List of Florida State University people

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This list of Florida State University people includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Florida State University (FSU). Florida State alumni are generally known as Seminoles. Florida State University is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university in Tallahassee, Florida. Since its founding in 1851, Florida State has graduated 173 classes of students and today has approximately 400,000 alumni. ^[1]

Academia and research

Educators

Eric Barron

Frank Hagenback

Paul Stein

Jim Towey

T. K. Wetherell

Alumni	Notability	Reference
James Ammons	President of Florida A&M University	[2]
J. David Armstrong	President of Broward College	[3]
Eric J. Barron	President of Florida State University and Pennsylvania State University	[4]
Judith A. Bense	President of the University of West Florida	[5]
John Grosskopf	President of North Florida Community College	[6]
Franklin L. Hagenbeck	Superintendent of the United States Military Academy	[7]
Mark R. Hamilton	President of the University of Alaska System	[8]
Carl Hite	President of Cleveland State Community College	[9]
Marvalene Hughes	President of Dillard University	[10]
Ronald R. Ingle	President of Coastal Carolina University	[11]
John P. Johnson	President of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University	[12]
A. James Kerley	President of Gulf Coast State College	[13]
Anne B. Kerr	President of Florida Southern College	[14]
Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.	President of St. Petersburg College	[15]
Charlie LaPradd	President of St. Johns River Community College	[16]
William D. Law	President of St. Petersburg College	[17]
Terrence Leas	President of Big Bend Community College	[18]
Aubrey K. Lucas	President of the University of Southern Mississippi	[19]
E. Ann McGee	President of Seminole State College of Florida	[20]
Robert McLendon	President of St. Johns River Community College	[21]
Charles R. Middleton	President of Roosevelt University	[22]
Albert A. Murphree	President of Florida State College for Women and the University of Florida	[23]
William L. Proctor	Chancellor of Flagler College and athletic director for Florida State University	[24]
James C. Renick	Chancellor of University of Michigan–Dearborn and vice president for the American Council on Education	[25]
Clyda Stokes Rent	President of Mississippi University for Women	[26]
Martha Dunagin Saunders	President of the University of West Florida	[27]
Betty L. Siegel	President of Kennesaw State University and the University System of Georgia	[28]
Paul E. Stein	Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy	[29]
Glenn Terrell	President of Washington State University	[30]
John E. Thrasher	President of Florida State University	[31]
Jim Towey	President of Ave Maria University, president of Saint Vincent College, and director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	[32]
John Kenneth Waddell	President of Allen University and president of Denmark Community College	[33]
E. Jean Walker	President of Virginia Highlands Community College	[34]
T. K. Wetherell	President of Florida State University	[35]
Mark S. Wrighton	Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis	[36]

Academic administrators

Lawrence Abele

William Proctor

Betty Siegel

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Lawrence G. Abele	Provost of Florida State University	[37]
Debra D. Austin	Chancellor of the State University System of Florida and provost of FAMU	[38]
Gordon C. Bond	Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University	[39]
Todd Britsch	Vice president at Brigham Young University and emeritus professor of humanities	[40]
Jered Carr	Director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs	[41]
Thomas A. Desjardin	Commissioner of Education for the State of Maine
Steve Edwards	Deputy provost of Florida State University	[42]
Marc H. Ellis	Director of Jewish Studies at Baylor University	[43]
Leonard Erickson	Deputy director of the Indiana University Cancer Center	[44]
Wayne Flynt	Writer, historian, and University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Auburn University.	[45]
Dwight Gustafson	Dean of fine arts at Bob Jones University	[46]
Tameka Bradley Hobbs	Associate provost of Florida Memorial University and founding director of the FMU Social Justice Institute think tank and research center	[47]
Patrick C. Kennell	Director of the Center for Intensive English Studies at Florida State University	[48]
Hilal Khashan	Administrator at the American University of Beirut	[49]
Aquila Berlas Kiani	President of the Pakistan Federation of University Women	[ citation needed ]
Stephen MacNamara	Vice president at Florida State University	[50]
Robert Millet	Emeritus dean of religious education at Brigham Young University	[51]
William L. Proctor	Athletic director for Florida State University	[52]
James C. Renick	Vice president for the American Council on Education	[53]
Xavier Serra	Founder and director of the Music Technology Group at the Pompeu Fabra University	[54]
Betty Siegel	President of the University System of Georgia	[55]

Professors and researchers

Virginia S. Carr

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Masood Ashraf Raja	Associate professor of postcolonial literature and theory at the University of North Texas. He is also the editor of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, an open access journal that he founded in 2009.	[56] [57] [58] [59] [60]
Virginia Spencer Carr	Biographer, professor at Columbia State University and Georgia State University.
Ricardo Dominguez	Artist, activist, and associate professor of visual arts at UC San Diego. He has been the subject of controversy over a number of acts of electronic civil disobedience on his own and with the Electronic Disturbance Theater, which he founded.
Skip Horack	Writer and professor. He is a former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, and is currently an assistant professor at Florida State University.
Fiona Kelleghan	Science fiction scholar and critic. Associate professor at the University of Miami.
Jesse Lee Kercheval	Academic, poet, memoirist, translator and fiction writer. She is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of numerous books, notably Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater.
Margaret Keyes	American academic and heritage preserver. She was a professor of Home Economics at the University of Iowa and is a nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation, best known for her work to preserve the Iowa Old Capitol Building.	[61]
Leonard Skinner	American high school gym teacher, basketball coach, and businessman. He is known in popular culture as the namesake of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
David Ward-Steinman	Composer and music professor. Became Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at San Diego State University and was a professor at Indiana University.	[62] [63]
Elizabeth Chamblee Burch	Lawyer, elected member of the American Law Institute, currently the Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law at the University of Georgia, and from 2017 to 2018, the Charles Hughes Kirbo Chair of Law at the same university.

