This list of Texas A&M University people includes notable alumni, faculty, and affiliates of Texas A&M University. The term Texas Aggie, which comes from Texas A&M's history as an agricultural school, refers to students and alumni of Texas A&M. The class year of each alumnus indicates the projected undergraduate degree award year designation, although the actual year may differ. At Texas A&M and within its student culture, the term "former student" is more commonly used than "alumni".
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Armed forces
Arts
Art and architecture
Film, television, and theater
Journalism and literature
Music
Pageantry
Business
College presidents
Criminal activity
Government and politics
Heads of state
U.S. cabinet secretaries
U.S. federal judges
U.S. state governors
U.S. House of Representatives members
U.S. ambassadors and foreign political figures
State Upper House members
State Lower House members
Metropolitan mayors
NASA
National political figures
State political figures
Science and technology
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Faculty and affiliates
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Perspective
Nobel Prize laureates
Academia
College presidents
Professors and scholars
Armed forces
Government and politics
Heads of state
U.S. cabinet secretaries
U.S. state governors
U.S. senators
U.S. ambassadors and foreign political figures
National political figures
State political figures
Journalism and literature
- Joe Feagin – Pulitzer Prize nominee[203]
- Charles Gordone – 1970 Pulitzer Prize recipient[204]
- Robert Sherrill – journalist
Science and technology
- Perry L. Adkisson – Wolf Prize winner; World Food Prize winner[114]
- George Bass – National Medal of Science winner[114]
- Richard H. Battin – applied mathematician and engineer[185]
- Fuller W. Bazer – Wolf Prize winner[114]
- Karen Butler-Purry – professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering[205]
- Robert Byron Bird – 1987 National Medal of Science winner[185]
- F. Albert Cotton – National Medal of Science Laureate in Chemistry; Wolf Prize winner; Priestly Medal winner[114]
- Michael E. DeBakey – world-renowned cardiac surgeon, innovator, and scientist[185]
- Paul Erdős – mathematician[185]
- Stephen A. Fulling – theoretical physicist known for preliminary work that led to the discovery of the Unruh effect (also known as the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect)[206]
- Leonid Keldysh – namesake of Keldysh formalism
- John Henry Kinealy – engineer and inventor
- Peter Lax – mathematician[185]
- Gordon Manley – climatologist
- Ben Neuman – virologist
- Leonard M. Pike – established the Vegetable Improvement Center
- Marlan Scully – physicist
- Hobart Muir Smith – herpetologist; credited with describing more than 100 new species of American reptiles and amphibians
- Bjarne Stroustrup – designer and original implementer of the C++[207] programming language
- Nicholas B. Suntzeff – cosmologist, winner of Gruber Prize in cosmology, co-discoverer of dark energy
- Fred Weick – aviation pioneer[208]
- James Womack – Wolf Prize winner[114]
Sports
- Bob Griffin (born 1950) – American-Israeli basketball player, and English Literature professor
- Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966) – Egyptian fencing coach
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Athletes
Baseball
- Chad Allen (1997) – former MLB player; Olympic bronze medalist[209][210]
- Kevin Beirne (1996) – former MLB player[209][210]
- Matt Blank (1997) – MLB player[209][210]
- Rip Collins – former MLB player[210]
- Lew Ford – MLB player[citation needed]
- Casey Fossum (2000) – MLB player[210][211]
- Jeff Granger – former MLB player[212]
- Grady Higginbotham (1920) – Texas A&M baseball head coach (1930–1935); Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball head coach (1928–1929); Texas Tech Red Raider football head coach (1929); Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball head coach (1925–1927)[213]
- Zach Jackson (2005) – MLB player[209][210]
- Davey Johnson (1968) – former MLB player and team manager, 1973 Comeback Player of the Year, three-time Gold Glove winner, four-time all-star, three-time World Series champion, 1997 AL Manager of the Year, 2012 NL Manager of the Year[138][210]
- Logan Kensing (2005) – MLB player[209][210]
- Chuck Knoblauch (1990) – 1991 MLB rookie of the year, four-time all-star, four-time MLB World Series champion[138][210]
- Wally Moon (1951) – 1954 MLB rookie of the year, 1960 Gold Glove winner, two-time all-star, two-time MLB World Series champion[210][211]
- Trey Moore – former MLB player[210]
- Jake Mooty – former MLB player[214]
- Troy Neel – former MLB player[210]
- C. E. "Pat" Olsen (1923) – former professional baseball player; namesake of Olsen Field[215]
