List of University of Memphis people
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The following is a list of notable University of Memphis people, including alumni, notable faculty members and administrators, and others affiliated with the University of Memphis.
Notable alumni
Government, public service, and public policy
- Rex Armistead – private detective, investigator for the defunct Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and the Arkansas Project
- Arthur Barclay – New Jersey General Assembly member[1]
- Angie Craig – United States representative for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District
- Bernice Donald – United States district court judge[2]
- Bob Fisher – president of Belmont University since 2000
- John Ford – Tennessee politician[3]
- Tre Hargett – secretary of state, Tennessee
- Willie Herenton – former mayor of Memphis[4]
- Ed Jackson – Tennessee state senator[5]
- James F. Kyle – state senator, Tennessee Legislature[6]
- David Lillard – Tennessee state treasurer since 2009[7]
- Viola Harris Mcferren – civil rights activist
- Curtis S. Person Jr. – former state senator, Tennessee Legislature[8]
- Van B. Poole – former member of both houses of the Florida Legislature[9]
- Frank Scott Jr. – current mayor of Little Rock, AR
- Jim Strickland – former mayor of Memphis
- Fred Thompson – actor and former U.S. senator[10]
Literature, arts, and media
- Barbara Anderson – actress[11]
- Dixie Carter – actress[12]
- Eric Jerome Dickey – author[13]
- John Dye – actor[14]
- Johanna Edwards – bestselling novelist
- Galen Fott – director and animator[15]
- Brian A. Hopkins – author
- Jason Isbell – recording artist and songwriter, member of The 400 Unit and Drive-By Truckers[16]
- Michael Jeter – actor[citation needed]
- Terry Manning – music producer,[17] photographer
- Wink Martindale – radio DJ, radio personality, singer, game show host, television personality, television producer (BS 1957)
- Gary Parrish – sports columnist, radio host and television analyst
- Edmund Warren Perry Jr. – writer[18]
- Olan Rogers – comedian, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber[19]
- William Sanderson – actor[20]
- Stella Stevens – actress
- J. Karen Thomas – actress (Drop Dead Diva, Nashville)[21]
- Trenyce – singer, American Idol finalist[22]
Athletics
- Dave Anderson – multiple teams, MLB[23]
- Vincent Askew – multiple teams, NBA[24]
- Earl Barron – NBA[25]
- Will Barton – Denver Nuggets, NBA[26]
- William Bedford – multiple teams, NBA
- Isaac Bruce – San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, NFL[27]
- Antonio Burks – NBA[28]
- Rodney Carney – Golden St. Warriors, NBA[29]
- Joey Dorsey – Toronto Raptors, NBA[30]
- Chris Douglas-Roberts – Milwaukee Bucks, NBA[31]
- Tyreke Evans – Sacramento Kings, NBA[32]
- Larry Finch – Memphis TAMs, ABA
- T. J. Frier – football player[33]
- Stephen Gostkowski – New England Patriots, NFL[34]
- Earnest Gray – NFL, New York Giants
- Sylvester Gray – Miami Heat, NBA[35]
- Penny Hardaway – NBA[36]
- Jim Hardin – Major League Baseball pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves
- Chad Harville – multiple teams, MLB[37]
- Cedric Henderson – Utah Jazz, NBA[38]
- Richard Jones – New York Nets, NBA[39]
- Larry Kenon – multiple teams, NBA[40]
- Bill Laurie – 1973 NCAA Championship game starting point guard for Memphis State[citation needed]
- Jerry Lawler – Hall of Fame professional wrestler, WWE[41]
- Ronald Leary – Dallas Cowboys, NFL[42]
- Keith Lee – New Jersey Nets, NBA[43]
- James Logan – Houston Oilers, Seattle Seahawks, NFL[citation needed]
- Steve Matthews – Kansas City Chiefs, NFL[44]
- Hank McDowell – multiple teams, NBA[45]
- Mike McKenzie – New Orleans Saints, NFL[46]
- Andy Nelson – Baltimore Colts, NFL
- Lloyd Patterson – Saskatchewan Roughriders[47]
- Ryan Peniston – British tennis player
- Elliot Perry – Phoenix Suns, NBA[48]
- Derrick Rose – Chicago Bulls, NBA[49]
- Jack Smith – Philadelphia Eagles, NFL[50]
- Cliff Taylor – multiple teams, NFL[51]
- Adonis Thomas (born 1993) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Andre Turner – multiple teams, NBA[52]
- Dan Uggla – Atlanta Braves, MLB[53]
- David Vaughn – multiple teams, NBA
- Dajuan Wagner – Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA[54]
- Darius Washington – NBA[55]
- Tamika Whitmore – Indiana Fever, WNBA[56]
- Win Wilfong – Cincinnati Royals, NBA[57]
- DeAngelo Williams – Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL[58]
- Shawne Williams – New York Knicks, NBA[59]
- Jacob Wilson – multiple teams, MLB[60]
- Francis Winkler – Green Bay Packers, NFL[61]
- Jerome Woods – Kansas City Chiefs, NFL[62]
- Lorenzen Wright – multiple teams, NBA[63]
- Wayne Yates – Los Angeles Lakers, NBA[64]
Professors and scholars
- Richard Bausch – novelist and short story writer; Moss Chair of Excellence in English at the University of Memphis[65]
- Béla Bollobás – mathematician; known for his work in combinatorics; Fields Medal winner Timothy Gowers' dissertation advisor[66]
- Peter J. Brand – Egyptologist[67]
- Joyce Cobb – jazz vocalist
- Jack Cooper – jazz composer, arranger[68]
- Miriam DeCosta-Willis – first African-American faculty member at what was then Memphis State University[69]
- Ralph Faudree – mathematician with a focus on Ramsey theory; provost of the university[70]
- Robert Fisher – MBA, president of Belmont University[71]
- Stan Franklin – cognitive scientist; proponent of artificial consciousness[72]
- Arthur C. Graesser – cognitive psychologist; editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology[73]
- Jessie Mae Hemphill – electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in Southern music[74]
- Benjamin Hooks – civil rights leader[75]
- Xiangen Hu – professor in cognitive psychology
- John Lee – author, professor of English[citation needed]
- Michael Leff – scholar of rhetoric[76]
- Jennifer R. Mandel – professor of biology[77]
- Milton C. Moreland – archaeologist and president of Centre College[78]
- Cecil C. Rousseau – mathematician and author who specializes in graph theory and combinatorics[79]
- Rebecca Skloot – New York Times bestselling science writer, professor of English[80]
Coaches
- John Calipari – Kentucky basketball coach[81]
- Penny Hardaway – Memphis basketball coach[36]
- Dana Kirk – Memphis basketball coach[82]
- Josh Pastner – Memphis basketball coach[83]
- Tic Price – Memphis basketball coach[84]
Other
- Stan Bronson Jr. – Guinness World Record holder batboy for Memphis Tigers baseball[85]