List of Rice University people#Presidents of Rice

The names of Distinguished Alumni Award recipients is available online[http://alumni.rice.edu/honors_alpha.html Association of Rice Alumni] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040816080235/http://alumni.rice.edu/honors_alpha.html |date=2004-08-16 }} Rice University (the list is arranged alphabetically and includes recipients of other Rice University awards)

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| caption2 = Roy Hofheinz, former mayor of the City of Houston

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| caption6 = Annise Parker, 61st mayor of Houston

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:Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section.

• Charles Duncan, 1947, U.S. Secretary of Energy (1979–1981){{cite web|title=Charles Duncan, Jr|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/179/000129789/|publisher=Notable Name Data Base|accessdate=27 June 2013}}
• Alberto Gonzales, 1979, United States Attorney General (2005–2007){{Cite web |date=2014-10-23 |title=Office of the Attorney General {{!}} Attorney General: Alberto R. Gonzales {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/ag/bio/gonzales-alberto-r |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}

• James Ward Hargrove, 1943, Ambassador to Australia (1976–1977){{Cite web |last=ABRAM |first=LYNWOOD |date=2004-07-27 |title=Deaths: James W. Hargrove, diplomat, Postal Service leader |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-deaths/article/Deaths-James-W-Hargrove-diplomat-Postal-1654001.php |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Chron |language=en-US}}
• Eric Nelson, 1983, Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019–present){{Cite web |title=Nelson, Eric |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/214998.htm |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=U.S. Department of State}}

• Patrick G. Carrick, member of the Senior Executive Service{{cite web|title=Patrick G. Carrick |url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=9852 |publisher=The Official Web site of the United States Air Force |accessdate=27 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120731161846/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=9852 |archivedate=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• Robert L. Clarke, 1963, attorney, Comptroller of the Currency (1985–1992)
• Josh Earnest, 1997, White House Press Secretary for President Barack Obama (2014–2017){{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
• L. Patrick Gray (attended), acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1972–1973)
• Stephen Hahn, 1980, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (2019–2021){{Cite web |last=Commissioner |first=Office of the |date=2021-01-20 |title=Stephen Hahn |url=https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/stephen-hahn |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |language=en}}
• Robert S. Martin, 1971, director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (2001–2005)
• Benjamin J. Rhodes, 2000, speechwriter and national security adviser to Barack Obama{{cite web|title=Ben Rhodes|date = 27 October 2008|url=http://www.collegiateschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=453880&rc=0|publisher=collegiateschool.org|accessdate=27 June 2013}}

• Bill Archer (attended), United States Congressman{{cite web|title=William Reynolds Archer, Jr|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000215|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=27 June 2013}} (1971–2001)
• Jim Bridenstine, 1998, U.S. Representative, Oklahoma's 1st congressional district{{cite web|title=Jim Bridenstine|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001283|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=27 June 2013}} (2013–2018); Administrator of NASA (2018–2021)
• John Kline, 1969, United States Congressman{{cite web|title=John Kline|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000363|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=27 June 2013}} (2003–2017)
• Pete Olson, 1985, United States Congressman{{cite web|title=Pete Olson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000168|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=27 June 2013}} (2009–2021)
• Albert Thomas, 1920, U.S. Representative, Texas's 8th congressional district{{cite web|title=Albert Thomas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/AllThingsHistorical/Albert-Thomas-AM1104.htm|accessdate=14 November 2020}} (1937–1966)

• James V. Allred (attended), Governor of Texas (1935–1939)
• Glenn Youngkin, 1990, Governor of Virginia (2022–present){{Cite magazine |title=The Education of Glenn Youngkin |url=https://time.com/6191623/glenn-youngkin-interview-education-masks/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |magazine=Time |date=30 June 2022 |language=en}}

• George Chang, Ph.D. 1966, mayor of Tainan, Taiwan (1997–2001)
• Roy Hofheinz, 1932 (attended), mayor of the City of Houston{{cite web|url=http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/history.html|publisher=houstontx.gov|title=Mayoral History|accessdate=6 March 2017}} (1953–1955)
• Annise Parker, 1978, mayor of the City of Houston{{cite web|title=Annise Parker|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/242/000210609/|publisher=Notable Name Data Base|accessdate=27 June 2013}} (2010–2016)
• Susan Sample, B.A. 1985, Mayor of the City of West University Place (2015–2019, 2021–present){{cite web | url=https://www.westutx.gov/Directory.aspx?EID=72 | title=Staff Directory • Susan Sample }}
• Starke Taylor, 1943, mayor of the City of Dallas (1983–1987){{Cite web |date=2014-10-27 |title=Former Dallas Mayor Starke Taylor Jr. Dead At 92 |url=https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2014-10-27/former-dallas-mayor-starke-taylor-jr-dead-at-92 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=KERA News |language=en}}

