List of Florida State University people


This list of Florida State University people includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Florida State University. 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.

Academia and research

Educators

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James AmmonsPresident of Florida A&M University
J. David ArmstrongPresident of Broward College
Eric J. BarronPresident of Florida State University and Pennsylvania State University
Judith A. BensePresident of the University of West Florida
John GrosskopfPresident of North Florida Community College
Franklin L. HagenbeckSuperintendent of the United States Military Academy
Mark R. HamiltonPresident of the University of Alaska System
Carl HitePresident of Cleveland State Community College
Marvalene HughesPresident of Dillard University
Ronald R. InglePresident of Coastal Carolina University
John P. JohnsonPresident of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
A. James KerleyPresident of Gulf Coast State College
Anne B. KerrPresident of Florida Southern College
Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.President of St. Petersburg College
Charlie LaPraddPresident of St. Johns River Community College
William D. LawPresident of St. Petersburg College
Terrence LeasPresident of Big Bend Community College
Aubrey K. LucasPresident of the University of Southern Mississippi
E. Ann McGeePresident of Seminole State College of Florida
Robert McLendonPresident of St. Johns River Community College
Charles R. MiddletonPresident of Roosevelt University
Albert A. MurphreePresident of Florida State College for Women and University of Florida
William L. ProctorChancellor of Flagler College and athletic director for Florida State University
James C. RenickChancellor of University of Michigan–Dearborn and vice president of the American Council on Education
Clyda Stokes RentPresident of Mississippi University for Women
Martha Dunagin SaundersPresident of the University of West Florida
Betty L. SiegelPresident of Kennesaw State University and the University System of Georgia
Paul E. SteinSuperintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
Glenn TerrellPresident of Washington State University
John E. ThrasherPresident of Florida State University
Jim ToweyPresident of Ave Maria University, president of Saint Vincent College, and director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
John Kenneth WaddellPresident of Allen University and president of Denmark Community College
E. Jean WalkerPresident of Virginia Highlands Community College
T. K. WetherellPresident of Florida State University
Mark S. WrightonChancellor of Washington University in St. Louis

Academic administrators

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Lawrence G. AbeleProvost of Florida State University
Debra D. AustinChancellor of the State University System of Florida and provost of FAMU
Gordon C. BondDean of the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University
Todd BritschVice president at Brigham Young University and emeritus professor of humanities
Jered CarrDirector of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs
Thomas A. DesjardinCommissioner of Education for the State of Maine
Steve EdwardsDeputy provost of Florida State University
Marc H. EllisDirector of Jewish Studies at Baylor University
Leonard EricksonDeputy director of the Indiana University Cancer Center
Wayne FlyntWriter, historian, and University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Auburn University
Dwight GustafsonDean of fine arts at Bob Jones University
Tameka Bradley HobbsAssociate provost of Florida Memorial University and founding director of the FMU Social Justice Institute think tank and research center
Patrick C. KennellDirector of the Center for Intensive English Studies at Florida State University
Hilal KhashanAdministrator at American University of Beirut
Aquila Berlas KianiPresident of the Pakistan Federation of University Women
Stephen MacNamaraVice president of Florida State University
Robert MilletEmeritus dean of religious education at Brigham Young University
William L. ProctorAthletic director for Florida State University
James C. RenickVice president of the American Council on Education
Xavier SerraFounder and director of the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University
Betty SiegelPresident of the University System of Georgia

Professors and researchers

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Thomas E. BakerConstitutional law scholar and professor of law; a founding member of the Florida International University of the College of Law; nationally recognized constitutionalis; author of numerous books and editions, as well as commentary on constitutional law and the federal courts.
Herman E. BrockmanGeneticist, professor at Illinois State University
Elizabeth Chamblee BurchLawyer, elected member of the American Law Institute; Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law at University of Georgia, and Charles Hughes Kirbo Chair of Law at UGA 2017–2018
John R. CarpenterGeochemist, professor at University of South Carolina
Virginia Spencer CarrBiographer, professor at Columbia State University and Georgia State University
Ricardo DominguezArtist, activist, and associate professor of visual arts at UC San Diego; 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 HorackWriter and professor; former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University; assistant professor at Florida State University
Fiona KelleghanScience fiction scholar and critic; associate professor at University of Miami
Jesse Lee KerchevalAcademic, poet, memoirist, translator and fiction writer; professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison; author of numerous books, notably Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater-
Margaret KeyesAcademic and heritage preserver; former professor of Home Economics at University of Iowa; nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation, known for her work to preserve the Iowa Old Capitol Building
Masood Ashraf RajaAssociate professor of postcolonial literature and theory at University of North Texas; editor and founder of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, an open-access journal
Leonard SkinnerHigh school gym teacher, basketball coach, and businessman; namesake of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd-
David Ward-SteinmanComposer and music professor; Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at San Diego State University; former professor at Indiana University

