List of DePauw University alumni
This list of DePauw University alumni includes notable alumni of DePauw University, an American institution of higher education located in Greencastle, Indiana.
Academia and science
- Joseph P. Allen – NASA Space Shuttle astronaut
- Charles A. Beard – author; one of the most influential historians of early 20th century; husband of Mary Ritter Beard
- Mary Ritter Beard – archivist; historian; leader in women's suffrage movement; wife of Charles A. Beard
- Oscar T. Brookins – Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at Northeastern University
- Olivia Castellini – physicist
- David Crocker – philosopher; senior research scholar, School of Public Policy at University of Maryland
- Paul S. Dunkin – writer; professor of library science
- David B. Feldman – psychologist
- Thomas H. Hamilton – former president, State University of New York and University of Hawaii
- Laurin L. Henry – academic
- George W. Hoss – president, Kansas State Normal in Kansas
- Barbara Ibrahim – prominent sociologist of the Arab world; founding director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo
- Paul Rowland Julian – meteorologist; discovered, with Roland A. Madden, atmospheric phenomena known as Madden–Julian oscillation
- Percy L. Julian – research chemist; pioneer in chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs
- Daniel Trembly MacDougal – botanist, plant biologist
- Margaret Mead – cultural anthropologist, two years, completed B.A. degree at Barnard College
- Major Reuben Webster Millsaps – founder of Millsaps College in Mississippi
- Ferid Murad – recipient of 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- J. Robert Nelson, B.A. 1941 – dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1957–1960; dean of the Boston University School of Theology, 1965–1985
- Hakkı Ögelman – Turkish physicist; astrophysicist
- William H. Riker – political scientist
- Phillips Robbins – member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine; has had continuous funding from NIH for over 47 years
- Michael Stuart, B.A. 1979 – sports physician and orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic
- Winona Hazel Welch – president of the Indiana Academy of Science, head of botany and bacteriology at DePauw
Arts and entertainment
- Scott Adsit – actor, played Pete Hornberger on television sitcom 30 Rock
- Shibani Bathija – screenwriter
- Alicia Berneche – operatic soprano
- Joseph Brent – mandolinist, composer, and founder of 9 Horses
- Gary Hugh Brown – artist, painter, draftsman, and Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- Pamela Coburn – operatic soprano
- Annie Corley – film and television actress
- David Cryer – singer and Broadway actor, Phantom of the Opera
- Gretchen Cryer – co-creator, I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
- Bill Hayes – stage and television actor, Days of Our Lives
- Jimmy Ibbotson – singer-songwriter and musician, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Sue Keller – ragtime pianist, composer and arranger
- David McMillin – singer-songwriter
- Julie McWhirter – voice actress, known for Hanna-Barbera cartoons, such as Drak Pack and The Smurfs
- Larry D. Nichols – puzzle enthusiast; inventor of Pocket Cube
- Drew Powell – actor
- Kid Quill – recording artist
- Jane Randolph – film actress, known for 1940s films such as Cat People and Jealousy
- Alice Ripley – actress, singer, played Diana in Next to Normal
- Lee Orean Smith – composer, arranger, music editor, publisher, music teacher, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor
- Albert Pearson Stewart – founder of Purdue Musical Organizations, received honorary doctorate in music from DePauw in 1960
- Pharez Whitted – jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer
- Margaret Jones Wiles – composer, violinist
Business
- Timothy Collins – financier; founder of Ripplewood Holdings; director, Citigroup
- Angie Hicks – founder of Angie's List
- Charles T. Hinde – railroad executive; founder of Hotel del Coronado; shipping executive
- Eli Lilly – founder of Eli Lilly and Company; philanthropist
- John S. McMillin – lawyer and businessman; former president of the Tacoma and Roche Harbor Lime Company
- Mary Meeker – Internet equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley, dubbed "Queen of the Net"
- Jeffrey T. Mezger – president and chief executive officer of KB Home
- Steven Rales – founder of Danaher Corporation and Indian Paintbrush
- Bill Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN
- Scott Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN; founder of Rasmussen Reports
- Al Ries – author, marketing expert
- Steve Sanger – former president and chief executive officer of General Mills
- Howard C. Sheperd, Sr. – former president of National City Bank of New York
- Tommy Ryan – Sales Development Representative at Sentinel Technologies
- Fred C. Tucker – businessperson, real estate broker
- James D. Weddle – managing partner of Edward Jones
Government and politics
- Karen Koning AbuZayd – Commissioner-General for U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East
- Joseph W. Barr – U.S. Secretary of the Treasury ; chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Thomas W. Benett – Governor of Idaho Territory ; served in Indiana State Senate
- Albert Beveridge – U.S. Senator from Indiana
- John Berkshire – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Andrew H. Burke – second Governor of North Dakota
- David L. Carden – U.S. Ambassador to Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Sutemi Chinda – former Japanese Ambassador to the United States
- Anna Elizabeth Dickinson – abolitionist, suffragist, first woman to speak before U.S. Congress
- Samuel H. Elrod – Governor of South Dakota
- Bob Franks – former U.S. Congressman
- Willard Gemmill – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- James P. Goodrich – Governor of Indiana