• George P. Bush, 1998, commissioner of the Texas General Land Office; son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush; nephew of former President George W. Bush; grandson of former President George H. W. Bush{{Cite news |last=Goodman |first=J. David |date=2022-05-21 |title=Bush Dynasty, Its Influence Fading, Pins Hopes on One Last Stand in Texas |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/us/politics/george-bush-legacy-texas.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |issn=0362-4331}}
• Eric Dick, 2022, is the President of the Harris County Department of Education since 2017; lawyer specializing in denied or underpaid property insurance claims[https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/gardening/article/Houstonians-post-freeze-cleanup-should-include-15970209.php "Houstonians’ post-freeze cleanup should include preventive fixes for mold"], Houston Chronicle, Feb. 22, 2021.[https://www.harriscountygop.com/our-elected-officials/county-school-trustee/ "Our Elected Officials"], Harris County Republican Party, accessed July 9, 2023.
• William P. Hobby Jr., 1953, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1973–1991); former chancellor of the University of Houston System; former president and executive editor at The Houston Post{{cite web|title=William P. Hobby, Jr|url=http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/leg/ltgovernors/27.html|publisher=laits.utexas.edu|accessdate=27 June 2013}}
• Scott Hochberg, member of the Texas House of Representatives{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
• M. J. Khan, Master of Business Administration, former Houston City Council memberDooley, Tara. "Khan inspires Muslims with election to council." Houston Chronicle. Saturday, December 13, 2003. Religion p. 1. NewsBank Record Number: 3716921. Available from the Houston Public Library website with a library card.
• Eliot Shapleigh, 1974, Texas state senator{{cite web|title=Eliot Shapleigh|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/9968/eliot-shapleigh#.UcxU6PmTjrM|publisher=MProject Vote Smart|accessdate=27 June 2013}}

• Lamar John Ryan Cecil, 1923, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1954–1958)
• Finis E. Cowan, 1951, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1977–1979)
• Harold R. DeMoss Jr., 1952, Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1991–2015)
• Hugh Gibson, 1940, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1979–1998)
• Sam E. Haddon, 1959, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana (2012–present)
• Sharon Keller, 1975, Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (2001–present){{Cite news |last=Kovach |first=Gretel C. |date=2009-03-07 |title=Mixed Opinions of a Judge Accused of Misconduct |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/us/08judge.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |issn=0362-4331}}
• James Aubrey Parker, 1959, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (2003–present)
• Karen Gren Scholer, 1979, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2018–present){{Cite web |date=2016-03-30 |title=President Obama nominates Karen Gren Scholer to Eastern District of Texas |url=https://ipwatchdog.com/2016/03/30/obama-nominates-karen-gren-scholer-edtx/id=67588/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=IPWatchdog.com {{!}} Patents & Intellectual Property Law |language=en}}
• Anuraag Singhal, 1986, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2019–present){{Cite web |title=Judge Raag Singhal {{!}} Shepard Broad College of Law |url=https://www.law.nova.edu/faculty/adjunct-faculty/singhal-raag-judge.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=NSU |language=en}}
• Leslie H. Southwick, 1972, Federal Judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals{{cite web|title=Leslie H. Southwick|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3163&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=27 June 2013}}
• James P. Sullivan, 2003, Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas{{cite web|title=Governor Abbott Appoints Blacklock As Chief Justice, Sullivan As Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Texas|url=https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-appoints-blacklock-as-chief-justice-sullivan-as-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-texas}}

• Robert L. Leuschner Jr., 1957, graduated as a chemical engineer, but after joining the NROTC at Rice, pursued a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of rear admiral
• Mitch Bainwol, 1983, former chair, Republican National Committee{{cite web|title=Mitch Bainwol|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/378/000159898/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=27 June 2013}}
• William Luther Pierce, 1955, National Alliance founder, noted neo-Nazi, and author of the Turner Diaries{{cite web|title=William Pierce|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/william-pierce|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=25 November 2024}}
• Gary H. Stern, chief executive of the Ninth Federal Reserve Bank, at Minneapolis{{cite web|title=Gary H. Stern|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/069/000169559/|publisher=Notable Name Data Base|accessdate=27 June 2013}}

• Ralph A. Anderson Jr., 1943, architect
• Arthur E. Jones, 1947, architect
• E. Fay Jones, March 1951, architect, named in 2000 by the American Institute of Architects as "one of the ten most influential architects of the twentieth century"{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=447|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|title=Fay Jones (1921–2004) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Eric Kuhne, 1973, British architect
• Charles Renfro, BArch 1989, architect, partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• Blaine E. Brownell, MArch 1998, architect, director of the School of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and columnist for Architect Magazine
• Kevin Daly, MArch, founder of Kevin Daly Architects and adjunct professor at UCLA

• James Mischka, 1985, designer and co-founder of Badgley Mischka

• Elizabeth Avellán, 1992, film producer and co-founder of Troublemaker Studios
• Ron Bozman, 1969, Academy Award-winning film producer (The Silence of the Lambs)
• Dr. Joy Browne (b. Oppenheim), Jones 1966, host of popular syndicated radio and television call-in therapy shows{{Cite web |date=2016-09-01 |title=Dr. Joy Browne, popular radio psychologist, dead at 71 |url=https://apnews.com/arts-and-entertainment-celebrity-general-news-109690d7f9c24985964ee078508ba97e |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• John William Corrington, M.A. 1960, screenwriter
• James Craig, actor (Kitty Foyle)
• Germaine Franco, 1984, film composer (Coco)
• Amy Hobby, 1986, Academy Award-nominated producer
• Howard Hughes (attended), filmmaker known for Hell's Angel's (1930) and Scarface (1932); life and career served as the basis for the 2004 film The Aviator
• Tim League, 1992, founder of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a high end theatre chain, and Drafthouse Films, film distributor
• Mike MacRae, 1999, voice actor, comedian
• Gus Sorola (attended), Machinima artist and founding member of Rooster Teeth{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/76218416/Meet-Rooster-Teeth-the-online-video-powerhouse|publisher=stuff.co.nz|title=Meet Rooster Teeth, the online video powerhouse | Stuff.co.nz|date=24 January 2016|accessdate=6 March 2017}}

