Notable UNC Alumni

As a UNC-CH alumna myself, I often reflect on the famous alumni that have walked these brick paths before me. Although I believe, as Tar Heels, we are all notable.

We were students, all of us, spending a few years on this beautiful campus, seeking to better ourselves and enrich our lives through the collective college experience. A group of scholars as distinct as snowflakes, yet united as Tar Heels. We shared the same hallowed lecture halls that Hinton James, the first UNC student, attended in 1795. We took sips from The Old Well to refresh ourselves on hot, humid days. We all tripped on roots and bricks on the way to class at least once. We had professors who inspired us and challenged us. We learned the vital skills of critical thinking and to appreciate well-written prose. We met life-long friends. We dreamed about the future. And we wondered how to best incorporate all of this new-found knowledge and experience into our lives upon graduating. While each of our lives took widely varied paths, I believe we have all succeeded each in our own way.

Out of the many UNC alumni there have been since its founding, 286,707 are still with us as of May 2012, scattered all over the globe. Many are unsung heroes, making silent yet worthy contributions as they go. Others have reached a level of fame and acknowledgement few ever do. Below is an extensive list from Wikipedia of notable UNC alumni. It is fascinating to see the tremendous variety of accomplishments and accolades Carolina students have attained in life. As impressive as this list is, it is hardly complete. Many more names need to be included. Feel free to email info@chapelhillrecorder or “Leave a Reply” below if you would like to be added to the list, or would like to add someone to the list to acknowledge their personal contributions in life, no matter how seemingly small. Having attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at some point in your life is the only requirement, as several of those on the list never graduated. I would love to see this list include each one of us, so that all of us Tar Heels receive some recognition for our personal achievements and good deeds.

Notable Alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Arts

Business

Entertainment

Journalism

Politics

Sciences

Sports

Misc.

ACADEMIA

University Leaders

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Edwin Alderman	1882		Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tulane University and University of Virginia
William Brantley Aycock	Grad	Law	Former Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kemp P. Battle	1848		Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Erskine Bowles	1967	Business administration	Former President of the University of North Carolina, former U.S. Senate candidate, and former White House Chief of Staff, co-chair President of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Mary Sue Coleman	Grad.	Biochemistry	Current President of the University of Michigan
B.B. Dougherty	1899	Philosophy	Co-founder and first president of Appalachian State University
Elson S. Floyd	1978 / Grad.	Higher and Adult Education	President of Washington State University
Porter Lee Fortune, Jr.	1941 / Grad.	History	Former Chancellor of the University of Mississippi
William C. Friday	Grad.	Law	Former President of the University of North Carolina
Carol Garrison	1974 / Grad.	Epidemiology	Current President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham
R. Barbara Gitenstein	Grad.	English	Current President of The College of New Jersey
Edward Kidder Graham	1898		Former President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank Porter Graham	1909		Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and United States Senator from North Carolina
Gordon Gray	1930		President of the University of North Carolina, Secretary of the Army, and National Security Advisor
Charles Duncan McIver	1881		Founder of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Heather Monroe-Blum	Grad.	Epidemiology	Current Vice-Chancellor of McGill University
J. Michael Ortiz	Grad.	Education	President of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
William L. Pollard	Grad.	Social Work	President of Medgar Evers College
Thomas Ross	Grad.	Law	Current President of the University of North Carolina, Former President of Davidson College
Terry Sanford	1939 / Grad.	Law	Former President of Duke University, and Senator from and Governor of North Carolina
J. Carlyle Sitterson	1931 / Grad.	History	Former Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Holden Thorp	1986	Chemistry	Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tony Waldrop	1974 / Grad.	Political science / Physiology	Provost of the University of Central Florida, gold medalist 1975 Pan American Games
George T. Winston			Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Professors

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Dan Ariely	Grad.	Cognitive Psychology	Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics and Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University
Donald H. Baucom	1971 / Grad.	Psychology	Professor of psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lewis Binford	1954	Arts & Sciences	Archeologist
Volker Berghahn	Grad.	History	Professor of history at Columbia University
Albert Coates	1918	Arts & Sciences	Founder and Director of the Institute of Government University of North Carolina
Dan T. Carter	Grad.	History	Professor of history at the University of South Carolina
W. H. Clatworthy	Grad.	Statistics	Professor of mathematics at the University at Buffalo
Frederick A. de Armas	Grad.	Comparative Literature	Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in Spanish and Comparative Lit. at the University of Chicago
Robert Digges Wimberly Connor	1899	Philosophy	UNC professor, historian, and Archivist of the United States
David L. Downie	Grad.	Political Science	Author; Commentator; Professor of Politics and Environment Policy at Fairfield University
Glenda Gilmore	Grad.	History	Peter V. & C. Vann Woodward Professor of History, Yale University
Bud Goodall	Grad.	Speech	Professor of Communication at Arizona State University
Peter Blair Henry	1991	Economics	Dean of New York University Stern School of Business
Robert Hobbs	Grad.	Art History	Professor of Art at Virginia Commonwealth University
Rafat Hussain	Grad.	Public Health	Deputy Head of the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England, Australia
John D. Kasarda	1971	Sociology	Director, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, developer of the aerotropolis concept
Jack Knight	1974 / Grad.	English & Religious Studies / Law	Professor at Duke University School of Law
Christina Kramer	Grad.	Slavic languages and literature	Professor of Slavic and Balkan languages at University of Toronto
Leo Moser	Grad.	Mathematics	Professor of Mathematics at University of Alberta
Charles Nam	Grad.	Sociology	Professor of Sociology at Florida State University
Kai Nielsen	1949		Professor of philosophy at Concordia University
Arthur F. Raper	1924 / Grad.	Sociology	Professor at Agnes Scott College
Dwijendra Kumar Ray-Chaudhuri	Grad.	Mathematics	Professor of mathematics at Ohio State University
D. W. Robertson, Jr.	1935 / Grad.	English	Professor of medieval English at Princeton University
David Robinson	Grad.	Business Administration	Professor of Marketing at Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Caryl Rusbult	Grad.	Psychology	Professor of psychology at Vrije Universiteit
Scott Silliman	1965 / Grad.	Philosophy / Law	Professor of the Practice of Law at Duke Law School
Carol Miller Swain	Grad.	Political Science	Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School
William Y. Thompson	Grad.	History	Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University
Greg Turk	Grad.	Computer science	Professor of computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Odd Arne Westad	Grad.	History	Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Governor of the International History Department

ARTS & LITERATURE

Artists

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Richard Adler	1943	Dramatic art	Composer and lyricist
Richard Kern	1977	Art	Photographer
Howard Little			Artist
Ben Long	1967	Did not graduate	Artist

