List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni explained

This is a list of some notable people who attended Harvard University, but did not graduate or have yet to graduate. See List of Harvard University people for a more comprehensive list of people affiliated with Harvard.

Name	Life	Known for	Relationship to Harvard
Bülent Ecevit	1925–2006	Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey	Attended Harvard University with a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Scholarship in 1957, studying social psychology and Middle East history for eight months. He attended lectures on anti-communism with Olof Palme and Bertrand Russell and attended Henry Kissinger's Harvard International Seminar.^[1]
			Attended College; expelled prior to 1823 graduation; later among those designated as "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and admitted to Roll of Graduates
	1891–1959	businessman and philanthropist	Attended College
	1933–2021	lawyer	Attended College
	18841949	Radithor scandal	Attended College
	born 1943	horse racing expert	Attended College
	born 1979	tennis player	Attended College in 1997–1999
	born 1956	president of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana; former administrator at Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, South Carolina	Post-graduate study at Harvard
	1878–1947	aviator, yacht designer, automotive innovator, poet	Attended Harvard College 1897–1900
	born 1968	King of Denmark since 2024	Spent the 1992–1993 academic year at Harvard, studied political science under the name Frederik Henriksen
	1930–2018		Attended Business School
	1908–2004	journalist, broadcaster	Visiting graduate student
	1895–1918	soldier	Attended College 1916 but dropped out to fight in World War I (killed in action); posthumously awarded an A.B. (War Degree), Harvard Class of 1919
	1911–1986	actor	Attended college after high school graduation but dropped out after three weeks
	1924–2011	historian, writer	Attended College
	born 1970	actor	Attended College
	born 1995	2023 World Saber Champion, 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion, and US Olympic saber fencer	Attending College
	1892–1976		Attended Graduate School
	1739–1818	British Colonial Officer and Governor	Given A.M. Degree in 1764
	1863–1950	mayor of Boston, Massachusetts	Attended Harvard Medical School but dropped out in 1885 after father died
	1886–1950	poet and philosopher	College (attended 1903–1907, but did not finish)
	1706–1790	scientist	Never attended College; awarded an honorary degree in 1753 as Class of 1724
	1874–1963	poet	Attended College (1897–1899); awarded an honorary degree in 1937
	1895–1983	designer, architect	Attended College
	1922–1998	novelist	Attended College
	born 1955	co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, entrepreneur, and philanthropist	Attended College (1973–1975); awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2007
	born 1929	architect	Attended Design School
	1933–2020		Attended Law School, later transferred to Columbia
	born 1952	co-founder and chairman of Heritage Auctions, entrepreneur, and author	Attended College (1970–1972)
	1888-1960		Attended Design School
	1863–1951	newspaper magnate	Attended College
	1915–1992		Attended the Business School
	1644–1665	Native American student (Wampanoag)	Attended Harvard's Indian College; died in shipwreck at Nantucket before receiving his degree as Class of 1665; awarded a posthumous degree A.B. in 2011^[2] ^[3]
	1843–1916	novelist	Attended Law School
	born 1936	film director, screenwriter	Attended Law School
	born 1961	Prime Minister of New Zealand	Attended professional courses at the Business School
	1912–2004	landscape architect, architect	Attended Design School
	1909–1991	inventor	Attended College; awarded honorary doctorate in 1957
	1904-1986		Attended Business School^[4]
	born 1943	inventor and execution equipment designer	Attended for post-graduate studies
	1915–2002		Attended College (1932–1933)
	1867–1948	musicologist	Visiting student (1907)
	born 1947	environmentalist	Attended College (1964–66)
	1917–1977	poet	Attended College
	1937–2010	actor	Attended Harvard; dropped out in second year to become actor
	born 1958		Attended KSG Program for State and Local Government Executives
	born 1971	academic, community leader, and businessman	Attended Harvard Business School
	born 1984		Attended College
	1902–1971	poet	Attended College (1920–21)
	born 1949	Prime Minister of Israel	Attended College; studied political science
	born 1962		Attended College^[5]
	1888–1953	playwright	Attended College
	born 1976		Attended College
	1946–1973		Attended College
	1914–1993	civil rights and anti-war activist	Attended College
	1840–1925	businessman and philanthropist	Attended College but left in second year
	born 1948		Attended KSG Program for State and Local Government Executives
	1809–1891	Confederate General	Attended but then chose not to attend college because of fees
	1891–1964	composer	Attended Law and Graduate Schools
	1898–1918	Soldier	Attended College 1917 but dropped out to fight in World War I ; posthumously awarded an S.B. Harvard Class of 1920

