List of University of Maryland, College Park people
This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and benefactors of the University of Maryland, College Park.
Academia
- Sara Alpern, Ph.D. 1978, professor of women's history at Texas A&M University
- David A. Bader, Ph.D 1996, professor of computing at Georgia Tech
- Charles L. Bennett, B.S. 1978, astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University[1]
- Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd, B.S. 1908, president of the University of Maryland from 1935 to 1954
- William J. Byron, Ph.D. 1969, president of The Catholic University of America
- Kenneth C. Catania, B.S. 1989, neurobiologist at Vanderbilt University, MacArthur Fellowship awarded in 2006
- Robert F. Chandler, Ph.D. 1934, president of the University of New Hampshire[1]
- John Dryzek, Ph.D. 1980, professor of political theory and social theory at Australian National University
- Jean-Max Guieu, Ph.D. 1976, author, scholar and senior professor at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
- Donald West Harward, Ph.D., president of Bates College
- Richard Herman, Ph.D. 1967, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Charlene Drew Jarvis, Ph.D. 1971, president of Southeastern University
- Albin O. Kuhn, B.S. 1938, M.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948, executive vice president of the University of Maryland System (1979–1982), vice president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (1965–1979) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1965–1971)[1]
- Simon Asher Levin, Ph.D. 1964, professor of ecology at Princeton University and winner of Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
- Jacqueline Liebergott, president of Emerson College
- Patrick J. Maney, dean of college of arts and sciences at Boston College
- Manning Marable, Ph.D. 1976, professor of public affairs, political science, and history at Columbia University[1]
- Tobin J. Marks, B.S. 1966, professor of material science and engineering at Northwestern University, awarded the 2002 American Institute of Chemists' Gold Medal[1]
- Marc Melitz, M.S.B.A. 1992, professor of economics at Harvard University[2]
- Shen Chun-shan, Ph.D. 1961, president of the Taiwanese National Tsing Hua University (1993–1997)[1]
- Arnold L. Rheingold, professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego
- Michael Rustad, M.A., professor of law at Suffolk University Law School[3]
- Adele H. Stamp, M.A. 1924, dean of women at the University of Maryland, namesake of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union
- Thomas B. Symons, president of the University of Maryland (1954)[4]
- Lida Lee Tall, principal and president of State Teachers College at Towson (now Towson University)
- Robin West, B.A., professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center
Nobel Laureates
Arts and entertainment
- Shabbir Ahluwalia, Indian television actor
- Karen Allen, actress in (Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- Mike Auldridge, 1967, Grammy Award winning musician
- Carmen Balthrop, B.M. 1971, opera singer[1]
- Tom Bernard, co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics
- Frank Cho, drew comic strip for the The Diamondback and creator of the comic strip and comic book Liberty Meadows
- Mike Ciardi, film producer (Miracle, The Rookie)
- Clare Crawford-Mason, television producer and a founding editor of People
- Larry David, B.A. 1970, actor, writer and producer ("Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Seinfeld")[1]
- Cedric Dent, singer, composer and arranger for influential a cappella group Take 6
- Stefania Dovhan, soprano
- Michael Ealy, B.A., actor (Barbershop series)
- Jim Henson, B.S. 1960, creator of the Muppets[1]
- Carlisle H. Humelsine, B.A. 1937, founder of Colonial Williamsburg[6]
- Jason Kravits, actor (The Practice)
- Mark Lasoff, Academy Award winner for visual effects for Titanic
- Beth McCarthy-Miller, B.A., Saturday Night Live director from 1995 to 2006, 30 Rock director
- Aaron McGruder, creator of The Boondocks series
- Peter Mehlman, writer and co-executive producer (Seinfeld)
- David Mills, screenwriter, author, and journalist; writer for the Emmy winning HBO miniseries The Corner and Treme
- Michael Olmert, B.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1980, writer and three-time Emmy Award winner for his work on the Discovery Channel, professor of English at the University of Maryland[1]
- David Silverman (attended), animator, director, producer on The Simpsons, director of The Simpsons Movie, and co-director of Monsters, Inc.
- James Deorio, Co-Creator of Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place
- David Simon, creator, producer, and co-writer of The Wire and creator of Homicide: Life on the Street
- Bitty Schram, actress (Monk)
- Mark Schwahn, creator of One Tree Hill
- Tiffany Taylor, Playboy Playmate (November 1998)
- Ken Waissman, Tony Award winning Broadway producer
- Douglass Wallop, playwright, Damn Yankees
- Dianne Wiest, actress, two time Academy Award winner
- Mitch Allan, B.A., singer/songwriter/producer
- Sean Garrett, A.A., musician (attended the schools German program while father was on deployment in Germany)
- Allyn Rose, Miss Sinergy 2010, Miss Maryland USA 2011 and Miss USA 2011 (Top 8)
Business
- Zvi Barilay, president and COO of Toll Brothers
- Robert Basham, co-founder and COO of Outback Steakhouse
- Gail Berman, B.A. 1978, former president of Paramount Pictures[1]
- Eric F. Billings, chairman and CEO of both Friedman Billings Ramsey and FBR Capital Markets Corporation
- Adisai Bodharamik, Ph.D. 1971, telecommunications entrepreneur, former Thai minister of tourism, commerce, and education.[1]
- Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google
- Robert D. Briskman, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio
- Waldo H. Burnside, B.S. 1949, former president and CEO of Woodward & Lothrop[1]
- Albert P. Carey, 1974, president and CEO of Frito-Lay North America
- A. James Clark, B.S. 1950, President of Clark Construction, namesake of the A. James Clark School of Engineering
- Michael D. Dingman, B.A. 1955, international investor[7]
- Rick Eng, COO of Legg Mason Capital Management
- Raul Fernandez (entrepreneur), chairman and CEO of Proxicom, co-owner of the NHL Washington Capitals, NBA Washington Wizards, director of Liz Claiborne
- Carly Fiorina, M.B.A. 1980, former chair and CEO of Hewlett-Packard,[1] 2010 Republican nominee for California United States Senate seat
- Kathryn S. Fuller, Chairman of the Board Ford Foundation former president and CEO of non-governmental organization World Wildlife Fund
- Jonathan Gentry, founder/past CEO of IHOP
- Roger Hale, former chairman and CEO of H&R Block and Ashland Oil
- Joseph Hardiman, President of NASDAQ
- James G. Howes – 1967 BS, 1969 MBA, Businessman and Scouting leader
- Rajesh Hukku, Chairman and Managing Director of i-flex solutions limited
- Hugh Newell Jacobsen, B.A. 1951, world renowned architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects[1]
- Jeong H. Kim, Ph.D. 1991, President of Bell Labs[1]
- Chris Kubasik, President and COO of Lockheed Martin
- Samuel J. LeFrak, B.S. 1940, chaired the LeFrak Organization, one of the largest private building firms in the world[1]
- Roger Lipitz, a founder of Meridian Healthcare and former chairman of the Baltimore Development Corporation
- William Longbrake, Washington Mutual Vice Chairman
- Kathleen Magee, M.Ed. 1972, co-founder of Operation Smile[1]
- Katie Martin, expert in ecofriendly special events, floral design, and green events and life styles
- William E. Mayer, owner of the Hartford Colonials, former CEO of Credit Suisse
- Russell McFall, chief executive of Western Union
- Neil Moskowitz, CFO and Head of Global Finance, Administration, and Operations at Credit Suisse
- Lorrie Norrington, President of eBay Marketplaces
- Preston Padden, Executive Vice President, The Walt Disney Company
- Lou Pai, former CEO of Enron Energy Services
- Beatriz Perez, Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company
- Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, B.A. 1954, chairman of NBC, first female chairman of a major network[1]
- Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour athletic apparel company
- J. Christopher Reyes, co-founder and chairman of Reyes Holdings
- Harvey Sanders, President, Chairman, and CEO of Nautica
- Richard Schaeffer, Chairman of NYMEX Holdings and the New York Mercantile Exchange
- Robert H. Smith, B.S. 1950, real estate developer, namesake of the Robert H. Smith School of Business[1]
- Ed Snider, owner of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Philadelphia 76ers
- Daniel Snyder (attended), owner of the Washington Redskins, Chairman of the Board of Six Flags[8]
- Michael J. Ward, Chairman, President, and CEO of CSX Corporation
- Dennis R. Wraase, CEO of Pepco Holdings
- Charlie Zink, Chief Operating Officer, PGA Tour
Government and public policy
Governors
Senators
Congressmen
- Harry Streett Baldwin, U.S. Congressman from 1943–47
- Dennis Cardoza, U.S. Congressman from California
- William Lacy Clay, Jr., B.A. 1974, U.S. Congressman from Missouri[10]
- Roy Dyson, Maryland State Senator, former U.S. Congressman[11]