Playwrights

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Paul Green	1921	Dramatic art	Playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner
Kermit Hunter	Grad.	Dramatic art and English	Playwright
Amon Liner	1965	Dramatic art	Poet and playwright

Poets

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Edgar Bowers	1950		Poet
Hayden Carruth	1943	Journalism	Poet and winner of the National Book Award
Cid Corman			Poet and translator
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	1941	Journalism	Poet and publisher
Kerri French	2003	English	Poet
Patrick Herron	1993 / Grad.	Philosophy and Information Science	Poet and Information Scientist
Donald Justice	Grad.	English	Poet
Amon Liner	1965	Dramatic art	Poet and playwright
William Matthews	Grad.	English	Poet
Michael McFee	1976 / Grad.	English	Poet
Michael Rothenberg	1973	English	Poet and editor

Writers

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Daphne Athas	1943	English	Novelist
Russell Banks	1967	English	Novelist and poet
Taylor Branch	1968		Author and historian
Poppy Z. Brite			Novelist
Will Blythe	1979	English	Writer and author
Sarah Dessen	1993	English	Writer and author
Clyde Edgerton	1966 / Grad.	English	Novelist
Thomas Fleming	Grad.	Classics	Writer and founding editor of neo-confederate journal Southern Partisan
Shelby Foote	1992	Honorary	Historian and novelist
Ben Fountain	1980	English	Writer and author
Charles Frazier	1973		Novelist
L. M. Elliott	Grad.	Journalism	Young adult novelist
Kaye Gibbons	1984		Novelist
Gail Godwin	1960	Journalism	Novelist
Randall Kenan	1985	English	Writer
Nick Efthimiou	1990	English	Writer
Armistead Maupin	1966	English	Novelist
Richard McKenna	1956	Arts & Sciences	Novelist
Lydia Millet	1990	Interdisciplinary studies	Novelist
Joseph Mitchell			Writer for The New Yorker
Lawrence Naumoff	1969	Arts & Sciences	Novelist
Mary Pope Osborne	1971	Religious Studies	Author
Walker Percy	1937	Arts & Sciences	Novelist
Melanie Sumner	1986	Religious studies	Novelist
Daniel Wallace	2008	English	Novelist and teacher
Thomas Wolfe	1920	Arts & Sciences	Novelist

Other

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Brent Glass	Grad.	History	Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Alexander Julian	1969		Fashion designer
Paul R. Laird	Grad.	Music	Musicologist
Robert Spencer (author)	Grad.	Religious studies	Author and blogger best known for Critiques of Islam and Research of Islamic terrorism and Jihad
C. Vann Woodward	Grad.	History	Historian

BUSINESS

Name	Class	Major	Notability
John Allison	1971	Business Administration	Chairman, BB&T Corporation/Branch Banking & Trust Co
Max C. Chapman	1966	Economics	Former president and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co
Warren Grice Elliott	1867		President of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
David Gardner	1988	English	Co-founder of The Motley Fool
Peaches Golding	1976	Biology	High Sheriff of Bristol, England, 2010-11[2]
Bowman Gray, Sr.	1890	Did not graduate	Former President and Chairman of R.J. Reynolds
William B. Harrison, Jr.	1966	Economics	Former CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase
George Watts Hill	1922 / Grad.	Commerce / Law	Banker and philanthropist
John Sprunt Hill	1889	Philosophy	Banker and philanthropist
Walter E. Hussman, Jr.	1969	Journalism	Publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock
Richard “Dick” Jenrette	1951		Founder of the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Chairman and CEO of world insurance leader The Equitable from 1990 to 1996
William Johnson	Grad.	Law	President and CEO of Progress Energy
Paul Kolton	1944	Journalism	Chairman of the American Stock Exchange.[3]
Sallie Krawcheck	1987	Journalism	Chairman and CEO of Citigroup Global Wealth Management and former CFO of Citigroup Inc.
Jason Kilar	1993	Journalism and Business Administration	CEO of Hulu
Howard R. Levine	1981	Business Administration	Chairman of the board and CEO of Family Dollar
Scott Livengood	1974	Industrial relations	Owner and CEO of Dewey’s Bakers and former CEO of Krispy Kreme
Hugh McColl	1957	Business administration	Former CEO of Bank of America
John Medlin	1956	Business administration	Former CEO of Wachovia
Allen B. Morgan, Jr.	1965	History	Founder and former CEO of Morgan Keegan & Company
Mercer “Merce” Reynolds III	1967	Business administration	Finance chair of U.S. President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign and a U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Julian Robertson	1955	Business administration	Founded the investment firm Tiger Management Corp.
Bill Ruger	1940	Did not graduate	Founded firearms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger
Pete Rummell	1967	Chemistry/English literature	Former Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Imagineering and St. Joe Company
Marcus G. Smith	Did not graduate	Journalism	President and COO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Ken Thompson	1973	American studies	Former Chairman and CEO of Wachovia

ENTERTAINMENT

Actors

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Whit Bissell	1932	Arts & Sciences	Actor
Dan Cortese	1990	Radio, television & motion picture	Actor and TV personality
Billy Crudup	1990	Speech	Actor
Michael Cumpsty	1982 / Grad.	English / Dramatic art	Actor
Melissa Claire Egan	2003	Dramatic art	Soap opera actress, Annie Lavery on All My Children.
John Forsythe	1948		Actor
Louise Fletcher	1957	Dramatic art	Academy Award-winning Actress
Rick Fox	1994	Radio, television & motion picture	Actor & former professional basketball player
Andy Griffith	1949	Dramatic art	Actor, comedian, writer, and producer, The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock
George Grizzard	1949	Radio, television & motion picture	Actor
Liza Huber			Soap opera actress (formerly Gwen Hotchkiss on Passions), daughter of Susan Lucci.
Ken Jeong	Grad.	Medicine	Actor and comedian
Darwin Joston	1960	Dramatic art	Actor
Ben Jones			Actor and former U.S. Representative from Georgia
Kay Kyser	1928	Economics	Popular bandleader, radio personality, and movie actor in the 1930s and 1940s
Sharon Lawrence	1983	Journalism	Emmy Award nominated actress
Michael Louden	1986	Did not graduate	Actor
Crystal McLaurin-Coney	1993	Journalism	Actress
Jane McNeill		Journalism	Actress
Jack Palance	1949		Actor (transferred to Stanford and graduated from there)
Jim Rash	1994	Radio, TV, Motion Pictures	Actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter
Jeff Richards	1998	Communications	Actor and comedian
Randolph Scott		Did not graduate	Actor
Jay Thomas			Actor and winner of Emmy Award for portraying “Jerry Gold” in “Murphy Brown”

Broadcasters

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Andrew Ballen	1995	Political science	TV personality, producer, A&R executive in Mainland China
Howie Carr	1973	Journalism	Radio personality
Rick Dees	1972	Radio, television & motion picture	Radio personality and composer of novelty song “Disco Duck”
Barry Farber	1952	Journalism	Conservative radio talk show host
Ashlan Gorse	2002	Journalism	E! television network personality
Kit Hoover	1992	Speech	Television personality
Kwame Jackson	1996	Business administration	Finished second in the first season of “The Apprentice”
Bomani Jones	Grad.	Economics	Radio and television personality
Kay Kyser	1928	Economics	Popular bandleader, radio personality, and movie actor in the 1930s and 1940s
Chris Matthews	Grad.	Did not graduate	Television personality and speechwriter for President Carter
Wes Moss	1998	Economics	Contestant on “The Apprentice 2” who now teaches at Emory University.
Rick Sebak	1975	English	WQED personality

Musicians

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Laura Ballance	1990	Anthropology	Bassist in the rock band Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records
Meg Christian	1968	Music	Singer and founder of lesbian record company, Olivia
Anoop Desai	2008	Political science and American studies	American Idol 6th place finalist, singer
Lisa Furukawa	1999	Music and Asian studies	Pianist, singer, songwriter, and J-pop and anime theme song performer
George Hamilton			Country music singer
Wayne Handy	1962	Business Administration	Rockabilly singer
Brendan James	2002	Communications	American singer and songwriter
Kay Kyser	1928	Economics	Popular bandleader, radio personality, and movie actor in the 1930s and 1940s
Lachi	2005	Economics, Management and Society	Alternative rock artist, Author
Doug Largent	1994	Computer Science	Bass Player, Organist, The Doug Largent Trio
Tift Merritt	2000		Singer
Oliver	1967	Radio, television & motion picture	Pop singer
David Olney	–	Did not graduate	Musician
Bud Shank	1947		Musician

Writers, Producers & Directors

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Andy Griffith	1949	Dramatic art	Actor, comedian, writer, and producer
Brian Hargrove	1977	Dramatic art	American TV writer and producer
Larry Peerce	1951		Film and television director
Michael Piller	1970	Radio, television & motion picture	Writer for and Co-Creator of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager
Peyton Reed	1986	Radio, television & motion picture	Director of Bring It On and The Break-Up
Hughes Winborne	1975	History	Film editor and 2005 Academy Award-Winner for Crash
Josh Pate	1992	English	Screenwriter, director and producer.

Other

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Lewis Black	1970	Dramatic art	Comedian and playwright
Wyatt Cenac	1994	Did Not Graduate	Comedian and Producer
Jeff MacNelly	1969	Art	Creator of Shoe comic strip

JOURNALISM

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Jones Angell	2001	Journalism	Sportscaster and voice of the Tar Heels
Brooke Baldwin	2001	Journalism and Spanish	Television journalist
Jack Betts	1968	Journalism	Editor and columnist for the Charlotte Observer
Furman Bisher	1938	Journalism	Sportswriter and editor
Marty Brennaman	1965	Radio, television & motion picture	Sportscaster
David Brinkley	–	Did not graduate	Television journalist
Pamela Ashley Brown	2006	Journalism	Television Journalist
Frank Bruni	1986	English	Chief Restaurant Critic for the New York Times & Op-ed columnist for the same
Helene Cooper	1987	Journalism	New York Times correspondent
Laurie Dhue	1990	Political science	TV news anchor, reporter
Woody Durham	1963	Radio, television & motion picture	Sportscaster and voice of the Tar Heels
Joseph Egemonye	1970	Journalism	Journalist and founder of The Winston-Salem Chronicle
Samuel T. Francis	Grad.	History	Syndicated conservative columnist
Peter Gammons	1967		Sportswriter and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Gail Gregg	1975	Journalism	Artist, photographer and journalist
Carl Kasell	1956		NPR newscaster
Charles Kuralt	1965	Radio, television & motion picture	Journalist
Jim Lampley	1971	English	Sportscaster
Nancy Ingram Largent	1992	International Studies	Founder of The Chapel Hill Recorder
Tristan Louis	1993	Journalism	Author and journalist
Philip Meyer	Grad.	Political science	Journalist and professor of journalism
Monica Malpass	1983	Journalism	News anchor and reporter for WPVI (Channel 6 Action News) in Philadelphia[4]
Mick Mixon	1980	Radio, television & movie picture	Sportscaster and voice of the Carolina Panthers
Roger Mudd	Grad.	History	Journalist and broadcaster
Rob Nelson	2000	Journalism	Television journalist
Karen L. Parker	1965	Journalism	First African-American female undergraduate and journalist for the Winston-Salem Journal
Sophie Pyle	2009	Journalism	DC Editor for Guest of a Guest, Blonde Charity Mafia
Don Robertson	1950	Communication	Sportscaster
Robert Ruark	1935	Journalism	Syndicated columnist and author
Stuart Scott	1987	Radio, television & motion picture	Sportscaster
Stephen Stock	1983	Radio, television & motion picture	Investigative reporter
James Surowiecki	1988	History	Journalist for The New Yorker and author of The Wisdom of Crowds
Ami Vitale	1994	International studies	Photographer and journalist
Tom Wicker	1948	Journalism	Author and New York Times journalist
Perry Deane Young	1993	Journalism	Journalist and author

Pulitzer Prize Winners

Name	Class	Major	Notability
W. Horace Carter	1949	Journalism	Pulitzer Prize winner for public service, owner and publisher of the Tabor City Tribune
Lenoir Chambers	1914		Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing, editor of The Virginian-Pilot
Sarah Cohen	1979	Economics	Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting, professor at Duke University
Claudia Emerson	Grad	Creative writing	Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
Jeff MacNelly			Three time Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial cartoons
Gene Roberts	1954	Journalism	Pulitzer prize winning author, former executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, former managing editor of The New York Times, and professor of journalism at the University of Maryland
Vermont C. Royster	1935	Journalism	Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing and former editor of the Wall Street Journal
Melanie Sill	1981	Journalism	Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting, and editor of the Sacramento Bee
Pat Stith	1966	Journalism	Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting, investigative reporter at the News & Observer
Jim Yardley	1986	History	Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter
Jonathan Yardley	1961	English	Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for the Washington Post
Edwin Yoder	1956	English	Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing

Politics & Public Life

President of the United States

Name	Class	Major	Notability
James K. Polk	1818 / Grad.		11th President of the United States

Vice President of the United States

Name	Class	Major	Notability
William R. King	1803		13th Vice President of the United States

Governors

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Charles B. Aycock	1880	Oratory and essay writing	Former Governor of North Carolina
Aaron V. Brown	1814		Former Governor of and U.S. Representative from Tennessee, Postmaster General
John Branch	1801	Arts & Sciences	Former Governor of and U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy
Tod Robinson Caldwell	1840		19th Century governor of North Carolina
Gaston Caperton	1963	Business administration	Former Governor of West Virginia
Elias Carr	1859		19th Century governor of North Carolina
Henry Toole Clark	1826 / Grad.		19th Century governor of North Carolina
Steve Cowper	1960 / Grad.	History / Law	Former Governor of Alaska
Locke Craig	1880		Former governor of North Carolina
Mike Easley	1972	Political Science	Former Governor of North Carolina
John Willis Ellis	1841		19th Century governor of North Carolina
John C. B. Ehringhaus	1902		Former governor of North Carolina
Oliver Max Gardner	Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina
William Alexander Graham	1824 / Grad.		19th century US Senator and Governor of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy, Vice-Presidential Candidate, and CSA Senator.
Clyde R. Hoey	Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges	1919		Former governor of North Carolina
James Holshouser	Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina
Thomas Michael Holt		Did not graduate	19th Century governor of North Carolina
Jim Hunt	Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina
William Walton Kitchin	Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina
Charles Manly	1814		19th Century governor of North Carolina
Angus Wilton McLean	1892 / Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina
William Miller		Did not graduate	19th Century governor of North Carolina
Dan K. Moore	1927 / Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina, former justice of N.C. Supreme Court
John Motley Morehead	1817		19th Century governor of North Carolina
William Dunn Moseley	1818	Arts & Sciences	1st Governor of the State of Florida
John Owen		Did not graduate	Former Governor of North Carolina
Daniel Lindsay Russell		Did not graduate	19th Century governor of North Carolina
Terry Sanford	1939 / Grad.	Law	Former Senator from and Governor of North Carolina and President of Duke University
Alfred Moore Scales		Did not graduate	19th Century governor of North Carolina
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr	1815		19th Century governor of North Carolina, governor of Florida, and U.S. representative from North Carolina
David Lowry Swain		Did not graduate	19th Century governor of North Carolina
John Swainson	Grad.	Law	Former governor of Michigan
William B. Umstead	1916		Former Governor of North Carolina, U.S. representative from North Carolina
Zebulon Baird Vance			Former Governor of North Carolina
Warren Winslow			19th Century governor of North Carolina and U.S. Representative from North Carolina

U.S. Senators

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Thomas Hart Benton	–	Did not graduate	Former Senator from Missouri
John Branch	1801		Former Governor of and U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy
Thomas Lanier Clingman	1832		Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John Eaton	Grad.		Senator from Tennessee and Secretary of War
John Edwards	Grad.	Law	Former Senator from North Carolina, 2004 Democratic candidate for vice president, and 2004 and 2008 Democratic primary candidate for presidential nomination
Samuel James Ervin Jr.	1917		Former Senator from North Carolina, member of The Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices
William Alexander Graham	1824 / Grad.		19th century US Senator and Governor of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy, Vice-Presidential Candidate, and CSA Senator.
William Henry Haywood, Jr.	1819 / Grad.		Former Senator from North Carolina
Willie Person Mangum	1815 / Grad.		Former Senator from North Carolina
Alfred O. P. Nicholson	1827		Former Senator from Tennessee
John Pool	1847		Former Senator from North Carolina
Terry Sanford	1939 / Grad.	Law	Former Senator from and Governor of North Carolina and President of Duke University
William R. Webb	1867 / Grad.		Former Senator from Tennessee
Paul Wellstone	1965 / Grad.	Political Science	Former Senator from Minnesota

U.S. Representatives

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Charles Laban Abernethy	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Hugh Quincy Alexander	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Sydenham Benoni Alexander	1860		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Ike Franklin Andrews	1950 / Grad.	Business / Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Thomas Samuel Ashe	1832		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Cass Ballenger	1948		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Michael D. Barnes	1965		U.S. Representative from Maryland
Daniel Moreau Barringer	1826		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
James Jefferson Britt	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Jim Broyhill	1950	Business Administration	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Aaron V. Brown	1814		Former U.S. Representative from and Governor of Tennessee, Postmaster General
Alfred L. Bulwinkle	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Frank Ertel Carlyle			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Henry Selby Clark	1828		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
J. Bayard Clark		Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Thomas Lanier Clingman	1832		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Howard Coble	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Jim Cooper	1975	History & Economics	U.S. Representative from Tennessee
Francis Burton Craige	1829 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
William C. Cramer	1946		U.S. Representative from Florida
William T. Crawford	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John Reeves Jones Daniel	1821 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Susan Davis	Grad.	Social work	U.S. Representative from California
James C. Dobbin	1832		U.S. Representative from North Carolina and Secretary of the Navy
Richard Spaight Donnell	1839		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Joseph Wilson Ervin	1921		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Samuel James Ervin Jr.	1917		U.S. Representative from North Carolina and Senator from North Carolina
Alonzo Dillard Folger	1912 / Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John Hamlin Folger	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Daniel Munroe Forney	1808		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Lawrence H. Fountain	1934 / Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Virginia Foxx	1968 / Grad.	English / Education	U.S. Representative from North Carolina elected in 2004
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
James Graham	1814		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
V. Lamar Gudger	1940 / Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
William C. Hammer	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Micajah Thomas Hawkins	1807		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John S. Henderson	1865	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John Hill	1816		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Charles R. Jonas	1925 / Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Ben Jones		Did not graduate	Former U.S. Representative from Georgia and actor
Hamilton C. Jones	1906	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
William Carter Love	1806		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Allard Lowenstein	1949		Former U.S. Representative from New York
Willie Person Mangum	1815 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John Y. Mason	1816		Former U.S. Representative from Virginia, United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy
Mike McIntyre	1978 / Grad.	Political science / Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Alex McMillan	1954	History	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Anderson Mitchell	1821 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Brad Miller	1975		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
James Turner Morehead	1819		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Mick Mulvaney	Grad	Law	U.S. Representative from South Carolina
William H. Murfree			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
David Outlaw	1824		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Ebenezer Pettigrew			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
David Price	1961	Arts & Sciences	U.S. Representative from North Carolina (represents the district where UNC is located)
George M. Pritchard	1907		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Abraham Rencher	1822 / Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Sion Hart Rogers	1846 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Charlie Rose	Grad.	Law	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Thomas Hart Ruffin			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Romulus Mitchell Saunders			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Samuel Tredwell Sawyer			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Charles Biddle Shepard			U.S. Representative from North Carolina
William Crawford Sherrod			U.S. Representative from Alabama
Francis Edwin Shober	1851 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Francis Edwin Shober	1862		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr	1815		19th Century governor of North Carolina, governor of Florida, and U.S. representative from North Carolina
Charles Manly Stedman	1861 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Walter Leak Steele	1844 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Jacob Thompson	1831		U.S. Representative from Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior
William B. Umstead	1916		Former Governor of North Carolina, U.S. representative from North Carolina
Tim Valentine	Grad.	Law	U.S. representative from North Carolina
Alfred Moore Waddell			U.S. representative from North Carolina
Hallett Sydney Ward	Grad.	Law	U.S. representative from North Carolina
Lindsay Carter Warren	1906 / Grad.	Law	U.S. representative from North Carolina
Mel Watt	1967	Business Administration	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Zebulon Weaver	Grad.	Law	U.S. representative from North Carolina
Edwin Y. Webb	Grad.	Law	U.S. representative from North Carolina
Lewis Williams	1808 / Grad.		U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Warren Winslow	1827		19th Century governor of North Carolina and U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Bartlett Yancey			U.S. Representative from North Carolina

