List of University of Virginia people

This page is a partial list of notable alumni of the University of Virginia.

Rectors and members of the Board of Visitors

• Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) / Founder, Rector (1819–1826)
• 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)
• Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. - Rector (1946–1949)
• D. French Slaughter, Jr. - Rector (1980–1982)

Alumni

Space, land, and sea

• Richard E. Byrd (attended) - Polar Explorer, first to fly over South Pole
• Patrick G. Forrester, Grad 1989 - NASA Astronaut
• Karl G. Henize, Grad 1948 - Astronomer; NASA Astronaut
• Bill Nelson, Law 1968 - NASA Astronaut; U.S. Senator, Florida
• Kathryn C. Thornton, Grad 1977, Grad 1979 - NASA Astronaut

Supreme Court

• Howell Edmunds Jackson, Grad 1854 - Justice, United States Supreme Court
• James Clark McReynolds, Law 1884 - Justice, United States Supreme Court
• Stanley Forman Reed, Law 1908 - Justice, United States Supreme Court

Politics

• James Alexander Seddon, Grad 1836 - 4th Confederate States Secretary of War
• Yasushi Akashi, Grad 1956 - Undersecretary of the United Nations
• George Allen, Col 1974, Law 1977 - Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia
• Hanan Ashrawi, Grad 1982 - Palestinian spokeswoman and peace activist
• Nathan L. Bachman, Law 1903 - U.S. Senator, Tennessee
• Alben W. Barkley, Law 1900 - U.S. Senator, Kentucky; Vice-President of the United States
• Evan Bayh, Law 1981 - U.S. Senator, Indiana and former Governor of Indiana
• 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, Clas 1833 - President of National Board of Health
• Millard F. Caldwell, Law 1924 - Governor, U.S. Congressman, and State Supreme Court Justice, Florida
• James Paul Clarke, Law 1878 - Governor and U.S. Senator, Arkansas
• John Cornyn, Law 1995 - U.S. Senator, Texas
• Ken Cuccinelli, 1990 - Virginia Attorney General
• Hugh S. Cumming, Med 1893 - Surgeon General of the United States
• William H. Daingerfield, 1829 - 2nd Mayor of San Antonio; Ambassador
• Henry Winter Davis, Law 1841 - Outspoken Radical Republican; U.S. Congressman, Maryland
• Hasjim Djalal, Law 1959 - Indonesian Ambassador to Germany, Canada, and the United Nations; Chairman & President of the International Seabed Authority, international law of the sea expert
• William Meade Fishback, Law 1855 - Governor and U.S. Senator-Elect, Arkansas
• Luis Fortuño, Law 1985 - Governor of Puerto Rico
• Thomas Watt Gregory, Law 1884 - Attorney General of the United States
• 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
• Robert F. Kennedy, Law 1951 - U.S. Senator, New York; 1968 U.S. Presidential candidate
• Edward M. Kennedy, Law 1959 - U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
• John Neely Kennedy, Law 1977 - State Treasurer of Louisiana
• William Preston Lane, Jr., Law 1915 - Governor, Maryland
• Samuel Lawrason, Engineering 1872 - Louisiana state senator who authored Lawrason Act of 1898 regarding municipal government.
• Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., Law, Missouri Supreme Court Justice
• J. Hamilton Lewis - U.S. Senator, Illinois and first Whip
• Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Col 1978, Law 1981 - Cabinet secretary, Clinton administration
• Chuck McMains, Law 1973 - former Louisiana state representative and lobbyist
• Samuel D. McEnery, Col 1857, Governor and U.S. Senator for Louisiana
• 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 - Governor of Arizona, Secretary of Homeland Security
• Bill Nelson, Law 1968 - U.S. Senator, Florida; NASA Astronaut
• Longin Pastusiak, Grad 1959 - Marshall of the Senate, Poland
• 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, and 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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, Five times premier of the Republic of China and simultaneously as acting president in 1926

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 - 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
• Maj. Gen. Donald W. Henderson, USAF, Engr 1960 - Commander, Space and Missile Test Organization
• 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

