# List of University of Connecticut people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Connecticut

## Alumni
### Academics
#### Academic administrators

* Stanley F. Battle – 12th chancellor: North Carolina A&T State University; 4th president: Coppin State University
* Raymond C. Bowen – 2nd president: La Guardia Community College; president: Shelby State Community College
* Scott S. Cowen – 14th president: Tulane University
* Thomas C. Duffy – former deputy dean: Yale School of Music
* Martha Piper – 14th Ppesident: University of British Columbia
* Joseph W. Polisi – 6th president: The Juilliard School
* William E. Trueheart – 7th president: Bryant University
* Gregory S. Woodward – 6th president: University of Hartford

#### Scholars and critics of literature, art and ethics

* Deborah Dancy – professor of painting
* Slawomir Dobrzanski – Kansas State University professor of music
* Bobbie Ann Mason – literary critic and novelist
* Michael North – literary critic
* Tim Page – Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic
* Elaine Scarry – Harvard literature professor

#### Scholars of law and political scientists

* Edward C. Banfield – political scientist
* Richard Dekmejian – political scientist
* Florence Roisman – law professor

#### Scholars of the natural sciences

* Willard H. Allen (BS, 1916) – poultry scientist and New Jersey secretary of agriculture
* Alan T. Busby (BA, 1918) – animal scientist and first African American alumnus
* Kartik Chandran (PhD, 1999) – engineer and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship
* Franklin Chang-Diaz (BS, 1973) – NASA astronaut and physicist
* Carol Lynn Curchoe – molecular biologist
* Janet Frost (Ph.D., 1994) – Biochemist and professor emeritus
* David Grimaldi – entomologist
* Benjamin Hsiao – materials scientist
* David Lee – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
* Richard Mastracchio – NASA astronaut and engineer
* Luz Oliveros-Belardo – National Scientist of the Philippines
* Vijay P. Parashar – oral and maxillofacial radiologist
* Massimo Pigliucci – evolutionary theorist and philosopher
* Jeffrey Rosenfeld – neurosurgeon
* Edmund Ware Sinnott – Professor of Botany and Genetics (1915–1928)
* Mika Tosca – climate scientist
* Talitha Washington – mathematician and STEM activist
* Yuwen Zhang – mechanical engineer

#### Scholars of the social sciences

* Kathleen Musante DeWalt – anthropologist
* Ramani Durvasula, PhD – clinical psychologist, media expert, and author
* Samih Farsoun – sociologist and Arab-American activist
* Howard S. Hoffman – experimental psychologist
* Kevin B. MacDonald – evolutionary psychology theorist
* Robert Remez – experimental psychologist
* Philip Rubin – cognitive scientist
* Horatio Strother (BA 1956; MA 1957) – historian and leading authority on the Underground Railroad in Connecticut
* Kevin Swick – educational theorist

### Arts and entertainment

* Pam Arciero – puppeteer
* Jennifer Barnhart – actor and puppeteer
* Michael Bergin – supermodel
* Beau Billingslea – voice actor and former UConn football player
* Tanisha Brito – former Miss Connecticut and Miss Georgia USA
* Jackie Burns – Broadway actress
* Sharon Butler — painter and publisher of NYC art journalTwo Coats of Paint
* Mary Cadorette – actor
* Susanna Coffey (BFA 1977) – artist, educator, and National Academy of Design member
* Judy Collins – musician
* Lui Collins – folk singer-songwriter
* Tristan Couvares – reality TV star
* Scott DaRos – Emmy Award-winning animator
* Andrea Dromm – actress
* Justin Foley – drummer for Killswitch Engage
* Patrick Earl Hammie – contemporary figurative artist
* Matthew Jensen – artist and photographer
* Ned Kahn – environmental artist and MacArthur Fellowship recipient
* Jeremy Leven – author, director, producer, and screenwriter
* Michelle Lombardo – model
* Donny Marshall – television sports broadcaster
* Forrest McClendon – actor
* Moby – singer-songwriter, musician
* Bobby Moynihan – actor and comedian
* Julius R. Nasso – film producer
* Peter Niedmann – composer
* Ron Palillo – actor
* Denise Pelletier, BFA, ceramics, sculpture, and site-specific art
* Morris Pleasure – composer, musician
* Toni Press-Coffman – playwright
* Meg Ryan – actress
* Skip Schoolnik – film director and producer
* Brian Schulz – Emmy-winning producer and cinematographer
* Leslie Silva – actress
* Rick Sternbach – Emmy-winning illustrator and visual effects artist
* Austin Stowell – actor
* Signe Margaret Stuart – abstract painter
* Oksana Tanasiv – artist
* Tony Todd – actor
* Diane Tuft – photographer
* Paige Turco – actress
* Robert Wendel – composer and conductor
* Brad Williams – puppeteer
* Dana Wilson – composer and jazz pianist
* Kim Zolciak – television personality

