List of University of Connecticut people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Connecticut

Academic administrators

 * Stanley F. Battle – 12th chancellor: North Carolina A&T State University; 4th president: Coppin State University
 * Raymond C. Bowen – 2nd president: La Guardia Community College; president: Shelby State Community College
 * Scott S. Cowen – 14th president: Tulane University
 * Thomas C. Duffy – former deputy dean: Yale School of Music
 * Martha Piper – 14th Ppesident: University of British Columbia
 * Joseph W. Polisi – 6th president: The Juilliard School
 * William E. Trueheart – 7th president: Bryant University
 * Gregory S. Woodward – 6th president: University of Hartford

Scholars and critics of literature, art and ethics

 * Deborah Dancy – professor of painting
 * Slawomir Dobrzanski – Kansas State University professor of music
 * Bobbie Ann Mason – literary critic and novelist
 * Michael North – literary critic
 * Tim Page – Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic
 * Elaine Scarry – Harvard literature professor

Scholars of law and political scientists

 * Edward C. Banfield – political scientist
 * Richard Dekmejian – political scientist
 * Florence Roisman – law professor

Scholars of the natural sciences
• Willard H. Allen (BS, 1916) – poultry scientist and New Jersey secretary of agriculture

• Alan T. Busby (BA, 1918) – animal scientist and first African American alumnus

• Kartik Chandran (PhD, 1999) – engineer and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship

• Franklin Chang-Diaz (BS, 1973) – NASA astronaut and physicist

• Carol Lynn Curchoe – molecular biologist

• Janet Frost (Ph.D., 1994) – Biochemist and professor emeritus

• David Grimaldi – entomologist

• Benjamin Hsiao – materials scientist

• David Lee – Nobel Prize-winning physicist

• Richard Mastracchio – NASA astronaut and engineer

• Luz Oliveros-Belardo – National Scientist of the Philippines

• Vijay P. Parashar – oral and maxillofacial radiologist

• Massimo Pigliucci – evolutionary theorist and philosopher

• Jeffrey Rosenfeld – neurosurgeon

• Edmund Ware Sinnott – Professor of Botany and Genetics (1915–1928)

• Mika Tosca – climate scientist

• Talitha Washington – mathematician and STEM activist

• Yuwen Zhang – mechanical engineer

Scholars of the social sciences
• Kathleen Musante DeWalt – anthropologist

• Ramani Durvasula, PhD – clinical psychologist, media expert, and author

• Samih Farsoun – sociologist and Arab-American activist

• Howard S. Hoffman – experimental psychologist

• Kevin B. MacDonald – evolutionary psychology theorist

• Robert Remez – experimental psychologist

• Philip Rubin – cognitive scientist

• Horatio Strother (BA 1956; MA 1957) – historian and leading authority on the Underground Railroad in Connecticut

• Kevin Swick – educational theorist

Arts and entertainment
• Pam Arciero – puppeteer

• Jennifer Barnhart – actor and puppeteer

• Michael Bergin – supermodel

• Beau Billingslea – voice actor and former UConn football player

• Tanisha Brito – former Miss Connecticut and Miss Georgia USA

• Jackie Burns – Broadway actress

• Sharon Butler — painter and publisher of NYC art journalTwo Coats of Paint

• Mary Cadorette – actor

• Susanna Coffey (BFA 1977) – artist, educator, and National Academy of Design member

• Judy Collins – musician

• Lui Collins – folk singer-songwriter

• Tristan Couvares – reality TV star

• Scott DaRos – Emmy Award-winning animator

• Andrea Dromm – actress

• Justin Foley – drummer for Killswitch Engage

• Patrick Earl Hammie – contemporary figurative artist

• Matthew Jensen – artist and photographer

• Ned Kahn – environmental artist and MacArthur Fellowship recipient

• Jeremy Leven – author, director, producer, and screenwriter

• Michelle Lombardo – model

• Donny Marshall – television sports broadcaster

• Forrest McClendon – actor

• Moby – singer-songwriter, musician

• Bobby Moynihan – actor and comedian

• Julius R. Nasso – film producer

• Peter Niedmann – composer

• Ron Palillo – actor

• Morris Pleasure – composer, musician

• Toni Press-Coffman – playwright

• Meg Ryan – actress

• Skip Schoolnik – film director and producer

• Brian Schulz – Emmy-winning producer and cinematographer

• Leslie Silva – actress

• Rick Sternbach – Emmy-winning illustrator and visual effects artist

• Austin Stowell – actor

• Signe Margaret Stuart – abstract painter

• Oksana Tanasiv – artist

• Tony Todd – actor

• Diane Tuft – photographer

• Paige Turco – actress

• Robert Wendel – composer and conductor

• Brad Williams – puppeteer

• Dana Wilson – composer and jazz pianist

• Kim Zolciak – television personality

Authors, journalists and commentators
• Elizabeth Bear (Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky) – author

