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Notable Alumni of Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Notable alumni of Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus include Jimmy Carter (39th President of the United States), Kary Mullis (Biochemist, 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate) and Roman Reigns (WWE professional wrestler and actor).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Business

  • Dean Kamen 1951–

    Inventor of the Segway, co-founder of FIRST

    Also attended: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Gil Amelio 1943–

    Technology executive and former Apple CEO

  • Mary Spio

    Engineer, founder and CEO of CEEK Virtual Reality

    Also attended: Syracuse University

  • Mike Duke 1949–

    Fourth CEO of Walmart

  • David Dorman 1954–

    Founding partner of Centerview Capital Technology; CVS chairman

  • John F. Brock 1948–

    Former chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises

  • Neha Narkhede

    Co-founder of Confluent and co-creator of Apache Kafka

Science and academia

Arts and media

Sports

  • Roman Reigns 1985–

    WWE professional wrestler and actor

    Attended until 2006

  • Chris Bosh 1984–

    Former professional basketball player

  • Stephon Marbury 1977–

    Former professional basketball point guard

  • Angelo Taylor 1978–

    Track athlete, 400m hurdles Olympic champion 2000 and 2008

  • Bobby Jones 1902–1971

    Influential amateur golfer and lawyer

    Also attended: Harvard University

  • Iman Shumpert 1990–

    Former NBA player, 17th pick in 2011 draft

  • Derrick Favors 1991–

    NBA player, third overall pick in 2010

  • Thaddeus Young 1988–

    Former NBA player who played 17 seasons

  • Chaunté Lowe 1984–

    High jumper, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist

  • Irina Falconi 1990–

    Ecuadorian-born former professional tennis player

  • Derrick Adkins 1970–

    400m hurdler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist

  • Jarrett Jack 1983–

    Former NBA player, Pistons assistant coach

  • John Salley 1964–

    NBA player, first to win titles with three franchises

  • Anthony Morrow 1985–

    Former NBA player and Thunder executive

  • Ed Hamm 1906–1982

    Long jumper, 1928 Olympic gold medalist

  • Kenny Anderson 1970–

    Former NBA point guard

    Spouse: Tami Roman (Howard University)

  • Mark Price 1964–

    Former NBA point guard and four-time All-Star

    Sibling: Brent Price (University of South Carolina-Columbia)

  • Mark Teixeira 1980–

    Former MLB first baseman for the New York Yankees

  • Will Bynum 1983–

    Basketball coach and former professional player

    Also attended: University of Arizona

  • Matt Kuchar 1978–

    Professional golfer with nine PGA Tour wins

  • Dennis Scott 1968–

    Former professional basketball player

  • Josh Okogie 1998–

    NBA player, 20th pick in 2018 draft

  • Stewart Cink 1973–

    Professional golfer, 2009 Open Championship winner

  • Antonio McKay 1964–

    Former 400 meters sprinter

  • David Duval 1971–

    Professional golfer, former world number one

  • Charlie Blackmon 1986–

    MLB outfielder for the Colorado Rockies

    Also attended: Young Harris College

  • Harrison Butker 1995–

    Kansas City Chiefs placekicker

    Attended until 2016

  • Nomar Garciaparra 1973–

    Former MLB shortstop for the Boston Red Sox

    Spouse: Mia Hamm (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Avi Schafer 1998–

    Japanese professional basketball player

  • Demaryius Thomas 1987–2021

    NFL wide receiver, mainly with the Denver Broncos

  • Derek Dietrich 1989–

    Former MLB infielder and outfielder

  • Matt Murton 1981–

    Former MLB outfielder for Cubs, Athletics, Rockies

  • Billy Shaw 1938–2024

    Football guard for the Buffalo Bills

  • Joey Bart 1996–

    MLB baseball catcher

  • Jason Varitek 1972–

    Former Boston Red Sox catcher

  • Calvin Johnson 1985–

    Detroit Lions wide receiver

  • Chesson Hadley 1987–

    American professional golfer on the PGA Tour

  • Darren Waller 1992–

    NFL tight end

    Spouse: Kelsey Plum (University of Washington-Seattle Campus)

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (people who attended both).