Omaha Central High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Henry Fonda, Academy Award-winning actor
• Dorothy McGuire, Academy Award-nominated actress
• Wynonie Harris, American Rhythm & Blues singer with 15 top 10 hits
• Charlie T. Munger, billionaire investor & Warren Buffett partner
• Gale Sayers, Pro Football Hall of Fame running back immortalized in the movie, Brian's Song
• Brandon Williams, NFL cornerback from 2003–2008
• Ahman Green, NFL Pro Bowl running back, most prominently with the Green Bay Packers, currently with the Omaha Nighthawks
• Keith Jones, NFL running back
• Larry Station, NFL linebacker and collegiate All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009
• Alan J. Heeger 2000 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
• Lawrence R. Klein 1980 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Science
• Kimera Bartee, Former MLB player (Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies)
• Saul A. Kripke, American philosopher & Princeton University professor
• Jarvis Offutt, American WWI aviator, namesake of Offutt Air Force Base
• Brenda Council, long-time North Omaha city councilwoman
• Terry Goodkind, author
• Edward Zorinsky, former Omaha mayor and Nebraska senator
• Jed Ortmeyer, NHL player, former University of Michigan standout and current Nashville Predator player
• Pat Venditte, Minor League Baseball pitcher currently signed to the Tampa Yankees; also signed to the New York Yankees
• James W. Fous, Vietnam War veteran; recipient of the Medal of Honor award
• Gerry Thomas, inventor of the TV dinner in 1952
• Peter Kiewit, founder of the Kiewit Corporation, one of the world's largest construction companies
• Peter Hoagland, politician who represented the 2nd Congressional District of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives
• Kenneth C. Stephan, justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court appointed by Senator Ben Nelson in 1997
• William Marshall Roark, Lieutenant; killed in Vietnam
• Harold Cooperman, founder of No Frills Supermarkets
• Susan Alice Buffett, daughter of Warren Buffett; philanthropist
• Susan Thompson Buffett, mother of Susie Buffett, former wife of Warren Buffett; former president of the Buffett Foundation
• Peter Buffett, son of Susan and Warren Buffett; musician
• Inga Swenson, award-winning actress
• Calvin Jones, halfback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1990–1993, part of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXI championship team
• Jason Brilz, MMA fighter
• Jay Milder, expressionist painter