List of Lawrenceville School alumni

• George Akerlof (born 1940; class of 1958), Nobel laureate for Economics • Knowlton Ames (1868–1931; class of 1886), All-American football player at Princeton and head football coach at Purdue University • A. Piatt Andrew (1873–1936; class of 1889), assistant secretary of the treasury (1910–1912) and U.S. congressman from Massachusetts ==B==

• David Baird Jr. (1881–1955; class of 1899), U.S. senator from New Jersey • Dewey F. Bartlett (1919–1979; class of 1938), former governor of Oklahoma and member of the United States Senate • Dierks Bentley (born 1975; class of 1993), country music singer • Bill Berkson (1939–2016; class of 1957), poet • C. Ledyard Blair (1867–1949; class of 1886), founder of investment bank Blair & Co., delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey, governor of the New York Stock Exchange, owner of Blairsden and the C. Ledyard Blair House • Thomas Pickens Brady (1903–1973; class of 1923), jurist, segregationist, associate justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court • Suleiman Braimoh (born 1989), Nigerian-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League • George Houston Brown (1810–1865), represented in the United States House of Representatives, 1853–1855 • Frederick Buechner (1926–2022; class of 1943), novelist • Dennis Bushyhead (1826–1898; class of 1843), principal chief of the Cherokee Nation • Fox Butterfield (born 1939; class of 1957), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times ==C==

• Jay Carney (born 1965; class of 1983), 29th White House press secretary; former Time Washington bureau chief; former White House correspondent • Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925–1968), actor; son of Charlie Chaplin • Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), actor; son of Charlie Chaplin • Korawad Chearavanont (class of 2012), entrepreneur; grandson of Dhanin Chearavanont • John Cobb Cooper (1887–1967), jurist and airline executive • Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973; class of 1911), film director best known for King Kong (1933) ==D==

• Alan D'Andrea (class of 1974), cancer researcher and the Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School • Frederick B. Deknatel (1905–1973; class of 1924), art historian • William Adams Delano (1874–1960), architect • Christopher DeMuth (born 1946; class of 1964), president of the American Enterprise Institute • William T. Doyle (1926–2024), member of the Vermont Senate from the Washington Vermont Senate District, 1969–2017, the longest-serving state legislator in Vermont history • Barrows Dunham (1905–1995; class of 1922), author and former head of Philosophy Department at Temple University in Philadelphia ==E==

• Michael Eisner (born 1942; class of 1960), former CEO of The Walt Disney Company ==F==

• Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (born 1945; class of 1963), Saudi Arabia's ambassador to United States • Jane Ferguson (born 1984, class of 2004, journalist • Maurice Ferré (1935–2019; class of 1953), mayor of the city of Miami (1973–1985) • Major Sir Hamish Forbes (1916–2007; class of 1934), British Army officer who served in the Welsh Guards during World War II; POW decorated for numerous escape attempts • Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990; class of 1937), publisher of Forbes magazine • Clint Frank (1915–1992; class of 1934), winner of the 1937 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award; team captain and All-American football player at Yale University • Charles Fried (1935–2024; class of 1952), Harvard Law School professor and U.S. solicitor general • N. Howell Furman (1892–1965), professor of analytical chemistry who helped develop the electrochemical uranium separation process as part of the Manhattan Project ==G==

• George Gallup Jr. (1930–2011; class of 1948), pollster and author • Irving S. Gilmore (1900–1986), musician, retail businessman and philanthropist • Robert F. Goheen (1919–2008; class of 1936), 16th president of Princeton University and U.S. ambassador to India • Peter Gould (class of 1978), television writer and producer • Billy Granville (born 1974; class of 1992), former Cincinnati Bengals player • Samuel D. Gross (1805–1884; attended 1822–1825), academic trauma surgeon ==H==

• Richard Halliburton (1900–1939; class of 1917), author, adventurer • Karen Hao (class of 2011), award-winning journalist • Randolph Apperson Hearst (1915–2000; class of 1934), chairman of the Hearst Corporation and son of William Randolph Hearst • Lydia Hearst-Shaw (born 1984; class of 2002), model, daughter of Patricia Hearst • Walter E. Hussman Jr. (born 1947; class of 1964), newspaper publisher and chief executive officer of WEHCO Media, Inc. • Glenn Hutchins (born 1955; class of 1973), co-founder, Silver Lake Partners ==I==

• John N. Irwin II (1913–2000), U.S. diplomat and attorney ==J==

• Owen Johnson (1878–1952; class of 1895), author of Lawrenceville Stories • Rupert Johnson Jr. (born 1941; class of 1958), vice chairman of Franklin Resources ==K==

• Genny Kim Knowles (born 2000), Canadian and South Korean ice hockey player • Joe Kyrillos (born 1960), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, 1988–1992 and the New Jersey Senate, 1992–2018 ==L==

