•
David Anderson, professional football player •
Al "Bubba" Baker, professional football player •
Shaquil Barrett, professional football player, two-time Super Bowl winner, Second-Team All-Pro 2019 •
Randy Beverly, professional football player •
Kapri Bibbs, professional football player •
Sam Brunelli, professional football player •
Susan Butcher, dogsled racer •
Jack Christiansen, professional football player •
David Cohn (born 1995), professional basketball player •
Jim David, professional football player •
Joel Dreessen, former
NFL player •
Steve Fairchild, college and professional football coach •
Sherwood Fries, professional football player •
Donovan Gans, professional football player •
Crockett Gillmore, professional football player •
Garrett Grayson, professional football player •
Clark Haggans, professional football player •
Becky Hammon, professional basketball coach •
Caleb Hanie, professional football player •
John Howell, professional football player •
Colton Iverson (born 1989), professional basketball player •
Selwyn Jones, professional football player •
Brady Keys, professional football player and businessman •
Stanton Kidd (born 1992), professional basketball player •
Mark Knudson, professional baseball player •
Martin Laird, professional golfer •
Keith Lee, professional football player •
Kim Lyons, athlete and
personal trainer on
The Biggest Loser •
Jim Malloy, professional racecar driver •
Trey McBride, NFL player for
Arizona Cardinals •
Lawrence McCutcheon, professional football player •
Kevin McDougal, professional football player •
Thurman "Fum" McGraw, professional football player •
Keli McGregor, president of the
Colorado Rockies and professional football player •
Kevin McLain, professional football player •
Kim Mestdagh, Belgian professional basketball player,
WNBA champion 2019,
EuroBasket Women bronze medalist in 2017 and 2021, now playing for
PF Schio •
Scooter Molander, professional football player •
Mike Montgomery, professional basketball coach •
Sean Moran, professional football player •
Glenn Morris, 1935, gold medal winner in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin •
Clint Oldenburg, professional football player •
Milt Palacio, professional basketball player •
Erik Pears, professional football player •
Erin Popovich, three-time United States Paralympic swimmer, has won 14 Paralympic gold medals, and 19 medals total •
Joey Porter, professional football player, member of 2006 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers •
Bill Quayle, athletics director for
Emporia State University 1979–1999 •
Weston Richburg, former NFL player for
New York Giants and
San Francisco 49ers •
David Roddy, professional basketball player •
Bob Rule, professional basketball player •
Ty Sambrailo, professional football player •
Bailey Santistevan, legendary coach •
Brady Smith, professional football player •
Jason Smith, professional basketball player •
Janay DeLoach Soukup,
2012 Summer Olympic bronze medalist in women's long jump •
Andre Strode, professional football player •
Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer and gold medalist •
Bradlee Van Pelt, professional football player ==Politics==