This is a working list of notable faculty, alumni and scholars of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States.
For a more comprehensive list of notable alumni in the business world, see Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
As of May 2020, 48 Penn alumni or trustees have served as governors of 24 different states, Puerto Rico and American Samoa as detailed below: At least 60 Penn alumni and/or trustees have served in state legislatures in at least 19 states (at least five of whom have served as speaker of their respective houses of representatives [in Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, and Pennsylvania] and one of whom served as President of New Jersey Senate) as detailed below: At least 50 Penn alumni or trustees have served as Mayors of cities in at least 22 states, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (including Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, Nashville, New Orleans, Philadelphia (10), Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, Saint Paul, Salt Lake City, San Antonio (2), San Francisco (2)) As of February 2023, twenty-nine (29) Penn alumni have served as justices of supreme courts of ten (10) different states and the District of Columbia, and eleven (11) have served as chief justices of a state supreme court as detailed below: As of February 2024 there are at least 84 Penn alumni and/or faculty who have been appointed judges in United States federal court system (3 of whom have served on the Supreme Court, at least 23 of whom have served on Courts of Appeals, and at least 50 of whom have served on District Courts) At least 23 judges who served in 9 different circuit courts of appeal are alumni of Penn.
As of January 2023 there are at least 20 Penn alumni who have been attorneys general in five states and the District of Columbia.
As is detailed below, Penn Med has 4 alumni and 2 faculty members who were awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine