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The list of Florida State University people includes notable alumni, professors and administrators affiliated with Florida State University, and famous athletes. In addition, this list contains information about the presidents of this institution.
Notable alumni or attendees
This list of Florida State University alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Florida State University.
Presidents of universities and colleges
Academic administrators
Science, space, academia, and math
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Brent A. Barlow | Former professor at Brigham Young University and distinguished author |
| Eric J. Barron | Former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado and former Dean of the College of Geosciences at the University of Texas-Austin |
| Justin Brown | American professional aquanaut with the University of North Carolina Wilmington |
| Antonio Busalacchi, Jr. | Current Chairman of World Climate Research Programme[1] and a committee for the National Academy of Science, professor at the University of Maryland[2] |
| Suzy Covey | Pioneer in XML encoding, and librarian emerita at the George A. Smathers Libraries |
| Joseph W. Cullen | Former Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C. |
| Sylvia Earle | Former chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Steve Edwards | Notable Physicist |
| Mostafa El-Sayed | Current Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology; Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Marc H. Ellis | Famous theologian and philosopher |
| Leonard Erickson | Deputy Director of the Indiana University Cancer Center, and Professor at IUPUI |
| Jaime Escalante | Former Bolivian educator |
| Carolyn S. Griner | Former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Steven Hebert | American nephrologist |
| Robert A. Holton | Scientist who created Taxol, current Professor at Florida State University |
| Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh | Notable food scientist, and fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists |
| Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz | Renown theoretical physicist |
| Jesse Lee Kercheval | American academic and writer, and on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Margaret Keyes | Scholar in heritage conservation |
| Hilal Khashan | Professor of Political Science at the American University of Beirut |
| Jim Kuypers | An American communications expert, and professor at Virginia Tech |
| William Leap | American anthropologist and professor at American University |
| Deborah Mash | Professor of neurology, and Director of the Brain Endowment Bank at the University of Miami |
| Charles T. Meide | Notable underwater and maritime archaeologist |
| Jason Moore | Notable translational bioinformatics scientist and human geneticist |
| Anthony Nicholls | Notable English physicist |
| Harold O'Neil | Experimental Psychologist, and currently a professor at the University of Southern California |
| Orrin H. Pilkey | Famous Geologist, and Professor Emeritus at Duke University |
| Alan R. Price | Former Associate Director for Investigative Oversight for the National Institute of Health |
| Maurice A. Ramirez | Founder of the American Board of Disaster Medicine[citation needed] |
| Thomas S. Ray | Ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life |
| Dušan Repovš | Slovenian mathematician, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Science |
| Matthew Barnett Robinson | Notable Criminologist |
| Landon T. Ross | Notable American environmental biologist |
| Marcus Sachs | Current director of SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory |
| James A. Shymansky | Distinguished science educator |
| Dewey Smith | Professional aquanaut and underwater diver |
| Gregg Steinberg | Notable sports psychologist |
| Nyayapathi Swamy | Notable mathematical physicist |
| Maria Zemankova | Computer scientist, created the theory of Fuzzy Relational Database System, recipient of the SIGMOD Contributions Award |
Astronauts
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Winston Scott | Former NASA astronaut |
| Norman Thagard | Former NASA astronaut and currently a tenured Professor of engineering at Florida State University |
Meteorology
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Stephanie Abrams | Meteorologist, The Weather Channel |
| Neil Frank | Former Director of the National Hurricane Center |
| Stanley Goldenberg | Current meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Thomas Grazulis | Meteorologist, worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| Janice Huff | Meteorologist, currently works for WNBC, and the Today Show |
| Richard Knabb | Current Director of the National Hurricane Center |
| Roy Leep | Meteorologist, worked for WTVT |
| Jennifer Lopez | Meteorologist, currently works for The Weather Channel |
| Max Mayfield | Former Director of the National Hurricane Center |
| Bryan Norcross | Meteorologist, currently a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel |
| Bill Proenza | Former Director of the National Hurricane Center and current Director of the National Weather Service's Southern Region |
| Dallas Raines | Meteorologist, currently works for KABC-TV[3] |
| George Winterling | Former meteorologist with WJXT |
Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Josephine Abady | American director and producer |
| Lily Afshar | First woman to receive a Doctorate of Music in guitar performance, and famous musician |
| Dorothy Allison | American writer |
| Cristian Amigo | Chilean composer, guitarist, and ethnomusicologist |
| Cathy Areu | Founder, publisher Catalina magazine |
| Alan Ball | Screenwriter and creator of Six Feet Under, True Blood, American Beauty |
| Doug Bandow | Former columnist and fellow for the Cato Institute |
| John Bensko | Notable American poet |
| Michael Berenbaum | Writer and former Professor of Theology |
| Matt Bondurant | (PhD) Writer, The Wettest County in the World |
| Ricou Browning | American film director, actor, producer and underwater cinematographer |
| Anthony J. Bryant | American author and editor |
| Christopher Buehlman | American playwright, poet and comedian |
| Jessica Burkhart | Author, Canterwood Crest |
| Jesse Bullington | Author, Enterprise of Death, Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart. |
| Valorie Burton | Writer, Listen to Your Life, What's Really Holding You Back?, Rich Minds, Rich Rewards |
| Brigitte Byrd | French-born poet and author |
| Khari Cain | American record producer, engineer and composer |
| Kat Candler | Award-winning independent filmmaker |
| Virginia Spencer Carr | Famous biographer and Professor at Georgia State University |
| Sandra M. Castillo | Famous poet |
| John Cernuto | An American professional poker player |
| Matt Chapman | Co-creator of Homestar Runner |
| Ryan Van Cleave | Notable American writer, and also a creative writing instructor |
| Colleen Clinkenbeard | Director,writer, and producer for the English-language dub of Fullmetal Alchemist |
| Leslie Cochran | American peace activist |
| Steven Conrad | Screenwriter, The Weather Man |
| John Crawford | Author of the Iraq War memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell |
| William A. Dawson | Coach who was portrayed by Matthew Fox in the film We Are Marshall |
| Thomas A. Desjardin | Notable historian and author |
| Dimitri Diatchenko | Actor and musician |
| Ricardo Dominguez | Professor and electronic activist |
| Irita Van Doren | Former editor of the New York Herald Tribune |
| Martin Eichinger | American sculptor |
| Wayne Flynt | Writer, Historian, and professor emeritus at Auburn University |
| Luis Fonsi | Puerto Rican singer, composer and soap opera actor |
| Alyson Fox | American artist & illustrator |
| Ron J. Friedman | Former Academy Award winning writer, films Brother Bear, Chicken Little, and Open Season |
| Jeff Galloway | American author and Olympian |
| Memphis Garrett | Runner up in Big Brother 10 |
| Charles Ghigna | Children's author and poet |
| Bud Grace | Cartoonist |
| Juan Gutiérrez | Notable Colombian author |
| Allan Havey | HBO stand-up comic and host |
| Masumi Hayaski | Photographer, and Fulbright fellow |
| John Earl Haynes | Historian, specializing in American communist and anti-communist movements |
| Ron Hazelton | Popular home improvement television personality |
| Rebecca Hazelton | Award-winning American poet, editor, and critic |
| Lex Hester | Notable consolidation architect, former chief administrative officer in Orlando, Broward County and Jacksonville |
| Dayle Hinman | Famous criminal profiler |
| Skip Horack | Writer, and currently a professor at Stanford University |
| Barry Horowitz | Former wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling |
| Anne Hull | National staff writer for the Washington Post |
| James F. Hutchinson | Notable painter, and member of the Florida Artists Hall of Fame |
| Adam Johnson | American novelist and short story writer |
| LeAlan Jones | American journalist |
| Stephen Graham Jones | Author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction |
| Liam Julian | Former editor of Policy Review |
| Danny Kanell | Currently the host of ESPNU's late-night sports and humor show UNITE, and former professional football player with the NFL |
| Fiona Kelleghan | Science fiction scholar |
| Kevin Kelly | an American professional wrestling manager, pundit, sportscaster and ring announcer |
| Jesse Lee Kercheval | American academic and writer |
| Margaret Keyes | Nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation |
| Jonathan King | Producer and Vice President for Focus Features, works are Dreamgirls, I, Robot, and Finding Forrester |
| Arthur Kurzweil | An American author, educator, editor, writer, and publisher |
| Christine Lahti | Former Academy Award winning director, and actress, Chicago Hope, Jack & Bobby |
| Sharon Lechter | Author Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
| Jamie Linden | Screenwriter, We are Marshall |
| D. S. Lliteras | American author |
| Jean Lorrah | Science fiction novelist and contributor to Star Trek series |
| Brooke Magnanti | Research scientist, blogger and writer who goes by the pen name Belle de Jour |
| Greg Marcks | Writer & director the film 11:14 and Lector |
| Doug Marlette | Cartoonist who won the Pulitzer Prize, and famous novelist who wrote The Bridge and Magic Time |
| Charles Martin | Notable American author |
| Jenna McCarthy | Notable American author |
| Jen McClanaghan | Notable American poet |
| Mike McQueen | Notable American journalist |
| Drew McWeeny | Famous film critic |
| Michael James Nelson | Producer, writer, comedian The Bachelor, Miracle Workers, National Lampoon Comedy |
| Nancy Oliver | Screenwriter |
| Heather Parcells | American dancer, singer, and actress |
| Kathleen Parker | Syndicated columnist |
| Masood Ashraf Raja | Assistant Professor and Editor of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies |
| Janisse Ray | American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist |
| Gabrielle Reece | Sports presenter, former fashion model, and professional volleyball player |
| Emilie Richards | Author of romance and mystery novels |
| Fabiola Romero | American model, and an original member of the FSU Cowgirls, and currently a cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins |
| Jordan S. Rubin | Famed novelist |
| Gwyn Hyman Rubio | Notable Novelist |
| Alex Sadkin | Famed record producer and saxophonist |
| Jeff Shaara | Famed novelist |
| Jeffrey Scott Shapiro | American investigative journalist and attorney |
| Linnea Sinclair | Award winning writer of Science Fiction Romance, Fantasy Romance and Paranormal Romance |
| Leonard Skinner | Namesake of the influential rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Alli Speed | Notable internet celebrity from the Internet Killed Television web series |
| Jane Springer | Award winning American poet |
| Jenn Sterger | Columnist for Sports Illustrated, Model, and original member of the FSU Cowgirls |
| Leon Stokesbury | Notable American poet |
| Ted Studebaker | Notable Christianian Missionary to Vietnam |
| Robin Swicord | American screenwriter and film director |
| Lynne Taetzsch | Abstract painter and writer |
| Hunter S. Thompson | American author and journalist |
| Ann VanderMeer | Editor of Weird Tales Magazine and several anthologies of Fantasy and Sci-Fi literature. Wife of author Jeff Vandermeer. |
| David Ward-Steinman | American composer and music professor |
| Peter Tom Willis | Former commentator for the Florida State Seminoles |
Actors
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Head coaches
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Musicians
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Lily Afshar | Notable classical guitarist |
| Cristian Amigo | Chilean composer, improviser, guitarist, and ethnomusicologist |
| Kim Barlow | Canadian folk music singer-songwriter |
| Sam Beam | Sole member of Iron & Wine |
| Ryland Blackinton | Guitarist for the band Cobra Starship |
| Khari Cain | American composer, record producer, and engineer |
| Rita Coolidge | Grammy Award-winning singer |
| Ricardo Cobo | Famous Colombian guitar player |
| Frank Cooper | Pianist, conductor, and founder of the Festival of Neglected Romantic Music, and also a Research Professor of Music at the University of Miami |
| Glenn Crytzer | American composer, guitarist, banjoist, and singer |
| Jonny Diaz | Contemporary Christian artist |
| Ernst von Dohnányi | composer and conductor of classical music |
| Virgil Roger du Pont III | Vocals for The Crüxshadows |
| Luis Fonsi | Singer and songwriter |
| Thomas G. Glenn | Notable Canadian opera singer |
| Marvin Goldstein | Acclaimed professional pianist and performer |
| John Driskell Hopkins | Member of the band Zac Brown Band |
| Sarah Horick | Composer of contemporary concert music and active mezzo-soprano |
| Frank Kelley | American tenor and faculty member at Boston University |
| Ryan Key | Vocals and guitar player for the band Yellowcard |
| Oksana Kolesnikova | Russian-American composer, concert pianist and author |
| Peter Kurau | Principal Horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and professor at the Eastman School of Music |
| Justin Long | Guitar player for "No Address" |
| Sean Mackin | Vocals and violin for the band Yellowcard |
| Martha Mier | Composer "Seventh Street Blues", and Jackson Street Blues |
| John Moore | American saxophonist and saxophone teacher |
