Following is a list of notable alumni of Ashland University.
Academia edit
- Benjamin Bolger – a perpetual student who has earned 14 degrees
- Robert Clouse – professor
- Jill DeMatteis – Pat Doyle Award winner and a research associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park
- J. Garber Drushal – eighth President of The College of Wooster
- Charles H. Kraft – anthropologist, linguist, evangelical Christian speaker, and Professor
- Peter Linneman 1973 – Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business
- Bruce McLarty (received doctorate) – president of Harding University
- Clara Worst Miller – academic and writer
Business edit
- Koo Bon-moo – business executive of the LG Group
- Dwight Schar 1964 – chairman, President and CEO Northern Virginia/Ryan Homes
Entertainment edit
- Dwier Brown 1980 – actor; Field of Dreams, The Thorn Birds
- Robin Meade 1991 – CNN news anchor, 1992 Miss Ohio
- Xiong Ru-Lin – Chinese singer
- Kurt St. Thomas – filmmaker, author and radio DJ
- Amy Stoch –actress
Law edit
- Daniel Bogden – attorney and United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
Politics edit
- Abiy Ahmed – Prime minister of Ethiopia, received MBA through Ashland-Ethiopia partnership, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Jack Brandenburg – Michigan state senator
- Dean DePiero – mayor of Parma, Ohio
- William Harvey Gibson – Republican politician from Ohio
- Marilyn John – politician
- You Huichen – Taiwanese legislator
- Joe Miller – Ohio House of Representatives
Religion edit
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair – founder of American Atheists
- John Christopher Thomas – a theologian within the Pentecostal movement and the Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary
Sports edit
- Art Warren– professional baseball pitcher
- Trevor Bassitt - Bronze medal winner at the 2022 World Championships in the 400m hurdles
- Gil Dodds 1941 – set the American record for the mile in 1942 and in 1943 was honored with the Sullivan Award
- Bayard Elfvin 2003 – US National soccer team goalkeeper
- Madman Fulton – professional wrestler
- Judy Hahn – head coach of women's volleyball at Malone College
- Alex Hendricks – cerebral palsy football player and Paralympian
- Carlin Isles 2012 (attended two years) – United States National Rugby Sevens Team
- Jackie Jeschelnig – American hammer thrower
- Kibwé Johnson – American Olympic track and field athlete
- Ruth Jones – head women's basketball coach for Purdue University
- Walter Leckrone – newspaper editor and college football and basketball coach
- Jamie Meder 2014 – American football player
- Katie Moon – pole vaulter and gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,
- Katie Nageotte – 2020 Summer Olympics the gold medal winner[1][2]
- Ray Novotny 1930 – professional football player
- Bill Overmyer 1971 – professional football player
- Jeris Pendleton 2011 – professional football player
- Tim Richmond (attended one year) – NASCAR driver
- Adam Shaheen 2017 – professional football player
- Rick Shepas – college football player and coach
- Art Warren – professional baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees organization
- Mike Wright (attended one year) – professional football player
Writing and journalism edit
- Detrick Hughes 2011 – author/poet
- Walter Leckrone – newspaper editor and college football and basketball coach