### Authors, journalists and commentators

* Elizabeth Bear (Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky) – author
* Richard Bernstein – journalist and author
* Michael Bradford – playwright, artistic director, and AUDELCO nominee
* Leslie Brody – non-fiction author
* P. W. Catanese – author
* Robert D. Kaplan – author and essayist
* Dawn Lundy Martin – poet, essayist, and activist
* Leigh Montville – sports journalist
* Les Payne (B.A., 1964) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists
* Ann Lane Petry – novelist
* Randall Pinkston – news correspondent
* Joel Rosenberg – science fiction author
* Ron Roy (B.A. 1965) – children's literature author
* Lewis Turco – poet
* David Ushery – WNBC news anchor

### Business and industry

* Doug Bernstein – co-founder: Melissa & Doug
* Scott Case (BS, 1992) – co-founder and former CTO: Priceline.com
* Robert Diamond – former CEO: Barclays; co-founder: Atlas Mara Limited
* Kimberly Eddleston – Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at D'Amore-McKim School of Business
* Clifford Grodd – former president and CEO: Paul Stuart
* Viren Kapadia – president and CEO: Gyrus Systems
* Bob Kaufman – co-founder: Bob's Discount Furniture
* Kathleen Murphy – investor at Fidelity Investments
* Timothy Shriver – chairman: Special Olympics; member of Kennedy family
* William S. Simon – former executive vice president: Walmart
* Annie Withey – co-founder of Smartfood and Annie's Homegrown
* Vincent Zarrilli – founder of The Pot Shop

### Civic leaders and activists

* Lottie B. Scott – civic leader and African American civil rights advocate

### Diplomacy, government, law, and politics
#### Elected officials

* Chuck Benedict – Wisconsin State Assemblyman (2004–2010)
* Francisco L. Borges – Connecticut State Treasurer (1987–1993)
* Natalie Braswell (BA 2000, MPA 2002, JD 2007) – Connecticut State Comptroller (2021–2023)
* Thomas W. Bucci – 49th Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut (1985–1989)
* Shari Cantor – Mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut (2016–present)
* Eric D. Coleman – former Connecticut State Senator (1995–2017)
* Joe Courtney – U.S. Representative for CT-2
* Emilio Q. Daddario – former U.S. Representative for CT-1 (1959–1971)
* Andy Dinniman – Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district (2006–present)
* Art Feltman – former Connecticut State Representative (1997–2009)
* John Fetterman (MBA 1993) – U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2023–present), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019—2023)
* Sam Gejdenson – former U.S. Representative for CT-2 (1981–2001)
* Robert Giaimo – former U.S. Representative for CT-3 (1959–1981)
* Dorothy Goodwin (PhD 1957) – former Connecticut State Representative (1974–1984)
* Bernard F. Grabowski – former U.S. Representative for CT-6 (1963–1967)
* Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. – Connecticut State Senator (2015–2019); member of Kennedy Family
* Mike Lawlor – former Connecticut State Representative (1987–2011)
* Martin Looney – Connecticut State Senator, Pres. pro tem. (1993–present)
* Konstantina Lukes – former Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (2007–2010)
* Shaun McNally – former Connecticut State Representative (1987–1992)
* Chris Murphy – U.S. Senator for Connecticut (2013–present)
* Lewis Rome – Connecticut State Senate leader (1973–1979) and Republican Party nominee in the 1982 Connecticut gubernatorial election
* William St. Onge – former U.S. Representative for CT-2 (1963–1970)
* Ronald A. Sarasin – former U.S. Representative for CT-5 (1973–1979)
* Pedro Segarra – former Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (2010–2015)
* Kevin B. Sullivan – former Connecticut State Senator, Pres. pro tem. (1987–2004)
* David J. Valesky – New York State Senator (2005–2018)
* Robert Ward – Minority leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1995–2007)
* Elmer Watson (BS 1929) – Connecticut State Senate majority leader (1957–1959)

