 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Libya, 2019–present; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2012–2015; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2007–10 |
| Frank V. Ortiz Jr. | 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 |
| Manuel Rocha | 1978 | Grad | United States Ambassador to Bolivia, 2000–02 |
| Francis Rooney | 1975, 1978 | Col, Law | United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 2005–08 |
| David M. Satterfield | 1978 | Law | United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998–2001 |
| David Scheffer | 1978 | LL.M. | First United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, 1997–2000 |
| Thomas L. Siebert | 1968, 1972 | Col, Law | United States Ambassador to Sweden, 1994–98 |
| Nancy Soderberg | 1984 | MSFS | U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, 1997–2001; Chairperson of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 2012–15 |
| James C. Swan | | SFS | United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013–2016; United States Ambassador to Djibouti, 2008–11 |
| John F. Tefft | 1978 | Grad | United States Ambassador to Russia, 2014–2017; United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2009–13; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2000–03 |
| Patrick N. Theros | 1963 | SFS | United States Ambassador to Qatar, 1995–98 |
| Viron P. Vaky | 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 |
| Richard Verma | 1998 | Law | United States Ambassador to India, 2015–2017; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2009–present |
| Melanne Verveer | 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 |
| Richard David Vine | 1949 | SFS | Director of the Bureau for Refugee Programs, 1982; United States Ambassador to Switzerland, 1979–81 |
| C. David Welch | 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 |
| Melissa F. Wells | 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

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Gen. John R. Allen | 1983 | MSFS | Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2011–13; Commander of U.S. Central Command, 2010; Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 2014–present |
| Rear Admiral Charles Boarman | 1803–1808 | Col | Commanded numerous U.S. Navy ships, most notably the USS Brandywine during the Mexican–American War |
| Lt. Gen. Paul Caraway | 1933 | Law | High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, 1961–64 |
| Gen. George W. Casey Jr. | 1970 | SFS | Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 2007–11; Commander of Multi-National Force – Iraq, 2004–07 |
| Maj. Gen. William R. Collins | 1935 | SFS | Commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, 1965; Commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, 1964–65 |
| Brig. Gen. John M. K. Davis | 1862 | Col | Commanding general of Artillery districts during the Spanish–American War |
| Gen. Joseph Dunford | 1985 | Grad | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2015–2019; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2014–15; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2012–14 |
| Maj. Gen. Michael E. Ennis | 1984 | Grad | Deputy Director of HUMINT of the CIA, 2006–07; Director of the Marine Corps Intelligence Command, 2000–04 |
| Lt. Col. Don C. Faith Jr. | 1941 | SFS | Commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir; Medal of Honor recipient |
| Maj. Gen. John Fugh | 1957 | SFS | Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, 1991–93; Chairman of the Committee of 100; first Chinese-American to become a general officer in the U.S. Army |
| Lt. Gen. John D. Gardner | 1986 | Grad | Deputy Commander of United States European Command; Commander of United States Army South |
| Brig. Gen. Hiram "Doc" Jones | 1978 | Grad | Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force, 1997–99 |
| Gen. James L. Jones | 1966 | SFS | National Security Advisor to President Obama, 2009–10; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 2003–06; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1999–2003 |
| Gen. Louis C. Menetrey | 1967 | MSFS | Commander-in-Chief of United Nations Command/ROK-US Combined Forces Command |
| Maj. Gen. Dennis J. Murphy | 1953 | Col | Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, 1984–1987 |
| Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett | 1982 | Grad | Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2006–10; Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 2005–06 |
| Gen. David Petraeus | 1994–1995 | SFS Fellow | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–12; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2010–11; Commander of United States Central Command, 2008–10 |
| Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau | 1982 | Grad | President of the National Defense University, 2009–12; Director of Navy Staff, 2005–06; highest ranking woman in the U.S. Navy |
| Gen. John J. Sheehan | 1985 | Grad | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Atlantic Command, 1994–97 |
| Vice Admiral William D. Sullivan | 1990 | SSP | U.S. Military Representative to NATO |
| Lt. Gen. Guy C. Swan III | 1987 | Grad | Commander of United States Army North; Commander of United States Army Military District of Washington/Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, 2005–07 |
| Maj. Gen. James L. Williams | 1981 | Grad | Commanding General of the 4th Marine Division |

### Judges

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Thomas L. Ambro | 1972, 1975 | Col, Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000–present |
| Walter M. Bastian | 1913 | Law | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1954–75 |
| Richard C. Bosson | 1969 | Law | Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2002–06; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2006–present |
| Richard J. Bowie | 1826 | Law | Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1861–67; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1849–53 |
| Richard C. Casey | 1958 | Law | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1997–2007; the nation's first blind federal trial judge |
| John O. Colvin | 1978 | Law | Chief Judge, United States Tax Court, 2006–present |
| Francis B. Condon | 1916 | Law | Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1958–65; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1930–35 |
| Charles W. Daniels | 1971 | LL.M. | Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2010–12; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2007–present |
| Ronald Davies | 1930 | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 1955–96; temporarily assigned to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and presided over the Little Rock Integration Crisis case |
| Robert E. Davis | 1964 | Law | Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 2009–10; Associate Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1993–2009 |
| Charles H. Fahy | 1914 | Law | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1949–67; Solicitor General of the United States, 1941–45 |
| D. Michael Fisher | 1966, 1969 | Col, Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2003–present |
| Arthur J. Gajarsa | 1967 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1997–2011 |
| Lorie Skjerven Gildea | 1986 | Law | Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010–present; Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2006–10 |
| Thomas M. Hardiman | 1990 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2007–present |
| William Hitz | 1900 | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1931–35 |
| Helen E. Hoens | 1979 | Law | Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–13 |
| Thomas F. Hogan | 1960, 1966 | Col, Law | Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2011–13; Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2001–08 |
| Jerome A. Holmes | 1988 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
| Jeffrey R. Howard | 1981 | Law | Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2015–present; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2002–15 |
| Kent A. Jordan | 1984 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006–present |
| Bruce E. Kasold | 1900 | Law | Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 2010–15 |
| Esther Mayambala Kisaakye | 1994 | Law | Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Uganda, 2009–present |
| Rives Kistler | 1981 | Law | Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 2003–2018 |
| Stephen P. Lamb | 1975 | Law | Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1997–2009 |
| Joseph Normand Laplante | 1987, 1990 | Col, Law | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2011–2018; Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2007–present |
| Richard Linn | 1969 | Col, Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1999–2012 |
| Hall S. Lusk | 1904, 1907 | Col, Law | Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1949–51, Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1937–68; United States Senator from Oregon, 1960 |
| M. Margaret McKeown | 1975 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998–present |
| Kimberly Ann Moore | 1994 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006–present |
| Fred I. Parker | 1965 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1994–2003; Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1991–94 |
| E. Barrett Prettyman | 1915 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1945–71; the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse is named in his honor |
| Vanessa Ruiz | 1975 | Law | Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1994–2011 |
| Antonin Scalia | 1957 | Col | Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1986–2016 |
| Dennis Shedd | 1980 | LL.M. | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002–present |
| Eugene Edward Siler Jr. | 1964 | LL.M. | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991–2001 |
| John Sirica | 1926 | Law | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1971–74; Time magazine "Man of the Year" 1973 |
| Timothy C. Stanceu | 1979 | Law | Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, 2014–present |
| Laura Denvir Stith | 1978 | Law | Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 2007–09; Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, 2001–present |
| Eugene R. Sullivan | 1971 | Law | Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1990–95; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1986–2002 |
| Edward A. Tamm | 1930 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1965–85; Deputy Direct, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930–48 |
| George Van Hoomissen | 1955, 1957 | Law, LL.M. | Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1988–2001 |
| Edward Douglass White | 1863 | Col | Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–21 |
| James R. Zazzali | 1958, 1962 | Col, Law | Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–07 |

