Notable University of North Texas Alumni

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The following is a list of encyclopedic people who have attended or taught at the University of North Texas.

[edit] Athletics

• Patrick Cobbs, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins.
• Toby Gowin, NFL punter
• "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL Hall of famer, NFL defensive tackle and assistant coach
• Randy Haddox, Professional tournament poker player.
• Cedric Hardman, former NFL football player, defensive end, 1970 1st round draft pick - S.F. 49ers
• Abner Haynes, AFL and NFL running back
• Don January, PGA Senior Tour golfer
• Billy Maxwell, PGA Senior Tour golfer
• Ray Renfro, NFL wide receiver
• Ron Shanklin, NFL receiver and former All-Pro player
• Tra Telligman, UFC Fighter, dubbed Tra "Trauma" Telligman
• Erric Pegram, NFL running back

[edit] Arts and media

• Larry Austin, composer
• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, professional wrestler
• Danny Balis, Producer of 1310 the Ticket's afternoon drive show the Hardline. He is also the bassist of Dallas area bands "Sorta" and "King Bucks"
• Joe Don Baker, film actor
• Shirley Cothran Barret, Miss America 1975
• Joan Blondell, film and television actress
• Pat Boone, pop and gospel singer, actor and television personality
• Billy Lee Brammer, novelist and journalist
• Brave Combo, Grammy-winning polka rock band
• Rogers Cadenhead, author of computer books, Web publisher and member of the RSS Advisory Board
• Thomas Haden Church, film and television actor
• Mike Cochran, journalist, author and Pulitzer Prize winner
• Joseph Patrick Cranshaw film actor, best known as "Blue" from movie "Old School"
• Ivan Davis, classical concert pianist
• Bob Dorough, bebop and jazz pianist/vocalist who wrote and sang many of the Schoolhouse Rock songs
• George Dunham, sports radio talk-show host on 1310 The Ticket's Dunham and Miller also known as "The Musers" and "voice of the Mean Green Radio Network"
• Merrill Ellis, composer
• Rob Erdle, watercolorist, Regents' Professor
• Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist
• Bobby Fuller, rock singer/guitarist best known for his band's cover of "I Fought the Law"
• O'Neil Ford, major regional architect whose works include San Antonio's Tower of the Americas
• Phyllis George, Miss America 1971, actress and broadcaster
• Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
• G. Harvey, oil painter and sculptor specializing in Southwestern art
• Kyle Hebert, voice actor
• Don Henley, singer/songwriter and drummer, both solo and with The Eagles
• Buddy Hickerson, creator of the syndicated comic strip The Quigmans
• Sara Hickman, folk singer/songwriter
• Ray Wylie Hubbard, country music singer
• Norah Jones, Grammy-winning pianist and singer-songwriter
• Brian Ketcham, teacher at Hillwood Middle School, and Ben Franklin biographer^[1]
• Scott Kurtz, creator of the webcomic PvP
• Michael Lark, comic book artist
• T. Lewis, illustrator of the comic strip Over the Hedge
• Tom "Bones" Malone, jazz trombonist; played with the Saturday Night Live and Late Show house bands, and with The Blues Brothers
• "Blue Lou" Marini, saxophonist; played with the Saturday Night Live house band and the Blues Brothers
• Jim Marrs, author of Crossfire: the Plot that Killed Kennedy which was the basis for the Oliver Stone film, JFK
• Lyle Mays, composer/keyboardist with the Pat Metheny Group
• Dr. Phil McGraw, television personality and psychologist
• Larry McMurtry, novelist, essayist and screenwriter; won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Lonesome Dove, and an Academy Award for the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain
• Meat Loaf, rock singer and film actor
• Jim Metcalf, news reporter and Peabody Award recipient
• R.K. Milholland, creator of webcomics Something Positive, New Gold Dreams and Midnight Macabre
• Craig Miller, Co-Host of sports radio 1310 The Ticket's Dunham and Miller morning radio show, also known as "The Musers"
• Jesus Bautista Moroles, granite sculptor
• Bill Moyers, journalist and commentator
• Warren Carl Norwood author of at least 13 Science Fiction novels.
• Roy Orbison, rock singer/songwriter
• Patricia Racette American opera diva.
• J.D. Reid, Texas-based freelance writer, often featured in AmericanWay Magazine
• Brandon Rogers, American Idol (season 6) Finalist
• Bob Ray Sanders, Coulumnist, Editor, and Vice President for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TV personality, Known and requested Public Speaker
• Ann Sheridan, film actress
• Clinton Howard Swindle, journalist and author
• M.B. Tankersley, poet
• Mark Trojanowski, drummer for Sister Hazel
• Paul Varghese Stand Up Comedian, Seen on Last Comic Standing
• Jennifer Vasquez, Big Brother (US) (season 6) contestant and film actor in Mike Judge's comedy Idiocracy starring Luke Wilson (2006), Prison Break season 2, as well as Friday Night Lights (TV series) season 1
• David Von Erich, deceased professional wrestler dubbed the "Yellow Rose of Texas"
• Kevin Von Erich, real name Kevin Adkisson; professional wrestler dubbed "the Golden Warrior", brother of David Von Erich
• Peter Weller, film actor; star of RoboCop
• Noble Willingham, television and film actor known for his role on Walker, Texas Ranger

[edit] Business

• Byron Baird, CEO of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries (now owned by Grupo Bimbo)
• Rhys Best, president of Lone Star Steel Company
• Mike R. Bowlin, chairman of ARCO
• Frank D. Bracken, president of Haggar Company
• Norm Miller, president of Interstate Batteries; co-founder of the Great Race
• Linda Hefner Woltz, president/CEO of Sara Lee Hosiery
• Wende Zomnir, founding partner and executive creative director of Urban Decay Cosmetics

[edit] Politics

• Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi ambassador to Washington, and former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia.
• Dick Armey, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26, which includes UNT, former economics professor and department chair at North Texas
• Michael C. Burgess, current congressman for the 26th Texas district, which includes UNT
• John Creuzot, judge in Dallas' Criminal District Court No. 4
• Jim Hightower, populist activist and former Texas agriculture commissioner
• Ray Roberts, former congressman from Denton; nearby Lake Ray Roberts is named for him

[edit] References

1. ^ www.coachketcham.com