List of University of Texas at El Paso people

This list of UTEP people includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of University of Texas at El Paso and its graduate programs.

Coaches

 * Keitha Adams (born 1967), basketball coach.
 * Don Haskins (1930-2008), basketball coach.
 * Sandra Rushing, basketball coach.

Faculty

 * Renato Aguilera, professor of biological sciences
 * Zuill Bailey, professor of cello, professional cellist
 * Steven Best, professor of philosophy and co-founder of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
 * Andy Cohen, Major League Baseball second baseman who coached university team for 17 years
 * Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, chemistry professor and nanoparticle researcher
 * Laurie Ann Guerrero, writer and Texas Poet Laureate
 * John Haddox, philosopher and Latin-Americanist
 * Anna Jaquez, art professor
 * Jorge López, physics professor and educator
 * Urbici Soler y Manonelles, Spanish sculptor
 * Diana Natalicio (born 1939), first woman to serve as president of UTEP.
 * Denis O'Hearn, professor of sociology and anthropology.
 * Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer
 * Ellwyn R. Stoddard, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology
 * Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), second woman to serve as faculty at UTEP.

Alumni

 * F. Murray Abraham – Academy Award Best Actor winner, Amadeus
 * Nate Archibald – NBA Hall of Famer, chosen as one of the Top 50 Greatest NBA Players
 * Bob Beamon – Olympic gold medalist, world record holder in track and field
 * Fred Carr - Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame linebacker
 * Sam Donaldson – ABC News veteran and former White House Chief Correspondent
 * Jon Dorenbos – Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles former long snapper
 * Eleanor Lyon Duke – biology professor
 * Dave Feitl – former NBA player
 * Tevita Fifita – professional wrestler
 * Greg Foster – former NBA player and one time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers
 * Hector Guerrero – professional wrestler, performed on WWF and NWA
 * Vickie Guerrero – General Manager of WWE Smackdown
 * Jack Handey – American humorist, Saturday Night Live
 * Wayne Hansen – former NFL player
 * Tim Hardaway – NBA All-Star, 2000 Summer Olympics gold medalist
 * Idris Haron – Chief Minister of Malacca, Malaysia
 * William D. Hawkins – U.S. Marine awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II
 * Kjell Ove Hauge - Norwegian former track-athlete, since Head master at Kuben Upper Secondary School
 * J. P. Hayes – professional golfer
 * Johnnie Lee Higgins – National Football League wide receiver and return specialist, Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006.
 * Ed Hochuli – National Football League referee; officiated Super Bowls XXXII and XXXVIII
 * Thomas Howard – former NFL linebacker
 * Chuck Hughes - NFL receiver; passed away after suffering heart attack during 1971 game while playing for the Detroit Lions vs. the Chicago Bears
 * Suzanna Hupp – former Republican state representative and gun rights advocate
 * Chris Jacke – BBA 1989, All-American place kicker, Super Bowl champion with Green Bay Packers
 * Shoshana Johnson – U.S. Army Specialist, former Iraq POW
 * Aaron Jones – Green Bay Packers running back
 * Seth Joyner – 1991 NFL Defensive Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, one-time Super Bowl champion
 * Ginger Kerrick – American physicist and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
 * Mia Khalifa – former pornographic actress, social media personality, webcam model
 * Mike Maddux – former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Yossi Maiman – Israeli businessman
 * Karla Martinez – host of popular morning show Despierta America
 * Don Maynard – Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * McKenzie Moore - player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Paul Moreno – former Texas Democratic State Representative, longest serving Mexican American elected official in the United States
 * Halakilangi Muagututia – American football player
 * Brian Natkin – former NFL tight end and unanimous college All-American
 * Blessing Okagbare – Olympic and world medalist in the long jump
 * John D. Olivas – first UTEP alumnus to be selected as an astronaut by NASA, member of Space Shuttle Mission STS-117 crew aboard the Atlantis
 * Bob O'Rear – one of the earliest employees of Microsoft
 * Claudia Ordaz Perez – member of the Texas House of Representatives (2021-Present)
 * Estela Portillo-Trambley – poet
 * John Rayborn – gridiron football player
 * Nolan Richardson – former NCAA champion collegiate men's basketball head coach at the University of Arkansas
 * Rubén Salazar – Mexican-American journalist
 * Paul Smith – former NFL player
 * W. E. "Pete" Snelson – journalist, businessman, and member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Midland, later worked in Austin as an educational consultant
 * Charles A. Steen – geologist whose Mi Vida Mine discovery started the American Uranium Boom of the 1950s
 * Billy Stevens – former Green Bay Packers quarterback
 * Obadele Thompson – former 100 meters world record holder
 * Kayla Thornton – forward for the Dallas Wings
 * Tony Tolbert – three-time world champion with the Dallas Cowboys
 * Susana Martinez – incumbent governor of New Mexico
 * Riley Matheson – former NFL player
 * Bob Wallace – former Chicago Bears tight end
 * Marvin Washington – former NFL player
 * Charlie West – former NFL player
 * Jesse Whittenton – former NFL player
 * Robert Windham – professional wrestler, performing as Blackjack Mulligan, and patriarch of a prominent wrestling family.
 * Richard Crawford White – politician, served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983.
 * Jesse Whittenton – Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
 * Barron Wortham – former NFL player
 * Brian Young – former NFL player
 * Asnage Castelly, Olympic wrestler