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This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the
List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients , and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the
List of University of Florida faculty and administrators .
Century Tower – a tribute to the students and alumni who died in
World War I and
World War II
University of Florida Alumni Association
Engineering, science, and mathematics
Dr. Marshall Nirenberg
Dr. Nils Diaz
Dr. Jonathan Earle
Dr. Pramod Khargonekar
Peter Pritchard
Dr. Michael Ryschkewitsch
Dr. Will Steffen
Dr. Ashutosh Tewari
Eva Vertes
Dr. James Thompson
Dr. Robert Grubbs
Mark Adler , researcher, known for his work in
data compression , and creator of
zlib and
gzip
James Allchin , developed
Microsoft operating systems, former executive
Miguel Altieri ,
agroecologist at the
University of California, Berkeley
John D. Anderson , curator of aerodynamics at the
National Air and Space Museum
John Vincent Atanasoff , inventor of the
first automatic electronic digital computer
C. D. Atkins , co-creator of frozen orange juice concentrate
Marc Baldus , physicist and expert in
solid-state NMR spectroscopy
Rodney J. Bartlett , chemist,
Guggenheim Fellow
Marston Bates , zoologist and fellow with the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sidney W. Bijou ,
developmental psychologist
George F. Bond , physician, father of
saturation diving
Karen Ramey Burns , forensic anthropologist,
Fulbright Scholar
Brian Caffo , winner of the
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Berry L. Cannon , aquanaut
Archie Carr ,
zoologist , conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Marjorie Harris Carr , pioneer in the American
Conservation Movement
Amitava Chattopadhyay , Professor in Corporate Innovation
Jack Clemons , aerospace engineer and air and space industry professional
Paul Cootner , financial economist
Robert Costanza ,
ecological economist , Gund Professor of
Ecological economics and Director of the
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the
University of Vermont
Thomas R. Cundari , Director of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling
Thomas Des Jean ,
anthropologist
Nils J. Diaz , former chairman of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jonathan F. Earle , engineer, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
G. B. Edwards , taxonomic entomologist specializing primarily in spiders
John F. Eisenberg , zoologist
David Ehrenfeld , biologist and author
Wesley R. Elsberry ,
marine biologist
Philip Don Estridge , led development of the original
IBM Personal Computer (PC), known as "father of the IBM PC"
Manuel Fernandez , entrepreneur, guiding force behind the
Gavilan SC , the first laptop computer
Fred Gage , researcher of
Alzheimer's disease and the
spinal cord
Jesse James Garrett ,
experience designer , who coined the term
Ajax
Jürgen Gauß ,
German
theoretical chemist
Robert Gentry , nuclear physicist and creationist advocate
John W. Griffin , archaeologist, researcher, administrator, and author
Keith E. Gubbins , member of the National Academy of Engineering in the chemistry section
Herbert Gursky , former superintendent of the
Naval Research Laboratory 's Space Science Division
Kelsie Harder , onomastician
Steven Hebert ,
nephrologist
Richard Highton , zoologist, current
professor emeritus of biology at the
University of Maryland
Shere Hite , sex educator and feminist
Horton H. Hobbs Jr. , carcinologist, and former head curator of the
United States National Museum
James Hollan , cognitive scientist, professor at
University of California, San Diego
Nicholas Honerkamp ,
archaeologist
George Kauffman , former professor emeritus of chemistry,
Guggenheim Fellow
Jerold Kemp , researcher in the field of Instructional Design
Pramod Khargonekar , former dean of the
University of Florida College of Engineering ,
control system theorist
Thomas Kilduff , neuroscientist and the director of
SRI International 's Center for Neuroscience
Bruce C. Kone , former dean of the
University of Florida College of Medicine
Martin Kreitman ,
geneticist , professor at the
University of Chicago
Kenney Krysko , herpetologist
Thomas Des Jean , anthropologist
Alan M. Jones , cell biologist, Kenan Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Capers Jones ,
software engineer
Joseph C. Joyce , current executive Vice President for the
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Reynol Junco , psychologist and social media researcher, fellow at
Harvard University
K Ullas Karanth , Indian zoologist
Seymour London , physician, and inventor of the first automatic
blood pressure monitor
Ira Longini , biostatistician and infectious disease epidemiologist
Robert Love , author, speaker, and
open source
software developer
Louis G. MacDowell , co-creator of frozen orange juice concentrate
Ron Magill , wildlife expert, photographer and communications director for the regional
Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens
Chris Malachowsky , computer scientist and co-founder of
NVIDIA
M. Cristina Marchetti , physicist, professor at
University of California, Santa Barbara
Preston McAfee , current vice president for
Yahoo! Research
Edwin H. McConkey , biologist who studies evolution, current Professor Emeritus at the
University of Colorado
Jerald Milanich , anthropologist and archaeologist
William J. Mitsch , ecologist
Lee Ann Newsom , anthropologist, and
MacArthur Fellow
Nandini Nimbkar , current president of the
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in India
Carole C. Noon , primatologist, founder of
Save the Chimps
Jerald S. Paul , former Deputy Administrator for the
National Nuclear Security Administration
Maryly Van Leer Peck , first woman to receive an M.S. and a PhD in Chemical Engineering at
University of Florida , president at
Polk Community College
Gary John Previts , accountant, Professor of Leadership and Enterprise Development
David Price ,
anthropologist
Peter Pritchard , zoologist
Anil K. Rajvanshi , mechanical engineer, and current Director of the
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in India
K. R. Rao , electrical engineer and co-inventor of the
Discrete cosine transform
Michael Reynolds ,
astronomer
Lesa Roe , current Chancellor of the
University of North Texas System , and former director of the NASA's
Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia
Douglas A. Rossman ,
herpetologist
Michael Ryschkewitsch , former chief engineer for
NASA
Melvin Sabshin , former Medical Director of the
American Psychiatric Association
Stephanie Moulton Sarkis , psychotherapist and author
Samuel Sears , psychologist
Dana Shires , medical researcher, member of the team that developed
Gatorade
Aseem Shukla , professor of urology at
University of Pennsylvania and co-founder of
Hindu American Foundation
Stephen C. Sillett , botanist
Robert S. Singleton , engineer, inventor, scientist, teacher of magnetics and computing
Sung Won Sohn ,
Korean American economist
Eduardo Sontag , Argentine
mathematician
Jeffrey Spieler, current director of research for
USAID
Lewis Stadler ,
geneticist
David Steadman , museum curator
Will Steffen , executive director of the ANU Climate Change Institute
Gilbert Stork , creator of the
Stork enamine alkylation , professor emeritus of chemistry at
Columbia University
Ashutosh Tewari , Indian oncologist and urologist
Michael Thomas , entomologist
James Thompson , former director of the
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Wolfgang A. Tomé , physicist
Eva Vertes , Alzheimer's and cancer researcher
Michael Warren ,
forensic anthropologist
Taylor Pappas , Therapist
Nobel Prize laureates
Astronauts
Kevin Ford
Andrew M. Allen , former NASA
astronaut , and former
U.S. Marine Corps naval aviator
William Frederick Fisher , former NASA astronaut, and current medical doctor
Kevin A. Ford , former NASA astronaut pilot
Fitzhugh L. Fulton , research pilot at NASA's
Dryden Flight Research Center
Ronald J. Garan , NASA astronaut, and former
U.S. Air Force pilot
Donald L. Mallick , former NASA research pilot
Bill Nelson , former
U.S. Senator and former
U.S. Representative ;
Space Shuttle payload specialist astronaut (non-NASA Astronaut Corps); part of NASA initiative for placing U.S. congressional members in space until initiative suspended following Columbia accident
Ronald A. Parise , former NASA astronaut
Norman Thagard , former NASA astronaut, and current professor of engineering at
Florida State University
Presidents of universities and colleges
Sandy D'Alemberte
Dr. Madaboosi Ananth
Byong Man Ahn , former president of
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in
Seoul, Korea , and former
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for
South Korea
