Academia •
Martin Z. Bazant (BS 1992, MS 1993) – E. G. Roos (1944) Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) •
Raymond S. Brandes – professor of history and archeology,
University of San Diego •
Noam Chomsky –
UA Laureate Professor of Linguistics, Agnese Nelms Haury Chair •
James C. Cox – Noah Langdale Jr. Chair in Economics at
Georgia State University •
Lee Giles (PhD 1981) – computer scientist, co-creator of
CiteSeer, David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology,
Pennsylvania State University •
Ghanim Al-Jumaily (MS 1983) – professor of engineering,
Southern New Hampshire University; former Iraqi diplomat •
Ed Renwick (1968) – political scientist and television commentator in
New Orleans,
Louisiana •
Shauna Shapiro – professor of psychology,
Santa Clara University •
Laurene Simms (PhD 2000) – educator and hearing advocate, Chief Bilingual Officer at
Gallaudet University •
David Soren (1983) –
UA Regents Professor of Classics and director of the Orvieto Institute in Umbria •
Gordon Willey (BS 1935, MS 1936) – pioneer of
processual archaeology, Harvard University professor •
Vladimir E. Zakharov –
UA Regents Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Arts and media •
Agha Shahid Ali – poet •
Samaire Armstrong – actress •
Denise Austin – fitness instructor •
Michael Biehn (1974) – actor,
Aliens,
Terminator •
Lynn Borden (1959) – actress and
Miss Arizona (1957) •
Jerry Bruckheimer (1965) – film and television producer •
Jos Charles – poet •
Tom Chilton – MMORPG game developer •
Fred Christenson – television executive •
Robert D. Cocke – artist •
Joan Ganz Cooney – creator of
Sesame Street •
Ted DeGrazia – painter, sculptor •
Louis Delsarte – artist •
Alex Flanagan – sports journalist •
George Gray – game show host and announcer •
Savannah Guthrie – co-host of
The Today Show •
Earl Hindman – actor, Wilson W. Wilson,
Home Improvement •
Louis Hock – independent filmmaker •
Rick Hoffman – actor •
John Hughes – film director, producer, screenwriter •
Daniel Humbarger – stand-up comedian •
J.A. Jance – mystery writer •
Nicole Randall Johnson – actress and comedian •
Greg Kinnear (1985) – actor •
Don Knotts – actor •
Aline Kominsky-Crumb (BFA) – underground comic book creator •
Jerry Livingston – songwriter •
Linda McCartney – photographer •
James McMurtry – musician •
Dipti Mehta – actress •
Paul Moyer (1964) –
Los Angeles television journalist •
Peter Murrieta – 2-time Emmy Award-winning producer and writer,
Wizards of Waverly Place •
Katie Pavlich –
media •
Brian Ralston –
film score composer •
Ron Shelton – film screenwriter and director •
Richard Siken (MFA 1994) – poet •
Stephen Spinella – actor •
Jimmy Tatro – actor •
Brandon Tatum – conservative commentator •
Vicki Lewis Thompson – author •
Jack Wagner (1982) – actor •
Karl Eller – Arizona business leader, namesake of the
Eller College of Management •
William M. Grace (MBA 1959) – real estate developer and casino owner •
R. Alexandra Keith (born 1967–1968) – head of
Procter & Gamble's global beauty business •
Terry Lundgren – CEO of
Federated Department Stores, namesake of the Terry Lundgren Center for Retailing at the university •
Robert Sarver – managing partner and majority owner of the
Phoenix Suns basketball team, director of
SkyWest Airlines •
Lisa Song Sutton – entrepreneur •
Pauline Koelbl – Women entrepreneur
Law, politics, and government •
Cisco Aguilar – 18th
Secretary of State of Nevada •
Gilbert Baker –
Arkansas state senator •
Ron Barber (BA 1967) –
U.S. representative •
Betsey Bayless (1966) – Arizona secretary of state 1997–2003 •
Stacy Brenner –
Democratic member of the
Maine State Senate (2020-) •
Jeffrey S. Buchanan (1982) – lieutenant general, United States Army •
Richard Carmona (MPH 1998) – former U.S.
