# List of University of Toledo people

The list of University of Toledo people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Toledo. The University of Toledo is a public university in Toledo, Ohio.

## Alumni
### Science

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| David Applebaum | 1978 | Physician and rabbi |
| Carolyn Cannon-Alfred | | Pharmacologist |
| Bob Dempsey | 1991 | NASA Flight Director |
| Fred Espenak | 1976 | Astrophysicist known for work relating to eclipse predictions |
| William H. Gerstenmaier | 1981 | Masters in Mechanical Engineering; Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations for NASA since 2005 |
| Karen Seibert | 1987 | instrumental in the elaboration of the COX-2 inflammatory pathway |

### Medicine

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Darrick E. Antell | | World-renowned plastic surgeon | |

### Technology and innovation

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Fredric J. Baur | | Inventor of the Pringles can |
| Paul Chongkun Hong | | Distinguished University Professor |
| Richard Schreder | 1938 | Aircraft developer |
| David Liddle | | Developer on the Xerox Star |

### Law and politics

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Mike Bell | 1978 | Former Mayor of Toledo |
| Daniel Bogden | 1981 (J.D.) | United States Attorney for the District of Nevada |
| Shamila N. Chaudhary | 1999 | United States Government adviser and expert on Pakistan |
| Andrew Douglas | | Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court |
| Teresa Fedor | 1983 | Member of Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate |
| Jack Ford | | Former mayor of Toledo |
| Stewart Greenleaf | 1966 (J.D.) | Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate since 1979 |
| Patricia Kabbah | | Former First Lady of Sierra Leone |
| Alan George Lance | 1973 (J.D.) | Federal judge, Idaho Attorney General (1995–2003), and the National Commander of The American Legion (1999–2000) |
| Judith Ann Lanzinger | | Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court |
| Bob Latta | 1981 (J.D.) | Member of the United States House of Representatives since 2007 |
| John W. Snow | | Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2003–2006) |
| Ketil Solvik-Olsen | | Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (2013–2018) |
| Matt Szollosi | | Member of Ohio House of Representatives |
| Gene Zmuda | 1984 (J.D.) | Municipal Court Judge and politician |
| Jack Zouhary | 1976 (J.D.) | Federal district court judge |
Kevin L. Boyce - Former Treasurer of State of Ohio. Founder of Adelphi Bank

### Diplomats

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Elin Suleymanov | 1994 | Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States | |

### Business

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| John Neff | | One of Barron's magazine's "10 most influential investors of the 20th century" | |

### Journalism and news

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Janet Cooke | | Disgraced American journalist, forced to return a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story |
| Cliff Kincaid | c. 1976 | Investigative journalist with Accuracy in Media and American Survival, Inc. |
| Christi Paul | | CNN Headline News anchor |
| Michael Sallah | | Washington Post investigative reporter; winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting |
| G. Gordon Strong | | Newspaper publisher |

### Academics

| Name | Notability |
| Mark Berger | Professor at University of Kentucky |
| Robert Ghrist | Professor at University of Pennsylvania |
| William Marshall Grange | Hixson Lied Professor of Theatre and Film at University of Nebraska |
| Nina McClelland | Dean Emeritus and former professor of chemistry |
| James T. Harris III | 1980 graduate and President of Widener University |
| Gerald Jakubowski | Provost of California Maritime Academy; former President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Jim Rex | South Carolina Superintendent of Education |
| Louis Shores | Librarian |

### Literature, art, and architecture

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Mari Evans | | Author and dramatist |
| Charlos Gary | | Cartoonist and comic strip artist |
| Mildred D. Taylor | 1965 | Award-winning author |
| William Yosses | | White House Executive Pastry Chef |

### Music

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Dosia Carlson | 1954 | Minister and hymnwriter |
| Margaret Carson | | Long-time publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman |
| Jon Hendricks | | Jazz lyricist and singer |
| Scott Mescudi | | Rap lyricist and singer |

### Film and television

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Bill Cunningham | 1975 (J.D.) | Radio host, talk show host, The Bill Cunningham Show |
| Andrew J. Fenady | | Actor, screenwriter, producer |
| Philip Baker Hall | | Actor, Boogie Nights and You Kill Me |
| Jeff Johnson | 1996 | Social commentator for BET |
| Les Mitchel | | Radio and film producer, director and actor |
| Shirley Mitchell | | Radio, film, and television actress |
| Danny Thomas | | Nightclub comedian; television and film actor and producer; founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
| Scott Wozniak | | YouTuber |
| Chris Zylka | | Actor, The Secret Circle and The Amazing Spider-Man |