Science, space, technology, and math

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Kathleen AmmResearcher and director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Brent A. BarlowFormer professor at Brigham Young University and author
Eric J. BarronFormer director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado; former dean of the College of Geosciences at University of Texas-Austin
Justin BrownProfessional aquanaut with the University of North Carolina Wilmington
Antonio Busalacchi Jr.Current chairman of World Climate Research Programme and a committee for the National Academy of Sciences, professor at University of Maryland
Suzy CoveyPioneer in XML encoding, and librarian emerita at the George A. Smathers Libraries
Joseph W. CullenFormer deputy director of the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C.
Sylvia EarleFormer chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steve EdwardsPhysicist
Mostafa El-SayedCurrent Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology; Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Marc H. EllisTheologian and philosopher
Leonard EricksonDeputy Director of the Indiana University Cancer Center, and professor at IUPUI
Jaime EscalanteFormer Bolivian educator
A. Wilson GreeneCivil War historian and author; former executive director of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Carolyn S. GrinerFormer director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Steven HebertNephrologist
Robert A. HoltonScientist who created Taxol, current professor at Florida State University
Yun-Hwa Peggy HsiehFood scientist and fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists
Mujaddid Ahmed IjazExperimental physicist, early pioneer in developing Pakistan's nuclear deterrence program
Dan JonesProfessor of English studies at University of Central Florida
Jesse Lee KerchevalAcademic and writer; faculty member at University of Wisconsin–Madison
Margaret KeyesScholar in heritage conservation
Hilal KhashanProfessor of Political Science at American University of Beirut
Jim KuypersCommunications expert, professor at Virginia Tech
William LeapAnthropologist and professor at American University
Deborah MashProfessor of neurology, and director of the Brain Endowment Bank at University of Miami
Warren P. MasonElectrical engineer and physicist, founder of the field of distributed-element circuits
Charles T. MeideUnderwater and maritime archaeologist
Jason MooreTranslational bioinformatics scientist and human geneticist
Anthony NichollsEnglish physicist
Harold O'NeilExperimental psychologist; professor at University of Southern California
Orrin H. PilkeyGeologist, and professor emeritus at Duke University
Alan R. PriceFormer associate director for investigative oversight for the National Institute of Health
Thomas S. RayEcologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life
Dušan RepovšSlovenian mathematician, ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Science
Landon T. RossEnvironmental biologist
Anne RudloeMarine biologist, writer, environmentalist, co-founder of Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Award winner
James A. ShymanskyScience educator
Dewey SmithProfessional aquanaut and underwater diver
Nyayapathi SwamyMathematical physicist
Maria ZemankovaComputer scientist, created the theory of Fuzzy Relational Database System, recipient of the SIGMOD Contributions Award

Astronauts

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Winston ScottFormer NASA astronaut
Norman ThagardFormer NASA astronaut and currently a tenured professor of engineering at Florida State University

Meteorology

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Stephanie AbramsMeteorologist, The Weather Channel
Neil FrankFormer director of the National Hurricane Center
Stanley GoldenbergCurrent meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas GrazulisMeteorologist, worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Janice HuffMeteorologist, currently works for WNBC, and the Today Show
Richard KnabbFormer director of the National Hurricane Center; currently at The Weather Channel
Jennifer LopezMeteorologist, currently works for The Weather Channel
Max MayfieldFormer director of the National Hurricane Center
Bryan NorcrossMeteorologist, currently a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel
Bill ProenzaFormer director of the National Hurricane Center and former director of the National Weather Service's Southern Region
Dallas RainesMeteorologist, currently works for KABC-TV
George WinterlingFormer meteorologist with WJXT

Rhodes Scholars

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Caroline Alexander1976 Rhodes Scholar
Garrett Johnson2006 Rhodes Scholar
Myron Rolle2009 Rhodes Scholar

Architecture, engineering and building industry

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Lex HesterConsolidation architect, former chief administrative officer in Orlando, Broward County and Jacksonville
Margaret KeyesAcademic and heritage preserver; former professor of Home Economics at University of Iowa; nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation, known for her work to preserve the Iowa Old Capitol Building

Arts and humanities

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Martin EichingerSculptor; deemed one of the few "Living Masters" by the Art Renewal Center; known for his bronze narrative sculptures
Alyson FoxArtist and illustrator
Bud GraceCartoonist, strips include Ernie, Babs and Aldo
Masumi HayaskiPhotographer and Fulbright fellow
James F. HutchinsonPainter, member of the Florida Artists Hall of Fame
Salvador MirandaChurch historian and librarian
Ted StudebakerChristian missionary to Vietnam
Lynne TaetzschAbstract painter and writer

Business and finance

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Sandon BergFilm producer, actor, and screenwriter; co-founder of the United Gay Network
Sara BlakelyPresident and founder of Spanx; judge on ABC's former reality television series American Inventor
Bob BowmanCurrent CEO of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club; mentor to Michael Phelps
Ed BurrFounder, president and chief executive officer of GreenPointe Holdings, LLC, a diversified holding company
Jose CeballosCurrent director for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Todd CombsHedge fund manager who has been tapped as a potential successor of Warren Buffett as the chief investment officer of Berkshire Hathaway
Todd CrannellCurrent president of Q2 Sports and Entertainment
Meg CroftonCurrent president of the Walt Disney World Resort
John CulverCurrent executive vice president of Starbucks
James DahlFormer senior vice president of Drexel Burnham Lambert
Jeff GallowayCurrent CEO of Galloway Productions
Michael GenevieCurrent executive director of the Abbeville Opera House
James W. GrantFormer executive vice president of Worldwide Chemical; former U.S. Representative
Chuck HardwickSenior vice president, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc.
Gordon S. HolderCurrently a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, and retired vice admiral in the United States Navy
Glenda HopeHead of the San Francisco Network Ministries, and minister with the Presbyterian Church
Gary HuffFormer CFO for the Los Angeles Raiders, and also worked with the IBM Corporation
Patricia IrelandFormer president of the National Organization for Women, and writer
Kenneth A. JessellCurrent president of Florida International University; former senior vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer of Florida International University
Manuel H. JohnsonCurrent co-chairman of Johnson Smick International; former vice chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve Bank
Richard LegendreCurrent vice president of CF Montreal
Daryl LogulloMarketing expert
Marjorie MatthewsFormer bishop for the United Methodist Church
Martin MayhewAmerican football player and executive
Marc MiddletonCurrent CEO and founder of Growing Bolder
Virginia MontesFormer secretary of the National Organization for Women, and civil rights activist
Jane MoutonManagement theorist
Gregory ParkesCurrent bishop for the Catholic Church
Tom PetwayCurrent minority partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and chairman of the board for Zurich Insurance Services
Bobby PittmanCurrent vice president of African Development Bank
Richard W. RahnCurrent chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth
Peter F. RomeroCurrent CEO of Experior Advisory, and former United States ambassador
Jeff RosenthalCurrent president and CEO of Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
Robert SanbornCurrent president and CEO of Children at Risk
Harry Sargeant IIIOwner of International Oil Trading Company; billionaire
Brian SussmanCurrent managing partner of 34 Pictures Entertainment
Orson SwindleFormer executive director of United We Stand America, and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Carlos O. ToranoCurrent president of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco
Irita Van DorenFormer editor of the New York Herald Tribune
Mike VasilindaFormer executive with Florida's News Channel
Woody WoodwardFormer general manager for the New York Yankees
Ed YoungFounder and senior pastor of Fellowship Church

