Name | Original chapter | Notability | References |
Sheldon Adelson | Honorary | Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation; philanthropist; established the Adelson Family Foundation, 24th-richest person in the world according to Forbes[1] | [2] |
Bob Diener | Phi Gamma | Founder of Hotels.com and Getaroom.com[3] | [2] |
Michael Albert | Mu Tau | Political activist and economist; co-founder and co-editor of Z Magazine | [2] |
Irving Azoff | Delta | Chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group; former president of MCA Records; former executive chairman of Live Nation | [2] |
Jason Bedrick | Beta Epsilon | Member of the New Hampshire state legislature | [4] |
Alan Baker | Honorary | Former Israeli Ambassador to Canada | [2] |
Gary Bettman | Beta | Commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL) | [2] |
Wolf Blitzer | Upsilon Beta | Journalist, author, CNN correspondent | [5] |
Myles Brand | Rho Pi | President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (2002-2009); President of Indiana University (1994-2002); President of the University of Oregon (1989-1994) | [2] |
James L. Brooks | Alpha | Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producer and director | [2] |
Ken Chertow | Pi Deuteron | Former Olympic wrestler | [2] |
Brad Cohen | Beta Upsilon | Teacher, author, motivational speaker and subject of the film Front of the Class | [2] |
Jeff Cohen | Chi Alpha | Child actor (The Goonies) | [2] |
Irwin Cotler | Epsilon Chi | Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | [2] |
Ian Eagle | Sigma Deuteron | Sports broadcaster | [citation needed] |
Zach Tyler Eisen | Sigma Deuteron | Actor and voice actor; voice of Aang on Avatar: The Last Airbender | [6] |
Boris Epshteyn | Eta Sigma | Former White House Assistant Director of Communications for Surrogate Operations; Chief Political Analyst, Sinclair Broadcast Group | [2] |
Jay Feinberg | Honorary | Founder and CEO of the Gift of Life Marrow Registry | [2] |
Wayne Firestone | Kappa Deuteron | President and CEO of Hillel (2006-2013) | [2] |
Eric Fingerhut | Omicron Deuteron, Honorary | US Representative from Ohio (1993-1995); Ohio State Senator (1991-1992, 1999-2006); Chancellor of Ohio State Board of Regents (2007-2011); President and CEO of Hillel (2013-present) | [2] |
Richard H. Frank | Delta | Former president of Walt Disney Studios | [2] |
Art Garfunkel | Iota | Singer and composer, half of Simon & Garfunkel | [7] |
Scott Garson | Sigma Beta | Head men's basketball coach at College of Idaho | [8] |
Frank Gehry | Upsilon | Pritzker Prize-winning architect | [2] |
Leonard Goldberg | Gamma | Former chairman of 20th Century Fox | [2] |
Neil Goldman | Epsilon Upsilon | Television writer and executive producer of Family Guy, Scrubs, and Worst Week | [2] |
Josh Gottheimer | Gamma | U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district | [2] |
Herb Gray | Honorary | Canada's first Jewish Cabinet member; Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (1997-2002); Chancellor of Carleton University (2008-2011) | [2] |
Patrick T. Harker | Gamma | President of University of Delaware; former dean of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | [2] |
Yoel Hasson | Honorary | Member of the Knesset, Kadima Party | [citation needed] |
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Upsilon Alpha | Basketball player for the Beşiktaş Icrypex in the Basketbol Süper Ligi | [2] |
David Horowitz | Beta Upsilon | Television personality, consumer advocate | [2] |
H. Robert Horvitz | Mu Tau | Nobel Prize winner in Medicine | [2] |
Alan Jacobson | Kappa Chi | American author of mystery, suspense, thriller and action novels | [2] |
Allan Jaffe | Gamma | Family owner of New Orleans' Preservation Hall | [2] |
Richard Joel | Alpha | President of Yeshiva University; former International Director of Hillel | [2] |
Tomer Kagan | Sigma Zeta | Founder of Quixey, a search engine for apps | [9] |
