The following persons are notable alumni, living and deceased, of Washington University in St. Louis.
Academia
College or university presidents
- James F. Barker (AM 1973): former president of Clemson University
- Rebecca Ehretsman (MA): 18th president of Wartburg College
- Thomas Lamb Eliot (AB 1862, AM 1866): founding board member and president of Reed College
- Deborah Freund (AB 1973): president of Claremont Graduate University
- Barry Glassner (MA, PHD): 24th president of Lewis & Clark College
- Nathan O. Hatch (AM 1972, PhD 1974): president emeritus of Wake Forest University
- Edward S. Holden (SB 1866): fifth president of the University of California; director of the Lick Observatory
- Joyce Ladner (AM 1966, PhD 1968): sociologist, civil rights activist and interim president of Howard University
- Walter E. Massey (AM 1966, PhD 1966): physicist, director of the National Science Foundation, president of Morehouse College
- Horace Mitchell (AB 1968, MA 1969, PhD 1974): president of California State University Bakersfield
- Daniel Nathans (MD 1954): former president of Johns Hopkins University
- H. Richard Niebuhr (AM 1917): theologian, former president of Elmhurst College and professor at Yale University
- Larry Robinson (PhD 1984): academic, administrator, chemist and the current President of Florida A&M University
- Abram L. Sachar (AB 1920, AM 1920): founding president of Brandeis University
- Kim Schatzel (BS 1978): 19th president of University of Louisville
- Song Ja (MBA 1962, DBA 1967): former president of Yonsei University and Myongji University; South Korean Minister of Education
- Samuel Stanley (MD 1980): fifth president of Stony Brook University
- Woo Chia-wei (MA, PhD): founding president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; first Asian American president of a major U.S. university (San Francisco State University)
Professors
- Francis J. Beckwith (MJS): professor and associate director of the graduate program in philosophy at Baylor University
- Jessie Bernard (PhD 1935): sociologist; feminist scholar, professor at Pennsylvania State University
- Judson A. Brewer (PhD 2002, MD 2004): neuroscientist and psychiatrist, director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and professor at Brown University
- William M. Bugg (PhD 1959): professor at the University of Tennessee and fellow of the American Physical Society
- Ewald W. Busse (M.D.): professor at Duke University and president of the American Psychiatric Association
- Elizabeth A. Craig: biochemistry professor at University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison; member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Keith Crandall (PhD 1993): founding director of the Computational Biology Institute and professor at George Washington University
- Lorrie Cranor (BS 1992, MS 1993, MS 1996, D.Sc 1996): professor at Carnegie Mellon University; served as chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission
- Carolyn S. Gordon (PhD 1979): Benjamin Cheney Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College
- Kenneth I. Gross (PhD 1966): mathematician, professor at University of Vermont and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Raelynn Hillhouse (AB): novelist, political scientist, national security expert, professor at University of Michigan and University of Hawaiûi at MÃÂnoa
- Barbara Krauthamer (MA 1994): African-American historian, professor at New York University and University of Massachusetts Amherst, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University
- Lauren Krivo (AB 1978): professor of sociology at Rutgers University
- Richard Lischer (MA 1967): theologian and professor at Duke Divinity School
- Donald Livingston (PhD 1965): professor of Philosophy at Emory University and constitutional scholar
- John L. Loos (PhD c. 1953): historian and professor at Louisiana State University, researcher of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Richard V. E. Lovelace (BS Physics 1964): astrophysicist and plasma physicist at Cornell University
- Julius B. Maller (AB 1925): professor of psychology at Yeshiva University
- Richard McKelvey (MA 1967): political scientist, specialized in mathematical theories of voting and Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of Political Science at the California Institute of Technology
- William E. Moerner (BS, AB 1975): Nobel Prize-winning chemical physicist, professor at Stanford University
