List of University of Virginia people
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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.
Contents
Rectors and members of the Board of Visitors
- Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809); founder, Rector (1819–1826)[1]
- James Madison – 4th President of the United States (1809–1817); Rector (1826–1836)
- James Monroe – 5th President of the United States (1817–1825)
- Andrew Stevenson – 15th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1827–1833); Rector (1856–1857)
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph – Rector (1857–1864)
- John Stewart Bryan -- Rector and Board Member (1918-1922) [2]
- Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. – Rector (1946–1949)
- D. French Slaughter, Jr. – Rector (1980–1982)
- Helen Dragas – Rector (2011–2013)
Notable faculty
- Anna Brickhouse - Director of American Studies
- James M. Buchanan (1956–1968) - economics; public choice theory; Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986
- Ronald Coase (1958–1964) - 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[3]
- William Faulkner - 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[4]
- Alfred G. Gilman (1971–1981) - medicine; G protein pioneer; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1994
- Milton W. Humphreys - Professor of Latin and Greek, 1887-1915; buried in the campus cemetery
- W. A. Lambeth - medical professor, first athletic director.
- Dumas Malone - historian; biographer of Thomas Jefferson; received the Pulitzer Prize for history for his six-volume Jefferson and His Time in 1975
- Barry J. Marshall - co-discoverer of Helicobacter pylori as the cause of peptic ulcer disease; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005
- Ferid Murad (1970–1981) - medicine; pioneer in role of nitric oxide in biology; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998
- Edward P. Ney, (Ph.D 1946, faculty 1946–47) - (astro)physics, discovered heavy cosmic ray nuclei
- William Barton Rogers (1835–1853) - faculty for natural philosophy and department head for philosophy; founded MIT and became its first president
- Richard Rorty (1982–1998) - philosopher and pragmatist[5]
- Antonin Scalia (1967–71) - law; joined the team of Richard Nixon in 1971; has served on the Supreme Court since 1986
- Herbert Stein (1974–1984) - A. Willis Robertson Professor of Economics; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
- Peter Taylor (1967-1983) - literature and writing; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987; PEN/Malamud Award in 1993[6]
- George Tucker (1775–1861) - moral philosophy; authored the first comprehensive biography of Jefferson in 1837
Alumni
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Space and land exploration
- Richard E. Byrd (attended) – Polar explorer, first to fly over South Pole[7]
- Patrick G. Forrester, Grad 1989 – NASA astronaut[8]
- Karl G. Henize, Col 1947, Grad 1948 – astronomer; NASA astronaut[8]
- Thomas Marshburn, Engr 1984 – NASA astronaut[8]
- Leland Melvin, Engr 1991 - NASA astronaut[8]
- Bill Nelson, Law 1968 – NASA astronaut; U.S. Senator, Florida[8]
- Gregory Olsen, Grad 1971 - co-founder and Chairman of Sensors Unlimited, Inc.; third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station[8]
- Kathryn C. Thornton, Grad 1977, Grad 1979 – NASA astronaut[8]
- Jeff Wisoff, Col 1980 - NASA astronaut; engineering professor at Rice University[8]
Supreme Court
- Asher Grunis, Law 1972 (LL.M) - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Israel[9]
- Leroy R. Hassell, Sr., Col 1977 - first African-American Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court[10]
- Howell Edmunds Jackson, Grad 1854 – Justice, United States Supreme Court; U.S. Senator of Tennessee[11]
- Donald Lemons, Col 1970, Law 1976 – Chief Justice, Virginia Supreme Court[12]
- James Clark McReynolds, Law 1884 – Justice, United States Supreme Court[13]
- John Pelander, Law 1998 (LL.M) – Justice, Arizona Supreme Court[14]
- Stanley Forman Reed, Law 1908 – Justice, United States Supreme Court; United States Solicitor General[15]
- Randall T. Shepard, Law 1995 (LL.M) - Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court[16]
