Famous K-State Alumni
Business, government, military
John Bilbrey, president and chief executive officer, Hershey Co.
Sam Brownback, former U.S. Senator from Kansas and former Governor of Kansas
John Carlin, archivist of the United States
Herbert Dimond, inventor of the snooze alarm
Kelly Dubbert, first vice president and chief operating officer, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Neil Vander Dussen, president of Sony Corporation of America
Milton Eisenhower, Dwight's brother and former president of K-State
Paul Fisher, president of Fisher Pens, creator of the Space Pen
Marlin Fitzwater, the only press secretary to serve two U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan and George Bush
Margaret Grosh, senior economist at World Bank
Steven Howe, director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research
Michael W. Kramer, chief operating officer, J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
Lynn Markel, executive vice president and CFO for Koch Industries Inc.
Gen. Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking military official in the nation
Richard Pearson, former president and COO of TWA and former senior vice president of American Airlines
Bill Porter, founder and chairman emeritus of E-Trade
Donald Prigmore, president of GTE-Sprint
Carla Provost, deputy chief of the Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Pat Roberts, U.S. Senator from Kansas
Joseph L. Searles III, first African-American floor broker and floor member, New York Stock Exchange
John Slaughter, former president of Occidental College and former head of the National Science Foundation
Pete Souza, chief White House photographer
Warren Staley, chairman and chief executive officer, Cargill Inc., the largest privately owned corporation in the U.S.
Scott E. Topping, chief financial officer, Hawaiian Holdings Inc., owner of Hawaiian Airlines
Jerry Wexler, influential producer at Atlantic Records, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
Sports
Tyrone Adams, NBA
Elijah Alexander, NFL
David Allen, NFL
Dennis Allen, NFL
Gerald Alphin, NFL
Elden Auker, legendary submarine-style pitcher for the world-champion Detroit Tigers (he once struck out Babe Ruth)
Eric Bailey, NFL
Thane Baker, Olympic gold medallist
Thomas Barnett, NFL
Ernie Barrett, NBA
Danny Beard, NBA
Jonathan Beasley, NFL
Monty Beisle, NFL
Monte Bennett, NFL
Gerald Benton, NFL
Greg Best, NFL
Keith Best, NFL
John A. Billings, MLB
Michael Bishop, NFL
Rolando Blackman, NBA all-star
Joe Blanchard, NFL
Bob Boozer, NBA
Ray Bradley, NFL
Barrett Brooks, NFL
Greg Brown, NFL
Larry Brown, NFL
Ron Brown, NFL
Henry Bryant, NFL
Josh Buhl, NFL
Dralinn Burks, NFL
Thomas Bushby, NFL
Bill Butler, NFL
Jerametrius Butler, NFL
Don Calhoun, NFL
Bryan Campbell, NFL
Russ Campbell, NFL
Chris Canty, NFL
Dyshod Carter, NFL
Rock Cartwright, NFL
Brian Casey, NFL
Lamar Chapman, NFL
Henry Childs, NFL
Steve Clark, NFL
Paul Coffman, NFL
Will Cokeley, NFL
Jim Colbert, pro golfer
Andre Coleman, NFL
Norris Coleman, NBA
Tim Colston, NFL
Larry Comley, NBA
Jarrod Cooper, NFL
Ron Coppenbarger, NFL
Les Craft, NBA
Willis Crenshaw, NFL
Tyrone Crews, NFL
Henry Cronkite, NFL
Willie Cullars, NFL
Lawrence Darnell, NFL
Daniel Davis, NFL
Roy DeWitz, NBA
Lynn Dickey, NFL quarterback
Jon Doty, NFL
Robert Douglass, NFL
Marc Dunn, NFL
Andy Eby, NFL
Maruice Elder, NFL
Jack Epps, NFL
Jay Dale Evans, NFL
Jerome Evans, NFL
Mike Evans, NBA
Eric Everley, NFL
DeMarcus Faggins, NFL
Mario Fatafehi, NFL
E.E. Feather, NFL
Olga Firsova, WNBA
Donald Flenthrope, NFL
DeShawn Fogle, NFL
Wally Frank, NBA
Josh Freeman, starting quarterback for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Scott Fulhage, NFL
James Furey, NFL
Percell Gaskins, NFL
Carl Gerlach, NBA
Eugene Goodlow, NFL
Brian Goolsby, NFL
Ira Gordon, NFL
Joe Gordon, NFL
Martin Gramatica, NFL
Rogerick Green, NFL
Steve Grogan, quarterback for the New England Patriots
Elmer Hackney, NFL