U.S. Cabinet Members & Other Executive Officers

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Claude Allen	1982	Political science	Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the George W. Bush administration
Melody Barnes	1986	History	Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the Obama administration
John Branch	1801		Former Governor of and U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy
Jonathan W. Daniels	1921 / Grad.		Former White House Press Secretary
James C. Dobbin	1832		U.S. Representative from North Carolina and Secretary of the Navy
John Eaton	Grad.		Senator from Tennessee and Secretary of War
William Alexander Graham	1824 / Grad.		19th century US Senator and Governor of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy, Vice-Presidential Candidate, and CSA Senator.
C. Boyden Gray	Grad.	Law	Former White House Counsel; Current Ambassador to the EU
Gordon Gray	1930		Secretary of the Army, National Security Advisor and president of the University of North Carolina
Kevin Martin	1989	Political science	Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
John Y. Mason	1816		Former United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy
Colin R. McMillan	1957	Geology	Former assistant Secretary of the Navy and nominee for Secretary of Defense
Kenneth Claiborne Royall	1914		Former Secretary of War and Secretary of the Army
Jacob Thompson	1831		U.S. Representative from Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior

Federal Judges

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Lance M. Africk	1973 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
James A. Beaty, Jr.	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
J. Spencer Bell	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Frank William Bullock, Jr.	1961 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Robert Hardy Cleland	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Eric L. Clay	1969	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Max O. Cogburn, Jr.	1973	Political Science	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Robert P. Dick	1843 / Grad.		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.	1933 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
James Carroll Fox	1950 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Donnell Gilliam	1909 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Peter W. Hall	1971 / Grad.	English / Education	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
David Ezekiel Henderson	1904		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Karen L. Henderson	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Truman McGill Hobbs	1942		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Algenon L. Marbley	1976	Political science	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
John Young Mason	1816		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Harold Brent McKnight	1974 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
James Bryan McMillan	1937		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
James Ward Morris	1912		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
William Lindsay Osteen, Jr.	1983 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
William Lindsay Osteen, Sr.	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
John J. Parker	1907 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
James Dickson Phillips, Jr.	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
S. Jay Plager	1952		Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Martin Karl Reidinger	1981 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
David B. Sentelle	1965 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Thomas Settle	1850		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
William Bostwick Sheppard	1881		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Lacy Thornburg	1952 / Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Richard Lesley Voorhees	Grad.	Law	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
David Dortch Warriner	1951		Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Frank DeArmon Whitney	Grad.	Law and business	Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
James A. Wynn, Jr.	1975	Journalism	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Law

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Thomas Samuel Ashe	1832		Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, U.S. Representative from North Carolina
M.V. Barnhill	Grad.	law	Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
William Horn Battle			Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
William H. Bobbitt			Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Peter Carlisle	1974	Psychology	Mayor of Honolulu; former Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu
J. Phil Carlton	Grad.	Law	Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Walter Clark	1864		Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Roy Cooper	1979 / Grad.	Political Science / Law	Current North Carolina Attorney General
Joseph J. Davis	Grad.	Law	Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Walter E. Dellinger III	1963	Political Science	Former United States Solicitor General
William A. Devin	Grad.	Law	Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Robert P. Dick	1843		Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.	Grad.	Law	Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
James G. Exum	1957		Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Franklin Freeman	Grad.	Law	Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Henry E. Frye	Grad.	Law	Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, first African American chief justice
Barbara Jackson	1984 / Grad.	Interdisciplinary studies / Law	Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Robin E. Hudson	Grad.	Law	Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
J. Frank Huskins	1930 / Grad.	Law	Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Matthias Evans Manly	1824		Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
John Y. Mason	1816		Former United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy
Mark Martin	Grad.	Law	Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Burley Mitchell	Grad.	Law	Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Dan K. Moore	1927 / Grad.	Law	Former governor of North Carolina, former justice of N.C. Supreme Court
Paul Martin Newby	Grad.	Law	Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Mike Nifong			District attorney for Durham County, North Carolina during the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case
Robert F. Orr	1968 / Grad.	Law	Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Susan Owens	Grad.	Law	Current justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Sarah Parker	Grad.	Law	Current chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
William B. Rodman	1836		Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Aaron A. F. Seawell	1884		Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Susie Sharp	Grad.	Law	Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, first female chief justice
James E. Shepherd			Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
David F. Simons	1973	Psychology	Attorney
Clive Stafford Smith			Lawyer; founder of Reprieve
Walter P. Stacy	1908		Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Patricia Timmons-Goodson	1976 / Grad.	Speech / Law	Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
John Webb			Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Willis Whichard	1962 / Grad.	History / Law	Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
J. Wallace Winborne			Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

Religious Leaders

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Clifton Daniel III	1969	Education	Episcopal Bishop and noted North Carolina native
Thomas F. Davis	1822		Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina
Sam Dixon	1971	Political Science	Head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief
William Mercer Green	1818		Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi
James Hervey Otey	1820 / Grad		First Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee
John Shelby Spong	1952	Arts & Sciences	Episcopal Bishop and liberal theologian
Ruth Carter Stapleton			Evangelist, sister of Jimmy Carter
G. Porter Taylor	1972	English	Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina
Lon Solomon	1971	Chemistry	Megachurch evangelist, former member of President’s Committee on Intellectual Disabilities
Ben Witherington III	1974	English	United Methodist Church minister and New Testament scholar

