| It's mostly in former British Empire territories, but rather famously US POTUS Bill Clinto got a Rhodes (IIRC). Cecil Rhodes kicked it off on the back of mega mineral wealth extracted from South Africa (and surrounds, back in the day), and he wanted to support well rounded students into the Oxbridge education streams to mix with future UK diplomats, business leaders, politicans to expand the global web of interconnect ... ( fill in your own dots ) It's less about being the best athlete | best musician | best mathematician .. but very much about being up there with them. There's more than you might think. eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Rolle Picked up in the US 2010 NFL Draft, a football playing Bahamian-American neurosurgeon. Short list of a few notables: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rhodes_Scholars Full database: https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholars-alumni/rhodes-scho... |