A rotary electric machine includes a rotating shaft 18 rotatably supported by a housing, a stator including armature windings, a rotor including field cores and field windings, slip rings electrically connected to the field windings, brushes contacted and electrically connected to the slip rings, and a brush holder including the brushes and terminals. The rotor is provided with one or more fans. The terminals include exposed portions exposed at least partially from the brush holder, and the exposed portion are disposed on a ventilation path of a cooling airflow W generated by rotation of the fans. Accordingly, since the exposed portion are disposed on the ventilation path of the cooling airflow, heat caused by an energization can be efficiently dissipated, and heat generated in the brushes due to the interfacial friction is dissipated from the exposed portions.