The following is a list of individuals associated with Bryn Mawr College through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
Noted alumni
Noted faculty and administrators
Gerald M. Ackerman, art historian, lecturer in art history (1959-1965) Constance Applebee, Director of Athletics (1904-1928). Brought field hockey to the United States from Britain and established women's lacrosse as a collegiate sport. Asoka Bandarage Florence Bascom, petrologist, founder of Bryn Mawr's Geology Department Marland Pratt Billings, Structural Geologist Rhys Carpenter, Classical Archaeology (1889-1980) Kimberly Wright Cassidy (born ca. 1963), Psychology, ninth president of Bryn Mawr College Catherine Conybeare, Professor of Classics Maria Luisa Crawford, Geology, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Arthur C. Cope, chemist, developer of the Cope rearrangement and the Cope elimination, namesake of the Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society (1934-1941) Donald Drew Egbert, Lecturer of Ancient Architecture (1930) Louis Fieser, chemist, developer of synthetic napalm, researcher of vitamin K (1925-1930) Arthur Lindo Patterson, founder of the Patterson function used in X-ray crystallography (1936-1949) Michelle Francl, computational chemistry Louise Holland, academic, philologist and archaeologist Alice M. Hoffman, labor and oral historian Howard S. Hoffman, Psychology (1925-2006), Behavioral Neuroscientist, leading scholar of the startle reflex and social attachment Amy Kelly, headmistress, historian and best-selling author Susan Myra Kingsbury, historical economist and social researcher; director of the Social Economy and Social Research department Frederica de Laguna, anthropologist and founder of Bryn Mawr's anthropology department (1906–2004) Mabel Lang, Greek (1943–1988); received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in 1943 Agathe Lasch, Germanic philologist (Associate Professor, 1910–16) Richmond Lattimore, Greek (1935–1971) Bettina Linn (1905–1962), English professor from 1934 to 1962; novelist Helen Taft Manning, History (1917–1957), also served as dean Berthe Marti, Latin and French (1930–1963) Cornelia Meigs, English (1932–1950) Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels, Latin (1934–1975) José Ferrater Mora, Philosophy (1949–1980). Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (1866–1946) Emmy Noether, Mathematics (1933–1935) Jane M. Oppenheimer, Embryology and History of Science (1938-1980) John Oxtoby, Mathematics (1939-1979) Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, Archeology (1958-1994) Charlotte Scott, Mathematics (1885–1917) Hilda Worthington Smith, labor educator, social worker, and poet (1888-1984) Lily Ross Taylor, Latin (1927–1942), Dean of the Graduate School (1942–52) M. Carey Thomas, English, Dean of the College (1884–1908), President (1894–1922) Edward Warburg (1908-1992), taught Modern Art. Harold Wethey, art historian Woodrow Wilson, (1885–1888)
Noted fictional alumni
Pamela Abbott (A.B.), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), played by Liv Tyler
C.C. Babcock, The Nanny (1993), played by Lauren Lane
Erica Barry (A.B.), Something's Gotta Give lead character, played by Diane Keaton Amanda Bonner (A.B.), Adam's Rib (1949), played by Katharine Hepburn Betty Draper (A.B. in Anthropology), Mad Men (2007), played by January Jones Nancy Drew & Carolyn Keene, Confessions of a Teen Sleuth (book published in 2005) Allison R. Hart-Burnett (A.B.) (1980s), Lady Jaye (a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line) Edna Krabappel (M.A.), The Simpsons teacher Miriam "Midge" Maisel (B.A.), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), played by Rachel Brosnahan Vivian Schuyler (B.A.),"The Secret Life of Violet Grant" by Beatriz Williams. Corinthians (A.B.), "Song of Solomon" (book published 1977)