List of College of William & Mary alumni

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The College of William & Mary, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, was founded in 1693 by a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II. It is a public research university and has more than 94,000 living alumni.

The Wren Building, constructed between 1695 and 1700, is the oldest academic building in the United States.

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Three of the first ten U.S. presidents attended William & Mary.

Alumni of William & Mary have played important roles in shaping the United States. Three of the country's first ten presidents were educated there, one more than Harvard University's two. The school is also the alma mater of four United States Supreme Court justices (including its longest-serving chief justice, John Marshall). Because the school was one of the few colleges existing in the Colonies, many colonial era notables enrolled including four signers of the Declaration of Independence and the first president of the Continental Congress, Peyton Randolph.

This list of alumni includes those who graduated, transferred to another school, dropped out, or were fully educated at the college but never received an academic degree. This list uses the following notations:

• Year # – recipient of a William & Mary Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Business Administration degree
  • Note: A question mark represents an unverifiable value for the digit it replaced. For instance, the "?" in "179?" means that no specific year can be found, but the general decade can be traced.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) – recipient of a William & Mary Law School degree or the historical equivalent such as Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) or Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.)
• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) – recipient of a Mason School of Business degree or the historical equivalent
• Master of Education (M.Ed.) – recipient of a Graduate School of Education degree or the historical equivalent
• Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science (M.S.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – recipient of indicated degree from an Arts and Sciences graduate program or the historical equivalent

Federal government

Executive

President (Continental Congress)

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Peyton Randolph	1739	First president of the Continental Congress (1774–75); attorney general of the Virginia Colony; buried beneath the Wren Chapel of William & Mary

Presidents (Constitution)

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Thomas Jefferson	1762 / LL.D. 1783	Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1779–81); ambassador to France (1785–89); U.S. Secretary of State (1789–93); vice president of the U.S. (1797–1801); president of the U.S. (1801–09); founded the University of Virginia (1819)
James Monroe	1776	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790–94); ambassador to France (1794–96); governor of Virginia (1799–1802); ambassador to Great Britain (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1811); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14, 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (1814–15); president of the U.S. (1817–25)
John Tyler	1807	U.S. representative for Virginia (1816–21); governor of Virginia (1825–27); U.S. senator for Virginia (1827–36); vice president of the U.S. (1841); president of the U.S. (1841–45)
George Washington*	(1749)* * Unofficial - received a surveyor's license only, never attended classes	First President of the United States (1789–97)

Cabinet

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
William T. Barry	1803	Member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1807); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1810–11); U.S. senator for Kentucky (1814–16); member of the Kentucky Senate (1817–21); lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1820–24); Secretary of State of Kentucky (1824–25); U.S. Postmaster General (1829–35); ambassador to Spain (1835)
George M. Bibb	1795	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1811–14, 1829–35); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1844–45)
John Breckinridge	1781	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1801–05); U.S. Attorney General (1805–06)
Henry Clay	J.D. 1797	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1806–07, 1810–11, 1831–42, 1849–52); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1811–14, 1815–20, 1820–23); U.S. Secretary of State (1825–29)
John J. Crittenden	1807	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1817–19, 1835–41, 1842–48, 1855–61); U.S. Attorney General (1841, 1850–53); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1861–63); governor of Kentucky (1848–50)
Robert Gates	1965	Deputy National Security Adviser (1989–91); head of the Central Intelligence Agency (1991–93); U.S. Secretary of Defense (2006–2012); Chancellor of the College of William and Mary (2012–present)
Thomas Jefferson	1762 / LL.D. 1783	Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1779–81); ambassador to France (1785–89); U.S. Secretary of State (1789–93); vice president of the U.S. (1797–1801); president of the U.S. (1801–09); founded the University of Virginia (1819)
John Marshall	1780	U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1800); U.S. Secretary of State (1800–01); Chief Justice of the U.S. (1801–35)
James Monroe	1776	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790–94); ambassador to France (1794–96); governor of Virginia (1799–1802); ambassador to Great Britain (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1811); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14, 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (1814–15); president of the U.S. (1817–25)
John Nelson	1811	U.S. representative for Maryland (1821–23); chargé d'affaires to the Two Sicilies (1831–32); U.S. Attorney General (1843–45)
Edmund Randolph	1770	Governor of Virginia (1786–88); U.S. Attorney General (1789–94); U.S. Secretary of State (1794–95)
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.	B.A. 1980	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2005–2009), U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (2010–2013), Counselor of the United States Department of State (2013–2016), U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2011, 2016–present), Acting United States Secretary of State (2017), Acting United States Deputy Secretary of State (2017)
Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart	1825	Transferred to the University of Virginia; U.S. representative for Virginia (1841–43); U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1850–53); member of the Virginia Senate (1857–61)

Ambassadors

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Richard Clough Anderson Jr.	1804	U.S. representative for Kentucky (1817–21); first U.S. ambassador to Colombia (1823)
William T. Barry	1803	Member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1807); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1810–11); U.S. senator for Kentucky (1814–16); member of the Kentucky Senate (1817–21); lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1820–24); Secretary of State of Kentucky (1824–25); U.S. Postmaster General (1829–35); U.S. ambassador to Spain (1835)
George William Crump	1806	U.S. chargé d'affaires to Chile (1845–47)
James Brown	1784	First Secretary of State of Kentucky (1793-?); U.S. senator from Louisiana (1813–17, 1819–23); U.S. ambassador to France (1824–29)
Charles A. Ford	1972	U.S. ambassador to Honduras (2005–08)
Douglas A. Hartwick	1972	U.S. ambassador to Laos (2000–04)
Thomas Jefferson	1762 / LL.D. 1783	Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1779–81); U.S. ambassador to France (1785–89); U.S. Secretary of State (1789–93); vice president of the U.S. (1797–1801); president of the U.S. (1801–09); founded the University of Virginia (1819)
Barbara A. Leaf	1980	U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2014–2018)
James Monroe	1776	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790–94); U.S. ambassador to France (1794–96); governor of Virginia (1799–1802); ambassador to Great Britain (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1811); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14, 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (1814–15); president of the U.S. (1817–25)
Hugh Nelson	1780	Member of the Virginia Senate (1786–91); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1805–09, 1828–29); U.S. representative for Virginia (1811–23); U.S. ambassador to Spain (1823–24)
John Nelson	1811	U.S. representative for Maryland (1821–23); chargé d'affaires to the Two Sicilies (1831–32); U.S. Attorney General (1843–45)
William Cabell Rives	1809	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1817–20, 1822–23); U.S. representative for Virginia (1823–29); U.S. ambassador to France (1829–32, 1849–53); U.S. senator for Virginia (1832–34, 1836–39, 1841–45); representative to the Confederate House of Representative for Virginia
Janet A. Sanderson	1977	U.S. ambassador to Algeria (2000–2003); U.S. ambassador to Haiti (2006–2009); recipient of U.S. State Department's Herbert A. Salzman Award
Charles L. Scott	1846	Member of the California Assembly (1854–56); U.S. representative for California (1857–61); U.S. ambassador to Venezuela (1885–89)
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.	B.A. 1980	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2005–2009), U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (2010–2013), Counselor of the United States Department of State (2013–2016), U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2011, 2016–present), Acting United States Secretary of State (2017), Acting United States Deputy Secretary of State (2017)
William Short	1779	U.S. ambassador to France (1790–92), the Netherlands (1792), and Spain (1794–95)
Fulwar Skipwith	—	Dropped out for military service; U.S. Consul in Martinique; U.S. Consul-General in France; instrumental in negotiating the Louisiana Purchase; president of the Republic of West Florida in 1810
Andrew Stevenson	1800	U.S. representative for Virginia (1821–34); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1827–33); U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1836–41)
Charles Stewart Todd	1809	U.S. ambassador to Russia (1841–45)

Judiciary

United States Supreme Court

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Philip P. Barbour	1799	U.S. representative for Virginia (1814–30); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1821–23); U.S. district court judge (E.D. Va.) (1830–36); associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836–41)
John Blair	1754	Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789–95)
John Marshall	1780	U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1800); U.S. Secretary of State (1800–01); Chief Justice of the U.S. (1801–35)
Bushrod Washington	1778	Co-founder of the Phi Beta Kappa Society (1776); associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1799–1829)

Other federal courts

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Carol Amon	B.S. 1968	U.S. magistrate judge (E.D.N.Y.) (1986–90); U.S. district court judge (E.D.N.Y.) (1990–present)
Philip P. Barbour	1799	U.S. representative for Virginia (1814–30); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1821–23); U.S. district court judge (E.D. Va.) (1830–36); associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836–41)
John White Brockenbrough	1824	U.S. district court judge (W.D. Va.) (1846–61) and founder of the Washington and Lee University School of Law
Ronald L. Buckwalter	B.C.L. 1962	U.S. district court judge (E.D. Pa.) (1990–present)
Glen E. Conrad	1971 / J.D. 1974	U.S. magistrate judge (W.D. Va.) (1976–2003); U.S. district judge (W.D. Va. 2003–present)
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton	1924 / L.L.B. 1926	U.S. district court judge (W.D. Va.) (1959–89); chief judge (W.D. Va.) (1960–71)
Powhatan Ellis	J.D. 1814	Associate justice (one of the original) of the Mississippi Supreme Court (1818–25); U.S. senator for Mississippi (1825–26, 1827–32); U.S. district court judge (D. Miss.) (1832–36)
Walter Edward Hoffman	J.D. 1930	U.S. district court judge (E.D. Va.) (1954–96); chief judge (E.D. Va.) (1961–73)
Charles Sterling Hutcheson	J.D. 1914	U.S. district court judge (E.D. Va.) (1944–69)
Haldane Robert Mayer	J.D. 1971	U.S. circuit court judge (Fed. Cir.) (1987–2010)
William McGuire	17??	First chief justice of the Mississippi Territory
Robert P. Morris	—	Transferred to V.M.I.; U.S. representative for Minnesota (1897–1903); U.S. district court judge (D. Minn.) (1903–23)
Charles Andrew Muecke	1941	U.S. attorney (D. Ariz.) (1961–64); U.S. district court judge (D. Ariz.) (1964–2007); chief judge (D. Ariz.) (1979–84)
Gregory A. Presnell	1964	U.S. district court judge (M.D. Fla.) (2000–present)
Thomas B. Robertson	1807	U.S. representative for Louisiana (1812–18); governor of Louisiana (1820–24); U.S. district court judge (D. La.) (1825–27)
Rebecca Beach Smith	1971, J.D. 1979	U.S. magistrate judge (E.D. Va.) (1985–89); U.S. district court judge (E.D. Va.) (1989–present) (Virginia's first female federal judge)
Richard J. Sullivan	1986	U.S. district court judge (S.D.N.Y.) (2007–18); U.S. circuit court judge (2d Cir.) (2018–present)
George Keith Taylor	1793	U.S. circuit court judge (4th Cir.) (1801–02)
St. George Tucker	1772	Lawyer and professor of law at William & Mary; justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1803–11); U.S. district court judge (D. Va.) (1813–?)
John Tyler, Sr.	1754	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1777–88); governor of Virginia (1808–11); U.S. district court judge (D. Va.) (1811–13)
Susan Davis Wigenton	J.D. 1987	U.S. magistrate judge (N.J.) (2000–06); U.S. district court judge (D.N.J.) (2006–present)

