4-H alumni are represented across numerous professions, including politicians, entertainers, athletes, business individuals, and educators.
Political figures
Notable alumni include U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and U.S. Vice Presidents Al Gore and Walter Mondale.
Current and former U.S. Senators Howard Baker Birch Bayh Sam Brownback Dale Bumpers Conrad Burns Ben Nighthorse Campbell Thad Cochran Mike DeWine Bob Dole Byron Dorgan Wendell H. Ford Bob Graham Judd Gregg Clifford Hansen Tom Harkin Orrin Hatch Mike Johanns Jon Llewellyn Kyl Mitch McConnell Bill Nelson Sam Nunn Larry Pressler Pat Roberts W. Kerr Scott Jeff Sessions Paul Simon Debbie Stabenow Steve Symms Herman Talmadge Craig L. Thomas Strom Thurmond Malcolm Wallop
Current and former U.S. Governors Alabama George Wallace Arkansas Asa Hutchinson Georgia Roy Barnes Nathan Deal Sonny Perdue Hawai'i John Waihee Iowa Terry Branstad Kansas William H. Avery John W. Carlin Nancy Kassebaum Kentucky Martha Layne Collins Paul E. Patton Maine John Baldacci Michigan John Engler North Carolina Jim Hunt Robert W. Scott Oklahoma Mary Fallin Raymond D. Gary North Dakota William L. Guy Tennessee Buford Ellington Utah Olene Walker Vermont Jim Douglas Virginia Gerald L. Baliles Wisconsin Tommy Thompson Wyoming Mike Sullivan
Current and former members of Congress include Carl Albert William Vollie Alexander Jr. John F. Baldwin Jr. Roscoe Bartlett Rick Berg Jaime Herrera Beutler Tom Bevill Rick Boucher Allen Boyd William V. Chappell Jr. Donald H. Clausen Eva M. Clayton Howard Coble Tony Coelho Larry Combest Jim Cooper George Darden Robert William Davis Roy Dyson Bill Emerson Glenn English Ronnie Flippo William D. Ford Virginia Foxx Sam Gejdenson William F. Goodling Bill Grant Ralph Hall John Paul Hammerschmidt Katherine Harris J.D. Hayworth Wally Herger Clyde Holloway Jerry Huckaby Kenny Hulshof Earl Hutto Ed Jenkins William L. Jenkins Chris John Ed Jones Ron Kind Jim Kolbe Martin Lancaster Tom Latham Tiffany Lawrence Jim Lightfoot Koln McKay John T. Myers Sue Myrick William Flynt Nichols Chip Pickering Graham Purcell Adam Putnam Ralph Regula J. Roy Rowland Martin Sabo Daniel Schaefer Jim Slattery D. French Slaughter Bob Smith Neal Edward Smith Virginia D. Smith John Sparkman Floyd Spence David Stockman Bob Stump Mike Synar Charles H. Taylor Gene Taylor Lindsay Thomas Bennie Thompson Jill Long Thompson Edolphus Towns Bob Traxler Morris Udall Wes Watkins Vin Weber Jerry Weller Jamie Whitten Heather Wilson
Former Puerto Rico Senator Miguel Deynes Soto.
Cabinet officials John Rusling Block and Ann Veneman, former secretaries of Agriculture
First Ladies Rosalynn Carter Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Pat Nixon Idaho First Lady Patricia Kempthorne
Native Americans Ethel Branch
Academics
former Kansas State University President Duane Acker former Chancellor of Texas A&M University Perry Adkisson former U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander Nobel Prize winners George Beadle and Daniel McFadden former Arizona State University President Lattie Coor Colorado State University System President Tony Frank Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust West Virginia University President Gordon Gee Steve Gunderson of the Career Education Colleges and Universities Former University of Illinois President Stanley O. Ikenberry Former Yale University President Howard Lamar Former Virginia Tech President William Edward Lavery Former University of New Hampshire President Joan Leitzel Former Clemson University President Max Lennon Former Auburn University President James E. Martin Former Kent State University President Glenn Olds Former University of Nebraska President Ronald Roskens Former Penn State University President Graham B. Spanier Former University of Maryland President John S. Toll Former Mississippi State University President Donald W. Zacharias
Arts and literature Frank Herbert, American Science Fiction writer Jim Davis, cartoonist Pulitzer Prize winning novelist John Updike
Business and industry
Andrew Bosworth of Facebook Colby Chandler of Eastman Kodak Arnold W. Donald of Carnival Corporation Bob Evans Ken C. Hicks of Footlocker Bill Mensch of the Western Design Center Javier Palomarez of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Harold Poling of the Ford Motor Company Orville Redenbacher Edward B. Rust Jr. of State Farm Insurance Jesse W. Tapp of Bank of America Randall L. Tobias of Eli Lilly and Co. Leland Tollett of Tyson Foods Frank L. VanderSloot of Melaleuca Nancy Zieman of Sewing with Nancy
Entertainment and media
Anne Burrell of the Food Network Johnny Carson Steve Doocy Nancy Grace Florence Henderson Maya Higa Holly Hunter Karen Kilgariff David Letterman Miss America Jacque Mercer Jim Nabors Aubrey Plaza Donna Reed Julia Roberts Sissy Spacek Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat
Military
General Creighton Abrams Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré General Hugh Shelton Brigadier General Wilma Vaught
Music Roy Acuff Luke Bryan Glen Campbell Johnny Cash John Denver Vince Gill Faith Hill Jermaine Jackson Reba McEntire Sherrill Milnes Jennifer Nettles Randy Owen Dolly Parton Charley Pride Kevin Richardson Jean Ritchie Roy Rogers Ricky Skaggs Trisha Yearwood
Sciences and technology 4-H alumni include the astronauts: Bonnie J. Dunbar Ellison Onizuka Jerry L. Ross Alan Shepard Peggy Whitson Donald E. Williams
Sports
Robert A. "Bob" Baffert, racehorse trainer Johnny Bench U.S. Triple Crown jockey Steve Cauthen Olympic Gold Medal winner Stacy Dragila NASCAR Champion Ned Jarrett Archie Manning National Collegiate Basketball coach Pat Summitt Dan Reeves Original owner of the Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie All-Time leading women's professional basketball scorer Katie Smith Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker Reggie White
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