List of Harvard University people
Name Class year Notability
John Abizaid ( born 1951 ) A.M. 1981 U.S. Army general , Commander of United States Central Command ( CENTCOM )
Douglas Campbell ( 1896-1990 ) A.B . 1917 Soldier , World War I ace
Erle Cocke Jr. ( 1921-2000 ) M.B.A. 1947 U.S. Army officer in World War II , Silver Star Medal recipient , National Commander of the American Legion ( 1950-51 )
George Downing ( c. 1624-1684 ) College 1642 English soldier , diplomat
Peter Fanta M.P.A U.S. Navy admiral
Manning Force ( 1824-1899 ) College 1845 ; Law 1848 Union Army general , Medal of Honor recipient , judge , author
Pierpont M. Hamilton ( 1898-1982 ) College 1920 ; A.M. 1946 U.S. Army Air Forces general in World War II , Medal of Honor recipient
Walter Newell Hill ( 1881-1955 ) College 1904 U.S. Marine Corps general , Medal of Honor recipient
Henry S. Huidekoper ( 1839-1918 ) College 1862 ; A.M. 1872 Union Army officer , Medal of Honor recipient
Claud Ashton Jones ( 1885-1948 ) M.S . 1915 U.S. Navy admiral , Medal of Honor recipient
Henry Ware Lawton ( 1843-1899 ) Law 1866 U.S. Army general , Medal of Honor recipient , killed in the Philippine-American War
John N. Lotz Business 1971 Air National Guard general
George G. McMurtry ( 1876-1958 ) College 1899 U.S. Army officer in World War I with the Lost Battalion , Medal of Honor recipient
Hal Moore ( born 1922 ) U.S. Army general , author of We Were Soldiers Once… And Young
Robert C. Murray ( 1946-1970 ) Business 1970 U.S. Army soldier killed in the Vietnam War , Medal of Honor recipient
Yonatan Yoni Netanyahu ( 1946-1970 ) attended 1967-68 Commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal ; killed in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda ; awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service for his conduct in the Yom Kippur War
Norris W. Overton ( born 1926 ) Business 1972 U.S. Air Force general
Charles E. Phelps ( 1833-1908 ) Law 1853 Union Army general , Medal of Honor recipient , U.S. Representative from Maryland , lawyer , judge
Horace Porter ( 1837-1921 ) Lawrence Scientific School 1857 Union Army general , Medal of Honor recipient , businessman , ambassador to France
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( 1887-1944 ) College 1909 Son of President Theodore Roosevelt , U.S. Army general , Medal of Honor recipient , businessman , Governor of Puerto Rico , Governor-General of the Philippines
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The list of Harvard University people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with Harvard University. For a list of notable non-graduates of Harvard, see notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard. For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University. Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Bush graduated from Harvard Business School, Hayes and Obama from Harvard Law School, and the others from Harvard College. Over 150 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University as alumni, researchers or faculty.