Notable Alumni
- Neville K. Adderley, ('67) Supreme Court Justice of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
- Tom Burnett, hero of United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Attended SJU for two years, but did not graduate.
- Edward Devitt ('34), U.S. Congressman 1947-1949 and U.S. District Court Judge
- David Durenberger, former U.S. Senator
- Erin Truhler, ('02, Foreign Service Officer. Employed at the U.S. Embassy in Caracus, Venezuela.
- Colette Peters ('93), Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections. She was named by the governor to lead the Department of Corrections after serving as the Director of the Oregon Youth Authority for several years.
- Margaret Hofman ('90) Judge. Dallas County Criminal Court, Texas.
- Glen Werner Roseboom ('93) U.S. Olympic Facility Director. Director of the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado.
- Alicia Ulwelling ('94) Helotech. Transports science personnel and equipment to field sites at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
- Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator, presidential candidate
- Jon Hassler, novelist
- Patrick Hicks, poet
- Elizabeth Hayden ('68) District Court Judge in Stearns County; Presided over Rep. Norm Coleman's case to overturn Dem. Al Franken's 225-vote advantage following a recount
- Vedie Himsl ('38), baseball player and coach
- Mark Kennedy, former U.S. Congressman
- Matt Kirby and Kevin Truckenmiller, members of alternative rock band Quietdrive
- Bill Kling, co-founder and president of American Public Media
- Bernie Kukar, former National Football League referee
- Mike McCarthy, businessman
- John McCutcheon, Grammy-winning folk musician
- Denis McDonough ('92), Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama.
- John McDowell, National Football League player
- John McNally, aka "Johnny Blood", National Football League Hall of Famer
- Larry Millett, journalist and author
- Lino Rulli, Emmy-winning producer and radio host (The Catholic Guy)
- Richard Sabers ('60) South Dakota Supreme Court Justice
- Matt Schnobrich, 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in rowing
- George Sinner ('50), Governor of North Dakota 1985-1992
- Eugene P. Sheehy, Head Academic Librarian at Columbia University, 1967–1986
- Stephen Sommers, movie director
- Mark Vande Hei ('89), astronaut
- Richard Weening, businessman
- Jerome J. Workman, Jr. is a prolific author and editor of scientific reference works on the subject of spectroscopy; and a noted analytical spectroscopist.
- Kipp Christianson, professional wrestler in Florida Championship Wrestling as "Eli Cottonwood"
- Gordon Zahn attended briefly but was pressured to leave. He later wrote German Catholics and Hitler's Wars and In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter. Later he was given St. John's Pax Christi award.
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