- William Purington Cole, Jr., B.S. 1910, U.S. Congressman from Maryland, namesake of Cole Field House[1]
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman from 1924–38
- William F. Goodling, B.S. 1953, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania[12]
- Steny Hoyer, B.S. 1963, U.S. Congressman from Maryland and House Majority Leader of the 110th United States Congress, chief sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Thomas Francis Johnson, U.S. Congressman from Maryland's 1st district from 1959–63
- Tom Kindness, B.A. 1951, U.S. Congressman from Ohio[13]
- Ernest Konnyu, Attended, U.S. Congressman from California[14]
- Tom McMillen, B.S. 1974, former U.S. Congressman from Maryland and Rhodes Scholar [1]
- Parren Mitchell, M.A. 1952, former U.S. Congressman from Maryland, Maryland's first black congressman[6]
- Dutch Ruppersberger, B.S. 1967, U.S. Congressman from Maryland[15]
- Esteban Torres, 1965, U.S. Congressman from California[16]
State legislators
- Saqib Ali, Maryland State Delegate
- David R. Brinkley, B.A. 1981, Maryland State Senator
- James Brochin, Maryland State Senator
- John W. Derr, Maryland State Senator
- Patrick N. Hogan, 2002, Maryland State Delegate
- Thomas E. Hutchins, Maryland State Delegate and Maryland State Police Superintendent
- Verna L. Jones, B.A. 1978, Maryland State Senator
- Delores G. Kelley
- James M. Kelly, 1988, special assistant to President Bush, Maryland State Delegate
- Rona E. Kramer
- Eric Luedtke, Maryland State Delegate
- William Daniel Mayer, Maryland State Delegate
- Tony McConkey, Maryland State Delegate
- Thomas V. Miller, Jr., B.S. 1964, president of the Maryland Senate[1]
- Douglas J.J. Peters
- Justin Ross, Maryland State Delegate
- James E. Rzepkowski, 1993, Maryland State Delegate
- John F. Slade III, 1967, Maryland State Delegate
- Charles H. Smelser, 1942, Maryland State Senator
- Paul S. Stull, Maryland State Delegate
Military personnel
- Julius W. Becton, Jr., former Federal Emergency Management Agency director, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general
- Joseph C. Burger, B.S. 1925, U.S. Marine Corps general
- Thomas R. Norris, B.S. 1967, retired U.S. Navy SEAL and recipient of the Medal of Honor[1]
- Leonard T. Schroeder Jr., retired U.S. Army colonel, first soldier ashore on D-Day in World War II
- George B. Simler, U.S. Air Force general
- Kevin R. Slates, U.S. Navy admiral
- Robert Nicholas Young, B.S. 1922, United States Army general
International figures
Diplomats
Jurists
U.S. Government officials
- Stephen T. Ayers, Architect of the Capitol
- Richard Baker, Historian of the United States Senate
- John Berry, Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management and former director of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner of United States Customs Service and former administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency
- James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence nominee
- Gordon England, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, former Secretary of Navy and deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- John Gentry, U.S. Undersecretary of Labor
- Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States
- Sean McCormack, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and U.S. State Department Spokesman
- Donald A. Ritchie, Associate Historian of the United States Senate
- Kori Schake, White House Advisor, currently a fellow at the Hoover Institute
- Charles L. Schultze, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers in the Carter Administration
- Faryar Shirzad, advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush
- Jeff Trandahl, executive director of the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, former Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Reginald V. Truitt, B.S. 1914, M.S. 1921, zoologist, founded the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science[6]
- John W. Vessey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- William W. Skinner, B.S. 1895, chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, one of the first to study the impact of chemical pollution on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay[6]
Others
Journalism
- Joy Bauer, dietitian on the Today Show, columnist for Self
- Art Bell, founder and host of the radio program, Coast to Coast AM
- Bonnie Bernstein, network TV sports reporter
- Carl Bernstein, Watergate journalist
- Jayson Blair, New York Times journalist
- Tim Brant, sportscaster for ABC
- Jerry Ceppos, former vice president for news operations for Knight Ridder newspapers
- Tina Cervasio, television sportscaster for the New England Sports Network
- Norman Chad, sports writer, ESPN personality
