List of Missouri State University alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Missouri State University. Most of these students attended under the former names of the school: Fourth District Normal School (1905–1919), Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College (1919–1972), and Southwest Missouri State University (1972–2005).

Athletes

 * Blake Ahearn, current NBA G-League head coach, former NBA D-League player, played in 15 NBA Games
 * David Arkin, former NFL player
 * Scott Bailes, former MLB player
 * Mark Bailey, former MLB player
 * Buddy Baumann, former MLB player
 * Jake Burger, current MLB player
 * Scott Carroll, former MLB player
 * Dylan Cole, current NFL player
 * Zak Cummings, professional mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship
 * Ross Detwiler, current MLB player
 * Winston Garland, former NBA player
 * Matt Hall, current MLB player
 * Clay Harbor, current NFL player and The Bachelorette contestant
 * Jason Hart, former MLB player
 * Kyle Hiebert, current MLS player
 * Ryan Howard, former MLB player
 * Alize Johnson, current NBA player
 * Pierce Johnson, current MLB player
 * Mike Kickham, former MLB player
 * Jerry Lumpe, former MLB player
 * Shaun Marcum, former MLB player
 * Bill Mueller, former MLB player
 * Matt Palmer, former MLB player
 * Lance Parker, former MLS player
 * Curtis Perry, former NBA player
 * Matt Pickens, current MLS player
 * John Rheinecker, former MLB player
 * Norm Siebern, former MLB player
 * Brett Sinkbeil, former MLB player
 * Horton Smith, first Masters Tournament winner
 * Brad St. Louis, former NFL player
 * Jackie Stiles, former WNBA player, NCAA All-Time Leading Scorer
 * Jamal Sutton, former MLS player
 * Luke Voit, current MLB player
 * Jason Whittle, former NFL player
 * Brad Ziegler, former MLB player

Business people

 * David Glass, former Wal-Mart CEO, former Kansas City Royals owner

Entertainers

 * Jim Bohannon, radio talk show host, Westwood One
 * Kevin Brockmeier, author
 * Don S. Davis, actor
 * John Goodman, actor
 * Tess Harper, actor
 * Kendra Kassebaum, Broadway actor, singer
 * Lori Lewis, soprano, lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Therion
 * Kyle Dean Massey, actor
 * Crystal Methyd, drag queen and runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12)
 * Daya Betty, drag queen and finalist of RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)
 * Kathleen Turner, actor (transferred to University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Art and media

 * Julie Blackmon, photographer
 * Bessie Breuer, journalist, novelist, writer, and playwright
 * Theodore Melfi, director and screenwriter for Hidden Figures

Public officials

 * Roy Blunt, former Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives; former U.S. Senator
 * Eric Burlison, former Missouri senator; current U.S. Congressman from Missouri's 7th congressional district
 * Donald Dedmon, fourth president of Radford University and ninth (acting) president of Marshall University
 * Lacey Eastburn, tenth president of Northern Arizona University
 * M. Douglas Harpool, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
 * Bob Holden, former governor of Missouri
 * Lincoln Hough, Republican member of the Missouri Senate
 * Margaret B. Kelly, former Missouri State Auditor
 * Walter L. Lovelace, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
 * Austin Petersen, former 2016 presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination
 * Carrie Tergin, current Jefferson City mayor
 * Todd Tiahrt, former U.S. Congressman from Kansas's 4th congressional district and current Republican National Committeeman from Kansas

Military

 * Frank J. Grass, United States Army General and Chief of the National Guard Bureau
 * Jarrett Robertson, major general in the United States Army

Engineers

 * Geraldine Holm Hoch, engineer at Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman

Scientists

 * Kim Medley, environmental scientist at Washington University in St. Louis
 * Dorothy Martin Simon, physical chemist