Famous English Majors
Actors:
- Edward Burns
- Brett Butler
- Chevy Chase
- Joan Cusack
- Matt Damon
- Vin Diesel
- David Duchovny
- Harrison Ford
- Jodie Foster
- James Franco
- Heather Graham
- Famke Janssen
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Paul Newman
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- David Hyde Pierce
- Christopher Reeve
- Susan Sarandon
- Julia Stiles
- Emma Thompson
- James Van Der Beek
- Sigourney Weaver
- Reese Witherspoon
- Renee Zellweger
Astronauts:
- Sally Ride
- Cartoonists:
- Cathy Guisewite
Basketball Coaches
- Stephanie Glance (Illinois State University)
- Jim Valvano (NCSU)
- Kay Yow (NCSU)
Directors:
- James Cameron
- Kimberly Peirce
- Martin Scorcese
- Steven Spielberg
Football Coaches:
- Joe Paterno (Penn State)
- Marty Shottenheimer (San Diego Chargers)
Government:
- Carol Browner, former EPA Director
- Mario Cuomo, former Governor of New York
- Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury
- Donald Regan, Former President of Merrill Lynch, Secretary of the Treasury
- Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice
- Pete Wilson, former Governor of California
Journalists:
- Russell Baker
- Dave Barry
- Richard Rodriguez
- Diane Sawyer
- Helen Thomas
- Bob Woodward
Management:
- Michael Eisner, Disney CEO
- Bartlett Giamatti, President, Yale University and Commissioner of Baseball
- Kathryn Fuller, World Wildlife Fund Director
- Michael Lynne, Chairman of New Line Cinema
- Herb Scannell, President, Nickolodeon, MTV Networks
Musicians:
- Don Henley
- Chris Isaak
- Mark Knopfler
- Kris Kristofferson
- Randy Owen
- Paul Simon
- Sting
Nobel Laureates in Medicine:
- Harold Varmus
- Chris Hondros
- Photojournalists:
Radio:
- Garrison Keillor
Television:
- Joy Behar
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- Johnny Carson
- Ken Jennings, record-setting Jeopardy winner
- Conan O'Brien
- Joan Rivers
- Brandon Tartikoff
- Grant Tinker
- Barbara Walters
Wives of Presidents:
- Laura Bush
Writers:
- Douglas Adams
- T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Tom Clancy
- Allen Ginsberg
- Joseph Heller
- David Henry Hwang
- Stephen King
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Bobbie Ann Mason
- Arthur Miller
- Toni Morrison
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Philip Roth
- Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Geisel)
- Amy Tan
- John Updike
- Eudora Welty
