Well not my fraternity, but throwing in a very famous name:

Pope Benedict XVI.
Alumni: Lichtenstein-Hohenheim (Freising, Germany)
Honoray Alumni: Alemannia (Munich, Germany)

Checked out all pages and have not found the listing for famous Alpha Xi Deltas:

Marcia Wallace (actress, Bob Newhart show) NOT a Delta Zeta (sorry!!)
Goldie Hawn actress
Betsey Johnson-fashion designer
Jan Davis-astronaut
Sandra Scheuer-shooting victim at Kent State

We have a ton... my personal favorites are Jack Nicklaus and Payne Stewart. My fraternity has won like 30 majors!

Jennifer Dunn was definitely a Gamma Phi Beta. She's been written about in our sorority's magazine many times and IIRC several years ago she was a special guest at at Founders Day event at her former chapter (Lambda - UW). She was also an alumna of my high school and my aunt knew her back in da' day. :p

Tau Kappa Epsilon is proud to say that Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is a member of our fraternity.

Delta Chi has many of it's brothers go on to become successful and famous. Names like Benjamin Harrison, William Jennings Bryant, Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher are among the most recognizable of our alumni. But one trumps even these great men.


























http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ipeSnHEXtn.../Kirk+Fogg.JPG

THAT'S RIGHT, KIRK FOGG FROM LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE.

^^^^ like x 1,000!!!!!!!! Saw someone with a LotHT tshirt on last weekend. Which ever the blue team was.

Some additional famous Theta's:

Dian Fossey - Gorillas in the Mist fame
Ann-Margret - actress
Rue McClannahan - no explanation needed with this group
Kate Voegele - actress One Tree Hill
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - Author of The Yearling
Joan Ganz Cooney - Creator of Sesame Street


There's lots more too. Lots of famous Theta's!

No offense but, how does a "shooting victim" constitute as someone who is famous? It's unfortunate but, AXiD has many other important/ famous women to mention a unfortunate shooting victim.

Debbie Phelps (and her daughters)-mother a Michael Phelps
Kathryn Stockett-Author of "The Help" which is being adapted into a movie
Dana Ivey-Actress (who just happens to be in the new movie, "The Help")
Evette Simmons-Former President of the National Bar Association (also a Delta Sigma Theta)

Ann Bowden-Wife of Bobby Bowden (FSU Football Coach) and mother of the Bowdens who are coaches at other schools

I'm sure there are more but, I don't want to add anymore, tonight.

She wasn't a victim of a random shooting. The Kent State shootings were a big deal.

But...

same question to you: how are mothers and wives of famous people counted as famous?

Straight from Wikipedia (quite the hefty list):

Academia

• Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Laureate in Economics; Professor, Stanford University[8]

[edit] Arts, entertainment, and media

• Joe Don Baker - Actor[9]
• Robert L. Bartley - Editor, The Wall Street Journal[9]
• Marc Blucas - Actor
• Romero Britto - Brazilian neo-pop artist
• Bob Broeg - Hall of Fame baseball journalist/writer for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Jose "Pepi" Diaz - Contestant on The Apprentice 5
• Brandon Ebel- Owner of Tooth and Nail, Solid State and BEC record companies.
• Andy Fickman- Director
• Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) – Children's author[9]
• Christopher George - actor and star of The Rat Patrol[10]
• Tod Goldberg - Author
• John Goodman - Actor[9]
• Steve Hofstetter - Comedian/Radio Personality
• Josh LaBove - Actor
• Carroll O'Connor - Actor[9]
• Danny Pino- Actor
• Walter Plunkett - Academy Award winning costume designer
• Andy Richter - Actor
• Travis Rush - Country musician

[edit] Business

• Tom Barrett - Chairman & CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company[11]
• Richard Bennet, Former Vice President of May Company[11]
• Curt Carlson - Founder Carlson Companies, TGI Fridays, Radisson Hotels[11]
• James L. Clayton - Founder & Retired CEO, Clayton Homes[11]
• Christian Claudio – Puerto Rican athlete, Healthcare Consultant
• Kenneth T. Derr - Chairman, Chevron Oil[11]
• Richard DeVos - President & Co-Founder, Amway Corporation[11]
• John V. Hanson, CEO of Winnebago Corporation
• Jeffrey O. Henley - Chairman, Oracle Corporation
• Jeff Gerhardt - Teacher, inventor, broadcaster and entrepreneur
• John Kotter - Professor, Harvard Business School
• Terry J. Lundgren - President & CEO, Federated Department Stores
• Alexander Muse - President & CEO, Architel
• Kent C. "Oz" Nelson - Retired Chairman & CEO, United Parcel Service[11]
• Harold A. Poling - Retired Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Company[11]
• William Schreyer - Retired Chairman & CEO, Merrill Lynch & Co.[11]
• Jim Shaffer - Author, the Leadership Solution; Founder, the Jim Shaffer Group
• Robert Stempel - Retired Chairman and CEO, General Motors Corporation[11]
• Fred L. Turner - Chairman, McDonald's Corporation[11]

