List of Stanford University people

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This is a list of encyclopedic persons (students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates) associated with Stanford University in the United States.

1 Notable Stanford alumni
2 Notable Stanford faculty and affiliates
3 Notable Stanford athletes

[edit] Notable Stanford alumni

[edit] Academics

[edit] Academia

Craig Barrett(M.S., Ph.D), Chair, National Academy of Engineering; Chairman, Intel Corp.
Jeremy M. Berg (M.S.) director, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Derek Bok (B.A. 1951), President Emeritus Harvard University
William R. Brody (Ph.D.), President of Johns Hopkins University
Jean-Lou Chameau (Ph.D.), President of California Institute of Technology
Vartan Gregorian (Ph.D. 1964), President Emeritus Brown University; President Carnegie Corporation
Su Guaning (Ph.D.), President of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Clark Kerr (M.A. 1933), President Emeritus of the University of California
Richard Levin (B.A. 1968), President Yale University
Shirley A. R. Lewis (Ph.D. 1979), (first female) President of Paine College
Thomas L. Magnanti (Ph.D.), Dean, School of Engineering, MIT
Rafael Reif (M.S., Ph.D.), provost, MIT
Peter Salovey, Dean Yale University
Weifang Min, (M.S., Ph.D.) Former Provost, General Secretary Peking University

[edit] Computer Science

Vinton Cerf, "Father of the Internet"

Andy Bechtolsheim (Ph.D. dropout), designer of the first Unix workstation
Dave Boggs (Ph.D.), co-inventor of Ethernet
Rodney Brooks (Ph.D. 1981), Director of MIT computer science and artificial intelligence lab
Vint Cerf (B.S. 1965), Internet pioneer, Turing award winning computer scientist
John Cioffi (M.S., Ph.D.), father of DSL (broad band internet connection)
David Eppstein (B.S. 1984), computer scientist
Richard P. Gabriel (Ph.D.), computer scientist
Ted Hoff (Ph.D. 1962), inventor of microprocessor
John Hopcroft (Ph.D 1964), Turing award winning computer scientist
Alan Kay (Postdoc), Turing award winning computer scientist
Cleve Moler (Ph.D.) and John N. Little (M.E. 1980), creators of MATLAB
Hans Moravec (Ph.D. 1980), designer of Stanford CART, the first computer-controlled robot car
Alan Newell (B.S.), pioneer of artificial intelligence, Turing award winning computer scientist
Amir Pnueli (Postdoc), Turing award winning computer scientist
Raj Reddy (Ph.D. 1966), Turing award winning computer scientist, founder of robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Ronald Rivest (Ph.D. 1974), cryptographer, Turing award winning computer scientist
Edward Shortliffe (Ph.D.), inventor of the rule-based pharmacological expert system: Mycin
Daniel Sleator (Ph.D.), computer scientist
Alfred Spector (Ph.D.), computer scientist
Robert Tarjan (Ph.D. 1972), Turing award winning computer scientist

[edit] Humanities

Leda Cosmides (postdoctoral researcher) pioneer of evolutionary psychology
Victor Davis Hanson (Ph.D. 1980), classicist, historian, National Review contributor
John Harsanyi (Ph.D. 1958), Nobel prize winner in economics (1994)
Michael North, (B.A. 1973), author and UCLA Professor

