List of Florida State University people

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This list of Florida State University people includes notable alumni, professors and administrators affiliated with Florida State University, and famous athletes. In addition, this list contains information about the presidents of this institution.

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Alumni	Notability	Reference
James Ammons	Former President of Florida A&M University	^[1]
J. David Armstrong	Current President of Broward College	^[2]
Eric J. Barron	Former President of Florida State University, Current President of Pennsylvania State University	^[3]
Judith A. Bense	Current President of the University of West Florida	^[4]
John Grosskopf	Current President of North Florida Community College	^[5]
Franklin L. Hagenbeck	Former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy	^[6]
Mark R. Hamilton	Former President of the University of Alaska System	^[7]
Carl Hite	Current President of Cleveland State Community College	^[8]
Marvalene Hughes	Current President of Dillard University	^[9]
Ronald R. Ingle	Former President of Coastal Carolina University	^[10]
John P. Johnson	Current President of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	^[11]
A. James Kerley	Current President of Gulf Coast State College	^[12]
Anne B. Kerr	Current President of Florida Southern College	^[13]
Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.	Former President of St. Petersburg College	^[14]
Charlie LaPradd	Former President of St. Johns River Community College	^[15]
William D. Law	Current President of St. Petersburg College	^[16]
Terrence Leas	Current President of Riverland Community College	^[17]
Aubrey K. Lucas	Former President of the University of Southern Mississippi	^[18]
E. Ann McGee	Current President of Seminole State College of Florida	^[19]
Robert McLendon	Former President of St. Johns River Community College	^[20]
Charles R. Middleton	Current President of Roosevelt University	^[21]
Albert A. Murphree	Former President of Florida State College for Women and the University of Florida	^[22]
William L. Proctor	Former Chancellor of Flagler College, and former Athletic Director for Florida State University	^[23]
James C. Renick	Former Chancellor of University of Michigan-Dearborn, and current Vice President for the American Council on Education	^[24]
Clyda Stokes Rent	Former President of Mississippi University for Women	^[25]
Martha Dunagin Saunders	Current President of the University of Southern Mississippi	^[26]
Betty L. Siegel	Former President of Kennesaw State University, and the University System of Georgia	^[27]
Paul E. Stein	Former Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy	^[28]
Glenn Terrell	Former President of Washington State University	^[29]
John E. Thrasher	Current President of Florida State University	^[30]
Jim Towey	Current President of Ave Maria University Former President Saint Vincent College, and director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	^[31]
John Kenneth Waddell	Former President of Allen University, and current President of Denmark Community College	^[32]
E. Jean Walker	Former President of Virginia Highlands Community College	^[33]
T. K. Wetherell	Former President of Florida State University	^[34]
Mark S. Wrighton	Current Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis	^[35]

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Lawrence G. Abele	Former Provost of Florida State University	^[36]
J. David Armstrong	Former Chancellor of the Florida Community Colleges System, and current President of Broward Community College	^[37]
Debra D. Austin	Former Chancellor of the State University System of Florida and former Provost of FAMU	^[38]
Gordon C. Bond	Former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University	^[39]
Todd Britsch	Former Vice President at Brigham Young University, and currently emeritus professor of humanities	^[40]
Jered Carr	Current Director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs	^[41]
Thomas A. Desjardin	Current Commissioner of Education for the State of Maine
Steve Edwards	Former Deputy Provost of Florida State University	^[42]
Marc H. Ellis	Current Director of Jewish Studies at Baylor University	^[43]
Leonard Erickson	Current Deputy Director of the Indiana University Cancer Center	^[44]
Dwight Gustafson	Former Dean of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University	^[45]
Patrick C. Kennell	Current Director of the Center for Intensive English Studies at Florida State University	^[46]
Hilal Khashan	Current Administrator at the American University of Beirut	^[47]
Aquila Berlas Kiani	Former President of the Pakistan Federation of University Women	^{[citation needed]}
Stephen MacNamara	Current Vice President at Florida State University	^[48]
Robert Millet	Current Emeritus Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University	^[49]
William L. Proctor	Former Athletic Director for Florida State University	^[50]
James C. Renick	Current Vice President for the American Council on Education	^[51]
Xavier Serra	Founder and Director of the Music Technology Group at the Pompeu Fabra University	^[52]
Betty Siegel	Former President of the University System of Georgia	^[53]
Dale Thorn	Ph.D. from FSU in higher education administration; vice president of academic affairs at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana; associate commissioner for higher education for the Louisiana Board of Regents, journalism professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge	^[54]

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Brent A. Barlow	Former professor at Brigham Young University and author	^[55]
Eric J. Barron	Former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado and former Dean of the College of Geosciences at the University of Texas-Austin	^[56]
Justin Brown	Professional aquanaut with the University of North Carolina Wilmington	^{[citation needed]}
Antonio Busalacchi, Jr.	Current Chairman of World Climate Research Programme and a committee for the National Academy of Science, professor at the University of Maryland	^[57]^[58]
Suzy Covey	Pioneer in XML encoding, and librarian emerita at the George A. Smathers Libraries	^{[citation needed]}
Joseph W. Cullen	Former Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C.	^[59]
Sylvia Earle	Former chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	^[60]
Steve Edwards	Physicist	^[61]
Mostafa El-Sayed	Current Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology; Member of the National Academy of Sciences	^[62]
Marc H. Ellis	Theologian and philosopher	^[63]
Leonard Erickson	Deputy Director of the Indiana University Cancer Center, and professor at IUPUI	^{[citation needed]}
Jaime Escalante	Former Bolivian educator	^{[citation needed]}
Carolyn S. Griner	Former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center	^[64]
Steven Hebert	Nephrologist	^[65]
Robert A. Holton	Scientist who created Taxol, current professor at Florida State University	^[66]
Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh	Food scientist and fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists	^[67]
Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz	Experimental physicist, early pioneer in developing Pakistan's nuclear deterrence program	^[68]
Dan Jones	Professor of English studies at University of Central Florida	^[69]
Jesse Lee Kercheval	Academic and writer, and on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison	^[70]
Margaret Keyes	Scholar in heritage conservation	^[71]
Hilal Khashan	Professor of Political Science at the American University of Beirut	^[72]
Jim Kuypers	Communications expert, professor at Virginia Tech	^[73]
William Leap	Anthropologist and professor at American University	^[74]
Deborah Mash	Professor of neurology, and Director of the Brain Endowment Bank at the University of Miami	^[75]
Charles T. Meide	Underwater and maritime archaeologist	^[76]
Jason Moore	Translational bioinformatics scientist and human geneticist	^[77]
Anthony Nicholls	English physicist	^[78]
Harold O'Neil	Experimental psychologist, and currently a professor at the University of Southern California	^[79]
Orrin H. Pilkey	Geologist, and Professor Emeritus at Duke University	^[80]
Alan R. Price	Former Associate Director for Investigative Oversight for the National Institute of Health	^[81]
Thomas S. Ray	Ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life	^[82]
Dušan Repovš	Slovenian mathematician, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Science	^[83]
Matthew Barnett Robinson	Criminologist	^[84]
Landon T. Ross	Environmental biologist	^[85]
Anne Rudloe	Marine biologist, writer, environmentalist, cofounder of Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Award Winner	^[86]^[87]
James A. Shymansky	Science educator	^[88]
Dewey Smith	Professional aquanaut and underwater diver	^[89]
Gregg Steinberg	Sports psychologist	^[90]
Nyayapathi Swamy	Mathematical physicist	^[91]
Maria Zemankova	Computer scientist, created the theory of Fuzzy Relational Database System, recipient of the SIGMOD Contributions Award	^[92]