Other

Name	Class	Major	Notability
James H. “Jim” Brown	1963	Political Science	Former Louisiana state senator, secretary of state, and insurance commissioner and father of journalist Campbell Brown
Garry Conille	Grad.	Public Health	FormerPrime Minister of Haiti
Walter H. Dalton	1971 / Grad.	Law	Current Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Elizabeth Edwards	1971 / Grad.	English / Law	Attorney, author and wife of John Edwards
Thad A. Eure	1921	Law	North Carolina Secretary of State
Patricia Horoho	1982	Nursing	Surgeon General of the United States Army
Rashad Hussain	1999	Philosophy & Political Science	United States special envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
Karl Inderfurth	1968	Political Science	Former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, former U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations
Jim Jordan	Grad.	Law	Political consultant
Moushira Khattab	Grad.	International Relations	Egyptian politician and diplomat
Howard Nathaniel Lee	Grad.	Social Work	Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education
Mary J. Miller	Grad.	City and Regional Planning	Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets
Erica Payne	1991	Radio, TV, Motion Pictures	Founder of the Agenda Project
Otto Reich	1966	International Studies	Former ambassador to Venezuela
Matt Sherman	1994 / Grad	History and Law	Former State Department official and advisor to General Stanley McChrystal and David Petraeus
Shari Villarosa	1972	International Studies	Acting ambassador to Burma
Richard Vinroot	1963 / Grad.	Business / Law	Mayor of Charlotte

Sciences

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Francis Collins (geneticist)	Grad.	Medicine	Director National Human Genome Project, discovered gene for cystic fibrosis, Director National Institutes of Health (2009–present)
Robert F. Furchgott	1937	Chemistry	Chemist and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Seymour Geisser	Grad.	Statistics	Statistician and DNA evidence expert, founder of the University of Minnesota‘s School of Statistics
Ma Haide	1932	Pre-medicine	Doctor and public health official in China
Howard T. Odum	1947	Zoology	Ecosystem ecologist
Barbara Rothbaum	1982	Psychology	Psychologist
Tamara Sher	Grad.	Psychology	NIH Researcher and IIT Professor
Kevin R. Stone	Grad.	Medicine	Orthopedic surgeon and founder of The Stone Clinic
Charles Tart	Grad.	Psychology	Psychologist

SPORTS

Baseball Players

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Dustin Ackley			Professional baseball player
Russ Adams			Professional baseball player
Daniel Bard	2006		Professional baseball player
Moonlight Graham			Professional baseball player
Adam Greenberg			Professional baseball player
Matt Harvey			Professional baseball player
Gary Hill			Professional baseball player
Chris Iannetta			Professional baseball player
Michael Jordan		Geography	Professional baseball player, professional basketball player and member of the basketball hall of fame
Andrew Miller			Professional baseball player
Brian Roberts		transferred to USC	Professional baseball player
Paul Shuey			Professional baseball player
Kyle Snyder			Professional baseball player
B.J. Surhoff			Former Professional baseball player
Walt Weiss			Former professional baseball player
Brad Woodall			Professional baseball player

Basketball Players

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Harrison Barnes		Business Administration	Professional basketball player
Dudley Bradley	1979	Recreation administration	Professional basketball player
Pete Brennan	1958	Industrial relations	Professional basketball player
Larry Brown	1963	History	College and professional basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Steve Bucknall	1989	Radio, television & motion picture	Professional basketball player and coach
Vince Carter	2001	African-American Studies	Professional basketball player
Pete Chilcutt	1991	Industrial relations & psychology	Professional basketball player
Ed Cota			Professional basketball player
Sylvia Crawley	1994	Radio, Television & Motion Picture	Professional basketball player
Billy Cunningham	1971	History	Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Brad Daugherty	1986	Radio, Television & Motion Picture	Former professional basketball player and sportscaster
Hubert Davis	1992	Criminal Justice	Professional basketball player and UNC assistant coach
Walter Davis	1988	Recreation Administration	Professional basketball player
John Dillon	1948		Professional basketball player
Wayne Ellington			Professional basketball player
Darrell Elston	1974	History	Professional basketball player
Raymond Felton			Professional basketball player
Phil Ford	1978	Business administration	Professional basketball player
Joseph Forte			Professional basketball player
Rick Fox	1994	Radio, Television & Motion Picture	Professional basketball player and actor
George Glamack			Professional basketball player
Danny Green	2009	Communications	Professional basketball player
Tyler Hansbrough	2009	Communications	Professional basketball player
Brendan Haywood	2001	Communications	Professional basketball player
John Henson			Professional basketball player
Antawn Jamison			Professional basketball player
Bobby Jones	1974	Psychology	Professional basketball player
Marion Jones			Professional basketball player and former track and field athlete
Michael Jordan	1986	Geography	Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
George Karl			Professional basketball player and coach
Tommy Kearns	1958	History	Professional basketball player
Mitch Kupchak	1976	Political science & Psychology	Professional basketball player and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers
Ivory Latta	2007	Exercise & sports science	Professional basketball player
York Larese	1961	Sociology	Professional basketball player and coach
Ty Lawson			Professional basketball player
George Lynch	1993	African studies	Professional basketball player
Sean May	2009	African-American studies	Professional basketball player
Kendall Marshall			Professional basketball player
Bob McAdoo			Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Rashad McCants			Professional basketball player
Rashanda McCants	2009		Professional basketball player
Jeff McInnis			Professional basketball player
Horace McKinney	1948		Professional basketball player and coach, college coach
Larry Miller	1968	Business administration	Professional basketball player
Doug Moe			Professional basketball player and coach
Eric Montross	1994		Professional basketball player
David Noel	2006	African-American studies	Professional basketball player
Ademola Okulaja	1999	International studies	Professional basketball player
Sam Perkins	1984	Radio, Television & Motion Picture	Professional basketball player
Dave Popson	1987	Geography	Professional basketball player
J.R. Reid	1992	Radio, Television & Motion Picture	Professional basketball player
Henrik Rödl	1993	Biology	Professional basketball player and coach
Lennie Rosenbluth	1957		Professional basketball player
Clifford Rozier			Professional basketball player
Charlie Scott			Professional basketball player
Lee Shaffer	1960	Business administration	Professional basketball player
Charlotte Smith	1999	Sociology	Professional basketball player
Kenny Smith			Professional basketball player and basketball analyst
Jerry Stackhouse	1999	African-American Studies	Professional basketball player
Rasheed Wallace			Professional basketball player
Marvin Williams			Professional basketball player
Scott Williams			Professional basketball player
Shammond Williams			Professional basketball player
Joe Wolf	1987	Industrial Relations	Professional basketball player
Al Wood	1988	Recreation Administration	Professional basketball player
James Worthy	1985	Recreation Administration	Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Brandan Wright			Professional basketball player
Tyler Zeller	2012	Business administration	Professional basketball player

