Famous Linguistics Majors

JRR_Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien 
Writer and Philologist

BA in English language and literature, Oxford University
marc okrand
Marc Okrand
Inventor, Klingon language (Star Trek franchise) & Atlantean language (Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

BA in Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz
PhD in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
emily bender
Emily Bender

AI Researcher and Professor of Linguistics (University of Washington)

BA in Linguistics, University of California - Berkeley
MA in Linguistics, Stanford University
PhD in Linguistics, Stanford University
colville young
Sir Colville Norbert Young
Politician

PhD in Linguistics, University of York, England
todd haynes
Todd Haynes
Film director, screenwriter, and producer

BA in Art and Semiotics, Brown University
mary haas
Mary Rosamund Haas
Linguist

PhD in Linguistics, Yale University
Larry Bohn
Larry Bohn
Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners

MA in English Linguistics, Clark University