The following is a list of notable people who have attended or taught at the University of North Texas.
Athletics "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (known as Steve Williams while at UNT), wrestler Bill Bishop, NFL defensive tackle Bruce Chambers, former Texas Longhorns football assistant coach (1998–2014) Patrick Cobbs, NFL running back Jaelon Darden, NFL wide receiver Lance Dunbar, NFL running back Tony Elliott, NFL nose tackle Toby Gowin, NFL punter "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL defensive tackle and assistant coach, four-time Super Bowl champion, Pro Football Hall of Fame member Cedric Hardman, NFL football defensive end; 1970 first round draft pick, San Francisco 49ers Abner Haynes, AFL and NFL running back, one-time AFL champion. Jim Hess, former college coach and NFL scout Don January, PGA Senior Tour golfer Chris Jones (born 1993), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Brad Kassell, NFL defensive player Carl "Spider" Lockhart, NFL defensive back Billy Maxwell, PGA Senior Tour golfer Tony Mitchell, NBA forward Umar Muhammad, football player Jamize Olawale, NFL fullback Zach Orr, NFL linebacker Carlos Ortiz, PGA Tour golfer Willie Parker, NFL offensive lineman Johnny Quinn, USA Olympic bobsledder Ray Renfro, NFL wide receiver, two-time league champion. Hurles Scales, NFL defensive back Kal Segrist, MLB second baseman and Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball head coach (1968–83) Ron Shanklin, NFL receiver and All-Pro player Charlie Shepard, all-star CFL running back J.T. Smith, NFL wide receiver Dennis Swilley, NFL offensive lineman Tra Telligman, UFC fighter Harry Vines, wheelchair basketball pioneer David Von Erich (real name David Adkisson), deceased professional wrestler dubbed the "Yellow Rose of Texas," brother of Kevin Von Erich Kevin Von Erich (real name Kevin Adkisson), professional wrestler dubbed "the Golden Warrior", brother of David Von Erich Brian Waters, NFL offensive lineman Jeff Wilson, NFL running back
Arts and media
Theodore Albrecht, musicologist Larry Austin, composer Joe Don Baker, film actor, Charley Varrick, Walking Tall, Cape Fear, three James Bond films Dave Barnett, sports announcer William Basinski, musician Bob Belden, jazz musician, Grammy Award-winning composer Brian Biggs, children's book illustrator Gregg Bissonette, jazz and rock drummer Sally Blakemore, paper engineer and pop-up book creator Joan Blondell, Oscar-nominated film and television actress, Desk Set, Nightmare Alley, The Cincinnati Kid, Grease Craig Bohmler, composer Zach Bolton, voice actor Pat Boone, pop and gospel singer, actor and television personality Billy Lee Brammer, novelist and journalist Justin Briner, voice actor Brave Combo, Grammy-winning polka rock band Karen Mixon Cook, DJ Eden Brent, blues pianist and vocalist Rogers Cadenhead, author of computer books; Web publisher; member of RSS Advisory Board Matt Chamberlain, session drummer Thomas Haden Church, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film and television actor, Sideways, Spider-Man 3, Broken Trail Jeff Coffin, jazz saxophonist of Dave Matthews band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Joseph Patrick Cranshaw, film actor, best known as "Blue" from movie Old School Ivan Davis, classical concert pianist Charlie Dell, actor Aaron Dismuke, voice actor Miranda Dodson, Christian folk musician Bob Dorough, bebop and jazz pianist/vocalist of Schoolhouse Rock songs George Dunham, radio talk-show host and former "voice of the Mean Green Radio Network" Matthew Earnest, theatre director Greg Edmonson, musician Alyssa Edwards, drag performer, choreographer, and businessperson Todd and Toby Pipes, members of Deep Blue Something, one-hit wonder from the 1990s Rob Erdle, watercolorist, regents' professor Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist Kelli Finglass, director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, television personality, television producer Mark Followill, sports announcer O'Neil Ford, architect whose works include San Antonio's Tower of the Americas Steven Fromholz, singer-songwriter, 2007 Poet Laureate of Texas Bobby Fuller, rock singer/guitarist best known for his band's cover of "I Fought the Law" Phyllis George, Miss America 1971; First Lady of Kentucky, 1979–83; TV personality; broadcaster for The NFL Today Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician James Hampton, actor and director Gerald Harvey Jones, aka G. Harvey, (1933–2017), painter Kyle Hebert, voice actor Don Henley, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and drummer, solo and with The Eagles Sara Hickman, folk singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard, country music singer Madison Humphrey, internet celebrity and broadcast journalist Elliott Johnson, artist and designer Lawrence B. Jones, journalist, news anchor, news reporter, investigative reporter, and Fox News media personality Norah Jones, Grammy-winning pianist and singer-songwriter George Keaton, Jr., historian Jeffrey L. Kimball, cinematographer of Top Gun Scott Kurtz, creator of the webcomic PvP Sue Ane Langdon, actress Michael Lark, comic book artist Michael League, 5-time Grammy-winning founder of the band Snarky Puppy Lecrae, Christian hip-hop artist, actor, co-founder of Reach Records Tom "Bones" Malone, trombonist; played with Saturday Night Live and Late Show with David Letterman house bands, and The Blues Brothers "Blue Lou" Marini, saxophonist; played with Saturday Night Live house band and The Blues Brothers Jim Marrs, conspiracy theorist and author of Crossfire: the Plot that Killed Kennedy (the basis for the Oliver Stone film JFK) Lyle Mays, composer and keyboardist with Pat Metheny Group Dr. Phil McGraw, television personality and psychologist Larry McMurtry, novelist, essayist and screenwriter; won Pulitzer Prize for novel Lonesome Dove and Academy