Science, space, technology, and math

Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Brent A. Barlow	Former professor at Brigham Young University and author	[64]
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	[65]
Justin Brown	Professional aquanaut with the University of North Carolina Wilmington	[ citation needed ]
Antonio Busalacchi Jr.	Current chairman of World Climate Research Programme and a committee for the National Academy of Sciences, professor at the University of Maryland	[66] [67]
Suzy Covey	Pioneer in XML encoding, and librarian emerita at the George A. Smathers Libraries	[ citation needed ]
Joseph W. Cullen	Former deputy director of the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C.	[68]
Sylvia Earle	Former chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	[69]
Steve Edwards	Physicist	[70]
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	[71]
Marc H. Ellis	Theologian and philosopher	[72]
Leonard Erickson	Deputy Director of the Indiana University Cancer Center, and professor at IUPUI	[ citation needed ]
Jaime Escalante	Former Bolivian educator	[ citation needed ]
A. Wilson Greene	Civil War historian and author; former executive director of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier	[73]
Carolyn S. Griner	Former director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center	[74]
Steven Hebert	Nephrologist	[75]
Robert A. Holton	Scientist who created Taxol, current professor at Florida State University	[76]
Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh	Food scientist and fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists	[77]
Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz	Experimental physicist, early pioneer in developing Pakistan's nuclear deterrence program	[78]
Dan Jones	Professor of English studies at University of Central Florida	[79]
Jesse Lee Kercheval	Academic and writer, and on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison	[80]
Margaret Keyes	Scholar in heritage conservation	[81]
Hilal Khashan	Professor of Political Science at the American University of Beirut	[82]
Jim Kuypers	Communications expert, professor at Virginia Tech	[83]
William Leap	Anthropologist and professor at American University	[84]
Deborah Mash	Professor of neurology, and director of the Brain Endowment Bank at the University of Miami	[85]
Warren P. Mason	Electrical engineer and physicist, founder of the field of distributed-element circuits	[86]
Charles T. Meide	Underwater and maritime archaeologist	[ citation needed ]
Jason Moore	Translational bioinformatics scientist and human geneticist	[87]
Anthony Nicholls	English physicist	[88]
Harold O'Neil	Experimental psychologist, and currently a professor at the University of Southern California	[89]
Orrin H. Pilkey	Geologist, and professor emeritus at Duke University	[90]
Alan R. Price	Former associate director for investigative oversight for the National Institute of Health	[91]
Thomas S. Ray	Ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life	[ citation needed ]
Dušan Repovš	Slovenian mathematician, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Science	[92]
Matthew Barnett Robinson	Criminologist	[93]
Landon T. Ross	Environmental biologist	[94]
Anne Rudloe	Marine biologist, writer, environmentalist, cofounder of Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Award Winner	[95] [96]
James A. Shymansky	Science educator	[97]
Dewey Smith	Professional aquanaut and underwater diver	[98]
Nyayapathi Swamy	Mathematical physicist	[99]
Maria Zemankova	Computer scientist, created the theory of Fuzzy Relational Database System, recipient of the SIGMOD Contributions Award	[100]

Astronauts

Winston Scott

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Winston Scott	Former NASA astronaut	[101]
Norman Thagard	Former NASA astronaut and currently a tenured professor of engineering at Florida State University	[102]

Meteorology

Stan Goldenberg

Bill Proenza

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Stephanie Abrams	Meteorologist, The Weather Channel	[103]
Neil Frank	Former director of the National Hurricane Center	[104]
Stanley Goldenberg	Current meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	[105]
Thomas Grazulis	Meteorologist, worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	[106]
Janice Huff	Meteorologist, currently works for WNBC, and the Today Show	[107]
Richard Knabb	Former director of the National Hurricane Center; currently at The Weather Channel	[108]
Jennifer Lopez	Meteorologist, currently works for The Weather Channel	[ citation needed ]
Max Mayfield	Former director of the National Hurricane Center	[109]
Bryan Norcross	Meteorologist, currently a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel	[ citation needed ]
Bill Proenza	Former director of the National Hurricane Center and former director of the National Weather Service's Southern Region	[110]
Dallas Raines	Meteorologist, currently works for KABC-TV	[111]
George Winterling	Former meteorologist with WJXT	[112]

Rhodes Scholars

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Frederick William Buchholz	1905 Rhodes Scholar
Caroline Alexander	1976 Rhodes Scholar
Garrett Johnson	2006 Rhodes Scholar
Myron Rolle	2009 Rhodes Scholar	[113]

Architecture, engineering and building industry

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Lex Hester	Consolidation architect, former chief administrative officer in Orlando, Broward County and Jacksonville
Margaret Keyes	American academic and heritage preserver. She was a professor of Home Economics at the University of Iowa and is a nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation, best known for her work to preserve the Iowa Old Capitol Building.	[61]

Arts and humanities

Bud Grace

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Martin Eichinger	American sculptor. Deemed one of the few 'Living Masters' by the Art Renewal Center, Eichinger is known for his bronze narrative sculptures.	[114]
Alyson Fox	Artist and illustrator
Bud Grace	Cartoonist, who has worked on the comic strip Ernie, whose title was later changed to Piranha Club in the United States. He also drew the Babs and Aldo comic strip for King under the pseudonym Buddy Valentine.
Masumi Hayaski	Photographer and Fulbright fellow
James F. Hutchinson	Painter, member of the Florida Artists Hall of Fame
Salvador Miranda	Church historian and librarian
Ted Studebaker	Christian missionary to Vietnam
Lynne Taetzsch	Abstract painter and writer

