The following is a list of notable people who have served on the staff of The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper at the University of Pennsylvania.
Academia
Arnold Eisen, chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary Josiah Penniman, provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Michael Stuart Brown, geneticist and physician; 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Business
Richard Fisher, New York real estate developer Leonard Lauder, chairman and CEO, Estée Lauder Companies Marc Turtletaub, CEO of The Money Store and co-founder of Big Beach
Journalists, authors, and writers
Charles Addams, cartoonist Binyamin Appelbaum, editor, The New York Times Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights; 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting Claudia Cohen, gossip columnist, socialite, and television reporter Jean Chatzky, financial editor for TODAY Frank Dolson, Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer Lee Eisenberg, editor for Esquire magazine Robert Elegant, journalist known for his coverage of the Korean and Vietnam Wars Stefan Fatsis, former Wall Street Journal reporter and author ofWord Freak Gaeton Fonzi, reporter and editor for Philadelphia Magazine Stephen Glass, disgraced former New Republic writer Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Erik Larson, author Gab Marcotti, sports journalist, ESPN FC Charles Ornstein, senior reporter, ProPublica; 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Ashley Parker, reporter for The Washington Post Ken Rosenthal, sportswriter, reporter, and sportscaster for Fox Sports Dan Rottenberg, journalist, editor and author of 10 books Lisa Scottoline, author Alan Schwarz, reporter for The New York Times Steve Stecklow, global investigative reporter, Reuters; 2019 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Richard Stevenson, Washington bureau chief for The New York Times Josh Tyrangiel, staff writer at The Atlantic and former chief content officer of Bloomberg Media Cenk Uygur, host of TheYoungTurks
Politics, government, and law
Harold Ford Jr., U.S. representative from Tennessee Benjamin Ginsberg, lawyer and counsel for George W. Bush and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns David A. Gross, U.S. ambassador Helen Gym, Philadelphia City Council Frank Luntz, political consultant and pollster Gene Sperling, former director of the United States National Economic Council Maurice Obstfeld, chief economist, International Monetary Fund George Wharton Pepper, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania Owen Roberts, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Haines Ware III, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
Other
Wilson Hobson Jr., bronze medalist, 1932 Summer Olympics Josiah McCracken, physician; silver and bronze medalist, 1900 Summer Olympics Matt Selman, producer, The Simpsons Josh Heald, writer and producer, Hot Tub Time Machine and Cobra Kai