Surgeon General •
Raul Hector Castro (JD 1949) – former
governor of Arizona and ambassador to
Argentina •
Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (BA) – Pima County, Arizona recorder 2021–present •
Richard Harvey Chambers (BA 1929) – chief judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1959–1976) •
Eugenia Charles-Newton (2009) – member of the
Navajo Nation Council •
Joseph V. Cuffari (BS 1984) –
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security •
Frank L. Culin Jr. (BS 1915, MS 1916) – U.S. Army major general •
Hayzel Burton Daniels (BA 1939, MA 1941) – first African-American member of the
Arizona House of Representatives •
Dennis DeConcini (BA 1959, LLD 1963) – former
U.S. senator from
Arizona (1977–1995) •
David Dewhurst (BA 1967) –
lieutenant governor of Texas •
Bob Dole – former
U.S. senator and 1996 Republican
US presidential nominee •
Paul Fannin – former
governor of Arizona (1955–1965) and
U.S. senator (1965–1977) •
Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (JD 1949) – former
governor of Arizona (1965–1967) •
Barry Goldwater – former
U.S. senator (1953– 1965, 1969–1987) and 1964 Republican
U.S. Presidential nominee •
Howard Hart –
Central Intelligence Agency officer •
Carole Hillard (BA 1957) – former
lieutenant governor of South Dakota •
Tom Hughes (MA 1967) – former mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon •
Richard Hunziker – U.S. Air Force major general •
Robert Wood Johnson IV – U.S. ambassador to United Kingdom •
Neal Justin – member of the
Arizona House of Representatives •
Jon Kyl (BA 1964, JD 1966) – former
U.S. representative (1987–1995) and former
U.S. senator (1995–2013, 2018) •
Bill Kimball –
Arizona state senator (1941–1955) •
Richard Kimball –
Arizona state senator (1979–1983), member of the
Arizona Corporation Commission (1983-1985) and founder of
Vote Smart •
Lorna E. Lockwood (BA 1923, JD 1925) – chief justice of the
Arizona Supreme Court •
Julianne Murray – chair of the
Delaware Republican Party and acting
United States attorney for the
District of Delaware •
Edna G. Parker (BA 1953) –
United States Tax Court judge •
Robert K. Phillips – San Francisco trial attorney •
Steve Soboroff – Los Angeles police commissioner and former CEO of
Playa Vista; former Los Angeles Parks commissioner •
Nora Sun (BA 1978) – Chinese-American diplomat, granddaughter of
Sun Yatsen •
Opal Tometi – co-founder of
Black Lives Matter •
Morris K. Udall (JD 1949) – former fifteen-term
U.S. congressman •
Stewart Udall (JD 1948) – former
U.S. congressman, former
Secretary of the Interior •
Evan Wallach (BA 1973) – judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Religion •
Spencer W. Kimball – former president of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints •
David Roseberry – Anglican priest and founder of
Christ Church Plano •
Frederick Wedge – Presbyterian pastor and educator, professional boxer
Science and technology •
Joseph M. Acaba (MS, 1992) – NASA astronaut •
Daniel W. Bradley (PhD) – co-discoverer of
Hepatitis C •
Sarah Hörst – professor of Planetary Sciences at
Johns Hopkins University •
Steve Maguire (BS, ?) –
software engineer •
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos (BS, 1968) – NASA astrophysicist who contributed to the
International Ultraviolet Explorer and the
Hubble Space Telescope •
Don Pettit (Ph.D., 1983) – NASA astronaut •
Elisabetta Pierazzo (Ph.D., 1997) – PSI senior researcher •
Jane H. Rider (BS, 1911) – first female civil engineer in Arizona, state director of hospital surveys •
Brian Schmidt (BS, 1989) – physicist awarded the 2011
Nobel Prize in Physics •
Richard Scobee (BS, 1965) – NASA astronaut •
Christine Siddoway (M.Sc., 1987) – geologist and Antarctic researcher •
Kathryn Stephenson (BA, 1936) – first American female board-certified
plastic surgeon •
Mary Stiner – professor of Anthropology, curator of Zooarchaeology at the
Arizona State Museum •
Clifford Stoll (Ph.D., 1980) – astronomer •
Paul Wehrle (BS, ca. 1943) – pediatrician who helped develop vaccines for
polio and
smallpox Sports •
Abdihakem Abdirahman (BA, 2001) – long-distance runner and Olympian •
Hassan Adams (BA, 2006) – NBA player •
Rawle Alkins – professional basketball player •
Kadeem Allen (born 1993) – professional basketball player •
Brian N. Anderson (2003) – MLB center fielder •
Gilbert Arenas (2001) – NBA player •
Deandre Ayton – NBA player •
Marisa Baena – LPGA golfer •
Bob Baffert (1977) –
Thoroughbred race horse trainer •
Adia Barnes (1998) – former WNBA player •
