Alumni
- 1941 Velmer A. Fassel, scientist Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
- 1954 Conlan Carter, actor and airline pilot, attended two years
- 1960 Dick Hantak, NFL referee
- 1960 Ken Iman, center with NFL's Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams
- 1969 James T. Conway, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
- 1970 Rush Limbaugh, radio talk show host, attended Southeast Missouri for a year but did not graduate
- 1974 Linda Godwin, NASA astronaut
- 1976 Peter Kinder, politician
- 1979 Steve Tappmeyer, basketball coach
- 1987 Cedric Kyles, aka Cedric the Entertainer
- 1994 Steven Tilley, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
- 2000 Jason Witczak, kicker with the AFL's Nashville Kats
- 2001 Neal E. Boyd, 2008 winner of America's Got Talent
- 2003 Willie Ponder, wide receiver with NFL's St. Louis Rams
- 2004 Eugene Amano, center with the NFL's Tennessee Titans
- 2006 Edgar Jones, outside linebacker with NFL's Baltimore Ravens
- 2007 Joe Tuineau, lock with Southland Rugby in the Air New Zealand Cup
- 2012 Keith Hermann, Accountant
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