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The list of University of Kansas people includes notable
alumni and faculty of the
University of Kansas , whose main campus is located in the American city of
Lawrence ,
Kansas .
Alumni
Nobel laureates
Politics, government and education
William H. Avery (1934), 37th
governor of Kansas (1965–1967)
[2]
Sheila Bair , former Chairman of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Kay Barnes , Mayor of
Kansas City, Missouri (1999–2007)
Carol A. Beier ,
Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Robert Frederick Bennett , 39th governor of Kansas (1975–1979)
[3]
George L. Brown , first African-American elected lieutenant governor and first African-American elected to statewide office in Colorado
Sam Brownback ,
United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom ; former Governor of Kansas; former U.S Senator for Kansas; former U.S. Representative for the Second District of Kansas; former Secretary of Agriculture, Kansas
Helen Brownson , information scientist and U.S. government executive
Thomas W. Butcher , president of
Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State University) (1913–1943)
Francisco Santos Calderón , 9th vice president of Colombia
Arthur Linton Corbin (1894), professor at
Yale Law School and scholar of
contract law
Jonathan M. Davis ,
22nd governor of Kansas
[4]
George Docking (1925), 35th governor of Kansas (1957–1961)
[5]
Robert Docking (1948), 38th governor of Kansas (1967–1975)
[5]
Bob Dole , former
U.S. Senate majority leader and Senator from Kansas (1969–1996), presidential and vice-presidential nominee, played football and basketball while attending
[6]
Jerry Elliott , Kansas jurist
Sam C. Ford , the
12th governor of
Montana
[7]
Thomas Frank , author,
What's the Matter with Kansas?
Frederick Funston , attended 1885–1888, US Army general, recipient of
Medal of Honor
John B. Gage (1907), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1940–1946)
Dan Gehlbach , member of the
Iowa House of Representatives
Robert L. Gernon (BS 1966), Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Susan Goering (BA and JD), civil rights lawyer
James B. Graham (MS 1947), Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
Deborah Heikes (BA 1991), professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jane Dee Hull (1957), 24th
governor of Arizona (1997–2003)
[8]
Todd Ames Hunter (BA 1975), member of the
Texas House of Representatives from
Corpus Christi , 1989–1997; attorney since 2009
[9]
John E. Jacobs , interim president of Emporia State in 1953; Director of Special Education for the
Kansas State Department of Education , 1953–1957
Dusty Johnson , former South Dakota PUC Commissioner and chief of staff to the Governor of South Dakota
Lee A. Johnson (BS 1964), Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Nancy Landon Kassebaum (1954), first female U.S. senator (1979–1997) elected without having been preceded in office by her husband
[10]
Kenton Keith , U.S. ambassador to Qatar (1992–1995)
Marisa Kelly (BA 1986), political scientist and President of
Suffolk University in
Boston, Massachusetts
[11]
Joan F. Kessler ,
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge
Phill Kline (JD 1987), former
Attorney General of Kansas (2003–2006), District Attorney of Johnson County (2007–2008)
V. John Krehbiel , Ambassador to Finland
Ron Kuby , civil rights attorney
Alf Landon (1908), 26th governor of Kansas (1933–1937) and Republican nominee in the
1936 presidential election
[12]
Delano Lewis , former National Public Radio CEO and ambassador to South Africa
Caroline Lucas , first
Member of Parliament (UK) elected as a
Green Party of England and Wales candidate
Deane Waldo Malott (1921), former
Chancellor of KU and 6th
president of Cornell University (1951–1963)
David McClain , President, University of Hawaii
John H. McClendon ,
African-American studies scholar at
Michigan State University
Merritt C. Mechem ,
5th governor of the
State of New Mexico (1921–1923)
[13]