- Jonathan D. Moreno (PhD 1977): David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- Bruce Ovbiagele (MLS 2021): professor of Neurology and associate dean at the University of California, San Francisco and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Heart Association
- Eugene B. Redmond (AM 1966): poet and professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Maurice H. Rees: medical educator, professor at University of Colorado Boulder, and dean of University of Colorado School of Medicine 1925âÂÂ1945
- Bruce Rittmann (B.S., M.S. 1974): Regents' Professor at Arizona State University
- Carmen Rivera de Alvarado (MSW 1944), social worker and professor at the University of Puerto Rico
- Elizabeth Scarlett (AB 1983): author of books on Spanish literature and film, professor at University at Buffalo
- Pepper Schwartz (AB 1967, MA 1969): sociologist, sexologist, and professor at the University of Washington
- Hollis Taylor: author and musicologist at Macquarie University
- Thea Tlsty (PhD 1980): professor of pathology at the University of California, San Francisco
- L. Randell Wray (MA, PhD): economist associated with modern monetary theory and professor of economics at Bard College
- Ellen W. Zegura (BS 1987, MS 1990, D.Sc 1993): professor at Georgia Tech
- Jacquelyn Zita (BA, PhD): former professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at University of Minnesota
Arts and literature
- Ericka Beckman (BFA 1974): filmmaker
- Deanne Bell (BS 2002): host of Discovery Channel's Smash Lab and PBS's Design Squad
- Suessa Baldridge Blaine: writer of temperance pageants
- Morris Carnovsky (AB): stage and film actor
- Steve Carver (MFA): film director
- Douglass Crockwell (BS 1926): commercial artist and experimental filmmaker
- Larry Cuba (AB 1972): animator
- Robert Culp (attended): television actor
- Patricia Degener: artist
- Kyle DeWoody (BA 2007): gallery owner
- Anita Diamant (AB 1973): novelist
- Doug Dillard: bluegrass musician, banjo player for the Dillards
- Song Ja (MBA 1962, DBA 1967): former president of Yonsei University and Myongji University; South Korean Minister of Education
- Sean Douglas (LA 2005): multi-platinum songwriter and producer
- Richard Eastham (studied prior to World War II): actor
- Henry Ware Eliot (AB 1863): father of poet T. S. Eliot; former president of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis
- George Pearse Ennis: painter and watercolorist
- Lillie Rose Ernst: leader of The Potters, an artistic group in early 20th-century St. Louis
- Jon Feltheimer (AB 1972): CEO of Lionsgate Films
- Emily Fridlund: author of History of Wolves
- Tom Friedman (BFA 1988): conceptual sculptor
- Bernie Fuchs (MFA 1954): painter and illustrator
- Richa Gangopadhyay (MBA 2017): actress
- John Gardner (AB 1955): novelist
- Dave Garroway (AB 1936): Today Show host
- Cheryl Goldsleger (MFA 1975): artist
- Alicia Graf Mack (MA): dancer
- Elizabeth Graver (MFA 1999): novelist
- Robert Guillaume: stage and television actor
- Gustave Haenschen: pianist, composer, recording director (Brunswick Records), orchestral conductor and radio executive
- Garth Risk Hallberg (MFA 2001): novelist
- Henry Hampton (AB 1961): filmmaker; producer of PBS civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize
- John Hartford: bluegrass fiddler and banjo player
- Edmund Hartmann: film and television writer and producer
- Veronica Helfensteller: painter and printer
- Ronald Himes: theatrical producer, director, and actor
- Ann Hirsch (BFA 2007): artist
- Daniel Hirsh (AB 2005): actor and filmmaker
- A. E. Hotchner (AB 1940, JD 1940): biographer and novelist (Papa Hemingway, King of the Hill)
- Fannie Hurst (AB 1909): writer and social activist
- Josephine Johnson (student 1926âÂÂ1931): Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Roland C. Jordan: composer and music theorist
- Stan Kann (AB 1946): theater organist
- Johnny Kastl (AB, 1997): television actor (Scrubs)
- Hank Klibanoff (AB 1971): author and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Zander Lehmann (AB 2009): creator, writer, and producer of the TV show Casual
- Caryn Mandabach (AB 1970): Emmy award-winning television and film producer of the Cosby Show
- Shepherd Mead (AB 1936): playwright (How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
- David Merrick (AB 1934): Broadway producer
- Creighton Michael (MFA): abstract artist
- Marvin Miller: actor, voice actor, radio announcer, multiple time winner of Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album
- Ian Monroe (BFA 1995): visual artist
- Oliver Nelson (student 1954âÂÂ1957): jazz musician and composer
- David McCheyne Newell: naturalist, writer
- Frank Nuderscher: American Impressionist painter and muralist