Business and finance

Bob Bowman the mentor to Michael Phelps

Manuel Johnson

Peter Romero

Harry Sargeant

Orson Swindle

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Sandon Berg	Film producer, actor, and screenwriter; co-founder of the United Gay Network
Sara Blakely	President and founder of Spanx; judge on ABC's former reality television series American Inventor
Bob Bowman	Current CEO of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club; mentor to Michael Phelps
Ed Burr	Founder, president and chief executive officer of GreenPointe Holdings, LLC, a diversified holding company	[115]
Jose Ceballos	Current director for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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
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; 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
Kenneth A. Jessell	Current president of Florida International University and former senior vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer of Florida International University
Manuel H. Johnson	Current co-chairman of Johnson Smick International; 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 CF Montreal
Daryl Logullo	Marketing expert
Marjorie Matthews	Former bishop for the United Methodist Church
Martin Mayhew	American football player and executive
Marc Middleton	Current CEO and founder of Growing Bolder
Virginia Montes	Former secretary of the National Organization for Women, and civil rights activist
Jane Mouton	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 and executive officer of General Electric
Jeff Rosenthal	Current president and CEO of Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
Peter F. Romero	Current CEO of Experior Advisory, and former United States Ambassador
Robert Sanborn	Current president and CEO of Children at Risk
Gary A. Sanders	Former CEO of Wackenhut
Harry Sargeant III	Owner of International Oil Trading Company; 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

Entertainment

Courtney Hansen

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Valorie Burton	Life coach, author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur. Author of Listen to Your Life, What's Really Holding You Back?, Rich Minds, Rich Rewards She is the founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute (CaPP).	[ citation needed ]
Matt Chapman	American writer, voice actor, director, producer, and composer. Best known as the co-creator of the animated series Homestar Runner .
Colleen Clinkenbeard	Director, writer, and producer for the English-language dub of Fullmetal Alchemist
William A. Dawson	American football player and assistant coach for Marshall University. He was nicknamed "Red" for his red hair. Coach who was portrayed by Matthew Fox in the film We Are Marshall
Neil Druckmann	writer, creative director, designer, and programmer who is the co-president of the video game developer Naughty Dog. He is best known for his work on the game franchise The Last of Us
Courtney Hansen	Syndicated columnist, TV personality, and model
Allan Havey	HBO stand-up comic and host
Ron Hazelton	Home improvement television personality
Barry Horowitz	Former wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling
Kevin Kelly	Professional wrestling manager, pundit, sportscaster and ring announcer
Jonathan King	Producer and vice president for Focus Features, Dreamgirls , I, Robot , and Finding Forrester
Bert Kreischer	Stand-up comedian and television host; real-life inspiration for the movie Van Wilder
Michael James Nelson	Comedian, writer, producer, The Bachelor , MTV Movie Awards , Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Heather Parcells	Dancer, singer, and actress
Catherine Joy Perry	Model, actress, dancer, singer, and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Lana
Gabrielle Reece	Sports presenter, former fashion model, and professional volleyball player
Jenn Sterger	Model, television personality, and former online columnist for Sports Illustrated . She was an original member of the FSU Cowgirls.
J'Tia Hart	Competitor on Survivor: Cagayan

Film

Alan Ball

Barry Jenkins, 2009

Christine Lahti

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Josephine Abady	Director and producer	[116]
Alan Ball	Academy Award–winning screenwriter and creator of Six Feet Under , True Blood , American Beauty	[117]
Wes Ball	Director, The Maze Runner
Ricou Browning	Film director, actor, producer and underwater cinematographer	[118]
Kat Candler	Award-winning independent filmmaker
Steven Conrad	Screenwriter, The Pursuit of Happyness
Ron J. Friedman	Screenwriter, films Brother Bear , Chicken Little , and Open Season
Barry Jenkins	Academy Award–winning director, producer, and screenwriter, known for directing Medicine for Melancholy and Moonlight
Christine Lahti	Academy Award–winning director, and actress, Chicago Hope , Jack & Bobby
Brad Linaweaver	Screenwriter and film producer, actor, science fiction writer
Jamie Linden	Screenwriter, Money Monster , We Are Marshall
James Laxton	Cinematographer, Moonlight
Greg Marcks	Film director and screenwriter, 11:14 and Lector
Joi McMillon	Film editor, Moonlight
Lauren Miller	Actress and screenwriter
David Robert Mitchell	Film director, It Follows
Aaron Moorhead	Film director, The Endless , V/H/S: Viral (segment "Bonestorm")
Nancy Oliver	Screenwriter
Adele Romanski	Film producer, Moonlight
Nat Sanders	Film editor
Steven L. Sears	Television producer and screenwriter; author of novels and graphic novels
Robin Swicord	Screenwriter and film director