Entertainment

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Valorie BurtonLife coach, author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur; author of Listen to Your Life, What's Really Holding You Back?, Rich Minds, Rich Rewards; founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute
Matt ChapmanWriter, voice actor, director, producer, and composer; co-creator of the animated series Homestar Runner
Colleen ClinkenbeardDirector, writer, and producer for the English-language dub of Fullmetal Alchemist
William A. DawsonAmerican football player and assistant coach for Marshall University; nicknamed "Red" for his red hair; portrayed by Matthew Fox in the film We Are Marshall
Neil DruckmannWriter, creative director, designer, and programmer; co-president of the video game developer Naughty Dog; known for his work on the game franchise The Last of Us
Courtney HansenSyndicated columnist, TV personality, and model
J'Tia HartCompetitor on Survivor: Cagayan
Allan HaveyHBO stand-up comic and host
Ron HazeltonHome improvement television personality
Barry HorowitzFormer wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling
Kevin KellyProfessional wrestling manager, pundit, sportscaster and ring announcer
Jonathan KingProducer and vice president of Focus Features, Dreamgirls, I, Robot, and Finding Forrester
Bert KreischerStand-up comedian and television host; real-life inspiration for the movie Van Wilder
Michael James NelsonComedian, writer, producer, The Bachelor, MTV Movie Awards, Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Heather ParcellsDancer, singer, and actress
Catherine Joy PerryModel, actress, dancer, singer, and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Lana
Gabrielle ReeceSports presenter, former fashion model, and professional volleyball player
Jenn StergerModel, television personality, and former online columnist for Sports Illustrated; an original member of the FSU Cowgirls

Film

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Josephine AbadyDirector and producer
Alan BallAcademy Award–winning screenwriter and creator of Six Feet Under, True Blood, American Beauty
Wes BallDirector, The Maze Runner
Ricou BrowningFilm director, actor, producer and underwater cinematographer
Kat CandlerIndependent filmmaker
Steven ConradScreenwriter, The Pursuit of Happyness
Ron J. FriedmanScreenwriter, films Brother Bear, Chicken Little, and Open Season
Barry JenkinsAcademy Award–winning director, producer, and screenwriter, known for directing Medicine for Melancholy and Moonlight
Christine LahtiAcademy Award–winning director, and actress, Chicago Hope, Jack & Bobby
James LaxtonCinematographer, Moonlight
Brad LinaweaverScreenwriter and film producer, actor, science fiction writer
Jamie LindenScreenwriter, Money Monster, We Are Marshall
Greg MarcksFilm director and screenwriter, 11:14 and Lector
Joi McMillonFilm editor, Moonlight
Lauren MillerActress and screenwriter
David Robert MitchellFilm director, It Follows
Aaron MoorheadFilm director, The Endless, V/H/S: Viral (segment "Bonestorm")
Nancy OliverScreenwriter
Adele RomanskiFilm producer, Moonlight
Nat SandersFilm editor
Steven L. SearsTelevision producer and screenwriter; author of novels and graphic novels
Robin SwicordScreenwriter and film director

Actors

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Frankie J. AlvarezActor, Looking
Senait AshenafiActress, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and General Hospital
King BachActor/Comedian/YouTuber, Fifty Shades of Black, Wild 'N Out and Meet the Blacks
Vanessa BadenActress, Gullah Gullah Island, Rosewood, and Kenan & Kel
Dan BakkedahlActor, improvisor, and teacher
Trenesha BiggersActress, former wrestler for WWE and TNA
Ricou BrowningActor, Creature from the Black Lagoon
Cody BurgerActor, Heavyweights, and Christmas Vacation
Matt CohenActor, South of Nowhere, The O.C., and Boogeyman 2
Gregor CollinsActor, Ocean's Thirteen
Mekia CoxActress, My Brother and Me and Kenan & Kel
Valerie CruzActress, Nip/Tuck, The Dresden Files, and The Devil's Tomb
Dimitri DiatchenkoActor and musician
Faye DunawayAcademy Award–winning actress
Tiffany FallonActress, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2005, co-host of the International Fight League, and former cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons
Luis FonsiPuerto Rican singer, singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
Suzanne FriedlineActress and voice artist
Joanna GarcíaActress, Reba, Boston Public, Dawson's Creek, American Pie 2
Paul GleasonActor, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, Not Another Teen Movie
Montego GloverActress, Smash and on Broadway
Andre GordonActor, Modern Family, Scrubs, Campus Ladies
Jennifer HammonActress
Joey HaroActor, Awkward
Cheryl HinesActress, producer, director, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Campus Ladies, RV
Andre HollandActor, The Knick, Moonlight
Polly HollidayActress, Golden Globe winner, nominated for an Emmy Award
Traylor HowardActress, Monk on USA network, Son of the Mask
Kevin KellyFormer ring announcer and manager for the World Wrestling Federation
Nancy KulpActress, The Beverly Hillbillies
Billy LaneActor on the Discovery Channel and Biker Build-Off; owner of Choppers Inc.
Jon LockeActor, Land of the Lost, Highway Patrol, Bonanza, Gunsmoke
DeLane MatthewsActress, Dave's World
Michelle McCoolActress and former WWE wrestler
Gerald McCullouchActor, director, screenwriter, and singer
Vic MorrowActor, Combat! and Twilight Zone: The Movie
Henry Polic IIActor, Super Password and Webster
John G. PrestonStage and film actor
Art Supawatt PurdyCannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard Award-nominated actor, former Warner Music recording artist, Soi Cowboy
Burt ReynoldsActor, Boogie Nights, The Longest Yard, The Dukes of Hazzard, Deliverance
Chay SantiniActress and model, Nightstalker, Seeing Other People
Amy SeimetzActress, writer, producer, director, and editor, Pet Sematary, Atlanta, The Girlfriend Experience
Sonny ShroyerActor, The Dukes of Hazzard, Forrest Gump, The Rainmaker
Richard SimmonsActor and fitness expert
Ron SimmonsProfessional wrestler with WCW and WWE; former football player for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the CFL
Pat SkipperActor, American Summer, Wall Street, Lethal Weapon 2, and Predator 2
J. Smith-CameronActress, Crimes of the Heart, Lend Me a Tenor, Our Country's Good, and The First Wives Club
Tonea StewartActress, In the Heat of the Night
Erik StolhanskeActor and director, Super Troopers; co-founder of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Gabriel TraversariActor, director, writer, and singer
Robert UrichActor, Vega$, Spenser: For Hire
Casper Van DienActor, Saved by the Bell, Starship Troopers, and Sleepy Hollow
Joseph WillActor, NYPD Blue, Will & Grace
Henry ZebrowskiActor, comedian, and podcast host, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Heroes Reborn, The Last Podcast on the Left-

