| class="wikitable" |
| Alumni
! Notability |
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F. Duane Ackerman RC ’64, CB ’70[{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/wpi/scholars/ackerman.html |title=F. Duane Ackerman |publisher=Winter Park Institute, Rollins College |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211131342/http://www.rollins.edu/wpi/scholars/ackerman.html |archive-date=February 11, 2011 }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/why-rollins/notablealumni.html|title=Rollins Notable Alumni|publisher=Rollins College|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155624/http://www.rollins.edu/about-rollins/index.html|url-status=dead}}][{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/12/X9ML.html|title=CEO Pay: F Duane Ackerman|magazine=Forbes|access-date=October 6, 2010}}]
|Chairman and CEO, BellSouth |
Pauline Betz Addie RC '43[{{cite web|url=http://web.wm.edu/tenniscenter/addie.html |title=ITA Women's Hall of Fame... |publisher=ITA Women's Hall of Fame McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center, William & Mary College |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823121729/http://web.wm.edu/tenniscenter/addie.html |archive-date=August 23, 2010 }}][{{cite web|url=http://tars.rollins.edu/athletics/tradition/index.shtml |title=Rollins College Athletics Hall of Fame |publisher=Rollins College Athletics Department |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528013210/http://tars.rollins.edu/athletics/tradition/index.shtml |archive-date=May 28, 2010 }}][{{cite web|url=http://sportsthenandnow.com/2009/08/25/rollins-college-womens-tennis-the-small-school-with-the-big-tradition/|title=Rollins College Women's Tennis: Small School With A Big Tradition|date=25 August 2009 |publisher=Sports Then and Now|access-date=October 6, 2010}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19500&ATCLID=1547225|title=Tennis-Women's: Tradition|publisher=Rollins College Athletics Department|access-date=October 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715200513/http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19500&ATCLID=1547225|archive-date=July 15, 2011}}]
|Professional tennis player |
Rex Beach RC (1894-1896)[{{cite web|url=http://asp3.rollins.edu/olin/oldsite/archives/150EBEACH.htm|title=Rex Beach|publisher=Olin Library, Rollins College|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720040000/http://asp3.rollins.edu/olin/oldsite/archives/150EBEACH.htm|archive-date=2011-07-20|url-status=dead}}]
|Novelist |
| Amanda Bearse
|Actress, best known for her role as Marcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children[[http://www.watermarkonline.com/2013/04/10/married-with-children-star-reminisces-about-her-childhood-in-winter-park/ Married With Children star reminisces about her childhood in Winter Park] from The Watermark, 10 April 2013] |
Clay Bellinger RC (1987-1989)[{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballnexus.com/player/bellicl01|title=Clay Bellinger|publisher=The Baseball Nexus|access-date=October 6, 2010}}]
|Former New York Yankee outfielder, played in 1999 World Series- |
Jane Blalock RC '67[{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/campuslife/golf/index.html|title=Champions On and Off the Course|publisher=Rollins College|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215061420/http://www.rollins.edu/campuslife/golf/index.html|archive-date=2012-12-15|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Blalock,Jane-10.pdf|title=Jane Blalock|publisher=Ladies Professional Golf Association|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134806/http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Blalock,Jane-10.pdf|archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}]
|Professional golfer |
Eric Bolling RC '84[{{cite web|url=http://sec.edgar-online.com/nymex-holdings-inc/def-14a-proxy-statement-definitive/2002/03/05/Section29.aspx|title=AT LARGE: ERIC BOLLING (RBI)|publisher=Edgar Online|access-date=October 6, 2010}}][{{cite web|url=http://rollins.edu/magazine/profiles/bolling.html|title=Eric Bolling '84: Love Him or Hate Him|publisher=Rollins Magazine|access-date=October 6, 2010}}]
|Financial news television personality |
Lorenzo Borghese RC '95[{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/125/pointsofpride/4.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214235342/http://www.rollins.edu/125/pointsofpride/4.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2012 |title=Points of Pride: Rollins' Very Own Prince |publisher=Rollins College |access-date=October 10, 2010 }}]
|Reality television star on ABC's The Bachelor |
| Jim Bowden
|Professional baseball General Manager |
| Larry Burkett
|Financial radio show host |
| John Castino
|Former first baseman and Rookie of the Year for the Minnesota Twins |
Jane Chambers RC (1954-1956)[{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/chambers_j.html |title=Chambers, Jane (1937-1983) |publisher=glbtq, Inc. |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113080300/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/chambers_j.html |archive-date=November 13, 2010 }}]
|Feminist writer and playwright |
Robiaun Charles, Ph.D RC '94[[https://www.agnesscott.edu/news/archive/2015/08/agnes-scott-college-names-dr.-robiaun-rogers-charles-as--vice-president-for-college-advancement.html Agnes Scott College names Dr. Robiaun Rogers Charles as Vice-president for College Advancement]]