[edit] Other Science

John Chowning (Ph.D), father of digital music synthesizer, inventor of frequency modulation (FM) algorithm
Eric Allin Cornell (B.S. 1985), Nobel prize winner in physics
Bradley Efron (Ph.D. 1960), a leading statistician, inventor of bootstrap
Jerome Friedman (postdoc), Nobel prize winner in physics (1990)
Ulysses S. Grant IV (Ph.D. 1929), geologist and paleontologist; grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant
Robert H. Grubbs, (Postdoc) winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Theodor W. Hänsch, Postdoc and long time faculty member, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics
Dudley R. Herschbach (M.S. 1955), Nobel prize winner in chemistry (1986)
Henry Kendall (postdoc), Nobel prize winner in physics (1990)
Paul W Klipsch (M.S. 1934), high-fidelity audio pioneer
Roger D. Kornberg, (Ph.D. 1972), winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Bradford Parkinson (Ph.D. 1966), inventor of global positioning system (GPS)
Calvin Quate (Ph.D. 1950), inventor of the atomic force microscope
Victor Scheinman (Ph.D.), inventor of programmable robot arm
K. Barry Sharpless (Ph.D. 1965), Nobel prize winner in chemistry (2001)
Richard E. Taylor (Ph.D. 1962), Nobel prize winner in physics (1990)
Frederick Terman (M.S. 1922), father of Silicon Valley, former professor in electrical engineering, National Medal of Science winner
Russell Varian and Sigurd Varian co-inventor of klystron, the basis of radar
Oswald Villard Jr. (Ph.d., EE and long time faculty), father of 'Over the horizon' radar
Brian Wansink (Ph.D. 1990) author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Carl Wieman (Ph.D. 1977), Nobel prize winner in physics (2001)
Shing-Tung Yau, former faculty member, Fields Medal recipient

[edit] Arts and Literature

[edit] Artists

Robbie Conal (MFA), artist
Dana Gioia (1973, MBA 1977), VP at General Foods, poet, NEA chairman
Robert Motherwell, painter
Chris Onstad, author and illustrator of popular webcomic Achewood

[edit] Film/Television

Richard Boone, actor
David Brown, movie producer
Phil Brown, actor
Jennifer Connelly, actress (dropped out)
Roger Corman, producer and director
Ted Danson, actor (transferred to Carnegie Mellon University)
Nicholas Gonzalez, actor
Al Harrington (BA History 1958), actor, Hawaii 5-0
Edith Head, costume designer
Skylor Haagensen, movie producer, DreamScape Motion Pictures
Ollie Johnston, pioneering Disney animator
Heather Langenkamp, actress
Alex Michel, American businessman, producer, and television personality, best known for the role in The Bachelor
Jack Palance, actor
Alexander Payne, film director
Kameelah Phillips, Cast member on MTV's The Real World's sixth season.
Danny Pintauro, actor
Megyn Price, actress
Jay Roach, film director
Fred Savage, actor
Ben Savage, actor
Sigourney Weaver, actress
Adam West, actor (dropped out)
Reese Witherspoon, actress (dropped out)
Alice Wu, writer and director of Saving Face
Richard Zanuck, movie producer

[edit] Journalism

Ryan Blitstein, journalist
Elizabeth Farnsworth (MA), broadcast journalist
Donna Hanover, radio and television news anchor and personality
Aljean Harmetz, journalist and film historian
Daryn Kagan, CNN ex-anchor
Amy Kellogg (MA), news reporter for the Fox News Channel
Ted Koppel (MA), journalist
Daniel Pearl, journalist

[edit] Music

Allette Brooks, musician
Joseph King (B.A.), musician
Daniel Armand Lee (aka Tablo), Korean rapper in the group Epik High
Vienna Teng, musician
Sandor Salgo, Carmel Bach Festival leader for 30 years

[edit] Writers

Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate

Stewart Brand, editor
Jorge Cham (Ph.D. 2003), author of the webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper
Michael Cunningham, author
Allegra Goodman (Ph.D. English literature}, novelist
Robin Lee Graham Author, sailed the world alone as a teenager
Sam Harris, author
Robert Hass (M.A., Ph.D.), U.S. Poet Laureate
George V. Higgins (M.A.), attorney and author
bell hooks (B.A. 1973), highly acclaimed writer on race, class, and gender.
David Henry Hwang (1979), playwright
Ken Kesey (M.A.), author
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, socio-cultural critic and author
Michael Murphy, author and Dick Price co-founders of Esalen Institute
Scott O'Dell, author
Robert Pinsky (Ph.D.), U.S. Poet Laureate
Edward Rutherfurd, novelist
Vikram Seth, poet and author (dropped out of Ph.D program)
John Steinbeck (drop out), Nobel prize winner in literature
Joel Stein, humorist and columnist for the Los Angeles Times
Scott Turow (M.A.), author
Albert Wilson (M.S.), author, botanist, talk show personality
Tobias Wolff (M.A.) and professor (1997-present), author
Richard Zimler (M.A. 1982), author