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Winston Scott	Former NASA astronaut	^[93]
Norman Thagard	Former NASA astronaut and currently a tenured professor of engineering at Florida State University	^[94]

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Stephanie Abrams	Meteorologist, The Weather Channel	^[95]
Neil Frank	Former Director of the National Hurricane Center	^[96]
Stanley Goldenberg	Current meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	^[97]
Thomas Grazulis	Meteorologist, worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	^[98]
Janice Huff	Meteorologist, currently works for WNBC, and the Today Show	^[99]
Richard Knabb	Current Director of the National Hurricane Center	^[100]
Roy Leep	Meteorologist, worked for WTVT	^[101]
Jennifer Lopez	Meteorologist, currently works for The Weather Channel	^[102]
Max Mayfield	Former Director of the National Hurricane Center	^[103]
Bryan Norcross	Meteorologist, currently a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel	^[104]
Bill Proenza	Former Director of the National Hurricane Center and current Director of the National Weather Service's Southern Region	^[105]
Dallas Raines	Meteorologist, currently works for KABC-TV	^[106]
George Winterling	Former meteorologist with WJXT	^[107]

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Josephine Abady	Director and producer	^[108]
Lily Afshar	First woman to receive a Doctorate of Music in guitar performance, and musician	^[109]
Dorothy Allison	Writer	^[110]
Cristian Amigo	Chilean composer, guitarist, and ethnomusicologist	^[111]
Cathy Areu	Founder, publisher, Catalina magazine	^[112]
Alan Ball	Screenwriter and creator of Six Feet Under, True Blood, American Beauty	^[113]
Doug Bandow	Former columnist and fellow for the Cato Institute	^[114]
John Bensko	Poet	^[115]
Michael Berenbaum	Writer and former Professor of Theology	^[116]
Matt Bondurant	(PhD) Writer, The Wettest County in the World	^[117]
Ricou Browning	Film director, actor, producer and underwater cinematographer	^[118]
Anthony J. Bryant	Author and editor	^[119]
Christopher Buehlman	Playwright, poet and comedian	^[120]
Lela E. Buis	Author, poet and playwright	^{[citation needed]}
Jesse Bullington	Author, Enterprise of Death, Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart	^{[citation needed]}
Jessica Burkhart	Author, Canterwood Crest	^{[citation needed]}
Valorie Burton	Writer, Listen to Your Life, What's Really Holding You Back?, Rich Minds, Rich Rewards	^{[citation needed]}
Brigitte Byrd	French-born poet and author
Khari Cain	Record producer, engineer and composer
Kat Candler	Award-winning independent filmmaker
Virginia Spencer Carr	Biographer, professor at Georgia State University
Sandra M. Castillo	Poet
John Cernuto	Professional poker player
Matt Chapman	Co-creator of Homestar Runner
Colleen Clinkenbeard	Director, writer, and producer for the English-language dub of Fullmetal Alchemist
Leslie Cochran	Peace activist
Steven Conrad	Screenwriter, The Pursuit of Happyness
John Crawford	Author of the Iraq War memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
William A. Dawson	Coach who was portrayed by Matthew Fox in the film We Are Marshall
Thomas A. Desjardin	Historian and author
Dimitri Diatchenko	Actor and musician
Ricardo Dominguez	Professor and electronic activist
Martin Eichinger	Sculptor
Wayne Flynt	Writer, historian, and professor emeritus at Auburn University
Luis Fonsi	Puerto Rican singer, composer and soap opera actor
Alyson Fox	Artist and illustrator
Ron J. Friedman	Academy Award-winning writer, films Brother Bear, Chicken Little, and Open Season
Jeff Galloway	Author and Olympian
Memphis Garrett	Runner up in Big Brother 10
Charles Ghigna	Children's author and poet
Bud Grace	Cartoonist
Ryan Speedo Green	Bass-Baritone, Metropolitan Opera
Juan Gutiérrez	Colombian author
Courtney Hansen	Syndicated columnist, TV personality, and model
Allan Havey	HBO stand-up comic and host
Masumi Hayaski	Photographer and Fulbright fellow
John Earl Haynes	Historian, specializing in American communist and anti-communist movements
Rebecca Hazelton	Award-winning poet, editor, and critic
Ron Hazelton	Home improvement television personality
Lex Hester	Consolidation architect, former chief administrative officer in Orlando, Broward County and Jacksonville
Dayle Hinman	Criminal profiler
Skip Horack	Writer, currently a professor at Stanford University
Barry Horowitz	Former wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling
Anne Hull	National staff writer for the Washington Post
James F. Hutchinson	Painter, member of the Florida Artists Hall of Fame
Adam Johnson	Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer, The Orphan Master's Son
LeAlan Jones	Journalist
Stephen Graham Jones	Author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction
Danny Kanell	Currently the host of ESPNU's late-night sports and humor show UNITE, and former professional football player with the NFL
Fiona Kelleghan	Science fiction scholar
Kevin Kelly	Professional wrestling manager, pundit, sportscaster and ring announcer
Jesse Lee Kercheval	Academic and writer
Margaret Keyes	Nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation
Jonathan King	Producer and Vice President for Focus Features, Dreamgirls, I, Robot, and Finding Forrester
Bert Kreischer	Stand-up comedian and television host; real-life inspiration for the movie Van Wilder
Arthur Kurzweil	Author, educator, editor, writer, and publisher
Christine Lahti	Academy Award-winning director, and actress, Chicago Hope, Jack & Bobby
Sharon Lechter	Author Rich Dad Poor Dad
Jamie Linden	Screenwriter, We Are Marshall
D. S. Lliteras	Author
Jean Lorrah	Science fiction novelist and contributor to Star Trek series
Richard Lukas	Author and historian
Eric Lyman	Journalist
Brooke Magnanti	Research scientist, blogger and writer who goes by the pen name Belle de Jour
Carol Marbin Miller	Senior Investigative Reporter, Miami Herald
Greg Marcks	Writer and director, 11:14 and Lector
Doug Marlette	Cartoonist who won the Pulitzer Prize, novelist who wrote The Bridge and Magic Time, former professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles Martin	Author
Jenna McCarthy	Author
Jen McClanaghan	Poet
Mike McQueen	Journalist
Drew McWeeny	Film critic
Lauren Miller	Actress and screenwriter
David Robert Mitchell	Film director, It Follows
Michael James Nelson	Comedian, writer, producer, The Bachelor, MTV Movie Awards, Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Nancy Oliver	Screenwriter
Heather Parcells	Dancer, singer, and actress
Catherine Joy Perry	Dancer, actress, singer, and professional wrestler; member of the FSU Cowgirls
Masood Ashraf Raja	Assistant Professor and Editor of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies
Janisse Ray	Writer, naturalist, and environmental activist
Gabrielle Reece	Sports presenter, former fashion model, and professional volleyball player
Emilie Richards	Author of romance and mystery novels
Jordan S. Rubin	Novelist
Gwyn Hyman Rubio	Novelist
Alex Sadkin	Record producer and saxophonist
Nat Sanders	Film editor
Steven L. Sears	Television Producer and Screenwriter, Author of Novels and Graphic Novels
Jeff Shaara	Novelist
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro	Investigative journalist and attorney
Linnea Sinclair	Award-winning writer of science fiction romance, fantasy romance and paranormal romance
Leonard Skinner	Namesake of the influential rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Art Smith	Chef and author
Alli Speed	Celebrity from the Internet Killed Television web series
Jane Springer	Award-winning poet
Jenn Sterger	Columnist for Sports Illustrated, model, and original member of the FSU Cowgirls
Leon Stokesbury	Poet
Ted Studebaker	Christian missionary to Vietnam
Robin Swicord	Screenwriter and film director
Lynne Taetzsch	Abstract painter and writer
Hunter S. Thompson	Author and journalist
Ryan Van Cleave	Writer, creative writing instructor
Ann VanderMeer	Editor of Weird Tales magazine and several anthologies of fantasy and sci-fi literature; wife of author Jeff VanderMeer
David Ward-Steinman	Composer and music professor
Peter Tom Willis	Former commentator for the Florida State Seminoles