Kenneth Megill , philosopher, trade unionist, social activist, records and knowledge manager
Alexander C. Mitchell (1889), Kansas Board of Regents, State House and Representative to the Sixty-second US Congress
[14]
Dennis Moore ,
U.S. Congressman for
Kansas District 3 (1999–2011)
[15]
Franklin David Murphy (B.S. 1936), Chancellor of the University of Kansas and Chancellor of the
University of California, Los Angeles
Lawton Nuss (BA 1975, JD 1982), Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Frank D. Parent , California municipal court judge
William C. Perry (1922), Chief Justice
Oregon Supreme Court
Martha Peterson , former president of
Barnard College and
Beloit College
Eric Rosen , Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Jim Ryun , former U.S. Congressman
Kansas District 2 (1997–2007), three-time U.S. Olympic runner and silver medalist
[16]
Mike Schreiner (BA '92), Leader of the
Green Party of Ontario 2009–present
Kathleen Sebelius , Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama, 44th governor of Kansas (2003–2009)
Shombi Sharp , United Nations Resident Coordinator (Ambassador),
Armenia (2018–)
[17]
Michael Shonrock – former
president of Emporia State University ; now president of
Lindenwood University
Charles Edward Sims – former State Librarian of Kansas
Stephen Six , Attorney General of Kansas
Sam V. Stewart ,
Montana Supreme Court Justice and the
sixth governor of
Montana
[18]
David Stras , Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court and
Donald Trump 's nominee to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Walter R. Stubbs ,
18th governor of Kansas
[19]
Deanell Reece Tacha (BA 1968), former chief judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2001–present)
Rosalie E. Wahl (1946), first woman appointed to the
Minnesota Supreme Court
Greg Weisenstein (PhD), president of
West Chester University from 2009 to 2016
Bob Whittaker ,
U.S. Representative from
Kansas
[20]
Laura Williams (2015), member of the
Kansas House of Representatives for the 30th district
[21]
Kevin Yoder , U.S. Representative from Kansas District 3 (2011–2019)
Media and the arts
Gina Adams , textile artist and professor
[22]
Wendall Anschutz , bachelors and masters in communications, long time
KCTV news anchor
[23]
Sanora Babb , novelist, best known for An Owl on Every Post and Whose Names Are Unknown
Scott Bakula , actor, star of
Quantum Leap and
Star Trek: Enterprise
James Barnes , professor and award-winning composer
Etta Moten Barnett , actress and singer, the first black artist to perform at the
White House
Jacqueline Bishop , New Orleans based artist
Liliana V. Blum , Mexican writer
Danni Boatwright , former
Miss Teen USA and
Miss USA contestant, winner of
Survivor: Guatemala
Kara Brock , television and
film
actress
Elizabeth Broun , art historian
Deborah Bryant , Miss America 1966, former Miss Kansas
Terry Bryant , journalist; sports and weather anchor, KMPH FOX 26, Fresno, California
Igor Buketoff , conductor
Trai Byers , actor, star of
Empire
Christina Chang , television actress
Jan Chiapusso , piano pedagogue
Evan S. Connell , novelist, best known for Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge
Steve Doocy ,
Fox News anchor,
New York Times bestselling author
Bob Dotson , documentarian and NBC reporter, four-time
Emmy Award winner
Bill Downs , CBS and ABC News correspondent and one of the original
Murrow Boys
Billy Drago , television and film actor
Robert Ebendorf , international
metalsmith and jeweler who uses
found objects in his artwork
C. L. Edson , newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet
Gillian Flynn , writer, novel
Gone Girl
Heidi Gardner , comedian,
Saturday Night Live
Kori Gardner , vocalist, organist, and pianist in
Mates of State ; writer of Band on the Diaper Run
[24]
Frances Ginsberg , opera singer
Nikki Glaser , comedian
Cara Gorges ,
Miss Kansas USA 2007, controversial 2nd runner-up in
Miss USA pageant
Moses Gunn , actor, TV mini-series
Roots
Sherman Halsey , music video director, producer and artist manager
