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Undergraduate Colleges /
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Distinguished alumni |
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- Val Ackerman, Col 1981 -
Founder and president of WNBA
- Jeff Agoos, Com 1991 - Soccer player with San Jose
Earthquakes and U.S. national team
- Yasushi Akashi, Grad 1956 - Undersecretary of the United Nations
- Robert Aldrich (attended) - Film director, writer, and producer of
The Dirty Dozen
- George Allen, Col 1974, Law 1977 -
Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Hanan Ashrawi, Grad 1982 - Palestinian spokeswoman and peace
activist
- Nathan L. Bachman, Law 1903 - U.S. Senator, Tennessee
- John Backus (attended) - Inventor of first high-level programming language, FORTRAN
- Ronde Barber, Com 1996 - Cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Tiki Barber, Com 1997 - Tailback, New York Giants
- Alben W. Barkley, Law 1900 - U.S. Senator, Kentucky; Vice-President of the United
States
- Daniel Barringer, Grad 1888 - Proved the existence of
meteorites on Earth (Barringer Meteorite
Crater)
- Evan Bayh, Law 1981 - U.S.
Senator, Indiana
- Jesse Beams, Grad 1926 - One of
5 primary physicists selected for Manhattan Project, pioneer of
ultracentrifuge
- Alfred Berkeley, Col
1966 - President, NASDAQ Stock Exchange
- Rupert Blue, Col 1890 - Surgeon General of the United
States
- Shelby Bonnie, Com 1986 -
CEO, co-founder, CNET Inc.
- Alan Stephenson Boyd, Law 1948 - First United States Secretary of
Transportation
- Charles Augustus Briggs, Col 1860 - Hebrew Scolar
and Theologian
- Algernon S. Buford, Law 1850 - President, Richmond and Danville Railroad
- Heather and Heidi Burge, both Col 1993 - Former
WNBA players
- Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Law 1936 - U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Richard E. Byrd (attended) - Polar Explorer, first to fly over
South Pole
- James Laurence Cabell, Clas 1833 - President of
National Board of Health
- Millard F. Caldwell, Law 1924 - Governor, U.S. Congressman, and State Supreme Court
Justice, Florida
- Rick Carlisle, Col 1984 - Former NBA player; current head coach, Indiana Pacers
- James Paul Clarke, Law 1878 - Governor and U.S. Senator, Arkansas
- Francis Collins, Col 1970 - Director, Human Genome Project
- John Cornyn, Law 1995 - U.S. Senator, Texas
- Katie Couric, Col 1979 - Host, NBC's The Today Show
- Hugh S. Cumming, Med 1893 - Surgeon General of the United
States
- Henry Winter Davis, Law 1841 - Outspoken Radical Republican; U.S. Congressman, Maryland
- Paul Ereng, Col 1993 - Gold medalist in 800 meters at 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tina Fey, Col 1992 - Head writer, Saturday Night Live
- William Meade Fishback, Law 1855 - Governor and
U.S. Senator-Elect, Arkansas
- Patrick G. Forrester, Grad 1989 - NASA Astronaut
- Thomas Frank, Col 1987 - Founder and editor, The Baffler
- Thomas Watt Gregory, Law 1884 - Attorney General of the United
States
- Al Groh, Comm 1967- UVA's Football Head Coach
- Darryl Hammond, Col 1988 - Arena Football League career tackles leader
- Karl G. Henize, Grad 1948 - NASA Astronaut
- Hilary A. Herbert, Law 1855 - Secretary of the Navy
- Russell Herron, Engr 1979 - Author, co-founder of GeoQuest Systems
- Brit Hume, Col 1965 - Managing editor, Fox News
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter,
Col 1828 - Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Eppa Hunton, Law 1843 - CSA Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Laura Ingraham, Law 1991 - Conservative talk-show host
- Howell Edmunds Jackson, Grad 1854 - Justice,
United States Supreme Court
- Louis Arthur Johnson, Law 1913 - Second United States Secretary of Defense
- Edward P. Jones, Grad 1981 - Author, winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
- Robert F. Kennedy, Law 1951 - U.S. Senator, New York; 1968 U.S. Presidential candidate
- Edward M. Kennedy, Law 1959 - U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
- Tim Koogle, Engr 1973 - Vice
Chairman and former CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
- William Preston Lane, Jr., Law 1915 -
Governor, Maryland
- Stephen Malkmus Jr., Col 1988 - Lead singer of indie-rock band Pavement
- Thurgood
Marshall Jr., Col 1978, Law 1981 - Cabinet secretary, Clinton
administration
- Samuel D. McEnery, Col 1857, Governor and U.S. Senator for Louisiana
- Benjamin McKenzie, Col 2001 - Actor, Fox's The
O.C.