#### Judges and attorneys

* Bethany Alvord – Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court
* Vanessa Lynne Bryant – U.S. District Judge: D. Conn.
* Carol Ann Conboy – Associate Justice: New Hampshire Supreme Court (2009–2017)
* Alfred V. Covello – Chief U.S. District Judge: D. Conn. (1992–2003)
* John A. Danaher III – Judge: Connecticut Superior Court
* Gregory D’Auria – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
* Alexandra Davis DiPentima – Chief Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court
* Christopher F. Droney – U.S. Circuit Judge: 2d Cir.
* Fernande R.V. Duffly – Associate Justice: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (2011–2016)
* Dennis G. Eveleigh – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
* Lubbie Harper Jr. – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (2011–12)
* Wesley W. Horton – Connecticut appellate court lawyer
* Denise R. Johnson – Associate Justice: Vermont Supreme Court (1990–2011)
* Joette Katz – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (1992–2011)
* Christine Keller – Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court (2013–present)
* Douglas Lavine – Judge: Connecticut Appellate Court (2006–present
* Robert J. Lynn – Associate Justice: New Hampshire Supreme Court
* Seth Marnin – New York Court of Claims; first openly transgender male judge in the U.S.
* Andrew J. McDonald – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
* Thomas Joseph Meskill – Chief U.S. Circuit Judge: 2d Cir. (1975–1993); Governor of Connecticut (1971–1975)
* Kevin J. O'Connor – 15th United States Associate Attorney General (2008–2009)
* Richard N. Palmer – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
* Rosemary S. Pooler – U.S. Circuit Judge: 2d Cir.
* Mickey Sherman – Criminal defense attorney
* Christine S. Vertefeuille – Associate Justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (2000–2010)
* William A. Webb – U.S. Magistrate Judge: E.D.N.C. (1999–2014)
* Omar A. Williams – U.S. District Judge: D. Conn.

#### Diplomats, government officials and party leaders

* Richard Calder – former senior official at the CIA
* Miguel Cardona – CT Commissioner of Education; US Secretary of Education (2021-25)
* Bill Curry – former Counselor to the President in Clinton administration (1995–1997)
* Charles A. Duelfer – former Special Advisor: Director of Central Intelligence
* J. Michael Farren – former Dep. White House Counsel in George W. Bush administration (2007–2009)
* C. Frank Figliuzzi – former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI (2011–2012)
* Louis O. Giuffrida – former Director: FEMA (1981–1985)
* Eliot A. Jardines – former Ass. Dep. Director of National Intelligence for Open Source (2005–2008)
* Jerold Mande (BA 1978) – former USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety; lead designer of the Nutrition Facts food label.
* Mark J. Marcus – former Commissioner: Connecticut Department of Children and Families (1970s–80s)
* Brett H. McGurk – Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa
* Alfonso Múnera Cavadía – Colombian ambassador to Jamaica and Guyana and former secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States (2012–2016)
* Sam Webb – former chairman: Communist Party USA (2000–2014)

#### Foreign officials

* Hajim al-Hassani – former Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government
* Bona Arsenault – former Member: Parliament of Canada (1945–1957)
* Tansu Çiller – 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey (1993–1996)

### Military

* Willis Nichols Hawley – United States Army first sergeant
* Samuel Jaskilka – United States Marine Corps general
* Carl Kimmons – United States Navy officer; first person to rise through the ranks from mess attendant to commissioned officer
* Charles D. Luckey – United States Army lieutenant general
* Kenneth North – United States Air Force brigadier general
* Regina Rush-Kittle – United States Army Reserve command sergeant major
* Cornelius E. Ryan – United States Army major general
* Paul A. Yost Jr. – United States Coast Guard commandant

