List of Northwestern University alumni

This list of Northwestern University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Illinois.

Academia

Madeleine Wing Adler, president, West Chester University
Amy Allen, Parents Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities and professor of philosophy, Dartmouth College
Diane Marie Amann, associate dean for international programs & strategic initiatives and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, University of Georgia School of Law
Alida Anderson, author and widely published researcher; faculty at American University
Elijah Anderson, William K. Lanman, Jr. professor of sociology, Yale University
Andrew Armacost, dean of faculty, United States Air Force Academy
Gershon Ben-Shakhar, Israeli psychologist; former President of the Open University of Israel
Steven Berry, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University
Vincent Blasi, free speech theorist, professor at Columbia Law School
Clinton Bristow, Jr., former president, Alcorn State University
James Burkee, president, Avila University
Margery C. Carlson, professor of botany, Northwestern University
Joyce Chaplin, James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Harvard University
K. T. Chau, chair professor of geotechnical engineering, former associate dean of Faculty of Construction and Land Use, and former associate head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at New York University
G. Marcus Cole, Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
Johnnetta B. Cole, president emerita, Spelman College; president, Bennett College
Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan
James Hal Cone, Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Elizabeth Creamer, professor emerita of Educational Research and Evaluation at Virginia Tech
Margaret Cuninggim, dean of women at the University of Tennessee and at Vanderbilt University
Michele Dauber, law professor at the Stanford Law School
Stefanie DeLuca, professor of sociology, Johns Hopkins University, author of Coming of Age in the Other America
Naomi Pollard Dobson, librarian and educator, first African American to receive a degree from Northwestern
William C. Dudley, president, Washington and Lee University
Mitchell Duneier, professor of sociology, Princeton University
Troy Duster, professor of sociology, New York University and University of California, Berkeley
Lee Edelman, Fletcher Professor of English Literature, Tufts University
Kathryn Edin, professor of sociology, Princeton University
Virgilio Enriquez, founder of Filipino psychology school of thought; professor of social psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman
Fred D. Fagg, Jr., former president, University of Southern California
William R. Ferris, Joel Williamson Eminent Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stacey Finley, science professor at University of Southern California
Brittany Friedman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California
Susan Fuhrman, president, Teachers College, Columbia University
Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English, Princeton University
Larry Gladney, physicist, Professor of Physics and the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development at Yale University
Barry Glassner, executive vice provost and professor of sociology, University of Southern California
Avner Greif, Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University
Herbert S. Hadley, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, Governor of Missouri
Geoffrey Galt Harpham, director, National Humanities Center
Cynthia Herrup, professor of history and law, University of Southern California
Rosanna Hertz, Luella LaMer Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wellesley College
John B. Hogenesch, professor of pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania
Michael J. Hopkins, professor of mathematics, Harvard University
Frank E. Horton, chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, University of Oklahoma and University of Toledo
Ruth Horsting, professor emerita of art at University of California, Davis
Jonathan D. Katz, former head of Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Yale University
Joann (Wheeler) Kealiinohomoku, anthropologist and dance researcher
Marc W. Kirschner, John Franklin Enders University Professor and professor of systems biology, Harvard University
Samara Klar, political scientist and founder of Women Also Know Stuff
Kristen Kroll, professor of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine
Nirmalya Kumar, professor of marketing and director of Aditya Birla India Centre at London Business School; included in Thinkers50
Zachary Leader, professor of English, Roehampton University
Lee Hyang-sook, president Ewha Womans University and Korean Mathematical Society
Hilary M. Lips, emerita professor and research faculty in Psychology at Radford University
Michael Lounsbury, professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology at the University of Alberta
Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University
Jody Lulich, Osborne/Hills Endowed Chair in Nephrology and Urology
Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media ecology, New York University
Ed Morgan, professor of international law at the University of Toronto
Lenny Moss, philosopher of biology
Kathleen M. Murray, 21st president of Hamline University, 14th president of Whitman College
George Nemhauser, A. Russell Chandler III Chair and institute professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Dennis O'Connor, former chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Daniel Oerther, Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Margaret O'Mara, Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History, University of Washington
William Padula, professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics, University of Southern California
Scott E. Page, Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of complex systems, political science, and economics, University of Michigan
Deborah Paredez, professor of theatre and dance at University of Texas at Austin, poet and co-founder of Cantomundo
Charles M. Payne, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Ralph Pearson, professor of chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
Benjamin Polak, William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, Yale University
Jack Nusan Porter, sociologist; former Research Associate in Ukrainian Studies, Harvard University; former assistant professor in Social Science, Boston University
Lyman W. Porter, dean of University of California, Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business 1972–1983
Adam Przeworski, Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of European Studies, New York University
Mark Ratner, Lawrence B. Dumas Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
David R. Roediger, professor of history, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Said Sheikh Samatar, professor of history, Rutgers University
Norbert M. Samuelson, scholar of Jewish philosophy at Arizona State University and prolific writer and lecturer
John B. Simpson, president, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
David J. Skorton, president, Cornell University
Graham Spanier, president, Pennsylvania State University
Barbara Maria Stafford, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, University of Chicago
Grover C. Stephens, dean, School of Biological Sciences University of California at Irvine
George Stigler, Nobel Prize in Economics
Richard J. Stonesifer, president of Monmouth University
Roger Taylor, president, Knox College
Martha Tedeschi, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums
Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History, Harvard University
Augusta Read Thomas, university professor of composition, University of Chicago
France Winddance Twine, professor of sociology at University of California Santa Barbara
Glen L. Urban, dean emeritus of MIT Sloan School of Management
Leonard Wantchekon, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
David L. Woodruff, Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of California, Davis
John E. Worthen, president of Ball State University
James Elliott Moore II

Arts and entertainment (film, TV, and theatre)

Adi Shankar, executive producer of "Devil May Cry" and " Castlevania, youngest producer to have a number one film at the North American box office with the 2012 film "The Grey"
Jun Sung Ahn, musician, YouTuber
Mara Brock Akil, creator and executive producer of Girlfriends and The Game, former supervising producer of The Jamie Foxx Show
Claude Akins, actor
Ann-Margret, Academy Award-nominated actress
Christopher Anselmo, composer and playwright
Maude Apatow, Euphoria
Sharif Atkins, actor
Jayne Atkinson, Tony Award-nominated actress ; played Karen Hayes on 24 and U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant on House of Cards
Jane Badler, actress
Kate Baldwin, actress
Bonnie Bartlett, Emmy Award-winning actress
Warren Beatty, Academy Award-winning actor/writer/director
Lee Phillip Bell, Emmy Award-winning co-creator of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
Matt Bellassai, comedian
Rob Benedict, actor
Richard Benjamin, actor ; director
Edgar Bergen, Academy Award-winning actor and ventriloquist
Greg Berlanti, screenwriter and producer ; creator of Everwood and Jack & Bobby; writer/director of Broken Hearts Club
Eric Bernt, screenwriter
Craig Bierko, actor ; Tony Award nominee
Karen Black, Academy Award-nominated actress
Jeff Blumenkrantz, Tony Award-nominated musical theatre composer/lyricist
Zach Braff, Emmy Award-nominated actor ; writer/director
Cary Brothers, Grammy-nominated musician
Clancy Brown, actor ; voice of Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants
Charles Busch, Tony Award-nominated playwright
Frank Buxton, actor/writer/director
Bruno Campos, actor
Katie Chang, actress
Josh Chetwynd, UK-based baseball analyst and former player
Cindy Chupack, Emmy Award-winning executive producer and writer
Jack Clay, acting teacher/director/actor
Jeanne Clemson, theater director, stage actress and teacher, preserved the Fulton Opera House
Claire Coffee, actress
Stephen Colbert, Emmy Award-winning comedian
Kate Collins, actress
Robert Conrad, actor
Steven Conrad, screenwriter
J. Anthony Crane, actor
Cindy Crawford, model
Jan Crull Jr., filmmaker, Native American rights activist, attorney
Jane Curtin, original cast member of Saturday Night Live; Emmy Award-nominated actress
Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Tony Award-nominated actress and puppeteer
William Daniels, Emmy Award-winning actor ; former president of the Screen Actors Guild
Zooey Deschanel, actress
Lydia R. Diamond, playwright
Matt Doherty, actor
Anne Dudek, actress
Teddy Dunn, actor
Richard Durham, creator of the radio series Destination Freedom
Nancy Dussault, actress ; two-time Tony Award nominee
Gregg Edelman, Tony Award-nominated actor
Billy Eichner, comedian, actor
Jennie Eisenhower, actress; granddaughter of Richard Nixon and the great-granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Temi Epstein, child actress
Joe Flynn, actor
Mary Frann, actress
Gerald Freedman, theatre director
David T. Friendly, Academy Award-nominated producer
Penny Fuller, Emmy Award-winning actress ; Tony Award nominee
Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian, writer
George Furth, Tony Award-winning playwright ; actor
Daniele Gaither, actress, comic
Frank Galati, Tony Award-winning director, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter
Aimee Garcia, actress
Ana Gasteyer, actress ; former cast member of Saturday Night Live
Ileen Getz, actress
Nicole Gibbons, interior designer and television personality
Gibi ASMR, cosplayer, YouTuber and ASMRtist
Zach Gilford, actor
Eric Gilliland, writer/producer
Ira Glass, radio and TV personality
Jonathan Glassner, TV writer/producer, most known for developing Stargate SG-1
Dody Goodman, film and television actress
Virginia Graham, former daytime TV talk show host
Michael Greif, Tony Award-nominated director of Rent and Grey Gardens
Mamie Gummer, actress, daughter of Meryl Streep
Anna Gunn, Emmy Award-winning actress
Kathryn Hahn, actress
Brad Hall, former cast member of Saturday Night Live; creator of The Single Guy, Watching Ellie
Samantha Harris, Emmy Award-nominated co-host of Dancing with the Stars
Bill Hayes, Daytime Emmy Award-nominated actor
Heather Headley, Tony Award-winning actress and singer ; Grammy Award-nominated R&B vocalist
Kyle T. Heffner, actor, Flashdance
Marg Helgenberger, Emmy Award-winning actress
Charlton Heston, Academy Award-winning actor and National Rifle Association president
Michael Hitchcock, writer, co-executive producer ; actor
Ron Holgate, Tony Award-winning actor
David Hollander, creator, screenwriter, and executive producer of The Guardian
David Horowitz, former host of Fight Back! With David Horowitz
Jeffrey Hunter, actor
Lew Hunter, Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter ; chairman emeritus and professor of screenwriting, UCLA School of Theater Film and Television
Ron Husmann, Tony Award-nominated actor
Martha Hyer, Academy Award-nominated actress
Rex Ingram, actor
Laura Innes, Emmy Award-nominated actress ; Emmy Award-nominated director
David Israel, writer and producer
David Ives, playwright
Brian d'Arcy James, Tony Award-nominated actor
Tim Johnson, director
Traci Paige Johnson, creator of Blue's Clues
Jennifer Jones, Academy Award-winning actress
Adam Kantor, Broadway actor, singer, dancer, Rent
Peter Kapetan, Broadway actor, singer, dancer
Spencer Kayden, former cast member of MADTv; Tony Award nominee for Urinetown