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Senait Ashenafi	Actress, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and General Hospital
Vanessa Baden	Actress, Gullah Gullah Island, Rosewood, and Kenan & Kel
Dan Bakkedahl	Actor, improvisor, and teacher
Trenesha Biggers	Actress, former wrestler for WWE and TNA
Ricou Browning	Actor, Creature from the Black Lagoon
Cody Burger	Actor, Heavyweights, and Christmas Vacation
Matt Cohen	Actor, South of Nowhere, The O.C., and Boogeyman 2
Gregor Collins	Actor, Ocean's Thirteen
Chris Conrad	Actor, The Next Karate Kid and Young Hercules
Mekia Cox	Actress, My Brother and Me and Kenan & Kel
Valerie Cruz	Actress, Nip/Tuck, The Dresden Files, and The Devil's Tomb
Faye Dunaway	Academy Award-winning actress
Tiffany Fallon	Actress, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2005, co-host of the International Fight League, and former cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons
Suzanne Friedline	Actress and voice artist
Joanna García	Actress, Reba, Boston Public, Dawson's Creek, American Pie 2
Paul Gleason	Actor, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, Not Another Teen Movie
Montego Glover	Actress, Smash and on Broadway
Jennifer Hammon	Actress
Joey Haro	Actor, Awkward
Cheryl Hines	Actress, producer, director, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Campus Ladies, RV
Andre Holland	Actor, The Knick
Polly Holliday	Actress, Golden Globe winner, nominated for an Emmy Award
Traylor Howard	Actress, Monk on USA Network, Son of the Mask
Kevin Kelly	Former ring announcer and manager for the World Wrestling Federation
Nancy Kulp	Actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
Billy Lane	Actor on the Discovery Channel and Biker Build-Off; owner of Choppers Inc.
Jon Locke	Actor, Land of the Lost, Highway Patrol, Bonanza, Gunsmoke
DeLane Matthews	Actress, Dave's World
Michelle McCool	Actress and former WWE wrestler
Gerald McCullouch	Actor, director, screenwriter, and singer
Vic Morrow	Actor, Combat! and Twilight Zone: The Movie
Henry Polic II	Actor, Super Password and Webster
John G. Preston	Stage and film actor
Burt Reynolds	Actor, Boogie Nights, The Longest Yard, The Dukes of Hazzard, Deliverance
Chay Santini	Actress and model, Nightstalker, Seeing Other People
Sonny Shroyer	Actor, The Dukes of Hazzard, Forrest Gump, The Rainmaker
Richard Simmons	Actor and fitness expert
Ron Simmons	Professional wrestler with WCW and WWE; former football player for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL and for the Ottawa Rough Riders in the CFL
Pat Skipper	Actor in American Summer, Wall Street, Lethal Weapon 2, and Predator 2
J. Smith-Cameron	Actress, Crimes of the Heart, Lend Me a Tenor, Our Country's Good, and The First Wives Club
Tonea Stewart	Actress, In the Heat of the Night
Erik Stolhanske	Actress and director, Super Troopers, and co-founder of the American comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Gabriel Traversari	Actor, director, writer, and singer
Robert Urich	Actor, Vega$, Spenser: For Hire
Casper Van Dien	Actor, Saved by the Bell, Starship Troopers, and Sleepy Hollow
Joseph Will	Actor, NYPD Blue, Will & Grace

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Joe Avezzano	Former football coach of Oregon State University
Bruce Bochy	Current baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants and former manager of the San Diego Padres
Terry Bowden	Former football coach for Auburn University, and current football coach for the University of North Alabama
Bob Bowman	Former swimming coach for the University of Michigan, and mentor to Michael Phelps
Mack Brown	Former football coach for the University of Texas at Austin
Lee Corso	Former football coach for the University of Louisville and Indiana University
Dave Cowens	Former basketball coach for the Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Sky
Gene Cox	Former football coach of Leon High School and member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
Hugh Durham	Former basketball coach for the University of Georgia and Florida State University
Cliff Ellis	Former basketball coach for Clemson University and Auburn University
Kathy Flores	Current head coach for the United States women's national rugby union team
Ron Fraser	Former baseball coach for the University of Miami
Bobby Frazier	Former football coach for the University of the District of Columbia and Bethune-Cookman University
Vince Gibson	Former football coach for Kansas State University, Tulane University, and University of Louisville
Reggie Herring	Former football coach for the University of Arkansas
Dick Howser	Former baseball coach for the Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Florida State University
Terry Kennedy	Former baseball coach for the Iowa Cubs
Tony La Russa	Former baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, and St. Louis Cardinals
Carlos Lezcano	Current baseball coach for the Lake Elsinore Storm
Mike Martin	Current baseball coach for Florida State University
Niles Nelson	Current football coach for Husson University
Tom Nissalke	Former basketball coach for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Antonio Spurs
Cecile Reynaud	Former volleyball coach for Florida State University, current analyst for ESPN
Larry Rothschild	Former baseball coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Kirby Smart	Current football coach for the University of Georgia
Rick Stockstill	Current football coach for Middle Tennessee State University
Jim Yarbrough	Current football coach for Southeastern Louisiana University

