| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| W. Andrew Adams | Business | 1945 |  | Founder, National HealthCare Corp. | 
| Peter Agre | Biologist | 30-Jan-1949 |  | Water channels of cell membranes | 
| Todd Akin | Politician | 5-Jul-1947 |  | Congressman from Missouri, 2001-13 | 
| Arnold A. Allemang | Business | c. 1943 |  | EVP of Dow Chemical, 2000-04 | 
| George Allen | Politician | 8-Mar-1952 |  | US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 | 
| Robert B. Anderson | Government | 4-Jun-1910 | 14-Aug-1989 | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 | 
| Michael Antonovich | Politician | 12-Aug-1939 |  | LA County Board of Supervisors | 
| George Argyros | Business | 4-Feb-1937 |  | Billionaire | 
| Norman Augustine | Business | 27-Jul-1935 |  | CEO of Martin Marietta, 1987-97 | 
| William G. Bares | Business | c. 1941 |  | CEO of Lubrizol, 1996-2003 | 
| Peter K. Barker | Business | c. 1948 |  | Former Partner, Goldman Sachs | 
| Gresham Barrett | Politician | 14-Feb-1961 |  | Congressman, South Carolina 3rd | 
| J. T. Battenberg III | Business | 25-Apr-1943 |  | CEO of Delphi, 1998-2005 | 
| Stephen L. Baum | Business | c. 1941 |  | CEO of Sempra Energy, 2000-05 | 
| Bob Beauprez | Politician | 22-Sep-1948 |  | Congressman from Colorado, 2003-07 | 
| Arnold Beckman | Inventor | 10-Apr-1900 | 18-May-2004 | Philanthropist who invented pH meter | 
| Louis Beecherl | Business | 10-Feb-1926 | 5-Jul-2011 | CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77 | 
| Rex Bell | Actor | 16-Oct-1903 | 5-Jul-1962 | Cowboy actor, Nevada politician | 
| Carl T. Berquist | Business | c. 1952 |  | Chief Accounting Officer at Marriott | 
| Danielle Berry | Computer Programmer | 19-Feb-1949 | 3-Jul-1998 | Transsexual designer of M.U.L.E. | 
| David W. Biegler | Business | c. 1946 |  | President & COO of TXU, 1997-2001 | 
| Green Bar Bill | Author | 6-Aug-1900 | 9-Nov-1992 | Prominent Scouter | 
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Politician | 4-Feb-1947 |  | Congressman, Georgia 2nd | 
| Henry Bloch | Business | 30-Jul-1922 | 23-Apr-2019 | Co-Founder of H&R Bloch | 
| Wesley Bolin | Politician | 1-Jul-1909 | 4-Mar-1978 | Governor of Arizona, 1977-78 | 
| Dan Boren | Politician | 2-Aug-1973 |  | Congressman, Oklahoma 2nd | 
| Amar Bose | Inventor | 2-Nov-1929 | 12-Jul-2013 | Inventor of Bose speakers | 
| William D. Boyce | Activist | 16-Jun-1858 | 11-Jun-1929 | Founder of Boy Scouts of America | 
| Robert P. Bozzone | Business | c. 1934 |  | CEO of Allegheny Technologies, 2000-01 | 
| Frank P. Bramble, Sr. | Business | 15-Nov-1946 |  | Vice Chairman of MBNA, 2002-05 | 
| Mo Brooks | Politician | 29-Apr-1954 |  | Congressman, Alabama 5th | 
| Judge Joe Brown | Judge | 5-Jul-1947 |  | TV judge | 
| Peter C. Browning | Business | 2-Sep-1941 |  | CEO of Sonoco Products, 1998-2000 | 
| George W. Bryan | Business | c. 1946 |  | Old Waverly Investments | 
| Ted Bundy | Criminal | 24-Nov-1946 | 24-Jan-1989 | Serial killer, blamed pornography | 
| Roland W. Burris | Politician | 8-Aug-1937 |  | US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10 | 
| August Busch III | Business | 6-Jun-1937 |  | Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002 | 
| William J. Cabaniss | Business | 11-Jul-1938 |  | US Ambassador to Czechia, 2004-06 | 
| James P. Cain | Attorney | ? |  | US Ambassador to Denmark | 
| John T. Cardis | Business | c. 1941 |  | Former Partner, Deloitte and Touche | 
| Richard W. Carlson | Diplomat | 1941 |  | US Ambassador to the Seychelles, 1991-92 | 
