This list of Duke University people includes alumni, faculty, presidents, and major philanthropists of

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

, which includes three undergraduate and ten graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences The Trinity College of Arts and Sciences is the undergraduate liberal arts college of Duke University. Founded in 1838, it is the original school of the university. Currently, Trinity is one of five undergraduate degree programs at Duke, the othe ...

Pratt School of Engineering The Duke University Pratt School of Engineering is the engineering school of Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The school was created by the Board of Trustees at Duke University as the Coll ...

Sanford School of Public Policy The Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy is the public policy school of Duke University, a private university in Durham, North Carolina. The school was named after former Duke president and Governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford, ...

, and

Duke Kunshan University Duke Kunshan University (DKU; ) is a university in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. It was established in 2013 by a joint venture between Duke University and Wuhan University. The university is an independent legal entity. Upon graduation, undergraduate ...

. The university's graduate and professional schools include the

graduate school Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachel ...

, the

Nicholas School of the Environment The Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment is one of ten graduate and professional schools at Duke University and is headquartered on Duke’s main campus in Durham, N.C. A secondary coastal facility, Duke University Marine Laborator ...

, the

School of Medicine A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, ...

, the

School of Nursing Nurse education consists of the theoretical and practical training provided to nurses with the purpose to prepare them for their duties as nursing care professionals. This education is provided to student nurses by experienced nurses and other me ...

, the

Fuqua School of Business The Duke University Fuqua School of Business (pronounced ) is the business school of Duke University, a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina. It enrolls more than 1,300 students in degree-seeking programs. Du ...

, the

School of Law A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or faculty of law) is an institution, professional school, or department of a college or university specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for bec ...

, the

Divinity School A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy ...

, the

, and

Duke–NUS Medical School The Duke–NUS Medical School (Duke–NUS) is a graduate medical school in Singapore. Established in April 2005 as the Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School, it is Singapore's second medical school (after the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and ...

International academic prizes

Nobel laureates

As of 2024, 16 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Duke University. The following list includes only those who have graduated from Duke or spent at least one year as a

postdoctoral researcher A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary acade ...

medical resident Residency or postgraduate training is a stage of graduate medical education. It refers to a qualified physician (one who holds the degree of MD, DO, MBBS/MBChB), veterinarian ( DVM/VMD, BVSc/BVMS), dentist ( DDS or DMD), podiatrist ( DPM), o ...

visiting professor In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting scientist, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic fo ...

or two years as a faculty member at Duke.

Turing Award laureates

In the absence of a Nobel Prize in

Computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

, the

Turing Award The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in the fi ...

generally is recognized as the highest honor in the subject and the "Nobel Prize of computing." As of 2015, 3 Turing Award laureates have been affiliated with Duke University. * Frederick P. Brooks (A.B. 1953), software engineer and computer scientist, known for managing the development of

IBM International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...

System/360 The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978. System/360 was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercial and scientific applicati ...

family of computers;

National Medal of Technology and Innovation The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the president of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development ...

laureate in 1985,

IEEE John von Neumann Medal The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually "for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology." The achievements may be theoretical, technological, or ...

laureate in 1993 and

laureate in 1999 * Edmund M. Clarke (M.A. 1968; faculty, 1976–1978), computer scientist; academic; developed

model checking In computer science, model checking or property checking is a method for checking whether a finite-state model of a system meets a given specification (also known as correctness). This is typically associated with hardware or software syst ...

; Turing Award laureate in 2007 * John Cocke (B.S. 1945, Ph.D. 1956), considered the father of the

RISC In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a comp ...

computer architecture, Turing Award laureate in 1987,

laureate in 1991 and

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral science, behavior ...

in 1994

Alumni

:''Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section.''

Heads of state

Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...

(Ph.D. 1966), former

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...

(J.D. 1937), 37th

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

Cabinet members and White House staff

Members of Congress

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

Governors

Diplomats

Military

Law

Judges

Attorneys

Public policy

Mayors

State officials

Foreign officials

Foreign royalty

* Hashim bin Al Hussein (X), Prince of

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

* Sheikha

Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (; born 1983) is the sister of Qatar's ruling Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and daughter of the country's former Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missne ...

(B.A. 2005), 14th child of

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (; born 1 January 1952) is a member of Qatar's royal family, the House of Thani. He was the ruling Emir of Qatar from 1995 until 2013 when he abdicated the throne, handing power to his fourth son Tamim bin Hamad Al T ...

, the former

Emir of Qatar The Emir of the State of Qatar () is the monarch and head of state of the country. The emir is also the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and guarantor of the Constitution. The emir holds the most powerful position in the country, and has a ...

* Sheikha Hind bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, daughter of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani *

Prince Charles-Henri de Lobkowicz Prince Marie Charles-Henri Hugues Xavier Benoît Michel Edouard Joseph Balthazar de Lobkowicz (born 17 May 1964) is a French nobleman and member of the Lobkowicz, House of Lobkowicz. Early life Prince Charles-Henri is the third child of four si ...

(B.A.), third son of

Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz (12 June 1926 – 2 April 2010) was an Austrian-American diplomat and investment banker. A member of the House of Lobkowicz, he served as the ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Lebanon. Early life ...

and

Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for t ...

Other

Business

Education

University presidents and administrators

Professors and academics

History

* William Baskerville Hamilton

Medicine, science and technology

Literature

Fine arts

Religion

Jamal Harrison Bryant Jamal Harrison Bryant (born May 21, 1971) is an American minister, author and former political candidate. He is the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Early life and education Jamal Harrison Bryant was born on May 21, 1971, ...

(MDiv), senior pastor of

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church New Birth Missionary Baptist Church also known as New Birth Cathedral is a progressive charismatic Christian Baptist megachurch in Stonecrest, DeKalb County, Georgia. Celebrity pastor Jamal Bryant is the senior pastor since 2018. History The ...

Entertainment

Journalism and media

Philanthropy

* Sally Dalton Robinson, philanthropist and board member of the

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Meckl ...

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (previously the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County) is the public library system of the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina, United States. About Charlotte Mecklenbur ...

, and the

McColl Center for Art + Innovation McColl may refer to: * McColl, South Carolina * McColl Center for Art + Innovation, an artist residency and contemporary art space in Charlotte, North Carolina. * McColl (surname) * McColl (superfund site), a US Environmental Protection Agency ...

Athletics

:''See also men's basketball players,

women's basketball players A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses ...

, and football players.''

American football

Baseball

Basketball

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Alaa Abdelnaby Alaa Abdelnaby (; born June 24, 1968) is an Egyptian-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils followed by a five-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career, and then stints in v ...

(1990), former professional basketball player, college basketball analyst * Mark Alarie (1986), former professional basketball player *

Grayson Allen Grayson James Allen (born October 8, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played four years of college basketball at Duke University, where he helped Duke win a ...

(2018), No. 21 pick of the

2018 NBA draft The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including internationa ...

, professional basketball player,

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA), We ...

Tommy Amaker Harold Tommy Amaker Jr. (; born June 6, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and the head coach of the Harvard University men's basketball team. He has also coached for the University of Michigan and Seton Hall University. He played po ...

(1987),

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

head basketball coach * Tate Armstrong (1977), former professional basketball player * William Avery (2023), former professional basketball player *

Gene Banks Eugene Lavon Banks (born May 15, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He was born and raised in Philadelphia. Early life and education Banks was born in Philadelphia. He attended West Philadelphia High School, where he w ...

(B.A. 1981), former professional basketball player *

Bob Bender Robert Michael Bender (born April 28, 1957) is an American professional basketball coach, who last served an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Born in Quantico, Virginia, He attended Bloomington H ...

(1980), former professional basketball coach *

Eric Boateng Eric Yamoah Boateng (born 20 November 1985) is a British former professional basketball player. He is a former college basketball player with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team. He attended high school at St. Andrew's School in M ...

(transferred to Arizona State), former professional basketball player *

Jamal Boykin Jamal Thomas Boykin (born April 27, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke Blue Devils and California Golden Bears men's basketball, California Gold ...

(transferred to California), former professional basketball player *

Joe Belmont Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in th ...

, former professional basketball player and coach *

Tony Barone Anthony Andrew Barone Sr. (July 20, 1946June 25, 2019) was an American basketball coach and scout. A native of Chicago, he was head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Barone was appointed as the team's ...

(1971), former basketball coach and scout *

Kenny Blakeney Kenneth L. Blakeney (born November 29, 1971) is an American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Howard Bison men's basketball team. Playing career After a high school playing career at DeMatha Catholic High School under Morgan Wootten, ...