- Kiran Chetry, former Fox News Channel personality and current CNN American Morning co-host
- Connie Chung, B.S. 1969, news anchor with CBS, NBC, and CNN[1]
- Sarah Cohen, Pulitzer Prize winner, The Washington Post
- Heidi Collins, anchor for CNN
- Brian Crecente, videogame columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and editor of Gawker-owned videogame blog Kotaku
- Jeanne Cummings, Government Team Deputy Editor at Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C., formerly at Politico, and The Wall Street Journal
- Giuliana DePandi, television host for E! News Live
- Greg Gaston, anchor for Fox13 in Memphis, Tennessee, play-by-play commentator for the University of Memphis basketball and football, radio co-host for Sports56 WHBQ
- Rebecca Gomez, correspondent for Fox Business
- Jeannie Jones, Radio Personality for 93.9 WKYS
- Jack Kelley, former reporter for USA Today
- Gayle King, editor-at-large for O: The Oprah Magazine, host for an XM Radio program
- Tim Kurkjian, analyst for ESPN
- Sharanjit Leyl, Business Anchor, BBC World News
- Cassie Mackin, national news correspondent, television news anchor, and Emmy Award winner
- Mark McEwen, TV personality for CBS Morning News and The Early Show
- Jamie McIntyre, former senior Pentagon correspondent for CNN
- Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, bureau chief for NPR bureau in Afghanistan
- Kerri O'Brien, anchor for WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia
- Robert M. Parker, Jr., B.A. 1970, wine critic[1]
- Jimmy Roberts, reporter for NBC
- Rowan Scarborough, writer and former The Washington Times columnist
- Patrick Stevens, former sportwriter for The Washington Times[19]
- Bert Sugar, boxing writer and historian
- Scott Van Pelt, anchor for SportsCenter on ESPN
- Jim Walton, president and CEO of CNN
- Pam Ward, anchor for ESPN and ESPN2
- DeWayne Wickham, writer for USA Today
Pulitzer Prize
- Carl Bernstein, famously broke the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward, their work helped earn The Washington Post a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973
- David S. Broder, Professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and weekly columnist for The Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary
- James MacGregor Burns, Presidential biographer, scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland; won Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for 1971 biographer of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Ira Chinoy, associate professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, won Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for the Providence Journal
- Sarah Cohen, shared the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2002; Professor at Duke University
- Mary Lou Forbes (attended), Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the Washington Evening Star and The Washington Times
- Jon D. Franklin, B.S. 1970, journalist for the Baltimore Evening Sun, 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Exploratory Journalism[1]
- Louis Harlan, professor emeritus of history at the University of Maryland, Pulitzer Prize in Biography
- Jane Healy, editor of the Orlando Sentinel, chair of the board of visitors at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism
- Haynes Johnson, awarded Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for distinguished national reporting on the civil rights crisis in Alabama; Professor and Knight Chair at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism
- Deborah Nelson, won Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1997; Director of Carnegie Seminar at the University of Maryland
- Eric Newhouse, 2000 winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Exploratory Journalism
- Leonard Pitts, nationally-syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary; visiting professor at Maryland
- Gene Roberts (journalist), 2007 winner for History; former managing editor for The New York Times and current Professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism
- Jan Schaffer, former business editor and Pulitzer Prize winner for The Philadelphia Inquirer; Director of J-Lab at the University of Maryland
- Patrick Sloyan, former Washington bureau correspondent for Newsday where he won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Literature
- Kofi Aidoo, Ghanaian author
- Rosario Ferré, poet
- John Glad, Russian literature expert and eugenicist
- Martha Grimes, author of detective fiction
- Joe Haldeman, science fiction writer, best known for The Forever War
- Karen Hesse, author of children's literature, MacArthur Fellow
- Jeff Kinney, The New York Times best selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