| Nick Monteleone | American composer, musician, producer, and actor |
| Jim Morrison | Singer and songwriter for The Doors |
| David Morris | Vocals for Cold Water Army |
| Jake Owen | Country singer |
| Rosephanye Powell | American choral composer, singer, professor, and researcher |
| Daniell Revenaugh | American composer and pianist |
| Marcus Roberts | Jazz pianist |
| Tori Sparks | American singer and songwriter |
| Scott Stapp | Singer for the band Creed |
| William Takacs | Principal trumpet for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, and Professor at West Texas A&M University |
| Mark Tremonti | Guitarist for the bands Creed and Alter Bridge |
| Charles Turner | American jazz trumpeter |
| Will Turpin | Bassist for Collective Soul |
| Nancy Van de Vate | Notable American composer |
| Balint Vazsonyi | Notable Hungarian pianist |
| T. Edward Vives | Notable trombonist and composer |
| David Ward-Steinman | Composer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Stella Zambalis | Notable American spinto soprano |
| Richard Zarou | Notable contemporary composer of concert and film music |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | Composer and the first woman Pulitzer Prize winner |
Pageantry
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Valorie Burton | Miss Black Texas USA |
| Tara Dawn Holland Christensen | Miss America for 1997, Miss Kansas for 1996, and National Sweetheart for 1995 |
| Tiffany Fallon | Miss Georgia USA for 2001 |
| Lea Mack | Miss Ohio for 1994, and motivational speaker |
| Shauna Pender | Miss Florida for 2003 |
| Kylie Williams | Miss Florida for 2007 |
Reporters, correspondents, and anchors
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Dan Bakkedahl | Correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show |
| Jackie Bange | Anchor and reporter for CW affiliate and cable superstation WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois |
| Shannon Bream | Correspondent on the Fox News Channel, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| Max Bretos | Current sports anchor for ESPN |
| Lee Corso | Sports broadcaster for ESPN, starred on College GameDay since its inception, and was the former head coach of Louisville and the Indiana University |
| Donna Deegan | Current weekday anchor for WTLV/WJXX |
| Arnold Díaz | Correspondent on WNYW-TV in New York City |
| Jamie Dukes | Sports broadcaster for ESPN and host of Put Up Your Dukes |
| Gary Parris | Current commentator for the University of Central Florida |
| Stephen Parry | Commentator for the BBC Sport |
| Eduardo Pérez | Current commentator for ESPN's Baseball Tonight |
| Cecile Reynaud | Commentator for Fox Sports Net, the Sunshine Network, and ESPN |
| Chris Rix | Current football analyst for ABC and Fox Sports Radio |
| Spencer Ross | Former sports broadcaster |
| Deion Sanders | Current commentator for the NFL Network |
| Danyelle Sargent | Current Anchor for ESPN |
| Gayle Sierens | Current News Anchor, WFLA-TV, Tampa |
| Bailey White | Current commentator for the NPR program All Things Considered |
| Matt Yocum | NASCAR reporter and sportscaster |
International, federal, and state policy makers
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Chris Anyanwu | Current Senator for the Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Imo |
| Mohammed Nadir Atash | Former Senior Adviser to the Ministry of Transport for Afghanistan |
| Michael Berenbaum | Current Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
| David Bibb | Former Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration, and he also has served as Acting Administrator for a short period |
| Richard Blankenship | Former United States Ambassador to the Bahamas |
| Jose Ceballos | Notable Government Affairs advocate in the Democratic Party |
| William D. Clay, Jr. | Current special adviser to the United Nations |
| Bradley Cooper | Former Minister of Recreation for the Bahamas, and Olympic discus thrower |
| Angela Corey | Current State Attorney of Jacksonville |
| Pearl Long Cullen | The first woman to hold a constitutional office in the state of Florida |
| Charles J. Cunningham | Former Director of the Defense Security Service, and former Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force |
| Val Demings | Former Chief of the Orlando Police Department |
| Richard L. Dugger | Former Secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections |
| Carl Ford | Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
| Eleanor J. Hill | Former Inspector General to the U.S. Department of Defense |
| Manuel H. Johnson | Former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury |
| LeAlan Jones | Former United States Senate candidate in Illinois, and notable journalist |
| Mark E. Kaplan | Former Secretary Florida Department of Transportation & Chief of Staff to Governor Jeb Bush |
| Jeff Kottkamp | Former Lt. Governor of Florida |
| Al Lamberti | Current Sheriff of Broward County, Florida |
| Richard Legendre | Former member of National Assembly of Quebec, former Quebec Minister of Sports, and former professional tennis player |
| Mel Martinez | Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| Harold O'Neil | Former Director with the United States Department of Defense |
| Bobby Pittman | Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs to Bush Administration |
| Aleksandar Popović | Current Serbian Minister of Energetics |
| Roger A. Powell | Retired major general in the Australian Army and a Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations |
| Alan R. Price | Current Associate Director with the National Institute of Health |
| Pete Romero | Former U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, and the Assistant Secretary of State |
| John Rutherford | Current Sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida |
| Marcus Sachs | Former member of the U.S. National Security Council |
| Ion Sancho | Current Supervisor of Elections for Leon County, Florida, gained notoriety in the 2000 presidential recount |
| Frank Sanchez | Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the Department of Commerce |
| Dana Seetahal | Current member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago |
| James C. Smith | Former Florida Attorney General, Florida Secretary of State, and currently the Chairman of the Florida State University Board of Trustees |
| Orson Swindle | Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission |
| Jim Towey | Former Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives |
| Vic Vickers | Former United States Senate candidate in Alaska |
| Doan Viet Hoat | Vietnamese academic and dissident, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award[4] |
| Dale Watson | Former Assistant Director for the Counterterrorism Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and current consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton |
United States Congress
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Jason Altmire | Current congressman for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district |
| Jim Bacchus | Former congressman, current justice and chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization |
| Allen Boyd | Former congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district |
