List of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign people

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This is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a public research university in Illinois.

Notable alumni[edit]

Not all listed alumni graduated from the university, and are so noted if the information is known.

Nobel Prize winners[edit]

Phillip Allen Sharp with President George W. Bush

Pulitzer Prize winners[edit]

Academia[edit]

Notable professors and scholars[edit]

College presidents and vice-presidents[edit]

College provosts and vice provosts[edit]

Architecture[edit]

Art[edit]

Astronauts[edit]

Steven R. Nagel

Business[edit]

Engineering and technology[edit]

Panorama of the Bardeen Quad
Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube

Journalism and non-fiction broadcasting[edit]

Literature[edit]

Media[edit]

Military[edit]

Music[edit]

Performing arts[edit]

Politics and government[edit]

U.S. Senate[edit]

U.S. House of Representatives[edit]

Rep. John Anderson in 1980

Executive branch officials[edit]

Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker

Statewide offices[edit]

State legislators[edit]

Judiciary[edit]

Local offices[edit]

Activists[edit]

International figures[edit]

Other[edit]

  • Jill Wine-Banks, B.S. – Watergate prosecutor; General Counsel of the Army (1977–1980); Executive Director of the American Bar Association

Science and mathematics[edit]

Sports[edit]

Administration[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Lou Boudreau
Ken Holtzman

Basketball[edit]

Tal Brody
Brian Randle

Football[edit]

Dick Butkus
Red Grange

Golf[edit]

Tennis[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

Olympics[edit]

Other[edit]

Fictional[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

Notable faculty[edit]

Presidents[edit]

Chancellors[edit]

Nobel laureates[edit]

John Bardeen

Pulitzer Prize winners[edit]

Other[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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