FAMOUS ECONOMICS MAJORS

 

Scott Adams

Cartoonist, creator of Dilbert (Hartwick College)

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

First black woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in the United States (and it was in economics from the University of Pennsylvania).

Kofi Annan

Secretary General of the United Nations (Macalester College)

Dick Armey

US Congressman (University of Oklahoma, PhD)

Philip Austin

President of University of Connecticut (Michigan State, Ph.D.)

Jennifer Azzi

WNBA guard Utah Starzz (Stanford)

Leszek Balcerowicz

President of the National Bank of Poland (Warsaw School of Economics, Ph.D.)

Steve Ballmer

CEO, Microsoft (Harvard)

Bob Barker

TV Game Show host (Drury College)

Josiah "Jed" Bartlett

Fictional US President on NBC's West Wing (Notre Dame, PhD)

Bill Belichick

NFL Head Coach--Patriots (Wesleyan University)

James Blake

Pro Tennis Player (Harvard**)

Cate Blanchett

Actress (Melbourne University)

Barbara Boxer

US Senator (Brooklyn College)

William F. Buckley

Journalist (Yale)

Warren Buffett

Financier (Columbia School of Business, Master's in Economics)

Jim Bunning

US Congressman/Hall of Fame Baseballer (Xavier)

George H. W. Bush

Former US President (Yale)

Austin Carr

Former NBA player (Notre Dame)

Anatoly Chubais

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (St. Petersburg Institute, Ph.D.)

Col. Eileen Collins

NASA Shuttle Commander (Syracuse University)

Sandra Day-O'Connor

US Supreme Court Justice (Stanford)

Janez Drnovsek

Prime Minister of Slovenia (University of Maribor, Ph.D.)

Todd Dunivant

MLS player (Stanford)

Lara Dutta

Miss Universe 2000 and actress (Bombay University)

Esther Dyson

Silicon Valley software pioneer (Harvard)

John Elway

NFL quarterback (Stanford)

Gerald Ford

Former US President (University of Michigan)

Steve Fossett

Aviation pioneer (Stanford)

Peter Gallagher

Actor (Tufts)

Greg Ginn

Musician--Black Flag /SST Records founder (UCLA)

Danny Glover

Actor (University of San Francisco)

Roger Goodell

NFL Commissioner (Washington and Jefferson)

Phil Gramm

US Senator (University of Georgia, PhD)

Abdullah Gül

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (Istanbul University, Ph.D.)

Geir H. Haarde

Prime Minister of Iceland (Brandeis University)

Stephen Harper

Prime Minister of Canada (University of Calgary)

William Harrison, Jr.

CEO, JP Morgan Chase (UNC-Chapel Hill)

William Isaac

Former Chairman of FDIC (Miami University)

Mick Jagger

Rolling Stones (London School of Economics***)

Famke Janssen

Actress (University of Amsterdam)

Alex Keaton

TV sitcom character (the mythical Leland College)

Gene Kelly

Actor/Dancer (University of Pittsburgh)

Billy Kidd

Professional Skier (University of Colorado)

Bernie Kosar

NFL quarterback (University of Miami)

Tom Lantos

U.S. Congressman (University of Washington-Seattle; Cal-Berkeley, PhD)

Kenneth Lay

Former CEO of Enron (University of Houston, PhD)

Roger Levesque

MLS player (Stanford)

Ruud Lubbers

Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands (Netherlands School of Economics

Ray Manzarek

Musician; The Doors (DePaul University)

Benjamin McKenzie

Actor (University of Virginia)

Robert McNamara

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense (University of California--Berkeley)

Scott McNealy

CEO, Sun Microsystems (Harvard)

Marvin Miller

former MLB Players Association Executive Director (NYU)

Brendan Morrison

NHL player (University of Michigan)

Mike Mussina

MLB Pitcher (Stanford)

Duck-Woo Nam

Former Prime Minister of South Korea (Oklahoma State University, Ph.D.)

Paul Newman

Actor (Kenyon College)

Merlin Olson

Actor/Former NFL player (Utah State University)

Billy Packer

Sports Broadcaster (Wake Forest)

Mario Van Peebles

Actor/Director (Columbia)

Robert Prosky

Actor (Temple)

Ronald Reagan

Former US President (Eureka College)

Lionel Richie

Singer/Songwriter (Tuskegee University)

Roy Romer

Governor of Colorado (Colorado State; Ag Econ)

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

Former President of Mexico (Harvard University, Ph.D.)

George Schultz

Former US Secretary of State (Princeton; MIT Ph.D)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Body Builder/Actor/Governor (University of Wisconsin)

Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister of India (Oxford University, Ph.D.)

John Snow

US Secretary of Treasury (University of Virginia, PhD)

Ben Stein

Actor/political speechwriter (Columbia University)

John Sweeny

President, AFL-CIO (Iona College)

Martin Torrijos

President of Panama (Texas A&M)

Richard Trumka

President of United Mine Workers (Penn State)

Donald Trump

Real Estate/TV Mogul (University of Pennsylvania--Wharton)

Ted Turner

CNN, Atlanta Braves/Hawks (Brown)

Yuliya Tymoshenko

Prime Minister of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovs'k State University, Ph.D.)

Peter Vidmar

Olympic Gold Medalist Gymnast (UCLA)

Diane von Furstenberg

Fashion Designer (University of Geneva)

George Wendt

Actor (Rockhurst College)

Meg Whitman

CEO, Ebay Technologies (Princeton)

Lenny Wilkens

NBA Coach/Hall of Famer (Providence College)

Tiger Woods

Golfer (Stanford**)

Young M.C.

Singer (University of Southern California)

Viktor Yuschenko

President of Ukraine (Ternopil Financial and Economic Institute, Ph.D.)

Ernesto Zedillo

Former President of Mexico (Yale University, Ph.D.)

General Anthony Zinni

U.S. Marine Corps General (Ret.) (Villanova)

**  Did not finish
*** Majored in History (?)

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