List of people from McLean, Virginia
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The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in McLean, Virginia.
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Contents
Arts and entertainment
- Mary Schmidt Amons, cast member on Bravo's The Real Housewives of DC
- Michael Arndt, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award-winning children's author
- James Tiptree, Jr., pen name of Alice Sheldon, science fiction author[1]
- Rachel Van Tuyl, doll maker, sells her work under the name HandcraftedByRachel
- Gore Vidal,[2] author and political activist
Business
- Steve Case, co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online[2]
- William E. Conway, Jr., founder of the Carlyle Group[2]
- Richard Darman, senior Carlyle Group affiliate[2]
- P. Wesley Foster Jr., co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Long & Foster Companies
- Alfred Grasso, President and CEO of the Mitre Corporation
- Jim Kimsey, co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of America Online[2]
- Dwight Schar, founder and Chairman of NVR Inc, America's seventh-largest homebuilder.[3]
- Stu Shea, COO of Leidos and founder and chairman of United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
- J. Knox Singleton, CEO of Inova Health System[4]
Journalism
- Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondent for ABC World News, Good Morning America and Nightline[citation needed]
Military
- Arnold W. Braswell, retired lieutenant general of the United States Air Force[5]
- Major General John V. Cox, Marine Corps fighter pilot and Naval Aviator
- General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State[2]
Politics
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- Spencer Abraham, 10th Secretary of Energy[2]
- Elliott Abrams, Special Assistant to Former President Bush[2]
- HE. Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Qatari Ambassador to the United States
- Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States[2]
- Joe Allbaugh, campaign manager for George W. Bush[2]
- Bandar bin Sultan, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States[2]
- Jacqueline Bouvier, wife of John F. Kennedy[2]
- Pat Buchanan, political analyst.[6]
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter[2]
- Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense, former chairman of the Carlyle Group[2]
- Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States[7]
- Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney [2]
- Lynne Cheney, former Second Lady of the United States[7]
- John Dingell, Dean of the United States House of Representatives[2]
- Senator Byron Dorgan[2]
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House[2]
- Chuck Hagel, United States Secretary of Defense [8]
- Jon Huntsman, Jr., former Governor of Utah and presidential candidate
- Frank Keating, former Governor of Oklahoma[2]
- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
- Ethel Kennedy[2]
- Ted Kennedy, senior United States Senator from Massachusetts[2]
- Al Khalafalla, President of Bahrain American Council affiliate
- Bill Kristol, political analyst[2]
- Senator Patrick Leahy[2]
- Michael S. Lee, junior United States Senator from Utah
- I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, lawyer, and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2001–2005)[2]
- Fred Malek, former assistant to United States presidents George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon[2]
- Terry McAuliffe, Governor of Virginia and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee[2]
- Don Nickles, former Republican Senator from Oklahoma[2]
- Queen Noor of Jordan[2]
- Liam O'Grady, United States District Court Judge
- Chuck Robb, former United States Senator and Governor of Virginia
- Mark Rosenker, former Chairman National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB and Major General USAF (ret)
- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia[2]
- Amha Selassie, last Emperor of Ethiopia
- John E. Sununu, former United States Senator from New Hampshire[citation needed]
- Nicholas Veliotes, former US Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan
- Jean Zermatten, Chairman of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child; son of famous Swiss writer Maurice Zermatten
Sports
- Alex Ovechkin, Captain of the Washington Capitals
- Kevin Hogan, Quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Josh Sborz, Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
References
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- ↑ "The Watergate Story: Key Players: Pat Buchanan", 2009
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 As Dick Cheney Prepares to Depart, His Mystery Lingers
- ↑ 10 Facts About Chuck Hagel
