List of University of Georgia people
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[edit] Notable alumni
The University of Georgia has produced many notable people in diverse fields. They include: Fran Tarkenton, T.V. host, Monday Night Football, Sonny Perdue, Georgia Governor, Charlie Minor, Music Promoter and Record Executive, Bill Anderson, Country Music Hall of Fame, Deborah Norville, News anchor and Judy Woodruff, News anchor.
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Bill Anderson, Country musician and songwriter
- Kim Basinger, actress
- John Bell, lead singer for band Widespread Panic
- Alton Brown, host of Good Eats
- Brian Burton, (Danger Mouse), musician DangerDoom, Gnarls Barkley
- Mike Chapman, co-creator of Homestar Runner
- Maria Burgos Chavez, noted sculptor and artist
- Peter Conlon, music promoter
- Glenn Gilberti, professional wrestler
- Bill Goldberg, professional wrestler and actor
- Lewis Grizzard, humorist
- Colleen Haskell, former reality show contestant and actress
- Josh Holloway, actor
- Raymond Hughes, chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera
- Parker Gispert, lead singer for the band, The Whigs
- Wayne Knight, actor "Newman" from Seinfeld
- Charlie Minor, Music Promoter and Record Executive
- Cyd Moore, children's book illustrator
- Fred Newman, voice actor, composer - sound effects artist on A Prairie Home Companion
- Ryan Seacrest, American Idol host
- Sonny Shroyer, actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Forrest Gump, Ray)
- Michael Stipe, lead singer for band R.E.M.
- Charles Wadsworth, classical pianist and composer
- Stuart Woods, novelist
[edit] Athletics
(In alphabetical order)
- Boss Bailey, NFL linebacker for the Detroit Lions
- Champ Bailey, NFL cornerback for the Denver Broncos
- Chip Beck, player on the PGA Tour
- Kendrell Bell, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Kim Black, Olympic swimmer, NCAA Woman of the Year in 2001
- Kara Braxton, WNBA forward for the Detroit Shock
- Reggie Brown, NFL wide-receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Quincy Carter, NFL quarterback
- Lisa Coole, swimmer, NCAA Woman of the Year in 1997
- 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
- Vern Fleming, NBA player, taken 18th in the 1984 NBA draft
- La'Keshia Frett, basketball player in the WNBA
- Vicki Goetze, player on the LPGA Tour
- 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)
- Terry Hoage, former NFL defensive back for six NFL teams over 13 seasons
- Buckshot Jones, stock-car driver, two-time winner in the NASCAR Busch Series
- Alec Kessler, NBA 1st round pick (12th overall) Miami Heat
- Kristy Kowal, 2000 Olympic Silver medalist, swimming, NCAA Woman of the Year in 2000
- Franklin Langham, player on the PGA Tour
- Tommy Lyons, former NFL offensive lineman for the Denver Broncos
- Randy McMichael, NFL tight-end for the Miami Dolphins
- Bob McWhorter, football and baseball, Georgia's first All-American
- Mikael Pernfors, tennis pro, twice NCAA champion, runner-up in 1986 French Open Grand Slam Championship.