M. S. Ananth , former director of
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
M. Katherine Banks , 26th and current president of
Texas A&M University
George F. Baughman , founding president of
New College of Florida
P. George Benson , current president of the
College of Charleston
Thomas G. Carpenter , former president of
Memphis State University and
University of North Florida
Marshall Criser , former president of
University of Florida and former chairman of
Scripps Florida
Harold B. Crosby , former president of
University of West Florida and
Florida International University
Gay Culverhouse , former president of
Notre Dame College and president of the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sandy D'Alemberte , former president of
Florida State University and the
American Bar Association
John Delaney , former president of the
University of North Florida , former chancellor of the
State University System of Florida
Donald Eastman , current president of
Eckerd College
Ray F. Ferrero Jr. , former president and current chancellor of
Nova Southeastern University
Fred Gainous , former president of
Florida A&M University
S. Malcolm Gillis , former president of
Rice University
Lori Stewart Gonzalez , 23rd president of
Ohio University ; interim president of
University of Louisville
Madlyn L. Hanes , current president of
Penn State Harrisburg
Carl Hite , president of
Cleveland State Community College , Tennessee
Carolyn Ringer Lepre , 10th president of
Salisbury University ; interim president of
Radford University
Robert Lindgren , current president of
Randolph-Macon College
Charles N. Millican , founding president of the
University of Central Florida
Stephen C. O'Connell , former president of the University of Florida, former
Florida Supreme Court justice
Eduardo J. Padrón , current president of
Miami Dade College
Paul G. Pearson , former president of
Miami University and former interim president for
Rutgers University
William L. Proctor , former chancellor of
Flagler College
Michael Rao , current president of
Virginia Commonwealth University , and former president of
Central Michigan University
W. Reece Smith Jr. , former president of the
University of South Florida and the
American Bar Association , and
Rhodes Scholar
Norman L. Stephens Jr. , current president of
South Florida State College
Ann Stuart , current president of
Texas Woman's University
Janet Todd , current president of
Lucy Cavendish College at the
University of Cambridge
E. Jean Walker , former president of
Virginia Highlands Community College
Politicians, military officers, and judges
Jeffrey Atwater
Ellyn Bogdanoff
John Bolt
Pam Bondi
Bernadette Castro
Anitere Flores
Joseph Kittinger
Jonathan Lovitz
Stephen C. O'Connell
Adam Putnam
Nan Rich
Keith Sonderling
Jim Williams
Dr. Barbara Stephenson
Lucius Battle
Alto L. Adams , former justice of the
Florida Supreme Court
Philip Agee , former operative for the
Central Intelligence Agency
J.D. Alexander , former member of the
Florida Senate
John R. Alison , the father of
U.S. Air Force special operations
Chester R. Allen , major general in the Marine Corps and former Quartermaster General
William C. Andrews , former member of the
Florida House of Representatives
Harry Lee Anstead , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Winston Arnow , judge who presided over the
Gainesville Eight trial
Jeffrey Atwater , former
Chief Financial Officer of Florida and former president of the
Florida Senate
Byllye Avery , health care activist
Doug Band , chief advisor to former president
Bill Clinton ; created the
Clinton Global Initiative ; founding partner of
Teneo , a global consulting firm
Dempsey Barron , former
President of the Florida Senate
Charles R. Black Jr. , lobbyist; adviser to President
Ronald Reagan
Dick Black , current member of the
Virginia Senate
Ellyn Bogdanoff , current member of the
Florida Senate
John F. Bolt , lieutenant colonel,
United States Marine Corps ,
Naval Aviator ,
Navy Cross recipient
Pam Bondi , former
Attorney General of Florida
Rob Bradley , current member of the
Florida Senate
Bob Butterworth , former
Florida Attorney General , dean of
St. Thomas University College of Law
Scott Camil , political activist, known primarily for leading the
Gainesville Eight
John F. Campbell , current
President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate
Skip Campbell , former member of the
Florida Senate , ran unsuccessfully for Florida Attorney General, professor at
Nova Southeastern University
Dean Cannon , former
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Bernadette Castro , former Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation for the State of
New York
Agripino Cawich , former member of the
Belize House of Representatives
Leonard F. Chapman Jr. , general,
United States Marine Corps , 24th
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Mack Cleveland , former member of the
Florida Senate
Rik Combs , retired USAF officer and 2020 Missouri gubernatorial candidate.
Doyle Conner , former
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture , and former Speaker of the
Florida House of Representatives
C. Welborn Daniel , former member of the
Florida Senate
Louis A. de la Parte Jr. , former
President of the Florida Senate
Paula Dockery , former member of the
Florida Senate and current
Majority Whip
Stan Dromisky , former member of the
House of Commons of Canada , current professor and a director of the
Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Raymond Ehrlich , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Richard Ervin , former
Florida Attorney General
Earl Faircloth , former
Florida Attorney General
Marc Feinstein , Minority Whip of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
Steven W. Fisher , former judge for the
New York Supreme Court
Anitere Flores , current member of the
Florida Senate
Nikki Fried , current commissioner of the
Florida Department of Agriculture
Jamal Sowell , current CEO and President of
Enterprise Florida and the Florida Secretary of Commerce
Dane Eagle , current Executive Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and former member of the
Florida House of Representatives
Lou Frost , public defender in Jacksonville for 36 years
Piti Gándara , member of the
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Jason Gonzalez , former General Counsel to the Governor of Florida
George Greer , circuit court judge who presided over the
Terri Schiavo case, he serves in the Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Court
Stephen H. Grimes , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Ralph Haben , former
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and lobbyist
Mattox Hair , former member of the
Florida Senate
Dorsey B. Hardeman , former member of both houses of the
Texas State Legislature and former mayor of
San Angelo
Stuart A. Herrington , author and retired counterintelligence officer with the
United States Army
Bertram Herlong , former bishop with the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee
Mallory Horne , former president of the
Florida Senate , former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Bruce Jacob , former assistant attorney general of Florida, and prosecuted in
Gideon v. Wainwright
Joe Jacquot , former deputy attorney general of the
state of Florida
Adam M. Jarchow , current member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
Frederick B. Karl , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court and former member of the
Florida Senate
Mitchell Kaye , member of the
Georgia House of Representatives
Larry Kirkwood , former member of the
Florida House of Representatives
Joseph Kittinger , colonel, U.S. Air Force; USAF fighter pilot known for his high-altitude balloon flights and parachute jumps
Jeff Kottkamp , former
Florida lieutenant governor
James W. Kynes , former
Florida Attorney General , former vice president for the Jim Walter Corporation
Jorge Labarga , current justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Lewis Landes , former
U.S. Army colonel and prominent attorney
Row Lewis ,
Grenadian activist
Jonathan Lovitz , Biden Administration Appointee to
Department of Commerce , national LGBTQ advocate
Evelyn J. Lynn , current member of the Florida Senate
Scott Makar , former
Florida Solicitor General
Parker Lee McDonald , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Virginia Montes , Latina civil rights activist and feminist
Ashley Moody , current
Florida Attorney General , Florida Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court Judge
Marcela Mulholland , political director of
Data for Progress
Stephen C. O'Connell , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court and president of the University of Florida