Legislative

Representatives (Continental Congress)

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Richard Bland	1766	Member of Continental Congress (1774–75); served multiple terms in House of Burgesses; Colonial rights advocate who publicly opposed England's Stamp Act
Carter Braxton	1755	Member of Continental Congress (1775–76); signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
William Fleming	1763	Member of the Continental Congress (1779); an original justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1789–1824); chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1809–1824)
Benjamin Harrison V	1745	Member of Continental Congress for Virginia (1774–77); signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1781–84)
Thomas Jefferson	1762 / LL.D. 1783	Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1779–81); ambassador to France (1785–89); U.S. Secretary of State (1789–93); vice president of the U.S. (1797–1801); president of the U.S. (1801–09); founded the University of Virginia (1819)
John Francis Mercer	1775	Delegate to the Continental Congress (1787); U.S. representative for Maryland (1791–94); governor of Maryland (1801–03)
James Monroe	1776	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790–94); ambassador to France (1794–96); governor of Virginia (1799–1802); ambassador to Great Britain (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1811); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14, 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (1814–15); president of the U.S. (1817–25)
George Plater	1752	Delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland (1778–80); governor of Maryland (1791–92)
Peyton Randolph	1739	First president of the Continental Congress (1774–75); attorney general of the Virginia Colony; buried beneath the Wren Chapel of William & Mary
George Washington	(1749)* * Unofficial - received a surveyor's license only, never attended classes	First president of the U.S. (1789–97)
George Wythe	1746	Member of Continental Congress (1775–76); signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776); America's first professor of law, College of William and Mary (1769–89)

Senators

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
William S. Archer	1806	U.S. representative for Virginia (1820–35); U.S. senator for Virginia (1841–47)
William T. Barry	1803	Member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1807); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1810–11); U.S. senator for Kentucky (1814–16); member of the Kentucky Senate (1817–21); lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1820–24); Secretary of State of Kentucky (1824–25); U.S. Postmaster General (1829–35); ambassador to Spain (1835)
Thomas Hart Benton	18??	Member of Tennessee Senate (1809–11); U.S. senator for Missouri (1821–51); U.S. representative for Missouri (1853–55)
George M. Bibb	1795	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1811–1814); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1844–45)
William Wyatt Bibb	1796	U.S. representative for Georgia (1807–13); U.S. senator for Georgia (1813–16); territorial governor of Alabama (1817–19); governor of Alabama (1819–20)
Lemuel Jackson Bowden	1832	U.S. senator for Virginia (1863–64)
James Brown	1784	U.S. senator for Louisiana (1813–17, 1819–23); U.S. ambassador to France (1824–29)
John Brown	1780	U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–92); U.S. senator for Kentucky (1792–1805)
Henry Chambers	1808	U.S. senator for Alabama (1825–26)
William C. C. Claiborne	1790	U.S. representative for Tennessee (1797–1801); governor of the Mississippi Territory (1801–05), Territory of Orleans (1803–12), and of Louisiana (1812–16); U.S. senator for Louisiana (1817)
Henry Clay	J.D. 1797	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1806–07, 1810–11, 1831–42, 1849–52); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1811–14, 1815–20, 1820–23); U.S. Secretary of State (1825–29)
Richard Coke	1848	Governor of Texas (1874–76); U.S. senator for Texas (1877–95)
John J. Crittenden	1807	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1817–19, 1835–41, 1842–48, 1855–61); U.S. Attorney General (1841, 1850–53); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1861–63); governor of Kentucky (1848–50)
Powhatan Ellis	J.D. 1814	Associate justice (one of the original) of the Mississippi Supreme Court (1818–25); U.S. senator for Mississippi (1825–26, 1827–32); U.S. district court judge (D. Miss.) (1832–36)
William Branch Giles	J.D. 1781	U.S. representative for Virginia (1790–98, 1801–03); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798–1801, 1816–17, 1826–27); U.S. senator from Virginia (1804–15); governor of Virginia (1827–30)
Guy Goff	18??	U.S. senator for West Virginia (1925–31)
Edwin Gray	17??	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1776, 1779, 1787, 1788, 1791); Virginia Senate (1777–79); U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1813)
David Holmes	1795	U.S. representative from Virginia (1797–1808); last governor of Mississippi Territory and first governor of State of Mississippi (1808–20, 1826); U.S. senator from Mississippi (1821–25)
Benjamin W. Leigh	1802	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1811–13, 1830–31); U.S. senator for Virginia (1834–36)
Armistead Thomson Mason	1807	U.S. senator for Virginia (1816–17)
Stevens Thomson Mason	1780	U.S. senator for Virginia (1794–1803)
James Murray Mason	J.D. 1820	U.S. representative for Virginia (1837–39); U.S. senator for Virginia (1847–61)
James Monroe	1776	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790–94); ambassador to France (1794–96); governor of Virginia (1799–1802); ambassador to Great Britain (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1811); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14, 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (1814–15); president of the U.S. (1817–25)
Jackson Morton	1815	U.S. senator for Florida (1849–55) and Confederate Representative (1861–62)
Robert C. Nicholas	1816	U.S. senator for Louisiana (1836–41)
Wilson Cary Nicholas	1779	U.S. senator for Virginia (1799–1804); U.S. representative for Virginia (1807–09); governor of Virginia (1814–17)
James Pleasants	J.D. 1785	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1797–1802); clerk of the Virginia House of Delegate (1803–11); U.S. representative for Virginia (1811–19); U.S. senator for Virginia (1819–22); governor of Virginia (1822–25)
John Pope	1790	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1807–1813); Governor of the Arkansas Territory (1829–35); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1837–43)
William Cabell Rives	1809	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1817–20, 1822–23); U.S. representative for Virginia (1823–29); U.S. ambassador to France (1829–32, 1849–53); U.S. senator for Virginia (1832–34, 1836–39, 1841–45); member of the Confederate House of Representatives for Virginia
William Roane	1804	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1812–15); U.S. representative for Virginia (1815–17); U.S. senator for Virginia (1837–41)
Daniel Smith	1765	U.S. senator for Tennessee (1798–99, 1805–09)
John Taylor	1772	U.S. senator for Virginia (1792–94, 1803, 1822–23, 1823–24)
Henry Tazewell	1770	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1785–89); chief justice of Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1789–93); U.S. senator for Virginia (1794–99)
Littleton Waller Tazewell	1791	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798–1800, 1804–06, 1816–17); U.S. representative for Virginia (1800–01); U.S. senator for Virginia (1824–32); governor of Virginia (1834–36)
John Tyler	1807	U.S. representative for Virginia (1816–21); governor of Virginia (1825–27); U.S. senator for Virginia (1827–36); vice president of the U.S. (1841); president of the U.S. (1841–45)
John Walker	1764	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790)

Speakers of the House

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Philip P. Barbour	1799	U.S. representative for Virginia (1814–30); Speaker of the House of Representatives (1821–1823); U.S. district judge (E.D. Va.) (1830–36); associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836–41)
Henry Clay	J.D. 1797	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1806–07, 1810–11, 1831–42, 1849–52); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1811–14, 1815–20, 1820–23); U.S. Secretary of State (1825–29)
John Winston Jones	1813	U.S. representative for Virginia (1835–45); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–45); member of Virginia House of Delegates (1846–48)
Andrew Stevenson	1800	U.S. representative for Virginia (1821–34); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1827–33); U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1836–41)