Politics and diplomacy
- Yasushi Akashi, Grad 1956 – Chairman, International House of Japan;[17] former Undersecretary of the United Nations[18]
- George Allen, Col 1974, Law 1977 – Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia[19]
- Hanan Ashrawi, Grad 1982 – Official Spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Process; peace activist[20]
- Nathan L. Bachman, Law 1903 – U.S. Senator, Tennessee; Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court[21]
- Alben W. Barkley, Law 1900 – 35th Vice-President of the United States; U.S. Senator, Kentucky[22]
- Francois Barras, Grad 1976 – Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates[23]
- Evan Bayh, Law 1981 – U.S. Senator and Governor, Indiana[24]
- Rupert Blue, Col 1890 – Surgeon General of the United States
- Kit Bond, Law 1963 – U.S. Senator, Missouri
- Alan Stephenson Boyd, Law 1948 – first United States Secretary of Transportation
- David Brown, Col 1977 – Mayor of Charlottesville
- Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Law 1936 – U.S. Senator, Virginia
- James Laurence Cabell, Class 1833 – President of National Board of Health
- Millard F. Caldwell, Law 1924 – Governor, U.S. Congressman, and State Supreme Court Justice, Florida[25]
- Mortimer Caplin, Law 1940 – Internal Revenue Service commissioner, law professor, tax attorney
- James Paul Clarke, Law 1878 – United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas[26][27]
- John Cornyn, Law 1995 – U.S. Senator, Texas
- Ken Cuccinelli, Engr 1990 – Virginia Attorney General
- Hugh S. Cumming, Med 1893 – Surgeon General of the United States
- Joseph T. Curry - member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1930 to 1944[28]
- William H. Daingerfield, 1829 – 2nd Mayor of San Antonio; Ambassador
- Henry Winter Davis, Law 1841 – outspoken Radical Republican; U.S. Congressman, Maryland
- Collins Denny, Jr. (1899-1964), 1924, pro-segregationist lawyer.[29]
- Mary DeRosa, 1981 - former Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Obama Administration
- Hasjim Djalal, Law 1959 – Indonesian Ambassador to Germany, Canada, and the United Nations;[30] Chairman and President of the International Seabed Authority,[31] international law of the sea expert[32][33]
- William Meade Fishback, Law 1855 – 17th Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator-Elect, Arkansas[34]
- Luis Fortuño, Law 1985 – Governor of Puerto Rico
- Thomas Watt Gregory, Law 1884 – Attorney General of the United States
- Michael Guest, Grad 1981 – U.S. Ambassador to Romania; first openly gay man to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate and serve as a U.S. Ambassador[35]
- Barbara Halliday, mayor-elect of Hayward, California
- Hilary A. Herbert, Law 1855 – Secretary of the Navy
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Col 1828 – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Eppa Hunton, Law 1843 – CSA Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Louis Arthur Johnson, Law 1913 – Second United States Secretary of Defense
- Brereton Jones, Class 1961 – 58th Governor of Kentucky
- Edward M. Kennedy, Law 1959 – U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
- John Neely Kennedy, Law 1977 – State Treasurer of Louisiana
- Robert F. Kennedy, Law 1951 – U.S. Senator, New York; 1968 U.S. Presidential candidate
- William Preston Lane, Jr., Law 1915 – Governor, Maryland
- Samuel Lawrason, Engineering 1872 – Louisiana state senator who authored Lawrason Act of 1898 regarding municipal government.[36]
- J. Hamilton Lewis – U.S. Senator, Illinois and first Whip
- Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., Law, Missouri Supreme Court Justice
- Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Col 1978, Law 1981 – Cabinet secretary, Clinton administration
- Henry M. Mathews, Grad 1856 - 5th Governor of West Virginia
- Samuel D. McEnery, Col 1857 - Governor and U.S. Senator for Louisiana
- Chuck McMains, Law 1973 – former Louisiana state representative and lobbyist
- Ana Montes, Col 1979 – convicted Cuban spy
- John S. Mosby (attended) – the "Gray Ghost", CSA guerilla fighter
