Famous alumni and students include:
- Gil Amelio electrical engineer, one-time CEO of Apple Computer (physics)
- Kenny Anderson basketball
player
- Jon Barry basketball player
- Travis Best basketball
player
- Kevin Brown baseball player
- Chris Bosh basketball player, 4th pick in 2003 NBA draft
- George P. Burdell
- Kelly Campbell football
player, wide receiver for NFL's Minnesota Vikings
- Jimmy Carter former U.S. president (attended Georgia Tech, but
graduated from United States Naval
Academy)
- Stewart Cink golfer
- Robert Crippen astronaut
- David Duval golfer
- Mike Duke president and CEO of Wal-Mart (industrial engineering)
- Y. Frank Freeman first
winner of The Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award
- Jeff Foxworthy comedian (electrical engineering)
- Nomar Garciaparra baseball player
- Bobby Jones golfer (mechanical engineering)
- Jan Lorenc designer
- Stephon Marbury basketball player
- Arthur Murray dance instructor and businessman (management)
- Sam Nunn former U.S. senator (attended but did not graduate from Tech;
graduated from Emory University)
- John Portman architect
- John Salley basketball player, co-host of The Best Damn Sports Show
Period
- Randolph Scott movie star in the 1940s and 1950s
- John Young astronaut (aeronautical engineering)
- Jason Varitek baseball player
- Pat Swilling Former NFL linebacker, Louisiana Politician