This list of St. Cloud State people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and other people connected to St. Cloud State University, a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Presidents

1869–1875 Ira Moore 1875–1881 David L. Kiehle 1881–1884 Jerome Allen 1884–1890 Thomas J. Gray 1890–1895 Joseph Carhart 1895–1902 George R. Kleeberger 1902–1915 Waite A. Shoemaker 1915–1916 Isabel Lawrence, interim 1916–1927 Joseph C. Brown 1927–1943 George A. Selke 1943–1947 Dudley S. Brainard 1947–1952 John W. Headley 1952–1965 George F. Budd 1965–1971 Robert H. Wick 1971–1981 Charles J. Graham 1981–1982 Lowell R. Gillette, interim 1982–1992 Brendan J. MacDonald 1992–1995 Robert O. Bess, interim 1995–1999 Bruce F. Grube 1999–2000 Suzanne R. Williams, interim 2000–2007 Roy H. Saigo 2007–2016 Earl H. Potter III 2016–2018 Ashish Vaidya, interim 2018–2024 Robbyn Wacker 2024–2026 Larry Dietz, interim 2026–present Gregory Tomso

Notable alumni and non-graduates Richard Dean Anderson – actor (MacGyver) Paul Babitzke – professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Pennsylvania State University Dan Bakkedahl – actor (The Heat, Legit) Win Borden - Minnesota state senator, Senate 1971–72 (District 53); Senate 1973–78 (District 13) James B. Bullard – president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Christine L. Clouser – virologist Billy Flynn – film and television actor David Frederickson – commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Jim Graves – founder, chairman and CEO of Graves Hospitality Corporation Clarence L. Gunter – businessman and Minnesota state representative John Hawkes – Oscar-nominated film and television actor Bonnie Henrickson – women's basketball coach at University of California, Santa Barbara Jodi Huisentruit – television news anchor who went missing in Iowa on June 27, 1995 Dorothy Houston Jacobson – assistant secretary of agriculture, 1964–1969 Haley Kalil – Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model and Miss Minnesota USA Leo Kottke – Grammy-nominated finger-style acoustic guitar virtuoso with a four-decade recording career Warren Limmer – Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate representing the 34th District, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area; previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives Loreen Olson – professor in the Communications Studies Department at University of North Carolina at Greensboro specializing in family communication Jim Pehler – Minnesota state legislator and educatorMinnesota Legislators Past and Present-James C. "Jim" Pehler Fannie Almara Quain – first woman born in North Dakota to earn a doctor of medicine degree John Stumpf – former chairman, CEO and president of Wells Fargo & Company Grayce Kaneda Uyehara – national director of the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee during lobbying efforts for the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which issued an apology for Japanese-American internment during World War II and paid reparations to surviving former interneesJeff Gammage, "," Inquirer, June 23, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2019. H. Timothy ("Tim") Vakoc – first U.S. military chaplain to die from wounds received in the Iraq War Terrence "Lee" Zehrer – entrepreneur and internet pioneer; founder of one of the first online dating services, Kiss.com Annet Kirabo - researcher at Vanderbuilt University studying hypertension and oxidative stress, got her master’s from St. Cloud

Notable athletes

Tyler Arnason – professional hockey player William Borgen – professional hockey player Todd Bouman – professional football player Jonny Brodzinski – professional hockey player Logan Clark – wrestler and mixed martial artist Matt Cullen – professional hockey player Nic Dowd – professional hockey player Jim Eisenreich – professional baseball player Paul Ellering - professional wrestling manager and former wrestler Jeff Finger – professional hockey player Andrew Gordon – professional hockey player Kevin Gravel – professional hockey player Ben Hanowski – professional hockey player Mark Hartigan – professional hockey player Bret Hedican – professional hockey player Lawrence Heinemi – professional wrestler Matt Hendricks – professional hockey player Nick Jensen – professional hockey player Jessica Kresa – professional wrestler Bob Kronenberg – professional football player Drew LeBlanc – professional hockey player Charlie Lindgren – professional hockey player Ryan Malone – professional hockey player Steve Martinson – professional hockey player, coach, and manager Heather Miller-Koch – Olympic track and field athlete, heptathlon Bob Motzko – college hockey coach Joe Motzko – professional hockey player Ben Nelson – professional football player Van Nelson – 1968 Olympic track and field athlete Andreas Nödl – professional hockey player Keith Nord – professional football player Mark Parrish – professional hockey player

Notable faculty and staff Mildred L. Batchelder – namesake of the ALA award given to the publisher of a translated children's book Herb Brooks – former St. Cloud State and U.S. Olympic men's hockey coach Bruce Hyde – cast member of the original Star Trek TV series Jim Pehler – former Minnesota House of Representatives member for 18 years

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