Government, law, and public policy

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Chris AnyanwuCurrent senator for the Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Imo-
Mohammed Nadir AtashFormer senior advisor to the Ministry of Transport for Afghanistan
Michael BerenbaumCurrent director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
David BibbFormer deputy administrator of the General Services Administration, served as acting administrator for a short period
Richard BlankenshipFormer United States Ambassador to the Bahamas
Jose CeballosGovernment affairs advocate in the Democratic Party
Bradley CooperFormer minister of recreation for the Bahamas; Olympic discus thrower
R. Clarke CooperDiplomat and geopolitical consultant; 19th U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
Pearl Long CullenFirst woman to hold a constitutional office in the state of Florida
Charles J. CunninghamFormer director of the Defense Security Service; former lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force
Val DemingsFormer chief of the Orlando Police Department
Richard L. DuggerFormer secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections
Carl W. Ford Jr.15th U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Mark GilbertFormer United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
Eleanor J. HillFormer inspector general to the U.S. Department of Defense
Benedikt JóhannessonIcelandic Minister of Finance, Member of the Althing and founder of Viðreisn
Manuel H. JohnsonFormer assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury
LeAlan JonesFormer United States Senate candidate in Illinois; journalist
Mark E. KaplanFormer secretary Florida Department of Transportation and chief of staff to Governor Jeb Bush
Brian KelleyFormer CIA officer
Jeff KottkampFormer lieutenant. governor of Florida
Al LambertiCurrent sheriff of Broward County, Florida
Richard LegendreFormer member of National Assembly of Quebec; former Quebec Minister of Sports; former professional tennis player
Mel MartinezFormer United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Mokgweetsi MasisiPresident of the Republic of Botswana, 2018–present
Harold O'NeilFormer director with the United States Department of Defense
Bobby PittmanFormer special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs to the Bush administration
Aleksandar PopovićCurrent Serbian Minister of Energetics
Roger A. PowellRetired major general in the Australian Army and deputy force commander of the United Nations
Pete RomeroFormer U.S. ambassador to Ecuador, and Assistant Secretary of State
Frank SanchezUnder Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the Department of Commerce
Ion SanchoCurrent supervisor of elections for Leon County, Florida, gained notoriety in the 2000 presidential recount
Dana SeetahalFormer member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
James C. SmithFormer Florida attorney general; former Florida secretary of state; current chairman of the Florida State University Board of Trustees
Orson SwindleFormer commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Jim ToweyFormer director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Vic VickersFormer United States Senate candidate in Alaska
Doan Viet HoatVietnamese academic and dissident, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
Dale WatsonFormer assistant director for the Counterterrorism Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; current consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton

United States Congress

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Jason AltmireFormer congressman for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
Jim BacchusFormer 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 BoydFormer congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district
William CarneyFormer congressman for New York's 1st congressional district
Kathy CastorCurrent congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district
Charlie CristFormer 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
Val DemingsFormer congresswoman for Florida's 10th congressional district
Byron DonaldsCurrent congressman for Florida's 19th congressional district
Matt GaetzFormer congressman for Florida's 1st congressional district
James W. GrantFormer congressman for Florida's 2nd congressional district
Kay HaganFormer United States senator from North Carolina
Al LawsonFormer congressman for Florida's 5th congressional district
Mel MartinezFormer United States senator from Florida
John RutherfordCurrent congressman for Florida's 4th congressional district; former sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida
Dina TitusCurrent congresswoman for Nevada's 1st congressional district; former congresswoman for Nevada's 3rd congressional district; former member of the Nevada Senate
Emmett WilsonFormer congressman for Florida's 3rd congressional district

Governors

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Reubin O'Donovan AskewFormer governor of Florida, member of the Florida Senate, United States Trade Representative, and former candidate for president of the United States
Charlie CristFormer governor of Florida; former Florida attorney general; Florida secretary of education; member of the Florida Senate
Parris N. GlendeningFormer governor of Maryland and former city councilman in Hyattsville, Maryland
Larry HoganFormer governor of Maryland