• Richard Bernstein – journalist and author

• Michael Bradford – playwright, artistic director, and AUDELCO nominee

• Leslie Brody – non-fiction author

• P. W. Catanese – author

• Robert D. Kaplan – author and essayist

• Dawn Lundy Martin – poet, essayist, and activist

• Leigh Montville – sports journalist

• Les Payne (B.A., 1964) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists

• Ann Lane Petry – novelist

• Randall Pinkston – news correspondent

• Joel Rosenberg – science fiction author

• Ron Roy (B.A. 1965) – children's literature author

• Lewis Turco – poet

• David Ushery – WNBC news anchor

Business and industry
• Doug Bernstein – co-founder: Melissa & Doug

• Scott Case (BS, 1992) – co-founder and former CTO: Priceline.com

• Robert Diamond – former CEO: Barclays; co-founder: Atlas Mara Limited

• Kimberly Eddleston – Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at D'Amore-McKim School of Business

• Clifford Grodd – former president and CEO: Paul Stuart

• George Harrison – former senior vice president of marketing: Nintendo

• Viren Kapadia – president and CEO: Gyrus Systems

• Bob Kaufman – co-founder: Bob's Discount Furniture

• Kathleen Murphy – investor at Fidelity Investments

• Timothy Shriver – chairman: Special Olympics; member of Kennedy family

• William S. Simon – former executive vice president: Walmart

• Annie Withey – co-founder of Smartfood and Annie's Homegrown

• Vincent Zarrilli – founder of The Pot Shop

Civic leaders and activists

 * Lottie B. Scott – civic leader and African American civil rights advocate

Elected officials
• Chuck Benedict – Wisconsin State Assemblyman (2004–2010)

• Francisco L. Borges – Connecticut State Treasurer (1987–1993)

• Natalie Braswell (BA 2000, MPA 2002, JD 2007) – Connecticut State Comptroller (2021–2023)

• Thomas W. Bucci – 49th Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut (1985–1989)

• Shari Cantor – Mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut (2016–present)

• Eric D. Coleman – former Connecticut State Senator (1995–2017)

• Joe Courtney – U.S. Representative for CT-2

• Emilio Q. Daddario – former U.S. Representative for CT-1 (1959–1971)

• Andy Dinniman – Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district (2006–present)

• Art Feltman – former Connecticut State Representative (1997–2009)

• John Fetterman (MBA 1993) – U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2023–present), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019—2023)

• Sam Gejdenson – former U.S. Representative for CT-2 (1981–2001)

• Robert Giaimo – former U.S. Representative for CT-3 (1959–1981)

• Dorothy Goodwin (PhD 1957) – former Connecticut State Representative (1974–1984)

• Bernard F. Grabowski – former U.S. Representative for CT-6 (1963–1967)

• Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. – Connecticut State Senator (2015–2019); member of Kennedy Family

• Mike Lawlor – former Connecticut State Representative (1987–2011)

• Martin Looney – Connecticut State Senator, Pres. pro tem. (1993–present)

• Konstantina Lukes – former Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (2007–2010)

• Shaun McNally – former Connecticut State Representative (1987–1992)

• Chris Murphy – U.S. Senator for Connecticut (2013–present)

• Lewis Rome – Connecticut State Senate leader (1973–1979) and Republican Party nominee in the 1982 Connecticut gubernatorial election

• William St. Onge – former U.S. Representative for CT-2 (1963–1970)

• Ronald A. Sarasin – former U.S. Representative for CT-5 (1973–1979)

• Pedro Segarra – former Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (2010–2015)

• Kevin B. Sullivan – former Connecticut State Senator, Pres. pro tem. (1987–2004)

• David J. Valesky – New York State Senator (2005–2018)

• Robert Ward – Minority leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1995–2007)

• Elmer Watson (BS 1929) – Connecticut State Senate majority leader (1957–1959)

Judges and attorneys
• Bethany Alvord – Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court

• Vanessa Lynne Bryant – U.S. District Judge: D. Conn.