Ben F. Overton , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Andrew Owens , former Gators basketball player and current circuit Court judge
Obie Patterson , current member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
Robert C. Pittman , awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross
Verle A. Pope , former
President of the Florida Senate
Edgar Price , former member of the Florida Senate
Adam Putnam , former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, former
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
Nan Rich , current member of the Florida Senate
Jose Rodriguez , 31-year veteran of the
Central Intelligence Agency , where he served as the
Director of the National Clandestine Service
Richard Sealy , Barbadian Tourism Minister
Harold Sebring , judge at the
Nuremberg Trials , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
T. Terrell Sessums , former speaker of the House of Representatives for
Florida , former chairman of the
Florida Board of Regents
William A. Shands , former member of the
Florida Senate and namesake of the
Shands Hospital
Robert Shevin , former
Florida Attorney General , current judge on Third District Court of Appeal of Florida
Bruce Smathers , former
Florida Secretary of State
Terry Smiljanich , counsel to the
U.S. Senate during the Congressional hearing on the
Iran-Contra Affair
Rod Smith , former member of the Florida Senate, successfully prosecuted
Danny Rolling , ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida
Keith Sonderling , Commissioner of the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Susan Stanton , former
city manager of
Largo, Florida , and
transsexual activist
Douglas Stenstrom , former member of the Florida Senate
Mac Stipanovich , Republican lobbyist and political consultant who had a large role in the
2000 Florida Recount
Evelyn L. Stratton , current justice of the
Ohio Supreme Court
William Glenn Terrell , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Tommy Thompson , current member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
B. Campbell Thornal , former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Ralph Turlington , former
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
W. Fred Turner , successful attorney in the landmark
U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright
Tom Warner , former
Florida Solicitor General and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Charles T. Wells , former justice of the
Florida Supreme Court
Lezlee Westine , former
Assistant to the President for Public Liaison in the
Bush Administration
Jim Williams , former deputy secretary of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture , and former
Florida lieutenant governor
Charles F. Willis , distinguished Naval Aviator who served as an aide to U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States ambassadors
Frank Almaguer , former
U.S. Ambassador to
Honduras
Lucius D. Battle , former U.S. Ambassador to
Egypt , former president of the Middle Eastern Institute
Carey Cavanaugh , former U.S. Ambassador, current director of
Patterson School of Diplomacy
Stanley Tuemler Escudero , former U.S. Ambassador to
Tajikistan ,
Uzbekistan and
Azerbaijan
Dennis K. Hays , former U.S. Ambassador to
Suriname
Barbara J. Stephenson , former U.S. Ambassador to
Panama and current
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
Donald L. Tucker , former U.S. Ambassador to the
Dominican Republic , former Speaker of the
Florida House of Representatives
A. Vernon Weaver , former U.S. Ambassador to the
European Union
United States senators
Bob Graham
Marco Rubio
Charles O. Andrews , former
U.S. Senator
[1]
Lawton Chiles , former U.S. Senator and
Florida governor
[2]
John Porter East , former U.S. Senator (North Carolina)
[3]
Bob Graham , former U.S. Senator, Florida governor, and
U.S. presidential candidate
[4]
William Luther Hill , former U.S. Senator
[5]
Spessard Holland , former U.S. Senator and Florida governor, founder of
Holland & Knight
[6]
Connie Mack III , former U.S. Senator and
U.S. Representative
[7]
Bill Nelson , former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative
[8]
Marco Rubio , current U.S. Senator, and former Speaker of the
Florida House of Representatives
[9]
George A. Smathers , former U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and benefactor of the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida
[10]
Federal judges
Sidney Aronovitz , former judge for the
U.S. District Court (
Southern District of Florida )
C. Clyde Atkins , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
William J. Barker , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Rosemary Barkett , current judge for the
U.S. Court of Appeals (
Eleventh Circuit ), former justice of the
Florida Supreme Court
Susan H. Black , current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (
Middle District of Florida )
Beth Bloom , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
William J. Castagna , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Anne C. Conway , current chief judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Roy B. Dalton Jr. , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Brian J. Davis , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Edward B. Davis , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
William Dimitrouleas , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Rosemary Barkett
Susan Black
James Whittemore
George Young
Joe Oscar Eaton , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Patricia C. Fawsett , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Peter T. Fay , current senior judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Charles B. Fulton , former chief judge of the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida), 1966–1977
Alan Stephen Gold , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
William Terrell Hodges , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Charlene Honeywell , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Marcia Morales Howard , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Paul Huck , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Elizabeth Jenkins , current
U.S. magistrate judge (Middle District of Florida)
James W. Kehoe , former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), and U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
James Lawrence King , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Ben Krentzman , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Richard A. Lazzara , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
William McRae , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida; Middle District of Florida)
William O. Mehrtens , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Howell W. Melton , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Steven D. Merryday , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Stephan P. Mickle , current judge for the U.S. District Court (
Northern District of Florida )
David L. Middlebrooks , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
Donald M. Middlebrooks , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
James S. Moody Jr. , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
James Carriger Paine , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Maurice M. Paul , current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
S. Jay Plager , current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (
Federal Circuit )
Gregory A. Presnell , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
John M. Bryan Simpson , former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (
Fifth Circuit ), and U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
John Richard Smoak Jr. , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
Eugene P. Spellman , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Jose Victor Toledo , former judge for (
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico )
Ursula Mancusi Ungaro , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
Mark E. Walker , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
George Whitehurst , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern and Southern Districts of Florida)
James Whittemore , current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
George C. Young , former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida)
United States Representatives
Jason Altmire
Gus Bilirakis
Marjorie Holt
Evan Jenkins
John Mica
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Jason Altmire , former
U.S. Representative
[11]
Charles Edward Bennett , former
U.S. Representative
[12]
Gus Bilirakis , current U.S. Representative
[13]
Michael Bilirakis , former U.S. Representative
[14]
Corrine Brown , former U.S. Representative
[15]
William V. Chappell Jr. , former U.S. Representative
[16]
Ander Crenshaw , former U.S. Representative
[17]
Jim Davis , former U.S. Representative, ran unsuccessfully for
Governor of Florida
[18]
Don Fuqua , former U.S. Representative
[19]
Sam Gibbons , former U.S. Representative
[20]
James W. Grant , former U.S. Representative
[21]
Robert A. Green , former U.S. Representative
[22]
Bill Gunter , former U.S. Representative[
citation needed ]
Syd Herlong , former U.S. Representative
[23]
Marjorie Holt , former U.S. Representative
[24]
Craig James , former U.S. Representative
[25]
Evan Jenkins , former U.S. Representative from West Virginia
[26]
Harry Johnston , former U.S. Representative
[27]
Bill Lantaff , former U.S. Representative[
citation needed ]
Tom Lewis , former U.S. Representative
[28]
Connie Mack III , former U.S. Representative and
U.S. Senator
[29]
Connie Mack IV , former U.S. Representative
[30]
Buddy MacKay , former U.S. Representative
[31]
Betsy Markey , former U.S. Representative
[32]
Donald Ray Matthews , former U.S. Representative
[33]
Bill McCollum , former U.S. Representative and former
Florida Attorney General
[34]
Chester B. McMullen , former U.S. Representative
[35]
Daniel Mica , former U.S. Representative
[36]
John Mica , former U.S. Representative
[37]
Dan Miller , former U.S. Representative
[38]
Jeff Miller , former U.S. Representative
[39]
Bill Nelson , former U.S. Representative and current U.S. Senator
[40]
J. Hardin Peterson , former U.S. Representative
[41]
Adam Putnam , former U.S. Representative
[42]
Paul G. Rogers , former U.S. Representative
[43]
Tom Rooney , former U.S. Representative
[44]
Dennis A. Ross , current U.S. Representative
[45]
Joe Scarborough , former U.S. Representative and current
MSNBC talk show host
[46]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz , current U.S. Representative
[47]
Bob Sikes , former U.S. Representative
[48]
Karen Thurman , former U.S. Representative
[49]
Robert Wexler , former U.S. Representative
[50]
Ted Yoho , current U.S. Representative
[51]
Greg Steube , current U.S. Representative
[52]
Governors
Reubin Askew
Reubin O'Donovan Askew , former
Florida governor
C. Farris Bryant , former Florida governor
Lawton Chiles , former Florida governor and
U.S. Senator
Bob Graham , former Florida governor, U.S. Senator, and
presidential candidate
Spessard Holland , former Florida governor U.S. Senator, and founder of
Holland & Knight
Charley Eugene Johns , former governor
Buddy MacKay , former Florida governor and
Florida lieutenant governor
Daniel T. McCarty , former Florida governor
Wayne Mixson , former Florida governor and lieutenant governor
Beverly Perdue , former
North Carolina governor , and former
North Carolina lieutenant governor
Fuller Warren , former Florida governor
Mayors
Buddy Dyer
Ed Austin , former mayor of
Jacksonville, Florida
Lenny Curry , former mayor of
Jacksonville, Florida
John Delaney , former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Buddy Dyer , current mayor of
Orlando, Florida
Randy Ewers , current mayor of
Ocala, Florida
Robert L. Floyd , former mayor of Miami, Florida
Pegeen Hanrahan , former mayor of
Gainesville
Rick Kriseman , mayor of
St. Petersburg, Florida
John Land , currently the longest-serving mayor in the history of the
State of Florida
Julian Lane , former mayor of Tampa, Florida
Craig Lowe , former mayor of Gainesville, Florida
William F. Poe , former mayor of Tampa, Florida
Hans Tanzler , former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Leon Salomon
Paul Tibbets
Generals and admirals
John R. Alison , retired
U.S. Air Force
major general , and father of Air Force Special Operations
George F. Baughman , retired
U.S. Navy
rear admiral , and founding president of
New College of Florida
Albert H. Blanding , retired
U.S. Army
lieutenant general
Richard E. Cellon , active U.S. Navy rear admiral
Leonard F. Chapman Jr. , retired
U.S. Marine Corps
general , former
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Charles W. Dorman , retired U.S. Marine Corps
brigadier general , former Chief Judge of the U.S.
Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
Mark T. Emerson , active U.S. Navy rear admiral, current commander of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center
Joseph C. Joyce , retired U.S. Army brigadier general, current vice president of
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Richard B. Landolt , active U.S. Navy rear admiral
John M. LeMoyne , retired U.S. Army Lieutenant general
Leon E. Salomon , retired U.S. Army general, current vice president for
Rubbermaid
Leland C. Shepard , retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general
Alan S. Thompson , retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; former Director of U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
Paul Tibbets , retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, pilot of the
Enola Gay
Kenneth S. Wilsbach , active U.S. Air Force general
Business executives, policy leaders and others
Carol Browner
Pedro Greer
Jon Mills
Frederick Schultz
Frank Shorter
Hal Steinbrenner
Jim Thompson
Karen Thurman
Craig Waters
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari , former Minister of Higher Education for the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Raymond W. Alden III , current provost and executive vice president of
Northern Illinois University
A. Paul Anderson , former commissioner of the
United States Federal Maritime Commission
Steve Atkiss , former Chief of Staff at the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and principal with
Command Consulting Group
DuBose Ausley , former chairman of the
Florida Board of Regents
Debra D. Austin , former chancellor of the
State University System of Florida
Thomas E. Baker , founding member of the
Florida International University College of Law
Holly Benson , former secretary of the
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Alan Stephenson Boyd , former secretary of the
United States Department of Transportation
Robert B. Bradley , current vice president at
Florida State University
David Bryan , bishop in the
Anglican Church in North America
Carol Browner , former director of the
White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the
Obama administration and former Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
Dana Bullen , former director of the Press Freedom Committee, former foreign editor of
The Washington Star
Kiki Carter , former environmental activist, organizer, songwriter, and columnist
Robert B. Carter , current CIO of the
FedEx Corporation
Alan Cohen , former owner of the
Florida Panthers hockey team
John J. Considine , current senior minister for the
Unity Church , former member of the
Florida House of Representatives
Marshall Criser , former chairman of
Scripps Florida , and former president of the University of Florida
Marshall Criser III , current chancellor of the
State University System of Florida
J. Broward Culpepper , first chancellor of the
State University System of Florida , and former dean at
Florida State University
J.J. Daniel , former publisher of
The Florida Times-Union and
Jacksonville Journal
Paul Rand Dixon , former commissioner and chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission
Ngo Dong , founder of
Cuong Nhu
Carl Epting , current bishop for the
Episcopal Church
Mark Erstling , senior vice president and chief operating officer for the Association of Public Television Stations
Mark S. Fowler , former
Federal Communications Commissioner
Richard Gershon , current dean of the
University of Mississippi School of Law
Pedro José Greer , winner of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom , and assistant dean for
Florida International University College of Medicine
Bill Gurley , general partner at
Benchmark Capital
Nikolas Gvosdev , former editor of
The National Interest and professor at the
Naval War College and
Georgetown University
John Halinski , former Deputy Administrator for the
Transportation Security Administration
Mason Hawkins , founder of Southeastern Asset Management
Kenneth T. Henson , current dean of education at
The Citadel
Bertram Nelson Herlong , former Episcopal bishop of Tennessee
Thomas Hill , former vice president at
Iowa State University
Lawrence J. Hoffman , founder of
Greenberg Traurig
Willis N. Holcombe , former chancellor of the
Florida College System
Van Ellis Huff , inventor of the
jalousie window
Carrie Julier, current COO of
Orangetheory Fitness
Steven J. Kachelmeier , current editor of
The Accounting Review and professor at
The University of Texas at Austin
Mark E. Kaplan , former Secretary of the
Florida Department of Transportation
Jack Katz , founder and chief executive officer of the Panama Jack Company
Denise Krepp , former Chief Council for U.S.
