List of Texas A&M University people



This list of Texas A&M University people includes notable alumni, faculty, and affiliates of Texas A&M University. The term Texas Aggie, which comes from Texas A&M's history as an agricultural school, refers to students and alumni of Texas A&M. The class year of each alumnus indicates the projected undergraduate degree award year designation, although the actual year may differ. At Texas A&M and within its student culture, the term "former student" is more commonly used than "alumni".

Journalism and literature

 * Joe Feagin – Pulitzer Prize nominee
 * Charles Gordone – 1970 Pulitzer Prize recipient
 * Robert Sherrill – journalist

Science and technology

 * Perry L. Adkisson – Wolf Prize winner; World Food Prize winner
 * George Bass – National Medal of Science winner
 * Richard H. Battin – applied mathematician and engineer
 * Fuller W. Bazer – Wolf Prize winner
 * Karen Butler-Purry – professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 * Robert Byron Bird – 1987 National Medal of Science winner
 * F. Albert Cotton – National Medal of Science Laureate in Chemistry; Wolf Prize winner; Priestly Medal winner
 * Michael E. DeBakey – world-renowned cardiac surgeon, innovator, and scientist
 * Paul Erdős – mathematician
 * Leonid Keldysh – namesake of Keldysh formalism
 * John Henry Kinealy – engineer and inventor
 * Peter Lax – mathematician
 * Gordon Manley – climatologist
 * Leonard M. Pike – established the Vegetable Improvement Center
 * Marlan Scully – physicist
 * Hobart Muir Smith – herpetologist; credited with describing more than 100 new species of American reptiles and amphibians
 * Bjarne Stroustrup – designer and original implementer of the C++ programming language
 * Nicholas B. Suntzeff – cosmologist, winner of Gruber Prize in cosmology, co-discoverer of dark energy
 * Fred Weick – aviation pioneer
 * James Womack – Wolf Prize winner

Sports

 * Bob Griffin (born 1950), American-Israeli basketball player, and English Literature professor
 * Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966), Egyptian fencing coach

Baseball

 * James Henry Thomas (future) – Texas Rangers starting center fielder
 * Kevin Beirne (1996) – former MLB player
 * Matt Blank (1997) – MLB player
 * Rip Collins – former MLB player
 * Lew Ford – MLB player
 * Casey Fossum (2000) – MLB player
 * Jeff Granger – former MLB player
 * Grady Higginbotham (1920) – Texas A&M baseball head coach (1930–1935); Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball head coach (1928–1929); Texas Tech Red Raider football head coach (1929); Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball head coach (1925–1927)
 * Zach Jackson (2005) – MLB player
 * Davey Johnson (1968) – former MLB player and team manager, 1973 Comeback Player of the Year, three-time Gold Glove winner, four-time all-star, three-time World Series champion, 1997 AL Manager of the Year, 2012 NL Manager of the Year
 * Logan Kensing (2005) – MLB player
 * Chuck Knoblauch (1990) – 1991 MLB rookie of the year, four-time all-star, four-time MLB World Series champion
 * Wally Moon (1951) – 1954 MLB rookie of the year, 1960 Gold Glove winner, two-time all-star, two-time MLB World Series champion
 * Trey Moore – former MLB player
 * Jake Mooty – former MLB player
 * Troy Neel – former MLB player
 * C. E. "Pat" Olsen (1923) – former professional baseball player; namesake of Olsen Field
 * Les Peden – former MLB player
 * Cliff Pennington - former MLB player
 * Cotton Pippen – former MLB player
 * Eric Reed (2003) – MLB player
 * Topper Rigney – former MLB player
 * Justin Ruggiano (2004) – 2007 Baseball World Cup player; former MLB player
 * Ryan Rupe (1998) – former MLB player
 * Ross Stripling – MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
 * Russ Swan (1986) – former MLB player
 * Mark Thurmond (1979) – former MLB player
 * Jason Tyner (1999) – former MLB player
 * Michael Wacha – MLB pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
 * Kevin Whelan – MLB player
 * Kelly Wunsch (1994) – former MLB player

