List of Yale University people

Yalies are persons affiliated with Yale University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Yalies.

For a list of notable alumni of Yale Law School, see List of Yale Law School alumni.

John G. Thompson (B.A. 1955), 2008^[44]

Information can be verified through the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges.^[189]

Information can be verified at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.^[191]

Alumni who have served as governors may also have served in other government capacities, such as president or senator. In such cases, the names are left un-linked, but are annotated with a "See also:" which links to the section on this page where a more detailed entry can be found.

The following have worked within the cabinet for their respective governments.

• Matthew Adler (B.A. 1984 and J.D. 1991), law professor
• Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Moses Cleaveland (B.A. 1777), founder of Cleveland, Ohio
• Manasseh Cutler (B.A. 1765), co-author of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, member of the Ohio Company of Associates (the first non-Native American settlement in Ohio), Federalist congressman from Massachusetts (1801–1805)
• John Hart Ely (J.D. 1963), legal scholar
• James Gadsden (B.A. 1806), namesake of the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased from Mexico the land that became parts of Arizona and New Mexico
• Quintin Johnstone (J.S.D. 1951), legal scholar
• Clarence King (Ph.D. 1862), founder of the U.S. Geological Survey
• James Wadsworth (1787), founder of Geneseo, New York, and leading pioneer and community leader of the Genesee Valley
• Amy Wax (B.S. 1975), Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Professors who are also Yale alumni are listed in italics.

Adriene Nazaretian Radcliffe, Founder of Women in Information Technology at Yale (WIT)

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	Rectors of Yale College	Birth–death	Years as rector
1	Rev. Abraham Pierson	1641–1707	1701–07 Collegiate School
2	Rev. Samuel Andrew	1656–1738	1707–19 (pro tempore)
3	Rev. Timothy Cutler	1684–1765	1719–26; 1718/9: renamed Yale College
4	Rev. Elisha Williams	1694–1755	1726–39
5	Rev. Thomas Clap	1703–1767	1740–45

	Presidents of Yale College	Birth–death	Years as president
5	Rev. Thomas Clap	1703–1767	1745–66
6	Rev. Naphtali Daggett	1727–1780	1766–77 (pro tempore)
7	Rev. Ezra Stiles	1727–1795	1778–95
8	Timothy Dwight IV	1752–181	1795–1817
9	Jeremiah Day	1773–1867	1817–46
10	Theodore Dwight Woolsey	1801–1899	1846–71
11	Noah Porter III	1811–1892	1871–86
12	Timothy Dwight V	1828–1916	1886–99; 1887: renamed Yale University
13	Arthur Twining Hadley	1856–1930	1899–1921
14	James Rowland Angell	1869–1949	1921–37
15	Charles Seymour	1885–1963	1937–51
16	Alfred Whitney Griswold	1906–1963	1951–63
17	Kingman Brewster Jr.	1919–1988	1963–77
18	Hanna Holborn Gray	1930–	1977–78 (acting)
19	A. Bartlett Giamatti	1938–1989	1978–86
20	Benno C. Schmidt Jr.	1942–	1986–92
21	Howard R. Lamar	1923–	1992–93 (acting)
22	Richard C. Levin	1947–	1993–2013
23	Peter Salovey	1958–	2013–

• Yale Corporation – including a list of corporation members