Famous Rotarians

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The following show the diversity of the intellectual, cultural, industry, and governmental leaders Rotary has attracted.

1. Asgeir Asgeirsson, President, Iceland (RC Reykjavík)
2. Prince Axel of Denmark (RC Copenhagen)
3. Jose Belloni, sculptor, Uruguay (RC Montevideo)*
4. Eduard Benes, President, Czechoslovakia
(RC Prague)*
5. Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
(RC Rochester, Minn.)*
6. Frank Borman, U.S. astronaut (RC Space Center,
Houston, Tex.)*
7. John Briggs, British concert pianist (RC Bingley,
England)
8. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Arctic explorer
(RC Winchester, Va., USA)*
9. Josep Ma. Vayreda Canadell, Spanish painter
(RC Gerona)
10. Alcino Cardoso, Secretary of State, Portugal
(RC Porto-Douro)
11. Roger Chapelain-Midy, French painter (RC Paris)*
12. Max Cointreau, owner, Cointreau liquor enterprise
(RC Paris, France)*
13. Holly Compton, 1927 Nobel Prize recipient for
physics (RC St. Louis, Mo., USA)*
14. Gordon Cooper, U.S. astronaut (RC Space Center,
Houston, Tex.)*
15. Michel Debré, Foreign Minister and Minister of
Finance, France (RC Amboise)*
16. Cecil B. De Mille, motion picture director
(RC Hollywood, Ca., USA)*
17. Maurice Denuzière, French writer (Louisiana)
(RC Vitry-Sud-Est de Paris)*
18. Jorge Fidel Duron, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Honduras (RC Tegucigalpa; past RI vice president)
19. Marcelo B. Fernan, Chief Justice, Supreme Court,
Philippines (RC Cebu West)
20. Raymond F. Firestone, chairman and chief executive
officer, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (RC Akron,
Ohio, USA)*
21. Greve Af Rosenborg Flemming, Danish Count
(RC Copenhagen)
22. J. William Fulbright, U.S. Senator from Arkansas
(RC Fayetteville, Ark.)*
23. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Foreign Minister, Germany
(RC Bonn Süd-Bad Godesberg)
24. Zbigniew Gertych, Polish Ambassador to Great
Britain (RC London, England)
25. Edgar A. Guest, American journalist and poet
(RC Detroit, Mich.)*
26. Dr. Lorenzo Guerrero Gutierrez, President, Nicaragua
(RC Granada)
27. Warren G. Harding, U.S. President
(RC Washington, DC)*
28. Reijiro Hattori, chairman, Seiko (RC Tokyo Ginza,
Japan)
29. Steingrimur Hermannsson, Prime Minister, Iceland
(RC Reykjavík)
30. Ko Hirasawa, Japanese anatomist and president of
Kyoto University (RC Kyoto East)*
31. Sydney G. Holland, Prime Minister, New Zealand
(RC Christchurch)*
32. John F. Kennedy, U.S. President (RC Hyannis, Mass.)*
33. Abdulla Khalil, Prime Minister, Sudan
(RC Khartoum)*
34. Chung Yul Kim, Prime Minister, Korea (RC Hanyang)
35. Karl Kobelt, President, Swiss Confederation
(RC St. Gallen)
36. Tapio Korjus, 1988 Olympic Gold Medal winner
(javelin) (RC Lapua Kiviristi, Finland)
37. Chucri Kouatly, President, Syria (RC Damascus)
38. Hans Küng, theologian (RC Reutlingen-Tübingen,
Germany)
39. Jean Leclant, French Egyptologist (RC Paris)
40. Franz Lehar, Austrian composer (RC Vienna)*
41. Connie Mack, Baseball Hall of Fame manager and
team owner (RC Fort Myers, Fla., USA)*
42. Thomas Mann, German novelist, 1929 Nobel Prize
recipient for literature (RC Munich)*
43. Robert Manuel, director, Marigny Theatre, Paris
(RC Paris, France)*
44. Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless, 1909
Nobel Prize recipient for physics (RC Bologna, Italy)*
45. Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister, Czechoslovakia
(RC Prague)*
46. Konosuke Matsushita, president, Matsushita Electric
Co. (RC Osaka, Japan)*
47. Dr. Charles H. Mayo, co-founder, Mayo Clinic
(RC Rochester, Minn., USA)*
48. Cesare Merzagora, President of the Senate, Italy
(RC Milano)
