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University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the List of University of Florida faculty and administrators.


Engineering, science, and mathematics

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Mark Adler Mark Adler (born 1959) is an American software engineer. He is best known for his work in the field of data compression as the author of the Adler-32 checksum function, and a co-author together with Jean-loup Gailly of the zlib compression li ...
, researcher, known for his work in
data compression In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. Any particular compression is either lossy or lossless. Lossless compressio ...
, and creator of zlib and gzip * James Allchin, developed
Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washi ...
operating systems, former executive * Miguel Altieri, agroecologist at the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...
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John D. Anderson John D. Anderson Jr. (born October 1, 1937) is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University ...
, curator of aerodynamics at the
National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, it opened its main building on the N ...
* John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer * C. D. Atkins, co-creator of frozen orange juice concentrate * Marc Baldus, physicist and expert in solid-state NMR spectroscopy * Rodney J. Bartlett, chemist,
Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
* Marston Bates, zoologist and fellow with the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...
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Sidney W. Bijou Sidney William Bijou (November 12, 1908 – June 11, 2009) was an American developmental psychologist who developed an approach of treating childhood disorders using behavioral therapy, in which positive actions were rewarded and negative beha ...
,
developmental psychologist Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development ...
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George F. Bond Captain George Foote Bond (November 14, 1915 – January 3, 1983) was a United States Navy physician who was known as a leader in the field of undersea and hyperbaric medicine and the "Father of Saturation Diving". While serving as Officer-in-C ...
, physician, father of saturation diving * Karen Ramey Burns, forensic anthropologist,
Fulbright Scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people o ...
* Brian Caffo, winner of the
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers. The White ...
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Berry L. Cannon Berry Louis Cannon (March 22, 1935 – February 17, 1969) was an American aquanaut who served on the SEALAB II and III projects of the U.S. Navy. Cannon died of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair SEALAB III. It was later foun ...
, aquanaut *
Archie Carr Archie Fairly Carr, Jr. (June 16, 1909 – May 21, 1987) was an American herpetologist, ecologist, and conservationist. He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida and an acclaimed writer on science and nature. He brought atten ...
,
zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...
, conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation *
Marjorie Harris Carr Marjorie Harris Carr (March 26, 1915 – October 10, 1997) was an American scientist and environmental activist, well known for her conservation work in Florida. She was born in Boston and grew up in southwest Florida, where her parents taught ...
, pioneer in the American
Conservation Movement The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the ...
* Amitava Chattopadhyay, Professor in Corporate Innovation * Jack Clemons, aerospace engineer and air and space industry professional * Paul Cootner, financial economist * Robert Costanza, ecological economist, Gund Professor of Ecological economics and Director of the
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics The Gund Institute for Environment (founded 1992), formerly known as the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and more commonly known as Gund Institute, is a research institute for transdisciplinary scholarship,University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the Unite ...
* Thomas R. Cundari, Director of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling * Thomas Des Jean,
anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms an ...
* Nils J. Diaz, former chairman of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. Established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the NRC began opera ...
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Jonathan F. Earle Jonathan F.K. Earle completed his Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 1985, and joined the faculty in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering in 1987. He was appointed Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Flo ...
, engineer, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring * G. B. Edwards, taxonomic entomologist specializing primarily in spiders * John F. Eisenberg, zoologist * David Ehrenfeld, biologist and author * Wesley R. Elsberry, marine biologist * Philip Don Estridge, led development of the original
IBM Personal Computer The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a tea ...
(PC), known as "father of the IBM PC" * Manuel Fernandez, entrepreneur, guiding force behind the Gavilan SC, the first laptop computer * Fred Gage, researcher of
Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As ...
and the
spinal cord The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone). The backbone encloses the central canal of the sp ...
* Jesse James Garrett,
experience design User experience design (UX design, UXD, UED, or XD) is the process of defining the experience a user would go through when interacting with a digital product or website. Design decisions in UX design are often driven by research, data analysis, an ...
er, who coined the term
Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
* Jürgen Gauß,
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
theoretical chemist Theoretical chemistry is the branch of chemistry which develops theoretical generalizations that are part of the theoretical arsenal of modern chemistry: for example, the concepts of chemical bonding, chemical reaction, valence, the surface ...
* Robert Gentry, nuclear physicist and creationist advocate * John W. Griffin, archaeologist, researcher, administrator, and author * Keith E. Gubbins, member of the National Academy of Engineering in the chemistry section * Herbert Gursky, former superintendent of the
Naval Research Laboratory The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It was founded in 1923 and conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technologic ...
's Space Science Division * Kelsie Harder, onomastician * Steven Hebert,
nephrologist Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function ( ...
* Richard Highton, zoologist, current
professor emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...
of biology at the
University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of ...
* Shere Hite, sex educator and feminist * Horton H. Hobbs Jr., carcinologist, and former head curator of the
United States National Museum The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...
* James Hollan, cognitive scientist, professor at
University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is ...
* Nicholas Honerkamp,
archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...
* George Kauffman, former professor emeritus of chemistry,
Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
* Jerold Kemp, researcher in the field of Instructional Design * Pramod Khargonekar, former dean of the University of Florida College of Engineering,
control system A control system manages, commands, directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops. It can range from a single home heating controller using a thermostat controlling a domestic boiler to large industrial ...
theorist * Thomas Kilduff, neuroscientist and the director of
SRI International SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic ...
's Center for Neuroscience * Bruce C. Kone, former dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine * Martin Kreitman, geneticist, professor at the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
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Kenney Krysko Kenneth L. Krysko is an American herpetologist. He was educated at Florida State University during his undergrad years and then at the University of Florida, where he earned his Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. He is known for his exper ...
, herpetologist * Thomas Des Jean, anthropologist * Alan M. Jones, cell biologist, Kenan Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Capers Jones, software engineer * Joseph C. Joyce, current executive Vice President for the
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a teaching, research and Extension scientific organization focused on agriculture and natural resources. It is a partnership of federal, state, and county governmen ...
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Reynol Junco Reynol ("Rey") Junco is an American psychologist and education and social media researcher. He is known for his pioneering work on using social technologies in higher education. Rey is also known for his statistics, data science, and analytics sk ...
, psychologist and social media researcher, fellow at
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...
* K Ullas Karanth, Indian zoologist * Seymour London, physician, and inventor of the first automatic
blood pressure monitor A sphygmomanometer ( ), a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner, and a mercury ...
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Ira Longini Ira M. Longini (born October 2, 1948) is an American biostatistician and infectious disease epidemiologist. Early life and education Longini was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in Biometry and Biomathematics at the University ...
, biostatistician and infectious disease epidemiologist *
Robert Love Robert M. Love (born c. 1981) is an American author, speaker, Google engineer, and open source software developer. Love is best known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, with notable work including the preemptive kernel, process schedule ...
, author, speaker, and
open source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized so ...
software developer Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development invo ...
* Louis G. MacDowell, co-creator of frozen orange juice concentrate * Ron Magill, wildlife expert, photographer and communications director for the regional Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens * Chris Malachowsky, computer scientist and co-founder of
NVIDIA Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
* M. Cristina Marchetti, physicist, professor at
University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...
* Preston McAfee, current vice president for Yahoo! Research * Edwin H. McConkey, biologist who studies evolution, current Professor Emeritus at the
University of Colorado The University of Colorado (CU) is a system of public universities in Colorado. It consists of four institutions: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, and the University o ...
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Jerald Milanich Jerald T. Milanich is an American anthropologist and archaeologist, specializing in Native American culture in Florida. He is Curator Emeritus of Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida in Gainesville; A ...
, anthropologist and archaeologist * William J. Mitsch, ecologist *
Lee Ann Newsom Lee Ann Newsom is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University at University Park. She has written numerous books and articles. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002. Education and career Newsom recei ...
, anthropologist, and MacArthur Fellow *
Nandini Nimbkar Nandini Nimbkar is an agricultural scientist from India, and currently the President of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI). She is the daughter of B. V. Nimbkar and granddaughter of Irawati Karve and Kamala Nimbkar. Nimbkar ...
, current president of the
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is a non-governmental organisation and non-profit research and development institute in Tambmal, Phaltan, Maharashtra, India. The institute undertakes research and development in the fields of agr ...
in India * Carole C. Noon, primatologist, founder of
Save the Chimps Save the Chimps, Inc is a publicly financed 501(c)(3)nonprofit American sanctuary specializing in the care of chimpanzees. The organization was founded by Carole C. Noon in 1997. Save the Chimps is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sa ...
* Jerald S. Paul, former Deputy Administrator for the
National Nuclear Security Administration The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a United States federal agency responsible for safeguarding national security through the military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and ef ...
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Maryly Van Leer Peck Maryly Van Leer Peck (June 29, 1930 – November 3, 2011) was an American academic and college administrator. She founded the Community Career College at the University of Guam (which merged into Guam Community College in November 1977). She ...
, first woman to receive an M.S. and a PhD in Chemical Engineering at
University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
, president at
Polk Community College Polk State College, formerly Polk Community College, is a public college in Winter Haven, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. The college changed its name from Polk Community College in 2009 to reflect its first Bachelor's degre ...
* Gary John Previts, accountant, Professor of Leadership and Enterprise Development * David Price,
anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms an ...
* Peter Pritchard, zoologist * Anil K. Rajvanshi, mechanical engineer, and current Director of the
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is a non-governmental organisation and non-profit research and development institute in Tambmal, Phaltan, Maharashtra, India. The institute undertakes research and development in the fields of agr ...
in India *
K. R. Rao Kamisetty Ramamohan Rao was an Indian-American electrical engineer. He was a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). Academically known as K. R. Rao, he is credited with the co-invention of di ...
, electrical engineer and co-inventor of the Discrete cosine transform *
Michael Reynolds Mick, Mike or Michael Reynolds may refer to: Actors *Mike Reynolds (actor) (1929–2022), American voice actor and writer *Michael Reynolds, British actor in one episode of BBC's ''David Copperfield'' (1966) and ''The First Churchills'' (1969) * Mi ...
,
astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...
* Lesa Roe, current Chancellor of the
University of North Texas System The University of North Texas System is a public university system headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is the administrative overseer of three otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning: the University of North Texas, a comprehensi ...
, and former director of the NASA's
Langley Research Center The Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley), located in Hampton, Virginia, United States of America, is the oldest of NASA's field centers. It directly borders Langley Air Force Base and the Back River on the Chesapeake Bay. LaRC has f ...
in Hampton, Virginia * Douglas A. Rossman,
herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep ...
* Michael Ryschkewitsch, current chief engineer for
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
* Melvin Sabshin, former Medical Director of the
American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It has more than 37,000 members are invo ...
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Stephanie Moulton Sarkis Stephanie Moulton Sarkis is an author who has written six self-help books. Self-help books Sarkis is the author of the following books: * * * * * * * Biography Stephanie Moulton Sarkis is a self-help author. She has blog articles ...
, psychotherapist and author * Samuel Sears, psychologist *
Dana Shires Dana L. Shires, Jr. (born November 22, 1932) is an American physician, research scientist, and inventor. He was a member of the research team that did the work leading to the invention of Gatorade. He is the co-founder and former CEO of LifeLi ...
, medical researcher, member of the team that developed
Gatorade Gatorade is an American brand of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo and is distributed in over 80 countries. The beverage was first develo ...
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Aseem Shukla Aseem Ravindra Shukla is the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA and is a Professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsy ...
, professor of urology at
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...
and co-founder of
Hindu American Foundation The Hindu American Foundation ( ) is an American Hindu advocacy group founded in 2003. The organisation has its roots in the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad America and its student wing Hindu Students Council. Scholars ar ...
* Stephen C. Sillett, botanist *
Robert S. Singleton Robert Shelby Singleton (born March 25, 1933) is an American engineer, inventor, scientist, teacher of magnetics and computing. He invented magnetic core memory that was addressable by content rather than location, which is the precursor to moder ...
, engineer, inventor, scientist, teacher of magnetics and computing * Sung Won Sohn,
Korean American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian America ...
economist * Eduardo Sontag, Argentine
mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...
* Jeffrey Spieler, current director of research for
USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 bi ...
* Lewis Stadler, geneticist * David Steadman, museum curator * Will Steffen, executive director of the ANU Climate Change Institute * Gregg Steinberg, sports psychologist and author * Gilbert Stork, creator of the Stork enamine alkylation, professor emeritus of chemistry at Columbia University * Ashutosh Tewari, Indian oncologist and urologist * Michael C. Thomas, Michael Thomas, entomologist * James R. Thompson Jr., James Thompson, former director of the
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
Marshall Space Flight Center * Wolfgang A. Tomé, physicist * Eva Vertes, Alzheimer's and cancer researcher * Michael Warren (anthropologist), Michael Warren, forensic anthropologist


