The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Arizona. Notable alumni include a former

U.S. Secretary of the Interior The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural ...

, a former U.S. Surgeon General, five

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

s, two Republican U.S. Presidential nominees, the creator of the television series '' Sesame Street'' and founder of

Sesame Workshop Sesame Workshop (SW), originally known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is an American nonprofit organization that has been responsible for the production of several educational children's programs—including its first and best-know ...

, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, and several NASA astronauts.

Notable alumni and former students

Academia

* Noam Chomsky – UA Laureate Professor of Linguistics, Agnese Nelms Haury Chair * Lee Giles (PhD 1981) – computer scientist, co-creator of CiteSeer, David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology,

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

Ghanim Al-Jumaily Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily (born June 1, 1950) is the ambassador of Iraq to Saudi Arabia, appointed by the interim government of Iraq in 2008. He first served as Iraq's ambassador to Japan in 2004. He has four children, Anas, Youssra, Mariam and Om ...

(MS 1983) – professor of engineering, Southern New Hampshire University; former Iraqi diplomat *

Alan C. Newell Alan C. Newell (born 5 November 1941 in Dublin) is an Irish/American mathematician and Regents Professor at the University of Arizona. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1976 and in 2004 the John von Neumann Lecture The John von Neu ...

– UA Regents Professor of Mathematics * Ed Renwick (1968) – political scientist and television commentator in New Orleans, Louisiana * Shauna Shapiro – professor of psychology,

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...

* David Soren (1983) – UA Regents Professor of Classics and Director of the Orvieto Institute in Umbria * Gordon Willey (BS 1935, MS 1936) – pioneer of processual archaeology, Harvard University professor *

Vladimir E. Zakharov Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov (russian: Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Заха́ров; born August 1, 1939) is a USSR, Soviet and Russians, Russian mathematician and physicist. He is currently Regents' Professor of mathematics at The ...

– UA Regents Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Arts and media

Agha Shahid Ali Agha Shahid Ali (4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001) was an Indian-born poet who immigrated to the United States, and became affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. His collections include ''A Walk T ...

– poet * Samaire Armstrong – actress * Denise Austin – fitness instructor * Michael Biehn (1974) – actor, ''

Aliens Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrate ...

'', ''Terminator'' *

Lynn Borden Lynn Marie Freyse (March 24, 1937 – March 3, 2015) was an American film and television actress. She was known for playing Barbara Baxter in the final season of the American sitcom television series '' Hazel''. Life and career Borden was bor ...

(1959) – actress and Miss Arizona (1957) * Jerry Bruckheimer (1965) – film and television producer *

Jos Charles Jos Charles (born November 14, 1988) is a trans American poet, writer, translator, and editor. In 2017 her book ''feeld'' was a winner in the prestigious National Poetry Series. She is the founding editor of THEM, the first trans literary journal i ...

– poet * Tom Chilton – MMORPG game developer * Fred Christenson – television executive * Robert D. Cocke – artistKnight, Robert E, Tina Yapelli and Robert D. Cocke
''Robert D. Cocke: Paintings 1980–2009''
Oracle, AZ: Robert Cocke, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2022. * Joan Ganz Cooney – creator of '' Sesame Street'' *

Ted DeGrazia Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia (June 14, 1909 – September 17, 1982) was an American impressionist, painter, sculptor, composer, actor, director, designer, architect, jeweler, and lithographer. Described as "the world's most reproduced artist", DeGrazi ...

– painter, sculptor * Louis Delsarte – artist * George Gray — game show host and announcer * Alex Flanagan – sports journalist * Savannah Guthrie – co-host of '' The Today Show'' * Earl Hindman – actor, Wilson W. Wilson, '' Home Improvement'' * Louis Hock – independent filmmaker *

Rick Hoffman Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

– actor * John Hughes – film director, producer, screenwriter * Daniel Humbarger – stand-up comedian *

J.A. Jance Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance (born October 27, 1944) is an American author of mystery novels. She writes three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and f ...

– mystery writer *

Nicole Randall Johnson Nicole Randall Johnson (born December 9, 1973) is an American actress, writer and producer. Johnson is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of performers on the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. Biography Johnson was born in Los ...

– actress and comedian * Kourtney Kardashian – television personality *

Kitty Kelley Katherine Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and ...

– author *

Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the Univers ...

(1981, MS Biology) – author * Greg Kinnear (1985) – actor *

Don Knotts Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on ''The Andy Griffith Show'', a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also ...

– actor *

Aline Kominsky-Crumb Aline Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith; August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 201 ...

(BFA) – underground comic book creator * Tamika Lawrence – actress and singer * Jerry Livingston – songwriter *

Harvey Mason Jr. Harvey Jay Mason Jr. (born June 3, 1968) is an American record producer, songwriter, movie producer and current CEO of The Recording Academy. He has written and produced songs for artists including Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Deniece Wil ...

– music and film producer *

Linda McCartney Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, vegetarian cookbook author and advocate, and entrepreneur. She was the keyboardist in th ...

