List of artists and entertainers with advanced degrees
This is a list of artists and entertainers with advanced degrees (PhDs and other academic degrees leading to the title of Doctor). Excluded are honorary degrees.
Research doctorate
[edit]Medical degree
[edit]In many countries, the first medical degree is the MBBS (with MD being reserved for higher doctorates), yet holders of this degree are addressed as "doctor" while practising.
Other professional doctorates
[edit]In some countries, the Juris Doctor is the standard professional degree required to practise law, although the holder is usually not addressed as "doctor".
Person | Known for | Degree | Field | Institution |
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Jackie Fox | Member of the band The Runaways | JD | Law | Harvard Law School[99] |
Denny Greene | Member of the band Sha Na Na | JD | Law | Yale University[100] |
Hill Harper | Actor and writer | JD | Law | Harvard Law School[101] |
Staci Keanan | Actress | JD | Law | Southwestern Law School[102] |
Bridgit Mendler | Actress and singer-songwriter | JD | Law | Harvard Law School[103] |
Tom Rapp | Member of the band Pearls Before Swine | JD | Law | University of Pennsylvania Law School[104][105] |
William Sanderson | Actor | JD | Law | Memphis State University[106] |
Fred Thompson | Actor and U.S. Senator | JD | Law | Vanderbilt University[107] |
Steve Young | American football player | JD | Law | Brigham Young University[108] |
Incomplete or revoked doctorates
[edit]Rapper Roxanne Shante publicly claimed in the early 2000s to have received a master's and PhD in psychology from Cornell University. A 2009 investigation by Slate found no evidence she had received either degree, or a bachelor's.[109] Shante then apologized, stating she had never received a PhD.[110]
Person | Known for | Degree | Field | Institution | Notes |
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Ella Al-Shamahi | Stand-up comedian and television presenter | PhD | Anthropology | University College London | Studying as of 2021[111] |
Mira Aroyo | Member of the band Ladytron | DPhil | Molecular genetics | University of Oxford | Dropped out[112] |
Rowan Atkinson | Actor and comedian | PhD | Electrical Engineering | University of Oxford | Dropped out[113] |
Alan Coren | Humourist and writer | PhD | American literature | Yale University University of California, Berkeley |
Dropped out[114] |
David Duchovny | Actor | PhD | Yale University | Dropped out | |
James Franco[115] | Actor and filmmaker | PhD | English | Yale University | Studying as of 2011 |
PhD | Creative Writing and Literature | University of Houston | Admitted as of 2012 | ||
Art Garfunkel | Singer and actor, member of the band Simon & Garfunkel | PhD | Mathematics Education[116] | Teachers College, Columbia University | Dropped out[117] |
Hong Jin-young | South Korean trot singer and entertainer | PhD | Business Administration | Chosun University | Revoked[118] |
Ashley Judd | Actress | PhD | Public Policy | University of California, Berkeley | Studying as of 2016[119] |
Bridgit Mendler | Actor and singer-songwriter | PhD | Technologies & Social Machines | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Studying as of 2020[120] |
Kim Min-seok | Singer and actor | PhD | Culture and Arts | Hoseo University | Studying as of 2017[121][122] |
Ben Miller | Actor | PhD | Solid state physics | University of Cambridge | Dropped out[123] |
Jay Sean | Singer-songwriter | MBBS | Medicine | Queen Mary University of London | Dropped out[124] |
John Sessions | Actor | PhD | English Literature | McMaster University | Dropped out[125] |
Zhai Tianlin | Actor | PhD | Film Science | Beijing Film Academy | Revoked[126] |
Lee Young-ae | Actress | PhD | Theater and Cinema | Hanyang University | Studying as of 2009[127][128] |
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