Famous Philosophy Majors

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)*

Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Rudi Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City

Thomas Jefferson, U. S. President

Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense

Richard Riorden, Former Mayor of Los Angeles

David Souter, Supreme Court Justice

George Stephanopoulos, former Press Secretary

Carl C. Icahn, corporate raider

Frank Moran, founder of Plante and Moran

George Soros, financier and philanthropist

Wes Anderson, director, The Royal Tannenbaums

Pearl Buck, Nobel Prize for Literature

Ethan Coen, filmmaker

Umberto Eco, novelist

Martin Gardner, author

Richard Gere, actor

Philip Glass, composer

Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor

Elmore Leonard, author

Iris Murdoch, author

Bertrand Russell, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Jean-Paul Sartre, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Gene Siskel, movie critic

Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture, civil rights leader

Phil Jackson, NBA coach

Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Madelyn Murray O'Hare, civil rights activist

Pope John Paul II, religious leader

Mario Savio, civil rights leader

Albert Schweitzer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

John Stoltzmann, winner of the World Poker Open

* Photo courtesy of The Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University.

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