FULBRIGHT ALUMNI - Who are Fulbright Alumni?

As of 2006, more than 300,000 Fulbright Scholars from approximately 180 countries have participated in the Fulbright Program since it began in 1946. Hundreds of Fulbright alumni worldwide currently hold top positions in government, higher education, journalism, law and the private sector.

18  Fulbright alumni have served as a head of state or government

10  Fulbright alumni have been elected to the United States Congress

20 Fulbright alumni have served as their country's Minister for Foreign Affairs

1   Fulbright alumnus has served as Secretary-General of the United Nations

1   Fulbright alumnus has served as Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

35 Fulbright alumni from nine countries are recipients of the Nobel Prize

60 Fulbright alumni are recipients of the Pulitzer Prize

22 Fulbright alumni are recipients of the MacArthur Foundation "genius" awards

14 Fulbright alumni are recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

1 Fulbright alumnus is a recipient of an Olympic gold medal

Prominent Australian Alumni

Prominent U.S. Alumni

Prominent International Alumni