Kenyon College

Discover the notable alumni of Kenyon College. The list includes people like Paul Newman, Josh Radnor, Rutherford B. Hayes, Bill Watterson & John W. Snow. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, miscellaneous, scientists, media personalities and artists & painters etc.

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Paul Newman

(One of the Most Influential Actors of 20th-Century)

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: January 26, 1925

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States

Died: September 26, 2008

One of the most celebrated actors of the 1960s and 1970s, Paul Newman was a multi-faceted man. Apart from winning acting accolades, such as the Academy Award, he had also won many championships as a driver as part of the Sports Car Club of America. Also known for his philanthropy and political activism, Newman founded many nonprofit organizations.

Josh Radnor

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: July 29, 1974

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio

Josh Radnor is best known as Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother. He wrote and directed the Sundance Audience Award-winning movie HappyThankYouMorePlease. A seasoned theater artist, he was also seen in the Tony-nominated Broadway play Disgraced. He also appeared in the series Hunters, Rise, and Mercy Street.

Rutherford B. Hayes

(19th President of the United States)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: October 4, 1822

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio, United States

Died: January 17, 1893

Rutherford B. Hayes served as the U.S. president from 1877 to 1881. He won a close election through the Compromise of 1877, thus putting an end to Reconstruction and withdrawing troops from the South. An attorney, he owned several law firms and had also served as the Ohio governor.

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(Cartoonist and the Author of the Comic Strip ‘Calvin and Hobbes’)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: 1958

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Bill Watterson is a retired cartoonist and author. He is credited with writing the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. In 1988, Watterson became the sixth person to win the Reuben Award twice. In 2020, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

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New York University

University Of California, Los Angeles

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William Rehnquist

(16th Chief Justice of the United States)

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birthdate: October 1, 1924

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Died: September 3, 2005

William Rehnquist had a 33-year career at the U.S. Supreme Court: as an associate justice for 14 years and as a chief justice for 19 years. He had served under Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He presided over Bill Clinton’s impeachment and was associated with cases such as Roe v. Wade.

E. L. Doctorow

(Novelist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: January 6, 1931

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: The Bronx, New York (state) New York, United States U.S.

Died: July 21, 2015

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Stanford University

University Of California, Berkeley

University Of Paris

Shaka Smart

(Basketball player - Point guard, Basketball coach)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: April 8, 1977

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Chris Eigeman

(Film actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: March 1, 1965

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, U.S.

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University Of Michigan

Princeton University

University Of Chicago

Edwin M. Stanton

(Lawyer)

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birthdate: December 19, 1814

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.

Died: December 24, 1869

Robert Lowell

(Poet)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: March 1, 1917

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Died: September 12, 1977

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University Of London

University Of Cambridge

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Caleb Carr

(Military Historian and Novelist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: August 2, 1955

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Born to leading Beat generation figure Lucien Carr, Caleb Carr is a renowned military historian and author, with books such as the international bestseller The Alienist, one of his Kreizler series novels, to his credit. He also contributes to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History.

John Sherman

(Former Secretary of State)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: May 10, 1823

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.

Died: October 22, 1900

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Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

University Of Edinburgh

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Bill Veeck

(Businessman)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: February 9, 1914

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Illinois, United States

Died: January 2, 1986

John W. Snow

(Former United States Secretary of the Treasury)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 2, 1939

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States

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Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art

University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Oxford

William H. Gass

(Novelist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: July 30, 1924

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Died: December 6, 2017

Emily Gould

(American Author, Novelist and Blogger)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: October 13, 1981

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

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Northwestern University

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Carl Djerassi

(American Chemist and Writer Best Known for His Contribution to the Development of Oral Contraceptive Pills)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: October 29, 1923

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: January 30, 2015

Known as the father of the pill, Carl Djerassi is best remembered for chemically synthesizing a steroid mimic of the hormone progesterone, which paved the way for the production of contraceptive pills. That apart, he made important contributions to the synthesis of antihistamines, pest control, mass spectrometry etc. Also a successful author, he wrote several non-fictions, novels, dramas and poems.

Randall Jarrell

(Poet)