List of Washington University alumni
The following persons are notable alumni, living and deceased, of Washington University in St. Louis.
Arts and literature
Playwright Tennessee Williams
- Ericka Beckman (BFA 1974): filmmaker
- Gustave Haenschen: pianist, composer, recording director (Brunswick Records), orchestral conductor and radio executive[1]
- Deanne Bell (BS 2002): host of Discovery Channel's Smash Lab and PBS's Design Squad[2]
- Suessa Baldridge Blaine, writer of temperance pageants
- Morris Carnovsky (AB): stage and film actor
- Douglass Crockwell (BS 1926): commercial artist and experimental filmmaker
- Larry Cuba (AB 1972): animator
- Robert Culp (attended): television actor[3]
- Patricia Degener: artist
- Kyle DeWoody (BA 2007): gallery owner
- Anita Diamant (AB 1973): novelist
- Doug Dillard: bluegrass musician, banjo player for the Dillards
- Sean Douglas (LA 2005): multi-platinum songwriter and producer
- Richard Eastham (studied prior to World War II): actor
- George Pearse Ennis: painter and watercolorist
- Lillie Rose Ernst: the leader of The Potters, an artistic group in early 20th Century St. Louis
- Jon Feltheimer (AB 1972): CEO of Lionsgate Films
- Emily Fridlund: author of History of Wolves
- Tom Friedman (BFA 1988): conceptual sculptor
- Bernard Fuchs (MFA 1954): painter and illustrator
- John Gardner (AB 1955): novelist
Dave Garroway, the founding host of The Today Show - Dave Garroway (AB 1936): Today Show host
- Cheryl Goldsleger (MFA 1975): artist
- Alicia Graf Mack (MA): dancer
- Elizabeth Graver (MFA 1999): novelist
- Robert Guillaume: stage and television actor
- Garth Risk Hallberg (MFA 2001): novelist
- Henry Hampton (AB 1961): filmmaker; producer of PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize
- John Hartford: bluegrass fiddler and banjo player
- Veronica Helfensteller: painter and printer
- Daniel Hirsh (AB 2005): actor and filmmaker
- Ann Hirsch (BFA 2007): artist
- A. E. Hotchner (AB 1940, JD 1940): biographer and novelist (Papa Hemingway, King of the Hill)
- Leann Hunley: film and television actress
- Fannie Hurst (AB 1909): writer and social activist
- Roland C. Jordan: composer and music theorist
- Josephine Winslow Johnson (student 1926–1931): Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Stan Kann (AB 1946): theater organist
- Johnny Kastl (AB, 1997): television actor (Scrubs)
- Hank Klibanoff (AB 1971): author and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Zander Lehmann (AB 2009) creator, writer, and producer of the TV show, Casual.
- Caryn Mandabach (AB 1970): Emmy award-winning television and film producer of the Cosby Show[4]
- Edward Shepherd Mead (AB 1936): playwright (How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
- David Merrick (AB 1934): Broadway producer
- Ian Monroe (BFA 1995): visual artist
- Oliver Nelson (student 1954–1957): jazz musician and composer
- David McCheyne Newell: naturalist, writer
- Frank Nuderscher: American Impressionist painter and muralist
- Al Parker (student 1923-28): illustrator[5]
- J. D. Parran (AM 1971): jazz musician
- Ebony Patterson (MFA 2006): visual artist
- Francis J. Peschka (MFA 1941): puppeteer
- Mike Peters (BFA 1965): cartoonist, creator of Mother Goose and Grimm
- Judy Pfaff (BFA 1971): visual artist
- Dan Piraro (dropped out): cartoonist of Bizarro
- Robert Quine (JD 1968): rock guitarist
- Harold Ramis (AB 1966): film actor, writer and director
Actor Peter Sarsgaard
- Eugene B. Redmond (MA 1966): poet, critic, civil-rights activist[6]
- Irma S. Rombauer (AB): co-author of The Joy of Cooking
- Allen Rucker: television writer and novelist
- Peter Sarsgaard (AB 1993): actor
- Steven Sater: Broadway lyricist, playwright, and poet
- Peter Saul (BFA 1956): painter
- Michael Shamberg: video artist, producer
- William Jay Smith (AB 1939; MA 1941): poet, translator, literary critic and children's author
- Dan Storper (AB ’73): founder and CEO of Putumayo World Music
- Allan Trautman (AB 1976): actor, puppeteer
- Jeff Tremaine (AB 1990): director, producer, and co-creator of MTV's Jackass
- Kristin Bauer van Straten: television actress on True Blood
- Anne Valente (AB 2003): novelist, short story writer
- Andrew Volpe: lead singer and rhythm guitarist for rock band Ludo
- Lauren Weinstein (AB 1998): cartoonist
- June Weybright, composer
- Luke Whisnant (MFA 1982): novelist, short story writer
- Mary Wickes (AB 1930): stage, film, and television actress
- Tennessee Williams (student 1936-37): playwright
- Olly Wilson (AB 1959): composer[7]
- Zach Wurtenberger : Survivor contestant
- Louise Yazbeck, composer
- Eva Dave : Gujarati language writer
Architecture and design
Architect Gyo Obata
- Charles Eames: designer, architect, filmmaker.