|Vice-president of College Advancement at Agnes Scott College and leading Southern educator |
Dorothy Cheney RC '45[
]|Professional tennis player |
| Ellie Cornell
|Actress, Halloween 4, Halloween 5 |
| Leanza Cornett
|Miss America 1993; former co-host of Entertainment Tonight |
Donald J. Cram RC '41[{{cite web|url=http://tars.rollins.edu/chemistry/People/DCram.shtml |title=Donald J. Cram, Ph.D.: A 1941 Rollins College Chemistry Alumnus and winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |publisher=Rollins College Chemistry Department |access-date=2010-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720075755/http://tars.rollins.edu/chemistry/People/DCram.shtml |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}]
|1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry |
| JC Crissey CB '90
|British-American film producer, academic |
| Meg Crofton
|President of the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
| Dorothy Cullman
|Television producer and philanthropist |
| Philip Cummings, RC '29
|Language teacher, then political analyst and lecturer |
| Olcott Deming
|Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda |
Rust Deming RC '64[{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/125/reflections/index.html|title=Washington, D.C. Alumni Reception|publisher=Rollins College Alumni Reception|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212080957/http://www.rollins.edu/125/reflections/index.html|archive-date=2012-12-12|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/japan/faculty/deming.htm|title=Japan Studies – Faculty|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|access-date=October 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109144422/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/japan/faculty/deming.htm|archive-date=January 9, 2009}}]
|Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia |
| Jonathan Dunn-Rankin BA
|Actor, television journalist, gay activist[{{cite news|last1=Hebert|first1=James|title=Actor-journalist Dunn-Rankin dies at 84|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sdut-jonathan-dunn-rankin-obituary-2014dec12-story.html|access-date=December 2, 2017|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=December 12, 2014}}] |
Alice Dye RC '48[{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/125/reflections/index.html|title=125 Years: Reflections|publisher=Rollins College|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212080957/http://www.rollins.edu/125/reflections/index.html|archive-date=2012-12-12|url-status=dead}}]
|Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect[ and member of the Indiana GA ][{{cite web |website=indianagolf.org |url=http://www.indianagolf.org/hall-of-fame-members/ |title=Indiana Golf Hall of Fame Members |date=1976 |access-date=January 6, 2018}}] and FSGA [{{cite web |website=fsga.org |url=http://www.fsga.org/sections/content/Pete-and-Alice-Dye/787 |title=Pete and Alice Dye |date=2016 |access-date=January 6, 2018}}] Hall of Fames |
| Pete Dye
|Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect, recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award and World Golf Hall of Fame member |
| Buddy Ebsen
|Actor, best known for his work in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Beverly Hillbillies |
Gigi Fernández CB (2009 or 2010)[{{cite web|url=http://www.blacksportsthemagazine.com/Magazines/March10.pdf|title=BSTM's Best Ever Soccer Team|publisher=Black Sports The Magazine|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708012701/http://www.blacksportsthemagazine.com/Magazines/March10.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-08|url-status=dead}} Pg. 8][{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/hispanicheritage2008/news/story?id=3616855|title=Fernandez remembered for her trademark zeal on the court|date=29 September 2008 |publisher=ESPN|access-date=October 6, 2010}}]
|Professional tennis player[[http://www.successmagazine.com/motivating-children-to-move/PARAMS/article/1261/channel/22 Motivating Children to Move] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221082043/http://www.successmagazine.com/motivating-children-to-move/PARAMS/article/1261/channel/22 |date=2011-02-21 }} from SUCCESS February 2011] |
Christopher Fitzgerald RC 1995[{{cite news|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2008/05/contemporary-la.html|title='Contemporary Latin musical gets 13 Tony nominations|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|access-date=October 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023224150/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2008/05/contemporary-la.html|archive-date=2012-10-23|url-status=dead}}]
|Actor (Broadway musicals Wicked, Young Frankenstein) |
Wayland Flowers[{{cite news|url=https://live-center-for-puppetry-arts.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1989_Wayland-Flowers-Madame.pdf|title=Center for Puppetry Arts: Wayland Flowers|publisher=Center for Puppetry Arts|access-date=May 14, 2025}}]
|Puppeteer and comedian |
| Muriel Fox
|Women's rights activist, co-founder of the National Organization for Women |
Shirley Fry Irvin RC 1949[
]|Professional tennis player |
| Rahul Gandhi
|Indian politician |
| Stephanie Glance RC '85
|Head coach for Columbia University Women's Basketball team[{{cite news|title=Columbia Hires New Women's Basketball Coach|date=April 2, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/sports/ncaabasketball/columbia-hires-coach-stephanie-glance.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=16 Apr 2013}}] |