(1995), former professional basketball player *

Marvin Bagley III Marvin Bagley III (born March 14, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke Blue Devi ...

, professional basketball player, No. 2 pick of the

, NBA player for

Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays i ...

Alison Bales Alison Marie Bales (born April 4, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). High school At the age of five, her family moved from Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was born, ...

(2007), former professional player (WNBA) *

RJ Barrett Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. (born June 14, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected third overall in the 2019 NBA draft by the New York Knicks af ...

, No.3 overall pick in the

2019 NBA draft The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019. It took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible p ...

, NBA player for

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), E ...

Lexie Brown Alexis Kiah "Lexie" Brown (born October 27, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Chicago Sky, Minnesota Lynx, Connecticut Su ...

(2018), WNBA player for the

Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Crypto.co ...

Paolo Banchero Paolo Napoleon James Banchero ( ; ; born November 12, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketbal ...

, NBA player for

Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NB ...

Joey Baker Joseph William Baker (born September 13, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Joondalup Wolves of the NBL1 West. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and the Michigan Wolverines. Baker was a four-star rec ...

(2022), professional basketball player *

Marques Bolden Marques Terrell "Joyo" Bolden ( ; born April 17, 1998) is an American-Indonesian professional basketball player who last played for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue ...

(attended three years), professional basketball player *

Shane Battier Shane Courtney Battier ( ; born September 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He also worked for ESPN and recently joined the board of Yext. Battier is best known for his four years playing basketball at Duke, his 13 ...

(2001), former professional basketball player *

Alana Beard Alana Monique Beard (born May 14, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. After playing college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, she was drafted second overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2004 WNBA draft. She signed ...

(2004), former professional basketball player in the WNBA *

Jay Bilas Jay Scot Bilas (born December 24, 1963) is an American college basketball analyst who currently works for ESPN. Bilas is a former professional basketball player and coach who played for and served as an assistant under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke ...

(A.B. 1986, J.D. 1992),

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

sports commentator *

Carlos Boozer Carlos Austin Boozer Jr. (born November 20, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. The two-time NBA All-Star played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers, and then spent his last season ...

(B.A. 2020), former professional basketball player *

Elton Brand Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player and the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball for Duke, he was selecte ...

(attended two years), former professional basketball player *

Henry Cole Henry Cole may refer to: *Sir Henry Cole (inventor) Sir Henry Cole FRSA (15 July 1808 – 15 April 1882) was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce, education and the arts in the 19th century in the ...

(1921), former basketball player and coach *

Seth Curry Seth Adham Curry (born August 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year at Liberty University before transferring to ...

(2013), NBA Player for

Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team ...

Jeff Capel Felton Jeffrey Capel III (born February 12, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh. He played for Duke University and was a head coach at V ...

(1997), men's basketball assistant coach, former head coach at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...

Chris Carrawell Chris Carrawell (born November 25, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach who is currently the associate head coach for the Duke Blue Devils. He is best known for his college career at Duke, where he was a consensus ...

(2000), former professional basketball player, current assistant coach for Duke Blue Devils men's basketball * Chris Collins (1996), men's basketball associate head coach *

Vernon Carey Jr. Vernon A. Carey Jr. (born February 25, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He finished his high scho ...

, NBA player for

Wendell Carter Jr. Wendell Andre Carter Jr. ( ; born April 16, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career Carter ...

, No. 7 pick of the

, NBA player for

Quinn Cook Quinn Alexander Cook (born March 23, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke Blue Devi ...

(2015), NBA player, for

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

* Andre Dawkins (2014), former professional basketball player * Brian Davis (1992), former professional basketball player *

Johnny Dawkins Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American an ...

(1986), University of Central Florida head basketball coach, former Duke associate head basketball coach and former professional basketball player (jersey retired) *

Javin DeLaurier Javin Que DeLaurier (born April 7, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Promitheas Patras B.C., Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He played four ye ...

(2020), professional basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Sean Dockery Sean Areon Dockery (born January 5, 1983) is a retired American professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Canada, France, Romania and Germany, as well as in the U.S. Dockery was regarded as one of the nation's top high scho ...

(2006), former professional basketball player * Kenny Dennard (1981), former professional basketball player *

Randy Denton Randall Drew Denton (born February 18, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player. Denton graduated from William G. Enloe High School in 1967. A 6'10" center from Duke University, Randy holds the all-time Duke record for averag ...

(1971), former professional basketball player *

Luol Deng Luol Ajou Deng (born 16 April 1985) is a South Sudanese–British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Born in South Sudan that was then part of Republ ...

, former professional basketball player *

Charles "Lefty" Driesell Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell (December 25, 1931 – February 17, 2024) was an American college basketball coach. He was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four different NCAA Division I schools, Driesell led the programs of Davidson ...

, former college basketball coach ( Davidson,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

James Madison James Madison (June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the ...

Georgia State Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the second large ...

) * Chris Duhon (2004), former professional basketball player; assistant coach for

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

Trevon Duval Trevon Tyler Duval (born August 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Sabah BC of the Azerbaijan Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke Blue Devils. High school career ...

, professional basketball player *

Mike Dunleavy Jr. Michael Joseph Dunleavy Jr. (born September 15, 1980) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the general manager for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college ba ...

(attended three years), former professional basketball player *

Daniel Ewing George Daniel Ewing Jr. (born March 26, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He currently works as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers. College career A guard from Duke University, Ewing played for four seasons at the co ...

(2005), professional basketball player,

Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Ashdod B.C. () is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League. History The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports Association", with the ...

of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

Danny Ferry Daniel John Willard Ferry (born October 17, 1966) is an American executive and former professional basketball player who played the forward position. Considered one of the most celebrated basketball players in the United States from the high sc ...

(1989), former

Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Divis ...

general manager, former professional basketball player, member of 2003 NBA Champion

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

(jersey retired) *

Kyle Filipowski Kyle Jarred "Flip" Filipowski (born November 7, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Filipowski was a consensus ...

(attended two years), NBA player for

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Since the 1991–92 season, the ...

Pat Garrity Patrick Joseph Garrity (born August 23, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played from 1998 to 2008 in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A power forward who was known as a three-point marksman, Garrity played ...

(M.B.A. 2011), former professional basketball player and investment professional *

Mike Gminski Michael Thomas Gminski (born August 3, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player and a college basketball TV analyst for the CW Courtside Saturday, ACC on The CW and CBS Sports. In 2003, Gminski, of Polish descent, was inducted i ...

(1980), ACC/ Raycom sports commentator (jersey retired) *

Harry Giles III Harry Lee Giles III (born April 22, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career ...

, 20th pick of

2017 NBA draft The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. ...

, NBA player for the

Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), ...

Miela Goodchild Miela Elizabeth Sowah (; born 4 June 2000) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brisbane Capitals of the NBL1 North. She is also contracted with the Townsville Fire of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). After winni ...

(2022), professional basketball player for

Perth Lynx The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at both WA Basketball Centre, Bendat Basketball Centre ...

* Jacob Grandison (grad), professional basketball player *

Jordan Goldwire Jordan Alexander Goldwire (born June 18, 1999) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Lobos Plateados de la BUAP of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue ...

(2021), professional basketball player *

Chelsea Gray Chelsea Nichelle Gray (born October 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed "Point Gawd", she was the eleventh pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by ...

(2014), professional basketball player *

Haley Gorecki Haley Marie Gorecki (born November 13, 1996) is an American basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Gorecki was selected to third team All-American by the U.S. ...

(2019), professional basketball player (WNBA) * AJ Griffin, NBA player for

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...

Dick Groat Richard Morrow Groat (November 4, 1930 – April 27, 2023) was an American professional baseball and basketball player who was an eight-time All-Star shortstop and two-time World Series champion in Major League Baseball. He rates as one of the ...

, former professional baseball and basketball player (jersey retired) *

Michael Gbinije Michael Patrick Gbinije (born June 5, 1992) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League. He played one season of college basketball for Duke before transferring to Syracuse in 20 ...

(Transferred to Syracuse), professional basketball player,

Oklahoma City Blue The Oklahoma City Blue are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City and are affiliated with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Blue compete in the NBA G League as members of the Western Conference. The Blue play their home games ...

of the

NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is a professional basketball league in North America that serves as the Minor league#Basketball, developmental league of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league comprises 31 teams; as of ...