Actors

Faye Dunaway

Cheryl Hines

Traylor Howard

Burt Reynolds

Ron Simmons

Robert Urich

Casper Van Dien

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Frankie J. Alvarez	Actor, Looking
Senait Ashenafi	Actress, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and General Hospital
King Bach	Actor/Comedian/Youtuber, Fifty Shades of Black , Wild 'N Out and Meet the Blacks
Vanessa Baden	Actress, Gullah Gullah Island , Rosewood , and Kenan & Kel
Dan Bakkedahl	Actor, improvisor, and teacher
Trenesha Biggers	Actress, former wrestler for WWE and TNA
Ricou Browning	Actor, Creature from the Black Lagoon
Cody Burger	Actor, Heavyweights , and Christmas Vacation
Matt Cohen	Actor, South of Nowhere , The O.C. , and Boogeyman 2
Gregor Collins	Actor, Ocean's Thirteen
Mekia Cox	Actress, My Brother and Me and Kenan & Kel
Valerie Cruz	Actress, Nip/Tuck , The Dresden Files , and The Devil's Tomb
Dimitri Diatchenko	Actor and musician
Faye Dunaway	Academy Award–winning actress
Tiffany Fallon	Actress, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2005, co-host of the International Fight League, and former cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons
Luis Fonsi	Puerto Rican singer, singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.
Suzanne Friedline	Actress and voice artist
Joanna García	Actress, Reba , Boston Public , Dawson's Creek , American Pie 2
Paul Gleason	Actor, The Breakfast Club , Die Hard , Not Another Teen Movie
Montego Glover	Actress, Smash and on Broadway
Andre Gordon	Actor, Modern Family , Scrubs , Campus Ladies
Jennifer Hammon	Actress
Joey Haro	Actor, Awkward
Cheryl Hines	Actress, producer, director, Curb Your Enthusiasm , Campus Ladies , RV
Andre Holland	Actor, The Knick , Moonlight
Polly Holliday	Actress, Golden Globe winner, nominated for an Emmy Award
Traylor Howard	Actress, Monk on USA network, Son of the Mask
Kevin Kelly	Former ring announcer and manager for the World Wrestling Federation
Nancy Kulp	Actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
Billy Lane	Actor on the Discovery Channel and Biker Build-Off ; owner of Choppers Inc.
Jon Locke	Actor, Land of the Lost , Highway Patrol , Bonanza , Gunsmoke
DeLane Matthews	Actress, Dave's World
Michelle McCool	Actress and former WWE wrestler
Gerald McCullouch	Actor, director, screenwriter, and singer
Vic Morrow	Actor, Combat! and Twilight Zone: The Movie
Henry Polic II	Actor, Super Password and Webster
John G. Preston	Stage and film actor
Art Supawatt Purdy	Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard Award-Nominated Actor, [119] Former Warner Music Recording Artist, Soi Cowboy (film)
Burt Reynolds	Actor, Boogie Nights , The Longest Yard , The Dukes of Hazzard , Deliverance
Chay Santini	Actress and model, Nightstalker, Seeing Other People
Amy Seimetz	Actress, writer, producer, director, and editor, Pet Sematary , Atlanta , The Girlfriend Experience
Sonny Shroyer	Actor, The Dukes of Hazzard , Forrest Gump , The Rainmaker
Richard Simmons	Actor and fitness expert
Ron Simmons	Professional wrestler with WCW and WWE; former football player for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the CFL
Pat Skipper	Actor, American Summer, Wall Street, Lethal Weapon 2, and Predator 2
J. Smith-Cameron	Actress, Crimes of the Heart , Lend Me a Tenor , Our Country's Good , and The First Wives Club
Tonea Stewart	Actress, In the Heat of the Night
Erik Stolhanske	Actor and director, Super Troopers ; co-founder of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Gabriel Traversari	Actor, director, writer, and singer
Robert Urich	Actor, Vega$ , Spenser: For Hire
Casper Van Dien	Actor, Saved by the Bell , Starship Troopers, and Sleepy Hollow
Joseph Will	Actor, NYPD Blue , Will & Grace
Henry Zebrowski	Actor, comedian, and podcast host, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell , Heroes Reborn , The Last Podcast on the Left

Government, law, and public policy

Richard Blankenship

Eleanor Hill

Jeff Kottkamp

Mel Martinez

Frank Sanchez

Jim Smith

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Chris Anyanwu	Current senator for the Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Imo
Mokgweetsi Masisi	Current president of the Republic of Botswana since April 1, 2018 – Present.
Mohammed Nadir Atash	Former senior advisor 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, served as acting administrator for a short period
Richard Blankenship	Former United States Ambassador to the Bahamas
Jose Ceballos	Government affairs advocate in the Democratic Party
Bradley Cooper	Former minister of recreation for the Bahamas; Olympic discus thrower
Pearl Long Cullen	First woman to hold a constitutional office in the state of Florida
Charles J. Cunningham	Former director of the Defense Security Service; 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 W. Ford Jr.	Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Mark Gilbert	Former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
Eleanor J. Hill	Former inspector general to the U.S. Department of Defense
Benedikt Jóhannesson	Icelandic Minister of Finance, Member of the Althing, and Founder of Reform Party	[120]
Manuel H. Johnson	Former assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury
LeAlan Jones	Former United States Senate candidate in Illinois; journalist
Mark E. Kaplan	Former secretary Florida Department of Transportation and chief of staff to Governor Jeb Bush
Brian Kelley	Former CIA officer
Jeff Kottkamp	Former lieutenant. 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; former professional tennis player
Mel Martinez	Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Mokgweetsi Masisi	Current president of Botswana
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 the 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
Pete Romero	Former U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, and the Assistant Secretary of State
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	Former member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
James C. Smith	Former Florida Attorney General; former Florida Secretary of State; current 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	[121]
Dale Watson	Former assistant director for the Counterterrorism Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; current consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton

United States Congress

Kay Hagan

Jason Altmire

Dina Titus

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Jason Altmire	Former Congressman for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
Kathy Castor	Current congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district
Matt Gaetz	Current Congressman for Florida's 1st congressional district
John Rutherford	Current Congressman for Florida's 4th congressional district; former Sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida
Byron Donalds	Current Congressman for Florida's 19th congressional district
Al Lawson	Former Congressman for Florida's 5th congressional district
Val Demings	Former Congresswoman for Florida's 10th congressional district
Charlie Crist	Former Congressman for Florida's 13th congressional district, currently pending U.S. Senate confirmation to be Permanent Representative of the United States to the International Civil Aviation Organization
Jim Bacchus	Former congressman for Florida's 11th congressional district and Florida's 15th congressional district, 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
James W. Grant	Former congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district
Kay Hagan	Former United States Senator from North Carolina
Mel Martinez	Former United States Senator from Florida
Dina Titus	Current congresswoman for Nevada's 1st congressional district; former congresswoman for Nevada's 3rd congressional district; former member of the Nevada Senate
Emmett Wilson	Former congressman for Florida's 3rd congressional district