- Hugh Ferriss (B.Arch 1911, M.Arch 1928): architect
- Alan Goldberg (1954): architect
- Gyo Obata (B.Arch 1945): architect; cofounder and chairman of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
- James F. O'Gorman (B.Arch 1956): architectural historian and author
- C. P. Wang (M.Arch 1973): architect for Taipei 101, the world's tallest building as of 2005[8]
Business
Adventurer and businessman Steve Fossett
- John H. Biggs (PhD): former CEO of TIAA-CREF
- Nordahl Brue (JD): founder of Bruegger's Bagels
- Donald L. Bryant Jr. (JD 1967): owner of Bryant Family Vineyard
- William H. Danforth (AB 1892): founder of Ralston Purina
- Arnold W. Donald (BSME 1977): CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines; former CEO of Merisant
- Steve Fossett (MBA 1968): options trader, balloonist, and adventurer
- Sam Fox (BSBA 1951): founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group Industries
- Yinka Faleti (JD): former executive director of the nonprofit Forward Through Ferguson and senior vice president of United Way of Greater St. Louis
- Jordan French (JD 2010): cofounder and CMO BeeHex
- Avram Glazer (BSBA 1982): president and CEO of the Zapata Corporation and joint chairman of Manchester United
- George Gatch (BA 1986): CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management
- Robert Hernreich (AB 1967): Co-Owner Sacramento Kings
- Douglas Lowenstein (AB 1973): founder and former president of Entertainment Software Association, former president and CEO of Private Equity Council
Jim McKelvey, co-founder and director of Block, Inc. - Jim McKelvey (AB 1987): co-founder and director of Block, Inc.
- Wade Miquelon (MBA 1989): CFO of Walgreens
- Ernesto Fajardo (MBA): president and CEO of Alpina
- Edward Mueller (MBA): president and CEO of Qwest Communications
Charles Nagel, founder of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Charles Nagel (JD 1872): United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor; founder of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Mike O'Brien (BA 1994): Great Lakes project director of Bluewater Wind
- Dave Peacock (MBA 2000): CEO of Anheuser-Busch
- Andrew Puzder (JD 1978): CEO of CKE Restaurants
- Michael L. Riordan (AB 1979): founder of Gilead Sciences
- Aaron Selber, Jr.: studied in the School of Retailing; businessman and philanthropist in Shreveport, Louisiana[9]
- William Shaw (MBA 1972): president and COO of Marriott International Inc.
- Karen Sheriff (BA 1979): president and CEO of Q9 Networks Inc.[10][11]
- George Fox Steedman (1871–1940), inventor and businessman.
