List of non-professional marathon runners

This is a list of notable people who have completed a marathon.

Note that this list is intended to showcase people who are known for accomplishments outside long-distance running. For elite athletes known for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance runners.

1 Actors
2 Television personalities
3 Musicians
4 Athletes
5 Politicians
6 Writers
7 Other
8 References
9 External links

Actors

Gbenga Akinnagbe, New York City Marathon 2011 (4:53:52)
Sean Astin, Los Angeles Marathon 2010 (5:16:12)
Meredith Baxter, Family Ties, New York City Marathon 1982 (4:08:30)
Scott Bakula, Rock 'n' Roll Marathon 2004 (4:08:34), Los Angeles Marathon 2005 (4:10:21)
William Baldwin, New York City Marathon 1992 (3:24:29)
Valerie Bertinelli, Boston Marathon 2010 (5:14:37)
Anthony Edwards, Chicago Marathon 2003 (3:55:40)
David James Elliott, JAG, Boston Marathon 2000 (4:57:23)
Will Ferrell, Boston Marathon 2003 (3:56:12)
Katie Holmes, New York City Marathon 2007 (5:29:58)
John Keston, Twin Cities Marathon 1996 (3:00:58)
Shia LaBeouf, Los Angeles Marathon 2010 (4:35:31)
Mario López, Boston Marathon 2002 (5:41:41), New York City Marathon 2011 (4:23:30)
Edward Norton, New York City Marathon 2009 (3:48:01)
Paul Sparks, New York City Marathon 2011 (3:52:46)
Ryan Reynolds, New York City Marathon 2008 (3:50:22)
Joan Van Ark, Santa Ana/Orange Marathon 1979 (3:35:00)
Peter Weller, New York City Marathon 1988 (3:51:26)

Television personalities

Nate Appleman, chef, Chopped All-Stars, New York City Marathon 2011 (3:45:42)
Andy Baldwin, The Bachelorette, Marine Corps Marathon 2008 (3:47:18), New York City Marathon 2011 (3:17:31)
Joe Bastianich, restauranteur, winemaker and judge on MasterChef, New York City Marathon 2011 (3:47:03)
Richard Blais, chef, Winner: Top Chef: All Stars, New York City Marathon 2011 (4:31:54)
Danni Boatwright, Winner: Survivor: Guatemala, Nashville Country Music Marathon 2003 (4:23:24)
Drew Carey, The Price Is Right host, Marine Corps Marathon 2011 (4:41:39)
Dana Carvey, Ocean to Bay Marathon 1972 (3:04:21)
Charlie Gibson, Marine Corps Marathon 1983 (3:43:24)
Amanda Holden, London Marathon 2008 (4:13:22)
Eddie Izzard, comedian and actor (The Riches, Velvet Goldmine), a series of 43 marathons around the United Kingdom in 51 days in 2009 (personal best time was in the 43rd marathon, 5:00:30)
Ted Koppel, Marine Corps Marathon 1983 (5:09:08)
Lisa Ling, formerly of The View, Boston Marathon 2002 (4:34:18)
Suzanne Malveaux, Marine Corps Marathon 2004 (6:05:32)
Freddie Prinze, Jr., Los Angeles Marathon 2006 (5:50:49)
Gordon Ramsay, London Marathon 2008 (3:45:41) and several more
Bill Rancic, Winner: The Apprentice (Season 1), Chicago Marathon 2001 (4:31:31)
Ryan Sutter, The Bachelorette, New York City Marathon 2011 (3:17:56)
Meredith Vieira, New York City Marathon 2010 (5:59:00)
Oprah Winfrey, Marine Corps Marathon 1994 (4:29:20)
Al Roker, New York City Marathon 2010 (7:09:00)
Ethan Zohn, Amazing Race, Winner: Survivor: Africa, New York City Marathon 2011 (4:20:46)

