List of athletes with advanced degrees
This is a list of athletes with advanced degrees (PhDs and other degrees at that academic level). Honorary degrees are excluded.
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.
Athlete | Degree | Field | Institution | Known for |
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Jack Allen | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[30] | Major League Baseball player |
Pete Allen | MD | Medicine | College of Philadelphia Department of Medicine[31] | Major League Baseball player, professor at Jefferson Medical College |
Steve Arlin | DDS | Dental surgery | Ohio State University College of Dentistry[32] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Mark Baldwin | MD | Medicine | Baltimore Medical College[33] | |
Roger Bannister | Medicine, Neurology | Exeter College, Oxford | Olympic middle-distance runner, first person to break the 4 minute mile | |
Walter Bernhardt | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[34] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Bobby Brown | MD | Medicine | Tulane University School of Medicine[35] | Major League Baseball third baseman and president of the American League |
Lou Bruce | DDS | Dental surgery | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery[36] | Major League Baseball player, Mohawk activist |
David Bruton | DPT | Physical therapy | University of Colorado School of Medicine[37] | National Football League safety |
Doc Bushong | DDS | Dental surgery | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery[38] | Major League Baseball catcher, possible inventor of the catcher's mitt, namesake of Bushong, Kansas[39] |
Billy Cannon | University of Tennessee College of Dentistry[40] | National Football League player and Heisman Trophy winner | ||
Doc Carroll | DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine[41][42] | Major League Baseball catcher |
Elise Chabbey | MD | Medicine[43] | Professional racing cyclist | |
Jack Darragh | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[30] | Major League Baseball player |
Terry Dischinger | University of Tennessee College of Dentistry[44] | National Basketball Association All-Star | ||
Kevin Draxinger | MD | Medicine | University of British Columbia [45][46] | Canadian backstroke swimmer at the 1992 Summer Olympics |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | MDCM | McGill University Faculty of Medicine[47] | National Football League guard, Super Bowl champion | |
Doc Farrell | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[48] | Major League Baseball infielder |
Simon Fraser | DO | Medicine | Ohio University Heritage School of Medicine[49] | National Football League defensive end |
Moonlight Graham | MD[50] | Baltimore Medical College | Major League Baseball player whose life story was featured in the 1989 film Field of Dreams | |
Randy Gregg | MD | University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry[51] | National Hockey League player | |
Tom Gunning | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine[52] | Major League Baseball player | ||
Mark Hamilton | Zucker School of Medicine[53] | |||
Eric Heiden | Stanford University School of Medicine[54] | American long track speed skater and five-time gold medalist at the Winter Olympics. Regarded as most successful Winter Olympian and one of 50 greatest athletes of the 20th century. | ||
Gail Hopkins | Rush Medical College | Major League Baseball player[5] | ||
Les Horvath | DDS | Dental surgery | Ohio State University College of Dentistry[32] | National Football League player and Heisman Trophy winner |
Nate Hughes | MD | Medicine | University of Mississippi Medical Center[55] | National Football League wide receiver |
Doc Imlay | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[30] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Jumping Jack Jones | Harvard Dental School | Major League Baseball pitcher[56] | ||
MD | Medicine | Yale Medical School | ||
Ryan Kohlmeier | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry[57] | Major League Baseball player |
Lise Leveille | MD | Medicine | Queen's University at Kingston[15] | French Canadian gymnast represented at the 2000 Olympic Games. |
Jim Lonborg | DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine[58] | Cy Young Award-winning Major League Baseball pitcher |
Joel Makovicka | DPT | Physical therapy | Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions[59] | National Football League player |
Justin Maxwell | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Maryland School of Dentistry[60] | Major League Baseball outfielder |
Doc McMahon | DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine[61] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Doc Medich | MD | Medicine | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | |
Bill Mlkvy | DMD | Dental medicine | Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry[62] | National Basketball Association player |
Bill McColl | MD | Medicine, neurosurgery | Pritzker School of Medicine[63] | National Football League player, missionary, father of Milt McColl |
Milt McColl | Medicine | Stanford University School of Medicine[64][65] | National Football League player, son of Bill McColl | |
Nadia Nadim | Medicine | Aarhus University[66] | National Women's Soccer League and Denmark Women's National Football Team player | |
Jack Nichols | DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine[67] | National Basketball Association player |
Rich Nye | DVM | Veterinary medicine | University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine[68] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Dip Orange | MD | Medicine | Meharry Medical College[69][70] | Negro National League baseball player |
Charlie Pechous | Stritch School of Medicine[71] | Major League Baseball player | ||
Arlie Pond | University of Vermont College of Medicine[72] | |||
Bob Poser | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health[73][74] | |||
Myron Rolle | Florida State University College of Medicine[75][76] | National Football League safety, Rhodes Scholar | ||
Frank Sexton | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine[30] | Major League Baseball pitcher | ||
Harvey Smith | ||||
Genevra Stone | Tufts University School of Medicine[77] | Olympic rower | ||
Ad Swigler | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania Dental School[78] | Major League Baseball player |
Ron Taylor | MD | Medicine | University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine[79] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Henry Thielman | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[30] | |
Jenny Thompson | MD | Medicine | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons | Olympic swimmer |
Will Thompson | DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine[30] | Major League Baseball pitcher |
Doc White | Georgetown University School of Dentistry[80] | |||
Walt Whittaker | DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine[41][81] | |
Haley Wickenheiser | MD | Medicine | University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine | Canadian Olympic ice hockey gold medal player and team captain, considered among the greatest female ice hockey players of all time, then a physician |
Other professional doctorates
[edit]In some countries, the Juris Doctor is the standard professional degree required to practice law, although the holder is usually not addressed as "doctor".
Incomplete or revoked doctorates
[edit]Person | Degree | Field | Institution | Known for | Notes |
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Nadine Apetz | PhD | Neuroscience | University Hospital Cologne | German amateur boxer | Studying as of 2016[104] |
Pau Gasol | MD | Medicine | University of Barcelona | Professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague | Dropped out[105] |
Hadia Hosny | PhD | Pharmacology | Cairo University | Egyptian Olympic badminton player | Studying as of 2015[106] |
Hui Ruoqi | PhD | Physical education | Nanjing Normal University | Chinese volleyball player | Studying as of 2017[107] |
Pál Schmitt | PhD | Physical education | Semmelweis University | Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician | Revoked[108] |
Louise Shanahan | PhD | Quantum physics | Cambridge University | Irish Olympic athlete | Studying as of 2019[109] |
Chris Spence | EdD | Education | University of Toronto | Canadian Football League player | Revoked[110][111][112] |
Shao Ting | PhD | Education | Beijing Normal University | Chinese basketball player for the Beijing Great Wall and the Chinese national team | Studying as of 2019[113] |
Veronica Toro Arana | MD | Medicine | Stanford University School of Medicine | Puerto Rican Olympic rower | Studying as of 2016[114] |
Sun Yang | PhD | Kinesiology | Shanghai University of Sport | Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. | Studying as of 2018[115] |
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