Notable Alumni of West Virginia University
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[edit] Actors and Actresses
- Antoine Fuqua - noted director of Training Day, Shooter, Replacement Killers, etc. Attended, but did not graduate.
- Kathleen Noone - portrays Edna Wallace on the NBC soap opera "Passions," known to have attended.
- Don Knotts - television and movie actor
- Chris Sarandon - television and movie actor, voice of "Jack Skellington"
- David Selby - actor
Cheryl Hines - Actress from Curb Your Enthusiasm attended but did not graduate
[edit] Athletics
- Terry Bowden - ABC Television Sports Analyst
- Tommy Bowden - Head Football Coach at Clemson University
- Marc Bulger - St. Louis Rams Quarterback
- Gale Catlett - winningest coach in WVU basketball history
- Mike Compton - Former NFL Guard
- Mike Gansey - Basketball player
- Major Harris - Quarterbacked for West Virginia in their 1988 undefeated season.
- Johannes "Joe" Herber - German international basketball player
- Chris Henry - NFL wide receiver
- Jeff Hostetler - Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders & New York Giants Quarterback
- Chuck Howley - WVU Five Sport Letterman, NFL Linebacker and Super Bowl MVP with Dallas Cowboys
- Sam Huff - NFL Linebacker, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Rodney Clark (Hot Rod) Hundley - First pick in the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.
- James Jett - All-American sprinter and wide receiver for Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders.
- Adam "Pacman" Jones - NFL cornerback (currently suspended for entire 2007 season for violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy)
- Brian Jozwiak - Former lineman, Kansas City Chiefs.
- Ken Kendrick - owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball
- Steve Kline - Major League Baseball Pitcher
- Adrian Murrell - Former running back for NY Jets.
- Dan Mozes - First Team All American Center, won the Rimington Trophy in his senior year,went undrafted.
- Kevin Pittsnogle - Former WVU basketball star
- Bob Huggins - Former WVU basketball player. Current Head Basketball Coach of the WVU Mens Basketball Team. One of only 4 active Division I coaches with 600+ career victories.
- Jerry Porter - Wide Receiver Oakland Raiders
- Rich Rodriguez - Current head football coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
- Todd Sauerbrun - NFL punter, Went to the Pro Bowl in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
- Floyd B. "Ben" Schwartzwalder - Former head coach of the 1959 National Championship Syracuse University football team
- Darryl Talley - The assassin, WVU all-time team member and NFL Hall of Famer
- John Thornton - defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Mike Vanderjagt - former Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys placekicker
- Jerome Alan "Jerry" West - WVU & NBA basketball player, Model for NBA Logo
[edit] Authors
- Maggie Anderson - poet
- Allen Appel - writer
- Matt Carson - novelist
- Stephen Coonts - New York Times bestselling author
- Chuck Kinder - novelist
- Ann Pancake - author
- Micheal James Zinn - Hallmark greeting cards
[edit] Business
- John Chambers - President and CEO of Cisco Systems
[edit] Education
- Charles M. Vest - President Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Stephen D. Sneed - Associate Dean of Williams College
[edit] Military
- Ret. Gen. Earl E. Anderson - Marine Corps General
- Gen. Bantz J. Craddock - United States Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Brig. Gen. Frank Kendall Everest, Jr - test pilot and pioneer of rocket aircraft
- Gen. Robert H. Foglesong - Retired, Commander, US Air Force in Europe; President of Mississippi State University
- Major Gen. Donald W. Bennett - Retired, Commander 22nd Air Force; Former Director, Lambert International Airport, St. Louis
[edit] Music
- Velvet Brown - Tuba soloist, music educator
- Jay Chattaway - a Star Trek music score writer
- Fuzzy Knight - writer of the WVU Fight Song and Country Western Actor
[edit] Politics
- Carl George Bachmann - U.S. Congressman, Republican Minority Whip 1931-1933
- William Wallace Barron - 26th Governor of West Virginia
- Frank L. Bowman was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives
- Becky Cain - past president of the League of Women Voters
- William G. Conley - 18th Governor of West Virginia
- William Harrison Courtney - special assistant to President Clinton
- William E. Glasscock - 13th Governor of West Virginia
- Howard Mason Gore - 17th Governor of West Virginia
- Kathleen M. Hawk - Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Robert Lynn Hogg - Represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1930-1933
- Sen. Harley M. Kilgore - chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization during World War II
- Nancy Jacobs - Maryland State Senator (1973).
- Tim Mahoney (politician) - U.S. Congressman from Florida
- Darrell McGraw - Current West Virginia Attorney General, Former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court
- Joe Manchin - The 34th Governor of West Virginia
- William C. Marland - 24th Governor of West Virginia
- M. Blane Michael - Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Alan Mollohan - United States Congressman
- Arch A. Moore, Jr. - 28th & 30th Governor of West Virginia
- Ephraim F. Morgan - 16th Governor of West Virginia
- Matthew M. Neely - 22nd Governor of West Virginia
- Asra Nomani - former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and Islamic reform and feminism activist
- Jeff Pyle - Pennsylvania State Representative
- Stuart F. Reed - politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives
- Paul S. Stull, member Maryland House of Delegates.
- John G. Trueschler, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1979).
- Cecil H. Underwood - Youngest (25th) and oldest (32nd) Governor of West Virginia
[edit] Science
- Jon McBride - astronaut
[edit] Other Notable Alumni
- Patrice King Brown - news anchor at KDKA-TV, the CBS television station in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
- Patsy Ramsey - mother of JonBenét Ramsey and 1977 Miss West Virginia