Lindsey Harding Lindsey Marcie Harding (born June 12, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. She is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Throughout her playing career, Harding ...

(2007), professional basketball player,

in the WNBA (jersey retired) *

Dave Henderson David Lee Henderson (July 21, 1958 – December 27, 2015), nicknamed "Hendu", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletic ...

(1986), 1991

Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP The Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, or Israeli Basketball Super League MVP, is an annual basketball award that is presented to the most valuable player in a given season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which is the top-tier level ...

* Gerald Henderson Jr. (attended three years), former professional basketball player * Phil Henderson (1990), former professional basketball player *

Art Heyman Arthur Bruce Heyman (June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. Playing for Duke University in college, in 1963 he was USBWA Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, ''Sporting ...

(1963), former professional basketball player (jersey retired) *

Grant Hill Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a part-owner of Orlando City SC of Major League ...

(B.A. 1994), former professional basketball player, member of

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pre ...

(jersey retired) *

Matthew Hurt Matthew Christopher Hurt (born April 20, 2000) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). He playe ...

(attended two years), professional basketball player *

Rodney Hood Rodney Michael Hood (born October 20, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Mississippi State and Duke before declaring for the NBA Draft. Hood was drafted in 2014 by the Utah Jazz; and in 2 ...

, NBA player for the

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The ...

Nick Horvath Nick Horvath (born February 18, 1981) is an American-New Zealand former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). In 2010, he became the first person to win an NCA ...

(2004),

West Sydney Razorbacks The West Sydney Razorbacks (known in its final season as the Sydney Spirit) were an Australian professional basketball team that competed in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). The club was based in Sy ...

professional basketball player *

Bobby Hurley Robert Hurley (born June 28, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo. As a college senior, ...

(1993), former professional basketball player (jersey retired), head coach at

Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest ...

Brandon Ingram Brandon Xavier Ingram (born September 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2016 N ...

, NBA player for

New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Confere ...

, No. 2 pick in the

2016 NBA draft The 2016 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2016, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by ESPN, and was live streamed for the first time in NBA draft history by The Vertical. National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

Kyrie Irving Kyrie Andrew Irving ( ; , ; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cav ...

, professional basketball player,

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Divisi ...

; No. 1 pick in the

2011 NBA draft The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:00 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. Kia Motors was the presenting sponso ...

; 2011–2012 NBA Rookie of the Year, 2016 NBA Champion * Frank Jackson, NBA player for

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...

Nate James Nathaniel James Speas, known as Nate James, (born 15 September 1979 in Lakenheath, Suffolk, England) is an English singer-songwriter. James released his debut soul album '' Set the Tone'' in 2005 which won him two MOBO Nominations for Best Newc ...

(2001), former professional basketball player * Amile Jefferson (2016), former professional basketball player *

Chase Jeter Chase Michael Jeter (born September 19, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and Arizona Wildcats. High school career Jeter playe ...

(attended two years; transferred to Arizona), basketball player *

Dahntay Jones Dahntay Lavall Jones (born December 27, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for t ...

(2003), former professional basketball player *

Jalen Johnson Jalen Tyrese Johnson (born December 18, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was a consensus five-star ...

, NBA player for the

* Matt Jones (2017), professional basketball player *

Tre Jones Tre Isiah Jones ( ; born January 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball point guard for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Like his older brother, fellow NBA player Tyus Jones, he played college basketball f ...

(attended two years), NBA player for

Tyus Jones Tyus Robert Jones (born May 10, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The older brother of NBA player Tre Jones, he previously played for his hometown team, the Mi ...

, NBA player for

* Billy King, former president and general manager of the

Ed Koffenberger Edward Leroy Koffenberger (July 4, 1926 – September 21, 2014) was an American stand-out basketball and lacrosse player for the Duke University in 1945–46 and 1946–47. He is considered Duke's first "two-sport star" even though most of his ac ...

, played both basketball and tennis at Duke, Duke's first two-sport athlete * Greg Koubek (1991), former professional basketball player *

Doug Kistler Douglas C. Kistler (March 21, 1938 – February 29, 1980) was an American basketball player. He attended Radnor High School in Wayne, Pennsylvania. A , power forward, Kistler played at Duke University from 1959 to 1961, earning the ACC men's ...

, former professional basketball player * Ryan Kelly (2013), professional basketball player,

Sun Rockers Shibuya Sun Rockers Shibuya is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tokyo and acquired by Sega Sammy. Until 2000, the team was known as Hitachi Honsha Rising Sun. The team currently plays in the B.League. Current roster Not ...

of the

B.League The B.League is a men's professional basketball league in Japan. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affi ...

* Joe Kennedy, former professional basketball player *

Luke Kennard Luke Douglas Kennard ( ; born June 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and was drafted by the Detro ...

(attended two years), NBA player for the

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...

Trevor Keels Trevor Jamaal Keels (born August 26, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Keels was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top s ...

, NBA player for

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the Na ...

Antonio Lang Antonio Maurice Lang (born May 15, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, wi ...

(1994), former professional basketball player *

Christian Laettner Christian Donald Laettner (, ; born August 17, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. His college career for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke Blue Devils is widely regarded as one of the best in National Collegi ...

(1992), former professional basketball player (jersey retired) * Dereck Lively II, NBA player for

Tricia Liston Patricia Maureen Liston (born February 20, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she is a graduate of Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois), Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. She was drafted i ...

(2014), professional basketball player *

Trajan Langdon Trajan Shaka Langdon (born May 13, 1976) is an American basketball executive and former professional player. He is the current president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A and shooti ...

(1999), former professional basketball player * Alex Murphy, professional basketball player in the

LEB Oro The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...

league *

Corey Maggette Corey Antoine Maggette (; born November 12, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He became an analyst for Fox Sports. High school and college career Magget ...

, former professional basketball player * David McClure (2009), former professional basketball player *

Josh McRoberts Joshua Scott McRoberts (born February 28, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). McRoberts, a power forward, played college basketball for the Duke Blue ...

, former professional basketball player *

Jared McCain Jared Dane McCain (born February 20, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was a consensus five-star ...

, NBA player for

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...

* Jeff Mullins, professional basketball player for the

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

and head basketball coach at

UNC Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs thr ...

(jersey retired) *

Gary Melchionni Gary Dennis Melchionni (born January 19, 1951) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. He is a former Phoenix Suns guard and a former All-Atlantic Coast Con ...

, former professional basketball player * Lee Melchionni (2006), former professional basketball player *

Wendell Moore Jr. Wendell Horace Moore Jr. ( ; born September 18, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. He playe ...

(attended three years), NBA player for

Minnesota Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves (often referred to as the Wolves or T-wolves) are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Divisio ...

DeMarcus Nelson DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (born November 2, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he played at the point guard position. He also holds Serbian citizenship as of 2014. College career Nelson ...

, professional basketball player,

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

in Greece *

Greg Newton Gregory Michael Newton (born September 7, 1974) is a Canadian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball at Duke University and served as team captain during his senior year. College career He was a center ...

(1997), former professional basketball player *

Martin Nessley Martin Scott Nessley (born February 16, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA during the 1987–88 season. He was a 7'2", 260 lb center. Nessley played college basketball at Duke Un ...

, former professional basketball player * Alex O'Connell (attended three years; transferred to Creighton), professional basketball player *

Leaonna Odom Leaonna Laneah Odom (born March 26, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Early life ...

(2020), professional basketball player *

Jahlil Okafor Jahlil Obika Okafor (; born December 15, 1995) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Noblesville Boom of the NBA G League. He played his freshman season of college basketball for the 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils men's baske ...

, No. 3 of the

2015 NBA draft The 2015 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2015, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by ESPN. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eli ...

, professional basketball player *

Semi Ojeleye Jesusemilore Talodabijesu "Semi" Ojeleye ( ; born December 5, 1994) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for both Duke University and Southern Methodist Univers ...

(transferred to SMU), professional basketball player for

Valencia Basket Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...

Cherokee Parks Cherokee Bryan Parks (born October 11, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6 ft 11 in (211 cm), 240 lb (109 kg) center, Parks p ...

, former professional basketball player *

Jabari Parker Jabari Ali Parker (born March 15, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, after ...

, professional basketball player,

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), ...

; No. 2 of the

2014 NBA draft The 2014 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2014, at Barclays Center, Brooklyn. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The ...

Marshall Plumlee Marshall Harrison Plumlee (born July 14, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player and an active-duty United States Army Ranger School, Ranger-Qualified officer. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketb ...