State senators

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Dempsey J. BarronFormer president of the Florida Senate
Dennis K. BaxleyCurrent member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Oscar BraynonCurrent member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Michael BrennanFormer member of the Maine Senate and former member of the Maine House of Representatives
W. D. ChildersFormer member of the Florida Senate
Charles S. Dean, Sr.Former member of the Florida Senate
Gary FarmerCurrent member of the Florida Senate
Steven GellerFormer member for the Florida Senate
Audrey GibsonCurrent member of the Florida Senate, and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mike HaridopolosFormer president of the Florida Senate
Ken JenneFormer member for the Florida Senate
Jim KingFormer president of the Florida Senate
Alfred Lawson, Jr.Former member of the Florida Senate
John McKayFormer president of the Florida Senate
Robert W. McKnightFormer member of the Florida Senate and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Bill MontfordCurrent member of the Florida Senate
Steve OelrichFormer member of the Florida Senate
Bobby PowellCurrent member of the Florida Senate
Chris SmithFormer member of the Florida Senate
Geraldine F. ThompsonFormer member of the Florida State and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
John E. ThrasherFormer member of the Florida Senate, former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, and former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
J. Alex VillalobosFormer member of the Florida Senate
Dana YoungCurrent member of the Florida Senate

State representatives

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Martha AlexanderFormer member of the North Carolina General Assembly
J. Keith ArnoldFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Frank ArtilesFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dennis BaxleyFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives, current member of the Florida Senate
Leonard L. BembryFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Allan BenseFormer Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Mack BernardFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Halsey BeshearsCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jim BoydCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Lindsey BurkeMember of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Cynthia M. ChestnutFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marti ColeyFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Neil CombeeCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Kimberly DanielsCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Carl J. DominoFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Terry FieldsFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Erik FresenFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Matt GaetzFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives, current member of the United States House of Representatives
Greg GayFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Joe GellerCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tom GoodsonCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tom GradyFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Joe GrutersCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Chris Hart IVFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Adam HasnerFormer majority leader for the Florida House of Representatives
Deborah J. HoranFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Clay IngramCurrent member of the Florida House of Representative
Evan JenneCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Bolley JohnsonFormer speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Everett A. KellyFormer member of the Florida House of Representative
Kurt KellyFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marcelo LlorenteFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mark MahonFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Anne McGihonFormer member of the Colorado House of Representatives
Sharon J. MerchantFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Larry MetzCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Chesley V. MortonFormer member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Jimmy PatronisFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Juan-Carlos PlanasFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mel PonderCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Elizabeth W. PorterCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Holly RascheinCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dan RaulersonCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Curtis B. RichardsonFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Beryl D. RobertsFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ray SansomFormer Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Michael SciontiFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Said SharbiniFormer member of the Colorado House of Representatives
Ken SorensenFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ross SpanoCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Beverly Burnsed SpencerFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
John K. StargelFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jason SteeleFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jim K. TillmanFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Trey TraviesaFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Carlos TrujilloCurrent member of the Florida House of Representatives
Leslie WatersFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mike WeinsteinFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Wayne WestmarkFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
John WoodFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives
Dana YoungFormer member of the Florida House of Representatives, current member of the Florida Senate

Mayors

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Art AgnosFormer mayor of San Francisco, California
Rick BakerFormer mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida
Michael F. BrennanCurrent mayor of Portland, Maine
Rich CrottyFormer mayor of Orange County, Florida
Donna DeeganCurrent mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Mike HalfacreCurrent mayor in New Jersey and attorney
Teresa JacobsCurrent mayor of Orange County, Florida
Ken KeechlCurrent mayor of Broward County, Florida
David T. KennedyFormer mayor of Miami, Florida
Scott MaddoxFormer mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, ran unsuccessfully for governor of Florida
John MarksFormer mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
Jack McLeanFormer mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
Morgan McPhersonCurrent mayor of Key West, Florida

Law

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Jose BaezLead attorney for Casey Anthony in the death of Caylee Anthony trial
Thomas E. BakerAttorney, writer, professor at Florida International University College of Law
Barry CohenPersonal injury and criminal attorney
Angela CoreyFormer state attorney for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
Benjamin CrumpLead attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin
Jerry DemingsSheriff of Orange County, Florida
Mike HalfacreDirector of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Tim HowardCurrent director of the Northeastern University's Executive Doctorate Program in Law and Policy; former assistant attorney general of Florida
Bruce JacobFormer assistant attorney general for Florida, prosecuted in Gideon v. Wainwright
Marlins ManNickname of Laurence Leavy, attorney and well known sports fan
Craig McCarthyAttorney on a number of high-profile cases and candidate for the Florida House of Representatives
Mark O'MaraDefense attorney
Gary PajcicAttorney and philanthropist
Daryl ParksAttorney and former president of the National Bar Association
Gregory TonySheriff of Broward County, Florida

Judges

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John AntoonCurrent United States district judge
Kenneth B. BellFormer Florida Supreme Court justice
Susan H. BlackCurrent U.S. Court of Appeals judge
Susan C. BucklewCurrent United States district judge
Raoul G. Cantero, IIIFormer Florida Supreme Court justice
Lacey A. CollierCurrent United States district judge
Rudolph ContrerasCurrent United States district judge
Zina Pickens Cruse20th Judicial Circuit judge in St. Clair County, Illinois, first African-American woman to serve in the circuit
W. Thomas CumbieCurrent senior judge for the United States Air Force; colonel
Paul DanielsonCurrent justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court
George GreerJudge; presided over the Terri Schiavo case; presided over Hulk Hogan's divorce case in January 2008
Kim HammondCircuit court judge, former quarterback of the Florida State Seminoles
Robert L. HinkleCurrent United States district judge
David L. MiddlebrooksFormer United States district judge
Kevin Michael MooreCurrent United States district judge
Ricky PolstonFormer chief justice for the Florida Supreme Court
Mary Stenson ScrivenCurrent United States district judge

Journalism and media

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Cathy AreuNews analyst; the "Liberal Sherpa" on Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tonight; founder and publisher of Catalina magazine
Doug BandowPolitical writer; former columnist and fellow for the Cato Institute
Anthony CormierWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism
Dayle HinmanFBI-trained criminal profiler
Anne HullNational staff writer for the Washington Post
LeAlan JonesJournalist
Danny KanellCurrently the host of ESPNU's late-night sports and humor show UNITE, and former professional football player with the NFL
Mike McQueenJournalist
Carol Marbin MillerSenior investigative reporter, Miami Herald
Jeffrey Scott ShapiroPracticing attorney, investigative journalist
Peter Tom WillisFormer commentator for the Florida State Seminoles

