List of University of Georgia people
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Notable alumni
The University of Georgia has produced many notable people in diverse fields. They include:
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Arts and entertainment
- Alton Brown, host of Good Eats
- Glenn Gilberti, professional wrestler
- Bill Goldberg, professional wrestler and actor
- Lewis Grizzard, humorist
- Colleen Haskell, former reality show contestant and actress
- Ryan Seacrest, American Idol host
- Sonny Shroyer, actor (The Dukes of Hazard, Forrest Gump, Ray)
- Michael Stipe, lead singer for band R.E.M.
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Athletics
(In alphabetical order)
- Boss Bailey, NFL linebacker for the Detroit Lions
- Champ Bailey, NFL cornerback for the Denver Broncos
- Kendrell Bell, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Reggie Brown, NFL wide-receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Quincy Carter,National Football League quarterback
- Terrell Davis, Former NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
- Pat Dye, athletic director and football head coach at Auburn University (1981-1992)
- Teresa Edwards, basketball player in the Olympics, the ABL, and the WNBA
- Ken Farmer, footall, kicker/punter. Injury ended career in 1986.
- La'Keshia Frett, basketball player in the WNBA
- Charles Grant, NFL defensive lineman for the New Orleans Saints
- David Greene, all time winningest college football quarterback, drafted in 2005 by the Seattle Seahawks
- Verron Haynes, NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jarvis Hayes, NBA 1st round pick (10th overall) Washington Wizards
- Garrison Hearst, Former NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos)
- Buckshot Jones, Stock-car driver, Two-time winner in the NASCAR Busch Series
- Kristy Kowal, 2000 Olympic Silver medalist, swimming
- Randy McMichael, NFL tight-end for the Miami Dolphins
- Billy Payne, president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
- David Pollack, 3-time football All-American, drafted in 2005 by the Cincinnati Bengals
- Johnny Rauch, NFL "creator" of the "West Coast" style offense, former Coach of the Oakland Raiders
- Richard Seymour, NFL defensive lineman for the New England Patriots
- Frank Sinkwich, All-American football player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1942
- Fran Tarkenton, 9-time Pro-Bowler as QB of the NFL Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants
- Odell Thurman, NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Herschel Walker, former NFL RB, 3 time football All-American 1982 Heisman Trophy winner in 1982
- Hines Ward, NFL wide-receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jermaine Wiggins, NFL tight-end for the Minnesota Vikings
- Dominique Wilkins, NBA slam dunk champion for the Atlanta Hawks
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Business and industry
- A.D. “Pete” Correll, chairman and CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corp
- Hala Moddelmog, president of Church’s Chicken
- Bernard Ramsey, senior vice president and chairman of the executive committee of Merrill Lynch
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Economics and finance
- Robert D. McTeer, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (1991–2005)
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Educators
- Robert D. McTeer, chancellor of Texas A&M University
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Government and the law
- Ellis Arnall, Governor of Georgia
- Robert Benham, first African-American chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
- Howell Cobb, Governor of Georgia and US Representative, Speaker of the House in 31st Congress
- Cathy Cox,Secretary of State for the state of Georgia
- Norman Fletcher, Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice
- John B. Gordon, General in Confederate Army, a U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia
- Phil Gramm, former U.S. Senator from Texas
- Joe Frank Harris, Governor of Georgia
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson, Governor of Georgia, U.S. senator, Confederate senator, and candidate for U.S. vice president
- James Johnson, Governor of Georgia and U.S. Representative
- John Milledge, Governor of Georgia, U.S. Senator and US Representative
- Zell Miller, U.S. Senator, Governor of Georgia, and founder of the HOPE Scholarship
- Sonny Perdue, Georgia Governor
- Richard Russell, Jr., Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator
- Carl Sanders, Governor of Georgia
- Alexander Stephens, Governor of Georgia
- Eugene Talmadge, Governor of Georgia
- Herman Talmadge, Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator
- Mark Taylor, Georgia Lieutenant Governor
- Melvin E. Thompson, Governor of Georgia
- Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia
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Media and journalism
(In alphabetical order.)
- Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
- Chip Caray, baseball announcer
- Jim Currier, Award winning journalist for the Bryan County News
- Lewis Grizzard, columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- John Huey, editorial director of Time, Inc.
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault, CNN International bureau chief in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ernie Johnson, Jr., sports announcer for Turner Sports
- W. Thomas Johnson, retired chairman, president, and CEO of CNN; former president, publisher, and CEO of Los Angeles Times
- Pat Mitchell, president of Public Broadcasting Service
- Deborah Norville, television journalist
- Ralph Reed, pundit and former director of the Christian Coalition
- Deborah Roberts, ABC News producer and correspondent
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Military
- John B. Gordon, General in Confederate Army, a US Senator, and Governor of Georgia
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Scientific research
- Cornelia Bargmann, anatomy professor at the University of California-San Francisco, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Alfred Blalock, medical doctor, pioneered heart surgery and performed groundbreaking research on shock
- A. Jamie Cuticchia, bioinformatics pioneer, director of human genome database
- Cynthia Kenyon, professor of biochemistry , biophysics, University of California-San Francisco, member National Academy of Sciences
- Bruce J. Klein, co-founder of the Immortality Institute, author, and film producer
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Distinguished faculty and staff
The University of Georgia has boasted many distinguished researchers and scholars on its faculty. It has also been the home of successful athletic coaches. Faculty and staff standouts past and present include:
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Arts and humanities
- Lamar Dodd, nationally recognized artist
- Hugh Kenner, literary scholar and prolific critic, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Edward J. Larson, professor of history, Pulitzer Prize winner for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (Basic Books, 1997)
- William McFeely, professor of humanities, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Dean Rusk, former US Secretary of State
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Athletics
- Wallace Butts, football coach
- Vince Dooley, football coach
- Dan Magill, tennis coach
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Engineering
- S. Edward Law, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, elected to National Academy of Engineering
- Stuart O. Nelson, adjunct professor of biological and agricultural engineering elected to National Academy of Engineering
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Scientific research
- Norman Allinger chemist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Wyatt Anderson, geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- John Avise, genetics researcher, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Brent Berlin, anthropologist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Jeffrey Bennetzen, molecular geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Murray S. Blum, entomologist, recipient of Lamar Dodd Award, authority on chemical ecology and pheromones
- Glenn Burton, agronomist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Stephen Hubbell, plant biology research, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Norman Giles, geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Andrew Granville, mathematics
- Lois Miller, entomology and genetics researcher, elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Eugene Odum, zoologist and groundbreaking pioneer in study of ecology, author of first textbook on the subject
- Carl Pomerance, mathematics, a distinguished number theorist, Lenstra-Pomerance-Wagstaff conjecture
- Robert Rumely, mathematics, Adleman-Pomerance-Rumely algorithm for proving numbers prime.
- Henry Schaefer III, chemistry, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Suzanne Wessler, botanist and geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