- Robert Mueller, Law 1973 – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Janet Napolitano, Law 1983 – President of the University of California System; former Governor of Arizona and Secretary of Homeland Security[37]
- Bill Nelson, Law 1968 – U.S. Senator, Florida; NASA astronaut
- Longin Pastusiak, Grad 1959 – Marshall of the Senate, Poland
- H. Foster Pettit, B.A. and Law - member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1965 to 1970; mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, 1972 to 1978[38]
- George W. Randolph, Law 1842 – Confederate States Secretary of War
- Pratt C. Remmel, Col 1937 – Mayor of Little Rock from 1951–1955
- Chuck Robb, Law 1973 – Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Joseph Taylor Robinson, Law 1895 – Governor and United States Senate Majority Leader, Arkansas
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Law 1940 – U.S. Congressman, New York
- Chuck Rosenberg, Law 1990 – 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 – 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 – Governor of South Carolina
- James Alexander Seddon, Grad 1836 – 4th Confederate States Secretary of War
- Joseph D. Selby - lawyer, judge, state legislator in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Faryar Shirzad, Law – advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush
- John William Snow, Grad 1965 – United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Javier Solana, Grad 1968 – Spanish former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and previous European Union foreign policy chief
- William B. Spong, Jr., Law 1947 – U.S. Senator, Virginia
- John C. Stennis, Law 1928 – U.S. Senator, Mississippi
- Edward Stettinius, Jr., Col 1924 – United States Secretary of State
- Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, Law 1835 – Missouri Attorney General and Border Ruffian
- Robert M. Switzer, Law - United States Representative[39]
- Charles L. Terry, Jr., Col 1922 – Governor, Delaware
- Lee Emmett Thomas, Law 1889 – Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana (1922–1930) and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representative (1912–1916)[40]
- Robert Toombs, Law 1830 – U.S. Senator, Georgia
- John V. Tunney, Law 1959 – U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator, California
- Thomas B. Turley, Law 1867 – U.S. Senator, Tennessee
- William M. Walton, Law 1851 – Attorney General of Texas
- John Warner, Law 1953 – U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Law 1957 – Governor, U.S. Congressman, and U.S. Senator, Connecticut
- Kevin Whitaker, Col 1979 - U.S. Ambassador to Colombia
- John C. White, English 1998 - Louisiana education superintendent since 2012[41]
- John Sharp Williams, Law 1876 – Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
- Woodrow Wilson (attended) – 28th President of the United States
- Walter Wyatt, Law 1917 – General Counsel, Federal Reserve System
- Yan Huiqing, Col 1900 – 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 [42]
Business
- Lee Ainslie, Comm 1986 – founder and managing partner of Maverick Capital[43]
- Eric C. Anderson, Engr 1996 – President and CEO, co-founder, Space Adventures
- Eric A. Drum, CLAS 1987 – founder, OldStocks.com
- David T. Beers, Col 1975 – Special Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, former head of sovereign credit ratings, Standard & Poor's[44]
- Alfred Berkeley, Col 1966 – President, NASDAQ Stock Exchange
- Charles L. Brown, Engr 1943 – Chairman and CEO, American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
- John H. Bryan, Darden 1960 – CEO and Chairman of Sara Lee
- Algernon S. Buford, Law 1850 – President, Richmond and Danville Railroad
- W. Graham Claytor Jr., Col 1933 – President, Southern Railway and Amtrak; and U.S. Secretary of the Navy
- George David, Darden 1967 – Chairman and CEO, United Technologies Corporation
- William Stamps Farish III, Col 1962 – Chairman of the Board, Churchill Downs, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom[45]
- Thomas Farrell, 1976, CEO, Dominion Resources
- John A. Griffin, Comm 1985 – founder, president and trustee, Blue Ridge Capital,[46][47]
- William A. Hawkins, Darden 1982 – CEO, Medtronic Corp.
