Famous Toastmasters

We're in good company. You'll be hard pressed to find an occupation that cannot be enhanced by the skills learned in Toastmasters. Many well-known people from various fields have been Toastmasters, including, Napoleon Hill, James Lovell, Leonard Nimoy.

Carl Albert	Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971-77)
Tim Allen	Actor and Comedian
William Bennett	Former Premier of British Columbia, Canada
Everett Alvarez	American POW - Vietnam War; Former Deputy Director of the Peace Corps and Veterans Admin
James Brady	Two-term Press Secretary for U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Author of the Brady Bill
Nancy Brinker	Founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary
Peter Coors	Chairman of Coors Brewing Company
Ben Couch	Late Former Member of Parliament, New Zealand
Philip Crosby	Quality Expert and Leader of the Quality Movement
Carl Dixon	Rock Musician, Former Lead Singer for The Guess Who
Mark Eaton	Former ALL Star Center for the NBA's Utah Jazz
Robert Emory	Founder, Emory Worldwide Courier Service
Debbi Fields Rose	Founder, Mrs. Fields Cookies
Anita Perez Ferguson	Former President, U.S. Natl. Women's Political Caucus; Princeton Lecturer & NPR Contributor
Steve Fraser	1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling; Dir. of Sports Marketing for Domino's Pizza
Napoleon Hill	Best-selling Author of "Think and Grow Rich"; Presidential Advisor
Tara Dawn Holland	Miss America, 1997
K.C. Jones	Former Basketball Coach for NBA’s Boston Celtics
Richard Lamm	Former Governor of Colorado (1975-1987) and 1996 Reform Party Presidential Candidate
Donald D. Lennox	Former President, Xerox Corporation's Information Systems Group
Linda Lingle	Former Governor of Hawaii (2002-2010)
James Lovell	Former U.S. Astronaut; missions included Apollo 13
Chris Matthews	Author and Host on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews”
Harvey Mackay	Best-selling Author of "Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive"
Bob McTeer	Former President/CEO, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank; Former Chancellor, Texas A&M University
Hyde Murray	Former Republican Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives
Robert Nesen	Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1970-71
Todd Newton	TV Host (E!, USA, Travel Channel, Game Show Network), Life Coach and Speaker
Leonard Nimoy	Actor
Paul Oreffice	Former President and CEO of Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan
Cavett Robert	Late Founder of the National SpeakersAssociation; Author
Pat Roberts	U.S. Senator, Republican from Kansas
Walter Schirra	Late Former U.S. Astronaut; only man to fly in the United States' first three space missions
Carol Stoker	Missouri State Congresswoman
John Tunney	Former U.S. Senator and Television Commentator
King Vidor	Late Director of Classic Hollywood Motion Pictures
John Young	Former U.S. Astronaut