Representatives

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Robert Allen	17??	U.S. representative for Tennessee (1819–27)
Richard Clough Anderson Jr.	1804	U.S. representative for Kentucky (1817–21); first U.S. ambassador to Columbia (1823)
William S. Archer	1806	U.S. representative for Virginia (1820–35); U.S. senator for Virginia (1841–47)
Archibald Atkinson	J.D. 1813	U.S. representative for Virginia (1843–49)
Michele Bachmann	L.L.M. 1988	U.S. representative for Minnesota (2007–2015)
Linn Banks	1806	U.S. representative for Virginia (1838–41)
John S. Barbour	1808	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1813–16, 1820–23, 1833–34); U.S. representative for Virginia (1823–33)
Philip P. Barbour	1799	U.S. representative from Virginia (1814–30); Speaker of the House of Representatives (1821–1823); U.S. district judge (1830–36); associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836–41)
William T. Barry	1803	Member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1807); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1810–11); U.S. senator from Kentucky (1814–16); member of the Kentucky Senate (1817–21); lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1820–24); Secretary of State of Kentucky (1824–25); U.S. Postmaster General (1829–35); ambassador to Spain (1835)
Burwell Bassett	1782	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1787–89); member of the Virginia Senate (1794–1805); U.S. representative from Virginia (1805–29)
Herbert H. Bateman	1949	U.S representative for Virginia (1982–2000)
Thomas Hart Benton	18??	Member of Tennessee Senate (1809–11); U.S. senator for Missouri (1821–51); U.S. representative for Missouri (1853–55)
Karen D. Beyer	1991	U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania (2005–2010)
William Wyatt Bibb	1796	U.S representative for Georgia (1807–13); U.S. senator for Georgia (1813–16); territorial governor of Alabama (1817–19); governor of Alabama (1819–20)
Schuyler Otis Bland	1896	U.S. representative for Virginia (1918–50)
James Breckinridge	1785	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1789–1802, 1806–08, 1819–21, 1823–24); U.S. representative for Virginia (1809–17)
John Brown	1780	U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–92); U.S. senator for Kentucky (1792–1805)
William A. Burwell	1801	U.S. representative for Virginia (1806–21) and presidential secretary
Samuel Cabell	—	Left to join Revolutionary Army; member of Virginia House of Delegates (1785–92); U.S. representative for Virginia (1795–1803)
Eric Cantor	J.D. 1988	U.S. representative for Virginia (2001–2014); House Minority Whip (2008–2011); House Majority Leader (2011–2014)
Steve Chabot	1975	U.S. representative for Ohio (1994–2009) (2011–present)
William C.C. Claiborne	1790	U.S. representative for Tennessee (1797–1801); governor of the Mississippi Territory (1801–05), Territory of Orleans (1803–12), and of Louisiana (1812–16); U.S. senator for Louisiana (1817)
Henry Clay	J.D. 1797	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1806–07, 1810–11, 1831–42, 1849–52); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1811–14, 1815–20, 1820–23); U.S. Secretary of State (1825–29)
Richard Coke, Jr.	1815	U.S. representative for Virginia (1829–33)
Isaac Coles	1768	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1780–81, 1783–88); U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–91, 1793–97)
Robert Eugene Cook	J.D. 1950	U.S. representative for Ohio (1959–63)
John J. Crittenden	1807	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1817–19, 1835–41, 1842–48, 1855–61); U.S. Attorney General (1841, 1850–53); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1861–63); governor of Kentucky (1848–50)
Jacob Davis	1837	Member of the Illinois Senate (1842–48, 1850–56); U.S. representative for Illinois (1856–57)
Joseph J. Davis	18??	U.S. representative for North Carolina (1875–81)
Henry Dearborn	1803	U.S. representative for Massachusetts (1831–33)
James H. Dillard	1959	Member, House of Representatives
Beverly Douglas	1843	Delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention (1850–51); member of the Virginia Senate (1852–65); U.S. representative for Virginia (1875–78)
George Dromgoole	1817	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1823–26); member of the Virginia Senate (1826–35); U.S. representative from Virginia (1835–41)
Paul Edmunds	1857	Member of the Virginia Senate (1881–88); U.S. representative for Virginia (1889–95)
Joseph Eggleston	1776	U.S. representative for Virginia (1798–1801)
Thomas Evans	1775	U.S. representative for Virginia (1797–1801)
Oliver Frey	1915	U.S. representative for Pennsylvania (1933–39)
Matt Gaetz	J.D. 2007	Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district (2007–present)
William Goode	1819	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1822–23, 1824–33, 1839–41, 1845–47); U.S. representative for Virginia (1841–43, 1852–53)
Edwin Gray	17??	U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1813)
Carter Harrison	1776	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1784–86, 1805–08); U.S. representative for Virginia (1793–99)
Joseph H. Hawkins	1807	Member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1810–13); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1814–15)
Thomas Haymond	18??	U.S. representative from Virginia's 15th congressional district (1849–51)
John Heath	1777	U.S. representative from Virginia (1793–97); founding member and first president of Phi Beta Kappa Society
David Holmes	1795	U.S. representative from Virginia (1797–1808); last governor of Mississippi Territory and first governor of State of Mississippi (1808–20, 1826); U.S. senator from Mississippi (1821–25)
J. Murray Hooker	1892	U.S. representative for Virginia (1921–25)
Benjamin Howard	1797	U.S. representative for Kentucky (1807–10)
James Johnson	179?	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1797–1804, 1806, 1807, 1809–13); U.S. representative for Virginia (1813–20)
John Winston Jones	1813	U.S. representative from Virginia (1835–45); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–45)
Walter Jones	1760	U.S. representative for Virginia (1797–99, 1803–11)
John William Lawson	1858	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1869–73, 1883–84); member of the Virginia Senate (1874–77); U.S. representative for Virginia (1891–93)
Richard Bland Lee	1780	U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–95)
William M. Levy	1844	U.S. representative for Louisiana (1875–77)
George Loyall	1808	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1818–27); U.S. representative for Virginia (1830–31, 1833–37)
John Marshall	1780	U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1800); U.S. Secretary of State (1800–01); Chief Justice of the U.S. (1801–35)
James Murray Mason	J.D. 1820	U.S. representative for Virginia (1837–39); U.S. senator for Virginia (1847–61)
Robert Mayo	1808	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1881, 1882, 1885–88); U.S. representative for Virginia (1883–84)
William M. McCarty	1814	Member of the Virginia Senate (1823, 1830–39); U.S. representative for Virginia (1840–41)
John Francis Mercer	1775	Delegate to the Continental Congress (1787); U.S. representative for Maryland (1791–94); governor of Maryland (1801–03)
Alan Mollohan	1966	U.S. representative from West Virginia (1983–2011)
Andrew Jackson Montague	1874	U.S. attorney (W.D. Va.) (1893–98); attorney general of Virginia (1898–1902); governor of Virginia (1902–06); U.S. representative for Virginia (1913–37)
Robert P. Morris	—	Transferred to V.M.I.; U.S. representative for Minnesota (1897–1903); U.S. district court judge (D. Minn.) (1903–23)
Jeremiah Morton	1819	U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district (1849–51)
Stephanie Murphy	2000	U.S. representative for Florida's 7th congressional district (2017–present)
Hugh Nelson	1780	Member of the Virginia Senate (1786–91); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1805–09, 1828–29); U.S. representative for Virginia (1811–23); U.S. ambassador to Spain (1823–24)
John Nelson	1811	U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th District (1821–23); chargé d'affaires to Two Sicilies (1831–32); U.S. Attorney General (1843–45); U.S. Secretary of State (ad interim) (six days, 1844)
Roger Nelson	1775	U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district (1804–10)
Willoughby Newton	c. 1820/23	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1826–32); U.S. representative for Virginia (1843–45)
John Nicholas	177?	U.S. representative for Virginia (1793–1801); member of the New York Senate (1806–09)
Wilson Cary Nicholas	1779	U.S. senator from Virginia (1799–1804); U.S. representative from Virginia (1807–09); governor of Virginia (1814–17)
John Nicholls	1855	U.S. representative for Georgia (1879–81, 1883–85)
John Page	1757	Lieutenant governor of Virginia (1776–79); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1781-81, 1785–88, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1801); U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–1797); governor of Virginia (1802–05)
Robert Page	—	Left to join Revolutionary Army; U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1801)
Thomas Plater	178?	U.S. representative for Maryland (1801–05)
James Pleasants	J.D. 1785	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1797–1802); clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates (1803–11); U.S. representative for Virginia (1811–19); U.S. senator for Virginia (1819–22); governor of Virginia (1822–25)
John Pope	1790	Governor of the Arkansas Territory (1829–35); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1837–43)
Francis Preston	1783	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1788–89, 1812–14); U.S. representative for Virginia (1793–97)
Thomas Randolph	1783	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1793–94; 1819–20, 1823–25); U.S. representative for Virginia (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1819–22)
William Cabell Rives	1809	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1817–20, 1822–23); U.S. representative for Virginia (1823–29); U.S. ambassador to France (1829–32; 1849–53); U.S. senator from Virginia (1832–34, 1836–39, 1841–45); member of the Confederate House of Representative for Virginia
John Robertson	1804	U.S. representative from Virginia (1834–39); member of the Virginia Senate (1861–63)
Thomas B. Robertson	1807	U.S. representative for Louisiana (1812–18); governor of Louisiana (1820–24); U.S. district court judge (D. La.) (1825–27)
Samuel Sawyer	1819	U.S. representative for North Carolina (1837–39)
Charles L. Scott	1846	Member of the California Assembly (1854–56); U.S. representative for California (1857–61); U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela (1885–89)
Dennis Smelt	1783/4?	Democratic-Republican Representative from Georgia to the 9th United States Congress
Arthur Smith	1805	U.S. representative for Virginia (1821–24)
Ballard Smith	1802	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1810–13, 1824–26, 1836, 1837); U.S. representative from Virginia (1815–21)
Andrew Stevenson	180?	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1809–16, 1818–21) and served as speaker (1812–15); U.S. representative for Virginia (1821–34); Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1827–33); U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1836–41)
George Strother	180?	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1806–09); U.S. representative from Virginia (1817–21)
Archibald Stuart	1780	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1830–31); U.S. representative from Virginia (1837–39)
Littleton Waller Tazewell	1791	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798–1800, 1804–06, 1816–17); U.S. representative for Virginia (1800–01); U.S. senator for Virginia (1824–32); governor of Virginia (1834–36)
Philip R. Thompson	178?	U.S. representative for Virginia (1801–07)
Dina Titus	1970	U.S. representative for Nevada (2009–2011, 2013–present)
David Trimble	1799	U.S. representative for Kentucky (1817–27)
William Tuck	—	Transferred to Washington and Lee University; member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1924–32); Virginia Senate (1932–42); lieutenant governor of Virginia (1942–46); governor of Virginia (1946–50); U.S. representative for Virginia (1953–69)
George Tucker	1797	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1815); U.S. representative for Virginia (1819–25)
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.	1798	U.S. representative for Virginia (1815–19); member of the Virginia Senate (1819–23); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1831–41)
Daniel Turner	1817	Member of the North Carolina House of Commons (1819–23); U.S. representative for North Carolina (1827–29)
John Tyler	1807	U.S. representative for Virginia (1816–21); governor of Virginia (1825–27); U.S. senator for Virginia (1827–36); vice president of the U.S. (1841); president of the U.S. (1841–45)
John Vanmeter	1821	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1824); member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1836); member of the Ohio Senate (1838); U.S. representative for Ohio (1843–45)
Robert Smith Walker	—	Transferred to Millersville University of Pennsylvania; U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 16th district (1977–97)
Jennifer Wexton	J.D. 1995	Representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district (2019–present)
George Douglas Wise	1855	U.S. representative for Virginia (1881–89, 1889–90, 1891–95)
Richard Alsop Wise	—	Left to join Confederate Army; member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1885–87); U.S. representative for Virginia (1898–99, 1900)

Other federal positions

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
John J. Beckley	177?	Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (1783–84, 1788–89); first clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1789–97, 1802–07); first librarian of the United States Congress (1802–07)
John L. Brownlee	J.D. 1994	U.S. attorney (W.D. Va.) (2001–06)
Robert J. Cleary	1977	U.S. attorney (D.N.J.); lead prosecutor in the Unabomber case
James B. Comey	1982	FBI director (2013–17); U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2003–05); United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2002–03)
Michael J. Garcia	M.A 1984	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2005–08); Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2003–05); Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (2002–03); Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (2016–present)
Jonathan Jarvis	1975	Director of the National Park Service (2009–2017)
David N. Kelley	1981	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2003–2005)
Susan Livingstone	1968	Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy (2001–03)
Robert M. McDowell	J.D. 1990	Lawyer; former FCC commissioner
Andrew Jackson Montague	1874	U.S. attorney (W.D. Va.) (1893–98); attorney general of Virginia (1898–1902); governor of Virginia (1902–06); U.S. representative for Virginia (1913–37)
John E. Osborn	1979	Commissioner, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (2008–present); former general counsel of Cephalon (1998–2008)
Tony Pham	J.D. 1995	U.S. prosecutor (2000–2008), former acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2020)
Michael Powell	1985	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (2001–05); son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell
Jen Psaki	2000	White House Press Secretary for Joe Biden (2020–2022); Assistant to the President of the United States and the White House Communications Director for Barack Obama (2009–2011); Spokesperson for the United States Department of State (2013–2015)
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.	B.A. 1980	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2005–2009), U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (2010–2013), Counselor of the United States Department of State (2013–2016), U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2011, 2016–present), Acting United States Secretary of State (2017), Acting United States Deputy Secretary of State (2017)
Shari Villarosa	J.D. 1978	U.S. chargé d'affaires to Burma (2005–08)
Mary Jo White	1970	U.S. attorney (S.D.N.Y.) (1993–2002); chairwoman of the SEC (2013–2017)