– photographer *

James McMurtry James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor (''Daisy Miller'', ''Lonesome Dove'', and narrator of ''Ghost Town: 24 Hours i ...

– musician *

Dipti Mehta Dipti Mehta is an Indian American actress best known for her portrayal of Reina in '' Life! Camera Action...'' bringing her multiple international awards and nominations. Early life Mehta was born and raised in Mumbai. Mehta dreamed of bei ...

– actress *

J. Greg Miller ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

– musician *

Labina Mitevska Labina Mitevska ( mk, Лабина Митевска) (born 1975 in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian actress. Career Mitevska began her acting career aged 19 after studying in Skopje, Denmark, and the Unive ...

– Macedonian actress * Peter Murrieta – 2-time Emmy Award-winning producer and writer, '' Wizards of Waverly Place'' * Craig T. Nelson (1969) – actor *

Lynne Olson Lynne Olson (born August 19, 1949) is an American author, historian and journalist. She was born on August 19, 1949, and is married to Stanley Cloud, with whom she often writes. In 1969 she graduated from University of Arizona. Before becoming a ...

– author and journalist * Brian Ralston – film score composer * Caroline Rhea – actress and comedian *

Nicole Richie Nicole Camille Richie (; born September 21, 1981) is an American television personality, fashion designer, socialite, and actress. She came to prominence after appearing in the reality television series ''The Simple Life'' (2003–2007), in whic ...

– actress *

Geraldo Rivera Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Riviera; July 4, 1943) is an American journalist, attorney, author, political commentator, and former television host. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Geraldo'' from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the liv ...

(1965) – talk show host, television journalist * Linda Ronstadt – 11-time Grammy award-winning singer *

Richard Russo Richard Russo (July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. Early life and education Russo was born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville. He earned a bachelor's degree, a Master o ...

–

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

winner for his novel ''

Empire Falls ''Empire Falls'' is a 2001 novel written by Richard Russo. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002, and follows the story of Miles Roby in a fictional, small blue-collar town in Maine and the people, places, and the past surrounding him, a ...

'' *

Rico Saccani Rico Saccani (born April 16, 1952) is a conductor who served as Music Director/Artistic Adviser of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra between 1996 and 2005 and was principal guest conductor of the Hungarian State Opera from 1985 to 2005. Biogr ...

– conductor *

Fritz Scholder Fritz William Scholder V (October 6, 1937 – February 10, 2005) was a Native American artist. Scholder was an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Luiseños, a California Mission tribe. Schold ...

– late Native American artist *

Garry Shandling Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as '' Sanford and Son'' and ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He made ...

– late actor and comedian *

Harrison Sheckler Harrison Sheckler (born April 23, 1996) is an American classical pianist, composer, actor, and virtual choir conductor. Early life Sheckler was born in Rochester, MN and grew up in Charles City, IA, and began playing piano at age of 6 and vi ...

– pianist and composer * Ron Shelton – film screenwriter and director *

Richard Siken Richard Siken (born February 15, 1967) is a North-American poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is the author of the collection '' Crush'' (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004. His second book o ...

(MFA 1994) – poet *

Stephen Spinella Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956) is an American stage, television, and film actor. Early life Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic. He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, and graduated fr ...

– actor * Barret Swatek – actress *

Jimmy Tatro James Richard Tatro is an American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality. He is the creator and star of the YouTube channel ''LifeAccordingToJimmy'', which has more than 3.4 million subscribers and over 713 million video views. Tatro w ...

– actor *

Brandon Tatum Brandon Orlando Tatum is an American conservative political commentator, former police officer and former college football player. Early life and education Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Tatum was an All-American football player in high school. ...

– conservative commentator *

Vicki Lewis Thompson Vicki Lewis Thompson (born 11 October 1950 in United States) is a best-selling American writer of over seventy romance novels. She has also been published under the pseudonyms Cory Kenyon and Corey Keaton with Mary Tate Engels. Biography Vicki L ...

– author * Jonathan Van Ness – television and media personality * Jack Wagner (1982) – actor * David Foster Wallace – author * Kate Walsh – actress * Kristen Wiig – actress, '' Saturday Night Live'' cast member * Christine Woods – actress

Business

* Max Cutler – Podcaster and entrepreneur, founder of Parcast * Karl Eller – Arizona business leader, namesake of the

Eller College of Management The Eller College of Management (Eller) is a business school at the University of Arizona located in Tucson, Arizona. The Eller College of Management began in 1913 as bachelor's degree program in commerce before becoming the University of Arizona ...

* Rande Gerber – owner of Midnight Oil Bars and other nightlife businesses *

William M. Grace William M. Grace (September 10, 1934 – April 25, 2004) was a building developer who played an important role in bringing casinos to the Midwest. Biography Grace was born on a farm near Burlington Junction, Missouri. He received a B.S. and lat ...