Anchors and correspondents

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Dan BakkedahlCorrespondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show
Jackie BangeAnchor and reporter for CW affiliate and cable superstation WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois
Shannon BreamCorrespondent on the Fox News Channel, covers the U.S. Supreme Court; Miss Virginia in 1990; participated in the Miss America 1991 pageant; her scholarship award covered much of her education; Miss Florida USA in 1995
Max BretosCurrent sports anchor for ESPN
Diem BrownEntertainment reporter for Sky Living and a recurring cast member on MTV's reality television series The Challenge
Lee CorsoSports broadcaster for ESPN, starred on College GameDay since its inception, former head coach of Louisville and Indiana University
Donna DeeganFormer weekday anchor for WTLV/WJXX
Arnold DíazCorrespondent on WNYW-TV in New York City
Jamie DukesSports broadcaster for ESPN and host of Put Up Your Dukes
Dave NealSportscaster for ESPN
Gary ParrisCommentator for the University of Central Florida
Stephen ParryCommentator for the BBC Sport
Eduardo PérezCommentator for ESPN's Baseball Tonight
Cecile ReynaudCommentator for Fox Sports Net, the Sunshine Network, and ESPN
Chris RixCurrent football analyst for ABC and Fox Sports Radio
Spencer RossFormer sports broadcaster
Danyelle SargentCurrent anchor for ESPN
Gayle SierensCurrent news anchor, WFLA-TV, Tampa
Bailey WhiteCurrent commentator for the NPR program All Things Considered
Matt YocumNASCAR reporter and sportscaster

Literature, writing, and translation

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Dorothy AllisonWriter
Jason AltmirePolitical author and columnist
Doug BandowPolitical writer and former columnist and fellow for the Cato Institute
John BenskoPoet
Michael BerenbaumWriter and former professor of Theology
Matt BondurantWriter, The Wettest County in the World
Anthony J. BryantAuthor and editor
Christopher BuehlmanPlaywright, poet and comedian
Lela E. BuisAuthor, poet and playwright
Jesse BullingtonAuthor, Enterprise of Death, Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart
Jessica BurkhartAuthor, Canterwood Crest
Brigitte ByrdFrench-born poet and author
Virginia Spencer CarrBiographer, professor at Columbia State University and Georgia State University
Sandra M. CastilloPoet
John CrawfordAuthor of the Iraq War memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
Thomas A. DesjardinHistorian and author
Jeff GallowayAuthor and Olympian
Charles GhignaChildren's author and poet
Juan GutiérrezColombian author
John Earl HaynesAmerican historian who worked as a specialist in 20th-century political history in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
Rebecca HazeltonPoet, editor, and critic
Skip HorackWriter and professor; former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University; assistant professor at Florida State University
Aiden JamesAuthor and fiction writer
Stephen Graham JonesAuthor of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction
Fiona KelleghanScience fiction scholar and critic; associate professor at University of Miami
Jesse Lee KerchevalAcademic, poet, memoirist, translator and fiction writer; professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison; author of numerous books, notably Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater
David KirbyGuggenheim Fellowship
Arthur KurzweilAuthor, educator, editor, writer, and publisher
Sharon LechterAuthor, Rich Dad Poor Dad
D. S. LliterasAuthor
Jean LorrahScience fiction novelist and contributor to Star Trek series
Richard LukasAuthor and historian
Brooke MagnantiResearch scientist, blogger and writer who goes by the pen name Belle de Jour
Charles MartinAuthor
Jenna McCarthyAuthor
Jen McClanaghanPoet
Janisse RayWriter, naturalist, and environmental activist
Emilie RichardsAuthor of romance and mystery novels
Jordan S. RubinNovelist
Gwyn Hyman RubioNovelist
Jeff ShaaraNovelist
Linnea SinclairWriter of science fiction romance, fantasy romance and paranormal romance
Art SmithChef and author
Jane SpringerPoet
Leon StokesburyPoet
Hunter S. ThompsonAuthor and journalist
Ryan Van CleaveWriter, creative writing instructor
Ann VanderMeerEditor 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.
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Robert Olen ButlerWon the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain; Krafft Distinguished Professor holding the Michael Shaara Chair in Creative Writing at FSU-
Adam JohnsonPulitzer Prize–winning novelist and short story writer, The Orphan Master's Son
Doug MarletteCartoonist who won the Pulitzer Prize; novelist who wrote The Bridge and Magic Time; former professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathleen ParkerPulitzer Prize–winning newspaper columnist, The Washington Post
Ellen Taaffe ZwilichComposer; first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music

Military

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Norma Elaine BrownRetired major general in the U.S. Air Force
John CrawfordFormer 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. CunninghamRetired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force
Jay GarnerRetired general in the U.S. Army; 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. HagenbeckActive lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and the current commandant of the U.S. Military Academy
Mark R. HamiltonRetired major general in the U.S. Army
Winfield S. HarpeRetired major general in the U.S. Air Force
Richard S. HeyserPilot during the Cuban Missile Crisis; retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force
Gordon S. HolderRetired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy
J. Adrian JacksonRetired rear admiral and naval aviator in the U.S. Navy
Paul David MillerRetired admiral and surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy; current chairman of the Alliant Techsystems company
Kenneth MinihanRetired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force; former director of the National Security Agency
Polly A. PeyerRetired major general in the U.S. Air Force
John L. PiotrowskiRetired general in the U.S. Air Force
Steven H. RattiActive rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard
Michael K. SheridanRetired brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps
Scott SpeicherCaptain in the U.S. Navy pilot, who was shot down in the Persian Gulf War
Paul E. SteinRetired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force
Lawrence W. SteinkrausRetired major general in the U.S. Air Force
William D. SullivanActive vice admiral in the U.S. Navy
LeRoy W. Svendsen, Jr.Retired major general in the U.S. Air Force
H. Marshal WardRetired major general in the U.S. Air Force
W. Thomas WestRetired major general in the U.S. Air Force

