List of non-professional marathon runners

This is a sortable table of notable people known for their accomplishments outside of long-distance running who have completed an organized marathon. For elite athletes and others known primarily for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance runners. Some of these people have competed in more than one marathon or other running events. This article lists the time and location of each person's fastest time in the marathon.

Table

In the table below, the penultimate column, "Link to Race Results," includes links to databases of race results; this is the reference for verifiability and accuracy of the entry. The last column provides references to the marathoner in the context of celebrity and notability.

Name	Field	Notability	Year	Marathon	Result	Link to Race Results	Other Source
Gbenga Akinnagbe	acting		2011	New York City Marathon	4:53:52	NYRR
Pamela Anderson	acting		2013	New York City Marathon	5:41:03	NYRR	[1]
Sean Astin	acting		1998	Los Angeles Marathon	4:04:42	Athlinks	[2]
Tony Audenshaw	acting		2012	Amsterdam Marathon	3:08:38		[3]
Scott Bakula	acting		2004	Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon	4:08:34	MarathonGuide
William Baldwin	acting		1992	New York City Marathon	3:24:29	NYRR
Meredith Baxter	acting		1982	New York City Marathon	4:08:30	NYRR as Meredith Birney
Valerie Bertinelli	acting		2010	Boston Marathon	5:14:37	MarathonGuide
Katrina Bowden	acting		2015	New York Marathon	4:17:23	[4]
Jennifer Carpenter	acting		2010	New York City Marathon	3:34:27	NYRR	[5]
Tom Cavanagh	acting		2006	New York City Marathon	3:29:31	NYRR	[6]
Bryan Cranston	acting		1985	New York City Marathon	3:20:45	NYRR
Anthony Edwards	acting		2003	Chicago Marathon	3:55:40	Chicago Marathon
David James Elliott	acting		2000	Boston Marathon	4:57:23
Will Ferrell	acting		2003	Boston Marathon	3:56:12	MarathonGuide	[7]
Teri Hatcher	acting		2014	New York City Marathon	5:06:42	MarathonGuide	[8]
Katie Holmes	acting		2007	New York City Marathon	5:29:58	NYRR	[9]
Ethan Hawke	acting		2015	New York City Marathon	4:25:30	TCS New York City Marathon Results
John Keston	acting		1996	Twin Cities Marathon	3:00:58	Athlinks
Shia LaBeouf	acting		2010	Los Angeles Marathon	4:35:31	Athlinks
Mario López	acting		2011	New York City Marathon	4:23:29	NYRR
Jonny Lee Miller	acting		2008	London Marathon	3:01:40	Athlinks
Edward Norton	acting		2009	New York City Marathon	3:48:01	NYRR
Freddie Prinze, Jr.	acting		2006	Los Angeles Marathon	5:50:49	Athlinks as Freddie James
Ryan Reynolds	acting		2008	New York City Marathon	3:50:22	NYRR	[10]
Rob Riggle	acting		2016	Chicago Marathon	5:33:52	[11]
Milind Soman	acting		2012	Mumbai Marathon	3:56:53	Athlinks
Joan Van Ark	acting		1979	Santa Ana/Orange Marathon	3:35:00
Peter Weller	acting		1988	New York City Marathon	3:51:26	NYRR
Andy Baldwin	television	The Bachelor	2011	New York City Marathon	3:17:31	NYRR
Joe Bastianich	television	MasterChef	2009	New York City Marathon	3:42:36	NYRR	[8]
Richard Blais	television	Top Chef: All Stars	2011	New York City Marathon	4:31:54	NYRR	[8]
Danni Boatwright	television	Survivor: Guatemala	2003	Country Music Marathon	4:23:24
Drew Carey	television	The Price Is Right	2011	Marine Corps Marathon	4:37:11	Athlinks	[12]
Dana Carvey	television	Saturday Night Live	1972	Ocean to Bay Marathon	3:04:21
Charlie Gibson	television	ABC News	1983	Marine Corps Marathon	3:43:24		[12]
Mary Katharine Ham	television	CNN, Fox News Channel	2011	Marine Corps Marathon	4:22:14
Amanda Holden	television	Britain's Got Talent	2008	London Marathon	4:13:22	Athlinks
Ted Koppel	television	Nightline	1983	Marine Corps Marathon	5:09:08		[12]
Lisa Ling	television	The View	2002	Boston Marathon	4:34:18
Suzanne Malveaux	television	CNN	2004	Marine Corps Marathon	6:05:32	Athlinks	[12]
