Famous people who went to Yale:
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin
Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code
Both President Bushs (ACH)
President Clinton
President Ford
President Taft
Justice Samuel Alito (ACH)
Justice Clarence Thomas (ACH)
John Ashcroft (more ACH)
Hillary Clinton
Kerry & Lieberman
Bob Woodward (you know, that whole Watergate thing)
Chuck Close (artist)
John Currin (artist)
Nancy Graves (artist)
Eva Hesse (artist)
Maya Lin (architect)
Cole Porter (composer, you better know him)
Mark Rothko (I assume you know him)
Noah Webster, as in Webster's dictionary
Here's where it gets interesting, the entertainment section:
Angela Bassett
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Connelly
Claire Danes
Jodie Foster
Paul Giamatti
Holly Hunter
Paul Newman
Edward Norton
Vincent Price (rock on)
Oliver Stone
Meryl Streep
John Turturro
Sam Waterston
Sigourney Weaver
David Duchovny
Ben Stein
Tony Shalhoub