- Les Peden – former MLB player[216]
- Cliff Pennington – former MLB player
- Cotton Pippen – former MLB player[210]
- Eric Reed (2003) – MLB player[209][210]
- Topper Rigney – former MLB player[210]
- Justin Ruggiano (2004) – 2007 Baseball World Cup player; former MLB player[217]
- Ryan Rupe (1998) – former MLB player[210][211]
- Ross Stripling – MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Russ Swan (1986) – former MLB player[209][210]
- Mark Thurmond (1979) – former MLB player[138][210]
- Jason Tyner (1999) – former MLB player[210][211]
- Michael Wacha – MLB pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Kevin Whelan – MLB player[210]
- Kelly Wunsch (1994) – former MLB player[138][210]
Basketball
- Morenike Atunrase (2008) – WNBA player
- John Beasley (1966) – former ABA player[138][218]
- David Britton (1979) – former NBA player[138][218]
- R. C. Buford (1980) – general manager of the San Antonio Spurs[138][219]
- Alex Caruso (2016) NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
- Winston Crite (1987) – former NBA player[138][218]
- Walt Davis (1952) – former NBA player[138][218]
- A'Quonesia Franklin (2008) – WNBA player
- Jalen Jones (born 1993) – player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- DeAndre Jordan (2008) – center for Brooklyn Nets
- Antanas Kavaliauskas (2007) – Panionios BC player; NBA summer league player
- Acie Law IV (2007) – NBA player
- Doug Lee (1984) – former NBA player[209][218]
- Darryl McDonald (1988) – NBL player[209][220]
- Khris Middleton – NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
- Josh Nebo (born 1997) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Sonny Parker (1976) – former NBA player[138][218]
- Jaynetta Saunders (2001) – former WNBA player[209]
- Elijah Thomas (born 1996) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Brooks Thompson (1986) – former NBA player; head coach of University of Texas – San Antonio basketball team[209][218]
- Toccara Williams (2004) – former WNBA player[138]
- Antoine Wright (2006) – NBA player[218][221]
American football
- Sam Adams (1993) – NFL player[211][222]
- Dennis Allen – NFL coach
- Keith Baldwin – former NFL player
- Ken Beck – former NFL player
- Phil Bennett (1978) – former SMU Mustangs football coach[138][223]
- Martellus Bennett (2009) – NFL player[222]
- Michael Bennett (2009) – NFL player[222]
- Rocky Bernard (2002) – NFL player[138][222]
- Rod Bernstine (1987) – former NFL player
- Harvey "Bum" Bright (1943) – former owner of the Dallas Cowboys[224]
- Reggie Brown (1999) – former NFL player[211][225]
- Domingo Bryant – NFL player[226]
- Melvin Bullitt (2007) – NFL player[211][225]
- Lee Roy Caffey (1963) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Dan Campbell (1999) – NFL coach and former player[138][222]
- Red Cashion (1953) – football official[227]
- Ray Childress (1985) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Mike Clark (1962) – former NFL player
- Chris Cole (1998) – former NFL player[209]
- Calvin Collins (1995) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Albert Connell (1996) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Bobby Joe Conrad (1958) – former NFL player[225]
- Quentin Coryatt (1994) – former NFL player[138][225]
- John David Crow (1958) – former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1957[225][228]
- Matt Darwin (1985) – former NFL player
- Sammy Davis (2003) – NFL player[209][222]
- Curtis Dickey (1980) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Ron Edwards (2001) – NFL player[209][225]
- Dave Elmendorf (1971) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Eric England (1993) – former NFL player[209][229]
- Mike Evans (2014) – NFL player
- Robert Ferguson (2001) – NFL player[209][222]
- Ronald Flemons (2001) – CFL player[209][222]
- Jerry Fontenot (1998) – NFL assistant coach; former NFL player[230]
- Tony Franklin (1979) – former NFL player[138][225]
- E. King Gill – inspiration for the moniker "12th Man"[231]
- Aaron Glenn (Class of 1993) – professional football player and coach[138][222]
- Jason Glenn (2000) – former NFL player[138][222]
- Dante Hall (1998) – NFL player[209][222]
- Curley Hallman (1969) – former football coach[138][232]
- Geoff Hangartner (2004) – NFL player[211][225]
- Lester Hayes (1976) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Greg Hill (1993) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Warrick Holdman (1998) – NFL player[209][222]
- Johnny Holland (1986) – NFL coach; former NFL player[138][233]
- Robert Jackson (1976) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Tramain Jacobs – NFL player
- Michael Jameson (2000) – former NFL player[209][222]
- Edward Jasper – former NFL player[225]
- Bethel Johnson (2002) – NFL player[209][222]