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Lily Afshar	Classical guitarist
Cristian Amigo	Chilean composer, improviser, guitarist, and ethnomusicologist
Kim Barlow	Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
Sam Beam	Sole member of Iron & Wine
Ryland Blackinton	Guitarist for the band Cobra Starship
Khari Cain	Composer, record producer, and engineer
Ricardo Cobo	Colombian guitar player
Rita Coolidge	Grammy Award-winning singer
Frank Cooper	Pianist, conductor, founder of the Festival of Neglected Romantic Music, Research Professor of Music at the University of Miami
Glenn Crytzer	Composer, guitarist, banjoist, and singer
Jonny Diaz	Contemporary Christian artist
Ernst von Dohnányi	composer and conductor of classical music
Virgil Roger du Pont III	Vocals for The Crüxshadows
Luis Fonsi	Singer and songwriter
Thomas G. Glenn	Canadian opera singer
Marvin Goldstein	Professional pianist and performer
John Driskell Hopkins	Member of the Zac Brown Band
Brian Kelley	Country singer, Florida Georgia Line
Frank Kelley	Tenor and faculty member at Boston University
Ryan Key	Vocals and guitar player for the band Yellowcard
Oksana Kolesnikova	Russian-American composer, concert pianist and author
Peter Kurau	Principal Horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and professor at the Eastman School of Music
Justin Long	Guitar player for No Address
Sean Mackin	Vocals and violin for the band Yellowcard'
Martha Mier	Composer, "Seventh Street Blues" and "Jackson Street Blues"
Stephen Montague	American composer, conductor and recording artist living in London
Nick Monteleone	Composer, musician, producer, and actor
David Morris	Vocals for Cold Water Army
Jim Morrison	Singer and songwriter for The Doors
Jake Owen	Country singer
Rosephanye Powell	Choral composer, singer, professor, and researcher
Daniell Revenaugh	Composer and pianist
Marcus Roberts	Jazz pianist
Morgan Sorne	Singer-songwriter and multi-media artist
Tori Sparks	Singer and songwriter
Scott Stapp	Singer for the band Creed
William Takacs	Principal trumpet for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, professor at West Texas A&M University
Mark Tremonti	Guitarist for the bands Creed and Alter Bridge
Charles Turner	Jazz trumpeter
Will Turpin	Bassist for Collective Soul
Nancy Van de Vate	Composer
Balint Vazsonyi	Hungarian pianist
T. Edward Vives	Trombonist and composer
David Ward-Steinman	Composer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stella Zambalis	Spinto soprano
Richard Zarou	Contemporary composer of concert and film music
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	Composer and the first woman Pulitzer Prize winner

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Valorie Burton	Miss Black Texas USA
Tara Dawn Holland Christensen	Miss America for 1997, Miss Kansas for 1996, and National Sweetheart for 1995
Tiffany Fallon	Miss Georgia USA for 2001
Lea Mack	Miss Ohio for 1994, and motivational speaker
Shauna Pender	Miss Florida for 2003
Kylie Williams	Miss Florida for 2007

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Jose Baez	lead attorney for Casey Anthony in the Death of Caylee Anthony trial
Thomas E. Baker	Attorney, writer, and currently a professor at Florida International University College of Law
Barry Cohen	Personal injury and criminal attorney
Angela Corey	State Attorney for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
Benjamin Crump	Lead attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin
Mike Halfacre	Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Tim Howard	Current Director of the Northeastern University's Executive Doctorate Program in Law and Policy, former Assistant Attorney General of Florida
Bruce Jacob	Former Assistant Attorney General for Florida, prosecuted in Gideon v. Wainwright
Craig McCarthy	Attorney on a number of high-profile cases and candidate for the Florida House of Representatives
Mark O'Mara	Defense attorney
Marlins Man	Nickname of Laurence Leavy, attorney and well known sports fan
Gary Pajcic	Attorney and philanthropist
Daryl Parks	Attorney and former president of the National Bar Association

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Charlie Ward	1993 Heisman Trophy winner
Chris Weinke	2000 Heisman Trophy winner
Jameis Winston	2013 Heisman Trophy winner

President	Year	Reference
George Edgar	1887–1892
Alvin Lewis	1892–1897
Albert A. Murphree	1897–1909, subsequently president of the University of Florida, 1909–1927
Edward Conradi	1909–1947
Doak S. Campbell	1947–1957
Robert M. Strozier	1957–1960^[124]
Talbot D'Alemberte	1994–2003
T. K. Wetherell	2003–2009, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Eric J. Barron	2009–2014
John E. Thrasher	2014–present

Name	Notability	Reference
Lawrence G. Abele	American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biological Science)
Roy Baumeister	Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Psychology/Psychiatry)
Konrad E. Bloch	1964 Nobel Prize in Medicine^[125]
James M. Buchanan	1986 Nobel Prize in Economics^[126]
Robert Olen Butler	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; Guggenheim Fellowship (English)
Donald Caspar	National Academy of Sciences (Biophysics); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Guggenheim Fellowship (Biological Science)
Donald A. Crosby	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University
Timothy Cross	American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chemistry)
Naresh Dalal	American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chemistry)
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac	1933 Nobel Prize in Physics,^[127] but not while he was at Florida State
Dean Falk	American Association for the Advancement of Science (Anthropology)
Carlisle Floyd	1956 Guggenheim Fellowship (Music)
Lev Gor'kov	National Academy of Sciences (Physics)
Max Gunzburger	2008 SIAM W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics
Frances James	American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology); American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biology)
Thomas Joiner	Guggenheim Fellowship (Psychology)
Michael Kasha	National Academy of Sciences (Chemistry); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Guggenheim Fellowship (Physical Chemistry)
John Kelsay	Guggenheim Fellowship (Religion)
David Kirby	Guggenheim Fellowship (English)
Sir Harold W. Kroto	1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry;^[128] National Academy of Sciences (Chemistry); Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Chemistry)
David Larbalestier	National Academy of Engineering (Superconducting Materials)
Alan Marshall	American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chemistry)
Robert Sanderson Mulliken	1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[129]
Simon Ostrach	National Academy of Engineering (Space Science/Mechanical Engineering); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Space Science/Mechanical Engineering)
Jill Quadagno	Guggenheim Fellowship (Sociology)
Michael Ruse	Guggenheim Fellowship (Philosophy); American Association for the Advancement of Science (Philosophy)
Shridhar Sathe	Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Agricultural Sciences)
John Robert Schrieffer	1972 Nobel Prize Physics^[130]
Melvin Stern	National Academy of Sciences (Geophysics); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Astronomy and Earth Sciences); Guggenheim Fellowship (Oceanography)
Gary Taylor	Guggenheim Fellowship (English)
R. Jay Turner	Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Social Sciences)
Sherwood Wise	American Association for the Advancement of Science (Geological Sciences)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	Pulitzer Prize for Music; American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Visual and Performing Arts); Guggenheim Fellowship (Music)

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Dan Bakkedahl	Correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show
Jackie Bange	Anchor and reporter for CW affiliate and cable superstation WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois
Shannon Bream	Correspondent on the Fox News Channel, covers the U.S. Supreme Court
Max Bretos	Current sports anchor for ESPN
Diem Brown	Entertainment reporter for Sky Living and a recurring cast member on MTV's reality television series The Challenge
Lee Corso	Sports broadcaster for ESPN, starred on College GameDay since its inception, and was the former head coach of Louisville and the Indiana University
Donna Deegan	Current weekday anchor for WTLV/WJXX
Arnold Díaz	Correspondent on WNYW-TV in New York City
Jamie Dukes	Sports broadcaster for ESPN and host of Put Up Your Dukes
Gary Parris	Current commentator for the University of Central Florida
Stephen Parry	Commentator for the BBC Sport
Eduardo Pérez	Current commentator for ESPN's Baseball Tonight
Cecile Reynaud	Commentator for Fox Sports Net, the Sunshine Network, and ESPN
Chris Rix	Current football analyst for ABC and Fox Sports Radio
Spencer Ross	Former sports broadcaster
Deion Sanders	Current commentator for the NFL Network
Danyelle Sargent	Current anchor for ESPN
Gayle Sierens	Current news anchor, WFLA-TV, Tampa
Bailey White	Current commentator for the NPR program All Things Considered
Matt Yocum	NASCAR reporter and sportscaster

