Fulbright Program Notable Alumni

Fulbright alumni have occupied key roles in government, academia, and industry. Of the 325,000+ alumni:

84 have received the Pulitzer Prize
72 have been MacArthur Fellows
59 have received a Nobel Prize
37 have served as head of state or government
10 have been elected to US Congress
1 has served as secretary general of the United Nations

The following list is a selected group of notable Fulbright grant recipients:
William D. "Bro" Adams, university administrator and NEH Chair (2014-2017)
Edward Albee, recipient (three times) of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Francis Andersen, Australian Hebrew and biblical studies scholar
John Ashbery, American poet
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1992-1996
Kyle Carey, Celtic American musician
Bob Carr, Australian politician
Ron Castan, Australian Constitutional law barrister
Lenora Champagne, playwright, performance artist and director
Dante R. Chialvo, scientist.
Dale Chihuly, glass sculptor and entrepreneur.
Nathan Collett, filmmaker
Aaron Copland, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
Leah Curtis, Australian composer
Rita Dove, U.S. Poet Laureate and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Eric Foner, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History
John Hope Franklin, historian
Gabrielle Giffords, United States Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district
Wendy Greengross (1925-2012), general practitioner and broadcaster
Suzanne Klotz, painter and sculptor
John Lithgow, actor
Dolph Lundgren, actor
Robert Nozick, American political philosopher
Linus Pauling, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Nobel Peace Prize
Sylvia Plath, poet, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1982
Ian Rankin, author
Theodore Roethke, poet, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1954 and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1959 and 1965
Philip Schultz poet
Jane Smiley, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Eudora Welty, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
C. Vann Woodward, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History
Charles Wright, American poet
James Wright, American poet
Muhammad Yunus, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize