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A Rhodes Scholar is a holder of a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The scholarships are awarded by the Rhodes Trust, endowed by the will of the imperialist statesman Cecil Rhodes and founded in 1902, and originally open to scholars from the British Empire, the United States and Germany. Scholars are eligible to study any postgraduate degree at Oxford (excluding MBA). Since the foundation of the trust, more than 7,000 Rhodes Scholars have attended Oxford.
Well-known Rhodes Scholars
- Wesley Clark, US general
- Bill Clinton, US President
- J.W. Fulbright, founder of the Fulbright Scholarships
- Bob Hawke, Australian Prime Minister
- Edwin Hubble, astronomer
- Kris Kristofferson, songwriter and actor
- Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
- Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State
- Naomi Wolf, author