Famous Economic Majors
Source: Gregory Delemeester, Economist at Marietta College
| Name ▾ | Field | Occupation | School | Degree |
| Abdullah Gul | Government Leader | Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | Istanbul University | PhD |
| Alassane Quattara | Government Leader | President of Ivory Coast | University of Pennsylvania | PhD |
| Alex Keaton | Musician/Actor | TV sitcom character | Leland College^ | BA |
| Alex Smith | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL player | Utah | BA |
| Amisha Patel | Musician/Actor | Actress | Tufts | BA |
| Anatoly Chubais | Government Leader | Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | St. Petersburg Institute | PhD |
| Arianna Huffington | Journalist/Other | Journalist | University of Cambridge | BA |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Government Leader | Body Builder/Actor/Governor | University of Wisconsin | BA |
| Austin Carr | Athlete/Sports Figure | NBA player | Notre Dame | BA |
| Barbara Boxer | Government Leader | US Senator | Brooklyn College | BA |
| Bart Scott | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL player | Southern Illinois University | BA |
| Ben Stein | Musician/Actor | Actor/political speechwriter | Columbia | BA |
| Benjamin McKenzie | Musician/Actor | Actor | University of Virginia | BA |
| Bernie Kosar | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL quarterback | University of Miami | BA |
| Bill Belichick | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL Head Coach | Wesleyan University | BA |
| Billy Kidd | Athlete/Sports Figure | Professional Skier | University of Colorado | BA |
| Billy Packer | Athlete/Sports Figure | Sports Broadcaster | Wake Forest | BA |
| Bob Barker | Musician/Actor | TV Game Show host | Drury College | BA |
| Brendan Morrison | Athlete/Sports Figure | NHL player | University of Michigan | BA |
| Brian Stann | Athlete/Sports Figure | Mixed martial artist | US Naval Academy | BA |
| Bruce Bennett | Athlete/Sports Figure | Olympic athlete and actor | University of Washington | BA |
| Carlos Salinas de Gortari | Government Leader | President of Mexico | Harvard | PhD |
| Cate Blanchett | Musician/Actor | Actress | Melbourne University | BA |
| Charles Osgood | Journalist/Other | Journalist | Fordham University | BA |
| Col. Eileen Collins | Journalist/Other | NASA Shuttle Commander | Syracuse | BA |
| Crandall Addington | Journalist/Other | Professional poker player | Southwestern University | BA |
| Danny Glover | Musician/Actor | Actor | University of San Francisco | BA |
| Daryl Johnston | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL running back/broadcaster | Syracuse | BA |
| Dave Elmendorf | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL player | Texas A&M | BA |
| David Emerson | Government Leader | Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister | Queen’s University | PhD |
| David Hartman | Musician/Actor | Actor | Duke | BA |
| David Rockefeller | Business Leader | CEO Chase Manhattan | Chicago | PhD |
| Diane von Furstenberg | Business Leader | Fashion Designer | University of Geneva | BA |
| Dick Armey | Government Leader | US Congressman | University of Oklahoma | PhD |
| Don Sweeney | Athlete/Sports Figure | NHL player | Harvard | BA |
| Donald Trump | Government Leader | US President/Real Estate/TV Mogul | University of Pennsylvania | BA |
| Duck-Woo Nam | Government Leader | Prime Minister of South Korea | Oklahoma State University | PhD |
| Elon Musk | Business Leader | CEO Tesla Motors/SpaceX | University of Pennsylvania | BA |
| Ernesto Zedillo | Government Leader | President of Mexico | Yale | PhD |
| Esther Dyson | Business Leader | Silicon Valley software pioneer | Harvard | BA |
| Famke Janssen | Musician/Actor | Actress | University of Amsterdam | BA |
| Felipe Calderon | Government Leader | President of Mexico | Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology | MA |
| Fred Smith | Business Leader | CEO FedEx | Yale | BA |
| Geir H. Haarde | Government Leader | Prime Minister of Iceland | Brandeis University | BA |
| Gene Kelly | Musician/Actor | Actor/Dancer | University of Pittsburgh | BA |
| General Anthony Zinni | Journalist/Other | U.S. Marine Corps General (Ret.) | Villanova | BA |
| George H. W. Bush | Government Leader | US President | Yale | BA |
| George Parros | Athlete/Sports Figure | NHL player | Princeton | BA |
