Yale presidents 1701 – present
| 1701–1707 | Rev. Abraham Pierson* |
| 1707–1719 | Rev. Samuel Andrew |
| 1719–1722 | Rev. Timothy Cutler |
| 1726–1739 | Rev. Elisha Williams |
| 1740–1766 | Rev. Thomas Clap |
| 1766–1777 | Rev. Naphtali Daggett (pro tempore) |
| 1778–1795 | Rev. Ezra Stiles* |
| 1795–1817 | Rev. Timothy Dwight |
| 1817–1846 | Rev. Jeremiah Day |
| 1846–1871 | Rev. Theodore Dwight Woolsey |
| 1871–1886 | Rev. Noah Porter |
| 1886–1899 | Rev. Timothy Dwight** |
| 1899–1921 | Arthur Twining Hadley |
| 1921–1937 | James Rowland Angell |
| 1937–1950 | Charles Seymour |
| 1950–1963 | Alfred Whitney Griswold* |
| 1963–1977 | Kingman Brewster, Jr. |
| 1977–1978 | Hanna Holborn Gray |
| 1978–1986 | A. Bartlett Giamatti |
| 1986–1992 | Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. |
| 1992–1993 | Howard R. Lamar |
| 1993–present | Richard C. Levin |
* Died in office
** Grandson of the eighth Yale president