| Russ Carnahan | Politician | 10-Jul-1958 |  | Congressman, Missouri 3rd | 
| Ronald D. Castille | Judge | 16-Mar-1944 |  | Pennsylvania Chief Justice | 
| John Catsimatidis | Business | 7-Sep-1948 |  | Supermarket billionaire | 
| Steve Chabot | Politician | 22-Jan-1953 |  | Congressman, Ohio 1st | 
| Roy D. Chapin, Jr. | Business | c. 1916 | 5-Aug-2001 | Former CEO of American Motors | 
| Glenn C. Christenson | Business | c. 1949 |  | CFO of Station Casinos, 1989-2007 | 
| Peter Cianchette | Business | c. 1961 |  | US Ambassador to Costa Rica | 
| Thomas D. Clark, Jr. | Educator | c. 1941 |  | Professor at LSU | 
| Bill Clements | Politician | 17-Apr-1917 | 29-May-2011 | Twice Governor of Texas | 
| John L. Clendenin | Business | c. 1933 |  | CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96 | 
| Charles W. Coker | Business | 10-May-1933 |  | CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98 | 
| Philip M. Condit | Business | 2-Aug-1941 |  | CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 | 
| Dan W. Cook III | Business | c. 1941 |  | Conservative fundraiser | 
| Pete Coors | Relative | 20-Sep-1946 |  | Coors scion | 
| Michael Crapo | Politician | 20-May-1951 |  | US Senator from Idaho | 
| Stephen L. Cropper | Business | c. 1950 |  | Retired Williams executive | 
| Elijah Cummings | Politician | 18-Jan-1951 |  | Congressman, Maryland 7th | 
| Robert R. Cupp | Judge | c. 1951 |  | Justice, Ohio Supreme Court | 
| A. William Dahlberg | Business | c. 1940 |  | CEO of Southern Company, 1995-2001 | 
| Clayton C. Daley, Jr. | Business | c. 1951 |  | Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble | 
| Tom Daschle | Politician | 9-Dec-1947 |  | US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005 | 
| Richard K. Davidson | Business | 9-Jan-1942 |  | CEO of Union Pacific, 1991-2006 | 
| F. Elwood Davis | Attorney | 15-Dec-1915 | 17-Jan-2012 | Prominent Washington lawyer | 
| James C. Day | Business | c. 1946 |  | CEO of Noble Corporation, 1984-2007 | 
| William S. Demchak | Business | c. 1963 |  | CFO of PNC Financial | 
| Charlie Dent | Politician | 24-May-1960 |  | Congressman, Pennsylvania 15th | 
| Dick DeVos | Business | 21-Oct-1955 |  | Amway scion | 
| Michael J. Dolan | Business | c. 1953 |  | Senior VP at Exxon Mobil | 
| Robert Dold | Politician | 23-Jun-1969 |  | Congressman, Illinois 10th | 
| Arnold W. Donald | Business | c. 1955 |  | CEO of Merisant, 2000-03 | 
| Brian Dubie | Politician | 9-Mar-1959 |  | Lt. Governor of Vermont | 
| Larry EchoHawk | Politician | 2-Aug-1948 |  | Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs | 
| Leldon E. Echols | Business | c. 1955 |  | CFO of Centex, 2000-06 | 
| Bob Etheridge | Politician | 7-Aug-1941 |  | Congressman from North Carolina, 1997-2011 | 
| Philo Farnsworth | Inventor | 19-Aug-1906 | 11-Mar-1971 | Inventor of electronic television | 
| David N. Farr | Business | 1955 |  | CEO of Emerson Electric | 
| David C. Farrell | Business | c. 1934 |  | CEO of May Department Stores, 1979-98 | 
| Michael D. Fascitelli | Business | c. 1957 |  | Vornado Realty Trust | 
| William Faulkner | Author | 25-Sep-1897 | 6-Jul-1962 | The Reivers | 
| John D. Ferguson | Business | c. 1945 |  | CEO of Corrections Corp of America | 
| Mike Fitzpatrick | Politician | 28-Jun-1963 |  | Congressman, Pennsylvania 8th | 
| David Flaum | Activist | c. 1953 |  | Flaum Management Company | 
| Chuck Fleischmann | Politician | 11-Oct-1962 |  | Congressman, Tennessee 3rd | 
