List of St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) people
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- Rogers Albritton, considered to be one of the finest philosophical minds of the 20th century; served as the chairman of both Harvard and UCLA's philosophy departments
- Douglas Allanbrook, tutor, musician and composer
- Wye Jamison Allanbrook, tutor, musicologist
- Thomas J.J. Altizer, theologian, author of The Gospel of Christian Atheism
- Eva Brann, tutor, dean; 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal[1]
- John Bremer, British-born educator, philosopher, author; after graduating from Oxford University, he came to St. John's College in 1951 on a Fulbright Fellowship
- James M. Cain, novelist; professor of journalism at St. John's 1923-24[2][3]
- Elliott Carter, composer; tutor from 1939 to 1941
- Joshua J. Cohen, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
- Seth Cropsey, Director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute, and a regular contributor to the National Review
- Dimitri Devyatkin, Emmy-nominated video artist and filmmaker
- Clement Dorsey, Congressman for Maryland's 1st congressional district, 1825–31[4]
- Ahmet Ertegün, founded Atlantic Records in 1947[5]
- Robert A. George, journalist and news columnist
- Alexander Contee Hanson (Class of 1802), Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1813–1816[6]
- Emerson Harrington, former Governor of Maryland
- Jac Holzman, founded Elektra Records in 1950 while a student at St. John's[7]
- Eilen Jewell, blues and Americana singer/songwriter with five albums (as of 2011)
- Mark D. Jordan, alumnus. Andrew Mellon Professor, Harvard Divinity School. Scholar of gender studies, sexual ethics, and theology.
- Leon Kass, tutor at the college (1972–76); chair of the President's Council on Bioethics (2002–06)
- John Leeds Kerr, U.S. Representative, Maryland's 7th District[8]
- Francis Scott Key, lyricist of the United States national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner[9][10]
- Jacob Klein, tutor, dean; author of Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra and Commentary on Plato's Meno; leading 20th-century Platonist
- Andrew Kirkpatrick, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame player. Lacrosse and football player, coach, referee.
- William Kowalski, author, Eddie's Bastard, Somewhere South of Here, The Adventures of Flash Jackson, The Good Neighbor
- Jonathan D. Krane, film producer, Look Who's Talking, Face/Off
- Erik S. Kristensen; U.S. Navy Seal; attended Graduate Institute in Annapolis; killed in action June 2005
- Kenneth Kronberg, 1968, printing company owner, former LaRouche movement member[11]
- Tony Lagouranis, activist and author of Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey through Iraq
- Sara Larkin, artist; creator of Spacescapes
- Jeremy Leven, author, screenwriter and director whose works include Don Juan DeMarco
- Lhasa de Sela, known as Lhasa, singer-songwriter (1972-2010)[12]
- Austin Ligon, co-founder/CEO (retired), CarMax, Inc.
- Daniel Martin, Governor of Maryland, 1829–1830, 1831
- Wilfred M. McClay, intellectual historian
- Keith Neville, 18th Governor of Nebraska 1917-1919[13]
- Tom G. Palmer, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute
- William Pinkney (1764–1822), 7th Attorney General of the United States
- Lydia Polgreen, South Asia correspondent for The New York Times,[14] 2006 winner of the George Polk Award
- James Portnow, web series Extra Credits
- Ben Sasse, United States Senator from Nebraska
- 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 issue[15]
- Lisa Simeone, National Public Radio host[16]
- Louis Leo Snyder (1907–1993), German scholar and historian
- Leo Strauss (1899-1973), political philosopher; lectured at St. John's and was the Scott Buchanan Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Annapolis campus
- Lucy Tamlyn, U.S. Ambassador to Benin
- Francis Thomas, Governor of Maryland, 1842–44; member of House of Representatives, 1861–69[17]
- Charles Van Doren, Annapolis alumnus who garnered notoriety for his involvement in the rigged game show Twenty-One[18]
- Warren Winiarski, founder of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
- James T. Woodward, banker and owner of a major Thoroughbred horse dynasty and member of St. John's board of visitors, recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 1909;[19][20] namesake of Woodward Hall[20]
- John C. Wright, alumnus and author [21]
- Glenn Yarbrough, original lead tenor of The Limeliters[22]
- Lee David Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver;[23] director of The Spitfire Grill (1996), which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival
- Victor Zuckerkandl, music theorist
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- ↑ Profile of de Sela in Billboard, April 12, 1997
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