This is a list of notable alumni who graduated and attended Rollins College.
RC=Rollins College
CB=Crummer Graduate School of Business
HH=Hamilton Holt School
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| F. Duane Ackerman RC ’64, CB ’70 | Chairman & CEO, BellSouth |
| Rex Beach (attended RC 1894-1896) | Novelist |
| Clay Bellinger (attended RC 1987-1989) | Former New York Yankee outfielder, played in 1999 World Series |
| Pauline Betz Addie RC '43 | Professional tennis player |
| Jane Blalock RC '67 | Professional golfer |
| Eric Bolling RC '84 | American financial news television personality |
| Lorenzo Borghese RC '95 | Reality television star on ABC's The Bachelor |
| Jim Bowden | Baseball general manager, was at one time the youngest General Manager in baseball history |
| Larry Burkett | Prominent financial radio show host |
| John Castino | Former first baseman and Rookie of the Year for the Minnesota Twins |
| Jane Chambers (attended RC 1954-1956) | Feminist writer and playwright |
| Dorothy Cheney RC '45 | Professional tennis player |
| Ellie Cornell | Actress, films include Halloween 4 and Halloween 5 |
| Leanza Cornett | Miss America 1993; former co-host of Entertainment Tonight |
| Donald J. Cram RC '41 | 1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry |
| Meg Crofton | President of the Walt Disney World Resort |
| Dorothy Cullman | Television producer and philanthropist |
| Olcott Deming | Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda |
| Rust Deming RC '64 | Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia |
| Alice Dye RC '48 | PGA golf course architect and professional golfer |
| Pete Dye | PGA golf course architect |
| Buddy Ebsen | Actor, best known for his work in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Gigi Fernández CB '09 or '10 | Professional tennis player |
| Jonathan Figg RC '97 | Film director |
| Christopher Fitzgerald RC '95 | Actor (Broadway musicals Wicked, Young Frankenstein) |
| Muriel Fox | American women's rights activist, co-founder of the National Organization for Women |
| Shirley Fry Irvin RC '49 | Professional tennis player |
| Rahul Gandhi RC '94 | Scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi family political dynasty |
| Ryan Hanigan | Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds 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 | former president & chairman of The Hoover Company (from 1954–1966) |
| Eddie Huang | restaurateur, food personality, author and former attorney |
| Dana Ivey RC '63 | Actress, (films The Color Purple, The Help, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) |
| Sean CW Johnson | Actor (television series Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) |
| Chris Kahl | Singer known for his songs about Florida |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | Actor & musician, best known as a member of 'N Sync |
| Jack Kramer | Professional tennis player |
| Robert Lado | Linguist and educational leader |
| Deanna Lund | Television and motion picture actress (series Land of the Giants) |
| 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 | Philanthropist (co-founder of the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| Robert Newton Peck RC '53 | American author of children's literature |
| Mike Nicolette RC '78 | Professional golfer |
| Elin Nordegren | Swedish model and former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods |
| Michael Nouri | Actor, best known for his role in Flashdance |
| Rob Oppenheim | Professional golfer |
| Deborah J. Palfrey | former madam known as the "D.C. Madam" by the media |
| Chauncey Parker | New York State government official |
| Anthony Perkins | Actor, best known for his work as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho |
| Michael K. Randolph | Associate judge of the Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Scott Reiniger | Actor, best known for his work in the original Dawn of the Dead |
| Fred Rogers RC '51 | Creator & host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
| Betty Rosenquest Pratt RC '47 | Professional tennis player |
| Chris Russo | Sports radio and television host, most notably on New York's WFAN |
| Ryan Sawchuk | Entrepreneur |
| Wendy Schaetzel Lesko | Nationally recognized expert on youth |
| Ted Schroeder | Professional tennis player |
| Matthew H. Smith | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Karen Steele | Actress, film Marty |
| Marlene Streit RC '56 | Professional tennis player |
| Hal Suit | Television broadcaster and Georgia politician |
| John H. Sykes | American businessman |
| Lew Temple RC '85 | Actor (films Waitress, Domino, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), former baseball player and scout |
| Cornelia Wallace | former First Lady of Alabama and wife of U.S. Presidential Candidate George Wallace |
| Al Weiss CB '81 | President Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
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