### Sports
#### Baseball

* Nick Ahmed – MLB short stop for the Arizona Diamondbacks
* Matt Barnes – MLB pitcher for the 2018 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox
* Jesse Carlson – MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
* Rajai Davis – MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians
* Walt Dropo – former all-star Major League Baseball first baseman, 1950 MLB Rookie of the Year Award winner (American League)
* Billy Eppler – MLB General Manager
* Jeff Fulchino – MLB pitcher for the Houston Astros
* Jason Grabowski – former Major League Baseball player
* Dan Iassogna – Major League Baseball umpire
* L. J. Mazzilli – Minor League Baseball player
* Charles Nagy – former all-star Major League Baseball pitcher
* Mike Olt – MLB infielder
* Jim Penders – UConn baseball coach
* Bob Schaefer – bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers and former manager for the Kansas City Royals
* Rollie Sheldon – former MLB pitcher, member of the 1961 and 1962 World Series Champion New York Yankees
* George Springer – MLB outfielder for the Houston Astros, 2017 World Series Champion and Most Valuable Player
* Pete Walker – former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher and current Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach
* Gary Waslewski – MLB pitcher

#### Men's basketball

* Brendan Adams (born 2000) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Jalen Adams (born 1995) – basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Jeff Adrien – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
* Chuck Aleksinas – former center for the Golden State Warriors
* Ray Allen – fifth pick in the 1996 NBA draft Inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2018
* Hilton Armstrong – 12th pick in 2006 NBA draft, (New Orleans Hornets) forward/center
* Josh Boone – 23rd pick in the 2006 NBA draft (New Jersey Nets)
* Denham Brown – 40th pick in the 2006 NBA draft (Seattle SuperSonics)
* Scott Burrell – first American draft pick for MLB and NBA, played in the NBA 1995–2001
* Caron Butler – tenth pick in 2002 NBA draft, (Los Angeles Clippers) guard
* Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973) – Israeli player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israeli national basketball team
* Andre Drummond – ninth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons
* Jerome Dyson (born 1987) – player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Khalid El-Amin – former Chicago Bulls guard
* Harrison Fitch – UConn's first African American basketball player
* Rudy Gay – NBA; eighth overall pick in 2006 NBA draft, Memphis Grizzlies guard
* Tate George – former basketball player for the New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks
* Ben Gordon – third pick in 2004 NBA draft, Charlotte Bobcats guard
* Daniel Hamilton – 56th pick in 2016 NBA draft, Oklahoma City Thunder
* Richard Hamilton – seventh pick in 1999 NBA draft, Detroit Pistons guard
* Toby Kimball – former NBA forward, played for six teams, spent most of his career with the San Diego Rockets
* Travis Knight – former NBA player, 29th pick in 1996 NBA draft, center
* Bruce Kuczenski – former NBA forward/center
* Jeremy Lamb – guard for the Charlotte Hornets
* Ater Majok – 58th pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers
* Donyell Marshall – fourth pick in 1994 NBA draft
* Shabazz Napier – 24th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Portland Trail Blazers
* Emeka Okafor – second pick in 2004 NBA draft, center
* Kevin Ollie – former NBA guard, former UConn basketball head coach
* Worthy Patterson – St. Louis Hawks and Scranton Miners guard
* Tom Penders – head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston
* A. J. Price – 52nd pick on the 2009 NBA draft, point guard for the Washington Wizards
* Rodney Purvis – guard for the Orlando Magic
* Clifford Robinson – basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
* Stanley Robinson – 59th pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic
* Doron Sheffer – former Israeli basketball superstar
* Chris Smith – former Minnesota Timberwolves guard
* Bob Staak – former Wake Forest University and NBA coach
* Hasheem Thabeet – second pick in the 2009 NBA draft to the Memphis Grizzlies
* Corny Thompson – former NBA forward for the Dallas Mavericks
* Charlie Villanueva – seventh pick in 2005 NBA draft, (Detroit Pistons) forward
* Christian Vital (born 1997) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Jake Voskuhl – center currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats
* Kemba Walker – ninth pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Charlotte Bobcats
* Marcus Williams – 22nd pick in 2006 NBA draft, (New Jersey Nets) guard