### 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 |
| John A. Barrasso | 1974, 1978 | Col, Med | United States Senator from Wyoming, 2007–present |
| Alan Bible | 1934 | Law | United States Senator from Nevada, 1954–74 |
| Dennis Chávez | 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 |
| Richard Durbin | 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 |
| John A. Durkin | 1965 | Law | United States Senator from New Hampshire, 1975–80 |
| Philip A. Hart | 1934 | Col | United States Senator from Michigan, 1959–76; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1955–59; Hart Senate Office Building named in his honor |
| Mazie Hirono | 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 |
| Francis Kernan | 1836 | Col | United States Senator from New York, 1875–81; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1863–65 |
| Mark Kirk | 1992 | Law | United States Senator from Illinois, 2010–17; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 2001–10 |
| Edward Leahy | 1908 | Law | United States Senator from Rhode Island, 1949–50 |
| Patrick Leahy | 1964 | Law | United States Senator from Vermont, 1975–2023; President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 2012–15 |
| George LeMieux | 1994 | Law | United States Senator from Florida, 2009–11 |
| Stephen Mallory II | 1869 | Col | United States Senator from Florida, 1897–1907; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1891–95 |
| William Duhurst Merrick | | | United States Senator from Maryland, 1838–45 |
| George J. Mitchell | 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 |
| Joseph Montoya | 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 |
| Lisa Murkowski | 1980 | Col | United States Senator from Alaska, 2002–present |
| Joseph C. O'Mahoney | 1920 | Law | United States Senator from Wyoming, 1934–53 |
| Jon Ossoff | 2009 | SFS | United States Senator from Georgia, 2021–present |
| William N. Roach | | Col | United States Senator from North Dakota, 1893–99 |
| Daniel Sullivan | 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 |
| Chris Van Hollen | 1990 | Law | United States Senator from Maryland, 2017–present; Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 2017–2019; United States Representative from Maryland, 2003–2017; Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2007–11 |
| James H. Webb | 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 |
| Claude I. Bakewell | 1932 | Col | United States Representative from Missouri, 1947–49, 1951–53 |
| William Brockman Bankhead | 1895 | Law | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1936–40; United States Representative from Alabama, 1917–40 |
| Bob Barr | 1977 | Law | United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2003 |
| George A. Bartlett | 1894 | Law | United States Representative from Nevada, 1907–11 |
| Herbert H. Bateman | 1956 | Law | United States Representative from Virginia, 1983–2000 |
| Robert Bauman | 1959 | SFS | United States Representative from Maryland, 1973–81 |
| Thomas J. Bliley Jr. | 1952 | Col | United States Representative from Virginia, 1981–2001 |
| Bruce F. Caputo | 1971 | Law | United States Representative from New York, 1977–79 |
| Don Cazayoux | 1991 | Law | United States Representative from Louisiana, 2008–09 |
| David Cicilline | 1986 | Law | United States Representative from Rhode Island, 2011–23 |
| Hansen Clarke | 1987 | Law | United States Representative from Michigan, 2011–13 |
| Charles R. Clason | 1914 | Law | United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1937–49 |
| L. Gary Clemente | 1931 | Law | United States Representative from New York, 1949–53 |
| Henry Cuellar | 1974 | SFS | United States Representative from Texas, 2005–present |
| Charles F. Curry Jr. | 1918 | Law | United States Representative from California, 1931–33 |
| John Delaney | 1988 | Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 2013–2019; co-founder and CEO of CapitalSource |
| Chris Deluzio | 2013 | Law | United States Representative from Pennsylvania, 2023–present |
| Matthew Denver | 1892 | Col | United States Representative from Ohio, 1907–1913 |
| Debbie Dingell | 1975, 1998 | SFS, SCE | United States Representative from Michigan, 2015–present; President of the General Motors Foundation |
| John Dingell | 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 |
| Dennis D. Donovan | 1895 | Law | United States Representative from Ohio, 1888–95 |
| John J. Douglass | 1896 | Law | United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1925–35 |
| Robert F. Drinan, S.J. | 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 |
| James P. B. Duffy | 1901 | Col | United States Representative from New York, 1935–37 |
| Ed Edmonson | 1947 | Law | United States Representative from Oklahoma, 1953–73 |
| Henry A. Edmundson | 1947 | Law | United States Representative from Virginia, 1849–61 |
| Lane Evans | 1978 | Law | United States Representative from Illinois, 1983–2007 |
| Charles J. Faulkner | 1822 | Col | United States Representative from Virginia, 1851–59; United States Representative from West Virginia, 1875–77; United States Minister to France, 1860–61 |
| Mike Ferguson | 1995 | MPP | United States Representative from New Jersey, 2001–09 |
| John R. Foley | 1947 | Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 1959–61 |
| Ellsworth Foote | 1923 | Law | United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–49 |
| Jeff Fortenberry | 1986 | MPP | United States Representative from Nebraska, 2005–22 |
| Lois Frankel | 1973 | Law | United States Representative from Florida, 2013–present |
| Martin Frost | 1970 | Law | United States Representative from Texas, 1979–2005; President of America Votes |
