This is a list of notable persons who have been members of the United States Peace Corps, along with their terms of service.
Business and industry
Bob Beckel, political analyst, Bob Beckel & Associates (Philippines 1971-72)
Patricia Cloherty, Chairman and CEO, Delta Private Equity Partners, former Chairman of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund (Brazil 1963-65)
Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix (Swaziland 1983-85)
Michael McCaskey, chairman of the board, Chicago Bears (Ethiopia 1965-67)
Ann and Michael Moore, former CEO and chairman of Snugli Co. and Airlift Company (Togo 1962-64)
Arts and literature
T. D. Allman, journalist/author (Vanity Fair; New Yorker; NYT) (Nepal, 1966–68)
Edmund Blair Bolles, author of A Second Way of Knowing (Tanzania 1966-68)
James H. Fowler, author of "Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives" (Ecuador, 1992–1994)
Richard "Kinky" Friedman, author of Blast From the Past (Malaysia 1967-69)
Taylor Hackford, movie producer of Ray, An Officer and a Gentleman; and The Devil's Advocate (Bolivia 1968-69)
Kent Haruf, author of Plainsong, The Tie That Binds, Where You Once Belonged, Eventide, Benediction, Our Souls at Night (Turkey 1966-68)
Peter Hessler, author of River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze; Oracle Bones; Country Driving. Staff writer, New Yorker (China 1996-97)
Peter Lefcourt, television writer and author of The Woody (Togo 1962-64)
Phillip Margolin, author of Gone, But Not Forgotten; and The Burning Man (Liberia 1962-64)
Roland Merullo, author of Leaving Losapas, In Revere, In Those Days, Breakfast with Buddha, (Micronesia 1979-1980)
Raven Moore, author of "Padre!: a place whose rules rearrange your own" (Cote d'Ivoire 1999-2002)
Martin Puryear, sculptor (Sierra Leone 1964-66)
Richard Sanders, actor best known for playing Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinnati (Brazil 1966-69)
Bob Shacochis, author of Easy in the Island, winner of the American Book Award (Eastern Caribbean 1975-76)
Joel Shapiro, sculptor (India 1965-67)
Mildred Taylor, author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, winner of Newbery Award (Ethiopia 1965-67)
Paul Theroux, author of Mosquito Coast and Great Railway Bazaar (Malawi 1963-65)
Moritz Thomsen, author of Living Poor (Ecuador 1963 - 65)
Richard Wiley, author of Ahmed's Revenge and Soldiers in Hiding, winner of PEN/Faulkner Award (Korea 1967-69)
Ted Henry, longtime award-winning lead news anchor for WEWS-TV 5 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Chris Matthews, host of NBC's Hardball (Swaziland 1968-70)
Bob Vila, Host of Television show "This Old House" (Panama 1971-73)
Medical, non-profit and development
Carol Bellamy, former Peace Corps Director, former head of UNESCO, president of World Learning (Guatemala 1963-1965)
Lillian Carter nurse, mother of President Jimmy Carter (India 1966-68)
Ina May Gaskin, Certified Professional Midwife, author, known as the "Mother of Modern Midwifery" (Malaysia 1963-65)
Ken Hackett, president, Catholic Relief Services (Ghana 1968-1971)
Charles Snead Houston, high-altitude medical researcher and mountaineer (first Country Director, India 1962-65)
Mary Kim Joh (Liberia 1977-78)
Mark Schneider, former Peace Corps Director, senior vice president of International Crisis Group (El Salvador 1966-68)
Christopher Dodd, Former U.S. Senator, Connecticut (Dominican Republic 1966-68)
Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin and wife Jessica Doyle (Tunisia 1967-69)
Steve Driehaus, U.S. Representative from Ohio (Senegal 1988-1990)
Sam Farr, U.S. Representative from California (Colombia 1964-66)
John Garamendi, State of California Insurance Commissioner, US Congressman from California (Ethiopia 1966-68)
Tony P. Hall, Former US Congressman from Ohio, Former Ambassador to the FAO (Thailand 1966-67)
Joseph P. Kennedy III, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts (Dominican Republic 2004-2006)
Timothy Kraft, retired political consultant; campaign manager in 1980 for U.S. President Jimmy Carter (Guatemala 1963-64)
Thomas Murphy, Jr., mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, PA (Paraguay 1970-72)
Thomas Petri, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (Somalia 1966-67)
Michael A. Rice, Rhode Island State Representative (Philippines 1981-85)
Donna Shalala, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Iran 1962-64)
Christopher Shays, former U.S. Representative from Connecticut (Fiji 1968-70)
Bob Taft, served as governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007. (Tanzania 1963-65)
Ron Tschetter, former Peace Corps Director (India 1966-68)
Paul Tsongas Former US Senator, candidate for President in 1992 (Ethiopia 1962-64)
James Walsh, former U.S. Representative from New York (Nepal 1970-72)
Suzanne Preston Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University (Benin 1969-71)
Allan Gibbard, Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan (Ghana 1963-65)
Clark Gibson, Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (Nepal)
William G. Moseley, Professor of Geography, Macalester College (Mali 1987-89)
Joseph Opala, Historian at James Madison University, studied the "Sierra Leone-Gullah Connection" (Sierra Leone 1974-77)
Michael A. Rice, professor, University of Rhode Island (Philippines 1981-1985)
Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami, former Secretary of Health and Human Services (Iran 1962-64)
Michael J. Snarskis, Archaeologist, University of Costa Rica (UCR, Discoverer of Guardiria - the first area of human occupation in Costa Rica (Costa Rica 1967 - 1969)
Christopher R. Hill, assistant secretary of state, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Cameroon 1974-76)
Vicki Huddleston, ambassador to Mali and Madagascar, Charge de affaires to Haiti and Ethiopia, and Principal Officer to the US Interests Section in Havana (Peru 1964-66)
Darryl N. Johnson, ambassador to Thailand (Thailand 1962-65)
Kathleen Stephens, ambassador to South Korea (South Korea, 1975–77)
Dr. Charles Whitney Oliver, foreign service officer - USAID (Philippines, 1977–79; Nepal: 1981-83).
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