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This is a list of notable graduates of the United States Military Academy (West Point), arranged by category. List may be incomplete. To see a list of Misplaced Pages articles about West Point graduates click here.


Listed by claim to fame

This list is intended to categorize graduates by what they are famous for. More than one category may apply. For example, Ulysses S. Grant was a famous military leader and head of state, and is listed under both. He also participated in the Mexican-American War, but is not listed in that category, because he is not famous for his role in the war.

Politicians

  • Ulysses S. Grant, Class of 1843 Ulysses S. Grant, Class of 1843
  • Jefferson Davis, Class of 1829 Jefferson Davis, Class of 1829
  • Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., Class of 1844 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., Class of 1844
  • Robert Milligan McLane, Class of 1837 Robert Milligan McLane, Class of 1837
  • Henry Slocum, Class of 1852 Henry Slocum, Class of 1852
  • Jack Reed, Class of 1971 Jack Reed, Class of 1971
  • Geoff Davis, Class of 1981 Geoff Davis, Class of 1981

Heads of State

Cabinet members

Governors (civilian)

Governors (military)

Legislators

Mayors

Jurists

Ambassadors

Barry McCaffrey, Class of 1964

Military commanders

Mexican-American War

U.S. Civil War

Complete list of West Point grads as Civil War generals

  • Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846 Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846
  • P.G.T. Beauregard, Class of 1838 P.G.T. Beauregard, Class of 1838
  • Winfield Scott Hancock, Class of 1844 Winfield Scott Hancock, Class of 1844
  • Albert Sidney Johnston, Class of 1826 Albert Sidney Johnston, Class of 1826
  • James Longstreet, Class of 1842 James Longstreet, Class of 1842
  • Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853 Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853
  • William Tecumseh Sherman, Class of 1840 William Tecumseh Sherman, Class of 1840
  • J.E.B. Stuart, Class of 1854 J.E.B. Stuart, Class of 1854
  • George Armstrong Custer, Class of 1861 George Armstrong Custer, Class of 1861

Indian Wars & Buffalo Soldiers

Spanish-American War and Philippines Commands

John J. Pershing, Class of 1886

Pancho Villa Expedition

World War I

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John L. Hines, Class of 1891

World War II

George S. Patton, Class of 1909
Omar Bradley, Class of 1915

Israeli War for Independence

Korean War

Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903

Vietnam War

Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Class of 1956

War on Terrorism

  • General Wayne A. Downing, Class of 1962. Chairman of the Combating Terrorism Center at USMA.
  • Douglas B. Gurian, Class of 1986. Only USMA Graduate to die in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.

Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom)

  • John Abizaid, Class of 1973. 3/325 Airborne Battalion Combat Team
  • James H. Coffman, Jr., Class of 1978. Distinguished Service Cross for action at Mosul, Iraq
  • David Petraeus, Class of 1974. First commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq and the NATO Training Mission-Iraq; Commander 101st Airborne Division.
  • Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Class of 1976. Chief military spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, 2003 - 2004.
  • Jack M. Saville, convicted of assault on Iraqi civilians while serving in Iraq War.

Army Chiefs of Staff/Commanders of the Army

William Westmoreland, Class of 1936

Air Force Chiefs of Staff

Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914
  • General Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914. 1st U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1947–1948)
  • General Thomas D. White, Class of 1920. 4th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1957—1961)
  • General John P. McConnell, Class of 1932. 6th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1965–1969)
  • General John Dale Ryan, Class of 1938. 7th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1969–1973)
  • General Lew Allen, Class of 1946. 10th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1978-1982)
  • General Charles A. Gabriel, Class of 1950. 11th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1982-1986)
  • General Michael Dugan, Class of 1952. 13th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1990)

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Supreme Allied Commanders of NATO

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Alexander Haig, Class of 1947

Chief of Staff of Non-American Armed Forces

Highly Decorated

Medal of Honor recipients

For a complete list of West Point graduates who won the Medal of Honor, click here.

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Congressional Gold Medal recipients

Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients

Law Enforcement and Intelligence

George Washington Goethals,Class of 1880
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Hap Arnold, Class of 1907

Engineers and Inventors

  • George Bomford, Class of 1805. Inventor of ordnance and explosives; standardized army usage as Chief of the Ornance Department.
  • Charles Gratiot, Class of 1806, Chief Engineer, War of 1812.
  • John James Abert, Class of 1811. Head topographer for the U.S. Army; his officers mapped the American West under his supervision.
  • Benjamin Bonneville, Class of 1815. Organized expedition that explored the Great Salt Lake, crossed the Sierras, found the headwaters of the Yellowstone and discovered the Humboldt River.
  • George Washington Whistler, Class of 1819. Invented contour lines on maps. Father of James McNeill Whistler, the artist. Husband of "Whistler's Mother"
  • Robert Parker Parrott, Class of 1824. Invented the Parrott rifle used extensively during the American Civil War.
  • Henry DuPont, Class of 1833. Improved the production of gunpowder. Chemicals industry pioneer.
  • Herman Haupt, Class of 1835. Head of the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War.
  • John W. Gunnison, Class of 1837. Supervised one of the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853. Gunnison, Colorado is named in his honor.
  • Horatio Wright, Class of 1841. Union general during the American Civil War.
  • John Parke, Class of 1849. Participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853. Chief surveyor who delineated the boundary between northwestern United States and British North America. Union army general during the American Civil War. Superintendent of West Point.
  • Rufus Saxton, Class of 1849. Participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853. Union Army general during the American Civil War.
  • Gouvenor K. Warren, Class of 1850. Union army general and Chief of Engineers of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
  • Thomas Lincoln Casey, Class of 1852. Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers.
  • William W. Averell, Class of 1855. Inventor of asphalt.
  • John W. Barlow, Class of 1861. Explored around Yellowstone. Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers
  • David Porter Heap, Class of 1864. Engineer and author who built harbor fortifications and lighthouses.
  • Henry Dunwoody, Class of 1866. Invented the crystal radio receiver.
  • George Washington Goethals, Class of 1880. Chief engineer of the Panama Canal.
  • John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. Inventor of artillery devices critical in WWI.
  • George O. Squier, Class of 1887. Developer of Muzak. Early radio engineer.
  • Leslie Groves, Class of 1918. Chief engineer for the Manhattan Project and the Pentagon