| Mike Gallagher | 2013, 2015 | SSP, Grad | United States Representative from Wisconsin, 2017–24 |
| Mike Garcia | 1998 | SSP | United States Representative from California, 2020–2025 |
| William Gaston | * | 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 |
| Milton W. Glenn | 1921–1922* | Col | United States Representative from New Jersey, 1957–65 |
| George E. Gorman | 1895 | Law | United States Representative from Illinois, 1913–15 |
| Leonard W. Hall | 1920 | Law | United States Representative from New York, 1939–52; Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1953–57 |
| Forest Harness | 1917 | Law | United States Representative from Indiana, 1939–49; Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, 1953–55 |
| Herbert Harris | 1951 | Law | United States Representative from Virginia, 1975–81 |
| Burr Harrison | 1926 | Law | United States Representative from Virginia, 1946–63 |
| Edward J. Hart | 1924 | Law | United States Representative from New Jersey, 1935–55 |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | 1993, 1996, 1997 | Col, Grad, Law | United States Representative from South Dakota, 2004–11 |
| Lawrence Hogan | 1949 | Col | United States Representative from Maryland, 1969–75 |
| Trey Hollingsworth | 2014 | MPP | United States Representative from Indiana, 2017–23 |
| Steny Hoyer | 1966 | Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 1981–present; Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, 1989–95; House Majority Leader, 2007–2011, 2019–2023; House Minority Whip, 2003–07, 2011–2019 |
| Henry Hyde | 1947 | Col | United States Representative from Illinois, 1975–2007 |
| Michael L. Igoe | 1908 | Law | United States Representative from Illinois, 1935; Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939–65 |
| Pramila Jayapal | 1986 | Col | United States Representative from Washington, 2017–present |
| William J. Jefferson | 1996 | Law | United States Representative from Louisiana, 1991–09; convicted of ten corruption charges |
| Hakeem Jeffries | 1994 | SPP | United States Representative from New York, 2013–present; House Minority Leader, 2023–present |
| Patrick J. Kennedy | * | | United States Representative from Rhode Island, 1995–2011; chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 1999–2001; son of Ted Kennedy |
| Paul J. Kilday | 1922 | Law | United States Representative from Texas, 1939–61; Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, 1961–68 |
| Ann McLane Kuster | 1984 | Law | United States Representative from New Hampshire, 2013–present |
| John W. Langley | 1895 | Law | United States Representative from Kentucky, 1903–13 |
| George Swinton Legaré | | Law | United States Representative from South Carolina, 1903–13 |
| Asbury Francis Lever | 1901 | Law | United States Representative from South Carolina, 1901–19 |
| Ted Lieu | 1994 | Law | United States Representative from California, 2015–present |
| Dan Lungren | 1971 | Law | United States Representative from California, 2005–13 |
| Sydney Emanuel Mudd II | 1906, 1909 | Col, Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 1915–24 |
| Stephanie Murphy | 2004 | MSFS | United States Representative from Florida, 2017–23 |
| Charlie Norwood | 1969 | Dent | United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2007 |
| Glenn Nye | 1996 | SFS | United States Representative from Virginia, 2009–11 |
| Jerry J. O'Connell | 1934 | Col | United States Representative from Montana, 1937–39 |
| Patrick B. O'Sullivan | 1909 | Col | United States Representative from Connecticut, 1923–25 |
| James T. Patterson | 1933 | Col | United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59 |
| August Pfluger | 2019 | MSB | United States Representative from Texas, 2021–present |
| Stacey Plaskett | 1988 | SFS | United States Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands, 2015–present |
| William R. Ratchford | 1959 | Law | United States Representative from Connecticut, 1979–85 |
| William S. Reyburn | 1904 | Law | United States Representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–13 |
| Charles Risk | 1922 | Law | United States Representative from Rhode Island, 1935–37, 1939–41 |
| Angelo D. Roncallo | 1953 | Law | United States Representative from New York, 1973–75 |
| Pat Ryan | 2013 | SSP | United States Representative from New York, 2022–present |
| Antoni Sadlak | 1931 | Law | United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59 |
| Derek Schmidt | 1996 | Law | United States Representative from Kansas, 2015–present; Attorney General of Kansas, 2011–2023 |
| Joe Sempolinski | 2005 | Col | United States Representative from New York, 2022–23 |
| Philip R. Sharp | 1964 | SFS | United States Representative from Indiana, 1975–95; President of Resources for the Future, 2005–present |
| Mikie Sherrill | 2007 | Law | United States Representative from New Jersey, 2019–present |
| J. William Stanton | 1949 | SFS | United States Representative from Ohio, 1965–83 |
| Bryan Steil | 2003 | MSB | United States Representative from Wisconsin, 2019–present |
| William R. Thom | 1916 | Law | United States Representative from Ohio, 1933–39, 1941–43, 1945–47 |
| Lori Trahan | 1995 | SFS | United States Representative from Massachusetts, 2019–present |
| Clarence D. Van Duzer | 1893 | Law | United States Representative from Nevada, 1903–07 |
| Pete Visclosky | 1982 | Law | United States Representative from Indiana, 1985–2023 |
| Charles S. Voorhees | 1873 | Col | United States Delegate from the Washington Territory, 1885–89 |
| Rick White | 1980 | Law | United States Representative from Washington, 1995–99 |
| Frank Wolf | 1965 | Law | United States Representative from Virginia, 1981–2015 |
| Albert Wynn | 1977 | Law | United States Representative from Maryland, 1993–2008 |

