Madison West High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Jim Bakken - Former NFL place kicker (St. Louis Cardinals); 4 time Pro Bowler and Professional Football Hall of Famer
• Tammy Baldwin - U.S. Representative (D-WI) and US Senator-Elect
• Carol A. Buettner - Wisconsin State Senator
• Jeff Conrad - drummer for the band Phantom Planet
• Jim Doyle, 1963 - 44th Governor of Wisconsin (2003-2011)
• Reece Gaines - Orlando Magic (2003-2004), Houston Rockets (2004-2005), Milwaukee Bucks (2004-2006)
• Beth Heiden - Olympian, Winter Olympic Games, and professional cyclist
• Eric Heiden - Olympic Five-Time Gold Medal Speed Skater at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, and professional cyclist, 1986 Tour de France
• Phil Hellmuth - professional poker player
• Dan Immerfall - Olympic Speed Skater 1976, 1980
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• Barbara Lorman - Wisconsin State Senator
• David Maraniss - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
• Cyrus Nowrasteh - filmmaker
• Sarayu Rao - actress
• Britton Rice - musician, record producer
• Leo Sidran - musician
• Charles P. Smith - Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
• John Stamstad - ultra-endurance mountain bike racer and trail runner, member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
• Scott Stantis-editorial cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune and creator of the comic strips The Buckets and Prickly City
• Tim Stracka—former NFL tight end, Cleveland Browns (1983-1984)
• Chris Tallman - actor
• Donnel Thompson - Pittsburgh Steelers (2000), Indianapolis Colts (2002)
• Stu Voigt - former NFL tight end, Minnesota Vikings (1970-1980)
• Marc Webb - film director of (500) Days of Summer and The Amazing Spider-Man
• Bob Whitsitt - General Manager of the NBA Portland Trailblazers and Seattle Supersonics, NFL Seattle Seahawks. NBA Executive of the Year 1994.
• Jay Mortenson- Olympic gold medalist in swimming at 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.