Business

• Lee Ainslie, Comm 1986 - Founder, managing partner, Maverick Capital
• Eric C. Anderson, Engr 1996 - President and CEO, co-founder, Space Adventures
• David T. Beers, Col 1975 - Special Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, former head of sovereign credit ratings, Standard & Poor's
• 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 & CEO, United Technologies Corporation
• William Stamps Farish III, Col 1962 - Chairman of the Board, Churchill Downs, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom
• Thomas Farrell, 1976, CEO, Dominion Resources
• John A. Griffin, Comm 1985 - Founder, president & trustee, Blue Ridge Capital,
• William A. Hawkins, Darden 1982 - CEO, Medtronic Corp.
• Russell Herron, Engr 1979 - Author, co-founder of GeoQuest Systems
• Paul Tudor Jones, Col 1976 - President & Founder, Tudor Investment Corporation and the Robin Hood Foundation, billionaire
• Randal J. Kirk, Law 1979 - Founder, chairman, New River Pharmaceutical, billionaire
• Alan Lafley (attended) - CEO, Chairman of the Board, Procter & Gamble Co.
• Halsey Minor, Col 1987 - Co-founder and former CEO, CNET Inc.
• 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.
• 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 & CEO, Quick & Reilly
• Steven Reinemund, Darden 1978 - Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo Inc.
• Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Col 1948 - Colombian businessman, billionaire
• John D. Shafer Jr., Darden 1968 - President of Dunkin' Donuts
• Thomas Shannon, Darden 1992 - CEO, Bowlmor Lanes
• Sheridan Snyder, Col 1958 - Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
• Samuel Spencer - Engr 1868 - first President, Southern Railway
• Mark B. Templeton, Darden 1978 - President & 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 5 primary physicists selected for 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 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
• Steve Huffman, Engr 2005 - Co-founder of reddit
• Alfred G. Gilman, Faculty 1971-1981- G protein pioneer, Nobel Laureate (Medicine and Physiology)
• Richard Lutz, Col 1971 - deep sea vent researcher, Director of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
• Barry J. Marshall, Faculty 1986-, co-discoverer of H.Pylori as the cause of peptic ulcer disease, Nobel Laureate (Medicine and Physiology)
• Janet Akyüz Mattei, Grad 1972 - Astronomer; Director, the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
• Ferid Murad, Faculty 1970-1981- Pioneer in role of Nitric Oxide in biology, Nobel Laureate (Medicine and Physiology)
• Edward P. Ney, Ph.D 1946, 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
• Phil Plait, Grad 1994 - Author of Bad Astronomy and of Bad Astronomy blog
• Walter Reed, Med 1869 - Discovered transmission of yellow fever
• William Barton Rogers Faculty 1835-1853 , Founder and President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Alexander N. Vyssotsky, Grad 1927 - Astronomer; Cataloged Milky Way M dwarf stars
• 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

Writers and academics

• 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
• John T. Casteen III, Col 1965, Grad 1970 - President of the University of Virginia
• Ronald Coase, Faculty 1958-1964 - Nobel Laureate (Economics)
• Heather Derr-Smith, Col 1995 - Award-winning 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
• William Faulkner, Faculty, writer in residence 1957-1962, Great Southern writer, Nobel Laureate (Literature)
• Richard Foerster, A&S 1972 - Award-winning poet
• William Fuller, Ph.D. 1983, Poet and a senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer of Northern Trust Corporation
• Emily Giffin, Law 1997 - chick lit author
• Julien Green, Col 1922, one of the major figures of French literature of the 20th century
• Claude Hall, Grad 1954 - Historian, author of Abel Parker Upshur
• Edward P. Jones, Grad 1981 - Author, winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, MacArthur Fellow
• Jack Temple Kirby (1938-2009), 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 - President of Bentley University
• Edgar Odell Lovett, Grad 1895 - Mathematician, Astronomer, First and longest-tenured President of Rice University
• Dumas Malone, Faculty. Historian and Biographer of Thomas Jefferson, Pulitzer Prize winner
• J. Hillis Miller, Sr., Grad 1928 - Fourth President of the University of Florida (1947-1953)
• 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
• Paul Craig Roberts, economist and political pundit, who served as 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
• William Force Stead, Col 1905 - American diplomat and poet
• Herbert Stein, Faculty, Economist, author, Chairman of President's Council of Economic Advisors (Richard Nixon)
• Henry S. Taylor, Col 1965 - 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
• Peter Taylor, Faculty, Pulitzer prize, Pen/Faulkner award winning novelist,short story writer
• Dennis Unkovic, Col 1970 - International business advisor, author of six books and partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
• Richard E. Wagner, 1966 - economist
• Mike Walton, English - novelist^{[citation needed]}

