Founded 1764 as Rhode Island College, renamed 1804 to Brown.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter F. Allgeier |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to the WTO |
| Eva Amurri |
Actor |
15-Mar-1985 |
|
Actress/daughter of Susan Sarandon |
| Bess Armstrong |
Actor |
11-Dec-1953 |
|
Dr. Klompus in Pecker |
| Kate Ascher |
Author |
c. 1958 |
|
The Works: Anatomy of a City |
| Raymond J. Barry |
Actor |
14-Mar-1939 |
|
Arlo Givens on Justified |
| Randall Batinkoff |
Actor |
16-Oct-1968 |
|
For Keeps |
| Frederic K. Becker |
Attorney |
1935 |
|
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer |
| Bruce Bennett |
Attorney |
3-Oct-1958 |
|
Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman |
| Chris Berman |
Sports Journalist |
10-May-1955 |
|
Sportscaster on ESPN |
| Theodore R. Boehm |
Judge |
12-Sep-1938 |
|
Justice, Indiana Supreme Court |
| Julie Bowen |
Actor |
3-Mar-1970 |
|
Modern Family |
| Roger Bowen |
Actor |
25-May-1932 |
16-Feb-1996 |
Hamilton Majors, Jr. on Arnie |
| John Seely Brown |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000 |
| Kate Burton |
Actor |
10-Sep-1957 |
|
Actress/daughter of Richard Burton |
| Willard C. Butcher |
Business |
25-Oct-1926 |
25-Aug-2012 |
CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1980-91 |
| Jessica Capshaw |
Actor |
9-Aug-1976 |
|
Dr. Robbins on Grey's Anatomy |
| Lisa M. Caputo |
Business |
1964 |
|
EVP at The Travelers |
| Don Carcieri |
Politician |
16-Dec-1942 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 2003-11 |
| Wendy Carlos |
Electronic Musician |
14-Nov-1939 |
|
Switched On Bach |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter |
Country Musician |
21-Feb-1958 |
|
Never Had It So Good |
| Amy Carter |
Relative |
19-Oct-1967 |
|
Daughter of President Jimmy Carter |
| John B. Caswell |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Omnia Group |
| Andrew R. L. Cayton |
Historian |
9-May-1954 |
|
Ohio: The History of a People |
| Lincoln Chafee |
Politician |
26-Mar-1953 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 2011-15 |
| John S. Chen |
Business |
1-Jul-1955 |
|
CEO of Sybase |
| Nick Chinlund |
Actor |
18-Nov-1961 |
|
A Brother's Kiss |
| David N. Cicilline |
Politician |
15-Jul-1961 |
|
Congressman, Rhode Island 1st |
| John Bates Clark |
Economist |
26-Jan-1847 |
21-Mar-1938 |
Philosophy of Wealth |
| Deborah A. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
SmartForest Ventures |
| Joseph J. Collins |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Time Warner Cable, 1989-2003 |
| Chuck Colson |
Government |
16-Oct-1931 |
21-Apr-2012 |
Minister, former Watergate figure |
| David Conrad |
Actor |
17-Aug-1967 |
|
Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer |
| David Corn |
Columnist |
Feb-1959 |
|
Washington editor of The Nation |
| Robert A. Corrigan |
Educator |
21-Apr-1935 |
|
President, San Francisco State University |
| Glenn M. Creamer |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Providence Equity Partners |
| Edwidge Danticat |
Author |
19-Jan-1969 |
|
The Dew Breaker |
| Nathaniel Davis |
Diplomat |
12-Apr-1925 |
16-May-2011 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73 |
| Daniel R. DiMicco |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Nucor |
| Robert E. Dineen, Jr. |
Attorney |
1940 |
|
Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling |
| Larry Elder |
Radio Personality |
27-Apr-1952 |
|
Republitarian radio talk show host |
| Aunjanue Ellis |
Actor |
21-Feb-1969 |
|
Madeleine Hightower on The Mentalist |
| Jeffrey Eugenides |
Author |
8-Mar-1960 |
|
The Virgin Suicides |
| George M. C. Fisher |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000 |
| Alan H. Fishman |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Meridian Capital Group |
| Richard Fleischer |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1916 |