### Other U.S. political figures

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Sam Arora | 2010 | Law | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2011–15 |
| Kristina Arriaga | 2007 | M.A. | Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2016—2019 |
| Robert Baer | 1976 | SFS | Author; the movie Syriana was based on two of his books; intelligence commentator; CIA case handler |
| Jarrett Barrios | 1995 | Law | President of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Chapter; president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; member of the Massachusetts Senate, 2003–07 |
| Kumar P. Barve | 1979 | Med | Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2002–2015; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1991–present |
| Jeremy Bash | 1993 | Col | Chief of staff to Leon Panetta at the Department of Defense and CIA |
| Gary Bauer | 1973 | Law | President of the Family Research Council, 1988–99; founder of the Campaign for Working Families PAC |
| Rubén Berríos | 1961 | MSB | President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party; Honorary President of the Socialist International; elected to the Puerto Rico Senate, 1973–77, 1985–89, 1997–2000 |
| Andy Billig | 1990 | Col | Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate, 2019–present; Member of the Washington State Senate, 2013–present; Member of the Washington House of Representatives, 2011–13; Co-owner of the Spokane Indians |
| Jesus Borja | 1974 | Law | Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1994–98 |
| John Chiang | 1987 | Law | California State Treasurer, 2015–2019; California State Controller, 2007–15 |
| Ian Conyers | 2010, 2015 | COL, SCS | Michigan Senate, 2016–18 |
| Michael Delaney | 1994 | Law | New Hampshire Attorney General, 2009–15 |
| Daniel Carroll Digges | 1888 | Col | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1849; founding member of the Philodemic Society |
| John Farmer Jr. | 1979, 1986 | Col, Law | New Jersey Attorney General, 1999–2002; Acting Governor of New Jersey, 2002 |
| Ron Faucheux | 1972 | SFS | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1976–84; political consultant and pundit from New Orleans |
| James Freis | 1992 | GOVT | Global fraud expert and former Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) |
| Frank Gaffney | 1975 | SFS | President and founder of the Center for Security Policy |
| James E. Held | 1964 | Law | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1966–67 |
| Derek Hodge | 1971 | Law | Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, 1987–95 |
| Jason Kander | 2005 | Law | Missouri Secretary of State, 2013–17; Member of the Missouri House of Representatives, 2009–13 |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | 1954* | SCE | First Lady of the United States, 1961–63 |
| Lane Kirkland | 1948 | SFS | President of the AFL–CIO, 1979–95 |
| Timothy Kraft | 1967 | Grad | Campaign manager for President Jimmy Carter in 1980 |
| Dan Kubiak | | | Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1969–83, 1991–98 |
| Sam A. LeBlanc III | 1960 | MSB | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972–80; temporary judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans attorney |
| Bryan Lentz | 1986 | BA | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161, 2007–2010 |
| Joseph J. Lhota | 1976 | MSB | Deputy Mayor for Operations of City of New York, 1998–2002; chairman and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2011–12 |
| Lisa Madigan | 1988 | Col | Attorney General of Illinois, 2003–present |
| Agnes Mary Mansour | 1963 | Grad | Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, 1982–87; Sister of Mercy nun who resigned her vows to remain in political office |
| Deborah Markowitz | 1987 | Law | Vermont Secretary of State, 1998–2011 |
| William Joseph McDonough | 1962 | Grad | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1993–2003; Vice chairman of Merrill Lynch |
| Maeve Kennedy McKean | 2009 | Grad | Senior Advisor for Human Rights to the United States Department of State's Global AIDS program and to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Global Affairs |
| Marc Morial | 1983 | Law | Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994–2002; President of the National Urban League, 2003–present |
| John P. O'Brien | | Law, LL.M. | Mayor of New York City, 1933 |
| Ralph Oman | 1973 | Law | Register of Copyrights, 1985–94 |
| Esam Omeish | 1989, 1992 | Col, Med | President of the Muslim American Society, 2004–08; Member of the board of directors of Dar Al-Hijrah mosque |
| J. Frank Raley | | | Member of the Maryland Senate, 1963–66; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1955–59 |
| Elliot G. Sander | 1978 | SFS | Executive Director and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2007–09; Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, 1994–96 |
| Jenny Sanford | 1984 | MSB | First Lady of South Carolina; investment banker; campaign manager |
| Sami Scheetz | Sometime 2010s | GOVT | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 2023–present |
| John Sears | 1963 | Law | Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan's in 1976 and 1980 |
| Robert Shrum | 1965 | Col | Democratic political consultant |
| Sheila Simon | 1987 | Law | Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2011–15 |
| Edmond L. Smith | 1849 | | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1858–59; Member of the Colorado Territorial Legislative Assembly, 1875 |
| James C. Spencer | Sometime 1940s | Law | Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1939–41; survivor of the Bataan Death March |
| Michael Steele | 1991 | Law | Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 2009–11; Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 2003–07 |
| Donald K. Stitt | 1977 | Law | Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, 1988–89; Member of the Wisconsin State Senate, 1984–93; Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1979–84 |
| Caren Z. Turner | 1985 | Law | Co-chairwoman of the super-PAC Ready for Hillary; CEO of Turner GPA |
| Cyrus Vance Jr. | 1982 | Law | New York County District Attorney, 2010–present |
| Mark Vargo | 1988 | Law | Attorney General of South Dakota, 2022–present |
| Joe Slade White | 1971 | Grad | Democratic political consultant |

### Other government officials outside the United States

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Ziad Abu Amr | 1980, 1986 | Grad, Grad | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority, 2007 |
| Lina Annab | | | Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan |
| Shlomo Argov | 1952 | SFS | Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1979–82; Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1977–79; Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, 1971–74 |
| Ricardo Alberto Arias | 1961 | SFS | Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations, 2004–09; Ambassador of Panama to the United States, 1994–96; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, 1996–98 |
| Giorgi Baramidze | 1998–1999 | SFS Fellow | State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, 2004–12; Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, 2003–04; Minister of Defense of Georgia, 2004 |
| Agustín Barrios Gómez | 1993 | SFS | Member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, 2012–2015 |
| Mohammed Dewji | 1998 | MSB | Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania, 2005–15 |
| Simcha Dinitz | 1953 | SFS | Israeli Ambassador to the United States, 1973–79; political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir, 1969–73; Member of the Knesset, 1984–88 |
| Stéphane Dujarric | 1988 | SFS | Spokesperson for United Nations Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan and António Guterres |
| Francis Escudero | 1996 | Law | Member of the Philippines Senate, 2007–present; Minority Floor Leader of the Philippines House of Representatives, 2004–07; Member of the Philippines House of Representatives, 1998–2007 |
| Sadegh Ghotbzadeh | 1959–1963* | SFS | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, 1979–80 |
| Aminta Granera Sacasa | 1970s | Col | Director of the National Police of Nicaragua, 2006–16 |
| Jorge Guajardo | 1993 | SFS | Ambassador of Mexico to China |
| Yehoyada Haim | 1972, 1975 | Grad, Grad | Ambassador of Israel to China, 2002–07; Ambassador of Israel to India, 1995–2000 |
| Adel al-Jubeir | 1983 | Grad | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, 2015–present; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States, 2007–15 |
| Nasser Judeh | 1983 | SFS | Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, 2015–2017; Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2009–2017 |
| Eugen Jurzyca | 1993 | SFS | Minister of Education of Slovakia, 2010–present; Member of the National Council of Slovakia, 2010–present |
| Taro Kono | 1985 | SFS | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 2017–present |
| Samuel Lewis Navarro | 1979 | Col | First Vice President of Panama, 2004–09; Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2004–09 |
| Alfonso López Caballero | 1967 | SFS | Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, 2002–06; Minister of the Interior of Colombia, 1998; Ambassador of Colombia to Canada, 1994–98; Minister of Agriculture of Colombia, 1991–93; Ambassador of Colombia to France, 1990–91; Senator of Colombia, 1990; Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, 1986–90 |
| John Lynch-Staunton | 1953 | SFS | Member of the Senate of Canada, 1990–2005; first Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, 2003–04 |
| Amin Mahmoud | 1972 | | Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Jordan, 2013–15; Minister of Culture of Jordan, 1993–94, 2005; Member of the Jordanian Senate, 2010–11, 2015 |
| Ismael Moreno Pino | 1952 | SFS | Jurist and career diplomat; served as Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs (1964–65) and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1960–64) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; served as Ambassador of Mexico in Germany and the Netherlands |
| Sadako Ogata | 1953 | MSFS | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1991–2001; President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2003–12; Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board |
| Yousef Al Otaiba | 1995 | SFS | United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States, 2008–present |
| Kasit Piromya | 1971 | Col | Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2008–11; Ambassador of Thailand to the United States, 2004–06; Ambassador of Thailand to Japan, 2001–03; Ambassador of Thailand to Germany, 1997–2001; Ambassador of Thailand to the Soviet Union, 1991–93; Ambassador of Thailand to Indonesia, 1994–96 |
| Oussama Romdhani | | | Minister of Communications of Tunisia, 2009–12; Fulbright scholar |
| James Soong | 1974 | Law | Chairman of the People First Party of the Republic of China, 2000–present; first Governor of Taiwan Province, 1993–98; Head of the Government Information Office, 1979–84 |
| Bruno Stagno Ugarte | 1991 | SFS | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, 2006–10; Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United Nations, 2002–06; President, Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court |
| Zev Sufott | | Grad | First Ambassador of Israel to China, Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands |
| Carlos Tello Macías | 1958 | MSB | Ambassador of Mexico to Cuba, Portugal, and Russia; Director-General, Bank of Mexico, 1982; Secretary of Budget and Planning of Mexico, 1976–77 |
| Ong Keng Yong | 1983 | Grad | Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 2003–07; Ambassador and High Commissioner of Singapore to India and Nepal, 1996–98 |
| Kateryna Yushchenko | 1982 | SFS | First Lady of Ukraine, 2005–10 (wife of Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko) |
| Anthony Winza Probowo | 2016 | LL.M | Member of the Parliament of Jakarta (Indonesia), Secretary of the Indonesia Solidarity Party Fraction |

