This is a list of artists and entertainers with advanced degrees (PhDs and other academic degrees leading to the title of Doctor). Excluded are honorary degrees.
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.
In some countries, the Juris Doctor is the standard professional degree required to practise law, although the holder is usually not addressed as "doctor".
Person | Known for | Degree | Field | Institution |
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Jackie Fox | Member of the band The Runaways | JD | Law | Harvard Law School [100] |
Denny Greene | Member of the band Sha Na Na | JD | Law | Yale University [101] |
Hill Harper | Actor and writer | JD | Law | Harvard Law School [102] |
Staci Keanan | Actress | JD | Law | Southwestern Law School [103] |
Bridgit Mendler | Actress and singer-songwriter | JD | Law | Harvard Law School [104] |
Tom Rapp | Member of the band Pearls Before Swine | JD | Law | University of Pennsylvania Law School [105] [106] |
William Sanderson | Actor | JD | Law | Memphis State University [107] |
Fred Thompson | Actor and U.S. Senator | JD | Law | Vanderbilt University [108] |
Steve Young | American football player | JD | Law | Brigham Young University [109] |
Rapper Roxanne Shante publicly claimed in the early 2000s to have received a master's and PhD in psychology from Cornell University. A 2009 investigation by Slate found no evidence she had received either degree, or a bachelor's. [110] Shante then apologized, stating she had never received a PhD. [111]
Person | Known for | Degree | Field | Institution | Notes |
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Ella Al-Shamahi | Stand-up comedian and television presenter | PhD | Anthropology | University College London | Studying as of 2021 [112] |
Mira Aroyo | Member of the band Ladytron | DPhil | Molecular genetics | University of Oxford | Dropped out [113] |
Rowan Atkinson | Actor and comedian | PhD | Electrical Engineering | University of Oxford | Dropped out [114] |
Alan Coren | Humourist and writer | PhD | American literature | Yale University University of California, Berkeley | Dropped out [115] |
David Duchovny | Actor | PhD | Yale University | Dropped out | |
James Franco [116] | Actor and filmmaker | PhD | English | Yale University | Studying as of 2011 |
PhD | Creative Writing and Literature | University of Houston | Admitted as of 2012 | ||
Art Garfunkel | Singer and actor, member of the band Simon & Garfunkel | PhD | Mathematics Education [117] | Teachers College, Columbia University | Dropped out [118] |
Hong Jin-young | South Korean trot singer and entertainer | PhD | Business Administration | Chosun University | Revoked [119] |
Ashley Judd | Actress | PhD | Public Policy | University of California, Berkeley | Studying as of 2016 [120] |
Bridgit Mendler | Actor and singer-songwriter | PhD | Technologies & Social Machines | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Studying as of 2020 [121] |
Kim Min-seok | Singer and actor | PhD | Culture and Arts | Hoseo University | Studying as of 2017 [122] [123] |
Ben Miller | Actor | PhD | Solid state physics | University of Cambridge | Dropped out [124] |
Jay Sean | Singer-songwriter | MBBS | Medicine | Queen Mary University of London | Dropped out [125] |
John Sessions | Actor | PhD | English Literature | McMaster University | Dropped out [126] |
Zhai Tianlin | Actor | PhD | Film Science | Beijing Film Academy | Revoked [127] |
Lee Young-ae | Actress | PhD | Theater and Cinema | Hanyang University | Studying as of 2009 [128] [129] |
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, when the first doctorates were awarded at the University of Bologna and the University of Paris.
Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.
A doctorate or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi.
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private medical school in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution as part of the integrated healthcare Montefiore Health System and also has affiliations with Jacobi Medical Center and Yeshiva University.
A Doctor of Medicine is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a professional degree. This generally arose because many in 18th-century medical professions trained in Scotland, which used the M.D. degree nomenclature. In England, however, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) was used: in the 19th century, it became the standard in Scotland too. Thus, in the United Kingdom, Ireland and other countries, the M.D. is a research doctorate, honorary doctorate or applied clinical degree restricted to those who already hold a professional degree (Bachelor's/Master's/Doctoral) in medicine. In those countries, the equivalent professional degree to the North American, and some others' usage of M.D. is still typically titled Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
A Doctor of Science is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world.
The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) or (DrBA) is a terminal degree in business administration. The DBA is classified as a research doctorate or professional doctorate depending on the granting university and country where the degree was awarded. Academically, the DBA is awarded based on advanced study, examinations, project work, and advanced research in the field of business administration.
The Doctor of Medicine–Doctor of Philosophy (MD–PhD) is a dual doctoral program for physician–scientists, combining the professional training of the Doctor of Medicine degree with the research program of the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
A Candidate of Sciences is a PhD-equivalent academic research degree in many post-Soviet and Eastern European countries, including Russia, Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. It is officially classified by UNESCO as ISCED level 8, "doctoral or equivalent". In those countries conferring the Candidate of Sciences degrees, a more advanced degree, Doctor of Sciences, is usually conferred as a higher doctorate.
A terminal degree is the highest-level university degree that can be achieved and awarded in an academic discipline or professional field. In other cases, it is a degree that is awarded because a doctoral-level degree is not available or appropriate. The two main types of terminal degrees are academic or professional.
Doctor of Letters, also termed Doctor of Literature in some countries, is a terminal degree in the arts, humanities and social sciences that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor of Science or Doctor of Laws (LL.D). It is awarded in many countries by universities in recognition of superior accomplishment in the Arts, Social Sciences or humanities, such as original contributions to the creative or cultural arts, or scholarship in Social Sciences and humanities and other merits. It may be conferred as an earned degree upon the completion of a regular doctoral course of study, usually including the development and defense of an original dissertation, or may be conferred as an earned higher doctorate after the submission and academic evaluation of a portfolio of sustained scholarship, publications, research, or other scientific work of the highest caliber.
The Doctor of Engineering is a research doctorate in engineering and applied science. An EngD is a terminal degree similar to a PhD in engineering but applicable more in industry rather than in academia. The degree is usually aimed toward working professionals.
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A magister degree is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education.
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A Doctor of Philosophy is a terminal degree, that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated PhD, pronounced as three separate letters.
A Doctor of Law is a doctorate in legal studies.
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E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) is a bibliographic database and union catalogue of electronic theses provided by the British Library, the National Library of the United Kingdom. As of February 2022 EThOS provided access to over 500,000 doctoral theses awarded by over 140 UK higher education institutions, with around 3,000 new thesis records added every month until the British Library cyberattack forced the service to be temporarily taken offline.
Chad Allen Lazzari, Psy.D., is a 2020 graduate of the Psy.D. Program in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University, New England
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