(2016), former basketball player * Mason Plumlee (2013), professional basketball player,

in the NBA * Miles Plumlee (2012), former professional basketball player * Haley Peters, professional basketball player * Shavlik Randolph, former professional basketball player *Sofía Roma (2018), professional basketball player * JJ Redick (A.B. 2006), NCAA's all-time leader in three-point field goals, former professional basketball player (jersey retired) * Austin Rivers, professional basketball player, last played for the

* Cam Reddish, No.8 pick in the

, NBA player for

* Justin Robinson (basketball, born 1996), Justin Robinson (2020), professional basketball player * Ángela Salvadores, professional basketball player * DJ Steward, professional basketball player * Jon Scheyer,(Class of 2010) American-Israeli McDonald's All-America, All American, All-American basketball player for national champion 2009–10 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, 2009–10 Duke basketball team, current Duke men's basketball coach * Adam Silver (1984), commissioner and chief operating officer of the National Basketball Association, NBA * Cassius Stanley, NBA player for Indiana Pacers * Kyle Singler (2011), former professional basketball player * Nolan Smith (2011), 2010 national champion, current Duke men's basketball assistant coach * Quin Snyder (B.A. 1989, J.D., M.B.A. 1995), former Missouri Tigers men's basketball, University of Missouri head coach; former Austin Toros of the NBDL head coach; head coach of the

in the National Basketball Association, NBA * Rasheed Sulaimon (attended three years; transferred to Maryland), professional basketball player * Jim Spanarkel, former professional basketball player, NBA and college basketball commentator * Jayson Tatum, NBA player for the

, #3 overall pick in the

* Jordan Tucker (transferred to Butler), professional basketball player * Gary Trent Jr., NBA player for the

* Derryck Thornton (transferred to USC), professional basketball player * Tyler Thornton (2014), former professional basketball player * Lance Thomas (2010), 2010 national champion (captain); 10th on Duke's all-time list of offensive rebounds; professional basketball player * Michele Van Gorp, former professional basketball player (WNBA) * Abby Waner, former professional basketball player (WNBA) * Elizabeth Williams (basketball), Elizabeth Williams, professional basketball player (WNBA) * Mark Williams (basketball), Mark Williams (attended two years), NBA player for

* Jay Williams (basketball), Jason Williams, former professional basketball player (jersey retired), college basketball commentator and analyst for

* Shelden Williams, Duke's all-time leader in rebounds and blocked shots, former professional basketball player (jersey retired) * Justise Winslow, NBA player for Portland Trail Blazers * Jack White (basketball), Jack White (2020), professional basketball player * Dariq Whitehead, NBA player for

* Zion Williamson, No. 1 pick in the

, NBA player for the

* Steve Wojciechowski, former Marquette men's basketball head coach

Golf

{{columns-list, * Skip Alexander, professional golfer * Beth Bauer, professional golfer * Laetitia Beck, Israeli professional golfer * Amanda Blumenherst, professional golfer * Céline Boutier, professional golfer * Jenny Chuasiriporn, professional golfer * Max Greyserman (born 1995), professional golfer on the PGA Tour * Liz Janangelo, professional golfer * Brittany Lang, professional golfer * Leona Maguire (Irish), number 1 Women's World Amateur, Duke senior * Lisa Maguire, Irish amateur golfer * Bill Mallon, orthopedic surgeon, professional golfer, leading authority on the history of the Olympic Games * Joe Ogilvie, professional golfer * Leif Olson, professional golfer * Mike Souchak, professional golfer, winner of 15 PGA events * Kevin Streelman, professional golfer * Art Wall Jr., professional golfer, winner of 1959 Masters Tournament, Masters

Other

{{columns-list, * Stephen Amritraj (B.A. 2006), professional tennis player * Drew Cannon (B.S. 2012), statistician and sports writer; on

staff * Jordan Cila (born 1982), Major League Soccer midfielder * Matt Danowski, professional lacrosse player for New Jersey Pride * Andy Frankenberger, professional poker player and former equity derivatives trader * Danielle Goldstein (born 1985), American-Israeli show jumper * Paulie Harraka, NASCAR racer * Jay Heaps, Head Coach of the New England Revolution as of November 2011; former player for the New England Revolution MLS team; former Duke basketball and soccer player * Sarah Hirshland (born 1975), chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee * Nancy Hogshead, Olympic gold List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women), medal winner in swimming * Hiroshi Hoketsu (A.M. 1968), Japanese equestrian rider who debuted in the 1964 Summer Olympics and continues to compete today in the 2012 Summer Olympics * Matthew Jacobs, martial arts expert; frequently appears in Ultimate Fighting Championship * Abigail Johnston won a silver medal in synchronized diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics while an undergraduate at Duke and competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics while attending Duke Medical School * Randy Jones (bobsleigh), Randy Jones, competed in four Olympics as member of U.S. bobsledding teams * Jacob Kasper, professional wrestler{{cite web, url=https://www.espn.co.uk/wwe/story/_/id/23606591/wwe-collegiate-wrestling-standout-jacob-kasper-next-big-star-world-pro-wrestling, title=In search of its next star: How the WWE recruited Duke wrestler Jacob Kasper, website=

, last=Joyner, first=K.C., accessdate=September 15, 2021, date=October 7, 2020 * John Kerr Jr. (soccer), John Kerr, soccer player; winner of Hermann Trophy for top collegian; first American player in the Football League First Division (now known as the FA Premier League, Premiership); Duke's head coach * Jason Kreis, professional soccer player and coach * Alison Levine (mountain climber), Alison Levine (M.B.A. 2000), mountain climber and explorer; the only woman in the world to have completed the Explorers Grand Slam, reaching the summit of the highest mountain on each continent and skiing to the North and South Poles * Nick McCrory, Olympic diver * Ibtihaj Muhammad (B.A. 2007), 2016 Olympic fencer and bronze team medalist * Gunnar Peterson (B.A. 1985), fitness expert, author and motivational speaker * Vanessa Rousso, professional poker player * Shannon Rowbury, professional track athlete, middle distance runner * Morgan Reid (2017), professional soccer player * Sports Museum of America, Philip Schwalb, founder of National Sports Museum of America * Jillian Schwartz, Olympic pole vaulter * Dave Sime, champion sprinter, won a silver medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics * Andrew Skurka (A.B. 2003), first person to complete the 7,700 sea-to-sea-route spanning North America * Steven Solomon, Australian track and field, 2012 Olympics, Duke indoor 400m record holder * Jessica Rae Springsteen, nationally ranked equestrian; daughter of Bruce Springsteen * Becca Ward, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in fencing; three-time NCAA champion in individual women's sabre (2009, 2011, 2012) * Sean Davis (soccer, born 1993), Sean Davis (soccer), captain of the New York Red Bulls * Andrew Wenger, professional soccer player and first draft pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft

Faculty

Current

{{columns-list, * Bill Adair (journalist), Bill Adair, founder of the website PolitiFact * David Aers, James B. Duke Professor of English, expert on medieval and Renaissance literature and theology * Pankaj K. Agarwal, computer scientist, known for his research on computational geometry * Susan Alberts, primatologist, co-director of Amboseli Baboon Research Project * John Aldrich (political scientist), John Aldrich, political scientist, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Samuel Alito, associate justice of the US Supreme Court * Nancy Andrews (biologist), Nancy Andrews, vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the Duke University School of Medicine * Dan Ariely, professor of behavioral economics, author of ''Predictably Irrational'' * Nancy Armstrong, Gilbert, Louis and Edward Lehrman Professor of English; critic of 18th- and 19th-century novels; editor of ''Novel: A Forum on Fiction'' * Frank Asche, marine economist * Valerie Ashby, dean of

