one of two Major League Baseball players to die during World War II
"Gettysburg Eddie" Plank, former Major League Baseball player, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Never actually attended Gettysburg College as a student, but played on the baseball team by being affiliated with Gettysburg Academy.
George Winter, former Major League Baseball player
John Yovicsin, NFL football player, coach at Gettysburg, and coach at Harvard
=== Military ===
Flora D. Darpino, first female Judge Advocate General of the United States Army
Stanton R. Musser, Major general, United States Air Force
Keller E. Rockey, Lieutenant general, United States Marine Corps, commander of the 5th Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima
Charles A. Willoughby, Chief of Intelligence on General Douglas MacArthur's staff during World War II and the Korean War; member of Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
== Notable faculty ==
Michael Birkner, professor of history, 1989 to present
Peter Carmichael, professor, civil war historian, …