| William Carney | Former congressman for New York's 1st congressional district |
| Kathy Castor | Current congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district |
| James W. Grant | Former congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district |
| Kay Hagan | Current United States Senator from North Carolina |
| Mel Martinez | Former United States Senator from Florida |
| Dina Titus | Former congresswoman for Nevada's 3rd congressional district |
| Emmett Wilson | Former congressman for Florida's 3rd congressional district |
United States Armed Forces
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Norma Elaine Brown | Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| John Crawford | Former Specialist in the U.S. Army National Guard. Notable Iraq War Veteran and author of the memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell |
| Charles J. Cunningham | Retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force |
| Jay Garner | Retired general in the U.S.Army and the former director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq |
| William H. Ginn Jr. | Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force |
| Franklin L. Hagenbeck | Active lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and the current Commandant of the U.S. Military Academy. |
| Mark R. Hamilton | Retired major general in the U.S. Army |
| Winfield S. Harpe | Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| Richard S. Heyser | Notable pilot during the Cuban missile crisis and retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force |
| Gordon S. Holder | Retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy |
| J. Adrian Jackson | Active rear admiral in the U.S. Navy |
| Paul David Miller | Retired admiral in the U.S. Navy and the current Chairman of the Alliant Techsystems company |
| Kenneth Minihan | Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force and the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) |
| Polly A. Peyer | Active major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| John L. Piotrowski | Retired general in the U.S. Air Force |
| Steven H. Ratti | Active rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard |
| Michael K. Sheridan | Retired brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps |
| Scott Speicher | A captain in the U.S. Navy who was shot down in the Persian Gulf War |
| Lawrence W. Steinkraus | Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| Paul E. Stein | Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force |
| William D. Sullivan | Active vice admiral in the U.S. Navy |
| LeRoy W. Svendsen, Jr. | Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| H. Marshal Ward | Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| W. Thomas West | Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force |
| William Wood | A deceased colonel in the U.S. Army and the highest ranking American casualty in Iraq |
Governors
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Reubin O'Donovan Askew | Former Governor of Florida, member of the Florida Senate, United States Trade Representative, and former candidate for President of the United States |
| Charlie Crist | Former Governor of Florida, and the former Florida Attorney General, Florida Secretary of Education, and member of the Florida Senate |
| Parris N. Glendening | Former Governor of Maryland and former city councilman in the town of Hyattsville, Maryland |
State Senators
State Representatives
Mayors
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| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Art Agnos | Former Mayor of San Francisco, California |
| Rick Baker | Former Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Michael F. Brennan | Current Mayor of Portland, Maine |
| Rich Crotty | Former Mayor of Orange County, Florida |
| Mike Halfacre | Current Mayor in New Jersey and attorney |
| Frank Hibbard | Current Mayor of Clearwater, Florida |
| Teresa Jacobs | Current Mayor of Orange County, Florida |
| Ken Keechl | Current Mayor of Broward County, Florida |
| David T. Kennedy | Former Mayor of Miami, Florida |
| Scott Maddox | Former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, and former Chairman of the Florida Democratic Party and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida |
| John Marks | Current Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida |
| Morgan McPherson | Current Mayor of Key West, Florida |
Law
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Jose Baez | lead attorney for Casey Anthony in the Death of Caylee Anthony trial |
| Thomas E. Baker | Attorney, writer, and currently a professor at Florida International University College of Law |
| Barry Cohen | Famous personal injury & criminal attorney |
| Angela Corey | State Attorney for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit Court |
| Benjamin Crump | Lead attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin |
| Mike Halfacre | Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| Tim Howard | Current Director of the Northeastern University's Executive Doctorate Program in Law & Policy, and he was also the Assistant Attorney General of Florida |
| Bruce Jacob | Former Assistant Attorney General for Florida, prosecuted in Gideon v. Wainwright |
| Craig McCarthy | Attorney on a number of high-profile cases and candidate for the Florida House of Representatives |
| Mark O'Mara | Notable American defense attorney |
| Gary Pajcic | Attorney and philanthropist |
| Daryl Parks | Attorney and former president of the National Bar Association |
Judges
Business executives
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Sandon Berg | American film producer, actor, and screenwriter and co-founder of the United Gay Network |
| Sara Blakely | President & Founder of Spanx, and judge on ABC's former reality television series, American Inventor |
| Bob Bowman | Current CEO of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, and mentor to Michael Phelps |
| Jose Ceballos | Current Director for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association |
| Timothy Cole | Executive Vice President for Sales of Del Monte Foods |
| Todd Combs | Hedge fund manager who has been tapped as a potential successor of Warren Buffett as the chief investment officer of Berkshire Hathaway |
| R. Clarke Cooper | Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans |
| Todd Crannell | Current President of Q2 Sports and Entertainment |
| Meg Crofton | Current President, the Walt Disney World Resort |
| John Culver | Current Executive Vice President of Starbucks |
| James Dahl | Former Senior Vice President of Drexel Burnham Lambert |
| Daniel Dillon | Current President & CEO of the Welch's Corporation |
| Jeff Galloway | Current CEO of Galloway Productions |
| Michael Genevie | Current executive director of the Abbeville Opera House |
| James W. Grant | Former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Chemical, and former U.S. Representative |
| Chuck Hardwick | Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc. |
| Gordon S. Holder | Currently a Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy |
| Glenda Hope | Head of the San Francisco Network Ministries, and minister with the Presbyterian Church |