James Keach, actor ; producer ; director
Stacy Keach, Sr., actor ; director
Clinton Kelly, co-host of What Not to Wear
Richard Kind, actor
Laura Kissel, filmmaker
Richard Kline, actor
Robert Knepper, actor
Gary Kroeger, former cast member of Saturday Night Live
Roger Kumble, writer/director
Clyde Kusatsu, actor
Mark Lamos, Tony Award-winning former artistic director of the Hartford Stage
Sherry Lansing, former CEO of Paramount Pictures; Academy Award-nominated producer ; 2007 recipient of The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Britt Leach, actor
Cloris Leachman, Academy Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress
Greta Lee, actress
Katrina Lenk, actress and musician, recipient of 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for The Band's Visit
Harry J. Lennix, actor
Herschell Gordon Lewis, filmmaker
Richard J. Lewis, Emmy Award-nominated director/producer
Laura Linney, actress
John Logan, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter
Shelley Long, Emmy Award-winning actress
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Emmy Award-winning actress ; former cast member of Saturday Night Live
Britt Lower, Emmy Award-winning actress
Paul Lynde, actor
J. P. Manoux, actor
Stephanie March, actress
Garry Marshall, creator of Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Mork & Mindy; director
Marshall W. Mason, Tony Award-nominated director
Jacquelyn Mayer, former Miss America
Ralph Meeker, actor
Susan Messing, performer, teacher, and director at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Annoyance Theatre
Josh Meyers, actor
Seth Meyers, cast member of Saturday Night Live; host of Late Night with Seth Meyers; winner of the third Celebrity Poker Showdown
Terri Minsky, creator, writer, executive producer of Lizzie McGuire, Less Than Perfect, The Geena Davis Show
John Cameron Mitchell, writer/actor/director, executive producer
Karen Moncrieff, Miss Illinois 1985; writer and director of The Dead Girl and Blue Car
Jason Moore, Tony Award-nominated director
Andrew Moskos, co-founder of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam
Megan Mullally, Emmy Award-winning actress
Dermot Mulroney, actor
Tony Musante, actor
John Musker, writer/producer/director
Margaret Nagle, screenwriter
Patricia Neal, Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actress
Tom Neal, actor
George Newbern, actor
Jamie Ray Newman, actress
Nigel Ng, stand-up comedian based in London known for the character "Uncle Roger"
Agnes Nixon, Emmy Award-winning writer/producer
Bill Nuss, Writer, Producer, Showrunner
Denis O'Hare, Tony Award-winning actor
Dana Olsen, screenwriter
James Olson, actor
Jerry Orbach, Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated actor
Maulik Pancholy, actor
Mary Beth Peil, Tony Award-nominated actress
Jeff Pinkner, screenwriter
Kim Poster, Broadway theatre producer
Marty Pottenger, OBIE-award-winning playwright, performer, civic engagement artist, founder of Art At Work
Jenny Powers, Miss Illinois 2000; Broadway actress
Paula Prentiss, Emmy Award-nominated actress
Michael Prywes, writer and director of Returning Mickey Stern
John Qualen, actor
Maeve Quinlan, actress
Lily Rabe, actress
Charlotte Rae, Emmy Award-nominated and Tony Award-nominated actress
Robert O. Ragland, film score composer, arranger and orchestrator
Tony Randall, Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor
Keith Reddin, playwright
Robert Reed, Emmy Award-nominated actor
Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress
Ruth Roberts, composer
Tony Roberts, Tony Award-nominated actor
Marcia Rodd, Tony Award-nominated actress
Jeri Ryan, actress
Ethan Sandler, actor
Debra Sandlund, actress
Kristen Schaal, actress and comedian, contributor to The Daily Show
David Schwimmer, Emmy Award-nominated actor
Kathryn Leigh Scott, actress
Sarah Sherman, comedian, cast member of Saturday Night Live
Yuki Shimoda, Emmy Award-nominated actor
Katherine Shindle, Miss America 1998, actress
Dan Shor, actor
Peter Spears, Academy Award-winning film producer and actor
Jerry Springer, host of Jerry Springer; former mayor of Cincinnati
Marina Squerciati, actress
Florence Stanley, actress
McLean Stevenson, Emmy Award-nominated actor ; guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Peter Strauss, Emmy Award-winning actor
Nicole Sullivan, original cast member of MADtv; actress ; winner of the inaugural Celebrity Poker Showdown
Hope Summers, actress
Inga Swenson, actress
Robin Lord Taylor, actor
Leigh Taylor-Young, Emmy Award-winning actress
Lloyd Thaxton, television show host, Emmy Award-winning producer of Fight Back! With David Horowitz
Robin Thede, BET Award-winning creator, writer, and actor of A Black Lady Sketch Show; former host of The Rundown with Robin Thede
David Thompson, playwright and writer
Chuti Tiu, Miss Illinois 1994; actress
Deborah Tranelli, actress
Robert Trebor, actor
Eva Victor, actor and filmmaker
Tom Virtue, actor
Jennifer von Mayrhauser, costume designer of films, television, ' and theatre '.
Billie Lou Watt, actress
Michael Weston, actor
Kimberly Williams, actress
Pharrell Williams, Creative Director of Louis Vuitton, Grammy-winning musician/producer
Fred Williamson, actor ; former professional defensive back who played in Super Bowl I
Ed Wood, filmmaker
Natalie Wynn, YouTuber, video essayist
Mary Zimmerman, Tony Award-winning director/writer ; librettist

