List of University of Arizona people
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The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Arizona. Notable alumni include a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a former U.S. Surgeon General, five U.S. Senators, two Republican U.S. Presidential nominees, the creator of the television series Sesame Street and founder of Sesame Workshop, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, and several NASA astronauts.
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Administrators
=List of presidents=
Notable alumni and former students
=Academia=
- Martin Z. Bazant (BS 1992, MS 1993) – E. G. Roos (1944) Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Raymond S. Brandes – professor of history and archeology, University of San Diego{{Cite web |last=Dipping |first=Caroline |date=May 14, 2014 |title=Ray Brandes, 90. history and archaeology professor |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/obituaries/sdut-brandes-usd-history-archaeology-professor-2014may14-story.html |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}
- Noam Chomsky – UA Laureate Professor of Linguistics, Agnese Nelms Haury Chair{{cite web|title=Noam Chomsky|url=https://linguistics.arizona.edu/user/noam-chomsky|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=2 May 2022}}
- James C. Cox – Noah Langdale Jr. Chair in Economics at Georgia State University
- Lee Giles (PhD 1981) – computer scientist, co-creator of CiteSeer, David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University{{cite web|title=Lee Giles|url=http://www.optics.arizona.edu/research/faculty/profile/harrison-h-barrett|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=16 October 2013|archive-date=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820214854/http://www.optics.arizona.edu/research/faculty/profile/harrison-h-barrett|url-status=dead}}
- Ghanim Al-Jumaily (MS 1983) – professor of engineering, Southern New Hampshire University; former Iraqi diplomat{{cite web|url=https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/news-and-events/2017/09/college-of-engineering|title=Launching the College of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics
|publisher=SNHU|author1=Keane, Lauren|author2=Bourque, Audrey|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/ghanim-al-jumaily-ambassador-of-iraq-to-japan|title=Ghanim Al-Jumaily, Ambassador of Iraq to Japan|publisher=UN Institute for Training and Research|access-date=October 10, 2017|date=April 21, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210616/http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/ghanim-al-jumaily-ambassador-of-iraq-to-japan|url-status=dead}}
- Alan C. Newell – UA Regents Professor of Mathematics{{cite web|title=Alan Newell|url=https://www.math.arizona.edu/people/anewell|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=2 May 2022}}
- Ed Renwick (1968) – political scientist and television commentator in New Orleans, Louisiana{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/219406654/?match=1&terms=%22Ed%20Renwick%22%20%22University%20of%20Arizona%22 | title=Longtime La. political observer retiring | first=Elizabeth | last=Mulliner | date=July 7, 2008 | page=4B | newspaper=The Time | location=Shreveport, Louisiana}}
- Shauna Shapiro – professor of psychology, Santa Clara University{{cite web | url=https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/interview-shauna-shapiro | title=Interview with Shauna Shapiro |website=University of Minnesota | date=2008 |access-date=17 January 2022}}
- Laurene Simms (PhD 2000) – educator and hearing advocate, Chief Bilingual Officer at Gallaudet University
- David Soren (1983) – UA Regents Professor of Classics and Director of the Orvieto Institute in Umbria{{cite web|title=David Soren (archaeologist)|url=http://www.archaeological.org/lecturer/davidsoren|publisher=Archaeological Institute of America|access-date=16 October 2013}}
- Gordon Willey (BS 1935, MS 1936) – pioneer of processual archaeology, Harvard University professor{{cite news|url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/05.02/13-willey.html |title=Renowned archaeologist Willey dies at 89 |date=May 2, 2002 |work=Harvard Gazette |access-date=11 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508220820/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/05.02/13-willey.html |archive-date=May 8, 2013 }}
- Vladimir E. Zakharov – UA Regents Professor Emeritus of Mathematics{{cite web|title=Vladimir Zakharov|url=https://www.math.arizona.edu/people/zakharov|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=2 May 2022}}
=Arts and media=
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- Agha Shahid Ali – poet{{cite web|url = http://jacketmagazine.com/18/ali.html| title = A Tribute to Agha Shahid Ali|publisher = Jacket Magazine|access-date = 2 January 2010}}
- Samaire Armstrong – actress
- Denise Austin – fitness instructor{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE619D03F7237&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Former UA gymnast boasts a healthy career|last=Stewart|first=Mark|work=February 21, 1997|page=1E|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Michael Biehn (1974) – actor, Aliens, Terminator
- Lynn Borden (1959) – actress and Miss Arizona (1957){{cite web|title=Lynn Borden|url=http://www.go-star.com/antiquing/lynn_borden.htm|publisher=McElreath Printing & Publishing, Inc.|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Jerry Bruckheimer (1965) – film and television producer{{cite journal|last=Chesnick|first=Mike|title=From UA to National Stage|journal=The University of Arizona Visitor Guide|publisher=University of Arizona, Arizona Student Media|issue=Spring 2012|pages=20–21|url=http://wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide/VGSpring2012.pdf|access-date=October 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017204157/http://wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide/VGSpring2012.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Jos Charles – poet{{Cite web | url=https://nationalpoetryseries.org/author/jos-charles/ |title = Jos Charles Archives}}
- Tom Chilton – MMORPG game developer{{cite web | url=http://www.uo.com/ageofshadows/team_chilton.html | title=Tom Chilton interview for Age of Shadows | publisher=UO.com | access-date=2013-06-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813184243/http://www.uo.com/ageofshadows/team_chilton.html | archive-date=2012-08-13}}
- Fred Christenson – television executive{{cite web|title=Frederick John Christenson|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/fred-christenson/a/b73/b4a|publisher=LinkedIn Corporation|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Robert D. Cocke – artistKnight, Robert E, Tina Yapelli and Robert D. Cocke. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/698117048 Robert D. Cocke: Paintings 1980–2009], Oracle, AZ: Robert Cocke, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- Joan Ganz Cooney – creator of Sesame Street
- Ann Cummins – novelist and short story writer{{cite web |title=Cummins, Ann |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/cummins-ann |website=Encyclopedia.com |accessdate=19 September 2020}}
- Ted DeGrazia – painter, sculptor{{cite web|title=Ted DeGrazia|url=http://borderbeat.net/culture/2047-chelsey-barthel|publisher=Border Beat|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Louis Delsarte – artist{{cite web|url= http://www.artnet.com/artists/louis-delsarte/|title= Louis Delsarte |publisher=artnet.com|access-date= November 4, 2013}}
- Alex Flanagan – sports journalist{{cite web |title=Catching Up with Alex Flanagan |url=https://www.salpointe.org/news-detail?pk=1270810 |website=Salpointe.org| date=March 12, 2021 }}
- George Gray – game show host and announcer{{cite web|title=George Gray|url=http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_price_is_right/cast/71132/|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Savannah Guthrie – co-host of The Today Show{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/allday/savannah-guthrie-co-anchor-6C10110180|title=Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor|date=November 17, 2007|work=About Today|publisher=today.com|access-date=28 February 2014}}
- Earl Hindman – actor, Wilson W. Wilson, Home Improvement
- Louis Hock – independent filmmaker{{cite web|url=http://visarts.ucsd.edu/faculty/louis-hock|title=Louis Hock|work=Department of Visual Arts|publisher=University of California at San Diego|access-date=22 February 2015}}
- Rick Hoffman – actor
- John Hughes – film director, producer, screenwriter{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/07/john-hughes-film-director-dies1|title=Obituary: John Hughes|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2009-08-07|access-date=2015-04-26}}
- Daniel Humbarger – stand-up comedian{{cite web |url= https://comedywham.com/interviews/the-many-lives-of-daniel-humbarger |title= The Many Lives of Daniel Humbarger |last1= Smith |first1= Lara |last2= Goodwin |first2= Richard |date= October 20, 2018 |website=ComedyWham |publisher= |access-date=2021-06-23}}
- J.A. Jance – mystery writer{{cite web|title=Notable Alumni | url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/programs-events/awards-recognition/notable-alumni | work=The University of Arizona Alumni Association | publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona | date=2013 | access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Nicole Randall Johnson – actress and comedian
- Kourtney Kardashian – television personality
- Kitty Kelley – author
- Barbara Kingsolver (1981, MS Biology) – author{{cite web|url=http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/p/the-poisonwood-bible/barbara-kingsolver-biography|title=Barbara Kingsolver Biography|last=Fulkerson|first=Cris|year=2013|work=The Poisonwood Bible|publisher=Cliff Notes|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- Greg Kinnear (1985) – actor
- Don Knotts – actor{{cite web|title=Don Knotts|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/don-knotts/bio/147662|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (BFA) – underground comic book creator
- Tamika Lawrence – actress and singer{{cite web | url=https://tftv.arizona.edu/news/ua-alumni-tamika-lawrence-meet-the-muses-leading-disneys-hercules-at-the-public-theater/ | title=UA Alumni Tamika Lawrence – Meet The Muses Leading Disney's Hercules at the Public Theater | website=University of Arizona | date=August 28, 2019 | access-date=17 January 2022}}
- Jerry Livingston – songwriter
- Daniel Mac – internet personality
- Harvey Mason Jr. – music and film producer{{cite web|title=Harvey Mason Jr.|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2298264/|website=IMDb|access-date=15 August 2017}}
- Linda McCartney – photographer
- James McMurtry – musician{{cite web|url=http://austinfusionmagazine.com/2013/08/20/unplugged-at-the-grove-with-james-mcmurtry/|title=Unplugged at the Grove with James McMurtry|last=Leach|first=Phillip|date=August 20, 2013|publisher=Austin Fusion Magazine|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Dipti Mehta – actress{{cite web | url=https://news.arizona.edu/calendar/102966-performance-honour-confessions-mumbai-courtesan | title=Performance – 'HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan' | website =University of Arizona | date=November 2017 | access-date=17 January 2022}}
- Paul Moyer (1964) – Los Angeles television journalist{{cite AV media |title = Cats in the Corner Office: Paul Moyer '64 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBXLd6CVyQ&t=972s |publisher = Arizona Alumni |access-date = February 11, 2023 |via = YouTube |at = 0:14 }}
- Peter Murrieta – 2-time Emmy Award-winning producer and writer, Wizards of Waverly Place
- Craig T. Nelson (1969) – actor
- Lynne Olson – author and journalist{{cite web | url=https://journalism.arizona.edu/news/lynne-olson-2018-hall-fame-inductee | title=Lynne Olson: 2018 Hall of Fame inductee | publisher=University of Arizona | date=April 3, 2018 | first=Don | last=Carson}}
- Katie Pavlich – media
- Brian Ralston – film score composer
- Caroline Rhea – actress and comedian
- Nicole Richie – actress
- Geraldo Rivera (1965) – talk show host, television journalist
- Linda Ronstadt – 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer
- Richard Russo – Pulitzer Prize winner for his novel Empire Falls
- Rico Saccani – conductor
- Fritz Scholder – late Native American artist
- Garry Shandling – late actor and comedian{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/31/magazine/garry-shandling-goes-dark.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Garry Shandling Goes Dark|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|date=March 31, 1998|work=The New York Times|page=Magazine|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Harrison Sheckler – pianist and composer{{Cite web | url=https://shoutoutarizona.com/meet-harrison-sheckler-pianist-composer/ | title=Meet Harrison Sheckler | Pianist & Composer | date=January 10, 2022 }}
- Ron Shelton – film screenwriter and director
- Richard Siken (MFA 1994) – poet{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/articles/detail/68487|title=Nerve-Wracked Love by Nell Casey|date=2016-11-16|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|access-date=2016-11-16}}
- Stephen Spinella – actor
- Barret Swatek – actress{{cite web |url=http://www.makli.com/barret-swatek-004389/ |title=Barret Swatek |accessdate=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123073151/http://www.makli.com/barret-swatek-004389/ |archivedate=2009-11-23 }}
- Jimmy Tatro – actor{{cite news|url=https://www.laloyolan.com/arts_and_entertainment/a-round-of-applause-for-comedian-jimmy-tatro/article_d813ff46-3fa3-11e4-91d4-001a4bcf6878.html|title=A Round of Applause for Comedian Jimmy Tatro|last=Bruer|first=Caremn|date=September 19, 2014|work=Los Angeles Loloyan|access-date=31 March 2022}}
- Brandon Tatum – conservative commentator{{citation |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=57342&DraftYear=2010| title=2010 Draft Scout Brandon Tatum, Arizona NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile }}
- Vicki Lewis Thompson – author
- Jonathan Van Ness – television and media personality{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/style/jonathan-van-ness-hiv-memoir.html|title=Jonathan Van Ness of 'Queer Eye' Comes Out|last=Hawgood|first=Alex|date=September 21, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=31 March 2022}}
- Jack Wagner (1982) – actor
- David Foster Wallace – author
- Kate Walsh – actress
- Kristen Wiig – actress, Saturday Night Live cast member
- Christine Woods – actress
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=Business=
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- Max Cutler – podcaster and entrepreneur, founder of Parcast{{cite magazine|date=August 2, 2018|title=Max Cutler, 30-under-30|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/max-cutler/#a47e16a5f171|magazine=Forbes|access-date=December 14, 2019}}
- Karl Eller – Arizona business leader, namesake of the Eller College of Management
- Rande Gerber – owner of Midnight Oil Bars and other nightlife businesses{{cite web|title=Rande Gerber|url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2012.3_Jul/Hospitality/LEADERS-Scott-Gerber-Gerber-Group.html|publisher=LEADERS Magazine|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- William M. Grace (MBA 1959) – real estate developer and casino owner{{cite web|title=William M. Grace|url=http://obits.arizonagravestones.org/view.php?id=5725|publisher=Arizona Obituary Archive|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- R. Alexandra Keith (born 1967–1968) – head of Procter & Gamble's global beauty business{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/women-to-watch-06-(352)/alex-keith/109404/|title=Alex Keith|website=adage.com|date=May 28, 2006|access-date=16 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=275997063&privcapId=33328|title=Terms of Service Violation|website=Bloomberg|access-date=16 August 2018}}
- Terry Lundgren – CEO of Federated Department Stores, namesake of the Terry Lundgren Center for Retailing at the university
- Arturo Moreno – owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, outdoor advertising entrepreneur{{cite web|title=Arturo Moreno|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/search/node/Arturo%20Moreno|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- Robert Sarver – managing partner and majority owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, director of SkyWest Airlines{{cite web|title=Robert Sarver|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/search/node/Robert%20Sarver|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- Lisa Song Sutton – entrepreneur{{Cite web|date=2019-07-26|title=Former Miss Nevada United States to run for Congress|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/former-miss-nevada-united-states-to-run-for-congress-1811713/|access-date=2021-08-28|website= Las Vegas Review-Journal|language=en}}
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=Law, politics, and government=
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- Cisco Aguilar – 18th Secretary of State of Nevada{{Cite news|last=Lacanlale|first=Rio|title=Voter guide: Election denier, Democratic attorney vying for Nevada secretary of state seat|url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2022/10/19/election-2022-cisco-aguilar-jim-marchant-nevada-secretary-state-race/8129126001/|date=October 19, 2022|access-date=January 4, 2023|newspaper=Reno Gazette Journal|language=en-US}}
- Gilbert Baker – Arkansas State Senator{{cite web|url= http://ffcoalition.com/leadership/arkansas |title= Gilbert BakerChairman- AR FFC|publisher=Faith & Freedom Coalition|access-date= November 4, 2013}}
- Ron Barber (BA 1967) – U.S. Representative{{cite news|url=http://tucson.com/photos-notable-achievers-who-attended-the-ua/collection_34ad82e8-1cd3-11e4-bd24-001a4bcf887a.html|title=UA's notable achievers|date=November 5, 2014|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=1 December 2014|page=9}}
- Betsey Bayless (1966) – Arizona Secretary of State 1997–2003{{cite news|url=http://tucson.com/photos-notable-achievers-who-attended-the-ua/collection_34ad82e8-1cd3-11e4-bd24-001a4bcf887a.html|title=UA's notable achievers|date=November 5, 2014|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=1 December 2014|page=14}}
- Stacy Brenner – Democratic member of the Maine State Senate (2020-){{cite web |title=Stacy Brenner's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/192722/stacy-brenner |website=Vote Smart |access-date=20 December 2020}}
- Jeffrey S. Buchanan (1982) – Lieutenant General, United States Army{{cite web|url=https://www.ausa.org/people/ltg-jeffrey-s-buchanan|title=LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan|work=Association of the U.S. Army|date=September 27, 2016 |accessdate=26 April 2024}}
- Richard Carmona (MPH 1998) – former U.S. Surgeon General{{cite news | first=Paul L. | last=Allen | title=Tucson proud Richard Carmona one of its own | url=http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/21262.php | newspaper=Tucson Citizen | date=August 3, 2006 | access-date=March 5, 2013}}
- Raul Hector Castro (JD 1949) – former governor of Arizona and ambassador to Argentina{{cite news|url=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2009/05/02/20090502August03-vip.html|title=Raul Castro: The personification of the American dream|last=August|first=Jack L.|date=May 3, 2009|work=Arizona Republic|access-date=May 3, 2013}}
- Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (BA) – Pima County, Arizona Recorder 2021–present{{Cite web |last=Silversmith |first=Shondiin |date=December 3, 2020 |title=Gabriella Cázares-Kelly is the first Native American elected to a Pima Countywide seat |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/03/gabriella-cazares-kelly-makes-history-pima-county-election/6353273002/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}
- Richard Harvey Chambers (BA 1929) – chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1959–1976){{cite web|title=Richard Harvey Chambers|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=409&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=History of the Federal Judiciary|access-date=November 28, 2012}}
- Eugenia Charles-Newton (2009) – member of the Navajo Nation Council{{Cite web |last=Krisst |first=Rima |date=2022-05-09 |title=Charles-Newton announces candidacy for speaker |url=https://navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/election-2022/charles-newton-announces-candidacy-for-speaker/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Navajo Times |language=en-US}}
- Joseph V. Cuffari (BS 1984) – Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security{{cite web |title=Nomination of Joseph V. Cuffari |url=https://www.congress.gov/116/chrg/CHRG-116shrg35771/CHRG-116shrg35771.pdf |website=congress.gov |publisher=Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs}}
- Frank L. Culin Jr. (BS 1915, MS 1916) – U.S. Army major general{{cite book |last=U.S Army Adjutant General |date=1948 |title=Official Army and Air Force Register |volume=II |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=2146 |via=Ancestry.com |url-access=subscription}}{{cite book |date=1914 |title=University of Arizona Record: The Annual Catalogue for 1914, with Announcements for 1915 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAFFAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA165 |location=Tucson, AZ |publisher=University of Arizona |page=165 |via=Google Books}}{{cite book |date=1973 |title=The National Cyclopædia of American Biography |volume=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDQOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22frank+l.+culin%22+%22university+of+arizona%22+%22MS%22+1916 |location=New York, NY |publisher=J. T. White |page=178 |via=Google Books}}
- Hayzel Burton Daniels (BA 1939, MA 1941) – first African-American member of the Arizona House of Representatives{{Cite journal |last=Boone |first=Linda C. |date=March 2000 |title=Pioneers In Law: The Days of "Haze" - A Personal Journey Down the Back Road to Brown v. Board of Education |url=https://www.myazbar.org/AZAttorney/Archives/March00/pioneers.pdf |journal=Arizona Attorney |pages=38–40}}
- Dennis DeConcini (BA 1959, LLD 1963) – former U.S. Senator from Arizona (1977–1995){{cite encyclopedia|title=Dennis DeConcini|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000185|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=November 28, 2012}}
- David Dewhurst (BA 1967) – lieutenant governor of Texas{{cite web|url=http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/leg/ltgovernors/31.html|title=31. David Dewhurst|work=Lt. Governors of Texas|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|access-date=May 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106122301/http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/leg/ltgovernors/31.html|archive-date=November 6, 2013|df=mdy-all}}
- Bob Dole – former U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican US Presidential nominee{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/campaign/dole/exwife.htm|title=Dole's Ex-Wife Still Puzzled by Divorce|last=Merida|first=Kevin|date=August 7, 1996|newspaper=Washington Post|page=A1|access-date=May 4, 2013}}
- Paul Fannin – former governor of Arizona (1955–1965) and U.S. Senator (1965–1977){{cite encyclopedia|title=Paul Fannin|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000013|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=November 28, 2012}}
- Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (JD 1949) – former governor of Arizona (1965–1967){{cite news |first=Howard |last=Fischer |url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/113998.php |title=Former Arizona governor, Goddard, dead at 86 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=February 1, 2006}}
- Barry Goldwater – former U.S. Senator (1953– 1965, 1969–1987) and 1964 Republican US Presidential nominee{{cite encyclopedia|title=Barry Goldwater|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000268|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=November 28, 2012}}
- Howard Hart – Central Intelligence Agency officer{{cite news|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2002/jan/17/the-trouble-with-the-cia/?pagination=false|title=The Trouble with the CIA|last=Powers|first=Thomas|date=January 17, 2002|work=The New York Review of Books|access-date=17 October 2013}}
- Carole Hillard (BA 1957) – former lieutenant governor of South Dakota{{cite news | url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/top-stories/carole-hillard-dies-at/article_21a7bd54-9764-5680-aa3c-9a3f5d378c9e.html | title=Carole Hillard dies at 71 | last=Miller | first=Steve | date=October 24, 2007 | newspaper=Rapid City Journal | access-date=March 5, 2013}}
- Tom Hughes (MA 1967) – former mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon{{cite news|last=Griffin|first=Anna|title=Out of Nowheresville: Tom Hughes tries to change direction as Metro president|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/09/out_of_nowheresville_tom_hughe.html|access-date=February 27, 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=September 22, 2012}}
- Richard Hunziker – U.S. Air Force major general{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
- Robert Wood Johnson IV – US Ambassador to United Kingdom
- Jon Kyl (BA 1964, JD 1966) – former U.S. Representative (1987–1995) and former U.S. Senator (1995–2013, 2018){{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Kyl|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000352|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=November 28, 2012}}
- Bill Kimball – Arizona State Senator (1941–1955){{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-william-f-kimball-deat/4985095/ | title=William F. Kimball death notice | newspaper=Arizona Republic | date=May 8, 1962 | page=1 }}
- Richard Kimball – Arizona State Senator (1979–1983), Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission (1983-1985) and founder of Vote Smart.{{Cite web | url=https://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Legislators/Person/787 | title=Richard Frederick Kimball | website=apps.azlibrary.gov}}
- Lorna E. Lockwood (BA 1923, JD 1925) – Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court{{cite web|title=Lorna Lockwood|url=http://www.azlibrary.gov/azwhf/women/lockwood.aspx|publisher=Arizona Women's Hall of Fame|accessdate=August 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013004552/http://www.azlibrary.gov/azwhf/women/lockwood.aspx|archive-date=October 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}VanderMeer, p. 191.
- Edna G. Parker (BA 1953) – United States Tax Court judgeOfficial Congressional Directory (1989), p. 864.