(MBA 1959) – real estate developer and casino owner * Robert Wood Johnson IV – owner of the

New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The J ...

football club; great-grandson of the founder of

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational corporation founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company i ...

R. Alexandra Keith R. Alexandra (Alex) Keith (born 1968) is an American businesswoman, and CEO of Procter & Gamble's global beauty division. Early life Keith earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona in 1989. Career Keith joi ...

(born 1967–1968) – head of Procter & Gamble's global beauty business *

Terry Lundgren Terrence James Lundgren (born March 23, 1952) is an American business executive who retired on January 31, 2018, as executive chairman of Macy's, Inc. the parent company of fashion retailers Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury. He had served ...

– CEO of Federated Department Stores, namesake of The Terry Lundgren Center for Retailing at the university *

Arturo Moreno Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August 14, 1946) is an American businessman. On May 15, 2003, he became the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney ...

– owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, outdoor advertising entrepreneur * Robert Sarver – managing partner and majority owner of the

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...

basketball team, director of

SkyWest Airlines SkyWest Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah, United States. SkyWest is paid to staff, operate and maintain aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by a partner mainline airline. The ...

Lisa Song Sutton Lisa Song Sutton is an American entrepreneur, attorney, real estate investor, motivational speaker, model, beauty pageant titleholder and former congressional candidate. Early and personal life Sutton was born in Seoul to an American father (Viet ...

– businesswoman, attorney, real estate investor, former Miss Nevada United States and former congressional candidate

Law, politics, and government

* Gilbert Baker – Arkansas State Senator *

Ron Barber Ronald Sylvester Barber (born August 25, 1945) is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2012 to 2015. Barber, a member of the Democratic Party from Arizona, served as district director for U.S ...

(BA 1967) –

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

Betsey Bayless Betsey Bayless (born January 10, 1944) was the 16th Secretary of State of Arizona from September 5, 1997, until January 6, 2003. She was appointed to fill the unexpired term of fellow Republican Jane Dee Hull. She was elected to a full term Novemb ...

(1966) – Arizona Secretary of State 1997–2003 *

Stacy Brenner Stacy Fielding Brenner is an American Democratic politician, registered nurse, small business owner and organic farmer. She currently represents Maine State Senate District 30, consisting of the towns of Bar Mills, Gorham, Scarborough, and pa ...

: Democratic member of the

Maine State Senate The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution ...

(2020-) *

Jeffrey S. Buchanan Jeffrey S. Buchanan is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. He was the commander of the United States Army North (Fifth Army). He also served as the senior commander of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. Education He has a bac ...

(1982) – Lieutenant General, United States Army *

Richard Carmona Richard Henry Carmona (born November 22, 1949) is an American physician, nurse, police officer, public health administrator, and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surg ...

(MPH 1998) – former U.S. Surgeon General *

Raul Hector Castro Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

(JD 1949) – former Governor of Arizona and ambassador to Argentina * Richard Harvey Chambers (BA 1929) – chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1959–1976) *

Joseph V. Cuffari Joseph Vincent Cuffari (born 1959) is an American government administrator who has been the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2019. He previously held positions in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations ...

(BS 1984) – Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security *

Frank L. Culin Jr. Major General Frank L. Culin Jr. (March 31, 1892 – December 31, 1967) was a career officer in the United States Army. A recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, and Air Medal, he was a veteran of both W ...

(BS 1915, MS 1916) – U.S. Army major general *

Dennis DeConcini Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Unit ...

(BA 1959, LLD 1963) – former

from Arizona (1977–1995) * David Dewhurst (BA 1967) – Lieutenant Governor of Texas *

Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his te ...

– former

and 1996 Republican US Presidential nominee *

Paul Fannin Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965. Ear ...

– former Governor of Arizona (1955–1965) and

(1965–1977) *

Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (August 8, 1919February 1, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Arizona from 1965 until 1967. He remained active in politics following his term in office, serving on the Democratic Natio ...

(JD 1949) – former Governor of Arizona (1965–1967) *

Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for presiden ...

– former

(1953– 1965, 1969–1987) and 1964 Republican US Presidential nominee *

Howard Hart Howard Phillips Hart (born as Howard Lester Phillips Jr.; October 16, 1940 – April 30, 2017) was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer. He worked as the CIA chief of station in Islamabad, Pakistan from May 1981 until 1984. He was su ...

– Central Intelligence Agency officer * Carole Hillard (BA 1957) – former Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota * Tom Hughes (MA 1967) – former mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon * Richard Hunziker – U.S. Air Force Major General *

Jon Kyl Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, ser ...

(BA 1964, JD 1966) – former

(1987–1995) and former

(1995–2013, 2018) *

Edna G. Parker Edna G. Parker (October 30, 1930 – November 12, 1996) was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1980 to 1995. Early life and education Born in Johnston County, North Carolina, Parker came to Washington, D.C. as a child, and graduated from ...