• Carol Ann Conboy – Associate Justice: New Hampshire Supreme Court (2009–2017)

• Alfred V. Covello – Chief U.S. District Judge: D. Conn. (1992–2003)

• John A. Danaher III – Judge: Connecticut Superior Court

• Gregory D’Auria – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court

• Alexandra Davis DiPentima – Chief Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court

• Christopher F. Droney – U.S. Circuit Judge: 2d Cir.

• Fernande R.V. Duffly – Associate Justice: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (2011–2016)

• Dennis G. Eveleigh – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court

• Lubbie Harper Jr. – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (2011–12)

• Wesley W. Horton – Connecticut appellate court lawyer

• Denise R. Johnson – Associate Justice: Vermont Supreme Court (1990–2011)

• Joette Katz – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (1992–2011)

• Christine Keller – Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court (2013–present)

• Douglas Lavine – Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court (2006–present

• Robert J. Lynn – Associate Justice: New Hampshire Supreme Court

• Seth Marnin – New York Court of Claims; first openly transgender male judge in the U.S.

• Andrew J. McDonald – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court

• Thomas Joseph Meskill – Chief U.S. Circuit Judge: 2d Cir. (1975–1993); Governor of Connecticut (1971–1975)

• Kevin J. O'Connor – 15th United States Associate Attorney General (2008–2009)

• Richard N. Palmer – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court

• Rosemary S. Pooler – U.S. Circuit Judge: 2d Cir.

• Mickey Sherman – Criminal defense attorney

• Christine S. Vertefeuille – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (2000–2010)

• William A. Webb – U.S. Magistrate Judge: E.D.N.C. (1999–2014)

• Omar A. Williams – U.S. District Judge: D. Conn.

Diplomats, government officials and party leaders
• Richard Calder – former senior official at the CIA

• Miguel Cardona – CT Commissioner of Education; current US Secretary of Education (2021-)

• Bill Curry – former Counselor to the President in Clinton administration (1995–1997)

• Charles A. Duelfer – former Special Advisor: Director of Central Intelligence

• J. Michael Farren – former Dep. White House Counsel in George W. Bush administration (2007–2009)

• C. Frank Figliuzzi – former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI (2011–2012)

• Louis O. Giuffrida – former Director: FEMA (1981–1985)

• Eliot A. Jardines – former Ass. Dep. Director of National Intelligence for Open Source (2005–2008)

• Jerold Mande (BA 1978) – former USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety; lead designer of the Nutrition Facts food label.

• Mark J. Marcus – former Commissioner: Connecticut Department of Children and Families (1970s–80s)

• Brett H. McGurk – Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL

• Alfonso Múnera Cavadía – Colombian ambassador to Jamaica and Guyana and former secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States (2012–2016)

• Sam Webb – former chairman: Communist Party USA (2000–2014)

Foreign officials

 * Hajim al-Hassani – former Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government
 * Bona Arsenault – former Member: Parliament of Canada (1945–1957)
 * Tansu Çiller – 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey (1993–1996)

Military

 * Willis Nichols Hawley – United States Army first sergeant
 * Samuel Jaskilka – United States Marine Corps general
 * Carl Kimmons – United States Navy officer; first person to rise through the ranks from mess attendant to commissioned officer
 * Charles D. Luckey – United States Army lieutenant general
 * Kenneth North – United States Air Force brigadier general
 * Regina Rush-Kittle – United States Army Reserve command sergeant major
 * Cornelius E. Ryan – United States Army major general
 * Paul A. Yost Jr. – United States Coast Guard commandant

Baseball
• Nick Ahmed – MLB short stop for the Arizona Diamondbacks

• Matt Barnes – MLB pitcher for the 2018 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox

• Jesse Carlson – MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Rajai Davis – MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians

• Walt Dropo – former all-star Major League Baseball first baseman, 1950 MLB Rookie of the Year Award winner (American League)

