Politics
- George F. Allen (CLAS '74, LAW '77)
- Former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Virginia
- Mortimer M. Caplin (CLAS '37, LAW '40)
- Former commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, founding member of Caplin
- Lt. Gen. David A. Deptua (CLAS '43, GSAS '76)
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- Julia Gibbons (CLAS '75)
- U.S. District Judge, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- James S. Gilmore III (CLAS '71, LAW '77)
- Former Governor of Virginia and Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Jeannie Hong (CLAS '88)
- First Asian Pacific American Judge in the State of Maryland
- Robert L. Hutchings (CLAS '79)
- Chairman, National Intelligence Council
- John Nau (CLAS '68)
- Chairman, Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- Larry J. Sabato (CLAS '74)
- Director and founder, Center for Politics; best-selling author, Feeding Frenzy: Attack Journalism & American Politics.
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (CLAS '28)
- Secretary of the Interior, delegate to state secession convention, Committee of Nine member, Rector of the University (1874-1882)
- George T. Yates III (CLAS '70, LAW '73)
- Recipient, French Legion d'Honneur award in 2002
Business
- Frank Batten Sr. (CLAS '50)
- Retired Chairman and CEO, Landmark Communications Inc. Benefactor, U.Va. Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
- James A. Bear Jr. (CLAS '43, GSAS '52)
- Former Director, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
- Alfred R. Berkeley III (CLAS '66)
- Former President and Vice Chairman, NASDAQ
- Daryl Brewster (CLAS '79)
- President and CEO, Krispy Kreme
- U Bertram Ellis Jr. (CLAS '75, DARD '79)
- Chairman & CEO, iXL Enterprises
- C. Thomas Faulders III (CLAS '71)
- Former Chairman, CEO, LCC International, Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer of the University Alumni Association.
- Samuel J. Goldwyn Jr. (CLAS '47)
- CEO, Samuel Goldwyn Co.; former president, MGM
- Paul Tudor Jones (CLAS '76)
- President, Tudor Investment Corp.
- Halsey M. Minor (CLAS '87)
- CEO and chief executive of Net publishers CNET Inc.
- Julie Rasmussen (CLAS '87)
- President & founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics Russia
- Carl W. Smith (CLAS '51)
- Founder, Amvest Corporation
- David Verklin (CLAS '78)
- CEO, Carat North America
- A. Thomas Young (CLAS '61)
- Former president, Martin Marietta, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Corp
Entertainment
- Robert Aldrich (CLAS '41)
- Movie producer, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard
- Lewis M. Allen Jr. (CLAS '46)
- Broadway producer, Annie; film producer, Lord of the Flies
- Coran Capshaw (CLAS '83)
- Manager of Dave Matthews Band, co-founder of ATO Records, CEO of Musictoday LLC
- Deidre Downs (CLAS '02)
- Miss America 2005
- Tina Fey (CLAS '92)
- Actress, former "Saturday Night Live" head writer; writes, executive-produces and stars as Liz Lemon in NBC's "30 Rock.
- Bob Gazzale (CLAS '87)
- President and CEO of the American Film Institute; Emmy-nominated TV producer and writer.
- Mark Johnson (CLAS '71)
- Movie producer, Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- Stephen J. Malkmus Jr. (CLAS '88)
- Indie-rock musician; Former lead singer of the band Pavement.
- Benjamin McKenzie (CLAS '01)
- Actor, The O.C
- Andrew M. Scheinman (CLAS '70, LAW '73)
- Movie producer, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride
- Tom Shadyac (CLAS '80)
- Movie director/producer, Patch Adams, Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Bruce Almighty
- Melissa Stark (CLAS '95)
- Reporter, ESPN, and ABC's "Monday Night Football"
- Sean Patrick Thomas (CLAS '92)
- Actor, Save the Last Dance, Courage Under Fire, Barbershop
- Richard A. Tuggle (CLAS '70)
- Screenwriter, Escape from Alcatraz, Tightrope
- Dylan (Charles) Walsh (CLAS '86)
- Actor, Nip/Tuck
- Ann Hould Ward (CLAS '78)
- Tony Award winner for costume design, Beauty and the Beast
- Stanley Winston (CLAS '68)
- Motion picture special effects expert.
- Paul J. Witt (CLAS '63)
- Movie producer, Three Kings, Dead Poets Society; television producer
Supreme Court
- Leroy Rountree Hassell (CLAS '77)
- First black Chief Justice, Virginia Supreme Court
- John Charles Thomas (CLAS '72, LAW '75)
- First African-American Justice, Va. Supreme Court. One of twelve African-Americans out of 1,400 students in 1968.