(BA 1953) – United States Tax Court judge''Official Congressional Directory'' (1989), p. 864. * Steve Soboroff – Los Angeles Police Commissioner and former CEO of Playa Vista; former Los Angeles Parks Commissioner *

Nora Sun Nora Sun (August 6, 1937 – January 29, 2011) was a Chinese-American diplomat, businesswoman, and daughter of Sun Fo and Rosa Lam/Lan Yi, and granddaughter of Republic of China founder Sun Yat-sen. She was the founder of the Hong Kong-based Nor ...

(BA 1978) – Chinese American diplomat, granddaughter of

Sun Yatsen Sun Yat-sen (; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese ...

Morris K. Udall Morris King "Mo" Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democra ...

(JD 1949) – former fifteen-term

U.S. Congressman The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

Stewart Udall Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, unde ...

(JD 1948) – former

, former

Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior may refer to: * Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) * Interior Secretary of Pakistan * Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) * United States Secretary of the Interior See also

*Interior ministry ...

* Evan Wallach (BA 1973) – Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Religion

Spencer W. Kimball Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an American business, civic, and religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The grandson of early Latter-day S ...

– former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Frederick Wedge (BA 1920) – Presbyterian pastor and educator, who had boxed professionally as "Kid" Wedge"Fred Wedge Will Become Evangelist", ''Berkeley Daily Gazette'' (December 25, 1924):14.

Science and technology

* Joseph M. Acaba (MS, 1992) – NASA astronaut *

Daniel W. Bradley Daniel W. Bradley (born 13 July 1941) is an important American virologist who, along with Michael Houghton, Qui-Lim Choo and George Kuo at Chiron Corporation, worked to help isolate the Hepatitis C virus in 1989. He graduated from San José ...

(PhD) – co-discoverer of

Hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the initial infection people often have mild or no symptoms. Occasionally a fever, dark urine, a ...

Sarah Hörst Sarah Hörst (born April 26, 1982) is an associate professor of planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins University, who focuses on understanding planetary atmospheric hazes, in particular the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Education Hörst at ...

– Professor of Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University * Steve Maguire (BS, ?) – software engineer * Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos (BS, 1968) – NASA astrophysicist who contributed to the International Ultraviolet Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope * Don Pettit (Ph.D., 1983) – NASA astronaut * Elisabetta Pierazzo (Ph.D., 1997) -PSI Senior Researcher *

Brian Schmidt Brian Paul Schmidt (born 24 February 1967) is the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU). He was previously a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the University's Mo ...

(BS, 1989) – physicist awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics * Richard Scobee (BS, 1965) – NASA astronaut *

Christine Siddoway Christine Siddoway is an American Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the geology and tectonics Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. Th ...

(M.Sc., 1987) – geologist and Antarctic researcher * Kathryn Stephenson (BA, 1936) – first American woman board-certified plastic surgeon * Mary Stiner – Professor of AnthropologyCurator of Zooarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum * Clifford Stoll (Ph.D., 1980) – astronomer * Paul Wehrle (BS, ca. 1943) – pediatrician who helped develop vaccines for polio and smallpox

Sports

* Abdihakem Abdirahman (BA, 2001) – long-distance runner and US 2008 Olympic Trials 10,000 meter champion *

Hassan Adams Hassan Olawale Adams (born June 20, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Arizona. High school career Adams attended Westchester High School in Westchester, Los Angeles, where he averaged ...

(BA, 2006) – NBA player *

Deandre Ayton Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...

– NBA player *

Kadeem Allen Kadeem Frank Allen (born January 15, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was selected with the 53rd pick of the 2017 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, and has played i ...

(born 1993), basketball player in the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

and currently for Hapoel Haifa in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

Brian N. Anderson Brian Nikola Anderson (born March 11, 1982) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox as an outfielder, a position he played p ...

(2003) – MLB center fielder *

Rawle Alkins Rawle Prince Alkins (born October 29, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arizona Wildcats. High school car ...

– NBA player * Gilbert Arenas (2001) – NBA player * Marisa Baena – LPGA golfer * Bob Baffert (1977) – 3-time Eclipse Award winner as outstanding thoroughbred trainer *

Adia Barnes Adia Oshun Barnes (born February 3, 1977) is an American basketball coach and former player. She is currently the head coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats women's basketball. She played at the collegiate level for the University of Arizon ...

(1998) – former WNBA player * Ricky Barnes – PGA Tour golfer and 2002 US Amateur Champion *

Brigetta Barrett Brigetta LaShea Barrett (born December 24, 1990) is a former high jumper from the United States. Her biggest success is winning the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. She ...

(2013) – Olympic silver medalist in the high jump *

Jason Bates Jason Charles Bates (born January 5, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder who played a total of four seasons, spanning from 1995 to 1998. Bates played his final game on September 27, 1998, as a member of the Colorado Rockies ...

– former Major League Baseball

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...