Maritime Administration
Douglas Leigh , advertising executive, and pioneer in signage and
outdoor advertising , and created New York City's
Times Square
Josh Linkner , founder, chief executive officer and executive chairman of ePrize, chief executive officer and general partner of Detroit Venture Partners
Chris Linn , current vice president for
MTV
Robert Love , software developer who uses
open source , known for his contributions to the
Linux kernel
Alan M. Lovelace , former deputy administrator of
NASA
CJ Lyons , physician and writer of medical suspense novels
Stephen MacNamara , current vice president of
Florida State University
Scott Makar , former
Florida Solicitor General
Jack C. Massey , former owner of
Kentucky Fried Chicken and founder of
Hospital Corporation of America
Bill McBride , lawyer, former managing partner of
Holland & Knight , ran unsuccessfully for Governor of
Florida in 2002
Kip McKean , founder of the
International Churches of Christ
James E. McLean , current dean of education at the
University of Alabama
Howell W. Melton Jr. , former managing partner for Holland & Knight
Jon L. Mills , former dean of the university's
Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Dianna Fuller Morgan , former senior vice president of
Walt Disney World , current chairman of the
University of Florida Board of Trustees
John Morgan , founder of Morgan & Morgan nationwide personal injury firm
Joe Nosef , current chairman of the
Mississippi Republican Party
Esther Olavarria , current deputy assistant secretary for
United States Department of Homeland Security
Karen W. Pane , former assistant secretary for the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Wilford B. Poe , current vice president for the Space Systems Group
William F. Powers , former vice president of research for the
Ford Motor Company
Buzz Ritchie , co-founder of Gulf Coast Community Bank, former member of
Florida House of Representatives
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. , former director of the
Central Intelligence Agency 's
National Clandestine Service
Howie Roseman , current general manager of the
Philadelphia Eagles
Stephen M. Ross , current owner of the
Miami Dolphins
Scott W. Rothstein , disbarred attorney and convicted felon charged with perpetrating a $1.2 billion
Ponzi scheme
Frederick H. Schultz , former vice chairman of the
Federal Reserve System , and former Speaker of the
Florida House of Representatives
Frank Shorter , former chairman of the
United States Anti-Doping Agency , and Olympic gold medalist
James F. Sirmons , radio broadcast pioneer and former executive vice president of Industrial Relations at
CBS
Eric J. Smith , former
Education Commissioner of Florida
Hal Steinbrenner , current executive vice president and general partner for the
New York Yankees
Haywood Sullivan , former owner of the
Boston Red Sox
Melinda Lou Thomas , namesake of
Wendy's restaurants and daughter of Wendy's founder
Dave Thomas
James R. Thompson Jr. , former director of NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center
Karen Thurman , former chairwoman of the
Florida Democratic Party , and former
U.S. Representative
Julie K. Underwood , current dean of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
Craig Waters , spokesman for the
Florida Supreme Court during the
2000 presidential election controversy
James L. Wattenbarger , creator of the
Florida Community Colleges System
A. Vernon Weaver , former administrator of the
U.S. Small Business Administration
David P. Weber , former Chief Investigator of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , and professor at the Perdue School of Business at
Salisbury University
Harry Wismer , founding owner of the New York Titans, which became the
New York Jets
Presidents and chief executive officers
Alan Boyd
Malcolm Bricklin
Dr. André-Philippe Futa
Betsy Markey
Satya Prabhakar
Robert Wexler
Braulio Alonso , former president of the
National Education Association (NEA)
Martha Barnett , former president of American Bar Association (ABA)
Edward L. Bowen , current president of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
Alan Stephenson Boyd , former president of
Amtrak ,
Airbus , and
Illinois Central Railroad
James W. Bradford (BA 1969), CEO of AFG Industries, 1992–1999, and the United Glass Corporation 1999–2001
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Malcolm Bricklin , former CEO of
Subaru of America and creator of the
Bricklin SV-1
Joie Chitwood , current president and chief operating officer of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Robert Cohn , former CEO and founder of
Octel Communications
Gay Culverhouse , former president of the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sandy D'Alemberte , former president the American Bar Association, and
Florida State University
John Dasburg , former CEO of
Northwest Airlines , and former chairman of the
Burger King Corporation
Martin Ebner (born 1945), Swiss billionaire businessman
Michele Elliott , author, psychologist, and founder of child protection charity
Kidscape
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Manuel Fernandez , former CEO of
Gartner , and former chairman of the
University of Florida Board of Trustees
Craig Fleisher , former president of the international association of
Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals , Chair of the Competitive Intelligence Foundation
Mary Lou Foy , former president of the
National Press Photographers Association
Bill France Jr. , former president of
NASCAR
André-Philippe Futa , former president of
Parti de l'Alliance Nationale pour l'Unité
Todd H. Goldman , founder and CEO of the
David and Goliath Company
Mércio Pereira Gomes , former president of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (
FUNAI )
Alexander Grass , founder and former CEO of
Rite Aid
Ben Hill Griffin III , former chairman and CEO of Alico, Inc.
Kelsie B. Harder , former president of the
American Name Society and professor
Linda Hudson , former president of BAE Systems' Land & Armaments
Susan Ivey , current chairman and CEO of
Reynolds American
John Janick , founder and current CEO of
Fueled by Ramen Records
William King , former president of the
National Academy of Design
Anjan Lahiri , current CEO of Birlasoft
Alan Levine , current CEO of the Broward Hospital District, former Secretary of Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration
Betsy Markey , current CEO of Syscom Services, former
U.S. Representative
Steven Marrs , founder and current CEO of Branded Pictures
J. Keith Moyer , former publisher of the
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sara Myers , former president of the
American Theological Library Association
David Nelms , current CEO of
Discover Financial
Nandini Nimbkar , President of
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute
Kike Oniwinde , founder of BYP Network
Fikret Orman , current president of
Beşiktaş J.K. , a Turkish sports club
Donna Pastore , current president of the National Association for Girls & Women in Sports
Herb Peyton , founder and president of the Gate Petroleum Company
Satya Prabhakar , founder and current CEO of
Sulekha
Gary B. Pruitt , current president and CEO of the
Associated Press
Edward G. Roberts Jr. , former president of the Federation of Professional Athletes, inducted to the
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Howard Roffman , current president of
Lucas Licensing
Al Rosen , former president of the
Houston Astros and
New York Yankees
Sachio Semmoto , current CEO for
eAccess and eMobile
Eleanor Smeal , former president of
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Chesterfield Smith , former president of the American Bar Association (ABA)
W. Reece Smith Jr. , former president of the American Bar Association, and the
University of South Florida ;
Rhodes Scholar
Sung Won Sohn , current CEO of Hanmi Financial Corp, former chief economist of
Wells Fargo
Margaretta Styles , former president of the
American Nurses Association
David M. Thomas , former CEO of
IMS Health
Carlos O. Torano , current president of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco
Nusli Wadia , Chairman of the
Wadia Group , son of
Neville Wadia and
Dina Wadia , grandson of
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and
Rattanbai Jinnah
Wayne Weaver , former owner of the
Jacksonville Jaguars , current CEO of
Shoe Carnival
Scott Weiss , former CEO of
IronPort Systems, Inc.