Ricky Barnes – PGA Tour golfer and 2002 U.S. Amateur Champion •
Brigetta Barrett (2013) – Olympic silver medalist in the high jump •
Jason Bates – former Major League Baseball
infielder •
Michael Bates – NFL player and Olympic sprinter •
Amanda Beard (2003) – swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and 2-time American Swimmer of the Year •
Mike Bell – NFL running back •
Kathryn Bertine (2000) – professional racing cyclist •
Mike Bibby – NBA point guard •
Monica Bisordi (2006) – gymnastics •
Erica Blasberg (1984–2010) – LPGA golfer •
Cheri Blauwet (2002) – wheelchair racing, Para-olympic gold medalist •
Steve Boadway – NFL player •
Lance Briggs – NFL linebacker •
Copeland Bryan (BA, 2006) – NFL player •
Chase Budinger – NBA player •
Kurt Busch (1996) – NASCAR driver (attended but did not graduate) •
Will Bynum (born 1983) – basketball player •
Ka'Deem Carey – NFL running back •
Antoine Cason – NFL player, Jim Thorpe Award winner •
Jenna Daniels – professional golfer •
Jack Davis – football player •
George DiCarlo – Olympic gold medal swimmer •
Sean Elliott – NBA player, number retired by the University of Arizona •
Scott Erickson – Major League Baseball pitcher •
Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (1985) – track and field athlete in the high jump and heptathlon •
Jennie Finch – Olympic women's
softball pitcher •
Nick Foles – NFL quarterback,
Super Bowl LII MVP •
Nick Folk – NFL kicker •
Terry Francona – MLB player and manager •
Brenda Frese – college basketball head coach •
Channing Frye – former NBA player •
Jim Furyk – PGA Tour golfer and 2003 U.S. Open winner •
Robert Gamez – PGA Tour golfer •
Aaron Gordon – NBA player •
Rob Gronkowski – NFL tight end •
Natalie Gulbis – LPGA golfer •
Chip Hale – Major League Baseball player and coach •
Gavin Harlien – off-road and stock car racing driver •
Herman Harris – NBA player •
Keith Hartwig – former NFL player •
Ron Hassey – Major League Baseball player and coach •
Chris Henry – NFL player •
Derek Hill – NFL player •
Ed Hochuli – NFL referee •
Trevor Hoffman – MLB pitcher •
Jack Howell – Major League Baseball player •
Nick Hundley – MLB player •
Andre Iguodala – NBA player, NBA Finals MVP •
Don Janicki – track and field athlete •
Richard Jefferson – former NBA player, analyst •
Chase Jeter – basketball player •
Jay John – college basketball head coach •
Keshon Johnson – NFL player •
Stanley Johnson – NBA player •
Vance Johnson – NFL player •
Steve Kerr – NBA player, manager and head coach •
Scott Kingery – Major League Baseball player •
Spencer Larsen – NFL linebacker •
Rod Lewis – NFL player •
Warren Livingston – NFL player •
Kenny Lofton – Major League Baseball player •
Mark Lyons – professional basketball player •
Lauri Markkanen – NBA player •
Stan Mataele – NFL player •
Chris McAlister – NFL cornerback •
Jonathan Meloan – Major League Baseball player •
Frank Middleton – NFL football player •
Josh Miller – NFL punter •
Ryk Neethling – Olympic swimmer •
Dennis Northcutt – NFL wide receiver •
Lorena Ochoa – Hall of Fame LPGA golfer •
Josh Pastner – college basketball head coach •
Antonio Pierce – NFL linebacker •
Todd Pletcher (1989) – Thoroughbred trainer; 3-time
Eclipse Award winner •
Dan Pohl – PGA golfer •
DaShon Polk – NFL linebacker •
Don Pooley – PGA golfer •
Sean Rooks – NBA player •
Rory Sabbatini – PGA Tour golfer •
César Salazar – MLB catcher •
David Schipper – professional soccer player •
Paul Shields – NFL player •
Kobi Simmons – professional basketball player •
Justin Simon – professional basketball player •
J.T. Snow – MLB player, Golden Glove winner •
Annika Sörenstam – Hall of Fame LPGA golfer •
Mike Springer – PGA golfer •
Ed Stokes – professional basketball player •
Damon Stoudamire – NBA player •
Salim Stoudamire (2005) – NBA player •
Kaleb Tarczewski – basketball player •
Jason Terry – NBA player •
Ron Theobald – Major League Baseball player •
Tom Tolbert – NBA player; NBA broadcast analyst •
Mark Tollefsen – professional basketball player •
Allonzo Trier – NBA player •
Sione Tuihalamaka – Arena Football League player •
Amy Van Dyken – Olympic gold medalist swimmer •
Bobby Wade – NFL wide receiver •
Luke Walton – NBA player and head coach •
Ray Wells – NFL player •
Brian Williams – NBA player •
Rodney Williams – football player •
Michael Wright – professional basketball player •
Gabe York – professional basketball player •
Joe Young – NFL defensive end
Other •
Laurie Dann – murderer •
Annie Dodge Wauneka – activist and former Navajo Nation Council member ==Notable faculty and staff==