Notable Alumni
- Phog Allen - Prominent basketball coach of the University of Kansas known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching". Allen Fieldhouse, the home arena of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, is named in his honor
- Russ Ball – NFL executive
- David Cook – 2008 American Idol winner
- Dale Carnegie – Author of How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Jim Crane – Businessman, owner of Houston Astros baseball team
- Mark Curp – Former World and American record holder in the half-marathon
- Grant Curtis – Executive producer of Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
- Todd Devoe – Wide receiver formerly of the Denver Broncos. Currently a member of the AFL's Arizona Rattlers.
- Butch "Hacksaw" Reed – Professional wrestler
- Gary Ervin – Former coach and wrestler
- James Evans – Inventor of Cheerios
- Roderick Green – Defensive end and linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
- Robert P. Foster – President of Northwest Missouri State University from 1964 to 1977
- David Holsinger – World famous wind ensemble composer
- Maury John – Coached Drake University 1958-1971 and Iowa State University 1971-1974. He led Drake to a third place finish in the 1969 NCAA tournament.
- Allan Kayser – Actor; played the role of Bubba Higgins on Mama's Family
- James Kirkpatrick – Served as Missouri Secretary of State for 20 years; Library at UCM is named in his honor.
- Vern Kennedy - Former pitcher of the Chicago White Sox, best known for throwing the first no-hitter in Comiskey Park
- Phill Kline – Former Kansas Attorney General; currently a law professor at Liberty University.
- Toby Korrodi – Signed by the Arizona Cardinals in 2007; cut in training camp
- Gregg Miller – Inventor of Neuticles and author
- Erich "Mancow" Muller – Hosts Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based radio show that has been syndicated across the U.S.
- Carrie Nation – Leader of the Temperance Movement
- Chuck "The Dude" Palumbo – Professional wrestler
- Earl Edwin Pitts – Soviet spy
- James B. Potter, Jr. – Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–71
- Jerry Reuss – Former pitcher; best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Richard Schelp – A mathematician famous for being a frequent research collaborator with Paul Erdos
- David Steward – CEO of World Wide Technology, Inc., the world's largest African American-owned company
- Delanie Walker – Tight end for the San Francisco 49ers
- Gregg Williams – Former NFL head football coach with the Buffalo Bills, and defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins, Tennessee Titans, and Jacksonville Jaguars; currently the defensive coordinator with the New Orleans Saints.
- Jeff Wright – Former nose tackle for the Buffalo Bills
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“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
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