Scientists, Mathematicians, and Physicians

Aviation pioneers

  • Thomas Selfridge, Class of 1903. The first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane.
  • Henry H. Arnold, Class of 1907. Head of the Army Air Force in World War II.

Astronauts

Ed White, Class of 1952
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William MacArthur, Class of 1973

Educators

Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808
Dennis Hart Mahan, Class of 1824

Authors

Business Executives and Entrepenuers

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Henry du Pont, Class of 1861
  • Henry A. du Pont, Class of 1861. President & general manager of Wilmington & Western Railroad (1879-1899)
  • William T. Seawell, Class of 1941. Chairman & CEO Pan Am Airways (1971-1981)
  • Robert F. McDermott, Class of 1943. Former Chairman & CEO of United Services Automobile Association (USAA).
  • Rueben Pomerantz, Class of 1946. President of Holiday Inns of America (1969-1972)
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. President Eastern Airlines (1975-1986)
  • Randolph V. Araskog, Class of 1953. President, Chairman, CEO of ITT Communications.
  • Dana Mead, Class of 1957. Chairman and CEO of Tenneco (1994-1999), Chairman of MIT Corporation (2003-present).
  • Pete Dawkins, Class of 1959. Chairman and CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Vice-Chairman and EVP of Travelers Insurance, and currently Vice-Chairman of The Citigroup Private Bank.
  • Jim Kimsey, Class of 1962. Chairman and co-founder of AOL
  • Frank Caufield, Co-Founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
  • Marshall Larsen, President and CEO of Goodrich Corporation (2001-Present)
  • Bob McDonald, Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble
  • J. Ross Docksey, Class of 1973. Senior corporate attorney of Sonnenschien Nath & Rosenthal, LLP.

Sports figures

Athletes

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Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard, both Class of 1947Template:Unverifiedimage

Coaches

Movies and TV

Ambrose Burnside, Class of 1847

Eponyms

Graduates depicted on currency

Graduates depicted on postage stamps

  • Alden Partridge, Class of 1806. Appears on 11¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985).
  • Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808. Appears on 9¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985).
  • Jefferson Davis, Class of 1828. Appears on 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial commemorative stamp (1970), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995) and eight Confederate stamps.
  • Joseph E. Johnston, Class of 1829. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
  • Robert E. Lee, Class of 1829. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 30¢ Liberty series stamp (1955 and 1957), 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970), and 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Montgomery Blair, Class of 1835. Appears on 15¢ airmail stamp (1963) and on one Belgian stamp.
  • William Tecumseh Sherman, Class of 1840. Appears on 8¢ stamps (1893 and 1895), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995), and on stamps from Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
  • Ulysses S. Grant, Class of 1843. Appears on 5¢ stamps (1890, 1895, 1898), 4¢ stamp (1903), 8¢ stamp (1922), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 18¢ Presidential series stamp (1938), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Winfield Scott Hancock, Class of 1844. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937) and 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970).
  • Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853. Appears on 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937)
  • George Washington Goethals, Class of 1880. Appears on 3¢ Panama Canal commemorative stamp (1939) and on stamps issued for the Panama Canal Zone.
  • John J. Pershing, Class of 1886. Appears on 8¢ Liberty series stamp (1961) and on French stamps.
  • John L. Hines, Class of 1891. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000).
  • Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1971) and on stamps from Korea and the Philippines.
  • Joseph Stilwell, Class of 1904. Appears on 10¢ Distinguished Americans series stamp (2000).
  • Henry H. Arnold, Class of 1907. Appears on 65¢ Great Americans series stamp (1988).
  • George S. Patton Jr., Class of 1909. Appears on 3¢ commemorative stamp (1953) and on stamps from Belgium and Luxembourg.
  • Omar Bradley, Class of 1915. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000)
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, Class of 1915. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1969), 6¢ (1970) and 8¢ (1971) Prominent Americans series stamps, and on stamps of other countries.
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. Appears on ten stamps of Haiti, Hungary, and Senegal.
  • Fidel V. Ramos, Class of 1950. Appears on numerous Philippine Stamps since 1990's
  • Buzz Aldrin, Class of 1951. Appears on foreign stamps.

Graduates as Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Graduates listed by graduation year

See also

Superintendents of the United States Military Academy

External links

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