University of Louisville, as part of the Kentucky state system (1968-present) |
| Lori Gonzalez 2021-2022 (interim) |
| Neeli Bendapudi 2018-2021 |
| Gregory C. Postel 2017-2018 (interim) |
| Neville G. Pinto 2016 (acting) |
| James R. Ramsey 2002–2016 |
| Carol Garrison 2002 (acting) |
| John W. Shumaker 1995–2002 |
| Donald C. Swain 1981–1995 |
| William Ferdinand Ekstrom 1980–1981 (acting) |
| James Grier Miller 1973–1980 |
| William Ferdinand Ekstrom 1972–1973 (acting) |
| Woodrow Mann Strickler 1968–1972 |
University of Louisville [post merger of LMI and LC] (1846–1968) |
| Philip Grant Davidson 1951–1968 |
| Eli Huston Brown III 1950–1951 (acting) |
| John Wilkinson Taylor 1947–1950 |
| Frederick William Stamm 1946–1947 (acting) |
| Einar William Jacobsen 1943–1946 |
| Raymond Asa Kent 1929–1943 |
| John Letcher Patterson 1928–1929 (acting) |
| George Colvin 1926–1928 |
| Arthur Younger Ford 1914–1926 |
| David William Fairleigh 1911–1914 |
| Theodore L. Burnett 1905–1911 |
| James Speed Pirtle 1886–1905 |
| Isaac Caldwell 1869–1886 |
| James Guthrie 1847–1869 |
| Samuel Smith Nicholas 1846–1847 |
Louisville Medical Institute (1837–1846) |
| James Guthrie 1843–1846 |
| William Garvin 1842–1843 |
| John Rowan 1837–1842 |
Louisville College (1840–1846) |
| John Hopkins Harney 1840–1844 |
Louisville Collegiate Institute (1837–1840) |
| John Hopkins Harney 1838–1840 |
| Benjamin F. Farnsworth 1837–1838 |
Jefferson Seminary (1813–1829) |
| Francis E. Goddard 1826–1829 |
| Charles M. M'Crohan 1821–1825 |
| William Tompkins 1816–1821 |
| Mann Butler 1813–1816 |