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Chris Anyanwu	Current Senator for the Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Imo
Saud Almathami	Former Saudi Minister of State
Mohammed Nadir Atash	Former Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Transport for Afghanistan
Michael Berenbaum	Current Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
David Bibb	Former Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration, served as Acting Administrator for a short period
Richard Blankenship	Former United States Ambassador to the Bahamas
Jose Ceballos	Government Affairs advocate in the Democratic Party
William D. Clay, Jr.	Current special adviser to the United Nations
Bradley Cooper	Former Minister of Recreation for the Bahamas, and Olympic discus thrower
Pearl Long Cullen	The first woman to hold a constitutional office in the state of Florida
Charles J. Cunningham	Former Director of the Defense Security Service, and former Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force
Val Demings	Former Chief of the Orlando Police Department
Richard L. Dugger	Former Secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections
Carl Ford	Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Eleanor J. Hill	Former Inspector General to the U.S. Department of Defense
Manuel H. Johnson	Former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
LeAlan Jones	Former United States Senate candidate in Illinois, and journalist
Mark E. Kaplan	Former Secretary Florida Department of Transportation and Chief of Staff to Governor Jeb Bush
Brian Kelley	Former CIA officer
Jeff Kottkamp	Former Lt. Governor of Florida
Al Lamberti	Current Sheriff of Broward County, Florida
Richard Legendre	Former member of National Assembly of Quebec, former Quebec Minister of Sports, and former professional tennis player
Mel Martinez	Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Harold O'Neil	Former Director with the United States Department of Defense
Bobby Pittman	Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs to Bush Administration
Aleksandar Popović	Current Serbian Minister of Energetics
Roger A. Powell	Retired major general in the Australian Army and a Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations
Pete Romero	Former U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, and the Assistant Secretary of State
John Rutherford	Current Sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida
Ion Sancho	Current Supervisor of Elections for Leon County, Florida, gained notoriety in the 2000 presidential recount
Frank Sanchez	Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the Department of Commerce
Dana Seetahal	Current member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
James C. Smith	Former Florida Attorney General, Florida Secretary of State, and currently the Chairman of the Florida State University Board of Trustees
Orson Swindle	Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Jim Towey	Former Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Vic Vickers	Former United States Senate candidate in Alaska
Doan Viet Hoat	Vietnamese academic and dissident, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award^[121]
Dale Watson	Former Assistant Director for the Counterterrorism Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and current consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Jason Altmire	Current congressman for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
Jim Bacchus	Former congressman for Florida's 11th congressional district and Florida's 15th congressional district, current justice and chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization
Allen Boyd	Former congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district
William Carney	Former congressman for New York's 1st congressional district
Kathy Castor	Current congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district
James W. Grant	Former congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district
Kay Hagan	Former United States Senator from North Carolina
Mel Martinez	Former United States Senator from Florida
Dina Titus	Current congresswoman for Nevada's 1st congressional district and former congresswoman for Nevada's 3rd congressional district and former member of the Nevada Senate
Emmett Wilson	Former congressman for Florida's 3rd congressional district

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Norma Elaine Brown	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
John Crawford	Former Specialist in the U.S. Army National Guard; Iraq War veteran and author of the memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
Charles J. Cunningham	Retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force
Jay Garner	Retired general in the U.S. Army and the former director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq
William H. Ginn Jr.	Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force
Franklin L. Hagenbeck	Active lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and the current Commandant of the U.S. Military Academy
Mark R. Hamilton	Retired major general in the U.S. Army
Winfield S. Harpe	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
Richard S. Heyser	Pilot during the Cuban missile crisis and retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force
Gordon S. Holder	Retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy
J. Adrian Jackson	Retired rear admiral and Naval Aviator in the U.S. Navy
Paul David Miller	Retired admiral and Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy and the current Chairman of the Alliant Techsystems company
Kenneth Minihan	Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force and the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA)
Polly A. Peyer	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
John L. Piotrowski	Retired general in the U.S. Air Force
Steven H. Ratti	Active rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard
Michael K. Sheridan	Retired brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps
Scott Speicher	A captain in the U.S. Navy who was shot down in the Persian Gulf War
Lawrence W. Steinkraus	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
Paul E. Stein	Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force
William D. Sullivan	Active vice admiral in the U.S. Navy
LeRoy W. Svendsen, Jr.	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
H. Marshal Ward	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
W. Thomas West	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Reubin O'Donovan Askew	Former Governor of Florida, member of the Florida Senate, United States Trade Representative, and former candidate for President of the United States
Charlie Crist	Former Governor of Florida, and the former Florida Attorney General, Florida Secretary of Education, and member of the Florida Senate
Parris N. Glendening	Former Governor of Maryland and former city councilman in the town of Hyattsville, Maryland
Larry Hogan	Current Governor of Maryland

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Dempsey J. Barron	Former President of the Florida Senate
Oscar Braynon	Current member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Michael Brennan	Former member of the Maine Senate and former member of the Maine House of Representatives
W. D. Childers	Former member of the Florida Senate
Charles S. Dean, Sr.	Current member of the Florida Senate
Steven Geller	Former member for the Florida Senate
Audrey Gibson	Current member of the Florida Senate, and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mike Haridopolos	Former President of the Florida Senate
Ken Jenne	Former member for the Florida Senate
Jim King	Former President of the Florida Senate
Alfred Lawson, Jr.	Former member of the Florida Senate
John McKay	Former President of the Florida Senate
Bill Montford	Current member of the Florida Senate
Steve Oelrich	Former member of the Florida Senate
Chris Smith	Current member of the Florida Senate
Geraldine F. Thompson	Current member of the Florida State and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John Thrasher	Current member of the Florida Senate, former Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
J. Alex Villalobos	Former member of the Florida Senate

