5 Most Famous Harvard Students of All Time

In this article we discuss the 5 most famous Harvard students of all time. If you want to read our detailed analysis of Harvard University, go directly to the 33 Most Famous Harvard Students of All Time.

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5. James R. Agee (1909- 1955)

James Rufus Agee, a famous novelist, film critic, screenwriter, poet, and journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his novel, A Death in the Family, is one of the most famous Harvard students of all time. Agee worked with notable newspapers like Time Inc. (NYSE: TIME) and Fortune after his graduation in 1932. However, his film criticism for The Nation and Time made him a household name in the journalistic landscape of his era.

Other masterpieces of James Agee include Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, The Morning Watch, Letters of James Agee to Father Flye, and more.

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