# 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
* Gore Vidal, author and political activist

## Business

* Steve Case, co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online
* Steve Salis, co-founder of &pizza, and founder of Sizzle Acquisition
* William E. Conway Jr., founder of the Carlyle Group
* Richard Darman, senior Carlyle Group affiliate
* Richard Fairbank, CEO, chairman, co-founder of Capital One
* Najeeb Halaby, CEO of Pan Am, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and father of Queen Noor of Jordan
* Jim Kimsey, co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of America Online
* Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, former AOL senior executive
* Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fortress Investment Group and former president of Fannie Mae
* Dwight Schar, founder and chairman of NVR Inc, America's seventh-largest homebuilder
* Stu Shea, COO of Leidos and founder and chairman of United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation

## Journalism

* Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondent for ABC World News, Good Morning America and Nightline
* Sam Donaldson, former ABC News anchor and Chief White House Correspondent
* Jonathan Karl, TV and print journalism for ABC News (originally from McLean, later in South Dakota and Poughkeepsie, New York)
* Roger Mudd, Emmy Award-winning journalist, television host and former CBS, NBC and PBS news anchor
* Lauren Shehadi, sportscaster for MLB Network and Turner Sports
* Derek Thompson, staff writer for The Atlantic
* Jackson Payne, award-winning student reporter and current sportswriter for the Deseret News

## Military

* William A. Beiderlinden, U.S. Army major general
* Arnold W. Braswell, retired lieutenant general of the United States Air Force
* Frederic J. Brown II, U.S. Army lieutenant general
* Frederic J. Brown III, U.S. Army lieutenant general
* Major General John V. Cox, Marine Corps fighter pilot and Naval Aviator
* General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State
* Vice Admiral Forrest S Petersen USN, Naval Aviator and X15 pilot

## Politics

* Spencer Abraham, 10th Secretary of Energy and Republican United States senator from Michigan (1995–2001)
* Elliott Abrams, Special Assistant to Former President Bush
* Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States
* Joe Allbaugh, campaign manager for George W. Bush
* Bandar bin Sultan, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States
* Jacqueline Bouvier, wife of John F. Kennedy
* Pat Buchanan, political analyst.
* Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter
* Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense, former chairman of the Carlyle Group
* Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States
* Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney
* Lynne Cheney, former Second Lady of the United States
* John Dingell, Dean of the United States House of Representatives
* Senator Byron Dorgan
* Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
* Chuck Hagel, United States Secretary of Defense
* Jon Huntsman Jr., former Governor of Utah and presidential candidate
* Frank Keating, former Governor of Oklahoma
* Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
* Ethel Kennedy
* Ted Kennedy, senior United States senator from Massachusetts
* Bill Kristol, political analyst
* Laura Ingraham, Fox News host and conservative political commentator
* Patrick Leahy, United States senator from Vermont
* Mike Lee, junior United States senator from Utah
* I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, lawyer, and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2001–2005)
* Fred Malek, former assistant to United States presidents George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon
* Terry McAuliffe, Governor of Virginia and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
* Luke Messer, member of the United States House of Representatives
* Don Nickles, former Republican Senator from Oklahoma
* Queen Noor of Jordan
* Liam O'Grady, United States District Court Judge
* Chuck Robb, former United States senator and governor of Virginia
* Mark Rosenker, former Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board and Major General USAF (ret)
* Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
* Amha Selassie, last Emperor of Ethiopia
* John E. Sununu, former United States senator from New Hampshire
* Nicholas Veliotes, former United States 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

## Science

* Vint Cerf, computer scientist, internet pioneer, considered one of ""the fathers of the Internet""
* Herman Aguinis, Professor at the George Washington University School of Business, and Past President of the Academy of Management

## Sports

* Bradley Beal, shooting guard for the Washington Wizards
* Eric Dorsey, former defensive end for the New York Giants; attended high school in McLean
* Kevin Hogan, quarterback for the Washington Redskins
* Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals
* Josh Sborz, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
* Max Scherzer, pitcher for the Washington Nationals organization
* T. J. Oshie, right winger for the Washington Capitals