Basketball Coaches

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Larry Brown	1963	History	College and professional basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Jason Capel	2002	Communications	Current head coach of the Appalachian State
Scott Cherry	1993	Business administration	College basketball coach
Billy Cunningham	1971	History	Professional basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Matt Doherty	1984	Business administration	College basketball coach
Eddie Fogler	1970 / Grad.	Mathematics / Physical Education	College basketball coach
George Karl			Professional basketball player and coach
John Kuester	1977	Health	Professional and college coach
Jeff Lebo	1990	Business Administration	College basketball coach
Monk McDonald	1923 / Grad.	Medicine	College basketball player and coach
Wes Miller	2007	Political science	College basketball coach
Doug Moe			Professional basketball player and coach
Mike O’Koren	1980	Recreation Administration	Professional basketball player and coach
Buzz Peterson	1986	Geography	College basketball coach
King Rice	1992	Radio, television & motion picture	College basketball coach
Henrik Rödl	1993	Biology	Professional basketball player and coach
Tony Shaver	1976 / Grad.	Business Administration / Education	College basketball coach
Roy Williams	1972 / Grad.	Education	Current North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame

Football Players

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Sam Aiken			Professional football player
Ethan Albright			Professional football player
Frank Aschenbrenner			Professional football player
Matthew Baker			Professional football player
Connor Barth	2007	Communications Studies	Professional football player
Harris Barton		Finance	Professional football player
Dré Bly			Professional football player
Alge Crumpler			Professional football player
Ronald Curry			Professional football player
Dave Drechsler			Professional football player
Greg Ellis			Professional football player
Brooks Foster	2008	Management & Society	Professional football player
Jeff Hayes			Professional football player
William Henderson			Professional football player
Jesse Holley			Professional football player
Charlie Justice			Professional football player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Kivuusama Mays			Professional football player
Don McCauley			Consensus All-American and professional football player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Tom McCauley			Professional football player
Natrone Means			Professional football player
Hakeem Nicks			Professional football player
Willie Parker			Professional football player
Julius Peppers			Professional football player
Jeff Reed			Professional football player
Dexter Reid			Professional football player
Jeff Saturday			Professional football player
Brian Simmons			Professional football player
Dave Simmons			Professional football player
Lawrence Taylor			Professional football player and member of the Football Hall of Fame
David Thornton			Professional football player
Art Weiner			College Football Hall of Fame
T.J. Yates			Professional football player

Football Coaches

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Charlie Baggett			College and professional football coach
Scot Dapp	Grad.	Physical Education	College football coach
Jim Tatum	1939	Business Administration	College football coach
Kevin Wilson	1984 / Grad.	Mathematics / Physical Education	Head coach of Indiana University

Golfers

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Meaghan Francella	2005	Communications	Professional golfer
Raymond Floyd			Professional golfer
Davis Love III			Professional golfer
Ashley Prange			Professional golfer
Harvie Ward	1951	Economics	Amateur golfer

Soccer

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Yael Averbuch		Psychology	Professional soccer player
Gregg Berhalter			Professional soccer player
Chris Carrieri			Professional soccer player
Matt Crawford	2003	Biology	Professional soccer player
Lorrie Fair			U.S Women’s National Team soccer player
Michael Farfan			Professional soccer player
Nick Efthimiou	1990	Journalism	Professional soccer player
Robyn Gayle	2008		Canada Women’s National Team soccer player
Jordan Graye	2010		Professional soccer player
Mia Hamm	1993	Political Science	U.S Women’s National Team soccer player
Tobin Heath	2010		U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player
April Heinrichs	1986	Radio, Television & Motion Picture	U.S Women’s National Team soccer player
Jason Hughes	2006	Exercise & sports science	Professional soccer player
Chris Leitch			Professional soccer player
Eric Lichaj			Professional soccer player
Kristine Lilly			U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player
Heather O’Reilly	2006		U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player
Logan Pause	2007	Economics	Professional soccer player
Cindy Parlow			U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player
Eddie Pope			Professional soccer player
Eddie Robinson			Professional soccer player
David Stokes	2009	Communications	Professional soccer player
Carey Talley			Professional soccer player
Lindsay Tarpley			Professional soccer player and ESPN Rise player of the decade ’00’s
David Testo	2009	Management & society	Professional soccer player
Cat Whitehill			United States Women’s National Team soccer player
Sheanon Williams			Professional soccer player
Kerry Zavagnin	2000	Exercise & sports science	Professional soccer player

Sports Administrators

Name	Class	Major	Notability
James Delany	1970 / Grad.	Political Science / Law	Commissioner of the Big Ten
Mitch Kupchak	1976	Political Science & Psychology	Professional basketball player and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers
Danny Morrison	Grad.	Education administration & supervision	President of the Carolina Panthers
John Swofford	1971	Psychology	Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Norwood Teague	1988	Political Science	Athletics Director at the University of Minnesota
Travis Tygart	1993	Philosophy	CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency
Donnie Walsh	1962 / Grad.	Political Science / Law	President of New York Knicks, former CEO of Indiana Pacers

Track & Field

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Jim Beatty			First person to run a four-minute mile indoors
LaTasha Colander	1998	Communications	Former track and field athlete
Dominic Demeritte	1999	Economics	Former track and field athlete
Vikas Gowda	2006		Discus thrower
Allen Johnson			Former track and field athlete
Marion Jones			Former track and field athlete and professional basketball player
Earl Owens			Professional runner and triathlete
Alice Schmidt	2004		Middle distance runner
Ola Sesay	2001		Long jumper
Tony Waldrop	1974 / Grad.	Political science / Physiology	Gold medalist 1975 Pan American Games in the 1500 meter, Provost of the University of Central Florida