Natalie Morales	television	Today	2006	New York City Marathon	3:31:02	MarathonGuide	[13]
Casey Neistat	television	Neistat Brothers	2011	Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon	3:02:26	MarathonGuide
Gordon Ramsay	television	Hell's Kitchen	2004	London Marathon	3:30:37	MarathonGuide
Bill Rancic	television	The Apprentice	2001	Chicago Marathon	4:31:31	Athlinks as Billy the Kid Rancic
Sophie Raworth	television	BBC News	2013	London Marathon	3:44:19		[14]
Al Roker	television	Today	2010	New York City Marathon	7:09:44	NYRR	[15]
Ryan Sutter	television	The Bachelorette	2011	New York City Marathon	3:17:56	NYRR
Meredith Vieira	television	The View	2010	New York City Marathon	5:59:00	NYRR	[15]
Oprah Winfrey	television	The Oprah Winfrey Show	1994	Marine Corps Marathon	4:29:20		[12]
Ethan Zohn	television	Amazing Race	2010	New York City Marathon	4:16:20	NYRR
Anna Kooiman	television	Fox and Friends	2008	Glass City Marathon	3:27:22	MarathonGuide
Chris Evans	radio		2015	London Marathon	4:53:15	Results
Jenni Falconer	radio		2015	London Marathon	3:54:53	Results
Greg James	radio		2015	London Marathon	4:26:32	Results
Robin Quivers	radio		2010	New York City Marathon	6:09:00	NYRR	[15]
Peter Sagal	radio		2011	Philadelphia Marathon	3:09:25	Athlinks
Sean Combs	music		2003	New York City Marathon	4:14:52	NYRR	[16]
Flea	music	Red Hot Chili Peppers	2012	Los Angeles Marathon	3:41:49	Athlinks as Michael Balzary	[17]
Ben Gibbard	music	Death Cab for Cutie	2011	Los Angeles Marathon	3:56:34	MarathonGuide	[16]
Nick Hexum	music	311	2006	Los Angeles Marathon	5:29:44		[16]
Dexter Holland	music	The Offspring	2007	Los Angeles Marathon	5:21:24	Athlinks	[16]
Katherine Jenkins	music	mezzo-soprano	2013	London Marathon	5:26:42		[18]
Harry Judd	music	McFly	2013	London Marathon	3:31:15	Athlinks
Ronan Keating	music	Boyzone	2008	London Marathon	3:59:33	Athlinks
Alicia Keys	music	singer, actress	2015	New York City Marathon	5:50:52	Runner's World
Mike Malinin	music	Goo Goo Dolls	2000	San Francisco Marathon	3:23:56	MarathonGuide as Michael Malinin	[16]
Johnny Marr	music	guitarist	2010	New York City Marathon	3:54:18	NYRR as John Marr	[16]
Joey McIntyre	music	New Kids on the Block	2013	Boston Marathon	3:57:06	MarathonGuide as Joseph McIntyre	[16]
Alanis Morissette	music		2009	Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon	4:17:03	MarathonGuide	[16]
Stuart Murdoch	music	Belle and Sebastian	1986	Glasgow Marathon	2:57:08		[16]
Lisette Oropesa	music	opera	2014	Toronto Marathon	4:15:57	MarathonGuide	[19]
Josh Ritter	music		2006	New York City Marathon	3:54:46	MarathonGuide	[16]
Jake Shimabukuro	music	ukulele virtuoso	2006	Honolulu Marathon	5:24:29	MarathonGuide
Björn Ulvaeus	music	ABBA	1980	Stockholm Marathon	3:23:54		[20]
Rolf Aldag	athletics	cycling	2006	Hamburg Marathon	2:42:57		[21]
Thomas Rohregger	athletics	cycling	2016	Vienna City Marathon	2:48:47		[22]
Lance Armstrong	athletics	cycling	2007	New York City Marathon	2:46:43	NYRR	[23]
Daniel Atienza	athletics	cycling	2013	Zurich Marathon	2:29:27	Athlinks
Tiki Barber	athletics	American football	2015	New York City Marathon	4:50:56	MarathonGuide	[8]
Kajsa Bergqvist	athletics	high jump	2010	New York City Marathon	3:56:57	NYRR
James Blake	athletics	tennis	2015	New York City Marathon	3:51:19	Runner's World
Chris Boardman	athletics	cycling	2009	London Marathon	3:19:27	Athlinks
Jenson Button	athletics	Formula One	2015	London Marathon	2:52:30
Bobby Carpenter	athletics	ice hockey	2016	Boston Marathon	3:46:53	[24]
James Cracknell	athletics	rowing	2015	London Marathon	2:50:43
Roger Craig	athletics	American football	2005	Chicago Marathon	3:51:04	Athlinks
Dan Mullen	athletics	American football	2016	Boston Marathon	4:28:35
Kimiko Date-Krumm	athletics	tennis	2004	London Marathon	3:27:47
Amer Delić	athletics	tennis	2014	New York City Marathon	3:58:02	NYRR
