– author, journalist, and war-time correspondent
Dave Stieb – professional baseball player
Joe Swanberg – independent filmmaker with notable filmography in the mumblecore sub-genre
Lena Taylor – Wisconsin Democratic State Senator and member of the Wisconsin 14
Terry Taylor – professional football player
Mallica Vajrathon – United Nations senior staff member
Chico Vaughn – professional basketball player
George Vukovich – professional baseball player
Robert K. Weiss – producer of The Blues Brothers and other films
Ernie Wheelwright – professional football player
Adrian White – professional football player
Walt Willey – actor best known for his work on All My Children
David Wong – author and online personality
== Notable faculty ==
Robert Corruccini – Distinguished Professor and 1994 Outstanding Scholar; taught from 1978 to 2011 in the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Anthropology; known for his expertise in dental anthropology and epidemiology, formulating a theory of malocclusion
David F. Duncan – professor …