| Gary Huff | Former CFO for the Los Angeles Raiders, and also worked with the IBM Corporation |
| Patricia Ireland | Former President of the National Organization for Women, and writer |
| Manuel H. Johnson | Current Co-Chairman of Johnson Smick International and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank |
| Donald E. Kiernan | Former CFO of Southwestern Bell Corporation |
| Richard Legendre | Current Vice President of Montreal Impact |
| Daryl Logullo | Notable American marketing expert |
| Marjorie Matthews | Former Bishop for the United Methodist Church |
| Martin Mayhew | Current General Manager and Senior Vice President for the Detroit Lions |
| Marc Middleton | Current CEO & founder of Growing Bolder |
| Virginia Montes | Former Secretary of the National Organization for Women, and civil rights activist |
| Jane Mouton | Famous management theorist |
| Gregory Parkes | Current Bishop for the Catholic Church |
| Tom Petway | Current minority partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chairman of the Board for Zurich Insurance Services |
| Bobby Pittman | Current Vice President with African Development Bank |
| Richard W. Rahn | Current Chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth |
| Gary Rogers | Former Vice Chairman & Executive Officer, General Electric |
| Peter F. Romero | Current CEO of Experior Advisory, and former United States Ambassador |
| Robert Sanborn | Current President & CEO of Children At Risk |
| Gary A. Sanders | Former CEO of Wackenhut |
| Harry Sargeant III | Owner of International Oil Trading Company and billionaire |
| Bob Sasser | Current CEO of Dollar Tree Inc. |
| Brian Sussman | Current Managing Partner of 34 Pictures Entertainment |
| Orson Swindle | Former Executive Director of United We Stand America, and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce |
| Carlos O. Torano | Current President of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco |
| Irita Van Doren | Former editor of the New York Herald Tribune |
| Mike Vasilinda | Former executive with Florida's News Channel |
| Woody Woodward | Former General Manager for the New York Yankees |
| Ed Young | Founder and Senior Pastor for Fellowship Church |
Rhodes Scholars
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Frederick William Buchholz | 1905 Rhodes Scholar |
| Caroline Alexander | 1976 Rhodes Scholar |
| Garrett Johnson | 2006 Rhodes Scholar |
| Joe O'Shea | 2007 Rhodes Scholar |
| Myron Rolle | 2009 Rhodes Scholar[6] |
Heisman Trophy winners
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Charlie Ward | 1993 Heisman Trophy winner |
| Chris Weinke | 2000 Heisman Trophy winner |
Notable faculty and staff
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Florida State University presidents
| President | Year |
|---|---|
| George Edgar | 1887–1892 |
| Alvin Lewis | 1892–1897 |
| Albert A. Murphree | 1897–1909, subsequently president of the University of Florida, 1909–1927 |
| Edward Conradi | 1909–1947 |
| Doak S. Campbell | 1947–1957 |
| Robert M. Strozier | 1957–1960[7] |
| Talbot D'Alemberte | 1994–2003 |
| T. K. Wetherell | 2003–2009, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives |
| Eric J. Barron | 2009–Present |
Faculty winners of major honors
| Name | Notability |
|---|---|
| Lawrence G. Abele | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biological Science) |
| Roy Baumeister | Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Psychology/Psychiatry) |
| Konrad E. Bloch | 1964 Nobel Prize in Medicine[8] |
| James M. Buchanan | 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics[9] |
| Robert Olen Butler | Pulizer Prize for Fiction; Guggenheim Fellowship (English) |
| Donald Caspar | National Academy of Sciences (Biophysics); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Guggenheim Fellowship (Biological Science) |
| Donald A. Crosby | Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University |
| Timothy Cross | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chemistry) |
| Naresh Dalal | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chemistry) |
| Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac | 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics,[10] but not while he was at Florida State |
| Dean Falk | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Anthropology) |
| Carlisle Floyd | 1956 Guggenheim Fellowship (Music) |
| Lev Gor'kov | National Academy of Sciences (Physics) |
| Max Gunzburger | 2008 SIAM W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics |
| Frances James | American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology); American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biology) |
| Thomas Joiner | Guggenheim Fellowship (Psychology) |
| Michael Kasha | National Academy of Sciences (Chemistry); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Guggenheim Fellowship (Physical Chemistry) |
| John Kelsay | Guggenheim Fellowship (Religion) |
| David Kirby | Guggenheim Fellowship (English) |
| Sir Harold W. Kroto | 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry;[11] National Academy of Sciences (Chemistry); Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Chemistry) |
| David Larbalestier | National Academy of Engineering (Superconducting Materials) |
| Alan Marshall | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chemistry) |
| Robert Sanderson Mulliken | 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[12] |
| Simon Ostrach | National Academy of Engineering (Space Science/Mechanical Engineering); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Space Science/Mechanical Engineering) |
| Jill Quadagno | Guggenheim Fellowship (Sociology) |
| Michael Ruse | Guggenheim Fellowship (Philosophy); American Association for the Advancement of Science (Philosophy) |
| Shridhar Sathe | Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Agricultural Sciences) |
| John Robert Schrieffer | 1972 Nobel Prize Physics[13] |
| Melvin Stern | National Academy of Sciences (Geophysics); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Astronomy and Earth Sciences); Guggenheim Fellowship (Oceanography) |
| Gary Taylor | Guggenheim Fellowship (English) |
| R. Jay Turner | Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher (Social Sciences) |
| Sherwood Wise | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Geological Sciences) |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | Pulitzer Prize for Music; American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Visual and Performing Arts); Guggenheim Fellowship (Music) |
Other notable faculty
| Faculty | Notability |
|---|---|
| Abdus Suttar Khan | Noted chemist and aerospace researcher. |
| Carrie Ann Baade | Notable Painter. |
| Richard Burgin | Violinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Dean Falk | Lead scientist in research team mapping the brain shape of the LB1 Hobbit |
| Gerald R. Ferris | Noted scholar of management and psychology |
| Charles Figley | Traumatologist, American Psychological Association Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow |
| Robert Gellately | Historian known for research on Nazi-era Germany and the Cold War |
| Barbara Hamby | Poet in residence |
| William H. Heard | Expert on freshwater mollusks |
| Toussaint Hocevar | Economic historian |