- 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
- John Rauch, NFL "creator" of the "West Coast" style offense, former Coach of the Oakland Raiders
- Saudia Roundtree, Naismith College Player of the Year in 1996
- 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 quarterback of the NFL Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants
- Christi Thomas, WNBA forward for the Los Angeles Sparks
- Odell Thurman, NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Charley Trippi, two-time Pro Bowl halfback for the Chicago Cardinals
- Herschel Walker, former NFL running back, 3 time football All-American 1982 Heisman Trophy winner in 1982
- Hines Ward, NFL wide-receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Bubba Watson, player on the PGA Tour
- Jermaine Wiggins, NFL tight-end for the Minnesota Vikings
- Dominique Wilkins, NBA slam dunk champion for the Atlanta Hawks
- Damien Wilkins, NBA guard for the Seattle Supersonics
[edit] Business and industry
- Dan Amos, Chairman & CEO of AFLAC
- Stephen Bell, Strategic Adviser, Canvas Systems
- D.W. Brooks, founder and chairman emeritus of Gold Kist
- Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop
- A.D. “Pete” Correll, chairman and CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corp
- Tom Cousins, founder of Cousins Properties
- Beverly Dolan, Founder of EZ-G0 Golf Carts, past President of Textron
- Rex Fuqua, Fuqua Industries
- Donald Ivestor, Former CEO of Coca-Cola
- Bill Jones III, The Sea Island Company
- Don Leebern, Georgia Crown
- Hala Moddelmog, president of Church’s Chicken
- Billy Morris, Morris Communications
- Jim Nalley, Nalley Automotive
- Billy Payne, President of Augusta National
[edit] Economics and finance
- Jim Blanchard, Founder and President of Synovus
- Robert D. McTeer, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (1991–2005)
- Bernard Ramsey, former senior vice president and chairman of the executive committee of Merrill Lynch
- Charles S. Sanford, Jr., Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bankers Trust
[edit] Educators
- Wyatt Anderson, geneticist, professor at UGA and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Cynthia Kenyon, professor of biochemistry , biophysics, University of California-San Francisco, member National Academy of Sciences
- Robert D. McTeer, chancellor of Texas A&M University
[edit] Government and the law
- Ellis Arnall, Governor of Georgia
- William Yates Atkinson, 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
- Ralph Reed, conservative activist and candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia
- Fred B. Rooney, US Representative from Pennsylvania
- Richard Russell, Jr., Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator
- Carl Sanders, Governor of Georgia
- John Marshall Slaton, Governor of Georgia
- Alexander Stephens, Governor of Georgia and later Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
- 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
[edit] Media and journalism
(In alphabetical order.)
- Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
- Chip Caray, baseball announcer.
- Jim Currier, Sportswriter for the Coastal Courier in Hinesville, GA. Previously, he won awards at the Bryan County News in Richmond Hill
- Lewis Grizzard, columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Bill Hartman III, sports anchor for WSB-TV
- John Huey, editorial director of Time, Inc.
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault, CNN International bureau chief in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ernie Johnson, Jr., sports broadcaster for TNT and TBS
- W. Thomas Johnson, retired chairman, president, and CEO of CNN; former president, publisher, and CEO of Los Angeles Times
- Pat Mitchell, former president of Public Broadcasting Service and current president of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City
- Julie Moran, host of Entertainment Tonight
- Deborah Norville, television journalist
- Ed Pope, sportswriter for the Miami Herald
- Ralph Reed, pundit and former director of the Christian Coalition
- Deborah Roberts, ABC News producer and correspondent
- Mark Schlabach, ESPN college football and basketball columnist, formerly of the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Washington Post
- Tommy Tomlinson, columnist for the Charlotte Observer; finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in commentary.
- Judy Woodruff, television journalist
[edit] Medicine
- Hervey M. Cleckley, psychiatrist and co-author of The Three Faces of Eve
- Hamilton E. Holmes, orthopedist, professor and associate dean of Emory University School of Medicine
- Crawford W. Long, inventor of anesthesia
[edit] Military
- John B. Gordon, General in Confederate Army, a US Senator, and Governor of Georgia
[edit] Ministry and Religion
- George Foster Pierce - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, President of Georgia Female College and Emory College
[edit] Scientific research
- Wyatt Anderson, geneticist, professor at UGA and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 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
[edit] 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:
[edit] 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
[edit] Athletics
- Wally Butts, football coach
- Vince Dooley, football coach
- Andy Landers, women's basketball coach
- Dan Magill, tennis coach
[edit] 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
[edit] Mathematics
- Andrew Granville, mathematics
- Carl Pomerance, mathematics, a distinguished number theorist, Lenstra-Pomerance-Wagstaff conjecture
- Robert Rumely, mathematics, Adleman-Pomerance-Rumely algorithm for proving numbers prime.
[edit] Scientific research
- Norman Allinger chemist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, awarded the Franklin Medal
- Wyatt Anderson, geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Allan Armitage, horticulturist, recipient of the National Educator Award from the American Horticultural Society.
- 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
- 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
- Henry F. "Fritz" Schaefer, chemistry, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Susan R. Wessler, botanist and geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