#### Women's basketball

* Svetlana Abrosimova – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx, the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm
* Ashley Battle – WNBA, New York Liberty
* Sue Bird – Retired from the WNBA after a 20-year career with the Seattle Storm; first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft; five-time Olympic champion
* Paige Bueckers – Current Huskies player; consensus Division I player of the year in 2021
* Swin Cash – WNBA, Seattle Storm; second overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft
* Tina Charles – WNBA, Connecticut Sun; first overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft
* Kalana Greene – WNBA, Connecticut Sun
* Charde Houston – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx
* Asjha Jones – WNBA, Connecticut Sun
* Rebecca Lobo – WNBA player; ESPN analyst
* Renee Montgomery – former WNBA player; now an executive and part-owner of her final WNBA team, the Atlanta Dream
* Jessica Moore – WNBA, Los Angeles Sparks
* Maya Moore – first overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft, WNBA Minnesota Lynx
* Shea Ralph – WNBA, Utah Starzz; current head coach at Vanderbilt University
* Jennifer Rizzotti – WNBA; University of Hartford women's head coach
* Nykesha Sales – WNBA Connecticut Sun
* Kelly Schumacher – WNBA player for the Indiana Fever
* Breanna Stewart – WNBA, first overall pick in 2016 WNBA draft, Seattle Storm
* Ann Strother – WNBA, Atlanta Dream
* Ketia Swanier – WNBA, Phoenix Mercury
* Diana Taurasi – first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft, five-time Olympic champion, Phoenix Mercury
* Barbara Turner – Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Women's Basketball
* Tamika Williams – WNBA Connecticut Sun; head coach of the Indian National Team
* Kara Wolters – WNBA center for the Houston Comets; analyst for Connecticut radio network
Nika mühl current Seattle storm player class of 2024

#### Football

* Andrew Adams – Tennessee Titans safety
* Deon Anderson – former Dallas Cowboys fullback
* Will Beatty – New York Giants offensive tackle
* Tyvon Branch – Oakland Raiders safety
* Cody Brown – NFL linebacker
* Donald Brown – running back for the Indianapolis Colts
* Darius Butler – Indianapolis Colts cornerback
* Gardner Dow – center; died from head trauma during the 1919 season opener
* Marcus Easley – Buffalo Bills wide receiver
* Kirk Ferentz – Iowa Hawkeyes football head coach
* Alfred Fincher – New Orleans Saints linebacker
* Nick Giaquinto – NFL tailback, member of the Super Bowl XVII champion Washington Redskins
* Byron Jones – Dallas Cowboys cornerback
* Brian Kozlowski – former NFL fullback/tight end
* Greg Lloyd, Jr. – Indianapolis Colts linebacker
* Robert McClain – Atlanta Falcons cornerback
* Eric Naposki – NFL and Barcelona Dragons linebacker and convicted murderer
* Dan Orlovsky – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback
* Kendall Reyes – San Diego Chargers defensive end
* Sam Rutigliano – former Cleveland Browns head coach
* Anthony Sherman – Kansas City Chiefs fullback
* Shane Stafford – Arena Football League quarterback
* Donald Thomas – New England Patriots guard
* Jordan Todman – Jacksonville Jaguars running back
* Lawrence Wilson – New Orleans Saints linebacker

#### Men's hockey

* Todd Krygier – NHL left-winger
* Maxim Letunov – NHL center
* Cole Schneider – AHL and NHL right-winger
* Tage Thompson – NHL center

#### Men's soccer

* Andre Blake – Goalkeeper for Philadelphia Union and Jamaica national football team
* Kevin Burns – midfielder for the Columbus Crew
* Chukwudi Chijindu – striker for Chivas USA
* George Fochive – midfielder for the Portland Timbers
* Josh Ford – goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC
* Chris Gbandi – former player for FC Dallas
* Julius James – defender for the Columbus Crew
* Andrew Jean-Baptiste – defender for the NY Red Bulls
* Cyle Larin – striker for Beşiktaş and Canada men's national soccer team
* Damani Ralph – former Chicago Fire player and FC Rubin Kazan striker
* Bobby Rhine – former player for FC Dallas
* Toni Stahl – midfielder for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers
* Shavar Thomas – soccer player for the Philadelphia Union
* Kwame Watson-Siriboe – defender for the Chicago Fire
* O'Brian White – striker for Seattle Sounders FC

#### Women's soccer

* Niki Cross – forward for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League
* Rachel Hill – forward for Orlando Pride of the NWSL
* Stephanie Labbé – Olympic bronze medalist, Canadian goalkeeper
* Sara Whalen (born 1976) – Olympic silver medalist

#### Other

* Dan Cramer – mixed martial artist for Bellator and UFC Fighting Championships
* Bonnie Stoll – professional racquetball player and fitness trainer
* Emily Durgin, professional distance runner
* Noah Dines - professional skier and world record holder for most human powered vertical feet skied in a single calendar year (3,590,097 feet).