| Randall Holcombe | Co-founder of Buchanan–Holcombe Branch of economists,[14] past President of the Society for Development of Austrian Economics[15] and the Public Choice Society[16] |
| Robert A. Holton | Inventor of the synthetic process for making taxol |
| R. Mark Isaac | Scholar of experimental economics |
| Frederick L. Jenks | 2002 TESOL Heinle & Heinle Excellence in Teaching Award |
| Gary Kleck | Criminologist known for empirical work on guns and violence |
| Vadim Komkov | Mathematician and Physicist |
| T. N. Krishnamurti | Carl Gustav Rossby Medal from the American Meteorological Society and developer of the FSU "Superensemble" hurricane prediction model |
| Justin Leiber | American philosopher and science fiction writer |
| Alan G. Marshall | Society for Applied Spectroscopy fellow (2004) |
| Alfred Mele | Philosopher in practical reason |
| Doron Nof | Fridtjof Nansen Medal |
| Victor Nuñez | Film director |
| Ruth Posselt | Classical violinist |
| Per Arne Rikvold | 2004 Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |
| Michael Ruse | Philosopher of Science, known for his work on the relationship between creationism and evolution |
| Michael Shaara | Notable writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction |
| Friedrich Stephan | Discovered the suprachiasmatic nucleus (circadian "clock") |
| Stephan von Molnár | 1986 Alexander von Humbolt Senior U.S. Scientist Award |
| Mark Winegardner | Novelist |
| Kun Yang | 2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association |
Athletes
Baseball
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Mickey Lopez | professional MLB baseball player, Seattle Mariners |
| Luis Alicea | professional MLB baseball player |
| Gene Ammann | professional baseball player in Japan |
| Dick Brown | professional MLB baseball player |
| Barret Browning | professional MLB baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals |
| George Cappuzzello | professional MLB baseball player, Detroit Tigers |
| Kevin Cash | professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox |
| Randy Choate | professional MLB baseball player, Tampa Bay Rays |
| Daniel Davidson | professional MLB baseball player, Anaheim Angels |
| Matt Diaz | professional MLB baseball player, Atlanta Braves |
| J. D. Drew | professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox |
| Stephen Drew | professional MLB baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Gar Finnvold | professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox |
| Ron Fraser | former college baseball coach at the University of Miami from 1963-1992. Won the College World Series in 1982 and 1985 |
| Mike Fuentes | professional MLB baseball player, Montreal Expos |
| Jeff Gray | professional MLB baseball player |
| John-Ford Griffin | professional MLB baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Johnny Grubb | professional MLB baseball player |
| Dick Howser | professional MLB baseball player |
| Hunter Jones | professional MLB baseball player |
| Terry Kennedy | professional MLB baseball player |
| Richie Lewis | professional MLB baseball player |
| Mike Loynd | professional MLB baseball player |
| Jim Lyttle | professional MLB baseball player |
| Mike Martin | head coach, Florida State Seminoles |
| Marshall McDougall | professional MLB baseball player, Texas Rangers record holder for most home runs in a college game (6) |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | Former professional MLB baseball player and Olympic gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Eduardo Pérez | professional MLB baseball player, Now serving as analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight |
| Buster Posey | professional MLB baseball player, San Francisco Giants |
| Scott Proctor | professional MLB baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Jody Reed | professional MLB baseball player |
| Tony La Russa | former MLB manager, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Mac Scarce | professional MLB baseball player |
| Paul Sorrento | professional MLB baseball player |
| Ken Suarez | professional MLB baseball player |
| Jeff Tam | professional MLB baseball player |
| John Wasdin | professional MLB baseball player, Texas Rangers |
| Paul Wilson | professional MLB baseball player, Cincinnati Reds |
Basketball
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Randy Allen | professional NBA basketball player |
| Solomon Alabi | professional NBA basketball player, Toronto Raptors |
| Sam Cassell | professional NBA basketball player, |
| Ben Clyde | professional NBA basketball player |
| James Collins | professional NBA basketball player |
| Dave Cowens | professional NBA basketball player, (retired), Named to NBA's 50 Greatest of All Time List |
| Tony Dawson | professional NBA basketball player |
| Mickey Dillard | professional NBA basketball player |
| Toney Douglas | professional NBA basketball player, Houston Rockets |
| Hugh Durham | former Head Basektabll coach for Florida State University and the University of Georgia |
| Deividas Dulkys | represented Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Doug Edwards | professional NBA basketball player |
| Bernard James | professional NBA basketball player, Dallas Mavericks |
| Alexander Johnson | professional NBA basketball player, Miami Heat |
| Michael Joiner | professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League |
| Jonathan Kerner | professional NBA basketball player |
| George McCloud | professional NBA basketball player |
| Ralph Mims | professional basketball player in Europe |
| Tim Pickett | professional NBA basketball player |
| Ryan Reid | professional NBA basketball player |
| Chris Singleton | professional NBA basketball player, Washington Wizards |
| Bob Sura | professional NBA basketball player, Houston Rockets |
| Irving Thomas | professional NBA basketball player |
| Al Thornton | professional NBA basketball player Washington Wizards |
| Von Wafer | professional NBA basketball player, Boston Celtics |
| Charlie Ward | professional NBA basketball player, and Heisman Trophy winner |
| Mitchell Wiggins | professional NBA basketball player |
| Willie Williams | professional NBA basketball player |
| Ed Young | played two years, now pastor of Fellowship Church |
Women's basketball
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Tanae Davis-Cain | professional WNBA basketball player, Detroit Shock |
| Sue Galkantas | 1983 finalist for the Wade Trophy |
| Roneeka Hodges | professional WNBA basketball player, Houston Comets |
| Jacinta Monroe | professional WNBA basketball player, Washington Mystics and Tulsa Shock |
| Britany Miller | professional WNBA basketball player, Detroit Shock |
| Tia Paschal | professional WNBA basketball player, Chicago Sting |
| Ronalda Pierce | former basketball player who died of an aneurysm in 2007. |
| Brooke Wyckoff | professional WNBA basketball player, Chicago Sky |
Football
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Clifton Abraham | professional NFL football player |
| Derrick Alexander | professional NFL football player |
| Brian Allen | professional NFL football player |
| Joe Avezzano | professional NFL football player, former head coach for Oregon State University |
| Alex Barron | professional NFL football player |
| Ed Beckman | professional NFL football player |