| Bill Flores | Politician | 25-Feb-1954 |  | Congressman, Texas 17th | 
| Gary D. Forsee | Business | 1950 |  | CEO of Sprint Nextel, 2005-07 | 
| Steve Fossett | Aviator | 22-Apr-1944 | 3-Sep-2007 | First to cross Pacific in a balloon | 
| Murphy J. Foster, Jr. | Politician | 11-Jul-1930 |  | Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004 | 
| W. Frank Fountain | Business | 17-Jul-1944 |  | Senior VP at Chrysler | 
| Randy A. Foutch | Business | c. 1951 |  | CEO of Laredo Petroleum | 
| Sam Fox | Business | 9-May-1929 |  | US Ambassador to Belgium | 
| Emerson U. Fullwood | Business | c. 1947 |  | VP at Xerox | 
| Robert M. Gates | Government | 25-Sep-1943 |  | US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11 | 
| Benjamin A. Gilman | Politician | 6-Dec-1922 | 17-Dec-2016 | Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 | 
| Phil Gingrey | Politician | 10-Jul-1942 |  | Congressman, Georgia 11th | 
| Louie Gohmert | Politician | 18-Aug-1953 |  | Congressman, Texas 1st | 
| Charles E. Golden | Business | c. 1946 |  | CFO of Eli Lilly, 1996-2006 | 
| Charlie Gonzalez | Politician | 5-May-1945 |  | Congressman from Texas, 1999-2013 | 
| William F. Goodling | Politician | 5-Dec-1927 |  | Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-2001 | 
| E. Urner Goodman | Administrator | 15-May-1891 | 13-Mar-1980 | Cofounder, Order of the Arrow | 
| Earl G. Graves | Business | c. 1935 |  | Black Enterprise magazine | 
| Brian L. Greenspun | Business | c. 1945 |  | Editor of the Las Vegas Sun | 
| Morgan Griffith | Politician | 15-Mar-1958 |  | Congressman, Virginia 9th | 
| Kenny Guinn | Politician | 24-Aug-1936 | 22-Jul-2010 | Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007 | 
| David Hahn | Inventor | 30-Oct-1976 | 27-Sep-2016 | Do-it-yourself nuclear reactor | 
| Harry J. Harczak, Jr. | Business | c. 1957 |  | EVP at CDW, 2002-07 | 
| Brian Hard | Business | c. 1946 |  | President of Penske Truck Leasing | 
| John D. Harkey, Jr. | Business | 12-Sep-1960 |  | Consolidated Restaurant Operations | 
| Eric Harris | Criminal | 9-Apr-1981 | 20-Apr-1999 | Columbine Massacre | 
| J. Brett Harvey | Business | c. 1949 |  | CEO of CONSOL Energy | 
| Roger R. Hemminghaus | Business | c. 1936 |  | CEO of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, 1996-98 | 
| Robert T. Herres | Military | 12-Jan-1932 | 24-Jul-2008 | Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 | 
| Lewis B. Hershey | Military | 12-Sep-1893 | 20-May-1977 | Director of Selective Service System | 
| William V. Hickey | Business | c. 1944 |  | CEO of Sealed Air | 
| A. Barry Hirschfeld | Business | c. 1943 |  | AB Hirschfeld Press Inc. | 
| Warren A. Hood, Jr. | Business | c. 1952 |  | Hood Companies | 
| William Temple Hornaday | Activist | 1-Dec-1854 | 6-Mar-1937 | Defender of the American bison | 
| Glenn Hubbard | Economist | 4-Sep-1958 |  | George W. Bush economist | 
| Gordon Humphrey | Politician | 9-Oct-1940 |  | US Senator from New Hampshire, 1979-90 | 
| Ernest Istook | Politician | 11-Feb-1950 |  | Congressman from Oklahoma, 1993-2007 | 
| Alphonso Jackson | Government | 9-Sep-1945 |  | US Secretary of HUD, 2004-08 | 
| Harry R. Jacobson | Doctor | c. 1947 |  | Vice Chancellor for Health at Vanderbilt | 
| Franklyn G. Jenifer | Educator | 26-Mar-1939 |  | President of UT-Dallas, 1994-2003 | 
| Penn Jillette | Magician | 5-Mar-1955 |  | Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo | 
| Phil Johnson | Judge | c. 1943 |  | Justice, Texas Supreme Court | 
