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25 notable alumni U.S. News #236

Notable Alumni of The University of Texas at Arlington

Notable alumni of The University of Texas at Arlington include Kalpana Chawla (Indian-born astronaut and aerospace engineer), Lou Diamond Phillips (Actor, director and writer) and Tommy Franks (Retired US Army general, former CENTCOM commander).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

  • Tommy Franks 1945–

    Retired US Army general, former CENTCOM commander

  • Ron Wright 1953–2021

    US representative from Texas

Business

  • Charles Liang 1958–

    Co-founder, chairman and CEO of Supermicro

Science and academia

  • Kalpana Chawla 1962–2003

    Indian-born astronaut and aerospace engineer

    Master of Science · Aerospace engineering · Class of 1984

    Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder

  • Robert L. Stewart 1942–

    NASA astronaut and US Army brigadier general

    Also attended: University of Southern Mississippi

  • Roland G. Fryer, Jr. 1977–

    Economist and Harvard University professor

    Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

  • Jonathan A. Campbell 1947–

    Herpetologist, professor at University of Texas at Arlington

    Also attended: University of Kansas

  • Wendy Okolo 1989–

    Aerospace research engineer at NASA Ames

Arts and media

  • Lou Diamond Phillips 1962–

    Actor, director and writer

    Spouse: Julie Cypher (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Annie Ilonzeh 1983–

    Actress in Charlie's Angels reboot

  • Kimberly Matula 1988–

    Actress in The Bold and the Beautiful

  • Morgan Woodward 1925–2019

    Actor in Dallas and Cool Hand Luke

  • Lauren Lane 1961–

    Actress, known as C.C. Babcock in The Nanny

  • Charles Baker 1971–

    Actor known for Skinny Pete in Breaking Bad

    Also attended: Tarrant County College District

  • Daryush Shokof 1954–

    Iranian film director, artist and writer based in Germany

    Also attended: Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus

  • Caitlin Glass 1981–

    Voice actress for English-language anime dubs

  • Corinne Bohrer 1958–

    Film and television actress

  • Jonny Cruz 1982–

    Actor, screenwriter and producer

  • Julio Cedillo 1970–

    Mexican actor

Sports

  • Doug Russell 1946–

    Olympic champion swimmer and former world record-holder

  • Lanny Bassham 1947–

    Sport shooter, 1976 Olympic gold medalist

  • Derrick Obasohan 1981–

    Nigerian-American basketball coach and former player

  • Randy Snow 1959–2009

    Paralympian inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

  • John Lackey 1978–

    Former MLB pitcher for Angels, Red Sox, Cardinals, Cubs

  • Karol Gruszecki 1989–

    Polish professional basketball player

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.