List of University of Missouri–Columbia alumni

Lindsey Alley (BA '00), actress
Tom Berenger (BA '71), actor
Kate Capshaw (BS '75, MEd '77, ΑΔΠ), actress
Chris Cooper (BGS '76), actor
Sheryl Crow (BS Ed '84, ΚΑΘ, ΟΔΚ), musician
William Least Heat-Moon (BA '61, MA '62, PhD '73, BJ '78, ΤΚΕ), author
Robert Loggia (BJ '51), actor
Richard Matheson (BJ '49, ΦΜΑ), author and screenwriter
Brad Pitt (ΣΧ), actor (attended, but did not graduate)
Michael Patrick, PHD '66, author
George C. Scott, actor
Mort Walker (BA '48, ΚΣ), cartoonist (A life size bronze statue of his creation Beetle Bailey sits in front of alumni center.)
Tennessee Williams (ΑΤΩ), playwright (attended)

Norm Stewart, All-American and former head coach at Northern Iowa (1961–1967) and Mizzou (1967–1999)
John Brown, former NBA player
Keyon Dooling, current NBA player
Linas Kleiza, current NBA player
Gary Leonard, former NBA player
Anthony Peeler, former NBA player
Kareem Rush, current NBA player
Doug Smith, former NBA player
Steve Stipanovich, former NBA player
Jon Sundvold, former NBA player

Other

Christian Cantwell, current world-class shot putter, 2004 IAAF World Indoor Champion
Kyle Hawkins, head lacrosse coach, first male openly gay coach of a men's team sport at the NCAA level
Derrick Peterson, current professional runner, 2004 Olympian
Gene Snitsky, current professional wrestler
Matt Sydal, current professional wrestler
Babak Torgoley, former Turkcell Super League soccer player

Mark E. Burkhart (BS BA '76, ΣΠ), President and CEO, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
Jack E. Bush, (BS BA '58, ΑΓΡ, ΑΚΨ) former president and director of Michaels; president of Raintree Partners
Harry M. Cornell, Jr. (BS BA '50, ΒΘΠ), Chairman Emeritus, Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Harvey P. Eisen (BS BA '64, ZBT, QEBH, ΟΔΚ), Chairman of Bedford Oak Advisors
Alan Greenberg (BS BA '49), Chairman, Bear Stearns Companies
E. Stanley Kroenke (BS BA, MBA), owner, NBA's Denver Nuggets, NHL's Colorado Avalanche; co-owner NFL's St. Louis Rams
Kenneth Lay (BA '64, MA '65, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), former CEO of Enron
Jeremy Levy and David Robinson, co-owners of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks
Harry J. Lloyd (BJ '50, TKE), founder of House of Lloyd and the upscale Loch Lloyd village and country club near Kansas City
Steve Lumpkin (BS BA '77, ΦΔΘ), CFO & Treasurer, Applebee's International
James C. Morton, Jr. (JD '72), Senior VP Finance & Administration, Nissan North America
David C. Novak (BJ '74, ΔΥ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Edward Rapp (BS BA '79, ΑΚΨ), Vice President, [[[Caterpillar, Inc.]]
Rodger O. Riney (BS CiE '68, MBA '69), founder of Scottrade, deep-discount brokerage firm
Bill S. Thompson (BS CiE '68, ΑΤΩ, ΟΔΚ), CEO and Managing Director of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO)
Roger M. Vasey (BS BA '58, ΦΚΨ), former Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co.
Sam Walton (BA '40, ΒΘΠ, QEBH), founder of Wal-Mart