List Of University Of Virginia People - University Of Virginia Alumni

University of Virginia is one of only two institutions of higher learning in the United States which was founded by a U.S. President, the other being the State University of New York at Buffalo. This page is a partial list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of Virginia.

Rectors and members of the Board of Visitors

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Thomas Jefferson â€" 3rd President of the United States (1801â€"1809); founder, Rector (1819â€"1826)
James Madison â€" 4th President of the United States (1809â€"1817); Rector (1826â€"1836)
James Monroe â€" 5th President of the United States (1817â€"1825)
Andrew Stevenson â€" 15th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1827â€"1833); Rector (1856â€"1857)
Thomas Jefferson Randolph â€" Rector (1857â€"1864)
John Stewart Bryan â€" Rector and board member (1918-1922)
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. â€" Rector (1946â€"1949)
D. French Slaughter, Jr. â€" Rector (1980â€"1982)
Helen Dragas â€" Rector (2011â€"2013)

Notable faculty

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Elizabeth Barnes â€" Professor of philosophy at the Corcoran Department of Philosophy
John Bonvillian â€" Associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics
Anna Brickhouse â€" Director of American Studies
James M. Buchanan (1956â€"1968) â€" economics; public choice theory; Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986
Lester J. Cappon â€" historian, documentary editor, and archivist
Ronald Coase (1958â€"1964) â€" published one of his two most famous articles ("The Problem of Social Cost", 1960) during this time; Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991
William Faulkner â€" faculty; writer in residence; the University of Virginia owns today the world's largest Faulkner collection thanks to his will and later donations; Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949; Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction in 1954 and 1962
Elmer L. Gaden (1923â€"2012) â€" faculty; known as "the father of biochemical engineering"
Alfred G. Gilman (1971â€"1981) â€" medicine; G protein pioneer; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1994
Milton W. Humphreys â€" Professor of Latin and Greek, 1887-1915; buried in the campus cemetery
W. A. Lambeth â€" medical professor, first athletic director
Dumas Malone â€" historian; biographer of Thomas Jefferson; received the Pulitzer Prize for history for his six-volume Jefferson and His Time in 1975
Barry J. Marshall â€" co-discoverer of Helicobacter pylori as the cause of peptic ulcer disease; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005
Ferid Murad (1970â€"1981) â€" medicine; pioneer in role of nitric oxide in biology; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998
Edward P. Ney (Ph.D 1946, faculty 1946â€"47) â€" physics (astrophysics), discovered heavy cosmic ray nuclei
William Barton Rogers (1835â€"1853) â€" faculty for natural philosophy and department head for philosophy; founded MIT and became its first president
Richard Rorty (1982â€"1998) â€" philosopher and pragmatist
Antonin Scalia (1967â€"71) â€" law; joined the team of Richard Nixon in 1971; served on the Supreme Court from 1986 until his death in 2016
William D. Spotnitz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, professor, and medical researcher
Herbert Stein (1974â€"1984) â€" A. Willis Robertson Professor of Economics; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Peter Taylor (1967-1983) â€" literature and writing; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987; PEN/Malamud Award in 1993
George Tucker (1775â€"1861) â€" moral philosophy; authored the first comprehensive biography of Jefferson in 1837
Siva Vaidhyanathan (2007â€") â€" Professor of Media Studies and author of books on copyright and digital media

Alumni

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Space and land exploration

Richard E. Byrd (attended) â€" polar explorer, first to fly over South Pole
Patrick G. Forrester, Grad 1989 â€" NASA astronaut
Karl G. Henize, Col 1947, Grad 1948 â€" astronomer; NASA astronaut
Thomas Marshburn, Engr 1984 â€" NASA astronaut
Leland Melvin, Engr 1991 â€" NASA astronaut
Bill Nelson, Law 1968 â€" NASA astronaut; U.S. Senator, Florida
Gregory Olsen, Grad 1971 â€" co-founder and Chairman of Sensors Unlimited, Inc.; third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station
Kathryn C. Thornton, Grad 1977, Grad 1979 â€" NASA astronaut
Jeff Wisoff, Col 1980 â€" NASA astronaut; engineering professor at Rice University

United States Supreme Court

Howell Edmunds Jackson, Grad 1854 â€" Justice, United States Supreme Court; U.S. Senator of Tennessee
James Clark McReynolds, Law 1884 â€" Justice, United States Supreme Court
Stanley Forman Reed, Law 1908 â€" Justice, United States Supreme Court; United States Solicitor General

