# 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
* Priyadharshan Kannappan - Chess GrandMaster and Founder of Chess Gaja Private Limited