Ann Hamilton (BFA 1979), sculptor,
installation artist and 1993
MacArthur Fellow recipient
Jason Hammel , musician, member of
Mates of State
Kevin Harlan , broadcaster for CBS and TNT sports
Douglas Harvey , historian, writer, musician
[25]
Herk Harvey , award-winning director of over 400 industrial and educational short films and cult film
Carnival of Souls
Scott Heim , novelist
Kevin Helliker , Chicago bureau chief of the
Wall Street Journal , awarded the 2004
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Caroline Henderson , teacher, farmer, author
Bob Holtzman ,
ESPN bureau-reporter for
SportsCenter
William Inge ,
Pulitzer Prize and
Academy Award -winning author and playwright
Don Johnson , actor, co-star of
Miami Vice and
Nash Bridges
Tim Joyce , television journalist, writer, meteorologist
Tom Kane (BA 1985), voice actor
[26]
Jay Karnes , television actor, most notably from
The Shield
John Kessel , Nebula Award-winning author, editor, professor of creative writing
George E Kimball III , author, poet
Terry Kiser , actor who portrayed the title character of the comedy
Weekend at Bernie's
Bill Kurtis , television journalist and producer, host of
A&E shows including
American Justice and
Cold Case Files
Neil LaBute , filmmaker/screenwriter, wrote and directed
In the Company of Men , nominated for
Palme D'Or for
Nurse Betty
Wayne Lamb ,
Broadway dancer, choreographer and
Professor Emeritus at
Purdue University
Margaret Larkin , writer, poet, singer-songwriter, theater personality, researcher, and union activist
Jack Lembeck , painter and sculptor
Lori Lewis , soprano, lead vocalist of symphonic metal band
Therion
Keith Loneker , NFL player,
St. Louis Rams and
Atlanta Falcons ; actor,
Leatherheads ,
Superbad ,
Lakeview Terrace
Laura Moriarty , novelist
Robert Morris , contemporary sculptor and painter (transferred to
Reed College )
Rob Neyer , baseball author and columnist for ESPN.com
Sara Paretsky , novelist, best known for her frequent protagonist
V.I. Warshawski
Mandy Patinkin ,
Emmy and
Tony Award -winning actor and singer (
Yentl ,
The Princess Bride ; TV's
Criminal Minds )
Artur Pizarro , concert pianist
Maurice Prather , motion picture and still photographer and film director
Unique Priscilla , Indonesian-born actress and model
Betsy Randle , actress best known as the mother on
Boy Meets World
Rob Riggle , comedian,
The Daily Show correspondent and former
Saturday Night Live cast member
Melissa Rooker , Director of Development of
Malpaso Productions
Aaron S. Rosenberg , author and game designer
Paul Rudd , film actor
Dan Ryckert , video game journalist
Heidi Schwegler , artist
Devin Scillian , television journalist and children's author
Gary Mark Smith , artist, author, master global street photographer
William Stafford (BA 1937), poet and pacifist, winner of the
National Book Award for Travelling Through the Dark
Oscar S. Stauffer (1910), founder of
Stauffer Communications
Craig Stevens , film, television and stage actor; star of the detective series
Peter Gunn , 1958–1961
Mimi Thebo (BA 1985), Carnegie-nominated children's author
Laurence Traiger , composer
Federico Varona , communication scholar, academic and author
Hazel Volkart , composer
Kari Wahlgren (BA 1999), voice actor
[27]
[28]
Dee Wallace , actress (
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ,
The Howling )
Catherine Warren ,
Miss Illinois USA 2006
William Allen White , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
Frank Wilcox , actor (attended for one year before transferring to
St. Benedict's College )
[29]
Science and technology
Milburn G. Apt (BS 1951), U.S. Air Force
test pilot , and the first man to attain speeds faster than
Mach 3
Beulah Armstrong (1895–1965), American mathematician
Brian Axsmith (PhD Biology 1998),
paleobotanist
[30]
Henry K. Beecher (BA 1926, MA 1927),
anesthesiologist ,
medical ethicist , and investigator of the
placebo effect
Josephine Thorndike Berry (A.B.), educator, home economist
Jenette H. Bolles (BS 1885), first woman