Politics and diplomacy

Yasushi Akashi, Grad 1956 â€" Chairman, International House of Japan; former Undersecretary of the United Nations
George Allen, Col 1974, Law 1977 â€" Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia
Hanan Ashrawi, Grad 1982 â€" Official Spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Process; peace activist
Nathan L. Bachman, Law 1903 â€" U.S. Senator, Tennessee; Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court
Alben W. Barkley, Law 1900 â€" 35th Vice-President of the United States; U.S. Senator, Kentucky
Francois Barras, Grad 1976 â€" Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates
Evan Bayh, Law 1981 â€" U.S. Senator and Governor, Indiana
Rupert Blue, Col 1890 â€" Surgeon General of the United States
Kit Bond, Law 1963 â€" U.S. Senator, Missouri
Alan Stephenson Boyd, Law 1948 â€" first United States Secretary of Transportation
David Brown, Col 1977 â€" Mayor of Charlottesville
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Law 1936 â€" U.S. Senator, Virginia
James Laurence Cabell, Class 1833 â€" President of National Board of Health
Millard F. Caldwell, Law 1924 â€" Governor, U.S. Congressman, and State Supreme Court Justice, Florida
Mortimer Caplin, Law 1940 â€" Internal Revenue Service commissioner, law professor, tax attorney
James Paul Clarke, Law 1878 â€" United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas
John Cornyn, Law 1995 â€" U.S. Senator, Texas
Ken Cuccinelli, Engr 1990 â€" Virginia Attorney General
Hugh S. Cumming, Med 1893 â€" Surgeon General of the United States
Joseph T. Curry â€" member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1930 to 1944
William H. Daingerfield, 1829 â€" 2nd Mayor of San Antonio; Ambassador
Henry Winter Davis, Law 1841 â€" outspoken Radical Republican; U.S. Congressman, Maryland
Collins Denny, Jr. (1899-1964), 1924 â€" pro-segregationist lawyer
Mary DeRosa, 1981 â€" former Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Obama Administration
Hasjim Djalal, Law 1959 â€" Indonesian Ambassador to Germany, Canada, and the United Nations; Chairman and President of the International Seabed Authority, international law of the sea expert
William A. Eaton, 1978, former United States Ambassador to Panama, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
William Meade Fishback, Law 1855 â€" 17th Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator-Elect, Arkansas
Luis FortuÃ±o, Law 1985 â€" Governor of Puerto Rico
Thomas Watt Gregory, Law 1884 â€" Attorney General of the United States
Michael Guest, Grad 1981 â€" U.S. Ambassador to Romania; first openly gay man to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate and serve as a U.S. Ambassador
Barbara Halliday, mayor-elect of Hayward, California
Hilary A. Herbert, Law 1855 â€" Secretary of the Navy
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Col 1828 â€" Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senator, Virginia
Eppa Hunton, Law 1843 â€" CSA Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator, Virginia
Louis Arthur Johnson, Law 1913 â€" Second United States Secretary of Defense
Brereton Jones, Class 1961 â€" 58th Governor of Kentucky
Edward M. Kennedy, Law 1959 â€" U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
John Neely Kennedy, Law 1977 â€" State Treasurer of Louisiana
Robert F. Kennedy, Law 1951 â€" U.S. Senator, New York; 1968 U.S. Presidential candidate, U.S. Attorney General
William Preston Lane, Jr., Law 1915 â€" Governor, Maryland
Samuel Lawrason, Engineering 1872 â€" Louisiana state senator who authored Lawrason Act of 1898 regarding municipal government
J. Hamilton Lewis â€" U.S. Senator, Illinois and first Whip
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., Law, Missouri Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Col 1978, Law 1981 â€" Cabinet secretary, Clinton administration
