This article lists notable alumni and students of the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
Art
Notable artists who are alumni and students of VCU School of the Arts.
- Diana al-Hadid – sculptor and installation artist (MFA 2005)
- Hannah Altman - photographer (MFA 2020)
- Trudy Benson – abstract artist (BFA 2007)
- James Bumgardner – painter, multi-media artist, RPI, VCU art faculty (BFA 1955)
- Tony Cokes – video artist (MFA 1985)
- Rose Datoc Dall – painter (BFA 1990)
- Tara Donovan – sculptor (MFA 1999)
- Torkwase Dyson – painter (BFA 1999)
- Joseph Craig English – printmaker (BFA 1970)
- Donwan Harrell – fashion designer, founder of Prps and Akademiks (BFA 1989)
- Lisa Hoke – sculptor and installation artist (BFA 1978)
- Sterling Hundley – illustrator and painter (BFA 1998)
- Abby Kasonik – painter (BFA 1998)
- Nate Lewis – cut paper sculptor (BS 2009)
- Whitney Lynn – sculptor and performance artist (BFA 2004)
- Owen Lee Franklin - Artist and historian (BFA 2021)
- Philip B. Meggs – graphic designer and historian of design (BFA 1964, MFA 1971)
- Eric Millikin – conceptual, internet, video and performance artist (MFA 2021)
- Janice Smith – furniture maker (BFA 1976)
- Carol Sutton – painter and sculptor (BFA 1967)
- Alice Tangerini – botanical illustrator (BFA 1972)
- Alessandra Torres – performance and installation artist (MFA 2006)
- Charles Vess -- fantasy and comics illustrator (BFA 1974)
Business
- Norman Sisisky - Founder of Petersburg Bottling Company, later becoming Pepsi (BBA)
- Christopher Poole - Founder of 4chan
- William Gifford - CEO of Altria (BBA)
Government
- Watkins Abbitt, Jr. – member of the Virginia House of Delegates[1]
- Lashrecse Aird - member of the Virginia State Senate[2]
- Lamont Bagby – member of the Virginia State Senate[3]
- Rosalyn Dance – former member of the Virginia State Senate[4]
- Yasonna Laoly – Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia (2014–present)
- Nancy McFalane – Former Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (2011–2019)
- Todd Pillion - member of the Virginia State Senate[5]
- Kim Taylor - member of Virginia House of Delegates[6]
- Schuyler VanValkenburg - member of Virginia House of Delegates[7]
- Will Sessoms - Mayor of Virginia Beach, VA (2008-2018)
- Rob Wittman – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 1st congressional district[8]
- Justin Wilson - Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia
Media
- Mamé Adjei – runner up of America's Next Top Model cycle 22
- David Baldacci – author, best known for his novel Absolute Power (1996)
- Rachel Beanland - author of Florence Adler Swims Forever
- Macon Blair - actor and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning filmmaker, known for his collaborations with Jeremy Saulnier
- Reilly Brown - comic book illustrator and writer, known for his work on Cable & Deadpool.
- Caressa Cameron – 2010 Miss America
- Daryl Cobb – author,[9] national children's educational presenter[10]
- Chad L. Coleman – actor
- Andrea Detwiler – 2006 Daytime Emmy winner
- Stephen Furst – actor and director, known as "Flounder" in the National Lampoon classic Animal House (1978) as well as TV series St. Elsewhere and Babylon 5
- Jason Butler Harner – Broadway, television, and film actor; performed in original production of Coast of Utopia; was in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film Changeling
- Bilal Khan - Pakistani singer and actor
- Zachary Knighton – actor, ABC series Happy Endings
- Boris Kodjoe – actor, model
- Robert Lanham – author, best known for his book The Hipster Handbook (2003)
- Debbie Matenopoulos – TV host, known for co-hosting ABC's The View, The Daily 10, and TV Guide Channel's The Screening Room
- Wiley Miller – cartoonist and author of the comic strip Non Sequitur
- Caelynn Miller-Keyes - Runner-Up Miss USA 2018, Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise Contestant
- Trevor Moore - comedian and founding member of The Whitest Kids U' Know
- Howard Owen - journalist, author of crime fiction and the novel Littlejohn.