State and local government

Governors

Virginia

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
William H. Cabell	1793	Governor of Virginia (1805–08); judge of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1811–51); chief judge of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1841–52)
John N. Dalton	1954	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1966–72); member of the Virginia Senate (1972–73); lieutenant governor of Virginia (1974–78); governor of Virginia (1978–82)
William Branch Giles	1781	U.S. congressman for Virginia (1790–98, 1801–03); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798–1801, 1816–17, 1826–27); U.S. senator from Virginia (1804–15); governor of Virginia (1827–30)
Mills E. Godwin Jr.	1934 / LL.D. 1966	Member of the Virginia Senate (1952–62); lieutenant governor of Virginia (1962–66); governor of Virginia (1966–70, 1974–78)
John Munford Gregory	1832	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1831–40); governor of Virginia (1842–1843)
Benjamin Harrison V	1745	Member of Continental Congress for Virginia (1774–77); signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1781–84)
Thomas Jefferson	1762 / LL.D. 1783	Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776); governor of Virginia (1779–81); ambassador to France (1785–89); U.S. Secretary of State (1789–93); vice president of the U.S. (1797–1801); president of the U.S. (1801–09); founded the University of Virginia (1819)
James Monroe	1776	U.S. senator for Virginia (1790–94); ambassador to France (1794–96); governor of Virginia (1799–1802); ambassador to Great Britain (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1811); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14, 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (1814–15); president of the U.S. (1817–25)
Andrew Jackson Montague	1874	U.S. attorney (W.D. Va.) (1893–98); attorney general of Virginia (1898–1902); governor of Virginia (1902–06); U.S. representative for Virginia (1913–37)
Wilson Cary Nicholas	1779	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1784–89, 1794–99); U.S. senator from Virginia (1799–1804); U.S. representative from Virginia (1807–09); governor of Virginia (1814–17)
John Page	1763	Lieutenant governor of Virginia (1776–79); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1781–83, 1785–88); U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–1797); governor of Virginia (1802–05)
James Pleasants	J.D. 1791	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1797–1802); clerk of the Virginia House of Delegate (1803–11); U.S. representative for Virginia (1811–19); U.S. senator from Virginia (1819–22); governor of Virginia (1822–25)
James Patton Preston	1795	Governor of Virginia (1816–19)
Beverley Randolph	1772	Governor of Virginia (1788–91)
Edmund Randolph	1770	Governor of Virginia (1786–88); U.S. Attorney General (1789–1794); U.S. Secretary of State (1794–95)
Peyton Randolph	1798	Governor of Virginia (1811–12)
Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.	1783	Member of the Virginia Senate (1793–94); U.S. representative for Virginia (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1819–22)
Wyndham Robertson	1821	Governor of Virginia (1836–37); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1838–41, 1859–65)
Littleton Waller Tazewell	1791	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798–1800, 1804–06, 1816–17); U.S. representative for Virginia (1800–01); U.S. senator from Virginia (1824–32); governor of Virginia (1834–36)
John Tyler	1807	U.S. representative for Virginia (1816–21); governor of Virginia (1825–27); U.S. senator for Virginia (1827–36); vice president of the U.S. (1841); president of the U.S. (1841–45)
William Munford Tuck	1917 / LL.D. 1948	Governor of Virginia (1946–50); U.S. representative for Virginia (1953–69)
John Tyler, Sr.	1765	Governor of Virginia (1808–11)

Other states and territories

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
William Wyatt Bibb	1796	U.S representative for Georgia (1807–13); U.S. senator for Georgia (1813–16); territorial governor of Alabama (1817–19); governor of Alabama (1819–20)
William D. Bloxham	1855	Governor of Florida (1881–85, 1897–1901)
Gerard Brandon	1809	Governor of Mississippi (1825–26, 1826–32)
William C.C. Claiborne	1790	U.S. representative for Tennessee (1797–1801); governor of the Mississippi Territory (1801–05), Territory of Orleans (1803–12), and Louisiana (1812–16); U.S. senator for Louisiana (1817)
Edward Coles	1807	Governor of Illinois (1822–26)
Richard Coke	1848	Associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1866–67); governor of Texas (1874–76); U.S. senator from Texas (1877–95)
John J. Crittenden	1807	U.S. senator for Kentucky (1817–19, 1835–41, 1842–48, 1855–61); U.S. Attorney General (1841, 1850–53); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1861–63); governor of Kentucky (1848–50)
David Holmes	1795	U.S. representative from Virginia (1797–1808); last governor of Mississippi Territory (?-1817); first governor of State of Mississippi (1817–19, 1826); U.S. senator from Mississippi (1821–25)
Benjamin Howard	1797	Last governor of the Louisiana Territory; first governor of Missouri Territory (1810–12)
John Francis Mercer	1775	Delegate to the Continental Congress (1787); U.S. representative for Maryland (1791–94); governor of Maryland (1801–03)
Walter R. Peterson, Jr.	1946	Member of New Hampshire House of Representatives (1963–68); Speaker of the N.H. House of Representatives (1965–68); governor of New Hampshire (1969–73)
George Plater	1752	Delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland (1778–80); governor of Maryland (1791–92)
John Pope	1790	Third Governor of Arkansas Territory (1829–35); a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky (1837–43), Secretary of State of Kentucky (1816–19)
Thomas B. Robertson	1807	U.S. representative for Louisiana (1812–18); governor of Louisiana (1820–24); U.S. district court judge (D. La.) (1825–27)

State legislators

Virginia

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Hunter Andrews	1942	Member of the Virginia Senate
Briscoe Baldwin	1808	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1818–20, 1841–42); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1842–52)
John S. Barbour	1808	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1813–16, 1820–23, 1833–34); U.S. representative for Virginia (1823–33)
Burwell Bassett	1782	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1787–89); member of the Virginia Senate (1794–1805); U.S. representative for Virginia (1805–29)
James Boisseau	A.B. 1842	Commissioner of the Revenue (1848–49, 1850); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1857–58); justice of the peace (1860); member of the Secessionist Convention (1861); county judge (1870–1872)
James Breckinridge	1785	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1789–1802, 1806–08, 1819–21, 1823–24); U.S. representative for Virginia (1809–17)
Robert H. Brink	J.D. 1978	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1998–2014)
David Bulova	1991	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2006–present)
Samuel Cabell	—	Left to join Revolutionary Army; member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1785–92); U.S. representative for Virginia (1795–1803)
Eric Cantor	J.D. 1988	U.S. representative for Virginia (2001–2014); House Minority Whip (2008–2011); House Majority Leader (2011–2014)
Dabney Carr	1763	Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson
Isaac Coles	1768	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1780–81, 1783–88); U.S. representative for Virginia (1789–91, 1793–97)
Beverly Douglas	1843	Delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention (1850–51); member of the Virginia Senate (1852–65); U.S. representative for Virginia (1875–78)
Ashton Dovell	LL.D. 19??	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1924–42); Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (1936–42)
Mark Earley	1976 / J.D. 1982	Member of the Virginia Senate (1988–98); Attorney General of Virginia (1998–2001)
Thomas Evans	1775	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1780–81, 1794–96, 1805–06); U.S. representative for Virginia (1797–1801)
William Goode	1819	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1822–23, 1824–33, 1839–41, 1845–47); U.S. Congressman for Virginia (1841–43, 1852–53)
Edwin Gray	17??	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1776, 1779, 1787, 1788, 1791); Virginia Senate (1777–79); U.S. representative for Virginia (1799–1813)
John Munford Gregory	1832	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1831–40); governor of Virginia (1842–1843)
Phil Hamilton	1979	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1988–2009)
Carter Harrison	1776	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1784–86, 1805–08); U.S. representative for Virginia (1793–99)
Henry Howell	1956	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1960–66); member of the Virginia Senate (1966–71); lieutenant governor of Virginia (1971–73)
Tim Hugo	1986	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2003–present)
James Johnson	179?	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1797–1804, 1806, 1807, 1809–13); U.S. representative for Virginia (1813–20)
Terry Kilgore	J.D. 1986	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1993–present)
William Carter Knight	18??	Member of the Virginia Senate (1857–1860)
George Loyall	1808	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1818–27); U.S. representative for Virginia (1830–31, 1833–37)
Taylor Mason	1989	Member of the Virginia Senate (2017–present); Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2014–2016)
Ryan McDougle	J.D. 1996	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2002–05); member of the Virginia Senate (2005–present)
Bill Mims	1979	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1992–98); member of the Virginia Senate (1998–2006); 46th attorney general of Virginia (2009–10); justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (2010–present)
Jason Miyares	J.D. 2005	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2016–present), Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia
Hugh Nelson	1780	Member of the Virginia Senate (1786–91); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1805–09, 1828–29); U.S. representative for Virginia (1811–23); U.S. ambassador to Spain (1823–24)
Willoughby Newton	c. 1820/23	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1826–32); U.S. representative for Virginia (1843–45)
Tommy Norment	J.D. 1973	Member of the Virginia Senate (1992–present); majority leader of the Virginia Senate (2012–present)
Joseph Prentis	1777	Member of the Virginia Convention (1775); judge of the Virginia Admiralty Court (1776); member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1777-?); Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (1778-?); member of the Privy Council (1779-?)
Thomas Randolph	178?	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1793–94; 1819–20, 1823–25); U.S. representative for Virginia (1803–07); governor of Virginia (1819–22)
Gary A. Reese	1967	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
John Robertson	1804	U.S. representative for Virginia (1834–39); member of the Virginia Senate (1861–63)
George Strother	180?	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1806–09); U.S. representative for Virginia (1817–21)
Frederick Southgate Taylor	1867	Democratic delegate for Norfolk in the Virginia House of Delegates; founder of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity; businessman, politician, and philanthropist
Littleton Waller Tazewell	1791	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798–1800, 1804–06, 1816–17); U.S. representative for Virginia (1800–01); U.S. senator for Virginia (1824–32); governor of Virginia (1834–36)
Philip R. Thompson	17??	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1793–97); U.S. representative for Virginia (1801–07)
Jill Holtzman Vogel	1992	Member of the Virginia Senate (2007–2009)
Jennifer Wexton	J.D. 1995	Member of the Virginia Senate (2014–2018)
Richard Alsop Wise	—	Left to join Confederate Army; member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1885–87); U.S. representative for Virginia (1898–99, 1900)