## Faculty
### Current

* Yaakov Bar-Shalom – Board of Trustees member (Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
* Gina Barreca – humor author, contributor to The Hartford Courant (Professor of English Literature and feminist theory)
* Jc Beall – Board of Trustees Distinguished (Professor of Philosophy)
* Robert L. Birmingham – Professor of Law
* Richard D. Brown – Professor of History (1971–2007); Professor Emeritus (2007–present)
* Ann Charters – Beat scholar (Professor of English)
* Kenneth Fuchs – Grammy-winning composer (School of Fine Arts)
* Johann Peter Gogarten – evolutionary biologist
* Lewis Gordon — world philosopher (Professor of Philosophy)
* Robert A. Gross – historian
* Wally Lamb – author (Associate Professor of Creative Writing)
* Richard Normand Langlois – economist (Professor of Economics)
* Cato T. Laurencin – engineer, physician (University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
* Guozhen Lu – Professor of Mathematics
* Earl MacDonald – composer, musician (Director of Jazz Studies)
* Ronald Mallett – researcher in time travel (Professor of Physics)
* Radenka Maric – engineer (Professor of Sustainable Energy; University President)
* Samuel Martinez – cultural anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology)
* Ross Miller – literary critic and biographer
* Ruth Millikan – philosopher of language (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of the Division of Orthodontics at University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
* Chiara Mingarelli – gravitational-wave astrophysicist (Professor of Physics)
* Letitia Naigles – Professor of Psychological Sciences
* Olu Oguibe – Professor of Painting and author
* Sam Pickering – teacher portrayed by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (Professor of English)
* Joseph Renzulli – gifted education theorist
* Julian Rotter – psychologist (Emeritus Professor of Psychology)
* Merrill Singer – medical anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology)
* Bette Talvacchia – art historian (Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus)
* Mark C. Urban – biologist (Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