Lezlee Westine , current president and CEO of
Personal Care Products Council
Robert Wexler , current president of the
Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation , former U.S. Representative
Charles F. Willis , former president of
Alaska Airlines
Walter J. Zable , founder, and former chairman and CEO of
Cubic Corporation
Stephen N. Zack , former president of the American Bar Association (ABA)
Anita Zucker , former governor and chairman of the
Hudson's Bay Company
Jerry Zucker , former CEO of the Polymer Group and former governor and chairman of the
Hudson's Bay Company
Architects
Lawrence Scarpa
Alberto Alfonso , founding principal and President of Alfonso Architects
Carlos J. Alfonso , founding principal and CEO of Alfonso Architects, former chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees
Alex Anmahian , co-founding partner of Anmahian Winton Architects and faculty member at
Harvard University
Stephen Francis Jones , architect known for high-end restaurant designs
Beatriz del Cueto Lopez , Cuban-born architect
Gene Leedy , leading practitioner of the
Sarasota School of Architecture
Aaron Neubert , architect and educator, Principal ANX
Alfred Browning Parker ,
Modernist
architect
William Rupp , architect
Lawrence Scarpa , current CEO of Brooks + Scarpa
Max Strang , founding principal of Strang Design
Athletic directors
George Smathers
University benefactors
Ben Hill Griffin Jr. , Florida citrus farmer, major University of Florida benefactor, namesake of the university's
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
William R. Hough , prominent investment banker, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Hough Graduate School of Business
Fred Levin , prominent attorney, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's
Levin College of Law ,
Alfred A. McKethan , former chairman of SunTrust Bank, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's
Alfred A. McKethan Field
George Smathers , former U.S. Senator, major university benefactor, namesake of university's
The George A. Smathers Libraries
Al Warrington , former CEO of Sanfill, university benefactor, former chairman of UF's Board of Trustees, namesake of UF's
Warrington College of Business
Herbert Wertheim , inventor, scientist, educator, clinician, entrepreneur, philanthropist and community leader
Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment
Todd Barry
Jenn Brown
Kelly Carrington
Michael Connelly
GloZell Green
Elise Ippolito
Eliot Kleinberg
Charlotte Laws
Jon McKenzie
Lorraine Murray
Rodney Mullen
Andrew Prokos
Marc Randazza
James Rizzi
Alan Rogers
Thane Rosenbaum
Eugene Sledge
Maggie Taylor
Shane Acker , filmmaker,
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Don Addis , long-time newspaper columnist and syndicated comic strip artist for the
St. Petersburg Times
Chris Adrian , novelist and short-story writer, Gob's Grief
Siva Ananth , Film Producer, Screenwriter
Lauren Anderson , model
Adaeze Atuegwu , writer
Chris Bachelder , novelist, short-story writer, and
e-book pioneer
Todd Barry , stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
Joseph Beckham , writer on the topic of legal problems in education, winner of the McGhehey award, and currently a professor of education leadership at
Florida State University
Wayne Besen , former spokesman for the
Human Rights Campaign , and gay rights advocate
Mike Bianchi , sports columnist for the
Orlando Sentinel
Dan Bilzerian , professional poker player, actor, and internet social media personality
Matt Borondy , publisher for
Identity Theory online magazine
Edward L. Bowen , horse racing historian
Wendy Brenner , author and professor; Phone Calls From the Dead , Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories
Rita Mae Brown , author and activist
Alan Burnett , television producer and writer
Mike Burns , music producer
Al Burt ,
Miami Herald and
Atlanta Journal writer
Kevin Canty , author; Into the Great Wide Open , Nine Below Zero , and Winslow in Love
Kelly Carrington , model
Alfred A. Cave , professor, historian, and author
Debbie Cenziper , journalist with
The Washington Post , and winner of the
Pulitzer Prize
Jean Chance , chairman of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 years, professor of journalism at the University of Florida
Peter Christopher , author, Campfires of the Dead
Michael Connelly , best-selling author
Paul Cootner , economist, author of The Random Character of Stock Market Prices
Harry Crews , novelist, short story writer, and essayist
Mark Curtis , journalist, author, and political analyst
Jeff Darlington , current
sportswriter for the Miami Herald
Jonathan Demme , motion picture director, won
Academy Award for directing for
The Silence of the Lambs
Karen DeYoung , Pulitzer Prize recipient,
The Washington Post associate editor
Kate DiCamillo , award-winning children's novelist and screenwriter
Micki Dickoff , television director and producer, winner of multiple
Emmy Awards
Brian Doherty , senior editor of
Reason magazine, author
Gregg Doyel , sports writer for
CBSSports.com
Brian Drolet , actor, producer and writer
Louann Fernald , model and actress
Robert W. Fichter , photographer
Rich Fields , announcer of
The Price Is Right , meteorologist, radio personality, voice actor
Lolita Files , author, screenwriter, and producer
Dexter Filkins , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Jesse Hill Ford , writer and screenwriter
Michael France , screenwriter for
GoldenEye ,
The Hulk , and
Punisher
Robert Fulton , award-winning writer and naturalist
Alan Gallay , American historian, and winner of the
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Michael Gannon , military historian and
Catholic priest
Leslie Yalof Garfield , current editor of the Journal of Court Innovation and professor at
Pace Law School
Merrill Gerber , author
Norman Gilliland , author,
WERN host
GloZell , comedian
MaryAnne Golon , picture editor for
Time magazine
Philip Graham , former publisher of
The Washington Post
Edwin Granberry , long-time writer of the comic strip
Buz Sawyer
Richard Grayson , writer and political activist
Rebecca Greer ,
Woman's Day editor
James Grippando , novelist and lawyer
Israel Gutierrez , Miami Herald columnist, former
Palm Beach Post columnist
Nikolas Gvosdev , international relations scholar
Robert J. Haiman ,
St. Petersburg Times executive editor,
Poynter Institute president
Rebecca Heflin (pseudonym of Dianne Farb), romance novelist and attorney
Carol Hernandez , journalist, educator,
Pulitzer Prize winner
Edward D. Hess , author and professor
Carl Hiaasen , novelist, Miami Herald columnist, won the
Newbery Honor
Rob Hiaasen , The Capital columnist and editor, adjunct journalism professor at the
University of Maryland 's
Philip Merrill College of Journalism , victim of
Capital Gazette shooting
Shere Hite , author of The Hite Report , sex educator, and feminist
Noy Holland , author of What Begins With Bird and Spectacle of the Body
Elise Ippolito , artist
Judith Ivory , best-selling author of historical
romance novels
Jarrod Jablonski , pioneering
technical diver and record setting
cave diver
Eberhard Jäckel , German historian
Jamali , Indian-American painter and sculptor
Clint Johnson , American historian and author
Madison Jones , novelist and former professor at
Auburn University
Steven J. Kachelmeier , current editor of
The Accounting Review , and professor at the
University of Texas
Artie Kempner , director for FOX Sports
Stetson Kennedy , award-winning author and
human rights activist
Eliot Kleinberg , author and writer for the
Palm Beach Post
Jeff Klinkenberg , author and reporter for the
Tampa Bay Times
Victoria Lancelotta , current editor of the
Georgetown Review , author
Mernet Larsen , artist
Charlotte Laws , author, talk show host, and community activist
Gary Russell Libby , art historian, curator, and museum director
Will Ludwigsen , writer of horror, mystery, and science fiction
C. J. Lyons , physician and writer of medical suspense novels
Moss Mabry , costume designer, nominated for four
Academy Awards
Ron Magill , photographer and wildlife expert
Thomas E. Mann , author and political pundit for the
Brookings Institution