### Athletics
#### Football

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Tom Amstutz | 1976 | College football player and former UT men's football coach |
| Bob Beemer | 1985 | Retired NFL defensive end for the Detroit Lions |
| Chuck Ealey | 1971 | University of Toledo's starting quarterback for 35 straight wins from 1969–1971 |
| Jerry Evans | | Retired tight end for the Denver Broncos |
| T. J. Fatinikun | | Defensive end |
| Carl Ford | | Retired NFL wide receiver for Green Bay Packers |
| Todd France | 2001 | Former NFL kicker |
| Bruce Gradkowski | 2005 | Former Quarterback for Pittsburgh Steelers |
| John Greco | 2007 | Offensive guard for Cleveland Browns |
| Kelly Herndon | | Former starting cornerback for Seattle Seahawks (2007) |
| Curtis Johnson | 1969 | Defensive back for the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins "no-name defense" |
| Nick Kaczur | 2004 | Starting tackle for New England Patriots (2008) |
| Brett Kern | 2008 | Punter for Tennessee Titans |
| Jason Lamar | | NFL and CFL player |
| Mel Long | 1971 | NCAA Hall of Fame |
| Greg Mancz | | Center |
| Andy McCollum | 1992 | NFL center for the Detroit Lions, formerly with the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams |
| Lance Moore | 2004 | Wide receiver for New Orleans Saints, winners of Super Bowl XLIV |
| Jalen Parmele | 2007 | Running back for Baltimore Ravens |
| Dave Ridgway | | Placekicker in the Canadian Football League |
| Chuck Sample | | Fullback for the Green Bay Packers |
| Chester Taylor | 2001 | Former running back for the Chicago Bears |
| Mel Triplett | | NFL running back for the New York Giants |
| Emlen Tunnell | | Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Brent Williams | | Retired NFL defensive end |
| Dan Williams | 1992 | Retired defensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos |
| Kareem Hunt | 2017 | Running back for Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns |
| Diontae Johnson | 2018 | Wide Receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers |

#### Basketball

| Name | Notability |
| John Brisker | Forward/guard for Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Condors and Seattle SuperSonics (1969–1975) |
| Stan Joplin | College basketball player, UT men's basketball coach from 1996 to 2008 |
| Phil Martin | Former NBA guard |
| Steve Mix | Former NBA All-Star, only men's player to have jersey retired (2/17/07), played 13 years in NBA |
| George Patterson | NBA player |

#### Baseball

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Mitch Maier | | Outfielder for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Denny Stark | | MLB pitcher | |

#### Track and field

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Sy Mah | | Long-distance runner; held a Guinness World Record for the most lifetime marathons | |

#### Tennis

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Vic Braden | | Tennis instructor; former professional player; author; researcher; licensed psychologist | |

#### Wrestling

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Greg Wojciechowski | | NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion in 1971 | |

#### Winter sports

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Brock Kreitzburg | | Bobsledder | |

## Faculty

* Laurie Dinnebeil, Distinguished University Professor, and Daso Herb Endowed Chair
* Lars Jorgensen (born 1970), swimmer and college coach
* Clyde Summers (1918–2010), labor lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

### College of Engineering

* Glenn Lipscomb, department chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
* Nagi Naganathan, dean of College of Engineering

## Heads of university

| | University Presidents | Years as President |
| 1 | Jerome Raymond | (1909–1910) |
| 2 | Charles A. Cockayne | (1910–1914) |
| 3 | A. Monroe Stowe | (1914–1925) |
| 4 | John W. Dowd | (1925–1926) |
| 5 | Earnest A. Smith | (1927) |
| 6 | Henry J. Doermann | (1928–1932) |
| 7 | Philip C. Nash | (1933–1947) |
| 8 | Wilbur W. White | (1947–1950) |
| 9 | Asa S. Knowles | (1951–1958) |
| 10 | William S. Carlson | (1958–1972) |
| 11 | Glen R. Driscoll | (1972–1985) |
| 12 | James Douglas McComas | (1985–1988) |
| 13 | Frank E. Horton | (1989–1998) |
| 14 | Vik J. Kapoor | (1999–2000) |
| 15 | Daniel M. Johnson | (2001–2006) |
| 16 | Lloyd Jacobs, M.D. | (2006–2014) |
| – | Nagi Naganathan, Ph.D. | (Interim, 2014–2015) |
| 17 | Sharon Gaber Ph.D. | (2015–2020) |
| 18 | Gregory Postel M.D. | (2020-2024) |
| -- | Matt Schroeder (interim) | (2024-PRESENT) |