• William Broyles Jr., 1966, founder of Texas Monthly; former editor in chief at Newsweek; screenwriter of Apollo 13, Cast Away, Unfaithful, Flags of Our Fathers
• Gwynne Dyer, M.A. 1966, journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian; Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1973–1977)
• John Graves, 1942, nature writer, Goodbye to a River
• Jo Ling Kent, 2006, NBC News correspondent{{cite news|title=Jo Kent, Scott Conroy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/fashion/weddings/jo-kent-scott-conroy.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date = 23 August 2015|accessdate=8 December 2017}}
• Zack Kopplin, 2015, political activist, journalist, and television personality who came to fame during high school for publicly campaigning against the Louisiana Science Education Act, a creationism law; investigator for the Government Accountability Project
• Evan Mintz, 2008, 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist in editorial writing{{cite web|title=Finalist: Joe Holley and Evan Mintz of Houston Chronicle|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/joe-holley-and-evan-mintz}}
• Steve Sailer, 1980, writer for Taki's Magazine and VDARE
• Rosa Levin Toubin, Jewish Texan historian, civic leader and philanthropist
• Lamar White, 2005, investigative journalist known for his work on racism and political corruption in the Deep South

• Candace Bushnell (attended), author of Sex and the City
• Eva Hoffman, 1967, author, Lost in Translation, Shtetl: The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews, The Secret: A Novel, After Such Knowledge
• Larry McMurtry, M.A. 1960, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, known for Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, and Terms of Endearment; won Oscar for Brokeback Mountain screenplay
• Elizabeth Moon, 1968, author, The Deed of Paksenarrion, Winning Colors
• Joyce Carol Oates (attended), author; Princeton creative writing professor; dropped out of English PhD program after publishing in Best American Short Stories
• John Pipkin, PhD 1997, novelist
• Elisa Gabbert, 2002, poet, essayist, and The New York Times poetry columnist{{Cite web |last=Jennifer |first=Latson |date=Winter 2017 |title=Alumni Books - Winter 2017: Books by Rice Alumni |url=https://magazine.rice.edu/winter-2017/alumni-books-winter-2017 |url-status=live |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Rice Magazine}}
• Adriana E. Ramírez, 2005, writer, critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times, and co-founder of the literary journal Aster(ix)

• Lola Astanova, Master's 2005, summa cum laude, Russian-born classical pianist{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
• Rebecca Carrington, Masters in Music, British "music comedian"
• Carl P. Daw Jr., Episcopalian priest; director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada; researcher and authority on sacred music
• Gabriela Frank (born 1972), pianist and composer of contemporary classical music
• Caroline Shaw, 2004, Pulitzer Prize-winning musician
• Kate Soper, 2003, Pulitzer Prize-finalist musician

• Mark Flood, 1981, contemporary artist
• Robert S. Martin, 1971, librarian; member of National Council for the Humanities; former director of Institute of Museum & Library Services; 2008 recipient of Presidential Citizens Medal{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
• Charles L. Venable, 1982, curator and former director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Speed Art Museum
• Wayne Gilbert, MA 2012, painter and gallerist
• Ann Harithas, MFA, artist, curator, and founder of multiple museums in Texas, including the Art Car Museum, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, and Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art

