List of people from McLean, Virginia

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in McLean, Virginia.

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

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

• Spencer Abraham, 10th Secretary of Energy and Republican United States Senator from Michigan (1995-2001)^[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
• 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
• Eric Dorsey, former defensive end for the New York Giants; attended high school in McLean

References

1. Phillips, Julie (2007). James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon. New York: Picador. ISBN 978-0-312-42694-1.
2. Crowley, Michael (September 11, 2006). "Welcome to McLean, home of America's ruling class". The New Republic. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
3. Hart, Kim (June 6, 2007). "Executives Cashing In Shares At NVR". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
4. . Inova http://www.inova.org/about-us/leadership/knox_singleton. Retrieved July 23, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "Arnold W. Braswell". mindenmemories.org. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
6. "The Watergate Story: Key Players: Pat Buchanan", 2009
7. As Dick Cheney Prepares to Depart, His Mystery Lingers
8. 10 Facts About Chuck Hagel