• Duke Lacroix (born 1993; class of 2011), professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League • Butler Lampson (born 1943; class of 1960), computer scientist; 1992 Turing Award winner • William M. Lanning (1849–1912; class of 1866), U.S. representative from New Jersey (1903–1904) • Huey Lewis (born 1950 as Hugh Cregg; class of 1967), musician • Emily Li (born 1999; class of 2018), musician known as Emei • Alexander S. Lilley (1867–1925; class of 1888), first head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team ==M==

• Leonard Mackall (1879–1937; class of 1896), historian • John Van Antwerp MacMurray (born 1881; class of 1898), diplomat • Ricardo Maduro (born 1946; class of 1963), former president of Honduras • Reginald Marsh (1898–1954), painter • Curtis McGraw (1895–1953), publisher and president of McGraw-Hill 1950–1953 • Donald C. McGraw (1897–1974; class of 1917), president of McGraw-Hill Companies • James M. McIntosh (1828–1862; attended 1837–1840), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army • Dennis Michie (1870–1898; class of 1888), first football head coach at Army, namesake of Michie Stadium • Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916–1962), U.S. representative from California • Chi Modu (1966–2021), photographer known for his photos of various pioneering hip-hop music entertainers • Paul Moravec (born 1957), 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Music-winning composer • Roland S. Morris (1874–1945), lawyer and diplomat; co-founded the law firm Duane Morris in 1904; U.S. ambassador to Japan 1917–1920 • Geoff Morrell (class of 1987), former press secretary of the Department of Defense • Paul Mott (born 1958), retired professional soccer player for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, sports consultant and former professional sports executive • Patrick Erin Murphy (born 1983; class of 2002), congressman (D-FL), representing Florida's 18th Congressional District ==N==

• Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001, class of 2020), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks • Grant Newsome (born 1997; class of 2015), college football offensive line coach for the Michigan Wolverines • Joakim Noah (born 1985; class of 2004), basketball player for the Chicago Bulls ==O==

• Jarvis Offutt (1894–1918; class of 1913), World War I aviator, namesake of Offutt Air Force Base • Charles Smith Olden (1799–1876; attended 1810–1814), 19th governor of New Jersey, 1860–1863 ==P==

• Arthur W. Page (1883–1960), public relations pioneer • Joel Parker (1816–1888; attended 1834–1837), 20th governor of New Jersey, 1863–66 and 1871–74 • Albert Pennoyer (1888–1957), artist and Monuments Man during World War II • Paul Pennoyer Sr. (1890–1971), lawyer and diplomat, veteran of both world wars • Horace Porter (1837–1921; class of 1854), Union Army brigadier general who was awarded the Medal of Honor ==Q==

• Jim Rash (born 1971; class of 1990), actor; winner of the 2012 Oscar for best adapted screenplay (The Descendants); Dean Pelton on NBC's Community • Andrew Horatio Reeder (attended 1822–1825), first governor of the Kansas Territory (1854–55) • William P. Ross (1820–1891; attended 1837–40), principal chief of the Cherokee Nation ==S==

• Bobby Sanguinetti (born 1988; class of 2006), professional ice hockey defenseman for HC Lugano in the National League; left school after his sophomore year after being selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft • Julian Larcombe Schley (class of 1898), governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1932–1936) • Gene Scott (1937–2006; class of 1956), tennis player and founder of Tennis Week magazine • Hugh L. Scott (1853–1934; class of 1869), chief of staff of the United States Army and superintendent of the United States Military Academy (West Point) • Cotter Smith (born 1949; class of 1968), actor • Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007; class of 1950), novelist • Bandar bin Sultan (born 1945), Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States 1983–2005 ==T==

• Brandon Tartikoff (1949–1997; class of 1966), NBC programming chief • Henry J. Taylor (1902–1984; class of 1920), journalist, author, and U.S. ambassador to Switzerland 1957–1961 • Buddy Temple (born 1942), lumber magnate and former politician from Lufkin, Texas • Taki Theodoracopulos (born 1936), international journalist • Randall Thompson (1899–1984), music composer and director of the Curtis Institute 1939–1941 • Samuel Huston Thompson (1875–1966), chair of the Federal Trade Commission 1919–1927 • Joseph Tsai (born 1964; class of 1982), vice chairman of Alibaba Group ==U==

• Frederic C. Walcott (1869–1949; class of 1886), U.S. senator from Connecticut (1929–1935) • Lowell Weicker (1931–2023; class of 1949), governor of Connecticut and U.S. senator • Alex Westlund (born 1975), retired professional ice hockey goaltender who has since been a coach • Meredith Whitney (born 1969; class of 1988), former research analyst at Oppenheimer • J. Harvie Wilkinson III (born 1944), United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit • Brian Willison (born 1977; class of 1995), businessman • Alfred Alexander Woodhull (class of 1852), brigadier general and Army surgeon • J. Butler Wright (1877–1939; class of 1895), diplomat; U.S. representative in Hungary, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia and Cuba ==X==