[edit] Astronauts

Eileen Collins, first female commander of a space shuttle

[edit] Entrepreneurs and business leaders

Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder

Kurt Akeley, (MS), co-founder of Silicon Graphics
Jim Allchin, (MS) co-President of Microsoft
Mukesh Ambani, (MBA candidate, dropped out) Reliance Industries Limited Chairman
John Arrillaga, (B.A., MBA) - Silicon Valley real estate developer
Steven A. Ballmer, (MBA candidate, dropped out in 1979) CEO, Microsoft
Diosdado Banatao, (MS), venture capitalist; S3 Graphics, Chips and Technologies, Mostron co-founder.
Craig Barrett, B.S., Ph.D. (1964) - current Chairman of Intel, former CEO of Intel (1998-2005). Former Stanford Professor of Materials Science (1964-1974).
Jeffrey Bewkes (MBA 1977), Time Warner President and COO
Len Bosack, (MS 1981), co-founder of Cisco Systems with his girlfriend (later wife), Sandy Lerner
Sue Bostrom, (MBA) - Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer of Cisco Systems
Richard Boyle, (BS), LoopNet President and CEO
Sergey Brin, (MS), Google co-founder
Orkut Büyükkökten , Founder of social networking service called Orkut
Bud Colligan, (MBA 1983), Macromedia co-founder
Ray Dolby, audio engineer, founder of Dolby Labs
Richard Fairbank, (BA, MBA), co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Capital One
David Filo, (MS), Yahoo! co-founder
Carly Fiorina, (1976), CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 - 2005.
Doris Fisher, Gap Inc. co-founder (with husband Donald Fisher)
Paul Flaherty, (M.S., Ph.D.) co-inventor of the AltaVista search engine
Victor Grinich, (Ph.D. 1953) one of the "Traitorous Eight" that founded Fairchild Semiconductor
Andrew Grove, (Lecturer) - founder and former CEO and Chairman of Intel
Stephen Haddock, (MBA) - co-founder and CTO of Extreme Networks
Samer Hamadeh, Vault.com co-founder
Reed Hastings (M.S. 1988), Netflix founder
Trip Hawkins, (MBA) - founder of Electronic Arts and 3DO
Christopher Hedrick, (BA 1984) - President and CEO of Intrepid Learning Solutions
William Hewlett (1934), Hewlett-Packard co-founder
Mamoru Imura, CEO of Vita Craft Corporation and Vita Craft Japan, inventor of RFIQin.
Jawed Karim (current Master's student), YouTube co-founder
Guy Kawasaki - CEO of the venture capital firm Garage Technology Ventures
Howard Kerzner - (MBA 1991) - former CEO of Kerzner International
Vinod Khosla, (MBA), Sun Microsystems co-founder, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers partner
Phil Knight, (MBA 1961), founder and former CEO, Nike
Omid Kordestani, (MBA), Senior Vice President Google
Mareza Larizadeh, (MBA 2006), Doostang.com co-founder
Sandy Lerner, (MS Stat & CS 1981), co-founder of Cisco Systems with her boyfriend (later husband), Len Bosack
Richard Li, (College dropout) - founder of STAR TV (Asia) and Chairman of the largest Hongkong telecommunication carrier PCCW
Victor Li, (BS, MS 1985) - Hong Kong businessman
Hurst Lin, (MS) COO of Sina.com
Mao Daolin, (MS in EESOR) former CEO of Sina.com
Henry McKinnell, (MBA, Ph.D.) - Chairman and former CEO of Pfizer
Robert Mondavi, (BA 1937) Vintner
John Morgridge, (MBA 1957), Cisco Systems Chairman
Mark Oldman, Vault.com co-founder
David Packard, (1934), Hewlett-Packard co-founder
Larry Page, (M.S.), Google co-founder
George Perlegos, (M.S.), Atmel founder
Azim Premji CEO of Wipro Technologies
T.J. Rodgers, (Ph.D.) - founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor
James Sachs, (M.A. 1979), IDEO co-founder
Charles R. Schwab, (1959, MBA 1961), founder, chairman, and CEO of Charles Schwab Corporation
Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, Clarium Capital founder
Alan Tripp, (B.A. 1985, MBA 1989) founder of SCORE! Educational Centers and InsideTrack
Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder
Min Zhu, founder and former CTO of WebEx