osteopathic physician
Jon Davies (BS 1980), meteorologist, expert on severe thunderstorm environments and
forecasting
Milton Diamond (Ph.D. 1962), sexologist and professor of anatomy and reproductive biology
[31]
Paul R. Ehrlich (MA/PhD 1957), entomologist, researcher and author of
The Population Bomb , and 1990
MacArthur Fellow recipient
Joe Engle (BS 1955), former
NASA astronaut and a retired
U.S. Air Force colonel
[32]
Ronald E. Evans (BS 1956), former NASA astronaut and a retired
U.S. Navy captain
[33]
David B. Feldman (PhD 2004), psychologist
Barney S. Graham (MD 1979),
NIH and
NIAID virologist who worked on Zika and COVID-19
Robert M. Haralick (BA 1964, BS 1966, MS 1967, PhD 1969), Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York
[34]
Steve Hawley (BA 1973), former
NASA director and astronaut; Professor of Physics and Astronomy at KU
Erasmus Haworth , founder of the
Kansas Geological Survey
David Hillis ,
evolutionary biologist and 1999
MacArthur Fellow recipient
Wes Jackson (MA 1960),
environmental historian and founder of the
Land Institute , a 1992 MacArthur Fellow recipient
Bill James , baseball
sabermetrician ; author of The Bill James Baseball Abstract , starting in 1977; named to the
Time 100 in 2006
Richard F. Johnston , ornithologist and author, onetime curator of the Natural History Museum
Joseph W. Kennedy (MA 1937), co-discoverer of the
element
plutonium
John L. Koprowski (PhD Biology 1991), conservation biologist, awarded Aldo Leopold Memorial Medal from The Wildlife Society, Dean of the Haub School of Environment & Natural Resources
University of Wyoming , Director of the School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Arizona
Thomas Kunz (PhD 1971), researcher notable for insights into bat ecology
Warren P. Mason (B.Sc 1927), electrical engineer and physicist, founder of the field of
distributed-element circuits
Brian McClendon (BSEE 1986), VP of Engineering for
Google Earth , formerly
Keyhole, Inc.
Elmer McCollum , co-discoverer of
Vitamin A
Nariman Mehta ,
pharmacologist , developer of the
antidepressant and
smoking cessation drug
bupropion
Wayne E. Meyer , rear admiral, "father" of the
Aegis Combat System and namesake of the
USS Wayne E. Meyer naval destroyer
Loral O'Hara (BSAE 2005),
NASA astronaut , research engineer
Dorothy Okello (MS EE 1999), Dean School of Engineering,
Makerere University ; Board Chair,
Uganda Communications Commission ; former President, Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers
Douglas Shane (BS 1982), director of flight operations for
SpaceShipOne , which made the first privately funded human spaceflight
Vernon L. Smith (
M.A. in
economics 1952), awarded the 2002
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
[1]
Kathryn Stephenson (MD 1941), first American woman board-certified
plastic surgeon
Walter Sutton , pioneer of cellular biology and genetics, physician, inventor
Cynthia K. Thompson (BS 1975), neurolinguist and cognitive neuroscientist
George Tiller (BS 1963, MD 1967), physician, abortion provider,
pro-choice advocate
Merlin Tuttle , bat conservationist and photographer
Clyde Tombaugh , astronomer, discoverer of the dwarf planet
Pluto
Anabella Villalobos (PhD 1987), medicinal chemist and senior pharmaceutical executive at
Biogen
Kent Whealy , co-founder of the Seed Savers Exchange; 1988
MacArthur Fellow recipient
Business
Bud Adams , CEO of Adams Resources, owner of the
Tennessee Titans until his death
[35]
Kenneth S. "Boots" Adams (1921), former President and CEO of
Phillips 66 Petroleum Company
[36]
Kjell Almskog , Norwegian businessman; former chief executive officer of
Kværner and many other companies
Philip Anschutz (1961), billionaire, founder of
Qwest
[37]
Sue Anschutz-Rodgers (1955), cattle ranch owner and philanthropist
Cynthia Carroll , CEO of
Anglo American , one of the world’s largest independent mining companies
Linda Z. Cook (1980), executive director of Shell Gas & Power, part of
Royal Dutch Shell
David Dillon , Chairman and CEO,
Kroger Co.