Other states and territories

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Branch T. Archer	1804	Texas Commissioner to the United States (1835–1836); Speaker of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives (1837); Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas (1840–1841)
Thomas Hart Benton	18??	Member of the Tennessee Senate (1809–11); U.S. senator for Missouri (1821–51); U.S. representative for Missouri (1853–55)
Todd Book	J.D. 1993	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2008–2010)
Cameron S. Brown	—	Transferred to the University of Missouri–Kansas City; member of the Michigan House Representatives (1999–2001); member of the Michigan Senate (2003–2010)
Jacob Davis	1837	Member of the Illinois Senate (1842–48, 1850–56); U.S. representative for Illinois (1856–57)
John J. Flanagan	1983	Member of the New York State Assembly (1987–2002); member of the New York Senate (2003–present)
Emily McAsey	2000	Member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2009–2017)
Duane Milne	1990	Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2007–present)
John Nicholas	177?	U.S. representative for Virginia (1793–1801); member of the New York Senate (1806–09)
Walter R. Peterson, Jr.	1946	Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1963–68); Speaker of the N.H. House of Representatives (1965–68); governor of New Hampshire (1969–73)
David C. Russo	19??	Member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1990–present)
Charles L. Scott	1846	Member of the California Assembly (1854–56); U.S. representative for California (1857–61); U.S. ambassador to Venezuela (1885–89)
Peyton Short	1780	Member of the first Kentucky Senate (1792–96)
Harriett Stanley	1972	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2005–13)
John Louis Taylor	1785	Member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1792, 1794–95); first chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1818–29)
Daniel Turner	1817	Member of the North Carolina House of Commons (1819–23); U.S. representative for North Carolina (1827–29)
John I. Vanmeter	—	Transferred to Princeton College; member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1824); member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1836); member of the Ohio Senate (1838); U.S. representative for Ohio (1843–45)

State courts

Virginia Supreme Court

The Virginia Supreme Court has been known by other names since its creation. Most recently, the Virginia Supreme Court was known as the Supreme Court of Appeals until 1970. Regardless of name used, this sub-list is limited to members of the highest court of the state. Other state judges can be found in the following sub-list dedicated to Other positions.

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Briscoe Baldwin	1808	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1818–20, 1841–42); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1842–52)
William Brockenbrough	1798	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1834–38)
William H. Cabell	1793	Governor of Virginia (1805–08); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1811–51)
Paul Carrington	1768	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1789–1807)
John Coalter	J.D. 1789	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1811–?)
William Fleming	1763	Member of the Continental Congress (1779); an original justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1789–1824); chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1809–1824)
Lawrence W. I'Anson	1928	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Elizabeth A. McClanahan	1980	Chief deputy Virginia attorney general (2002–2003); judge of Virginia Court of Appeals (2003–2011); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (2011–)
James Mercer	1752	Member of the Continental Congress (1779); judge of the General Court of Virginia (1779–89); an original justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1789–1793)
Bill Mims	1979	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1992–98); member of the Virginia Senate (1998–2006); 46th attorney general of Virginia (2009–10); justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (2010–present)
Spencer Roane	1777	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1794–1822)
Claude V. Spratley	1901	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1936–67)
Robert Stanard	1824	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1839–46)
Walter Redd Staples	1846	Member of Virginia House of Delegates (1853–54); delegate to Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America (1861); representative for Virginia to the Confederate Congress (1862–65); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1870–82)
Henry Tazewell	1770	Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court (1785–89); chief justice of Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1789–93); U.S. Senator for Virginia (1794–99)
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.	1798 / J.D. 1801	Law professor at the College of William and Mary (1801–04); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1824–31); author of the College of William and Mary honor pledge (1842)
St. George Tucker	1772	Lawyer and professor of law at William & Mary; Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals judge (1803–11); U.S. district court judge (D. Va.) (1813–?)

Other states' high courts

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Richard Coke	1848	Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1866–67); governor of Texas (1874–76); U.S. senator from Texas (1877–95)
John H. Dillard	J.D. 1840	Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1878–81)
Powhatan Ellis	J.D. 1814	Associate Justice (one of the original) of the Mississippi Supreme Court (1818–25); U.S. senator for Mississippi (1825–26, 1827–32); U.S. district court judge (D. Miss.) (1832–36)
Reuben Gaines	—	Transferred to Cumberland University; associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1886–94); chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1894–1911)
John Griffin	1790	Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1806–23)
John Hall	178?	One of three original justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1818–33)
Helen E. Hoens	1976	Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (2006–2013)
John Louis Taylor	1785	Member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1792, 1794–95); first chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1818–29)
Nancy Waples	1982	Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (2022–present)

Other positions

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Viola Baskerville	1973	Virginia Secretary of Administration; former State Delegate; former Vice Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
Randolph A. Beales	1982	Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals; former Attorney General of Virginia
Richard Bland	1766	Member of Continental Congress (1774–75); served multiple terms in House of Burgesses; colonial rights advocate who publicly opposed England's Stamp Act
Thomas Russell Bowden	1861	Attorney General of the restored government of Virginia (1863–1865) and Virginia (1865–1869)
Carter Braxton	1755	Member of Continental Congress (1775–76); signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
Jacob Frey	2004	Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kelly Gee	2010	Acting secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2023–present)
Gurbir Grewal	J.D. 1999	Attorney General of New Jersey (2018–present)
Jim D. Hansen	1982	Executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party
John N. Hendren	1850	Virginia lawyer and the second Treasurer of the Confederate States of America
Henry Howell	1956	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1960–66); member of the Virginia Senate (1966–71); lieutenant governor of Virginia (1971–73)
Robert M. Hughes	1873	President of the Virginia Bar Association; helped establish what became Old Dominion University
Karen Jackson	M.B.A. 1991	Former Virginia Secretary of Technology; appointed in 2014 by Governor Terry McAuliffe; the last to serve in the office before it was dissolved under Governor Ralph Northam
Ann Hitch Kilgore	1944	Mayor of Hampton, Virginia (1963–71, 1974–78)
Jerry Kilgore	J.D. 1986	Attorney general of Virginia (2001–05)
Roy Martin	1940	Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (1962–1974), President of the United States Conference of Mayors (1973–1974)
George M.B. Maughs	185?	Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1860)
William McMillan	1787	Member of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives (1799–1800); delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Northwest Territory (1800–01)
Bill Mims	1979	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1992–98); member of the Virginia Senate (1998–2006); 46th attorney general of Virginia (2009–10); justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (2010–present)
Christina Romer	1981	Chair Council of Economic Advisors (2009–2010)
Malfourd W. Trumbo	1977 / J.D. 1983	Circuit court judge in the 25th circuit of Virginia

Academia

College presidents and chancellors

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
John Bracken	1791	Episcopal priest; President of the College of William & Mary (1812–14); Rector of Bruton Parish Church
Warren Buck	MSc 1970, PhD 1976	Physics professor, first chancellor of the University of Washington, Bothell
John Croghan	1809	Medical doctor and Director of the United States Marine Hospital of Louisville; first to develop Mammoth Cave as a tourist destination
Thomas Dawson	1737	Anglican priest; President of the College of William & Mary (1755–60); Commissary of the Bishop of London; Rector of Bruton Parish Church
Thomas Roderick Dew	1820	Professor of history, metaphysics, and political economy at the College of William and Mary (1827–36); president of the College of William and Mary (1836–46)
Mary Maples Dunn	1954	President of Smith College (1985–1995)
David Ellenson	1969	President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (2002–present)
Robert Gates	1965	President of Texas A&M University (2002–2006)
William A. Griffin	19??	President of Mid-Atlantic Christian University (1986–2006)
Hugh Blair Grigsby	LL.D. 1855	Chancellor of the College of William & Mary and President of the Virginia Historical Society
Tiberius G. Jones	1845	President of Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) (1866–69)
Penelope W. Kyle	M.B.A. 1987	President of Radford University (2005–2016)
Peter J. Liacouras	1952	President of Temple University (1981–2000)
James Madison	1771	Episcopal priest, first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia; president of the College of William and Mary (1777–1812)
Andrew Martin	1994	Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan (2014–2018); chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis (2019–present)
Carolyn Martin	1973	President of Amherst College (2008–present)
Tisa Mason	Ed.S. '91, Ed.D. '93	President of Fort Hays State University (2017–present)
John Lloyd Newcomb	1900	President of the University of Virginia (1931–47)
E. Clorisa Phillips	1977	President of Virginia Intermont College
William Barton Rogers	1824	Founder and first president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1861–70, 1878–81) (attended 1819–1824 but did not receive degree and no evidence for graduation, according to MIT Libraries)
Henry Rosovsky	1949 / LL.D. 1976	Economist, professor, and university administrator; acting president of Harvard University (1984, 1987)
Edward Seidel	1981	President of the University of Wyoming
John B. Stephenson	1959	Sociologist and scholar of Appalachia; director of the Appalachian Studies Conference (1979–84); and president of Berea College (1984–94)
William Stith	1720	Anglican priest; President of the College of William & Mary (1752–55); educated at the Grammar School at William & Mary; trained for ministry at Queen's College, Oxford
Timothy J. Sullivan	1966	Dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law (1985–92); president of the College of William and Mary (1992–2005)
Paul R. Verkuil	1961	President of the College of William & Mary (1985–92); appointed by U.S. Supreme Court as special master for Ellis Island dispute; former Dean of Cardozo Law School; Chairman of Administrative Conference of the United States
Shearer West	1981	Art historian; president and vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham (UK)
William Yates	1744?	Anglican priest; president of the College of William & Mary (1761–64)