## Entertainment
### Film, television, and theater

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Kary Antholis | 1989 | Law | President of HBO miniseries and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker |
| Pearl Bailey | 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 |
| John Barrymore | 1895–1897* | Col | Actor |
| Zal Batmanglij | 2001 | Col | Director and screenwriter |
| Tarak Ben Ammar | 1970 | SFS | Franco-Tunisian film producer |
| Michael Benz | 2004 | Col | Actor |
| Bruce Berman | 1978 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures |
| Eileen Brennan | Sometime 1950s | Col | Actress known for Private Benjamin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination |
| Mike Cahill | 2005 | Col | Director and screenwriter |
| Bradley Cooper | 1997 | Col | Actor; nominated for several Academy Awards and Tony Awards; named by People in 2011 as the "Sexiest Man Alive" |
| Lucy Barzun Donnelly | 1995 | Col | Producer of Grey Gardens; winner of an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a TCA Award |
| Margaret Edson | 1992 | Grad | Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for Wit |
| Joey Fallon | c. 1963 | | Child actor, portrayed the kidnap victim in "Fearful Decision" and Tom Sawyer to Eileen Heckart's Aunt Polly in an episode of Campbell Television Playhouse |
| Robert Gant | 1993 | Law | Actor |
| Pia Getty | | Col | Independent filmmaker |
| John Guare | 1960 | Col | Five-time Tony Award-winning playwright known for The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body |
| Jack Hofsiss | 1971 | Col | Tony Award-winning director known for The Elephant Man play on Broadway |
| Mitchell Hurwitz | 1985 | Col | Television writer and producer; creator of Arrested Development; co-creator of The Ellen Show |
| Nick Kroll | 2001 | Col | Actor and comedian known for his role in The League and starring in the Kroll Show |
| Wilton Lackaye | 1914 | Grad | Early stage and film actor; first portrayed the character of Svengali |
| Malcolm D. Lee | 1992 | Col | Director known for Undercover Brother and The Best Man |
| Willard Mack | 1889 | Col | Canadian actor, director, and playwright |
| Brit Marling | 2005 | Col | Actress and screenwriter |
| Marilyn Milian | 1984 | Law | Star and judge of The People's Court; former Florida circuit court judge |
| Don Murphy | 1984 | MSB | Producer known for Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Natural Born Killers |
| Megan Mylan | 1992 | SFS | Documentary director known for Smile Pinki; winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary |
| Jonathan Nolan | 1999 | Col | Screenwriter and director known for directing Westworld and writing the short story "Memento Mori" |
| Carl Reiner | 1943 | SFS | Actor, director, writer, and producer; winner of nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award |
| Kelly Rohrbach | 2012 | COL | Actress |
| Michael Sucsy | 1995 | SFS | Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-winning director and writer known for Grey Gardens |
| Chris Williams | 1989 | Col | Actor |
| David Yates | 1987 | | Director known for four Harry Potter films |
| John Ziegler | 1989 | Col | Former talk show host on KFI; documentary writer and director |

### Literature

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Melissa Anelli | 2001 | Col | New York Times bestselling author and webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron |
| William Peter Blatty | 1950 | Col | Author of The Exorcist |
| Joseph Bottum | 1983 | Col | Author, poet, and public intellectual; contributing editor of The Weekly Standard |
| Bob Colacello | 1969 | SFS | Noted biographer |
| Charles Patton Dimitry | 1867 | Grad | Creole journalist, poet, and author known for The House in Balfour Street |
| John Bull Smith Dimitry | 1867 | Grad | Creole author known for Le Tombeau Blanc |
| Michael Dorris | 1967 | Col | Author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water and The Broken Cord, for which he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction |
| Paul Erdman | 1955 | SFS | Financial author and Edgar Award-winning fiction novelist |
| John T. Flynn | 1902 | Law | Author of 20 books, including The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution; columnist for The New Republic; outspoken opponent of the New Deal and the United States' entry into World War II |
| Iris Krasnow | 1997 | Grad | Author specializing in relationships and personal growth |
| J. D. McClatchy | | Col | Poet; editor of The Yale Review; President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| Dinaw Mengestu | 2000 | Col | Award-winning novelist known for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears; Lannan Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University; MacArthur Fellow |
| Glenn O'Brien | 1970 | Col | Author on fashion and style; the "Style Guy" for GQ Magazine |
| Greg Olear | 1995 | Col | Novelist known for Los Angeles Times bestseller Fathermucker |
| James Ryder Randall | 1859* | Col | Poet known for authoring "Maryland, My Maryland", the official state song of Maryland |
| James Riley | 1999 | Col | Author of the award-winning Story Thieves, Half Upon a Time, and Revenge of Magic series |
| David Schickler | 1991 | SFS | Author and screenwriter known for The Dark Path and co-creating the television series Banshee |