- Russell Herron, Engr 1979 – author, co-founder of GeoQuest Systems
- Laura K. Ipsen, Monsanto board member
- Mansoor Ijaz, Col 1983 - founder and Chairman, Crescent Investment Management Ltd
- Paul Tudor Jones, Col 1976 – President and founder, Tudor Investment Corporation and the Robin Hood Foundation, billionaire
- Randal J. Kirk, Law 1979 – founder, chairman, New River Pharmaceutical; billionaire[48]
- Alan Lafley (attended) – CEO, Chairman of the Board, Procter & Gamble
- Alexander F. Mathews, M.A. 1856 - President and founder of Bank of Lewisburg and First National Bank of Ronceverte[49]
- Halsey Minor, Col 1987 – co-founder and former CEO, CNET Inc.
- Nick Morgan - speaking coach and author[50]:229
- Daniel Mudd, Col 1980 – CEO, Fannie Mae
- William Nelson Page (attended) – civil engineer, co-founder of the Virginian Railway
- Timothy J. Naughton, Col 1987, CEO and President, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
- Michelle Nunn, Col 1989 – CEO, Points of Light
- Charles T. Pepper, Med 1855 – the original "Dr. Pepper" according to the Dr Pepper Company
- Peter Quick, Engr 1978 – Chairman, Gain Capital; former President, American Stock Exchange; former President and CEO, Quick & Reilly[51]
- Steven Reinemund, Darden 1978 – Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo Inc.
- Ed Romanoff, Entrepreneur and singer-songwriter[52]
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Col 1948 – Colombian businessman, billionaire
- John D. Shafer Jr., Darden 1968 – President of Dunkin' Donuts[53]
- Thomas Shannon, Darden 1992 – CEO, Bowlmor Lanes[54]
- Sheridan Snyder, Col 1958 – entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Samuel Spencer – Engr 1868 – first President, Southern Railway
- Mark B. Templeton, Darden 1978 – President and CEO, Citrix Systems
- Robert R. Young (attended) – Chairman of the Board, C&O Railroad
- William P. Utt, Engr 1979, 1980, Darden 1984 – CEO/President, KBR
Science and technology
- John Backus (attended) – inventor of first high-level programming language, FORTRAN
- Daniel Barringer, Grad 1888 – proved the existence of meteorites on Earth (Barringer Meteorite Crater)
- Jesse Beams, Grad 1926 – one of five primary physicists selected for the Manhattan Project, pioneer of ultracentrifuge
- S. Ward Casscells, Med 1939 – pioneering orthopedic surgeon, introduced arthroscopy of the knee joint into practice in the United States[citation needed]
- Francis Collins, Col 1970 – Director, Human Genome Project
- Heber Doust Curtis, Grad 1902 - astronomer who participated in the "Great Debate" with Harlow Shapley, 1920
- Wade Hampton Frost, Med 1903 – established epidemiology as a science, founding dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
- J. Hartwell Harrison, Med 1932 - pioneer kidney transplant surgeon, member Board of Visitors
- Steve Huffman, Engr 2005 – co-founder of Reddit
- Richard Lutz, Col 1971 – deep sea vent researcher, Director of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences[55]
- Janet Akyüz Mattei, Grad 1972 – astronomer; Director, the American Association of Variable Star Observers
- Edward P. Ney, Ph.D 1946 and Faculty 1946–47 – astrophysicist; discovered heavy cosmic ray nuclei
- Alexis Ohanian, Comm 2005 – co-founder of Reddit
- Charles Pollard Olivier, Grad 1911 - astronomer; founder, American Meteor Society
- Charlie Papazian, nuclear engineer; influential member of the American homebrewing movement
- Phil Plait, Grad 1994 – author of Bad Astronomy and Bad Astronomy blog
- Walter Reed, Med 1869 – discovered transmission of yellow fever
- Mendel Rosenblum, Col 1984 – co-founder, VMware
- Stuart Schreiber, Col 1977 - chemical biologist; founding member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
- Alexander N. Vyssotsky, Grad 1927 – astronomer; cataloged Milky Way M dwarf stars
