fifty-two nobel prize winners have been students or professors at yale, and five u.s. presidents have graduated from yale, including george h. w. bush, bill clinton, and george w. bush. other famous alumni include politicians hilary clinton and john kerry, actors meryl streep and edward norton, inventors eli whitney and samuel morse, cnn anchors fareed zakaria and anderson cooper, fedex founder fred smith and pepsi ceo indra nooyi, and computer scientist grace hopper.