This is a list of Georgia State University people. Georgia State University is an urban research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it serves a diverse population of approximately 50,000 students, and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. The current university president is M. Brian Blake.
Notable alumni ABRA, musician, actress Angela Doyinsola Aina, public health practitioner Yolo Akili, activist, writer, and emotional health advocate Amalia Amaki, artist and art historian Sandra Lynn Barnes, educator, sociologist and author Foley Beach, archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America Christo Bilukidi, NFL player Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, academic Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta Coy Bowles, musician, Zac Brown Band Henrique Braun, COO of Coca-Cola David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace John Burke, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Max Burns, former congressman, Georgia's 12th District Ann-Marie Campbell, president, Southern Division, The Home Depot Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon Benita Carr, photographer Dru Castro, musician, Grammy winner Joyce Chandler, former educator and member of the Georgia House of Representatives Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had Kat Cole, COO of Cinnabon Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later played in the National Basketball League (Australia) Paul Coverdell, late US senator from Georgia (attended) Daffney, professional wrestler Robert Davis, NFL player Shamari DeVoe, lead singer of Blaque Andre Dickens, Atlanta mayor, 2022– William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains Douglas Edwards, America's first network news anchor William M. Fields, primatologist Louie Giglio, pastor, author Travis Glover, NFL player Predrag Gosta, conductor and artistic director Tamyra Gray, actress, musician Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author Kim Hoeckele, artist Mary Hood, author Hank Huckaby, Georgia representative and chancellor of the University System of Georgia Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, received a Master of Business Administration degree RJ Hunter, professional basketball player Nabilah Islam, Georgia state senator for the 7th district Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, suspect in 2025 New Orleans truck attack Henry Jenkins, director, MIT, Comparative Media Studies Ulrick John, NFL player Jan Jones, speaker pro tempore in the Georgia State Legislature Simran Judge, American-Indian model and actor Maya Kalle-Bentzur (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper John C. Knapp, president of Washington & Jefferson College Farooq Kperogi, journalist, media scholar at Kennesaw State University Lance Krall, actor Ousman Krubally (born 1988), American-Gambian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America Anya Liftig, performance artist Sean Linkenback, author Lita, professional wrestler better (attended) Ludacris, musician, actor Wil Lutz, NFL player Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta Sheryl McCollum, professor, crime analyst, non-profit founder/director Corrina Sephora Mensoff, artist Jere Morehead, 22nd and current president of the University of Georgia Amber Nash, comedian and actress, provides the voice of Pam Poovey on Archer Nimay Ndolo, media personality and software developer Sharlotte Neely, anthropologist, author, and expert on the Cherokees Rodger Nishioka, professor of Christian education Rusty Paul, second mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia Teena Piccione, North Carolina secretary of Information Technology Jody Powell, White House press secretary, 1977–1980 Lockett Pundt, guitarist for Deerhunter Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state during the 2020 United States presidential election Malika Redmond, activist and non-profit director Marco Restrepo, musician Glenn Richardson, former speaker, Georgia House of Representatives Julia Roberts, actress (attended) Bryant Rogowski, former professional wrestler who used the stage name Bryant Anderson Rubi Rose, rapper Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Center Adam Schultz, chief official White House photographer Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, deputy assistant secretary at the US State Department Caleb Spivak, actor, model, and entrepreneur Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor, and author Todd Starnes, author Linton Stephens, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia"Hon. Linton Stephens", The Daily Constitutionalist and Republic (June 4, 1859), p. 2. Ray Stevens, musician Sarah Tiana, comedian, actress Will Turpin, bassist for Collective Soul Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player Gerald R. Weeks, psychologist Lynn Westmoreland, United States representative Walter Lee Williams, historian, author, and former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive arrested for sexual acts with underage boys and possession of erotic paraphernalia related to child pornography Albert Wilson, NFL player Nolan Clark, Associate Band Director at Mill Creek High School
Notable faculty Raffi Besalyan, pianist David Bottoms, Georgia's Poet Laureate Virginia Spencer Carr, biographer James C. Cox, Noah Langdale Jr. Chair in Economics and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at GSU Deborah Duchon, anthropologist and Food Network personality Eric Gaucher, biologist Nancy Grace, former prosecutor and current host on CourtTV and CNN (former instructor, no current appointment at GSU) Beth Gylys, poet Xiaochun He, high-energy nuclear physicist Carole Hill, anthropologist and former professor Asa Hilliard Colleen McEdwards, anchor on CNN International Arun Rai, editor-in-chief of Management Information Systems Quarterly Donald Ratajczak, economist Robert Scott Thompson, composer Akinyele Umoja Vijay Vaishnavi, computer information systems researcher and scholar
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External links GSU official website