Science & Technology
- Francis S. Collins MD, PhD (CLAS '70)
- Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
Athletics
- Valerie B. Ackerman (CLAS '81)
- Former president Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
- Wyatt Allen (CLAS '01)
- 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Men's Rowing
- Heather Burge (CLAS '93)
- Former WNBA player, Sacramento Monarchs
- Heidi Burge (CLAS '93)
- Former WNBA player, LA Sparks and Washington Mystics
- Rick Carlisle (CLAS '84)
- Former head coach, Indiana Pacers; former head coach, Detroit Pistons; NBA Coach of the Year 2001-02
- Paul Ereng (CLAS '93)
- 1988 Olympic gold medalist in track and field
- Harrison Fitzgerald Flippin (CLAS '31, MED '33)
- World record holder in high hurdles, national pentathlon champion
- Thomas Jones (CLAS '99)
- Running back, New York Jets
- Heath Miller (CLAS '05)
- Tight End, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl Winner 2006
- Eppa Rixey (CLAS 1914, GSAS '20)
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Ralph L. Sampson Jr. (CLAS '83)
- Former NBA Player; After playing for the U.Va. Cavaliers he was a number one overall draft pick in the 1983 NBA draft.
- Dawn Staley (CLAS '92)
- Three-time Olympic gold medalist, Head coach, Temple University
- Melanie Valerio (CLAS '91)
- 1996 Olympic gold medalist, 400-meter freestyle relay
- Walter "Wally" F. Walker (CLAS '76)
- Former President and General manager, Seattle SuperSonics. Led U.Va. to its only ACC title and its first NCAA Tournament.
- Ryan Zimmerman (CLAS '05)
- Third Baseman, Washington Nationals
Education
- John T. Casteen III (CLAS '65, GSAS '66, GSAS '70)
- President, University of Virginia
- Wade Hampton Frost (CLAS 1901, MED 1903)
- Established the Department of Epidemiology at John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and served as Dean of the School
Land, Sea, & Space
- Karl Heinze (CLAS '47, GSAS '48)
- Astronaut, flew on mission aboard the Challenger space shuttle in 1985.
- Alexander Archer Vandegrift (CLAS 1909)
- 18th Commandant and the first 4-star general of the US Marine Corps. Winner of Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Cross, and Medal of Honor
- Peter J. Wisoff (CLAS '80)
- Astronaut, flew on missions aboard the Endeavour (1993 and 1994), Atlantis (1997) and the Discovery (2000).
News & Media
- Nancy Andrews (CLAS '86)
- Award-winning photo journalist/author; 1999 White House Photographer of the Year
- Wyatt G. Andrews (CLAS '74)
- CBS news correspondent
- Frederic W. Barnes Jr. (CLAS '65)
- Executive editor of The Weekly Standard, co-host of The Beltway Boys and also regularly appears on Fox's Special Report with Brit Hume.
- C. Shelby Coffey III (CLAS '68)
- Former President, CNN Business News and CNNfn; former editor, U.S. News and Report, The Dallas Times Herald, and the Los Angeles Times
- Katherine A. Couric (CLAS '79)
- Anchor, CBS Nightly News. She has been co-anchor of NBC's "Today Show" from 1991 through 2006.
- Kimberly Dozier (CLAS '03)
- CBS Correspondent, Survivor of Bomb Attack in Iraq
- Brit Hume (CLAS '65)
- Anchor of Special Report with Brit Hume, Managing Editor Fox News
- Sara James (CLAS '83)
- Correspondent, "Dateline NBC"
- Richard Lowry (CLAS '90)
- Editor, National Review
- Tyler Mathisen (CLAS '76)
- Managing Editor of CNBC Business News and Host of CNBC High Net Worth
- George P. Rodrigue III (CLAS '78)
- VP/Managing editor, The Dallas Morning News; two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient
- Joan M. Stapleton (CLAS '75)
- Former publisher, New Republic
- Kristin van Ogtrop (CLAS '86)
- Managing Editor, Real Simple magazine in March 2003; Previously Executive Editor, Glamour magazine.
Arts & Literature
- David Berman (CLAS '89)
- Poet, Author, Actual Air
- Bruce Brandfon (CLAS '69)
- VP and Publisher of Scientific American
- Michael Cogswell (CLAS '83)
- Director, Louis Armstrong House & Archive, Author Louis Armstrong: The offstage Story of Satchmo
- Claudia Emerson (CLAS '79)
- Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet. She was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection "Late Wife" and has been a contributing editor of the literary magazine "Shenandoah."
- Ron Suskind (CLAS '81)
- Author, The One Percent Doctrine, The Price of Loyalty, A Hope in the Unseen
- Henry S. Taylor (CLAS '65)
- Pulitzer Prize- winning Author, A Flying Change
International/Foreign Affairs
- William Lyons Brown Jr. (CLAS '58)
- U.S. Ambassador to Austria
- Edward E. Elson (CLAS '56)
- Former Ambassador to Denmark
- William S. Farish III (CLAS '62)
- U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James
- W. Nathaniel Howell (CLAS '61, GSAS '65)
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait
- Frederick E. Nolting Jr. (CLAS '33, GSAS '40, GSAS '42)
- Former Ambassador to South Vietnam
- E. Ashley Wills (CLAS '71)
- U.S. Ambassador focuses on India and South Asia, Senior International Business Advisor at WilmerHale
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