- Johnny Jolly (2006) – NFL player[138][222]
- Keith Joseph (2004) – former NFL player[209][222]
- Drew Kaser – NFL player
- Terrence Kiel (2002) – former NFL player[209][222]
- Kelvin Korver – former NFL player[222]
- Gary Kubiak (1982) – Houston Texans head coach; former NFL player[138][234]
- Yale Lary (1952) – former NFL player[211]
- Shane Lechler (1999) – NFL player[138][222]
- Johnny Manziel (2014) – former NFL player
- Jason Mathews (2003) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Leeland McElroy (1997) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Seth McKinney (2000) – NFL player[211][222]
- Steve McKinney (1997) – NFL player[138][222]
- Reggie McNeal (2006) – former NFL player[138][222]
- Ray Mickens (1996) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Von Miller (2011) – NFL player[222] for the Denver Broncos
- Brandon Mitchell (1996) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Mike Montgomery – NFL player[222]
- Mark Moseley – former NFL player
- Don Muhlbach (2003) – NFL player[211][222]
- Terrence Murphy (2005) – former NFL player and coach[211][235]
- Robert Neyland – former University of Tennessee head coach
- Dat Nguyen (1998) – assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys; former NFL player; Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award winner[211][225]
- Ernie Pannell – former NFL player[236]
- Jack Pardee (1957) – former NFL player and coach[211][225]
- Alan Reuber (2003) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Gary Reynolds – NFL assistant coach
- Tommy Robison – former NFL player[237]
- Zerick Rollins – NFL assistant coach
- Thomas Sanders – former NFL player, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles
- Ed Simonini (1976) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Shawn Slocum (1984) – NFL coach[138][238]
- Detron Smith (1995) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Kevin Smith (1992) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Cameron Spikes (1998) – former NFL player[211][225]
- Gene Stallings (1957) – former NFL player and coach[211]
- George Strohmeyer – AAFC player
- Boone Stutz (2005) – NFL player
- Dennis Swilley (1976) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Damon Tassos – former NFL player[239]
- Chris Taylor (2001) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Jamaar Taylor (2004) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Garth TenNapel (1976) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Pat Thomas (1976) – former NFL player[211][225]
- Rodney Thomas (1995) – former NFL player[138][225]
- Rex Tucker (1998) – former NFL player[138][222]
- Joe Utay (1908) – College Football Hall of Famer[240]
- Kary Vincent – former Arena Football League player[241]
- Derel Walker (2014) – CFL player,[242] 2015 Most Outstanding Rookie[243]
- Ty Warren (2003) – NFL player[209][222]
- Richmond Webb (1990) – former NFL player[211][225]
- Jason Webster (1998) – NFL player[209][222]
- Taylor Whitley (2002) – former NFL player[209][225]
- Mike Whitwell (1981) – former NFL player[209]
- Pat Williams (1996) – NFL player[209][222]
- Billy Yates (2002) – NFL player[138][222]
- James Zachery – CFL player[244]
Golf
- Sam Bennett – The Masters Low Amateur (2023), U.S. Amateur Champion (2022)
- Danny Briggs (1983) – golfer
- Bronson Burgoon – PGA Tour golfer; Texas A&M Golf National Champion
- Cameron Champ – golfer
- Jeff Maggert (1986) – golfer[211]
- Bobby Nichols – twelve-time winner on the PGA Tour; winner of the 1964 PGA Championship and runner up at the 1967 Masters
- Ryan Palmer – golfer
- Philip Parkin – winner of British Amateur Championship (1983); Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year (1984)
Olympics
Tennis
- Grant Connell (1986) – former world No. 1 doubles player
- Dean Goldfine (1987) – former Team USA coach and former coach to Andy Roddick
- Austin Krajicek (2011) – doubles champion at the 2023 French Open
Other
- Shaine Casas – swimmer; 2021 World Short Course 100 m backstroke champion[255]
- Jacobs Crawley – rodeo world champion
- Dude Perfect – multinational sports and entertainment conglomerate[256]
- Kristy Hawkins – professional female bodybuilder
- Eddie Hill – drag racer[257]
- Anjanette Kirkland – hurdler; 2001 World Indoor 60 m hurdles champion; 2001 World 100 m champion
- Fabrice Lapierre – long jumper; 2005 NCAA long jump national champion[258]
- Paige Miller – swimmer; four-time conference champion; 2014 NCAA champion, 100 backstroke
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Fictional
- PC Principal – Character on the television show South Park, principal at South Park Elementary, reveals he is a Texas A&M alumnus in the season 19 episode "Stunning and Brave".
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