Notable AFS Exchange Students
- Lee Bollinger, the 19th president of Columbia University (went to Brazil)
- Catherine Coleman, American astronaut (went to Norway)
- Dixie Dansercoer, Belgian explorer (went to the US)
- John Deighton, Harvard Business School Professor
- Jan Eliasson, former President of the UN General Assembly and Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (went to the US), U.N. deputy secretary-general from July 1, 2012
- Cesar Gaviria, former President of Colombia (went to the US)
- Yoshihiro Hattori (went to the US)
- Bill Irwin, American actor (went to Northern Ireland)
- Ernesto Jerez, a Dominican sportscaster
- Kenneth I. Juster (went to Thailand)
- Zalmay Khalizad, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations (went to the US)
- Christine Lagarde, current IMF Director, former Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment of France (went to the US)
- Margaret H. Marshall, 23rd Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the first female to hold that position (AFS to US from South Africa)
- Milow, a Belgian singer (went to the US)
- Jann Klose, German-born singer-songwriter (went to the US)
- Diana Muir, an American writer and historian (went to Chile)
- Tiina Nunnally, an American author and translator (went to Denmark)
- Helmut Panke, a member of the board of directors at Microsoft (went to the US)
- Gerhard Pfanzelter, Austrian Ambassador to the United Nations (went to the US)
- Nicole Rash, 2007 Miss Indiana (went to Bolivia)
- Lieven Scheire, Belgian comedian (went to Iceland)
- Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japanese politician (went to the US)
- Adalet Baris Gunersel Illeditsch, Turkish writer and educational psychologist (went to the US)
- Tarik Günersel, Turkish poet and playwright (went to the US)
- Frieda Van Wijck, Belgian television presenter (went to the US)
- Linda Wells, American editor in chief (went to Turkey)
- Craig Wilson, American columnist (went to Great Britain)
- James Woolsey, a foreign policy specialist and former Director of Central Intelligence and head of the Central Intelligence Agency (February 5, 1993 - January 10, 1995) (went to Sweden)
- Dato' Mahadzir Lokman, former Malaysian news presenter and prominent emcee (went to the US)
- Professor Colin Bundy is Principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford (AFS to US from South Africa)
- Ambassador John Christopher "Chris" Stevens US Ambassador to Libya (went to Spain)
- İsmail Cem İpekçi Turkish Foreign Minister went to USA
- Rogelio Pfirter, Argentinian Diplomat (went to the US)
- Adolfo Nanclares, Argentinian Ambassador (went to the US)
- Susana Malcorra, served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (went to the US)
- Diego Guelar, Argentinian Ambassador (went to the US)
- Marcelo Huergo, Argentinian Ambassador (went to the US)
- Guillermo Gonzalez, Argentinian Ambassador (went to the US)
- Jorge Argüello, Argentinian Ambassador (went to the US)
- Julio Frade, Uruguayan Actor, Radio Announcer and Pianist (went to the US)
- Alfreð Finnbogason, Icelandic soccer player (went to Italy)
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