- Louis B. Susman (JD 1962): vice chairman of Citigroup Global Markets
- Jack C. Taylor (student through 1944): founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car; no. 14 on Forbes' 400 Richest Americans in 2006
- Jim Weddle (AB 1977, MBA): managing partner at Edward Jones Investments
- John B. Whyte (attended two years in 1950s): developer of Fire Island Pines, New York
- Brian Willison (BFA 1995): Executive Director of Parsons Institute for Information Mapping
- Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): hotel developer and owner of the Oakland Athletics
- George Zimmer (AB 1970): founder of Men's Wearhouse
Education and academics
- James F. Barker (AM 1973): president of Clemson University
- Francis J. Beckwith (MJS): former associate director of Baylor University's J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies
- Jessie Bernard (Ph.D. 1935): sociologist; feminist scholar[12]
- Nordahl Brue (JD): Board of Trustees member at Grinnell College
- Ewald W. Busse (M.D.): former dean of the Duke University School of Medicine
- Henry Ware Eliot (AB 1863): father of poet T. S. Eliot; former president of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis
- Thomas Lamb Eliot (AB 1862, AM 1866): founding board member and president of Reed College
- Lillie Rose Ernst (Class 1892): one of the first 12 women to graduate at WU and co-founder of the Washington University Women's Alumnae Association
- Deborah A. Freund (AB 1973): president of Claremont Graduate University
- Nathan O. Hatch (AM 1972, PhD 1974): president of Wake Forest University
- Raelynn Hillhouse (AB): novelist, political scientist, national security expert
- Edward Singleton Holden (SB 1866): fifth president of the University of California; director of the Lick Observatory
- Robert C. Kolodny (MD 1969): author of books on human sexuality
- Joyce Ladner (AM 1966, PhD 1968): sociologist and activist
- Max Lerner (AM 1925): intellectual, critic, and author
- Richard Lischer (MA 1967) theologian and professor at Duke Divinity School
- Donald Livingston (PhD 1965): constitutional scholar
- John L. Loos (PhD c. 1953): historian at Louisiana State University, researcher of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Richard V. E. Lovelace (BS Physics 1964): astrophysicist and plasma physicist at Cornell University
- Julius B. Maller (AB 1925): educator and sociologist
- Richard McKelvey (MA 1967): Political Scientist, specialized in mathematical theories of voting
- Horace Mitchell (AB 1968, MA 1969, PhD 1974): president of California State University Bakersfield
- Jonathan D. Moreno (PhD 1977): David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- Daniel Nathans (MD 1954): former president of Johns Hopkins University
- H. Richard Niebuhr (AM 1917): theologian
- Eric P. Newman (JD 1935): American numismatist
- Maurice H. Rees, Medical educator and Dean of University of Colorado School of Medicine from 1925 to 1945
- Abram L. Sachar (AB 1920, AM 1920): founding president of Brandeis University
- Elizabeth Scarlett (AB 1983): author of books on Spanish literature and film
- Pepper Schwartz (AB 1967, MA 1969): sociologist and sexologist
- Hollis Taylor: zoomusicologist
- Song Ja (M.B.A. 1962, D.B.A. 1967): former president of Yonsei University; South Korean Minister of Education
- Charles Van Ravenswaay (AB 1933, AM 1934): historian
- Bruce Rittmann (B.S., M.S. 1974): Regents' Professor at Arizona State University
- Chia-Wei Woo (MA, PhD): founding president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; first Asian American to head a major U.S. university (San Francisco State University)
Journalism and media
Reporter and artist Marguerite Martyn
- Bill Dedman (student 1978–1981): Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of bestseller "Empty Mansions"
- Lynne "Angel" Cooper Harvey (AB, AM): producer of Paul Harvey News; inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame
- William G. Hyland (BA): editor of Foreign Affairs (1984–1993)
- Michael Isikoff (AB 1974): author and journalist
- Richard F. Janssen (BA 1954): journalist
- Hank Klibanoff (AB 1971): Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former managing editor of Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Anthony Kuhn (AB 1985): NPR Correspondent in Beijing, China
- Marguerite Martyn (ca. 1880-1948), reporter and artist[13]
- Condé Nast (LLB 1897): publisher of Vogue
- Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist; creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm"
Politics, law, and government
General John C. Bates
- Vishal Amin: Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
- Glendy B. Arnold: St. Louis judge
- Carl J. Artman (JD): Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 2007–08
- John C. Bates (BA 1863): served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1906.