* Michael Bates – 5-time NFL Pro Bowl kick returner and

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

bronze medalist * Amanda Beard (2003) – swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and 2-time American Swimmer of the Year * Mike Bell – NFL running back *

Kathryn Bertine Kathryn Bertine (born 11 May 1975) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis racing cyclist, author, activist, film-maker and former professional figure skater and professional triathlete. She turned professional in road cycling in 2012 and raced on World Tour ...

(2000) – professional racing cyclist, writer, former figure skater and triathlete * Mike Bibby – NBA point guard * Monica Bisordi (2006) – University of Arizona's all-time leading scorer in women's gymnastics * Erica Blasberg (1984–2010) – LPGA golfer *

Cheri Blauwet Cheri Blauwet (born May 15, 1980) is an American physician and Paralympic wheelchair racer. She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Sports Medicine, is assistant professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School and a ...

(2002) – wheelchair racing, Para-olympic gold medalist * Lance Briggs – NFL linebacker * Tedy Bruschi (1996) – NFL linebacker, analyst for ESPN * Copeland Bryan (BA, 2006) – NFL player *

Chase Budinger Chase Andrew Budinger (born May 22, 1988) is an American professional volleyball player and former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 44th overall pick in 2009 NBA draft after playing three years of c ...

– NBA player *

Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American professional auto racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the ...

(1996) – NASCAR driver (attended but did not graduate) *

Will Bynum William Bynum (born January 4, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Arizona and Georgia Tech before going undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft. He was the 2007 Israeli Basketbal ...

(born 1983) – basketball player * Ka'Deem Carey – NFL running back * Antoine Cason – NFL player, 2007 Jim Thorpe Award winner * Jack Davis – American football player *

George DiCarlo George Thomas DiCarlo (born July 13, 1963) is an American former competition swimmer who won the gold medal and broke the Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. At the 1984 Olympics, he also w ...

– Olympic gold medal swimmer * Sean Elliott – NBA player, number retired by the University of Arizona *

Scott Erickson Scott Gavin Erickson (born February 2, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Yankees over 15 seasons. He was a membe ...

– former Major League Baseball pitcher, Arizona Wildcat Hall of Fame *

Maryse Éwanjé-Épée Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (born September 4, 1964, in Poitiers, France) is a retired high jumper from France. Biography Maryse Éwanjé-Épée set her outdoor personal best on July 21, 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at the French National Athletics Cha ...

(1985) – track and field athlete in the high jump and heptathlon *

Jennie Finch Jennie Lynn Finch Daigle (born September 3, 1980) is an American former softball player. She played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999 to 2002, where she won the 2001 Women's College World Series and was named collegiate All-Americ ...

– Olympic gold medal-winning professional women's softball pitcher * Nick Foles – NFL quarterback, Super Bowl LII MVP * Nick Folk – NFL kicker * Terry Francona – MLB player and manager *

Brenda Frese Brenda Sue Frese (born April 30, 1970) is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the ...

– head women's basketball coach at Maryland ( 2006 national champs) * Channing Frye – Former NBA player * Jim Furyk – PGA Tour golfer and 2003 US Open winner * Robert Gamez – PGA Tour golfer * Aaron Gordon – NBA player * Rob Gronkowski – NFL tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers *

Natalie Gulbis Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Golf career Gulbis was born and raised in the Sacramento, California, area. She has Latvian ancestry. Gulbis started finding ...

– LPGA golfer *

Chip Hale Walter William "Chip" Hale (born December 2, 1964) is an American professional baseball infielder, coach, and manager. Hale played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 through 1997, and managed in MLB from 2015 through 2016. He was nam ...

– Major League Baseball player and coach *

Gavin Harlien Gavin Harlien (born August 20, 1999) is an American professional off-road racing driver. He has raced in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, Global RallyCross Championship, and Stadium Super Trucks. Harlien has also competed in stock car racing ...

– Off-road and stock car racing driver *

Herman Harris Herman B. Harris (born December 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. Playing career Harris played basketball at Chester High School in his hometown of Chester, Pennsylvania. He was lightly recruited despite being one of t ...

– NBA player * Keith Hartwig – former NFL player * Ron Hassey – Major League Baseball player and coach * Chris Henry – NFL player * Derek Hill – NFL player *

Ed Hochuli Edward G. Hochuli ( ; born December 25, 1950) is an American Lawyer, attorney and retired Official (American football), American football official. He has served as an attorney at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. since 1983, and was an official ...

– NFL referee * Trevor Hoffman – 7-time All-Star MLB pitcher *

Alicia Hollowell Alicia Kay Hollowell-Dunn (born February 29, 1984) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American, retired professional softball pitcher and assistant coach. She played college softball at Arizona Wildcats softball from 2003 to 2006, c ...

– national champion softball pitcher * Jack Howell – Major League Baseball player * Nick Hundley – MLB player *

Andre Iguodala Andre Tyler Iguodala ( ; born January 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The swingman was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and has been named to t ...

– NBA player, 2-time NBA Champion, 2015 NBA Finals MVP *

Chase Jeter Chase Michael Jeter (born September 19, 1997) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and the Arizona Wildcats. High school career Jeter played basketball for Bishop Gorman High School in Summerlin, ...

