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
 * 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