The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually for outstanding contributions to American journalism, letters, and music. Since 1919, Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded numerous times to Harvard faculty members — and some professors have won multiple times.
| Recipient | Year prize awarded | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Desmond | 2017 | Nonfiction |
| Stephen Greenblatt | 2012 | Nonfiction |
| Annette Gordon-Reed* | 2009 | History |
| Caroline Elkins | 2006 | Nonfiction |
| Geraldine Brooks | 2006 | Fiction |
| Samantha Power | 2003 | Nonfiction |
| Louis Menand* | 2002 | History |
| Jorie Graham* | 1996 | Poetry |
| Bert Hölldobler | 1991 | Nonfiction |
| Edward O. Wilson | 1991 | Nonfiction |
| Laurel Thatcher Ulrich* | 1991 | History |
| David Donald | 1988 | Biography |
| Bernard Bailyn | 1987 | History |
| Thomas K. McCraw | 1985 | History |
| Bernard Rands* | 1984 | Music |
| Paul E. Starr | 1984 | Nonfiction |
| Edward O. Wilson | 1979 | Nonfiction |
| Walter Jackson Bate | 1978 | Biography |
| Alfred Chandler Jr. | 1978 | History |
| John E. Mack | 1977 | Biography |
| Donald Martino* | 1974 | Music |
| Robert Coles | 1973 | Nonfiction |
| Mario Davidosky* | 1971 | Music |
| Bernard Bailyn | 1968 | History |
| George F. Kennan | 1968 | Biography |
| Leon Kirchner | 1967 | Music |
| Bernard Malamud | 1967 | Fiction |
| Perry Miller*** | 1966 | History |
| Howard Mumford Jones | 1965 | Nonfiction |
| Walter Jackson Bate | 1964 | Biography |
| David Donald* | 1961 | Biography |
| Walter Piston | 1961 | Music |
| Samuel Eliot Morison** | 1960 | Biography |
| Archibald MacLeish | 1959 | Drama |
| Archibald MacLeish | 1953 | Poetry |
| Oscar Handlin | 1952 | History |
| Walter Piston | 1948 | Music |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. | 1946 | History |
| Robert Frost | 1943 | Poetry |
| Samuel Eliot Morison | 1943 | Biography |
| Paul Herman Buck | 1938 | History |
| Ralph Barton Perry | 1936 | Biography |
| Robert Hillyer | 1934 | Poetry |
| Archibald MacLeish* | 1933 | Poetry |
| Frederick J. Turner | 1933 | History |
| Edward Channing | 1926 | History |
| Harvey Cushing | 1926 | Biography |
| Mark A. DeWolfe Howe | 1925 | Biography |
| Charles McIlwain | 1924 | History |
| Henry Adams | 1919 | Biography |
* Prize awarded before appointment to the faculty.
**Prize awarded after retirement from the faculty.
***Prize awarded posthumously.