24-Mar-2006 |
Soylent Green |
| Stephen R. Fox |
Author |
28-Feb-1945 |
|
Blood and Power |
| Ze Frank |
Blogger |
31-Mar-1972 |
|
The Show with Ze Frank |
| Kathryn S. Fuller |
Administrator |
c. 1946 |
|
World Wildlife Fund CEO, 1989-2005 |
| Ira Glass |
Radio Personality |
3-Mar-1959 |
|
This American Life |
| Richard Karl Goeltz |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CFO of American Express, 1996-2000 |
| Lewis L. Gould |
Historian |
21-Aug-1939 |
|
The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt |
| Theodore F. Green |
Politician |
2-Oct-1867 |
19-May-1966 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| Jeffrey W. Greenberg |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of Marsh & McLennan, 1999-2004 |
| David Groh |
Actor |
21-May-1939 |
12-Feb-2008 |
Joe Gerard on Rhoda |
| Davis Guggenheim |
Film Director |
1964 |
|
An Inconvenient Truth |
| David W. Haas |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Chairman, The William Penn Foundation |
| Josh Hamilton |
Actor |
9-Jun-1969 |
|
Alive |
| Hill Harper |
Actor |
17-May-1966 |
|
CSI: New York |
| Maggie Hassan |
Politician |
27-Feb-1958 |
|
Governor of New Hampshire |
| Jerry A. Hausman |
Economist |
5-May-1946 |
|
Hausman Specification Test |
| John Hay |
Government |
8-Oct-1838 |
1-Jul-1905 |
US Secretary of State, 1898-1905 |
| Todd Haynes |
Film Director |
2-Jan-1961 |
|
Far From Heaven |
| Deborah S. Hechinger |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
BoardSource |
| David Hedison |
Actor |
20-May-1927 |
|
Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films |
| John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
| Andy Hertzfeld |
Computer Programmer |
6-Apr-1953 |
|
Macintosh designer |
| Marin Hinkle |
Actor |
23-Mar-1966 |
|
Judy Brooks on Once and Again |
| Richard C. Holbrooke |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1941 |
13-Dec-2010 |
US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| Alexander Lyman Holley |
Business |
20-Jul-1832 |
29-Jan-1882 |
Designed steel foundries |
| Raymond Hood |
Architect |
29-Mar-1881 |
14-Aug-1934 |
Chicago Tribune Tower |
| Tony Horwitz |
Journalist |
1959 |
|
Confederates in the Attic |
| Samuel Gridley Howe |
Educator |
10-Nov-1801 |
9-Jan-1876 |
Founder of Perkins Institution |
| Franklin P. Huddle |
Diplomat |
9-May-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03 |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Politician |
11-Apr-1862 |
27-Aug-1948 |
US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate |
| Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. |
Government |
30-Nov-1889 |
21-Jan-1950 |
US Solicitor General, 1929-30 |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Heather F. Hurlburt |
Activist |
c. 1967 |
|
Executive Director, National Security Network |
| Ruth Hussey |
Actor |
30-Oct-1911 |
19-Apr-2005 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Peter Jacobson |
Actor |
24-Mar-1965 |
|
Dr. Chris Taub on House |
| Bobby Jindal |
Politician |
10-Jun-1971 |
|
Governor of Louisiana |
| William J. Vareschi Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Retired GE executive |
| Adoniram Judson |
Linguist |
9-Aug-1788 |
12-Apr-1850 |
Missionary, Burmese lexicographer |
| Donald Kagan |
Historian |
1-May-1932 |
|
The Great Dialogue |
| Rhonda Ross Kendrick |
Actor |
14-Aug-1971 |
|
Daughter of Diana Ross |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Relative |
25-Nov-1960 |
16-Jul-1999 |
Son of John F. Kennedy |
| Kerry Kennedy |
Activist |
8-Sep-1959 |
|
Human rights activist |
| Mary Richardson Kennedy |
Relative |
4-Oct-1959 |
16-May-2012 |
Estranged wife of RFK, Jr. |
| Rory Kennedy |
Film/TV Producer |
12-Dec-1968 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
| Jim Yong Kim |
Administrator |
8-Dec-1959 |
|
President of the World Bank |