Professors

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Emerson Baker	Ph.D. 1986	Historical archaeologist and professor of history at Salem State College
Stephen R. Barley	1975	Structuration and organizational theory, professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University
Elizabeth Hill Boone	1970	Pre-Columbian art historian and professor of Latin American art at Tulane University
John Boswell	1969	History professor at Yale University and recipient of the National Book Award
Clayton Clemens	1980	Chancellor Professor of Government and assistant chair of the government department at William & Mary
Jerry Coyne	1971	Prominent critic of intelligent design theory; professor at University of Chicago; was valedictorian of his graduating class
Joseph Ellis	1965	History professor at Mount Holyoke College; author of The New York Times bestseller Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation which received 2001 Pulitzer Prize
Lesley J. Gordon	1987	Military historian specializing in the American Civil War; holds the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama
John Graham	1983	Financial economist; professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business; research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research
George S. Oldfield	19??	Professor of Finance at the Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary; faculty member at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
Gregory Pence	1970	Professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lisa Sanders	1979	Associate professor of medicine at Yale University; columnist with The New York Times; physician and writer
Robert E. Scott	J.D. 1968	Law professor and notable contract law scholar at Columbia Law School; dean of University of Virginia Law School (1991–2001); fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
Nicole Shelton	1993	Stuart Professor of Psychology at Princeton University
Ellen Griffith Spears	1971	Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama
Megan Squire	1994	Professor in computer science at Elon University who studies right-wing political extremism online
William J. Stuntz	1980	Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; notable criminal law expert
Dennis Frank Thompson	1962	Professor at Harvard University
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.	1798 / J.D. 1801	Law professor at the College of William and Mary (1801–04); justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1824–31); author of the College of William and Mary's honor pledge (1842)
George Wythe	1746	America's first professor of law, College of William and Mary (1769–89); Member of Continental Congress (1775–76); signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776)

Religion

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
John Boyd Bentley	1921	Episcopal priest; second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska; attended 1915–16, 1920–21, but did not graduate; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary
John Bracken	1791	Episcopal priest; President of the College of William & Mary (1812–14); Rector of Bruton Parish Church
Pamela Pauly Chinnis	1946	First female president of the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies
Thomas Dawson	1737	Anglican priest; President of the College of William & Mary (1755–60); Commissary of the Bishop of London; rector of Bruton Parish Church
Harry Lee Doll	1924?	Episcopal priest; Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary (1933)
David Ellenson	1969	Rabbi and leader in American Reform Judaism; ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Philip Ludwell III	c. 1738	Earliest known Eastern Orthodox Christian in North America, liturgist, and representative of Jamestown in the House of Burgesses
James Madison	1771	Episcopal priest; first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia; President of the College of William and Mary (1777–1812)
John Payne	1833	Episcopal priest; first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary (1836)
Katherine Hancock Ragsdale	1980	Episcopal priest; former dean of the Episcopal Divinity School; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary (1987)
Alfred Magill Randolph	1855	Episcopal priest; first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary (1858)
John Stark Ravenscroft	1790	Episcopal priest, first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
William Stith	1720	Anglican priest; President of the College of William & Mary (1752–55); educated at the Grammar School at William & Mary; trained for ministry at Queen's College, Oxford
Calvin Cabell Tennis	1954	Episcopal priest; ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary
Channing Moore Williams	1852	Episcopal priest; first Episcopal Bishop of China and Japan; trained for ministry at the Virginia Theological Seminary
Wayne P. Wright	1975	Episcopal priest; tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware; trained for ministry at Sewanee: The University of the South
William Yates	1744?	Anglican priest, President of the College of William & Mary (1761–64)

Arts and media

Film

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Dylan Baker	—	Transferred to Southern Methodist University; actor in films such as Kinsey and Road to Perdition
Jaycee Chan	—	Dropped out after two semesters; actor and singer; son of movie star Jackie Chan
Glenn Close	1974	Actress in films such as Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction and the stage production of Sunset Boulevard; nominee for an Oscar (eight times); winner of three Tonys, an Obie, four Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award
John Coven	1980	Storyboard artist of films such as The Lion King, Jurassic World and the X-Men
David Crank	1982	Production designer of Knives Out (Art Directors Guild Award nomination), The Master, Inherent Vice, Art Director on Lincoln, There Will Be Blood, Water for Elephants
Rebecca Gibel	2001	Actress in films such as CODA and Finestkind
Scott Glenn	1963	Actor in films such as The Hunt for Red October and The Silence of the Lambs
Cord Jefferson	2004	Director, writer, and producer of American Fiction, Oscar winner, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2024)
Martin Jurow	1932	Hollywood agent, executive assistant and film producer
Ashley Edward Miller	1994	Screenwriter of films such as Thor and X-Men: First Class

Music

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Douglas Appling	2008	Known by his stage name Emancipator, is a producer and disc jockey based in Portland, Oregon
Mark Doyon	1985	Recording artist and producer; led the indie rock bands Arms of Kismet, Wampeters and Waterslide; founder and principal of the record label and media company Wampus Multimedia
Cleve Francis	M.A. 1969	Country music singer, songwriter, and cardiologist
Scott Miller	1990	Musician and founder of the band Scott Miller and the Commonwealth
Travis Morrison	—	Musician, leader of The Dismemberment Plan; dropped out after three years
Thao Nguyen	2006	Folk rock artist signed to Kill Rock Stars with her band, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down; produced music for 2011 Matt Damon-narrated documentary film American Teacher
Wes Swing	2004	Singer-songwriter
Will Toledo	2014	Lead singer of indie rock band Car Seat Headrest

Television

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
David Burke	1988	Actor in numerous television shows, including Law & Order, The Tick, Brothers & Sisters, Joan of Arcadia and Grey's Anatomy
Michael Burns	—	Transferred to UCLA after his freshman year; star of Wagon Train, It's a Man's World, and various films; also an historian of Modern Europe and professor emeritus at Mount Holyoke College
Kelly Choi	1999	Multiple Emmy-nominated television personality on NYC Media
Steven Culp	1978	Television actor, has appeared in Desperate Housewives, The West Wing, and Star Trek: Enterprise
Justin Deas	1970	Actor, Guiding Light
Ben Domenech	—	Left for position at United States Department of Health and Human Services in 2002 just prior to his senior year; broadcast journalist and publisher; co-founder of The Federalist; married to Meghan McCain
Charles Esten	1987	Comedian, singer and actor known for his appearances on the improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and The Office, as Deacon Claybourne on Nashville, and as Ward Cameron on Netflix's Outer Banks
Jenny Hagel	1998	Comedian and comedy writer; writes and performs for Late Night with Seth Meyers; executive producer and head writer on The Amber Ruffin Show
Karen Hall	1978	Television writer of CBS's Judging Amy and M*A*S*H
Weijia Jiang	2005	Broadcast journalist, CBS News
Chris Kerson	1992	Actor, best known for his role as Nails on season two of True Detective
Linda Lavin	1959	Actress; winner of Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards; starred on the television sitcom Alice
Bill Lawrence	1990	Creator and writer of Ted Lasso and Scrubs television series
Tommy Newsom	1949	Graduated from the Norfolk division of William & Mary (present day Old Dominion University); saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Ryan O'Quinn	1994	Actor with roles in television shows and movies
Patton Oswalt	1991	Comedian; film and television actor
Doug Petrie	1985	Screenwriter, director, and producer best known as a writer, director, and co-executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Linda Powell	1989	Daughter of Colin Powell; television actress
Jamieson Price	1983	Voice actor, best known for numerous anime and video games
Paula Reid	2005	CNN senior legal affairs correspondent
Sara Schaefer	2000	Comedian; writer, producer, and co-host on MTV's Nikki & Sara Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Kyle Soller	—	Transferred to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London after studying abroad there in his third year; Olivier Award-winning actor known for roles in theatrical productions and shows such as An Inspector Calls and Andor
Jon Stewart	1984	Anchor and writer of Emmy-winning The Daily Show
Stephanie Szostak	1994	Model and star of A Million Little Things, Dinner for Schmucks, and various films and television shows
Luke Thomas	1978	Combat sport analyst who works for CBS Sports
Jill Twiss	1998	Emmy Award-winning writer for Last Week with John Oliver; author of several children's books
Michelle Wolf	2007	Host of Netflix weekly series The Break with Michelle Wolf; former contributor/writer to The Daily Show; stand-up comedian

Writers

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Tom Angleberger	1992	Author, professor, playwright, and former radio host
LaShonda Katrice Barnett	Ph.D. 2012	Author, professor, playwright, and former radio host
Susan Wise Bauer	M.A. 1996 / Ph.D. 2007	Author of texts on classical education
Cece Bell	1992	Author and illustrator
Alexandra Bracken	2009	#1 New York Times bestselling author of children's and young adult novels
Christopher Bram	1974	Writer, author of nine novels, including Father of Frankenstein, which was adapted into Academy Award-winning film Gods and Monsters
Michael Branch	1985	Professor and author of a number of books, including How to Cuss in Western: And Other Missives from the High Desert and Rants from the Hill: On Packrats, Bobcats, Wildfires, Curmudgeons, a Drunken Mary Kay Lady, and Other Encounters with the Wild in the High Desert
Bethany Brookshire	2004	Science journalist
Jay Busbee	1990	Writer, sportswriter and comic book writer; wrote The Face of the River and Jam
James Branch Cabell	1898	Regionalist author; favorite of Mark Twain
Landon Carter	17??	Author of account of colonial life leading up the American Revolution, The Diary of Colonel Landon
Henri Cole	1978	Poet; current poet-in-residence at William & Mary
Maryann Corbett	1978	Poet and translator, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award (2014) and the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize (2009)
Lisa Desjardins	1994	Political Journalist for PBS NewsHour
Mike D'Orso	1975 / M.A. 1981	New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of narrative nonfiction; honors include the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the American Library Association Nonfiction Book of the Year, the Christopher Award, and the New York Times Notable Book of the Year list
Kathryn Erskine	1980	Author of children's and young adult novels; winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Mockingbird
Shaunti Feldhahn	1989	Best-selling author of For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men
Shannon Fisher	1994	Opinion writer, talk radio host
Michelle Gable	1996	Author of novels A Paris Apartment (2014) and I'll See You in Paris (2016)
Forrest Gander	1978	Poet, essayist, novelist and critic
Chris Genoa	1999	Novelist; author of Foop!
Reid Harrison	1982	Screenwriter and television producer who has written for numerous television shows, including The Simpsons and The PJs
Benjamin Hedin	2001	Author, university professor; writer and producer of two documentary feature films
Brian Henry	1991	Poet, editor, author and professor at the University of Richmond
Brenda Hiatt	1978	Author of romantic historical novels
Sheri Holman	1988	Television writer and best-selling novelist; author of A Stolen Tongue, The Dress Lodger, and Witches on the Road Tonight, among others
Laura Kamoie	M.A. 1994 Ph.D. 1999	New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling author of historical fiction
Steve Kistulentz	1989	Novelist, poet, author of Panorama (2018), The Luckless Age (2010), and Little Black Daydream (2012)
Serge Kovaleski	1984	Investigative reporter at The New York Times
Trudy Krisher	1968	Author
Zach Lowe	M.A. 2003	Sportswriter and reporter at Stamford Advocate, Grantland, and ESPN; associated with use of advanced metrics in sports
Stephen Marlowe	1949	Author of more than 50 novels including detective novels (1950s and 1960s) and historical novels and fictionalized biographies including Colossus (1972), The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus (1987), The Lighthouse at the End of the World (1995), and The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes (1996)
Syed M. Masood	J.D. 2008	Author of More Than Just a Pretty Face (2020) and The Bad Muslim Discount (2021)
Anne Marie Pace	1987	Children's picture book author and creator of Vampirina
Amanda Petrusich	2000	Staff writer at The New Yorker and author
Forrest Pritchard	1996	New York Times bestselling author of Gaining Ground (2103) and Growing Tomorrow (2015)
Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.	1967	Lawyer; writer; winner of Pulitzer Prize for autobiography Fortunate Son (1991)
H. Reid	1947	Author; photographer; historian
David L. Robbins	1976 / J.D. 1980	Writer; wrote War of the Rats, on which the movie Enemy at the Gates is partially based
Laura Sims	1995	Author of the book Looker; poet
James Southall Wilson	1904 / LL.D. 1931	Author; creator of The Virginia Quarterly Review and William & Mary's Alma Mater
John C. Wright	J.D. 1987	Author of The Golden Age trilogy and other science fiction and fantasy novels
Andrew Zawacki	1994	Poet, critic, editor, and translator