Business

James L. Allen, founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
Arthur E. Andersen, founder of Arthur Andersen LLP
Gary M. Beasley, founder and executive chairman of Roofstock
Edwin G. Booz, founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
Bonnie Brennan, CEO of Christie's
Arthur Bronwell, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lisa Caputo, chairman and CEO, Citigroup Women and Company
Sue Castorino, founder and president of the Speaking Specialists
Nicholas Chabraja, chairman and CEO, General Dynamics
Dennis Chookaszian, chairman and CEO, CNA Insurance
Douglas Conant, president and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
Bill Cook, billionaire founder and owner of the Cook Group
D. Cameron Findlay, senior vice president and general counsel, Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Scott J. Freidheim, president and CEO, CDI Corp
Christopher Galvin, former chairman and CEO of Motorola
Elbert Henry Gary, co-founder of the United States Steel Corporation
Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Ben Huh, internet entrepreneur and CEO of the Cheezburger Network
David Ing, marketing scientist and senior consultant
John H. Johnson, founder of the Johnson Publishing Company
David Kabiller, founder of AQR Capital Management
Sheraton Kalouria, chief marketing officer and Executive Vice President Sony Pictures Television
Louis S. Kahnweiler, real estate developer
Andrew Mason, founder and CEO, Groupon
Renetta McCann, advertising executive
Blythe McGarvie, director of Accenture, Viacom, and the Pepsi Bottling Group
John Meriwether, founder of Long-Term Capital Management
Roshni Nadar, Chairperson HCL Technologies, executive director and CEO at HCL Corporations, trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation
Divya Narendra, co-founder of ConnectU
William A. Osborn, chairman and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation
Peter George Peterson, former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers; co-founder of the Blackstone Group
Tom Poberezny, former chairman and president of Experimental Aircraft Association
Christine Poon, vice chairman and Worldwide Chairman of Medicines & Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson
Jay Pritzker, co-founder of Hyatt and a member of the Pritzker family
Leonid Radvinsky, serial entrepreneur and majority owner of OnlyFans
Ginni Rometty, chairman, president and chief executive officer, IBM
Pat Ryan, founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation
Paul Sagan, president and CEO, Akamai Technologies
Faiza Seth, CEO of Casa Forma, Ltd.
Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO of SpaceX
William Shu, CEO/co-founder of Deliveroo
Alfred Steele, former CEO of Pepsi-Cola
Lee Styslinger III, chairman and CEO of Altec, Inc.
Howard A. Tullman, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist
Mary T. Washington, first African-American woman certified public accountant in U.S.
Robert Wayman, former CFO and EVP, Hewlett-Packard

''For notable M.B.A. alumni, also see the Kellogg School of Management''