Robert Eaton , former CEO of
Chrysler Corporation
Brad Garlinghouse , CEO of
Ripple
Mark A. Huselid ,
Distinguished Professor of Workforce Analytics at
D'Amore-McKim School of Business ,
Northeastern University
Robert Kaplan , president and CEO of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas , former Vice Chairman of the
Goldman Sachs Group
Lou Montulli , co-founder of Netscape
[38]
Alan Mulally (BS/MS), President and CEO of
Ford Motor Company
Ned Ryun
Christopher A. Sinclair (1971), Chairman and CEO of
Mattel ; former CEO of
Pepsi-Cola Co.
Harry F. Sinclair , founder of
Sinclair Oil Corporation
[39]
Charles E. Spahr (1934), former CEO of
Standard Oil of Ohio
Kenneth A. Spencer (1926), Spencer Chemical Company founder whose philanthropies to KU include the Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
David Wittig (1977), former President and CEO of
Westar Energy
Cheryl Womack , founder of insurance company for National Association of Independent Truckers, who donated the money for Arrocha Ballpark on the KU campus
Honorary alumni
Faculty
Ronald Barnes , player of the university
carillon ,
harpsichord instructor, and caretaker of the university instrument collection
[40]
Raj Bhala , distinguished Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law
Monica Biernat , distinguished Professor of Psychology, social psychology, prejudice, discrimination, social judgment
Robert Branner , Assistant Professor of Art History (1954–1957)
Jan Chiapusso , Dutch-born pianist and pedagogue
J C D Clark , Ph.D., Cambridge University; Professor of History, History of Political Thought, 17th and 18th-century Britain, History of Religion
Anthony Corbeill ,
classics professor and writer specializing in political humor, Roman gesture, and grammatical gender
Simon Carrington , Director of Choral Activities, Professor, and Artist in Residence 1994 to 2001
Lynn Davidman , distinguished Professor of Modern Jewish Studies and Professor of Sociology
Loren Eiseley , anthropology professor from 1937 to 1944
Charles C. Eldredge , Hall Distinguished Professor of American Art and Culture from 1988 to 2018
Michael S. Engel , distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Entomology; expert on fossil insects
Bryant C. Freeman , founded the Institute of Haitian studies at KU, has published dictionaries in the language; was given the protocol rank of major general with the U.N. peacekeeping force
[41]
James Gunn ,
Hugo Award -winning
science fiction
author and creative writing
professor
[42]
Steve Hawley , Professor of Physics and Astronomy, former astronaut and director of flight crew operations of Johnson Space Center
Fritz Heider (1896–1988), Professor of Psychology known for his work in developing
attribution theory and
balance theory
Kij Johnson , creative writing professor,
Nebula Award -winning fantasy author
Kermit E Krantz MD, LittD (deceased 2007), University distinguished Professor; Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; developed the
Marshall–Marchetti–Krantz (MMK) surgical procedure; invented the expandable tampon
Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972), known for his topological fixed-point theorem
Stanley Lombardo , classics professor and translator of classical works into English, including the
Iliad ,
Odyssey , and
Aeneid
[43]
Don Marquis , Professor of
philosophy who is known for his essay arguing for the immorality of
abortion
Adrian Melott , Professor of
Physics and
Astronomy ; astrophysicist and astrobiologist, researched the large-scale structure of the Universe and mass extinctions
Charles D. Michener ; former chairman of KU Entomology Department, ex-director of the Snow Entomological Museum; distinguished Professor Emeritus
Richard Moore , distinguished Professor emeritus
James Naismith , professor of physical education, campus chaplain, invented basketball, was the first men's basketball coach for the school
