Tom Hanks is documented as having given commencement speeches at Harvard University in 2023 and Wright State University in 2020. Harvard named him the principal speaker for its 372nd Commencement on May 25, 2023, and reports from that event confirm he delivered the address. Wright State also featured a remote commencement speech from Hanks in 2020.

Known commencement appearances

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School Year Notes
Harvard University 2023 Principal speaker at Harvard’s 372nd Commencement
Wright State University 2020 Remote commencement address to graduates

What’s clear

  • The clearest, well-sourced example is Harvard in 2023.
  • Another documented appearance is Wright State in 2020.
  • I didn’t find evidence in the available results of a long list of other commencement speeches, so these are the confirmed ones from the sources returned here.