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Sociology

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