Henry M. Mathews, Grad 1856 â€" 5th Governor of West Virginia
Samuel D. McEnery, Col 1857 â€" Governor and U.S. Senator for Louisiana
Chuck McMains, Law 1973 â€" former Louisiana state representative and lobbyist
Ana Montes, Col 1979 â€" convicted Cuban spy
John S. Mosby (attended) â€" the "Gray Ghost", CSA guerilla fighter
Robert Mueller, Law 1973 â€" Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Janet Napolitano, Law 1983 â€" President of the University of California System; former Governor of Arizona and Secretary of Homeland Security
Bill Nelson, Law 1968 â€" U.S. Senator, Florida; NASA astronaut
Longin Pastusiak, Grad 1959 â€" Marshall of the Senate, Poland
H. Foster Pettit, B.A. and Law â€" member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1965â€"1970; mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, 1972â€"1978
George W. Randolph, Law 1842 â€" Confederate States Secretary of War
Pratt C. Remmel, Col 1937 â€" Mayor of Little Rock from 1951â€"1955
Chuck Robb, Law 1973 â€" Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia
Joseph Taylor Robinson, Law 1895 â€" Governor and United States Senate Majority Leader, Arkansas
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Law 1940 â€" U.S. Congressman, New York
Chuck Rosenberg, Law 1990 â€" former United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia and Southern District of Texas; former Counsel to the FBI Director; former Chief of Staff to the US Deputy Attorney General; former Counselor to the US Attorney General
Larry Sabato, Col 1974 â€" politics professor; Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics; called the "Most Quoted College Professor in the Land" by the Wall Street Journal
Mark Sanford, Darden 1988 â€" Governor of South Carolina
James Alexander Seddon, Grad 1836 â€" 4th Confederate States Secretary of War
Joseph D. Selby â€" lawyer, judge, state legislator in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Faryar Shirzad, Law â€" advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush
John William Snow, Grad 1965 â€" United States Secretary of the Treasury
Javier Solana, Grad 1968 â€" Spanish former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and previous European Union foreign policy chief
William B. Spong, Jr., Law 1947 â€" U.S. Senator, Virginia
John C. Stennis, Law 1928 â€" U.S. Senator, Mississippi
Edward Stettinius, Jr., Col 1924 â€" United States Secretary of State
Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, Law 1835 â€" Missouri Attorney General and Border Ruffian
Robert M. Switzer, Law â€" United States Representative
Charles L. Terry, Jr., Col 1922 â€" Governor, Delaware
Lee Emmett Thomas, Law 1889 â€" Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana (1922â€"1930) and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representative (1912â€"1916)
Robert Toombs, Law 1830 â€" U.S. Senator, Georgia
John V. Tunney, Law 1959 â€" U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator, California
Thomas B. Turley, Law 1867 â€" U.S. Senator, Tennessee
William M. Walton, Law 1851 â€" Attorney General of Texas
John Warner, Law 1953 â€" U.S. Senator, Virginia
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Law 1957 â€" Governor, U.S. Congressman, and U.S. Senator, Connecticut
Kevin Whitaker, Col 1979 â€" U.S. Ambassador to Colombia
John C. White, English 1998 â€" Louisiana education superintendent since 2012
John Sharp Williams, Law 1876 â€" Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson (attended) â€" 28th President of the United States
Walter Wyatt, Law 1917 â€" General Counsel, Federal Reserve System
Yan Huiqing, Col 1900 â€" Premier and Prime Minister of the Republic of China; Chinese Ambassador to the United States; 1st Chinese Ambassador to the Soviet Union; Chinese Representative in the League of Nations

