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Everyone loves to have that brush with fame, and even though we may not have ever met these famous grads, they still give the students and alumni a sense of pride, and another excuse to brag about how the University of Kansas is better than the rest. Drop one of these names in a run-in with a Kansas State University fan this week and watch them drool in awe. Or talk of famous alumni with friends to boost morale. The University has had it all, athletes, actors, designers and politicians.
From 'Clueless' to 'Yentl' and even the NBA, alumni can be found in surprising places
The next time someone says to you "Kansas, why did you choose to go there? Isn't it really flat and full of wheat?" just throw out a couple of names from this list and bask in pride for being a part of such a great university.
PAUL RUDD
What: Majored in theater during his two-year stay at the University, and was a part of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
When:1987
Claims to Fame: Played the emo-loving college stepbrother of Cher in the 1995 hit film Clueless, boyfriend/husband to Phoebe on the sitcom Friends, and sports anchor to Ron Burgundy in the movie Anchorman.
Claims to Fame: Woodard served as the interim head coach for the KU women's basketball team.
LYNETTE WOODARD
What: Four time All-American basketball player for Kansas. She averaged 26 points per game during her four-year stay at KU, and she was the first woman ever to play with the Harlem Globetrotters.
When: 1978
BOB DOLE
What: Studied law at the University.
When: 1941-1943
WILT CHAMBERLAIN
What: Played basketball for two seasons at the University and scored 1,433 points, grabbing 877 rebounds in 48 varsity games. Chamberlain led Kansas to the 1957 championship game and to the Big Seven championships in 1957 and 1958.
When: 1955-1958 Claims to Fame: Played for the Harlem Globetrotters, Warriors, 76ers and the Lakers. Coached the ABA San Diego Conquistadors from 1973-1974. Chamberlain died on Oct.12, 1999.
Claims to Fame: Bob Dole was a U.S. Senator from 1969-1996, Republican Representative to the Kansas State Legislature in 1950, Kansas Representative in Congress from 1961-1969, Senate Majority Leader in 1985, Senate Minority Leader in 1987, and ran for the presidency in 1996 losing to Bill Clinton. He is also a spokesman for Viagra.
MANDY PATINKIN
When: 1970-1972
What: Patinkin was in the University productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Rosencrantz and Guildermstern are Dead, Man of La Mancha, and Indians. While at the University, Patinkin was cast as a teen angel in a national 7-UP commercial.
Claims to Fame: The object of Barbra Striesand's love in her 1983 film Yentl, the Spanish swordman Inigo Montoya in the 1987 movie The Princess Bride, Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on the TV series Chicago Hope, and Georges Seurat in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George.
DON JOHNSON
When: 1971
What: Received a full scholarship to the University after being seen in the lead of his high school production of West Side Story.
Claims to Fame: Johnson has been in many motion pictures such as the 1993 movie Born Yesterday, Tin Cup in 1996, and television shows such as Nash Bridges in 1996 and Miami Vice in 1984.