[edit] Government and politics

• Steve Bartlett - Former U.S. Congressman, Dallas, Texas[12]
• Ronald H. Brown - Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce (first African-American member of SigEp)[12]
• Ward Connerly - Civil rights activist, regent of the University of California
• John E. Douglas - Former Chief, FBI Investigative Support Unit[12]
• Brian Dubie - Lt. Governor, State of Vermont
• John Engler - Governor, State of Michigan[12]
• Alexander Wiley - Senator, Wisconsin 1939-1963
• John Arthur Love - Governor, State of Colorado
• Scott McClellan - White House Press Secretary, 2003–2006
• Roy R. Romer - Governor, State of Colorado[12]
• Cecil H. Underwood - Governor, State of West Virginia[12]
• Vito John Fossella, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, 1997—2009
• Lowe Finney - Tennessee State Senator, Gibson County, Weakley County, Madison County[13]

[edit] Military

• James T. Conway - General, United States Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Anthony "Nuts" McAuliffe - General, United States Army[14]
• Kiffin Rockwell - First documented American to score a victory in aerial combat
• Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. - Former Chief of Naval Operations & Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff[14]
• Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr. - Captain, United States Air Force, Korean War ace and the first to fly above 100,000 feet and Mach 3. Nicknamed "America's No. 1 Spaceman"

[edit] Religion and theology

• Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff - Navy chaplain, National Director of Interreligious Affairs (American Jewish Committee), and Special Assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the United States Air Force

[edit] Science and medicine

• Steve Altes - Aerospace engineer, actor
• Karol Bobko - Space Shuttle Commander, NASA
• Brian Werner - Tiger Missing Link Foundation / Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge Co-Founder, Executive Director, Tiger Conservationist
• Douglas C. Engelbart - Inventor of the computer mouse
• Drew Feustel - NASA astronaut; Purdue University
• Ben Richards- President of Miller 4

[edit] Sports

• Bill Brown - Professional football player; Pro Bowl running back, Minnesota Vikings
• Hubert A. Caldwell - Olympic crew, 1928 gold medalist
• Sean Casey - Professional baseball player; first baseman, Boston Red Sox[15]
• Bill Cubit - Head football coach, Western Michigan University
• Bill Doba - Former head football coach, Washington State University
• John Fina - Professional football player; Tackle, Buffalo Bills[15]
• Richard J. Gannon - Professional football player; quarterback, Oakland Raiders, NFL MVP 2002[15]
• Orel Hershiser - Professional baseball player; pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cy Young Award Winner, 1988, World Series Champion[15]
• Tom Hicks - Owner of the Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers and Liverpool FC[15]
• James Johnson- Professional basketball player; Chicago Bulls. Attended Wake Forest University
• Gene Keady - Former Head Coach, Purdue University Men's Basketball[15]
• Bob Lilly - Professional football player; Pro Football Hall of Fame Tackle, Dallas Cowboys[15]
• Dallas Long - Olympic shot putter, 1960 silver medalist, 1964 gold medalist
• Ryan Mathews - Running Back, San Diego Chargers, formerly of California State University of Fresno, NCAA Football Leading Rusher of 2009
• Kevin Marsh - Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach (Nova Southeastern University) 2 Time NCAA National Golf Coach of the Year
• Keith Moreland - Professional baseball player; outfielder, Chicago Cubs
• James Naismith - Inventor of the sport of basketball
• Davey O'Brien - Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, 1938
• Jon Rauch - Professional baseball player; pitcher, Morehead State University
• Alma Richards - Olympic high jumper, 1912 gold medalist
• Roy Riegels - Member of the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, famed for 1929 Rose Bowl where he was dubbed "Wrong Way"
• Johnny Robinson - Professional football player; strong safety, Kansas City Chiefs, All-Time All-AFL Team
• Alvin F. Rylander - Olympic crew, 1928 gold medalist
• J. C. Snead - Professional golfer[15]
• Bob Todd - Ohio State University baseball coach.[16]

I get that the Kent shootings were a big deal but, if we're gonna' go that far-why not make the sorority women who were affected by the Virginia Tech shootings "famous" members, too? It seems odd to me. The Iraq war is also a big deal but, I don't know if my sorority should consider me a "famous" alumna because I was affected by it.

