Celebrities with Chemistry Degrees
Famous People who Majored in Chemistry
Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) - The current leader of the Catholic Church holds a chemical technician's degree and briefly held a position in a laboratory prior to joining the priesthood.
Indra Nooyi - Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, received a bachelor's degree in chemistry, physics and mathematics from Madras Christian College, India in 1974.
Dolph Lundgren - Known for his role as Soviet Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Washington State University and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney.
Angela Merkel - Current Chancellor of Germany and one of the most powerful women in the world, Merkel wrote her doctoral dissertation on quantum chemistry from the Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic, 1986.
Margaret Thatcher - The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom graduated from Oxford with an undergraduate degree in chemistry focusing on x-ray crystallography.
Janet Reno - Former Attorney General of the United States, Janet Reno earned a chemistry degree from Cornell University before receiving her law degree.
Kurt Vonnegut (Dropout) - Late author of Slaughterhouse-Five attended Cornell in the 1940's to pursue a chemistry degree before eventually dropping out.
Frank Capra - The renowned director of It's a Wonderful Life earned a degree in chemical engineering from CalTech before gaining fame in the film industry.