Jan Roskam , emeritus professor of aerospace engineering, author of eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics
Susan Scholz , Harper Faculty Fellow
Marilyn Stokstad , Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History from 1980 to 2002
Katharine Mulky Warne , music professor and composer
Kevin Willmott , associate professor of theater and film;
[44] writer and director of the film
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America ,
[45] won
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (along with
Spike Lee , David Rabinowitz, and Charlie Wachtel) for
BlacKkKlansman
Donald Worster , distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, considered one of the founders of the field of
environmental history
Athletes and coaches
Baseball
Bob Allison , All-Star outfielder of the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins, 1959 American League Rookie of the Year
Jeff Berblinger , former
Major League Baseball player
Brett Bochy , former Major League Baseball pitcher
Mike Getto , head baseball coach,
All-American in football, Head Coach for the
Brooklyn Dodgers team in 1942
Tom Gorzelanny , former Major League Baseball pitcher
Travis Metcalf , former Major League Baseball player
Steve Renko , major league pitcher, winner of 136 games for seven different teams
Rob Thomson , major league coach for the
Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Zagurski , major league pitcher for the
Arizona Diamondbacks
Basketball
Cole Aldrich , 2010 All-American, 11th pick in the
2010 NBA draft ,
Oklahoma City Thunder
Phog Allen , head basketball coach; won three national championships, 10th winningest coach in college basketball history and #1 winningest when he retired, also had brief stints as the head football coach and head baseball coach
Darrell Arthur , 2008 National Champions, 27th pick of 2008 NBA draft,
Memphis Grizzlies
Udoka Azubuike , NBA player for the
Utah Jazz
Nick Bradford , basketball player 1997–2000, played professionally in
Iceland ,
France , and
Romania
Bill Bridges ,
All-American , 1975 NBA Championship with
Golden State Warriors
Mario Chalmers , 2007
Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, 2008 National Champions, MOP of 2008 Championship Game, 34th pick of 2008 NBA draft,
Miami Heat , 2012 and 2013
NBA Finals Champion with the
Miami Heat , currently an
NBA free agent
Wilt Chamberlain , two-time All-American, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA all-time leader for career rebounds and most points in a single game with 100 points
Sherron Collins , 2010 All-American, NBA player for
Charlotte Bobcats
Nick Collison , All-American, NBA player for the Oklahoma City Thunder also known as "Mr. USA Basketball" for representing the country in international basketball
Cheick Diallo , NBA player for the
New Orleans Pelicans
Joel Embiid , NBA player for the
Philadelphia 76ers
Drew Gooden , All-American, 4th pick 2002 NBA draft, Basketball America Player of the Year 2002,
Milwaukee Bucks
Devonte' Graham , NBA player for the
Charlotte Hornets and
New Orleans Pelicans
Xavier Henry , All
Big 12 honorable mention, 12th pick in the
2010 NBA draft ,
Memphis Grizzlies
Kirk Hinrich , All-American, NBA player with the
Chicago Bulls
Josh Jackson , 4th pick in the
2017 NBA draft , NBA player for the
Phoenix Suns
Elijah Johnson (born 1990), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Tom Kivisto , played on 1971 and 1974 Final Four Teams
Raef LaFrentz , All-American, NBA player with the
Portland Trail Blazers
Keith Langford , professional basketball player (with
Maccabi Tel Aviv )
Clyde Lovellette , All-American; first basketball player in history to play on NCAA, Olympic, and NBA championship squads; three
NBA Finals titles and 1952 Olympic
gold medal and NCAA Champion