Business

Lee Ainslie, Comm 1986 â€" founder and managing partner of Maverick Capital
Eric C. Anderson, Engr 1996 â€" President and CEO, co-founder, Space Adventures
Eric A. Drum, CLAS 1987 â€" founder, OldStocks.com
David T. Beers, Col 1975 â€" Special Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, former head of sovereign credit ratings, Standard & Poor's
Alfred Berkeley, Col 1966 â€" President, NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Vinit S. Bhatt, Engr MS 1984, founder of Bhatt Innovation Capital, a technology-focused long/short equity hedge fund
Charles L. Brown, Engr 1943 â€" Chairman and CEO, American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
John H. Bryan, Darden 1960 â€" CEO and Chairman of Sara Lee
Algernon S. Buford, Law 1850 â€" President, Richmond and Danville Railroad
W. Graham Claytor Jr., Col 1933 â€" President, Southern Railway and Amtrak; and U.S. Secretary of the Navy
George David, Darden 1967 â€" Chairman and CEO, United Technologies Corporation
William Stamps Farish III, Col 1962 â€" Chairman of the Board, Churchill Downs, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom
Thomas Farrell, 1976, CEO, Dominion Resources
John A. Griffin, Comm 1985 â€" founder, president and trustee, Blue Ridge Capital,
William A. Hawkins, Darden 1982 â€" CEO, Medtronic Corp.
Russell Herron, Engr 1979 â€" author, co-founder of GeoQuest Systems
Laura K. Ipsen, Monsanto board member
Mansoor Ijaz, Col 1983 â€" founder and Chairman, Crescent Investment Management Ltd
Paul Tudor Jones, Col 1976 â€" President and founder, Tudor Investment Corporation and the Robin Hood Foundation, billionaire
Randal J. Kirk, Law 1979 â€" founder, chairman, New River Pharmaceutical; billionaire
Alan Lafley (attended) â€" CEO, Chairman of the Board, Procter & Gamble
Alexander F. Mathews, M.A. 1856 â€" President and founder of Bank of Lewisburg and First National Bank of Ronceverte
Halsey Minor, Col 1987 â€" co-founder and former CEO, CNET Inc.
Nick Morgan â€" speaking coach and author
Daniel Mudd, Col 1980 â€" CEO, Fannie Mae
P Clarke Murphy, History 1984 â€" CEO, Russell Reynolds Associates
William Nelson Page (attended) â€" civil engineer, co-founder of the Virginian Railway
Timothy J. Naughton, Col 1987, CEO and President, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Michelle Nunn, Col 1989 â€" CEO, Points of Light
Charles T. Pepper, Med 1855 â€" the original "Dr. Pepper" according to the Dr Pepper Company
Peter Quick, Engr 1978 â€" Chairman, Gain Capital; former President, American Stock Exchange; former President and CEO, Quick & Reilly
Steven Reinemund, Darden 1978 â€" Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo Inc.
Ed Romanoff, Entrepreneur and singer-songwriter
Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Col 1948 â€" Colombian businessman, billionaire
John D. Shafer Jr., Darden 1968 â€" President of Dunkin' Donuts
Thomas Shannon, Darden 1992 â€" CEO, Bowlmor Lanes
Sheridan Snyder, Col 1958 â€" entrepreneur and philanthropist
Samuel Spencer â€" Engr 1868 â€" first President, Southern Railway
Mark B. Templeton, Darden 1978 â€" President and CEO, Citrix Systems
Robert R. Young (attended) â€" Chairman of the Board, C&O Railroad
William P. Utt, Engr 1979, 1980, Darden 1984 â€" CEO/President, KBR

Science and technology

John Backus (attended) â€" inventor of first high-level programming language, FORTRAN
Daniel Barringer, Grad 1888 â€" proved the existence of meteorites on Earth (Barringer Meteorite Crater)
Jesse Beams, Grad 1926 â€" one of five primary physicists selected for the Manhattan Project, pioneer of ultracentrifuge
S. Ward Casscells, Med 1939 â€" pioneering orthopedic surgeon, introduced arthroscopy of the knee joint into practice in the United States
Francis Collins, Col 1970 â€" Director of the Human Genome Project
Heber Doust Curtis, Grad 1902 â€" astronomer who participated in the "Great Debate" with Harlow Shapley, 1920
Wade Hampton Frost, Med 1903 â€" established epidemiology as a science; founding dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
J. Hartwell Harrison, Med 1932 â€" pioneer kidney transplant surgeon, member Board of Visitors
Steve Huffman, Engr 2005 â€" co-founder of Reddit
Richard Lutz, Col 1971 â€" deep sea vent researcher, Director of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Janet AkyÃ¼z Mattei, Grad 1972 â€" astronomer; Director, the American Association of Variable Star Observers
Edward P. Ney, Ph.D 1946 and Faculty 1946â€"47 â€" astrophysicist; discovered heavy cosmic ray nuclei
Alexis Ohanian, Comm 2005 â€" co-founder of Reddit
Charles Pollard Olivier, Grad 1911 â€" astronomer; founder, American Meteor Society
Charlie Papazian, nuclear engineer; influential member of the American homebrewing movement
Phil Plait, Grad 1994 â€" author of Bad Astronomy and Bad Astronomy blog
Walter Reed, Med 1869 â€" discovered transmission of yellow fever
Mendel Rosenblum, Col 1984 â€" co-founder of VMware
Stuart Schreiber, Col 1977 â€" chemical biologist; founding member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Ann M. Valentine, BS 1993 â€" inorganic chemist
Alexander N. Vyssotsky, Grad 1927 â€" astronomer; cataloged Milky Way M dwarf stars
Beverly R. Wellford, Grad 1816 â€" sixth President of the American Medical Association
Thomas W. Whitaker, MS 1929, PhD 1931, botanist and horticulturist
Ralph Elmer Wilson, Grad 1910 â€" astronomer; Wilson crater on the Moon was co-named after him
Carl A. Wirtanen, Grad 1939 â€" astronomer; discovered a number of asteroids and comets
William Wulf, Grad 1966 â€" designer of BLISS programming language, President of the National Academy of Engineering
Hugh H. Young, Col 1889, Med 1891 â€" inventor, author, pioneering surgeon
Norman L. Crabill, MAE â€" engineer, inventor, author