| Jacqueline B. Kosecoff |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Ovations Pharmacy Solutions |
| Richard Kostelanetz |
Artist |
14-May-1940 |
|
Prodigious avant-garde artist and author |
| John Krasinski |
Actor |
20-Oct-1979 |
|
Jim Halpert on The Office |
| Randall S. Kroszner |
Economist |
22-Jun-1962 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor |
| Erich Kunzel |
Conductor |
21-Mar-1935 |
1-Sep-2009 |
Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009 |
| Edward G. Lanpher |
Diplomat |
8-Dec-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1991-95 |
| Mel S. Lavitt |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
GC Capital Management |
| Debra L. Lee |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of BET Networks |
| Keith Lehrer |
Philosopher |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Metamind |
| Irving R. Levine |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1922 |
27-Mar-2009 |
NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
| Mara Liasson |
Journalist |
13-Jun-1955 |
|
Fox News political analyst |
| Frank Licht |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 |
| Walter Liedtke |
Curator |
28-Aug-1945 |
3-Feb-2015 |
Curator of European Paintings at the Met, 1980-2015 |
| Doug Liman |
Film Director |
24-Jul-1965 |
|
The Bourne Identity |
| Laura Linney |
Actor |
5-Feb-1964 |
|
Meryl in The Truman Show |
| Lisa Loeb |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Mar-1968 |
|
Stay (I Missed You) |
| Lois Lowry |
Author |
19-Feb-1937 |
|
The Giver |
| George Macready |
Actor |
29-Aug-1908 |
2-Jul-1973 |
Paths of Glory |
| Dan Maffei |
Politician |
4-Jul-1968 |
|
Congressman from New York, 2009-11 |
| Ira Magaziner |
Government |
8-Nov-1947 |
|
Internet advisor under Bill Clinton |
| Horace Mann |
Educator |
4-May-1796 |
2-Aug-1859 |
Massachusetts education reformer |
| William L. Marcy |
Politician |
12-Dec-1786 |
4-Jul-1857 |
US Secretary of State, 1853-57 |
| Jack A. Markell |
Politician |
26-Nov-1960 |
|
Governor of Delaware |
| Joshua Micah Marshall |
Pundit |
15-Feb-1969 |
|
Talking Points Memo |
| Ross McElwee |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1947 |
|
Idiosyncratic documentary filmmaker |
| John J. McLaughry |
Football |
8-Apr-1917 |
28-Nov-2007 |
Head Coach at Brown, 1959-66 |
| Craig C. Mello |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1960 |
|
RNA interference |
| Matthew Miller |
Columnist |
c. 1962 |
|
The Two Percent Solution |
| Steven Millhauser |
Author |
3-Aug-1943 |
|
Martin Dressler |
| Rick Moody |
Author |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Purple America |
| Roderick W. Moore |
Diplomat |
c. 1964 |
|
US Ambassador to Montenegro |
| George Morfogen |
Actor |
30-Mar-1933 |
|
Rebadow on Oz |
| Brian T. Moynihan |
Business |
9-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO, Bank of America |
| James Naughton |
Actor |
6-Dec-1945 |
|
The Paper Chase |
| Annette L. Nazareth |
Government |
c. 1956 |
|
Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Tim Blake Nelson |
Actor |
11-May-1964 |
|
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Michael Newdow |
Activist |
24-Jun-1953 |
|
Waged war against "under God" |
| Philip W. Noel |
Politician |
5-Jun-1931 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1973-77 |
| Victoria Nuland |
Diplomat |
1961 |
|
Asst. Secretary of State, Europe |
| Masi Oka |
Actor |
27-Dec-1974 |
|
Hiro Nakamura on Heroes |
| Will Oldham |
Singer/Songwriter |
1970 |
|
Enigmatic folk singer, actor |
| Richard Olney |
Government |
15-Sep-1835 |
8-Apr-1917 |
US Secretary of State, 1895-97 |
| Douglas H. Paal |
Diplomat |
? |
|
Director, American Institute in Taiwan, 2002-06 |
| Robert W. Pangia |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Ivy Healthcare Capital |
| Marianne Miller Parrs |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CFO of International Paper, 2005-07 |
