List of Washington University alumni

The following persons are notable alumni, living and deceased, of Washington University in St. Louis.

Playwright Tennessee Williams
Dave Garroway , the founding host of The Today Show
Actor Peter Sarsgaard
Architect Gyo Obata
Architect Gyo Obata
Adventurer and businessman Steve Fossett
Jim McKelvey, co-founder and director of Block, Inc.
Reporter and artist Marguerite Martyn
Eric Schultz , Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama Administration from 2014 to 2017
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky
Thomas Bradford Curtis (LLB 1935): Primary driver behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Mike Simpson (DMD 1977): Politician and dentist
Clyde Cowan , co-discoverer of the neutrino
Admiral Ben Moreell