List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1969 [1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Jorge Aceves | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| John M. Alexander | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Leni Alexander | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Luis Raúl Almodóvar | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Stanford Anderson | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Richard Allen Askey | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Arthur Lee-Francis Askins | Humanities | Spanish & Portuguese Literature |
| Anna Balakian | Humanities | French Literature |
| Eric A. Barnard | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Erik Barnouw | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Scott Bartlett | Creative Arts | Film |
| Damián Carlos Bayón | Fine Arts Research | |
| Jose Carlos Becerra Ramos | Poetry | |
| Elmer Lewis Becker | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Larry S. Bell | Fine Arts | |
| Carlos Germán Belli de la Torre | Poetry | |
| Michael Benedikt | Poetry | |
| Sacvan Bercovitch | American Literature | |
| Samuel Morris Berman | Physics | |
| Joachim Birke | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Edward Alan Bloom | English Literature | |
| Jacob J. Blum | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Charles Kincaid Bockelman | Physics | |
| Dwight Bolinger | Linguistics | |
| Alfredo S. C. Bolsi | Earth Science | |
| Marie Borroff | English Literature | |
| Beverly Mary Boyd | Medieval Literature | |
| Robert Browning Bradfield | Medicine & Health | |
| Ralph Bray | Physics | |
| Rubin Bressler | Medicine & Health | |
| Roger Hamilton Brown | U.S. History | |
| Stephen Douglas Burton | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Carlos Salvador Carbonell | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Manuel Cardona | Physics | |
| John Edward Casida | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Theodore Grant Castner | Physics | |
| Joseph Cerny | Chemistry | |
| Seymour Chatman | Literary Criticism | |
| Daniel J. Christensen | Fine Arts | |
| Alain Clément | U.S. History | |
| Paul Joseph Cohen | Mathematics | |
| Albert Spaulding Cook | Literary Criticism | |
| John R. Coplans | Fine Arts Research | |
| Gordon Alexander Craig | German & East European History | |
| Richard Lincoln Crocker | Music Research | |
| Lewis Perry Curtis | British History | |
| Lawrence Frederick Dahl | Chemistry | |
| Albert Damon | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Arthur C. Danto | Philosophy | |
| Howard Ted Davis | Chemistry | |
| Victoria de la Jara | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Walter De Maria | Fine Arts | |
| Johannes Martenis Jacob de Wet | Plant Sciences | |
| Kenneth M. Dolbeare | Political Science | |
| Bernard F. Dukore | Theatre Arts | |
| John Edmunds | Music Composition | |
| Elliot W. Eisner | Education | |
| Bernard F. Erlanger | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Alejandro Feinstein | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| George R. Feiwel | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Eliot Feld | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Herbert Ferber | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Henry Albert Fischel | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Alfred G. Fischer | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Stanley Fish | Humanities | English Literature |
| Robert Forster | Humanities | French History |
| Irwin M. Freedberg | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| William W. Freehling | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Margit Frenk | Humanities | Spanish & Portuguese Literature |
| Tom S. Fricano | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Sheldon Kay Friedlander | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Edward Allan Frieman | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Ivan Frisch | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Alan Garen | Physics | |
| William H. Gass | Fiction | |
| Jaime F. George | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Robert Augustus Georges | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Brian Albert Gerrish | Religion | |
| Ivar Giaever | Physics | |
| A. Bartlett Giamatti | English Literature | |
| Margaret Brenman Gibson | Psychology | |
| Diane Giguère | French Literature | |
| Alberto Gironella | Fine Arts | |
| Murray Glanzer | Psychology | |
| Robert Gomer | Chemistry | |
| Joseph Goto | Fine Arts | |
| Ronald Gottesman | American Literature | |
| Loren R. Graham | Russian History | |
| Moltke Stefanus Gram | Philosophy | |
| Ralph Greif | Applied Mathematics | |
| Reinhold Grimm | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Erich S. Gruen | Classics | |
| Ricardo Gullón | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| John Hagan | Creative Arts | English Literature |
| Walter S. H. Hamady | Fine Arts | |
| William Lee Hansen | Education | |
| Chauncey Hare | Creative Arts | Photography |
| James Thomas Harrison | Poetry | |
| Michael A. Harrison | Computer Science | |
| Geoffrey H. Hartman | Literary Criticism | |
| Eugene Helfand | Chemistry | |
| Juan José Hernández | Fiction | |
| William Mayo Hindle | Creative Arts | Film |
| Marion E. Hodes | Medicine & Health | |
| Donald R. Howard | Medieval Literature | |
| Antonín Hruby | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Chih-tsing Hsia | East Asian Studies | |
| Stanley Edgar Hyman | Literary Criticism | |
| Jorge Ibargüengoitia | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Will Insley | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| David J. Jacob | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Fredric Ruff Jameson | French Literature | |
| Richard C. Jeffrey | Philosophy | |
| Daniel D. Joseph | Applied Mathematics | |
| Richard Vincent Kadison | Mathematics | |
| Ludwig W. Kahn | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Thomas Kailath | Computer Science | |
| Edward J. Kane | Economics | |
| Simon Karlinsky | Slavic Literature | |
| Gordon D. Kaufman | Religion | |
| David Richard Kearns | Chemistry | |
| Raymond K. Kent | African Studies | |
| Larry Kevan | Chemistry | |
| James Roger King | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Robert M. Kingdon | French History | |
| James L. Kinsey | Chemistry | |
| Arthur C. Kirsch | English Literature | |
| Ulrich C. Knoepflmacher | English Literature | |