Nobel Prize laureates

* Robert Grubbs, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2005 for his work in the field of olefin metathesis * Marshall Nirenberg, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine in 1968 for describing the genetic code and how it operates in protein synthesis


Astronauts

* Andrew M. Allen, former NASA astronaut, and former United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps naval aviator * William Frederick Fisher, former NASA astronaut, and current medical doctor * Kevin A. Ford, former NASA astronaut pilot * Fitzhugh L. Fulton, research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center * Ronald J. Garan Jr., Ronald J. Garan, NASA astronaut, and former United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force pilot * Donald L. Mallick, former NASA research pilot * Bill Nelson (politician), Bill Nelson, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Representative; Space Shuttle payload specialist astronaut (non-NASA Astronaut Corps); part of NASA initiative for placing U.S. congressional members in space until initiative suspended following ''Columbia'' accident * Ronald A. Parise, former NASA astronaut * Norman Thagard, former NASA astronaut, and current professor of engineering at Florida State University


Presidents of universities and colleges

* Byong Man Ahn, former president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea, and former Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (South Korea), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for South Korea * M. S. Ananth, former director of Indian Institute of Technology Madras * George F. Baughman, founding president of New College of Florida * P. George Benson, current president of the College of Charleston * Thomas G. Carpenter, former president of Memphis State University and University of North Florida * Marshall Criser, former president of
University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
and former chairman of Scripps Florida * Harold B. Crosby, former president of University of West Florida and Florida International University * Gay Culverhouse, former president of Notre Dame College and president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers * Sandy D'Alemberte, former president of Florida State University and the American Bar Association * John Delaney (mayor), John Delaney, former president of the University of North Florida, former chancellor of the State University System of Florida * Donald R. Eastman III, Donald Eastman, current president of Eckerd College * Ray F. Ferrero Jr., former president and current chancellor of Nova Southeastern University * Fred Gainous, former president of Florida A&M University * S. Malcolm Gillis, former president of Rice University * Madlyn L. Hanes, current president of Penn State Harrisburg * Carl Hite, president of Cleveland State Community College, Tennessee * Robert Lindgren, current president of Randolph-Macon College * Charles N. Millican, founding president of the University of Central Florida * Stephen C. O'Connell, former president of the University of Florida, former Florida Supreme Court justice * Eduardo J. Padrón, current president of Miami Dade College * Paul G. Pearson, former president of Miami University and former interim president for Rutgers University * William L. Proctor, former chancellor of Flagler College * Michael Rao, current president of Virginia Commonwealth University, and former president of Central Michigan University * W. Reece Smith Jr., former president of the University of South Florida and the American Bar Association, and Rhodes Scholar * Norman L. Stephens Jr., current president of South Florida State College * Ann Stuart, current president of Texas Woman's University * Janet Todd, current president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge * E. Jean Walker, former president of Virginia Highlands Community College * Carolyn Ringer Lepre, president-elect of Salisbury University