- Beverly R. Wellford, Grad 1816 – sixth President of the American Medical Association
- Thomas W. Whitaker, MS 1929, PhD 1931, botanist and horticulturist
- Ralph Elmer Wilson, Grad 1910 - astronomer; Wilson crater on the Moon was co-named after him
- Carl A. Wirtanen, Grad 1939 – astronomer; discovered a number of asteroids and comets
- William Wulf, Grad 1966 – designer of BLISS programming language, President of the National Academy of Engineering
- Hugh H. Young, Col 1889, Med 1891 – inventor, author, pioneering surgeon
- Norman L. Crabill, MAE – engineer, inventor, author
Writers and academics
- Todd J. Albert, Surgeon and author
- Louis Auchincloss, Law 1941 – novelist, Lawyer
- David Baldacci, Law 1986 – novelist
- Paul Bowles (attended) – novelist, travel writer, composer
- Charles Augustus Briggs, Col 1860 – Hebrew scholar and theologian
- C.E. Byrd, Attended 1882–1883 – educator
- Erskine Caldwell, attended 1923-1926 - novelist, author of Tobacco Road
- John T. Casteen III, Col 1965, Grad 1970 – 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[56]
- Heather Derr-Smith, Col 1995 – poet
- Tyler S Drumheller, Col 1974 – Pre-Iraq war European CIA station chief; author of On the Brink
- Claudia Emerson, Col 1979 – 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
- Linda Fairstein, Law 1972 – prosecutor of sex crimes in Manhattan and best-selling author of crime novels
- Jerry Falwell, Jr., Law 1987 – Chancellor and President, Liberty University
- Richard Foerster, A&S 1972 – poet
- William Fuller, Ph.D. 1983, poet; senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer of Northern Trust Corporation[57]
- Elizabeth Garrett, Law 1988 - President of Cornell University; former provost of the University of Southern California[58]
- Emily Giffin, Law 1997 – chick lit author
- Julien Green, Col 1922, a major figure of French literature of the 20th century
- Claude Hall, Grad 1954 – historian, author of Abel Parker Upshur
- Trig Johnson, PhD, Col 1994 – educator and musician[59]
- Edward P. Jones, Grad 1981 – author, winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, MacArthur Fellow
- Jack Temple Kirby - historian of the Southern United States, awarded the Bancroft Prize for his 2006 book Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South[60]
- Gloria Cordes Larson, Law 1976 – President of Bentley University
- Edgar Odell Lovett, Grad 1895 – mathematician, astronomer, first and longest-tenured President of Rice University
- J. Hillis Miller, Sr., Grad 1928 – fourth President of the University of Florida (1947–1953)
- Robert Miskimon (attended) – novelist, journalist, poet
- Blake Morant, Col 1975, Law 1978 – Dean of Wake Forest University School of Law (2007–present)
- David Nolan, Col 1967 – author and historian
- Breece D'J Pancake (attended) – short-story writer
- Edgar Allan Poe (attended) – poet, author of "The Raven"
- Harrison Randolph, Grad 1892, thirteenth President of the College of Charleston (1897–1945)
- W. Taylor Reveley, III, Law 1968 – President, The College of William and Mary; former dean and professor of law at William & Mary Law School
- William Craig Rice, Col 1975 – president of Shimer College[61]
- Paul Craig Roberts, economist and political pundit; Undersecretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan
- Larry Sabato, Col 1974 – Called the "Most Quoted College Professor in the Land" by the Wall Street Journal
- Will Shortz, Law – editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle
- Brooks D. Simpson, Col 1979 – historian
- Valerie Smith, Grad 1978 – President, Swarthmore College; former Dean of the College, Princeton University[62]
- Jens Söring, honor student – autobiographer and writer of social issues
- William Force Stead, Col 1905 – diplomat and poet
- Henry S. Taylor, Col 1965 – Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