Journalism

J. A. Adande, director of sports journalism at Northwestern University; former ESPN contributor, Around the Horn; former Los Angeles Times sports columnist
Peter Alexander, national correspondent, NBC News
Peter Applebome, reporter, The New York Times
Jabari Asim, columnist, The Washington Post
David Barstow, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The New York Times
Melissa Bell, co-founder of Vox Media; CEO of Chicago Public Media
Steve Bell, former correspondent for ABC News
Amalie Benjamin, sports columnist, The Boston Globe
Guy Benson, author, columnist, pundit, political editor of Townhall.com
Ira Berkow, author, former sports columnist, The New York Times
Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist
Kevin Blackistone, ESPN contributor, Around the Horn; former Dallas Morning News sports columnist
Valerie Boyd, author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston; former Atlanta Journal-Constitution arts editor
Christine Brennan, sports columnist, USA Today
Elisabeth Bumiller, former White House Correspondent, The New York Times
Steve Burton (sports journalist), television sports reporter for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston
Lisa Byington, play-by-play announcer Milwaukee Bucks
Benedict Carey, science reporter, The New York Times
Lauren Chooljian, radio journalist for New Hampshire Public Radio
Cindy Chupack, screenwriter and director who won three Golden Globe and two Emmys for her work in TV on Sex and the City
Amanda Congdon, former hostess of Rocketboom
Mort Crim, former correspondent for ABC News and author
Richard Cross, freelance photojournalist and visual anthropologist
Benoit Denizet-Lewis, contributor to The New York Times Magazine and author of America Anonymous
Richard Durham, creator of the radio series Destination Freedom
Gregg Easterbrook, author and journalist, senior editor of The New Republic
Jonathan Eig, journalist, author of Ali: A Life
Rich Eisen, NFL Network anchor
Helene Elliott, sports columnist, Los Angeles Times
Linda Foley, president of The Newspaper Guild
John Fricke, Emmy Award-winning author/historian; expert on Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz
Georgie Anne Geyer, journalist
Ira Glass, host of NPR's This American Life
Susan Goldberg, editor-in-chief, National Geographic Magazine
Patrick Goldstein, former columnist and reporter, Los Angeles Times
Joshua Green, senior editor, The Atlantic
Lauren Green, religion correspondent for Fox News Channel
Mike Greenberg, ESPN Sportscenter anchor, co-host of Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio, co-host of Get Up!
John Heilemann, journalist at New York magazine and co-author of Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Jon Heyman, baseball writer, Sports Illustrated
Cassidy Hubbarth, ESPN anchor
Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post and novelist
Michael Isikoff, former investigative journalist for Newsweek magazine and NBC News
David Israel, former columnist, Washington Star, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Herald Examiner; former sportswriter, Chicago Daily News
Laura Jacobs, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and New Criterion dance critic
Ryan Jacobs, deputy editor, Pacific Standard magazine and author of The Truffle Underground
Jeff Jarvis, creator of Entertainment Weekly, columnist, professor at CUNY Journalism program
Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief, Mother Jones Magazine
Omar Jimenez, journalist and correspondent working for CNN
Maura Johnston, editor and critic
Sheinelle Jones, anchor, NBC News
Sherry Jones, senior producer, Frontline
Dorothy Misener Jurney, known as "the godmother of women's pages"
Walter Kerr, Broadway theater critic, playwright, and author
Hank Klibanoff, former managing editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
Rikki Klieman, Court TV anchor and legal analyst
Michelle Kosinski, correspondent, NBC News
Irv Kupcinet, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist
Katherine Lanpher, writer and radio personality, author of Leap Days
Nicole Lapin, anchor, CNN Pipeline
Juliet Litman, journalist and media personality at The Ringer
Jonathan Mahler, journalist, author of "Gods of New York" and "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning"
Stewart Mandel, college football writer, Sports Illustrated
Robert R. McCormick, former owner of the Chicago Tribune
Ayelish McGarvey, journalist
Matt Medved, editor-in-chief, Spin
Brent Musburger, sportscaster, ABC
Nyo Mya, author and journalist from Burma
Rachel Nichols, ESPN and Washington Post reporter
Kelly O'Donnell, White House correspondent for NBC News
John Palmer, former news correspondent for NBC News
Ben Parr, CNET columnist and former co-editor of Mashable
Kevin Peraino, journalist and author of Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power
Barry Petersen, foreign correspondent, CBS News
Patricia Peterson, fashion editor The New York Times
Daniel H. Pink, author
Neal Pollack, novelist, essayist
Seth Porges, technology writer, television commentator, and Popular Mechanics editor
Steven Reddicliffe, former editor-in-chief, TV Guide; current television editor for The New York Times
Nick Reding, author, Methland
Kathy Reichs, best-selling novelist and forensic anthropologist
Jacque Reid, television and radio personality, former lead anchor for the BET nightly news
Dave Revsine, sportscaster for Big Ten Network, formerly with ESPN
James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Big Ten blogger
James Rosen, Washington, D.C. correspondent for Fox News Channel
Tina Rosenberg, author and journalist at The New York Times Magazine
Brian M. Rosenthal, investigative reporter at The New York Times
Darren Rovell, CNBC sports business reporter
Daniel Rubin, metro columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Craig Sager, sportscaster
Steve Scully, host, political editor, and senior producer of C-SPAN's Washington Journal
Anatole Shub, journalist for The Washington Post and The New York Times, author
David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover and political strategist
Jane Skinner, former host of Fox News Live
Evan Smith, editor in chief of Texas Monthly
Dan Stoneking, sports editor of the Minneapolis Star and president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Lynn Sweet, Washington, D.C., bureau chief and columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Rick Telander, sportswriter, Chicago Sun Times
Dina Temple-Raston, journalist, author, and National Public Radio correspondent
Derek Thompson, journalist, co-author with Ezra Klein of "Abundance"
Sander Vanocur, journalist
David Weigel, political reporter, Slate magazine
Alan Weisman, journalist and author of The World Without Us
Gary Weiss, journalist
Michael Wilbon, ESPN analyst and Washington Post sports columnist

Law

See also Northwestern University School of Law

Simeon R. Acoba, Jr., justice, Hawaii Supreme Court
Gregory S. Alexander, A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Diane Marie Amann, associate dean for international programs & strategic initiatives and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, University of Georgia School of Law
Rachel E. Barkow, professor of law, New York University Law School
Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Henry Moore Bates, dean of the University of Michigan Law School and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Richard Ben-Veniste, 9/11 Commission member
Duane Benton, Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Raoul Berger, former Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History, Harvard Law School
Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania; Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980–2004
Dalveer Bhandari, former Judge, Supreme Court of India, presently a Judge at the International Court of Justice, Hague
Brian Blanchard, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
David Boies, counsel, Bush v. Gore; founding partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
G. Marcus Cole, professor of law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and associate dean for curriculum, Stanford Law School
Cyrus E. Dietz, Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
Carl E. Douglas, lawyer
James Emmert, Indiana Attorney General and Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Douglas Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair and professor of constitutional law, Pepperdine University School of Law; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta
Roberto Antonio Lange, Federal Judge, District of South Dakota
Lyman Ray Patterson, former Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility, University of Georgia School of Law
Seymour Simon, Illinois Supreme Court
Loren Smith, Federal Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
Jerry Springer 1968 politician; host of Jerry Springer
John Paul Stevens, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Tallman, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School
Ken Ziffren, prominent entertainment attorney, "film czar" for the city of Los Angeles