| George Schultz | Government Leader | US Secretary of State | MIT | PhD |
| George Wendt | Musician/Actor | Actor | Rockhurst College | BA |
| Georgia Neese Clark | Government Leader | First woman Treasurer of the United States | Washburn University | BA |
| Gerald Ford | Government Leader | US President | University of Michigan | BA |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | Government Leader | President of the Philippines | University of the Philippines Diliman | PhD |
| Greg Ginn | Musician/Actor | Musician (Black Flag) /SST Records founder | UCLA | BA |
| Henry Kravis | Business Leader | Business financier, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts | Claremont McKenna College | BA |
| James Blake | Athlete/Sports Figure | Pro Tennis player | Harvard** | BA |
| Jamie Dimon | Business Leader | CEO JPMorgan Chase | Tufts | BA |
| Janez Drnovsek | Government Leader | Prime Minister of Slovenia | University of Maribor | PhD |
| Jennifer Azzi | Athlete/Sports Figure | WNBA player | Stanford | BA |
| Jeremy Lin | Athlete/Sports Figure | NBA player | Harvard | BA |
| Jim Bunning | Government Leader | US Congressman/Hall of Fame Baseballer | Xavier | BA |
| John Snow | Government Leader | US Secretary of Treasury | University of Virginia | PhD |
| John Elway | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL quarterback | Stanford | BA |
| John Safer | Journalist/Other | Sculptor | George Washington University | BA |
| John Snow | Government Leader | US Secretary of Treasury | University of Virginia | PhD |
| John Sweeny | Business Leader | President, AFL-CIO | Iona College | BA |
| Josiah “Jed” Bartlett | Musician/Actor | Fictional US President on NBC’s West Wing | Notre Dame | PhD |
| Karina Smirnoff | Musician/Actor | Champion dancer; Dancing With the Stars | Fordham University | BA |
| Kemal Dervis | Government Leader | Head of the UN Development Program | Princeton | PhD |
| Kenneth Lay | Business Leader | CEO Enron | University of Houston | PhD |
| Kofi Annan | Government Leader | Secretary General of the United Nations | Macalester College | BA |
| Konnie Huq | Musician/Actor | TV host | Robinson College-Cambridge | BA |
| Lara Dutta | Musician/Actor | Miss Universe 2000 and actress | Bombay University | BA |
| Lefty Dizz | Musician/Actor | Blues guitarist | Southern Illinois | BA |
| Lenny Wilkens | Athlete/Sports Figure | NBA Coach/Hall of Famer | Providence College | BA |
| Leszek Balcerowicz | Government Leader | President of the National Bank of Poland | Warsaw School of Economics | PhD |
| Li Keqiang | Government Leader | Premier of the People’s Republic of China | Peking University | PhD |
| Lionel Richie | Musician/Actor | Singer/Songwriter | Tuskegee University | BA |
| Lisa Murkowski | Government Leader | US Senator | Georgetown | BA |
| Luisa Diogo | Government Leader | Prime Minister of Mozambique | Eduardo Mondlane University | BA |
| Manmohan Singh | Government Leader | Prime Minister of India | Oxford | PhD |
| Margarita Levieva | Musician/Actor | Actress | NYU | BA |
| Mario Draghi | Government Leader | President of European Central Bank | MIT | PhD |
| Mario Van Peebles | Musician/Actor | Actor/Director | Columbia | BA |
| Martin Torrijos | Government Leader | President of Panama | Texas A&M | BA |
| Marvin Miller | Athlete/Sports Figure | MLB Players Association Executive Director | NYU | BA |
| Masayoshi Son | Business Leader | CEO, Softbank Capital | University of California-Berkeley | BA |
| Matt Schaub | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL player | University of Virginia | BA |
| Matt Birk | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL player | Harvard | BA |
| Matthew Fox | Musician/Actor | Actor | Columbia | BA |
| Meg Whitman | Business Leader | CEO Ebay Technologies | Princeton | BA |
| Melinda Gates | Business Leader | Co-founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Duke | BA |
| Merlin Olson | Athlete/Sports Figure | Actor/NFL player | Utah State University | BA |
| Michael Lewis | Journalist/Other | Author | London School of Economics | MA |
| Mick Jagger | Musician/Actor | Rolling Stones | London School of Economics*** | |
| Mike Gravel | Government Leader | US Senator | Columbia | BA |
| Mike Mussina | Athlete/Sports Figure | MLB Pitcher | Stanford | BA |