Politicians, military officers, and judges

* Alto L. Adams, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Philip Agee, former operative for the Central Intelligence Agency * J.D. Alexander, former member of the Florida Senate * John R. Alison, the father of U.S. Air Force special operations * Chester R. Allen, major general in the Marine Corps and former Quartermaster General * William C. Andrews, former member of the Florida House of Representatives * Harry Lee Anstead, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Winston Arnow, judge who presided over the Gainesville Eight trial * Jeffrey Atwater, former Chief Financial Officer of Florida and former president of the Florida Senate * Byllye Avery, health care activist * Doug Band, chief advisor to former president Bill Clinton; created the Clinton Global Initiative and is also a founding partner of Teneo, a global consulting firm * Dempsey J. Barron, Dempsey Barron, former President of the Florida Senate * Charles R. Black Jr., lobbyist; adviser to President Ronald Reagan * Dick Black (politician), Dick Black, current member of the Virginia Senate * Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff, Ellyn Bogdanoff, current member of the Florida Senate * John F. Bolt, lieutenant colonel, United States Marine Corps, Naval Aviator, Navy Cross recipient * Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General, Attorney General of Florida * Rob Bradley, current member of the Florida Senate * Bob Butterworth, former Florida Attorney General, dean of St. Thomas University (Florida), St. Thomas University College of Law * Scott Camil, political activist, known primarily for leading the ''Gainesville Eight'' * John F. Campbell (politician), John F. Campbell, current President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate * Skip Campbell, former member of the Florida Senate, ran unsuccessfully for Florida Attorney General, professor at Nova Southeastern University * Dean Cannon, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * Bernadette Castro, former Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation for the State of New York (state), New York * Agripino Cawich, former member of the House of Representatives (Belize), Belize House of Representatives * Leonard F. Chapman Jr., general, United States Marine Corps, 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps * Mack Cleveland, former member of the Florida Senate * Rik Combs, Retired USAF Officer and 2020 Missouri Gubernatorial Candidate. * Doyle Conner, former Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * C. Welborn Daniel, former member of the Florida Senate * Louis A. de la Parte Jr., former President of the Florida Senate * Paula Dockery, former member of the Florida Senate and current Majority Whip * Stan Dromisky, former member of the House of Commons of Canada, current professor and a director of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery * Raymond Ehrlich, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Richard Ervin, former Florida Attorney General * Earl Faircloth, former Florida Attorney General * Marc Feinstein, Minority Whip of the South Dakota House of Representatives * Steven W. Fisher, former judge for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, New York Supreme Court * Anitere Flores, current member of the Florida Senate * Nikki Fried, current commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture * Jamal Sowell, current CEO and President of Enterprise Florida and the Florida Secretary of Commerce * Dane Eagle, current Executive Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and former member of the Florida House of Representatives * Lou Frost, public defender in Jacksonville for 36 years * Piti Gándara, member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico * Jason Gonzalez (attorney), Jason Gonzalez, former General Counsel to the Governor of Florida * George Greer, circuit court judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case, he serves in the Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Court * Stephen H. Grimes, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Ralph Haben, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and lobbyist * Mattox Hair, former member of the Florida Senate * N. B. Hardeman, Dorsey B. Hardeman, former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature and former mayor of San Angelo, Texas, San Angelo * Stuart A. Herrington, author and retired counterintelligence officer with the United States Army * Bertram Herlong, former bishop with the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee * Mallory Horne, former president of the Florida Senate, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * Bruce Jacob, former assistant attorney general of Florida, and prosecuted in Gideon v. Wainwright * Joe Jacquot, former deputy attorney general of the State of Florida * Adam M. Jarchow, current member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Frederick B. Karl, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court and former member of the Florida Senate * Mitchell Kaye, member of the Georgia House of Representatives * Larry Kirkwood, former member of the Florida House of Representatives * Joseph Kittinger, colonel, U.S. Air Force; USAF fighter pilot known for his high-altitude balloon flights and parachute jumps * Jeff Kottkamp, former Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Florida lieutenant governor * James W. Kynes, former Florida Attorney General, former vice president for the Jim Walter Corporation * Jorge Labarga, current justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Lewis Landes, former U.S. Army colonel and prominent attorney * Row Lewis, Grenada, Grenadian activist * Evelyn J. Lynn, current member of the Florida Senate * Scott Makar, former Florida Solicitor General * Parker Lee McDonald, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Virginia "Ginny" Montes, Virginia Montes, Latina civil rights activist and feminist * Ashley Moody, current Florida Attorney General, Florida Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court Judge *Marcela Mulholland, political director of Data for Progress * Stephen C. O'Connell, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court and president of the University of Florida * Ben F. Overton, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Andrew Owens, former Gators basketball player and current circuit Court judge * Obie Patterson, current member of the Maryland House of Delegates * Robert C. Pittman, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Distinguished Flying Cross * Verle A. Pope, former President of the Florida Senate * Edgar Price, former member of the Florida Senate * Adam Putnam, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, former Florida Commissioner of Agriculture * Nan Rich, current member of the Florida Senate * Jose Rodriguez (intelligence officer), Jose Rodriguez, 31-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as the Director of the National Clandestine Service * Richard Sealy, Barbadian Tourism Minister * Harold Sebring, judge at the Nuremberg Trials, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * T. Terrell Sessums, former speaker of the House of Representatives for Florida, former chairman of the Florida Board of Regents * William A. Shands, former member of the Florida Senate and namesake of the Shands Hospital * Robert Shevin, former Florida Attorney General, current judge on Third District Court of Appeal of Florida * Bruce Smathers, former Florida Secretary of State * Terry Smiljanich, counsel to the U.S. Senate during the Congressional hearing on the Iran-Contra Affair * Rod Smith (politician), Rod Smith, former member of the Florida Senate, successfully prosecuted Danny Rolling, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida * Keith Sonderling, Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission *Susan Stanton, former city manager of Largo, Florida, and transsexual activist * Douglas Stenstrom, former member of the Florida Senate * John McKager Stipanovich, Mac Stipanovich, Republican lobbyist and political consultant who had a large role in the 2000 Florida Recount * Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Evelyn L. Stratton, current justice of the Ohio Supreme Court * William Glenn Terrell, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Tommy Thompson (Kentucky politician), Tommy Thompson, current member of the Kentucky House of Representatives * B. Campbell Thornal, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Ralph Turlington, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * W. Fred Turner, successful attorney in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case ''Gideon v. Wainwright'' * Tom Warner, former Florida Solicitor General and former member of the Florida House of Representatives * Marc Warren (attorney), Marc Warren, currently an administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration * Charles T. Wells, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Lezlee Westine, former White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Assistant to the President for Public Liaison in the George W. Bush, Bush Administration * Jim Williams (Florida), Jim Williams, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and former Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Florida lieutenant governor * Charles F. Willis, distinguished Naval Aviator who served as an aide to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower


United States Ambassadors

* Frank Almaguer, former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras * Lucius D. Battle, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, former president of the Middle Eastern Institute * Carey Cavanaugh, former U.S. Ambassador, current director of Patterson School of Diplomacy * Stanley Tuemler Escudero, former U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan * Dennis K. Hays, former U.S. Ambassador to Suriname * Barbara J. Stephenson, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama and current United States Minister to the United Kingdom * Donald L. Tucker, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * A. Vernon Weaver, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union


United States Senators

* Charles O. Andrews, former United States Senate, U.S. Senator * Lawton Chiles, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Florida, Florida governor * John Porter East, former U.S. Senator (North Carolina) * Bob Graham, former U.S. Senator, Florida governor, and President of the United States, U.S. Presidential Candidate * William Luther Hill, former U.S. Senator * Spessard Holland, former U.S. Senator and Florida governor, founder of Holland & Knight * Connie Mack III, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative * Bill Nelson (politician), Bill Nelson, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative * Marco Rubio, current U.S. Senator, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * George A. Smathers, former U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and benefactor of the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida


Federal Judges

* Sidney Aronovitz, former judge for the United States district court, U.S. District Court (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida) * C. Clyde Atkins, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * William J. Barker, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Rosemary Barkett, current judge for the United States courts of appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals (United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Eleventh Circuit), former justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Susan H. Black, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Middle District of Florida) * Beth Bloom, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * William J. Castagna, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Anne C. Conway, current chief judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Roy B. Dalton Jr., current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Brian J. Davis, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Edward B. Davis, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * William Dimitrouleas, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Joe Oscar Eaton, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Patricia C. Fawsett, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Peter T. Fay, current senior judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Charles B. Fulton, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida), 1966–1977 * Alan Stephen Gold, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * William Terrell Hodges, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Charlene Honeywell, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Marcia Morales Howard, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Paul Huck, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Elizabeth Jenkins (judge), Elizabeth Jenkins, current United States magistrate judge, U.S. Magistrate Judge (Middle District of Florida) * James W. Kehoe, former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), and U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * James Lawrence King, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Ben Krentzman, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Richard A. Lazzara, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * William McRae, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida; Middle District of Florida) * William O. Mehrtens, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Howell W. Melton, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Steven D. Merryday, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Stephan P. Mickle, current judge for the U.S. District Court (United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Northern District of Florida) * David Lycurgus Middlebrooks Jr., David L. Middlebrooks, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida) * Donald M. Middlebrooks, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * James S. Moody Jr., current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr., former judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * James Carriger Paine, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Maurice M. Paul, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida) * S. Jay Plager, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Federal Circuit) * Gregory A. Presnell, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * John M. Bryan Simpson, former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Fifth Circuit), and U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * John Richard Smoak Jr., current judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida) * Eugene P. Spellman, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Jose Victor Toledo, former judge for (United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico) * Ursula Mancusi Ungaro, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) * Mark E. Walker, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida) * George William Whitehurst (judge), George Whitehurst, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern and Southern Districts of Florida) * James D. Whittemore, James Whittemore, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) * George C. Young, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida) * Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)