• Brian Armstrong, 2005 and 2006, founder and CEO of Coinbase{{cite news |last1=del Castillo |first1=Michael |last2=Baldwin |first2=William |title=Bitcoin's Guardian Angel: Inside Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong's Plan To Make Crypto Safe For All |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/02/19/coinbase-billionaire-brian-armstrongs-plan-to-make-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-safe-for-all/?sh=49ffbf85345b |access-date=28 August 2021 |work=Forbes |date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807002256/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/02/19/coinbase-billionaire-brian-armstrongs-plan-to-make-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-safe-for-all/ |archive-date=7 August 2021 |url-status=live |language=en}}
• George R. Brown, 1920, founder of Brown and Root, one of the world's largest construction firms{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/24/obituaries/george-r-brown-industrialist-dies.html|title=GEORGE R. BROWN, INDUSTRIALIST, DIES|date=24 January 1983|work=New York Times|accessdate=14 October 2013}}
• Thomas H. Cruikshank, former chairman and CEO of Halliburton{{cite web|title=Thomas H. Cruikshank|url=http://professor.rice.edu/professor/BOT.asp|website=professor.rice.edu/|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Mark Dankberg, 1976, co-founder and CEO, ViaSat
• L. John Doerr, 1973, venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; CEO of Silicon Compilers; co-founder of the @Home Network; on the board of directors of Intuit, Amazon.com, PalmOne, Sun Microsystems, Google, and Segway{{cite web|title=John Doerr|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/197/000061014/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Charles Duncan, 1947, former president, Coca-Cola; former Secretary of Energy under Jimmy Carter (1979–1981){{cite web|title=Charles Duncan, Jr|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/179/000129789/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Mark Durcan, 1984, CEO of Micron Technology{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=289058&ticker=MU|publisher=bloomberg.com|title=Stocks - Bloomberg|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Lynn Elsenhans, chairman and CEO of Sunoco{{cite web|title=Lynn Elsenhans|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/469/000168962/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=26 June 2013}}
• Kevin Harvey, 1987, founding member and general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm{{cite web|title=Kevin Harvey|url=http://www.spoke.com/people/kevin-harvey-3e1429c09e597c100888c697|work=Bio|publisher=Spoke|accessdate=23 November 2020}}
• Howard Hughes (attended), richest man in the world in 1976{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
• Steve Jackson, 1974, founder of Steve Jackson Games{{cite web|title=Steve Jackson|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/091/000030001/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=26 June 2013}}
• Ken Kennedy, 1967, founder of Center for Research on Parallel Computation, the High Performance Fortran Forum; co-chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee with Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
• Ali Yıldırım Koç, 1990, Koç Holding member; 37th president of Turkish multisport club Fenerbahçe S.K.
• Fred C. Koch (attended), founder of Koch Industries, one of the largest private companies in the United States{{cite web|title=Fred C. Koch|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/919/000058745/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=26 June 2013}}
• James E. Lyon, Houston developer and Republican politician"Rites Set for Developer, Banker James E. Lyon", Houston Chronicle, May 2, 1993
• Cal McNair, 1995, chairman and CEO of the Houston Texans NFL franchise{{cite web |title=D. Cal Mc Nair Biography |url=https://www.houstontexans.com/team/front-office-roster/d-cal-mcnair |website=www.houstontexans.com |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624215932/https://www.houstontexans.com/team/front-office-roster/d-cal-mcnair#expand |archive-date=24 June 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=D. Cal McNair |url=https://business.rice.edu/person/d-cal-mcnair |website=Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University |access-date=28 August 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515142758/https://business.rice.edu/person/d-cal-mcnair |archive-date=15 May 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Arun Netravali, 1969 and 1971, pioneer of digital technology including HDTV; former president of Bell Laboratories and Chief Scientist for Lucent Technologies{{cite web|title=Arun Netravali|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/337/000168830/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=26 June 2013}}
• David Rhodes, 1996, president of CBS News; former head of U.S. television for Bloomberg{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Notable-Rice-University-graduates-3925625.php|publisher=chron.com|title=Notable Rice University graduates - Houston Chronicle|date=7 October 2012|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Hector Ruiz, 1972, president and CEO of AMD{{cite web|title=Hector Ruiz|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/802/000165307/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|accessdate=26 June 2013}}
• James Treybig, 1963 and 1964, founder of Tandem Computers(This footnote was copied from [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tandem_Computers&oldid=1047016237 the "08:47, 28 September 2021" revision] of the Wikipedia article about "Tandem Computers" [oldid=1047016237]) : "Tandem History: An Introduction". Center magazine, vol 6 number 1, Winter 1986, a magazine for Tandem employees.(This footnote was "also" copied from [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tandem_Computers&oldid=1047016237 the "08:47, 28 September 2021" revision] of the Wikipedia article about "Tandem Computers" [oldid=1047016237]) : "Tracing Tandem's History", NonStop News, vol 9 number 1, January 1986, a newsletter for Tandem employees.
• Jim Turley, 1977 and 1978, chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young[http://www.ey.com/GL/en/About-us/Our-leaders/Ernst---Young---Global-Executive---Jim-Turley---Biography Chairman and CEO] Ernst & Young
• Jim Whitehurst, 1989, president and CEO of Red Hat{{cite web|url=http://engineering.rice.edu/SpotlightContent.aspx?id=1152|publisher=engineering.rice.edu|title=Rice University|accessdate=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135318/http://engineering.rice.edu/SpotlightContent.aspx?id=1152|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
• Glenn Youngkin, 1990, former co-CEO of The Carlyle Group{{cite web |title=The 2006-07 Rice Owls Basketball Media Guide |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/riceowls.com/documents/2015/4/30/_rice_m_baskbl__tocquickfacts.pdf |website=Rice Owls |access-date=February 20, 2021 |page=3}}

• Nichole Ayers, 2021, NASA astronaut candidate for NASA Astronaut Group 23{{cite web|title= Nasa selects 10 astronaut candidates to send to moon|url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/nichole-ayers/biography/|last1=Kelli|first1=Mars|website=NASA|date=3 December 2021|access-date=Dec 3, 2021}}
• John S. Bull, 1957, BS in mechanical engineering, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bull-js.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: John S. Bull|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Takao Doi, PhD 2004, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/doi.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Bios/htmlbios/doi|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Masters in materials science, 1988, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hoffman.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: J. Hoffman 9/02|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Tamara E. Jernigan, PhD 1988, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jernigan.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: T. Jernigan 11/2001|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• James H. Newman, 1982 and 1984, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/newman.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: James H. Newman (8/2008)|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• John D. Olivas, PhD 1996, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/olivas.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: John D. Olivas (6/2010)|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Janice Voss, graduate work in Space Physics 1977–1978, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/voss-jan.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: Janice Voss (3/2012)|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Shannon Walker, Baker 1987, MA 1992, PhD 1993, NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/walker-s.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: Shannon Walker (12/2010)|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}
• Peggy Whitson, PhD 1986 NASA astronaut{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/whitson.html|publisher=jsc.nasa.gov|title=Astronaut Bio: Peggy Whitson (10/2012)|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}