| Edith H. Jones | Judge | 7-Apr-1949 |  | 5th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Percy Julian | Chemist | 11-Apr-1899 | 19-Apr-1975 | Physostigmine and cortisone | 
| Carl Karcher | Business | 16-Jan-1917 | 11-Jan-2008 | Founder of Carl's Jr. | 
| Lawrence W. Kellner | Business | c. 1959 |  | CEO of Continental Airlines | 
| Mike Kelly | Politician | 10-May-1948 |  | Congressman, Pennsylvania 3rd | 
| Mark Kennedy | Politician | 11-Apr-1957 |  | Congressman, Minnesota 6th | 
| Parker S. Kennedy | Business | c. 1948 |  | CEO of First American Corporation | 
| Alfred Kinsey | Scientist | 23-Jun-1894 | 25-Aug-1956 | Researched human sexual behavior | 
| William I. Koch | Business | 3-May-1940 |  | Koch Industries | 
| Fred Korematsu | Activist | 30-Jan-1919 | 30-Mar-2005 | Opposed internment camps | 
| Christopher Kubasik | Business | 26-Mar-1961 |  | President of Lockheed-Martin, 2000-12 | 
| Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. | Business | 6-Apr-1935 |  | Chairman of El Paso | 
| Randy Kuhl | Politician | 19-Apr-1943 |  | Congressman from New York, 2005-09 | 
| Raúl Labrador | Politician | 8-Dec-1967 |  | Congressman, Idaho 1st | 
| Marshall O. Larsen | Business | c. 1948 |  | CEO of Goodrich | 
| Robert B. Laughlin | Physicist | 1-Nov-1950 |  | Fractional quantum Hall effect | 
| Steven F. Leer | Business | c. 1953 |  | CEO of Arch Coal | 
| Andrew N. Liveris | Business | 5-May-1954 |  | CEO of Dow Chemical | 
| Trini Lopez | Musician | 15-May-1937 | 11-Aug-2020 | If I Had A Hammer | 
| Steven J. Malcolm | Business | 1948 |  | CEO of Williams Companies | 
| Charles T. Manatt | Attorney | 9-Jun-1936 | 22-Jul-2011 | DNC Chairman, 1981-85 | 
| J. W. Marriott, Jr. | Business | 25-Mar-1932 |  | Billionaire, CEO of Marriott | 
| Boyce F. Martin, Jr. | Judge | 23-Oct-1935 |  | 6th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| William Martini | Politician | 10-Jan-1947 |  | Congressman from New Jersey, 1995-97 | 
| Mark P. Mays | Business | c. 1963 |  | CEO of Clear Channel | 
| Mike McIntyre | Politician | 6-Aug-1956 |  | Congressman, North Carolina 7th | 
| David McKinley | Politician | 28-Mar-1947 |  | Congressman, West Virginia 1st | 
| James T. McManus II | Business | c. 1958 |  | CEO of Energen Corporation | 
| Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. | Attorney | c. 1938 |  | CEO of Bryan Cave LLP, 1994-2004 | 
| Joseph B. Meyer | Politician | 22-Apr-1941 | 6-Oct-2012 | Treasurer of Wyoming, 2007-12 | 
| Edgar Mitchell | Astronaut | 17-Sep-1930 | 4-Feb-2016 | 6th to walk on the Moon | 
| David E. Momot | Business | c. 1938 |  | Former GE executive | 
| Thomas S. Monson | Religion | 21-Aug-1927 |  | President of the Mormon Church | 
| Jerry Moran | Politician | 29-May-1954 |  | US Senator from Kansas | 
| Charles Nagel | Government | 9-Aug-1849 | 5-Jan-1940 | US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13 | 
| Daniel P. Neary | Business | c. 1951 |  | CEO of Mutual of Omaha | 
| Ben Nelson | Politician | 17-May-1941 |  | US Senator from Nebraska | 
| Thomas C. Nelson | Business | c. 1963 |  | CEO of National Gypsum | 
| Sam Nunn | Politician | 8-Sep-1938 |  | US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97 | 
| James E. Oesterreicher | Business | c. 1942 |  | CEO of JC Penney, 1995-2000 | 
| Carl Paladino | Business | 24-Aug-1946 |  | Buffalo real estate baron | 
| William H. Parker | Law Enforcement | 21-Jun-1902 | 16-Jul-1966 | Chief of LAPD, 1950-66 | 
| Robert T. Parry | Business | 16-May-1939 |  | President, San Francisco Fed, 1986-2004 | 