49. Toyohiko Mikimoto, Mikimoto Pearl Co.
(RC Tokyo, Japan)
50. Leonard Mulama, Prime Minister, Democratic
Republic of the Congo (RC Kisangani)
51. Duck Wo Nam, Prime Minister, Korea (RC Hanyang)
52. Heinrich Nordhoff, president, Volkswagen
(RC Braunschweig, Germany)
53. Georges Octors, Belgian orchestra conductor
(RC Brussels)
54. Choong Hoon Park, Prime Minister, Korea
(RC Hanyang)
55. Raul Sapena Pastor, Prime Minister, Paraguay
(RC Asunción; past RI district governor)*
56. Konstantin Päts, President, Estonia (RC Tallinn)*
57. Luciano Pavarotti, Italian opera singer (RC Modena)
58. Norman Vincent Peale, American author and minister
(RC New York, N.Y.)*
59. J.C. Penney, founder, J.C. Penney Co. (RC New York,
N.Y., USA)*
60. Antoine Pinet, Prime Minister, France (RC Saint-
Etienne)*
61. Sir Kenneth Fung Ping-Fan, director, Bank of East
Asia, Ltd., Hong Kong (RC Hong Kong; past RI
district governor)
62. Leopoldo Pirelli, president, Pirelli Tire Co. Italy
(RC Milano)
63. Joan Abello Prat, Spanish painter (RC Barcelona
Condal)
64. Emilio Pucci, Italian couturier (RC Florence)
65. Nereu Ramos, President, Brasil (RC Florianópolis)*
66. Bhichai Rattakul, Foreign Minister, Thailand
(RC Dhonburi; RI president)
67. James Whitcomb Riley, American poet
(RC Indianapolis, Ind.)*
68. Sigmund Romberg, American composer
(RC New York, N.Y.)*
69. General Carlos Romulo, President, Philippines
(RC Manila; past RI vice president)
70. Wolfgang Schallenberg, Austrian Ambassador to
France (RC Wien)
71. Kiyoshi Seike, Japanese architect (RC Tokyo-Meguro)
72. Walter Scheel, President, Germany
(RC Bonn am Rhein)*
73. Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human
Services, USA (RC Madison, Wisc.)
74. Kenjiro Shoda, President, Osaka University, Japan
(RC Osaka)*
75. Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (RC Helsinki)*
76. Tris Speaker, Baseball Hall of Fame player
(RC Cleveland, Ohio, USA)*
77. Sir Sigmund Sternberg, director, Sternberg Centre for
Judaism, England (RC London)
78. Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to
the United Nations and Governor of Illinois
(RC Springfield, Ill.)*
79. Tsuneyoshi Takeda, Japanese Royal Prince
(RC Tokyo-North)*
80. Kiyoshi Togasaki, president and chairman, Japan Times
(RC Tokyo; past RI president)*
81. Claude Vuitton, owner, Vuitton luggage enterprise
(RC Paris-Nord, France)*
82. Charles R. Walgreen Jr., chairman, Walgreen Drug
Company (RC Chicago, Ill., USA)*
83. Earl Warren, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
(RC Sacramento, Calif.)*
84. Byron R. White, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
(RC Denver, Colo.)*
85. Jack Williamson, American science fiction author
(RC Portales, N.M.)
86. Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President (RC Birmingham,
Ala.)*
87. Orville Wright, American aeronautical designer
(RC Dayton, Ohio)*
88. Philip Wylie, American author and social commentator
(RC Middletown, Conn.)*
89. Chang Soon Yoo, Prime Minister, Korea
(RC Hanyang)
90. Willy Zumblick, Brazilian painter (RC Tubarão)