Ron Klein | Eta | Former member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district | [2] |
Jerry Lewis | Sigma | Comedian; Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association | [5] |
Richard Lewis | Eta | Actor, comedian | [2] |
Howard Lorber | Alpha Epsilon | CEO and President of Vector Group; Chairman of Nathan's Famous | [2] |
Daniel Magder | Beta Chi | Actor (Life With Derek) | [10] |
Josh Mandel | Eta | State Treasurer of Ohio; United States Senate candidate | [2] |
Bernard Marcus | Rho Upsilon | Founder of Home Depot | [11] |
Steven Markowitz | Gamma | Rapper under the stage name "Hoodie Allen" | [2] |
Justin Mateen | Upsilon | Founder of Tinder, a dating app | [9] |
Brad Meltzer | Omega Deuteron | New York Times bestselling author | [12] |
Charles C. Moskowitz | Alpha | Former president and treasurer of MGM Studios; fraternity founder | [13] |
Jerrold Nadler | Iota | United States Congressman, New York's 8th congressional district | [2] |
Ari Ne'eman | Mu Delta | Founder of Autistic Self Advocacy Network; first autistic presidential appointee | [14][15] |
Jordy Nelson | Kappa Sigma | Professional football player | [2] |
Robert Novak | Delta | Columnist, pundit and Crossfire panelist | [16] |
Mike Pesca | Epsilon | National Public Radio correspondent | [17] |
Jim Pollak | Beta Iota | 1992 Olympian; 1990 Goodwill Games gold medalist; four-time US National Champion in cycling | [2] |
Ron Popeil | Delta | Inventor; infomercial producer; owner of Ronco Industries | [2] |
Stanley B. Prusiner | Gamma | Nobel Prize winner in Medicine | [2] |
Jerry Reinsdorf | Kappa Deuteron | Owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox | [2] |
Adam Richman | Epsilon | Star of Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel | [2] |
Scott Rogowsky | Psi | Comedian and former host of HQ Trivia | [18] |
Abe Saperstein | Delta | Founder, former owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters | [19] |
Eduardo Saverin | Eta Psi | Brazilian internet entrepreneur and investor; co-founder of Facebook | [20] |
Michael Schwerner | Beta | Civil rights worker killed on June 21, 1964, depicted in Mississippi Burning | [2] |
Samuel H. Shapiro | Delta | Former Governor of Illinois | [2] |
Levi Shemtov | Kappa Deuteron | Director of Chabad, Washington, D.C. | [2] |
Fred Silverman | Sigma Deuteron | Producer; former president of NBC Television | [2] |
Chet Simmons | Iota Deuteron | Founding president of ESPN | [2] |
Paul Simon | Kappa Chi | Singer, composer, half of Simon & Garfunkel | [7] |
Randy and Jason Sklar | Omega Deuteron | Actors, comedians; hosts of Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic as well as the Sklarbro Country and Dumb People Town podcasts | [2] |
Jeremy Smith | Delta | Creator of SpotHero, a parking app[21] | [9] |
Steve Stone | Phi Deuteron | Cy Young Winner 1980; Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox TV color analyst | [2] |
Richard Thaler | Tau Deuteron | Nobel Prize winner, Economics ’17 | [2] |
Matt Van Horn | Upsilon Alpha | Co-founder of Lyft (formerly Zimride), CEO and co-founder of June | |
John E. Wallace, Jr. | Rho Deuteron | New Jersey Supreme Court Justice, appointed May 20, 2003 | |
Sanford I. Weill | Beta | Co-chairman of Citigroup | [2] |
Matt Weitzman | Sigma Pi | Co-creator and Co-Executive Producer of American Dad! | [2] |
Gene Wilder | Iota Upsilon | Actor, producer, and director | [2] |
Walter Winchell | Lambda Deuteron | Gossip columnist, radio personality | [22] |
Robert Wittenberg | Beta Iota | Democratic politician currently representing the 27th District in the Michigan House of Representatives. | [23] |
Scott Wolf | Kappa Deuteron | Actor | [2] |
Sam Zell | Omega Deuteron | Real estate entrepreneur; co-founder and chairman of Equity International; owner of the Tribune Company | [2] |
Mark Zuckerberg | Eta Psi | Founder of Facebook | [24] |