United States Representatives

* Jason Altmire, former U.S. Representative * Charles Edward Bennett, former U.S. Representative * Gus Bilirakis, current U.S. Representative * Michael Bilirakis, former U.S. Representative * Corrine Brown, former U.S. Representative * William V. Chappell Jr., former U.S. Representative * Ander Crenshaw, former U.S. Representative * Jim Davis (Florida politician), Jim Davis, former U.S. Representative, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida * Don Fuqua, former U.S. Representative * Sam Gibbons, former U.S. Representative * James W. Grant, former U.S. Representative * Robert A. Green, former U.S. Representative * Bill Gunter, former U.S. Representative * Syd Herlong, former U.S. Representative * Marjorie Holt, former U.S. Representative * Craig James (politician), Craig James, former U.S. Representative * Evan Jenkins (politician), Evan Jenkins, former U.S. Representative from West Virginia * Harry Johnston (American politician), Harry Johnston, former U.S. Representative * Bill Lantaff, former U.S. Representative * Tom Lewis (American politician), Tom Lewis, former U.S. Representative * Connie Mack III, former U.S. Representative and United States Senate, U.S. Senator * Connie Mack IV, former U.S. Representative * Buddy MacKay, former U.S. Representative * Betsy Markey, former U.S. Representative * Donald Ray Matthews, former U.S. Representative * Bill McCollum, former U.S. Representative and former Florida Attorney General * Chester B. McMullen, former U.S. Representative * Daniel Mica, former U.S. Representative * John Mica, former U.S. Representative * Dan Miller (Florida politician), Dan Miller, former U.S. Representative * Jeff Miller (Florida politician), Jeff Miller, former U.S. Representative * Bill Nelson (politician), Bill Nelson, former U.S. Representative and current U.S. Senator * J. Hardin Peterson, former U.S. Representative * Adam Putnam, former U.S. Representative * Paul G. Rogers, former U.S. Representative * Tom Rooney (Florida politician), Tom Rooney, former U.S. Representative * Dennis A. Ross, current U.S. Representative * Joe Scarborough, former U.S. Representative and current MSNBC talk show host * Debbie Wasserman Schultz, current U.S. Representative * Bob Sikes, former U.S. Representative * Karen Thurman, former U.S. Representative * Robert Wexler, former U.S. Representative * Ted Yoho, current U.S. Representative


Governors

* Reubin O'Donovan Askew, former Governor of Florida, Florida governor * C. Farris Bryant, former Florida governor * Lawton Chiles, former Florida governor and United States Senate, U.S. Senator * Bob Graham, former Florida governor, U.S. Senator, and President of the United States, Presidential Candidate * Spessard Holland, former Florida governor U.S. Senator, and founder of Holland & Knight * Charley Eugene Johns, former governor * Buddy MacKay, former Florida governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Florida lieutenant governor * Daniel T. McCarty, former Florida governor * Wayne Mixson, former Florida governor and lieutenant governor * Beverly Perdue, former Governor of North Carolina, North Carolina governor, and former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, North Carolina lieutenant governor * Fuller Warren, former Florida governor


Mayors

* Ed Austin, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida * Lenny Curry, current mayor of Jacksonville, Florida * John Delaney (mayor), John Delaney, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida * Buddy Dyer, current mayor of Orlando, Florida * Randy Ewers, current mayor of Ocala, Florida * Robert L. Floyd, former mayor of Miami, Florida * Pegeen Hanrahan, former mayor of Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville * Rick Kriseman, mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida * John H. Land (mayor), John Land, currently the longest-serving mayor in the history of the State of Florida * Julian Lane, former mayor of Tampa, Florida * Craig Lowe, former mayor of Gainesville, Florida * William F. Poe, former mayor of Tampa, Florida * Hans Tanzler, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida


Generals and admirals

* John R. Alison, retired U.S. Air Force Major general (United States), major general, and father of Air Force Special Operations * George F. Baughman, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (United States), rear admiral, and founding president of New College of Florida * Albert H. Blanding, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general * Richard E. Cellon, active U.S. Navy rear admiral * Leonard F. Chapman Jr., retired U.S. Marine Corps General (United States), general, former Commandant of the Marine Corps * Charles W. Dorman, retired U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals * Mark T. Emerson, active U.S. Navy rear admiral, current commander of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center * Joseph C. Joyce, retired U.S. Army brigadier general, current vice president of
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* Richard B. Landolt, active U.S. Navy rear admiral * John M. LeMoyne, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant general * Leon E. Salomon, retired U.S. Army general, current vice president for Rubbermaid * Leland C. Shepard Jr., Leland C. Shepard, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general * Alan S. Thompson, retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; former Director of U.S. Defense Logistics Agency * Paul Tibbets, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, pilot of the Enola Gay * Kenneth S. Wilsbach, active U.S. Air Force general