Writers and academics

Todd J. Albert â€" surgeon and author
Louis Auchincloss, Law 1941 â€" novelist, lawyer
David Baldacci, Law 1986 â€" novelist
Michael B. Blank, GSAS 1986, 1991 - Professor at Penn Medicine
Paul Bowles (attended) â€" novelist, travel writer, composer
Charles Augustus Briggs, Col 1860 â€" Hebrew scholar and theologian
Skylar Hamilton Burris, Col 1997 â€" novelist
C.E. Byrd, attended 1882â€"1883 â€" educator
Erskine Caldwell, attended 1923-1926 â€" novelist, author of Tobacco Road
John T. Casteen III, Col 1965, Grad 1970 â€" President of the University of Virginia
John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator; president of Louisiana Tech University, 1926-1928; attended University of Louisiana c. 1895
Heather Derr-Smith, Col 1995 â€" poet
Tyler Drumheller, Col 1974 â€" pre-Iraq war European CIA station chief; author of On the Brink
Claudia Emerson, Col 1979 â€" 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
Linda Fairstein, Law 1972 â€" prosecutor of sex crimes in Manhattan and best-selling author of crime novels
Jerry Falwell, Jr., Law 1987 â€" Chancellor and President, Liberty University
Richard Foerster, A&S 1972 â€" poet
Joanne B. Freeman â€" historian
William Fuller, Ph.D. 1983, poet; senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer of Northern Trust Corporation
Elizabeth Garrett, Law 1988 â€" President of Cornell University; former provost of the University of Southern California
Emily Giffin, Law 1997 â€" chick lit author
Julien Green, Col 1922, a major figure of French literature of the 20th century
Claude Hall, Grad 1954 â€" historian, author of Abel Parker Upshur
Thomas M. Humphrey, economist
Trig Johnson, PhD, Col 1994 â€" educator and musician
Edward P. Jones, Grad 1981 â€" author, winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, MacArthur Fellow
Jack Temple Kirby â€" historian of the Southern United States, awarded the Bancroft Prize for his 2006 book Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South
Gloria Cordes Larson, Law 1976 â€" President of Bentley University
Helen Matthews Lewis, Master's of Sociology 1949 â€" sociologist, historian, and activist
Edgar Odell Lovett, Grad 1895 â€" mathematician, astronomer, first and longest-tenured President of Rice University
J. Hillis Miller, Sr., Grad 1928 â€" fourth President of the University of Florida (1947â€"1953)
Robert Miskimon (attended) â€" novelist, journalist, poet
Blake Morant, Col 1975, Law 1978 â€" Dean of Wake Forest University School of Law (2007â€"present)
David Nolan, Col 1967 â€" author and historian
Breece D'J Pancake (attended) â€" short-story writer
Edgar Allan Poe (attended) â€" poet, author of "The Raven"
Harrison Randolph, Grad 1892, thirteenth President of the College of Charleston (1897â€"1945)
W. Taylor Reveley, III, Law 1968 â€" President, The College of William and Mary; former dean and professor of law at William & Mary Law School
William Craig Rice, Col 1975 â€" president of Shimer College
Paul Craig Roberts, economist and political pundit; Undersecretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan
Will Shortz, Law â€" editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle
Brooks D. Simpson, Col 1979 â€" historian
Valerie Smith, Grad 1978 â€" President, Swarthmore College; former Dean of the College, Princeton University
Jens SÃ¶ring, honor student, autobiographer and writer of social issues, convicted murderer without parole
Richard B. Spencer, Col 2001 â€" White nationalist, founder of AlternativeRight.com, President and Director of the National Policy Institute
William Force Stead, Col 1905 â€" diplomat and poet
Henry S. Taylor, Col 1965 â€" Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
William G. Thomas III PhD - history professor at the University of Nebraskaâ€"Lincoln, 2016 Guggenheim Fellow.
Dennis Unkovic, Col 1970 â€" international business advisor; author of six books; partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
Richard E. Wagner, 1966 â€" economist