|- |Bonnie Raitt || born 1949 || singer, songwriter || Attended Radcliffe|- |Richard Read|| born 1957 || two-time Pulitzer Prize winner|| Nieman fellow (1996–97)|-|Eden Riegel || born 1981 || actress || Attended College (1998–2000)|- |Laurance Spelman Rockefeller || 1910–2004 || businessman and philanthropist || Attended College but dropped out when he decided not to be a lawyer|- |Quentin Roosevelt || 1897–1918 || soldier || Attended College 1916 but dropped out to fight in World War I (killed in action); posthumously awarded an A.B. (War Degree), Harvard Class of 1919|- |-(Anita Sarko) || || disc jockey and writer || Attended Summer School|-|Pete Seeger || 1919–2014 || songwriter, singer, activist || Attended College|- | || 1945–2001 || late King of Nepal || Attended for one year (1967–1968)|- |Robert Gould Shaw || 1837–1863 || abolitionist, Union Army colonel || Attended College (1856–1859); killed in American Civil War|- |Harry Shearer || born 1943 || actor, writer || Attended Graduate School|- |Wallace Stevens || 1879–1955 || poet || Special student (1897–1900)|- |Adlai Stevenson || 1900–1965 || 1952 and 1956 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, Governor of Illinois || Attended Law School|- |Jonathan Taylor Thomas || born 1981 || actor || Attended College (2001–2002)|- |Daniel Cosío Villegas || 1898–1976 || economist, historian || Student|- |David Foster Wallace || 1962–2008 || writer || Attended graduate school|-|David Kenyon Webster || 1922–1961 || soldier, journalist, and author; was profiled in Band of Brothers || Attended College one semester; dropped out to fight in WWII|-|John Wentworth || 1815–1888 || Mayor of Chicago || Attended Law School in 1841|-|Marjorie Williams || 1958–2005 || writer || Dropped out after junior year^[6] |- |Charles W. Woodworth || 1865–1940 || entomologist || Studied under Hermann August Hagen 1886 to 1888, 1900–1901|- |Isoroku Yamamoto || 1884–1943 || World War II Naval Marshal General, Imperial Japanese Navy || Visiting student (1919–1921)|-|Mark Zuckerberg || born 1984 || founder & CEO of Facebook || Left College in his second year|}

Notes and References

1. News: Sanger . David E. . 2023-11-30 . Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100; Shaped the Nation’s Cold War History . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-12-02 . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: The First Native Man of Letters: Harvard's Indian Colonial Poet (in Latin!). Corydon . Ireland. IndianCountryTodayMedianNtwork.com . September 20, 2013. August 29, 2016.
3. Web site: Honor for Native American . Harvard Gazette. Harvard University. May 2011. August 29, 2016.
4. News: W. H. Leahy, Rear Admiral, Dies at 81. The Washington Post. May 13, 1986.
5. News: Victoria . Murphy Barret. It's A Mod, Mod Underworld. Forbes.com. December 12, 2005.
6. Web site: Post Columnist Marjorie Williams Dies . https://web.archive.org/web/20110213144217/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14297-2005Jan16?language=printer . dead . February 13, 2011 . The Washington Post . David . Von Drehle . January 17, 2005 . 2010-09-08.