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See also: Princeton University: In fiction
(in alphabetical order by title name)
- In the television series 24, President Charles Logan graduated from Princeton University.
- Jack Donaghy, from 30 Rock, is an alumnus. Multiple episodes center on his college experience.
- In the film Across the Universe, the character Max attends Princeton, but drops out.
- An American Wife a roman à clef about President George W. Bush and Laura Bush by Curtis Sittenfeld, George W. Bush's stand in Charlie Blackwell was a Princeton alumnus and one section of the book describes the couple attending a Princeton Renunion in great detail.
- A Beautiful Mind, the Academy Award winning film about the famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. features a major part depicting Nash's initial days at Princeton University. Although the film is a fictionalized biography, in real life Nash did receive his doctorate from Princeton and is a Princeton professor.
- In A Cinderella Story, the characters played by Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray will be attending Princeton at the end of the movie.
- In the movie Batman Begins, it is revealed that Bruce Wayne attended Princeton University, although he chose not to continue his education there after returning home (it is unknown whether he had completed his undergraduate school education and was attending graduate school or if he was dropping out of college).
- In Burn After Reading, Osbourne Cox, the lead played by John Malkovich, was a Princeton Graduate Class of 1973, and in a scene at a fictional Princeton Club, leads a fast-tempo rendition of Princeton's anthem, Old Nassau
- In The Change-Up, Dave Lockwood graduated from Princeton University.
- In Charles in Charge, Charles gets accepted as a graduate student in Princeton.
- In Commander in Chief, Kelly Ludlow, the press secretary played by Ever Carradine has graduated from Princeton.
- In Doogie Howser, M.D., the namesake is a child prodigy who graduated from Princeton at the age of 10 in 1983 and received his medical license at age 14.
- In The WB Television Network show "Everwood", Amy Abbott is accepted to Princeton.
- In an episode of The Flintstones entitled "Flintstone of Princestone", which originally aired on November 3, 1961, Fred briefly attends "Princestone" and becomes the star quarterback in the big football game against arch-rival, Shale. In another episode entitled "Cinderellastone", which originally aired on October 22, 1964, Fred's dream character also attended "Princestone".
- In the novel Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner, protagonist Cannie Shapiro is a Princeton alumna.
- In Leatherheads, the character of Carter Rutherford is a star Princeton quarterback
- In Mad Men, Paul Kinsey is a Princeton Graduate (class of '55), and in "My Old Kentucky Home" (Season 3, Episode 3), Kinsey's classmate Jeffrey, a drug dealer, reminisces about the Tigertones a cappella group
- In Mars Attacks!, President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is a Princeton alumnus.
- In the movie Risky Business, Tom Cruise's character gets into Princeton after an unconventional interview at his own home
- In the movie Rubber (2010 film), one of the spectators ("film buff Ethan") appears wearing an orange-embroidered black baseball cap reading "PRINCETO"
- In Salt, Angelina Jolie's character Evelyn Salt went to Princeton
- In South Park, Mayor McDaniels
- Sondra Huxtable and her future husband Elvin Tibideaux of The Cosby Show graduated from Princeton.
- In Family Ties, "Young Republican" Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) spends the first two seasons of the series preparing to attend Princeton. While visiting for an on-campus interview, Mallory has an emotional crisis. Ultimately, Alex chooses to tend to her rather than complete his interview, thus destroying any possibility of attending Princeton.
- In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Princeton is Philip's alma mater. Phillip's son Carlton enrolls in Princeton by the final episode.
- In Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore is accepted into Princeton University
- In The Girl Next Door, Eli is mentioned as having been accepted to Princeton
- In Her Shoes, a novel by Jennifer Weiner '91: Rose Feller is a Princeton grad. Her younger sister Maggie camps out in a Princeton library.
- In the Left Behind series, character Cameron "Buck" Williams is a Princeton grad.
- In the science fiction novel Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper, Calvin Morrison had been a theology student at Princeton, but dropped out to join the U.S. Army and fight in the Korean War. He later became an officer with the Pennsylvania State Police and was transported to another time-line.
- In the television series Numb3rs, the characters of Charlie Eppes and Larry Fleinhardt are Princeton Alumni. Charlie graduated at the age of 16 and Larry at the age of 19.
- In "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", the character played by Anne Hathaway has graduated from Princeton.
- In the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the characters Changez and Erica are Princeton grads.
- In the mystery novel The Rule of Four, the protagonists are Princeton students and the Art Museum and its collections play a central role in the plot.
- In The Simpsons, Cecil Terwilliger, the brother of Sideshow Bob, is an alumnus (Sideshow Bob refers to it as the years Cecil spent in Clown College). Snake also attended, but took a year off, presumably never to return.
- In the musical South Pacific, Lt. Joe Cable had attended Princeton.
- In the novel and movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, Dickie Greenleaf (played by Jude Law) has attended Princeton, and the title character Tom Ripley pretends he is a Princeton alumnus.
- In There's Something About Mary, Mary attended Princeton University. So did her ex-boyfriend "Woogie" who was also holder of a scholarship from Princeton.
- In the semi-autobiographical novel This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a former Princeton alumnus himself, the protagonist Amory Blaine attends Princeton.
- Professor Richard Pierson of the Princeton Observatory was portrayed by Orson Welles in The Mercury Theatre on the Air's famous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, broadcast October 30, 1938.
- Watchmen, a graphic novel created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins: Dr. Jon Osterman/Doctor Manhattan, born 1929, attended Princeton University from 1948–1958 and graduated with a Ph.D. in atomic physics.
- In The West Wing, former Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) is a magna cum laude Princeton undergraduate. In fact, in Season 1 it is revealed that Sam's Secret Service code name is "Princeton."
- In the television series Weeds, the character Megan gets accepted into Princeton.
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