This is a list of some of Kenyon College's notable alumni, organized by their fields of endeavor.
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| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Rutherford B. Hayes | President of the United States | |
| Olof Palme | Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| William Rehnquist | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Attended for 1 year |
| Edwin Stanton | Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration | |
| John Snow | Secretary of the Treasury | Attended for 1 year |
| Bill Harsha | US Representative for Ohio | |
| David Davis | Senator, Supreme Court Justice | |
| Thomas Stanley Matthews | Senator, Supreme Court justice | |
| Henry Winter Davis | US Congressman for Maryland's 3rd and 4th district | |
| Zack Space | Congressman, Ohio Congressional District 18 | |
| Barry Goode | California judge, former legal officer for California Gov. Gray Davis | |
| Leopoldo López | Mayor of Chacao municipality, Caracas, Venezuela |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Kathleen M. O'Malley | United States federal judge |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Bellows | Journalist and newspaper editor | |
| Caleb Carr | Novelist and military historian | |
| Jay Cocks | Film critic and screenwriter | |
| E. L. Doctorow | Novelist and cultural critic | |
| William Gass | Writer, winner of the American Book Award | |
| John Green | Author; Winner Michael L. Printz Award for Looking for Alaska | |
| John Hattendorf | Maritime historian | |
| Anthony Hecht | Poet | |
| Laura Hillenbrand | Writer, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Was forced to withdraw after contracting chronic fatigue syndrome |
| Scott Kenemore | Writer | |
| P. F. Kluge | Writer | |
| Robert Lowell | Poet | |
| Robie Macauley | Writer, editor of Playboy | Transferred from Olivet College in 1939; Later editor of the Kenyon Review |
| Robert Mezey | Writer | |
| Constantinos Patrides | Professor of English Literature, University of Michigan | Student of John Crowe Ransom; earned Rhodes Scholarship |
| Fred Waitzkin | Writer | |
| Matthew Winkler | Editor in chief, Bloomberg News | |
| James Wright | Poet, Winner of Pulitzer Prize |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Bakay | Actor, Comedian | |
| Adam Davidson | Academy award winning Director | |
| Frank Dicopoulos | Actor | |
| Chris Eigeman | Actor | |
| Allison Janney | Actress, four-time Emmy Award winner | |
| Paul Newman | Actor, Emmy Award and Academy Award winner | |
| Wendy MacLeod | Playwright, screenwriter | |
| Kris Osborn | CNN anchor | |
| Amy Malkoff | Recording Artist | |
| Alfred Humphreys Pease | Composer | |
| Josh Radnor | Actor | |
| Jonathan Winters | Actor and comedian |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| James Cox | Physician, researcher, educator | |
| Rolla Dyer | Developer of the typhus vaccine and director of the National Institutes of Health | |
| Carl Djerassi | Creator of the birth control pill, winner of the National Medal of Science | |
| Harvey Lodish | Professor, co-founder of Genzyme Corporation |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Andre | Artist | Attended for one year |
| Jim Borgman | Cartoonist, best known for Zits | |
| Meg Cranston | Artist | |
| Eric Gaskins | Fashion Designer | |
| Graham Gund | Architect | |
| C. Cameron Macauley | Photographer and Film Producer | Graduated in 1949 with a B.A. in English |
| Jonathan Mannion | Photographer and Director | |
| Coles Phillips | Artist | |
| Bill Watterson | Cartoonist, best known for Calvin and Hobbes | |
| Victoria Wyatt | Art historian |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Don McNeill | U.S. Open tennis champion | |
| John Rinka | 8th all-time leading scorer (3,251 points) in NCAA history | |
| Shaka Smart | Men's basketball head coach, Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| Bill Veeck | MLB owner and baseball hall of famer |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin O'Donnell | Director of the U.S. Peace Corps |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph P. Buckland | Brigadier General, Union Army, during the Civil War | |
| John G. Mitchell | Brigadier General, Union Army, during the Civil War |
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky | Bishop of Shanghai, China, 1877-1883 | |
| William Crane Gray | First Bishop of Southern Florida, 1893-1913 | |
| S. Arthur Huston | Episcopal Bishop of Olympia, 1925-1944 | |
| William Swing | Bishop, Diocese of California, 1979-2006 |
Amos N. Guiora professor of law at University of Utah and Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lt. Col. Ret.)
John Allen Gable served as executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association from 1974 through to his death in February 2005. He was widely considered the world's leading authority on Theodore Roosevelt.
Ron Link former fire fighter and actor (patient advocate)