This list of University of Georgia people includes alumni, affiliates and current students of the University of Georgia. Honorary degree recipients are not included.
Chief executives and presidents of the University of Georgia
Bill Anderson, musician, songwriter and television personality whose albums have reached No. 1 on the charts seven times, 29 of his singles have reached the top ten, and has memberships in several halls of fame including the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Michael Lawson Bishop, multiple award winning writer of more than 30 books creating what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern literature" in his genre[1]
Alton Brown, television personality, author, actor, cinematographer, chef and host of Good Eats and other food related shows
Casey J (Casey Janice Hobb), gospel singer best known for song "Fill Me Up", which reached number 1 on the Billboard Gospel chart, whose debut album, The Truth, reached number 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart and 131 on the US Billboard 200, and who was described by The Chicago Defender as "gospel's newest darling"
Jack Davis, artist, cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories who was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad Magazine and who was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, received the National Cartoonists Society's Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, Advertising Award, and Reuben Award and other awards, as well as an exhibition of his work at the Society of Illustrators in New York City and induction into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame
Scott Hill, artist, professor and sculptor whose artwork has been included in many national and internationally recognized exhibitions and in many corporate and museum collections, who was selected by The New York Times to represent contemporary American art, produced, among others, the Kessler Campanile for the Olympics, now on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Delia Owens, author and zoologist, authoring several internationally bestselling nonfiction books, and with her debut novel topping The New York Times Best Sellers List for several weeks, remaining on the List thus far for over a year
Fred Schneider, singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52s, of which he is a founding member.[5]
Richard T. Scott, 21st-century classical painter, Host of artist interview series "Outside the Lines", published writer, and numismatic designer for the United States Mint working in New York City and Paris
Daniel P. "Dan" Amos, named one of America's Best CEOs by Institutional Investor magazine five times, Chairman and chief executive officer of Aflac a Fortune 500 company on Fortune magazine's list of the Best Companies to Work for in America and Most Admired Companies, also listed as an Ethisphere Institute World's Most Ethical Company every year since the inception of the award
Julius Curtis Lewis Jr., president of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp., owner of numerous automobile dealerships, media outlets (including both a TV and radio stations), and commercial real estate properties
Cornelia Bargmann, neurobiologist, Wiesel Professor of Genetics and Neurosciences at Rockefeller University known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior
Cynthia Baum, clinical psychologist and academic administrator
Delia Owens, author and zoologist who has authored several internationally bestselling nonfiction books in her field, and taught and lectured throughout North America
Edith E. House, one of the first female Georgia Law graduates, United States Attorney for Southern District of Florida, namesake of a lecture series at Georgia Law[47]
Hervey M. Cleckley, psychiatrist pioneer in the field of psychopathy whose book, Mask of Sanity, was the most influential clinical description of psychopathy in the twentieth century, co-author of The Three Faces of Eve
Charles A. Beckwith, credited with the creation of the counter-terrorism special forces unit Delta Force; author of Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Wyatt Anderson, geneticist, professor of Genetics at University of Georgia, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science[80]
David F. Clayton, neuroscientist, biochemist, and academic. Professor and the Chair of the Department of Genetics & Biochemistry at Clemson University
A. Jamie Cuticchia, bioinformatics pioneer with expertise in the fields of genetics, bioinformatics, and genomics who was responsible for the collection of the data constituting the human gene map and who is director of human genome database
Eugene Odum, American biologist known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology, author of the first ecology textbook, Fundamentals of Ecology
Kerwin Swint, political scientist and author, known for his research and writing in the fields of political campaigns, mass media, and political history
D.J. Shockley, season record holder for most touchdowns responsible for and most touchdown passes in a season; NFL practice squad quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons[165]
The University of Georgia has boasted many distinguished researchers and scholars on its faculty. Notable past and present faculty and staff include:
Administration
Donald R. Eastman III, served as the vice president for university relations at the University of Georgia 1991–1998; vice president for strategic planning and public affairs at the University of Georgia 1998–2001[191]
Edward J. Larson, professor of history, Pulitzer Prize winner for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
William S. McFeely, professor of humanities, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cas Mudde, professor, political scientist, focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States, Prospect magazine's list of "World's Top 50 Thinkers"
Donna Alvermann, educator, currently university-appointed Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education at University of Georgia[193]
Mathematics
Andrew Granville, professor of mathematics and David C. Barrow Chair of Mathematics at the University of Georgia, 1991–2002[194]
John Avise, genetics researcher, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, formerly a member of faculty at University of Georgia, now a Distinguished Professor at University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey Bennetzen, molecular geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
Brent Berlin, anthropologist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Monica Turner, scientist known for her work since 1988 on the fire that devastated Yellowstone National Park, brought about by one of the worst droughts in U.S. history
Susan R. Wessler, botanist and geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
Ying Xu, bioinformatician, elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
La'Keshia Frett, former collegiate and professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Georgia
Mark Slonaker, 1975–1979 men's basketball player, returned as assistant men's basketball coach 1989–1995[205]
Kirby Smart, current head football coach and former Georgia safety (1996–99)
Tubby Smith, 1995–1997 men's basketball head coach, assistant coach for the 2000 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team in Sydney, Australia[206]
Herman Stegeman, former basketball, football and athletics coach, including 17 years coaching track and field, in 1929 became athletics director; Stegeman Hall (now demolished) and Stegeman Coliseum were dedicated in his honor[207]
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^Ron Jirsa, Head Coach profile, Marshall University Official Athletic Site.