• Kwatsi Alibaruho MBA 2011, first African-American flight director in NASA history and the lead flight director for the last space shuttle mission
• Wayne Hale, Hanszen 1976, mechanical engineering, Space Shuttle Flight Director for 40 missions between 1988 and 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nac/members/hale-bio.html#.U3vZ5q1dWXo|publisher=nasa.gov|title=Mr. N. Wayne Hale biography page | NASA|date=10 June 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017}}

• Louis E. Brus, 1965, co-discoverer of quantum dots
• Robert F. Curl Jr., 1954, co-discoverer of fullerenes
• Robert Woodrow Wilson, 1957, co-discoverer of cosmic microwave background radiation

• Jay Bailey, BA 1966, PhD 1969, pioneer of biochemical engineering
• Paige Bailey, BS/MS Earth Sciences 2013, engineer at Google DeepMind on the PaLM 2, Gemini, and Gemma models. {{Cite web|url=https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Bailey,+P|title=Paige Bailey|website=arxiv.org|publisher=Arxiv|access-date=2025-03-23}}
• Andrew Dessler, Lovett 1986 climate change meteorologist
• Mark Durcan, 1979–1984, Master of Chemical Engineering and a BS chemical engineering, chief executive officer at Micron Technology{{cite web|url=http://www.micron.com/about/company-info/leadership/d-mark-durcan |title= D. Mark Durcan | website = Micron|accessdate=6 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231603/http://www.micron.com/about/company-info/leadership/d-mark-durcan |archivedate=2 December 2013 }}
• David Eagleman, 1993, neuroscientist at Stanford University and author of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
• Wanda Gass, 1978, electrical engineer who helped develop the first commercially viable digital signal processor at Texas Instruments
• James E. Gunn, Baker 1961, astronomer at Princeton University, 1977 National Academy of Sciences 2009 recipient of the National Medal of Science
• He Jiankui, PhD 2010, widely condemned geneticist who claimed to have created the world's first genome edited babies, Nana and Lulu
• Dave Hyatt, Baker 1994, browser developer at Netscape and Apple
• Howard Johnson, PhD 1982, electrical engineer
• Riki Kobayashi, 1943, B.S., chemical engineering
• Larry Lake, PhD 1973, petroleum engineer and member of the National Academy of Engineering
• Amy Leventer, 1988, Ph.D., geology, marine biologist, micropaleontologist, Antarctic researcher{{Cite web|url=http://www.colgate.edu/facultysearch/facultydirectory/aleventer|title=Amy Leventer|website=colgate.edu|publisher=Colgate University|access-date=2016-06-09}}
• Frank L. Lewis, 1971, MEE.
• George Whitelaw Mackey, 1938, mathematician, 1962 National Academy of Sciences
• Diana McSherry, 1967, M.A., 1969, Ph.D., computer scientist, biophysicist
• Jack Morava, 1968, mathematician
• John Morgan, 1968, mathematician, 2013 National Academy of Sciences
• Harold E. Rorschach Jr., professor of physics at Rice (1952–1993), was the chairman of the physics department three times and principal investigator of the NASA interdisciplinary laboratory at Rice
• Noah Rosenberg, 1997, geneticist working in evolutionary biology, mathematical phylogenetics, and population genetics, and the Stanford Professor of Population Genetics and Society
• Nick Ryder, 2014, co-creator of GPT-3.
• Steven Schafersman, 1983 PhD in geology, president of Texas Citizens for Science
• Dorry Segev, Israeli-born Marjory K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Associate Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Fred I. Stalkup, 1957 BS in chemical engineering, 1961 Ph.D. chemical engineering noted for work in enhanced oil recovery, member of the National Academy of Engineering
• Dennis Sullivan, 1963 BA in mathematics, mathematician at Stony Brook University and CUNY grad school; recipient of the 2004 National Medal of Science; 2010 Wolf Prize in Mathematics; 2022 Abel Prize{{cite web|title=A 'quasi-juvenile delinquent' at Rice rises to the top -- again|url=https://news.rice.edu/news/2022/quasi-juvenile-delinquent-rice-rises-top-again|publisher=Rice University News and Media Relations|accessdate=24 March 2022}}
• Powtawche Valerino, PhD 2005, mechanical engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory who worked on the Cassini mission

• Daniel Albright, 1967, Harvard University English professor
• Walter L. Buenger, Ph.D. 1979, historian at Texas A&M University
• Nancy Cole, 1964, educational psychologist
• Cristle Collins Judd, B.M./M.M. 1983, 11th President of Sarah Lawrence College
• Gwynne Dyer, 1973–1977, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• Nikta Fakhri, PhD 2011, Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Shriram Krishnamurthi, PhD 2000, professor of computer science at Brown University and developer of the Racket programming language
• R. Bowen Loftin, Ph.D. 1975, 22nd chancellor of the University of Missouri, and 24th President of Texas A&M University.
• Bennett McCallum, B.A. 1957, B.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1969, monetary economist and professor at the Tepper School of Business
• Kannan Moudgalya, PhD 1985, professor of Chemical Engineering at IITB
• Amos Rapoport, 1957, professor, pschologist, architect and one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies
• Robert K. Ritner, 1975, Egyptologist at the University of Chicago
• Roland W. Schmitt, Ph.D. 1951, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1988–1993)
• William Sidis (1898–1944) child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills, for which he was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, author, researcher, and student and teacher at Rice
• Namita Gupta Wiggers, 1989, expert in the field of contemporary craft, curator, educator and writer

