List of St. Olaf College people

This list of St. Olaf people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and other people connected to St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Anton Armstrong, class of 1978
• David Boe, class of 1958
• Abbie Betinis, class of 2001
• Olaf Christiansen, class of 1925
• Paul J. Christiansen, class of 1934
• René Clausen, class of 1974
• Bradley Ellingboe, class of 1980
• Jocelyn Hagen, class of 2003
• Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950
• Craig Hella Johnson, class of 1984
• Timothy Mahr, class of 1978
• Matthew Peterson, class of 2006
• Frank Pooler, class of 1948
• Dale Warland, class of 1954
• Kurt Westerberg, class of 1972

• Russell A. Anderson, class of 1964, chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• August H. Andresen, class of 1912, United States representative from Minnesota
• Arnie Arnesen, class of 1975, fellow of Harvard Institute of Politics and member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
• David Bly, class of 1974, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Monthian Buntan, class of 1990, Thai politician
• Satveer Chaudhary, class of 1991, former member of the Minnesota State legislature
• Raymond Cox, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Kim Elton, class of 1968, former member of the Alaska Senate
• Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953, United States representative from Minnesota
• Joan Ericksen, class of 1977, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Tom Fiebiger, class of 1978, member of the North Dakota Senate
• Mary Forsythe, class of 1922, member of Minnesota House of Representatives
• Harold Hagen, class of 1927, United States representative from Minnesota
• Ember Reichgott Junge, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota Senate
• Ian C. Kelly, class of 1977, US ambassador to Georgia and US ambassador to OSCE
• David Knutson, class of 1982, Minnesota state senator of District 37, 2003–2004
• Bruce Laingen, class of 1947, United States ambassador to Malta, 1977–1979
• John Marty, class of 1978, member of the Minnesota Senate
• Jim Meffert, class of 1989, U.S. Congressional candidate (2010)
• David Minge, class of 1963, United States representative from Minnesota
• Al Quie, class of 1950, 35th governor of Minnesota
• Karl F. Rolvaag, class of 1941, 31st governor of Minnesota
• Tom Saxhaug, class of 1970, former member of the Minnesota Senate
• Erik Paulsen, class of 1987, United States representative from Minnesota
• Kristi Pursell, class of 2003, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Steve Sviggum, class of 1979, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Arthur E. Thompson, class of 1915, former North Dakota superintendent of Public Instruction
• George Thompson, class of 1940, 35th attorney general of Wisconsin
• Eric C. Tostrud, class of 1987, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• J. B. Van Hollen, class of 1988, 43rd attorney general of Wisconsin
• Andrew Volstead, class of 1881, member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota, introduced National Prohibition Act
• Jay Xiong, class of 2010, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

• Robert Bly, class of 1950 (transferred out), leader of the Mythopoetic men's movement
• Frank Bures, class of 1995
• Kristina Halvorson, class of 1993
• Erin Hart, class of 1980
• Michelle Hoover, class of 1994
• Siri Hustvedt, class of 1977
• Kij Johnson, class of 1982
• Peg Kerr, class of 1982
• Sarah Lindsay, class of 1980
• Timothy Mason, class of 1972, playwright
• Danel Olson, class of 1983
• David Oppegaard, class of 2002
• Emily Rapp, class of 1996
• Chris Raschka, class of 1981
• Mark Rein-Hagen, class of 1988, author of Vampire: The Masquerade
• Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author of Giants in the Earth

• Johan Arnd Aasgaard, class of 1898, Lutheran church leader
• Stuart E. Barstad, class of 1951, chief of chaplains of the United States Air Force 1985–1988
• David Ede, class of 1957, American scholar of Islam
• Alan M. Olson, class of 1961, philosopher, Boston University, 1974–2013
• James Reeb, class of 1950, minister, pastor, and civil rights activist, 1927–1965

• Dean Buntrock, class of 1955, founder and former chairman and CEO of Waste Management, Inc. and largest school benefactor
• Amanda Cox, class of 2001, editor of the "Upshot" section of the New York Times
• Jason DeRose, class of 1997, Western Bureau chief for National Public Radio News
• Anthony Dexter, class of 1935, actor
• John Enemark, class of 1962, biochemist
• Nicholas Epley, class of 1996, professor and author
• Willis H. Flygare, class of 1958, chemist credited with "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure"
• Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, class of 2009, first openly transgender person to work as a White House staffer
• Kristine Gebbie, class of 1965, public health official and United States AIDS policy coordinator, 1993–1994
• Roger Grimsby, class of 1950, television news anchor
• Einar Haugen, class of 1928, Harvard professor of Scandinavian and linguistics
• Diane Havlir, class of 1980, AIDS researcher
• Kelly Kaduce, class of 1996, operatic soprano
• Gretchen Morgenson, class of 1976, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Barry Morrow, class of 1970, Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Elizabeth Nabel, class of 1974, cardiologist and former director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Kenneth Neilson, class of 1970, banker and businessman
• Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, class of 1973, academic and U.S. Senate candidate (2008)
• Mark W. Olson, class of 1965, economist and former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Anna Palmer, class of 2004, co-founder and CEO of Punchbowl News
• Barbara Peterson, class of 1977, Miss USA 1976 and president of the Burwell Family Foundation
• Mary Reid Kelley, class of 2001, visual artist
• David L. Rose, class of 1989, tech entrepreneur and inventor
• Susan Seacrest, class of 1975, environmental activist and teacher
• Edward Sövik, class of 1939, architect and later St. Olaf faculty member
• Lisa Stevens, class of 1986, RPG designer and CEO
• Ward Sutton, class of 1989, cartoonist and illustrator, 2018 Herblock Award winner
• Jonathan Tweet, class of 1987, game designer and author
• Cheryl Willman, class of 1977, cancer researcher and executive director of Mayo Clinic Cancer Programs

• Jay Gatsby, titular character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, attended for two weeks, did not graduate

• Anton Armstrong, class of 1978, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
• F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Choir
• John Ferguson, organist and composer
• Dave Hauck, swimming coach for St. Olaf College for over 40 years, 1973–2016, winning 43 Minnesota Conference (MIAC) championships; served 30 years as assistant football coach, nine as men's gymnastic's coach, seven as men's golf coach, and six as softball coach^[1][2][3]
• Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950, composer and former conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
• Robert Jenson, theologian
• Chris Meidt, head football coach (2002–2007), assistant coach with Washington Commanders
• Anantanand Rambachan, Hindu scholar
• Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author
• Edward Sövik, class of 1939, architect and later St. Olaf faculty member
• Lynn Steen, mathematician
• Charles Taliaferro, philosopher