List of Tau Kappa Epsilon members
This is a list of Tau Kappa Epsilon Notable Alumni (commonly referred to as Tekes).
Government
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Business and Industry
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Education
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Athletics
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Entertainment
- Eric Bloom (Kappa-Zeta) - Lead singer of Blue Öyster Cult
- The Everly Brothers (Gamma-Rho) - Vocal group
- Fred Dryer (Gamma-Lambda) - TV's "Hunter" & NFL player
- Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher - Musicians
- Merv Griffin (Gamma-Delta) - Entertainer and TV personality
- DeWayne Jessie - Actor
- Joey Wilkerson aka DJ Joe Dubb(Alpha Chi)- DJ for the band Skyscraper Stereo
- Stan Kenton (Gamma) - Former Band Leader
- Willie Nelson (Nu-Xi) - Country music Songwriter and singer (honorary member)
- George Wendt (Kappa-nu) - Actor on the show Cheers
- Les Paul (Gamma-Delta) - Guitarist and pioneering electric guitar inventor, best known for association with the Gibson Les Paul
- Elvis Presley (Beta-Psi) - Rock 'n' Roll singer and actor (honorary member)
- Robert Rockwell (Gamma) - actor
- Dave Sheridan (Nu-Omega) - Actor/musician
- Danny Thomas (Gamma-Nu) - Entertainer and TV personality
- Lawrence Welk (Alpha-Xi) - Musician
- Robert Wuhl (Epsilon-Omicron)- Actor
- John Zacherle- "Zacherley" Television Host and Voice Actor
- Ron Jeremy(Gamma-Lambda) - Famous Porn Star [citation needed]
- Bubby Ruth (Theta-Mu) - Musician and Actor
- Ryan Ebberman (Theta-Mu) - TV Personality and Anchorman
- Max Channing (Theta-Mu) - Former MTV Real World Contestant
- Bald Vinny (Kappa Iota)- Famous "Bleacher Creature"
Military and NASA
- Lt. Col. Andrew M. Allen, USMC — NASA astronaut
- Gen. Earl E. Anderson, USMC — Youngest 4-star general in the United States Marine Corps
- Col. Gerald P. Carr, USMC (Beta-Sigma) — NASA astronaut, Commander U.S. Skylab IV
- Rear Adm. John Fisher, USN — President of The Navy League
- Roy K. Flint — Dean, United States Military Academy at West Point
- Gen. Joseph Ralston, USAF (Delta-Xi) — Supreme Commander of NATO and Vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Steven W. Squyres (Scorpion) — Principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission and Chair of the NASA Space Science Advisory Committee
Philanthropic, literary, and religious
- William A. Fowler (Omicron) - Nobel Prize for Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Professor
- Bruce Gordon - Former president of the NAACP
- William Howarth (Gamma) - author, editor, professor at Princeton University
- David R. Jones - Editor, New York Times
- William Least Heat Moon (Beta-Theta) - writer and traveller