Musicians

Sean Combs, New York City Marathon 2003 (4:14:54)
Nick Hexum, Vocalist from 311, Los Angeles Marathon 2006 (5:29:44) and 2007 (5:39:?)
Dexter Holland, Vocalist from The Offspring, Los Angeles Marathon (5:09:?)
Ronan Keating, Pop artist who had hits with Boyzone and as a solo artist, London Marathon 2008 (3:59:33)
Kirka, popular Finnish singer, Stockholm Marathon 2004 (4:43:42)
Mike Malinin, Goo Goo Dolls, Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon 2004 (5:07:53) Mike stopped and briefly played drums with all 26 bands on the course. His best time is actually 3:23:56 posted at the 2000 Chronicle Marathon in San Francisco.
Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress, Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon 2009 (4:17:03) and New York City Marathon 2009 (4:28:45)^[1]
Joe Strummer, guitarist and singer of The Clash, London Marathon 1981, 1983; Paris Marathon 1982 (allegedly 3:20:?)
Jake Shimabukuro, Ukulele virtuoso, Honolulu Marathon 2006 (5:24:29)
Björn Ulvaeus, former member of Swedish band ABBA, Stockholm Marathon 1980, (3:23:54)

Athletes

Rolf Aldag, former professional road bicycle racer, Hamburg Marathon 2006 (2:42:54)
Lance Armstrong, Seven-time Tour de France champion and triathlete, New York City Marathon 2006 (2:59:36) and 2007 (2:46:42). Boston Marathon 2008 2:50:58.
Chris Boardman, former professional cyclist, London Marathon 2009 (3:19:27)
James Cracknell, former British Olympic rower, London Marathon 2008 (2:59)
Roger Craig, Former San Francisco 49ers Running Back, Chicago 2004 (3:54:00)
Jennie Finch, U.S. Olympic softball player, New York City Marathon 2011 (4:05:26)
Laurent Jalabert, former professional cyclist, New York City Marathon 2005 (2:55:39), Barcelona Marathon 2007 (2:45:52)
Justin Leonard, Golfer, White Rock/Dallas 2001 (3:54:40)
Amélie Mauresmo, former professional tennis player and female world No. 1, New York City Marathon 2010 (3:40:20)
Leontien van Moorsel, former professional road bicycle racer and 4 times Olympic Champion, Rotterdam Marathon 2008 (3:28:57)
Apolo Ohno, U.S. Olympic short-track speed skater, New York City Marathon 2011 (3:25:12)
Abraham Olano, former professional road bicycle racer, San Sebastian Marathon 2006 (2:39:19)
Kerri Strug, Gymnast, Houston Marathon 1999 (4:12:06), New York City Marathon 2008 (3:56:06)
Lynn Swann, former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, New York City Marathon 1993 (4:26:21)
Pat Tillman, former Arizona Cardinals safety, Avenue of The Giants Marathon 2000 (3:48)
Amani Toomer, former New York Giants wide receiver, New York City Marathon 2010 (4:13:45)
Edwin van der Sar, retired Manchester United goalie, New York City Marathon 2011 (4:19:16)

Politicians

Willem Alexander, Crown Prince of The Netherlands, New York Marathon 1992 (4:27:00)
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Houston Marathon 1993 (3:44:52)
Dominique de Villepin (French Prime Minister 2005-2007), Marathon de l'Essonne 1980 (2:57:06)
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts, Boston Marathon 1951 (3:31:00)
L. Paul Bremer, Former head of the Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority, Boston Marathon (3:00:34)
Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia, Malokarpatsky Marathon 1986 (2:54:57)
John Edwards, Former United States Senator, Marine Corps Marathon 1983 (3:30:18)
Joschka Fischer, Former German Foreign Minister, Berlin Marathon 2000 (3:41:36) and New York Marathon (1999)
Bill Frist, Former United States Senate Majority Leader, Marine Corps Marathon 1997 (4:54:36)
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States at the time, Marine Corps Marathon 1997 (4:58:25)
Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock Marathon 2005 (4:39:04), Marine Corps Marathon 2005 (4:37:29)
Jörg Haider, Austrian politician and leader of Freedom Party, Vienna City Marathon 1997 (3:33:19),^[2] New York Marathon 1999 (3:52:??)
Eduardo Maruri, Ecuadorian Assembly Member and leader of A New Option, Guayaquil Marathon 2005 (3:59:03)
Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, Humpy's Marathon 2005 (3:59:36)
Matthew Parris, Former UK Conservative Politician, London Marathon (2:32:57)
Alexander Stubb, Minister, Finland, several e.g. Amsterdam Marathon 2008 (3:31:44)
Arne Treholt, former Norwegian Labor Party politician and convicted spy, New York Marathon 1980-1983 (2:54:05)
Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, Little Rock Marathon 2005 (5:28:39)