Basketball

 * Morenike Atunrase (2008) – WNBA player
 * John Beasley (1966) – former ABA player
 * David Britton (1979) – former NBA player
 * R. C. Buford (1980) – general manager of the San Antonio Spurs
 * Alex Caruso (2016) NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
 * Winston Crite (1987) – former NBA player
 * Walt Davis (1952) – former NBA player
 * A'Quonesia Franklin (2008) – WNBA player
 * Jalen Jones (born 1993) - player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * DeAndre Jordan (2008) – center for Brooklyn Nets
 * Antanas Kavaliauskas (2007) – Panionios BC player; NBA summer league player
 * Acie Law IV (2007) – NBA player
 * Doug Lee (1984) – former NBA player
 * Darryl McDonald (1988) – NBL player
 * Khris Middleton – NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
 * Josh Nebo (born 1997) - player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Sonny Parker (1976) – former NBA player
 * Jaynetta Saunders (2001) – former WNBA player
 * Elijah Thomas (born 1996) - player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Brooks Thompson (1986) – former NBA player; head coach of University of Texas – San Antonio basketball team
 * Toccara Williams (2004) – former WNBA player
 * Antoine Wright (2006) – NBA player

American football



 * Sam Adams (1993) – NFL player
 * Dennis Allen – NFL coach
 * Keith Baldwin – former NFL player
 * Ken Beck – former NFL player
 * Phil Bennett (1978) – former SMU Mustangs football coach
 * Martellus Bennett (2009) – NFL player
 * Michael Bennett (2009) – NFL player
 * Rocky Bernard (2002) – NFL player
 * Rod Bernstine (1987) – former NFL player
 * Reggie Brown (1999) – former NFL player
 * Harvey "Bum" Bright (1943) – former owner of the Dallas Cowboys
 * Domingo Bryant – NFL player
 * Melvin Bullitt (2007) – NFL player
 * Lee Roy Caffey (1963) – former NFL player
 * Dan Campbell (1999) – NFL coach and former player
 * Red Cashion (1953) – football official
 * Ray Childress (1985) – former NFL player
 * Mike Clark (1962) – former NFL player
 * Chris Cole (1998) – former NFL player
 * Calvin Collins (1995) – former NFL player
 * Albert Connell (1996) – former NFL player
 * Bobby Joe Conrad (1958) – former NFL player
 * Quentin Coryatt (1994) – former NFL player
 * John David Crow (1958) – former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1957
 * Matt Darwin (1985) – former NFL player
 * Sammy Davis (2003) – NFL player
 * Curtis Dickey (1980) – former NFL player
 * Ron Edwards (2001) – NFL player
 * Dave Elmendorf (1971) – former NFL player
 * Eric England (1993) – former NFL player
 * Mike Evans (2014) – NFL player
 * Robert Ferguson (2001) – NFL player
 * Ronald Flemons (2001) – CFL player
 * Jerry Fontenot (1998) – NFL assistant coach; former NFL player
 * Tony Franklin (1979) – former NFL player
 * E. King Gill – Inspiration for the moniker "12th Man"
 * Aaron Glenn|(1993) – NFL player
 * Jason Glenn (2000) – former NFL player
 * Dante Hall (1998) – NFL player
 * Curley Hallman (1969) – former football coach
 * Geoff Hangartner (2004) – NFL player
 * Lester Hayes (1976) – former NFL player
 * Greg Hill (1993) – former NFL player
 * Warrick Holdman (1998) – NFL player
 * Johnny Holland (1986) – NFL coach; former NFL player
 * Robert Jackson (1976) – former NFL player
 * Tramain Jacobs – NFL player
 * Michael Jameson (2000) – former NFL player
 * Edward Jasper – former NFL player
 * Bethel Johnson (2002) – NFL player
 * Johnny Jolly (2006) – NFL player
 * Keith Joseph (2004) – former NFL player
 * Drew Kaser – NFL player
 * Terrence Kiel (2002) – former NFL player
 * Kelvin Korver – former NFL player
 * Gary Kubiak (1982) – Houston Texans head coach; former NFL player
 * Yale Lary (1952) – former NFL player
 * Shane Lechler (1999) – NFL player
 * Johnny Manziel (2014) – former NFL player
 * Jason Mathews (2003) – former NFL player
 * Leeland McElroy (1997) – former NFL player
 * Seth McKinney (2000) – NFL player
 * Steve McKinney (1997) – NFL player
 * Reggie McNeal (2006) – former NFL player
 * Ray Mickens (1996) – former NFL player
 * Von Miller (2011) – NFL player for the Denver Broncos
 * Brandon Mitchell (1996) – former NFL player
 * Mike Montgomery – NFL player
 * Mark Moseley – former NFL player
 * Don Muhlbach (2003) – NFL player
 * Terrence Murphy (2005) – former NFL player and coach
 * Robert Neyland – former University of Tennessee head coach
 * Dat Nguyen (1998) – assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys; former NFL player; Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award winner
 * Ernie Pannell – former NFL player
 * Jack Pardee (1957) – former NFL player and coach
 * Alan Reuber (2003) – former NFL player
 * Gary Reynolds – NFL assistant coach
 * Tommy Robison – former NFL player
 * Zerick Rollins – NFL assistant coach
 * Thomas Sanders – former NFL player, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles
 * Ed Simonini (1976) – former NFL player
 * Shawn Slocum (1984) – NFL coach
 * Detron Smith (1995) – former NFL player
 * Kevin Smith (1992) – former NFL player
 * Cameron Spikes (1998) – former NFL player
 * Gene Stallings (1957) – former NFL player and coach
 * George Strohmeyer – AAFC player
 * Boone Stutz (2005) – NFL player
 * Dennis Swilley (1976) – former NFL player
 * Damon Tassos – former NFL player
 * Chris Taylor (2001) – former NFL player
 * Jamaar Taylor (2004) – former NFL player
 * Garth TenNapel (1976) – former NFL player
 * Pat Thomas (1976) – former NFL player
 * Rodney Thomas (1995) – former NFL player
 * Rex Tucker (1998) – former NFL player
 * Joe Utay (1908) – College Football Hall of Famer
 * Kary Vincent – former Arena Football League player
 * Ty Warren (2003) – NFL player
 * Richmond Webb (1990) – former NFL player
 * Jason Webster (1998) – NFL player
 * Taylor Whitley (2002) – former NFL player
 * Mike Whitwell (1981) – former NFL player
 * Pat Williams (1996) – NFL player
 * Billy Yates (2002) – NFL player
 * James Zachery – CFL player
 * Derel Walker (2014) – CFL player – 2015 Most Outstanding Rookie

