List of University of Houston people

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The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Houston.

Contents

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Arts and media

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Entertainment / Performing arts

  • Mike Barajas, News Anchor for Houston's Fox 26 KRIV
  • Leila Bela, Experimental musician, actress and writer
  • Shelly Berg (BM, MM), jazz pianist and educator
  • Peter Breck (Communications), Nick on TV show Big Valley
  • Derek Cecil, TV actor
  • Chamillionaire, rapper
  • Johnny Chan (poker player) (Hotel and Restaurant Management dropout), poker legend
  • Brett Cullen (BA, Drama, 1979), TV and film actor
  • Loretta Devine (BA, Speech and Drama, 1971), Broadway, TV and film actress, NAACP Image Award
  • Jenny Fly (BA, Communications), radio personality
  • Larry Gatlin (BA, English, 1970), country singer and songwriter
  • Keith Grimwood (BM, 1974), bass player for Trout Fishing in America
  • Bill Hicks (dropout) Comedian, social critic
  • Larry Hovis, TV actor, Hogan's Heroes
  • Star Jones (JD, 1986), former co-host of TV show, The View
  • Lil' Wayne (Philosophy), Rapper signed to Cash Money Records
  • Master P (basketball), hip-hop artist, actor, director, producer, and athlete
  • Prebble McLaughlin (BA's in psychology, sociology and political science) athlete and coach (swimming), radio/tv/film personality
  • Jim Nantz (BA, Radio and Television, 1981), CBS broadcaster
  • Pauline Oliveros, electronic music composer and performance artist
  • Dennis Quaid (dropout), TV and film actor
  • Randy Quaid (Drama, 1971), TV and film actor
  • Kenneth Radnofsky, classical saxophonist
  • Kenny Rogers, country singer
  • Dominique Sachse KPRC-TV (radio/television journalism degree) former radio and traffic personality, current news anchor for KPRC-TV Houston's NBC affiliate; received 1996 Outstanding Young Communications Alumnus and 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award from UH
  • Julian Schnabel (fine arts, 1973), neo-expressionist painter, sculptor, photographer, writer, director, producer
  • Brent Spiner, broadway, TV and film actor
  • Chris Theofanidis (BM, 1992), classical composer
  • Christopher Tuffin (BA, Political Science, 1993), motion picture producer and executive
  • Jack Valenti (BBA, 1946; honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, 2002), president, Motion Picture Association of America
  • Townes Van Zandt, folk music singer and songwriter
  • Paul Wall (mass communications dropout), rapper, DJ, promoter, jewelry store proprietor
  • Roger Wright, classical pianist
  • Robert Wuhl (drama), comedian, actor, writer

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Major League Baseball

[edit] National Basketball Association

(Includes American Basketball Association and Harlem Globetrotter players)

[edit] National Football League

(Includes American Football League and All-America Football Conference)

Houston alumni with Wikipedia articles who have played in other professional football leagues: Hamin Milligan

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Olympic Games

[edit] Phi Slama Jama

[edit] Professional Golf Association

[edit] Business

[edit] Government, politics, and law

[edit] Government

(George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, has a full listing in the University of Houston Alumni Directory, indicating that he attended the school at one time.)

[edit] Politics

  • Congressman Tom DeLay, R - District 22, Deputy Minority Whip, House Majority Whip, House Majority Leader
  • Congressman Gene Green, D - District 29
  • Congressman Ted Poe, R - District 2
  • Former City of Houston Mayor Kathryn J. Whitmire

[edit] Law

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] NASA

[edit] Other

[edit] Faculty

[edit] Letters and Science

  • Donald Barthelme, author and co-founder of Creative Writing School
  • Chu Ching-wu (Paul Chu), acclaimed leader in superconductivity research
  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, noted author, poet, and professor of English
  • Joe Leydon, award winning film critic and author, adjunct professor of Journalism
  • Venkat Subramanian, Founder of Agile Development, Inc. and Assistant Associate Adjunct Professor of Computer Science

[edit] Performing Arts

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