- Robert E. Bacharach: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Lemma Barkaloo: First woman admitted to the Missouri bar and the first woman to try a case in an American court
- Albert I Beach (JD 1907): 42nd Mayor of Kansas City, 1924-1930
- Brian Benczkowski (JD 1994): Former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice
- Marion T. Bennett (JD 1938): Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1986-2000
- David Bernhard (JD 1985): Judge on the 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia (Fairfax), 2017-Current
- Tayeb Bouzid (MSCE 1985): Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Algeria.[14]
- James Joseph Butler (JD): Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 12th congressional district
- Ben Cannon (AB 1999): State Representative to the Oregon House of Representatives, 2007–2011, and Rhodes Scholar
- Henry S. Caulfield (JD 1895): Governor of Missouri, 1929–1933
- Michael Cherry (JD 1969): justice, Supreme Court of Nevada, 2006–present
- Clark M. Clifford (LLB 1928): U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968–69; former presidential advisor
- Earl Thomas Coleman (JD 1969): U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1977–1993
- Sharon Johnson Coleman (JD 1984): Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Irving Ben Cooper (LLB 1925): Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1972-1996)
- Phoebe Couzins (LLB 1871): first female U.S. Marshal; feminist; leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement
- Ethan Corson (BS, JD): Member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district, 2021-Current
- Charles L. Craig (1872-1935), New York City Comptroller
- Barbara Ann Crancer (JD): Associate Circuit Judge of the 21st Missouri Circuit Court from 1992-2008
- Edward Coke Crow (LLB 1879): 23rd Attorney General of Missouri from 1897–1905, advisor to Missouri Governor Lloyd Crow Stark (1937–1941)
- Joseph F. Cunningham (JD 1952): served on the Illinois Supreme Court.
- Thomas Bradford Curtis (LLB 1935): Primary driver behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
- Hal Daub (BS 1963): U.S. congressman from Nebraska, 1981–1989; mayor of Omaha, 1995–2001
- Dwight F. Davis (LLB): founder of Davis Cup, and 49th U.S. Secretary of War
- Stephanie D. Davis (JD 1992): first Black woman from Michigan to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit[15]
- Alan J. Dixon (LLB 1949): U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1981–93
- Alexander Monroe Dockery (MD 1865): Governor of Missouri, 1901–1905
- Daniel Draper (JD): Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1979-1983
Phoebe Couzins, the first female U.S. Marshal
- Leonidas C. Dyer (JD 1893): U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1915–1933
- Edward Cranch Eliot of the Eliot family (AB 1878, LLB 1880, AM 1881): former president of the American Bar Association
- Conway Elder (JD 1905): Supreme Court of Missouri justice from 1921 to 1922
- Rocky Fitzsimmons: member of the West Virginia Senate
- Audrey Goldstein Fleissig (JD 1980): Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Sam Fox (AB 1951): former United States Ambassador to Belgium
- James F. Fulbright (born 1877): U.S. Representative from Missouri
- David R. Francis (AB 1870): mayor of St. Louis, 1885–89; Governor of Missouri, 1889–93; U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1896–97; U.S. Ambassador to Russia
- Joseph H. Goldenhersh (JD): Illinois Supreme Court judge from 1970-1987
- Raymond W. Gruender (JD/MBA 1987): current judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- George F. Gunn Jr. (JD 1955): Supreme Court of Missouri justice, and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
- Jean Constance Hamilton (JD 1971): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Moses Harrison (JD): Illinois Appellate Court and Illinois Supreme Court judge
- Harry B. Hawes (JD 1896): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1926–1933
- John Hayden Jr. : Police Commissioner of the St.Louis Police Department
- Chic Hecht (BS 1949): U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1983–89
- Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (JD 1926): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1951–1960
- William L. Igoe (JD 1902): U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1913–1921
- Alphonso Jackson (JD 1972): U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2004–2008
- Jonathan Kanter (JD): Nominee to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division
- Chris Koster (MBA 2002): Attorney General of Missouri
- Jasna Matić (MBA 2001): Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society of Serbia
- Siniša Mali (MBA 1999): Minister of Finance of Serbia
- Andrew McCabe (JD 1993): Deputy Director of the FBI
- Abner Mikva (BA 1948): Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-1994; U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district, 1975-1979; U.S. Representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district, 1969-1973
- Victor J. Miller (JD): mayor of St. Louis, 1925 to 1933
- Quinton Lucas (BA): mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, 2019 to 2023
- John Francis Nangle (JD 1948): former chief judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1983–1990
- Roscoe C. Patterson (JD 1897): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1929–1935
- Catherine D. Perry (JD 1981): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Phil Radford, environmental leader
- Phil Radford (BA 1998): environmental, clean energy and democracy leader; Executive Director, Greenpeace
- Cecilia Razovsky: social worker and leader in Jewish immigration efforts during World War II as part of the National Refugee Service, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Tony Ribaudo (1962): majority leader of the Missouri House of Representatives, 1977–1997
