This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with San Diego State University, a California State University campus located in the United States.

Alumni

Entertainment, Arts & Media

Art Linkletter, veteran entertainer
K.D. Aubert, supermodel, model, actress and Fantanas member
Greg Bear, noted science fiction author
Jesse Billauer, quadriplegic, motivational speaker, surfer
Fred Dryer, actor-producer and former NFL player
Julie Kavner, actress and voice of Marge Simpson, The Simpsons
Kathleen Kennedy, film producer
Ted Giannoulas, The San Diego Chicken
Andy Lauer, TV actor
Cleavon Little, actor
George Lewis, NBC Nightly News News Correspondent
Gregory Peck, actor
Lisa Dergan Podsednik, model
Marion Ross, TV actress
George Sunga, TV producer, Producers Guild of America
J. Michael Straczynski, writer
Joan D. Vinge, author
Alison Waite, model
Carl Weathers, Actor/former professional football player, Apollo Creed
Raquel Welch, actress
Courtney Friel, television host

Business & Finance

Norman Brinker, Chili's Grill & Bar
Norm Fjeldheim, Chief Information Officer, Qualcomm
Eric Fremont, Verizon Communications, Senior Vice President - Information Technology
Jack Goodall, Jack in the Box
Jerry Halamuda, Color Spot Nurseries
Ron Kendrick, Union Bank of California
Ralph Pesqueria, El Indio Restaurants
Sol Price, founder of Price Club (later merged with Costco)
Ralph Rubio, founder, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill (f.k.a. Rubio's Fish Tacos)
Jim Sinegal, Costco, Chief Executive Officer
Brent Wilkes

Science

Laurance Doyle, PhD, SETI astronomer
Jacques Gauthier, PhD, Paleotonlogist and Professor at Yale University and Peabody Museum of Natural History
Arthur Jensen, PhD, Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at University of California, Berkeley
Ellen Ochoa, PhD, NASA, First Latina astronaut
Bernard Rimland, PhD, noted autism researcher and founder of the Autism Society of America

Politics

Ken Calvert, Member of Congress, California
Dusty Foggo, former CIA official
Steven T. Kuykendall, former Member of Congress, California
Bill Lowery, Lobbyist and former Member of Congress
Jerry Sanders, Current mayor of San Diego and former Chief of Police

Athletics & Sports

Don Coryell, former NCAA and NFL head coach
Marcelo Balboa, World Cup and MLS soccer star
Bud Black, former Major League Baseball pitcher and current manager of the San Diego Padres
Jim Campbell, former MLB pitcher
Jeff DaVanon, MLB baseball player
Herm Edwards, current Kansas City Chiefs head coach
Marshall Faulk, former NFL star of the St. Louis Rams
John Fox, current Carolina Panthers head coach
Mark Grace, retired Major League Baseball player and World Series Champion
Tony Gwynn, future Baseball Hall of Famer (and current SDSU baseball Head Coach)
Az-Zahir Hakim, current NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints
Freddy Keiaho, current NFL linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
Armen Keteyian, Sports Journalist, HBO Sports, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Kirk Morrison, Oakland Raiders current starting linebacker
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Green Bay Packers
Joe Gibbs, NFL head coach of the Washington Redskins
John Madden, former NFL head coach for the Oakland Raiders and famous color commentator
Travis Lee, Major League Baseball player with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Chris Marlowe, Sportscaster, former Olympic volleyball player
Kassim Osgood, San Diego Chargers receiver
Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts kicker
Darnay Scott, former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
Jimmy Raye, played NFL american football
Don Shaw, former MLB pitcher
Webster Slaughter, former American football wide receiver
Dave Smith, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Eric Wynalda, well-known World Cup and MLS soccer star, and current ABC broadcaster
Jeanne Zelasko, Sports Journalist, Fox Sports

Faculty

Marylin Chin, poet, SDSU professor
Suzette Haden Elgin, science fiction author, retired SDSU professor
Jerry Farber, author, SDSU professor
Bob Filner, Member of Congress (former professor)
Harold Jaffe, PhD, writer, editor, SDSU professor
Larry McCaffery, writer, editor, post-modern literary critic, SDSU professor
Khaleel Mohammed, PhD, SDSU professor of religious studies
Gail K. Naughton, PhD, Dean of the College of Business Administration, noted female biotechechnology entrepreneur
Vernor Vinge, PhD, Sci-Fi writer and visionary, retired SDSU professor of mathmatics