Notable Alumni of Wittenberg University

Albert Bryan Jr. 1968–

Ninth Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Also attended: University of the Virgin Islands

Marietje Schaake 1978–

Dutch former Member of the European Parliament

John E. McLaughlin 1942–

Former CIA deputy director and acting director

Attended until 1964

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania

Sheila Simon 1961–

46th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1983

Also attended: Georgetown University

Father: Paul Simon (Concordia University-Portland, University of Oregon)

Martin L. Smyser 1851–1908

U.S. representative from Ohio

Francis Seiberling 1870–1945

Lawyer and U.S. representative from Ohio

Also attended: College of Wooster

Walter L. Weaver 1851–1909

U.S. representative from Ohio, 1897–1901

Attended until 1870

Ronald Li 1929–2014

Founder and former chairman of Hong Kong stock exchange

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Anton Wilhelm Amo 1700–1759

Ghanaian-German philosopher

Master's degree · Philosophy

Elwood V. Jensen 1920–2012

Biologist, Lasker winner for estrogen receptor research

Attended until 1940

Also attended: University of Chicago

Karl E. Weick 1936–2026

Organizational theorist who introduced sensemaking

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

James Marcia 1937–

Developmental psychologist

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

Sherwood Anderson 1876–1941

Novelist and short story writer

James Rebhorn 1948–2014

Character actor in over 100 films, series and plays

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Lloyd C. Douglas 1877–1951

Minister and popular novelist

Pierre Lhomme 1930–2019

French cinematographer

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich 1978–

Television producer, showrunner of The Witcher

Margo Smith 1942–2024

Country and Christian music singer-songwriter

Mark Baker 1946–2018

Stage and film actor, Tony Award nominee

Also attended: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, Carnegie Mellon University

John Chowning 1934–

Composer and developer of FM synthesis

Jonas Bretkūnas 1536–1602

Lutheran pastor who translated the Bible into Lithuanian

Samuel McChord Crothers 1857–1927

Unitarian minister and popular essayist

Also attended: Princeton University, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Al Davis 1929–2011

Longtime owner of the Oakland Raiders

Also attended: Syracuse University

Child: Mark Davis (California State University-Chico, University of California-Davis)

Sandy Dukat 1972–

Paralympic skier and triathlete

Brian Agler 1958–

Basketball coach and Wittenberg University athletic director

Also attended: Pittsburg State University