Governors

Charlie Crist

Alumni	Notability	Reference
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; former Florida Attorney General; Florida Secretary of Education; member of the Florida Senate
Parris N. Glendening	Former Governor of Maryland and former city councilman in the town of Hyattsville, Maryland
Larry Hogan	Current Governor of Maryland

State senators

Mike Haridopolos

Chris Smith

Alex Villalobos

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Dempsey J. Barron	Former President of the Florida Senate
Dennis K. Baxley	Current member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Oscar Braynon	Current member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Michael Brennan	Former member of the Maine Senate and former member of the Maine House of Representatives
W. D. Childers	Former member of the Florida Senate
Charles S. Dean, Sr.	Former member of the Florida Senate
Gary Farmer	Current member of the Florida Senate
Steven Geller	Former member for the Florida Senate
Audrey Gibson	Current member of the Florida Senate, and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mike Haridopolos	Former president of the Florida Senate
Ken Jenne	Former member for the Florida Senate
Jim King	Former president of the Florida Senate
Alfred Lawson, Jr.	Former member of the Florida Senate
John McKay	Former President of the Florida Senate
Robert W. McKnight	Former member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives.
Bill Montford	Current member of the Florida Senate
Steve Oelrich	Former member of the Florida Senate
Bobby Powell	Current member of the Florida Senate
Chris Smith	Former member of the Florida Senate
Geraldine F. Thompson	Former member of the Florida State and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John E. Thrasher	Former member of the Florida Senate, former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, and former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
J. Alex Villalobos	Former member of the Florida Senate
Dana Young	Current member of the Florida Senate

State representatives

Frank Artiles

Allan Bense

Marti Coley

Marcelo Llorente

Juan-Carlos Planas

Carlos Trujillo

Chesley V. Morton

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Martha Alexander	Former member of the North Carolina General Assembly
J. Keith Arnold	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Frank Artiles	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Halsey Beshears	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dennis Baxley	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives, current member of the Florida Senate
Leonard L. Bembry	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Allan Bense	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Mack Bernard	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jim Boyd	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Lindsey Burke	Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives	[122]
Cynthia M. Chestnut	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marti Coley	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Neil Combee	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Kimberly Daniels	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Carl J. Domino	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Terry Fields	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Erik Fresen	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Matt Gaetz	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives, current member of the United States House of Representatives
Greg Gay	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Joe Geller	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tom Goodson	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tom Grady	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Joe Gruters	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Chris Hart IV	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Adam Hasner	Former majority leader for the Florida House of Representatives
Deborah J. Horan	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Clay Ingram	Current member of the Florida House of Representative
Evan Jenne	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Bolley Johnson	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Everett A. Kelly	Former member of the Florida House of Representative
Kurt Kelly	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marcelo Llorente	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mark Mahon	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Anne McGihon	Former member of the Colorado House of Representatives
Sharon J. Merchant	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Larry Metz	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Chesley V. Morton	Former member of the Georgia House of Representatives	[123]
Jimmy Patronis	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Juan-Carlos Planas	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mel Ponder	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Elizabeth W. Porter	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Holly Raschein	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dan Raulerson	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Curtis B. Richardson	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Beryl D. Roberts	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ray Sansom	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Michael Scionti	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Said Sharbini	Former member of the Colorado House of Representatives	[124]
Ken Sorensen	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ross Spano	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Beverly Burnsed Spencer	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John K. Stargel	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jason Steele	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jim K. Tillman	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Trey Traviesa	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Carlos Trujillo	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Leslie Waters	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mike Weinstein	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Wayne Westmark	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John Wood	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dana Young	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives, current member of the Florida Senate

Mayors

Rick Baker

John Marks

Alumni	Notability	Reference
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
Donna Deegan	Current mayor of Jacksonville, Florida	[125]
Mike Halfacre	Current mayor in New Jersey and attorney
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, former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida
John Marks	Former mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
Jack McLean	Former mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
Morgan McPherson	Current mayor of Key West, Florida

Law

Benjamin Crump

Angela Corey

Bruce Jacob

Gregory Tony

Alumni	Notability	Reference
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	Personal injury and criminal attorney
Angela Corey	Former State Attorney for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
Benjamin Crump	Lead attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin
Jerry Demings	Sheriff of Orange County Florida
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 and Policy; former 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	Defense attorney
Marlins Man	Nickname of Laurence Leavy, attorney and well known sports fan
Gary Pajcic	Attorney and philanthropist
Daryl Parks	Attorney and former president of the National Bar Association
Gregory Tony	Sheriff of Broward County, Florida	[126]

Judges

Kenneth Bell

Raoul Cantero

Rudy Contreras

Alumni	Notability	Reference
John Antoon	Current United States District Judge
Kenneth B. Bell	Former Florida Supreme Court Justice
Susan H. Black	Current U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Susan C. Bucklew	Current United States District Judge
Raoul G. Cantero, III	Former Florida Supreme Court Justice
Lacey A. Collier	Current United States District Judge
Rudolph Contreras	Current United States District Judge
Zina Pickens Cruse	20th Judicial Circuit judge in St. Clair County, Illinois, the first African-American woman to serve in the circuit.
W. Thomas Cumbie	Current Senior Judge for the United States Air Force; Colonel
Paul Danielson	Current Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court
George Greer	Judge; presided over the Terri Schiavo case; presided over Hulk Hogan's divorce case in January 2008
Kim Hammond	Circuit court judge, former quarterback of the Florida State Seminoles
Robert L. Hinkle	Current United States District Judge
David L. Middlebrooks	Former United States District Judge
Kevin Michael Moore	Current United States District Judge
Ricky Polston	Former Chief Justice for the Florida Supreme Court	[127]
Mary Stenson Scriven	Current United States District Judge