Danny Manning , basketball player and coach; two-time All-American, 1988 recipient of the Naismith and Wooden Awards, Big 8 Player of the Decade for the 1980s, two-time NBA all-star
Frank Mason III , NBA player for the
Sacramento Kings
Ben McLemore , 7th pick of 2013 NBA draft, Sacramento Kings
Aaron Miles , NBA Player for the
Golden State Warriors and assistant coach for the
Boston Celtics
Ralph Miller , former men's basketball coach at
Oregon State University , the
University of Iowa , and
Municipal University of Wichita , member of the
Basketball Hall of Fame ,
1941 All-Big Six Conference back on football team
Marcus Morris ,
All-American basketball player, fourteenth pick in the
2011 NBA draft ,
Houston Rockets
Markieff Morris , thirteenth pick of the
2011 NBA draft ,
Phoenix Suns
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk , NBA Player for the
Toronto Raptors
Malik Newman (born 1997), player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Greg Ostertag , NBA player for the
Utah Jazz
Kelly Oubre Jr. , NBA player for the
Charlotte Hornets
Paul Pierce , All-American, NBA
All-Star , 2008
NBA Finals Champion and
NBA Finals MVP with the
Boston Celtics , now on the
Los Angeles Clippers
Scot Pollard ,
NBA , free agent
Thomas Robinson , NBA player for the
Sacramento Kings
Dave Robisch , two-time All-American, 13 seasons in the
ABA and
NBA
Adolph Rupp , former men's basketball coach at the
University of Kentucky and the third winningest coach in the sport; two-time Helms National Championship team member at KU
Brandon Rush , two-time All-American, MVP of the 2008
Big 12 Tournament, 2008 National Champions, 13th pick of 2008 NBA draft,
Indiana Pacers , 2015
NBA Finals Champion as a member of the
Golden State Warriors
Wayne Selden Jr. , player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Wayne Simien , two-time All-American, 2005
Big 12 Player of the Year
Dean Smith , basketball coach at the
University of North Carolina ; third winningest coach in the sport; 1952
NCAA Basketball title at KU
Tyshawn Taylor , NBA player for the
Brooklyn Nets
Mark Turgeon , former player and current head coach for
University of Maryland , formerly at
Wichita State and
Texas A&M
Darnell Valentine ,
All-American , three-time Academic All-American, 16th pick in
1981 NBA draft , 10 years in
NBA
Jacque Vaughn , head coach of
Orlando Magic , two-time
All-American , and 27th pick in
1997 NBA draft
Jo Jo White , All-American, 1968
gold medal Mexico City Olympics, named the
most valuable player of the 1976
NBA Finals , seven-time NBA
All-Star with
Boston Celtics
Andrew Wiggins , first pick in the
2014 NBA draft , 2015
NBA Rookie of the Year , current
Golden State Warriors player
Jeff Withey (born 1990), player for
Hapoel Tel Aviv of the
Israeli Premier League
Lynette Woodard , four-time All-American at KU; major college basketball's career women's scoring leader; first female member of the
Harlem Globetrotters ; Olympic women's basketball
gold medalist
Julian Wright , All-American, 13th pick of 2007 NBA draft,
Toronto Raptors
Gilbert Brown ,
NFL nose tackle for
Super Bowl XXXI Champion
Green Bay Packers ; 11 seasons in
NFL
Jon Cornish , CFL running back for the
Calgary Stampeders ;
2013 CFL season Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian;
2012 CFL season Most Outstanding Canadian; played in and won the
96th Grey Cup
Nolan Cromwell , All-American; in 1976 set NCAA
rushing record for a
quarterback ; 1980 NFC Defensive Player of the Year; four-time
pro bowl selection in 11 years with the
Los Angeles Rams
J.P. Darche , former NFL long-snapper for the
Seattle Seahawks and
Kansas City Chiefs , graduated from the
KU Medical School in 2014 following his retirement from football
[46] (played football at and received undergraduate degree from McGill University in Canada)
Dick Davis , American Football League champion with the 1962 Dallas Texans