- Kenneth J. Rothman (AB, JD): Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1981–1985
- Steven Rothman (JD 1977): U.S. Congressmen from New Jersey, 1997–2013
- David Rubenstein (BA 1981): advocate, founding executive director of Save Darfur Coalition
- Phyllis Schlafly (AB 1944, JD 1978): author, lawyer, conservative and antifeminist activist
- Adam Shapiro (AB 1993): co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
- Mike Simpson (DMD 1977): U.S. congressman from Idaho, 1999–present
- Rodney W. Sippel (JD 1980): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Luther Ely Smith (JD 1897): founder of Gateway Arch National Park
- Ralph Tyler Smith (JD 1940): U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1969–1970
- Selden P. Spencer (JD 1886): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1918–1925
- Leonor Sullivan (1923): first female U.S. congressional representative from Missouri, 1953–1977
- Louis Susman (JD): current United States Ambassador to Great Britain
- Eben Swift: U.S. Army Major General
- Jim Talent (AB 1978): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 2003–2007
- Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley (MLA 88): retired, 32nd Chief of Army Reserve (CAR) and 7th Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) 2012-2016
- Richard B. Teitelman (JD 1973): current justice, Supreme Court of Missouri
- James R. Thompson (AB 1956): Governor of Illinois, 1977–1991
- Raymond Tucker (BS 1920): mayor of St. Louis, 1953–1965
- Tarisa Watanagase (PhD): governor of the Bank of Thailand, 2006
- William H. Webster (JD 1949): 14th director of the CIA and the 6th director of the FBI
- David C. Weiss (1979): current U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware
- Xenophon P. Wilfley (JD 1899): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1918
- George Howard Williams (JD 1897): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1925–1926
- Sukehiro Hasegawa (PhD 1974): former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor, May 2004 - September 2006
- Rochelle Walensky (BA 1991): Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Shien Biau Woo (PhD 1964): Asian American political activist; former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Chen Zhangliang (PhD 1987): Vice Governor of Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Tayeb Bouzid, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Algeria
Science, engineering, and medicine
Admiral Ben Moreell
- Caroline Thomas Rumbold, (1877 –1949), botanist
- Richard Askey (BA 1955): mathematician known for his work on special functions
- J. Michael Bailey (AB 1979): psychologist, professor, researcher on sexual orientation
- Geoffrey Ballard (PhD 1963): developed Fuel cells; member of Order of Canada; founder of Ballard Power Systems
- Col. Robert Behnken (BSPhy 1992, BSME 1992): NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken - Judson A. Brewer (PhD 2002, MD 2004): neuroscientist and psychiatrist, director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center
- Ewald W. Busse (M.D.): dean of the Duke University School of Medicine (1974–1982)
- Woo Chia-wei (MA, PhD): physicist; founding president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; president of San Francisco State University
Clyde Cowan, co-discoverer of the neutrino - Clyde Cowan (AM, PhD 1949): physicist and co-discoverer of the neutrino
- Elizabeth A. Craig: biochemistry professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison; member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Lorrie Cranor (BS 1992, MS 1993, MS 1996, D.Sc 1996): Professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Served as chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission[16]
- Arnold W. Donald (BS): President and CEO of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Carl Eckart (BS, MS 1923): noted physicist; member of National Academy of Sciences; known for Wigner-Eckart theorem, Eckart-Young theorem
- Eric Green (MD PhD 1987): Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
- Philip Gressman (AB 2001): mathematician known for work on harmonic analysis
- Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959): engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation
- Albert G. Hill (BS 1930, MS 1934): professor of physics at MIT; head of Lincoln Lab and Draper Lab; director of research at Institute for Defense Analyses
- Julian W. Hill (BS 1924): chemist; co-inventor of nylon[17]
- Georg Jander (BS 1987): plant biologist at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University
- Marc Kamionkowski (BA 1987): astrophysicist, particle theorist, and cosmologist
- William Kincaid (BS 1988): costume manufacturer and artist
- Edwin Krebs (MD 1943): winner of Nobel laureate in medicine for work with protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
- Appu Kuttan: founder of the National Education Foundation
- Alexander Langsdorf, Jr. (BS 1932): Manhattan project physicist; vocal critic of nuclear proliferation
- J. C. R. Licklider (BS 1937): pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence
- Stan London (MD 1949): St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Hawks team physician
- Walter E. Massey (AM 1966, PhD 1966): physicist, director of the National Science Foundation, president of Morehouse College
- W. E. Moerner (BS 1975): Stanford University professor; winner of 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; pioneer in single molecule spectroscopy and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Robert H. Mohlenbrock (PhD 1957): botanist and author
- Ben Moreell (BS 1913): U.S. Navy admiral; founder of the Navy's Seabees construction battalions
- Benjamin Movsas (MD 1990): chairman of radiation oncology at the Henry Ford Hospital.