Golf

 * Danny Briggs (1983) – golfer
 * Bronson Burgoon – PGA Tour golfer; Texas A&M Golf National Champion
 * Cameron Champ – golfer
 * Jeff Maggert (1986) – golfer
 * Bobby Nichols – twelve-time winner on the PGA Tour; winner of the 1964 PGA Championship and runner up at the 1967 Masters
 * Ryan Palmer – golfer
 * Philip Parkin – winner of British Amateur Championship (1983); Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year (1984)
 * Sam Bennett (golfer) – The Masters Low Amateur (2023), U.S. Amateur Champion (2022)

Olympics

 * Aviv Barzelay (born 2002), Israeli Olympic swimmer

Tennis

 * Grant Connell (1986) – former world No. 1 doubles player
 * Dean Goldfine (1987) – former Team USA coach and former coach to Andy Roddick

Other

 * Shaine Casas – swimmer; 2021 World Short Course 100 m backstroke champion
 * Jacobs Crawley – rodeo world champion
 * Kristy Hawkins – professional female bodybuilder
 * Eddie Hill – drag racer
 * Anjanette Kirkland – hurdler; 2001 World Indoor 60 m hurdles champion; 2001 World 100 m champion
 * Fabrice Lapierre – long jumper; 2005 NCAA long jump national champion
 * Paige Miller – swimmer; four-time conference champion; 2014 NCAA champion, 100 backstroke
 * Dude Perfect – a multinational sports & entertainment conglomerate

Fictional

 * PC Principal – Character on the television show South Park, principal at South Park Elementary, reveals he is a Texas A&M alumnus in the season 19 episode "Stunning and Brave".
 * Thermite - Operator from the video game “Rainbow Six: Siege”. In-game biography states he graduated from Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
 * Cletus "Clete" Frade - The main character from W.E.B. Griffin's "Honor Bound" series of novels. Frade attended Texas A&M and was a member of the Corps of Cadets during his undergraduate education, before transferring to Tulane University.