- Al Parker (student 1923-28): illustrator
- J. D. Parran (AM 1971): jazz musician
- Ebony Patterson (MFA 2006): visual artist
- Sandra Payne (BFA): visual artist
- Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist, creator of Mother Goose and Grimm
- Judy Pfaff (BFA 1971): visual artist
- Dan Piraro (dropped out): cartoonist of Bizarro
- Robert Quine (JD 1968): rock guitarist
- Harold Ramis (AB 1966): film actor, writer and director
- David Ready (BA 2001): film producer, President of Film at Chernin Entertainment
- Eugene B. Redmond (MA 1966): poet, critic, civil-rights activist
- Irma S. Rombauer (AB): co-author of The Joy of Cooking
- Allen Rucker: television writer and novelist
- Peter Sarsgaard (AB 1993): actor
- Steven Sater: Broadway lyricist, playwright, and poet
- Peter Saul (BFA 1956): painter
- Michael Shamberg: video artist, producer
- Jane Sauer (BA 1959): fiber artist, sculptor
- William Jay Smith (AB 1939; MA 1941): nineteenth United States Poet Laureate
- Maxwell Stevens (MFA 1995): painter, visual artist
- Dan Storper (AB âÂÂ73): founder and CEO of Putumayo World Music
- Allan Trautman (AB 1976): actor, puppeteer
- Jeff Tremaine (AB 1990): director, producer, and co-creator of MTV's Jackass
- Anne Valente (AB 2003): novelist, short story writer
- Charles van Ravenswaay (AB 1933, AM 1934): historian, first paid director of the Missouri Historical Society
- Kristin Bauer van Straten: television actress on True Blood
- Lauren Weinstein (AB 1998): cartoonist
- June Weybright: composer
- Luke Whisnant (MFA 1982): novelist, short story writer
- Mary Wickes (AB 1930): stage, film, and television actress
- Tennessee Williams (student 1936âÂÂ37): playwright
- Olly Wilson (AB 1959): composer
- Ben H. Winters (BA 1998): author, playwright, screenwriter
- Qiu Xiaolong (MA 1993) (PhD 1995): crime novelist, English-language poet, literary translator, critic, and academic
Architecture and design
Business
- Fahd Al-Rasheed (BSBA): CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City
- John H. Biggs (PhD): former CEO of TIAA-CREF
- Nordahl Brue (JD): founder of Bruegger's Bagels and Board of Trustees member at Grinnell College
- Donald L. Bryant Jr. (JD 1967): owner of Bryant Family Vineyard
- Maxine Clark: founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop
- William H. Danforth (AB 1892): founder of Ralston Purina
- Morgan DeBaun (BA): founder and CEO of Blavity, Inc
- Arnold W. Donald (BSME 1977): CEO of Carnival Cruise Line; former CEO of Merisant
- Yinka Faleti (JD): former executive director of the nonprofit Forward Through Ferguson and senior vice president of United Way of Greater St. Louis
- Aria Finger (BA 2005): CEO of nonprofit DoSomething, president of TMI Agency
- Lee Fixel: billionaire venture capitalist, founder of Addition
- Steve Fossett (MBA 1968): options trader, balloonist, and adventurer
- Sam Fox (BSBA 1951): founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group Industries
- Avram Glazer (BSBA 1982): president and CEO of the Zapata Corporation and joint chairman of Manchester United
- Robert Hernreich (AB 1967): co-owner of Sacramento Kings, Swansea City A.F.C.
- Sai Sam Htun (MBA 2008): founder of Loi Hein Company, Owner of Yadanarbon FC
- Bruce Levenson (AB 1971): owner of Atlanta Hawks
- Doug Lowenstein (AB 1973): founder and former president of Entertainment Software Association, former president and CEO of American Investment Council
- John F. McDonnell: former Chairman and CEO of McDonnell Douglas (Now Boeing)
- Sanford N. McDonnell: former CEO of McDonnell Douglas
- Jim McKelvey (AB 1987): co-founder and director of Block, Inc.
- Wade Miquelon (MBA 1989): former executive vice president of Walgreens and former president and CEO of Jo-Ann Stores
- Charles Nagel (JD 1872): United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor; founder of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- James Busch Orthwein: former Anheuser-Busch board of directors 1963âÂÂ2001, former owner of New England Patriots
- Dave Peacock (MBA 2000): former CEO of Anheuser-Busch and former president of Schnucks
- Andrew Puzder (JD 1978): CEO of CKE Restaurants
- Michael L. Riordan (AB 1979): founder of Gilead Sciences
- David Rogier (AB): co-founder and CEO of MasterClass
- Aaron Selber Jr.: studied in the School of Retailing; businessman and philanthropist in Shreveport, Louisiana
- William Shaw (MBA 1972): president and COO of Marriott International
- Kevin Sheekey (BA 1988): Global Head of Communications, Government Relations and Marketing for Bloomberg L.P.
