List of Texas State University alumni

The list of Texas State University alumni includes notable alumni of Texas State University.

Politics and government

• Rosalyn Baker, Hawaii state senator, District 6
• Buddy Garcia, interim 2012 member of the Texas Railroad Commission
• Lyndon B. Johnson (Class of 1930), 36th US president
• David M. Medina, justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, 2004-2013
• James Oakley, county judge for Burnet County
• John Sharp, Texas A&M University System chancellor
• Dwayne Stovall, businessman in Cleveland, Texas, school board member, and Republican candidate for the United States Senate in the primary election scheduled for March 4, 2014
• Catalina Vasquez Villalpando (attended but did not graduate), US treasurer

Military

• Robert L. Rutherford, former general in the United States Air Force, former commander of United States Transportation Command

Music

• Scott H. Biram, blues, country, rock musician
• Maggie Heath, member of folk rock duo The Oh Hellos
• Terri Hendrix, folk singer-songwriter
• Jamestown Revival
• Emilio Navaira, country/Tejano singer
• Kyle Park, country singer
• Charlie Robison, country singer
• Randy Rogers, country singer
• Tommy Bolton, Dan Buie, Gerry Gibson and Bill Pennington of Roy Head and The Traits, Rockabilly Hall of Fame band members
• George Strait, country singer
• S U R V I V E
• Sunny Sweeney, country singer

Media

• G. W. Bailey, actor
• Powers Boothe, actor
• Thomas Carter, film director
• Aaryn Gries, Big Brother 15 contestant, 8th place
• Edi Patterson, actress
• Chelcie Ross, actor
• Tracy Scoggins, actress
• Alexis Texas, AVN award winner and pornographic actress
• Julie White, actress

Journalism and literature

• E. R. Bills, author and journalist
• P. Djèlí Clark, writer and historian
• Julian S. Garcia, writer, editor and op-ed writer for San Antonio Express-News, AP News and contributor-editor to ViAztlan: International Journal of Arts and Letters; contributor to Caracol
• Heloise, columnist
• Joe O'Connell, writer, journalist, photographer, and documentarian
• Tomás Rivera, writer
• Maria Luisa Tucker, writer
• Meg Turney, Internet news host

Sports

• Charles Austin, Olympic high jump gold medalist
• Joplo Bartu, former NFL player
• Edgar Baumann, Olympic javelin thrower
• Torgeir Bryn, former NBA player
• Ken Coffey, former NFL player
• Wayne Coffey, football player
• Fred Evans, former NFL player
• Kyle Finnegan, MLB pitcher
• Jeff Foster, former NBA player
• Paul Goldschmidt, MLB first baseman
• Donnie Hart, MLB pitcher
• Lance Hoyt, professional wrestler
• A.J. Johnson, former NFL player
• Wade Key, former NFL player
• Tony Levine (born 1972), football coach
• J. L. Lewis, golfer
• Scott Linebrink, former MLB pitcher
• Craig Mager, football player
• David Mayo, football player
• Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler
• Darryl Morris, cornerback, NFL, Indianapolis Colts
• Anicka Newell, pole vaulter
• Jeff Novak, former NFL player
• Ty Nsekhe, former NFL player
• Ricky Sanders, former NFL player
• Carson Smith, pitcher, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox
• Darrick Vaughn, former NFL player
• Mitchell Ward, football player
• Bobby Watkins, NFL player
• Spergon Wynn, former NFL player

Art

• Charles Barsotti, cartoonist
• Griffon Ramsey, chainsaw artist

Education

• Light Townsend Cummins, Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas; former official State Historian of Texas
• Paul K. Davis, military historian
• F. Ann Millner, Weber State University president
• Amelia Worthington Williams, Texas historian

Business

• Rod Keller, president of Segway Inc.

Medicine

• Michael Glyn Brown, former hand surgeon

Engineering

• Grady Hillhouse, host of the YouTube series Practical Engineering

Notable alumni gallery

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