List of University of Alabama at Birmingham people

This is a partial list of people affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Presidents

 * Joseph F. Volker, 1969–1976
 * George Campbell, 1976-1977 (interim)
 * S. Richardson Hill, 1977-1986
 * Charles "Scotty" McCallum, 1986-1987 (interim), 1987-1993
 * Claude Bennett, 1993-1996
 * Paul Hardin, 1997 (interim)
 * W. Ann Reynolds, 1997–2002
 * Malcolm Portera, 2002 (interim)
 * Carol Z. Garrison, 2002–2012
 * Ray Watts, 2013–present

Athletics
• Danya Barsalona, professional soccer player

• Murry Bartow, Division 1 men's basketball coach

• Paul Delaney (born 1986), basketball player in the Israeli National League

• Vonetta Flowers, Olympic gold medalist

• Darrell Hackney, NFL player with the Denver Broncos

• Carlos Hendricks, football player

• Chris Hubbard, NFL player

• Deanna Jackson, WNBA player with the Chicago Sky

• Dejan Jakovic, professional soccer player

• Andy Kennedy, University of Alabama at Birmingham men's basketball coach

• Graeme McDowell, professional golfer

• Jason McLaughlin, professional soccer player with the Atlanta Silverbacks

• Tony McManus, professional soccer player with the Atlanta Silverbacks

• Elijah Millsap, professional basketball player with the Petron Blaze Boosters

• Jerson Monteiro, professional soccer player with the Atlanta Silverbacks

• Izell Reese, NFL player with the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills

• Oliver Robinson, State of Alabama Legislator and former NBA player with the San Antonio Spurs

• McKinley Singleton, NBA player with the New York Knicks

• Dainon Sidney, NFL Player with the Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, and Detroit Lions

• Donell Taylor, NBA player with the Washington Wizards

• Bryan Thomas, NFL player with the New York Jets

• Joe Webb, NFL player with the Carolina Panthers

• Roddy White, retired NFL player with the Atlanta Falcons

• Garrett Whitlock, MLB player with the Boston Red Sox

Business and public figures
• William A. Bell, former Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

• Beth Chapman, Alabama Secretary of State and former State Auditor

• Chris Collins, member of Congress NY-27

• Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005

• Robert Duvall, member of Kentucky state house; graduated 1995 with doctorate in optometry

• Larry Langford, former Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

• Walt Maddox, Mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Oliver Robinson, State of Alabama Legislator and former NBA player with the San Antonio Spurs

• Richard Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation

• Mark Shirey, member of the Alabama House of Representatives

• Alexander Shunnarah

Science, media and the arts
• Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General of the United States

• Jon Coffelt, painter, multimedia artist

• Clayton Colvin, artist, painter, art educator

• Larry DeLucas, astronaut and research scientist

• Edward F. Fischer, Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University

• Hadiyah-Nicole Green, medical physicist at Morehouse School of Medicine

• Sam Hunt, country musician and former UAB quarterback

• John Knox, meteorologist, associate professor at University of Georgia

• George A. Miller, psychologist, cognitive scientist

• David Sandlin, artist, book artist

• Faisal Shuaib. physician, public health expert, and Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency

• Melissa Springer, photojournalist

Other
• Hoda Muthana, ISIS Bride

Faculty and researchers

 * David B. Allison, Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor of Public Health, Associate Dean for Science
 * Eli Capilouto, former Dean of UAB School of Public Health, former Provost of UAB, and current President of the University of Kentucky
 * April Carson, epidemiologist
 * Larry DeLucas, astronaut and research scientist
 * Ibrahim Fawal, professor of film and literature
 * Edith Frohock, book maker and educator
 * Stephen Glosecki, scholar of Old English
 * Wendy Gunther-Canada, professor in the department of government
 * Tinsley Randolph Harrison, physician and editor of the first five editions of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
 * Basil Hirschowitz, father of the modern endoscope
 * Robert Hyatt, co-author of Cray Blitz, two-time winner of the World Computer Chess Championships
 * Adrienne C. Lahti, F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
 * Timothy R. Levine, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, creator of Truth-Default Theory
 * Kerry Madden, professor of creative writing
 * Carl E. Misch, founded The Misch International Implant Institute
 * Shin Joong Oh, Distinguished Professor of Neurology Emeritus and Professor of Pathology
 * Henry Panion, University Professor of Music, music director for Stevie Wonder, Grammy Award-winning arranger and producer
 * Gregory Pence, professor of philosophy
 * Ray Reach, former director of the UAB Jazz Ensemble (1998–2005), arranger, composer, jazz pianist and vocalist, Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
 * Michael Saag, AIDS researcher
 * Jessica A. Scoffield, microbiologist
 * Eric Sorscher, director of the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center 1994–2015