Bill Demong	athletics	Nordic combined	2014	New York City Marathon	2:33:05	NYRR	[8]
Luis Enrique	athletics	association football	2007	Florence Marathon	2:58:08		[25]
Jennie Finch	athletics	softball	2011	New York City Marathon	4:05:26	NYRR
Hunter Hillenmeyer	athletics	American football	2015	Chicago Marathon	3:38:09	[26]
Laurent Jalabert	athletics	cycling	2007	Barcelona Marathon	2:45:52	Athlinks
Heikki Kovalainen	athletics	Formula One	2007	New York City Marathon	3:36:56	NYRR
Justin Leonard	athletics	golf	2001	Dallas White Rock Marathon	3:54:19	MarathonGuide
Amélie Mauresmo	athletics	tennis	2012	Paris Marathon	3:16:49	Athlinks
Jim McDonnell	athletics	boxing	2003	London Marathon	2:50:54	Athlinks
Leontien van Moorsel	athletics	cycling	2008	Rotterdam Marathon	3:28:57	Athlinks
Pavel Nedved	athletics	football (soccer)	2012	Prague Marathon	3:49:51	Athlinks
Apolo Ohno	athletics	skating	2011	New York City Marathon	3:25:12	NYRR
Abraham Olano	athletics	cycling	2006	San Sebastian Marathon	2:39:19
Kyle Petty	athletics	NASCAR	2005	Las Vegas Marathon	4:18:34	MarathonGuide
Clancy Rudeforth	athletics	Australian rules football	2005	New York City Marathon	3:15:32	NYRR
Edwin van der Sar	athletics	football (soccer)	2011	New York City Marathon	4:19:16	Athlinks
Kerri Strug	athletics	gymnastics	2008	New York City Marathon	3:56:06	NYRR
Andrew Strauss	athletics	cricket	2013	London Marathon	3:31:52		[27]
Lynn Swann	athletics	American football	1993	New York City Marathon	4:26:41	NYRR
Pat Tillman	athletics	American football	2000	Avenue of The Giants Marathon	3:48:48	MarathonGuide
Amani Toomer	athletics	American football	2010	New York City Marathon	4:13:45	NYRR	[28]
James Toseland	athletics	Superbikes	2013	London Marathon	3:03:11	Athlinks
Jarno Trulli	athletics	Formula One	2000	New York City Marathon	4:00:28	NYRR
Ed Viesturs	athletics	mountaineering	2006	New York City Marathon	3:15:18	NYRR	[29]
Michael Waltrip	athletics	driver	2005	Las Vegas Marathon	3:56:52	MarathonGuide
Mats Wilander	athletics	tennis	1997	New York City Marathon	4:19:19	NYRR
Caroline Wozniacki	athletics	tennis	2014	New York City Marathon	3:26:33	NYRR	[30]
Joop Zoetemelk	athletics	cycling	2010	Paris Marathon	4:08:52	Athlinks
Kim Alexis	modeling		1991	New York City Marathon	3:52:00	NYRR	[31]
Joshua Holmes	modeling		2005	Tucson Marathon	3:22:08	Athlinks
Ali Landry	modeling		2002	Boston Marathon	5:41:41
Nell McAndrew	modeling		2012	London Marathon	2:54:39	Athlinks
Beth Ostrosky	modeling		2008	New York City Marathon	4:15:39	NYRR
Christy Turlington	modeling		2011	New York City Marathon	4:20:46	NYRR	[32]
Max Baucus	government	U.S. Senate	1982	Governor’s Cup Marathon	3:01:18
Jill Biden	government	Wife of U.S. Vice President	1998	Marine Corps Marathon	4:30:02	Athlinks	[12]
L. Paul Bremer	government	American diplomat	1991	Boston Marathon	3:00:34
George W. Bush	government	U.S. President	1993	Houston Marathon	3:44:52	Athlinks as G W Bush
Brian Calley	government	Lt. Governor of Michigan	2013	Detroit Marathon	4:31:47	MarathonGuide
Alastair Campbell	government	British politician	2003	London Marathon	3:53:45	Athlinks
Mark Carney	government	central bank governor	2015	London Marathon	3:31:35	Results
Michael Dukakis	government	Governor of Massachusetts	1951	Boston Marathon	3:31:00
Mikuláš Dzurinda	government	Prime Minister of Slovakia	1986	Malokarpatsky Marathon	2:54:57
John Edwards	government	U.S. Senate	1983	Marine Corps Marathon	3:30:18		[12]
Joschka Fischer	government	German Foreign Minister	1998	Hamburg Marathon	3:41:36
Frederik	government	Crown Prince of Denmark	1994	Copenhagen Marathon	3:06:49
Bill Frist	government	U.S. Senate	2000	Marine Corps Marathon	4:46:12	Athlinks as William Frist	[12]
Al Gore	government	U.S. Vice President	1997	Marine Corps Marathon	4:58:25	Athlinks as Albert Gore	[12]
Jörg Haider	government	Austrian politician	1997	Vienna City Marathon	3:33:19	Athlinks