- Lee H. Hamilton – co-chair, Iraq Study Group; vice chair, 9/11 Commission; retired United States Representative
- Edwin Hammond – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- George Howk – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Wayne Hsiung – co-founder, Direct Action Everywhere
- Patricia Ireland – former president, National Organization for Women
- Patrick Joyce - Cofounder of the Joyce and Tenzca Law firm
- John A. Johnson – General Counsel of the Air Force; General Counsel of NASA; chief executive officer, COMSAT
- Vernon Jordan Jr. – broker and executive; former president, National Urban League; personal friend and advisor to former U.S. President Bill Clinton
- David E. Lilienthal – public official; writer; businessman; chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority ; known as "Mr. TVA"
- John McNaughton – U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense and U.S. Navy Secretary-designate
- Douglas J. Morris – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Jay Holcomb Neff – publisher; 1904–05 Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
- James M. Ogden – 26th Indiana Attorney General 1929-33
- E. Jean Nelson Penfield – National President, Kappa Kappa Gamma
- Howard C. Petersen – U.S. Assistant Secretary of War
- Josh Pitcock – former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence
- Dan Quayle – 44th Vice President of the United States
- Halsted Ritter – Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Ross Thompson Roberts – Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- William Morris Sparks – Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Hardress Swaim – Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Elmer Thomas – U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
- George R. Throop – Chancellor of Washington University
- James E. Watson – U.S. Senator from Indiana; Senate Majority Leader
- Guilford M. Wiley – former Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- James Wilkerson – Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Journalism
- Bret Baier – host of Special Report with Bret Baier
- Tracey Chang – correspondent, CNBC Asia; 2009 Miss New York USA
- Gil Duran – California opinion editor for The Sacramento Bee
- Stephen F. Hayes – author; columnist, Weekly Standard
- Dave Jorgenson – journalist and TikToker, The Washington Post
- Bernard Kilgore – managing editor of the Wall Street Journal 1941–1965; head of the Dow Jones company
- John McWethy – former correspondent, ABC News
- William N. Oatis – journalist detained 1951–1953 by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia
- Eugene C. Pulliam – newspaper publisher, The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic
- James C. Quayle – newspaper publisher
- Ben C. Solomon – Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times video journalist
- Jeri Kehn Thompson – radio talk show host; columnist, The American Spectator; wife of Fred Thompson
Literature
- Angus Cameron – book editor and publisher
- Gretchen Cryer – actress, lyricist, writer
- Patricia Coombs – children's book author and illustrator, Dorrie the Little Witch series
- Matt Dellinger – writer, journalist, wrote the book Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
- Stephen F. Hayes – senior writer, Weekly Standard; wrote the book Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President
- John Jakes – novelist, North and South
- Adam Kennedy – actor, novelist, screenwriter, painter
- Bernard Kilgore – former editor, The Wall Street Journal; turned the publication into one of national significance
- Barbara Kingsolver – contemporary fiction writer; founder of Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change"
- Richard Peck – Newbery Medal-winning author
- Loren Pope – authority on colleges; wrote books Looking Beyond the Ivy League and Colleges That Change Lives
- James B. Stewart – recipient of 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism; wrote books including Blood Sport and DisneyWar
- Blanche Stillson – author and artist
- Minnetta Theodora Taylor – wrote the lyrics to the National Suffrage Anthem
Military
- Harvey Weir Cook – fighter ace in World War I; leading figure in the development of aviation in the United States
- Nathan Kimball – Union General during Civil War
- George E. Mountz – lawyer and naval intelligence officer who served on a U.S. military commission to investigate Japanese war crimes.
- Sergeant Henry Nash – member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
- General David M. Shoup – Commandant of the Marine Corps; recipient of Medal of Honor
- William F. Spurgin – U.S. Army brigadier general, attended DePauw from 1854 to 1857, received honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1890
- Alexander Vraciu – flying ace in World War II
Religion
- Albertus T. Briggs – Methodist minister
- Luella F. McWhirter – president, Indiana State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Eunice Blanchard Poethig – Presbyterian minister
- Walter J. Lowe – Episcopal priest, theologian, and religious studies educator.
Sports
- Buzzie Bavasi – former general manager, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels and San Diego Padres
- Rob Boras – NFL assistant coach
- Brad Brownell – head men's basketball coach, Clemson University
- Noah Droddy – distance runner
- Dave Finzer – punter, Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks
- Ford C. Frick – Major League Baseball Commissioner
- Bill Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN
- Scott Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN; founder of Rasmussen Reports
- Joe Schoen – NFL executive, general manager of the New York Giants
- Wilfred Smith – National Football League player
- Brad Stevens – general manager, Boston Celtics
- Dick Tomey – college football coach