- Robert K. Phillips – San Francisco trial attorney{{cite web |url=http://www.marincounty.org/depts/bs/boards-and-commissions/search-boards-and-commissions?bzy44a=http://egovwebprd.marincounty.org/depts/BS/Members/BCResultsApp_s.cfm?Appointee=Phillips |title=County of Marin - Board of Supervisors - Search Boards and Commissions |website=www.marincounty.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213808/http://www.marincounty.org/depts/bs/boards-and-commissions/search-boards-and-commissions?bzy44a=http://egovwebprd.marincounty.org/depts/BS/Members/BCResultsApp_s.cfm?Appointee=Phillips |archive-date=2013-10-29}}
- Steve Soboroff – Los Angeles Police Commissioner and former CEO of Playa Vista; former Los Angeles Parks Commissioner{{cite web|url= http://www.eller.arizona.edu/speakers/2008/soboroff.asp|title= Distinguished Speaker Series Steve Soboroff Los Angeles Police Commissioner and former Pres. Of Playa Vista|publisher= Eller College of Management|access-date= November 4, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105045340/http://www.eller.arizona.edu/speakers/2008/soboroff.asp|archive-date= November 5, 2013|url-status= dead}}
- Nora Sun (BA 1978) – Chinese-American diplomat, granddaughter of Sun Yatsen{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/real_cities/9093457.stm|title=Profile: Nora Sun|date=October 15, 2010|work=The Real...|publisher=BBC News|access-date=May 4, 2013}}
- Opal Tometi – co-founder of Black Lives Matter{{cite web |url=https://www.opaltometi.org/about/biography/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524121333/https://www.opaltometi.org/about/biography/ |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |title=Biography {{!}} Opal Tometi}}
- Morris K. Udall (JD 1949) – former fifteen-term U.S. Congressman{{cite book|last1=Carson|first1=Donald W.|last2=Johnson|first2=James W.|title=Mo: The Life & Times of Morris K. Udall|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001|access-date=March 5, 2013|year=2001|publisher=University of Arizona Press}}
- Stewart Udall (JD 1948) – former U.S. Congressman, former Secretary of the Interior{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stewart Udall|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000002|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=November 29, 2012}}
- Evan Wallach (BA 1973) – Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
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=Religion=
- Spencer W. Kimball – former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/36500_eng.pdf?lang=eng|title=Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball|year=2006|work=Historical Summary|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|page=X|access-date=May 15, 2013|location=Salt Lake City}}
- Frederick Wedge – Presbyterian pastor and educator, professional boxer"Fred Wedge Will Become Evangelist", Berkeley Daily Gazette (December 25, 1924):14.
=Science and technology=
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- Joseph M. Acaba (MS, 1992) – NASA astronaut{{cite web|title=Astronaut Bio: Joseph Acaba (09/2012)|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/acaba-jm.html|access-date=23 July 2014}}
- Daniel W. Bradley (PhD) – co-discoverer of Hepatitis C{{cite journal |vauthors=Choo QL, Kuo G, Weiner AJ, Overby LR, Bradley DW, Houghton M |title=Isolation of a cDNA clone derived from a blood-borne non-A, non-B viral hepatitis genome |journal=Science |volume=244 |issue=4902 |pages=359–62 |date=April 1989 |pmid=2523562 |doi=10.1126/science.2523562|bibcode=1989Sci...244..359C |citeseerx=10.1.1.469.3592 }}
- Sarah Hörst – Professor of Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University{{cite web|title=Did Life Fall from the Skies? Lessons from Titan {{!}} Science Mission Directorate|url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/30dec_titan|website=science.nasa.gov|access-date=7 April 2018|language=en}}
- Steve Maguire (BS, ?) – software engineer
- Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos (BS, 1968) – NASA astrophysicist who contributed to the International Ultraviolet Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope{{cite journal|title=Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos|publisher=American Astronomical Society|bibcode=1998BAAS...30.1461M|last1=Maran |first1=Stephen P. |journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |year=1998 |volume=30 |issue=4 |page=1461 }}
- Don Pettit (Ph.D., 1983) – NASA astronaut{{cite web|title=Don Pettit|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/search/node/Don%20Pettit|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- Elisabetta Pierazzo (Ph.D., 1997) – PSI Senior Researcher{{cite web|title=Elisabetta Pierazzo|date=May 29, 2018|url=https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/news/2011/fall/elisabetta-pierazzo-1963-2011}}
- Jane H. Rider (BS, 1911) – first female civil engineer in Arizona, state director of hospital surveys {{Cite web |title=Jane Hebst Rider Collection, 1889-1981 |url=https://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/upLoads/library_Rider-Jane.pdf |website=Arizona Historical Society}}{{Cite journal |year=2005 |title=Jane Rider |url=https://caem.engineering.arizona.edu/sites/caem.engineering.arizona.edu/files/Civil%20View_Fall05.pdf |journal=Arizona Civil View |volume=12 |pages=7}}
- Brian Schmidt (BS, 1989) – physicist awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics{{cite web|title=Brian Schmidt|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/search/node/Brian%20Schmidt|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- Richard Scobee (BS, 1965) – NASA astronaut{{cite web|title=Richard Scobee|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/search/node/Richard%20Scobee|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=20 October 2013}}
- Christine Siddoway (M.Sc., 1987) – geologist and Antarctic researcher{{Cite web|url=http://sites.coloradocollege.edu/csiddoway/|title=Christine Siddoway {{!}} Ph.D, Professor of Geology|website=sites.coloradocollege.edu|access-date=2016-07-29}}
- Kathryn Stephenson (BA, 1936) – first American woman board-certified plastic surgeon{{cite web |url=https://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/about_us/history/notable_pi_phis/#pioneers |title=Notable Pi Phis |publisher=Pi Beta Phi |accessdate=23 February 2013}}
- Mary Stiner – Professor of Anthropology, Curator of Zooarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum{{cite web |title=About Mary C. Stiner |url=https://anthropology.arizona.edu/user/mary-c-stiner |website=School of Anthropology, College of Social & Behavioral Science |publisher=University f Arizona |accessdate=3 May 2020}}
- Clifford Stoll (Ph.D., 1980) – astronomer{{cite news |title=ASTRONOMER CRACKS SPY CASE 75-CENT ACCOUNTING ERROR STARTED HUNT FOR THE 'HACKER' |url=https://www.deseret.com/1989/3/3/18797272/astronomer-cracks-spy-case-75-cent-accounting-error-started-hunt-for-the-hacker |access-date=21 January 2024 |work=Deseret News |date=3 March 1989 |language=en}}
- Paul Wehrle (BS, ca. 1943) – pediatrician who helped develop vaccines for polio and smallpox{{cite news|title=Paul Wehrle|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 24, 2004|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/health/24WEHR.html|access-date=20 October 2013|last1=Pearce|first1=Jeremy}}
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=Sports=
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- Abdihakem Abdirahman (BA, 2001) – long-distance runner and olympian{{cite web|title=Abdihakem Abdirahman|url=http://www.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Abdi-Abdirahman.aspx|publisher=USA Track & Field, Inc.|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Hassan Adams (BA, 2006) – NBA player{{cite web|url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/adamsha01.html|title= Hassan Adams|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date= October 19, 2013}}
- Rawle Alkins – Professional basketball player{{Cite news|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alkinra01.html|title=Rawle Alkins|work=www.basketball-reference.com|access-date=August 25, 2019}}
- Kadeem Allen (born 1993), professional basketball player{{cite web | url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/kadeem-allen/5303 | title=2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster: Kadeem Allen | website=arizonawildcats.com/ | publisher=University of Arizona | access-date=13 September 2024 | date=2024}}
- Brian N. Anderson (2003) – MLB center fielder{{cite web|title=Brian N. Anderson|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderbr03.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Gilbert Arenas (2001) – NBA player{{cite web|title=Gilbert Arenas|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/arenagi01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Deandre Ayton – NBA player{{Cite news|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aytonde01.html|title=DeAndre Ayton|work=www.basketball-reference.com|access-date=August 25, 2019}}
- Marisa Baena – LPGA golfer{{cite web|title=Marisa Baena|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=208226572|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Bob Baffert (1977) – thoroughbred race horse trainer{{cite web|title=Bob Baffert|url=https://my.arizonaalumni.com/uacommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=711|publisher=University of Arizona Alumni Association|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Adia Barnes (1998) – former WNBA player{{cite web|title=Adia Barnes|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/adia_barnes/index.html|publisher=WNBA Enterprises, LLC.|access-date=23 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145946/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/adia_barnes/index.html|archive-date=February 2, 2014|df=mdy-all}}
- Ricky Barnes – PGA Tour golfer and 2002 US Amateur Champion{{cite web|title=Ricky Barnes|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.24846.html|publisher=PGA TOUR, Inc|access-date=23 October 2013}}{{cite web|title=Lance Briggs|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/team/roster/Lance-Briggs/0758e50b-55cc-4a39-82af-47b9988bbe1e|publisher=Chicago Bears|access-date=23 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104155337/http://www.chicagobears.com/team/roster/lance-briggs/0758e50b-55cc-4a39-82af-47b9988bbe1e/|archive-date=November 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}
