Famous People Who Studied Sociology

Saul Alinsky, father of community organizing

Rev. Ralph Abernathy

Dan Aykroyd, actor

Emily Balch, 1946 Nobel Peace Prize winner

Richard Barajas, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice

Saul Bellow, novelist

Corey Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey

Shirley Chisholm, former congresswoman from NY

Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education

Alexis Herman, form U.S. Secretary of Labor

Tim Holden, Congressman from Pennsylvania

Rev. Jesse Jackson

Brian Jordan, Atlanta Braves

Robert Matschullat, private equity investor, former CFO and Vice-Chairman of Seagrams

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator from Maryland

Kalpen Suresh Modi, White House Liaison for Arts and Humanities

Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat

Francis Perkins, former Secretary of Labor

Regis Philbin, TV host

Ahmad Rashad, sportscaster

Ronald Reagan, former U.S. president

Michael Savage, author and commentator

Dinah Shore, singer

Annette Strauss, former mayor of Dallas

Bryant Stith, Boston Celtics

Joe Theisman, NFL quarterback

Gabrielle Union, actress

Joan H. Walker, Sr. Vice President Allstate Insurance

Maxine Waters, Congresswoman from LA

Ruth Westheimer, sexologist

Roy Wilkins, former head of NAACP

Robin Williams, actor and comedian