This list of University of Chicago alumni consists of notable people who graduated or attended the University of Chicago. The alumni of the university include graduates and attendees. Graduates are defined as those who hold bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. degrees from the university, while attendees are those who studied at the university but did not complete the program or obtain a degree. Honorary degree holders and auditors of the university are excluded. Summer session attendees are also excluded from the list since summer terms are not part of the university's formal academic years.
Nobel laureates
Luis Alvarez (A.B. 1932, S.M. 1934, Ph.D. 1936) – Physics, 1968
Emily Green Balch (attended) – Peace, 1946
Moungi Bawendi (Ph.D. 1988) – Chemistry, 2023
Claudia Goldin (Ph.D. 1972) – Economics, 2023
Gary Becker (A.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1955) – Economics, 1992
Saul Bellow (X. 1939) – Literature, 1976
Herbert Brown (S.B. 1936, Ph.D. 1938) – Chemistry, 1979
James M. Buchanan (Ph.D. 1948) – Economics, 1986
Owen Chamberlain (Ph.D. 1949) – Physics, 1959
John Maxwell Coetzee (Professor) – Literature, 2003
James Cronin (S.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1955) – Physics, 1980
Clinton Davisson (S.B. 1909) – Physics, 1937
Eugene Fama (M.B.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1964) – Economics, 2013
Jerome Friedman (A.B. 1950, S.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1956) – Physics, 1990
Milton Friedman (A.M. 1933) – Economics, 1976
John B. Goodenough (Ph.D. 1952) – Chemistry, 2019
Ernest Lawrence (X. 1923) – Physics, 1939
Tsung-Dao Lee (Ph.D. 1950) – Physics, 1957
Robert Lucas Jr. (A.B. 1959, Ph.D. 1964) – Economics, 1995
Harry Markowitz (A.B. 1947, A.M. 1950, Ph.D. 1955) – Economics, 1990
Robert Millikan (X. 1894) – Physics, 1923
Robert Mulliken (Ph.D. 1921) – Chemistry, 1966
Paul Romer (S.B. 1977, Ph.D. 1983) – Economics, 2018
Irwin Rose (S.B. 1948, Ph.D. 1952) – Chemistry, 2004
F. Sherwood Rowland (S.M. 1951, Ph.D. 1952) – Chemistry, 1995
Paul Samuelson (A.B. 1935) – Economics, 1970
Myron Scholes (M.B.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1969) – Economics, 1997
Herbert A. Simon (A.B. 1936, Ph.D. 1943) – Economics, 1978
George E. Smith (Ph.D. 1959) – Physics, 2009
Roger Sperry (Ph.D. 1941) – Medicine, 1981
Jack Steinberger (S.B. 1942; Ph.D. 1949) – Physics, 1988
George Stigler (S.B. 1942, Ph.D. 1949) – Economics, 1982
Edward Lawrie Tatum (X. 1931) – Medicine, 1958
Daniel Tsui (S.M. 1963; Ph.D. 1967) – Physics, 1998
James Dewey Watson (S.B. 1947) – Medicine, 1962
Frank Wilczek (A.B. 1970) – Physics, 2004; MacArthur Fellow (1982) Chen Ning Yang (Ph.D. 1948) – Physics, 1957