* Owen Astrachan (M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1992), distinguished computer scientist * Emanuel Azenberg, producer of American theater who has won 40 Tony awards * Lorena S. Beese, biochemist, fellow of the National Academy of Sciences * Adrian Bejan, mechanical engineering professor, inventor of constructal theory and namesake of the Bejan number * Ravi V. Bellamkonda, biomedical engineer * Peter B. Bennett, founder and former president and CEO of the Divers Alert Network * Philip Bennett (Washington Post), Philip Bennett, former managing editor of ''The Washington Post'' * James Berger (statistician), James Berger, statistician, member of the National Academy of Sciences, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship * Paul Berliner (ethnomusicologist), Paul Berliner, ethnomusicologist * Chris Beyrer, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, member of the National Academy of Medicine * Tim Bollerslev, economist, expert on autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity * Raphael M. Bonelli, professor of neurology and psychiatry * James Boyle (academic), James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law * Geoffrey Brennan, philosopher associated with rational actor theory * Hubert Bray, mathematician, known for having proved the Riemannian Penrose inequality * David Brooks (journalist), David Brooks, columnist for ''The New York Times'' * Thomas Brothers, musicologist, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009 * Kelly D. Brownell, scientist, professor, expert on obesity; named as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People" by ''Time'' magazine in 2006 * Frank Bruni, columnist for The New York Times * Caroline Bruzelius, art historian, expert on medieval architecture * Robert Bryant (mathematician), Robert Bryant, chairman of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, fellow of the American Mathematical Society, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Allen Buchanan, philosopher * Al Buehler, chairman of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department; United States Olympic Games, Olympic Track and field, Track coach at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, and 1988 Summer Olympics; member of North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame * Robert Calderbank, former vice president of American Telephone & Telegraph, AT&T; recipient of the Shannon Award in electrical engineering * Bruce Caldwell (economist), Bruce Caldwell, economist * Blanche Capel, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology * William Chafe, American historian * Yuan-Tsong Chen, physician scientist, known for developing a recombinant enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe disease * Rey Chow, postcolonial, cultural critic * Dorie Clark, author and executive education professor * Sarah Cohen (journalist), Sarah Cohen, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist * Philip J. Cook, professor of public policy * Miriam Cooke, literary critic * Missy Cummings, professor of aeronautics, one of the US Navy's first female fighter pilots * Sandy Darity Jr., economist * Ingrid Daubechies, first woman president of the International Mathematical Union; recipient of MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and NAS Award in Mathematics * Cathy Davidson, author * Geraldine Dawson, former chief science officer of Autism Speaks * Walter E. Dellinger III, law professor, former United States Solicitor General under President Bill Clinton * Martin E. Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * Kenneth A. Dodge, psychologist * Bruce Donald, computer scientist, fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institution of Electrical Engineers, IEE, recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship * Ariel Dorfman, novelist, playwright, human rights activist, 1992 winner of the Laurence Olivier Award * Fred Dretske, philosopher of mind, winner of the Jean Nicod Prize * Prasenjit Duara, historian * Patrick Duddy, former ambassador to Venezuela * Charles J. Dunlap Jr., deputy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Judge Advocate General * Rick Durrett, mathematician, fellow of the National Academy of Sciences * Victor J. Dzau, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine; pioneering translational research scientist * Herbert Edelsbrunner, computer scientist, winner of the Alan T. Waterman Award * Carla Ellis, computer scientist, fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery * Sir Harold Evans, author; editor of ''The Times''; exposed Soviet spies * Wendy Ewald, photographer, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992 * Peter Feaver, political scientist; served on the United States National Security Council, National Security Council staff under President of the United States, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush * Michael Ferejohn, expert on ancient philosophy * Eric Finkelstein, health economist, professor at Duke-NUS Medical School * Anne Firor Scott, historian, recipient of the National Humanities Medal * Owen Flanagan, philosopher of mind, Phi Beta Kappa Romanell lecturer * Allen Frances, world-renowned psychiatrist * Connel Fullenkamp, director of undergraduate studies in economics, member of the International Monetary Fund, IMF's finance team * John Hope Franklin, civil rights activist, historian, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton * Ernestine Friedl, professor Emeritus, emerita in cultural anthropology; former president of the American Ethnological Society and the American Anthropological Association; known for her work on gender roles, rural life in modern Greece, and the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin * Allan Friedman, neurosurgeon * Takanori Fukushima, neurosurgeon * Alan Enoch Gelfand, James B. Duke Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences * Sharon Gerecht, biomedical engineer; member of the National Academy of Medicine * David Gergen, former Duke professor; Duke trustee; adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ford, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, and Bill Clinton, Clinton * Michael Allen Gillespie, political scientist * Jay Golden, environmental engineer * David B. Goldstein (geneticist), David Goldstein, population geneticist * Mark Goodacre, theologian * Matthias Gromeier, developer of the PVSRIPO virus that has recently shown to be effective in treating cancer * Gordon Hammes, biochemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Moo-Young Han, discoverer of the quark color charge * Michael Hardt, literature professor and Marxist, co-author with Antonio Negri of ''Empire (Negri and Hardt book), Empire'' and ''Multitude (philosophy), Multitude'' * Brian Hare, evolutionary anthropologist, director of Duke Canine Cognition Center * Campbell Harvey, economist * Hashim Al-Hashimi, James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology; recipient of the 2020 NAS Award in Molecular Biology. * Stanley Hauerwas, theologian and author * N. Katherine Hayles, postmodern literary critic; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Richard B. Hays, theologian * Sheng Yang He, plant biologist; member of the National Academy of Sciences; Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator * Dan Heath, bestselling author of ''Made to Stick'' * Kieran Healy, Irish sociologist * Amy H. Herring, biostatistician * Oscar Hijuelos, novelist; first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction * Brigid Hogan, developmental biologist; member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Kevin Hoover, economist * Jerry F. Hough, political scientist, author, and professor * Calvin Howell, physicist * Tony Jun Huang, William Bevan Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science * Reinhard Hütter, Catholic theologian * Fredric Jameson, Marxist literary theorist; former chair of the Literature Program * Andrew Janiak, philosopher * Ashley E. Jardina, political scientist and author * Erich Jarvis, neurobiologist, professor at Rockefeller University * Abdul Sattar Jawad, literary theorist, fled Mustansiriya University after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq * Bruce Jentleson, director of Sanford Institute of Public Policy; Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to vice president of the United States, vice president Al Gore * Wu Jinglian, economist * Kimberly S. Johnson, professor of medicine and director of Duke REACH Equity (Duke Center for Research to Advance Health Care Equity) * Nan Marie Jokerst, electrical engineer, in the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, Triangle Women in STEM leader * James A. Joseph, former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa * Samuel Katz (pediatrician), Samuel Katz, virologist, known for the development of the measles vaccine * Richard Kay (anthropologist), Richard Kay, paleontologist * David Kirsch, oncologist * Alexander Kiselev (mathematician), Alexander Kiselev, mathematician * Peter Klopfer, zoologist, civil rights advocate and educator * Jack Knight (political scientist), Jack Knight, legal theorist * Harold G. Koenig, psychiatrist * Claudia Koonz, feminist historian * Sally Kornbluth, provost and James B. Duke Professor of pharmacology and cancer biology * Ashutosh Kotwal, Fritz London Distinguished Professor of Physics, Fellow of AAAS, APS and Sloan Foundation * Rachel Kranton, economist, fellow of the Econometric Society, recipient of the Blaise Pascal Chair * Timur Kuran, Turkish economist * Kara Lawson, Duke women's basketball head coach (2020–present) * Pedro Lasch, artist and assistant research professor, Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies * Bruce Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion * Mark Leary, psychologist * Frank Lentricchia, literary critic * David F. Levi, jurist * Nan Lin, sociologist * Jason Locasale, professor of pharmacology, internationally recognized for his contributions to the modern understanding of metabolism * Martin J. Lohse, German physician and pharmacologist doing research on G protein-coupled receptors * Julian Lombardi, computer scientist, inventor * Nathaniel Mackey, poet and novelist, recipient of the 2015 Bollingen Prize and the 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize * Nancy MacLean, historian * Bruce Maggs, professor of computer science, founding employee of Akamai Technologies * Robert Malkin, biomedical engineer, fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering * J. Lorand Matory, chair of the department of African and African American Studies * Achille Mbembe, philosopher and political scientist * Mark McCahill, creator of Internet Gopher, POP mail, and Croquet; coined the phrase "surfing the Web" * Mark McClellan, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration * Thomas Carlos Mehen, nuclear physicist * Walter Mignolo, literary theorist * Terrie Moffitt, pioneering researcher in the development of antisocial behavior * Toril Moi, literary theorist associated with feminist theory * Christopher Monroe, quantum physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Ebrahim Moosa, religious scholar * V. Y. Mudimbe, philosopher associated with philosophy of language, Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology, and structuralism * Norman Myers, British environmentalist * Mark Anthony Neal, author * Lenhard Ng, mathematician, child mathematical prodigy * Miguel Nicolelis, pioneer of brain-machine interfaces * Mohamed Noor, evolutionary biologist; 2008 recipient of the Darwin–Wallace Medal * Wayne Norman, expert on political philosophy * Jean Fox O'Barr, feminist teacher, scholar, and administrator; founded women's studies program at Duke * Linwood Pendleton, former chief economist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Henry Petroski, civil engineer and writer * Arlie Petters, pioneer in the mathematical theory and mathematical physics of gravitational lensing; professor of mathematics, physics, and business administration * Lillian Pierce, mathematician * Orrin H. Pilkey, geologist * Robert Plonsey, biomedical engineer, member of the National Academy of Engineering * Amilcare Porporato, civil engineer * Reynolds Price, author and professor of literature * Kathy Psomiades, Kathy Alexis Psomiades, associate professor of English, specializing in Victorian poetry and novel theory * Dale Purves, professor of Neurobiology and Medical Doctor * Anne Pusey, primatologist, director of Jane Goodall Institute Research Center * Jonathan D. Quick, family physician and public health management specialist that focuses on global health security * Christian R. H. Raetz, professor of biochemistry and member of the National Academy of Sciences * Sarah Bloom Raskin, former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury * William Raspberry, Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism; syndicated columnist for ''The Washington Post''; Pulitzer Prize winner * Paul Rehak, archaeologist * Madan M. Rehani, medical physicist * John Reif, computer scientist; fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, IEEE and Association for Computing Machinery, ACM * Michael Reiter (computer scientist), Michael Reiter, James B. Duke Professor of Computer Science, fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM * Jane S. Richardson, professor of biochemistry; developed the Richardson diagram, or ribbon diagram, method of representing the 3D structure of proteins, MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellow * Alexander Rosenberg, philosopher; winner of Lakatos Award in philosophy of science, Phi Beta Kappa Romanell lecturer * Benjamin Rossman, computer scientist * Kathy Rudy, social constructionist * Omid Safi, professor of Islamic Studies * David H. Sanford, philosopher * Nicola Scafetta, physicist * Tad Schmaltz, editor of the ''Journal of the History of Philosophy'' * Christopher H. Schroeder, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy for the United States Department of Justice * Barbara Ramsay Shaw, chemist, cancer researcher, expert on signal transduction * Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, philosopher * David R. Smith (physicist), David Smith, invisibility cloak pioneer; awarded the Descartes Prize in 2005 * Tommy Sowers, Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the US Department of Veterans Affairs * J. E. R. Staddon, behavioral psychologist * Orin Starn, cultural anthropologist * Kristine Stiles, art historian * Vahid Tarokh, electrical engineer, recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship * John Terborgh, conservation biologist, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992, and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1996 * Jenny Tung, evolutionary anthropologist, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2019 * Timothy Tyson, historian * Cindy Lee Van Dover, professor of biological oceanography * Hans J. Van Miegroet, professor of art history * Tuan Vo-Dinh, biophysicist * Olaf von Ramm, Thomas Lord Professor of Engineering; first patent on a 3-D ultrasound * Geoffrey Wainwright, Methodist theologian * Xiao-Fan Wang, cancer biologist * E. Roy Weintraub, economist * Ben Wildman-Tobriner, physician; Olympic gold medalist * Huntington F. Willard, human geneticist; former president of American Society of Human Genetics; member of the National Academy of Sciences * E.O. Wilson, biologist, "the father of sociobiology and biodiversity",