- Jay Pharoah – comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member
- Jon Pineda - award-winning poet and novelist
- Christopher Poole, aka moot – founder of 4chan[11]
- Kevin Powers – novelist and poet, known for The Yellow Birds (2013), a finalist for the National Book Award[12]
- Tom Robbins – author, best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
- Steve Segal - comic artist, animation director
- Robb Spewak – producer and radio personality for The Don and Mike Show and The Mike O'Meara Show
- Rose Szabo - author of What Big Teeth
- Steve Rasnic Tem - horror fiction writer, winner of the World Fantasy, British Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards
- Phil Trumbo - film animator, artist
- Brandon Wardell – comedian and Twitter personality
- Mike Wieringo – comic book artist for Marvel and DC comics; co-creator of Image Comics series Tellos
Music
- Chino Amobi - experimental electronic musician
- Anhayla – singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Sam Beam – singer/songwriter known as Iron and Wine[13]
- Lucy Dacus - singer-songwriter
- Nickelus F - rapper, producer, videographer
- GWAR – several founding members of the band
- Lamb of God – several founding members of the band
- Stefan Lessard – bassist for Dave Matthews Band
- Matthew Ramsey - songwriter, lead singer for Old Dominion
- Nate Smith - drummer, songwriter, producer, and three-time Grammy nominee
- Eric Stanley – violinist, composer
- Robbin Thompson – singer-songwriter
- Steve West – drummer of the indie rock band Pavement and front man for Marble Valley
- Gordy Haab -- composer of the Star Wars video games music and multiple award winner in that genre.
Science
- Arpana Agrawal - psychiatric geneticist and professor of psychiatry, 2018 Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award
- Hunter "Patch" Adams – founder of the Gesundheit! Institute and subject of the movie Patch Adams
- Baruj Benacerraf – winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Ann S. Fulcher – abdominal radiologist and chair of the department of radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Medicine
- Saul Krugman– medical researcher who discovered a vaccine against hepatitis B
- Arpad Vass – research scientist, forensic anthropologist and professor
- Georgia Chenevix-Trench – Cancer researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancer.
- Jeffery Taubenberger, M.D. – American virologist
Sports
- Yann Bonato – former European professional basketball player; former French National Team member; member of France's silver medal-winning men's basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; played one season (1990–91) at VCU[14][15]
- Mo Alie-Cox - current tight end for the Indianapolis Colts
- Troy Daniels – current shooting guard for Olimpia Milano
- Andrew Dykstra – MLS goalkeeper for D.C. United; also played with the Chicago Fire in MLS
- Treveon Graham - current forward in the G League
- Lanto Griffin - current professional golfer on the PGA Tour
- Sherman Hamilton – former member of Canadian National Men's Basketball Team; participated in 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia[16]
- Gerald Henderson – played for the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Seattle SuperSonics, and San Antonio Spurs, winning four NBA championships
- Quanitra Hollingsworth – center for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA;[17] member of Turkey's 2012 Olympic women's basketball team[18]
- Brandon Inge – MLB infielder, formerly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers[19]
- Sean Marshall – relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds[20]
- Eric Maynor – played for the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers[21]
- Cla Meredith – former MLB relief pitcher; played for the Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles[22]
- Hayley Moorwood – member of New Zealand women's Olympic Soccer Team in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012[23]
- Dominic Oduro – current forward for the Columbus Crew in MLS
- Juvonte Reddic (born 1992) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- John Rollins – professional golfer and PGA pro[24]
- Larry Sanders – drafted #15 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2010 NBA Draft[25]
- Gonzalo Segares – former defender for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus; former defender for the Chicago Fire in MLS
- Scott Sizemore – infielder for the Oakland Athletics[26]
- Justin Tillman (born 1996) - basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Brianté Weber (born 1992) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Other
- Mirta Martin (Ph.D. 1996) – ninth president of Fort Hays State University
References
- ↑ "Abbitt, Watkins Moorman (1908–1998)". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Lashrecse Aird". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Lamont Bagby". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Roz Dance". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Todd Pillion". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Kim Taylor". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ↑ "Schuyler VanValkenburg". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ↑ "WITTMAN, Robert J., (1959–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ↑ Bostwick, Joanne. "About Daryl Cobb". authorvisitsbydarylcobb.com/aboutme.html. Daryl Cobb Productions. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ↑ Cobb, Daryl. "Author Visits by Daryl Cobb". Author Visits by Daryl Cobb. Daryl Cobb Productions. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ↑ "A Virtual Unknown: Meet 'Moot,' the Secretive Internet Celeb Who Still Lives With Mom". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-09-14.
- ↑ Kevin Powers
- ↑ Sims, Dave (25 Sep 2007). "Growing a Bard". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ↑ "Yann Bonato Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "VCU". Vcuathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "Literature Study Guides – By Popularity". eNotes.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "Quanitra Hollingsworth – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "Turkish women's basketball team reaching for the stars". Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Brandon Inge Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Sean Marshall Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Eric Demarqua Maynor". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Cla Meredith Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Hayley MOORWOOD". Fifa.com. 2016-06-10. Archived from the original on July 13, 2008. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "John Rollins". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Larry Sanders". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Scott Sizemore Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
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