Other media

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Ruth Dicker	1940	Landscape painter
Perry Ellis	1961	Fashion designer (Perry Ellis International)
Kate Fleming	1987	Award-winning audio book narrator
Donald Judd	—	Visual artist (transferred to Columbia University)
Wilford Leach	1949	Tony Award winner
David Lasky	1990	Alternative cartoonist
William Ivey Long	1969	Costume designer; six-time recipient of Tony Award
Yuri Lowenthal	1993	Voice actor of several anime and video game characters
Carmen Lynch	1994	Comedian; has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with David Letterman, and A Prairie Home Companion
Jamieson Price	1983	Voice actor
Lauren Shippen	2013	Writer, director, and actor; creator of the podcast The Bright Sessions
Craig Windham	1971	National Public Radio personality

Military officers

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Admiral Ming Chang	1955	First naturalized Asian American naval officer to reach flag rank in the United States military
Colonel George Croghan	1810	Soldier who fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811; recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
Brigadier General John Hartwell Cocke	1798	Led the defense of Richmond, Virginia against British forces in the War of 1812; member of the first Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia
Lieutenant General Keith Dayton	1970	Former director of the Iraq Survey Group as a senior member of the Joint Staff
Major William Gilham	1852	Soldier who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and became president of Southern Fertilizing Company in Richmond after the war
Brigadier General Edwin Gray Lee	1852	Second cousin of Robert E. Lee and soldier from Virginia who served with the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
Rear Admiral Cary Grayson	1898	Naval surgeon who served aboard presidential yacht Mayflower under Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, and as White House physician for Woodrow Wilson; chairman of Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural committees in 1933 and 1937; and chairman of the American Red Cross
General David D. McKiernan	1972	Commanding general of the Third United States Army; Coalition Forces Land Component Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM)
First Lieutenant Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.	1967	Attorney, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, and Marines officer that served in Vietnam; son of renowned Marine Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Puller
Edmund Ruffin	1812	Attended only 1810–12; secessionist who fired the first shots of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott	1805	Longest serving general in U.S. military history (1814–1861); commanded forces in War of 1812, Black Hawk War and Mexican–American War; general-in-chief of Union Army at start of the American Civil War; author of Anaconda Plan
Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro	1841	Confederate general in the American Civil War
Colonel Charles Stewart Todd	1809	Subaltern and judge-advocate of General James Winchester's division in the War of 1812; in 1813 he was made a captain of infantry, and was an aide to General William Henry Harrison in the Battle of the Thames

Business and technology

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Todd Boehly	1996	Co-founder, chairman, CEO and controlling member of Eldridge Industries; he is also the co-owner of Premier League football club Chelsea
Beth Comstock	1982	VP of Public Relations for General Electric; co-founder of Hulu
Ted Decker	1985	CEO and incoming chairman and president of The Home Depot
Lewis Glucksman	1945	Noted Wall Street trader; former CEO of Lehman Brothers
Todd Howard	1993	Executive producer and game director of Bethesda Softworks
Neil Livingstone	1968	Business executive, author, political candidate, television commentator and security and terrorism expert; founder, chairman, and CEO of GlobalOptions Inc.; author of ten books and hundreds of articles on terrorism, intelligence, and national security
Raymond A. Mason	1959	Founder and CEO of investment firm Legg Mason, Inc.; namesake of William & Mary's Mason School of Business
William Temple Thomson Mason	1803	Prominent Virginia farmer and businessman
Mark McCormack	1951	Sports agency pioneer; founder of International Management Group (IMG); author of bestseller What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School; half of the namesake of William & Mary's McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center
Michael Medline	1991	Canadian businessman; president and CEO of Empire Company Limited
Alan B. Miller	1958	Founder and CEO of United Health Services, Inc.; namesake of Miller Hall, home of the Mason School of Business
Paul Peters	2004	CEO of the Open Access publisher Hindawi 2015–2021
C. Michael Petters	1993	President and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Joe Plumeri	1966	Chairman & CEO of Willis Group Holdings, and owner of the Trenton Thunder; namesake of William & Mary's Plumeri Park
Paul C. Saville	1977	President and CEO of NVR, Inc.
Mark Smucker	1992	CEO of The J.M. Smucker Company
Pete Snyder	1994	CEO of Disruptor Capital, Founder of New Media Strategies
Jeffrey Trammell	1973	Past President of W&M's Board of Visitors, founded Trammell and Company
Walter J. Zable	1937	Cubic Corporation director, chairman of the board, president and CEO from 1951 until his death in 2012; namesake of the school's Walter J. Zable Stadium

Sciences

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Lena Clemmons Artz	1927	Botanist known for her research on the flora of the Virginia in the mid-20th century
Carole Baldwin	Ph.D. 1992	Research zoologist, curator of fishes, and the vertebrate zoology department chair at the National Museum of Natural History
David McDowell Brown	1978	Astronaut, Navy Flight Surgeon and pilot who died during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003
Jerry Coyne	1971	Biologist known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design
Vincent T. DeVita	1957	Physician and pioneer in oncology; CEO of Yale University's Comprehensive Cancer Institute
Nathan Havill	B.S. 1996	Entomologist and evolutionary biologist noted for work on the phylogeny of Adelgidae
Virginia Holsinger	1958	Food scientist whose research was significant in the dairy industry
Suzette Kimball	1973	Environmental science and director of the United States Geological Survey
Anne McNeil	1999	Chemist at the University of Michigan, where she is of Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering
George H. Miller	1967 / M.S. 1969 / Ph.D 1972	Physicist; former director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mohamed Noor	1992	Professor of biology and dean of natural sciences at Duke University
William Erwood Old, Jr.	19??	Malacologist
Linwood Pendleton	1985	Environmental economist; executive director of the Ocean Knowledge Action Network
Richard G. Richels	1968	Directs global climate change research at the Electric Power Research Institute
Ellen Stofan	1983	Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; former Chief Scientist at NASA (2013–2016)
Charles Tahan	2000	Physicist specializing in condensed matter physics and quantum information science and technology
William P. Winfree	M.S. 1975 / Ph.D. 1978	Experimental physicist; known for his contributions to the field of nondestructive evaluation

Sports

The William & Mary Tribe sports teams have participated at Division I level in the NCAA since the school became a members in official conference competition in 1937, although pre-conference interscholastic competition started in 1893. College alumni have played in every major professional sports league in the United States except for the National Hockey League. To honor players of the program in various sports, the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1969.

Baseball

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Bill Bray	2004	Relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals (2006) and Cincinnati Reds (2006–2012)
David Cripe	1972	Third baseman for Kansas City Royals (1978)
Adam Butler	1995	Pitcher for Atlanta Braves (1998)
Ben Guez	2009	Minor league baseball player
Brendan Harris	2001	Infielder for the Chicago Cubs (2004); Montreal Expos (2004); Washington Nationals (2005–06); Cincinnati Reds (2006); Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2007); Minnesota Twins (2007–2010); Baltimore Orioles (2010–present)
Owen Kahn	1929	Played a single one-half inning for the Boston Braves (1930)
Bud Metheny	1938	Outfielder for the New York Yankees (1943–46); longtime coach at Old Dominion University
Curtis Pride	1992	Outfielder for MLB's Los Angeles Angels
Chris Rahl	2005	Consensus First Team All-American in 2004; left school after his junior year to pursue a professional career
Vic Raschi	1941	Pitcher for the New York Yankees (1946–53), St. Louis Cardinals (1954–55), and Kansas City Athletics (1955); six-time World Series champion (1947, 1949–1953) and one-time American League strikeouts leader (1951)
Chris Ray	2003	Relief pitcher and closer for the Baltimore Orioles (2005–07, 2009)
Will Rhymes	2005	Director of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers; former professional baseball player
Mike Smith	1926	Left fielder for New York Giants (1926)

Basketball

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Lynn Barry	1981	Assistant director of USA women's basketball (1985–96); special advisor to the WNBA (1996–2000)
Bill Chambers	1953	Basketball player for the College of William and Mary (1951–53) who set the NCAA all-time single-game record for rebounds (51)
Todd Cauthorn	1993	British-American professional player in the British Basketball League during the 1990s and 2000s
Keith Cieplicki	1985	Division I basketball head coach; one of Sports Illustrated's "50 Greatest Vermont Sports Figures"
Jeff Cohen	1961	All-American basketball player and NBA draft selection for the Chicago Packers
David Cohn	2018	American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Zeb Cope	2004	Professional basketball player in France for Entente Orleans 45
David Cox	1995	Head coach of the Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
Andy Duncan	1948	Former NBA basketball player for the Rochester Royals (1948–50) and Boston Celtics (1950–51)
Chet Giermak	1950	All-American basketball player in 1950
Adam Hess	2004	Professional basketball player in the Czech Republic's National Basketball League
Tom Jasper	1971	William & Mary's second-ever Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year (1971)
H. Lester Hooker	19??	Head basketball coach at the University of Richmond and William & Mary
Laimonas Kisielius	2008	Professional Lithuanian player in the Lithuanian Basketball League
Nathan Knight	2020	Lou Henson Award winner, CAA Player of the Year, and NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves)
John Lowenhaupt	1977	Former basketball stand-out who was once named Sports Illustrated's National Player of the Week
Quinn McDowell	2012	Former professional basketball player in Australia, the NBA D-League, Spain, and Latvia; as of 2019–20 is a college coach
Jim Moran	2001	Former professional basketball player in Spain's Liga ACB
Marcus Thornton	2015	First CAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year in school history; drafted 45th overall in the 2015 NBA draft
Brant Weidner	1983	Basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs (1983–84)
Andy Van Vliet	2020	Belgian basketball player for Bnei Herzliya Basket
Charlie Woollum	1962	Most decorated head men's basketball coach in Bucknell University history

