Famous Greeks
Page address: http://www.mnsu.edu/activities/greek/famous.html
This list includes just a few names you may recognize. The comprehensive list of famous Greeks is much too long to include here!
Delta Chi
- Kevin Costner, Actor
- Ashton Kutcher, Actor
- Sean Salisbury, Sportscaster
Lambda Chi Alpha
- Mark Brunell, NFL Football Player
- Kenny Chesney, Country Music Superstar
- Harry S. Truman, Former U. S. President
Phi Delta Theta
- Neil Armstrong, First Man to Walk on the Moon
- Benjamin Harrison, Former U. S. President
- J. W. Marriott, Founder of Marriott Hotel empire
- Burt Renolds, Actor
Phi Kappa Psi
- Zach Braff, "Scrubs" Actor
- Tony Horton, Founder of P90X
- Tex Schramm, Founder and First Owner of the Dallas Cowboys
- Woodrow Wilson, Former U. S. President
Sigma Chi
- Brad Pitt, Actor
- Daniel Tosh, Comedian
- Tom Sellek, Actor
- John Wayne, Actor
Sigma Nu
- Bob Barker, Gameshow Host
- Harrison Ford, Actor
- Trent Lott, U. S. Senator from Mississippi
- Al Michaels, Sportscaster
Tau Kappa Epsilon
- Mike Huckabee, Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate
- Willie Nelson, Country Music Singer
- Elvis Presley, Rock & Roll Legend
- Ronald Reagan, Former Actor, California Governor, and U. S. President
Alpha Chi Omega
- Meredith Monroe, Andie from tv's "Dawson's Creek"
- Trista Rehn, Star of "The Bachelorette"
- Condoleezza Rice, Former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State
- Atoosa Rubenstein, Editor in Chief of Seventeen Magazine
Alpha Sigma Alpha
- Reilly Bates, Originator of the green bean casserole
- Freida Riley, Inspirational Teacher/Subject of 1999 movie "October Sky"
Gamma Phi Beta
- Kirstie Alley, Actress
- Kristin Chenowith, Tony Award Winning Actress
- Cloris Leachman, Oscar Award Winning Actress
- Kelly McCarty, Miss USA 1991
Sigma Sigma Sigma
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn, Congresswoman from Washington
- Linda Denham, Creator of the Care Bears
- Carrie Underwood, American Idol Winner/Country Music Superstar
Other Notable Greeks
- 85% of Fortune 500 executives are Greek.
- 80% of U.S. Presidents since 1900 are Greek.
- 100% of Apollo 11 Astronauts are Greek.
- More than 7 million men and women in the U.S. and Canada are Greek.
- 80% of the chief executives of the 500 largest corporations are Greek members.
- Greeks comprise more than three-fourths of Congress.
- 85% of Supreme Court Justices since 1910 have been Greek.
- Since 1900, two-thirds of members of Presidential Cabinets have been Greek.
- Of the fifteen presidents who had a chance to join a fraternity, twelve took advantage of the opportunity.
- The majority of men listed in "Who's Who in America" are fraternity men.