Medicine, science, and technology

Pulickel Ajayan, professor of materials science and nanotechnology, Rice University
David Applebaum, Israeli physician
Deborah Asnis, infectious disease specialist, discovered and reported the first human cases of West Nile virus in the United States
Cora Belle Brewster, physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
Herman E. Brockman, geneticist and professor in the department of biological sciences at Illinois State University
Robert A. Buethe, Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force
Kathryn Bullock, electrochemist
Andy Carvin, founding editor and former coordinator of the Digital Divide Network
George W. Crane, psychologist, physician, author, newspaper columnist
Robert F. Furchgott, physiology/medicine; Nobel Prize
Larry Gladney, physicist and professor at Yale University
Amy Gooch, computer scientist, developed Gooch shading
Andrea Hodge, professor and department chair of materials science at University of Southern California
Alston Scott Householder, mathematician
Cheddi Jagan, dentist, former president of Guyana
JacSue Kehoe, neuroscience researcher at the CNRS
Marc Kirschner, founding chair of Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Kermit E. Krantz, professor, developed surgical techniques and invented expandable tampon
Gary Kremen, internet entrepreneur, founder of Match.com; first investor in Dolores Labs
Vida Latham, dentist, physician, and researcher
Richard Lerner, past president of Scripps Research Institute, co-inventor of HUMIRA
Irene D. Long, chief medical officer, Kennedy Space Center
Boris Lushniak, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States
Charles Horace Mayo, doctor
Mary Alice McWhinnie – biologist, Antarctic researcher
Ken A. Paller, cognitive neuroscientist working on memory and sleep
Roswell Park, prominent surgeon for whom Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, is named
Joseph Edward Rall, endocrinologist and medical researcher
Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist, former Chief Medical Examiner of North Carolina, author, professor
Ida Hall Roby, first female graduate of Pharmaceutical Department of the Illinois College of Pharmacy, Northwestern University
Sonya Rose, sociologist and historian
Joan C. Sherman, chemist and teacher
Richard Skrenta, creator of the first computer virus, Elk Cloner
Stephen Stahl, psychopharmacologist, author, professor
Thomas Starzl, surgeon, father of modern transplantation, performed first liver transplant
Joseph Staten, writer and director of the Halo video games
Debi Thomas, orthopedic surgeon and 1988 Winter Olympics bronze medalist in figure skating
Sam Treiman, former theoretical physicist and professor of physics at Princeton University
Jacques Vallee, computer scientist, astronomer and UFO researcher
Edward Weiler, director, Goddard Space Flight Center
John Harrison Wharton, software engineer microprocessor designer

Music, literature, and the arts

Steve Albini, recording engineer, musician
Jack Anderson, dance critic, The New York Times
Marie Arana, editor of Washington Post Book World, author of National Book Award finalist American Chica and the novel Cellophane
Steven Bach, former film executive and author of Final Cut and biographies including Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Ernst Bacon, composer
Mary Jo Bang, 2007 National Book Critics Circle award winner for poetry collection Elegy, professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis
Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize-winning novelist
Andrew Bird, musician, songwriter, whistler
Chris Bliss, juggler
Anthony Bozza, music journalist, author of Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem and Tommyland
Grace Bumbry, Grammy-winning operatic mezzo-soprano
Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
William Butler, member of indie rock band Arcade Fire
Mark Camphouse, composer, notably of symphonic wind pieces, and conductor
Dan Chaon, author
Andrew Clements, author
Julia Davids, founding member and artistic director of the Canadian Chamber Choir
Robert Davine, concert accordionist and founder of the Department of Accordion at the Lamont School of Music
Roger De Koven, actor on stage, radio, film and TV; star of Peabody Award-winning radio drama Against the Storm
Lydia R. Diamond, playwright and professor at Boston University
Cynthia Dobrinski, handbell composer and clinician
Ivan Doig, novelist
Tananarive Due, novelist and journalist, The Living Blood
Andy Duncan, former member of OK Go
Mary Dunleavy, soprano
Wilma Dykeman, writer
Timothy Ferris, science author
William R. Ferris, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Gillian Flynn, author of mystery novels and former television critic at Entertainment Weekly
Kyle Gann, composer, microtonalist
Lillian Groag, playwright, theater director, and actress
Shari Goldhagen, author
Chester Gould, cartoonist
James Green, author
Ayun Halliday, author and actor
Amir Hamed, Uruguayan writer
D. Antoinette Handy, flautist
Howard Hanson, composer
Sheldon Harnick, lyricist
Aleksandar Hemon, author and MacArthur Fellow, The Lazarus Project, Nowhere Man
Richard Hillert, composer, organist, and professor of music
Myron Hunt, architect
Payal Kapadia, author; winner of the Crossword Book Award for Best Children's Writing in India, 2013
Brendan Kelly, member of The Lawrence Arms
Ardis Krainik, former general manager of the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Jay Krush, tubist
William Lava, composer
Laura Lippman, mystery novelist
Attica Locke, author and writer/producer for television and film
Margaret Lloyd, soprano
George R.R. Martin, author, A Game of Thrones
Luke Matheny, director and star of 2011 Academy Award-winning short film God of Love
Joy McCullough, author
Robert McHenry, encyclopedist and author
Sherrill Milnes, baritone
Audrey Niffenegger, novelist and artist; author of The Time Traveller's Wife
Bruce Norris, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Clybourne Park
Tawni O'Dell, novelist, Sister Mine, ''Coal Run, Back Roads
Karen A. Page, writer
John Park, singer
Marge Piercy, novelist and poet
Leslie Pietrzyk, writer
Neal Pollack, satirical author and journalist
Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter
Kathy Reichs, author
Steve Rodby, jazz bassist
Ned Rorem, composer
Tina Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
Veronica Roth, New York Times best-selling author of Divergent
William M. Runyan, Christian songwriter who composed "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
Karen Russell, author of St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and Swamplandia!
Thom Russo, Grammy-winning record producer, mixer, musician
David Sanborn, saxophonist
Brian L. Schmidt, game composer and sound designer
Joseph Schwantner, composer
Sandra Seacat, actress and acting teacher/coach; director of In the Spirit
Michael J. Shannon, actor
Sidney Sheldon, author
Nana Shineflug, dancer, choreographer, founder of the Chicago Moving Company
Philip Skinner, opera singer
Jon Solomon, DJ and record label owner
Warren Spector, game designer
Michael Sprinker, late literary theorist
Peter Stuart, singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Dog's Eye View
Frederick Swann, concert organist, composer, and past president of the American Guild of Organists
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, composer
Stephen Tharp, organist and composer
Augusta Read Thomas, composer
Trevanian, author
Gil Trythall, composer and pianist
Thomas Tyra, composer, music educator, bandmaster
Mildred Lund Tyson, composer
Walter Wager, author
Nike Wagner, author
Kate Walbert, National Book Award-nominated writer, author of A Short History of Women
Britt Walford, drummer and guitarist
Margaret Walker, poet and author
Doug Wamble, musician and composer
Joshua Weiner, poet, author of The World's Room''
Claude Porter White, composer
Paul Winter, musician
Rachael Yamagata, musician
Kate Zambreno, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor
Claire Zulkey, author
Dustin Thao, author