- Brigetta Barrett (2013) – Olympic silver medalist in the high jump{{cite news|url=http://tucson.com/photos-notable-achievers-who-attended-the-ua/collection_34ad82e8-1cd3-11e4-bd24-001a4bcf887a.html|title=UA's notable achievers|date=November 5, 2014|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=1 December 2014|page=12}}
- Jason Bates – former Major League Baseball infielder{{cite web|title=Jason Bates|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/batesja01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Michael Bates – NFL player and olympic sprinter{{cite web|title=Michael Bates|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BateMi00.htm?redir|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Amanda Beard (2003) – swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and 2-time American Swimmer of the Year{{cite news|url=http://tucson.com/photos-notable-achievers-who-attended-the-ua/collection_34ad82e8-1cd3-11e4-bd24-001a4bcf887a.html|title=UA's notable achievers|date=November 5, 2014|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=1 December 2014|page=15}}
- Mike Bell – NFL running back*{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/mikebell/2506767/profile|title=Mike Bell|year=2014|work=Players|publisher=NFL.com|access-date=19 October 2014}}
- Kathryn Bertine (2000) – professional racing cyclist{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1291292-road-to-the-olympics-kathryn-bertine-cyclist |title=Road to the Olympics: Kathryn Bertine, Cyclist |last1=Fan |first1=Pan Pan |date=9 August 2012 |website=Bleacher Report|access-date=4 July 2014}}
- Mike Bibby – NBA point guard{{cite web|title=Mike Bibby|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bibbymi01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Monica Bisordi (2006) – Gymnastics{{cite web|title=Monica Bisordi|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207963140|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Erica Blasberg (1984–2010) – LPGA golfer
- Cheri Blauwet (2002) – wheelchair racing, Para-olympic gold medalist{{cite news|url=http://tucson.com/photos-notable-achievers-who-attended-the-ua/collection_34ad82e8-1cd3-11e4-bd24-001a4bcf887a.html|title=UA's notable achievers|date=November 5, 2014|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=1 December 2014|page=21}}
- Steve Boadway – NFL player{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BoadSt20.htm |title=Steve Boadway |work=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 28, 2023}}
- Lance Briggs – NFL linebacker
- Tedy Bruschi (1996) – NFL linebacker, analyst for ESPN{{cite web|title=Tedy Bruschi|url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=153|publisher=New England Patriots|access-date=23 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104023553/http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=153|archive-date=November 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Copeland Bryan (BA, 2006) – NFL player{{cite web|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/2005/8/2/207975099.aspx|title=Copeland Bryan|work=arizonawildcats.com|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=27 September 2017}}
- Chase Budinger – NBA player{{cite web|title=Chase Budinger|date=July 30, 2013|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/programs-events/awards-recognition/notable-alumni|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Kurt Busch (1996) – NASCAR driver (attended but did not graduate){{cite web|title=Kurt Busch|date=July 30, 2013|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/programs-events/awards-recognition/notable-alumni|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona|access-date=23 October 2013}}
- Will Bynum (born 1983) – basketball player
- Ka'Deem Carey – NFL running back{{cite web|work=NBCSports.com|url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/bears-sign-kadeem-carey/|title=Bears sign Ka'Deem Carey|first=Josh|last=Alper|date=May 13, 2014|access-date=2014-08-17}}
- Antoine Cason – NFL player, Jim Thorpe Award winner{{cite web|title=Antoine Cason |url=http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/Antoine-Cason/f092c686-7b20-4118-9191-449078656653 |publisher=The San Diego Chargers |access-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215123322/http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/antoine-cason/f092c686-7b20-4118-9191-449078656653/ |archive-date=December 15, 2012 }}
- Jack Davis – football player{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/davi11200.html |title=JACK DAVIS |publisher=profootballarchives.com |access-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909212349/http://www.profootballarchives.com/davi11200.html |archive-date=September 9, 2015 }}
- George DiCarlo – Olympic gold medal swimmer{{cite web|title=George DiCarlo|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/george-dicarlo-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/george-dicarlo-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Sean Elliott – NBA player, number retired by the University of Arizona{{cite web|title=Sean Elliott|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/elliose01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Scott Erickson – Major League Baseball pitcher{{cite web|title=Scott Erickson|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ericksc01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (1985) – track and field athlete in the high jump and heptathlon{{cite web|url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/pdf6/8532.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=1600|title=Section-National Champions|last=Bell|first=Becky |display-authors=etal |work=Student-Athlete Handbook|publisher=University of Arizona|pages=84–85|access-date=24 September 2015}}
- Jennie Finch – Olympic women's softball pitcher{{cite web|title=Jennie Finch|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/jennie-finch-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/jennie-finch-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Nick Foles – NFL quarterback, Super Bowl LII MVP{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/383111110/?terms=Nick%20Foles%20%22University%20of%20Arizona%22%20%22super%20bowl%22 | first=Kent | last=Somers | title=Ex-Wildcats QB uncrowns Brady, Patriots in stunner | newspaper=The Arizona Republic | page=C1 | date=February 5, 2018}}
- Nick Folk – NFL kicker{{cite web|title=Nick Folk|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/roster/Nick-Folk/5fcd3517-393a-4dc3-8e92-9f3518f575eb|publisher=New York Jets|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Terry Francona – MLB player and manager{{cite web|title=Terry Francona|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francte01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Brenda Frese – college basketball head coach{{cite web|title=Brenda Frese|url=http://alumni.arizona.edu/search/node/Brenda%20Frese|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Channing Frye – Former NBA player{{cite web|title=Channing Frye|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fryech01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Jim Furyk – PGA Tour golfer and 2003 US Open winner{{cite web|title=Jim Furyk|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.10809.html|publisher=PGA TOUR, Inc|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Robert Gamez – PGA Tour golfer{{cite web|title=Robert Gamez|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01388.robert-gamez.html|publisher=PGA TOUR, Inc|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Aaron Gordon – NBA player{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/magic/denton-magic-draft-gordon-reportedly-trade-payton |title=Magic Draft Gordon at No. 4; Trade for Payton|last=Denton|first=John|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|date=June 26, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2014}}
- Rob Gronkowski – NFL tight end{{cite web|title=Rob Gronkowski|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GronRo00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Natalie Gulbis – LPGA golfer{{cite web|title=Natalie Gulbis|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=208226554|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Chip Hale – Major League Baseball player and coach{{cite web|title=Chip Hale|date=July 30, 2013|url=http://arizonaalumni.com/programs-events/awards-recognition/notable-alumni|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Gavin Harlien – off-road and stock car racing driver{{cite web|last=Krall|first=Charles|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2012422-gavin-harlein-no-55-4presley-toyota-preview-iowa|title=Gavin Harlein. No. 55 #4Presley Toyota Preview: Iowa|publisher=ARCA Menards Series|date=July 19, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019}}
- Herman Harris – NBA player{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Greg |title=Greg Hansen: Former Arizona Wildcat Herman Harris finds out 'there's more than basketball' |url=https://tucson.com/sports/greghansen/greg-hansen-former-arizona-wildcat-herman-harris-finds-out-there/article_f0fe3919-0563-521d-a006-24d066228d00.html |website=Tucson.com |access-date=April 15, 2020 |date=December 18, 2017}}
- Keith Hartwig – former NFL player{{cite web|title=Keith Hartwig|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/keithhartwig/2516049/profile|publisher=NFL Enterprises LLC.|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Ron Hassey – Major League Baseball player and coach{{cite web|title=Ron Hassey|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hassero01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Chris Henry – NFL player{{cite web|title=Chris Henry|url=http://www.titansonline.com/team/roster/chris-henry/d2e4ae48-a3b9-4b0a-b004-7bf7a7b13b38/|publisher=The Tennessee Titans|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Derek Hill – NFL player{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/hill02300.html |title=profootballarchives.com |publisher=profootballarchives.com |access-date=September 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906224046/http://www.profootballarchives.com/hill02300.html |archive-date=September 6, 2014 }}