- Karen Sheriff (BA 1979): president and CEO of Q9 Networks Inc.
- Luther Ely Smith (JD 1897): founder of Gateway Arch National Park
- George Fox Steedman (1871âÂÂ1940): inventor and businessman
- Louis Susman (JD 1962): vice chairman of Citigroup Global Markets
- Jack C. Taylor (student through 1944): founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car; no. 14 on Forbes 400 Richest Americans in 2006
- Jim Weddle (AB 1977, MBA): managing partner at Edward Jones Investments
- John B. Whyte (attended two years in 1950s): developer of Fire Island Pines, New York
- Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): hotel developer and owner of the Oakland Athletics
- George Zimmer (AB 1970): founder of Men's Wearhouse
Journalism and media
- Bill Dedman (student 1978âÂÂ1981): Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of bestseller Empty Mansions
- Jonathan Greenberger (AB 2005): global editor-in-chief, Politico.
- Lynne Cooper Harvey (AB, AM): producer of Paul Harvey News; inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame
- William G. Hyland (BA): editor of Foreign Affairs (1984âÂÂ1992), Deputy National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford (1975âÂÂ1977)
- Michael Isikoff (AB 1974): author and investigative journalist
- Richard F. Janssen (BA 1954): journalist who received a Gerald Loeb Award in 1961
- Sarah Kendzior (PhD 2012): author and journalist
- Hank Klibanoff (AB 1971): Pulitzer Prize-winning author, director of the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project, and former managing editor of Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Anthony Kuhn (AB 1985): NPR correspondent in Beijing, China
- Max Lerner (AM 1925): intellectual, critic, and author
- Marguerite Martyn (ca. 1880âÂÂ1948): reporter and artist
- Luke Epplin (BA): sportswriter and author
- Condé Nast (LLB 1897): publisher of Vogue
- Eric P. Newman (JD 1935): numismatist
- Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist; creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm"
- Ben H. Winters (BA 1998): author, playwright, screenwriter
Government
Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section.
U.S. cabinet secretaries and other prominent federal government officials
U.S. governors and lieutenant governors
U.S. senators
- Alan J. Dixon (LLB 1949): U.S. senator from Illinois, 1981âÂÂ93
- Harry B. Hawes (JD 1896): U.S. senator from Missouri, 1926âÂÂ1933
- Chic Hecht (BS 1949): U.S. senator from Nevada, 1983âÂÂ89
- Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (JD 1926): U.S. senator from Missouri, 1951âÂÂ1960
- Roscoe C. Patterson (JD 1897): U.S. senator from Missouri, 1929âÂÂ1935
- Ralph Tyler Smith (JD 1940): U.S. senator from Illinois, 1969âÂÂ1970
- Selden P. Spencer (JD 1886): U.S. senator from Missouri, 1918âÂÂ1925
- Jim Talent (AB 1978): U.S. senator from Missouri, 2003âÂÂ2007
- Xenophon P. Wilfley (JD 1899): U.S. senator from Missouri, 1918
- George H. Williams (JD 1897): U.S. senator from Missouri, 1925âÂÂ1926
U.S. representatives
- James Joseph Butler (JD): member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 12th congressional district
- Tom Coleman (JD 1969): U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1977âÂÂ1993
- Thomas Bradford Curtis (LLB 1935): primary driver behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
- Hal Daub (BS 1963): U.S. congressman from Nebraska, 1981âÂÂ1989; mayor of Omaha, 1995âÂÂ2001
- Leonidas C. Dyer (JD 1893): U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1915âÂÂ1933
- James F. Fulbright (born 1877): U.S. representative from Missouri
- William L. Igoe (JD 1902): U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1913âÂÂ1921
- Christian Menefee (JD 2013): U.S. congressman from Texas, 2026âÂÂpresent
- Abner Mikva (BA 1948): U.S. representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district, 1975âÂÂ1979; U.S. representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district, 1969âÂÂ1973
- Steve Rothman (JD 1977): U.S. congressman from New Jersey, 1997âÂÂ2013
- Mike Simpson (DMD 1977): U.S. congressman from Idaho, 1999âÂÂpresent
- Leonor Sullivan (1923): first female U.S. congressional representative from Missouri, 1953âÂÂ1977
State legislators and city officials
- Sherman Block (BS): 29th sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, 1982âÂÂ1988
- Ben Cannon (AB 1999): state representative to the Oregon House of Representatives, 2007âÂÂ2011, and Rhodes Scholar
- Ethan Corson (BS, JD): member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district, 2021âÂÂpresent
- Charles L. Craig (1872âÂÂ1935): New York City Comptroller
- Daniel Draper (JD): Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1979âÂÂ1983
- Jason Doucette (BA): member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Rocky Fitzsimmons: member of the West Virginia Senate
