8 Notable alumni of Bluffton University
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Bluffton University is ranked #3,962 in the world and #1,033 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 8 notable alumni from Bluffton University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Bluffton University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Baldemar Velasquez
1947-. (aged 79)
trade unionist
farmworker
Baldemar Velásquez is an American labor union activist. He co-founded and is president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO. He was named a MacArthur Fellow (also known as the "Genius Grant") in 1989, and awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle in 1994, the highest honor Mexico can bestow on a non-citizen.
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2. Tobias S. Buckell
1979-. (aged 47)
writer
science fiction writer
Tobias Samuel Buckell is a Grenadian/British science fiction and fantasy writer.
3. Arthur Holly Compton
1892-1962 (aged 70)
theoretical physicist
physicist
university teacher
nuclear physicist
Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with C. T. R. Wilson for his discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. It was a sensational discovery at the time; the wave nature of light had been well-demonstrated, but the idea that light had both wave and...
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4. Judson Laipply
1976-. (aged 50)
dancer
television producer
YouTuber
Judson Laipply is an American internet celebrity from Bucyrus, Ohio. He served as the state president of The Ohio Association of Student Councils from 1993 to 1994. He is best known for his performance in the "Evolution of Dance" viral video clip, which became one of the most famous YouTube videos ever and was the most-viewed YouTube video over three...
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5. Phyllis Diller
1917-2012 (aged 95)
comedian
television actor
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Phyllis Ada Diller was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh.
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6. Hugh Downs
1921-2020 (aged 99)
actor
composer
journalist
Hugh Malcolm Downs was an American television presenter, radio personality, author, and music composer. A regular television presence from the mid 1940s until the late 1990s, he had several successful roles on morning, prime-time, and late-night television. For several years, he held the certified Guinness World Record for the most hours on commercial network television before being surpassed by Regis...
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7. Jeff Timmons
1973-. (aged 53)
singer
Jeffrey Brandon Timmons is an American singer, best known as a founding member of the pop group 98 Degrees.
8. Mubarak Awad
1943-. (aged 83)
university teacher
social entrepreneur
psychologist
Mubarak Awad is a Palestinian-American psychologist and an advocate of nonviolent resistance.