Faculty

• Byron Blagburn; professor of pathobiology specializing in parasitology; developed the PROGRAM flea pill for pets in 1995.
• Nels Madsen; engineering professor who won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement for his work on motion-capture technology for computer character animation involving mapping human motion onto the motion of a computer character. He gained recognition when Peter Jackson selected his software for use in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
• James Voss; former US astronaut and veteran of five spaceflights; teaching courses on Space Mission Design.

Alumni

• Gen. Holland Smith (1901); USMC, "father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare"
• Gordon Persons (1922); Governor of Alabama, 1951-1955
• Paul Rudolph (1940); architect, chairman of Yale Department of Architecture - 1958 to 1965
• Vince Dooley (1954, M.His 1963); University of Georgia Head Football Coach 1964-1988, Athletic Director 1979-2004
• Hank Hartsfield (1954); astronaut, STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
• Millard Fuller (1957); founder of Habitat for Humanity
• Fob James (1957); Governor of Alabama, 1979-1983, 1995-1999
• Carl Mundy Jr. (1957); USMC General and Commandant
• Ken Mattingly (1958); astronaut, Apollo 13 (pulled), Apollo 16 (spacewalk), STS-4
• Anne Rivers Siddons (1958); best-selling author
• Samuel Ginn (1959); wireless communications pioneer and former chairman, Vodafone.
• Don Logan (1966); Chairman, Time Warner's Media & Communications Group
• Joe Leonard (1967); chairman/CEO, Airtran Airways
• James Voss (1972); astronaut, STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, ISS
• Samuel Mockbee (1974); architect, founder of Auburn's Rural Studio, 2004 AIA Gold Medal
• Kathryn Thornton (1974); astronaut, second US woman in space, spacewalk, STS-33, STS-73
• Cynthia Tucker (1976); syndicated columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor
• Jan Davis (1977); astronaut, STS-47, STS-60
• Rheta Grimsley-Johnson(1977); syndicated newspaper columnist
• Jimmy Johnson(197?); cartoonist, "Arlo and Janis"
• Bill Holbrook (1980); cartoonist, "On The Fast Track", "Save Havens" and "Kevin & Kell"
• Rowdy Gaines (1982); Olympic gold medalist, world record holder and television sports commentator
• Tim Dorsey (1983); author
• Jimmy Wales (1989); founder of the Wikipedia
• Frank Thomas (1990); professional baseball player
• Bo Jackson (1992); former professional football and baseball player
• Johnny Micheal Spann (1992); First American killed in combat after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

Attendees (did not graduate)

• Charles Barkley (joined the NBA after his junior year in 1984); former professional basketball player
• Jimmy Buffett; singer/songwriter (attended Auburn, but graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi)
• Victoria Jackson of Saturday Night Live fame attended Auburn for one year but graduated from Furman University.

Appearances

• Auburn was mentioned in the 2003 Sony Pictures' filmBig Fish, directed by Tim Burton and starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, and Billy Crudup. The film was based upon the novel, Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, by Daniel Wallace. However, the campus you see in the movie is actually Huntingdon College in Montgomery.
• Auburn has made a number of cameos in the syndicated comic strip Kevin & Kell, drawn by Auburn alumnus Bill Holbrook. Appearances include 16-Dec-98  (http://www.kevinandkell.com/1998/kk1216.html), 3-Nov-04  (http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk1103.html), 4-Nov-04  (http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk1104.html), 5-Nov-04  (http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk1105.html), and 6-Nov-04  (http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk1106.html).