List of Dartmouth College alumni
This list of alumni of Dartmouth College includes alumni and current students of Dartmouth College and its graduate schools. In addition to its undergraduate program, Dartmouth offers graduate degrees in nineteen departments and includes three graduate schools: the Tuck School of Business, the Thayer School of Engineering, and Dartmouth Medical School. Since its founding in 1769, Dartmouth has graduated classes of students and today has approximately 66,500 living alumni.
This list uses the following notation:
- D or unmarked years – recipient of Dartmouth College Bachelor of Arts
- DMS – recipient of Dartmouth Medical School degree
- Th – recipient of any of several Thayer School of Engineering degrees
- T – recipient of Tuck School of Business Master of Business Administration, or graduate of other programs as indicated
- M.A., M.A.L.S., M.S., Ph.D, etc. – recipient of indicated degree from an Arts and Sciences graduate program, or the historical equivalent
Academia and research
Academic administrators
Professors and researchers
MacArthur Fellows
The MacArthur Fellows Program, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, is a research award commonly called the "Genius Grant."| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
| 1985 | Professor of Earth science and Environmental Sciences at Columbia College, Columbia University, and the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory | ||
| 1981 | Law and History Professor at Harvard University, 2010 MacArthur Fellow | ||
| 2005 | Human Rights Lawyer, 2018 MacArthur Fellow | ||
| 1961 | Theoretical biologist, 1987 MacArthur Fellow | ||
| 1980 | Professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, 2006 MacArthur Fellow | ||
| M.A.L.S. 2005 | Visual artist; 2006 MacArthur Fellow | ||
| 1978 | Mathematician, 1999 MacArthur Fellow |
Nobel laureates
The Nobel Prizes are awarded each year for outstanding research, the invention of ground-breaking techniques or equipment, or outstanding contributions to society.| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
| 1941 | Co-winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics | ||
| 1963 | Winner of 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | ||
| 1926 | Co-winner of 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Architecture, engineering and building industry
Arts
Business and finance
Entertainment
Government, law, and public policy
United States federal and state court judges
Executive branch and United States Cabinet members
Members of the United States Congress
Over 164 Dartmouth graduates have served in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.Senators
Representatives
United States governors
Ambassadors and other diplomats from the United States
Government officials outside the U.S.
Other U.S. political and legal figures
Journalism and media
Bloggers
Literature, writing, and translation
Pulitzer Prize winners
The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions.| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
| 1971 | Reporter for the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2004 | ||
| 1926 | U.S. poet laureate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1966 and the National Book Award in 1977 | ||
| 1985 | Journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2014 for Toms River | ||
| 1896 | U.S. poet laureate, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes | ||
| 1977 | The Wall Street Journal editorial page editor, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2000 | ||
| 1950 | Playwright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1965 for The Subject Was Roses | ||
| 1995 | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2008 | ||
| 1984 | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2005 | ||
| 1955 | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1968 | ||
| 2005 | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 2011 | ||
| 1959 | Historian regarding nuclear proliferation; shared the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography with Kai Bird in 2006 | ||
| 1964 | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1987 |