Raymond Hahn, NFL
David Hall, NBA
Joe Hall, NFL
Homer Hanson, NFL
Kenny Harrison, Olympic gold medallist
Larry Hartshorn, NFL
Maruice Henry, NFL
Steve Henson, NBA
Mack Herron, NFL
Bryan Hickman, NFL
Thomas Hill, NFL
Lew Hitch, NBA
Cliff Holloman, NFL
Steve Honeycutt, NBA
Doug Hoppock, NFK
Thomas Houchin, NFL
Darren Howard, NFL
Kevin Humphrey, NFL
Jeff Hurd, NFL
Jim Iverson, NBA
Pat Jackson, NFL
Kendyl Jacox, NFL
Clyde Johnson, NFL
Damina Johnson, NFL
Jason Johnson, NFL
Mike Johnson, NFL
Alvin Jolley, NFL
Askia Jones, NBA
David Jones, NFL
Willie Jones, NFL
Randy Jordan, NFL
Tony Jordan, NFL
Jason Kazar, NFL
Jeff Kelly, NFL
Dick Knostman, NBA
Laurie Koehn, WNBA
Vic Koenning, NFL
Lon Kruger, NBA
Jerry Krysl, NFL
Mike Kuhn, NFL
Ernie Kusnyer, NBA
Lynn Larson, NFL
Mo Latimore, NFL
Ben Leber, NLF
Nick Leckey, NFL
Leonard LeGault, NFL
Ryan Lilja, NFL
Ricky Lloyd, NFL
Aaron Lockett, NFL
Kevin Lockett, NFL
Tyler Lockett, NFL
George Lyon, NFL
George Maddox, NFL
L.E. Madison, NFL
Megan Mahoney, WNBA draft pick
Dan Manucci, NFL
Ron Marciniak, NFL
Matt Martin, NFL
William Matan, NFL
Don Matuzsak, NBA
Chad May, NFL
Derrick McBride, NFL
Jerry McCloud, NFL
Darnell McDonald, NFL
Kenny McEntyre, NFL
Harry McGee, NFL
James McGill, NFL
Jon McGraw, NFL
Damion McIntosh, NFL
Pat McKenzie, NBA
Shad Meier, NFL
Steve Mitchell, NBA
Justin Montgomery, NFL
Mike Montgomery, NFL
Quincy, Morgan, NFL
Jim Bob Morris, NFL
Dennis Morrison, NFL
Lyle Munn, NFL
Frank Murphy, NFL
Willie Murrell, NBA
Ed Nealy, NBA
Gerald Neasman, NFL
Jordy Nelson, NFL, member of 2011 NFL Super Bowl champions the Green Bay Packers
Ron Nery, NFL
Quentin Neujahr, NFL
Terence Newman, NFL
Ralph Nichols, NFL
Nicole Ohlde, WNBA
Chris Oltmanns, NFL
Mike Osborn, NFL
Jack Parr, NBA
Madison Pearson, NFL
Ralph Pfeifer, NFL
Terry Pierce, NFL
Nick Pino, NBA
Ted Power, MLB
Rollin Prather, NFL
Norbert Raemer, NFL
Bobby Randall, MLB
Horace Randels, NFL
Thomas Randolph, NFL
Randy Reed, NBA
Tank Reese, NFL
Andy Replogle, MLB
Jamie Rheem, NFL
Joe Rheem, NFL
Mitch Richmond, NBA all-star
Ell Roberson, NFL
Raymond Romero, NFL
Fred Rothwell, NFL
Mitch Running, NFL
Dougal Russell, NFL
Kevin Saunders, world-champion wheelchair athlete
Josh Scobey, NFL
Clarence Scott, NFL
Richard Sears, NFL
Earl Seyfert, NBA
Leland Shaffer, NFL
Howie Shannon, NBA
Andrew Shull, NFL
Mike Simeta, NFL
Mark Simoneau, NFL
Reggie Singletary, NFL
J.J. Smith, NFL
Mario Smith, NFL
Michael Smith, NFL
Roy Smith, NBA
Sean Snyder, NFL
Gary Spani, NFL
Darren Sproles, NFL
Milford Stephenson, NFL
Shanele Stires, WNBA
Art Strozier, NFL
John Stucky, NFL
Roger Suttner, NBA
Justin Swift, NFL
Marvin Switzer, NFL
Veryl Switzer, NFL
Charles Tackwell, NFL
Cecil Taylor, NFL
James Terry, NFL
Daniel Thomas, NFL's Miami Dolphins
Bobby Thompson, NFL
Jerry Togiai, NFL
John Tuttle, NFL
Jerry Venable, NBA
Bobby Walker, NFL
James Walker, NFL
Taco Wallace, NFL
Rashad Washington, NFL
Jeff Webb, NBA
Howard Webber, NFL
Kendra Wecker, WNBA
Bernard Weiner, NFL
Todd Weiner, NFL
John Welch, NFL
Cedrick Williams, NFL
Chuckie Williams, NBA
George Williams, NFL
Larry Williams, NBA
Melvin Williams, NFL
Craig Wilson, MLB
Travis Wilson, NFL
Nyle Wiren, NFL
Earl Woods, father of golfer Tiger Woods and one of the first African-American students to play on a college sports team
Mike Wroblewski, NBA
Ron Yankowski, NFL
Paul Yniquez, NFL
Ryan Young, NFL
Charles Zickefoose, NFL
Entertainment
Kirstie Alley, actress
Erin Brockovich, environmental activist whose story was featured in a movie starring Julia Roberts
Velina Houston, award-winning playwright and author
Tim Izo Orindgreff, band member of The Black Eyed Peas
Gordon Jump, actor who played the Maytag man
Virgil Miller, pioneer of special effects in the early days of Hollywood
Samuel Ramey, basso cantante with the New York City Opera
Mark Schultz, contemporary Christian music artist and Dove Award winner
Eric Stonestreet, Emmy Award winner and actor on the ABC comedy "Modern Family"