| Edward A. Pease | Politician | 22-May-1951 |  | Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001 | 
| Tom Perriello | Politician | 9-Oct-1974 |  | Congressman from Virginia, 2009-11 | 
| Bob Perry | Business | 30-Oct-1932 | 13-Apr-2013 | Perry Homes, Republican financier | 
| Rick Perry | Politician | 4-Mar-1950 |  | US Secretary of Energy | 
| Thomas L. Phillips | Publisher | 25-Dec-1941 |  | Phillips Publishing International | 
| James Quello | Government | 21-Apr-1914 | 24-Jan-2010 | FCC Commissioner, 1974-97 | 
| Gregory L. Quesnel | Business | c. 1949 |  | CEO of CNF, 1998-2004 | 
| Dennis Rader | Criminal | 9-Mar-1945 |  | BTK serial killer | 
| Jack P. Randall | Business | c. 1949 |  | Randall & Dewey Partners | 
| Frederick Reines | Physicist | 16-Mar-1918 | 26-Aug-1998 | Co-Discover of the neutrino | 
| Robert C. Richardson | Physicist | 26-Jun-1937 | 19-Feb-2013 | Superfluidity of helium-3 | 
| Scott Rigell | Politician | 28-May-1960 |  | Congressman, Virginia 2nd | 
| William J. Riley | Judge | 11-Mar-1947 |  | 8th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Roy S. Roberts | Business | c. 1940 |  | Former GM executive | 
| Win Rockefeller | Politician | 17-Sep-1948 | 16-Jul-2006 | Billionaire, Arkansas Lt. Governor | 
| Joe M. Rodgers | Business | 12-Nov-1933 | 2-Feb-2009 | US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 | 
| James E. Rohr | Business | 18-Oct-1948 |  | CEO of PNC Financial | 
| Mitt Romney | Politician | 12-Mar-1947 |  | Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07 | 
| James W. Roquemore | Business | c. 1954 |  | Patten Seed Company | 
| James M. Rosser | Educator | c. 1940 |  | President, Cal State Los Angeles | 
| Raymond Rubicam | Business | 16-Jun-1892 | 8-May-1978 | Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam | 
| William J. Ryan | Business | c. 1945 |  | Toronto-Dominion Bank executive | 
| Max Sandlin | Politician | 29-Sep-1952 |  | Congressman from Texas, 1997-2005 | 
| Mark Sanford | Politician | 28-May-1960 |  | Governor of South Carolina, 2003-11 | 
| Charles Sawyer | Government | 10-Feb-1887 | 7-Apr-1979 | US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53 | 
| Jim Saxton | Politician | 22-Jan-1943 |  | Congressman, New Jersey 3rd | 
| Craig D. Schnuck | Business | c. 1948 |  | Schnuck Markets | 
| Alex Schoenbaum | Business | 8-Aug-1915 | 6-Dec-1996 | Founder, Shoney's | 
| Marge Schott | Baseball | 18-Aug-1928 | 2-Mar-2004 | Owner, Cincinnati Reds | 
| Walter Scott, Jr. | Business | c. 1931 |  | Chairman of Level 3 Communications | 
| David Scott | Astronaut | 6-Jun-1932 |  | Commander, Apollo 15 | 
| William W. Scranton | Politician | 19-Jul-1917 | 28-Jul-2013 | Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67 | 
| Pete Sessions | Politician | 22-Mar-1955 |  | Congressman, Texas 32nd | 
| Bobby S. Shackouls | Business | c. 1950 |  | CEO of Burlington Resources, 1995-2006 | 
| Jack C. Shewmaker | Business | 14-Mar-1938 | 17-Nov-2010 | President and COO of Wal-Mart, 1978-84 | 
| Sargent Shriver | Activist | 9-Nov-1915 | 18-Jan-2011 | First Director of the Peace Corps | 
| J. Stephen Simon | Business | c. 1943 |  | Former Senior VP at ExxonMobil | 
| Richard H. Sinkfield | Attorney | 27-Aug-1942 |  | Partner, Rogers & Hardin | 
| Ike Skelton | Politician | 20-Dec-1931 | 28-Oct-2013 | Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2011 | 
| Lawrence M. Small | Government | 14-Sep-1941 |  | Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07 | 
| W. Keith Smith | Business | c. 1934 |  | Sr. Vice Chairman, Mellon Financial, 1987-98 | 