- Dennis Unkovic, Col 1970 – international business advisor; author of six books; partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
- Richard E. Wagner, 1966 – economist
Media
- Robert Aldrich (attended) – film director, writer, and producer of The Dirty Dozen
- Fred Barnes, Col 1965 – editor, The Weekly Standard
- John Brenkus, Col 1993 – host, ESPN's Sports Science[63]
- Margaret Brennan, Col 2002 – Bloomberg TV anchor, In Business with Margaret Brennan
- Bruce Brandfon, Col 1969 - publisher, Scientific American
- Coran Capshaw, Col 1983 – founder, Red Light Management; manager of the Dave Matthews Band, Faith Hill, and Alicia Keys
- Whitney Casey, Educ 1997 – Correspondent, CNN and Anchor CNN Headline News
- Katie Couric, Col 1979 – Anchor CBS Evening News, Former host, 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 – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist[64]
- Deidre Downs (attended) – Miss America 2005
- Kimberly Dozier, 1993 – reporter for CBS News
- Thomas Frank, Col 1987 – founder and editor, The Baffler
- Bob Gazzale, Col 1987 – President, American Film Institute[65][66]
- Richard Glatzer, Grad 1975 - film director, producer, writer, Still Alice, The Fluffer, and Quinceañera[67]
- David M. Granger, Grad 1981 – Editor-In-Chief, Esquire[68][69]
- Rea S. Hederman, Darden 1968 – publisher, New York Review of Books[70]
- Bernard Holland – former chief music critic for The New York Times
- Brit Hume, Col 1965 – Managing editor, Fox News
- Laura Ingraham, Law 1991 – conservative talk show host
- Mark Johnson, Col 1971 – film producer, Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam, and The Chronicles of Narnia; Academy Award recipient[71]
- Rich Lowry, Col 1990 – Editor-In-Chief, National Review
- Jessica Lynch, Col 2000 – Miss New York 2003[72]
- Tyler Mathisen, Col 1976 – co-anchor, Power Lunch; Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC[73]
- George P. Rodrigue III, Col 1978 – Managing Editor, The Dallas Morning News, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Larry Sabato, Col 1974, TV political pundit and current UVA professor
- Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, Col – The Apprentice
- Andrew Scheinman, Law 1973 – TV producer, Seinfeld; Emmy Award recipient
- Tom Shadyac, Col 1981 – director, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty
- Leigh-Taylor Smith, Col 2007 – Miss New York 2009[74]
- Melissa Stark, Col 1995 – reporter, ESPN and ABC's Monday Night Football
- Ron Suskind, Col 1981, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author
- Michael Vitez, Col 1979 – staff writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- James Wagner, Col 2008 – staff writer, The Washington Post, baseball writer[75]
- Paul Junger Witt, Col 1963 – film producer, Dead Poets Society, Three Kings and Insomnia; TV producer, The Golden Girls, The Partridge Family, Soap, Benson, and Blossom;[76] Emmy Award recipient[77]
- Vern Yip, Col 1990 – interior designer, HGTV home improvement personality[78]
Actors, musicians, and artists
- Will Anderson, lead singer of the pop-rock band Parachute
- David Berman, Col – lead singer of indie-rock band Silver Jews
- Edward Brophy, Col – actor
- Tom Cora, Col – avant-garde cellist and composer
- Sarah Drew, Col 2002 – actress, Grey's Anatomy
- Tina Fey, Col 1992 – creator, writer, producer and actress, 30 Rock; former head writer, actress, Saturday Night Live
- Schuyler Fisk, Col 2004 – singer/songstress
- Jason George, Col 1994 – actor
- Ann Hould-Ward, Grad 1978 – Broadway costume designer, Tony Award recipient
- Jen Lilley, Col 2007 – actress, General Hospital, The Artist
- Rod MacDonald, Col 1970 – singer/songwriter
- Stephen Malkmus, Col 1988 – lead singer of indie-rock band Pavement
- Benjamin McKenzie, Col 2001 – actor, Fox's The O.C.