Journalism and media

Cathy Areu

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Cathy Areu	News analyst and as of 2018 she is the "Liberal Sherpa" on Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tonight . She is also the founder and publisher of Catalina magazine.
Doug Bandow	Political writer and former columnist and fellow for the Cato Institute	[128]
Anthony Cormier	Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism	[129]
Dayle Hinman	FBI-trained criminal profiler
Anne Hull	National staff writer for the Washington Post
LeAlan Jones	Journalist
Danny Kanell	Currently the host of ESPNU's late-night sports and humor show UNITE, and former professional football player with the NFL
Mike McQueen	Journalist
Carol Marbin Miller	Senior Investigative Reporter, Miami Herald
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro	Practicing American attorney and nationally recognized investigative journalist.
Peter Tom Willis	Former commentator for the Florida State Seminoles

Anchors and correspondents

Lee Corso

Donna Deegan

Alumni	Notability	Reference
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. Also, while attending Liberty University she won the beauty-pageant title Miss Virginia in 1990. She participated in the Miss America 1991 pageant. Her scholarship award covered much of her education. In 1995 was Miss Florida USA.
Max Bretos	Current sports anchor for ESPN
Diem Brown	Entertainment reporter for Sky Living and a recurring cast member on MTV's reality television series The Challenge
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	Former 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
Dave Neal	American sportscaster for ESPN
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
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

Literature, writing, and translation

• 
  Dorothy Allison
• 
  Jessica Burkhart
• 
  Jeff Galloway
• 
  Stephen Jones
• 
  Fiona Kelleghan

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Dorothy Allison	Writer	[130]
Jason Altmire	Political author and columnist	[131]
John Bensko	Poet	[132]
Michael Berenbaum	Writer and former Professor of Theology	[133]
Matt Bondurant	(PhD) Writer, The Wettest County in the World	[134]
Christopher Buehlman	Playwright, poet and comedian	[135]
Anthony J. Bryant	Author and editor	[136]
Lela E. Buis	Author, poet and playwright	[ citation needed ]
Jesse Bullington	Author, Enterprise of Death, Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart	[ citation needed ]
Jessica Burkhart	Author, Canterwood Crest	[ citation needed ]
Brigitte Byrd	French-born poet and author
Doug Bandow	Political writer and former columnist and fellow for the Cato Institute	[128]
Virginia Spencer Carr	Biographer, professor at Columbia State University and Georgia State University.
Sandra M. Castillo	Poet
Ryan Van Cleave	Writer, creative writing instructor
John Crawford	Author of the Iraq War memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
Thomas A. Desjardin	Historian and author
Jeff Galloway	Author and Olympian
Charles Ghigna	Children's author and poet
John Earl Haynes	American historian who worked as a specialist in 20th-century political history in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
Rebecca Hazelton	Award-winning poet, editor, and critic
Skip Horack	Writer and professor. He is a former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, and is currently an assistant professor at Florida State University.
Stephen Graham Jones	Author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction
Juan Gutiérrez	Colombian author
Aiden James	American author and fiction writer
Fiona Kelleghan	Science fiction scholar and critic. Associate professor at the University of Miami.
Jesse Lee Kercheval	Academic, poet, memoirist, translator and fiction writer. She is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of numerous books, notably Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater.
David Kirby	Guggenheim Fellowship (English)
Arthur Kurzweil	Author, educator, editor, writer, and publisher
Sharon Lechter	Author, Rich Dad Poor Dad
D. S. Lliteras	Author
Jean Lorrah	Science fiction novelist and contributor to Star Trek series
Richard Lukas	Author and historian
Brooke Magnanti	Research scientist, blogger and writer who goes by the pen name Belle de Jour
Charles Martin	Author
Jenna McCarthy	Author
Jen McClanaghan	Poet
Janisse Ray	Writer, naturalist, and environmental activist
Emilie Richards	Author of romance and mystery novels
Jordan S. Rubin	Novelist
Gwyn Hyman Rubio	Novelist
Linnea Sinclair	Award-winning writer of science fiction romance, fantasy romance and paranormal romance
Jeff Shaara	Novelist
Art Smith	Chef and author
Jane Springer	Award-winning poet
Leon Stokesbury	Poet
Hunter S. Thompson	Author and journalist
Ann VanderMeer	Editor of Weird Tales magazine and several anthologies of fantasy and sci-fi literature; wife of author Jeff VanderMeer

Pulitzer Prize winners

The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions.

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Robert Olen Butler	Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. Currently Krafft Distinguished Professor holding the Michael Shaara Chair in Creative Writing at FSU. Bio.
Adam Johnson	Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and short story writer, The Orphan Master's Son
Doug Marlette	Cartoonist who won the Pulitzer Prize; novelist who wrote The Bridge and Magic Time; former professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathleen Parker	Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper columnist, The Washington Post
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	Composer and the first woman Pulitzer Prize winner

Military

• 
  General Garner
• 
  General Minihan
• 
  Gordon Holder
• 
  General Peyer
• 
  Admiral Sullivan

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Norma Elaine Brown	Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
John Crawford	Former Specialist in the U.S. Army National Guard; Iraq War veteran; 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	Pilot during the Cuban Missile Crisis; retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force
Gordon S. Holder	Retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy
J. Adrian Jackson	Retired rear admiral and Naval Aviator in the U.S. Navy
Paul David Miller	Retired admiral and Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy; current chairman of the Alliant Techsystems company
Kenneth Minihan	Retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force; former director of the National Security Agency (NSA)
Polly A. Peyer	Retired 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	Captain in the U.S. Navy pilot, 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

