Each fall sororities across the nation usher in a new class of sisters, thus furthering their rich traditions. Sororities offer young college women more than a social outlet, but academic support, networking, leadership and more.
Here we’ve listed some of the famous or celebrity members of many popular sororities, women who started just as any other sister and rose to become great authors, singers, politicians, authors or artists.
- Condoleeza Rice – Former Secretary of State
- Trista Rehn – Bachelorette
Alpha Delta Pi
- Danika McKellar – “Winnie” on Wonder Years
- Nancy Grace – CNN Journalist
- Jeri Ryan – Actress
- Kimberly Williams – Actress
- Joyce Dewitt – Actress
- Lucy Liu – Actress
- Cybill Shepherd – Actress
Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Coretta Scott King
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Alicia Keys
- Joan Lunden – Journalist
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Actress
- Patricia Heaton – Actress
Delta Phi Epsilon
- Bette Midler – Singer, Actress
Delta Sigma Theta
- Aretha Franklin
- Natalie Cole
- Joy Behar – The View
Delta Delta Delta- Deborah Norville – Inside Edition
- Dixie Carter – Actress
- Elizabeth Dole – U.S. Senator
- Katie Couric – CBS Anchor
- Molly Sims – Actress, Model
- Hoda Kotb – Today Show
- Sara Blakely – Spanx Creator
Gamma Phi Beta
- Kristin Chenoweth – Actress
- Barbara Bush – Daughter of Former President George W. Bush
- Laura Bush – Former First Lady
- Holly Hunter – Actress
- Sheryl Crow – Singer
- Ali Landry – Former Miss USA, Actress
- Georgia O’Keefe – Artist
Ashley Judd – Actress- Kate Spade – Designer
- Sophia Bush – Actress
- Faye Dunaway – Actress
- Sue Grafton – Author
- Erin Andrews – ESPN Reporter
Know of someone not on our list? Please add them below!
posted on September 1st, 2009
by Brandi, Senior Editor
Tags: Celebrities, sororities
Posted in Celebrities, Greek Life | 34 Comments »
December 6th, 2011 at 12:59 am
Lo Bosworth- Kappa Kappa Gamma
November 9th, 2011 at 12:53 am
Erin Andrews (Gamma Iota) – ESPN reporter
Susan Ford Bales (Alpha Upsilon) – Daughter of President Gerald Ford, Spokesperson for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Brigadier General Margaret A. Brewer, U.S.M.C. (Alpha Gamma) – First Woman General of the United States Marine Corps
Betty Buckley (Gamma Psi) – Tony Award winning theater, film, and television actress; (Cats, Eight is Enough, Tender Mercies)
Faith Daniels (Theta) – News personality; (48 Hours, Sunday Morning, The Today Show, CBS Morning News, A Closer Look)
Phyllis George (Gamma Phi) – Miss America 1971, Emmy Award winning television host and sportscaster (The NFL Today) and author
Shannon James (Eta Kappa) – model
Geralyn Lucas (Special Initiate of Theta Xi) – author and Director of Public Affairs for Lifetime Television
Deborah Platt Majoras (Delta Omega) – former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Jenna Morasca – Winner of Survivor: The Amazon, and contestant on Survivor: All Stars
Betty Nguyen (Kappa) – CNN journalist
Nicole Paggi (Theta Psi) – Actress
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (Kappa) – Daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, wife of Charles Robb
Brittany Toll (Beta Nu)- Current Miss New Mexico USA, top 16 finalist at Miss USA and “Fan Favorite” and former Miss New Mexico Teen USA
Dr. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Beta Gamma) – First female to win the Pulitzer Prize in music and to receive a doctorate in music composition from Juilliard.
Shonda Schilling (Iota Delta) Founder of SHADE, The Curt and Shonda Schilling Melanoma Foundation of America, wife of Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling
September 7th, 2011 at 8:55 am
[...] in college. When I first came to college, I joined some traditional clubs, such as Spanish Club, a sorority, and a professional writing [...]
March 14th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Chi Omega:
Angela Kinsey (The Office)
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
February 1st, 2011 at 11:38 am
Famous Thetas
Melinda French Gates (Beta Rho, Duke) – wife of Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,Time, Person of the Year, 2005
Nancy Hanks (Beta Rho, Duke) – first female Chairman of the US National Endowment for the Arts
Tory Burch - fashion designer
Sheryl Crow - 9-time Grammy award-winning singer
Amy Grant - 6-time Grammy award-winning singer
Laura Bush - wife of former President George W. Bush
Jenna Bush and Barbara Bush - daughters of former President Bush
Lynne Cheney - wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney
Marjorie Husted - home economist who created the Betty Crocker line
Diane Marie Disney and Sharon Mae Disney - daughters of Walt Disney. For this reason, Kappa Alpha Theta’s symbol (the kite) and the flower (the pansy) are features in the Disney film Mary Poppins. The song “Let’s Go Fly A Kite” was dedicated to Theta.