Writers

Abdelkader Benali, Moroccan-Dutch writer, Rotterdam Marathon 2006 (2:52:19). He wrote one of his literary works (the novel "Marathon Walker") about his failed attempt to beat this PB at the 2006 Amsterdam Marathon (3:02:40).
Benjamin Cheever, American writer.
Haruki Murakami, Japanese Author, New York City Marathon 1991 (3:31:26), and also 1998, 2000 and 2005, and has also completed an ultramarathon (100 km).
Günter Wallraff, German writer and undercover journalist, Frankfurt Marathon 1983 (2:50:14).^[3]

Other

Kim Alexis, model, New York City Marathon 1992 (3:52:00)
Kiki Bennett, Dancer, Radio City Music Hall Rockette, New York City Marathon 1997 (3:08:36)
Hamish Blake, Australian comedian, who set out to beat the time of fellow marathoner Katie Holmes, and succeeded with a time of 5:25:00.^[4]
Christy Turlington Burns, model, New York City Marathon 2011 (4:20:47)
Alastair Campbell, Communications Director to Tony Blair, London Marathon 2003 (3:53:45)
Bobby Flay, celebrity chef, New York Marathon 2010 (4:01:37)
Jared Fogle, Subway restaurant spokesman, New York City Marathon 2010 (5:13:28)
Christer Fuglesang, astronaut, Stockholm Marathon 1987 (3:15:05), and also 1985, 1986 and 2007.
Joshua Holmes, founder/publisher Bumpshack.com, international model, Tucson Marathon 2005 (3:22:39), San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon 2004 (3:49:03)
Paul Kligerman, participant in the 7 Up series (?:??:??)
Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault F1 driver, ING New York City Marathon, 2007 (3:36:56)
Ali Landry, model, Boston Marathon 2002 (5:41:41)
Beth Ostrosky, model, New York City Marathon 2008 (4:15:39)
Edison Peña, rescued Chilean miner, New York City Marathon 2010 (5:40:51)
Kyle Petty, NASCAR Nextel Cup driver, Las Vegas Marathon January 2005 (4:18:34)
Volker Schlöndorff, German film-maker, Paris Marathon 2008 (4:33:22)
Robin Quivers, radio personality, New York City Marathon 2010 (6:09:00)
Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Marine Corps Marathon (3:11:xx) 1980
Jarno Trulli, Formula One Driver, New York City Marathon 2000 (4:02:21)
Alan Turing, mathematician and cryptologist, Leicestershire Amateur Athletic Championships Marathon 1947 (2:46:03) ^[5]
Michael Waltrip, 2001 and 2003 Daytona 500 champion, fastest career Las Vegas Marathon January 2005 (3:59:23) (Has run the Kiawah Island Marathon in 1999 and Boston Marathon in 2000.)
Dimitrion Yordanidis, Guinness World past record holder as oldest man (age 98) to participate in a marathon

References

^ [1]
^ http://www.statistik.tuwien.ac.at/public/dutt/marathon/marath97/vcm_m3.txt
^ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - http://www.ksta.de. "Günter Wallraff will entspannt ankommen - Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger". Ksta.de. http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1156330350850.shtml. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
^ "Who Magazine Australia - Yahoo!7 Lifestyle". Who.com. http://www.who.com/who/scoop/article/0,19971,1683703,00.html. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
^ "Alan Turing Scrapbook - The World Class Distance Runner". Turing.org.uk. http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/run.html. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

External links

Marathon Guide -- has full searchable results for marathons from 2000 to the present.
Complete Running Network -- "25 Celebrities Who’ve Run a Marathon".
Marine Corps Marathon -- Famous Marine Corps Marathon finishers.