Media

Robert Aldrich (attended) â€" film director, writer, and producer of The Dirty Dozen
Fred Barnes, Col 1965 â€" editor, The Weekly Standard
John Brenkus, Col 1993 â€" host, ESPN's Sports Science
Margaret Brennan, Col 2002 â€" Bloomberg TV anchor, In Business with Margaret Brennan
Bruce Brandfon, Col 1969 â€" publisher, Scientific American
Coran Capshaw, Col 1983 â€" founder, Red Light Management; manager of the Dave Matthews Band, Faith Hill, and Alicia Keys
Whitney Casey, Educ 1997 â€" correspondent for CNN; anchor of CNN Headline News
Katie Couric, Col 1979 â€" anchor of CBS Evening News; former host of NBC's The Today Show
Virginius Dabney, Col 1921, Editor of Richmond Times Dispatch, author, Pulitzer prize winner (editorial writing)
Lane DeGregory, Col 1989, Grad 1995 â€" Pulitzer Prizeâ€"winning journalist
Deidre Downs (attended) â€" Miss America 2005
Kimberly Dozier, 1993 â€" reporter for CBS News
Thomas Frank, Col 1987 â€" founder and editor, The Baffler
Bob Gazzale, Col 1987 â€" President, American Film Institute
Richard Glatzer, Grad 1975 â€" film director, producer, writer, Still Alice, The Fluffer, and QuinceaÃ±era
David M. Granger, Grad 1981 â€" Editor-In-Chief, Esquire
Rea S. Hederman, Darden 1968 â€" publisher, New York Review of Books
Bernard Holland â€" former chief music critic for The New York Times
Brit Hume, Col 1965 â€" managing editor, Fox News
Laura Ingraham, Law 1991 â€" conservative talk show host
Mark Johnson, Col 1971 â€" film producer, Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam, and The Chronicles of Narnia; Academy Award recipient
Robert Llewellyn, photographer, Engineering 1964-1968.
Rich Lowry, Col 1990 â€" Editor-In-Chief, National Review
Jessica Lynch, Col 2000 â€" Miss New York 2003
Elva Mason â€" media manager and attorney
Tyler Mathisen, Col 1976 â€" co-anchor, Power Lunch; Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC
George P. Rodrigue III, Col 1978 â€" Editor, The Plain Dealer, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, Col â€" The Apprentice
Andrew Scheinman, Law 1973 â€" TV producer, Seinfeld; Emmy Award recipient
Tom Shadyac, Col 1981 â€" director, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty
Leigh-Taylor Smith, Col 2007 â€" Miss New York 2009
Melissa Stark, Col 1995 â€" reporter, ESPN and ABC's Monday Night Football
Ron Suskind, Col 1981, Pulitzer Prizeâ€"winning journalist, author
Michael Vitez, Col 1979 â€" staff writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pulitzer Prize winner
James Wagner, Col 2008 â€" staff writer, The New York Times, baseball writer
Paul Junger Witt, Col 1963 â€" film producer, Dead Poets Society, Three Kings and Insomnia; TV producer, The Golden Girls, The Partridge Family, Soap, Benson, and Blossom; Emmy Award recipient
Vern Yip, Col 1990 â€" interior designer, HGTV home improvement personality

