The following is a list of chancellors of Vanderbilt University[1]
| 1 | Landon Garland | 1810–1895 | 1875–1893 | ||
| 2 | James Hampton Kirkland | 1859–1939 | 1893–1937 | ||
| 3. | Oliver Carmichael | 1891–1966 | 1937–1946 | ||
| 4 | Harvie Branscomb | 1894–1998 | 1946–1963 | ||
| 5 | G. Alexander Heard | 1917–2009 | 1963–1982 | ||
| 6 | Joe B. Wyatt | 1936–present | 1982–2000 | ||
| 7 | E. Gordon Gee | 1944–present | 2000–2007 | ||
| 8 | Nicholas S. Zeppos | 1955–present | 2008–2019 | ||
| 9 | Daniel Diermeier | 1965–present | 2020–present |