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Martha Alexander	Current member of the North Carolina General Assembly
J. Keith Arnold	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Frank Artiles	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Robert Barton	Former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Halsey Beshears	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dennis Baxley	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Leonard L. Bembry	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Allan Bense	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Mack Bernard	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jim Boyd	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Cynthia M. Chestnut	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marti Coley	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Carl J. Domino	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Terry Fields	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Erik Fresen	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Matt Gaetz	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Greg Gay	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tom Goodson	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tom Grady	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Chris Hart IV	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Adam Hasner	Former Majority Leader for the Florida House of Representatives
Deborah J. Horan	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Clay Ingram	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Evan Jenne	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Bolley Johnson	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Everett A. Kelly	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Kurt Kelly	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marcelo Llorente	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mark Mahon	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Anne McGihon	Current member of the Colorado House of Representatives
Sharon J. Merchant	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Larry Metz	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Chesley V. Morton	Former member of the Georgia House of Representatives^[122]
Jimmy Patronis	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Juan-Carlos Planas	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Elizabeth W. Porter	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Curtis B. Richardson	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Beryl D. Roberts	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ray Sansom	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Michael Scionti	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ken Sorensen	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Beverly Burnsed Spencer	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John K. Stargel	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jason Steele	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jim K. Tillman	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Trey Traviesa	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Carlos Trujillo	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Leslie Waters	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mike Weinstein	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Wayne Westmark	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John Wood	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dana Young	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Art Agnos	Former Mayor of San Francisco, California
Rick Baker	Former Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida
Michael F. Brennan	Current Mayor of Portland, Maine
Rich Crotty	Former Mayor of Orange County, Florida
Mike Halfacre	Current Mayor in New Jersey and attorney
Frank Hibbard	Current Mayor of Clearwater, Florida
Teresa Jacobs	Current Mayor of Orange County, Florida
Ken Keechl	Current Mayor of Broward County, Florida
David T. Kennedy	Former Mayor of Miami, Florida
Scott Maddox	Former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, former Chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida
John Marks	Former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
Morgan McPherson	Current Mayor of Key West, Florida

Alumni	Notability	Reference
John Antoon	Current United States District Judge
Kenneth B. Bell	Former Florida Supreme Court Justice
Susan H. Black	Current U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Susan C. Bucklew	Current United States District Judge
Raoul G. Cantero, III	Former Florida Supreme Court Justice
Lacey A. Collier	Current United States District Judge
Rudolph Contreras	Current United States District Judge
Gerald B. Cope, Jr.	Former judge for the Florida Third District Court of Appeal
W. Thomas Cumbie	Current Senior Judge for the United States Air Force, also a Colonel
Paul Danielson	Current Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court
George Greer	Judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo Case, and he also presided over Hulk Hogan's divorce case on January 2008
Kim Hammond	Current circuit court judge, and former football player for the Florida State Seminoles
Robert L. Hinkle	Current United States District Judge
James E. Joanos	Former judge for the Florida First District Court of Appeal
David L. Middlebrooks	Former United States District Judge
Kevin Michael Moore	Current United States District Judge
Ricky Polston	Current Chief Justice for the Florida Supreme Court
Mary Stenson Scriven	Current United States District Judge

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Sandon Berg	Film producer, actor, and screenwriter and co-founder of the United Gay Network
Sara Blakely	President and founder of Spanx, judge on ABC's former reality television series, American Inventor
Bob Bowman	Current CEO of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, and mentor to Michael Phelps
Jose Ceballos	Current Director for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Timothy Cole	Executive Vice President for Sales of Del Monte Foods
Todd Combs	Hedge fund manager who has been tapped as a potential successor of Warren Buffett as the chief investment officer of Berkshire Hathaway
R. Clarke Cooper	Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans
Todd Crannell	Current President of Q2 Sports and Entertainment
Meg Crofton	Current President, the Walt Disney World Resort
John Culver	Current Executive Vice President of Starbucks
James Dahl	Former Senior Vice President of Drexel Burnham Lambert
Jeff Galloway	Current CEO of Galloway Productions
Michael Genevie	Current executive director of the Abbeville Opera House
James W. Grant	Former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Chemical, and former U.S. Representative
Chuck Hardwick	Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc.
Gordon S. Holder	Currently a Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy
Glenda Hope	Head of the San Francisco Network Ministries, and minister with the Presbyterian Church
Gary Huff	Former CFO for the Los Angeles Raiders, and also worked with the IBM Corporation
Patricia Ireland	Former President of the National Organization for Women, and writer
Manuel H. Johnson	Current Co-Chairman of Johnson Smick International and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank
Donald E. Kiernan	Former CFO of Southwestern Bell Corporation
Richard Legendre	Current Vice President of Montreal Impact
Daryl Logullo	Marketing expert
Marjorie Matthews	Former Bishop for the United Methodist Church
Martin Mayhew	Current General Manager and Senior Vice President for the Detroit Lions
Marc Middleton	Current CEO and founder of Growing Bolder
Virginia Montes	Former Secretary of the National Organization for Women, and civil rights activist
Jane Mouton	Management theorist
Gregory Parkes	Current Bishop for the Catholic Church
Tom Petway	Current minority partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chairman of the Board for Zurich Insurance Services
Bobby Pittman	Current Vice President with African Development Bank
Richard W. Rahn	Current Chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth
Gary Rogers	Former Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, General Electric
Jeff Rosenthal	Current President and CEO Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
Peter F. Romero	Current CEO of Experior Advisory, and former United States Ambassador
Robert Sanborn	Current President and CEO of Children At Risk
Gary A. Sanders	Former CEO of Wackenhut
Harry Sargeant III	Owner of International Oil Trading Company and billionaire
Bob Sasser	Current CEO of Dollar Tree Inc.
Brian Sussman	Current Managing Partner of 34 Pictures Entertainment
Orson Swindle	Former Executive Director of United We Stand America, and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Carlos O. Torano	Current President of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco
Irita Van Doren	Former editor of the New York Herald Tribune
Mike Vasilinda	Former executive with Florida's News Channel
Woody Woodward	Former General Manager for the New York Yankees
Ed Young	Founder and Senior Pastor for Fellowship Church

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Alumni	Notability	Reference
Frederick William Buchholz	1905 Rhodes Scholar
Caroline Alexander	1976 Rhodes Scholar
Garrett Johnson	2006 Rhodes Scholar
Joe O'Shea	2007 Rhodes Scholar
Myron Rolle	2009 Rhodes Scholar^[123]

Faculty	Notability	Reference
Abdus Suttar Khan	Chemist and aerospace researcher
Carrie Ann Baade	Painter
Richard Burgin	Violinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dean Falk	Lead scientist in research team mapping the brain shape of the LB1 Hobbit
Gerald R. Ferris	Scholar of management and psychology
Charles Figley	Traumatologist, American Psychological Association Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow
Robert Gellately	Historian known for research on Nazi-era Germany and the Cold War
Paul G. Halpern	Historian known for research and documentary publications on the naval history of the First World War period
Barbara Hamby	Poet in residence
William H. Heard	Expert on freshwater mollusks
Toussaint Hocevar	Economic historian
Randall Holcombe	Co-founder of Buchanan–Holcombe Branch of economists,^[131] past President of the Society for Development of Austrian Economics^[132] and the Public Choice Society^[133]
Robert A. Holton	Inventor of the synthetic process for making taxol
R. Mark Isaac	Scholar of experimental economics
Frederick L. Jenks	2002 TESOL Heinle & Heinle Excellence in Teaching Award
Gary Kleck	Criminologist known for empirical work on guns and violence
Vadim Komkov	Mathematician and physicist
T. N. Krishnamurti	Carl Gustav Rossby Medal from the American Meteorological Society and developer of the FSU "Superensemble" hurricane prediction model
Justin Leiber	Philosopher and science fiction writer
Alan G. Marshall	Society for Applied Spectroscopy fellow (2004)
Alfred Mele	Philosopher in practical reason
Doron Nof	Fridtjof Nansen Medal
Victor Nuñez	Film director
Ruth Posselt	Classical violinist
Per Arne Rikvold	2004 Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Michael Ruse	Philosopher of Science, known for his work on the relationship between creationism and evolution
Michael Shaara	Writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction
Friedrich Stephan	Discovered the suprachiasmatic nucleus (circadian "clock")
Stephan von Molnár	1986 Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award
Mark Winegardner	Novelist
Kun Yang	2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association
Tyler Turkle	Artist and Filmmaker