[edit] Miscellaneous

Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States

Chelsea Clinton (B.A. 2001), First Daughter
Richard W. Fisher, (M.B.A 1975), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President
Harry Harlow, psychologist
Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady
Janie Hsieh, Miss Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) in Miss Universe 2004
Neil Papiano, Esq., attorney for, among others, Elizabeth Taylor, President Reagan and Walter Matthau
H.R.H Prince Philippe (MA 1985), Duke of Brabant, Crown Prince of Belgium
Katharine Jefferts Schori (1974), first female to head a national church of the Anglican Communion
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy (1944)
Theodore Streleski, Murderer of a Stanford professor in 1978
H.R.H. Princess Dechen Wangchuck, H.R.H. Princess Kezan Wangchuck, H.R.H. Princess Sonam Wangchuck, daughters of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan

[edit] Politics

[edit] U.S. Congress

Max Baucus (LL.B. 1967), U.S. Senator
Xavier Becerra (J.D. 1984), U.S. Congressman
Judy Biggert (1959), U.S. Congresswoman
Jeff Bingaman (LL.B. 1968), U.S. Senator
Frank Church (LL.B. 1950), U.S. Senator
Kent Conrad (1970), U.S. Senator
Dianne Feinstein (1955), U.S. Senator
Mark Hatfield (M.A. 1948), U.S. Senator
Henry "Scoop" Jackson, U.S. Senator
Dan Lipinski, (M.S. 1989) U.S. Congressman
Zoe Lofgren (1970), U.S. Congresswoman
Bob Mathias (1952?), U.S. Congressman, two-time Olympic gold-medalist
Adam Schiff (1982), U.S. Congressman
Jim Sensenbrenner (1965), U.S. Congressman
Thomas M. Storke (1898), U.S. Senator
Ron Wyden (B.A. 1971), U.S. Senator
David Wu (B.S. 1977), U.S. Congressman

[edit] Notable Stanford faculty and affiliates

[edit] Biology/Biochemistry

George W. Beadle, Professor of Biology, co-winner of 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - at Caltech at time of award.
Paul Berg, Emeritus (Active) Professor of Biochemistry, co-winner of 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, pioneer in recombinant DNA technology.
Patrick O. Brown, Professor of Biochemistry, inventor of DNA microarray technology.
Eugene C. Butcher, Professor of Pathology, 2004 Crafoord Prize winner.
Stanley Norman Cohen, professor of genetics and medicine, who accomplished the first transplantation of genes between cells. National Medal of Science winner.
William C. Dement, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, pioneer in sleep research.
Paul Ralph Ehrlich, professor of biological science, 1990 Crafoord Prize winner.
Andrew Z. Fire, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Thomas J. Fogarty, Clinical Professor of Surgery, member of National Inventors Hall of Fame, owner of more than 100 surgical patents, including the Fogarty balloon catheter.
Leonard Herzenberg, Emeritus (Active) Professor of Genetics, winner of Kyoto Prize for development of fluorescent-activated cell sorting.
Arthur Kornberg, winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - professor of biochemistry.
Roger D. Kornberg, winner of 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - biochemist and structural biologist.
Joshua Lederberg, founder of the Stanford department of genetics, co-recipient of 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Norman Shumway, professor in Stanford medical school, father of the heart transplantation technique.
Edward L. Tatum, co-winner of 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research at time of award.
Charles Yanovsky, professor emeritus, National Medal of Science winner.

