Famous Philosophy Majors

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  • Woody Allen -- Director and Comedian
  • John Chancellor -- News Broadcaster
  • Harrison Ford -- Actor
  • Chris Hardwick -- MTV Host
  • Bruce Lee -- martial arts & actor
  • Jay Leno -- Comedian and Host The Tonight Show
  • Amy Madigan -- Actress
  • Steve Martin -- Comedian, Actor
  • Dennis Miller -- Comedian
  • Stone Phillips -- News Broadcaster
  • Brad Roberts -- Singer, songwriter Crash Test Dummies
  • Susan Sarandon -- Actress
  • Gene Siskel -- Movie Critic
  • Jeff Smith -- Frugal Gourmet
  • Steve Thomas -- Host for TV Show, This Old House
  • Alex Trebek -- Host for TV Show, Jeopardy
  • Mark Hulbert -- financial columnist FORBES magazine
  • Carl Icahn -- CEO, TWA Airlines
  • Gerald Levin -- CEO, Time-Warner, Inc.
  • George Soros -- Financier & Money Manager
  • Moses Znaimer -- Owner of CITY-TV and MUCH-MUSIC, Toronto
  • Gertrude Himmelfarb -- Historian
  • Herbert Simon -- Economist, and Nobel Laureate
  • William Bennett -- Secretary of Education and Head of the Drug Enforcement Agency
  • Patrick Buchanan -- Presidential Candidate and Political Columnist
  • Angela Davis -- Social Activist and Political Philosopher
  • Thomas Jefferson -- U.S. President
  • Vaclav Havel -- former President of Czechoslovakia
  • Robert McNamara -- Secretary of Defense and Head of the World Bank
  • David Souter -- Supreme Court Justice
  • Mary Higgins Clark -- Mystery Writer
  • Joseph Chaikin -- Theatre Director
  • Ethan Coen -- Film Maker
  • Umberto Eco -- Novelist and Semiologist
  • Ken Follett -- British Writer
  • Northrop Frye -- Literary Critic
  • Iris Murdoch -- Novelist
  • Alexander Solzhenitsin -- Writer
  • Susan Sontag -- Writer
  • Martin Luther King, Jr -- Minister & Civil Rights Leader
  • Pope John Paul II -- Vicar of Christ
  • Phil Jackson -- Coach, Chicago Bulls
  • Michael McCaskey -- Owner, Chicago Bears
  • Aaron Taylor -- Offensive Tackle, Green Bay Packers
  • John Elway -- Quarterback, National Football League
  • Mike Schmidt -- former Philadelphia Philly
  • Beverley McLachlin -- Canadian Chief Justice
  • Ed Broadbent -- leader of Canada's federal NDP1970's and 1980's (Ph.D. in philosophy)
  • Pierre Trudeau -- Former Canadian Prime Minister
  • Dave Thomas -- one of the "Mackenzie Brothers" on SCTV
  • Rick Salutin -- columnist for THE GLOBE AND MAIL
  • Steve Allen -- writer & comedian
  • David Duchovny -- actor on X-FILES
  • Kate Millett -- author of SEXUAL POLITICS
  • Patricia Rozema -- film-maker, I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING
  • Neil Peart -- drummer for rock group, RUSH
  • Susan Block -- Host, HBO's RADIO SEX TV, THE DR. SUSAN BLOCK SHOW on Radio, cable TV, and the internet