Jack Del Rio , former NFL linebacker and coach; did not play football at Kansas, attended and graduated from the school while playing for the
Kansas City Chiefs
[47]
Bobby Douglass , KU and NFL quarterback; led 9–1 Jayhawks to Orange Bowl in 1968; All-American 1968, drafted 2nd round by Chicago Bears in 1969, retired 1978
Mike Getto , head baseball coach,
All-American in football, head coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942
John Hadl , two-time
All-American , once as
halfback and once as
quarterback ; KU Football Player of the Century; NFL
quarterback 1962–1977
Chris Harris Jr. , cornerback for Denver Broncos;
Super Bowl 50 champion; two-time Pro Bowler
James Holt ,
2008 Insight Bowl defensive MVP; signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2009
Ron Jessie , former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver
Mike Johnson , NFL player
Rod Jones , Aloha Bowl Champion 1995, National Football League 1996–2002,
Cincinnati Bengals ,
St. Louis Rams ,
Washington Redskins
Curtis McClinton , played in
Super Bowl IV with the
Kansas City Chiefs ; sixth-leading rusher in franchise history;
MVP
Monte Merkel , NFL guard
Tyler Patmon , NFL cornerback, graduated from Kansas but did not finish college football career at Kansas
Elvis Patterson , former NFL cornerback, two-time
Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXVIII)
Willie Pless , star football linebacker in the
Canadian Football League ;
NCAA and
Big 8 record holder for tackles with 633 (in only 3 years); 11-time All-Pro and 5-time Defensive Player of the Year in CFL
John Riggins ,
Super Bowl XVII MVP;
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Gale Sayers ,
All-American , Pro Football Hall of Fame running back
Laverne Smith , NFL running back, Pittsburgh Steelers
Dana Stubblefield , NFL all-pro defensive end; drafted in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft, 26th overall, by the San Francisco 49ers;
NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year ; four-time
All-Pro selection (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997);
NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1997
Darrell Stuckey , NFL safety,
San Diego Chargers
Aqib Talib ,
2008 Orange Bowl MVP; first round
NFL draft pick of the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Broderick Thompson , former NFL offensive lineman
John E. Zook , defensive end, KU (1966–1968), NFL (1969–1979); KU All-Time team, All-American 1968, 2nd-Team All-Pro 1973, 2nd-Team All-NFC 1972 & 1973, 1973 Pro Bowl; missed only three games in ten years before final pro season
Golf
Matt Gogel , professional golfer on the
PGA Tour ; winner of the 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on the PGA Tour
Gary Woodland , professional golfer on the PGA Tour; winner of the 2011 Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, the 2013 Reno Tahoe Open, the 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour, and the 2019 U.S. Open
Soccer
Track and field
Bill Alley , javelin, Olympian and US record holder
Glenn Cunningham , former world record holder in 1500m and the mile, silver medal in 1936 Olympics in 1500m
Bill Dotson , former distance runner; broke four minute mile on both indoor and outdoor tracks
Maurice Green , won two Olympic gold medals and four medals overall in the 100m dash and 4x100m relay
Billy Mills , the only US Olympic 10,000m gold medal winner; former
world record holder
Bill Nieder , shot put; won silver at the
1956 Summer Olympics and gold in
1960 Summer Olympics ; set three shot put world records
Al Oerter ,
All-American , four consecutive gold medals in olympic discus throw; two-time
world record holder
Jim Ryun , former U.S. congressman; three-time Olympic runner and silver medalist; held
world records in the 880, 1,500m, and indoor and outdoor miles
Wes Santee , middle distance runner, Olympian
Athletic directors
See also
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