List of University of North Texas alumni
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The following is a list of people who have attended or taught at the University of North Texas.
Athletics
- Stone Cold Steve Austin, wrestler
- Bill Bishop, NFL defensive tackle
- Bruce Chambers, Texas Longhorns football assistant coach (1998–present)
- Patrick Cobbs, NFL running back
- Lance Dunbar, NFL running back
- Tony Elliott, NFL nose tackle
- Toby Gowin, NFL punter
- "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL Hall of Famer, NFL defensive tackle and assistant coach
- Cedric Hardman, NFL football defensive end; 1970 first round draft pick, San Francisco 49ers
- Abner Haynes, AFL and NFL running back
- Don January, PGA Senior Tour golfer
- Carl "Spider" Lockhart, NFL defensive back
- Billy Maxwell, PGA Senior Tour golfer
- Tony Mitchell, NBA forward
- Umar Muhammad, football player
- Jamize Olawale, NFL fullback
- Zach Orr, NFL linebacker
- Carlos Ortiz, PGA Tour golfer
- Willie Parker, NFL offensive lineman
- Ray Renfro, NFL wide receiver
- Hurles Scales, NFL defensive back
- Kal Segrist, MLB second baseman and Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball head coach (1968–83)[1]
- Ron Shanklin, NFL receiver and All-Pro player
- Charlie Shepard, all-star CFL running back
- J.T. Smith, NFL wide receiver
- Dennis Swilley, NFL offensive lineman
- Tra Telligman, UFC fighter
- Harry Vines, wheelchair basketball pioneer
- Brian Waters, NFL offensive lineman
Arts and media
- Jay Boy Adams, attended 1967-1969, singer, songwriter, guitarist
- Theodore Albrecht, musicologist
- Alissa Anderson, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Larry Austin, composer
- Joe Don Baker, film actor, Charley Varrick, Walking Tall, Cape Fear, three James Bond films
- William Basinski, musician
- Bob Belden, jazz musician, Grammy Award-winning composer
- Joan Blondell, Oscar-nominated film and television actress, Desk Set, Nightmare Alley, The Cincinnati Kid, Grease
- Pat Boone, pop and gospel singer, actor and television personality
- Billy Lee Brammer, novelist and journalist
- Alex Bumpas, operatic tenor
- Brave Combo, Grammy-winning polka rock band
- Eden Brent, blues pianist and vocalist
- Rogers Cadenhead, author of computer books; Web publisher; member of RSS Advisory Board
- Matt Chamberlain, session drummer
- Thomas Haden Church, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film and television actor, Sideways, Spider-Man 3, Broken Trail
- Jeff Coffin, jazz saxophonist of Dave Matthews band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- Joseph Patrick Cranshaw, film actor, best known as "Blue" from movie Old School
- Ivan Davis, classical concert pianist
- Bob Dorough, bebop and jazz pianist/vocalist of Schoolhouse Rock songs
- George Dunham, radio talk-show host and "voice of the Mean Green Radio Network"
- Greg Edmonson, musician
- Rob Erdle, watercolorist, regents' professor
- Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist
- Casey Finnigan, operatic tenor
- O'Neil Ford, architect whose works include San Antonio's Tower of the Americas
- Steven Fromholz, singer-songwriter, 2007 Poet Laureate of Texas
- Bobby Fuller, rock singer/guitarist best known for his band's cover of "I Fought the Law"
- Jesus Garcia, operatic tenor and songwriter
- Phyllis George, Miss America 1971; First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83; TV personality; broadcaster for The NFL Today
- Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
- James Hampton, actor and director
- Kyle Hebert, voice actor
- Don Henley, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and drummer, solo and with The Eagles
- Sara Hickman, folk singer/songwriter
- Joseph Hu, operatic tenor
- Ray Wylie Hubbard, country music singer
- Timothy Huskey, decorated soldier (Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star) and author
- Norah Jones, Grammy-winning pianist and singer-songwriter
- Jeffrey L. Kimball, cinematographer of Top Gun
- Scott Kurtz, creator of the webcomic PvP
- Michael Lark, comic book artist
- Lecrae, Christian hip-hop artist, actor, co-founder of Reach Records
- T. Lewis, illustrator of the comic strip Over the Hedge
- Tom "Bones" Malone, trombonist; played with Saturday Night Live and Late Show with David Letterman house bands, and The Blues Brothers
- "Blue Lou" Marini, saxophonist; played with Saturday Night Live house band and The Blues Brothers
- Jim Marrs, conspiracy theorist and author of Crossfire: the Plot that Killed Kennedy (the basis for the Oliver Stone film JFK)
- Catherine Martin, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Lyle Mays, composer and keyboardist with Pat Metheny Group
- Michael Mayes, operatic baritone
- Dr. Phil McGraw, television personality and psychologist
- Larry McMurtry, novelist, essayist and screenwriter; won Pulitzer Prize for novel Lonesome Dove and Academy Award for screenplay of Brokeback Mountain
- Lauren McNeese, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Meat Loaf, rock singer and film actor
- Bill Mercer, sports and professional wrestling announcer
- Takesha Meshé Kizart, operatic soprano
- Jim Metcalf, news reporter and Peabody Award recipient
