FAMOUS ECONOMICS MAJORS
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Scott Adams |
Cartoonist, creator of Dilbert (Hartwick College) |
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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). |
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Kofi Annan |
Secretary General of the United Nations (Macalester College) |
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Dick Armey |
US Congressman (University of Oklahoma, PhD) |
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Philip Austin |
President of University of Connecticut (Michigan State, Ph.D.) |
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Jennifer Azzi |
WNBA guard Utah Starzz (Stanford) |
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Leszek Balcerowicz |
President of the National Bank of Poland (Warsaw School of Economics, Ph.D.) |
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Steve Ballmer |
CEO, Microsoft (Harvard) |
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Bob Barker |
TV Game Show host (Drury College) |
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Josiah "Jed" Bartlett |
Fictional US President on NBC's West Wing (Notre Dame, PhD) |
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Bill Belichick |
NFL Head Coach--Patriots (Wesleyan University) |
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James Blake |
Pro Tennis Player (Harvard**) |
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Cate Blanchett |
Actress (Melbourne University) |
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Barbara Boxer |
US Senator (Brooklyn College) |
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William F. Buckley |
Journalist (Yale) |
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Warren Buffett |
Financier (Columbia School of Business, Master's in Economics) |
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Jim Bunning |
US Congressman/Hall of Fame Baseballer (Xavier) |
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George H. W. Bush |
Former US President (Yale) |
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Austin Carr |
Former NBA player (Notre Dame) |
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Anatoly Chubais |
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (St. Petersburg Institute, Ph.D.) |
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Col. Eileen Collins |
NASA Shuttle Commander (Syracuse University) |
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Sandra Day-O'Connor |
US Supreme Court Justice (Stanford) |
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Janez Drnovsek |
Prime Minister of Slovenia (University of Maribor, Ph.D.) |
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Todd Dunivant |
MLS player (Stanford) |
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Lara Dutta |
Miss Universe 2000 and actress (Bombay University) |
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Esther Dyson |
Silicon Valley software pioneer (Harvard) |
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John Elway |
NFL quarterback (Stanford) |
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Gerald Ford |
Former US President (University of Michigan) |
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Steve Fossett |
Aviation pioneer (Stanford) |
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Peter Gallagher |
Actor (Tufts) |
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Greg Ginn |
Musician--Black Flag /SST Records founder (UCLA) |
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Danny Glover |
Actor (University of San Francisco) |
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Roger Goodell |
NFL Commissioner (Washington and Jefferson) |
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Phil Gramm |
US Senator (University of Georgia, PhD) |
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Abdullah Gül |
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (Istanbul University, Ph.D.) |
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Geir H. Haarde |
Prime Minister of Iceland (Brandeis University) |
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Stephen Harper |
Prime Minister of Canada (University of Calgary) |
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William Harrison, Jr. |
CEO, JP Morgan Chase (UNC-Chapel Hill) |
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William Isaac |
Former Chairman of FDIC (Miami University) |
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Mick Jagger |
Rolling Stones (London School of Economics***) |
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Famke Janssen |
Actress (University of Amsterdam) |
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Alex Keaton |
TV sitcom character (the mythical Leland College) |
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Gene Kelly |
Actor/Dancer (University of Pittsburgh) |
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Billy Kidd |
Professional Skier (University of Colorado) |
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Bernie Kosar |
NFL quarterback (University of Miami) |
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Tom Lantos |
U.S. Congressman (University of Washington-Seattle; Cal-Berkeley, PhD) |
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Kenneth Lay |
Former CEO of Enron (University of Houston, PhD) |
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Roger Levesque |
MLS player (Stanford) |
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Ruud Lubbers |
Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands (Netherlands School of Economics |
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Ray Manzarek |
Musician; The Doors (DePaul University) |
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Benjamin McKenzie |
Actor (University of Virginia) |
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Robert McNamara |
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense (University of California--Berkeley) |
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Scott McNealy |
CEO, Sun Microsystems (Harvard) |
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Marvin Miller |
former MLB Players Association Executive Director (NYU) |
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Brendan Morrison |
NHL player (University of Michigan) |
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Mike Mussina |
MLB Pitcher (Stanford) |
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Duck-Woo Nam |
Former Prime Minister of South Korea (Oklahoma State University, Ph.D.) |
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Paul Newman |
Actor (Kenyon College) |
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Merlin Olson |
Actor/Former NFL player (Utah State University) |
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Billy Packer |
Sports Broadcaster (Wake Forest) |
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Mario Van Peebles |
Actor/Director (Columbia) |
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Robert Prosky |
Actor (Temple) |
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Ronald Reagan |
Former US President (Eureka College) |
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Lionel Richie |
Singer/Songwriter (Tuskegee University) |
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Roy Romer |
Governor of Colorado (Colorado State; Ag Econ) |
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Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
Former President of Mexico (Harvard University, Ph.D.) |
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George Schultz |
Former US Secretary of State (Princeton; MIT Ph.D) |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Body Builder/Actor/Governor (University of Wisconsin) |
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Manmohan Singh |
Prime Minister of India (Oxford University, Ph.D.) |
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John Snow |
US Secretary of Treasury (University of Virginia, PhD) |
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Ben Stein |
Actor/political speechwriter (Columbia University) |
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John Sweeny |
President, AFL-CIO (Iona College) |
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Martin Torrijos |
President of Panama (Texas A&M) |
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Richard Trumka |
President of United Mine Workers (Penn State) |
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Donald Trump |
Real Estate/TV Mogul (University of Pennsylvania--Wharton) |
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Ted Turner |
CNN, Atlanta Braves/Hawks (Brown) |
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Yuliya Tymoshenko |
Prime Minister of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovs'k State University, Ph.D.) |
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Peter Vidmar |
Olympic Gold Medalist Gymnast (UCLA) |
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Diane von Furstenberg |
Fashion Designer (University of Geneva) |
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George Wendt |
Actor (Rockhurst College) |
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Meg Whitman |
CEO, Ebay Technologies (Princeton) |
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Lenny Wilkens |
NBA Coach/Hall of Famer (Providence College) |
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Tiger Woods |
Golfer (Stanford**) |
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Young M.C. |
Singer (University of Southern California) |
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Viktor Yuschenko |
President of Ukraine (Ternopil Financial and Economic Institute, Ph.D.) |
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Ernesto Zedillo |
Former President of Mexico (Yale University, Ph.D.) |
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General Anthony Zinni |
U.S. Marine Corps General (Ret.) (Villanova) |
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*** Majored in History (?)