Football

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Marvin Bass	1943	Head coach for South Carolina Gamecocks (1961–65), NFL assistant coach (1952, 1970–72, 1977–78, 1982–2004)
Bill Bowman	1954	Full back for the Detroit Lions (1954, 1956), Pittsburgh Steelers (1957)
Joe Brady	2013	Offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers as of 2021
Tom Brown	1942	End for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1942)
David Caldwell	2010	Defensive back for Indianapolis Colts (2012), New York Giants (2013), Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2014–present)
Dennis Cambal	1972	Running back for New York Jets (1973)
Lang Campbell	2004	Former professional quarterback for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League (AFL)
John Cannon	1982	Defensive end for Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1982–90)
Win Charles	1926	Halfback for Dayton Triangles (1928)
Steve Christie	1989	Kicker for Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1990–91), Buffalo Bills (1992–2000), San Diego Chargers (2001–03), New York Giants (2004)
Pinball Clemons	1986	Running back for Kansas City Chiefs (1987); former record-holding Canadian Football League player; former head coach and now vice-chair of the Toronto Argonauts
Jack Cloud	1950	Fullback for the Green Bay Packers (1950–51), Washington Redskins (1952–53); inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (1990)
Johnny Clowes	1948	Guard for Brooklyn Dodgers (1948), Chicago Hornets (1949), New York Yanks (1950–51)
Derek Cox	2009	Cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2009–2012), San Diego Chargers (2013), Baltimore Ravens (2014)
Lou Creekmur	1950	Eight-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle and guard for the Detroit Lions (1950–59); inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Al Crow	1955	Defensive tackle for Boston Patriots (1960)
Dan Darragh	1968	Quarterback for the Buffalo Bills (1968–70)
Otis Douglas	1931	Two-time NFL Championship with the Philadelphia Eagles (1948–49)
Mark Duffner	1975	Linebackers coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2006–)
Ivan Fears	1976	Current football running backs coach for the New England Patriots
Tom Feamster	—	Transferred to Florida State University; defensive end for Baltimore Colts (1956)
Nick Forkovitch	1945	Running back for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1948)
Robert Green	1992	Running back for the Washington Redskins (1992), Chicago Bears (1993–96), Minnesota Vikings (1997)
Jonathan Grimes	2011	Running back for the Jacksonville Jaquars (2012–2013), Houston Texans (2013–)
Isham Hardy	192?	Guard for Akron Pros (1923), Akron Indians (1926)
Archie Harris	1987	Guard for Denver Broncos (1987)
Dan Henning	1964	Quarterback for San Diego Chargers (1966); head coach of the Atlanta Falcons (1983–86), San Diego Chargers (1989–91)
George Hughes	1950	Guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1950–54)
Harvey Johnson	1943	Fullback for the New York Yankees (1946–49), New York Yanks (1951); head coach of the Buffalo Bills
Mark Kelso	1986	Safety for the Buffalo Bills (1986–93); appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls (1990–93)
David Knight	1973	Wide receiver for the New York Jets (1973–77)
John Kreamcheck	195?	Tackle for the Chicago Bears (1953–55)
Jimmye Laycock	1970	William & Mary Tribe football's winningest coach of all time; was head coach 1980–2018
Mike Leach	2000	Tight end and long snapper for the Arizona Cardinals
Sean Lissemore	2010	Defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys (2010–2012) and the San Diego Chargers (2013–2016); athletic director for St. Mark's School of Texas
Bob Lusk	195?	Center for the Detroit Lions (1956)
Arthur Matsu	1927	Halfback for the Dayton Triangles (1928)
Sean McDermott	1998	Defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers (2011–2016); head coach of the Buffalo Bills (2017–)
Tom Mikula	1948	Running back for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1948)
Denver Mills	1947	Linebacker for the Chicago Cardinals (1952)
Ed Mioduszewski	1953	Halfback for the Baltimore Colts (1953)
Bill Murray	2019	Defensive tackle for the New England Patriots (2019)
Adam O'Connor	2006	Professional football player for the champion Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europa
Billy Parker	2004	Professional American, Canadian and arena football linebacker
Larry Peccatiello	1958 M.Ed. 1959	NFL coach (Houston Oilers, Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins)
Jeff Powell	1986	Running back for San Diego Chargers (1987)
Vito Ragazzo	1950	Head coach of Virginia Military Institute's football team (1966–70)
Ben Raimondi	—	Transferred to Indiana University; running back for New York Yankees (1947)
Buster Ramsey	1943	First head coach of the American Football League's Buffalo Bills
Knox Ramsey	1948	Guard for L.A. Dons (1948–49), Chicago Cardinals (1950–51), Washington Redskins (1952–53)
Kevin Rogers	1974	Minnesota Vikings Quarterbacks Coach
Jim Ryan	1979	Lineman for the Denver Broncos (1979–88); current defensive assistant coach of the Denver Broncos
Ralph Sazio	1948	Tackle for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1948); assistant coach, head coach, general manager and team president for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Rip Scherer	1974	Football coach at the University of Colorado
Darren Sharper	1997	Defensive back for the Green Bay Packers (1997–2004), Minnesota Vikings (2005, 2007–08), New Orleans Saints (2009)
Steve Shull	1980	Linebacker for Miami Dolphins (1980–82)
Bob Soleau	1964	Linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1964)
Charlie Sumner	1955	Safety for the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings; two-time Super Bowl champion as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders (1981, 1984)
Dominique Thompson	2004	Wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams (2005)
Tommy Thompson	1948	Linebacker/center for Cleveland Browns (1949–53)
Mike Tomlin	1995	Current head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers; youngest head coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl
Adrian Tracy	2010	2010 NFL Draft selection by the New York Giants
Al Vandeweghe	1942	Tight end for the AAFC's Buffalo Bisons (1946)
Jude Waddy	1998	Former linebacker for the Green Bay Packers (1998–2002)
Tex Warrington	—	Transferred to Auburn University; center for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1946–48)
B. W. Webb	2012	Cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys (2013), the Pittsburgh Steelers (2014), the Tennessee Titans (2015), and the Cincinnati Bengals (2019)
Alan Williams	1992	Football coach, Indianapolis Colts

Soccer

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Al Albert	1969	One of the all-time winningest head coaches in NCAA Division I men's soccer history
Wade Barrett	1998	Major League Soccer defender, Houston Dynamo
Adin Brown	2000	Norwegian Premier League soccer goalkeeper, Aalesunds FK; two-time NCAA First Team All-American (1998 and 1999)
Scott Budnick	1993	Former Major League Soccer goalkeeper, most recently of the Miami Fusion F.C.
Jill Ellis	1988	Head coach of the United States women's national soccer team (2014–2019), winning manager of the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups
Paul Grafer	1996	Former professional soccer player, most recently of the Long Island Rough Riders in the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League
Andrew Hoxie	2009	Major League Soccer striker, San Jose Earthquakes
Steve Jolley	1997	Major League Soccer defender for New York Red Bulls
Rob Olson	1982	Former professional soccer player with Team America of the North American Soccer League
Chris Rodd	—	Transferred to the University of San Francisco; professional soccer player who is currently with Bryne FK in Norway
Khary Stockton	1993	Former professional soccer player, most recently of the Richmond Kickers in the United Soccer Leagues Second Division

Other sports

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Elaina Balouris	2014	Track and field world championship level competitor
Andy Borodow	—	Canadian Olympic wrestler, Maccabiah champion, Commonwealth champion; transferred after W&M dropped their wrestling program in 1991
J. D. Gibbs	1991	Former NASCAR driver; president of Joe Gibbs Racing; owner of #11 FedEx Toyota Camry
Jim Holdren	1964	One of the most successful high school track and field and cross country running coaches in United States high school history
Brian Hyde	1996	Track and field athlete; 1996 Olympian in 1,500 meters (4,900 ft) run and American collegiate record holder in the same event (3 minutes 35 seconds)
Fred Kovaleski	1949	Tennis player, spy, and businessman
Megan Moulton-Levy	2008	Professional tennis player
Josh Sundquist	2006	Paralympian, bestselling author and motivational speaker
Michelle Wolf	2007	Long jumper whose college career was cut short due to injury; host of Netflix weekly series The Break with Michelle Wolf; former contributor/writer to The Daily Show; stand-up comedian

Miscellaneous

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Sarah Brady	1964	Pioneer in gun violence prevention; wife of Jim Brady, press secretary to President Ronald Reagan
Cosmo Fujiyama	2007	President and co-founder of Students Helping Honduras
Rick Gates	1994	Political consultant to the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016
Hugh Haynie	1950	Award-winning political cartoonist for the Louisville Courier Journal (1958–97)
Randolph Jefferson	1773	Younger brother of Thomas Jefferson
William Kelso	M.A. 1964	Archaeologist specializing in Virginia's colonial period
Henry Lee IV	1808	Biographer and historian to Major General Light Horse Harry and Matilda Lee
Lewis Littlepage	1778	Diplomat for King Stanisław August Poniatowski of Poland
Sheila Michaels	—	Helped to popularize the honorific "Ms."; civil rights activist with CORE and SNCC; expelled by W&M in part for writing anti-segregationist editorials for the student newspaper
Edward J. Normand	1992	Lawyer known for representing Lloyd's of London in the dispute over the extent that its insurance covered the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center
Steven Pruitt	2006	Named one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet by Time in June 2017; has made about 5 million English Wikipedia edits, more than any other single human editor
Robert Rector	19??	Pioneer in social welfare reform; current Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation
Leni Sorenson	M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2005	Chef and culinary historian; focuses on the lives of Black cooks, with emphasis on the early 1800s and the Colonial period
David Uy	1993, MBA 1996	Chinese American advocate, historian, and founding director of the Chinese American Museum in Washington, D.C.

Fictional people

Name	Year	Notability	Ref.
Tracy Atwood	Not specified	Detective in the 2007 film Mr. Brooks
John Dorian	1990s	Doctor on the television series Scrubs; college roommate of Christopher Turk
Jerry Robinson	Not specified	Orthodontist on the television series The Bob Newhart Show
Alexandra Rover	Not specified	Lead character in the 2008 film Nim's Island
Victoria Savedge	Not specified	Protagonist of Rita Mae Brown's 2001 novel Alma Mater
Christopher Turk	1990s	Doctor on the television series Scrubs; college roommate of John Dorian

External links

• William & Mary Digital Archive: A provisional list of alumni, grammar school students, members of the faculty, and members of the Board of Visitors, 1693–1888
• William & Mary Digital Archive: Catalogue of the Alumni and Alumnae For the Years 1866–1932