- James Clark McReynolds, Law 1884 - Justice,
United States Supreme Court
- Halsey Minor, Col 1987 -
Co-founder and former CEO, CNET Inc.
- Herman Moore, Col 1991 - NFL
record-holder for catches in a season
- John S. Mosby (attended) - The "Gray Ghost", CSA guerilla
fighter
- Janet Napolitano, Law 1983 - Governor of Arizona
- Bill Nelson, Law 1968 - U.S. Senator, Florida
- Longin Pastusiak, Grad 1959 - Marshall of the Senate, Poland
- William N. Page (attended) - Civil Engineer, co-founder of the
Virginian Railway
- Charles T. Pepper, Med 1855 - The original "Dr. Pepper"
according to the Dr Pepper Company
- Edgar Allan Poe (attended) - Poet, author of The Raven
- George W. Randolph, Law 1842 - CSA Secretary of War
- Stanley Forman Reed, Law 1908 - Justice, United States Supreme Court
- Walter Reed, Med 1869 - Discovered vaccine for yellow fever
- Steven Reinemund,
Darden 1978 - Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo Inc.
- Claudio Reyna (attended) - Soccer player with Manchester
City in English Premiership; captain of U.S. national team
- Rebecca W. Rimel, Nurs
1973 - President, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Eppa Rixey, Col 1912 - Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
- Chuck Robb, Law 1973 - Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Joseph Taylor Robinson, Law 1895 - Governor and
United States Senate Majority
Leader, Arkansas
- Larry Sabato, Col 1974 -
Called the "Most Quoted College Professor in the Land" by the Wall Street Journal
- Ralph Sampson, Col 1983 - NBA
All-Star Center, Houston
Rockets
- Mark Sanford, Darden 1988 - Governor of South Carolina
- John William Snow, Grad 1965 - United States Secretary of the
Treasury
- Javier Solana, Grad 1968 - Secretary General of NATO and the Council of the European Union
- William B. Spong, Jr., Law 1947 - U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Dawn Staley, Col 1992 - Olympic gold medalist, carried U.S. flag at
opening ceremonies of 2004 Summer Olympics
- Melissa Stark, Col 1995 -
Reporter, ESPN and ABC's Monday Night
Football
- John C. Stennis, Law 1928 - U.S. Senator, Mississippi
- William Force Stead, Col 1905 - American diplomat and
poet
- Edward Stettinius, Jr., Col 1924 - United States Secretary of State
- Henry S. Taylor, Col
1965 - 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry
- Charles L. Terry, Jr., Col 1922 - Governor,
Delaware
- John Charles
Thomas, Col 1972, Law 1975 - Virginia Supreme Court Justice
- Sean Patrick Thomas, Col 1983 - Actor
- Kathryn C. Thornton, Grad 1977, Grad 1979 - NASA Astronaut
- Robert Toombs, Law 1830 - U.S. Senator, Georgia
- John V. Tunney, Law 1959 - U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator, California
- Thomas B. Turley, Law 1867 - U.S. Senator, Tennessee
- John Warner, Law 1953 - U.S. Senator, Virginia
- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Law 1957 - Governor,
U.S. Congressman, and
U.S. Senator, Connecticut
- John Sharp Williams, Law 1876 - Minority Leader of the United States House of
Representatives
- Woodrow Wilson (attended) - 28th President of the United States
- William Wulf, Grad 1966 - Designer of BLISS programming language
- Walter Wyatt, Law 1917 - General Counsel, Federal Reserve System
- Hugh Young, Clas 1889, Med 1891 - Inventor, author, pioneering surgeon
- Robert R. Young (attended) - Chairman of the Board, C&O Railroad
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Interesting Fact |
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When P.T. Barnum donated money to Tufts University, he did so on the condition that the school's mascot be named after his beloved elephant. The Tufts University mascot has been the "Jumbos" ever since. |
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