| Joel Greenberg
|Former politician and former tax collector of Seminole County, Florida[{{cite web|last=Comas|first=Martin E.|date=July 24, 2020|title=Seminole, Orange tax collectors make changes to prevent ID theft in the wake of Joel Greenberg's arrest|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/seminole-county/os-ne-seminole-county-joel-greenberg-tax-collector-ids-20200724-srhvfogsezhede4w6jbgti3uwi-story.html|website=Orlando Sentinel|language=en|quote=Greenberg, who studied at Rollins College but did not earn a degree, had little administrative experience before he became tax collector.|access-date=May 8, 2021}}] |
| Greg Hahn
|Standup comedian |
| Ryan Hanigan
|Catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball |
Janis Hirsch RC '72[
]|Co-Executive Producer and writer for series The Nanny and Will & Grace; writer for series Frasier |
| Glenda Hood
|Former mayor of Orlando, Florida (1992–2003); Secretary of State of Florida (2003–2005) |
Herbert W. Hoover, Jr. RC '41[{{cite web|url=http://thephideltlegacy.com/business/facts.html|title=Facts about Phis in Business|publisher=Phi Delta Theta|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717021836/http://thephideltlegacy.com/business/facts.html|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}]
|Former president and chairman of The Hoover Company (1954–1966)[{{cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/herbert_w_hoover_jr.html|title=American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century: Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.|publisher=Harvard Business School|access-date=October 6, 2010}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/23/business/herbert-hoover-jr-79-company-head.html|title=Herbert Hoover Jr., 79, Company Head|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=October 6, 2010|date=May 23, 1997}}] |
| Eddie Huang
|Restaurateur, food personality, author and former attorney[[http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/08/eddie-huang-food-personality-and-million-other-things-is-out-with-biting-new/ Eddie Huang, food personality and a million other things, is out with a biting new memoir]; from FOX News 8 February 2013] |
Dana Ivey RC '63[
]|Actress, (films The Color Purple, The Help, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) |
| Chris Kahl
|Singer known for his songs about Florida |
| Chris Kirkpatrick
|Actor and musician, best known as a member of 'N Sync |
| Jack Kramer
|Professional tennis player |
| Kalee Kreider
|President of Ridgely Walsh, former Chief of Content at the National Geographic Society, and former environmental adviser and spokesperson for Al Gore |
| Robert Lado
|Linguist and educational leader |
| Wendy Schaetzel Lesko
|Expert on youth, executive director of the Youth Activism Project |
| Bob Lewis RC '67
|Amateur golfer and RC Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 |
| Brad Linaweaver MFA
|Science fiction writer, film producer and screenwriter, magazine publisher |
| Deanna Lund
|Television and film actress (series Land of the Giants)[[http://www.hollywoodxpo.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=54 Hollywood Xpo 2010: List of Guests] from http://www.hollywoodxpo.com] |
| Barbara McIntire
|Amateur golfer[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/42073/toc |title=Girl Golf Star |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 22, 1960 }}][{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/42073/25 |title=Two Down And One To Go |last=Wright |first=Alfred| magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 21, 1960 }}] |
George E. Merrick[
]|Planner of the city of Coral Gables, Florida and one of the founders of the University of Miami |
Eleanor Morse RC '37[{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/07/16/eleanor_morse_97_founded_museum_to_display_dalis_work/|title=Eleanor Morse, 97; founded museum to display Dali's work|newspaper=Boston Globe|access-date=September 30, 2010|first=William|last=Grimes|date=July 16, 2010}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/arts/design/07morse.html?_r=1|title=Eleanor R. Morse, Dalí Collector, Dies at 97|access-date=September 30, 2010 | work=The New York Times|first=William|last=Grimes|date=July 7, 2010}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/17/1734517/helped-found-dali-museum.html|title=Eleanor R. Morse: Helped found Dali museum|website=Miami Herald |access-date=September 30, 2010}}]
|Philanthropist, co-founder of the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida |
Mike Nicolette RC '78[{{cite web|url=http://tars.rollins.edu/alumni/pubs/alumnirecord/fall05.pdf |title=Florida Impact |publisher=Rollins Alumni Record |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610053405/http://tars.rollins.edu/alumni/pubs/alumnirecord/fall05.pdf |archive-date=June 10, 2010 }} Pg. 41]
|Professional golfer |
| Elin Nordegren HH '14
|Swedish model and former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods, gave 2014 commencement address[{{cite news|url=https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/elin-nordegren-graduates-from-college--takes-swing-at-divorce-during-commencement-speech-214139258.html |title=Elin Nordegren Graduates From College, Takes Swing at Divorce During Commencement Speech |first=Jenny |last=Depner |publisher=Yahoo! Celebrity |date=May 10, 2014 |access-date=May 11, 2014}}] |