- Jeffrey Kluger, writer, best known for co-writing Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 with Jim Lovell, the book the movie Apollo 13 is based on
- Gina Kolata, Award-Winning Author and science journalist for The New York Times
- Munro Leaf, B.A. 1927, author[6]
- George Pelecanos, mystery writer
- Matt Beynon Rees, award-winning crime novelist, former journalist for Time
- Michael J. Varhola, author of several history books and founder of publishing company Skirmisher Publishing
Science and technology
- Richard R. Arnold, NASA astronaut, Space Shuttle Discovery
- Stephen T. Ayers, United States Architect of the Capitol
- Frederick S. Billig, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1964, pioneer of the scramjet at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory[20]
- Sergey Brin, Co-Founder and Technology President of Google
- Robert D. Briskman, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio
- George Dantzig, B.A. 1936, mathematician[1]
- Raymond Davis Jr., winner of the 2002 Physics Nobel Prize
- Jeanette J. Epps, NASA astronaut, CIA intelligence officer
- Charles Fefferman, B.S. 1966, mathematician and child prodigy, winner of the Fields Medal, received his B.S. with honors at the age of 17[1]
- Robert Fischell, M.S. 1953, inventor and physicist, University of Maryland benefactor[1]
- Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
- Victoria Hale, Founder and CEO of Institute for OneWorld Health, MacArthur Fellow and adjunct associate professor of biopharmaceutical sciences at University of California, San Francisco, advisor to the World Health Organization
- Herbert Hauptman, winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Kate Hutton, Seismologist at Caltech
- Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer for Washington, D.C., advising President Barack Obama's transition committee on technology issues
- George J. Laurer, B.S. 1951, inventor of the Universal Product Code (UPC)[1]
- Russell Marker, B.S. 1923, M.S. 1924, chemist, researcher of steroid chemistry, inventor of octane rating system[1]
- William McCool, NASA astronaut, killed on Columbia mission STS-107
- David M. Mosser, immunologist and professor, Founding Director of Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, Founder and CEO of LeukoSight, Inc
- Sujal Patel, President and CEO of Isilon Systems
- Judith Resnik, Ph.D. 1977, NASA astronaut, died aboard the Challenger[1]
- Paul W. Richards, NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery mission STS-102
- Alex Severinsky, one of developers of the hybrid engine used in the Prius and in other hybrid vehicles
- Raymond St. Leger, mycologist, author, and professor
- Tim Sweeney, computer game programmer and founder of Epic Games
Sports
Men's basketball
- Players
- Lonny Baxter, former NBA player
- Len Bias, basketball player, 1986 ACC Athlete of the Year
- Steve Blake, NBA player
- Keith Booth, former NBA player
- Adrian Branch, former NBA player
- Brad Davis, former NBA player
- Juan Dixon, former NBA player, 2002 NCAA Tournament MOP, ACC Athlete of the Year
- Len Elmore, former NBA player, television sports commentator for ESPN
- Steve Francis, NBA player, 2000 NBA Co-Rookie of the Year
- Jerry Greenspan, former NBA player
- Sarunas Jasikevicius, professional basketball player for Panathinaikos, former NBA player
- Billy Jones, former head coach for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Albert King, former NBA player, 1980 ACC Player of the Year
- John Lucas II former NBA player and coach, tennis player and coach
- Tony Massenburg, former NBA player
- Tom McMillen, U.S. Congressman, former NBA player
- Terence Morris, former NBA player
- Steve Sheppard, former NBA player
- Gene Shue, former NBA player, coach, general manager
- Joe Smith, NBA player, 1995 Naismith College Player of the Year
- Greivis Vasquez, NBA player, 2010 ACC Player of the Year, Bob Cousy Award winner
- Chris Wilcox, NBA player
- Buck Williams, former NBA player
- Walt Williams, former NBA player
- Coaches
- Tom Davis, PhD, head coach at Lafayette, Boston College, Stanford, Iowa, and Drake
- Dave Dickerson, head coach at Tulane
- Chuck Driesell, head coach at The Citadel and Marymount
- Billy Hahn, head coach at La Salle and Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
- Joe Harrington, B.S. 1967, head coach at Colorado, Long Beach State, George Mason, and Hofstra[21]
- Billy Jones, head coach at UMBC
- Gary Williams, B.S. 1968, head coach at Maryland, Ohio State, Boston College, and American[1]
- Jim O'Brien, M.B.A. 1981, NBA head coach[22]
- Gene Shue, head coach of the Baltimore Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Clippers.