Actors, musicians, and artists

Will Anderson, lead singer of the pop-rock band Parachute
David Berman, Col â€" lead singer of indie-rock band Silver Jews
Edward Brophy, Col â€" actor
Tom Cora, Col â€" avant-garde cellist and composer
Sarah Drew, Col 2002 â€" actress, Grey's Anatomy
Tina Fey, Col 1992 â€" creator, writer, producer and actress, 30 Rock; former head writer, actress, Saturday Night Live
Schuyler Fisk, Col 2004 â€" singer/songwriter
Jason George, Col 1994 â€" actor
Brennan Gilmore, Col 2001 â€" bluegrass musician; former U.S. diplomat; political activist
Ann Hould-Ward, Grad 1978 â€" Broadway costume designer, Tony Award recipient
Jen Lilley, Col 2007 â€" actress, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Artist
Rod MacDonald, Col 1970 â€" singer/songwriter
Stephen Malkmus, Col 1988 â€" lead singer of indie-rock band Pavement
Benjamin McKenzie, Col 2001 â€" actor, Fox's The O.C.
Georgia O'Keeffe (attended) â€" painter
Teddy Sears, Col 1999 â€" actor, Masters of Sex
Skipp Sudduth, Grad 1983 â€" actor
Boyd Tinsley, violinist, mandolinist, backup vocals for Dave Matthews Band
Sean Patrick Thomas, Col 1993 â€" actor
Stan Winston, Col 1968 â€" special effects expert, four-time Academy Award recipient
Dylan Walsh, Col 1986 â€" actor, Nip/Tuck
Sasheer Zamata, Col 2008 â€" actor, Saturday Night Live

Athletics

Val Ackerman, Col 1981 â€" founder and former president of WNBA, and current commissioner of the Big East Conference
Bruce Arena â€" coached the Virginia Cavaliers to 5 NCAA men's soccer championships; head coach of US national men's soccer team; professional soccer coach
Darion Atkins â€" basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Ligat HaAl
Ronde Barber, Comm 1996 â€" cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tiki Barber, Comm 1997 â€" former running back, New York Giants; current sportscaster
Morgan Brian 2014 â€" member of the US Women's National Soccer Team
Brian Buchanan â€" former MLB player
Heather Burge â€" former WNBA player
Heidi Burge, Col 1993 â€" former WNBA player
Chris Canty â€" former NFL defensive end
Rick Carlisle, Col 1984 â€" former NBA player; current head coach, Dallas Mavericks
John Choma â€" retired NFL offensive linemen, San Francisco 49ers
Casey Crawford â€" NFL tight end
Mike Cubbage â€" former MLB third baseman and manager
Virginius Dabney â€" running back
Chris Dey, Col 1989 â€" President, New York Islanders (NHL)
Somdev Devvarman, Col 2008 â€" tennis professional with a career high ranking of 62 in the world
Bill Dudley, Educ 1942 â€" NFL Hall of Fame player
Jeffrey Eggleston, 2007 â€" long-distance runner
Carlton Elliott â€" defensive end, Green Bay Packers
Alecko Eskandarian, Col (attended) â€" MLS #1 overall draft pick, player with D.C. United and U.S. national team
Paul Ereng, Col 1993 â€" gold medalist in 800 meters at 1988 Summer Olympics
D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Col 2006 â€" offensive tackle, New York Jets
Mustapha Farrakhan Jr. â€" guard for the Bakersfield Jam
Tim Finchem, Law 1973 â€" Commissioner of the PGA Tour
Conor Gill, Col 2002 â€" won the Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award in 2002; named MLL MVP in 2004
Robert Kent Gooch â€" quarterback
Jim Grobe, 1975, 1978 â€" current head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Al Groh, Comm 1967 â€" former head coach of New York Jets, former head coach of Virginia football team
Brandon Guyer â€" outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays
Darryl Hammond, Col 1988 â€" Arena Football League career tackles leader
John Harkes â€" former soccer player and captain of U.S. national team
Brett Hughes, 2004 â€" professional lacrosse player; co-founder and Chairman of Lacrosse the Nations 501c3
Mike Jones â€" professional wrestler; wrestles under the names Virgil, Vincent, and Curly Moe
Thomas Jones â€" running back, Kansas City Chiefs
Melanie Kok â€" silver medalist in rowing at 2008 Summer Olympics
Joe Koshansky â€" first baseman for the San Francisco Giants farm system (formerly with the Colorado Rockies)
Bowie Kuhn â€" Law 1950, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Jeff Lamp â€" former NBA player
Noel LaMontagne â€" retired NFL offensive lineman, Cleveland Browns
Sylven Landesberg, basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Chris Long, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams
Javier LÃ³pez â€" relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
John Loyd â€" tackle
Wali Lundy â€" running back, Houston Texans
Buck Mayer â€" running back
Tom McKnight, Com 1976 â€" Champions Tour golfer
Tony Meola, Col 1989 â€" Major League Soccer and World Cup goalkeeper
Heath Miller, Col 2004 â€" tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers
Eugene Monroe, Col 2008 â€" offensive Tackle, Jacksonville Jaguars
Herman Moore, Col 1991 â€" NFL former record-holder for catches in a season
Ed Moses, Educ 2004 â€" Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Ben Olsen (attended) â€" international soccer player; former player and current coach of D.C. United
John Phillips â€" NFL tight end
Shamek Pietucha, Col 1999 â€" Olympic swimmer
Chris Rotelli, 2003 â€" professional lacrosse player
John Beverly Pollard â€" quarterback
Claudio Reyna (attended) â€" international soccer player; former captain of U.S. national team
LaRoy Reynolds â€" middle linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
Mark Reynolds â€" third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
Eppa Rixey, Col 1912 â€" Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
Ralph Sampson, Col 1983 â€" NBA #1 overall draft pick, All-Star center with Houston Rockets and member of the Hall of Fame
Matt Schaub, Col 2003 â€" quarterback, Houston Texans
Michael Schwimer, 2008 â€" relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Scott â€" NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks
Don Shula â€" head coach of the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins; career wins leader among NFL coaches; defensive backs coach for the 1958 Virginia Cavaliers football team
Chris Slade, Col 1993 â€" defensive end / linebacker NFL All Pro New England Patriots
Michael Slive, Law 1965 â€" outgoing commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) (retiring in 2015)
Devin Smith, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Kurt Smith, Col 2006 â€" current NFL player, San Diego Chargers
Dawn Staley, Col 1992 â€" Olympic gold medalist, carried U.S. flag at opening ceremonies of 2004 Summer Olympics
Bradley Walker â€" former referee
DeMya Walker, Col 1999 â€" WNBA player
George Welsh â€" former head football coach
Ralph C. Wilson Jr. â€" founding owner of the Buffalo Bills, namesake of Ralph Wilson Stadium
Monica Wright, Col 2010 â€" WNBA player, currently UVa's all-time career leader in points for women
Ryan Zimmerman â€" Col 2005 â€" third baseman for the Washington Nationals