### Music, art, and comedy

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Amerie | 2000 | Col | Rhythm and blues singer |
| Bob Bates | 1975 | Col | Computer game designer |
| Mike Birbiglia | 2000 | Col | Comedian |
| Jeff Civillico | 2005 | Grad | Juggler and comedian |
| William Wilson Corcoran | 1813–1814* | Col | Founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum |
| Kate Cordsen | 1992 | GPPI | Photographer and contemporary artist |
| Bill Danoff | 1968 | SLL | Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter best known for "Afternoon Delight" |
| Michael Dellaira | 1971 | Col | Composer of classical music |
| Jim Gaffigan | 1988 | MSB | Stand-up comedian and actor; star of The Jim Gaffigan Show |
| Keith Kane | 1992 | Grad | Guitarist and songwriter, formerly with Vertical Horizon |
| John Mulaney | 2004 | Col | Stand-up comedian; writer for Saturday Night Live |
| James Murray | 1998 | Col | Comedian and star of Impractical Jokers |
| Deborah Nehmad | 1982 | Law | Attorney and artist |
| Jacqueline Novak | 2004 | Col | Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and author |
| Guy Picciotto | 1988 | Col | Guitarist for rock band Fugazi; former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring |
| Gerome Ragni | * | Col | Musician and co-author known for Hair |
| Matt Scannell | 1992 | Grad | Musician and founding member of Vertical Horizon |
| Benito Skinner | 2016 | Col | Actor and comedian |
| James Johnson Sweeney | 1922 | Col | Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1952–60; curator of the Museum of Modern Art, 1935–46 |
| Will Tanous | 1992 | Col | Music industry executive for Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group; co-creator of HBO's Reverb |
| Jenny Toomey | 1989 | MSB | Indie rock musician and arts activist |

## Journalism and media

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Guy Adami | 1986 | MSB | Television personality on CNBC |
| Jack Anderson | 1947* | Col | Investigative journalist; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting |
| Bruce Bartlett | 1976 | Grad | Economist, author, and Wall Street Journal columnist |
| Jason Bellini | 1997 | Col | Journalist |
| Michelle Bernard | 1989 | Law | Political and legal analyst on MSNBC; President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy |
| John Bersia | 1979 | Grad | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; University Professor at the University of Central Florida |
| Joan Biskupic | 1993 | Law | Supreme Court reporter for USA Today and The Washington Post |
| David G. Bradley | 1983 | Law | Chairman and owner of Atlantic Media; founder of The Advisory Board Company and CEB Inc. |
| Chris Cillizza | 1998 | Col | CNN political commentator; Former political reporter for The Washington Post |
| Robert J. Collier | 1894 | Col | Editor of Collier's Weekly magazine (founded by his father); President of the Aero Club of America; married the granddaughter of William Astor |
| George Crile III | 1968 | SFS | CBS News producer (60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II) and reporter; twice awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award by the Overseas Press Club; author of the 2003 bestseller Charlie Wilson's War |
| Lyle Denniston | 1957 | Grad | Legal journalist who is known for covering the Supreme Court for SCOTUSblog, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe; professor at Georgetown Law Center |
| Bonnie Erbé | 1987 | Law | Journalist and host of To the Contrary |
| Jamie Gangel | 1977 | SFS | CNN special correspondent; National correspondent on NBC's The Today Show |
| Lourdes Garcia-Navarro | 1994 | SFS | Foreign correspondent with the National Public Radio; winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award and Peabody Award |
| Jeffrey Gedmin | 1990 | Grad | President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2007–11; President of the Londgon-based Legatum Institute, 2011–14; Senior Fellow at Georgetown University and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue |
| Stephen Glass | 2001 | Law | Journalist at The New Republic known for fabricating numerous stories |
| Linda Gradstein | 1985 | SFS | Correspondent with NPR, and PRI's The World |
| Savannah Guthrie | 2000 | Grad | Journalist and former White House correspondent; co-anchor of The Today Show |
| Peter Hamby | 2003 | Col | Head of News at Snapchat; host of Good Luck America; former CNN political reporter; author of "Did Twitter Kill The Boys On The Bus?", winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award |
| Daniel Henninger | 1968 | SFS | Deputy editorial page director of The Wall Street Journal; contributor on Fox News |
| Quin Hillyer | 1986 | Col | Senior editorial writer for The Washington Times; contributor to numerous publications and news stations |
| Paul Janensch | 1960 | Col | Former executive editor of The Courier-Journal |
| Mary Jordan | 1983 | Col | Journalist for The Washington Post; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting |
| Laura Kuenssberg | 1999 | Grad | Award-winning British political journalist; became first female political editor of the BBC in 2015, one of the highest profile roles in British journalism |
| Mark Landler | 1987 | SFS | White House correspondent, former European economic correspondent, and Hong Kong bureau chief for The New York Times |
| Monica Langley | 1983 | Law | Senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal |
| Tara McKelvey | 1985 | Col | Correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast |
| Deroy Murdock | 1986 | Col | Columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service; contributing editor to the National Review |
| Condé Montrose Nast | 1894, 1895 | Col, Grad | Founder of Condé Nast, which publishes Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker; first president of Georgetown's student government, The Yard (predecessor to the Georgetown University Student Association) |
| Miles O'Brien | 1981 | Col | Science and technology broadcast journalist for CNN |
| Timothy L. O'Brien | 1984 | Col | Author; former Sunday Business editor for The New York Times and editorial board member of Bloomberg View of Bloomberg News |
| Norah O'Donnell | 1996, 2003 | Col, Grad | Co-anchor of CBS This Morning; former Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News |
| Walter Pincus | 2001 | Law | Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award, and Polk Award-winning national security journalist for The Washington Post |
| Shirley Povich | 1922–1923* | Law | Sports editor at The Washington Post for 41 years; winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award |
| Frank J. Prial | 1951 | Col | The New York Times wine columnist and author |
| Martin Quigley Jr. | 1939 | Col | Publisher of film magazines and co-author of the Motion Picture Production Code; spy for the United States Office of Strategic Services in Ireland during World War II; twice-elected mayor of Larchmont, New York |
| Walter Ratliff | 2004 | SCS | Emmy Award-winning documentary director; reporter for the Associated Press |
| Sumner Redstone | 1944* | Law | Media executive; chairman and owner of National Amusements, the parent corporation of CBS Corporation and Viacom |
| Maria Shriver | 1977 | Col | Anchor for NBC News; winner of two Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics and for The Alzheimer's Project; former First Lady of California |
| Kate Snow | 1993 | MSFS | Host of NBC Nightly News; co-host of the Good Morning America weekend edition |
| Kara Swisher | 1984 | SFS | Technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal |
| Lisa Sylvester | 1992 | SFS | Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning reporter; previously on CNN's The Situation Room |
| Anthony Thomopoulos | 1959 | SFS | President of ABC Entertainment and ABC Broadcast Group |
| Greta Van Susteren | 1979, 1982 | Law, LL.M. | Fox News Channel anchor of On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren |
| Arick Wierson | 1994 | SFS | Former NYC Media general manager; former media advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg |

