Notable Alumni
- J. Michael Bishop, 1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for cancer research
- Rev. David Bittle, first president of Roanoke College, the nation's second oldest Lutheran college after Gettysburg
- Janet Morgan Riggs, President of Gettysburg College (2009–present)
- Ruth J. Person, Chancellor of the University of Michigan (Flint Campus).
- Herman Haupt, American Civil War general who ran the Union military railroad system
- Carson Kressley, fashion consultant, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- George M. Leader, former Governor of Pennsylvania (1955–1959)
- John S. Rice, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1961-1964) and President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate (1939-1940)
- William N. McNair, former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1934–1936)
- Ron Paul, M.D., U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1988 Libertarian Party Presidential nominee, as well as 2008 and 2012 Candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination
- James Glenn Beall, former Maryland U.S. Senator.
- Carol Bellamy, former New York City Council President and former executive director, UNICEF
- Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr., former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1965–1967)
- Fred F. Fielding, former (1981–1986, 2007–2009) Counsel to the President, former deputy to the White House counsel (1970–1972), member of 9/11 Commission
- Bruce S. Gordon, former head of the NAACP (2005–2007)
- Jeffrey Piccola, Pennsylvania State Senator, former State Senate Majority Whip (2001–2007)
- Keller E. Rockey, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps, commander of the Fifth Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima
- Owen Roizman, five-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer for films such as The Exorcist, The French Connection and Network
- Karen Sosnoski, author, radio contributor and filmmaker
- Edgar Fahs Smith American scientist and provost of the University of Pennsylvania
- Jerry Spinelli, author, winner of the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee
- F. William Sunderman, Physician, Editor, Musician, and Inventor. Medical Director for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, N.M. [
- Charles A. Willoughby, Chief of Intelligence on General Douglas MacArthur's staff during World War II, member of Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
- George Winter, former Major League Baseball player
- John Bosley Ziegler who discovered Dianabol and pioneered the use of steroids in sport.
- John Yovicsin, NFL football player, coach at Gettysburg, and coach at Harvard
- David Hartman, first blind person to graduate from medical school in the United States
- Ron Warner, class of 1962, two-time All-American (1961, 1962) basketball player
- Stephanie Sellars, writer, actor, and filmmaker
- Eddie Plank, MLB Hall of Fame pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. (Plank was not technically an alumnus since he was not a student, but he pitched for his local college's baseball team.)
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