Who is/was the Most Famous Person to graduate from your Alma Mater?

In My Humble Opinion
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I went to a very small Catholic high school outside of Green Bay, WI, which no longer even exists. Our most well-known alumnus probably wasn’t that well-known: Ted Fritsch, Jr., who played in the NFL for 7 years as a center and long-snapper.

My college alma mater is the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has a number of famous alumni, including:

  • 11 Nobel Laureates, including Saul Bellow and John Bardeen (the only person to win the Physics Nobel twice)
  • Actor Don Ameche
  • Rock guitarist Steve Miller (left before he finished his degree)
  • Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (attended, but did not graduate)
  • Aviator Charles Lindburgh (maybe; he’s listed on the Wikipedia list, but I can’t find corroboration)
  • Astronaut James Lovell
  • Author Joyce Carol Oates
  • Hockey player Chris Chelios
  • Olympic track star Suzy Favor-Hamilton
  • Football player Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch

Of those, the most famous are probably either Wright or Lindburgh.

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Oh, I forgot about grad school - maybe the guys from Hootie and the Blowfish? I dunno.

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College: The list goes on. Supreme Court Justices, a Chief Justice, scienticians, Nobel Laureates, actors, and one president.

HS: Umm, probably rapper Ice(d) T.

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Nobody famous from my high school.

I went to Harvard for undergrad. Here’s a list of notable grads.

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long before I attended - james michener - author

in my class - marshall yanda - Ravens fb player

for the university of colorado, the list is longer, but my son just wrote a fan letter to his hero scott carpenter.

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Nobody from high school.

Northwestern, probably a toss-up between Charlton Heston and Stephen Colbert.

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From my high school, Keith Whitley.

For college I attended University of Kentucky, so any of a number of basketball players. For non-basketball, the most famous is probably Ashley Judd.

The high school my son currently attends had Rex Chapman, Brad Wilkerson, and Michael Waltrip.

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My HS, grades 9-11: Cameron Crowe (University Of San Diego HS)

My HS, grade 12: Bill Walton (Helix HS)

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College - Steven Spielberg.

He returned to Cal State Long Beach to obtain a degree in film making, graduating in 2002.

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The College of William and Mary

  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Jon Stewart
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Gary Payton
Linus Pauling

No one particularly famous from my high school.

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High School – possibly me. It’s a small school and few go on to any sort of fame, so the bar is pretty low. It could be my aunt, who played Carnegie Hall.

College: Chester Alan Arthur

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I have in common with William Shatner that we both attended McGill University.

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HS - no one I know of.
Did my undergrad at Oxford, so God knows who’s the most famous alumnus. God himself maybe, I think he did an exchange year there. Or Jesus, they did name a college after him afterall.
PhD was at University College London, probably loads of famous graduates but the political philosopher Jeremy Bentham is very prominent in the history of the place - statues etc. I think he may have been involved in founding it from memory.

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I guess I could include graduate school:

Ithaca College:
David Boreanaz

University of Washington has too many to name, but here’s my best guest:
Bill Gates, Sr.
Frank Herbert
Warren Moon
Fred Hutchinson
Kenny G (couldn’t someone else take him??)
Rainn Wilson
Kyle MacLachlan
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington

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My alma mater is Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Probably the most famous is Dean Koontz, but we also had Steve Spence (marathon runner), Jeanne Shaheen (Governor/Senator from New Hampshire), Chris Raab (from Jackass), Tommy Franks and Jay Garner. Shippensburg is a popular school to get a Masters Degree in Public Administration from with the officer corps from the US Army War College in Carlisle.

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High school: Ike Diogu might be it - he’s in the NBA (David Koresh attended but did not graduate)

College: Garth Brooks, with T Boone Pickens and Barry Sanders somewhere behind him.

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Heh, just the two I was going to mention. Hail, fellow Tribesman (or -woman)!

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You forgot Ted Bundy:)

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