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Luis Alicea	professional MLB baseball player
Gene Ammann	professional baseball player in Japan
Dick Brown	professional MLB baseball player
Barret Browning	professional MLB baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals
George Cappuzzello	professional MLB baseball player, Detroit Tigers
Kevin Cash	professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Randy Choate	professional MLB baseball player, Tampa Bay Rays
Daniel Davidson	professional MLB baseball player, Anaheim Angels
Matt Diaz	professional MLB baseball player, Atlanta Braves
J. D. Drew	professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Stephen Drew	professional MLB baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
Gar Finnvold	professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Ron Fraser	former college baseball coach at the University of Miami from 1963-1992. Won the College World Series in 1982 and 1985
Mike Fuentes	professional MLB baseball player, Montreal Expos
Sean Gilmartin	professional MLB baseball player, New York Mets
Jeff Gray	professional MLB baseball player
John-Ford Griffin	professional MLB baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
Johnny Grubb	professional MLB baseball player
Dick Howser	professional MLB baseball player
Hunter Jones	professional MLB baseball player
Terry Kennedy	professional MLB baseball player
Richie Lewis	professional MLB baseball player
Mickey Lopez	professional MLB baseball player
Mike Loynd	professional MLB baseball player
Jim Lyttle	professional MLB baseball player
Mike Martin	head coach, Florida State Seminoles
Marshall McDougall	professional MLB baseball player, Texas Rangers record holder for most home runs in a college game (6)
Doug Mientkiewicz	Former professional MLB baseball player and Olympic gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics; Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers
Eduardo Pérez	professional MLB baseball player, now serving as analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight
Buster Posey	professional MLB baseball player, San Francisco Giants
Scott Proctor	professional MLB baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
James Ramsey	professional MLB baseball player
Jody Reed	professional MLB baseball player
Tony La Russa	former MLB manager, Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, St. Louis Cardinals
Mac Scarce	professional MLB baseball player
Paul Sorrento	professional MLB baseball player
Ken Suarez	professional MLB baseball player
Jeff Tam	professional MLB baseball player
Devon Travis	professional MLB baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
John Wasdin	professional MLB baseball player, Texas Rangers
Paul Wilson	professional MLB baseball player, Cincinnati Reds

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Randy Allen	professional NBA basketball player
Solomon Alabi	professional NBA basketball player, Toronto Raptors
Sam Cassell	professional NBA basketball player
Ben Clyde	professional NBA basketball player
James Collins	professional NBA basketball player
Dave Cowens	professional NBA basketball player, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, (retired), named to NBA's 50 Greatest of All Time list
Tony Dawson	professional NBA basketball player
Mickey Dillard	professional NBA basketball player
Toney Douglas	professional NBA basketball player, Houston Rockets
Hugh Durham	former Head Basketball coach for Florida State University and the University of Georgia
Deividas Dulkys	represented Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Doug Edwards	professional NBA basketball player
Bernard James	professional NBA basketball player, Dallas Mavericks
Alexander Johnson	professional NBA basketball player, Miami Heat
Michael Joiner	professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League
Jonathan Kerner	professional NBA basketball player
George McCloud	professional NBA basketball player
Ralph Mims	professional basketball player in Europe
Tim Pickett	professional NBA basketball player
Ryan Reid	professional NBA basketball player
Chris Singleton	professional NBA basketball player, Washington Wizards
Michael Snaer	professional basketball player
Bob Sura	professional NBA basketball player, Houston Rockets
Irving Thomas	professional NBA basketball player
Al Thornton	professional NBA basketball player Washington Wizards
Von Wafer	professional NBA basketball player, Boston Celtics
Charlie Ward	professional NBA basketball player, Heisman Trophy winner
Mitchell Wiggins	professional NBA basketball player
Willie Williams	professional NBA basketball player
Ed Young	played two years, now pastor of Fellowship Church

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Tanae Davis-Cain	professional WNBA basketball player, Detroit Shock
Sue Galkantas	1983 finalist for the Wade Trophy
Roneeka Hodges	professional WNBA basketball player, Houston Comets
Natasha Howard	professional WNBA basketball player, Indiana Fever
Britany Miller	professional WNBA basketball player, Detroit Shock
Jacinta Monroe	professional WNBA basketball player, Washington Mystics and Tulsa Shock
Tia Paschal	professional WNBA basketball player, Chicago Sting
Ronalda Pierce	former basketball player who died of an aneurysm in 2007.
Leticia Romero	basketball player for the Spain women's national basketball team
Brooke Wyckoff	professional WNBA basketball player, Chicago Sky