Music

• 
  Sam Beam
• 
  Rita Coolidge
• 
  Glenn Crytzer
• 
  Ernő Dohnányi
• 
  Jim Morrison
• 
  Jake Owen
• 
  Scott Stapp

Alumni	Notability	Reference
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
Brenda Boozer	An internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano who had an active career performing in operas and concerts around the world and was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 11 seasons.
Khari Cain	Record producer, engineer and composer. Also known by his stage name Needlz.
Ricardo Cobo	Colombian guitar player
Rita Coolidge	Grammy Award–winning singer
Frank Cooper	Pianist, conductor, founder of the Festival of Neglected Romantic Music, research professor of music at the University of Miami
Glenn Crytzer	Composer, guitarist, banjoist, and singer
Dimitri Diatchenko	Actor and musician
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	Canadian opera singer
Marvin Goldstein	Professional pianist and performer
John Driskell Hopkins	Member of the Zac Brown Band
Sarah Hutchings	Composer
Brian Kelley	Country singer, Florida Georgia Line
Frank Kelley	Tenor and faculty member at Boston University
Ryan Key	Vocals and guitar player for the band Yellowcard
Peter Kurau	Principal Horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; professor at the Eastman School of Music
Justin Long	Guitar player for No Address
Sean Mackin	Vocals and violin player for the band Yellowcard
Martha Mier	Composer, "Seventh Street Blues" and "Jackson Street Blues"
Stephen Montague	American composer, conductor and recording artist living in London
David Morris	Vocals for Cold Water Army
Jim Morrison	Singer and songwriter for The Doors
Jake Owen	Country singer
Rosephanye Powell	Choral composer, singer, professor, and researcher
R.LUM.R	Alternative R&B artist and classical guitarist
Daniell Revenaugh	Composer and pianist
Marcus Roberts	Jazz pianist
Alex Sadkin	Record producer and saxophonist
Leonard Skinner	American high school gym teacher, basketball coach, and businessman. He is known in popular culture as the namesake of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Ryan Speedo Green	Master's in Music in 2010 and did his first foreign language opera at FSU. In 2023, he won the lead role in jazz opera Champion at the Metropolitan Opera.	Speedo Green's FSU story in his own words
Morgan Sorne	Singer-songwriter and multi-media artist
Tori Sparks	Singer and songwriter
Scott Stapp	Singer for the band Creed
William Takacs	Principal trumpet for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra; professor at West Texas A&M University
Mark Tremonti	Guitarist for the bands Creed and Alter Bridge
Butch Trucks	Drummer, The Allman Brothers Band
Charles Turner	Jazz trumpeter
Will Turpin	Bassist for Collective Soul
Nancy Van de Vate	Composer
Balint Vazsonyi	Hungarian pianist
T. Edward Vives	Trombonist and composer
David Ward-Steinman	Composer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stella Zambalis	Spinto soprano
Richard Zarou	Contemporary composer of concert and film music

Pageantry

Kylie Williams

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Valorie Burton	Miss Black Texas USA
Tara Dawn Holland Christensen	Miss America 1997, Miss Kansas 1996, and National Sweetheart 1995
Shannon Bream	Miss Virginia 1990, Miss Florida USA 1995
Tiffany Fallon	Miss Georgia USA 2001
Lea Mack	Miss Ohio 1994, and motivational speaker
Shauna Pender	Miss Florida 2003
Toni-Ann Singh	Miss World 2019
Kylie Williams	Miss Florida 2007

Social reform

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Leslie Cochran	Peace activist, cross-dresser, urban outdoorsman and outspoken critic of police treatment of the homeless. Cochran was known in Austin as Leslie. Cochran was considered the man who personified "Keep Austin Weird".	[137] [138] [139] [140]
Terry Coonan	As executive director, FSU's Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Coonan trains advocates, tracks human rights issues and serves as an advocate nationally and internationally. He has served as the Managing Editor of the Human Rights Quarterly, worked in the Department of Justice in the Executive Office of Immigration Review, litigated asylum and immigration cases nationwide, and has worked on various United Nations human rights projects.
Benjamin Crump	American attorney who specializes in civil rights, including those of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, George Floyd, Keenan Anderson, Randy Cox, and Tyre Nichols, people affected by the Flint water crisis, the estate of Henrietta Lacks, and the plaintiffs behind the 2019 Johnson & Johnson baby powder lawsuit alleging the company's talcum powder product led to ovarian cancer diagnoses.
Ricardo Dominguez	Artist, activist, and associate professor of visual arts at UC San Diego. He has been the subject of controversy over a number of acts of electronic civil disobedience on his own and with the Electronic Disturbance Theater, which he founded.

Sports

Baseball

Bruce Bochy

Tony La Russa

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Bruce Bochy	Former baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants and former manager of the San Diego Padres
Ron Fraser	Former baseball coach for the University of Miami
Dick Howser	Former baseball coach for the Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Florida State University
Terry Kennedy	Former baseball coach for the Iowa Cubs
Tony La Russa	Former baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, and St. Louis Cardinals
Carlos Lezcano	Current baseball coach for the Lake Elsinore Storm
Mike Martin	Former baseball coach for Florida State University
Larry Rothschild	Former baseball player for the Detroit Tigers and baseball coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now pitching coach of the San Diego Padres

