19 Notable alumni of Coe College

Warren Stanford Stone was a railway worker who rose to head the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the United States from 1903 to 1925. He was unusual as a labor leader in that he did not believe in compulsory union membership and was comfortable with "labor capitalism". He supported a radical plan in which workers in an industry would take...

Ellen Jean Krug is an American transgender activist, author, and lawyer. In 2009, two months after transitioning from male to female, she became the first attorney in Iowa to engage in jury trials in separate genders.

James William Good was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Byron Gordon McKeeby was an American artist, educator and master printmaker known primarily for lithography. McKeeby's interest dovetailed with a burgeoning contemporary community in advancing lithography as an art form. He was active in all form of print exhibition. He built a full scope printmaking department of rank at the University of Tennessee that exists today.

James Alexander Reed was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 32nd mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and as a United States senator from Missouri.

Edward Joseph Gorman Jr. was an American writer and short fiction anthologist. He published in almost every genre, but is best known for his work in the crime, mystery, western, and horror fields. His non-fiction work has been published in such publications as The New York Times and Redbook.

Christopher Funk is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the Portland, Oregon, indie rock band The Decemberists. He plays guitar, pedal steel, piano, violin, dobro, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, saxophone, the theremin and many other instruments. According to Colin Meloy, as stated at the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, TN on September 27, 2015, Funk was originally given...

Jason Kottke is an American blogger, graphic designer, and web designer known for his blog Kottke.org. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award as a blogger.

Edward Alsworth Ross was an American sociologist and university professor, journalist, and publicist. A leading figure in the American Sociological Association, he helped found its journal American Journal of Sociology.

Frederick George Jackson is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Coe Kohawks. After going undrafted in 2003 and playing two indoor football seasons and later in NFL Europe, Jackson spent nine seasons with the Buffalo Bills, becoming their third all-time leading rusher. In the 2015...

Curt Menefee is an American broadcaster who hosts the Fox Network's NFL pregame show Fox NFL Sunday.

Frances Helen Allison was an American television and radio comedienne, personality, and singer.

Marvin Daniel Levy is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He spent most of his head coaching career with the Buffalo Bills, leading them from 1986 to 1997. After spending 10 years as head coach in college, Levy was hired to coach the Montreal Alouettes of...

William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian. His Nazi Germany history The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich has been read and cited in scholarly works for more than 60 years; its 50th anniversary was marked by a new edition of the book.

Timothy Spafard Hillman is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Linda J. Scheid was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 46, which includes portions of the northwestern suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area. A Democrat, she was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and was re-elected in 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2010. Prior to the 2002 redistricting, the...

Tex Sample is a specialist in church and society, a storyteller, author, and the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at the St. Paul School of Theology, a United Methodist seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, where he taught from 1967–1999. He has published four books about the working class.

Ekaterina "Katja" Koroleva is an international soccer referee for the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), which she joined in 2013. Born in the Soviet Union, she represents the United States.