| Michael Nouri
|Actor, best known for his role in Flashdance |
| Steve O'Donnell
|President of NASCAR |
| Rob Oppenheim
|Professional golfer |
| Chris Russo RC ‘82
|Radio Personality, appears on ESPN show "First Take" |
| Deborah J. Palfrey
|Former madam known as the "D.C. Madam" by the media |
| Chauncey Parker
|New York State government official |
| Bill Peck RC
|Guitarist from Orlando, Florida who has performed and toured with other musicians like Mark Tremonti and Michael Angelo Batio |
Robert Newton Peck RC '53[{{cite web|url=http://www.muw.edu/publicaffairs/2005_prnews/050408_Peck.html|title=Award-winning author Robert Newton Peck to keynote MUW forum|publisher=Office of Public Affairs, Mississippi University for Women|access-date=September 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629183128/http://www.muw.edu/publicaffairs/2005_prnews/050408_Peck.html|archive-date=2010-06-29|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://unicorn.midyork.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=273566%7BCKEY%7D&searchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5E&user_id=WEBSERVER|title=A part of the sky: Author Biography|publisher=Mid New York Library|access-date=September 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716160904/http://unicorn.midyork.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=273566%7BCKEY%7D&searchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5E&user_id=WEBSERVER|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}}]
|Author of children's literature |
| Anthony Perkins
|Actor, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho |
| Gus Ramsey RC '89
|Television Producer |
Betty Rosenquest Pratt RC '47[
]|Professional tennis player |
| Michael K. Randolph
|Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court[[http://www.nndb.com/people/576/000168072/ Notable Names Database: William K. Randolph]] |
| Sili Recio RC '95
|Children's literature author[[https://silirecio.com Sili Recio: Official Website]] |
| Scott Reiniger
|Actor, best known for his work in the original Dawn of the Dead |
Fred Rogers RC '51[
]|Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
| Chris Russo
|Sports radio and television host, most notably on New York's WFAN |
| Deanna Russo RC '02
|Actress, co-star of USA Network drama series Satisfaction |
Libby Schaaf RC 1987[{{cite news|url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/Mayor-Libby-Schaaf-Is-Person-of-the-Year/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1|title=Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Is Our East Bay Person of the Year|date=January 8, 2016|first=Steven|last=Tavares|access-date=August 27, 2017|publisher=Oakland Magazine|archive-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421035048/http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/Mayor-Libby-Schaaf-Is-Person-of-the-Year/index.php|url-status=dead}}]
|Mayor of Oakland, California |
| Ted Schroeder
|Professional tennis player |
| Matthew H. Smith
|Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Richard V. Spencer ‘76
|76th Secretary of the Navy[{{Cite web |url=https://360.rollins.edu/people/what-ive-learned-richard-spencer-76 |title="What I've Learned: Richard Spencer '76" |access-date=2018-09-03 |archive-date=2021-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109231921/https://360.rollins.edu/people/what-ive-learned-richard-spencer-76 |url-status=dead }}] |
| Karen Steele
|Actress, film Marty[[http://www.nndb.com/people/684/000160204/ Notable Names Database: Karen Steele]] |
Marlene Streit RC '56[{{cite web|url=http://tars.rollins.edu/alumni/events/photos/Reunion08/GroveParty/|title=13th Annual Grove Party|publisher=Rollins College Alumni Association|access-date=October 6, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}]
|Amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame[{{cite web |last=wghof |url=http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/marlene-stewart-streit/ |title=Streit, Marlene Stewart |date=2004 |access-date=January 9, 2018}}] |
| Hal Suit
|Television broadcaster and Georgia politician |
| John H. Sykes
|Businessman |
Lew Temple RC '85[{{cite web|url=http://asp3.rollins.edu/olin/oldsite/archives/golden/Coffie.htm/ |title=Boyd Coffie (1898-1948): Dean of the College |publisher=Olin Library, Rollins College |access-date=October 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720040104/http://asp3.rollins.edu/olin/oldsite/archives/golden/Coffie.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}]
|Actor (films Waitress, Domino, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), former baseball player and scout |
| Fred Toettcher
|Radio personality, host of The Toucher and Rich Show |
| Ralph Twitchell
|Architect, considered the "grandfather" of the Sarasota School of Architecture |
| Cornelia Wallace
|Former First Lady of Alabama; wife of U.S. Presidential Candidate George Wallace |
Al Weiss CB '81[
]|President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
| Terrie Wood
|Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Darien |
| Jerry Zipkin RC '38
| New York socialite known for his lengthy friendship with former First Lady Nancy Reagan[[https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1995/9/a-walker-on-the-wild-side A Walker on the Wild Side] from Vanity Fair September 1995] |