Business executives, policy leaders, and others

* Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari, former Minister of Higher Education for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia * Raymond W. Alden III, current provost and executive vice president of Northern Illinois University * Alan Paul Anderson, A. Paul Anderson, former commissioner of the United States Federal Maritime Commission * Steve Atkiss, former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and principal with Command Consulting Group * DuBose Ausley, former chairman of the Florida Board of Regents * Debra D. Austin, former chancellor of the State University System of Florida * Thomas E. Baker, founding member of the Florida International University College of Law * Holly Benson, former secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation * Alan Stephenson Boyd, former secretary of the United States Department of Transportation * Robert B. Bradley, current vice president at Florida State University * David Bryan (bishop), David Bryan, bishop in the Anglican Church in North America * Carol Browner, former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration and former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency * Dana Bullen, former director of the Press Freedom Committee, former foreign editor of ''The Washington Star'' * Kiki Carter, former environmental activist, organizer, songwriter, and columnist * Robert B. Carter, current CIO of the FedEx Corporation * Alan Cohen, former owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team * John J. Considine, current senior minister for the Unity Church, former member of the Florida House of Representatives * Marshall Criser, former chairman of Scripps Florida, and former president of the University of Florida * Marshall Criser III, current chancellor of the State University System of Florida * J. Broward Culpepper, first chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and former dean at Florida State University * J.J. Daniel, former publisher of ''The Florida Times-Union'' and ''Jacksonville Journal'' * Paul Rand Dixon, former commissioner and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission * Ngo Dong, founder of Cuong Nhu * Carl Christopher Epting, Carl Epting, current bishop for the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church * Mark Erstling, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the Association of Public Television Stations * Mark S. Fowler, former Federal Communications Commissioner * Richard Gershon, current dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law * Pedro José Greer, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and assistant dean for Florida International University College of Medicine * Bill Gurley, general partner at Benchmark Capital * Nikolas Gvosdev, former editor of ''The National Interest'' and professor at the Naval War College and Georgetown University * Transportation Security Administration, John Halinski, former Deputy Administrator for the Transportation Security Administration * Mason Hawkins, founder of Southeastern Asset Management * Kenneth T. Henson, current dean of education at The Citadel (military college), The Citadel * Bertram Nelson Herlong, former Episcopal bishop of Tennessee * Thomas Hill (athlete), Thomas Hill, former vice president at Iowa State University * Greenberg Traurig, Lawrence J. Hoffman, founder of Greenberg Traurig * Willis N. Holcombe, former chancellor of the Florida College System * Van Ellis Huff, inventor of the jalousie window * Steven J. Kachelmeier, current editor of ''The Accounting Review'' and professor at The University of Texas at Austin * Mark E. Kaplan, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation * Jack Katz (businessman), Jack Katz, founder and chief executive officer of the Panama Jack Company * Aaron Kemmer, co-founder, current Chairman, and founding CEO and President of Made In Space, Inc. * Denise Krepp, former Chief Council for U.S. Maritime Administration * Douglas Leigh, advertising executive, and pioneer in signage and outdoor advertising, and created New York City's Times Square * Josh Linkner, founder, chief executive officer and executive chairman of ePrize, chief executive officer and general partner of Detroit Venture Partners * Chris Linn, current vice president for MTV *
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* Jonathan Lovitz, national LGBT advocate, Senior Vice President with National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and political organizer * CJ Lyons, physician and writer of medical suspense novels * Stephen MacNamara, current vice president of Florida State University * Scott Makar, former Florida Solicitor General * Jack C. Massey, former owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken and founder of Hospital Corporation of America * Bill McBride (candidate), Bill McBride, lawyer, former managing partner of Holland & Knight, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida in 2002 * Kip McKean, founder of the International Churches of Christ * James E. McLean, current dean of education at the University of Alabama * Howell W. Melton Jr., former managing partner for Holland & Knight * Jon L. Mills, former dean of the university's Fredric G. Levin College of Law * Dianna Fuller Morgan, former senior vice president of Walt Disney World, current chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees * John Morgan (lawyer), John Morgan, founder of Morgan & Morgan nationwide personal injury firm * Joe Nosef, current chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party * Esther Olavarria, current deputy assistant secretary for United States Department of Homeland Security * Karen W. Pane, former assistant secretary for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs * Wilford B. Poe, current vice president for the Space Systems Group * William F. Powers, former vice president of research for the Ford Motor Company * Buzz Ritchie, co-founder of Gulf Coast Community Bank, former member of Florida House of Representatives * Jose Rodriguez (intelligence), Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., former director of the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service * Howie Roseman, current general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles * Stephen M. Ross, current owner of the Miami Dolphins * Scott W. Rothstein, disbarred attorney and convicted felon charged with perpetrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme * Frederick H. Schultz, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives * Frank Shorter, former chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and Olympic gold medalist * James F. Sirmons, radio broadcast pioneer and former executive vice president of Industrial Relations at CBS * Eric J. Smith (educator), Eric J. Smith, former Florida Department of Education, Education Commissioner of Florida * Harold Z. Steinbrenner, Hal Steinbrenner, current executive vice president and general partner for the New York Yankees * Haywood Sullivan, former owner of the Boston Red Sox * Melinda Lou Thomas, namesake of Wendy's restaurants and daughter of Wendy's founder Dave Thomas (American businessman), Dave Thomas * James R. Thompson Jr., former director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center * Karen Thurman, former chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, and former U.S. Representative * Julie K. Underwood, current dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education * Craig Waters, spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 United States presidential election, 2000 presidential election controversy * James L. Wattenbarger, creator of the Florida Community Colleges System * A. Vernon Weaver, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, U.S. Small Business Administration * Harry Wismer, founding owner of the New York Titans, which became the New York Jets


Presidents and chief executive officers

* Braulio Alonso, former president of the National Education Association (NEA) * Martha Barnett, former president of American Bar Association (ABA) * Edward L. Bowen, current president of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation * Alan Stephenson Boyd, former president of Amtrak, Airbus, and Illinois Central Railroad * James W. Bradford (BA 1969), CEO of AFG Industries, 1992–1999, and the United Glass Corporation 1999–2001 * Malcolm Bricklin, former CEO of Subaru of America and creator of the Bricklin SV-1 * Joie Chitwood III, Joie Chitwood, current president and chief operating officer of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway * Robert Cohn, former CEO and founder of Octel Communications * Gay Culverhouse, former president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers * Sandy D'Alemberte, former president the American Bar Association, and Florida State University * John Dasburg, former CEO of Northwest Airlines, and former chairman of the Burger King Corporation * Martin Ebner (born 1945), Swiss billionaire businessman * Michele Elliott, author, psychologist, and founder of child protection charity Kidscape * Manuel Fernandez, former CEO of Gartner, and former chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees * Craig Fleisher, former president of the international association of Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Chair of the Competitive Intelligence Foundation * Mary Lou Foy, former president of the National Press Photographers Association * Bill France Jr., former president of NASCAR * André-Philippe Futa, former president of National Alliance Party for Unity, Parti de l'Alliance Nationale pour l'Unité * Todd Goldman, Todd H. Goldman, founder and CEO of the David and Goliath (clothing), David and Goliath Company * Mércio Pereira Gomes, former president of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI) * Alexander Grass, founder and former CEO of Rite Aid * Ben Hill Griffin, Ben Hill Griffin III, former chairman and CEO of Alico, Inc. * Kelsie B. Harder, former president of the American Name Society and professor * Linda Hudson, former president of BAE Systems' Land & Armaments * Susan Ivey, current chairman and CEO of Reynolds American * John Janick, founder and current CEO of Fueled by Ramen Records * William King (artist), William King, former president of the National Academy of Design * Anjan Lahiri, current CEO of Birlasoft * Alan Levine, current CEO of the Broward Hospital District, former Secretary of Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration * Betsy Markey, current CEO of Syscom Services, former U.S. Representative * Steven Marrs, founder and current CEO of Branded Pictures * J. Keith Moyer, former publisher of the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'' * Sara Myers, former president of the American Theological Library Association * David Nelms, current CEO of Discover Financial *
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* Kike Oniwinde, founder of BYP Network * Fikret Orman, current president of Beşiktaş J.K., a Turkish sports club * Donna Pastore, current president of the National Association for Girls & Women in sports * Herb Peyton, founder and president of the Gate Petroleum Company * Satya Prabhakar, founder and current CEO of Sulekha * Gary B. Pruitt, current president and CEO of the Associated Press * Fireball Roberts, Edward G. Roberts Jr., former president of the Federation of Professional Athletes, inducted to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame * Howard Roffman, current president of Lucasfilms, Lucas Licensing * Al Rosen, former president of the Houston Astros and New York Yankees * Sachio Semmoto, current CEO for eAccess and eMobile * Eleanor Smeal, former president of National Organization for Women (NOW) * Chesterfield Smith, former president of the American Bar Association (ABA) * W. Reece Smith Jr., former president of the American Bar Association, and the University of South Florida; Rhodes Scholar * Sung Won Sohn, current CEO of Hanmi Financial Corp, former chief economist of Wells Fargo * Margaretta Styles, former president of the American Nurses Association * David M. Thomas, former CEO of IMS Health * Carlos O. Torano, current president of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco * Nusli Wadia, Chairman of the Wadia Group, son of Neville Wadia and Dina Wadia, grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Rattanbai Jinnah * Wayne Weaver, former owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, current CEO of Shoe Carnival * Scott Weiss, former CEO of IronPort, IronPort Systems, Inc. * Lezlee Westine, current president and CEO of Personal Care Products Council * Robert Wexler, current president of the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation, former U.S. Representative * Charles F. Willis, former president of Alaska Airlines * Walter J. Zable, founder, and former chairman and CEO of Cubic Corporation * Stephen N. Zack, former president of the American Bar Association (ABA) * Anita Zucker, former governor and chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company * Jerry Zucker (businessman), Jerry Zucker, former CEO of the Polymer Group and former governor and chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company


Architects

* Alberto Alfonso, founding principal and President of Alfonso Architects * Carlos J. Alfonso, founding principal and CEO of Alfonso Architects, former chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees * Alex Anmahian, co-founding partner of Anmahian Winton Architects and faculty member at
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* Stephen Francis Jones, architect known for high-end restaurant designs * Beatriz del Cueto Lopez, Cuban-born architect * Gene Leedy, founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture * Alfred Browning Parker, Modernist architect * William Rupp, architect * Lawrence Scarpa, current CEO of Brooks + Scarpa


