American University alumni

American actress (born 1984)

33rd President of Colombia 2018–2022

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019

Sean Patrick Astin is an American actor and trade union leader who serves as the 4th national president of SAG-AFTRA. He began his career as a child actor, making his film debut as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies (1985), followed by significant roles as Billy Tepper in Toy Soldiers (1991), Dave Morgan in Encino Man (1992), Daniel Ruettiger in Rudy (1993), and Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003).

American singer (1941–1974)

President of Sierra Leone since 2018

Jordan Ross Belfort is an American former stockbroker, financial criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam in 1999. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a covert listening device ("wire"), he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into Martin Scorsese's film of the same name released in 2013, in which he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

American actor and director

Grenadian politician

American actress

President of Bolivia

72nd prime minister of Iraq

actor

American computer scientist

American writer and forensic anthropologist

American science fiction writer (1915–1987)

American human rights activist and politician (born 1990)

American weather presenter and television personality (1934–2021)

Zambian-born economist

Edmundo González Urrutia is a Venezuelan politician, analyst, and diplomat. An opposition figure, he is a member of the Unitary Platform political alliance. González was its candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. González has previously served as the Venezuelan ambassador to Argentina and Algeria. He also sits on the editorial board of El Nacional.

Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 2016 to 2021

American historian (born 1958)

American spy with the British Special Operations Executive (1906-1982)

American author

Russian political activist, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent

American sports executive

American attorney and Republican official

18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

American actress

South Korean politician (1898-1996)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine

American swimmer (1937–2005)

Malian prime minister

American journalist (born 1965)

Short story writer, novelist, professor

American economist and professor at Randolph–Macon College

Yemeni photographer

American actor

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

American fingerstyle guitarist (1939–2001)

American concert promoter and record producer (1944-2022)

American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster

John Patrick Douglass (born June 30, 1988), also known as his pseudonym jacksfilms, is an American YouTuber, videographer, musician, and sketch comedian. He is best known for his series Yesterday I Asked You (YIAY) and the now discontinued Your Grammar Sucks (YGS), in which he comments on content sent by fans. Douglass' career on YouTube spans over 19 years.

American politician (1940–2005)

Jordanian royal (1983)

Zambian politician (1938-2009)

American politician and attorney (born 1957)

American actress

video journalist from the United States

Polish politician

American politician

American lobbyist and businessman (1944–2022)

President of the Arab Union for Real Estate Development

U.S. Representative from Virginia (1961–2022)

American film producer (1963-2005)

American writer

American actor

Catholic bishop

American politician

American counter-terrorism expert