# List of University of Alabama at Birmingham people

This is a partial list of people affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

## Administrators
### Presidents

* Joseph F. Volker, 1969–1976
* George Campbell, 1976-1977 (interim)
* S. Richardson Hill, 1977-1986
* Charles "Scotty" McCallum, 1986-1987 (interim), 1987-1993
* Claude Bennett, 1993-1996
* Paul Hardin, 1997 (interim)
* W. Ann Reynolds, 1997–2002
* Malcolm Portera, 2002 (interim)
* Carol Z. Garrison, 2002–2012
* Ray Watts, 2013–present

## Alumni
### Athletics

* Danya Barsalona, professional soccer player
* Murry Bartow, Division 1 men's basketball coach
* Paul Delaney (born 1986), basketball player in the Israeli National League
* Vonetta Flowers, Olympic gold medalist
* Darrell Hackney, NFL player with the Denver Broncos
* Carlos Hendricks, football player
* Chris Hubbard, NFL player
* Deanna Jackson, WNBA player with the Chicago Sky
* Dejan Jakovic, professional soccer player
* Andy Kennedy, University of Alabama at Birmingham men's basketball coach
* Graeme McDowell, professional golfer
* Jason McLaughlin, professional soccer player with the Atlanta Silverbacks
* Tony McManus, professional soccer player with the Atlanta Silverbacks
* Elijah Millsap, professional basketball player with the Petron Blaze Boosters
* Jerson Monteiro, professional soccer player with the Atlanta Silverbacks
* Izell Reese, NFL player with the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills
* Oliver Robinson, State of Alabama Legislator and former NBA player with the San Antonio Spurs
* McKinley Singleton, NBA player with the New York Knicks
* Dainon Sidney, NFL Player with the Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, and Detroit Lions
* Donell Taylor, NBA player with the Washington Wizards
* Bryan Thomas, NFL player with the New York Jets
* Joe Webb, NFL player with the Carolina Panthers
* Roddy White, retired NFL player with the Atlanta Falcons
* Garrett Whitlock, MLB player with the Boston Red Sox

### Business and public figures

* William A. Bell, former Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
* Beth Chapman, Alabama Secretary of State and former State Auditor
* Chris Collins, member of Congress NY-27
* Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005
* Robert Duvall, member of Kentucky state house; graduated 1995 with doctorate in optometry
* Larry Langford, former Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
* Walt Maddox, Mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
* Oliver Robinson, State of Alabama Legislator and former NBA player with the San Antonio Spurs
* Richard Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation
* Mark Shirey, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
* Alexander Shunnarah
* Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO of Hubspot
* Toshiko Abe, Japanese minister of education, culture, sports, sciences, and technology

### Science, media and the arts

* Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General of the United States
* Jon Coffelt, painter, multimedia artist
* Clayton Colvin, artist, painter, art educator
* Larry DeLucas, astronaut and research scientist
* Edward F. Fischer, Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University
* Chris McDermott, advanced practice registered nurse autonomous practice of Intercoastal Health and certified life care planner of Intercoastal Consulting & Life Care Planning
* Hadiyah-Nicole Green, medical physicist at Morehouse School of Medicine
* Sam Hunt, country musician and former UAB quarterback
* John Knox, meteorologist, associate professor at University of Georgia
* George A. Miller, psychologist, cognitive scientist
* David Sandlin, artist, book artist
* Faisal Shuaib. physician, public health expert, and Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency
* Melissa Springer, photojournalist

### Other

* Hoda Muthana, ISIS Bride

## Faculty and researchers

* David B. Allison, Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor of Public Health, Associate Dean for Science
* Eli Capilouto, former Dean of UAB School of Public Health, former Provost of UAB, and current President of the University of Kentucky
* April Carson, epidemiologist
* Larry DeLucas, astronaut and research scientist
* Ibrahim Fawal, professor of film and literature
* Edith Frohock, book maker and educator
* Stephen Glosecki, scholar of Old English
* Wendy Gunther-Canada, professor in the department of government
* Tinsley Randolph Harrison, physician and editor of the first five editions of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
* Basil Hirschowitz, father of the modern endoscope
* Robert Hyatt, co-author of Cray Blitz, two-time winner of the World Computer Chess Championships
* Adrienne C. Lahti, F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
* Timothy R. Levine, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, creator of Truth-Default Theory
* Kerry Madden, professor of creative writing
* Carl E. Misch, founded The Misch International Implant Institute
* Shin Joong Oh, Distinguished Professor of Neurology Emeritus and Professor of Pathology
* Henry Panion, University Professor of Music, music director for Stevie Wonder, Grammy Award-winning arranger and producer
* Gregory Pence, professor of philosophy
* Ray Reach, former director of the UAB Jazz Ensemble> (1998–2005), arranger, composer, jazz pianist and vocalist, Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
* Michael Saag, AIDS researcher
* Jessica A. Scoffield, microbiologist
* Eric Sorscher, director of the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center 1994–2015