• The Rt. Rev. Scott Field Bailey, 1938, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
• The Rev. Carl P. Daw Jr., Will Rice 1966, executive director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
• The Rt. Rev. Claude Edward Payne, 1954, 1955, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas
• The Rt. Rev. Steven Tighe, 1978, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Southwest

• David Aardsma, 2003, MLB pitcher, 22nd overall pick of the San Francisco Giants{{cite web|title=David Aardsma|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aardsda01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Lance Berkman, 1997, six-time All-Star Major League baseball player for the Houston Astros{{cite web|title=Lance Berkman|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berkmla01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=25 July 2015}}
• Norm Charlton, 1984, Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=Norm Charlton|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/charlno01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Bubba Crosby, 1998, Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees{{cite web|title=Bubba Crosby|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crosbbu01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• José Cruz Jr., 1993, Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=José Cruz, Jr|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cruzjo02.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Tyler Duffey, Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins{{cite web|title=Tyler Duffey|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/duffety01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=6 October 2019}}
• Brock Holt, 2009, Major League Baseball utility player for the Boston Red Sox{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holtbr01.shtml|title=Brock Holt|publisher=|accessdate=11 April 2015}}
• Philip Humber, 2004, Major League Baseball player, 3rd overall pick of the New York Mets;{{cite web|title=Philip Humber|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/humbeph01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=25 June 2013}} pitched a perfect game in 2012
• Evan Kravetz, 2019, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
• Jeff Niemann, 2004, Major League Baseball pitcher, 4th overall pick of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays{{cite web|title=Jeff Niemann|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemaje01.shtml|publisher=BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Anthony Rendon, 2011, Major League Baseball first-round draft choice of the Washington Nationals

• Morris Almond, 2007, NBA guard, 25th overall pick of the Utah Jazz{{cite web|title=Morris Almond|url=http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/almond_morris00.html|publisher=riceowls.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Suleiman Braimoh (born 1989), Nigerian-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Egor Koulechov (born 1994), Israeli-Russian professional basketball player for Israeli team Ironi Nahariya
• Ricky Pierce, 1983, NBA guard, 1983–1998; NBA All-Star 1991; NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award 1987 and 1990{{cite web|title=Ricky Pierce|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/piercri01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.Com.|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Mike Wilks, 2001, NBA guard 2002–09{{cite web|title=Mike Wilks|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wilksmi01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.Com.|accessdate=25 June 2013}}

