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Famous ENTJ people include Steve Jobs, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Aristotle, Carl Sagan and Garry Kasparov. ENTJ celebrities often named today include Gordon Ramsay, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron, George Clooney and Arnold Schwarzenegger. None has published an official type result, so these are typings from their public words and actions.
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The listWho Are the Most Famous ENTJs?
In shortThe most famous ENTJs are Steve Jobs, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Gordon Ramsay and Aristotle, people known for a bold vision, decisive command and very high standards.
This list of ENTJ personality famous people mixes founders, commanders, scientists and stars: the famous ENTJ people named most often. Select a name to read why that person is typed ENTJ. As on our ENTJ guide, we leave out career politicians, whose typings tend to say more about the writer's opinions than about the person. The ENTJ personality, also called the Commander, is the second rarest of the 16 types at about 1.8% of people.
Steve JobsCo-founder of Apple
Napoleon BonaparteFrench general and emperor
Julius CaesarRoman general and statesman
Gordon RamsayChef and TV presenter
AristotlePhilosopher, tutor of Alexander the Great
Arnold SchwarzeneggerBodybuilder, actor, former Governor of California
Carl SaganAstronomer and science communicator
Whoopi GoldbergActor, comedian and TV host
George ClooneyActor, director and producer
James CameronFilm director
BusinessFamous ENTJ Business Leaders
Famous ENTJ business leaders build organisations around one clear goal, set demanding targets and make hard decisions fast.
Steve Jobs
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Set a clear vision of what a product should be and drove teams relentlessly to meet it, from the Macintosh to the iPhone: long-range strategy (Ni) enforced with demanding, decisive Te.
Sheryl Sandberg
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Built Facebook's advertising business into a global operation and wrote Lean In, urging women to claim leadership roles: organised, direct and goal-driven.
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Jack Welch
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Ran General Electric for two decades with blunt targets, constant restructuring and a demand that every business be first or second in its market.
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CelebritiesENTJ Celebrities: Actors, Directors and TV Stars
Celebrities with the ENTJ personality are often known as much for running things as for performing: their own kitchens, production companies, film sets or talk shows.
Gordon Ramsay
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Runs a global restaurant business and enforces his standards out loud, on camera and off: decisive, demanding and impatient with excuses.
Whoopi Goldberg
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: One of the few people to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, she speaks her mind directly and has led a daily talk show for years.
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Charlize Theron
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Runs her own production company, takes on demanding roles such as Furiosa and drives her projects with focus and blunt honesty.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Debated · also typed INTJWhy ENTJ: Set goals years ahead, from bodybuilding titles to Hollywood stardom, and reached each one through planning and relentless drive; some type writers call him INTJ.
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George Clooney
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Moves easily between acting, directing and producing, runs his projects with calm, confident authority and built and sold a successful tequila company.
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Katharine Hepburn
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Won a record four Best Actress Oscars, chose her own roles, wore trousers when it shocked Hollywood and spoke bluntly to the press: a commanding, independent star.
David Letterman
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Hosted late-night television for 33 years, running his show with exacting control and a dry, cutting wit.
James Cameron
Debated · also typed INTJWhy ENTJ: Known for huge, technically ambitious projects such as Titanic and Avatar and for running his sets with fierce control and very high standards.
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HistoryFamous ENTJ Commanders and Thinkers in History
Generals, rulers and system-builders of the ancient and modern world are the classic ENTJ examples. As on our ENTJ guide, we leave out career politicians.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Rose from artillery officer to emperor through strategy and speed, then reorganised France's laws in the Napoleonic Code: command and system-building on a grand scale.
Julius Caesar
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Won campaigns through speed and bold decisions, wrote his own accounts of them and took control of Rome, reorganising its calendar and government.
Aristotle
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Organised almost every field of knowledge of his time, from logic and biology to politics, into systems, and founded his own school, the Lyceum.
ScienceFamous ENTJ Scientists and Strategists
ENTJs in science and strategy lead big projects, take charge of the room and judge every idea by whether it works.
Carl Sagan
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Organised big public projects such as the Voyager Golden Record and the series Cosmos, and argued forcefully in public for scientific thinking.
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Enrico Fermi
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Led the team that built the first nuclear reactor and judged problems so quickly and surely that colleagues nicknamed him the Pope.
Grace Hopper
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Pushed for programming languages close to English, led work that shaped COBOL and rose to rear admiral, cutting through red tape with confidence.