Athletic directors

* Bill Carr (American football), Bill Carr, former athletic director for the University of Houston and the
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* Paul Dee, former athletic director for the University of Miami * Doug Dickey, former athletic director for the University of Tennessee * William L. Proctor, Bill Proctor, former athletic director for Florida State University * Keith R. Tribble, former athletic director for the University of Central Florida


University benefactors

* Ben Hill Griffin Jr., Florida citrus farmer, major University of Florida benefactor, namesake of the university's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium * William R. Hough, prominent investment banker, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Hough Graduate School of Business * Fred Levin, prominent attorney, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Levin College of Law, * Alfred A. McKethan, former chairman of SunTrust Bank, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Florida Ballpark, Alfred A. McKethan Field * George A. Smathers, George Smathers, former U.S. Senator, major university benefactor, namesake of university's Library East (Gainesville, Florida), The George A. Smathers Libraries * Alfred C. Warrington, Al Warrington, former CEO of Sanfill, university benefactor, former chairman of UF's Board of Trustees, namesake of UF's Warrington College of Business * Herbert Wertheim, inventor, scientist, educator, clinician, entrepreneur, philanthropist and community leader


Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment

* Shane Acker, filmmaker, ''9 (2009 animated film), 9'' * Don Addis, long-time newspaper columnist and syndicated comic strip artist for the ''St. Petersburg Times'' * Chris Adrian, novelist and short-story writer, ''Gob's Grief'' * Lauren Anderson (model), Lauren Anderson, model * Adaeze Atuegwu, writer * Chris Bachelder, novelist, short-story writer, and e-book pioneer * Todd Barry, stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor * Joseph Beckham, writer on the topic of legal problems in education, winner of the McGhehey award, and currently a professor of education leadership at Florida State University * Wayne Besen, former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, and gay rights advocate * Michael A. Bianchi, Mike Bianchi, sports columnist for the ''Orlando Sentinel'' * Dan Bilzerian, professional poker player, actor, and internet social media personality * Identity Theory (webzine), Matt Borondy, publisher for ''Identity Theory (webzine), Identity Theory'' online magazine * Edward L. Bowen, horse racing historian * Wendy Brenner, author and professor; ''Phone Calls From the Dead'', ''Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories'' * Rita Mae Brown, author and activist * Alan Burnett, television producer and writer * Mike Burns (producer), Mike Burns, music producer * Al Burt, ''Miami Herald'' and ''Atlanta Journal'' writer * Kevin Canty (author), Kevin Canty, author; ''Into the Great Wide Open'', ''Nine Below Zero'', and ''Winslow in Love'' * Kelly Carrington, model * Alfred A. Cave, professor, historian, and author * Debbie Cenziper, journalist with ''The Washington Post'', and winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Jean C. Chance, Jean Chance, chairman of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 years, professor of journalism at the University of Florida * Peter Christopher, author, ''Campfires of the Dead'' * Michael Connelly, best-selling author * Paul Cootner, economist, author of ''The Random Character of Stock Market Prices'' * Harry Crews, novelist, short story writer, and essayist * Mark Curtis (broadcaster), Mark Curtis, journalist, author, and political analyst * Jeff Darlington, current sportswriter for the ''Miami Herald'' * Jonathan Demme, motion picture director, won Academy Awards, Academy Award for directing for ''The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs'' * Karen DeYoung, Pulitzer Prize recipient, ''The Washington Post'' associate editor * Kate DiCamillo, award-winning children's novelist and screenwriter * Micki Dickoff, television director and producer, winner of multiple Emmy Awards * Brian Doherty (journalist), Brian Doherty, senior editor of ''Reason Magazine, Reason'' magazine, author * Gregg Doyel, sports writer for CBSSports.com * Brian Drolet, actor, producer and writer * Neil Druckmann, writer, creative director and programmer * Louann Fernald, model and actress * Robert W. Fichter, photographer * Rich Fields, announcer of ''The Price Is Right (U.S. game show), The Price Is Right'', meteorologist, radio personality, voice actor * Lolita Files, author, screenwriter, and producer * Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist * Jesse Hill Ford, writer and screenwriter * Michael France, screenwriter for ''GoldenEye'', ''Hulk (film), The Hulk'', and ''Punisher'' * Robert Fulton, award-winning writer and naturalist * Alan Gallay, American historian, and winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship * Michael Gannon (historian), Michael Gannon, military historian and Catholic priest * Leslie Yalof Garfield, current editor of the ''Journal of Court Innovation'' and professor at Pace University School of Law, Pace Law School * Merrill Joan Gerber, Merrill Gerber, author * Norman Gilliland, author, WERN host * GloZell, comedian * MaryAnne Golon, picture editor for ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine * Philip Graham, former publisher of ''The Washington Post'' * Edwin Granberry, long-time writer of the comic strip ''Buz Sawyer'' * Richard Grayson (writer), Richard Grayson, writer and political activist * Rebecca Greer, ''Woman's Day'' editor * James Grippando, novelist and lawyer * Israel Gutierrez, ''Miami Herald'' columnist, former ''Palm Beach Post'' columnist * Nikolas Gvosdev, international relations scholar * Robert J. Haiman, ''St. Petersburg Times'' executive editor, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Poynter Institute president * Rebecca Heflin (pseudonym of Dianne Farb), romance novelist and attorney *Carol Hernandez, journalist, educator, Pulitzer Prize winner * Edward D. Hess, author and professor * Carl Hiaasen, novelist, ''Miami Herald'' columnist, won the Newbery Honor * Rob Hiaasen, ''The Capital'' columnist and editor, adjunct journalism professor at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, victim of Capital Gazette shooting * Shere Hite, author of ''The Hite Report'', sex educator, and feminist * Noy Holland, author of ''What Begins With Bird'' and ''Spectacle of the Body'' * Elise Ippolito, artist * Judith Ivory, best-selling author of historical romance novels * Jarrod Jablonski, pioneering technical diving, technical diver and record setting cave diving, cave diver * Eberhard Jäckel, German historian * Jamali (artist), Jamali, Indian-American painter and sculptor * Clint Johnson, American historian and author * Madison Jones, novelist and former professor at Auburn University * Steven J. Kachelmeier, current editor of ''The Accounting Review'', and professor at the University of Texas * Artie Kempner, director for FOX Sports * Stetson Kennedy, award-winning author and human rights activist * Eliot Kleinberg, author and writer for the ''Palm Beach Post'' * Jeff Klinkenberg, author and reporter for the ''Tampa Bay Times'' * Victoria Lancelotta, current editor of the Georgetown Review, author * Mernet Larsen, artist * Charlotte Laws, author, talk show host, and community activist * Gary Russell Libby, art historian, curator, and museum director * Will Ludwigsen, writer of horror, mystery, and science fiction * C. J. Lyons, physician and writer of medical suspense novels * Moss Mabry, costume designer, nominated for four Academy Awards * Ron Magill, photographer and wildlife expert * Thomas E. Mann, author and political pundit for the Brookings Institution * Gabriel Martinez (artist), Gabriel Martinez, Cuban-American artist * Frances Mayes, author of best-selling book ''Under the Tuscan Sun (book), Under the Tuscan Sun'' * Andrew McClurg, legal humor writer for the ''American Bar Association Journal'' * Diane McFarlin, publisher of the ''Sarasota Herald Tribune'' * Jon McKenzie, performance and media scholar and practitioner, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison * Tom Meek, columnist and author of ''Another Day In Cyberville'', ''Reflections On Media'', and ''The Video Audio Overdose Galore'' * Myka Meier, etiquette writer * L.A. Meyer, Louis A. Meyer, writer and painter * Sam Michel, author of ''Under the Light''; lecturer at University of Massachusetts Amherst * Jessel Miller, watercolor artist and children's writer * Andrew Mondshein, nominated for an Academy Award, Oscar for his film editing *James Morgan (set designer), James Morgan, scenic designer and Producing Artistic Director of the York Theatre * Robert Morris (author), Robert Morris, novelist * Rodney Mullen, entertainer, skateboarder * Lorraine Murray, author of ''Why Me, Why Now?'', and ''Grace Notes'' *Jeff Nesmith, journalist, educator, Pulitzer Prize winner *
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, anthropologist, named a MacArthur Fellow for 2002 * Ivan Osorio, columnist and editor at the Competitive Enterprise Institute * Janis Owens, author * Harvey Eugene Oyer III, author and attorney * Mike Papantonio, trial lawyer, co-host of ''Ring of Fire (radio program), Ring of Fire'' * Jeff Parker (writer), Jeff Parker, novelist and short story writer * John L. Parker Jr., writer * David Penzer, current professional wrestling ring announcer for the WWE * Caroline Joan S. Picart, Kay Picart, author, artist, radio host, and producer * Sam Proctor, one of the world's foremost scholars of Florida history * Andrew Prokos, award-winning architectural and fine-art photographer * Imad Rahman, author, ''I Dream of Microwaves'' * Jeff Randall (journalist), Jeff Randall, former business editor of BBC News * Marc Randazza, current editor of ''The Legal Satyricon'' * Charlie Reed (journalist), Charlie Reed, current journalist with ''Stars and Stripes (newspaper), Stars and Stripes'' * Pietra Rivoli, author and professor of finance at Georgetown University * James Rizzi, pop artist * Fireball Roberts, Edward G. Roberts Jr., pioneer race car driver of NASCAR * Alan G. Rogers, gay rights activist, and U.S. Army major who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom * Thane Rosenbaum, novelist, essayist, and professor of law at Fordham University * Rektok Ross, fiction writer, journalist, and entertainment host, best known for her contemporary romance novel Prodigal * Scott Sanders (producer), Scott Sanders, Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning television producer * Mia Schaikewitz, TV personality and spokesperson for disability advocacy * Julia Sell, former national coach for the United States Tennis Association * Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, investigative journalist and attorney * Paul Shyre, director and playwright who won a Tony Award and an Emmy Award * Eugene Sledge, WW2 United States Marine, biologist and university professor; author of ''With the Old Breed, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa'' * Rick Smith (author), Rick Smith, author, entrepreneur, and public speaker * George Solomon, former sports editor and columnist for ''The Washington Post''; first ombudsman for ESPN * Julian Sprung, writer * Howard Stelzer, composer and performer of electronic music * Randall J. Stephens, author, editor, and historian of United States, American religion * Craig Symonds, distinguished American Civil War historian and former professor at the United States Naval Academy * Maggie Taylor, digital imaging artist * Janet Todd, Welsh-born author on books about women's literature; professor at the University of Aberdeen * Kendra Todd, real estate businesswoman and winner of ''The Apprentice (US Season 3), The Apprentice 3'' reality TV show * Victor Andres Triay, Cuban-American historian and writer * Natasha Tsakos, performing artist and Theatre Director, conceptual director * Claudio Véliz, Chilean author, historian, and Sociologist * Robert Venditti, comic book writer * Tarita Virtue, Trinidadian-American Private investigator, private detective, detective, investigator, and model * Sterling Watson, writer, ''Weep No More My Brother'', ''The Calling'', and ''Blind Tongues'' * Bill Whittle, blogger, political commentator, director, screenwriter, editor, pilot, and author * Edward Walton Wilcox, painter and sculptor * Andrew Wilkow, conservative political talk radio host on Sirius Satellite Radio * Hugh Wilson (director), Hugh Wilson, director, writer, and actor * Kevin Wilson (writer), Kevin Wilson, writer * Edward Yang, Taiwanese people, Taiwanese filmmaker, winner of Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film ''Yi Yi'' * Hugo Zacchini, entertainer known as the "Human Cannonball"