• Tony Barker, 1992, former NFL player for the Washington Redskins{{cite web|title=Tony Barker|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BarkTo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Chris Boswell, NFL placekicker, Pittsburgh Steelers
• O.J. Brigance, 1991, former NFL player{{cite web|title=O.J. Brigance|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrigO.20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• James Casey, NFL tight end/fullback for the Houston Texans{{cite web|title=James Casey|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CaseJa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Patrick Dendy, NFL player, Green Bay Packers{{cite web|title=Patrick Dendy|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DendPa20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Buddy Dial, end, College Football Hall of Fame inductee 1993,[{{College Football HoF/url|id=1810}} Buddy Dial] College Football Hall of Fame All-Pro 1961, 1963[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DialBu00.htm Buddy Dial] Pro Football Reference
• Jarett Dillard, 2008, Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver{{cite web|title=Jarett Dillard|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DillJa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Michael Downs, 1981, NFL All-Pro safety, Dallas Cowboys{{cite web|title=Michael Downs|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DownMi20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Emmanuel Ellerbee, 2018, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons{{Cite news|url=https://thefalconswire.usatoday.com/2018/04/28/falcons-2018-undrafted-free-agent-tracker/|title=Falcons 2018 undrafted free agent tracker|date=2018-04-28|work=Falcons Wire|access-date=2018-06-28|language=en-US}}
• Jack Fox, 2019, NFL punter for the Detroit Lions
• Courtney Hall, 1989, NFL offensive lineman, 1989 2nd round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers{{cite web|title=Courtney Hall|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/courtneyhall/2500968/profile|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• King Hill, quarterback, top pick in first round of 1958 NFL draft[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/HillKi00.htm King Hill] Pro Football Reference
• Billy Howton, NFL's former all-time receiving leader, Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys{{cite web|title=Billy Howton|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HowtBi00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Weldon Humble, guard, College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1961[{{College Football HoF/url|id=1713}} Weldon Humble] College Football Hall of Fame
• Larry Izzo, 3-time Pro Bowl LB/special teams captain for the New England Patriots, Super Bowl Champions 2002, 2004, 2005{{cite web|title=Larry Izzo|url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=9987/|publisher=archive.patriots.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• N.D. Kalu, NFL defensive end for the Houston Texans{{cite web|title=N.D. Kalu|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/n.d.kalu/2501558/profile|work=nfl.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Tommy Kramer, NFL quarterback, named to Pro Bowl while playing for the Minnesota Vikings{{cite web|title=Tommy Kramer|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KramTo00.htm?redir|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Don Maynard, wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee{{cite web|title=Don Maynard|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=144|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Will McClay, coach of the Dallas Desperados, an Arena Football League team{{cite web|title=Will McClay|url=http://dallasdesperados.com/team_mcclay_will|publisher=dallasdesperados.com|accessdate=25 June 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232115/http://dallasdesperados.com/team_mcclay_will|archivedate=22 April 2014}}
• Vance McDonald, 2013, NFL tight end{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/4/26/4212738/2013-nfl-draft-results-vance-mcdonald-san-francisco-49ers|title=NFL Draft results 2013: Vance McDonald selected by San Francisco 49ers with 55th pick|last=Briggs|first=Jeff|date=26 April 2013|publisher=SB Nation|accessdate=14 October 2013}}
• Dicky Moegle, 1954, halfback, inducted into Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame in 1998; College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1979[{{College Football HoF/url|id=1811}} Dick "Forty-Seven" Maegle] College Football Hall of Fame
• Cheta Ozougwu, defensive end for Chicago Bears, 2011 Mr. Irrelevant{{cite web|title=Cheta Ozougwu|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/team/roster/Cheta-Ozougwu/f7897068-b6ec-4f02-9bcf-9fae69447aed|publisher=chicagobears.com|accessdate=25 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629213658/http://www.chicagobears.com/team/roster/Cheta-Ozougwu/f7897068-b6ec-4f02-9bcf-9fae69447aed|archive-date=29 June 2013|url-status=dead}}
• Tobin Rote, quarterback of 1957 NFL Champion Detroit Lions and 1963 AFL Champion San Diego Chargers{{cite web|title=Tobin Rote|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RoteTo00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• Frank Beall Ryan, 1958, PhD 1965, NFL quarterback; textbook author; Yale athletic director; appeared on cover of Sports Illustrated, January 4, 1965{{cite web|title=Frank Ryan|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyanFr00.htm?redir|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}
• James Williams, end and kicker
• Luke Willson, 2013, NFL tight endSuper Bowl XLVIII Champion.{{cite news|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/2013/04/27/wilson-to-willson-seahawks-choose-te-luke-willson-in-nfl-drafts-fifth-round/|title=Wilson to Willson? Seahawks choose TE Luke Willson in NFL Draft's fifth round|last=Eaton|first=Nick|date=27 April 2013|publisher=Seattle Post Intelligencer|accessdate=24 January 2014}}

• Sam Match (1923–2010), tennis player; won the NCAA doubles championship with Rice University in 1947{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings30-2010jan30-story.html|title=Archives|website=Los Angeles Times|date=30 January 2010 }}
• Harold Solomon (born 1952), professional tennis player ranked as high as number 5 in the world{{cite web|title=Harold Solomon|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/So/H/Harold-Solomon.aspx|publisher=atpworldtour.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}

• Andrea Blackett, 1997, Barbados Olympic hurdler[http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-track/mtt/blackett_andrea00.html Player Bio: Andrea Blackett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830232145/http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-track/mtt/blackett_andrea00.html |date=2013-08-30 }} Rice Owls and 1998 Commonwealth Games 400 m hurdles champion[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=76092/index.html Andrea Blackett] IAAF
• Jason Colwick, 2010, two-time NCAA champion in pole vault{{cite web|title=Jason Colwick|url=http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/061309aaa.html|publisher=riceowls.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Fred Hansen, 1963, NCAA champion in pole vault, gold medalist at 1964 Summer Olympics, world record holder{{cite web|title=Fred Hansen|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/fred-hansen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173915/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/fred-hansen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Dave Roberts, 1974, bronze medalist in pole vault at 1976 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|title=Dave Roberts|url=http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/013006aaa.html|publisher=riceowls.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}} and former world record holder (twice) in pole vaultSee this [https://web.archive.org/web/20070807231846/http://www.shands.org/news/archive/newsdetails.asp?ID=260 profile] of Roberts from his employer as an emergency-room doctor
• Sean Wade, Master Runner of the Year; coach of the cross country team at The Kinkaid School{{cite web|title=Sean Wade|url=http://www.kenyanway.com/TheCoach/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628041934/http://www.kenyanway.com/TheCoach/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2013|publisher=kenyanway.com|accessdate=25 June 2013}}

• Adi Bichman, 2001, Israeli freestyle and medley swimmer{{cite web|title=Adi Bichman|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adi-bichman/70/922/a65|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
• Sam McGuffie, 2013, member of the 2018 U.S. Olympic men's bobsleigh team as a push crewman for the four man bobsled and brakeman for the two-man bobsled

• Bill Arhos, KLRU station manager, program director; Austin City Limits executive producer
• John Bradshaw, author and motivational speaker
• Amanda Goad, Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
• Henry Masterson III, National Medal of Arts recipient

• Robert F. Curl Jr. (also an alumnus of Rice), professor of chemistry, awarded 1996 in chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes{{cite web

