Notable Alumni
CSU has 169,935 living alumni with 50 active alumni chapters (14 in Colorado and 37 out of state) and 9 national interest groups. CSU graduates include Pulitzer Prize winners, astronauts, CEOs, and two former governors of Colorado.
- Jack Christiansen, Detroit Lions (1951–1958), member Pro football Hall of Fame
- Jim David, Detroit Lions (1952–1959)
- Wayne Allard, United States Senator from Colorado (1997–2009)
- Dr. Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Finance Minister – Saudi Arabia
- John Amos, actor
- David Anderson, professional football player
- Robert Anderson, 1943, Former Rockwell International chief executive
- Anwar al-Awlaki, A notorious terrorist, former Head of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
- Al "Bubba" Baker, professional football player
- Randy Beverly, professional football player
- Baxter Black, cowboy poet
- Greg Brophy, Republican member of the Colorado Senate
- Susan Butcher, dog-sled racer
- Keith Carradine, Academy Award-winning actor
- Mary L. Cleave, astronaut
- Dominique Dunne, actress
- John Ensign, former United States Senator from Nevada
- Steve Fairchild, former NFL offensive coordinator, former Colorado State University football head coach.
- Martin J. Fettman, astronaut
- Sherwood Fries, professional football player
- Cory Gardner, Republican U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district
- Clark Haggans, professional football player, member of 2006 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
- Becky Hammon, professional basketball player
- Caleb Hanie, professional football player
- John Howell, professional football player
- Doug Hutchinson mayor of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado
- Leslie Jones, comedian
- Mark Knudson, former Major League Baseball Pitcher
- Yusef Komunyakaa, MA, 1981, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Kim Lyons, an athlete and personal trainer on The Biggest Loser
- George Marsaglia, computer scientist
- Stan Matsunaka, politician
- Thurman "Fum" McGraw, Hall of Fame Football Player
- Keli McGregor, President of the Colorado Rockies and professional football player
- Glenn Morris, 1935, Gold medal winner in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
- Mike Montgomery, professional basketball coach
- Sean Moran, professional football player
- Marilyn Musgrave, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jürgen Mulert, economist, Fulbright scholar, founder of the German Fulbright Alumni Association
- Clint Oldenburg, professional football player
- Angie Paccione, politician
- Milt Palacio, professional basketball player
- Erik Pears, professional football player
- Joey Porter, professional football player, member of 2006 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
- J. Wayne Reitz, fifth president of the University of Florida (1955–1967)
- Bill Ritter, governor of Colorado, former Denver District Attorney
- Roy R. Romer, former Colorado governor
- Kent Rominger, 1978, Former NASA astronaut and shuttle commander
- Jon Rubinstein, American computer scientist, helped create the iPod
- George R. Salisbury, Jr., rancher from Carbon County, Wyoming, and member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1975–1986
- Bailey J. Santistevan, Sr., lengendary coach featured in the July 5, 2000 edition of Sports Illustrated.
- Brian Schweitzer, 23rd Governor of Montana
- Walter Scott, Jr., Former CEO Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated, Level 3 Communications & Berkshire Hathaway Chairman
- Isaac Slade, professional musician and lead singer of The Fray
- Brady Smith, professional football player
- Jason Smith, professional basketball player
- George E. Staples, veterinary researcher and animal nutrition pioneer
- Harlan Thomas prominent Seattle architect
- Kim Ung-yong, highest IQ (Guinness Book of Records)
- Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
- James Van Hoften, astronaut
- Bradlee Van Pelt, professional football player
- Carol Voisin, ethics professor and former candidate for Congress
- Lew Walt, decorated U.S. Marine
- Van Wolverton, author of Running MS-DOS and other technical books
- Dwight A. York, politician
- Salvatore Augustine Giunta, a former staff sergeant in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Barbara Robbins, the first female CIA employee to die in action in the agency's history
- Matthew Barnes, Izod Indy Car race engineer for Ed Carpenter Racing
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