Music

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Cristian AmigoChilean composer, improviser, guitarist, and ethnomusicologist
Kim BarlowCanadian folk music singer-songwriter
Sam BeamSole member of Iron & Wine
Ryland BlackintonGuitarist for the band Cobra Starship
Brenda BoozerMezzo-soprano who had an active career performing in operas and concerts around the world; was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 11 seasons
Ricardo CoboColombian guitar player
Rita CoolidgeGrammy Award-winning singer
Frank CooperPianist, conductor, founder of the Festival of Neglected Romantic Music, research professor of music at University of Miami
Glenn CrytzerComposer, guitarist, banjoist, and singer
Dimitri DiatchenkoActor and musician
Jonny DiazContemporary Christian artist
Luis FonsiSinger and songwriter
Thomas G. GlennCanadian opera singer
Marvin GoldsteinProfessional pianist and performer
John Driskell HopkinsMember of the Zac Brown Band
Sarah HutchingsComposer
Brian KelleyCountry singer, Florida Georgia Line
Frank KelleyTenor and faculty member at Boston University
Ryan KeyVocals and guitar player for the band Yellowcard
Peter KurauPrincipal horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; professor at the Eastman School of Music
Justin LongGuitar player for No Address
Sean MackinVocals and violin player for the band Yellowcard
Martha MierComposer, "Seventh Street Blues" and "Jackson Street Blues"
Stephen MontagueComposer, conductor and recording artist living in London
David MorrisVocalist for Cold Water Army
Jim MorrisonSinger and songwriter for The Doors
NeedlzRecord producer, engineer and composer
Jake OwenCountry singer
Rosephanye PowellChoral composer, singer, professor, and researcher
R.LUM.RAlternative R&B artist and classical guitarist
Daniell RevenaughComposer and pianist
Marcus RobertsJazz pianist
Alex SadkinRecord producer and saxophonist
Leonard SkinnerHigh school gym teacher, basketball coach, and businessman; namesake of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Morgan SorneSinger-songwriter and multi-media artist
Tori SparksSinger and songwriter
Ryan Speedo GreenBass-baritone opera singer; graduated with a master's in Music in 2010 and did his first foreign language opera at FSU
Scott StappSinger for the band Creed
William TakacsPrincipal trumpet for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra; professor at West Texas A&M University
Mark TremontiGuitarist for the bands Creed and Alter Bridge
Butch TrucksDrummer, The Allman Brothers Band
Charles TurnerJazz trumpeter
Will TurpinBassist for Collective Soul
Nancy Van de VateComposer
Balint VazsonyiHungarian pianist
T. Edward VivesTrombonist and composer
Ernst von DohnányiComposer and conductor of classical music
David Ward-SteinmanComposer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stella ZambalisSpinto soprano
Richard ZarouContemporary composer of concert and film music

Pageantry

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Shannon BreamMiss Virginia 1990, Miss Florida USA 1995
Valorie BurtonMiss Black Texas USA
Tara Dawn Holland ChristensenMiss America 1997, Miss Kansas 1996, and National Sweetheart 1995
Tiffany FallonMiss Georgia USA 2001
Lea MackMiss Ohio 1994, and motivational speaker
Shauna PenderMiss Florida 2003
Toni-Ann SinghMiss World 2019
Kylie WilliamsMiss Florida 2007

Social reform

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Leslie CochranPeace activist, cross-dresser, urban outdoorsman and outspoken critic of police treatment of the homeless;was known in Austin as Leslie; was considered the man who personified "Keep Austin Weird"
Benjamin CrumpAttorney 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
Ricardo DominguezArtist, activist, and associate professor of visual arts at UC San Diego; 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

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Ron FraserFormer baseball coach for the University of Miami
Dick HowserFormer baseball coach for the Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Florida State University
Terry KennedyFormer baseball coach for the Iowa Cubs
Tony La RussaFormer baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, and St. Louis Cardinals
Carlos LezcanoCurrent baseball coach for the Lake Elsinore Storm
Mike MartinFormer baseball coach for Florida State University
Cal RaleighBest catcher in baseball for the Seattle Mariners
Larry RothschildFormer baseball player for the Detroit Tigers and baseball coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now pitching coach of the San Diego Padres

Basketball

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Braian AngolaColombian basketball player who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Scottie BarnesNBA Rookie of the Year
Sam CassellProfessional basketball coach for the Boston Celtics, former basketball player-
Dave CowensFormer basketball coach for the Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Sky
Hugh DurhamFormer basketball coach for the University of Georgia and Florida State University
Cliff EllisFormer basketball coach for Clemson University and Auburn University
Terance MannProfessional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers
Tom NissalkeFormer basketball coach for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Antonio Spurs
Isaiah SwannProfessional basketball player

Football

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Joe AvezzanoFootball coach of Oregon State University
Mike BloomgrenHead football coach, Rice University
Terry BowdenFootball coach for Auburn University and the University of Akron
Mack BrownFootball coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Texas at Austin
Lee CorsoFootball coach for the University of Louisville and Indiana University
Gene CoxFootball coach of Leon High School and member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
William A. DawsonAmerican football player and assistant coach for Marshall University; nicknamed "Red" for his red hair; portrayed by Matthew Fox in the film We Are Marshall
Manny DiazHead football coach for Duke University
Bobby FrazierFootball coach for the University of the District of Columbia and Bethune-Cookman University
Vince GibsonFootball coach for Kansas State University, Tulane University, and University of Louisville
Reggie HerringFootball coach for the University of Arkansas
Niles NelsonFootball coach for Husson University
Jamal ReynoldsLombardi Award winner, unanimous All-American
Kirby SmartFootball coach for the University of Georgia
Rick StockstillFootball coach for Middle Tennessee State University
Jim YarbroughFootball coach for Southeastern Louisiana University

