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List of Iowa State University alumni

See also: Category:Iowa State University alumni

This list includes notable alumni, non-matriculating, faculty, and staff of what is now Iowa State University (ISU).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Henry A. Wallace, U.S. Vice President (1941-1945), Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940), and Secretary of Commerce (1945-1946)
George Washington Carver
Carrie Chapman Catt - founder of the League of Women Voters
Clayton Anderson

Academia

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Arts

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Literature

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Design

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  • Oshoke Pamela Abalu (born 1978), co-founder of The Love and Magic Company and former Chief Architect at MetLife
  • Jeremy Caniglia (born 1970), Fine Arts B.F.A. 1993, illustrator of book covers for fantasy and horror genres
  • Leon Quincy Jackson (1926/1927–1995), architect, professor, and an early African American architect in Oklahoma and Tennessee; attended classes but did not graduate[16]
  • Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952), glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator
  • Michael Mabry (born 1955), attended for only one year, graphic designer and illustrator[17]
  • Conde McCullough (1887–1946), civil engineering graduate in 1910, noted bridge engineer and architect[18]
  • Richard Schultz (born 1926), furniture designer[19]

Performing arts

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Business

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Government and politics

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United States

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U.S. Vice Presidents

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U.S. Cabinet

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U.S. Governors

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U.S. Senators

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U.S. Representatives

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U.S. Ambassadors

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State of Iowa officials

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Other U.S. officials

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International

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Heads of state and government

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Cabinet ministers

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Other figures

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Activists

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Journalism

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists

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Science and technology

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Aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering

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Agriculture sciences, plant sciences, and food science

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Chemistry and biochemistry

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Computer engineering

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Mathematics

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Medical sciences

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Sports

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Mike Myers
 
Diante Garrett
 
DeAndre Kane
 
Lindell Wigginton
 
Sage Rosenfels

Baseball

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Basketball

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Football

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Mixed martial arts

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Olympics

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Track

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Cross country

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  • Guor Mading Maker, 2-time Olympic Marathoner and flag bearer for South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Lisa Uhl, four-time NCAA Division One champion, current NCAA record holder in the 10,000 meters
  • Edwin Kurgat 2019 NCAA Champion and Olympic qualifier

Wrestling

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Ultramarathon

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  • Pete Kostelnick, 2015 1st Place Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, 23hr 27min 10sec

Notable faculty and staff

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Dan Shechtman
See also: Category:Iowa State University faculty

Nobel laureates

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Pulitzer Prize

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Government and politics

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Arts

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Literature

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Visual arts

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Science and technology

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Agriculture sciences, plant sciences, and food science

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Raymond Arritt in 2017

Chemistry and biochemistry

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Computer science and engineering

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Military technology

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Mathematics

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Medicine

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Physics

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Sports

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Basketball

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  • Larry Eustachy, former men's basketball coach, 2000 NCAA National Coach of the Year
  • Tim Floyd, former men's basketball coach with 81–49 record and first coach with three consecutive 20-win seasons
  • Johnny Orr, most successful coach in Iowa State and Michigan men's basketball history

Football

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Martial arts

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  • Yong Chin Pak, Grandmaster, instructs taekwondo, hapkido, and judo

Sociology

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Presidents of Iowa State University

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Main article: Presidents of Iowa State University

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