This list of University of Texas at Austin alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...

. The institution is a major research university in

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, Texas, US and is the flagship institution of the

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. Founded in 1883, the university has had the fifth largest single-campus enrollment in the nation as of Fall 2006 (and had the largest enrollment in the country from 1997 to 2003), with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 16,500 faculty and staff. It currently holds the second largest enrollment of all colleges in the state of Texas."Texas Higher Education Enrollments."
Texas Higher Education Data. Over 30 UT Austin undergraduates have served in the

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and U.S. House of Representatives, such as Lloyd Bentsen '42, who served as both a U.S. senator and

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, and was the 1988 Democratic Party vice presidential nominee. Tom C. Clark, J.D. '22, served as

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from 1945 to 1949 and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967. Cabinet members of American presidents include former

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Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne Tillerson (born March 23, 1952) is an American engineer and energy executive who served as the 69th U.S. secretary of state from February 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, under President Donald Trump. Prior to joining the Trump administ ...

'75, former

James Baker James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President ...

'57, former

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William J. Bennett, and former secretary of commerce

Donald Evans Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) is an American businessman. He was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed by his longtime friend George W. Bush and sworn into office on January 20, 2001. On November 9, 2004, the White Hou ...

'73. First Lady Laura Bush '73 and daughter Jenna '04 both graduated from UT Austin, as well as former first lady

Lady Bird Johnson Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (''née'' Taylor; December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson. She previously served as Second Lady from 1961 to 1963 whe ...

'33 & '34 and her eldest daughter

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. In foreign governments, the university has been represented by

Fernando Belaúnde Terry Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

'36 (42nd president of

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), and Abdullah al-Tariki (co-founder of OPEC). UT Austin alumni in academia include the 26th president of

the College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William I ...

Gene Nichol Gene Ray Nichol, Jr. (born May 11, 1951) was the twenty-sixth president of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. He succeeded Timothy J. Sullivan and officially served from July 1, 2005, to February 12, 2008. It ...

'76, the 10th president of

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...

Robert A. Brown '73 & '75, and the 8th president of the

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John R. Hubbard. The university also graduated

Alan Bean Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astron ...

'55, the fourth man to walk on the Moon. Additionally, alumni of the university who have served as business leaders include ExxonMobil Corporation former CEO

'75, Dell founder and CEO

Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies. He is ranked the ...

, founder & CEO of Keyhole and pioneer of the successor Google Maps & Google Earth John Hanke, and CEO of Southwest Airlines

Gary C. Kelly Gary Clayton Kelly (born March 12, 1955) is an American business executive. He is the chairman and former chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines. Personal life Kelly was born in San Antonio on March 12, 1955. Kelly received a Bachelor of B ...

. In literature and journalism, UT Austin has produced Pulitzer Prize winners Gail Caldwell and

Ben Sargent Ben Sargent (born November 26, 1948) is a retired American editorial cartoonist. He began drawing editorial cartoons for the '' Austin American-Statesman'' in 1974 and retired in 2009. His cartoons are also distributed nationally by Universal P ...

'70, as well as

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anchor

Betty Nguyen Betty Nguyen (born September 1, 1974) is an American news anchor, who is currently at WPIX in New York City. Nguyen has previously worked for NBC News, MSNBC, CBS News, and CNN. Career Nguyen began her career as a morning anchor and reporter ...

'95. Alumnus

J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ...

also received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. UT Austin has produced several musicians and entertainers. Janis Joplin, the singer who posthumously was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award attended the university, as well as February 1955 ''

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'' Playmate of the Month and Golden Globe recipient

Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and ''Playboy'' Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Man ...

. The big screen has carried the talents of actor

Matthew McConaughey Matthew David McConaughey ( ; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He had his breakout role with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first succes ...

'93 (star of ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (2003), '' Sahara'' (2005), '' We Are Marshall'' (2007), et al.) with Farrah Fawcett (one of the original '' Charlie's Angels'') on the

small screen Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

. A number of UT Austin alumni have found success in professional sports. Seven-time Cy Young Award-winner

Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston Red Sox. Clemens was one of the most dominant pi ...

entered the

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after helping the Longhorns win the 1983 College World Series. Professional basketball player and Olympic gold medalist

Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant ( ; born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for t ...

played one season with the Longhorns. Several Olympic medalists have also attended the school, including 2008 Summer Olympics athletes

Ian Crocker Ian Lowell Crocker (born August 31, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly (long course and short ...

'05 (swimming world record holder and two-time Olympic gold medalist) and 4 × 400 m relay defending Olympic gold medalist

Sanya Richards Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985) is a retired Jamaican-American track and field athlete, who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being th ...

'06.

Mary Lou Retton Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is an American retired gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals. Her performanc ...

(the first female gymnast outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title, five-time Olympic medalist, and 1984 ''

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'' Sportswoman of the Year) also attended the university.

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University deans, chancellors, and presidents

Professors, doctors and researchers

NASA

Business and finance

Entertainment

Film and stage

Actors

Directors, producers, and writers

Music

Comics and cartooning

Government, law, and public policy

U.S. presidential family members

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Justices of state supreme courts

Federal judges

Members of the United States Congress

:''Note: "D" indicates a

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while "R" indicates a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

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Senators

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Politicians and diplomats outside the U.S.

Members of the United States Cabinet

Armed forces

Other U.S. political and legal figures

Journalism and media

Literature, writing, and translation

Social reformers

Sports

Baseball

Softball

Basketball

Football

Golf

Swimming

Track and field

Other sports

* Eileen Tell (born 1966), tennis player

Miscellaneous

Notes

* Blank cells indicate missing information; em-dashes (—) indicate that the alumnus attended but never graduated from UT Austin.

References

External links

UT Austin Alumni Association "Texas Exes"
{{University of Texas at Austin *

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