- R.K. Milholland, creator of webcomics Something Positive, New Gold Dreams and Midnight Macabre
- Dana Beth Miller, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Latonia Moore, operatic soprano
- Bill Moyers, journalist and commentator
- Trina Nishimura, voice actor
- Warren Carl Norwood, author of science-fiction novels
- Roy Orbison, rock singer-songwriter in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Brina Palencia, voice actor
- Alan Palomo, frontman for Neon Indian
- Jessie Pavelka, television star and model
- David Portillo, operatic tenor
- Emily Pulley, operatic soprano who has performed in more than 150 operas
- Patricia Racette, operatic soprano
- Anne Rice, author, Interview with the Vampire
- Brandon Rogers, American Idol season 6 finalist
- Jim Rotondi, jazz trumpeter, educator and conductor
- Melissa Rycroft, dancer and television personality
- Ann Sheridan, film actress, star of Dodge City, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Nora Prentiss
- Clinton Howard Swindle, journalist and author
- Mark Trojanowski, drummer for Sister Hazel
- Darren Trumeter, member of The Whitest Kids U' Know comedy troupe
- Paul Varghese, stand-up comedian, appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing
- Jennifer Vasquez, Big Brother season 6 contestant; actor
- David Von Erich, deceased professional wrestler dubbed the "Yellow Rose of Texas," brother of Kevin Von Erich
- Kevin Von Erich, professional wrestler dubbed "the Golden Warrior", brother of David Von Erich
- Peter Weller, film actor and star of RoboCop
- Noble Willingham, television and film actor, Walker, Texas Ranger, Good Morning, Vietnam, City Slickers
- Shara Worden, musician, performs under the name My Brightest Diamond
- Xiaoze Xie, artist
Science and education
- W. J. Adkins, B.A. 1930 (1907-1965), founding president of Laredo Community College, 1947-1960[2]
- Robert A. Calvert, B.A., M.A., UNT faculty (1967-1973), historian at Texas A&M University
- Elise F. Harmon, B.S. (1909-1985),[3] physicist, chemist, and major contributor to the miniaturization of computers[4]
- Anita Jose, Ph.D, business strategist, essayist, and professor at Hood College
- John E. King, PhD, president of the Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University); president of the University of Wyoming, 1966-1967
- Justin S. Slay, Sr. Financial Analyst, SRS Distribution, Inc.
- Juan L. Maldonado (B.A. 1972, Master of Education 1975) has been the president of Laredo Community College since 2007.[5]
- Gary S. Metcalf (1957), organizational theorist and management consultant
- Charles Mullins, cardiologist and former CEO, Parkland Hospital; administrator, University of Texas System
- Lorene Lane Rogers, Ph.D. (1914–2009), president of The University of Texas, first woman president of a major public university
- Nicola Scafetta, Ph.D, physicist
- Jean A. Stuntz, M.A. (1996), Ph.D. (2000), historian at West Texas A&M University
- Adel Al-Hussain, MS, Master Degree in Managerial Accounting. (2004).
Politics
- Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi ambassador to Washington, former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia
- Dick Armey, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26, which includes UNT, former economics professor and department chair at UNT
- Robert Lee Bobbitt, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1927-1929); Attorney General of Texas (1929-1930); state court judge (1935-1937); chairman of the Texas Highway Department (1937-1943)[6]
- Michael C. Burgess, current U.S. representative for the 26th Texas district, which includes UNT
- Jack Cox, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1962; Houston oilfield equipment industrialist
- Tony Goolsby (Class of 1961), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County from 1989 to 2009[7]
- Warren G. Harding, former Texas State Treasurer (1977-1983) and Dallas County Treasurer (1950-1977); former President of North Texas State University.
- O.H. "Ike" Harris (Class of 1954), state senator (1967-1995) from Dallas County
- Jim Hightower, populist activist and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
- Mercurio Martinez, Jr., MBA, Webb County county judge, 1991-2002[8]
- Diane Patrick (Class of 1969 and 1999, M.A. and Ph.D.), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; former faculty member in education[9]
- Ray Roberts, former Congressman from Denton; namesake of nearby Lake Ray Roberts
- Gwyn Shea, former Texas secretary of state (2002-2003) and a member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983-1993) from Irving; UNT regent since 2007
- Drew Springer, Jr., state representative from District 68 in North Texas and the eastern South Plains[10]
- Barbara Staff, co-chairman of the 1976 Texas Ronald Reagan presidential primary campaign[11]
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- ↑ "2014 honoree: Mercurio Martinez, Jr.: Former councilman, county judge to receive higher education award for community work," Laredo Morning Times, February 6, 2014, p. 4D
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- ↑ Julia Sweeney, "Barbara Staff picks GOP over Jamaica," the defunct Dallas Times Herald, August 20, 1976, p. E3