| Edgar Bennett | professional NFL football player |
| Scott Bentley | professional NFL football player |
| Fred Biletnikoff | NFL Hall of Fame player, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl XI MVP |
| Anquan Boldin | professional NFL football player, Baltimore Ravens, 2003 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year |
| Lorenzo Booker | professional NFL football player, Minnesota Vikings |
| Michael Boulware | professional NFL football player |
| Peter Boulware | professional NFL football player, 1997 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Baltimore Ravens' Ring of Honor |
| Nigel Bradham | professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills |
| Leon Bright | professional NFL football player |
| Derrick Brooks | professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2002), 2006 Pro Bowl MVP |
| Everette Brown | professional NFL football player, San Diego Chargers |
| Mack Brown | Currently Head Football Coach, Texas Longhorns |
| Milford Brown | professional NFL football player |
| Rufus Brown | professional NFL football player |
| Tony Bryant | professional NFL football player |
| Terrell Buckley | professional NFL football player |
| Brodrick Bunkley | professional NFL football player Denver Broncos |
| Devin Bush | professional NFL football player |
| Bobby Butler | professional NFL football player |
| LeRoy Butler | former professional NFL football player, invented the "Lambeau Leap" |
| Marion Butts | professional NFL football player |
| Bill Capece | professional NFL football player |
| Alphonso Carreker | professional NFL football player |
| Dexter Carter | professional NFL football player |
| Jerome Carter | professional NFL football player |
| Pat Carter | professional NFL football player |
| Tony Carter | professional NFL football player, Denver Broncos |
| Thomas Clayton | professional NFL football player |
| Tay Cody | professional NFL football player |
| Randy Coffield | professional NFL football player |
| Laveraneus Coles | professional NFL football player |
| Lee Corso | former Indiana University head coach, sports broadcaster, ESPN Gameday |
| Sam Cowart | professional NFL football player |
| Henri Crockett | professional NFL football player |
| Zack Crockett | professional NFL football player, Oakland Raiders |
| Antonio Cromartie | professional NFL football player, New York Jets |
| Devard Darling | professional NFL football player |
| Buster Davis | professional NFL football player |
| Chauncey Davis | professional NFL football player, Chicago Bears |
| Chris Davis | professional NFL football player |
| Lawrence Dawsey | professional NFL football player, current FSU WR coach |
| Manny Diaz | current defensive coordinator, Texas Longhorns |
| Darnell Dockett | professional NFL football player, Arizona Cardinals |
| Ron Dugans | professional NFL football player |
| Jamie Dukes | professional NFL football player, analyst for the NFL Network |
| Warrick Dunn | professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1997 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year |
| Mario Edwards | professional NFL football player |
| William Floyd | professional NFL football player |
| Andre Fluellen | professional NFL football player, Detroit Lions |
| Todd Fordham | professional NFL football player |
| Corey Fuller | professional NFL football player |
| Steve Gabbard | professional NFL football player |
| Graham Gano | professional NFL football player, Washington Redskins |
| Talman Gardner | professional NFL football player |
| Kent Gaydos | professional NFL football player |
| Derrick Gibson | professional NFL football player |
| E. G. Green | professional NFL football player |
| Letroy Guion | professional NFL football player, Minnesota Vikings |
| Kim Hammond | professional NFL football player |
| Geno Hayes | professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Jessie Hester | professional NFL football player |
| Montrae Holland | professional NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys |
| Chris Hope | professional NFL football player, Tennessee Titans |
| Rodney Hudson | professional NFL football player, Kansas City Chiefs |
| Gary Huff | professional NFL football player |
| Paul Irons | professional NFL football player |
| Bobby Jackson | professional NFL football player |
| Dexter Jackson | professional NFL football player, Super Bowl XXXVII MVP for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Mario Henderson | professional NFL football player |
| Sebastian Janikowski | professional NFL football player, Oakland Raiders |
| Garth Jax | professional NFL football player |
| Michael Jennings | professional NFL football player |
| Brad Johnson | professional NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys |
| Travis Johnson | professional NFL football player |
| Greg Jones | professional NFL football player, Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Hassan Jones | professional NFL football player |
| Marvin Jones | professional NFL football player |
| Walter Jones | professional NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks |
| Danny Kanell | professional NFL football player, college football analyst for ESPN |
| Ken Lanier | professional NFL football player |
| Amp Lee | professional NFL football player Green Bay Packers |
| Kevin Long | professional NFL football player |
| Jim Mankins | professional NFL football player |
| Martin Mayhew | professional NFL football player |
| Scott McLean | professional NFL football player |
| Bryant McFadden | professional NFL football player |
| Dennis McKinnon | professional NFL football player |
| Mike Mercer | professional NFL football player |
| Marvin Minnis | professional NFL football player |
| Travis Minor | professional NFL football player |
| Orson Mobley | professional NFL football player |
| Eric Moore | professional NFL football player |
| Randy Moss | professional NFL football player, (attended for one year and then released from team) |
| Zeke Mowatt | professional NFL football player |
| Lee Nelson | professional NFL football player |
| Sterling Palmer | professional NFL football player |
| Preston Parker | professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Tommy Polley | professional NFL football player |
| Christian Ponder | professional NFL football player, Minnesota Vikings |
| Eric Powell | professional NFL football player |
| Willie Reid | professional NFL football player |
| Burt Reynolds | actor and star Seminole tailback |
| Jamal Reynolds | professional NFL football player |
| Patrick Robinson | professional NFL football player, New Orleans Saints |
| Myron Rolle | professional NFL football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2009 Rhodes Scholarship recipient |
| Samari Rolle | professional NFL football player |
| Gerard Ross | professional NFL football player |
| P. K. Sam | professional NFL football player |
| Garrison Sanborn | professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills |
| Deion Sanders | professional NFL football player, NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1994) |
| Zebrie Sanders | professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills |
| Ron Sellers | professional NFL football player |
| Eric Shelton | professional NFL football player |
