List of Texas State University alumni

The list of Texas State University alumni includes notable alumni of Texas State University.

Politics and government

 * Rosalyn Baker, Hawaii State Senator, District 6
 * Andrew J. Duck, political organizer and perennial candidate
 * Buddy Garcia, interim 2012 member of the Texas Railroad Commission
 * Lyndon B. Johnson (Class of 1930), 36th US President
 * David M. Medina, justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, 2004-2013
 * James Oakley, County Judge for Burnet County
 * John Sharp, Texas A&M University System Chancellor
 * Dwayne Stovall, businessman in Cleveland, Texas, school board member, and Republican candidate for the United States Senate in the primary election scheduled for March 4, 2014
 * Catalina Vasquez Villalpando (attended but did not graduate), US Treasurer

Military

 * Robert L. Rutherford, former general in the United States Air Force, former commander of United States Transportation Command

Music

 * Maggie Heath, member of folk rock duo The Oh Hellos
 * Terri Hendrix, folk singer-songwriter
 * Jamestown Revival
 * Emilio Navaira, country/Tejano singer
 * Kyle Park, country singer
 * Charlie Robison, country singer
 * Randy Rogers, country singer
 * Tommy Bolton, Dan Buie, Gerry Gibson and Bill Pennington of Roy Head and The Traits, Rockabilly Hall of Fame band members
 * George Strait, country singer
 * S U R V I V E
 * Sunny Sweeney, country singer

Media

 * G. W. Bailey, actor
 * Powers Boothe, actor
 * Thomas Carter, film director
 * Aaryn Gries, Big Brother 15 contestant, 8th place
 * Edi Patterson, actress
 * Chelcie Ross, actor
 * Tracy Scoggins, actress
 * Alexis Texas, AVN award winner and pornographic actress
 * Julie White, actress

Journalism and literature

 * E. R. Bills, author and journalist
 * P. Djèlí Clark, writer and historian
 * Julian S. Garcia, writer, editor and op-ed writer for San Antonio Express-News, AP News and contributor-editor to ViAztlan: International Journal of Arts and Letters; contributor to Caracol
 * Heloise, columnist
 * Joe O'Connell, writer, journalist, photographer, and documentarian
 * Tomás Rivera, writer
 * Maria Luisa Tucker, writer
 * Meg Turney, Internet news host

Sports

 * Charles Austin, Olympic high jump gold medalist
 * Joplo Bartu, former NFL player
 * Edgar Baumann, Olympic javelin thrower
 * Torgeir Bryn, former NBA player
 * Ken Coffey, former NFL player
 * Wayne Coffey, football player
 * Fred Evans, former NFL player
 * Kyle Finnegan, MLB pitcher
 * Jeff Foster, former NBA player
 * Paul Goldschmidt, MLB first baseman
 * Donnie Hart, MLB pitcher
 * Lance Hoyt, professional wrestler
 * A.J. Johnson, former NFL player
 * Wade Key, former NFL player
 * Tony Levine (born 1972), football coach
 * J. L. Lewis, golfer
 * Scott Linebrink, former MLB pitcher
 * Craig Mager, football player
 * David Mayo, football player
 * Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler
 * Darryl Morris, cornerback, NFL, Indianapolis Colts
 * Anicka Newell, pole vaulter
 * Jeff Novak, former NFL player
 * Ty Nsekhe, former NFL player
 * Ricky Sanders, former NFL player
 * Carson Smith, pitcher, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox
 * Darrick Vaughn, former NFL player
 * Mitchell Ward, football player
 * Bobby Watkins, NFL player
 * Spergon Wynn, former NFL player

Art

 * Charles Barsotti, cartoonist
 * Griffon Ramsey, chainsaw artist
 * Griffon Ramsey, chainsaw artist

Education

 * Light Townsend Cummins, Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas; former official State Historian of Texas
 * Paul K. Davis, military historian
 * F. Ann Millner, Weber State University president
 * Amelia Worthington Williams, Texas historian

Business

 * Rod Keller, president of Segway Inc.

Medicine

 * Michael Glyn Brown, former hand surgeon