By category
- Fastest Celebrity Marathon Times50 runners · fastest 2:17:31 (Hugo Fry)
- Celebrities Who Ran a Sub-3-Hour Marathon50 runners · fastest 2:17:31 (Hugo Fry)
- Famous Women Marathon Runners79 runners · fastest 2:52:43 (Joanna Wietrzyk)
- Actors and TV Stars Who Ran a Marathon98 runners · fastest 2:49:46 (Spencer Matthews)
- Musicians Who Ran a Marathon29 runners · fastest 2:57:08 (Stuart Murdoch)
- Politicians Who Ran a Marathon37 runners · fastest 2:32:57 (Matthew Parris)
- Footballers Who Ran a Marathon13 runners · fastest 2:58:08 (Luis Enrique)
- Racing Drivers Who Ran a Marathon10 runners · fastest 2:52:30 (Jenson Button)
By race
- Famous Runners at the 2026 London Marathon24 runners · fastest 2:17:31 (Hugo Fry)
- Famous Runners at the 2026 New York City Marathon6 runners · fastest 3:09:04 (James Milner)
Race pages only cover runners recorded in our database, not every famous entrant.
How we define “famous”
A celebrity here is someone known mainly for acting, music, sport, politics or media. Professional marathoners are kept out of celebrity rankings and shown separately. Every time carries a status — Official, Reported or Unverified — explained in our methodology.