List of James Madison University alumni

The following is a list of James Madison University alumni.

Athletics

 * Odicci Alexander, softball player
 * Macey Brooks, football player
 * Daniel Brown, football player for the New York Jets
 * Steve Buckhantz, basketball play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards
 * Mike Caussin, football player
 * Gary Clark, football player
 * Jeff Compher, Director of Athletics at East Carolina University
 * Lindsay Czarniak, ESPN anchor
 * Eric Davis, rugby player
 * John DeFilippo, NFL quarterback coach
 * Ben DiNucci, football player for the Seattle Sea Dragons
 * Dion Foxx, former American football linebacker in the National Football League
 * Nelson Garner, football player
 * Charles Haley, football player, Football Hall of Fame inductee and five-time Super Bowl Champion with the Cowboys and 49ers
 * Tiombe Hurd, USA Olympic track & field athlete (2004); American record holder in outdoor triple jump
 * Jay Jones, football player
 * Akeem Jordan, football player for the Washington Redskins
 * Delvin Joyce, football player
 * Christina Julien, professional soccer player, member of 2011 Canadian women's world cup team
 * Curtis Keaton, football player
 * Kevin Kelly, baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays
 * Rodney Landers, football player
 * Vad Lee, football player
 * Dean Marlowe, football player for the Carolina Panthers
 * Alan Mayer, soccer player, voted in 1999 the Top JMU Athlete of the Century
 * David McLeod, first recipient of the AFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
 * Arthur Moats, NFL linebacker and defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Jimmy Moreland, football player
 * Kurt Morsink, soccer player
 * Scott Norwood, football player
 * Ed Perry, football player
 * John Roberts, Speed TV host
 * Elliott Sadler, race car driver, did not graduate
 * Billy Sample, baseball player and broadcaster
 * C. J. Sapong, Major League Soccer player (forward position) for Philadelphia Union, 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year, USMNT
 * Bryan Stinespring, football coach
 * Linton Townes (born 1959), basketball player
 * Mike Venafro, baseball player
 * Earl Watford, football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
 * Josh Wells, football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
 * Tamera Young, basketball player
 * Nick Zimmerman, Major League Soccer player for Philadelphia Union

Academics

 * Marcia Angell, Harvard University Medical School faculty member
 * Carole Baldwin, research zoologist
 * Matt Bondurant, author of The Wettest County in the World; professor at the University of Texas at Dallas
 * Kembrew McLeod, faculty member at the University of Iowa
 * Marney White, Yale University faculty member

Business

 * Jason Harris, president and founder of Mekanism
 * Jennifer Morgan, Co-Chief Executive Officer of SAP SE
 * John-Paul Lee, founder and CEO of Tavalon Tea
 * Christina Tosi, owner of Momofuku Milk Bar; MasterChef judge; James Beard Foundation Award winner: Rising Star Chef
 * Kathy J. Warden, CEO of Northrop Grumman

Entertainment

 * Sarah Baker, actress (The Campaign, Mascots)
 * Tony Deyo, comedian
 * Glennon Doyle, author
 * Meredith Garretson, actress
 * Barbara Hall, TV producer and writer
 * Ashley Iaconetti, television personality (The Bachelor)
 * Steve James, documentary producer and director
 * Mia LaBerge, artist
 * Geoff LaTulippe, screenwriter
 * Mark Jordan Legan, TV and film writer, NPR correspondent
 * Karen McCullah Lutz, screenwriter
 * Nathan Lyon, host of Discovery Health's television series A Lyon in the Kitchen
 * Wendy Maybury, stand-up comedian
 * PFT Commenter, blogger, podcast personality (Pardon My Take)
 * Jon Pineda, author
 * Don Rhymer, screenwriter and producer
 * Anne Savedge, photographer, artist
 * Tony Schiavone, professional wrestling announcer
 * Reshma Shetty, actress (Royal Pains)
 * Patricia Southall, Miss Virginia USA; first runner-up Miss USA
 * Chris Sprouse, comic book artist
 * Phoef Sutton, film and television writer
 * Nina Willner, nonfiction author

Journalism

 * Jim Acosta, Senior White House Correspondent for CNN
 * Cornell Belcher, writer, pollster, and political strategist; regular contributor on NBC News, MSNBC, and NPR
 * Julia Campbell, newspaper journalist and reporter for CourtTV
 * Lawrence Jackson, photojournalist
 * Alison Parker, television reporter who, along with videographer Adam Ward, was killed during a live interview in 2015
 * Chuck Taylor, music journalist

Music

 * Robert Abisi, DJ (Lost Kings)
 * Brian Balmages, composer
 * Margaret Becker, Christian rock musician
 * The Bigger Lights, alternative rock band
 * Ross Copperman, recording artist
 * Tony Deyo, marching band drill designer
 * Everything, '90s rock band
 * Gifts From Enola, '00s post-rock band
 * Andrew Goldstein, music producer, songwriter
 * Joe Hottinger, musician (Halestorm)
 * Keith Howland, musician (Chicago)
 * Illiterate Light, rock band
 * Chris Monroe, musician
 * Leroi Moore, musician (Dave Matthews Band)
 * Soon Hee Newbold, producer, composer, musician
 * Old Dominion, members Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi, country musicians and song-writers
 * Nate Smith, drummer, songwriter, producer
 * Butch Taylor, musician (Dave Matthews Band)
 * Phil Vassar, country music singer; awarded honorary degree
 * Andrew York, musician and composer

Politics and government

 * Dawn Adams, Virginia State Delegate
 * Dickie Bell, former Virginia State Delegate
 * Melanie Blunt, First Lady of Missouri (2005–2009)
 * Chris Collins, former Virginia State Delegate
 * Kirk Cox, former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
 * Sean F. Dalton, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
 * Emmett Hanger, Virginia State Senator
 * James A. "Jay" Leftwich, Jr., Virginia State Delegate
 * Ryan McDougle, Virginia State Senator and former Virginia State Delegate
 * Jeff McKay, Chairman of the Fairfax County, VA Board of Supervisors
 * Jason Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia
 * Matt Rinaldi, former Texas State Representative and chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
 * Bettina Ring, former Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry
 * Walter Shaub, former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics and senior director, Campaign Legal Center
 * Levar Stoney, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia and former Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
 * Scott Surovell, Virginia State Senator
 * Matthew Wasniewski, Historian of the United States House of Representatives
 * Liza Wright, served George W. Bush as Assistant to President for Presidential Personnel and Director of Presidential Personnel