[edit] Chemistry

John Brauman, Professor in chemistry, National Medal of Science winner.
Carl Djerassi, Professor emeritus in chemistry, National Medal of Science winner and Wolf Prize.
Paul Flory, former professor of Chemistry, winner of 1974 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
William Johnson, former professor in chemistry, National Medal of Science winner.
Chaitan Koshla, Professor in chemistry, winner of Alan T. Waterman Award.
Harden McCornell, Professor emeritus in chemistry, National Medal of Science winner.
Linus Pauling, former professor in chemistry, Nobel prize winner in Chemistry and in Peace.
John Ross, Professor emeritus in chemistry, National Medal of Science winner.
Henry Taube, former professor in Chemistry, winner of 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Robert Waymouth, Professor in chemistry, winner of Alan T. Waterman Award.
Richard Zare, Professor in chemistry, winner of National Medal of Science and Wolf Prize.
Vijay S. Pande, Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department, founder of Folding@home distributed computing project

[edit] Computer science

Douglas Engelbart, Turing award-winning computer scientist, inventor of the mouse, former researcher.
Edward Feigenbaum, Turing award-winning computer scientist, father of expert system
Robert Floyd, former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
John L. Hennessy, pioneer in RISC, President of Stanford
Antony Hoare, former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
Donald Knuth, creator of TeX and computer science pioneer and professor emeritus, Turing award winner, author of The Art of Computer Programming
John McCarthy, responsible for the coining of the term Artificial Intelligence, and inventor of the Lisp programming language, Turing award winner
Robert Metcalfe, former faculty, co-inventor of Ethernet
Robin Milner former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
Dana Scott former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
Sebastian Thrun director of Stanford AI LAB, team leader of Stanford driverless car racing team, whose entry STANLEY won 2005 DARPA grand challenge.
Niklaus Wirth former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist, inventor of PASCAL
Andrew Yao, former faculty, Turing award winning computer scientist
William Yeager, inventor of multi-protocal internet router

[edit] Economics

Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor
Douglass North, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor, Hoover Institution
Gary Becker, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor, Hoover Institution
Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor, Hoover Institution
Avner Greif, economist
William Sharpe, Professor Emeritus, School of Business, Nobel prize winner
Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize-winning economics professor
Michael Spencer, Professor Emeritus, School of Business, Nobel prize winner in economics
Joseph Stiglitz, Professor Emeritus, School of Business, Nobel prize winner in economics
John B. Taylor, economist, developed the Taylor rule
Francisco Gil Díaz, economist, former Secretary of Finance of Mexico

[edit] Engineering

William Hansen, former professor, inventor of klystron.^{[citation needed]}
Ronald A. Howard, professor, Father of Decision analysis, Founding Director and former Chairman of Strategic Decision Group
Rudolf Kompfner, former professor, National Medal of Science winner
William Perry (M.A. 1950), engineer, entrepreneur, diplomat, and 19th Secretary of Defense of the United States
Calvin Quate, professor, National Medal of Science winner
Stephen Timoshenko, pioneer of modern engineering mechanics

[edit] History

Don E. Fehrenbacher, Pulitzer Prize winner author (1979, The Dred Scott Case: Its Signficance in American Law & Politics). Was William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies from 1953.
David M. Kennedy (historian), professor of history and Pulitzer Prize-winning author

[edit] Law

Lawrence Lessig, IP and constitutional law professor
Sam Winchester , law school drop-out

