John Elway (A.B. 1982), retired Hall of Fame National Football League quarterback and current executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos[368]
Zach Ertz (2012), tight end for the Washington Commanders; previously played for Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles and won Super Bowl LII
Jennifer Sey, former U.S. National Gymnastics Champion
Samantha Shapiro, five-time member of the USA Gymnastics National Team, 2007 U.S. junior uneven bars champion, 2008 U.S. junior uneven bars, and balance beam champion
Eric Heiden (B.S. 1984, M.D. 1991), speed skater, 5 gold medals at 1980 Lake Placid Olympics; cycling, competed in 1985 Giro D'Italia, 1986 Tour de France
Sara Lowe, artistic swimming, Olympic bronze medalists and Pan American Games champion.
Alexander Massialas (B.S. 2016 Mechanical Engineering), Olympic fencer, 2016 silver medalist in individual Men's Foil, 2020 bronze medalist in Team FoilDorian "Doc" Paskowitz, surfer and physician
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In Antitrust, the main character is depicted as a Stanford graduate.[409]
In Avatar, Grace Augustine wears a Stanford T-shirt.[410]
In Challengers, two of the main characters attend Stanford while the third main character visits them on campus[411]
In Die Hard, Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi graduated from Stanford Law School in 1962.[412]
In Double Indemnity (1944), the storyline is about a wife who conspires with her lover to kill her husband in Palo Alto on his way to a Stanford reunion.[409]
In The Family Plan, attending Stanford is a key theme throughout including the final scene.[413]
In The Internship, characters portrayed by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson seek help from fictional Stanford Professor Charles Xavier.[414]
In Legally Blonde, the storyline was inspired by Amanda Brown's real-life experience as a student at Stanford Law School.[415] Character Warner Huntington III is revealed to have attended Stanford.[416]
In Mother of the Bride, all four main characters are noted to have attended Stanford, a centerpiece of the storyline.[417]
In literature
In East of Eden (1952) by John Steinbeck, Aron Trask (aka Aaron Trask) is enrolled at Stanford University when he runs away to join the U.S. Army during World War I.
In 9-1-1, character Darius states his intention to go to Stanford[419] in Seasons 3 and 6. Stanford is also mentioned in Season 2 Episode 2, where it is mentioned that the basketball team's top recruits wanted to go to either "Duke or Stanford"[420]
In Castle, character Detective Kate Beckett attended Stanford as a pre-law undergrad.
In Chuck, the main character Chuck Bartowski is presented as a Stanford dropout, and Stanford plays a central role in the theme.[409]
In Cobra Kai, character Miguel Diaz is accepted to Stanford in the series finale.[421]
In Countdown, the main character Special Agent Amber Oliveras went to Stanford.
In Dharma & Greg, main character Greg Montgomery graduated from Stanford Law School.
In Entourage, character Lloyd Lee received his MBA from Stanford.
In Grey's Anatomy, character Cristina Yang holds a Doctor of Medicine from Stanford,[422] where her former boyfriend Colin Marlowe was a professor.[409]
In How I Met Your Mother, character Stella (Ted's almost bride) attended Stanford as both an undergrad and medical school graduate.
In Just Shoot Me!, character Maya Gallo attended Stanford.
In M*A*S*H, character Captain B. J. Hunnicutt graduated from Stanford.[409]
In The Morning Show, character Stella Bak attended Stanford. A 2023 episode is named "The Stanford Student".[423]
In Landman, Jerry Jones plays himself describing his business revolving around Stanford and his daughter attending.[424]
In MythBusters, several scenes were filmed at Stanford and included real Stanford students.[414]
In Parenthood, character Julia Braverman-Graham attended Stanford for law school.[425]
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