- Abraham Pierson (1641–1707) (1701–1707) Collegiate School
- Samuel Andrew (1656–1738) (1707–1719; pro tempore)
- Timothy Cutler (1684–1765) (1719–1726) 1718/9: renamed Yale College
- Elisha Williams (1694–1755) (1726–1739)
- Thomas Clap (1703–1767) (1740–1766)
- Naphtali Daggett (1727–1780) (1766–1777; pro tempore) - presidency during the American Revolution
- Ezra Stiles (1727–1795) (1778–1795) - presidency during the American Revolution
- Timothy Dwight IV (1752–1817) (1795–1817)
- Jeremiah Day (1773–1867) (1817–1846)
- Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801–1889) (1846–1871)
- Noah Porter III (1811–1892) (1871–1886)
- Timothy Dwight V (1828–1916) (1886–1899) 1887: renamed Yale University
- Arthur Twining Hadley (1856–1930) (1899–1921)
- James Rowland Angell (1869–1949) (1921–1937)
- Charles Seymour (1885–1963) (1937–1951)
- Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906–1963) (1951–1963)
- Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919–1988) (1963–1977)
- Hanna Holborn Gray (1930– ) (1977–1978; pro tempore)
- A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938–1989) (1978–1986)
- Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. (1942– ) (1986–1992)
- Howard R. Lamar (1923– ) (1992–1993; acting)
- Richard C. Levin (1947– ) (1993–2013 )
- Peter Salovey (1958– ) (2013–present )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Yale_University