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Clifton Abraham	professional NFL football player
Derrick Alexander	professional NFL football player
Brian Allen	professional NFL football player
Joe Avezzano	professional NFL football player, former head coach for Oregon State University
Alex Barron	professional NFL football player
Ed Beckman	professional NFL football player
Edgar Bennett	professional NFL football player
Scott Bentley	professional NFL football player
Fred Biletnikoff	NFL Hall of Fame player, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl XI MVP
Anquan Boldin	professional NFL football player, Baltimore Ravens, 2003 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
Lorenzo Booker	professional NFL football player, Minnesota Vikings
Michael Boulware	professional NFL football player
Peter Boulware	professional NFL football player, 1997 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Baltimore Ravens' Ring of Honor
Nigel Bradham	professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills
Leon Bright	professional NFL football player
Derrick Brooks	professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2002), 2006 Pro Bowl MVP, 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Everette Brown	professional NFL football player, San Diego Chargers
Mack Brown	Currently Head Football Coach, Texas Longhorns
Milford Brown	professional NFL football player
Rufus Brown	professional NFL football player
Tony Bryant	professional NFL football player
Terrell Buckley	professional NFL football player
Brodrick Bunkley	professional NFL football player Denver Broncos
Devin Bush	professional NFL football player
Bobby Butler	professional NFL football player
LeRoy Butler	former professional NFL football player, invented the "Lambeau Leap"
Marion Butts	professional NFL football player
Bill Capece	professional NFL football player
Alphonso Carreker	professional NFL football player
Dexter Carter	professional NFL football player
Jerome Carter	professional NFL football player
Pat Carter	professional NFL football player
Tony Carter	professional NFL football player, Denver Broncos
Thomas Clayton	professional NFL football player
Tay Cody	professional NFL football player
Randy Coffield	professional NFL football player
Laveranues Coles	professional NFL football player
Lee Corso	former University of Louisville and Indiana University head coach, sports broadcaster, ESPN Gameday
Sam Cowart	professional NFL football player
Henri Crockett	professional NFL football player
Zack Crockett	professional NFL football player, Oakland Raiders
Antonio Cromartie	professional NFL football player, New York Jets
Devard Darling	professional NFL football player
Buster Davis	professional NFL football player
Chauncey Davis	professional NFL football player, Chicago Bears
Chris Davis	professional NFL football player
Lawrence Dawsey	professional NFL football player, current FSU WR coach
Manny Diaz	current defensive coordinator, Texas Longhorns
Darnell Dockett	professional NFL football player, Arizona Cardinals
Ron Dugans	professional NFL football player
Jamie Dukes	professional NFL football player, analyst for the NFL Network
Warrick Dunn	professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1997 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
Mario Edwards	professional NFL football player
William Floyd	professional NFL football player
Andre Fluellen	professional NFL football player, Detroit Lions
Todd Fordham	professional NFL football player
Corey Fuller	professional NFL football player
Steve Gabbard	professional NFL football player
Graham Gano	professional NFL football player, Washington Redskins
Talman Gardner	professional NFL football player
Kent Gaydos	professional NFL football player
Derrick Gibson	professional NFL football player
E. G. Green	professional NFL football player
Letroy Guion	professional NFL football player, Minnesota Vikings
Kim Hammond	professional NFL football player
Geno Hayes	professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jessie Hester	professional NFL football player
Montrae Holland	professional NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys
Chris Hope	professional NFL football player, Tennessee Titans
Rodney Hudson	professional NFL football player, Kansas City Chiefs
Gary Huff	professional NFL football player
Paul Irons	professional NFL football player
Bobby Jackson	professional NFL football player
Dexter Jackson	professional NFL football player, Super Bowl XXXVII MVP for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mario Henderson	professional NFL football player
Sebastian Janikowski	professional NFL football player, Oakland Raiders
Garth Jax	professional NFL football player
Michael Jennings	professional NFL football player
Brad Johnson	professional NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys
Travis Johnson	professional NFL football player
Greg Jones	professional NFL football player, Jacksonville Jaguars
Hassan Jones	professional NFL football player
Marvin Jones	professional NFL football player
Walter Jones	professional NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
Danny Kanell	professional NFL football player, college football analyst for ESPN
Ken Lanier	professional NFL football player
Amp Lee	professional NFL football player Green Bay Packers
Kevin Long	professional NFL football player
Jim Mankins	professional NFL football player
Martin Mayhew	professional NFL football player
Scott McLean	professional NFL football player
Bryant McFadden	professional NFL football player
Dennis McKinnon	professional NFL football player Chicago Bears
Mike Mercer	professional NFL football player
Marvin Minnis	professional NFL football player
Travis Minor	professional NFL football player
Orson Mobley	professional NFL football player
Eric Moore	professional NFL football player
Randy Moss	professional NFL football player (attended for one year and then released from team)
Zeke Mowatt	professional NFL football player
Lee Nelson	professional NFL football player
Sterling Palmer	professional NFL football player
Preston Parker	professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tommy Polley	professional NFL football player
Christian Ponder	professional NFL football player, Minnesota Vikings
Eric Powell	professional NFL football player
Willie Reid	professional NFL football player
Burt Reynolds	actor and star Seminole tailback
Jamal Reynolds	professional NFL football player
Patrick Robinson	professional NFL football player, New Orleans Saints
Myron Rolle	professional NFL football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2009 Rhodes Scholarship recipient
Samari Rolle	professional NFL football player
Gerard Ross	professional NFL football player
P. K. Sam	professional NFL football player
Garrison Sanborn	professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills
Deion Sanders	professional NFL football player, NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1994)
Zebrie Sanders	professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills
Ron Sellers	professional NFL football player
Eric Shelton	professional NFL football player
Clay Shiver	professional NFL football player
Corey Simon	professional NFL football player
Ron Simmons	professional USFL football player, former WCW professional wrestling world champion
Carl Simpson	professional NFL football player
Ernie Sims	professional NFL football player, Indianapolis Colts
Antone Smith	professional NFL football player, Atlanta Falcons
Barry Smith	professional NFL football player
Sammie Smith	professional NFL football player
Jesse Solomon	professional NFL football player
Greg Spires	professional NFL football player
Rohn Stark	professional NFL football player
Walt Sumner	professional NFL football player
Tra Thomas	professional NFL football player
William Thomas	professional NFL football player
Weegie Thompson	professional NFL football player
Craphonso Thorpe	professional NFL football player
Lawrence Timmons	professional NFL football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
Rick Tuten	professional NFL football player
Tamarick Vanover	professional NFL and CFL football player, current Lake City Christian High School Coach
Andre Wadsworth	professional NFL football player
Javon Walker	professional NFL football player
B. J. Ward	professional NFL football player
Charlie Ward	Heisman Trophy winner, professional NBA basketball player
Peter Warrick	professional NFL football player
Pat Watkins	professional NFL football player
Dekoda Watson	professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Leon Washington	professional NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
Chris Weinke	Heisman Trophy winner, professional NFL football player
Drew Weatherford	professional NFL football player
T. K. Wetherell	former State of Florida Representative, Former Speaker of the House for Florida, former President of Florida State University
Markus White	professional NFL football player, Washington Redskins
Bud Whitehead	professional NFL football player
Brett Williams	professional NFL football player
Todd Williams	professional NFL football player
Peter Tom Willis	professional NFL football player, FSU football radio analyst
Ray Willis	professional NFL football player
Reinard Wilson	professional NFL football player
Kamerion Wimbley	professional NFL football player, Oakland Raiders

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Paul Azinger	professional golfer^[134]
Daniel Berger	professional golfer
Jonas Blixt	professional golfer
Bob Duval	professional golfer
Hubert Green	professional golfer^[135]
Nolan Henke	professional golfer^[136]
Brian Kamm	professional golfer
Richie Karl	professional golfer
Kenny Knox	professional golfer^[137]
Brooks Koepka	professional golfer^[138]
George McNeill	professional golfer
Jeremy Robinson	professional golfer
Jeff Sluman	professional golfer

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Barb Bunkowsky	professional golfer
Jane Geddes	professional golfer^[139]
Nancy Scranton	professional golfer^[140]
Karen Stupples	professional golfer^[141]
Colleen Walker	professional golfer^[142]
Lisa Walters	professional golfer

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Yuruby Alicart	Competed for Venezuela in 2008 Summer Olympics
Darby Cottle	Two-time All-American softball player
Lacey Waldrop	2014 College Softball National Player of the Year

Athlete	Notability	Reference
Phil Boggs	Diver and Olympic gold medalist, 1976 Summer Olympics
Robert Braknis	Participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics
Mateo de Angulo	Represented Colombia in the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wendy Fuller	Participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Patrick Jeffrey	Participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics
Mike Kowalski	Participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics^[143]
Nelson Mora	Butterfly swimmer from Venezuela
Steve Parry	Butterfly and backstroke swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics
Ariel Rittenhouse	Diver who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics
Julio Santos	Freestyle swimmer from Ecuador
Tal Stricker	Breaststroke swimmer, competed for Israel in 2000 Summer Olympics
Chris Vythoulkas	Participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for The Bahamas