(1976) * Lauren Winner, author and journalist * Judy Woodruff, news anchor, journalist * Vanessa Woods, internationally published Australian scientist, author and journalist * Weitao Yang, chemist * Anne Yoder, biologist, director of Duke Lemur Center * Hongkai Zhao, mathematician * Anthony Zinni, decorated general

Former

{{columns-list, *Frances Dorothy Acomb, historian * D. Bernard Amos, immunologist; member of the National Academy of Sciences * Norman B. Anderson, CEO of the American Psychological Association * Wolfgang Bibel, one of the founders of the research area of Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence in Germany and Europe * Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher, author of ''In My Father's House'' and ''The Ethics of Identity'' * Srinivas Aravamudan, professor of English, literature and Romance studies; dean of humanities; specialist in 18th-century and postcolonial literature; author * Clay Armstrong, physiologist; recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Gairdner Foundation International Award for contributions to medical science * James Arthur (mathematician), James Arthur, mathematician, former president of the American Mathematical Society * George James Augustine, neuroscientist * Katharine Banham, associate professor of psychology, emerita * John Spencer Bassett, historian who initiated the Bassett Affair, an important victory for academic freedom * Robert Bates (political scientist), Robert Bates, Eaton Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University * Upendra Baxi, legal scholar * Andrea Bertozzi, mathematician * Helen Bevington, poet and author * Utpal Bhattacharya, expert on business ethics * Lawrence Biedenharn, theoretical nuclear physicist * Harry Binswanger, objectivist philosopher and philosopher of mind * Mary L. Boas, mathematician * Ralph Boas, mathematician, recipient of the Lester R. Ford Award * James Bonk, chemist. Dean's Distinguished Service Award in recognition of 50 years of teaching * Edgar Bowers, poet, ''For Louis Pasteur'', Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1989, Guggenheim Fellowship twice * Joseph Penn Breedlove (B.A. 1898, M.A. 1902), first University Librarian * David S. Broder, current ''The Washington Post, Washington Post'' and former ''New York Times'' reporter * H. Keith H. Brodie, psychiatrist, educator and eventual president of Duke * David Allan Bromley, nuclear physicist, scientific advisor to US President George H. W. Bush, recipient of

(1988) * Hubie Brown, assistant men's basketball coach (1969–1972); NBA coach and commentator * John Buettner-Janusch, anthropologist * Michael Byers (Canadian author), Michael Byers, Canadian legal scholar and nonfiction author * Leonard Carlitz, mathematician * Tina Campt, associate professor of women's studies and history; director of Graduate Studies * Ziv Carmon, professor of business administration at INSEAD * John W. Cell, professor of history at Duke. * Erwin Chemerinsky, law professor, constitutional scholar * Randolph Chitwood, first cardio-thoracic surgeon to perform robot-assisted heart valve surgery in North America * Amy Chua, best-selling author * George Elliott Clarke, author, poet * G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology * Kalman J. Cohen, economist, pioneer of market micro-structure * Roger Corless, theologian who made significant contributions to interfaith dialogue * John Shelton Curtiss, historian, James B. Duke Professor * Chuck Daly, assistant men's basketball coach (1963–1969); NBA coach * Barun De, historian * Sara J. Dent, anaesthesiologist * Burton Drayer, radiologist; authority on the use of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosing neurological disorders * Mike Duffy, television host * Eleanor Lansing Dulles, politician involved in the affairs of post-World War II Germany, United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods Conference, US State Department * Paul Ebert, cardiovascular surgeon * Michael Ehlers, Chief Scientific Officer at life sciences venture capital firm Apple Tree Partners * Elliot Engel, writer, dramatist, and lecturer * William M. Fairbank, physicist known for his work on liquid helium; member of the National Academy of Sciences * Stanley Fish, former chair of the English Department, deconstructionist literary critic * Wallace Fowlie, author and poet, awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947 * Clara Franzini-Armstrong, cell biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Bertram Fraser-Reid, organic chemist * Robert C. Frasure, ambassador to Estonia * Henry Louis Gates, chair of African-American Studies at Harvard * Erol Gelenbe, computer scientist, known for introducing the random neural network and the eponymous G-networks * David Gergen, political analyst, adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ford, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, and Bill Clinton, Clinton * John Jay Gergen, mathematician * S. Malcolm Gillis, prominent economist, former president of Rice University * René Girard, philosopher, literary critic, and historian; member of the Académie française * Peter J. Gomes, preacher and theologian from Harvard University's Divinity School * Craufurd Goodwin, economist * Lawrence Goodwyn, writer and political theorist * Andrew Gordon (historian), Andrew Gordon, Japanese Historian * Walter Gordy, physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Gail Goestenkors, Duke women's basketball head coach (1992–2007) * Phillip Griffiths, mathematician; fellow of the American Mathematical Society, recipient of the Wolf Prize * Paul Magnus Gross, chemist, former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science * Julia Grout, chair of the Women's Department of Health and Physical Education, 1924–1964 * Allan Gurganus, author * William Baskerville Hamilton, historian * Philip Handler, biochemist; two-term president of the National Academy of Sciences; winner of the