Politics, government, and public policy

United States executive branch

Michael Bakalis, former Deputy Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education
George Ball, former Undersecretary of State
William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State and three-time Democratic presidential nominee
Wendy Chamberlin, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan; former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East
James L. Connaughton, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality
Michael Faulkender, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
D. Cameron Findlay, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, former Deputy Assistant to President George H. W. Bush at the White House
Wendy Lee Gramm, former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent who engaged in spying for the Soviet Union and Russia against the United States
Loy W. Henderson, former United States Foreign Service Officer
Edwin M. Martin, former United States Foreign Service Officer
Lowell B. Mason, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
April McClain Delaney, former deputy assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information
Allan I. Mendelowitz, Chair of the Federal Housing Finance Board
Newton Minow, former director of the Federal Communications Commission
Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, the State Department
Steven C. Preston, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
J. Leonard Reinsch, former White House Press Secretary
Alec Ross, Senior Adviser on Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Mel Sembler, former U.S. ambassador to Italy
Eric W. Stromayer, former U.S. Ambassador to Togo
Richard E. Wiley, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

United States Senate

Dale Bumpers, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Arkansas
Francis H. Case, former U.S. Senator
John Hoeven, U.S. Senator from North Dakota; former Governor of North Dakota
George McGovern, South Dakota Senator and 1972 Democratic candidate for president

United States House of Representatives

Cindy Axne, Democratic Congresswoman, Iowa
Judy Biggert, Republican congresswoman
Cardiss Collins, former U.S. Representative from Illinois
Dick Gephardt, former House Democratic leader
Earl Dewitt Hutto, former U.S. Representative from Florida
Steve Kagen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Scott L. Klug, former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Jim Kolbe, former U.S. Representative from Arizona
Dan Lipinski, U.S. Representative from Illinois
Blake Moore, U.S. Representative from Utah
George M. O'Brien, former U.S. Representative from Illinois
John Edward Porter, former U.S. Representative from Illinois
Brad Schneider, U.S. Representative from Illinois
Suhas Subramanyam, U.S. Representative from Virginia
Mike Synar, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma

International figures

Armida Alisjahbana, State Minister of National Development Planning, head of National Development Planning Agency, Republic of Indonesia
Artidjo Alkostar, Supreme Court Justice, Republic of Indonesia
Flávio Arns, Brazilian senator from Paraná
Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Ali Babacan, deputy prime minister of Turkey
Alexander De Croo, prime minister of Belgium
Ingvar Carlsson, prime minister of Sweden
Salem Chalabi, ex-general director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal
Cheddi Jagan, dentist, former president of Guyana
Claudia López Hernández, mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, member of British royal family; former actress
Eduardo Mondlane, revolutionary leader of Mozambique
Amos Sawyer, former president of Liberia
Simcha Rothman, lawyer, Member of Parliament in the Israeli Knesset
Eduardo Stein, vice president of Guatemala
Tung Hsiang-lung, Minister of Veterans Affairs Council, and former Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Navy

Sports

Baseball

Jerry Doggett, former broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Eddie Einhorn, vice chairman of the Chicago White Sox
Luke Farrell, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Joe Girardi, former baseball player and Philadelphia Phillies manager
J. A. Happ, baseball player
Mike Huff, former baseball player
Eric Jokisch, pitcher for the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO
George Kontos, 2012 World Series champion with the San Francisco Giants
Mike Koplove, Major League Baseball pitcher
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first Commissioner of Baseball
Mark Loretta, baseball player
Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls
Mark Walter, founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners, chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Basketball

Don Adams, former NBA and ABA player
Pat Baldwin, college basketball coach for the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Jim Burns, former NBA and ABA player
Veronica Burton (basketball), WNBA player
Nia Coffey, WNBA player
Drew Crawford, basketball player who last played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Ligat HaAl
Erin Dickerson Davis, college basketball coach
Frank Ehmann, All-American basketball player
Evan Eschmeyer, former basketball player
Jake Fendley, former NBA player for the Fort Wayne Pistons
Glen Grunwald, executive for the New York Knicks
Willie Jones, former NBA player
Vic Law, NBA player for Orlando Magic
Billy McKinney, former NBA player, current director of scouting for the Milwaukee Bucks
Daryl Morey, general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers
Max Morris, All-American football and basketball player
Dererk Pardon, American basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Dan Peterson, basketball coach
Kevin Rankin, basketball player and insurance underwriter
Joe Reiff, basketball player and referee
Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago Bulls and the Chicago White Sox
Joe Ruklick, former NBA player for the Philadelphia Warriors, gave Wilt Chamberlain the final assist in his 100 point game
Anucha Browne Sanders, former executive for New York Knicks
John Shurna, former basketball player
Pat Spencer, lacrosse and basketball player
Rick Sund, former general manager for the Atlanta Hawks