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• Hermann Joseph Muller, professor of biology, awarded 1946 in physiology or medicine for the discovery for X-ray mutagenesis
• Roger Penrose, former Rice University’s Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics,{{cite news|url=https://news.rice.edu/2020/10/06/new-nobel-laureate-has-rice-on-resume/|title=New Nobel laureate has Rice on resume|date=2020}} awarded 2020 in physics for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/summary/|access-date=6 October 2020|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US}}
• Richard Smalley, professor of chemistry, awarded 1996 in chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes
• Robert Woodrow Wilson, senior scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; awarded 1978 in physics for the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation

• Shmuel Agmon, Israeli mathematician
• Max Apple, short story writer, novelist, and professor
• Atar Arad, Israeli-American violist, professor of music, essayist, and composer
• Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar and activist
• Richard Baraniuk, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Tani E. Barlow, feminist scholar
• Earl Black, political science professor
• Solomon Bochner, mathematician
• Elias Bongmba, professor of Religious Studies
• Douglas Brinkley, award-winning historian
• Baruch Brody, bioethicist
• Bun B (guest lecturer),{{cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/bestof/2011/award/best-new-professor-2674689/|title=Bun B, Rice University|date=2011|publisher=Houston Press|accessdate=14 October 2013}} rapper
• C. Sidney Burrus, electrical engineer
• B. Jill Carroll, professor of Religious Studies
• Suchan Chae, Korean politician and economics professor
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, former NASA astronaut
• Justin Cronin, author and professor of English
• Rajdeep Dasgupta, professor of Planetary Studies
• Gerald R. Dickens, professor of Earth Science
• Edward Djerejian, diplomat
• Jack Dongarra, 2021 Turing Award Winner and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
• Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of Sociology
• Eilaf Egap, assistant professor of Materials Science{{cite web|url=https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/eilafegap/author/eahmed3|title=Eilaf Egap – The Egap Lab|access-date=21 January 2024}}
• Paul Ellison, bass musician
• Mark Embree, mathematician
• Matthias Felleisen, former professor of computer science who co-invented A-normal form and led the development of the Racket programming language
• Ariel Fernandez, physical chemist
• Naomi Halas, professor of biochemical engineering, chemistry and physics
• Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966), Egyptian fencing coach banned from fencing in the U.S.
• Mikki Hebl, professor of psychology and management
• Julian Huxley, English evolutionary biologist
• Ken Kennedy, computer scientist
• Anne C. Klein, professor of Religious Studies and Buddhist scholar
• Stephen Klineberg, demographics expert and sociologist
• Riki Kobayashi, chemical engineer
• Jeffrey Kurtzman, pianist and musicologist
• Sydney Lamb, linguist
• Neal Lane, physicist and former director of the National Science Foundation
• Robert Lewis, actor, director and co-founder of the Actors Studio
• Qilin Li,{{Cite web|url=https://cee.rice.edu/qilin-li|title=Qilin Li {{!}} Civil and Environmental Engineering {{!}} Rice University {{!}} Rice University|website=cee.rice.edu|access-date=2020-02-03}} Chinese environmental engineer
• Cho-Liang Lin, violinist and soloist
• D. Michael Lindsay, sociologist
• Sergiu Luca, Romanian-born American violinist
• Andreas Luttge, professor of Earth Science and Chemistry
• Szolem Mandelbrojt, Polish-French mathematician
• George Marcus, anthropologist
• Leonard Marsak, scholar of Modern European History
• Guy T. McBride, chemical engineer
• Brian O'Brien, Australian space scientist
• Lori L. Pollock, computer scientist
• David C. Queller, evolutionary biologist
• Ka Yiu San, bioengineer
• Ann Saterbak, professor of biomedical engineering
• Michel Sebastiani, Olympic fencing coach and member of the US Fencing Association Hall of Fame
• Scott Sonenshein, organizational psychologist
• Monroe K. Spears (1916–1998), Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of English at Rice University 1964–1986{{cite news |title=Monroe K. Spears, Literary Critic, 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/01/arts/monroe-k-spears-literary-critic-82.html |accessdate=July 15, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=June 1, 1998}}
• Robert M. Stein, political scientist
• Robert B. Stobaugh, economics writer
• Yizhi Jane Tao, biochemist
• Richard Tapia, mathematician and winner of the National Medal of Science
• James Tour, chemist and nanotechnologist
• Frank Vandiver, American Civil War historian and university president
• Moshe Vardi, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
• William F. Walker, engineer and university president
• Martin Wiener, historian
• Peter Wolynes, professor of chemistry
• Susan Wood, poet and professor of English
• Harvey Yunis, classicist
• Stephen A. Zeff, accounting historian

• John Heisman, for whom the coveted Heisman Trophy is named; football coach, 1924–1927, College Football Hall of Fame inductee, 1954[{{College Football HoF/url|id=1297}} John Heisman] College Football Hall of Fame
• Jess Neely, football coach 1940–1966, College Football Hall of Fame inductee, 1971[{{College Football HoF/url|id=1658}} Jess Neely] College Football Hall of Fame

1. Edgar Odell Lovett (president founding to 1946)
2. William V. Houston (president 1946–1961)
3. Kenneth Pitzer (president 1961–1968)
4. Norman Hackerman (president 1970–1985)
5. George Rupp (president 1985–1993)
6. Malcolm Gillis (president 1993–2004)
7. David Leebron (president 2004 to 2022)
8. Reginald DesRoches (president 2022 to present)

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