Gabriel Martinez , Cuban-American artist
Frances Mayes , author of best-selling book
Under the Tuscan Sun
Andrew McClurg , legal humor writer for the
American Bar Association Journal
Diane McFarlin , publisher of the
Sarasota Herald Tribune
Jon McKenzie , performance and media scholar and practitioner, professor at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tom Meek , columnist and author of Another Day In Cyberville , Reflections On Media , and The Video Audio Overdose Galore
Myka Meier , etiquette writer
Louis A. Meyer , writer and painter
Sam Michel , author of Under the Light ; lecturer at
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jessel Miller , watercolor
artist and
children's writer
Andrew Mondshein , nominated for an
Oscar for his film editing
James Morgan , scenic designer and Producing Artistic Director of the
York Theatre
Robert Morris , novelist
Rodney Mullen , entertainer,
skateboarder
Lorraine Murray , author of Why Me, Why Now? , and Grace Notes
Jeff Nesmith , journalist, educator,
Pulitzer Prize winner
Lee Ann Newsom , anthropologist, named a
MacArthur Fellow for 2002
Ivan Osorio , columnist and editor at the
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Janis Owens , author
Harvey Eugene Oyer III , author and attorney
Mike Papantonio , trial lawyer, co-host of
Ring of Fire
Jeff Parker ,
novelist and
short story writer
John L. Parker Jr. , writer
David Penzer , current professional wrestling
ring announcer for the
WWE
Kay Picart , author, artist, radio host, and producer
Sam Proctor , one of the world's foremost scholars of
Florida history
Andrew Prokos , award-winning architectural and
fine-art photographer
Imad Rahman , author, I Dream of Microwaves
Jeff Randall , former business editor of
BBC News
Marc Randazza , current editor of The Legal Satyricon
Charlie Reed , current journalist with
Stars and Stripes
Pietra Rivoli , author and professor of finance at
Georgetown University
James Rizzi , pop artist
Edward G. Roberts Jr. , pioneer race car driver of
NASCAR
Alan G. Rogers , gay rights activist, and
U.S. Army major who died in
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Thane Rosenbaum , novelist, essayist, and professor of law at
Fordham University
Rektok Ross , fiction writer, journalist, and entertainment host, best known for her contemporary romance novel Prodigal
Scott Sanders ,
Emmy Award and
Tony Award -winning television producer
Mia Schaikewitz , TV personality and spokesperson for disability advocacy
Julia Sell , former national coach for the
United States Tennis Association
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro , investigative journalist and attorney
Paul Shyre , director and
playwright who won a
Tony Award and an
Emmy Award
Eugene Sledge , WW2 United States Marine, biologist and university professor; author of
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Rick Smith , author, entrepreneur, and public speaker
George Solomon , former sports editor and columnist for The Washington Post ; first ombudsman for
ESPN
Julian Sprung , writer
Howard Stelzer , composer and performer of electronic music
Randall J. Stephens , author, editor, and historian of
American religion
Craig Symonds , distinguished
American Civil War historian and former professor at the
United States Naval Academy
Maggie Taylor , digital imaging artist
Janet Todd , Welsh-born author on books about women's literature; professor at the
University of Aberdeen
Kendra Todd , real estate businesswoman and winner of
The Apprentice 3
reality TV show
Victor Andres Triay , Cuban-American historian and writer
Natasha Tsakos , performing artist and
conceptual director
Claudio Véliz ,
Chilean author, historian, and Sociologist
Robert Venditti , comic book writer
Tarita Virtue , Trinidadian-American
private detective ,
investigator , and model
Sterling Watson , writer, Weep No More My Brother , The Calling , and Blind Tongues
Bill Whittle , blogger, political commentator, director, screenwriter, editor, pilot, and author
Edward Walton Wilcox , painter and sculptor
Andrew Wilkow , conservative political talk radio host on
Sirius Satellite Radio
Hugh Wilson , director, writer, and actor
Kevin Wilson , writer
Edward Yang ,
Taiwanese filmmaker, winner of Best Director Award at
Cannes for his 2000 film
Yi Yi
Hugo Zacchini , entertainer known as the "Human Cannonball"
Actors and actresses
Faye Dunaway
Adrian Pasdar
Stephen Root
Casey Calvert , actress
Kavita Channe , television and radio personality
Jonathan Chase , actor,
One on One ,
Another Gay Movie ,
Gingerdead Man , and
7eventy 5ive
Richard E. Council , stage, television and film actor
Abigail Cowen , actress
Cathy Jenéen Doe , actress,
Passions ,
Ed , and Buds for Life
Kahil Dotay , actor, director, writer; won an award for his performance in Frank & Flo
Faye Dunaway , actress, won an
Academy Award for the movie
Network
Brian F. Durkin , actor,
Broken Bridges ,
The O.C. , and Deja Vu
Buddy Ebsen , actor, best known as Jed Clampett on
The Beverly Hillbillies
Malcolm Gets , actor,
Caroline in the City
Darrell Hammond , actor and comedian,
Saturday Night Live ,
Scary Movie 3 ,
Epic Movie , and
Agent Cody Banks
Gavin Houston , actor,
The Cosby Show
Jes Macallan , actress,
Mistresses
Cameron David Magruder , actor and comedian
Patty Maloney , actress,
Far Out Space Nuts
Vincent Martella , actor,
Phineas and Ferb and
Everybody Hates Chris
Patrick O'Neal , television and film actor
Adrian Pasdar , actor on
Heroes ,
Profit , and
Near Dark
Rain Phoenix , actress and musician
Lenny Platt , actor best known for his portrayal of Nate Salinger on the US daytime soap opera One Life to Live
Angelique Rivera , Actress
Stephen Root , Emmy-nominated actor, best known as "Milton" in
Office Space and for his performance in Dodgeball
George Salazar , actor,
Be More Chill
Wil Shriner , actor, director and game show host
Rachel Specter , actress in
Prom Night ,
The House Bunny , and
Alone in the Dark II
Nancy Stafford , actress on
Sidekicks ,
Matlock , and
Judging Amy , and former
Miss Florida
Toby Turner , internet personality, actor, comedian and musician
Dale Van Sickel , former president of the
Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures
Bob Vila , actor, home-improvement guru and former host of
This Old House
Tarita Virtue , Trinidadian actress and model on The Unit and Living the Dream
Alisha Wainwright , actress
Jordan Wall , television and film actor
Robin Weisman , actress on
Three Men and a Little Lady , and
Thunder in Paradise
Jack Youngblood , Emmy-nominated actor, author, and NFL/College Football Hall of Famer
Valerie Wildman , actress, known for
Beverly Hills, 90210 and
Days of Our Lives
Steve Spurrier
Gene Chizik
Kerwin Bell , former head coach for the
Valdosta State Blazers and
Jacksonville Dolphins , current offensive coordinator for the
USF Bulls
Gene Chizik , former head coach for the
Auburn Tigers , former head coach of the
Iowa State Cyclones
Doug Dickey , former head coach for the
Tennessee Volunteers and
Florida Gators
Chan Gailey , former head coach for the
Buffalo Bills ,
Dallas Cowboys , and
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Fred Goldsmith , former head coach for the
Duke Blue Devils and the
Rice Owls
Todd Haley , former head coach of the
Kansas City Chiefs
Kim Helton , former head coach for the
Houston Cougars
Marcelino Huerta , former head coach of the
Tampa Spartans , the
Wichita State Shockers and
Parsons College
Lindy Infante , former head coach for the
Green Bay Packers and
Indianapolis Colts
Mike Mularkey , former head coach for the
Tennessee Titans ,
Jacksonville Jaguars and
Buffalo Bills
Steve Spurrier , former head coach for the
Florida Gators ,
South Carolina Gamecocks ,
Duke Blue Devils ,
Tampa Bay Bandits , and
Washington Redskins
Kay Stephenson , former head coach of the Buffalo Bills
Charlie Strong , former head coach for the
South Florida Bulls , former head coach for the
Texas Longhorns and
Louisville Cardinals , former interim head coach for the
Florida Gators
John Symank , former head coach for the
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and
Texas–Arlington Mavericks
Charlie Tate , former head coach for the