Figure skating

Ronald Joseph, figure skater and long jumper
Debi Thomas, figure skater

Football

Mike Adamle, football player and sportscaster
Adetomiwa Adebawore, football player
Dick Alban, football player
Frank Aschenbrenner, football player
Darryl Ashmore, football player
Darnell Autry, football player and actor
Frank Baker, football player
Cas Banaszek, football player
Brett Basanez, football player
D'Wayne Bates, football player
Sid Bennett, football player
George Benson, football player
Kevin Bentley, football player
Earnest Brown IV, defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams
Hank Bruder, football player
Corbin Bryant, football player
Ron Burton, football player, Boston Patriots
Ibraheim Campbell, football player
Woody Campbell, football player
Austin Carr, football player, New Orleans Saints
Luis Castillo, football player, San Diego Chargers
Bob Christian, football player, Atlanta Falcons
Barry Cofield, football player, Washington Redskins
Joe Collier, football head coach, Buffalo Bills
Irv Cross, football player
Andy Cvercko, football player
Bill DeCorrevont, football player for four NFL teams
Garrett Dickerson, football player
John L. "Paddy" Driscoll, football player
Curtis Duncan, football player, Houston Oilers
Tiny Engebretsen, football player
Trai Essex, football player, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts
Paddy Fisher, linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
Pat Fitzgerald, two-time All-American player, former Northwestern head football coach
Barry Gardner, football player
Joe Gaziano, football player
Otto Graham, football player
Nate Hall, football player
Blake Hance, football player
Napoleon Harris, football player, Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings
Montre Hartage, football player
Noah Herron, football player, Green Bay Packers
Chris Hinton, seven-time Pro Bowl player, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings
Evan Hull, football player
Godwin Igwebuike, football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles
Justin Jackson, football player, Los Angeles Chargers
Paul Janus, football player
Luke Johnsos, football player
Mike Kafka, football player, Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Keane, football player
Doc Kelley, football player
John Kidd, NFL punter for five teams
Elbert Kimbrough, football player
Bob Koehler, football player
Tyler Lancaster, football player
Dean Lowry, football player
Sherrick McManis, football player, Chicago Bears
Cameron Mitchell, football player
Alex Moyer, football player
Greg Newsome II, cornerback for the Cleveland Browns
Hunter Niswander, NFL punter
Matt O'Dwyer, football player
Ifeadi Odenigbo, football player
Ted Phillips, Chicago Bears president and CEO
Kyle Prater, NFL wide receiver
Nick Roach, football player, Chicago Bears
Jack Rudnay, football player
Pete Shaw, football player
Trevor Siemian, football player, Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings
Peter Skoronski, football player
Ben Skowronek, football player
Rashawn Slater, offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers
Zach Strief, football player
Tyrell Sutton, football player, Carolina Panthers
Clayton Thorson, football player, Dallas Cowboys
Steve Tasker, football player, sports announcer, Buffalo Bills
Rob Taylor, football player and head coach
Danny Vitale, football player
Anthony Walker Jr., football player
Ray Wietecha, football player
Fred Williamson, football player
Eric Wilson, football player
George Wilson, football player and head coach
Corey Wootton, football player, Chicago Bears
Jason Wright, running back and business executive

Golf

Jim Benepe, golfer
Luke Donald, golfer
Matt Fitzpatrick, golfer
David Lipsky, golfer
David Merkow, golfer

Hockey

Rocky Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks

Horse racing

David Israel, former chair of the California Horse Racing Board, former president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission

Race car driving

Paul Dana, former race car driver in the Indy Racing League

Soccer

Tyler Miller, professional soccer player

Swimming

Federico Burdisso, bronze medalist in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics
Ralph Breyer, gold medalist in the men's 800-meter free relay at the Paris Olympics of 1924, four-time NCAA champion and recipient of the Big Ten medal of honor
Matt Grevers, winner of four gold and two silver Olympic medals in multiple events in 2008 and 2012
Christine Rawak, swimming coach, athletic director at the University of Delaware
Bob Skelton, 1924 Olympic gold medalist in 200-meter breaststroke
Jordan Wilimovsky, 2015 World Champion in the 10 km open water race; Rio and Tokyo Olympian

Tennis

Katrina Adams, tennis player, president of the USTA
Audra Cohen, 2007 NCAA women's singles champion
Grant Golden, tennis player
Clark Graebner, tennis player
Seymour Greenberg, tennis player
Todd Martin, tennis player
Marty Riessen, tennis player

Track and field

Jim Golliday, track
Annette Rogers, sprinter

Professional softball

Tammy Williams, shortstop, won world championship with Team USA in 2010 and National Pro Fastpitch championship with Chicago Bandits in 2011

Wrestling

Jake Herbert, Olympian

Curling

Andrew Stopera, curler

Other

Susan Thompson Buffett, philanthropist; wife of Warren Buffett
Laurie Dann, mass shooter who attacked elementary school children in Winnetka, Illinois
Patti Davis, daughter of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis Reagan
Vernard Eller, author and Christian pacifist
John L. Jerstad, Medal of Honor recipient, Operation Tidal Wave
Vergel L. Lattimore, Air National Guard brigadier general
Amy Kellogg Morse, president, Wisconsin State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Robert W. Parker, U.S. Air Force major general
Davis C. Rohr, U.S. Air Force major general
David N. Senty, U.S. Air Force major general
Claudius B. Spencer, pastor and editor