Award for screenplay of Brokeback Mountain Meat Loaf, rock singer and film actor Bill Mercer, sports and professional wrestling announcer Takesha Meshé Kizart, operatic soprano Jim Metcalf, news reporter and Peabody Award recipient R. K. Milholland, creator of webcomics Something Positive, New Gold Dreams and Midnight Macabre JD Miller, contemporary artist and founder of Reflectionism Lawrence Montaigne, actor, writer, dancer, and stuntman Latonia Moore, operatic soprano Maren Morris, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Bill Moyers, journalist and commentator Jack Nance, stage, TV and film actor, notable for his works with director David Lynch including Eraserhead, Twin Peaks Trina Nishimura, voice actor Warren Carl Norwood, author of science-fiction novels Roy Orbison, rock singer-songwriter in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Brina Palencia, voice actor Alan Palomo, frontman for Neon Indian Jessie Pavelka, television star and model Mark Phillips, founding member and face of YouTube group RDCWorld Craig Pilo (born 1972), drummer Emily Pulley, operatic soprano who has performed in more than 150 operas Patricia Racette, operatic soprano Leila Rahimi, sports reporter and anchor Anne Rice, author, Interview with the Vampire Michelle Rojas, voice actor Jim Rotondi, jazz trumpeter, educator and conductor Melissa Rycroft, dancer and television personality Philece Sampler, film, television, and voice actor Christopher Sabat, voice actor Sonny Strait, voice actor and comic book artist Andrew Savage, musician and artist Emilia Schatz, video game designer at Naughty Dog Christian Shearhod, influencer and educator Ann Sheridan, film actress, star of Dodge City, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Nora Prentiss Kaela Sinclair, musician, keyboardist and vocalist for M83 Damin Spritzer, organist and academic Clinton Howard Swindle, journalist and author Alexis Tipton, voice actor Darren Trumeter, member of The Whitest Kids U' Know comedy troupe Paul Varghese, stand-up comedian, appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing Jennifer Vasquez, Big Brother season 6 contestant; actor Craig Way, sports announcer Peter Weller, film actor and star of RoboCop Noble Willingham, television and film actor, Walker, Texas Ranger, Good Morning, Vietnam, City Slickers Shara Worden, musician, performs under the name My Brightest Diamond Xiaoze Xie, artist
Science and education Jeff M. Allen, information scientist Dee Brock (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), senior vice president of educational programming at PBS Elise F. Harmon (1909–1985; B.S.), physicist, chemist, and major contributor to the miniaturization of computers William Stanley Hoole (1903–1990; B.S. 1943), dean emeritus of university libraries, and professor emeritus of library service at the University of Alabama Anita Jose, Ph.D, business strategist, essayist, and professor at Hood College John E. King, PhD, president of the Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University); president of the University of Wyoming, 1966-1967 Juan L. Maldonado (B.A. 1972, Master of Education 1975), president of Laredo Community College since 2007 Gary S. Metcalf (1957), organizational theorist and management consultant Charles Mullins, cardiologist and former CEO, Parkland Hospital; administrator, University of Texas System Lorene Lane Rogers, Ph.D. (1914–2009), president of The University of Texas, first woman president of a major public university Nicola Scafetta, Ph.D, physicist Steve Thel, B.A., academic and lawyer
Government and public service Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs since 29 April 2015; former ambassador to Washington, former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia Dick Armey, former majority leader of the United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26, which includes UNT, former economics professor and department chair at UNT Michael C. Burgess, current U.S. representative for the 26th Texas district, which includes UNT Konni Burton, Texas state senator as of 2015 Jack Cox, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1962; Houston oilfield equipment industrialist Tony Goolsby (Class of 1961), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County from 1989 to 2009 Warren G. Harding, former Texas state treasurer (1977–1983) and Dallas County Treasurer (1950–1977); former president of North Texas State University Jim Hightower, populist activist and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Opal Lee, activist who championed Juneteenth becoming a U.S. federal holiday Joseph L. Lengyel, general, U.S. Air Force; chief, National Guard Bureau Clint Lorance (born 1984), Army officer convicted of second-degree murder for battlefield deaths; pardoned Diane Patrick (Class of 1969 and 1999, M.A. and Ph.D.), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; former faculty member in education Ray Roberts, former congressman from Denton; namesake of nearby Lake Ray Roberts Sue Schechter, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1991-1995) Corry Schiermeyer, former United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications (acting) (2006–2007), Associate EPA Administrator for Public Affairs (2019-2020) Gwyn Shea, former Texas secretary of state (2002–2003); member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983–1993) from Irving; UNT regent since 2007 Drew Springer, Jr., state representative from District 68 in North Texas and the eastern South Plains Barbara Staff, co-chairman of the 1976 Texas Ronald Reagan presidential primary campaignJulia Sweeney, "Barbara Staff picks GOP over Jamaica," the defunct Dallas Times Herald, August 20, 1976, p. E3
Pageantry R'Bonney Gabriel, first Asian-American Miss Texas USA, winner of Miss USA 2022 and Miss Universe 2022
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