• Billy Eppler – MLB General Manager

• Jeff Fulchino – MLB pitcher for the Houston Astros

• Jason Grabowski – former Major League Baseball player

• Dan Iassogna – Major League Baseball umpire

• L. J. Mazzilli – Minor League Baseball player

• Charles Nagy – former all-star Major League Baseball pitcher

• Mike Olt – MLB infielder

• Jim Penders – UConn baseball coach

• Bob Schaefer – bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers and former manager for the Kansas City Royals

• Rollie Sheldon – former MLB pitcher, member of the 1961 and 1962 World Series Champion New York Yankees

• George Springer – MLB outfielder for the Houston Astros, 2017 World Series Champion and Most Valuable Player

• Pete Walker – former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher and current Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach

• Gary Waslewski – MLB pitcher

Men's basketball
• Jalen Adams (born 1995) – basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Jeff Adrien – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats

• Chuck Aleksinas – former center for the Golden State Warriors

• Ray Allen – fifth pick in the 1996 NBA draft Inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2018

• Hilton Armstrong – 12th pick in 2006 NBA draft, (New Orleans Hornets) forward/center

• Josh Boone – 23rd pick in the 2006 NBA draft (New Jersey Nets)

• Denham Brown – 40th pick in the 2006 NBA draft (Seattle SuperSonics)

• Scott Burrell – first American draft pick for MLB and NBA, played in the NBA 1995–2001

• Caron Butler – tenth pick in 2002 NBA draft, (Los Angeles Clippers) guard

• Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973) – Israeli player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israeli national basketball team

• Andre Drummond – ninth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons

• Jerome Dyson (born 1987) – player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Khalid El-Amin – former Chicago Bulls guard

• Harrison Fitch – UConn's first African American basketball player

• Rudy Gay – NBA; eighth overall pick in 2006 NBA draft, Memphis Grizzlies guard

• Tate George – former basketball player for the New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks

• Ben Gordon – third pick in 2004 NBA draft, Charlotte Bobcats guard

• Daniel Hamilton – 56th pick in 2016 NBA draft, Oklahoma City Thunder

• Richard Hamilton – seventh pick in 1999 NBA draft, Detroit Pistons guard

• Toby Kimball – former NBA forward, played for six teams, spent most of his career with the San Diego Rockets

• Travis Knight – former NBA player, 29th pick in 1996 NBA draft, center

• Bruce Kuczenski – former NBA forward/center

• Jeremy Lamb – guard for the Charlotte Hornets

• Ater Majok – 58th pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers

• Donyell Marshall – fourth pick in 1994 NBA draft

• Shabazz Napier – 24th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Portland Trail Blazers

• Emeka Okafor – second pick in 2004 NBA draft, center

• Kevin Ollie – former NBA guard, former UConn basketball head coach

• Worthy Patterson – St. Louis Hawks and Scranton Miners guard

• Tom Penders – head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston

• A. J. Price – 52nd pick on the 2009 NBA draft, point guard for the Washington Wizards

• Rodney Purvis – guard for the Orlando Magic

• Clifford Robinson – basketball player for the New Jersey Nets

• Stanley Robinson – 59th pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic

• Doron Sheffer – former Israeli basketball superstar

• Chris Smith – former Minnesota Timberwolves guard

• Bob Staak – former Wake Forest University and NBA coach

• Hasheem Thabeet – second pick in the 2009 NBA draft to the Memphis Grizzlies

• Corny Thompson – former NBA forward for the Dallas Mavericks

• Charlie Villanueva – seventh pick in 2005 NBA draft, (Detroit Pistons) forward

• Christian Vital (born 1997) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Jake Voskuhl – center currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats

• Kemba Walker – ninth pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Charlotte Bobcats

• Marcus Williams – 22nd pick in 2006 NBA draft, (New Jersey Nets) guard

Women's basketball
• Svetlana Abrosimova – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx, the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm

• Ashley Battle – WNBA, New York Liberty

• Sue Bird – Retired from the WNBA after a 20-year career with the Seattle Storm; first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft; five-time Olympic champion

• Paige Bueckers – Current Huskies player; consensus Division I player of the year in 2021

• Swin Cash – WNBA, Seattle Storm; second overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft

• Tina Charles – WNBA, Connecticut Sun; first overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft

• Kalana Greene – WNBA, Connecticut Sun

• Charde Houston – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx

• Asjha Jones – WNBA, Connecticut Sun

• Rebecca Lobo – WNBA player; ESPN analyst

• Renee Montgomery – former WNBA player; now an executive and part-owner of her final WNBA team, the Atlanta Dream

• Jessica Moore – WNBA, Los Angeles Sparks

• Maya Moore – first overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft, WNBA Minnesota Lynx

• Shea Ralph – WNBA, Utah Starzz; current head coach at Vanderbilt University

• Jennifer Rizzotti – WNBA; University of Hartford women's head coach

• Nykesha Sales – WNBA Connecticut Sun

• Kelly Schumacher – WNBA player for the Indiana Fever

• Breanna Stewart – WNBA, first overall pick in 2016 WNBA draft, Seattle Storm

• Ann Strother – WNBA, Atlanta Dream

• Ketia Swanier – WNBA, Phoenix Mercury

• Diana Taurasi – first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft, five-time Olympic champion, Phoenix Mercury

• Barbara Turner – Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Women's Basketball

• Tamika Williams – WNBA Connecticut Sun; head coach of the Indian National Team

• Kara Wolters – WNBA center for the Houston Comets; analyst for Connecticut radio network

Football
• Andrew Adams – Tennessee Titans safety

• Deon Anderson – former Dallas Cowboys fullback

• Will Beatty – New York Giants offensive tackle

• Tyvon Branch – Oakland Raiders safety

• Cody Brown – NFL linebacker

• Donald Brown – running back for the Indianapolis Colts

• Darius Butler – Indianapolis Colts cornerback

• Gardner Dow – center; died from head trauma during the 1919 season opener

• Marcus Easley – Buffalo Bills wide receiver

• Kirk Ferentz – Iowa Hawkeyes football head coach

• Alfred Fincher – New Orleans Saints linebacker

• Nick Giaquinto – NFL tailback, member of the Super Bowl XVII champion Washington Redskins

• Byron Jones – Dallas Cowboys cornerback

• Brian Kozlowski – former NFL fullback/tight end

• Greg Lloyd, Jr. – Indianapolis Colts linebacker

• Robert McClain – Atlanta Falcons cornerback

• Eric Naposki – NFL and Barcelona Dragons linebacker and convicted murderer

• Dan Orlovsky – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback

• Kendall Reyes – San Diego Chargers defensive end

• Sam Rutigliano – former Cleveland Browns head coach

• Anthony Sherman – Kansas City Chiefs fullback

• Shane Stafford – Arena Football League quarterback

• Donald Thomas – New England Patriots guard

• Jordan Todman – Jacksonville Jaguars running back

• Lawrence Wilson – New Orleans Saints linebacker

Men's hockey

 * Todd Krygier – NHL left-winger
 * Maxim Letunov – NHL center
 * Cole Schneider – AHL and NHL right-winger
 * Tage Thompson – NHL center

Men's soccer
• Andre Blake – Goalkeeper for Philadelphia Union and Jamaica national football team

• Kevin Burns – midfielder for the Columbus Crew

• Chukwudi Chijindu – striker for Chivas USA

• George Fochive – midfielder for the Portland Timbers

• Josh Ford – goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC

• Chris Gbandi – former player for FC Dallas

• Julius James – defender for the Columbus Crew

• Andrew Jean-Baptiste – defender for the NY Red Bulls

• Cyle Larin – striker for Beşiktaş and Canada men's national soccer team

• Damani Ralph – former Chicago Fire player and current FC Rubin Kazan striker

• Bobby Rhine – former player for FC Dallas

• Toni Stahl – midfielder for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers

• Shavar Thomas – soccer player for the Philadelphia Union

• Kwame Watson-Siriboe – defender for the Chicago Fire

• O'Brian White – striker for Seattle Sounders FC

Women's soccer

 * Niki Cross – forward for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League
 * Rachel Hill – forward for Orlando Pride of the NWSL
 * Stephanie Labbé – Olympic bronze medalist, Canadian goalkeeper
 * Sara Whalen (born 1976) – Olympic silver medalist

Other

 * Dan Cramer – mixed martial artist for Bellator and UFC Fighting Championships
 * Bonnie Stoll – professional racquetball player and fitness trainer