Miami Hurricanes
Musicians
Andrew Copeland
Stephen Stills
Mel Tillis
Gene Adkinson , baritone for the band
The Dream Weavers
Stanley Benton , hip-hop artist who goes by the name
Stat Quo
Bob Bryar , drummer for the band
My Chemical Romance
Wade Buff , lead singer for The Dream Weavers
Brian Carpenter , composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and radio producer
Easton Corbin , country music artist
Chris Demakes , co-founder and lead singer for
Less than Jake
Vinnie Fiorello , co-founder and drummer for Less than Jake
Alejandro Manzano , musician, singer, and songwriter
Fabian Manzano , guitarist, and songwriter
James Melton , singer, actor, named to the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Slack Season , alternative rock group formed by UOF alumni
Stat Quo , rapper, degree in International Business and Economics
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Howard Stelzer , electronic composer
Stephen Stills , member of bands
CSNY and
Buffalo Springfield
Keni Thomas , country music singer
Mel Tillis , singer, songwriter, and comedian
Johnny Tillotson , singer, and songwriter
Peter Traub , composer of electronic and acoustic music
Toby Turner , singer, actor, comedian, and internet personality
T. Edward Vives , current musical director for the
Los Alamos Community Winds
Pageantry
Nancy Stafford
Melissa Witek
Kristen Berset ,
Miss Florida USA for 2004, finalist for
Miss USA pageant, current model
Michelyn Butler ,
Miss Wisconsin USA for 2008
Ann Gloria Daniel ,
Miss Florida for 1954
Julie Donaldson , Miss Florida USA for 2001
Elizabeth Fechtel ,
Miss America's Outstanding Teen for 2012
Mary Katherine Fechtel , Miss Florida for 2015
Myrrhanda Jones , Miss Florida for 2013
Allison Kreiger , Miss Florida for 2006
Kristin Ludecke , Miss Florida for 1995, and Miss Florida USA for 2000
Laura McKeeman Rutledge , Miss Florida for 2012 and host of
SEC Nation
Molly Pesce , Miss Florida 1986, actress
Jaclyn Raulerson , Miss Florida for 2010
Nancy Stafford , Miss Florida for 1976, actress
Mari Wilensky , Miss Florida for 2005, top-ten finalist at Miss America pageant
Melissa Witek , Miss Florida USA for 2005, top-five finalist at Miss USA pageant, and contestant on NBC's
Treasure Hunters
Poets
Deborah Ager , poet, co-founder of
32 Poems literary magazine
Joe Bolton , regional poet who wrote Days of Summer Gone , The Last Nostalgia Poems , and Breckinridge County Suite
Geoffrey Brock , poet, poetry translator, and professor at the
University of Arkansas
Stephen Corey , poet and current editor of
The Georgia Review
Geri Doran , poet, professor of creative writing at the
University of Oregon , author of Resin and Sanderlings
Robert Bernard Hass , poet, professor of English at
Edinboro University , author of Going by Contraries: Robert Frost's Conflict With Science and Counting Thunder
Randall Mann , poet, author of Breakfast with Thom Gunn and Complaint in the Garden , recipient of Kenyon Prize
Orlando Ricardo Menes , Cuban-American poet and teacher at the
University of Notre Dame
C. Dale Young , award-winning poet and short-story writer, oncologist, professor of creative writing at
Warren Wilson College
Reporters, correspondents, and newscasters
Erin Andrews
Jamie McIntyre
Heather Mitts
Joseph Scarborough
Stephanie Abrams , reporter for
The Weather Channel
Erin Andrews , reporter for
Fox Sports and formerly
ESPN
Edward Aschoff , reporter for
ESPN
Sharyl Attkisson , former correspondent for
CBS News
Jackie Bange , current anchor with
WGN-TV
Kristen Berset , current anchor for
WBFF
Ernie Bjorkman , former anchor for
KWGN-TV in Denver, and winner of two
Emmy Awards
Pam Bondi , correspondent for
Fox News
Jenn Brown , two-time Emmy Award-winning sports reporter for ESPN
Kavita Channe ,
television and
radio personality , known for appearing on
Paradise Hotel
Linda Church , morning weather anchor for
WPIX in New York
Bob Collins , former broadcaster for
WGN-TV in
Chicago
Mark Curtis , current anchor for
WLNE-TV
H. G. Davis Jr. ,
Pulitzer Prize -winning reporter
Jamie Dupree , correspondent for Cox Broadcasting Washington News Bureau
David Finkel , journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for
The Washington Post
Kristin Harmel , novelist and reporter for
People magazine
Dan Hicken , sports director and anchor for
WTLV /
WJXX in
Jacksonville, Florida
Susan Hutchison , former anchor for
KIRO-TV in
Seattle, Washington
Ian D. Johnson , current Berlin bureau chief for The
Wall Street Journal , Pulitzer Prize-winner
Jennifer Lopez , meteorologist for
The Weather Channel
Jamie McIntyre , news anchor for NPR's
All Things Considered and former senior
Pentagon correspondent for
CNN
Heather Mitts , former reporter for
ABC /
ESPN , three-time Olympic gold medalist with the
USWNT , professional soccer player
Jeff Nesmith , journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner
Howard Norton , won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his reporting
Elizabeth Prann , current reporter with the
Fox News Channel
Raul Ramirez , 1969 editor of Florida Alligator ; print and broadcast journalist and executive, educator; activist in promoting independent reporting and diversity in the profession
Laura Rutledge , anchor/reporter with
SEC Network /
ESPN
Forrest Sawyer , current anchorman for
ABC News and winner of the
George Foster Peabody Award , five National
Emmy Awards , two
Edward Murrow Awards , and an
Associated Press Award
Joe Scarborough , current
MSNBC talk show host, and former
US Representative
Sara Sidner , international correspondent with
CNN
Alison Starling , Emmy Award-winning anchor for ABC affiliate WJLA-TV News in Washington, D.C.
Hal Suit , television broadcaster, formerly with
WSB-TV in
Atlanta ; 1970
Republican
gubernatorial
nominee in
Georgia , lost to
Jimmy Carter
Sportcasters
Red Barber
Tim Tebow
Red Barber , long-time radio sportscaster for the
Brooklyn Dodgers and
New York Yankees
Lomas Brown , television commentator for
ESPN and former NFL offensive tackle
Kevin Carter , television commentator for ESPN and former NFL defensive end
Bob Collins , broadcaster
Cris Collinsworth , television commentator for
HBO 's
Inside the NFL and
Fox NFL Sunday , and former NFL wide receiver
Gene Deckerhoff , current radio announcer for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State Seminoles, and formerly for the
Arena Football League
Julie Donaldson , former sports commentator for
WHDH-TV
Ferdie Pacheco , former
Showtime
boxing analyst, and personal physician to
Muhammad Ali
Jesse Palmer , television commentator for
ESPN /
ABC , NFL Insider for
TSN , former NFL quarterback, and star of ABC's
The Bachelor
Laura Rutledge , television commentator for
SEC Network /
ESPN
Get Up! ,
First Take , and
SportsCenter host
Elfi Schlegel-Dunn , gymnastics and sports commentator for
NBC Sports
Lauren Shehadi , current sportscaster for
MLB Network
Emmitt Smith , television commentator for ESPN,
Pro Football Hall of Fame former NFL running back, and
NFL career rushing yards leader
Chris Snode , Olympic diving commentator for BBC and EuroSport since 1988
Tim Tebow , television commentator for
SEC Network /
ESPN and former NFL quarterback
Sports
Baseball
Basketball (NBA)
Al Horford
Overseas (non-NBA)
John Egbunu
Kerry Blackshear Jr. (born 1997), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
John Egbunu (born 1994), Nigerian-born American basketball player for
Hapoel Jerusalem of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jalen Hudson (born 1996), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Kenny Kadji (born 1988), Cameroonian basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Egor Koulechov (born 1994), Israeli-Russian professional basketball player for Israeli team
Ironi Nahariya
Casey Prather (born 1991), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Nimrod Tishman (born 1991), Israeli basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for the
Israeli national basketball team
Scottie Wilbekin (born 1993), basketball player for
Maccabi Tel Aviv of the
Israeli Premier League and the
EuroLeague
eSports
Golf
Tennis
Olympians
See also
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