### Former

    Note: Years and official titles are given when possible.
* Jamie Homero Arjona – Professor of Romance and Classical Languages (1932–1967)
* Alexinia Baldwin – PhD alumna and Professor of Education (1988–2003)
* Frank Ballard – puppeteer and Professor of Dramatic Arts (1956–1989)
* Ann Beattie – novelist and short story writer
* Susan Porter Benson – historian and Professor of History (1993–2005)
* Albert Francis Blakeslee – botanist (when it was still Connecticut Agricultural College)
* James M. Bobbitt – Professor of Chemistry (1956–1991)
* Taylor L. Booth – Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
* Weston A. Bousfield – Professor of Psychology (1939–1971)
* Arthur Bronwell – Professor of Electrical Engineering (1962–1977); Dean of the School of Engineering (1962–1970)
* Roger Buckley – Professor of History and Director of the Asian American Studies Institute
* Francelia Butler – author and expert on children's literature (Professor of English, 1968–1992)
* Lien Chan – former vice president of the Republic of China (Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1967–1968)
* Roger Crossgrove – artist and Professor of Art Emeritus (1968–1988)
* Roy D'Andrade – developer of cognitive anthropology
* Irving Gilman Davis – Professor of Economics (1919–1939)
* Victor Denenberg – developmental psychobiologist
* Josephine Dolan – UConn's first professor of nursing (1944–1976)
* Richard Eberhart – poet
* James C. Faris – anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies)
* Estelle Feinstein – historian at UConn Stamford (Professor of History, 1957–1989)
* Harry L. Garrigus – animal scientist (Professor of Animal Husbandry, 1900–1942)
* Brison D. Gooch – historian of 19th-century Europe, taught at UC prior to 1973
* Alfred Gurdon Gulley – Professor of Horticulture (1894–1917)
* Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012) – Professor of Nursing (1987–1997)
* Evan Hill – Professor of Journalism (1965–1983)
* Nafe Katter – Professor of Theatre (1957–1997)
* J. A. Scott Kelso – neuroscientist (Professor of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences)
* Susan Kinsolving – poet
* Myron W. Krueger – computer scientist (Professor of Computer Science, 1974–85)
* Everett Carll Ladd – political scientist, Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (1964–1999)
* Glenn J. Lesniak – U.S. Army major general
* Alvin Liberman – speech scientist (Professor of Psychology)
* Jerauld Manter – Professor of Ornithology and Entomology (1912–1953)
* Henry Ruthven Monteith – Professor of History and English (1900–1922)
* Marilyn Nelson – Professor Emeritus of English (1978–) and 2001–06 poet laureate of the State of Connecticut
* Ovide F. Pomerleau – psychologist (Professor of Psychiatry [Psychology], 1979–1985)
* Richard Popkin – philosophy historian
* Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro – nutritionist (Associate Professor of Home Economics, 1963–1967)
* Gideon Rodan – biochemist and osteopath (School of Dental Medicine, 1970–1985)
* Charles Schlueter – trumpeter
* Harold Seidman – political scientist and public administration expert (Professor of Political Science, 1971–1984)
* Edmund Ware Sinnott – botanist and prolific author (Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1915–1928)
* James A. Slater – entomologist (Professor of Entomology, 1953–1988)
* Hale Smith – composer (Professor of Music, 1970–1984)
* Avo Sõmer – composer and music theorist (Professor of Music, 1962–2000)
* M. Estella Sprague – Professor of Home Economics (1917–1926); Dean of the Division of Home Economics (1920–1926)
* Walter Stemmons – professor of journalism and university editor, 1918–1954
* Ian Stewart – mathematician (Visiting Professor of Mathematics, 1977–1978
* Lyman Maynard Stowe – physician and first dean of the UConn School of Medicine
* George Safford Torrey – botanist (Professor of Botany, 1915–1956)
* Harleigh Trecker – Professor of Social Work (1951–1977); Dean, School of Social Work, (1968–1977)
* Albert E. Van Dusen – historian; Professor of History (1949–1983) and Connecticut State Historian (1952–1985)
* Alexey von Schlippe – painter (Professor of Art, Avery Point campus, 1963–1982)
* Charles E. Waring – physical chemist (Professor of Chemistry, 1946–1979)
* Rex Warner – author and translator (Professor of Classics, 1962–1973)
* Helen Turner Watson – nursing educator (Associate Professor of Nursing, 1965–1983)
* Albert E. Waugh – Professor of Economics (1924–1965), Provost of the University (1950–1965)
* Sidney Waxman – horticulturist (Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, 1957–1991)
* Nathan Whetten – sociologist (Professor of Sociology, 1932–1970; Dean of the Graduate School, 1940–1970)
* Edwina Whitney – College Librarian (1900–1934), Assistant Professor of German (1926–1934)
* Carolyn Ladd Widmer – Dean of the School of Nursing (1942–1967)
* Rollin Williams – Professor of Social Work (1957–1985)
* Kenneth G. Wilson – Professor of English (1951–1989)
* Wayne Worcester – author and journalist (Professor of Journalism)
* Fujia Yang – physicist (Visiting Professor of Physics)
* Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang – world animal cloning leader and director of the Center for Regenerative Biology (Professor of Animal Science)
* Feenie Ziner – children's literature writer (Professor of English, 1974–1994)

## Presidents of the University of Connecticut

* Solomon Mead, Principal (1881—1882)
* Henry P. Armsby, acting principal (1882—1883)
* Benjamin F. Koons, 1st president (1883—1898)
* George Washington Flint, 2nd president (1898—1901)
* Rufus W. Stimson, 3rd president (1901—1908)
* Edwin O. Smith, acting president (1908)
* Charles L. Beach, 4th president (1908—1928)
* Charles B. Gentry, acting president (1928—1929, 1935)
* George A. Works, 5th president (1929—1930)
* Charles C. McCracken, 6th president (1930—1935)
* Albert N. Jorgensen, 7th president (1935—1962)
* Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., 8th president (1962—1972)
* Edward V. Gant, acting president (1969, 1972–1973, 1978–1979)
* Glenn W. Ferguson, 9th president (1973—1978)
* John A. DiBiaggio, 10th president (1979—1985)
* John T. Casteen III, 11th president (1985—1990)
* Harry J. Hartley, 12th president (1990—1996; acting 1987, 1990)
* Philip E. Austin, 13th president (1996—2007; acting 2010—2011)
* Michael J. Hogan, 14th president (2007—2010)
* Susan Herbst, 15th president (2011—2019)
* Thomas C. Katsouleas, 16th president (2019—2021)
* Andrew Agwunobi, acting president (2021–2022)
* Radenka Maric, 17th president (2022–present)