Purdue University Notable Alumni
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Discover the notable alumni of Purdue University. The list includes people like Neil Armstrong, Drew Brees, Gus Grissom, C. N. R. Rao & Elizabeth Shatner. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as miscellaneous, sportspersons, scientists, engineers and leaders etc.
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Birthdate: August 5, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
Died: August 25, 2012
Birthdate: January 15, 1979
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: October 1, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: May 8, 1994
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: April 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mitchell, Indiana, United States
Died: January 27, 1967
5
Rod Woodson
(Former American football player)
Birthdate: March 10, 1965
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
6
John Wooden
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: October 14, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hall, Indiana, United States
Died: June 4, 2010
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: October 20, 1971
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: May 20, 1965
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
9
Len Dawson
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: June 20, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Alliance, Ohio, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
10
Chesley Sullenberger
(Aviator)
Birthdate: January 23, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Denison, Texas, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
11
Glenn Robinson
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: January 10, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
12
Kevin Sumlin
(American football head coach and general manager)
Birthdate: August 3, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brewton, Alabama, United States
13
Jon Fitch
(American Retired Mixed Martial Artist)
Birthdate: February 24, 1978
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
14
Raheem Mostert
(American football player)
Birthdate: April 9, 1992
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
15
Stephan Bonnar
(American Mixed Martial Artist)
Birthdate: April 4, 1977
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hammond, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
16
Bob Griese
(American Football Players)
Birthdate: February 3, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
17
Mike Alstott
(Football player)
Birthdate: December 21, 1973
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
18
Caleb Swanigan
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: April 18, 1997
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
19
Matt Hamill
(American Mixed Martial Artist and Wrestler)
Birthdate: October 5, 1976
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Loveland, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
20
Eugene Cernan
(American Naval Aviator Who Became the Eleventh Human Being to Walk on the Moon)
Birthdate: March 14, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: January 16, 2017
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
21
Herman Cain(American Businessman and Conservative Politician)
Birthdate: December 13, 1945
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 30, 2020
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
22
Stephen McKinley Henderson
(Actor)
Birthdate: August 31, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kansas City, USA
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: June 5, 1950
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: March 1, 2015
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
24
Orville Redenbacher
(Businessman)
Birthdate: July 16, 1907
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brazil, Indiana, United States
Died: September 19, 1995
25
Dulquer Salmaan
(Indian Actor Who Predominantly Works in Malayalam Language Films)
Birthdate: July 28, 1986
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kochi, Kerala, India
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
26
David Boudia
(American Diver and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: April 24, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Abilene, Texas, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Roger B. Chaffee
(American Aviator, Naval Officer, NASA Astronaut, and Aeronautical Engineer)
Birthdate: February 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Died: January 27, 1967
Birthdate: June 30, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
29
Carsen Edwards
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 12, 1998
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Matt Mitrione
(American Mixed Martial Artist)
Birthdate: July 15, 1978
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
31
David Blough
(American football player)
Birthdate: July 31, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Carrollton, Texas, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
32
Kyle Orton
(American footballer)
Birthdate: November 14, 1982
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Altoona, Iowa, USA
33
Gary Danielson
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: September 10, 1951
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
34
Miguel Torres
(American Former Mixed Martial Artist)
Birthdate: January 18, 1981
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: East Chicago, Indiana, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
35
Jeff George
(American Former Football Quarterback)
Birthdate: December 8, 1967
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
36
Matt Painter
(Basketball player, Basketball coach)
Birthdate: August 27, 1970
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
37
Ward Cunningham
(Programmer, Computer scientist)
Birthdate: May 26, 1949
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: United States of America
38
Dick the Bruiser
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: June 27, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Delphi, Indiana, United States
Died: November 10, 1991
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
39
Jim Everett
(American Footballer)
Birthdate: January 3, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas, USA
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
40
Callie Khouri
(Screenwriter)
Birthdate: November 27, 1957
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, United States
41
Ryan Kerrigan
(American football player)
Birthdate: August 16, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Muncie, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
42
Ian Murdock
(Software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems)
Birthdate: April 28, 1973
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Konstanz, Germany
Died: December 28, 2015
43
Rondale Moore
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: June 9, 2000
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Albany, Indiana, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
44
Brad Miller
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: April 12, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kendallville, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
Birthdate: December 27, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 16, 2004
46
E'Twaun Moore
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: February 25, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: East Chicago, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
47
Shaun Phillips
(American football player)
Birthdate: May 13, 1981
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
48
Rob Ninkovich
(American football player)
Birthdate: February 1, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Blue Island, Illinois, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
49
James Samuel Coleman
(Sociologist)
Birthdate: May 12, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bedford, Indiana, United States
Died: March 25, 1995
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Andrea Drews
(American Professional Volleyball Player)
Birthdate: December 25, 1993
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Founded in 1869, Purdue University is a public research university located in Indiana. Offering over 211 undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various fields of study, Purdue University is positioned on a vast campus that augments every student’s life with its ultramodern facilities. It offers various programs in the areas of Education, Liberal Arts, Health, Management, Pharmacy, Science and Aviation. It is in fact very well-known and highly influential in the country’s aviation history, being the first university to offer a four-year bachelor’s degree in aviation and for having started the first university airport in the United States. The university has produced prominent astronauts such as Neil Armstrong, Gus Grissom and Eugene Cernan. Other than aviation, Purdue University enjoys a great list of alumni achievers in the areas of engineering and science. With tons of students dreaming to graduate in these prestigious programs from the university, only a handful of select students get admission to the university, based purely on skill, hard work and merit. Purdue University has also been declared the 20th best public university in the United States and the 90th best globally, by the U.S. News & World Report as per the 2017 edition. The university has come a long way in making a name for itself globally since its inception, by warranting abundant professional and personal development among the students through various leadership organizations. The alumni’s of Purdue University are truly inspirational; here is a list of some notable entities that pursued their education here.