– basketball player *

Don Janicki Don Janicki (born April 23, 1960) is an American long-distance runner. As a student at Mesa High School (Mesa, Arizona) in 1978, Janicki set the state high school record for the mile with a time of 4:09.95. The record would remain 35 years until ...

— track and field athlete, All-American cross country runner, and winner of the 1987 Holiday Bowl Marathon, the Twin Cities Marathon in 1989, the Cleveland Marathon in 1993 and 1994. * Richard Jefferson – Former NBA player, analyst *

Jay John Jay John (born May 29, 1958) is a college basketball coach, most recently an assistant men's basketball coach for the California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the former men's basketball head coach of the Oreg ...

– College basketball head coach *

Keshon Johnson Keshon Lorenzo Johnson (July 17, 1970) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona. He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round (173rd overall) of the 1993 ...

– NFL player * Stanley Johnson – NBA player *

Vance Johnson Vance Edward Johnson (born March 13, 1963), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft. Playing career A 5'11", 174 lb. wide receiver, Johnson playe ...

– NFL player *

Steve Kerr Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a nine-time NBA champion, havi ...

– NBA player, manager and coach * Scott Kingery – Major League Baseball player *

Spencer Larsen Spencer Larsen (born March 4, 1984) is a former American football fullback. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona, primarily as a linebacker. Early years Larsen ear ...

– NFL linebacker * Rod Lewis – NFL player *

Warren Livingston Warren Livingston (born July 5, 1938) is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Arizona. Early years Livingston attended Mesa Hig ...

– NFL player * Kenny Lofton – Major League Baseball player *

Mark Lyons Mark Steven Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona before playing professionally in France, Croatia, Is ...

– basketball player, top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in both 2015 and 2017 *

Lauri Markkanen Lauri Elias Markkanen (born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 2017 NBA draft, he was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh overall pick b ...

– NBA player *

Stan Mataele Stan Mataele is a former nose tackle in the National Football League. Biography Mataele was born on June 24, 1963 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Career Mataele was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL Draft and later ...

– NFL player *

Chris McAlister Christopher James McAlister (born June 14, 1977) is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football for the University of Ar ...

– NFL cornerback * Jonathan Meloan – Major League Baseball player *

Frank Middleton Frank Middleton Jr. (born October 25, 1974) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive guard for eight seasons in the NFL during the 1990s and early 2000s. Middleton played college football for the Fort ...

– NFL football player *

Josh Miller Joshua or Josh Miller may refer to: Musicians *Joshua Miller, American musician with duo Nemesis also featured in '' Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising'' *Josh Miller, musician with The Pappy Johns Band Sportsmen * Josh Miller (field hockey) in ...

– NFL punter * Ryk Neethling – NCAA National Champion swimmer, Olympic gold medalist *

Dennis Northcutt Dennis LaMont Northcutt (born December 22, 1977) is a retired American professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the Universit ...

– NFL wide receiver *

Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Reyes (; born 15 November 1981) is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA ...

– LPGA golfer * Josh Pastner – college basketball head coach *

Antonio Pierce Antonio Durran Pierce (born October 26, 1978) is the linebackers coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Arizona. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted ...

– NFL linebacker for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

* Todd Pletcher (1989) – thoroughbred trainer; 3-time Eclipse Award winner * Dan Pohl – PGA golfer * DaShon Polk – NFL linebacker *

Don Pooley Sheldon George "Don" Pooley, Jr. (born August 27, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Pooley was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up in Riverside, California. He attended ...

– PGA golfer *

Sean Rooks Sean Lester Rooks (September 9, 1969 – June 7, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1992 to 2004, and was an Assistant for Player Development for the Philadelphia 76ers ...

– NBA player * Rory Sabbatini – PGA Tour golfer *

David Schipper David Schipper (born September 27, 1991) is an American soccer coach and retired player. Career Early career Schipper was born and raised in San Diego, California. He attended Bonita Vista High School, and helped lead them to be ranked #2 in t ...

– Professional soccer player * Paul Shields – NFL player *

Kobi Simmons Kobi Jordan Simmons (born July 4, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. High school career Simmons attended St. Francis in Mil ...

– NBA player *

J.T. Snow Jack Thomas Snow Jr. (born February 26, 1968) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played as a first baseman in Major League Baseball from to , most notably as a member of the San Franci ...

– MLB player and 6-time Rawlings Golden Glove Award winner * Annika Sörenstam – LPGA golfer *

Mike Springer } Michael Paul Springer (born November 3, 1965) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Springer was born in San Francisco, California. He attended the University of Arizona. He turned pro in 1988 a ...

– PGA golfer * Ed Stokes – professional basketball player * Damon Stoudamire – NBA player *

Salim Stoudamire Charles Salim Stoudamire (born October 11, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Stoudamire was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round (31st overall pick) of the 2005 NBA draft. Early life and college Stoudamire ...

