List of Northeastern State University alumni
The list of Northeastern State University alumni includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of the Northeastern State University.
Athletics
- Billy Bock, late baseball coach for four high schools, won nine state titles
- Michael Bowie, offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, Super Bowl XLVIII champion
- Jarrett Byers, former St. Louis Rams wide receiver
- Larry Coker, former head coach at the University of Miami
- Ryan Helsley, current MLB relief pitcher
- Bob Hudson, former NFL player
- Ronnie Jones, football coach
- Rosie Manning, former NFL player
- Derrick Moore, former NFL player
Arts and entertainment
- Zig Jackson, photographer
- Dennis Letts, college professor and actor
- Jim Ross, former WWE play-by-play commentator; president of Talent Relations
- Shawntel Smith, Miss America 1996
- The Swon Brothers, The Voice season 4 third place; country music duo
- Carrie Underwood, American Idol winner; country music star; winner of multiple Grammy Awards; "country music's reigning queen"; performer of theme song of Sunday Night Football on NBC
Business
- Bob Berry, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tri-B Nursery, Inc.
- Ken Selby, founder of Mazzio's Italian Eatery
- Jeff Storey, president and chief executive officer of Level 3 Communications
Politics
- Bob Ballinger, lawyer and Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 97+
- Angela Barker-Jones, Cherokee Nation supreme court justice
- Glenn Coffee, former Oklahoma Secretary of State and president pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
- Agnes Cowen, Cherokee Nation tribal councilor
- Drew Edmondson, former attorney general of Oklahoma
- James E. Edmondson, current justice on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and former chief justice of the same court
- Janelle Fullbright, Cherokee Nation Ttibal councilor, deputy speaker
- Sandy Garrett, former Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Frankie Hargis, Cherokee Nation registrar, Tribal Councilor
- Linda Hughes O'Leary, Cherokee Nation tribal councilor
- Ted Risenhoover, former U.S. representative from Oklahoma
- Audra Smoke-Conner, Cherokee Nation tribal councilor
- William G. Stigler, former U.S. representative from Oklahoma
- John Sullivan, former U.S. representative from Oklahoma's 1st congressional district
- Janees Taylor, Cherokee Nation treasurer, tribal councilor
- Kimberly Teehee, senior policy adviser for Native American affairs in the administration of President Barack Obama
- Phyllis Yargee, Cherokee Nation tribal councilor
Science and engineering
- Mary G. Ross, first Native American female engineer; one of the Skunk Works founding engineers
- Laura Sullivan-Beckers, biologist
Others
- Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ
- Sara Dye, physician and surgeon