Garry Kasparov
Often typed ENTJWhy ENTJ: Dominated world chess for two decades with aggressive, deeply prepared play and a fierce will to win.
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WomenFamous ENTJ Women
In shortFamous ENTJ women include Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron, Katharine Hepburn, Sheryl Sandberg and Grace Hopper, women known for taking charge and setting their own terms.
ENTJ is one of the rarest types among women: about 0.9% of women and 2.7% of men in the U.S. national sample of the MBTI Manual. Famous female ENTJs are often described as formidable, a word that tends to follow any woman who leads directly and expects results.
HistoryFamous ENTJs in History
Many ENTJ famous people lived long before personality types existed, so their typings rest on their campaigns, writings and decisions. Julius Caesar, Aristotle and Napoleon Bonaparte are the famous ENTJs in history named most often. What links them is an urge to organise: each took something sprawling, an army, an empire or the whole of knowledge, and imposed a system on it.
PatternsWhat Famous ENTJs Have in Common
In shortFamous ENTJs share a bold, long-range vision, decisive command, very high standards, a talent for building systems and a direct way of speaking.
- A bold, long-range visionFamous ENTJs set goals others think impossible, from the iPhone to an empire, and plan backwards from them.
- Decisive commandThey take charge naturally and make hard calls quickly, then adjust as results come in.
- Very high standardsGordon Ramsay's kitchens and James Cameron's film sets show the ENTJ refusal to accept second best.
- Systems and structureFrom Napoleon's legal code to Aristotle's map of knowledge, ENTJs turn chaos into order.
- DirectnessMost say exactly what they think, which wins respect and sometimes makes enemies.
These patterns come from the ENTJ’s two leading cognitive functions: outward thinking (Te), which organises people and resources toward a goal, and inward intuition (Ni), which sets the long-range vision. Read the full ENTJ personality type guide for how the type works, or see ENTJ careers for the work that suits it.
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QuestionsFamous ENTJ People: FAQ
Who is an ENTJ?
An ENTJ is someone whose personality type is Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Judging, also called the Commander. It is the second rarest type, at about 1.8% of people. Famous examples include Steve Jobs, Gordon Ramsay, Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar.
Which famous person is ENTJ?
Famous people most often typed ENTJ include Steve Jobs, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Aristotle and Carl Sagan. Among celebrities, Gordon Ramsay, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron, George Clooney and David Letterman are often named. None has published an official result, so these are typings from public words and actions.
Who is the most famous ENTJ?
Steve Jobs is the name given most often today, for his clear product vision and his demanding, decisive leadership at Apple. In history, Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar are the classic ENTJ examples, though some type writers see Napoleon as INTJ.
Who are famous ENTJ women?
Famous ENTJ women include Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron, Katharine Hepburn, Sheryl Sandberg and Grace Hopper. ENTJ is one of the rarest types among women: about 0.9% of women and 2.7% of men in the U.S. sample of the MBTI Manual.
Are there ENTJ celebrities today?
Yes. ENTJ celebrities often named today include Gordon Ramsay, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron, George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron. Many ENTJs in the public eye are known as much for running a business, a show or a film set as for performing.
Is Elon Musk an ENTJ?
Some fans call Elon Musk an ENTJ, for his drive and his public, combative style. He is more often typed INTJ, because his goals come from a private, long-range vision. Our INTJ list includes him. He has not published an official type result.
Is ENTJ the rarest personality type?
Almost. ENTJ is about 1.8% of people in the MBTI Manual's U.S. sample, which makes it the second rarest type after INFJ. Among women it is rarer still, at about 0.9%.
Are ENTJs good leaders?
Many are, which is why the type is called the Commander. ENTJs tend to set clear goals, organise people quickly and make hard decisions. Their common weak spot is patience: famous ENTJs are often described as demanding or blunt.
How do you know a celebrity's personality type?
You usually cannot know for sure. Unless a person shares an official test result, any type is an educated guess from interviews, speeches, writing and biography. We label each typing as widely shared, common or debated, and name the other type when fans disagree.
SourcesSources
- Myers, I. B., McCaulley, M. H., Quenk, N. L. and Hammer, A. L. (1998). MBTI Manual (3rd ed.). Consulting Psychologists Press. (Type frequencies, U.S. national sample.)
- Biographies, interviews and published writing of each person named, read for the patterns described on this page.
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