Other

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Zach BanksRacing driver
Bob BowmanFormer swimming coach for the University of Michigan, and mentor to Michael Phelps
John CernutoProfessional poker player
Kathy FloresCurrent head coach for the United States women's national rugby union team
Cecile ReynaudFormer volleyball coach for Florida State University, current analyst for ESPN

Notable faculty and staff

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Florida State University presidents

PresidentYearReference
George Edgar1887–1892
Alvin Lewis1892–1897
Albert A. Murphree1897–1909, subsequently president of the University of Florida, 1909–1927
Edward Conradi1909–1947
Doak S. Campbell1947–1957
Albert B. Martin1957
Robert M. Strozier1957–1960
Milton W. Carothers1960
Gordon W. Blackwell1960–1965, and president of Furman University, 1965–1976
John E. Champion1965–1969
J. Stanley Marshall1969–1976
Bernard F. Sliger1976–1991
Dale W. Lick1991–1994
Talbot D'Alemberte1994–2003
T. K. Wetherell2003–2009, and former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Eric J. Barron2009–2014
Garnett S. Stokes2014
John E. Thrasher2014–2021
Richard D. McCullough2021–present

Faculty winners of major honors

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Lawrence G. AbeleAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Roy BaumeisterInstitute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher
Konrad E. Bloch1964 Nobel Prize in Medicine
James M. Buchanan1986 Nobel Prize in Economics
Robert Olen ButlerPulitzer Prize for Fiction; Guggenheim Fellowship
Donald CasparNational Academy of Sciences ; American Academy of Arts & Sciences ; Guggenheim Fellowship
Donald A. CrosbyProfessor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University
Timothy CrossAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Naresh DalalAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac1933 Nobel Prize in Physics
Dean FalkAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Carlisle Floyd1956 Guggenheim Fellowship
Lev Gor'kovNational Academy of Sciences
Max Gunzburger2008 SIAM W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics
Frances JamesAmerican Academy of Arts & Sciences ; American Association for the Advancement of Science
Thomas JoinerGuggenheim Fellowship
Michael KashaNational Academy of Sciences ; American Academy of Arts & Sciences ; Guggenheim Fellowship
John KelsayGuggenheim Fellowship
Sir Harold W. Kroto1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; National Academy of Sciences ; Institute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher
David LarbalestierNational Academy of Engineering
Alan MarshallAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Robert Sanderson Mulliken1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Simon OstrachNational Academy of Engineering ; American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Jill QuadagnoGuggenheim Fellowship
Michael RuseGuggenheim Fellowship ; American Association for the Advancement of Science
Shridhar SatheInstitute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher
John Robert Schrieffer1972 Nobel Prize Physics
Melvin SternNational Academy of Sciences ; American Academy of Arts & Sciences ; Guggenheim Fellowship
Gary TaylorGuggenheim Fellowship
André J. ThomasRobert Shaw Choral Award, American Choral Directors Association
R. Jay TurnerInstitute for Scientific Information highly cited researcher
Sherwood WiseAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Ellen Taaffe ZwilichPulitzer Prize for Music; American Academy of Arts & Sciences ; Guggenheim Fellowship

Other notable faculty

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Gerald M. AckermanArt historian, Appleton Distinguished Professor
Amy AiFellow of the American Psychological Association's Division 56, and fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
Farrukh S. AlviProfessor of Mechanical Engineering, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Carrie Ann BaadePainter
Susan BlessingParticle physicist, APS fellow, former chair of the APS Forum on Education
Richard BurginViolinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Yvonne CiannellaColoratura soprano
Dean FalkLead scientist in research team mapping the brain shape of the LB1 Hobbit
Gerald R. FerrisScholar of management and psychology
Charles FigleyTraumatologist, American Psychological Association Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow
Zachary FiskCondensed matter physicist
Robert GellatelyHistorian known for research on Nazi-era Germany and the Cold War
H. Winter GriffithPhysician and author of many popular books on health and medicine
Paul G. HalpernHistorian known for research and documentary publications on the naval history of the First World War
Barbara HambyPoet in residence
Janice HarsanyiSoprano
William H. HeardExpert on freshwater mollusks
Mary HicksProfessor Emeritus, 30 years in the Interdivisional Program of Marriage and the Family
Toussaint HocevarEconomic historian
Randall HolcombeCo-founder of BuchananHolcombe Branch of economists, past president of the Society for Development of Austrian Economics and the Public Choice Society
Robert A. HoltonInventor of the synthetic process for making taxol
R. Mark IsaacScholar of experimental economics
Kelly JemisonGeologist specializing in Antarctic diatoms
Frederick L. Jenks2002 TESOL Heinle & Heinle Excellence in Teaching Award
Abdus Suttar KhanChemist and aerospace researcher
Gary KleckCriminologist known for empirical work on guns and violence
Vadim KomkovMathematician and physicist
T. N. KrishnamurtiRecipient of the Carl Gustav Rossby Medal from the American Meteorological Society and developer of the FSU "Superensemble" hurricane prediction model
Justin LeiberPhilosopher and science fiction writer
Dan MarkelLaw professor known for work on criminal justice
Alan G. MarshallSociety for Applied Spectroscopy fellow
Alfred MelePhilosopher in practical reason
Doron NofFridtjof Nansen Medal winner
Victor NuñezFilm director
Ruth PosseltClassical violinist
Per Arne Rikvold2004 foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
William Hudson RogersProfessor of English
Michael RusePhilosopher of science, known for his work on the relationship between creationism and evolution
Michael ShaaraWriter of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction
Louis SolaFederal Maritime Commissioner
Friedrich StephanDiscovered the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Stephan von Molnár1986 Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award
Mark WinegardnerNovelist
Kun Yang2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association-