## Law

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Jack Abramoff | 1986 | Law | In March 2006, sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered then to pay restitution of more than $21 million for defrauding American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials |
| Robert S. Bennett | 1961, 1964 | Col, Law | Litigator; represented President Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal |
| Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. | 1961, 1965 | Col, Law | Co-founder of Patton Boggs LLP |
| Stephen L. Braga | 1981 | Law | Litigator who represented the West Memphis Three |
| Plato Cacheris | 1953, 1956 | SFS, Law | Litigator who defended numerous high-profile clients |
| Michael J. Callahan | 1990 | SFS | Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Yahoo |
| James C. Duff | 1981 | Law | Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2006–present; President of the Freedom Forum, which operates the Newseum, 2011–present |
| Andrew G. Haley | 1928 | Law | World's first space lawyer; president of Aerojet General, 1942–45; a founder in 1960 of the International Academy of Astronautics and International Institute of Space Law; coined the term "metalaw" (laws applied to relations with alien intelligences) |
| John Lauro | Unknown | Law | Representing former United States President Donald J. Trump in the pending federal case against him for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 United States Presidential election |
| Peter McDonough | 1979, 1982 | Col, Law | General counsel of Princeton University; Republican New Jersey state legislator |
| Jerome O'Neill | 1968, 1971 | Col, Law | U.S. Attorney for Vermont |
| Phil Preis | 1975, 1976 | Law, LL.M. | Candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 1995 and 1999; Baton Rouge attorney |
| Jane Sullivan Roberts | 1984 | Law | Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop; wife of Chief Justice John Roberts |
| William Shea | 1929 | Col | Noted New York attorney and patriarch of the New York Mets; Shea Stadium named in his honor; name partner of Shea & Gould |
| Stephen Edward Smith | 1973, 1977 | Col, Law | Vice president and general counsel, Lockheed Martin |
| Helen Steinbinder | 1955 | LL.M. | First female law professor at Georgetown Law School |
| Brendan Sullivan | 1964, 1967 | Col, Law | Senior partner at Williams & Connolly; litigator who defended Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Iran-Contra affair |
| Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot | 1995 | Col | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney |
| Edward Bennett Williams | 1944 | Law | Trial lawyer; attorney for The Washington Post and Georgetown University; owned the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles; founder of Williams & Connolly |

## Royalty

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece | 1995 | MSFS | First son of Constantine II of Greece and Crown Prince |
| Bernhard, Prince of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven | 1988–1989* | COL | Member of the Dutch Royal Family, being nephew of the former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| Guillaume, Prince of Luxembourg | 1987 | SFS | Third son and youngest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg |
| Prince Turki Al Faisal | 1968 | SFS | Son of King Faisal; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States, 2005–07; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2002–05; Director of General Intelligence of Saudi Arabia, 1979–2001 |
| Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz | 1981 | SFS | Member of the House of Saud; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2005–present; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Italy and Malta, 1995–2005 |
| Prince Hashim bin Hussein | 2005 | SFS | The younger of the two sons of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, and half-brother of the reigning King Abdullah II of Jordan |
| Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan | 2016 | SFS | First son and heir apparent of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan |
| Prince Talal bin Muhammad | 1989 | SFS, Grad | The eldest son of Prince Muhammad bin Talal, the younger brother of King Hussein of Jordan, and the grandson of King Talal of Jordan |
| Princess Talita von Fürstenberg | | | American socialite, fashion designer, and model; granddaughter of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and by birth a member of the House of Fürstenberg, an ancient German noble family |
| Princess Ghida al-Talal | 1986 | SFS, Grad | Member of the House of Hashemites; chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation |
| Agustín, Prince of Iturbide | 1884 | Col | Grandson of Don Agustín de Iturbide, the first Emperor of Mexico; became adopted son of Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, of House of Habsburg, and as the Emperors had no children, he became heir to the throne; in exile (as Emperor Don Agustín III of Mexico, de jure) he taught Spanish and French at Georgetown for many years (died 1925) |
| Prince Constantine-Alexios | 2022 | Col | First son of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece; model at Dior |
| Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | 2009 | SFS | Member of the Royal House of Thani, Sheikh of Qatar; brother of the Emir of Qatar - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; son of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani |
| Princess Iman bint Abdullah | 2018 | SFS | Princess of Jordan, member of the Hashemite family. Daughter of King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania of Jordan. |
| Prince August Fredrik zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | | | Grandson of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
| Princess Noor Pahlavi | 2014 | Col | Granddaughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran |

## Science and medicine

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| John O. Agwunobi | 2000 | MBA | United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 2006–07; Senior Vice President and President of the Health and Wellness Division of Walmart, 2007–14 |
| John-David F. Bartoe | 1974, 1976 | Grad, Grad | NASA astronaut and astrophysicist; Research Manager for the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Center, 1995–present |
| Lisa Bowleg | 1988 | Col | Professor of Applied Social Psychology |
| Pascale Cossart | 1971 | Grad | Bacteriologist and Head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules at the Pasteur Institute; recipient of the 1998 Richard Lounsbery Award |
| George Coyne | 1962 | Grad | Astronomer; Director of the Vatican Observatory, 1978–2006 |
| David John Doukas | 1983 | Med | Tulane University; Director of the Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values, James A. Knight Chair in Medical Humanities and Ethics, clinical ethicist, and family physician |
| Mark R. Dybul | 1985, 1992 | Col, Med | United States Global AIDS Coordinator of the U.S. Department of State, 2006–09 |
| Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley | 1976 | Med | Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander of U.S. Army Medical Command, 2004–07 |
| Ulrich Kortz | 1995 | Grad | Professor of chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen |
| Alisha Kramer | 2012 | Col | physician and health activist |
| Antonia Novello | 1975 | W | Surgeon General of the United States, 1990–93 |
| Thomas Parran Jr. | 1915 | Med | Surgeon General of the United States, 1936–48 |
| Sean P. Pinney | 1994 | Med | Cardiologist; Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program and the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City |
| Robert R. Redfield | 1973, 1977 | Col, Med | Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018–present; Virologist and HIV researcher; professor of medicine at University of Maryland, Baltimore; co-founder of the Institute of Human Virology |
| John J. Ring | 1949, 1953 | Col, Med | President of the American Medical Association, 1991–92 |
| Vera Rubin | 1954 | Med | Astronomer; recipient of numerous awards for work on galaxy rotation rates and dark matter; discovered the Rubin–Ford effect |
| Solomon H. Snyder | 1959, 1962 | Col, Med | Neuroscientist; University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| William Kennedy Smith | 1991 | Med | Member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission; founder of the Center for International Rehabilitation and Physicians Against Land Mines; member of the Kennedy family; charged with rape in a nationally publicized 1991 trial |
| Angelo Thrower | 1989 | Med | Dermatologist and company founder |
| Andrew von Eschenbach | 1967 | Med | United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 2006–09; Director of the National Cancer Institute, 2002–05 |