| Millard Fuller | Journalist/Other | Founder of Habitat for Humanity | Auburn University | BA |
| Mo Ostin | Musician/Actor | Record Industry Executive/RocknRoll Hall of Famer | UCLA | BA |
| Paul Guilfoyle | Musician/Actor | Actor | Yale | BA |
| Peter Chiarelli | Athlete/Sports Figure | NHL GM | Harvard | BA |
| Peter Gallagher | Musician/Actor | Actor | Tufts | BA |
| Peter Vidmar | Athlete/Sports Figure | Olympic Gold Medalist Gymnast | UCLA | BA |
| Phil Gramm | Government Leader | US Senator | University of Georgia | PhD |
| Philip Austin | Journalist/Other | President of University of Connecticut | Michigan State | PhD |
| Ray Manzarek | Musician/Actor | Musician (Doors) | DePaul University | BA |
| Richard Trumka | Business Leader | President of United Mine Workers | Penn State | BA |
| Robert Rubin | Government Leader | US Secretary of Treasury | Harvard | BA |
| Robert Diamond | Business Leader | CEO Barclays Capital | Colby College | BA |
| Robert McNamara | Government Leader | US Secretary of Defense | University of California-Berkeley | BA |
| Robert Prosky | Musician/Actor | Actor | Temple | BA |
| Roger Goodell | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL Commissioner | Washington and Jefferson | BA |
| Roger Levesque | Athlete/Sports Figure | MLS player | Stanford | BA |
| Ronald Reagan | Government Leader | US President | Eureka College | BA |
| Roy Romer | Government Leader | Governor of Colorado | Colorado State^^ | BA |
| Ruud Lubbers | Government Leader | Prime Minister of The Netherlands | Erasmus University Rotterdam | BA |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | Athlete/Sports Figure | NFL player | Harvard | BA |
| Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander | Journalist/Other | First black woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in the United States (and it was in economics) | University of Pennsylvania | PhD |
| Sam Walton | Business Leader | Founder, Wal-Mart | University of Missouri | BA |
| Sandra Day O’Connor | Government Leader | First female Justice of the Supreme Court | Stanford | BA |
| Satyajit Ray | Musician/Actor | Film Director | University of Calcutta | BA |
| Scott Adams | Journalist/Other | Cartoonist, creator of Dilbert | Hartwick College | BA |
| Scott McNealy | Business Leader | CEO Sun Microsystems | Harvard | BA |
| Sebastian Coe | Athlete/Sports Figure | Olympic Athlete/Politician | Loughborough University | BA |
| Shahrukh Khan | Musician/Actor | Actor/Producer | Hansraj College | BA |
| Stephen Harper | Government Leader | Prime Minister of Canada | University of Calgary | BA |
| Stephen Harper | Government Leader | Prime Minister of Canada | University of Calgary | BA |
| Steve Ballmer | Business Leader | CEO Microsoft | Harvard | BA |
| Steve Fossett | Journalist/Other | Aviation pioneer | Stanford | BA |
| Sylvia Nasar | Journalist/Other | Author | NYU | MA |
| Sylvia Porter | Journalist/Other | Journalist | Hunter College | BA |
| Ted Turner | Business Leader | CEO CNN/Atlanta Braves/Atlanta Hawks | Brown | BA |
| Thabo Mbeki | Government Leader | President of South Africa | University of London | BA |
| Tiger Woods | Athlete/Sports Figure | Golfer | Stanford** | BA |
| Tim Kaine | Government Leader | Governor of Virginia | University of Missouri | BA |
| Todd Dunivant | Athlete/Sports Figure | MLS player | Stanford | BA |
| Tom Lantos | Government Leader | US Congressman | University of California-Berkeley | PhD |
| Vanessa Rousso | Athlete/Sports Figure | Professional Poker player | Duke | BA |
| Viktor Yuschenko | Government Leader | President of Ukraine | Ternopil Financial and Economic Institute | PhD |
| Warren Buffett | Business Leader | Financier | Columbia | MA |
| William Clay Ford, Sr. | Athlete/Sports Figure | Owner, Detroit Lions | Yale | BA |
| William F. Buckley | Journalist/Other | Journalist | Yale | BA |
| William Gottlieb | Journalist/Other | Photo-journalist | Lehigh University | BA |
| William Harrison, Jr. | Business Leader | CEO JP Morgan Chase | University of North Carolina | BA |
| William Isaac | Government Leader | Chairman of FDIC | Miami University | BA |
| William Shatner | Musician/Actor | Actor | McGill University | BA |
| Young M.C. | Musician/Actor | Singer | University of Southern California | BA |
| Yuliya Tymoshenko | Government Leader | Prime Minister of Ukraine | Dnipropetrovs’k State University | PhD |