- Ed Hochuli – NFL referee{{cite web|title=Ed Hochuli|url=http://football.officiating.com/x/article/1220|access-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104170721/http://football.officiating.com/x/article/1220|archive-date=January 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}
- Trevor Hoffman – MLB pitcher{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hoffmtr01| title= Trevor Hoffman Stats
|publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= November 18, 2012}}
- Alicia Hollowell – national champion softball pitcher{{cite web|title=Alicia Hollowell|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207986331|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122064913/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207986331|archive-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}
- Jack Howell – Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=Jack Howell (baseball)|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howelja02.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Nick Hundley – MLB player{{cite web|title=Nick Hundley|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hundlni01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Andre Iguodala – NBA player, NBA Finals MVP{{cite web|title=Andre Iguodala|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/iguodan01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Don Janicki – track and field athlete{{cite web |last1=McFarlane |first1=Scott |title=Biography of Don Janicki |url=http://www.comastersrun.org/Don_Janicki_bio.html |website=Comastersrun.org |publisher=Colorado Masters Running |access-date=12 October 2019}}
- Richard Jefferson – former NBA player, analyst{{cite web|title=Richard Jefferson|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jefferi01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Chase Jeter – basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/chase-jeters-priorities-changed-when-he-left-duke-now-hes-one-of-arizonas-key-pieces/article_883c3ff7-3f40-57af-b67b-1b0d8771687c.html|title=Chase Jeter's priorities changed when he left Duke, Now he's one of Arizona's key Pieces|last=Pascoe|first=Bruce|date=November 27, 2018|website=tucson.com|access-date=March 9, 2020}}
- Jay John – college basketball head coach{{cite web|title=Jay John|url=http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=207840902|publisher=Cal Athletics|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195647/http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=207840902|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Keshon Johnson – NFL player{{cite web|title=Keshon Johnson|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnKe27.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Stanley Johnson – NBA player{{cite press release|url=https://pac-12.com/news/2015/3/9/2014-15-pac-12-conference-mens-basketball-honors.aspx |title=2014-15 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Honors |work=Pac-12.com |date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=March 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312012307/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/09/2014-15-pac-12-conference-mens-basketball-honors |archive-date=March 12, 2015 |url-status=live }}
- Vance Johnson – NFL player{{cite web|title=Vance Johnson|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnVa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Steve Kerr – NBA player, manager and head coach{{cite web|title=Steve Kerr|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kerrst01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Scott Kingery – Major League Baseball player{{cite web|author=Daniel Berk, Arizona Daily Star |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/ua/2015/05/27/arizona-wildcats-scott-kingery-pac-12-baseball-player-of-year/28018919/ |title=Arizona's Scott Kingery Pac-12 baseball player of year |publisher=Azcentral.com |date=May 27, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2018}}
- Spencer Larsen – NFL linebacker{{cite web|title=Spencer Larsen|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LarsSp99.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Rod Lewis – NFL player{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/lewi07500.html | title=Rod Lewis | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=September 5, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906064703/http://www.profootballarchives.com/lewi07500.html | archive-date=September 6, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}
- Warren Livingston – NFL player{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIVINWAR01|title=Warren Livingston|publisher=databaseFootball.com|access-date=November 18, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601033631/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIVINWAR01|archive-date=June 1, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
- Kenny Lofton – Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=Kenny Lofton|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loftoke01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Mark Lyons – professional basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/mark-lyons/2165|title=Mark Lyons – Men's Basketball|website=University of Arizona Athletics}}
- Lauri Markkanen – NBA player{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/02/22/lauri-markkanen-arizona-wildcats-nba-draft |title=Thousands of miles from his native Finland, Lauri Markkanen feels at home in Arizona |first=Brian |last=Hamilton |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017}}
- Stan Mataele – NFL player{{cite web|title=Stan Mataele|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MataSt20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Chris McAlister – NFL cornerback{{cite web|title=Chris McAlister|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McAlCh00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Jonathan Meloan – Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=Jonathan Meloan|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meloajo01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Frank Middleton – NFL football player{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MiddFr20.htm|title= Frank Middleton |website= Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date= October 9, 2013}}
- Josh Miller – NFL punter{{cite web|title=Josh Miller |url=http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=28188 |publisher=New England Patriots (the "Club"). |access-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909141747/http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=28188 |archive-date=September 9, 2012 }}
- Ryk Neethling – Olympic swimmer{{cite web|title=Ryk Neethling|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/ryk-neethling-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031206/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/ryk-neethling-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|publisher=Sports Reference.|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Dennis Northcutt – NFL wide receiver{{cite web|title=Dennis Northcutt|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NortDe00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Lorena Ochoa – Hall of Fame LPGA golfer{{cite web|title=Lorena Ochoa|url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/w-in-action/story/_/id/9806544/espnw-lorena-ochoa-voted-fifth-most-influential-hispanic-female-athlete-all-time-retired-lpga-top-game-continues-stay-busy-family-charity|work=ESPN|date=October 11, 2013|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Josh Pastner – college basketball head coach{{cite web|title=Josh Pastner|url=http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/pastner_josh00.html|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Antonio Pierce – NFL linebacker{{cite web|title=Antonio Pierce|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PierAn20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Todd Pletcher (1989) – thoroughbred trainer; 3-time Eclipse Award winner{{cite web|title=Todd Pletcher|url=http://www.ntra.com/en/leaderboard/trainers/p/todd-a-pletcher/|publisher=TJCMedia Ventures|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195620/http://www.ntra.com/en/leaderboard/trainers/p/todd-a-pletcher/|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Dan Pohl – PGA golfer{{cite web|title=Dan Pohl|url=http://www.cbssports.com/golf/players/playerpage/132087/dan-pohl|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- DaShon Polk – NFL linebacker{{cite web|title=DaShon Polk|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PolkDa20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Don Pooley – PGA golfer{{cite web|title=Don Pooley|url=http://pcshf.org/bios/pooleydon.php|publisher=Pima County Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195409/http://pcshf.org/bios/pooleydon.php|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Sean Rooks – NBA player{{cite web|title=Sean Rooks|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rooksse01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Rory Sabbatini – PGA Tour golfer{{cite web|title=Rory Sabbatini|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.23621.html|publisher=PGA TOUR, Inc|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- César Salazar – MLB catcher{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/salazce01.shtml |title=César Salazar stats |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 17, 2023}}
- David Schipper – professional soccer player{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
- Paul Shields – NFL player{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/shie01250.html | title=PAUL SHIELDS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=September 7, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907191236/http://www.profootballarchives.com/shie01250.html | archive-date=September 7, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}
- Kobi Simmons – professional basketball player{{cite web | url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/kobi-simmons/5311 | title=2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster: Kobi Simmons | website=arizonawildcats.com/ | publisher=University of Arizona | access-date=13 September 2024 | date=2024}}