- Morgan Wootten, B.S. 1956,[1] DeMatha High School basketball coach,[23] Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, winningest basketball coach at any level
- Tom Young, 1958, head coach at Old Dominion, Rutgers, and American.
- Players
- Dick Bielski, former NFL back, 1955 NFL Draft first round pick
- Joe Campbell, former NFL defensive end, three-time Pro Bowler
- Dale Castro, tied NCAA record for most field goals in a half, 1979 consensus All-American[24]
- Gary Collins, former NFL wide receiver, 1962 NFL Draft first round pick, NFL 1960s All-Decade Team
- Vernon Davis, tied NFL record for most touchdown receptions by a tight end in a season in 2009[25]
- Boomer Esiason, B.G.S. 1984, former NFL quarterback and current television broadcaster, led the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII
- Bernie Faloney, former CFL player, 1961 CFL Most Outstanding Player, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Stan Gelbaugh, former NFL quarterback
- E. J. Henderson, NFL linebacker, 2001 consensus All-American
- Darrius Heyward-Bey, the first wide receiver selected in the 2009 NFL Draft (seventh overall pick)
- Kris Jenkins, NFL defensive tackle, played in Super Bowl XXXVIII
- Stan Jones, former NFL lineman, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- LaMont Jordan, NFL running back for the Denver Broncos; 2000 Heisman Trophy candidate[26]
- Pete Koch, former NFL defensive lineman, 1984 NFL Draft first round pick
- Jermaine Lewis, former NFL wide receiver, two-time Pro Bowler
- Shawne Merriman, NFL linebacker, 2005 NFL Draft first round pick, 2005 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
- Dick Modzelewski, former NFL tackle and head coach, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Ed Modzelewski, former NFL back, 1952 NFL Draft first-round pick
- Neil O'Donnell, former NFL quarterback, played in Super Bowl XXX
- Bob Pellegrini, former NFL linebacker, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Adam Podlesh, NFL punter
- Frank Reich, former NFL quarterback, held both the NFL and NCAA records for the largest margin second half comebacks
- Jack Scarbath, B.S. 1954, former NFL quarterback, 1952 Heisman Trophy runner-up, College Football Hall of Fame inductee[27][28]
- Chad Scott, former NFL cornerback, 1997 NFL Draft first round pick
- Geroy Simon, CFL wide receiver, 2006 CFL Most Outstanding Player
- Ron Solt, former NFL guard, 1984 NFL Draft first round pick
- Steve Suter, set multiple NCAA kick and punt return records
- Mike Tice, former NFL head coach
- Al Wallace, NFL defensive end, played in Super Bowl XXXVIII
- Bob Ward, only player ever named an Associated Press first-team All-American at both an offensive and defense position,[29] College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Randy White, former NFL defensive lineman, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Frank Wycheck, former NFL tight end, three-time Pro Bowler
- Coaches
- Dick Bielski, Washington Federals head coach (1984)
- Brooke Brewer, Akron Pros head coach (1922)
- Curley Byrd, Maryland head coach (1911–1934)
- Tom Chisari, Catholic head coach (1948)
- Mark Duda, Lackawanna College head coach (1994– )[30]
- Bill Elias, George Washington (1960), Virginia (1961–1964), and Navy (1965–1968) head coach
- Jack Faber, Maryland head coach (1935, 1940–1941)
- Ralph Friedgen, Maryland head coach (2001–2010)
- Joe Gardi, Philadelphia Bell (1975) and Hofstra (1990–2005) head coach
- Jim LaRue, Arizona head coach (1959–1966)
- Dick Modzelewski, Cleveland Browns head coach (1977)
- Tommy Mont, DePauw head coach (1959–1976)
- Joe Moss, Ottawa Rough Riders head coach (1974)
- Frank Navarro, Columbia (1968–1973), Wabash (1974–1978), and Princeton (1978–1984) head coach
- Dick Nolan, San Francisco 49ers (1968–1975) and New Orleans Saints (1978–1980) head coach
- William W. Skinner, Maryland (1892) and Arizona (1900–1901) head coach
- Mike Tice, Minnesota Vikings head coach (2001–2005)
- Ron Waller, San Diego Chargers head coach (1973)
Other
- Jen Adams, B.A. 2001, former women's lacrosse player, Tewaaraton Trophy recipient, head coach of Loyola University Maryland