| Joe Paterno |
Football |
21-Dec-1926 |
22-Jan-2012 |
Penn State Head Coach, 1966-2011 |
| Randy Pausch |
Educator |
23-Oct-1960 |
25-Jul-2008 |
The Last Lecture |
| S. J. Perelman |
Author |
1-Feb-1904 |
17-Oct-1979 |
New Yorker humorist |
| Thomas J. Perrelli |
Attorney |
12-Mar-1966 |
|
US Associate Attorney General |
| Andrew J. Policano |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Business School Dean, UC Irvine |
| Fritz Pollard |
Football |
27-Jan-1894 |
11-May-1986 |
First black coach in the NFL |
| Richard Gid Powers |
Author |
27-Jul-1944 |
|
Secrecy and Power |
| Irving Price |
Business |
21-Sep-1884 |
23-Nov-1976 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
| Jon Purnell |
Diplomat |
c. 1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2004-07 |
| Robert E. Quinn |
Politician |
2-Apr-1894 |
19-May-1975 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1937-39 |
| Ralph Rainger |
Composer |
7-Oct-1901 |
23-Oct-1942 |
Thanks For The Memory |
| Steven Rattner |
Business |
5-Jul-1952 |
|
Quadrangle Group |
| Andrew Revkin |
Journalist |
c. 1956 |
|
New York Times science reporter |
| William R. Rhodes |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Vice Chairman of Citigroup |
| Bruce Riedel |
Spy |
c. 1953 |
|
CIA Near East Asia Specialist |
| John A. Rizzo |
Government |
c. 1949 |
|
CIA Acting General Counsel |
| Elizabeth H. Roberts |
Politician |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
Lt. Governor of Rhode Island |
| Jane Sullivan Roberts |
Activist |
c. 1955 |
|
Wife of US Chief Justice John Roberts |
| Marilynne Robinson |
Novelist |
26-Nov-1943 |
|
Housekeeping |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1874 |
11-May-1960 |
Built Rockefeller Center |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| Tracee Ellis Ross |
Actor |
29-Oct-1972 |
|
Joan Clayton on Girlfriends |
| Ellery Schempp |
Activist |
1940 |
|
Abington School District v. Schempp |
| Leonard A. Schlesinger |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President of Babson College |
| Eric W. Schrier |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of Readers Digest |
| Tom Scott |
Business |
c, 1967 |
|
Co-Founder, Nantucket Nectars |
| John Sculley |
Business |
6-Apr-1939 |
|
CEO of Apple, 1983-93 |
| Duncan Sheik |
Musician |
18-Nov-1969 |
|
Barely Breathing |
| Michael Showalter |
Comic |
17-Jun-1970 |
|
The State |
| Thomas W. Simons |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1995-98 |
| James Slavet |
Business |
c. 1970 |
|
Greylock Partners |
| Lawrence M. Small |
Government |
14-Sep-1941 |
|
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07 |
| Martin Smith |
Journalist |
c. 1949 |
|
Frontline |
| Orin R. Smith |
Business |
13-Aug-1935 |
|
CEO of Engelhard, 1984-2001 |
| Erroll Southers |
Government |
c. 1957 |
|
2009 TSA Director nominee |
| Ken Starr |
Government |
21-Jul-1946 |
|
Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment |
| Barry S. Sternlicht |
Business |
1960 |
|
Founder of Starwood Hotels |
| Allison Stewart |
Journalist |
4-Jul-1966 |
|
MSNBC news anchor |
| William H. Sullivan |
Diplomat |
12-Oct-1922 |
11-Oct-2013 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1977-79 |
| Jeffrey Swartz |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
President and CEO of Timberland |
| Kenneth R. Timmerman |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1953 |
|
Foundation for Democracy in Iran |
| Thomas J. Tisch |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Four Partners Investment Partnership |
| Sam Trammell |
Actor |
15-May-1971 |
|
Sam Merlotte on True Blood |
| Ted Turner |
Business |
19-Nov-1938 |
|
Founder of Cable News Network |
| Allegra Versace |
Relative |
30-Jun-1986 |
|
Waify Versace heiress |
| Raymond G. Viault |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Vice Chairman of General Mills, 1996-2004 |