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
• Margaret Brennan, Col 2002 - Bloomberg TV Anchor, "In Business with Margaret Brennan"
• 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
• 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
• David M. Granger, Grad 1981 - Editor-In-Chief, Esquire
• Rea S. Hederman, Darden 1968 - Publisher, New York Review of Books
• 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, Rainman, Good Morning Vietnam, and The Chronicles of Narnia; Academy Award recipient
• Rich Lowry, Col 1990 - Editor-In-Chief, National Review
• Jessica Lynch, Col 2000 - Miss New York 2003
• Tyler Mathisen, Col 1976 - Co-Anchor, Power Lunch; Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC
• Larry Sabato, Col 1974, TV political pundit and current UVA professor
• Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, Col - The Apprentice (TV series)
• 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
• 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
• 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., Emmy Award recipient
• Dale Elizabeth Wright, Col 1994 - Writer
• Vern Yip, Col 1990 - interior designer, HGTV home improvement personality

Actors, musicians, and artists

• David Berman, Col - Lead singer of indie-rock band Silver Jews
• Edward Brophy, Col - Actor
• Tom Cora, Col - Avantgarde Cellist/Composer
• Sarah Drew, Col 2002 - Actress
• 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, MTV's Disaster Date
• 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),- Graduates May 2008
• 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

Athletics

• Val Ackerman, Col 1981 - Founder and former president of WNBA
• David Adams, baseball player
• Jeff Agoos, Com 1991 - Soccer player with San Jose Earthquakes and U.S. national team
• Wyatt Allen, Col 1991 - Gold medalist in 2000m men's 8 rowing at 2004 Summer Olympics
• Bruce Arena, Coached the Virginia Cavaliers to 5 NCAA men's soccer championships, Head coach US national men's soccer team and 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
• Rick Carlisle, Col 1984 - Former NBA player; current head coach, Dallas Mavericks
• Mike Cubbage - Former MLB third baseman and manager
• Chris Dey, Col 1989 - President, New York Islanders (NHL)
• Bill Dudley, Educ 1942 - NFL Hall of Fame player
• 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. - a guard for the Bakersfield Jam.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Sylven Landesberg, basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Haifa BC)
• Chris Long, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams
• Javier López - Relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Wali Lundy - Running back, Houston Texans
• 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
• Shamek Pietucha, Col 1999 - Olympic swimmer
• Chris Rotelli, 2003 - Professional lacrosse player
• Claudio Reyna (attended) - International Soccer player; former captain of U.S. national team
• Mark Reynolds - Third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
• Eppa Rixey, Col 1912 - Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
• Ralph Sampson, Col 1983 - NBA #1 overall draft pick, All-Star center with Houston Rockets
• Matt Schaub, Col 2003 - Quarterback, Houston Texans
• Michael Schwimer, 2008 - relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Chris Slade, Col 1993 - Defensive End / Linebacker NFL All Pro New England Patriots
• Michael Slive, Law 1965 - commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC)
• Devin Smith, professional basketball player
• 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
• DeMya Walker, Col 1999 - WNBA player
• 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

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 (1889–91), later a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1910-1939)
• James Addison Ingle, first Bishop of the Missionary District of Hankow, China

Environmentalism

• Fielding "Tosh" Wallace Bance - Co-head of Greek Recycling and "recycler of the year" 2010-2012. Earned B.A. in Civil Engineering at UVA. Class of 2012. President of the Kappa Sigma Alpha fraternity.
• 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, Ring of Fire, Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Riverkeeper
• William A. Welch - engineer and environmentalist who had a major impact on the state and national park systems of the United States

External links

• Manual of the Board of Visitors of the University of VirginiaPDF (364 KB)