(2005) – NBA player * Allonzo Trier – NBA player * Kaleb Tarczewski – basketball player * Jason Terry – NBA player *

Ron Theobald Ronald Merrill Theobald (July 28, 1943 – April 14, 2016) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Milwaukee Brewers during the early 1970s. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in Walnut Creek, Califor ...

– Major League Baseball player * Tom Tolbert – NBA player; NBA broadcast analyst * Mark Tollefsen – basketball player, 2018-19 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League *

Sione Tuihalamaka Sione Tuihalamaka (born September 18, 1991) is a free agent American football defensive end who is currently playing professional rugby with the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby (MLR). Tuihalamaka previously played for MLR's San Diego Legion ...

– Arena Football League player * Amy Van Dyken – Olympic gold medalist swimmer *

Bobby Wade Robert Louis Wade, Jr. (born February 26, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona. Wade also played for the Tennes ...

– NFL wide receiver * Luke Walton – NBA player, former Sacramento Kings head coach *

Ray Wells Raymond Eugene Wells (born August 20, 1980) is a former American football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at the University of Ar ...

– NFL player *

Brian Williams Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American retired journalist and television news anchor. He was a reporter for ''NBC Nightly News'' starting in 1993, before his promotion to anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in 2004. ...

– NBA player * Derrick Williams – basketball player with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the

and the EuroLeague; formerly with five NBA teams; second overall pick in

2011 NBA Draft The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:00 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. Kia Motors was the presenting sponsor ...

* Rodney Williams – American football player * Michael Wright (1980–2015) – murdered American–Turkish basketball player *

Gabe York Gabe York (born August 2, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, earning second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a ...

– basketball player for

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

of the

* Joe Young – NFL defensive end

Other

* James Gordon Dennis, WWII USAF pilot * Hani Hanjour, 9/11 hijacker-pilot of

American Airlines flight 77 American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled American Airlines domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. The Boe ...

Opal Tometi Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Due to its amorphous property, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms ...

, co-founder Black Lives Matter * Laurie Wasserman – mass murderer

Notable faculty and staff

* Alfred Atkinson – president,

Montana State University Montana State University (MSU) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's largest university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 6 ...

(1920–1937) and University of Arizona (1937–1947) *

Gail Lee Bernstein Gail Lee Bernstein (born 1939) is an American historian who is a professor emerita of history at the University of Arizona. She specializes in the history of Japanese women, and is considered one of the pioneers in this field. Bernstein retired ...

– historian, one of the pioneers of Japanese women's studies *

Nicolaas Bloembergen Nicolaas Bloembergen (March 11, 1920 – September 5, 2017) was a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a p ...

– Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1981 *

Bart Bok Bartholomeus Jan "Bart" Bok (April 28, 1906 – August 5, 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer, teacher, and lecturer. He is best known for his work on the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, and for the discovery of Bok globules, ...

– astronomer * Mike Candrea – Hall of Fame softball coach *

Andrew Carnie Andrew Carnie (born April 19, 1969) is a Canadian professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona. He is the author or coauthor of eight books and has papers published on formal syntactic theory and on linguistic aspects of Scottish Gael ...

– linguist *

Aurore Chabot Aurore Chabot (born 1949) is an American ceramist who creates sculptures, wheel-thrown pieces using porcelain and terra cotta, and ceramic tile murals. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Chabot grew up in Wilton, New Hampshire, in a large family, w ...

– Professor of Ceramic Art * David Chalmers – philosopher specializing in philosophy of mind *

Hsinchun Chen Hsinchun Chen is the Regents' Professor and Thomas R. Brown Chair of Management and Technology at the University of Arizona and the Director and founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab). He also served as lead program director of the Sm ...

– McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems; founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab * Karletta Chief – environmental scientist * Noam Chomsky – Laureate Professor of Linguistics *

Cedric Dempsey Cedric Warren Dempsey (born April 14, 1932) is a sports administrator who became the third executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1994 to 2003. Before leaving the post in 2002, Dempsey restructured the organ ...

– executive director of the NCAA, 1993–2002 *

William G. Dever William Gwinn Dever (born November 27, 1933, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American archaeologist, Old Testament scholar, and historian, specialized in the history of the Ancient Near East and the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah in biblical ...

– biblical archaeologist *

Xiaohui Fan Xiaohui Fan (born 9 December 1971 in Beijing, China) is an American astronomer, and full professor at University of Arizona. He is widely known for his studies on quasars, extremely bright supermassive black holes, detected primarily at high reds ...

– astronomer and cosmologist *

Hermann Flaschka Hermann Flaschka (25 March 1945 – 18 March 2021) was an Austrian-American mathematical physicist and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona, known for his important contributions in completely integrable systems (soliton equation ...

