List of Harvard University people
Name Class year Notability
Roger Adams ( 1889-1971 ) College 1909 , PhD 1912 Pioneering organic chemist
Howard H. Aiken ( 1900-1973 ) M.A . 1937 ; PhD 1939 Computer scientist ; designer of the Harvard Mark I
James Gilbert Baker ( 1914-2005 ) PhD 1942 Astronomer , optician
John Bartlett ( 1784-1849 ) College 1805 Minister , founder of Massachusetts General Hospital
Manjul Bhargava ( born 1974 ) College 1996 Mathematician , Fields Medal winner
Craig Call Black PhD 1962 Paleontologist
Francine D. Blau ( born 1946 ) M.A . 1969 ; PhD 1975 Economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research , first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics
Hilary Blumberg College 1986 Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience
Dan Bricklin ( born 1951 ) Business 1979 Creator of VisiCalc
Fred Brooks ( born 1931 ) PhD 1956 Turing Award laureate
Thomas H. Clark ( 1893-1996 ) College 1917 ; A.M. 1921 ; PhD 1923 Geologist ; one of the top Canadian scientists of the 20th century ; namesake of Thomasclarkite
Stephen Cook S.M . 1962 ; PhD 1966 Computer scientist
Don Coppersmith S.M . 1975 ; PhD 1977 Computer scientist
Leda Cosmides ( born 1957 ) College 1979 ; PhD 1985 Evolutionary psychologist
Robert K. Crane PhD 1950 Biochemist
Harvey Cushing ( 1869-1939 ) Medical 1895 Neurosurgeon
Elliott Cutler ( 1888-1947 ) College 1909 , M.D . 1913 ; Professor Surgeon and medical educator
Samuel J. Danishefsky ( born 1936 ) PhD 1962 Chemist , winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995/96
Neil deGrasse Tyson ( born 1958 ) College 1980 Astrophysicist , Director of the Hayden Planetarium , television host
Fe Del Mundo ( 1909-2011 ) Medical 1938 National Scientist of the Philippines ; pediatrician ; recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award ; devised an incubator made out of bamboo , designed for use in rural communities without electrical power ; the first woman admitted as a student at Harvard Medical School
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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.