Brown University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Janet Yellen

First woman to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

AB (Economics)

1967

Emma Watson

Actress and activist, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador

AB (English Literature)

2014

Ted Turner

Media mogul; founder of CNN

BA (Classics)

1960

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Philanthropist; major civic & educational benefactor

BA (Social Sciences)

1897

Bobby Jindal

Politician; former Governor of Louisiana

BS (Biology) & Public Policy

1992

John Krasinski

Actor / Filmmaker

AB (English)

2001

Julie Bowen

Actress (Modern Family)

AB (Italian Renaissance Studies)

1991

Ira Glass

Radio host & producer (This American Life)

AB (Semiotics)

1982

Jeffrey Eugenides

Novelist (Middlesex, The Virgin Suicides)

AB (English)

1983

Lauren Blum

N/A (Not enough verifiable info)

N/A

N/A

Andrew Yang

Entrepreneur & former U.S. presidential candidate

AB (Economics & Political Science)

1996

Victoria Nuland

Diplomat; served as U.S. Under Secretary of State, Ambassador, etc.

AB (Russian Literature, Political Science, History)

1983

Lincoln Chafee

Former U.S. Senator & Governor of Rhode Island

AB (Classics)

1975

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter

AB (American Civilization)

1981

Lisa Loeb

Singer-songwriter; “Stay (I Missed You)” hit

AB (Comparative Literature)

1990

John Hay

U.S. Secretary of State (early 20th century)

AB

1858

Charles Evans Hughes

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; also U.S. Secretary of State

AB

1881

Craig Mello

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006)

ScB (Biology)

1982

Guido Imbens

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2021)

AM, PhD (Economics)

1989, 1991

Douglas Diamond

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2022)

AB

1975