This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Berkeley. Alumni who also served as faculty are listed in bold font, with degree and year.
Notable faculty members are in the article List of UC Berkeley faculty.
Royalty
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (Laurentien Brinkhorst), M.Jour. 1991 – Princess of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands; wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands and daughter of the Dutch minister of Economic Affairs, Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst and Jantien Brinkhorst-Heringa Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau (attended College of Engineering 1986–1988) – Prince of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands; second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Claus von Amsberg Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway, B.A. 1999 – heir to the throne of Norway
Heads of state or government
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, B.A. 1882 – President of Colombia (1922–1926) Francisco I. Madero (attended 1892–1893) – President of Mexico (1911–1913) Sun Fo, B.A. 1916 – Premier of the Republic of China, president of National Chiao Tung University, chairman of the board of trustees of Soochow University Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, B.A. 1950 – President of Pakistan (1971–1973), Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977), father of Benazir Bhutto Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1966 – President of Costa Rica (1998–2002) Andrej Bajuk, M.S. 1972 – Prime Minister of Slovenia Ruhakana Rugunda, M.S. 1977 – Prime Minister of Uganda
Governors
Edmund G. Brown Jr., B.A. 1961 – Governor of California
C.C. Young, B.L. 1892 – Governor of California
James H. Budd, A.B. 1873 – Governor of California
John Morton Eshleman, B.A. 1903, M.A. 1905 – Lieutenant Governor of California (1915–1916) John Garamendi, BA 1966 – Lieutenant Governor of California (2007–2009) Neil Goldschmidt, J.D. 1967 – Governor of Oregon (1987–1991) Walter A. Gordon, B.A. 1918, J.D. 1922 – University of California's first All-American, first African American graduate of Berkeley Law, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, Federal District Judge, member of National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Jennifer Granholm, B.A. 1984, J.D. – Governor of Michigan (2003–2011), first woman to hold this position in the state of Michigan; instructor at UC Berkeley after her governorship Richard Lamm, J.D. 1961 – Governor of Colorado (1975–1987) Sione Manu'uli Luani – Governor of Vava'u, Tonga (2009–2010) James Soong, M.A. 1967 – Governor of Taiwan Province Earl Warren, B.A. 1912, LL.B. 1914 – Attorney General of California, 1939–1943; Governor of California, 1943–1953; 14th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969 Pete Wilson, J.D. 1962 – U.S. Senator, Governor of California George C. Pardee, (attended 1903–1907) – Governor of California Hiram W. Johnson, (attended 1911–1917) – Governor of California and US Senator (1917–1945) Ridwan Kamil, M.U.D. 2001 – Governor of West Java, Indonesia
Executive council members
The following served as cabinet-level officials.