The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in McLean, Virginia.
Arts and entertainment
Business
- Steve Case, co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online
- William E. Conway Jr., founder of the Carlyle Group
- Richard Darman, senior Carlyle Group affiliate
- Richard Fairbank, CEO, chairman, co-founder of Capital One
- Najeeb Halaby, CEO of Pan Am, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and father of Queen Noor of Jordan
- Jim Kimsey, co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of America Online
- Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, former AOL senior executive
- Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fortress Investment Group and former president of Fannie Mae
- Steve Salis, co-founder of &pizza, and founder of Sizzle Acquisition
- Dwight Schar, founder and chairman of NVR Inc, America's seventh-largest homebuilder
- Stu Shea, COO of Leidos and founder and chairman of United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
Journalism
- Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondent for ABC World News, Good Morning America and Nightline
- Sam Donaldson, former ABC News anchor and Chief White House Correspondent
- Jonathan Karl, TV and print journalism for ABC News (originally from McLean, later in South Dakota and Poughkeepsie, New York)
- Roger Mudd, Emmy Award-winning journalist, television host and former CBS, NBC and PBS news anchor
- Lauren Shehadi, sportscaster for MLB Network and Turner Sports
- Derek Thompson, staff writer for The Atlantic
Judiciary
Military
Politics
- Spencer Abraham, 10th Secretary of Energy and Republican United States senator from Michigan (1995âÂÂ2001)
- Elliott Abrams, special assistant to former President Bush
- Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, former Saudi ambassador to the United States
- Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi ambassador to the United States
- Joe Allbaugh, campaign manager for George W. Bush
- Jacqueline Bouvier, wife of John F. Kennedy
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter
- Pat Buchanan, political analyst.
- Frank Carlucci, former secretary of defense, former chairman of the Carlyle Group
- Dick Cheney, former vice president of the United States
- Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney
- Lynne Cheney, former Second Lady of the United States
- John Dingell, dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Senator Byron Dorgan
- Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House
- Chuck Hagel, United States secretary of defense
- Jon Huntsman Jr., former governor of Utah and presidential candidate
- Laura Ingraham, Fox News host and conservative political commentator
- Frank Keating, former governor of Oklahoma
- Ethel Kennedy
- Ted Kennedy, senior United States senator from Massachusetts
- Bill Kristol, political analyst
- Patrick Leahy, United States senator from Vermont
- Mike Lee, junior United States senator from Utah
- I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, lawyer, and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2001âÂÂ2005)
- Fred Malek, former assistant to United States presidents George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon
- Terry McAuliffe, governor of Virginia and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Luke Messer, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Don Nickles, former Republican senator from Oklahoma
- Queen Noor of Jordan
- Chuck Robb, former United States senator and governor of Virginia
- Mark Rosenker, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board and Major General USAF (ret)
- Amha Selassie, last emperor of Ethiopia
- John E. Sununu, former United States senator from New Hampshire
- Nicholas Veliotes, former United States ambassador to Egypt and Jordan
- Jean Zermatten, chairman of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child; son of famous Swiss writer Maurice Zermatten
Science
Sports
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