Kerri Strug - 1996 Olympic gold medal winning gymnast
Joan Ganz Cooney - founder of Children’s Television Workshop and creator of Sesame Street
Marlo Thomas - actress
Ann-Margret - 5-time Golden Glove award-winning actress
January 14th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Cloris Leachman- Gamma Phi Beta
And to clear up something Vienna from the Bachelor is a Kappa Delta..not a Gphi!
January 13th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
[...] health and political awareness and involvement.” She further thanked all Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters for their efforts to uphold the name of their [...]
January 8th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Nancy Grace would be an ADPi…..
January 7th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Betsey Johnson- Alpha Xi Delta
January 7th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Rosa Parks was a honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Farrah Fawcett was in Delta Delta Delta
January 7th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Joan Rivers-Sigma Delta Tau
Christy Carlson Romano-Sigma Delta Tau
January 6th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I see Sigma Kappa wasn’t in this list. Here are a few!
-Judith Guest (Author)
- Margaret Chase Smith (First Female US Senator)
- Angela Stanford (LPGA Golfer)
- Maitland Ward (Actress)
- Tara Gray (Ms. Alabama 2002)
-Maitland Ward-Actress
-Lauren Roman-Actress
January 6th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
Other famous Thetas:
Walt Disney’s Daughters
Sarah Clark- actress in tv series “24″
Kate Voegle- famous singer
January 6th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Rosemarie Dewit- Alpha Phi
January 6th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Lilly pulitzer – Delta Zeta
January 6th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Kerri Strug, Olympic gymnast – Kappa Alpha Theta
Marjorie Child Husted, creator of Betty Crocker – Kappa Alpha Theta
January 6th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Tory Burch- Kappa Alpha Theta
January 6th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Jenna Bush, Barbara’s twin sister and Laura’s daughter, is also a Kappa Alpha Theta.
January 6th, 2011 at 3:57 am
also vienna from bachelor was a gamma phi beta
January 6th, 2011 at 3:22 am
Mary Fallin- Kappa Alpha Theta (Oklahoma’s first female govener)
January 6th, 2011 at 3:07 am
Jennifer Garner was a Pi Beta Phi
January 6th, 2011 at 2:36 am
Tory Burch-Kappa Alpha Theta
January 6th, 2011 at 2:15 am
Heather Locklear – Chi Omega
January 6th, 2011 at 1:26 am
More Kappa Delta famous alums are:
Leigh Anne and Collins Tuohy: Movie the BlindSide was based off of
Patricia Miller: Co-Creator of Vera Bradley
Kathleen Babineau Blanco: Governor of Louisiana
Christine O’ Grady Gregoire: Governor of Washington
Debbie Maffett Wilson: Miss America, journalist
January 6th, 2011 at 12:46 am
Tory Burch: Kappa Alpha Theta
January 6th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Alpha Delta Pi-
Shirley McClain
Michelle Pfeiffer
Emilyann Procter
January 5th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Carrie Underwood- Sigma Sigma Sigma
January 5th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Sounds like a list of women with no knowledge of how to make a sandwich.
January 5th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Tori Burch- Kappa Alpha Theta
January 5th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Tory Burch- Kappa Alpha Theta
Whitney Port- Kappa Alpha Theta
Cindy McCain- Kappa Alpha Theta
Barbara Bush (Mother of George W.)- Pi Beta Phi
December 24th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Laura Bush- Kappa Alpha Theta
Betsey Johnson- Alpha Xi Delta
January 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
I have a list of celebrities. you already have some of them but here I have more
Carrie Underwood – Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sophia Bush – Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sabrina Bryan – Delta Gamma
Lucy Liu – Chi Omega
Jennifer Garner – Pi Beta Phi
JoAnna Garcia – Delta Delta Delta
Christy Carlson Romano – Sigma Delta Tau
Molly Sims, actress – Delta Delta Delta
Ashley Judd, actress – Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sheryl Crow, singer – Kappa Alpha Theta
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress – Delta Gamma
Demetra George – Gamma Phi Beta
Kelli O’Hara – Gamma Phi Beta
Bailey Hanks – Gamma Phi Beta
Beth Brickell – Pi Beta Phi
Kate Capshaw – Alpha Delta Pi
Dixie Carter – Delta Delta Delta
Kristin Chenoweth – Gamma Phi Beta
Shirley Christian – Alpha Delta Pi
Rita Coolidge – Alpha Gamma Delta
Amy Grant – Kappa Alpha Theta
Cathy Guisewite- Delta Delta Delta
Florence Henderson – Delta Zeta
Ann-Margret – Kappa Alpha Theta
Rue McClanahan – Kappa Alpha Theta
Donna Mills – Delta Gamma
Kimberly Williams-Paisley – Alpha Phi
Jean Smart – Alpha Delta Pi
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 am
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