As far as mothers, wives, daughters, etc-you need to check some of the names of people that are considered "famous" because of who they are married to, mothers of, etc. Many of these organizations say, "So-and-So, famous little sister of So-and-So" or "So-and-So, wife of Dr. Seuss" or whoever. If those organizations can do the same thing, I see nothing wrong with saying Debbie Phelps, mother of an Olympic swimmer and an AUTHOR, is famous.

She went to my school and I talked to her when she went through recruitment! My sister was in her Theta chapter. SUCH a nice person and super talented.

^I'm counting on you to be on our Accomplished Alumnae list when you win your Pulitzer!

Dorcas Riley - Former head of the Campbell's kitchen and Inventor of the Green Bean Casserole.

Thread over. We win.:D

Thank you! What a lovely thing to say.

HAHAHAHA! That is AWESOME!

Just some clarifications (I have my new member book right in front of me...and I know it's legit because it came from nationals since I was colony member!)

Marcia Wallace is not an Alpha Xi Delta, nor is Goldie Hawn.

I surrender all alumni bragging privileges to you. I thought we had a fighting chance with Kirk Fogg, but I was sadly mistaken. Here's to you Dorcas Riley.

Where was Ann Bowden an Alpha Xi Delta? Where did she go to college?

She's not. She, like als463 who listed her, is a Phi Mu.

Ann Bowden went to Howard College, now Samford.



And AlphaFrog has indeed won at this thread.

Ann Bowden was 16 when she ran across the Georgia state line with Bobby Bowden to get married. Was she an alum initiate?

I'm afraid you'll have to settle for a tie! From our Accomplished Member list: Agnes White Tizard, Sigma [chapter], Nutritionist; "Betty Crocker" authored Betty Crocker cookbook. There wasn't a color for red plaid...

And KSUViolets08, since you love country music so much, we have Deana Carter & Cathy Deupree (a.k.a. Jett Williams).

One of my favorites, though, is Jean Smart from Designing Women. I was even born on her birthday!

She and Bobby later went to college, as MysticCat said. When he was president of Pike, she was president of Phi Mu. No, she was not an Alumna Initiate. She was initiated in college.

Bobby had already been to UA and was at Howard when they married. I just wondered about the sorority membership since I had always heard they ran off to Georgia to get married when she was 16. Live and learn.

That's all fine and well but, she is not an alumna initiate. You seem to know an awful lot about the Bowden family so, I'm shocked that you don't appear to know the answer to your own question. Why do you know so much about them?

From watching the Today Show this morning, learned that Megyn Kelly is a member of Tri Delta (Syracuse).

What has that got to do with it? Many married people back then were college initiates. It went out of favor but some have lately. We don't have a rule against it.

This thread is 7.5 years old.

Proving that the Internet is forever.

I never understood the whole famous people thing myself. *shrug*

This one is famous by birth — chef and Food Network host, Bobby Flay, has a daughter (Sophie) who just graduated from USC (California, not Carolina) who is a DG. He was on “The Chew” today and they showed her graduation photo with her DG sash.

So Sylvester Stallone’s daughter and Bobby Flay’s daughter were both DG’s at USC the same time. DG Dad’s Day was a celebrity event!

^^^ I know a DG alumna from USC. She married the son of the former/retired CEO of Anheiser-Busch. I'm getting a sense that this chapter may have some connections to the rich and famous....

This young lady is a Kappa Kappa Gamma at Stanford University and is the chapter's PR chairperson. Her name is Maggie McGraw and her parents are Tim McGraw (Pi Kappa Alpha) and Faith Hill.

http://stanford.kappa.org/chapter-officers

Actress Lori Laughlin (“Full House”) said on the Today Show this morning that her daughter, Isabella Giannulli, is in college and joined a sorority. She’s 19 so she’d be a rising sophomore. Isabella’s dad is fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli.

Anyone know details?

I believe Bella joined Kappa at USC just based on the fact that USC Kappa is the only USC sorority she follows on instagram, and they follow her too.

Hailie Scott (Eminem's daughter) is a ZTA from Michigan State University.

Not famous outside of SAI, but SAI's current National President (2012-Present), Leslie Odom Miller, DMA, is a member of Delta Delta Delta initiated at Butler University.

Omari Hardwick (Ghost from Power) is an Alpha.

https://images.huffingtonpost.com/20...9931-thumb.jpg

Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight, is also an Alpha.

https://images.indianexpress.com/201...enkins-759.jpg