| Arthur Kornberg | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Robert Alan Kraft | Religion | |
| Harry Dieter Krause | Law | |
| Irene S. Kubota | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| David Charles Kubrin | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
| Hilda Kuper | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Norma J. Lang | Plant Sciences | |
| Robert Langbaum | Literary Criticism | |
| Victor William Laurie | Chemistry | |
| Richard S. Lazarus | Psychology | |
| Miguel León-Portilla | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Ilse Lehiste | Linguistics | |
| Alfred Leslie | Fine Arts | |
| Edmund Chi Chien Lin | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Roberto Juan Llaryora | Sociology | |
| Gerhard Loewenberg | Political Science | |
| Francis Donald Logan | Medieval History | |
| Edwin London | Music Composition | |
| Franklin A. Long | Chemistry | |
| Murray Louis | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Danny Lyon | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Robert Alan Maguire | Slavic Literature | |
| Robert P. Mangold | Fine Arts | |
| Ezio Marchi | Mathematics | |
| Robert Mortimer Marsh | Sociology | |
| Edward Andrew Maser | Fine Arts Research | |
| Cormac McCarthy | Fiction | |
| James McConica | British History | |
| James R. McConkey | Fiction | |
| Donald Bertram McIntyre | History of Science & Technology | |
| Alan Parkhurst Merriam | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| James E. Miller | American Literature | |
| Jerome R. Mintz | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| C. Bradley Moore | Chemistry | |
| Ivan Morris | East Asian Studies | |
| Robert E. Morris | Fine Arts | |
| Frederick Mosteller | Statistics | |
| Richard L. Myers | Creative Arts | Film |
| Gary Baring Nash | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Robert A. Nelson | Creative Arts | Film |
| Richard E. Norris | Plant Sciences | |
| Benedito José Nunes | Humanities | Latin American Literature |
| John Opper | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Robert Andrew Parker | Fine Arts | |
| José Perea-Sasiaín | Medicine & Health | |
| Martin Lewis Perl | Physics | |
| Richard Henry Popkin | Philosophy | |
| Robert C. Postma | Fine Arts | |
| John Webb Pratt | U.S. History | |
| Jack Preiss | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Edward T. Price | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| Frank W. Putnam | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Theodore K. Rabb | British History | |
| Douglas W. Rae | Political Science | |
| Yvonne Rainer | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Peter H. Raven | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Albert E. Rees | Economics | |
| Nicholas V. Riasanovsky | Russian History | |
| W. Allyn Rickett | East Asian Studies | |
| Philip Rieff | Sociology | |
| Henry Schroder Robinson | Classics | |
| John Mercel Robson | English Literature | |
| Alfredo Rodriguez Arias | Theatre Arts | |
| Thomas H. Rogers | Fiction | |
| Alan Roper | English Literature | |
| George Allan Russell | Music Composition | |
| Bruce Martin Russett | Political Science | |
| Alan Saret | Fine Arts | |
| Edward Vale Sayre | Chemistry | |
| John A. Schellman | Chemistry | |
| Seymour O. Schlanger | Earth Science | |
| Per Fredrik Scholander | Medicine & Health | |
| A. C. Scott | Theatre Arts | |
| Peter Dale Scott | Medieval Literature | |
| L. E. Scriven | Engineering | |
| George Andrew Seielstad | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Alfred Erich Senn | Russian History | |
| Anne Sexton | Poetry | |
| Patricia Cayo Sexton | Sociology | |
| Norman S. Shiren | Physics | |
| John Willard Shy | U.S. History | |
| Frank Thomas Siebert | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Anthony E. Siegman | Applied Mathematics | |
| Rubens da Silva Santos | Earth Science | |
| Art Sinsabaugh | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Brian John Skinner | Earth Science | |
| G. William Skinner | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Gonzalo Sobejano | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Harvey Sollberger | Music Composition | |
| Gabor A. Somorjai | Chemistry | |
| Frank J. Sorauf | Political Science | |
| Patricia M. Spacks | English Literature | |
| Clark C. Spence | U.S. History | |
| John Arnott Spence | Plant Sciences | |
| George Alexander Starr | English Literature | |
| Gunther Siegmund Stent | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Fritz Stern | German & East European History | |
| Joseph Eugene Stiglitz | Economics | |
| Thomas H. Stix | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Henry Melson Stommel | Earth Science | |
| Myron S. Stout | Fine Arts | |
| Robert O. Swain | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| James Herbert Swinehart | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| G. Thomas Tanselle | Humanities | Bibliography |
| Herbert S. Terrace | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Marcel Tetel | Humanities | French Literature |
| Robert Edwards Thach | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Stephan Albert Thernstrom | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Josiah D. Thompson | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Alar Toomre | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Donald T. Trautman | Social Sciences | Law |
| Melvin Marvin Tumin | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Bastiaan Cornelis van Fraassen | Humanities | Philosophy |
| George T. Walker | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| John M. Wallace | Humanities | English Literature |
| John Henry Warkentin | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Russell F. Weigley | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Bernard Weiner | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Roy Weinstein | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Burton A. Weisbrod | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Alexander Welsh | English Literature | |
| Virgil Keeble Whitaker | Humanities | English Literature |
| Robert Lee White | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Harry A. Wilmer | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Richard Saul Wurman | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Alfred Fabian Young | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Oscar Yujnovsky | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Fredrik Zachariasen | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Luther Harmon Zeigler | Social Sciences | Education |