List of Georgia State University people

This is a list of Georgia State University people. Georgia State University is an urban research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it serves a diverse population of approximately 50,000 students, and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. The current university president is M. Brian Blake.

Notable alumni

 * ABRA, musician, actress
 * Angela Doyinsola Aina, public health practitioner
 * Yolo Akili, activist, writer, and emotional health advocate
 * Amalia Amaki, artist and art historian
 * Sandra Lynn Barnes, educator, sociologist and author
 * Foley Beach, archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America
 * Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, academic
 * Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Mayor of Atlanta
 * Coy Bowles, musician, Zac Brown Band
 * David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
 * John Burke, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer
 * Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
 * Ann-Marie Campbell, President, Southern Division, The Home Depot
 * Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
 * Benita Carr, photographer
 * Dru Castro, musician, Grammy winner
 * Joyce Chandler - Former educator and member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
 * Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
 * Kat Cole, COO of Cinnabon
 * Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later famous for playing in the National Basketball League (Australia)
 * Paul Coverdell, late US Senator from Georgia (attended)
 * Daffney, professional wrestler
 * Shamari DeVoe, lead singer of Blaque
 * Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
 * William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains
 * Malika Redmond, activist and non-profit director
 * Rubi Rose, American rapper, was a model who featured in Migos video, now famous for her song Big Mouth.
 * Douglas Edwards, America's first network news anchor
 * William M. Fields, primatologist
 * Louie Giglio, pastor, author
 * Predrag Gosta, conductor and artistic director
 * Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
 * Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
 * Kim Hoeckele, artist
 * Mary Hood, author
 * Hank Huckaby, Georgia Representative and Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
 * Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, received a Master of Business Administration degree
 * RJ Hunter, professional basketball player
 * Nabilah Islam, Georgia state senator for the 7th district
 * Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
 * Jan Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore in the Georgia State Legislature
 * Simran Judge, American-Indian model and actor
 * Maya Kalle-Bentzur (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
 * John C. Knapp, President of Washington & Jefferson College
 * Farooq Kperogi, journalist, media scholar at Kennesaw State University
 * Lance Krall, actor
 * Ousman Krubally (born 1988), American-Gambian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America
 * Anya Liftig, performance artist
 * Sean Linkenback, author
 * Ludacris, musician, actor
 * Wil Lutz, NFL player
 * Sheryl McCollum, professor, crime analyst, non-profit founder/director
 * Corrina Sephora Mensoff, artist
 * Jere Morehead, 22nd and current president of the University of Georgia
 * Sharlotte Neely, anthropologist, author, and expert on the Cherokees
 * Rodger Nishioka, professor of Christian education
 * Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta
 * Amber Nash, comedian and actress, provides the voice of Pam Poovey on Archer
 * Rusty Paul, 2nd Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia
 * Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
 * Lockett Pundt, guitarist for Deerhunter
 * Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State during the 2020 United States presidential election
 * Marco Restrepo, musician
 * Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
 * Julia Roberts, actress (attended)
 * Bryant Rogowski, former professional wrestler who used the stage name Bryant Anderson
 * Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Centre
 * Adam Schultz, Chief Official White House Photographer
 * Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
 * Caleb Spivak, actor, model, and entrepreneur
 * Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor, and author
 * Todd Starnes, author
 * Linton Stephens, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
 * Ray Stevens, musician
 * Sarah Tiana, comedian, actress
 * Will Turpin, bassist for Collective Soul
 * Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player
 * Gerald R. Weeks, psychologist
 * Lynn Westmoreland, United States Representative
 * Walter Lee Williams, historian, author, and Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive arrested for sexual acts with underage boys and possession of erotic paraphernalias related to child pornography.
 * Albert Wilson, NFL player

Notable faculty

 * Carole Hill, American anthropologist and former professor
 * Arun Rai, Editor-in-Chief of Management Information Systems Quarterly
 * Raffi Besalyan, pianist
 * David Bottoms, Georgia's Poet Laureate
 * Virginia Spencer Carr, biographer
 * Nancy Grace, former prosecutor and current host on CourtTV and CNN (former instructor, no current appointment at GSU)
 * Beth Gylys, poet
 * Asa Hilliard
 * Colleen McEdwards, anchor on CNN International
 * Donald Ratajczak, economist
 * Akinyele Umoja
 * Robert Scott Thompson
 * Vijay Vaishnavi, computer information systems researcher and scholar
 * Deborah Duchon, Anthropologist and Food Network personality