- John Hayden Jr.: police commissioner of the St. Louis Police Department
- Lawrence J. Lee: majority floor leader for the Missouri Senate for the 77th and 78th General Assemblies
- James Newsom (JD 2002): member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 2025âÂÂpresent
- Tony Ribaudo (1962): majority leader of the Missouri House of Representatives, 1977âÂÂ1997
- Tana Senn (BA): representative for the 41st legislative district in the Washington House of Representatives since 2013
- Jeff Smith (PhD 2004): member of the Missouri Senate from the 4th district, 2007âÂÂ2009
Mayors and county executives
Diplomats
Law
Judges
- Glendy B. Arnold: St. Louis judge
- Robert E. Bacharach: judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Marion T. Bennett (JD 1938): senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1986âÂÂ2000
- David Bernhard (JD 1985): judge on the 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia (Fairfax), 2017âÂÂpresent
- Michael Cherry (JD 1969): justice, Supreme Court of Nevada, 2006âÂÂpresent
- Sharon Johnson Coleman (JD 1984): judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Irving Ben Cooper (LLB 1925): senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1972âÂÂ1996)
- Barbara Ann Crancer (JD): associate circuit judge of the 21st Missouri Circuit Court 1992âÂÂ2008
- Joseph F. Cunningham (JD 1952): served on the Illinois Supreme Court
- Stephanie D. Davis (JD 1992): first Black woman from Michigan to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Conway Elder (JD 1905): Supreme Court of Missouri justice 1921âÂÂ1922
- Audrey Goldstein Fleissig (JD 1980): judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Joseph H. Goldenhersh (JD): Illinois Supreme Court judge 1970âÂÂ1987
- Raymond Gruender (JD/MBA 1987): current judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- George F. Gunn Jr. (JD 1955): Supreme Court of Missouri justice, and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Jean Constance Hamilton (JD 1971): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Moses Harrison (JD): Illinois Appellate Court and Illinois Supreme Court judge
- Abner Mikva (1948): former chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- John Francis Nangle (JD 1948): former chief judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1983âÂÂ1990
- Catherine D. Perry (JD 1981): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Rodney W. Sippel (JD 1980): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Richard B. Teitelman (JD 1973): justice, Supreme Court of Missouri (2002âÂÂ2016)
Attorneys
Activists
Other
Science, engineering, and medicine
- Richard Askey (BA 1955): mathematician known for his work on special functions
- J. Michael Bailey (AB 1979): psychologist, professor, researcher on sexual orientation
- Geoffrey Ballard (PhD 1963): developed fuel cells; member of Order of Canada; founder of Ballard Power Systems
- Bob Behnken (BSPhy 1992, BSME 1992): NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office
- Jasmine Brown (BA 2018): author
- Clyde Cowan (AM, PhD 1949): physicist and co-discoverer of the neutrino
- Arnold W. Donald (BS): president and CEO of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Carl Eckart (BS, MS 1923): noted physicist; member of National Academy of Sciences; known for Wigner-Eckart theorem, Eckart-Young theorem
- Thomas F. Frist Jr. (MD 1965): co-founder of HCA Healthcare, and the wealthiest person in Tennessee
- Eric D. Green (MD PhD 1987): director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
- Philip Gressman (AB 2001): mathematician known for work on harmonic analysis
- Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959): engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation
- Albert G. Hill (BS 1930, MS 1934): professor of physics at MIT; head of Lincoln Lab and Draper Lab; director of research at Institute for Defense Analyses
- Julian W. Hill (BS 1924): chemist; co-inventor of nylon
- Georg Jander (BS 1987): plant biologist at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University
- Marc Kamionkowski (BA 1987): astrophysicist, particle theorist, and cosmologist
- William Kincaid (BS 1988): costume manufacturer and artist
- Robert C. Kolodny (MD 1969): author of books on human sexuality
- Edwin G. Krebs (MD 1943): winner of Nobel laureate in medicine for work with protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
- Appu Kuttan: founder of the National Education Foundation
- Alexander Langsdorf, Jr. (BS 1932): Manhattan Project physicist; vocal critic of nuclear proliferation
- J. C. R. Licklider (BS 1937): pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence
- Stan London (MD 1949): St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Hawks team physician