| Clay Shiver | professional NFL football player |
| Corey Simon | professional NFL football player |
| Ron Simmons | professional USFL football player, former WCW professional wrestling world champion |
| Carl Simpson | professional NFL football player |
| Ernie Sims | professional NFL football player, Indianapolis Colts |
| Antone Smith | professional NFL football player, Atlanta Falcons |
| Barry Smith | professional NFL football player |
| Sammie Smith | professional NFL football player |
| Jesse Solomon | professional NFL football player |
| Greg Spires | professional NFL football player |
| Rohn Stark | professional NFL football player |
| Walt Sumner | professional NFL football player |
| Tra Thomas | professional NFL football player |
| William Thomas | professional NFL football player |
| Weegie Thompson | professional NFL football player |
| Craphonso Thorpe | professional NFL football player |
| Lawrence Timmons | professional NFL football player, Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rick Tuten | professional NFL football player |
| Tamarick Vanover | professional NFL and CFL football player, current Lake City Christian High School Coach |
| Andre Wadsworth | professional NFL football player |
| Javon Walker | professional NFL football player |
| B. J. Ward | professional NFL football player |
| Charlie Ward | Heisman Trophy winner, professional NBA basketball player |
| Peter Warrick | professional NFL football player |
| Pat Watkins | professional NFL football player |
| Dekoda Watson | professional NFL football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Leon Washington | professional NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks |
| Chris Weinke | Heisman Trophy winner, professional NFL football player |
| Drew Weatherford | professional NFL football player |
| T. K. Wetherell | former State of Florida Representative, Former Speaker of the House for Florida, former President of Florida State University |
| Markus White | professional NFL football player, Washington Redskins |
| Bud Whitehead | professional NFL football player |
| Brett Williams | professional NFL football player |
| Todd Williams | professional NFL football player |
| Peter Tom Willis | professional NFL football player, FSU football radio analyst |
| Ray Willis | professional NFL football player |
| Reinard Wilson | professional NFL football player |
| Kamerion Wimbley | professional NFL football player, Oakland Raiders |
Golf
PGA
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Paul Azinger | professional golfer[17] |
| Jonas Blixt | professional golfer |
| Bob Duval | professional golfer |
| Hubert Green | professional golfer[18] |
| Nolan Henke | professional golfer[19] |
| Brian Kamm | professional golfer |
| Richie Karl | professional golfer |
| Kenny Knox | professional golfer[20] |
| George McNeill | professional golfer |
| Jeremy Robinson | professional golfer |
| Jeff Sluman | professional golfer[21] |
LPGA
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| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Barb Bunkowsky | professional golfer |
| Jane Geddes | professional golfer[22] |
| Nancy Scranton | professional golfer[23] |
| Karen Stupples | professional golfer[24] |
| Colleen Walker | professional golfer[25] |
| Lisa Walters | professional golfer |
Gymnastics
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Rafael A. Lecuona | Olympic gymnast |
Softball
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Yuruby Alicart | Competed for Venezuela in 2008 Summer Olympics |
| Darby Cottle | Two-time All-American softball player |
Swimming and diving
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Phil Boggs | Diver and Olympic Gold Medalist, 1976 Summer Olympics |
| Robert Braknis | Participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics |
| Mateo de Angulo | Represented Colombia in the 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Wendy Fuller | Participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics |
| Patrick Jeffrey | Participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics |
| Mike Kowalski | Participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics[26] |
| Nelson Mora | Notable butterfly swimmer from Venezuela |
| Steve Parry | Butterfly and backstroke swimmer, Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics |
| Ariel Rittenhouse | American diver who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| Julio Santos | Freestyle swimmer from Ecuador |
| Tal Stricker | Breaststroke swimmer, competed for Israel in 2000 Summer Olympics |
| Chris Vythoulkas | Participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for The Bahamas |
Tennis
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Réjean Génois | Professional Tennis player |
| Paul Haarhuis | Professional Tennis player, participated in the Olympics |
| Richard Legendre | Professional Tennis player |
| Joey Rive | Professional Tennis player |
| Maciek Sykut | Professional Tennis player |
Track and field
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Gonzalo Barroilhet | Olympic decathlete from Chile |
| Kim Batten | Long jumper, and Olympic Silver Medalist |
| Jonathan Borlée | Belgian sprinter who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Kevin Borlée | Belgian sprinter who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Marvin Bracy | Notable American sprinter |
| Ricardo Chambers | Jamaican 400 m specialist |
| Charles Clark | Notable American sprinter |
| Bradley Cooper | Olympic discus thrower and shot putter |
| Walter Dix | Won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| Brian Dzingai | Olympic sprinter from Zimbabwe |
| Hannah England | British distance runner, 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Michelle Finn | Notable American sprinter |
| Randy Givens | Relay runner, participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics[27][28] |
| Kemar Hyman | Caymanian sprinter |
| Lacy Janson | Pole vaulter at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Garrett Johnson | American shot putter, 2006 NCAA Champion, and Rhodes Scholar |
| Thomas Lancashire | Represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500m |
| Andrew Lemoncello | Olympic Distance runner from Britain |
| Ngonidzashe Makusha | Olympic long jumper from Zimbabwe |
| Walter McCoy | relay runner, and Olympic Gold Medalist[citation needed] |
| Stephen Newbold | Notable Bahamian sprinter |
| Marita Payne | Canadian sprinter, won two silver medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics |
| Dorian Scott | Jamaican shot putter, competed at 2012 Summer Olympics |
| Kimberly Williams | Jamaican triple jumper, competed at 2012 Summer Olympics |
Volleyball
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Norisha Campbell | professional volleyball player |
| Gabrielle Reece | professional volleyball player, model |
Soccer
| Athlete | Notability |
|---|---|
| Becky Edwards | Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) player |
| Selin Kuralay | 2004 Olympic Games - Australia |
| India Trotter | American professional soccer player |
| Sarah Wagenfuhr | American professional soccer player |
| Mami Yamaguchi | Japanese professional soccer player |
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