Actors and actresses

* Casey Calvert (actress), Casey Calvert, actress * Kavita Channe, television and radio personality * Jonathan Chase (actor), Jonathan Chase, actor, ''One on One (TV series), One on One'', ''Another Gay Movie'', ''Gingerdead Man'', and ''7eventy 5ive'' * Richard E. Council, stage, television and film actor * Abigail Cowen, actress * Cathy Jenéen Doe, actress, ''Passions'', ''Ed (TV series), Ed'', and ''Buds for Life'' * Kahil Dotay, actor, director, writer; won an award for his performance in ''Frank & Flo'' * Faye Dunaway, actress, won an Academy Awards, Academy Award for the movie ''Network (1976 film), Network'' * Brian F. Durkin, actor, ''Broken Bridges'', ''The O.C.'', and ''Deja Vu'' * Buddy Ebsen, actor, best known as Jed Clampett on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' * Malcolm Gets, actor, ''Caroline in the City'' * Darrell Hammond, actor and comedian, ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Scary Movie 3'', ''Epic Movie'', and ''Agent Cody Banks'' * Gavin Houston, actor, ''The Cosby Show'' * Jes Macallan, actress, ''Mistresses (U.S. TV series), Mistresses'' * Scooter Magruder, Cameron David Magruder, actor and comedian * Patty Maloney, actress, ''Far Out Space Nuts'' * Patrick O'Neal (actor), Patrick O'Neal, television and film actor * Adrian Pasdar, actor on ''Heroes (U.S. TV series), Heroes'', ''Profit (TV series), Profit'', and ''Near Dark'' * Rain Phoenix, actress and musician * Lenny Platt, actor best known for his portrayal of Nate Salinger on the US daytime soap opera One Life to Live * Stephen Root, Emmy-nominated actor, best known as "Milton" in ''Office Space'' and for his performance in ''Dodgeball'' * George Salazar, actor, ''Be More Chill (musical), Be More Chill'' * Wil Shriner, actor, director and game show host * Rachel Specter, actress in ''Prom Night (1980 film), Prom Night'', ''The House Bunny'', and ''Alone in the Dark II (film), Alone in the Dark II'' * Nancy Stafford, actress on ''Sidekicks (TV series), Sidekicks'', ''Matlock (TV series), Matlock'', and ''Judging Amy'', and former Miss Florida * Toby Turner, internet personality, actor, comedian and musician * Dale Van Sickel, former president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures * Bob Vila, actor, home-improvement guru and former host of ''This Old House'' * Tarita Virtue, Trinidadian actress and model on ''The Unit'' and ''Living the Dream'' * Alisha Wainwright, actress * Jordan Wall, television and film actor * Robin Weisman, actress on ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', and ''Thunder in Paradise'' * Jack Youngblood, Emmy-nominated actor, author, and NFL/College Football Hall of Famer * Vincent Martella, actor, ''Phineas and Ferb'' and ''Everybody Hates Chris''


Head football coaches

* Kerwin Bell, former head coach for the Valdosta State Blazers football, Valdosta State Blazers and Jacksonville University, Jacksonville Dolphins, current offensive coordinator for the South Florida Bulls football, USF Bulls * Gene Chizik, former head coach for the Auburn Tigers football, Auburn Tigers, former head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones football, Iowa State Cyclones * Doug Dickey, former head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers football, Tennessee Volunteers and Florida Gators football, Florida Gators * Chan Gailey, former head coach for the Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets * Fred Goldsmith (American football), Fred Goldsmith, former head coach for the Duke Blue Devils football, Duke Blue Devils and the Rice Owls football, Rice Owls * Todd Haley, former head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs * Kim Helton, former head coach for the Houston Cougars football, Houston Cougars * Marcelino Huerta, former head coach of the University of Tampa#Athletics, Tampa Spartans, the Wichita State Shockers#Football, Wichita State Shockers and Parsons College * Lindy Infante, former head coach for the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts * Mike Mularkey, former head coach for the Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills * Steve Spurrier, former head coach for the Florida Gators, South Carolina Gamecocks football, South Carolina Gamecocks, Duke Blue Devils football, Duke Blue Devils, Tampa Bay Bandits, and Washington Redskins * Kay Stephenson, former head coach of the Buffalo Bills * Charlie Strong, former head coach for the South Florida Bulls football, South Florida Bulls, former head coach for the Texas Longhorns football, Texas Longhorns and Louisville Cardinals football, Louisville Cardinals, former interim head coach for the Florida Gators football, Florida Gators * John Symank, former head coach for the Northern Arizona University#Athletics, Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and University of Texas at Arlington, Texas–Arlington Mavericks * Charlie Tate, former head coach for the Miami Hurricanes football, Miami Hurricanes


