Mercersburg
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Joel T. Boone '09
Eugene B. Fluckey '30
Ralph Talbot '16
Wilbert W. White Jr. '07

Nobel Prize Recipient
Burton Richter '48 (for physics, 1976)

Olympic Gold Medalists
Robert G. Leavitt '03
James E. Meredith '12
Allen Woodring '18
Harry S. Glancy ’24
William A. Carr '29
Charles H. Moore Jr. '47 
Richard E. Saeger '82
Betsy Mitchell '83
Melvin M. Stewart '88 

Academy Award Winners
James Stewart '28
Benicio Del Toro '85

Rhodes Scholars 
Robert N. Cunningham Jr. '21
Edward F. D'Arms '21
Laurence A. L. Scott '24
Dudley L. Harley '27
James M. Tunnell '28
Robert H. Michelet '30
Cresson H. Kearney '33

Others
Harry Hughes '44, former governor of Maryland
H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest '49, founder of Suburban Cable and member of the Forbes 400
Richard "Dick" Thornburgh '50,  former governor of Pennsylvania and U.S. Attorney General
Nicholas Taubman '53, U.S. ambassador to Romania; former CEO, Advance Auto Parts
Dick Cass '64, president, Baltimore Ravens (NFL)
Michael Davies '85, executive producer, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Vanessa Branch '90, actress, Pirates of the Caribbean; spokesperson, Orbit Gum