- Georgia O'Keeffe (attended) – painter
- Parachute (band)"Parachute, 2008
- Teddy Sears, Col 1999 - actor, Masters of Sex
- Skipp Sudduth, Grad 1983 – actor
- Boyd Tinsley, violinist, mandolinist, backup vocals for Dave Matthews Band
- Sean Patrick Thomas, Col 1993 – actor
- Stan Winston, Col 1968 – Special effects expert, four-time Academy Award recipient
- Dylan Walsh, Col 1986 – Actor, Nip/Tuck
- Sasheer Zamata, Col 2008 - Actor, Saturday Night Live
Athletics
- Valerie Ackerman, Col 1981 – founder and former president of WNBA, and current commissioner of the Big East Conference
- Bruce Arena - coached the Virginia Cavaliers to 5 NCAA men's soccer championships; head coach of US national men's soccer team; professional soccer coach
- Ronde Barber, Comm 1996 – cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Tiki Barber, Comm 1997 – former running back, New York Giants; current sportscaster
- Brian Buchanan – former MLB player
- Heather and Heidi Burge, both Col 1993 – former WNBA players[79]
- Chris Canty - former NFL defensive end
- Rick Carlisle, Col 1984 – former NBA player; current head coach, Dallas Mavericks
- John Choma - retired NFL offensive linemen, San Francisco 49ers
- Casey Crawford - NFL tight end
- Mike Cubbage – Former MLB third baseman and manager
- Virginius Dabney – running back
- Chris Dey, Col 1989 – President, New York Islanders (NHL)
- Somdev Devvarman, Col 2008 - tennis professional with a career high ranking of 62 in the world
- Bill Dudley, Educ 1942 – NFL Hall of Fame player
- Jeffrey Eggleston, 2007 - long-distance runner
- Carlton Elliott – defensive end, Green Bay Packers
- Alecko Eskandarian, Col (attended) – MLS #1 overall draft pick, player with D.C. United and U.S. national team
- Paul Ereng, Col 1993 – gold medalist in 800 meters at 1988 Summer Olympics
- D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Col 2006 – Offensive tackle, New York Jets
- Mustapha Farrakhan Jr. – guard for the Bakersfield Jam[80]
- Tim Finchem, Law 1973 – Commissioner of the PGA Tour
- Conor Gill, Col 2002 – won the Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award in 2002; named MLL MVP in 2004.
- Robert Kent Gooch – quarterback
- Jim Grobe, 1975, 1978 – current head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
- Al Groh, Comm 1967 – former head coach of New York Jets, former head coach of Virginia football team
- Brandon Guyer – outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Darryl Hammond, Col 1988 – Arena Football League career tackles leader
- John Harkes, former soccer player and captain of U.S. national team
- Brett Hughes, 2004 – professional lacrosse player; co-founder and Chairman of Lacrosse the Nations 501c3
- Mike Jones/Virgil/Vincent/Curly Moe – professional wrestler
- Thomas Jones – running back, Kansas City Chiefs
- Melanie Kok – silver medalist in rowing at 2008 Summer Olympics
- Joe Koshansky – first baseman for the San Francisco Giants farm system (formerly with the Colorado Rockies)
- Bowie Kuhn – Law 1950, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Jeff Lamp – former NBA player
- Noel LaMontagne - retired NFL offensive linemen, Cleveland Browns
- Sylven Landesberg, basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Chris Long, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams
- Javier López – relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
- John Loyd – tackle
- Wali Lundy – running back, Houston Texans
- Buck Mayer – running back
- Tom McKnight, Com 1976 – Champions Tour golfer
- Tony Meola, Col 1989 – Major League Soccer and World Cup goalkeeper
- Heath Miller, Col 2004 – tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Eugene Monroe, Col 2008 – offensive Tackle, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Herman Moore, Col 1991 – NFL former record-holder for catches in a season
- Ed Moses, Educ 2004 – Olympic gold medalist in swimming
- Ben Olsen (attended) – international soccer player; former player and current coach of D.C. United
- John Phillips - NFL tight end
- Shamek Pietucha, Col 1999 – Olympic swimmer
- Chris Rotelli, 2003 – professional lacrosse player