Current
• Yaakov Bar-Shalom – Board of Trustees member (Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

• Gina Barreca – humor author, contributor to The Hartford Courant (Professor of English Literature and feminist theory)

• Jc Beall – Board of Trustees Distinguished (Professor of Philosophy)

• Robert L. Birmingham – Professor of Law

• Richard D. Brown – Professor of History (1971–2007); Professor Emeritus (2007–present)

• Ann Charters – Beat scholar (Professor of English)

• Kenneth Fuchs – Grammy-winning composer (School of Fine Arts)

• Johann Peter Gogarten – evolutionary biologist

• Lewis Gordon — world philosopher (Professor of Philosophy)

• Robert A. Gross – historian

• Wally Lamb – author (Associate Professor of Creative Writing)

• Richard Normand Langlois – economist (Professor of Economics)

• Cato T. Laurencin – engineer, physician (University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

• Guozhen Lu – Professor of Mathematics

• Earl MacDonald – composer, musician (Director of Jazz Studies)

• Ronald Mallett – researcher in time travel (Professor of Physics)

• Radenka Maric – engineer (Professor of Sustainable Energy; University President)

• Samuel Martinez – cultural anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology)

• Ross Miller – literary critic and biographer

• Ruth Millikan – philosopher of language (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of the Division of Orthodontics at University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine

• Chiara Mingarelli – gravitational-wave astrophysicist (Professor of Physics)

• Olu Oguibe – Professor of Painting and author

• Sam Pickering – teacher portrayed by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (Professor of English)

• Joseph Renzulli – gifted education theorist

• Julian Rotter – psychologist (Emeritus Professor of Psychology)

• Merrill Singer – medical anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology)

• Bette Talvacchia – art historian (Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus)

• Mark C. Urban – biologist (Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

Former

 * Note: Years and official titles are given when possible.

• Jamie Homero Arjona – Professor of Romance and Classical Languages (1932–1967)

• Alexinia Baldwin – PhD alumna and Professor of Education (1988–2003)

• Frank Ballard – puppeteer and Professor of Dramatic Arts (1956–1989)

• Ann Beattie – novelist and short story writer

• Susan Porter Benson – historian and Professor of History (1993–2005)

• Albert Francis Blakeslee – botanist (when it was still Connecticut Agricultural College)

• James M. Bobbitt – Professor of Chemistry (1956–1991)

• Taylor L. Booth – Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

• Weston A. Bousfield – Professor of Psychology (1939–1971)

• Arthur Bronwell – Professor of Electrical Engineering (1962–1977); Dean of the School of Engineering (1962–1970)

• Roger Buckley – Professor of History and Director of the Asian American Studies Institute

• Francelia Butler – author and expert on children's literature (Professor of English, 1968–1992)

• Lien Chan – former vice president of the Republic of China (Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1967–1968)

• Roger Crossgrove – artist and Professor of Art Emeritus (1968–1988)

• Roy D'Andrade – developer of cognitive anthropology

• Irving Gilman Davis – Professor of Economics (1919–1939)

• Victor Denenberg – developmental psychobiologist

• Josephine Dolan – UConn's first professor of nursing (1944–1976)

• Richard Eberhart – poet

• James C. Faris – anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies)

• Estelle Feinstein – historian at UConn Stamford (Professor of History, 1957–1989)

• Harry L. Garrigus – animal scientist (Professor of Animal Husbandry, 1900–1942)

• Brison D. Gooch – historian of 19th-century Europe, taught at UC prior to 1973

• Alfred Gurdon Gulley – Professor of Horticulture (1894–1917)

• Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012) – Professor of Nursing (1987–1997)

• Evan Hill – Professor of Journalism (1965–1983)

• Nafe Katter – Professor of Theatre (1957–1997)

• J. A. Scott Kelso – neuroscientist (Professor of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences)

• Susan Kinsolving – poet

• Myron W. Krueger – computer scientist (Professor of Computer Science, 1974–85)

• Everett Carll Ladd – political scientist, Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (1964–1999)

• Glenn J. Lesniak – U.S. Army major general

• Alvin Liberman – speech scientist (Professor of Psychology)

• Jerauld Manter – Professor of Ornithology and Entomology (1912–1953)