- Justin Simon – professional basketball player{{cite web | url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/justin-simon/2296 | title=2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster: Justin Simon | website=arizonawildcats.com/ | publisher=University of Arizona | access-date=13 September 2024 | date=2024}}
- J.T. Snow – MLB player, Golden Glove winner{{cite web|title=J.T. Snow|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snowj.01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Annika Sörenstam – Hall of Fame LPGA golfer{{cite web|title=Annika Sörenstam|url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/players/s/annika-sorenstam.aspx|publisher=the LPGA Tour official site|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Mike Springer – PGA golfer{{cite web|title=Mike Springer|url=http://www.databasegolf.com/players/playerpage.htm?samid=SprinMik01|publisher=databaseSports.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Ed Stokes – professional basketball player{{cite web|url= http://www.pointguardu.com/content/24-greatest-wildcat-all-time-sean-rooks-1412/|title= #24 Greatest Wildcat of All Time: Sean Rooks|publisher= Arizona Wildcats Basketball|access-date= November 6, 2013|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140105014400/http://www.pointguardu.com/content/24-greatest-wildcat-all-time-sean-rooks-1412/|archive-date= January 5, 2014|df= mdy-all}}
- Damon Stoudamire – NBA player{{cite web|title=Damon Stoudamire|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stoudda01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Salim Stoudamire (2005) – NBA player{{cite web|title=Salim Stoudamire|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stoudsa01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Kaleb Tarczewski – basketball player{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
- Jason Terry – NBA player{{cite web|title=Jason Terry|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/terryja01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Ron Theobald – Major League Baseball player{{cite web|title=Ron Theobald|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/theobro01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Tom Tolbert – NBA player; NBA broadcast analyst{{cite web|title=Tom Tolbert|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tolbeto01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Mark Tollefsen – professional basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/mark-tollefsen/2302|title=Mark Tollefsen – Men's Basketball|website=University of Arizona Athletics}}
- Allonzo Trier – NBA player{{Cite news|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/trieral01.html|title=Allonzo Trier|work=www.basketball-reference.com|access-date=August 25, 2019}}
- Sione Tuihalamaka – Arena Football League player{{cite web|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207985607 |title=Sione Tuihalamaka |publisher=arizonawildcats.com |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529193158/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207985607 |archive-date=May 29, 2015 }}
- Amy Van Dyken – Olympic gold medalist swimmer{{cite web|title=Amy Van Dyken|url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/amy-van-dyken/|publisher=New Netherland Institute|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Bobby Wade – NFL wide receiver{{cite web|title=Bobby Wade|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WadeBo00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Luke Walton – NBA player and head coach{{cite web|title=Luke Walton|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltolu01.html|publisher=Basketball Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Ray Wells – NFL player{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/well03880.html | title=RAY WELLS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=September 6, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215814/http://www.profootballarchives.com/well03880.html | archive-date=September 10, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}
- Brian Williams – NBA player
- Derrick Williams – NBA basketball player{{cite web |url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/williams_derrick00.html |title=Player Bio: Derrick Williams – University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site |publisher=Arizonawildcats.com |access-date=2011-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312124710/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/williams_derrick00.html |archive-date=2011-03-12 }}{{cite web|url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willide02.html|title= Derrick Williams|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date= October 19, 2013}}
- Rodney Williams – football player{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/will28550.html | title=RODNEY WILLIAMS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=December 28, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107131906/http://www.profootballarchives.com/will28550.html | archive-date=January 7, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}
- Michael Wright – professional basketball player{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
- Gabe York – professional basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/gabe-york/2307|title=Gabe York – Men's Basketball|website=University of Arizona Athletics}}
- Joe Young – NFL defensive end{{cite web|title=Joe Young (American football)|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Y/YounJo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=25 October 2013}}
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- Alfred Atkinson – president, Montana State University (1920–1937) and University of Arizona (1937–1947){{cite web|title=Alfred Atkinson|url=http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/acc00001.html|publisher=Montana State University|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Gail Lee Bernstein – historian, one of the pioneers of Japanese women's studies{{cite web|title=Gail Lee Bernstein|url=http://history.arizona.edu/glbernst|publisher=Board of Regents {{!}} The University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708092329/http://history.arizona.edu/glbernst|archive-date=July 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}
- Nicolaas Bloembergen – Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1981{{cite web|title=Nicolaas Bloembergen|url=http://www.optics.arizona.edu/research/faculty/profile/nicolaas-bloembergen|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017120935/http://www.optics.arizona.edu/research/faculty/profile/nicolaas-bloembergen|url-status=dead}}
- Bart Bok – astronomer{{cite web|title=Bart Bok|url=http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/bok/|publisher=The Bruce Medalists|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815173327/http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Bok/|url-status=dead}}
- Mike Candrea – Hall of Fame softball coach{{cite journal|last=Chesnick|first=Mike|title=From UA to National Stage|journal=The University of Arizona Visitor Guide|publisher=University of Arizona, Arizona Student Media|issue=Spring 2012|pages=26–27|url=http://wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide/VGSpring2012.pdf|access-date=October 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017204157/http://wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide/VGSpring2012.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Andrew Carnie – linguist{{cite web|title=Andrew Carnie|url= http://linguistics.arizona.edu/user/133|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=19 May 2014}}
- Aurore Chabot – Professor of Ceramic Art{{cite web|url= http://art.arizona.edu/people/directory/aurorec/|title=Aurore Chabot – School of Art|website=art.arizona.edu|access-date=14 May 2017}}
- David Chalmers – philosopher specializing in philosophy of mind{{cite web|title=David Chalmers|url=http://consc.net/chalmers/|publisher=Australian National University|access-date=19 May 2014}}
- Hsinchun Chen – McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems; founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab{{cite web|title=Hsinchun Chen|url=http://mis.eller.arizona.edu/faculty/hchen.asp|publisher=Department of Management Information Systems : Eller College|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Karletta Chief – environmental scientist{{Cite web |date=2018-08-13 |title=Karletta Chief |url=https://environmentalscience.cales.arizona.edu/person/karletta-chief |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Department of Environmental Science |language=en}}
- Noam Chomsky – Laureate Professor of Linguistics{{cite news|title=Liberal hero Noam Chomsky joins University of Arizona staff|date=August 15, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post}}
- Cedric Dempsey – executive director of the NCAA, 1993–2002{{cite web|title=Cedric Dempsey|url=http://pcshf.org/bios/dempseycedric.php|publisher=Pima County Sports Hall of Fave|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203410/http://pcshf.org/bios/dempseycedric.php|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- William G. Dever – biblical archaeologist{{cite web|title=William G. Dever|url=http://www.bib-arch.org/travel-study/william-dever.asp|publisher=Biblical Archaeology Society|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203403/http://www.bib-arch.org/travel-study/william-dever.asp|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Xiaohui Fan – astronomer and cosmologist{{cite journal|last=Mone|first=Gregory|date=August 4, 2003|title=Popsci's 2nd Annual Brilliant 10|journal=Popular Science|url=http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-08/popscis-2nd-annual-brilliant-10|access-date=February 22, 2015}}
- Hermann Flaschka – mathematics professor, winner of 1995 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics{{cite web|title=Hermann Flaschka|url=http://math.arizona.edu/people/profile.html?n=flaschka|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Frances Gillmor – folklorist, scholar, and novelist{{cite book |last1=Gacs |first1=Ute |last2=Khan |first2=Aisha |last3=McIntyre |first3=Jerrie |last4=Weinberg |first4=Ruth |title=Women Anthropologists: Selected Biographies |date=1988 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-06084-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XDFk_cw1n14C&dq=Frances+Gillmor%2C+Aztec+and+Navajo+folklorist&pg=PA115 |language=en}}