- Walter E. Massey (AM 1966, PhD 1966): physicist, director of the National Science Foundation, president of Morehouse College
- William E. Moerner (BS 1975): Stanford University professor; winner of 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; pioneer in single molecule spectroscopy and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Robert H. Mohlenbrock (PhD 1957): botanist and author
- Ben Moreell (BS 1913): U.S. Navy admiral; founder of the Navy's Seabees construction battalions
- Benjamin Movsas (MD 1990): chairman of radiation oncology at the Henry Ford Hospital
- Daniel Nathans (MD 1954): Nobel laureate in medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes; awarded National Medal of Science
- Alton Ochsner (MD): surgeon and medical researcher at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans
- Fred Olsen (PhD): inventor of the ball propellant manufacturing process
- Michael E. Phelps (PhD 1970): developed PET scan
- Rob Phillips (PhD 1989): noted biophysicist; professor at Caltech
- Caroline Thomas Rumbold (1877âÂÂ1949): botanist
- Pejman Salimpour: physician who successfully challenged the legality of exclusivity agreements between hospitals and doctors' groups
- Michael Salzhauer, "Dr. Miami" (MD 1996): celebrity plastic surgeon
- Peter Shawhan (BS 1990): LIGO physicist; co-recipient of Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- Joseph Edward Smadel (MD): inaugural recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
- Sol Spiegelman (PhD 1944): molecular biologist
- Carl Steefel (BA 1974): geoscientist
- Earl Sutherland (MD 1942): Nobel laureate in medicine for elucidating the mechanisms of the actions of hormones
- T. Bill Sutherland (BA 1963): theoretical and mathematical physicist
- Leana Wen (MD): former president of Planned Parenthood, former Baltimore City health commissioner
- Michael J. Wendl (1958): engineering in terrain following technology and energy management theory
- Walter Wyman (MD 1873): 3rd US Surgeon General
- Ernst K. Zinner (PhD 1973): astrophysicist
Sports
- Bill Beckmann (born 1907): former professional baseball pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics
- Amelia Boone (BA 2009): obstacle racer
- Joe Bukant (born 1915): professional football player; joined United States Navy
- Jimmy Conzelman (BS 1917): professional football player and coach; enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Dwight F. Davis (LLB): founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition
- AnnMaria De Mars: 1984 Judo World Champion, mother of Ronda Rousey
- Bing Devine (born 1916): general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals 1957âÂÂ1964
- Bill DeWitt (born 1902): former general manager and owner of the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, chairman of the board of the Chicago White Sox, and president of the Detroit Tigers
- Caleb Durbin (born 2000): current professional baseball infielder for Boston Red Sox
- Scott Garson (born 1976): college basketball coach at Santa Clara University; formerly assistant coach at UCLA, Utah and head coach at College of Idaho
- Warren Gill (born 1878): professional baseball player who played first base for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Kendall Gretsch (BS 2014): three-time Paralympic gold medalist in women's 6km sitting biathlon event, women's 12km sitting event, and paratriathlon event
- Robert Hernreich (AB 1967): co-owner of Sacramento Kings, Swansea City A.F.C.
- Sai Sam Htun (MBA 2008): founder of Loi Hein Company, owner of Yadanarbon FC
- Harvey Jablonsky: football player; U.S Army veteran; enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame
- Bill Jennings: shortstop in Major League Baseball
- Shelby Jordan (BA 1974): professional football player; enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame
- Bruce Levenson (AB 1971): owner of Atlanta Hawks
- Bob Light: College basketball and tennis coach
- Ryan Loutos (BA 2021): pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization
- Kurt Krieger: first person born in Austria to play Major League Baseball
- Dal Maxvill (BS): professional baseball player, former St. Louis Cardinals general manager
- Muddy Ruel (JD): professional baseball catcher; member of 1924 World Champion Washington Senators
- Julie Uhrman (BSBA 1996): president and co-founder of Angel City FC
- George Herbert Walker (LLB 1897): founder of Walker Cup in golf; grandfather and great-grandfather of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, respectively
- Charley Winner: longtime coach in the National Football League
- Pete Wismann (born 1923): former center/linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
- Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): owner of the Oakland Athletics
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