- Bud Beardmore, 1962, lacrosse player and coach, two national championships, 1973 Coach of the Year, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee[31]
- Deane Beman, commissioner of the PGA Tour (1974–1994), World Golf Hall of Fame inductee
- Tim Brant, sports television commentator
- Vicky Bullett, women's basketball player, Olympic gold medalist
- Joe Castiglione, athletic director of the University of Oklahoma[32]
- Brett Cecil, Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
- Cindy Davis, president of Nike Golf
- Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast for the 1992, 1996, 2000 U.S. teams
- Dick Dull, athletic director of the University of Maryland (1981–1986) and California State University, Northridge (1999–2005), among others
- Maurice Edu, Major League Soccer (MLS) player, first overall pick of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft
- Geary Eppley, B.S. 1920, M.S. 1926, athletic director of the University of Maryland (1937–1947)
- Jack Faber, B.S. 1926, M.S. 1927, Ph.D. 1937, lacrosse coach, eight national championships, 1959 Coach of the Year, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee[1]
- Wayne Franklin, former MLB player
- Fred Funk, professional golfer on the PGA Tour
- Laura Harper, WNBA women's basketball player, 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament MOP
- Jeff Hathaway, athletic director of the University of Connecticut[33]
- Al Heagy, B.S. 1930, lacrosse player and coach, seven national championships, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee[34]
- John Howard, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1967, lacrosse coach, 1967 national co-championship, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee[35]
- Jim Kehoe, 1940, athletic director of the University of Maryland (1969–1978)
- Charlie Keller, MLB player, five-time All-Star selection
- Justin Maxwell, MLB player in the New York Yankees organization
- Eric Milton, MLB player
- Renaldo Nehemiah, B.A. 1981, track athlete, former holder of the 110m hurdle and current holder of the 55m hurdles world records[1]
- Travis Pastrana, motorsports competitor and stuntman[36]
- Cathy Reese, B.A. 1998, women's lacrosse coach for the University of Maryland and formerly the University of Denver; 2010 NCAA championship[37]
- Chris Seitz, MLS player, fourth overall pick of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft
- Kristi Toliver, WNBA women's basketball player
- Taylor Twellman, MLS and United States men's national soccer team player, 2005 MLS MVP
- Frank Urso, lacrosse player, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, one of just four college lacrosse players all-time to earn first-team All-America honors all four seasons[38]
- Chris Weller, 1966, women's basketball coach of the University of Maryland, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- Grant Catalino, 2011, MLL player with Rochester
Miscellaneous
Fictional people
Faculty
The following individuals serve or served on the University of Maryland faculty, but are not alumni.
Nobel laureates
Benefactors
This list is intended to capture the notable benefactors and other people connected with the University of Maryland, College Park, but who were not alumni, unless noted with a year of graduation.
- Steve Bisciotti, owner of the Baltimore Ravens, benefactor of the athletics program, and personal friend of former men's basketball coach Gary Williams[39]
- Michael D. Dingman (B.A. 1955), international investor[40]
- Jack Heise (B.A. 1947), longtime benefactor of the athletics program[41]
- Glenn L. Martin, aircraft pioneer for which the Institute of Technology is named
- Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor of Maryland from 1951 to 1959
- Philip Merrill, media mogul and namesake of the College of Journalism
- Robert Novak, journalist and benefactor the athletics program[42]
- Kevin Plank (B.A. 1996), founder and CEO of Under Armour apparel[43]
- Susan Carroll Schwab, current U.S. Trade Representative and former dean of the School of Public Policy
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