List of Texas A&M University–Commerce people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Texas A&M University–Commerce, located in the American city of Commerce, Texas.

Politics and government

 * Randy Alexander – Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Springdale, Arkansas
 * Lindley Beckworth – Former judge of United States Customs Court
 * Mary Lou Bruner – Republican candidate for a seat on the Texas State Board of Education; received a master's degree in Special Ed. from the Commerce campus (when it was called East Texas State University).
 * Lanell Cofer – Former American politician and lawyer
 * Mike Conaway – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 11th congressional district
 * Phil Dyer – Former mayor of Plano, Texas
 * Marsha Farney (formerly Marsha Gonyaw) – Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Williamson County; received bachelor's and master's degrees in professional education from the Commerce campus in the early 1990s
 * Brady P. Gentry – former American politician
 * Jimmy Hickey Jr. – Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate from Texarkana, Arkansas; obtained Bachelor of Business Administration from the Texarkana campus
 * Justin Holland – Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 33rd district
 * Alphonso Jackson – former secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President George W. Bush
 * Tom Price – judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1997-2015
 * Sam Rayburn – Democratic representative for Texas's 4th congressional district and long-term Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 * Sam W. Russell – Former American lawyer and politician
 * Hilda G. Tagle – Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
 * Jimmy Turman – Former politician and educator, served in the Texas House of Representatives and also was speaker of the house until 1963
 * Gary VanDeaver – former school superintendent for the New Boston Independent School District and incoming Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives; received doctorate in education from TAMU-Commerce

Media and arts

 * Duane Allen – lead singer of The Oak Ridge Boys
 * Tia Ballard – actress for Funimation Entertainment
 * Linda Brookover – Screenwriter, film producer, essayist on film topics
 * Rob Collins - Emmy Winning Sports Anchor at FOX4 TV Kansas City.
 * Will Creedle – Novelist and thought leader in the field of website ADA compliance
 * Jim Fiscus – photographer specializing in editorial and advertising photography, including several campaigns for the Showtime series Dexter
 * Morgan Garrett – Voice actress
 * Adrian Hall – former American theater director
 * Trenton Doyle Hancock – fine artist
 * Colleen Hoover – New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels and five novellas
 * Jerrod Knight - Radio Personality and voice actor
 * Donovan Lewis - Sports Talk Radio Host at SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket, Dallas, TX
 * Staley T. McBrayer – newspaper publisher and inventor of the Vanguard web offset press for newspaper printing
 * John Charles Norman – advertising executive and graphic designer, chief creative officer, TBWA Chiat Day, Los Angeles
 * Bill O'Neal – author who has written more than thirty books and three hundred articles and book reviews on the American West
 * Robyn O'Neil – artist known for her large-scale graphite on paper drawings
 * William A. Owens – American author, folklorist and educator
 * Gary Panter – illustrator and set designer of Pee Wee's Playhouse
 * Jeff Parrott – American painter
 * Key Poulan - composer
 * Freda Ross - News Director at WBAP-AM, Dallas, TX
 * Michael Sampson – New York Times best-selling author
 * Michael Schwab (designer) – Graphic designer and illustrator, attended from 1970 until 1972.
 * Mark Seliger – photographer noted for his portraiture; regular front-page photographer for Rolling Stone, where he began working in 1987.
 * Jordan Randall Smith - founder and music director of Symphony Number One
 * Daniel Starks – Radio Host, Voice Actor, General Manager at KGVL-AM and KIKT-FM
 * Erin Trieb – American photographer
 * Lester Van Winkle – American sculptor
 * Renée Witterstaetter – comic book colorist, editor, and writer
 * John Clifton Wright – American author
 * Susan Wood – American poet
 * Ralph C. Wood – Scholar of theology and English literature

Athletes and coaches

 * Althea Byfield – Former professional basketball player and netball bronze medal winner for Jamaica
 * Autry Beamon – former NFL player
 * Bobby Bounds – former Arena League Football player
 * Chad Brown – NFL official, refereed Super Bowls XXXV and XLV
 * Marv Brown – former Detroit Lion
 * Curtis Buckley – former NFL player
 * John Carlos – former sprinter; professional football player; human rights activist
 * Bob Carpenter – former NBA player
 * Jake Carter – former NBA player
 * Rob Childress – former college baseball coach at Texas A&M
 * Tim Collier – former NFL cornerback
 * Ricky Collins – former CFL wide receiver
 * Derrick Crawford – former Arena Football League player
 * Will Cureton - former starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns
 * Clint Dolezel – former Arena Football League all-star quarterback; head coach for the Philadelphia Soul in the AFL
 * Buck Fausett – Former MLB player
 * Harry Fritz – Former professional tennis player, also was a member of East Texas State's men's tennis team that won the 1972 NAIA National championship
 * Bill Gaines – former professional basketball player
 * Jon Gilliam – former Kansas City Chiefs player, played in Super Bowl I
 * Ernest Hawkins – Winningest football coach in Texas A&M-Commerce athletic history, also lead the team an NAIA National Championship title in 1972
 * Scott Highsmith – Football coach currently serving as an offensive analyst for Southern Miss, previously served as head coach at Belhaven and East Texas Baptist
 * Ross Hodge – current head coach for North Texas Men's Basketball Team
 * Rich Houston – American football player
 * Lee Johnson – former NBA player
 * Vernon Johnson – former professional football player
 * Bo Kelly – former Arena League Football player for the Arizona Rattlers
 * Kader Kohou - Ivorian NFL cornerback for the Miami Dolphins
 * John Lotz – Former men's basketball coach at Florida
 * Dee Mackey – former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers
 * Kyle Mackey – Former NFL Quarterback for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins
 * Harvey Martin – former defensive end in the National Football League and Super Bowl XII MVP
 * Danny Mason – current CFL Defensive End for the Ottawa RedBlacks
 * Kevin Mathis – former starting cornerback for the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys
 * Durwood Merrill – former MLB umpire
 * Shelby Metcalf – former head coach of men's basketball at Texas A&M
 * Mike Miller – former head coach of the Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team, current assistant coach for the Washington Wizards
 * Larry Nemmers – former NFL official
 * Rex Norris – former defensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma
 * John Pearce – former football coach at Stephen F. Austin State University
 * Luis Perez – Quarterback for the Arlington Renegades of the XFL
 * Dave Philley – former MLB player
 * Ron Poe – Former high school football coach, one of the winningest high school football coaches in Texas history and state champion in 1979
 * Herb Raybourn – former MLB player, scout, and New York Yankees Director of Latin American Operations
 * Bryn Roy - professional Canadian football player
 * Davarus Shores – Bronze Metal winner at the 2017 World Games competing in American Football representing the United States
 * Wes Smith – former NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
 * Charles Tuaau – former professional football player
 * Aundra Thompson – former NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
 * Michael Trigg – former ArenaBowl-winning player and head coach
 * Darrell Tully – former NFL player; Superintendent of schools at Spring Branch ISD in the Houston area
 * Alan Veingrad – NFL football player
 * Devondrick Walker – Professional European basketball player
 * Sam Walton – NFL football player
 * Curtis Wester – former Canadian Football League player
 * Dwight White – Hall of Fame NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl Champion
 * Darrell Williams – former professional basketball player
 * Antonio Wilson – former professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
 * Wade Wilson - former NFL quarterback

Military personnel

 * Chris Adams – United States Air Force officer and author

Other

 * Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa – Mathematician and scientist
 * T. Don Hutto – co-founder of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
 * Parimal V Tergundi - Professor at KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi
 * Ernest Wallace (1906–1985), historian of the South Plains, the Comanche Indians, and the State of Texas