Musicians

* Gene Adkinson, baritone for the band The Dream Weavers * Stanley Benton, hip-hop artist who goes by the name Stat Quo * Bob Bryar, drummer for the band My Chemical Romance * Wade Buff, lead singer for The Dream Weavers * Brian Carpenter (musician), Brian Carpenter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and radio producer * Easton Corbin, country music artist * Chris Demakes, co-founder and lead singer for Less than Jake * Vinnie Fiorello, co-founder and drummer for Less than Jake * Alejandro Manzano, musician, singer, and songwriter * Fabian Manzano, guitarist, and songwriter * James Melton, singer, actor, named to the Hollywood Walk of Fame * Slack Season, alternative rock group formed by UOF alumni * Stat Quo, rapper, degree in International Business and Economics * Howard Stelzer, electronic composer * Stephen Stills, member of bands CSNY and Buffalo Springfield * Keni Thomas, country music singer * Mel Tillis, singer, songwriter, and comedian * Johnny Tillotson, singer, and songwriter * Peter Traub, composer of electronic and acoustic music * Toby Turner, singer, actor, comedian, and internet personality * T. Edward Vives, current musical director for the Los Alamos Community Winds


Pageantry

* Kristen Berset, Miss Florida USA for 2004, finalist for Miss USA pageant, current model * Michelyn Butler, Miss Wisconsin USA for 2008 * Ann Gloria Daniel, Miss Florida for 1954 * Julie Donaldson, Miss Florida USA for 2001 * Elizabeth Fechtel, Miss America's Outstanding Teen for 2012 * Mary Katherine Fechtel, Miss Florida for 2015 * Myrrhanda Jones, Miss Florida for 2013 * Allison Kreiger, Miss Florida for 2006 * Kristin Ludecke, Miss Florida for 1995, and Miss Florida USA for 2000 * Laura Rutledge, Laura McKeeman Rutledge, Miss Florida for 2012 and host of SEC Nation * Molly Pesce, Miss Florida 1986, actress * Jaclyn Raulerson, Miss Florida for 2010 * Nancy Stafford, Miss Florida for 1976, actress * Mari Wilensky, Miss Florida for 2005, top-ten finalist at Miss America pageant * Melissa Witek, Miss Florida USA for 2005, top-five finalist at Miss USA pageant, and contestant on NBC's ''Treasure Hunters (TV series), Treasure Hunters''


Poets

* Deborah Ager, poet, co-founder of ''32 Poems'' literary magazine * Joe Bolton (poet), Joe Bolton, regional poet who wrote ''Days of Summer Gone'', ''The Last Nostalgia Poems'', and ''Breckinridge County Suite'' * Geoffrey Brock, poet, poetry translator, and professor at the University of Arkansas * Stephen Corey, poet and current editor of ''The Georgia Review'' * Geri Doran, poet, professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon, author of ''Resin'' and ''Sanderlings'' * Robert Bernard Hass, poet, professor of English at Edinboro University, author of ''Going by Contraries: Robert Frost's Conflict With Science'' and ''Counting Thunder'' * Randall Mann, poet, author of ''Breakfast with Thom Gunn'' and ''Complaint in the Garden'', recipient of Kenyon Prize * Orlando Ricardo Menes, Cuban-American poet and teacher at the University of Notre Dame * C. Dale Young, award-winning poet and short-story writer, oncologist, professor of creative writing at Warren Wilson College


Reporters, correspondents, and newscasters

* Stephanie Abrams, reporter for The Weather Channel * Erin Andrews, reporter for Fox Sports and formerly ESPN * Edward Aschoff, reporter for ESPN * Sharyl Attkisson, former correspondent for CBS News * Jackie Bange, current anchor with WGN-TV * Kristen Berset, current anchor for WBFF * Ernie Bjorkman, former anchor for KWGN-TV in Denver, and winner of two Emmy Awards * Pam Bondi, correspondent for Fox News * Jenn Brown, two-time Emmy Award-winning sports reporter for ESPN * Kavita Channe, Television Personality, television and radio personality, known for appearing on ''Paradise Hotel'' * Linda Church, morning weather anchor for WPIX in New York * Bob Collins (broadcaster), Bob Collins, former broadcaster for WGN-TV in Chicago * Mark Curtis (broadcaster), Mark Curtis, current anchor for WLNE-TV * H. G. Davis Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter * Jamie Dupree, correspondent for Cox Broadcasting Washington News Bureau * David Finkel, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for ''The Washington Post'' * Kristin Harmel, novelist and reporter for ''People magazine, People'' magazine * Dan Hicken, sports director and anchor for WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida * Susan Hutchison, former anchor for KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington * Ian Denis Johnson, Ian D. Johnson, current Berlin bureau chief for The ''Wall Street Journal'', Pulitzer Prize-winner * Jennifer Lopez (meteorologist), Jennifer Lopez, meteorologist for The Weather Channel * Jamie McIntyre, news anchor for NPR's ''All Things Considered'' and former senior The Pentagon, Pentagon correspondent for CNN * Heather Mitts, former reporter for American Broadcasting Company, ABC/ESPN, three-time Olympic gold medalist with the United States women's national soccer team, USWNT, professional soccer player * Jeff Nesmith, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner * Howard M. Norton, Howard Norton, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his reporting * Elizabeth Prann, current reporter with the Fox News Channel * Raul Ramirez, 1969 editor of ''Florida Alligator''; print and broadcast journalist and executive, educator; activist in promoting independent reporting and diversity in the profession * Laura Rutledge, anchor/reporter with SEC Network/ESPN * Forrest Sawyer, current anchorman for ABC News and winner of the George Foster Peabody Award, five National Emmy Awards, two RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, Edward Murrow Awards, and an Associated Press, Associated Press Award * Joe Scarborough, current MSNBC talk show host, and former US Representative * Sara Sidner, international correspondent with CNN * Alison Starling, Emmy Award-winning anchor for ABC affiliate WJLA-TV News in Washington, D.C. * Hal Suit, television broadcaster, formerly with WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta; 1970 Republican Party (United States), Republican governor of Georgia, gubernatorial nominee in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, lost to Jimmy Carter


Sportcasters

* Red Barber, long-time radio sportscaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees * Lomas Brown, television commentator for ESPN and former NFL offensive tackle * Kevin Carter (American football), Kevin Carter, television commentator for ESPN and former NFL defensive end * Bob Collins (broadcaster), Bob Collins, broadcaster * Cris Collinsworth, television commentator for HBO's ''Inside the NFL'' and ''Fox NFL Sunday'', and former NFL wide receiver * Gene Deckerhoff, current radio announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State Seminoles, and formerly for the Arena Football League (1987–2008), Arena Football League * Julie Donaldson, former sports commentator for WHDH-TV * Ferdie Pacheco, former Showtime (TV channel), Showtime boxing analyst, and personal physician to Muhammad Ali * Jesse Palmer, television commentator for ESPN/American Broadcasting Company, ABC, NFL Insider for The Sports Network, TSN, former NFL quarterback, and star of ABC's ''The Bachelor (US TV series), The Bachelor'' * Elfi Schlegel, Elfi Schlegel-Dunn, gymnastics and sports commentator for NBC Sports * Lauren Shehadi, current sportscaster for MLB Network * Emmitt Smith, television commentator for ESPN, Pro Football Hall of Fame former NFL running back, and List of National Football League rushing yards leaders, NFL career rushing yards leader * Chris Snode, Olympic diving commentator for BBC and EuroSport since 1988 * Tim Tebow, television commentator for SEC Network/ESPN and former NFL quarterback * Laura Rutledge, television commentator for SEC Network/ESPN Get Up! (TV program), First Take (talk show), and SportsCenter host


Sports


Baseball


Basketball (NBA)


Overseas (Non NBA)

* Kerry Blackshear Jr. (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *John Egbunu (born 1994), Nigerian-born American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Jalen Hudson (born 1996), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Kenny Kadji (born 1988), Cameroonian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Egor Koulechov (born 1994), Israeli-Russian professional basketball player for Israeli team Ironi Nahariya *Casey Prather (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Nimrod Tishman (born 1991), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for the Israeli national basketball team *Scottie Wilbekin (born 1993), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague


eSports

*Juan DeBiedma, #1 ranked ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player, known as Hungrybox


Football


Golf


Tennis


Olympians


See also

* List of Levin College of Law graduates * List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members * List of University of Florida faculty and administrators * List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients * List of University of Florida presidents * University of Florida Board of Trustees


References

{{University of Florida University of Florida alumni, * University of Florida-related lists, People Lists of people by university or college in Florida, University of Florida alumni