List of Peace Corps volunteers

This is a list of notable persons who have served as volunteers in the United States Peace Corps, along with their terms of service.

Each volunteer is listed only once.

Reed Hastings , co-founder of Netflix (Swaziland 1983–85)
Suzanne Preston Blier , American art historian (Benin 1969–71)
James H. Fowler , American social scientist (Ecuador 1992–94)
Joseph Opala , OR , American historian (Sierra Leone 1974–77)
Drew S. Days III , 40th Solicitor General of the United States (Honduras 1967–69)
Christopher R. Hill , U.S. Ambassador to Serbia (Cameroon 1974–76)
J. Christopher Stevens , former U.S. Ambassador to Libya (Morocco 1983–85)
Sarah Parker , former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (Turkey 1964–66)
Carol Spahn , 21st Director of The Peace Corps (Romania 1994–96)
Tom Wolf , 47th Governor of Pennsylvania (India 1969–71)
Paul Tsongas , former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and candidate for U.S. President in 1992 (Ethiopia 1962–64)
Maureen Orth , American journalist, author, and special correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine (Colombia, 1964–66)
Tony D'Souza , American novelist, journalist, essayist, and reviewer (India 1966–68, Côte d'Ivoire 2001–02)
Paul Theroux , author of Waldo , Jungle Lovers , Mosquito Coast and The Great Railway Bazaar (Malawi 1963–65)
Mae Jemison , American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut (Sierra Leone and Liberia 1983–85)
Chris Matthews , host of NBC's Hardball (Swaziland 1968–70)