* Gerald Heard, philosopher, historian * Robert L. Hill (biochemist), Robert L. Hill, biochemist; member of the National Academy of Sciences * Charles Honorton, parapsychologist * Calvin B. Hoover, founder of the field of comparative economic systems, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Harry Truman in 1947. * Sally Hughes-Schrader, zoologist, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Aldous Huxley, novelist, mystic * Jacquelyne Jackson, sociologist * Daniel James (historian), Daniel James, British historian * Harold Jenkins (Shakespeare scholar), Harold Jenkins * Randy Jirtle, biologist, known for his contribution to the field of epigenetics * Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment, Under Secretary of Energy for the Barack Obama, Obama Administration; former dean of the

; former director of Boston Scientific Corporation * Simon Johnson (economist), Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund * Wolfgang Joklik, virologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Edward E. Jones, social psychologist, developed fundamental attribution error * Alice Kaplan, author, chair of the French department at Yale * Lawrence C. Katz, neurobiologist * Randall Kenan, author * Robert Keohane, neoliberal scholar of international relations * Kim Sung-Hou, structural biologist and biophysicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Claudia Koonz, feminist historian * Stephen Kovacs (1972–2022), saber fencing, fencer and fencing coach, charged with sexual assault, died in prison{{Cite web, url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/somerset/police-fire/nj-fencing-coach-columbia-u-champ-who-sexually-assaulted-2-teens-lied-under-oath-prosecutor/818871/, title=NJ Fencing Coach, Columbia U Champ Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Teens Lied Under Oath: Prosecutor, author=Cecilia Levine, date=October 26, 2021, website=Somerset Daily Voice{{Cite web, url=https://www.nj.com/somerset/2021/10/fencing-coach-charged-with-sex-assaults-began-preying-on-teens-on-europe-utah-trips-authorities-say.html, title=Fencing coach charged with sex assaults began preying on teens at out-of-state competitions, authorities say, author=Jeff Goldman, date=October 28, 2021, website=NJ.com{{Cite web, url=https://docplayer.net/84625039-Duke-university-fencing-media-guide.html, title=Stephen Kovacs; Assistant Coach; 3rd Season , website=Duke University Fencing Media Guide, page=5, date=2013 While at Duke he mentored three-time NCAA women's saber champion Becca Ward. Half a dozen years later Kovacs was accused of sexually assaulting two fencing students elsewhere, and he died in prison in 2022. * Paul J. Kramer, biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Juanita M. Kreps, United States Secretary of Commerce * Anne O. Krueger, World Bank Chief Economist * Weston La Barre, anthropologist, worked in ethnography * Thomas LaBean, leading researcher in the field of DNA nanotechnology * Howard Nathaniel Lee, former mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina * Bernard Lefkowitz, sociologist, journalist, investigative reporter * Raphael Lemkin, human rights activist; coined the word "genocide" * H. Gregg Lewis, labor economist * Sarah Lisanby, psychiatrist * Michael L. Littman, computer scientist * Daniel A. Livingstone, limnologist, recipient of the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award * Fritz London, physicist, won the Lorentz Medal * Alasdair MacIntyre, philosopher, virtue ethicist * John Madey, developer of the free electron laser * Ernest Mario, pharmaceutical industry executive * Mathew D. McCubbins, Ruth F. De Varney Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law * William McDougall (psychologist), William McDougall, psychologist, author of ''An Introduction to Social Psychology'' * George McLendon, biochemist, winner of Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and Guggenheim fellowship * Joanne P. McCallie, Duke women's basketball head coach (2007–2020) * Warren Meck, neuroscientist * Karl Menger, mathematician * Edwin Mims, professor of English literature * Marie Lynn Miranda, data scientist and children's environmental health researcher * John Wilson Moore, pioneering biophysicist * Alberto Moreiras, professor of Romance Studies * David R. Morrison (mathematician), David R. Morrison, mathematician; Guggenheim Fellow; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Thom Mount, film producer; president of the Producers Guild of America * Francis Joseph Murray, mathematician and founder of functional analysis; winner of the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal * Toshio Narahashi, pharmacologist, the "founding father of neurotoxicology" * Karen Neander, philosopher of mind * Charles Nemeroff, psychiatrist, known for work in treating depression * Hans Neurath, biochemist, leading researcher in the field of protein chemistry * Laura Niklason, professor of anesthesiology and biomedical engineering * Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim, theoretical physicist * Albert Outler, Methodist theologian * G. B. Pegram, key administrator of Manhattan Project * William Howell Pegram, chemist * Sallie Permar, pediatrician-in-chief at Weill Cornell Medical Center; chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. * Anton Peterlin (physicist), Anton Peterlin, physicist * Ernest C. Pollard, professor of biophysics * David Price (American politician), David Price, United States representative * James Rachels, philosopher and cultural relativist * Stojan Radic, electrical engineer * Joseph B. Rhine, psychologist and parapsychologist; founder of modern studies of psychical phenomena * Louisa E. Rhine, parapsychologist * Sidarta Ribeiro, Brazilian neuroscientist * John Ridpath, intellectual historian * Sócrates Rizzo, former mayor of Monterrey; former governor of Nuevo León * Dennis A. Rondinelli, international development policy expert at the

* Mary Ellen Rudin, mathematician * David Sabiston, cardiac surgeon, one of the pioneers of coronary bypass surgery * Guy Salvesen, biochemist, known for his work in the field of apoptosis * E. P. Sanders, British Academy member; leading figure in the third Historical Jesus movement * Michael Scharf, lawyer, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 * David Scheffer, diplomat * William H. Schlesinger, biogeochemist, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies * Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, figure in the field of comparative physiology, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, feminist theorist, literary theorist, expert in gender studies * Lori Ann Setton, biomedical engineer * Michael Sheetz, cell biologist, recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research * Beth A. Simmons, international relations scholar, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Elwyn L. Simons, paleontologist and primate conservationist * Barbara Herrnstein Smith, literary theorist * Brian Cantwell Smith, scholar who conducts research in the fields of cognitive science, computer science, information studies, philosophy, and ontology * Cordwainer Smith, author * Joseph Tyree Sneed III, U.S. Deputy Attorney General, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit * Ralph Snyderman, biotech entrepreneur * David Soskice, political economist * Joseph J. Spengler, economist, statistician, and historian of economic thought * Hertha Sponer, physicist * Eugene A. Stead, medical educator, founder of the physician assistant profession * William Stern (psychologist), William Stern, psychologist, philosopher * Kenneth B. Storey, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology * Charles Tanford, protein chemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences * Edward D. Thalmann, expert in hyperbaric medicine * Fritz Thurstone (1932–2005), pioneer of ultrasound technology * Paul Tillich, theologian * Peter Ungar, paleoanthropologist * Sander Vanocur, American Broadcasting Company, ABC and NBC correspondent; ''The Washington Post'' television editor; ''The New York Times'' reporter * W. Kip Viscusi, economist * Steven Vogel, biologist, James B. Duke Professor of Biology * Robert Ward (composer), Robert Ward, composer * Kenny Williams (educator), Kenny Williams, author, winner of the MidAmerica Award * Mary Lou Williams, composer * Patricia J. Williams, legal scholar, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000 * William H. Willimon, Methodist theologian * Eric Winer, medical oncologist * Kwasi Wiredu, philosopher * Karl Zener, psychologist

Men's basketball head coaches

{{columns-list, * 2022 to present: Jon Scheyer * 1981 to 2022: Mike Krzyzewski, five-time national champion men's basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame * 1975 to 1980: Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929), Bill Foster * 1974: Neill McGeachy * 1970 to 1973: Bucky Waters * 1960 to 1969: Vic Bubas, member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame * 1951 to 1959: Harold Bradley * 1943 to 1950: Gerry Gerard * 1929 to 1942: Edmund M. "Eddie" Cameron, Eddie Cameron, namesake of Cameron Indoor Stadium and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame * 1925 to 1928: George Buchheit * 1923 to 1924: J.S. Burbage * 1922: James Baldwin (basketball coach), James Baldwin * 1921: Floyd Egan * 1920: W.J. Rothensies * 1919: H.P. Cole * 1917 to 1918: Chick Doak * 1916: Bob Doak * 1914 to 1915: Noble Clay * 1913: Joseph Brinn * 1906 to 1912: W.W. Card

