Famous Former FFA
Members
Orion Samuelson
Host of U.S. Farm Report
 Originally from the La
Crosse Area
 Radio Hall of Fame 2003

Jim Davis
Creator of Garfield
 Former Chapter
President
 Indiana

Trace Adkins
Country Music
Artist
 Louisiana

Matthew Fox
Actor
 “Lost”
 Wyoming

Richard “Tuff” Hedeman
Prof. Bull Rider
 Texas
 Pro Rodeo Hall of
Fame

Don Henley
Rock Star
 Former member of
The Eagles
 Texas

Jared Hess
Writer/Director
 “Napoleon Dynamite”
 Idaho

Lyle Lovett
Country singer
 Texas

Tim McGraw
Country Singer
 Louisiana
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Eddie Montgomery
Country Singer
 Montgomery Gentry
 Kentucky

Willie Nelson
Country Singer
 Texas
 Farm-Aid founding
member

Tom Wopat
Luke Duke on
“Dukes of Hazzard”
 Lodi, Wisconsin

Roger Breske
Wisconsin State
Senator
 Wittenberg, Wisconsin
(hometown of your Ag
Teacher)

Toby Keith
Country Music Star
 Oklahoma

Jimmy Carter
Former President
 Nobel Peace Prize
Winner 2002
 Georgia

Rulon Gardner
Olympic Gold
Medallist, GrecoRoman Wrestling
2000
 Wyoming

Bo Jackson
Football and
Baseball player
 Heisman Trophy
winner
 Alabama

Sterling Martin
NASCAR driver
 2 time Daytona 500
winner
 Tennessee

Mark Tauscher
Badgers
 Packers
 Tackle/Guard
 Auburndale, WI

Jordy Nelson

Professional
football player
(wide receiver),
Green Bay Packers

Kansas – Riley
County FFA
Chapter
Taylor Swift
Country music
entertainer/recording
artist
 Tennessee –
Hendersonville FFA
Chapter

Jim Ross

WWE Hall of Fame
commentator

Westville, Oklahoma
– Former state FFA
vice president
(1970-71)
Chris Colfer

Actor (Kurt
Hummel on “Glee”)

California – Clovis
FFA Chapter
Zac Brown
Country music
entertainer/recording
artist with the Zac
Brown Band
 Georgia – Lumpkin
County FFA Chapter
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