Prominent Alumni
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- Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist, explorer, and director of the American Museum of Natural History
- James Arness, actor
- Fred Ascani, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Ginger Beaumont, MLB player, the first player to bat in the World Series
- James Arnold Blaisdell, 1899, the third president of Pomona College (1910–1927), founder and “Head Fellow” of the Claremont Colleges (1927–1935).
- Don Bolles, investigative journalist
- Ron Bontemps, Olympic gold medalist
- Robert A. Buethe, Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force
- Lucien B. Caswell, U.S. Representative
- Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, geologist, professor, University of Wisconsin president, museum director
- Mush Crawford, NFL player
- Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, editorial cartoonist and conservationist
- Mike Davis, anthropologist, archeologist, and boat builder.
- Adolph Dubs, American Ambassador murdered in Afghanistan (1978–1979)
- William Eich, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Clarence Ellis, computer scientist (first African-American Ph.D. in the field)
- John E. Erickson, basketball coach, general manager, U.S. Senate candidate
- Chris Fleming, TV host, paranormal investigator
- Robyn Gabel, member of Illinois House of Representatives
- Henry Garfield, Author of Room 13, Moondog, Tatabull's Throw and other novels
- Janine P. Geske, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Suzanne K. Hale, American Ambassador (2004–Present)
- Pat Kilbane, comedic actor
- Christina Kramer, professor of Slavic and Balkan languages
- Kerwin Mathews, actor
- Jack McAuliffe, NFL player
- Amby McConnell, MLB player
- Walt McGaw, NFL player
- William H. McMaster, Governor of South Dakota (1921–1925), and U.S. Senator
- Tommy Mills, head coach of the Creighton Bluejays, Georgetown Hoyas and Arkansas State Indians football teams; Creighton Bluejays and Arkansas State Indians men's basketball teams and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team
- Mark Moffett, entomologist
- Robert Lee Morris, jewelry designer
- Gordon Myse, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Lorine Niedecker, poet
- Barbara Notestein, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
- Jameson Parker, actor
- Arthur H. Parmelee, football coach and physician
- Walter Robinson Parr, Chicago pastor
- John Pasquin, Emmy-nominated television and film director
- George Perring, MLB player
- Pid Purdy, NFL player
- Elmer Rhenstrom, NFL player
- John Sall, one of the four founders of SAS Institute
- John S. Samuel, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Zeke Sanborn, Olympic gold medalist
- Lew Sarett, poet and Northwestern University professor
- Arthur Henderson Smith, missionary and advocate for Chinese higher education
- Rex Smith, NFL player
- Tully Sparks, MLB player
- James Woodward Strong, first president of Carleton College
- Robert C. Strong, U.S. diplomat
- Julia Suits, cartoonist
- John Thorn, sports historian
- Peter Tufo, American Ambassador (1997–2001)
- John D. Wickhem, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Willard Wirtz, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1962–1969)
- Charles Winter Wood, actor, orator, Professor at Tuskegee Institute
- Amy Wright, actress
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