The following is a list of notable individuals associated with St. John's College, with campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico – both in the United States.

Faculty Douglas Allanbrook, tutor, musician and composer Wye Jamison Allanbrook, tutor, musicologist Eva Brann, tutor, dean; 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal James M. Cain, novelist; professor of journalism 1923–24 Elliott Carter, composer; tutor, 1939–1941 William Hersey Hopkins, academic, first president of Goucher College, former acting president of St. John's College Leon Kass, tutor at the college (1972–76); chair of the President's Council on Bioethics (2002–06) Jacob Klein, tutor, dean; author of Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra and Commentary on Plato's Meno; leading 20th-century Platonist Sara Larkin, artist; creator of Spacescapes Thomas Parran, 6th Surgeon General of the United States Leo Strauss (1899–1973), political philosopher; lectured at St. John's and was the Scott Buchanan Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Annapolis campus Victor Zuckerkandl, tutor, music theorist

Students and alumni This includes graduates of both the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Academics Rogers Albritton, philosopher; served as the chairman of both Harvard and UCLA's philosophy departments Thomas J.J. Altizer, theologian, author of The Gospel of Christian Atheism Amber E. Boydstun, political scientist and data scientist John Bremer, educator, philosopher, author; after graduating from Oxford University, he came to St. John's College in 1951 on a Fulbright Fellowship Graham Harman, philosopher Joseph J. Himmel, Jesuit missionary and president of Georgetown University Mark D. Jordan, alumnus; Andrew Mellon Professor, Harvard Divinity School; scholar of gender studies, sexual ethics, and theology Wilfred M. McClay, intellectual historian Ange Mlinko, poet and critic, Guggenheim Fellow 2014–15, poetry editor of The Nation, associate professor at the University of Florida Tom G. Palmer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute Ben Sasse, president, University of Florida Pamela Sklar (1959–2017), psychiatrist and neuroscientist O. Carter Snead, legal scholar and bioethicist Louis Leo Snyder (1907–1993), German scholar and historian

Writers, critics, and journalists Michael Anton, writer; former deputy assistant to the president for Strategic Communications Ken Baumann, writer, publisher, and former actor Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner columnist and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Caitlin Cass, cartoonist Seth Cropsey, director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute; regular contributor to the National Review Robert A. George, journalist and news columnist Danny Hakim, investigative journalist at The New York Times Rax King, author, Sloppy: Or, Doing It All Wrong William Kowalski, author, Eddie's Bastard, Somewhere South of Here, The Adventures of Flash Jackson, The Good Neighbor Andrew Krivak, author, National Book Award nominee for The Sojourn Kenneth Kronberg, printing company owner, former LaRouche movement member"Kenneth L. Kronberg Sterling Businessman", The Washington Post, May 1, 2007. Tony Lagouranis, activist and author of Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey through Iraq Lydia Polgreen, New York Times opinion columnist, former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, 2006 winner of the George Polk Award Salvatore Scibona, alumnus and author, 2008 National Book Award finalist for his first novel The End; his fiction has appeared in many literary journals; named one of "20 under 40" notable authors by The New Yorker in 2010 and published an essay about his experience at the college in the June 13, 2011 issueProfile of Scibona in The New Yorker, June 13, 2011 Lisa Simeone, National Public Radio host Charles Van Doren, garnered notoriety for his involvement in the rigged game show Twenty-One Cecelia Watson, writer (Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark] Jennifer Wright, writer John C. Wright, alumnus and author of science fiction and fantasy novels; Nebula Award finalist for his fantasy novel, Orphans of ChaosSF Site "An Interview with John C. Wright". Retrieved November 3, 2007.

Military personnel Lewis J. Fields (1909–1988), United States Marine Corps lieutenant general William H. Harrison (1896–1955), brigadier general in the Marine Corps during World War II Erik S. Kristensen (1972–2005), U.S. Navy SEAL, attended Graduate Institute in Annapolis, killed in action in Afghanistan James B. Lockwood (1852–1884), Army officer and arctic explorer Robert Houston Noble, U.S. Army brigadier general, honorary Master of Arts, 1894 Reginald H. Ridgely Jr. (1902–1979), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general, POW during World War II

Politicians Michael Anton, essayist, speechwriter and former private-equity executive who was previously a senior national security official Joshua J. Cohen, mayor of Annapolis, Maryland Clement Dorsey, congressman for Maryland's 1st congressional district (1825–31)"Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Retrieved October 27, 2007. Alexander Contee Hanson, congressman for Maryland's 3rd District (1813–1816)"Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Retrieved October 27, 2007. Emerson Harrington, governor of Maryland J. T. C. Hopkins (1843–1922), Maryland state delegate Reverdy Johnson, statesman and jurist, defense attorney of Sandford in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, prime minister of Latvia (2019–2023) John Leeds Kerr, U.S. representative, Maryland's 7th DistrictBiographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on October 28, 2007. Francis Scott Key, United States attorney for the District of Columbia; lyricist of the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" Daniel Martin, governor of Maryland (1829–1830, 1831) Keith Neville, 18th governor of Nebraska (1917–1919) Thomas Parran Jr., 6th Surgeon General of the United States William Pinkney (1764–1822), 7th attorney general of the United States Alvin Milton Spessard (1860–1924), Alabama state politician and educator Frederick Stone, U.S. representative from Maryland's 5th congressional district (1867–71), defense counsel for Samuel Mudd Lucy Tamlyn, U.S. ambassador to Benin Francis Thomas, governor of Maryland (1842–44); member of House of Representatives (1861–69)Biographical Directory of the United States Congress; retrieved on October 27, 2007. Tobias Watkins (1780–1855), 4th auditor of the United States Treasury, writer, editor, and physician Osborne I. Yellott (1871–1922), state delegate and lawyer

Filmmakers and musicians Betsy Arakawa, classical pianist Dimitri Devyatkin, Emmy Award–nominated video artist and filmmaker Ahmet Ertegün, founded Atlantic Records in 1947 Jac Holzman, founded Elektra Records in 1950 while a student at St. John's Eilen Jewell, blues and Americana singer/songwriter Jonathan D. Krane, film producer, Look Who's Talking, Face/Off Jeremy Leven, novelist, screenwriter and director (works include Don Juan DeMarco) Lhasa de Sela, singer-songwriter"Profile of de Sela in Billboard". April 12, 1997. Glenn Yarbrough, original lead tenor of The Limeliters Lee David Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver television series; director of The Spitfire Grill (1996), which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival

Businesspeople James H. Frame, computer programming pioneer at IBM, and former vice president of software at ITT; founded James Frame Enterprises (JFE), a software development consulting company John Seward Johnson III, co-founder of BuzzFeed, founded Eyebeam, philanthropist, filmmaker (Without a Trace, Ratchet) and entrepreneur Eugene V. Thaw, art dealer and collector Warren Winiarski, founder of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Chefs Daniel Rose, chef at restaurants in Paris (Spring, La Bourse et la Vie) and New York City (Le Coucou) Miyoko Schinner, chef, cookbook author, animal sanctuary founder and owner of cheese brand Miyoko's Creamery

Scientists Daryl Haggard, astronomer and associate professor of physics at McGill University Cynthia Keppel, physicist Aron Wall, 2019 Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize for fundamental insights about quantum information, quantum field theory and gravity

Board members

Austin Ligon, co-founder/CEO (retired), CarMax, Inc. James T. Woodward, banker; owner of a major Thoroughbred horse dynasty; member of St. John's board of visitors; recipient of honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 1909; namesake of Woodward Hall

See also

List of people from Annapolis, Maryland List of people from Santa Fe, New Mexico

References