| Wallace Wade |
Football |
15-Jun-1892 |
7-Oct-1986 |
Alabama and Duke Head Coach |
| Alex Wagner |
Journalist |
c. 1977 |
|
Now with Alex Wagner |
| David Walton |
Actor |
27-Oct-1978 |
|
Will on About a Boy |
| Julie Warner |
Actor |
9-Feb-1965 |
|
The Puppet Masters |
| Emma Watson |
Actor |
15-Apr-1990 |
|
Hermione in Harry Potter films |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
| JoBeth Williams |
Actor |
6-Dec-1948 |
|
Poltergeist |
| Keith H. Williamson |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
General Counsel at Centene |
| Billy Wirth |
Actor |
23-Jun-1962 |
|
The Lost Boys |
| Janet L. Yellen |
Economist |
13-Aug-1946 |
|
Federal Reserve Chair |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leonore Annenberg |
Socialite |
20-Feb-1918 |
12-Mar-2009 |
Wife of Walter Annenberg |
| Isaac Backus |
Religion |
9-Jan-1724 |
20-Nov-1806 |
An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty |
| John P. Birkelund |
Business |
23-Jun-1930 |
|
Chairman of Dillon Read, 1986-98 |
| Theodore R. Boehm |
Judge |
12-Sep-1938 |
|
Justice, Indiana Supreme Court |
| Frederick M. Bohen |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
COO of Rockefeller University, 2002-05 |
| John Seely Brown |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000 |
| Steve Cohen |
Business |
11-Jun-1956 |
|
Hedge fund billionaire |
| Deborah A. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
SmartForest Ventures |
| Leon N. Cooper |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1930 |
|
BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Ramon C. Cortines |
Educator |
22-Jul-1932 |
|
Prominent schools superintendent |
| Edward E. Elson |
Diplomat |
c. 1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98 |
| Kathryn S. Fuller |
Administrator |
c. 1946 |
|
World Wildlife Fund CEO, 1989-2005 |
| Gordon Gee |
Educator |
2-Feb-1944 |
|
President, Ohio State University |
| Jeffrey W. Greenberg |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of Marsh & McLennan, 1999-2004 |
| Vartan Gregorian |
Educator |
8-Apr-1934 |
|
President of Carnegie Corporation |
| Ray L. Heffner |
Educator |
7-May-1925 |
28-Nov-2012 |
President of Brown University, 1966-69 |
| Donald F. Hornig |
Educator |
17-Mar-1920 |
21-Jan-2013 |
President of Brown University, 1970-76 |
| Barnaby C. Keeney |
Educator |
17-Oct-1914 |
18-Jun-1980 |
President of Brown University, 1955-66 |
| Debra L. Lee |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of BET Networks |
| Claiborne Pell |
Politician |
22-Nov-1918 |
1-Jan-2009 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97 |
| Bill Poole |
Economist |
19-Jun-1937 |
|
President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| William R. Rhodes |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Vice Chairman of Citigroup |
| Thomas M. Ryan |
Business |
1953 |
|
CEO of CVS Caremark |
| Leonard A. Schlesinger |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President of Babson College |
| Ruth J. Simmons |
Educator |
3-Jul-1945 |
|
President, Brown University |
| Lawrence M. Small |
Government |
14-Sep-1941 |
|
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07 |
| Barry S. Sternlicht |
Business |
1960 |
|
Founder of Starwood Hotels |
| Harold R. Swearer |
Educator |
13-Oct-1932 |
19-Oct-1991 |
President of Brown University, 1977-88 |
| Thomas J. Tisch |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Four Partners Investment Partnership |
| Jerry Weintraub |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Sep-1937 |
6-Jul-2015 |
Hollywood producer |
| Gordon S. Wood |
Historian |
27-Nov-1933 |
|
The Creation of the American Republic |
| Henry M. Wriston |
Educator |
4-Jul-1889 |
7-Mar-1978 |
President of Brown University, 1937-55 |
| Robert J. Zimmer |
Educator |
5-Nov-1947 |
|
President, University of Chicago |