[edit] Literature and arts

Eavan Boland, Irish poet, professor
Scott Bukatman, Film and Media professor
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, literary theorist
Juan Bautista Rael, linguist and folklorist.
Jack Rakove, Professor in history, 1997 Pulitzer Prize winner
James Risser, 1976 and 1979 Pulitzer prize winner

[edit] Mathematics

Paul Cohen, professor in mathematics, Fields Medal recipient
Solomon Feferman, professor in mathematics and philosophy, Schock Prize recipient
Samuel Karlin, professor in mathematics, National Medal of Science winner
Joseph Keller, professor in mathematics, National Medal of Science winner
George Dantzig, former professor in operations research, inventor of the simplex algorithm, father of linear programming, National Medal of Science (1975) winner.
Shing-Tung Yau, former professor in mathematics, Fields Medal recipient

[edit] Political science

Coit D. Blacker, political science professor, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council; Executive Office of the President
Morris P. Fiorina, political scientist and author
Alexander Kerensky, Russian revolutionary leader, Hoover Institute fellow

[edit] Philosophy

Lala Hardayal (lecturer), Indian freedom fighter
Patrick Suppes, National Medal of Science recipient, professor

[edit] Physics

Felix Bloch, 1952 Nobel Laureate, physics professor
Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor. Professor at Stanford from 1987 to 2004.
Willis Eugene Lamb, former professor, 1955 Nobel prize winner in physics
Robert Laughlin, 1998 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, Professor at Stanford from 1989 to 2004.
Douglas Osheroff, 1996 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
Martin L. Perl, 1995 Nobel Prize winning physics professor
Burton Richter, 1976 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
Robert Hofstadter, 1961 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
Arthur Schawlow, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, co-inventor of laser
Leonard Susskind, physics professor, originator of string theory
Richard Taylor, 1990 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
Melvin Schwartz, 1988 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor
William Shockley, 1956 Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, co-inventor of transistor

[edit] Other

Albert Bandura, psychology professor since 1964, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology since 1973.
William Damon, noted author of books on human development and moral commitment.
Linda Darling-Hammond, leading educational theorist
Payton Jordan, track coach from 1957 to 1979, also head coach of the 1968 US Olympic track team
Kate Lorig, chronic disease self management, patient education, director of the Stanford Patient Education Center
Sam McDonald, teamster, deputy marshall, superintendent of athletic buildings and grounds, naturalist and more, greatly admired and beloved at a time when it was hard for a black man to achieve any of those things. See also Sam McDonald county park, La Honda.
Scotty McLennan, Dean for Religious Life, Minister of Stanford Memorial Church, and inspiration for the Reverend Scott Sloan character in the comic strip Doonesbury
Roger Shepard, professor in psychology, National Medal of Science winner
Lewis Terman, former professor, pioneer in I.Q. testing

[edit] Notable Stanford athletes

[edit] Baseball

Bob Boone, former Major League Baseball catcher
Sam Fuld, Baseball, CHN system
Jody Gerut, MLB outfielder
Shawn Green, MLB outfielder (attended)
Rick Helling, MLB pitcher
Brian Johnson, retired MLB catcher
Jim Lonborg, MLB pitcher
Jack McDowell, MLB pitcher
Mike Mussina, MLB pitcher
Ed Sprague, MLB infielder
Justin Wayne, MLB pitcher

[edit] Basketball

Jennifer Azzi, ABL and WNBA
Curtis Borchardt and his wife Susan King Borchardt
Greg Butler
Josh Childress
Jarron Collins
Jason Collins
Kristin Folkl
Sonja Henning, ABL and WNBA
Casey Jacobsen
Teyo Johnson, basketball and football
Adam Keefe
Brevin Knight
Todd Lichti
Hank Luisetti
Mark Madsen
Carolyn Moos
Vanessa Nygaard
Kate Paye
Nicole Powell, WNBA
Olympia Scott, WNBA
Kate Starbird
Val Whiting (1993), WNBA
Lindsey Yamasaki (2002), volleyball and basketball, WNBA
George Yardley, Basketball Hall of Fame member