• Henry Ruthven Monteith – Professor of History and English (1900–1922)

• Marilyn Nelson – Professor Emeritus of English (1978–) and 2001–06 poet laureate of the State of Connecticut

• Ovide F. Pomerleau – psychologist (Professor of Psychiatry [Psychology], 1979–1985)

• Richard Popkin – philosophy historian

• Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro – nutritionist (Associate Professor of Home Economics, 1963–1967)

• Gideon Rodan – biochemist and osteopath (School of Dental Medicine, 1970–1985)

• Charles Schlueter – trumpeter

• Harold Seidman – political scientist and public administration expert (Professor of Political Science, 1971–1984)

• Edmund Ware Sinnott – botanist and prolific author (Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1915–1928)

• James A. Slater – entomologist (Professor of Entomology, 1953–1988)

• Hale Smith – composer (Professor of Music, 1970–1984)

• Avo Sõmer – composer and music theorist (Professor of Music, 1962–2000)

• M. Estella Sprague – Professor of Home Economics (1917–1926); Dean of the Division of Home Economics (1920–1926)

• Walter Stemmons – professor of journalism and university editor, 1918–1954

• Ian Stewart – mathematician (Visiting Professor of Mathematics, 1977–1978

• Lyman Maynard Stowe – physician and first dean of the UConn School of Medicine

• George Safford Torrey – botanist (Professor of Botany, 1915–1956)

• Harleigh Trecker – Professor of Social Work (1951–1977); Dean, School of Social Work, (1968–1977)

• Albert E. Van Dusen – historian; Professor of History (1949–1983) and Connecticut State Historian (1952–1985)

• Alexey von Schlippe – painter (Professor of Art, Avery Point campus, 1963–1982)

• Charles E. Waring – physical chemist (Professor of Chemistry, 1946–1979)

• Rex Warner – author and translator (Professor of Classics, 1962–1973)

• Helen Turner Watson – nursing educator (Associate Professor of Nursing, 1965–1983)

• Albert E. Waugh – Professor of Economics (1924–1965), Provost of the University (1950–1965)

• Sidney Waxman – horticulturist (Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, 1957–1991)

• Nathan Whetten – sociologist (Professor of Sociology, 1932–1970; Dean of the Graduate School, 1940–1970)

• Edwina Whitney – College Librarian (1900–1934), Assistant Professor of German (1926–1934)

• Carolyn Ladd Widmer – Dean of the School of Nursing (1942–1967)

• Rollin Williams – Professor of Social Work (1957–1985)

• Kenneth G. Wilson – Professor of English (1951–1989)

• Wayne Worcester – author and journalist (Professor of Journalism)

• Fujia Yang – physicist (Visiting Professor of Physics)

• Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang – world animal cloning leader and director of the Center for Regenerative Biology (Professor of Animal Science)

• Feenie Ziner – children's literature writer (Professor of English, 1974–1994)

Presidents of the University of Connecticut
• Solomon Mead, Principal (1881—1882)

• Henry P. Armsby, acting principal (1882—1883)

• Benjamin F. Koons, 1st president (1883—1898)

• George Washington Flint, 2nd president (1898—1901)

• Rufus W. Stimson, 3rd president (1901—1908)

• Edwin O. Smith, acting president (1908)

• Charles L. Beach, 4th president (1908—1928)

• Charles B. Gentry, acting president (1928—1929, 1935)

• George A. Works, 5th president (1929—1930)

• Charles C. McCracken, 6th president (1930—1935)

• Albert N. Jorgensen, 7th president (1935—1962)

• Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., 8th president (1962—1972)

• Edward V. Gant, acting president (1969, 1972–1973, 1978–1979)

• Glenn W. Ferguson, 9th president (1973—1978)

• John A. DiBiaggio, 10th president (1979—1985)

• John T. Casteen III, 11th president (1985—1990)

• Harry J. Hartley, 12th president (1990—1996; acting 1987, 1990)

• Philip E. Austin, 13th president (1996—2007; acting 2010—2011)

• Michael J. Hogan, 14th president (2007—2010)

• Susan Herbst, 15th president (2011—2019)

• Thomas C. Katsouleas, 16th president (2019—2021)

• Andrew Agwunobi, acting president (2021–2022)

• Radenka Maric, 17th president (2022–present)