| Mike Sodrel | Politician | 17-Dec-1945 |  | Congressman, Indiana 9th | 
| David Sokol | Business | 1956 |  | CEO, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, 1993-2008 | 
| Steven Spielberg | Film Director | 18-Dec-1946 |  | E.T. | 
| Manuel N. Stamatakis | Business | c. 1948 |  | Capital Management Enterprises | 
| Randall Stephenson | Business | 22-Apr-1960 |  | CEO of AT&T | 
| James Stockdale | Military | 23-Dec-1923 | 5-Jul-2005 | H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President | 
| Bart Stupak | Politician | 29-Feb-1952 |  | Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011 | 
| Gregory L. Summe | Business | c. 1956 |  | CEO of PerkinElmer | 
| Nicholas F. Taubman | Business | c. 1935 |  | Advance Auto Parts scion | 
| Clifford W. Taylor | Judge | 9-Nov-1942 |  | Michigan Chief Justice | 
| John M. Templeton, Jr. | Relative | 19-Feb-1940 | 16-May-2015 | Conservative philanthropist | 
| Peter Tesei | Politician | c. 1969 |  | First Selectman of Greenwich, CT | 
| Isaiah Tidwell | Business | c. 1945 |  | EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005 | 
| Rex W. Tillerson | Business | 23-Mar-1952 |  | US Secretary of State | 
| Gerald Bard Tjoflat | Judge | 6-Dec-1929 |  | 11th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Kevin Trudeau | Author | 6-Feb-1963 |  | Natural Cures, fraudster | 
| John D. Turner | Business | c. 1947 |  | CEO of Copperweld, 1988-2003 | 
| Kathryn C. Turner | Business | c. 1947 |  | Founder of Standard Technology, Inc. | 
| Thomas J. Usher | Business | 11-Sep-1942 |  | CEO of US Steel, 1995-2004 | 
| Mike Vaska | Activist | 1960 |  | Discovery Institute | 
| Wesley W. von Schack | Business | c. 1947 |  | CEO of Energy East | 
| John D. Waihee III | Politician | 19-May-1946 |  | Governor of Hawaii, 1986-94 | 
| Tim Walberg | Politician | 12-Apr-1951 |  | Congressman, Michigan 7th | 
| Greg Walden | Politician | 10-Jan-1957 |  | Congressman, Oregon 2nd | 
| Scott Walker | Politician | 2-Nov-1967 |  | Governor of Wisconsin | 
| J. Clifford Wallace | Judge | 11-Dec-1928 |  | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-96 | 
| Thomas J. Watson | Business | 17-Feb-1874 | 19-Jun-1956 | Led IBM into the computer era | 
| J. C. Watts | Politician | 18-Nov-1957 |  | Congressman from Oklahoma, 1995-2003 | 
| Kenneth L. Way | Business | c. 1939 |  | CEO of Lear, 1988-2000 | 
| James E. West | Politician | 28-Mar-1951 | 22-Jul-2006 | Former Mayor of Spokane | 
| Togo West | Government | 21-Jun-1942 |  | US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs | 
| William Westmoreland | Military | 26-Mar-1914 | 18-Jul-2005 | Commanded US Army in Vietnam War | 
| Ed Whitacre, Jr. | Business | 4-Nov-1941 |  | Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 | 
| Charles Whitman | Criminal | 24-Jun-1941 | 1-Aug-1966 | University Tower sharpshooter | 
| Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. | Judge | 2-Oct-1934 |  | 5th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Joe Wilson | Politician | 31-Jul-1947 |  | Congressman, South Carolina 2nd | 
| William Julius Wilson | Sociologist | 20-Dec-1935 |  | Poverty in America's inner cities | 
| Jeffrey I. Wooley | Business | c. 1945 |  | Asbury Automotive Tampa, 1998-2005 | 
| Dennis R. Wraase | Business | c. 1944 |  | CEO of Pepco Holdings, 2001-09 | 
| Daniel W. Yohannes | Philanthropist | Sep-1952 |  | CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation | 
| Zap Zlatoper | Military | c. 1941 |  | US Navy Admiral (ret.) |