Aside from the previously listed famous athletes to attend UConn, notable alumni include:
- Tansu Çiller, first female Prime Minister of Turkey
- Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut and physicist
- Edward Kennedy, Jr., lawyer and son of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy
- Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychology theorist
- Ron Palillo, actor
- Ann Lane Petry, author
- Timothy Perry Shriver, teacher and philanthropist