Mike Huckabee	government	Governor of Arkansas	2005	Marine Corps Marathon	4:37:29	Athlinks	[33]
Eduardo Maruri	government	Ecuadorian politician	2005	Guayaquil Marathon	3:59:03
Sarah Palin	government	Governor of Alaska	2005	Humpy’s Classic Marathon	3:59:36	MarathonGuide
Matthew Parris	government	British politician	1985	London Marathon	2:32:57
David Petraeus	government	CIA Director	1982	Omaha Marathon	2:50:53		[34]
Harry Reid	government	U.S. Senate	1972	Boston Marathon	3:16
Paul Ryan	government	U.S. House	1990	Grandma's Marathon	4:01:25		[35]
Eliot Spitzer	government	Governor of New York	1983	New York City Marathon	3:58:43	NYRR
Alexander Stubb	government	Prime Minister of Finland	2014	Berlin Marathon	3:11:23	Athlinks	[36]
Clarence Thomas	government	U.S. Supreme Court	1980	Marine Corps Marathon	3:11:00		[12] (noted "unofficial")
Arne Treholt	government	Norwegian politician	1982	New York City Marathon	2:54:05	Athlinks
Dominique de Villepin	government	French Prime Minister	1980	Marathon de l’Essonne	2:57:06
Tom Vilsack	government	Governor of Iowa	2005	Marathon-to-Marathon	5:03:09	MarathonGuide
Willem-Alexander	government	King of the Netherlands	1992	New York City Marathon	4:27:00	NYRR (Bib 18756)
Taavi Rõivas	government	Prime Minister of Estonia	2013	Marathon Popular de Valencia	3:52:10	Carreraspopulares
Abdelkader Benali	literature	Moroccan-Dutch writer	2006	Rotterdam Marathon	2:52:25	Athlinks
Benjamin Cheever	literature	American writer	1981	New York City Marathon	2:58:35	Athlinks
Haruki Murakami	literature	Japanese Author	1991	New York City Marathon	3:31:26	NYRR	[37]
Matthias Politycki	literature	German writer	2013	London Marathon	3:52:14	Athlinks
Erich Segal	literature	American writer	1964	Boston Marathon	2:56:30
Günter Wallraff	literature	German writer	1983	Frankfurt Marathon	2:50:14
Martin Gruebele	science	scientist	2013	California International Marathon	3:10:34	MarathonGuide
Wolfgang Ketterle	science	Nobel Prize winner	2014	Boston Marathon	2:44:06	MarathonGuide
Alan Turing	science	mathematician, cryptologist	1947	Amateur Athletic Championships	2:46:03		[38]
Shinya Yamanaka	science	Nobel Prize winner	2012	Tokyo Marathon	4:03:19		[39]
Lauren Kubiak	—	Sea Captain	2015	New York City Marathon	4:18:27	Results
Bobby Flay	—	celebrity chef	2010	New York City Marathon	4:01:37	NYRR	[40]
Jared Fogle	—	Subway restaurant	2010	New York City Marathon	5:13:28	NYRR	[41]
Christer Fuglesang	—	Swedish astronaut	1987	Stockholm Marathon	3:15:05
Daniel Lieberman	—	paleoanthropologist	2016	Boston Marathon	3:34:21	[24]
Pippa Middleton	—	socialite	2015	Safaricom Marathon	3:56:33	[42]
Dambisa Moyo	—	economist	2015	London Marathon	5:18:43
Simon Ong	—	chess arbiter	2016	Boston Marathon	3:29:04	Athlinks
Edison Peña	—	rescued Chilean miner	2010	New York City Marathon	5:40:51	NYRR
Volker Schlöndorff	—	German film-maker	2008	Paris Marathon	4:37:41	Athlinks as Volker Schloendorff
Guido van der Werve	—	Dutch conceptual artist	2013	Berlin Marathon	2:57:06	Athlinks

Notes

Eddie Izzard ran the equivalent of 43 marathons in 51 days in 2009, though none of these was an organized marathon.^[43]

In 2007, Hamish Blake reportedly ran the length of a marathon around a track in Melbourne, "in an attempt to beat Katie Holmes's marathon time. He succeeded, in a time of 5:25:00."^[44]

Joe Strummer guitarist and lead vocalist for punk band the Clash, claimed to have run the Paris Marathon in 1982; no records exist of his attempt or finish.^[45]

External links

• Athlinks provides a search tool for marathons in their database
• MarathonGuide provides a search tool for marathons in their database (2000 to present)
• Marine Corps Marathon information on "famous finishers"
• NYRR — New York City Marathon Results, 1970–2014 (searchable)

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