- Daniel Nathans (MD 1954): Nobel laureate in medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes; awarded National Medal of Science
- Alton Ochsner (MD): surgeon and medical researcher at The Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans
- Fred Olsen (PhD): inventor of the ball propellant manufacturing process[18]
- Michael E. Phelps (PhD 1970): developed PET scan
- Rob Phillips (PhD 1989): noted biophysicist; professor at Caltech
- Larry Robinson (PhD 1984): academic, administrator, chemist and the current President of Florida A&M University (FAMU).
- Pejman Salimpour: physician who successfully challenged the legality of exclusivity agreements between hospitals and doctors' groups
- Peter Shawhan (BS 1990): LIGO physicist; co-recipient of Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- Joseph Edward Smadel (MD): inaugural recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
- Sol Spiegelman (PhD 1944): molecular biologist
- Samuel Stanley (MD 1980): 5th President of Stony Brook University
- Earl Sutherland (MD 1942): Nobel laureate in medicine for elucidating the mechanisms of the actions of hormones
- T. Bill Sutherland (BA 1963): theoretical and mathematical physicist
- Thea Tlsty (PhD 1980), professor of pathology at the University of California, San Francisco.[19]
- Kenneth S. Wagoner (MA, 1934; PhD 1938), experimental psychologist
- Leana Wen (MD): former President of Planned Parenthood, former Baltimore City Health Commissioner
- Michael J. Wendl (1958): engineering in terrain following technology and energy management theory
- Walter Wyman (MD 1873): 3rd US Surgeon General
- Ellen W. Zegura (BS 1987, MS 1990, D.Sc 1993): Professor at Georgia Tech[20]
- Ernst K. Zinner (PhD 1973): astrophysicist
Sports
- Bill Beckmann (born 1907): former professional baseball pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics
- Amelia Boone (JD 2009): American obstacle racer
- Joe Bukant (born 1915): professional football player; joined United States Navy
- Kendall Gretsch (BS 2014): Three-time Paralympic gold medalist in women's 6km sitting biathlon event, women's 12km sitting event, and paratriathlon event
- Jimmy Conzelman (BS 1917): professional football player and coach; enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Dwight F. Davis (LLB): founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition
- Bill DeWitt (born 1902): former general manager and owner of the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, chairman of the board of the Chicago White Sox, and president of the Detroit Tigers
- Bing Devine (born 1916): general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1957-1964
- Caleb Durbin (BA 2021): professional baseball player for Atlanta Braves[21]
- Scott Garson (born 1976): American college basketball coach at Santa Clara University. Formerly was an assistant coach at UCLA, Utah and head coach at College of Idaho
- Warren Gill (born 1878): professional baseball player who played first base for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Harvey Jablonsky: football player; U.S Army veteran; enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame
- Bill Jennings: a shortstop in Major League Baseball.
- Shelby Jordan (BA 1974): professional football player; enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame
- Bob Light: College basketball and tennis coach
- Kurt Krieger: first person born in Austria to play Major League Baseball
- AnnMaria De Mars: 1984 Judo World Champion, mother of Ronda Rousey
- Jennifer Martz: National Volleyball Player of the Year
- Dal Maxvill (BS): professional baseball player, former St. Louis Cardinals general manager
- Muddy Ruel (JD): professional baseball catcher; member of 1924 World Champion Washington Senators
- George Herbert Walker (LLB 1897): founder of Walker Cup in golf; grandfather and great-grandfather of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, respectively
- Charley Winner: longtime coach in the National Football League
- Pete Wismann (born 1923): former center/linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
- Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): owner of the Oakland Athletics
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