Olympians

Name	Olympic Sport	Location	Year
Bill Albans	Track & Field	London	1948
Natalie Anter	Softball	Athens	2004
Danute Bankaitis-Davis	Cycling	Seoul	1988
Scott Bankhead	Baseball	Los Angeles	1984
Kate Barber	Filed Hockey	Beijing	2008
Tracy Bates-Leon	Soccer	Athens	2004
Jim Beatty	Track & Field	Rome	1960
Larry Brown	Basketball	Tokyo, Athens	1964, 2004
Vince Carter	Basketball	Syndey	2000
Lori Chalupny	Soccer	Beijing	2008
LaTasha Colander-Richardson	Track & Field	Sydney, Athens	2000, 2004
Sharon Couch	Track & Field	Barcelona, Sydney	1992, 2000
Crystal Cox	Track & Field	Athens	2004
Kendall Cross	Wrestling	Barcelona, Atlanta	1992, 1996
Illse Davids	Field Hockey	London	2012
Walter Davis	Basketball	Montreal	1976
Rachel Dawson	Field Hockey	Beijing, Londona	2008, 2012
Yann DeFabrique	Swimming	Barcelona	1992
Dominic Demeritte	Soccer	Sydney, Athens, Beijing	2000, 2004, 2008
Erin Donohue	Track & Field	Beijing	2008
Lorrie Fair	Soccer	Sydney	2000
Katelyn Falgowski	Field Hockey	Beijing, London	2008, 2012
Nadine Faustin-Parker	Track & Field	Beijing	2008
Shalane Flanagan	Track & Field	London	2012
Phil Ford	Basketball	Montreal	1976
Charles Foster	Track & Field	Montreal	1976
David Fox	Swimming	Atlanta	1996
John Friedberg	Fencing	Barcelona	1992
Robyn Gale	Soccer	Beijing	2008
Nicole Gamble	Track & Field	Sydney	2000
Robyn Gayle	Soccer	London	2012
Laura Gerraughty	Track & Field	Athens	2004
Jesse Gey	Track & Field	Beijing	2008
Vikas Gowda	Track & Field	Athens, Beijing, London	2004, 2008, 2012
Laurie Gregg	Soccer	Atlanta, Sydney	1996, 2000
Bill Guthridge	Basketball	Montreal	1976
Mia Hamm	Soccer	Atlanta, Sydney, Athens	1996, 2000, 2004
Janis Hape	Swimming	Montreal	1976
Ken Harnden	Track & Field	Atlanta, Sydney	1996, 2000
Sylvia Hatchell	Basketball	Seoul	1988
Tobin Heath	Soccer	Beijing, London	2008, 2012
April Heinrichs	Soccer	Atlanta, Sydney, Athens	1996, 2000, 2004
Perrin Henderson	Wrestling	Melbourne	1956
Monique Hennagan	Track & Field	Sydney, Athens	2000, 2004
Laurel Hershey	Field Hockey	Atlanta	1996
Kelli James	Field Hockey	Atlanta	1996
Allen Johnson	Track & Field	Atlanta, Sydney, Athens	1996, 2000, 2004
Curtis Johnson	Track & Field	Sydney	2000
Bobby Jones	Basketball	Munich	1972
Michael Jordan	Basketball	Los Angeles	1984
John Keller	Handball	Atlanta	1996
Mitch Kupchak	Basketball	Montreal	1976
John Lacey	Basketball	Tokyo, Munich	1964, 1972
Tom LaGarde	Basketball	Montreal	1976
Nhi Lan Le	Fencing	Atlanta	1996
Kristine Lilly	Soccer	Atlanta, Sydney, Athens	1996, 2000, 2004
Carrie Lingo	Field Hockey	Beijing	2008
Lynda Lipson	Track & Field	Atlanta, Sydney	1996, 2000
Leslie Lyness	Field Hockey	Atlanta	1996
Thompson Mann	Swimming	Tokyo	1964
Ann Marshall	Swimming	Munich	1972
Dax McCarty	Soccer	Beijing	2008
Andrew Miller	Baseball	Athens	2004
David Monasterio	Swimming	Barcelona	1992
Siri Mullinix	Soccer	Sydney	2000
Joan Nesbit	Track & Field	Atlanta	1996
Eddie Neufville	Track & Field	Atlanta, Sydnney	1996, 2000
Tracy Noonan	Soccer	Atlanta	1996
Heather O’Reilly	Soccer	Athens, Beijing, London	2004, 2008, 2012
Marcia Pankratz	Field Hockey	Seoul	1988
Cindy Parlow	Soccer	Atlanta, Sydney, Athens	1996, 2000, 2004
Steve Penn	Handball	Atlanta	1996
Sam Perkins	Basketball	Los Angeles	1984
Eddie Pope	Basketball	Atlanta	1996
Catherine Reddick	Soccer	Athens	2004
J.R. Reid	Basketball	Seoul	1988
Phil Riker	Swimming	Tokyo	1964
Tiffany Roberts	Soccer	Atlanta	1996
Trish Roberts	Basketball	Montreal	1976
Henrik Rödl	Basketball	Barcelona	1992
Blake Russel	Track & Field	Beijing	2008
Alice Schmidt	Track & Field	Beijing, London	2008, 2012
Charlie Scott	Basketball	Mexico City	1968
Ola Sesay	Track & Field	London	2012
Karen Shelton	Field Hockey	Los Angeles	1984
Chuck Simmons	Track & Field	London, Helsinki	1948, 1952
Dean Smith	Basketball	Montreal	1976
Chris Stevenson	Swimming	Los Angeles	1984
B.J. Surhoff	Baseball	Los Angeles	1984
Amy Swensen	Field Hockey	London	2012
Lindsay Tarpley	Soccer	Athens, Beijing	2004, 2008
Liz Tchou	Field Hockey	Atlanta	1996
Stan Tinkham	Swimming	Melbourne	1956
Amy Tran	Field Hockey	Beijing	2008
Tisha Venturini	Soccer	Atlanta	1996
Tisha Waller	Track & Field	Atlanta, Athens	1996, 2004
Chryss Watts	Handball	Atlanta	1996
Wendy Weinberg	Swimming	Montreal	1976
Carla Werden	Soccer	Atlanta	1996
Cindy Werley	Field Hockey	Atlanta	1996
Kacey White	Soccer	Beijing	2008
Roy Williams	Basketball	Athens	2004
Harry Williamson	Track & Field	Berlin	1936
Staci Wilson	Soccer	Atlanta	1996

Other

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Katelyn Falgowski	2011		Field Hockey
Shalane Flanagan	2004		Distance runner
Rachel Dawson	2007		Field Hockey
Rob Koll	1989	Speech	College wrestling coach
Richie Meade	1976 / Grad.		College lacrosse coach
Nick Monroe			Professional tennis player
Bill Roy	Grad.		U.S. Olympic and world champion skeet shooter, Professor of English at United States Air Force Academy
Amy Swensen	2002		Field Hockey
Cindy Werley			U.S. Olympic field hockey player

Miscellaneous

Name	Class	Major	Notability
Rye Barcott	2001	Peace, War, and Defense	Founder of Carolina for Kibera
Caleb Bradham	1890		Pharmacist and inventor of Pepsi-Cola
Charles E. Brady, Jr.	1971	Pre-medicine	Astronaut
Eve Carson	2008	Biology and Political Science	Student Body President, Murdered in 2008
Hinton James	1798	Arts and Sciences	First student to register
Jerry M. Linenger	Grad.	Public health	Astronaut
Julia Compton Moore	1950		Wife of Hal Moore
Charles Moose	1975	History	Former police chief of Montgomery County, Maryland who investigated Beltway snipers in 2002
Johnston Pettigrew	1847	Arts & Sciences	Confederate General in the American Civil War who participated in Pickett’s Charge
Jonathan Reckford		Political Science	CEO of Habitat for Humanity International
William E. Thornton	1952 / Grad.	Physics / Medicine	Astronaut
Amanda Watson	2010 / Grad.	Music / Teaching	Miss North Carolina 2008

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