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Famous Economics Majors


  The following graduated with undergraduate degrees in economics:

 

  Scott Adams

Creator of Dilbert (Hartwick College)

  Kofi Annan

Secretary-General, United Nations (Macalester College)

  Dick Armey

U.S. Congressman (University of Oklahoma)

  Steve Ballmer

CEO, Microsoft (Harvard)

  Barbara Boxer

U.S. Senator (Brooklyn College)

  Bill Belichick

NFL Head Coach (Wesleyan University)

  Cate Blanchett

Actress (Melbourne University)

  William F. Buckley

Journalist/TV Commentator (Yale University)

  Jim Bunning

U.S. Senator/Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (Xavier University)

  George H. Bush

Former U.S. President (Yale University)

  Eileen Collins

NASA Shuttle Commander (Syracuse University)

  Sandra Day-O'Connor

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice (Stanford University)

  John Elway

Former NFL Quarterback (Stanford University)

  Peter Gallagher

Actor (Tufts University)

  Greg Ginn

Alternative Rock Musician (UCLA)

  Danny Glover

Actor (University of San Francisco)

  Phil Gramm

U.S. Senator (University of Georgia)

  William Harrison, Jr.

CEO, JP Morgan Chase (UNC-Chapel Hill)

  Mick Jagger

Rolling Stones (London School of Economics)

  Gene Kelly

Former Actor/Dancer (University of Pittsburgh)

  Bernie Kosar

Former NFL Quarterback/Executive (University of Miami)

  Mike Mussina

Major League Baseball Pitcher (Stanford University)

  Paul Newman

Actor (Kenyon College)

  Merlin Olson

Actor/Former NFL Player (Utah State University)

  Paul Otellini

CEO, Intel (San Francisco University)

  Ronald Reagan

Former U.S. President (Eureka College)

  Lionel Ritchie

Singer/Songwriter (Tuskegee University)

  Roy Romer

Former Governor of Colorado (Colorado State University-Ag Econ)

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor/Governor of California (University of Wisconsin-Superior)

  George Schultz

Former U.S. Secretary of State (Princeton University)

  Ben Stein

Former Speechwriter for President Richard Nixon/Host of Win Ben Stein's Money (Columbia University)

  John Sweeny

President, AFL-CIO (Iona College)

  Richard Trumka

Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO (Penn State University)

  Ted Turner

CNN/Atlanta Braves/Hawks (Brown University)

  Steven Udvar-Hazy

CEO, International Lease Finance Corp and benefactor, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (UCLA)

  Mario Van Peebles

Actor/Director (Columbia University)

  Peter Vidmar

Olympic Gold Medalist Gymnast (UCLA)

  Diane von Furstenburg

Fashion Designer (University of Geneva)

  George Wendt

Actor (Norm from "Cheers") (Rockhurst College)

  Meg Whitman

CEO, EBay (Princeton University)

  Lenny Wilkens

Former NBA Coach/Hall of Famer (Providence College)

  Young MC

Rapper (University of Southern California)

  Muhammad Yunus

Winner of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize (Dhaka University)

* Tiger Woods majored in economics at Stanford, but did not graduate.

This page draws heavily on research done by Gregory Delemeester, economist at Marietta College.



 

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