Famous English Majors

 

Alan Alda - actor, writer                                  

Russell Baker - journalist                                    

Dave Barry - humorist, writer, actor                                                    

Joy Behar--writer, comedienne, co-host "The View"

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason - television writer/ producer                      

Carol Browner - Head of the Environmental Protection Agency  

Edward Burns-actor, director, producer, writer

Brett Butler--actress, writer, comedienne

James Cameron--director, editor, producer, screenwriter ("Titanic")

Chevy Chase - comedian, actor, writer        

Mario Cuomo - Governor of New York            

Joan Cusack--actress

Matt Damon--actor, screenwriter

Vin Diesel-actor, director, producer, screenwriter

David Duchovny-actor "X-Files"

Michael Eisner - Walt Disney CEO  

Harrison Ford-actor

Jodi Foster - actress, filmmaker                                                         

Kathryn Fuller - World Wildlife Fund CEO                                        

A. Bartlett Giamatti - President, Yale University and Commissioner of Baseball

Heather Graham--actress, model

Cathy Guisewite - cartoonist (Cathy)                                                 

Mary Hart--co-host "Entertainment Tonight"

Don Henley of "The Eagles"--singer, songwriter, musician, environmental activist

Chris Isaak - songwriter, singer                                                   

Famke Janssen--actress, model

Tommy Lee Jones-actor

Catherine Keener--actress

Stephen King - novelist                                     

Kris Krisofferson--singer, songwriter, musician, actor

Paul Newman - actor, food entrepreneur        

Conan O'Brien-talk show host, writer

Randy Owen of "Alabama"--singer, songwriter, musician

Joe Paterno - football coach, Penn State

David Hyde Pierce--actor "Frasier"

Christopher Reeve--actor, writer, director 

Sally Ride - astronaut

Geoffrey Rush--actor, director, playwright, musician

Susan Sarandon--actress

Fred Savage--actor "The Wonder Years"

Diane Sawyer - broadcast journalist

Martin Scorsese--director

Paul Simon - songwriter, singer

Marty Shottenheimer - head Coach, San Diego Chargers

Steven Spielberg - filmmaker  

Sting--singer, songwriter, musician, actor, environmental activist

Brandon Tartikoff - television executive

Clarence Thomas - U.S. Supreme Court Justice  

Emma Thompson--actress, producer, screenwriter

Grant Tinker - TV Executive and Producer  

Barbara Walters - broadcast journalist

Sigourney Weaver - actress

Pete Wilson - Former governor of California

Reese Witherspoon--actress

Bob Woodward - journalist writer (All the President’s Men)

James Van Der Beek-actor "Dawson's Creek"

Harold Varmus - Nobel laureate in medicine, Director of National Institute of Health  

Renee Zellweger--actress