– mathematics professor, winner of 1995 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics *

Frances Gillmor Frances Gillmor (21 May 1903 28 October 1993 ) was an American folklorist, scholar, and novelist. Early life and education Born in Buffalo, New York, May 21, 1903 Frances Gillmor was the only child of Abner Churchill Gillmor and Annie McVicar Gi ...

– folklorist, scholar, and novelist *

Kenneth L. Hale Kenneth Locke Hale (August 15, 1934 – October 8, 2001), also known as Ken Hale, was an American linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied a huge variety of previously unstudied and often endangered languages—especially ...

– linguist and polyglot * Harry Harlow – experimental psychologist * Eva Simone Hayward – author and researcher in Gender and Women's Studies * Jenann Ismael – philosopher *

Jennie R. Joe Jennie R. Joe (Navajo, born 1941) is an American academic, medical anthropologist, and fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Initially trained as a nurse, she was one of the health clinic workers during Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. ...

(

Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

), medical anthropologist and director of the Native American Research and Training Center of the Family and Community Medicine Department * Rich Jorgensen – professor of plant sciences, editor of ''

The Plant Cell ''The Plant Cell'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of plant sciences, especially the areas of cell and molecular biology, genetics, development, and evolution. It is published by the American Society of Plant Biologists. The editor-i ...

'' * Gerard P. Kuiper – astronomer, discovered various moons of Jovian planets and the

Kuiper Belt The Kuiper belt () is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger—20 times ...

* Willis Lamb – Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1955 *

Keith Lehrer Keith Lehrer (born January 10, 1936) is Emeritus Regent's Professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona and a research professor of philosophy at the University of Miami, where he spends half of each academic year. Education and career L ...

– philosophy professor, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences *

Fang Lizhi Fang Lizhi (also Li-Zhi; February 12, 1936 – April 6, 2012) was a Chinese astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement ...

– physicist, helped inspire China's 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement * Andy Lopez – baseball coach * Eugene Mackaben – artist * Fulvio Melia – astrophysicist * Charles Newman – mathematics professor, now at the Courant Institute *

Shaun Nichols Shaun Nichols (born 7 February 1964) is an American professor of philosophy at Cornell University specializing in the philosophy of cognitive sciences, moral psychology and philosophy of mind. Education and career Nichols received his PhD in ph ...

– philosopher * Peter K. Norquest – linguist *

Antxon Olarrea Antxon Olarrea is a Spanish syntactician and a professor of linguistics within the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books and articles on theoretical linguistics and Spanish morphology ...

– professor of linguistics *

Lute Olson Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (September 22, 1934 – August 27, 2020) was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the head co ...

– hall of fame basketball coach *

Feryal Özel Feryal Özel (born May 27, 1975) is a Turkish-American astrophysicist born in Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in the physics of compact objects and high energy astrophysical phenomena. As of 2022, Özel is the Department Chair and a professor at ...

– astrophysicist * Johann Rafelski – professor of (theoretical) physics *

Julia Rebeil Julia Marie Rebeil (May 17, 1891 – October 18, 1973) was an American musician and music educator, and a professor at the University of Arizona from 1920 to 1969. Early life Julia Marie Rebeil was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1891, the daughter ...

– professor of music from 1920 to 1969 *

Peter M. Rhee Peter Meong Rhee (born September 18, 1961) is an American surgeon, medical professor, and military veteran. During his 24 years in the United States Navy, Rhee served as a battlefield casualty physician in Afghanistan and Iraq. Formerly a Profes ...

– medical school professor and surgeon *

Aric Rindfleisch Aric Rindfleisch (born 28 October 1965), is an American marketing author and professor. He is the Executive Director of the Illinois MakerLab at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and John M. Jones Professor of Marketing. He was include ...

– marketing author and professor, now at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign * Rich Rodriguez – football coach *

Vernon L. Smith Vernon Lomax Smith (born January 1, 1927) is an American economist and professor of business economics and law at Chapman University. He was formerly a professor of economics at the University of Arizona, professor of economics and law at Georg ...

– economics professor, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2002 *

Daniel L. Stein Daniel L. Stein (born August 19, 1953) is an American physicist and Professor of Physics and Mathematics at New York University. From 2006 to 2012 he served as the NYU Dean of Science. He has contributed to a wide range of scientific fields. His ...

– mathematics and physics professor, dean of science at New York University * Andrew Weil – pioneer in integrative medicine *

Peter Wild Peter T. Wild (April 25, 1940 – February 23, 2009) was a poet, historian, and professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, he grew up in and graduated from high school in Easthampto ...

– poet, author, and Professor of English (1940–2009) *

Arthur Winfree Arthur Taylor Winfree (May 15, 1942 – November 5, 2002) was a theoretical biologist at the University of Arizona. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Winfree was noted for his work on the mathematical modeling of biologica ...

–

theoretical biologist Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of the living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development a ...

, winner of 2000 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics * Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff – professor of microbiology and physics, did pioneering work in X-ray crystallography *

– Regents' professor of mathematics, winner of 2003 Dirac Prize

References

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