[edit] Football

Frankie Albert (1942?), National Football League quarterback
Brad Badger (1997?), NFL offensive tackle
David Bergeron (2005?), NFL linebacker
Colin Branch (2003?), NFL safety
John Brodie (1956), NFL quarterback
John Elway (B.A. 1982), Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
Darrien Gordon (1993?), NFL defensive back
Kwame Harris (2003?), NFL offensive tackle
Tony Hill (American football) (1977?), 3 time pro bowl NFL wide receiver
James Lofton (1978?), NFL wide receiver, 1978 NCAA long jump champion
John Lynch (1993?), NFL safety
Ed McCaffrey (1991?), NFL wide receiver
Darrin Nelson (1982), NFL running back
Ernie Nevers (1925?), NFL fullback
Jim Plunkett (1970), NFL quarterback, 1970 Heisman Trophy winner
Bob Whitfield (1992?), NFL offensive tackle
Tank Williams, NFL defensive back
Kailee Wong (1998?), NFL outside linebacker

[edit] Golf

Tiger Woods spent two years at Stanford

[edit] Gymnastics

Amy Chow, member of 1996 Magnificent Seven U.S. Olympics team
Kerri Strug, member of Magnificent Seven
Heather Purnell, member of 2004 Canadian Olympic Team

[edit] Rowing

Jamie Schroeder, rowing, US National Team
Samantha Magee, rowing, olympic silver medalist

[edit] Soccer

Julie Foudy, former US women's soccer player
Roger Levesque
Chad Marshall, Major League Soccer
Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand international soccer player; formerly with D.C. United in MLS, now with Blackburn Rovers in English Premiership
James Twellman, Major League Soccer

[edit] Swimming

Randall Bal
Janet Evans
Misty Hyman
Tara Kirk
Peter Marshall
Pablo Morales
Heather Olson (BA 1999), Synchronized Swimming, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics (as Heather Pease), Stanford synchronized swimming coach
Markus Rogan
Gabrielle Rose
Summer Sanders
Jenny Thompson
Jeff Rouse
Catherine Mai Lan Fox, double gold medal winner in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Track and field

Mike Boit (M.S. 78), Bronze medal 1972 Munich Olympics in 800m track
Ryan Hall, cross country, track & field
Regina Jacobs, cross country, track & field
Toby Stevenson, pole vault

[edit] Volleyball

Ogonna Nnamani (B.A.S. 2005), 2004 Olympian, winner of 2005 Honda-Broderick Cup
Logan Tom (2003), professional beach volleyball, 2000 Olympian
Kerri Walsh (1999), 2004 Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Other sports

Eric Heiden, speed skating, cycling
Luiz Alberto Nunes Junior (MBA), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion (MBA)
Debi Thomas, figure skating
Whitney Ping, table tennis, 2004 Olympic team member , 2002 U.S. National Championships U-22 women’s champion

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Contents

[edit] Notable Stanford alumni

[edit] Academics

[edit] Academia

[edit] Computer Science

[edit] Humanities

[edit] Other Science

[edit] Arts and Literature

[edit] Artists

[edit] Film/Television

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Music

[edit] Writers

[edit] Astronauts

[edit] Entrepreneurs and business leaders

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Politics

[edit] U.S. Congress

[edit] U.S. President

[edit] Foreign politicians

[edit] Other

[edit] U.S. Supreme Court Justices

[edit] Notable Stanford faculty and affiliates

[edit] Biology/Biochemistry

[edit] Chemistry

[edit] Computer science

[edit] Economics

[edit] Engineering

[edit] History

[edit] Law

[edit] Literature and arts

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Political science

[edit] Philosophy

[edit] Physics

[edit] Other

[edit] Notable Stanford athletes

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Football

[edit] Golf

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Track and field

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Other sports

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