Military

Fernando Bolivar â€" Venezuelan military, nephew of General Simon Bolivar
Brig. Gen. John B. Copenhaver, USAF, Col 1926 â€" former Command Surgeon, Headquarters Alaskan Air Command
Maj. Gen. William J. Crumm USAF, Col 1941 â€" former Deputy Joint Chief of Staff, Atomic Operations Division
Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula USAF, Col 1974, Engr 1976 â€" former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Intelligence
Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Egeland Jr. USAF, Col 1965, Law 1968 â€" former Deputy Staff Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force
Brig. Gen William Lafayette Fagg, USAF, Law 1941 â€" former Executive Officer, Staff Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force
Lt. Gen. Ralph E. Havens, USAF, Col 1960 â€" former Commander, Air University
Maj. Gen. Donald W. Henderson, USAF, Engr 1960 â€" Commander, Space and Missile Test Organization
Captain Humayun Khan â€" U.S. Army officer killed in combat in Iraq
Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC, Col 1969 â€" Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
VADM John Morgan, USN, Col 1972 â€" former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy
Brig. Gen. William Preston Nuckols, USAF, Col 1927 â€" Commander, 33rd Continental Air Defense Division
Vice Admiral Denby H. Starling, II USN, Engr 1974 â€" former Commander, Navy Cyber Forces and Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command
Brig. Gen. Samuel M. Thomasson Jr., USAF, Law 1947 â€" former Staff Judge Advocate General, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command
Brig. Gen. Felix J. Zaniewski, USAF, Law 1948 â€" former Staff Judge Advocate General for Strategic Air Command

Religion

Lloyd Rutherford Craighill â€" second Bishop of Anking, China
Carl P. Daw Jr. â€" Executive Director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
Collins Denny (1889â€"1891) â€" Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1910â€"1939)
David Ellenson â€" professor, President Emeritus and Chancellor of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
James Addison Ingle â€" first Bishop of the Missionary District of Hankow, China
J. William Jones â€" Confederate chaplain, campus minister, Christian author

Environmentalism

Gary L. Francione, M.A. and J.D. â€" legal theorist, law professor, and animal rights/vegan activist
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Law 1982 â€" Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance; co-host of Ring of Fire; Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Riverkeeper
William A. Welch â€" engineer and environmentalist who had a major impact on the state and national park systems of the United States

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