Football head coaches

{{columns-list, *2024 to present: Manny Diaz (American football), Manny Diaz *2022 to 2024: Mike Elko * 2007 to 2021: David Cutcliffe * 2003 to 2007: Ted Roof * 1999 to 2003: Carl Franks * 1994 to 1998: Fred Goldsmith (American football), Fred Goldsmith * 1990 to 1993: Barry Wilson (coach), Barry Wilson * 1987 to 1989: Steve Spurrier, Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989 * 1983 to 1986: Steve Sloan * 1979 to 1982: Shirley Wilson, Shirley "Red" Wilson * 1971 to 1978: Mike McGee (coach), Mike McGee * 1966 to 1970: Tom Harp * 1951 to 1965: Bill Murray (American football coach), William D. "Bill" Murray * 1946 to 1950: Wallace W. Wade * 1942 to 1945: Edmund M. "Eddie" Cameron, Eddie Cameron, namesake of Cameron Indoor Stadium and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame * 1931 to 1941: Wallace Wade, Wallace W. Wade, namesake of Wallace Wade Stadium and member of the College Football Hall of Fame * 1926 to 1930: James DeHart, James "Jimmy" DeHart * 1925: James Pat Herron, James P. "Pat" Herron * 1924: Howard Jones (American football coach), Howard H. Jones * 1923: S.M. Alexander * 1922: Herman Steiner (coach), Herman Steiner * 1921: James A. Baldwin * 1920: Floyd J. Egan * 1888 to 1889 : John F. Crowell, Dr. John F. Crowell

Duke University presidents

{, border="0" style="width:40%;" , - !President !Tenure , - , Brantley York, , 1838–1842 , - , Braxton Craven, , 1842–1863{{Cite web, url=https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/uarchives/history/articles/craven, title=Braxton Craven (1822–1882), website=duke.edu, publisher=Duke University Library, access-date=July 19, 2020, archive-date=March 7, 2013, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307042616/http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/histnotes/b_craven.html, url-status=dead , - , William Trigg Gannaway*, , 1864–1865 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", ''*Appointed president pro tempore during the break in Craven's presidency'' , - , Braxton Craven, , 1866–1882 , - , Marquis Lafayette Wood, , 1883–1886 , - , John Franklin Crowell, , 1887–1894 , - , John Carlisle Kilgo, , 1894–1910 , - , William Preston Few, , 1910–1924{{Cite web, url=https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/uarchives/history/articles/few, title=William Preston Few (1867–1940), website=Duke.edu, publisher=Duke University Library, access-date=July 19, 2020, archive-date=February 20, 2020, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220213951/https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/uarchives/history/articles/few, url-status=dead , - , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", ''University officially established as Duke University in 1924'' , - , William Preston Few, , 1924–1940 , - , Robert Lee Flowers, , 1941–1948 , - , Arthur Hollis Edens, , 1949–1960 , - , Julian Deryl Hart, , 1960–1963 , - , Douglas Knight, , 1963–1969 , - , Terry Sanford, , 1969–1985 , - , H. Keith H. Brodie, , 1985–1993 , - , Nan Keohane, Nannerl O. Keohane, , 1993–2004 , - , Richard H. Brodhead, , 2004–2017 , - , Vincent Price (educator), Vincent E. Price, , 2017–present

Major philanthropists

''Donors who have contributed at least $20 million to the university or founding donors:'' {, border="0" style="width:100%;" , - !Donor !Total Amount !Year !Purpose , - , The Duke Endowment , , $1.5+ billion, , 1924–
2024 , , Various , - , James B. Duke , , $40 million
($1.36 billion in 2024 dollars) , , 1924 , , For endowment; established The Duke Endowment later that year , - , Lord Corporation , , $261 million , , 2019 , , Unrestricted , - , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , , $250+ million , , 2002–2021 , , $46.5 million for AIDS research, $30 million for a new science facility and $5 million for student life initiatives, $20 million for the Duke Global Health Initiative, $15 million for DukeEngage, a civic engagement program, $9 million for undergraduate financial aid and $1 million for Fuqua School of Business, Fuqua students financial aid, and $4.5 million for water sanitation research. The full list of grants is available at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website. , - , Peter Nicholas (businessman), Peter and Ginny Nicholas , , $115+ million , , 1999–
2023 , , $20 million for the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; $70 million pledged in 2003 for the School of the Environment fully paid by 2022; $25 million pledged in 2023 , - , David Rubenstein , , $100+ million , , 2002–2017 , , More than $100 million in total, including $25 million towards a new performing arts center, $20 million for undergraduate scholarships, $13.6 million to Duke Libraries, $20.75 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy, $10 million to Duke athletics , - , Bruce Karsh, Bruce and Martha Karsh , , $85 million , , 2005–2011 , , For student financial aid , - , Anne and Robert Bass , , $70 million, , 1996–2013 , , $20 million for the FOCUS program and various endowed chairs, $50 million for interdisciplinary research , - , Disque Deane , , $20 million
($56 million in 2024 dollars) , , 1986 , , To "establish a research institute on the human future" , - , J. Michael Pearson, J. Michael and Christine Pearson , , $50+ million, , 2014 , , $30 million to the Pratt School of Engineering to advance engineering and science education, $15 million to the School of Nursing and $7.5 million to the Fuqua School of Business , - , Edmund T. Pratt Jr. , , $35 million , , 1999 , , To endow the Pratt School of Engineering, School of Engineering , - , David H. Murdock , , $35 million , , 2007 , , For "translational medicine" research by the Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Medical School , - , Dr. Steven and Rebecca Scott , , $30 million , , 2012-2013 , , $20 million for Duke Sports Medicine and $10 million for Duke athletics , - , Dudley Rauch , $30 million , 2021 , For medical student scholarships , - , Jack O. Bovender Jr. , $27.5 million , 2006-2014 , $10 million for Trinity College, $10 million for the Fuqua School of Business Health Sector Management Program, and $5 million for School of Nursing, $1.5 million for a professorship at Duke Divinity School, and $1 million for a scholarship for minority students in the Health Sector Management Program , - , Robert Margolis , $26.5 million , 2015-2023 , For the Margolis Center for Health Policy , - , Michael J. and Patty Fitzpatrick , , $25 million , , 2000 , , For a center for advanced photonics and communications , - , William H. Gross, William and Sue Gross , , $23 million , , 2005 , , $15 million for undergraduate scholarships, $5 million for medical students' scholarships, and $3 million to support faculty members of the

Sue and William Gross Donate $23 Million
{{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618062325/http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2005/gross.php , date=June 18, 2006 , - , Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates , , $20 million , , 1998 , , For undergraduate scholarships , - , Washington Duke , , $385,000
($13 million in 2024 dollars) , , 1892 , , For original endowment and construction , - , Julian S. Carr , , N/A , , 1892 , , Donated site of Duke University#West, East, and Central Campuses, East Campus

Fictional alumni

In film

* In ''The Man in the Moon (1991 film), The Man in the Moon'' takes place as Maureen Trant, played by Emily Warfield, is preparing to attend Duke in the fall. Emma Seneshen, a character who appears briefly during the film's opening, is also mentioned to be a Duke student * In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, ''How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'', character Benjamin Barry (portrayed by Matthew McConaughey) is shown to be a Duke alumni

In television

* In 9-1-1 (TV series), ''9-1-1'', the story line of Season 2 Episode 2 mentions that the top recruits wanted to go to either "Duke or Stanford University, Stanford" * In ''JAG (TV series), JAG'', United States Marine Corps, USMC Sarah MacKenzie, Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie (portrayed by Catherine Bell (actress), Catherine Bell) graduated from Duke University School of Law{{cite episode , title=JAG (season 4)#ep67, Act of Terror , series=JAG , series-link=JAG (TV series) , network=CBS , date=October 27, 1998 , season=4 , number=6 * In The Newsroom (American TV series), ''The Newsroom'', Sloan Sabbith, Sloan Sabbath (portrayed by Olivia Munn) is mentioned to have 2 Ph.D.'s from Duke * In ''The White Lotus'', main characters Timothy and Saxon Ratliff (portrayed by Patrick Schwarzenegger) are Duke alumni. Duke is a central theme of the show's third season * In ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'', Nathan Scott (portrayed by James Lafferty) received a scholarship to play basketball at Duke though his offer was rescinded when he was caught point shaving * In ''The West Wing'', Sam Seaborn (portrayed by Rob Lowe whose son attended Duke in real life) graduated from Duke University School of Law{{Cite web , title=I'm a match to Sam Seaborn from The West Wing , url=https://www.charactour.com/hub/characters/view/Sam-Seaborn.The-West-Wing , access-date=2024-07-06 , website=www.charactour.com , language=en

References

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External links

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