Famous History Majors
In Government
- Joe Biden (VP of the U.S.)
- Gordon Brown (PM of Britain)
- George W. Bush (43rd President of the U.S.)
- Newt Gringrich (50th Speaker of the House of Representatives)
- Eric Holder (Attorney General of the U.S.)
- Elena Kagan (Supreme Court Justice of the U.S.)
- Richard Nixon (37th President of the U.S.)
- Samantha Power (US Ambassador to the UN)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of the U.S.)
- Sonia Sotomayor (Supreme Court Justice of the U.S.)
Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States
In Business
- Donna Dubinsky (CEO of Palm, Co-founder of Handspring and Numenta)
- Carly Fiorina (CEO of Hewlett-Packard)
- Richard B. Fisher (Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley)
- Chris Hughes (Co-founder of Facebook)
- Samuel J. Palmisano (President and CEO of IBM)
- Jim Rogers (Co-founder of the Quantum Fund, Creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index)
- Ben Silverman (Co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio)
- Martha Stewart (Businesswoman and Television Personality)
- Sir Howard Stringer (Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation)
In the Media
- Wolf Blitzer (CNN News Anchor)
- David Brancaccio (Host of NPR's Marketplace)
- Malcolm Gladwell (Author, Journalist, and Staff Writer for the New Yorker)
- Seymour Hersh (Investigative Journalist and Political Writer)
- Tony Horwitz, (Journalist, Author, and Pulitzer Prize Recipient)
- Andrés Martinez (Journalist and Author)
- Bill O'Reilly, (Political Commentator)
- Ray Suarez (Broadcast Journalist, PBS Evening News)
In Entertainment
- Ellen Barkin (Actress)
- Sacha Baron Cohen (Actor and Comedian)
- Jimmy Buffett (Musician and Entrepreneur)
- Steve Carell (Actor and Comedian)
- Julia Child (Chef, Cookbook Author, and Television Personality)
- Janeane Garofalo (Actress and Comedian)
- Katharine Hepburn (Academy Award-Winning Actress)
- Errol Morris (Documentary Filmmaker)
- Conan O'Brien (Comedian and Television Talk Show Host)
In Literature
- Magali García Ramis (Novelist and Short Story Writer)
- Sharon Kay Penman (Historical Novelist)
- Annie Proulx (Novelist and Short Story Writer)
- Ayn Rand (Writer and Philosopher)
- Gail Z. Martin (Fantasy Writer)
Public Figures
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Professional Basketball Player)
- Chelsea Clinton (Author, Public Health Advocate)
- W.E.B. Du Bois (Sociologist, Writer, Political Activist)
- Kevin Fagan (Cartoonist, "Drabble" Creator)
- Drew Gilpin Faust (Harvard University President)
- Grant Hill (Professional Basketball Player)
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympic Medalist)
- Naruhito (Emperor of Japan)
- Josh Sawyer (Video Game Designer)
- Flo Steinberg (Independent Comic Books Publisher)
- Frank Stella (Artist)
Sources:
University of Illinois, Department of History
The Ohio State University, Department of History
The American Historical Association