## Sports
### Athletes

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Mike Altman | 1997 | SFS | Rower on the 2008 US Olympic team and US National Rowing team member; winner of three medals at the World Rowing Championships |
| Al Blozis | 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 |
| Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje | 2001 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers |
| Alex Buzbee | 2007 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins |
| Andrew Campbell | 2006 | SFS | Sailor on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team |
| Harry Colliflower | 1906 | Col | Professional baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders and an umpire; coach of the Georgetown varsity basketball team, 1911–14 |
| Patrick Ewing | 1985 | Col | Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks; inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 |
| Patrick Ewing Jr. | 2008 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Al Rayyan Basketball Team of the Qatari Basketball League |
| Eric "Sleepy" Floyd | 1982 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets |
| Brendan Gaughan | 1997 | MSB | Professional racer for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series |
| Jeff Green | 2004–2007* | Col | Professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder Boston Celtics Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers |
| Othella Harrington | 1996 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls |
| Roy Hibbert | 2008 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers |
| Nancy Hogshead-Makar | 1997 | Law | Three-time gold medalist swimmer on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team |
| Allen Iverson | 1995–1996* | Col | Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers |
| Jaren Jackson | 1989 | MSB | Professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs |
| Augie Lio | 1941 | Col | Professional football player for the Detroit Lions |
| Al Matuza | 1941 | Col | Professional football player for the Chicago Bears |
| Kevin McMahon | 1994 | Col | Hammer thrower for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and 2000 U.S. Olympic team |
| Greg Monroe | 2008–2009* | MSB | Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks |
| John Morelli | 1943 | Col | Professional football player for the Boston Yanks |
| Alonzo Mourning | 1992 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Miami Heat |
| Aimee Mullins | 1998 | SFS | Track and field athlete and Chief of Mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic delegation; actress; fashion model and motivational speaker |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1991 | SLL | Professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets |
| Eamonn O'Reilly | 1966 | Col | Former American record-holder in the Boston Marathon |
| Victor Page | 1995–1997* | Col | NBA Development League basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| Angelo Paternoster | 1943 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins |
| George Perpich | 1942 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins |
| Don Reid | 1995 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic |
| Jim Ricca | 1951 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins |
| Vincent Sanford | | | Basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League |
| Ed Skoronski | 1931* | Col | Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| James Strauch | | | Olympic fencer, and national champion |
| Kyle Sweeney | 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 |
| Mike Sweetney | 2001–2003* | Col | Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls |
| Ingrid Wells | 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 |
| Jahidi White | 1998 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards |
| Jerome Williams | 1996 | Col | Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks |
| Reggie Williams | 1987 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers; 1983 Mr. Basketball USA |
| David Wingate | 1986 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers |
* Brandon Bowman, basketball player in the Israeli Liga Artzit

### Commissioners, owners, coaches, and managers

| Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability |
| Chris Antonetti | 1996 | MSB | President of Baseball Operations of the Cleveland Indians |
| Bill Bidwill | 1960 | MSB | Owner of the Arizona Cardinals |
| Walter Briggs Jr. | 1934 | Col | Owner of the Detroit Tigers |
| Craig Esherick | 1978, 1982 | MSB, Law | Head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team; scout for the 1988 U.S. men's basketball team |
| Martin Mayhew | 2000 | J.D., Law | American football player and executive |
| Frank McCourt | 1975 | Col | Owner and manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium; owner of the Los Angeles Marathon |
| Jamie McCourt | 1975 | SLL | CEO and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers; highest-ranked woman in Major League Baseball |
| Mark Murphy | 1988 | Law | President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers; former safety in the NFL Pro Bowl; two-time Super Bowl Champion with the Washington Redskins |
| Susan O'Malley | 2007 | Law | President of the Washington Wizards; first female president of an NBA franchise |
| Carmen Policy | 1966 | Law | President and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers; President and CEO of the Cleveland Browns |
| Jim Schwartz | 1989 | Col | Head coach of the Detroit Lions |
| Michael Slive | 1966 | LL.M. | Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference |
| Paul Tagliabue | 1962 | Col | Commissioner of the National Football League, 1989–2006; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University, 2009–2015; member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame |
| Jerry Vainisi | | MSB | General manager of the Chicago Bears; chairman and CEO of Forest Park National Bank & Trust Co. |
| Michael Vespoli | 1968 | Col | Head coach of the lightweight men of the 1979 U.S. National team; assistant coach of the heavyweight men of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team; rower for the champion 1972 U.S. Olympic team and 1974 World Rowing Championships team; founder and CEO of Vespoli USA |
| Tom Walter | 1991 | Col | Head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team |

## Fictional

| Name | Notability |
| Sterling Archer | Title character in animated series Archer |
| Prince Nasir Al-Subaai | Played by Alexander Siddig in Syriana |
| Zoey Bartlet | President's daughter played by Elisabeth Moss in The West Wing |
| Nick Howland | Popular boy and love interest of the protagonist, and Senior Class Vice President in Booksmart |
| Robert Clayton Dean | Main character played by Will Smith in Enemy of the State |
| Tracy Flick | Played by Reese Witherspoon in Election |
| Alicia Florrick | Lead character played by Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife |
| Will Gardner | Character played by Josh Charles in The Good Wife |
| Benjamin Franklin Gates | Played by Nicolas Cage in the National Treasure franchise |
| Spencer Hastings | Played by Troian Bellisario in Pretty Little Liars |
| J.J. and Honey Huan | Characters in Doonesbury |
| Jason Hudson | Character in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops |
| Brenda Leigh Johnson | Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief from the television series The Closer |
| Matthew Kidman | Main character played by Emile Hirsch in The Girl Next Door |
| Walter Larson and Haroon Raja | Main and recurring characters in The Brink |
| Main characters | St. Elmo's Fire |
| Chuck McGill | Played by Michael McKean in the television series Better Call Saul |
| Margaret "Maggie" O'Donnell | Played by Michelle Trachtenberg in 17 Again |
| David Palmer | President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert in 24 |
| Olivia Pope | Played by Kerry Washington in the television series Scandal |
| Melanie Porter | Played by Raven-Symoné in College Road Trip |
| Derek Reynolds | Played by Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance |
| Emily Rhodes | From Designated Survivor, played by Italia Ricci |
| Jack Ryan | (Grad 1980); deputy director of the Central Intelligence and President of the United States in Tom Clancy novels |
| Annie Walker | Main character in Covert Affairs |
| Lawrence Walker | Character in Insecure played by Jay Ellis |
| Declan Walsh | Protagonist in the 1979 novel The Vicar of Christ who served as Chief Justice of the United States and later Pope |
| Kyle Lee Watson | Character played by Duane Martin in Above the Rim, who played for the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team under Coach John Thompson Jr. |
| Charlie Young | President's personal aide played by Dulé Hill in The West Wing |