List of Webster University alumni

This is a list of notable Webster University alumni, including both living and deceased individuals.

Notable alumni

 * Marvin Abney (b. 1949) – Masters 1982; member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * Rich Anderson (b. 1955) – MA 1982; member of the Virginia House of Delegates
 * Lloyd James Austin III (b. 1953) – MA 1989; U.S. Secretary of Defense
 * Barbara Ballard (b. 1944) – BMeEd 1967; member of the Kansas House of Representatives
 * Sheila R. Baxter (b. 1955) – MA 1986; U.S. Army Brigadier General; First female general in the Medical Service Corps
 * Hunter Bell – BFA 1993 (Conservatory of Theatre Arts); Broadway actor and dramatist
 * James Black Jr. (b. 1998) – chess player
 * John Boccieri (b. 1969) – MA 1992, MPA 1996; former U.S. Congressman
 * Erin Bode – jazz musician
 * Nikki Boyer (b. 1975) – BA 1997; actress, television host, and singer
 * Elvina Ibru, heiress, actress and on-air personality
 * Steven A. Boylan (b. 1965) – MA
 * Ann Walsh Bradley (b. 1950) – BA 1972; Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
 * Kevin Bratcher
 * William Broad – reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner
 * Bryan D. Brown – MBA; U.S. Army general and commander of U.S. Special Forces
 * Laurie Buckhout – military officer and politician
 * Norbert Leo Butz – Tony Award-winning actor
 * Kevin P. Byrnes – MA 1985; U.S. Army general
 * Bruce A. Carlson – MA 1980 – U.S. Air Force general
 * Rocky Carroll – actor
 * Carrol H. Chandler – MA 1978; U.S. Air Force general; 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
 * Chris Cheek
 * Joshua Colas (b. 1998) – chess player and FIDE Master
 * Eileen Collins – astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel (retired)
 * John B. Conaway
 * Adam Jamal Craig – actor
 * Joseph V. Cuffari – Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security
 * John Cusick
 * Daria Dolan
 * Jonathan Dolan
 * Debi Doss
 * Sam Dotson – former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis, Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri 2013–2017
 * Michele Dunaway
 * Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin – television producer
 * Kevin Earley – actor
 * Julie Ann Emery – actress
 * Nichi Farnham
 * Steven E. Foster – U.S. Air National Guard Major General
 * Dan Gilvezan
 * Olivia Gude – art educator
 * Charles Guenther
 * Sidney M. Gutierrez – astronaut
 * Aram Hakobyan – chess player and Grandmaster
 * Clarence Harmon – former St Louis Mayor and Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri
 * Bernie Herpin
 * Phyllis Huffman
 * Charlie Huggins
 * Ramlan Ibrahim – Malaysian diplomat
 * Jane Ellen Ibur – poet and arts educator; recipient of the Loretto Award from Webster University
 * Kevin J. Jacobsen
 * Jennifer Johnson Cano
 * Neal Jones
 * Timothy J. Kadavy – United States Army Major General; former Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard; Director of the Army National Guard
 * Matt Kindt – artist and graphic novelist
 * R. Alan King
 * Jodi Kingsley - actress (Chicago Med, NBC)
 * Steve Kirby – jazz educator
 * Lê Quang Liêm – chess player and Grandmaster
 * Jenifer Lewis – actress
 * Dana Loesch
 * Kevin J. Manning
 * Marsha Mason – actress, Academy Award nominee. 2x Golden Globe award winner.
 * Sandra Mansour – fashion designer
 * Kathleen Mazzarella
 * Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim – Director-General of NAPTIP
 * Danny McCarthy – Broadway, TV and film actor
 * Ruth McClendon – African-American politician from San Antonio, Texas
 * Craig R. McKinley – MA 1979; U.S. Air Force general
 * Patricia McKissack – author of children's literature
 * Allen Meadors
 * Jerry Mitchell – actor, Tony Award winner
 * Joe Mokwa – Former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis Police Commissioner, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001–2008
 * Keith W. Nolan – Vietnam War historian
 * Richard Ojeda - Bronze Star awardee, United States Army veteran of Afghan and Iraq conflicts, West Virginia senator
 * Vance Peterson – judge
 * Tony Richardson – NFL football player
 * Rob Riggle – actor, The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live
 * Ray Robson – chess player and Grandmaster
 * Eric Rosen - chess player and International Master
 * Roderick Royal – Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
 * Jeffrey D. Sams – actor
 * Eric Schaefer – author and professor at Emerson College
 * Sister Lory Schaff – leader in adult literacy education
 * Steven A. Schaick – U.S. Air Force general, Deputy Chief of Chaplains
 * Winfield W. Scott III – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general
 * Scott Sharp MA, politician
 * Phil Short – member of the Louisiana State Senate (1996–99)
 * Lara Smith - Managing Director, Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA
 * Tammy Smith – first openly gay flag officer in the U.S. Army
 * Dana Snyder – actor
 * Gary D. Speer – MA 1982, U.S. Army lieutenant general
 * Antonio Taguba – U.S. Army general
 * Roelof van Laar – MBA 2014; Dutch politician, member of the Labour Party
 * Mark A. Welsh – Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
 * Justus Williams (b. 1998) – chess player and International Master
 * Donald C. Wurster – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general
 * James C. Yarbrough – MA 1991; U.S. Army general
 * Kristeen Young – musical performer, pianist
 * Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – MA 2004; former president of Indonesia
 * John Zorn – attended two years; jazz musician