Famous University of Utah Alum

Athletes

  • Alex Smith No. 1 NFL Draft pick in 2005)
  • Andrew Bogut (No. 1 NBA Draft pick in 2005)
  • Steve Smith (NFL)
  • Andre Miller (NBA)
  • Keith Van Horn (NBA)
  • Mike Anderson (NFL)
  • Jordan Gross (NFL)
  • Andre Dyson (NFL)
  • Michael Doleac (NBA)
  • Barry Sims (NFL)
  • Ma'ake Kemoeatu (NFL)
  • Jamal Anderson (NFL)
  • Luther Elliss (NFL)
  • George Seifert (NFL)
  • Arnie Ferrin (NBA)
  • Lee Grosscup (NFL)
  • Larry Wilson (NFL)
  • Missy Marlowe (Olympics)

    Other

  • Rocky Anderson, mayor of Salt Lake City
  • Terrel Bell, former U.S. Secretary of Education
  • Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari and inventor of Pong
  • Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios shared an Oscar in 2001 for the development of the software used in Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Jurassic Park, Titanic and Gladiator
  • Jim Clark, founder of Netscape
  • Stephen Covey, author of the bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • Keene Curtis, Tony Award winning actor
  • Spence Eccles, chairman of Wells Fargo & Company and former chairman and CEO of First Security Corp.
  • Jake Garn, former U.S. Senator
  • E. Gordon Gee, chancellor of Vanderbilt and former president at Colorado, Ohio State and Brown
  • Bill Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex
  • Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the LDSChurch
  • Robert Jarvik, inventor of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart
  • Alan C. Kay: credited with the concept of the laptop computer
  • Frederick Kempe: Assistant managing editor and columnist, Wall Street Journal, New York.
  • Willard Marriott, founder of Marriott International Inc.
  • Charles K. Monfort, chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies, president of Monfort International Sales Corporation
  • John Naisbett, author of the bestseller Megatrends David Neeleman, founder and CEO of JetBlue Airways
  • Raymond Noorda, founder of Novell Inc.
  • Jody Olsen: Deputy director of the Peace Corps.
  • Simon Ramo, chief scientist in the development of America's intercontinental ballistic missiles
  • Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
  • Terry Tempest Williams, author and environmentalist
  • John Warnock: co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.
  • Evelyn Wood, speed reading innovator.