- John Beverly Pollard – quarterback
- Claudio Reyna (attended) – International soccer player; former captain of U.S. national team
- Mark Reynolds – third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Eppa Rixey, Col 1912 – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
- Ralph Sampson, Col 1983 – NBA #1 overall draft pick, All-Star center with Houston Rockets and member of the Hall of Fame
- Matt Schaub, Col 2003 – quarterback, Houston Texans
- Michael Schwimer, 2008 – relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Mike Scott – NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks
- Don Shula – 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 – Defensive End / Linebacker NFL All Pro New England Patriots
- Michael Slive, Law 1965 – outgoing commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) (retiring in 2015)
- Devin Smith, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Kurt Smith, Col 2006 – current NFL player, San Diego Chargers
- Dawn Staley, Col 1992 – Olympic gold medalist, carried U.S. flag at opening ceremonies of 2004 Summer Olympics
- Bradley Walker - former referee
- DeMya Walker, Col 1999 – WNBA player
- George Welsh - former head football coach
- Ralph C. Wilson Jr. – founding owner of the Buffalo Bills, namesake of Ralph Wilson Stadium
- Monica Wright, Col 2010 – WNBA player, currently UVa's all-time career leader in points for women
- Ryan Zimmerman – Col 2005 – third baseman for the Washington Nationals
Military
- Brig. Gen. John B. Copenhaver, USAF, Col 1926 – former Command Surgeon, Headquarters Alaskan Air Command
- Maj. Gen. William J. Crumm, USAF, Col 1941 – former Deputy Joint Chief of Staff, Atomic Operations Division
- Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, USAF, Col 1974, Engr 1976 – former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Intelligence
- Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Egeland Jr., USAF, Col 1965, Law 1968 – former Deputy Staff Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force
- Brig. Gen William Lafayette Fagg, USAF, Law 1941 – former Executive Officer, Staff Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force
- Lt. Gen. Ralph E. Havens, USAF, Col 1960 – former Commander, Air University[81]
- Maj. Gen. Donald W. Henderson, USAF, Engr 1960 – Commander, Space and Missile Test Organization[82]
- Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC, Col 1969 – Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
- VADM John Morgan, USN, Col 1972 – former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy
- Brig. Gen. William Preston Nuckols, USAF, Col 1927 – Commander, 33rd Continental Air Defense Division
- Vice Admiral Denby H. Starling, II USN, Engr 1974 – former Commander, Navy Cyber Forces and Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command
- Brig. Gen. Samuel M. Thomasson Jr, USAF, Law 1947 – former Staff Judge Advocate General, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command
- Brig. Gen. Felix J. Zaniewski, USAF, Law 1948 – former Staff Judge Advocate General for Strategic Air Command
Religion
- Lloyd Rutherford Craighill - second Bishop of Anking, China
- Carl P. Daw Jr. - Executive Director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
- Collins Denny (1889–1891) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1910–1939)
- David Ellenson - professor, President Emeritus and Chancellor of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- James Addison Ingle - first Bishop of the Missionary District of Hankow, China
- J. William Jones - Confederate chaplain, campus minister, Christian author.
Environmentalism
- Gary L. Francione – legal theorist, law professor, and animal rights/vegan activist. Earned M.A. and J.D. at UVA.
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Law 1982 – Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance; co-host of Ring of Fire; Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Riverkeeper[83]
- William A. Welch – engineer and environmentalist who had a major impact on the state and national park systems of the United States
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