Basketball

Braian Angola

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Braian Angola	Colombian basketball player who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Dave Cowens	Former basketball coach for the Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Sky
Hugh Durham	Former basketball coach for the University of Georgia and Florida State University
Cliff Ellis	Former basketball coach for Clemson University and Auburn University
Tom Nissalke	Former basketball coach for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Antonio Spurs
Isaiah Swann	Professional basketball player
Scottie Barnes	NBA Rookie of the Year (2022)
Terance Mann	Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers
Sam Cassell	Professional basketball coach for the Boston Celtics, former basketball player

Football

Mack Brown

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Joe Avezzano	Football coach of Oregon State University
Mike Bloomgren	Head football coach, Rice University
Terry Bowden	Football coach for Auburn University and the University of Akron
Mack Brown	Football coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Texas at Austin
Lee Corso	Football coach for the University of Louisville and Indiana University
Gene Cox	Football coach of Leon High School and member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
William A. Dawson	American football player and assistant coach for Marshall University. He was nicknamed "Red" for his red hair. Portrayed by Matthew Fox in the film We Are Marshall
Manny Diaz	Head football coach for the University of Miami
Bobby Frazier	Football coach for the University of the District of Columbia and Bethune-Cookman University
Vince Gibson	Football coach for Kansas State University, Tulane University, and University of Louisville
Reggie Herring	Football coach for the University of Arkansas
Niles Nelson	Football coach for Husson University
Jamal Reynolds	Lombardi Award winner, unanimous All-American
Kirby Smart	Football coach for the University of Georgia
Rick Stockstill	Football coach for Middle Tennessee State University
Jim Yarbrough	Football coach for Southeastern Louisiana University

Other

Kathy Flores

Alumni	Notability	Reference
Zach Banks	Racing driver
Bob Bowman	Former swimming coach for the University of Michigan, and mentor to Michael Phelps
John Cernuto	Professional poker player
Kathy Flores	Current head coach for the United States women's national rugby union team
Cecile Reynaud	Former volleyball coach for Florida State University, current analyst for ESPN

Notable faculty and staff

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Florida State University presidents

Talbot D'Alemberte

Albert Murphree

President	Year	Reference
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
Albert B. Martin	1957 (interim)
Robert M. Strozier	1957–1960 [141]
Milton W. Carothers	1960 (interim)
Gordon W. Blackwell	1960–1965, and President of Furman University, 1965-1976
John E. Champion	1965–1969
J. Stanley Marshall	1969–1976
Bernard F. Sliger	1976-1991
Dale W. Lick	1991–1994
Talbot D'Alemberte	1994–2003
T. K. Wetherell	2003–2009, and former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Eric J. Barron	2009–2014
Garnett S. Stokes	2014 (interim)
John E. Thrasher	2014–2021
Richard D. McCullough	2021–present

Faculty winners of major honors

• 
  Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
• 
  Sir Harold Kroto
• 
  David Larbalestier
• 
  Donald Crosby
• 
  Konrad Bloch
• 
  Robert Butler

Name	Notability	Reference
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 [142]
James M. Buchanan	1986 Nobel Prize in Economics [143]
Robert Olen Butler	Pulitzer 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, [144]
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)
Sir Harold W. Kroto	1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; [145] 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 [146] [147]
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 [148]
Melvin Stern	National Academy of Sciences (Geophysics); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Astronomy and Earth Sciences); Guggenheim Fellowship (Oceanography)
Gary Taylor	Guggenheim Fellowship (English)
André J. Thomas	Robert Shaw Choral Award, American Choral Directors Association [149]
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

• 
  Abdus Suttar Khan
• 
  Charles Figley
• 
  William Heard
• 
  Justin Leiber

Faculty	Notability	Reference
Amy Ai	Fellow of the American Psychological Association's Division 56, and fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
Abdus Suttar Khan	Chemist and aerospace researcher
Gerald M. Ackerman	Art historian, Appleton Distinguished Professor (1994)
Farrukh S. Alvi	Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Carrie Ann Baade	Painter
Richard Burgin	Violinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Yvonne Ciannella	Coloratura soprano
Dean Falk	Lead scientist in research team mapping the brain shape of the LB1 Hobbit
Gerald R. Ferris	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
H. Winter Griffith	Physician and author of many popular books on health and medicine
Paul G. Halpern	Historian known for research and documentary publications on the naval history of the First World War
Barbara Hamby	Poet in residence
Janice Harsanyi	Soprano
William H. Heard	Expert on freshwater mollusks
Mary Hicks	Professor Emeritus, 30 years in the Interdivisional Program of Marriage and the Family
Toussaint Hocevar	Economic historian
Randall Holcombe	Co-founder of Buchanan–Holcombe Branch of economists, [150] past President of the Society for Development of Austrian Economics [151] and the Public Choice Society [152] [ failed verification ]
Robert A. Holton	Inventor of the synthetic process for making taxol
R. Mark Isaac	Scholar of experimental economics
Kelly Jemison	Geologist specializing in Antarctic diatoms
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	Recipient of the Carl Gustav Rossby Medal from the American Meteorological Society and developer of the FSU "Superensemble" hurricane prediction model
Justin Leiber	Philosopher and science fiction writer
Dan Markel	Law professor known for work on criminal justice
Alan G. Marshall	Society for Applied Spectroscopy fellow (2004)
Alfred Mele	Philosopher in practical reason
Doron Nof	Fridtjof Nansen Medal winner
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	Writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction
Louis Sola	Federal Maritime Commissioner	[153]
Friedrich Stephan	Discovered the suprachiasmatic nucleus (circadian "clock")
Stephan von Molnár	1986 Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award
Mark Winegardner	Novelist
Kun Yang	2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association
Susan Blessing	Particle Physicist, APS Fellow, former Chair of the APS Forum on Education	[154] [155]

See also

• Category:Florida State University alumni
• List of Florida State University faculty
• List of Florida State University athletes

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External links

• VIRES Magazine—Florida State alumni magazine
• Florida State Alumni Association