FAMOUS SOCIOLOGY MAJORS

Though your parents may not believe it, there are thousands of accomplished people with BA, MA, and PhD degrees in sociology, who are not necessarily Sociologists with a capital “S.” Below is a list of just a few.

Politics: Wellington Webb, former mayor of Denver Rev. Ralph Abernathy Roy Wilkins, former head of NAACP Saul Alinsky, father of community Arts: organizing Emily Balch, 1946 Nobel Peace Prize Dan Aykroyd, actor/Blues Brother winner (a social worker and social Saul Bellow, novelist reformer) James Blunt, singer Richard Barajas, Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court Guy Carawan folk musician and musicologist Saul Bellow, novelist Stephanie Izard, Chicago Chef and first Shirley Chisholm, former female winner of Bravo’s Top Chef Congresswoman from NY Bong Joon-ho, Korean director Tim Holden, Congressman from PA Regis Philbin, TV host Rev. Jesse Jackson Paul Shaffer, bandleader on David Rev. Martin Luther King Letterman Show (and before that, Cardinal Theordore McCarrick, Saturday Night Live) Archbishop of Washington, DC Dinah Shore, singer Barbara Mikulski, US Senator from MD Ruth Westheimer, the “sex doctor” Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Robin Williams, actor/comedian Senator of NY. Sports: Michelle Obama, former First Lady Francis Perkins, social reformer and Eric Bjornson, Dallas Cowboys former Secretary of Labor Brian Jordan, Atlanta Braves Ronald Reagan (double major in Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat sociology and economics) Ahmad Rashad, Sportscaster Brett Schundler, former mayor of Jersey City Bryant Stith, Boston Celtics Annette Strauss, former mayor of Dallas Bobby Taylor, Eagles cornerback Maxine Waters, Congresswoman from Joe Theisman, NFL quarterback LA Updated 7-31-18