- Kenneth L. Hale – linguist and polyglot{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/188323606/?match=1&terms=Kenneth%20Hale%20%22University%20of%20Arizona%22%20linguist | title=Kenneth Hale, 67, Legendary Linguist | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=October 24, 2001 | page=B10 | first=Elaine | last=Woo}}
- Harry Harlow – experimental psychologist{{cite book|last1=Sidowski|first1=Joseph B.|last2=Lindsley|first2=Donald B.|title=Harry Frederick Harlow 1905-1981|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/harlow-harry-f.pdf|access-date=2013-01-29|year=1989|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|location=Washington D.C.|page=219}}
- Eva Simone Hayward – author and researcher in Gender and Women's Studies{{Cite web|url=https://gws.arizona.edu/user/eva-hayward|title=Eva Hayward, The Department of Gender & Women's Studies|website=gws.arizona.edu|language=en|access-date=January 11, 2018}}
- Jenann Ismael – philosopher{{cite web|title=Jenann Ismael|url=http://philosophy.arizona.edu/jtismael|publisher=Board of Regents {{!}} The University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Jennie R. Joe (Navajo), medical anthropologist{{cite report |author=Urban Indian Health Commission |title=Invisible Tribes: Urban Indians and Their Health in a Changing World |url=https://www2.census.gov/cac/nac/meetings/2015-10-13/invisible-tribes.pdf |date=2007 |access-date=August 26, 2020 |publisher=Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |location=Seattle, Washington |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724203159/https://www2.census.gov/cac/nac/meetings/2015-10-13/invisible-tribes.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2020 |url-status=live}}
- Rich Jorgensen – professor of plant sciences, editor of The Plant Cell{{cite web|title=Richard A. Jorgensen|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Rich/Jorgensen|publisher=LinkedIn Corporation|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Samara Klar – political scientist, founder of Women Also Know Stuff{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Yvonne Wingett |title=Duh! 'Women Also Know Stuff' website by UA Professor Samara Klar a hit |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2016/08/24/women-also-know-stuff-website-ua-professor-samara-klar/89217450/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}
- Gerard P. Kuiper – astronomer, discovered various moons of Jovian planets and the Kuiper Belt{{cite web|title=Gerard P. Kuiper|url=http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/lfs/kuiper-bio.html|publisher=NASA Quest|access-date=25 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713130039/http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/lfs/kuiper-bio.html|archive-date=July 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}
- Willis Lamb – Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1955{{cite web|title=Willis Lamb|url=http://www.optics.arizona.edu/research/faculty/profile/willis-e-lamb-jr|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Keith Lehrer – philosophy professor, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences{{cite web|title=Keith Lehrer|url=http://philosophy.arizona.edu/keith-lehrer|publisher=Board of Regents {{!}} The University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013}}
- Fang Lizhi – physicist, helped inspire China's 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement{{cite web|title=Fang Lizhi|url=http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~fanglz/|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512023852/http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~fanglz/|archive-date=May 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Andy Lopez – baseball coach{{cite web|title=Andy Lopez|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207952342|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Eugene Mackaben – artist{{cite book |url=https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/10150/579974/1/azu_e9791_univ_1b_1963_v56_n3_w.pdf. |title=1963-64 1964-65 Graduate College Catalogue |page=87 |date=July 1963 |publisher=University of Arizona |access-date=July 11, 2019}}
- Fulvio Melia – astrophysicist{{cite web|title=Fulvio Melia|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/fulvio-melia/10/36/aba|publisher=LinkedIn Corporation|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Robert Miller – Director, School of Architecture{{cite web|title=Robert Miller|date=December 2, 2022 |url=http://capla.arizona.edu/faculty-staff/robert-miller|publisher=College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=25 April 2024}}
- Charles Newman – mathematics professor, now at the Courant Institute{{cite web|title=Charles M. Newman|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/10652-charles-michael-newman|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Shaun Nichols – philosopher{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/213636900/?match=1&terms=Shaun%20Nichols%20%22University%20of%20Arizona%22%20philosophy | title=Concept of self ends UA immortality series | newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | date=November 13, 2015 | page=A8 | first=Gloria | last=Jimenez}}
- Peter K. Norquest – linguist[https://linguistics.arizona.edu/news/alumni-peter-norquest-publishes-new-book Alumni Peter Norquest Publishes new book]. University of Arizona, 2016.
- Antxon Olarrea – professor of linguistics{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
- Lute Olson – hall of fame basketball coach{{cite web|title=Lute Olson|date = October 24, 2008|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3660700|work=ESPN|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Feryal Özel – astrophysicist{{cite web|title=Feryal Özel|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Feryal&last_nm=Ozel&year=2013|publisher=American Physical Society|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Johann Rafelski – professor of (theoretical) physics{{Cite web|title=Johann Rafelski, Homepage, Professor of Physics, University of Arizona Research profile|url=http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~rafelski/|website=www.physics.arizona.edu|access-date=2020-05-11}}
- Julia Rebeil – professor of music 1920–1969{{Cite news|date=1930-02-02|title=Julia Rebeil in Chicago Recital|pages=14|work=Arizona Daily Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55404049/julia-rebeil-in-chicago-recital/|access-date=2020-07-15|via=Newspapers.com}}
- Peter M. Rhee – medical school professor and surgeon{{cite web|title=Peter M. Rhee|url=http://surgery.arizona.edu/faculty-profile/peter-m-rhee-md-mph|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205901/http://surgery.arizona.edu/faculty-profile/peter-m-rhee-md-mph|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Aric Rindfleisch – marketing author and professor, now at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign{{cite web | url=https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/205128 | title=Aric Rindfleisch appointed head of business administration | publisher=University of Illinois Urbana Champain | date=February 28, 2012 | first=Phil | last=Cicciora}}
- Rich Rodriguez – football coach{{cite web|title=Rich Rodriguez|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207985659|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024180635/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207985659|archive-date=October 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- Jerzy W. Rozenblit, Raymond J. Oglethorpe Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE){{cite web|url=http://ece.arizona.edu|title= Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering|date= 2018-07-06}}
- Adam Showman – planetary scientist and professor at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- Vernon L. Smith – economics professor, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2002{{cite web|title=Vernon L. Smith|url=http://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/vernon-smith|publisher=Chapman University|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Daniel L. Stein – mathematics and physics professor, head of physics department{{cite news |date=October 6, 2003 |first=Ingrid |last=Lindstrom |newspaper=Tucson Citien |page=2D |title=Physics momentum: stars draw majors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580468174/?match=1&terms=Daniel%20Stein%20%22University%20of%20Arizona%22%20physics}}
- Bruce Tabashnik – entomologist
- Andrew Weil – pioneer in integrative medicine{{cite web|title=Andrew Weil|url=http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/about/directors/weil|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Peter Wild – poet, author, and Professor of English (1940–2009){{cite web|title=Peter Wild|url=http://poetrycenter.arizona.edu/exhibits/peter_wild.shtml|publisher=The University of Arizona Poetry Center|access-date=26 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213059/http://poetrycenter.arizona.edu/exhibits/peter_wild.shtml|archive-date=October 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}}
- Arthur Winfree – theoretical biologist, winner of 2000 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics{{cite news|title=Arthur Winfree|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 22, 2002|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/22/us/dr-art-winfree-60-dies-plumbed-the-rhythms-of-life.html|access-date=26 October 2013|last1=Johnson|first1=George}}
- Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff – professor of microbiology and physics, did pioneering work in X-ray crystallography{{cite web|title=Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff|url=http://www.iucr.org/people/crystallographers/ralph-w.-g.-wyckoff-1897-1994|publisher=International Union of Crystallography|access-date=26 October 2013}}
- Vladimir E. Zakharov – Regents' professor of mathematics, winner of 2003 Dirac Prize{{cite web|title=Vladimir E. Zakharov|url=http://math.arizona.edu/~zakharov/|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=26 October 2013}}
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