The University of Iowa and the University of South Carolina have each had their fair share of famous attendees. Here are just a handful of those distinguished students.

Iowa

• Former NBC News anchor and author Tom Brokaw

• American playwright Tennessee Williams

• Writer/Director Joe Russo

• Actor Ashton Kutcher

South Carolina

• MSNBC’s Rita Cosby

• William “Hootie” Johnson – former Chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club

• Robert C. McNair – owner of the Houston Texans

• Hootie and the Blowfish – Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld