List of University of North Carolina at Charlotte people
This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte .
Academia, science and technology
Benjamin Chavis , civil rights activist, head of NAACP
Greg Gbur , author and physicist
Glenda Gilmore , Peter and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History, Yale University
Lily "Appalachian" Gross , a member of the inaugural United States Women's Cyber Team [ 1]
Mohammad Ab Rahman , Chief of Defence, Malaysian Armed Forces (Computer Science 1982–1985)
Jill S. Tietjen , electrical engineer and consultant
Shane Wighton , engineer and YouTube personality for Stuff Made Here
Arts and literature
Music
Clay Aiken , singer, Broadway star, and 1st runner-up of the second season of American Idol
Nicole Atkins , pop singer (2001)
Seth Avett , musician, of The Avett Brothers (2002)
Chris Lane , musician, of the Chris Lane Band
The Moody Brothers , Grammy -nominated musicians
Dave Moody , Dove Award -winning artist, producer, songwriter and indie filmmaker
Athletics
Eddie Basden , Chicago Bulls guard/forward (2005)[ 4]
Duggar Baucom , Citadel Bulldogs head basketball coach (1995)[ 5]
Calvin Brock , heavyweight boxer (1999)[citation needed ]
Jon Busch , Columbus Crew goalkeeper (1996)[ 6]
Cameron Clark , NFL player for the New York Jets
Fieldin Culbreth , former Major League Baseball umpire
Jon Davis , professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Nate Davis , NFL player for the Tennessee Titans
Floyd Franks , Chicago Fire midfielder (2006)[ 7]
Leemire Goldwire , professional basketball player (May 2008)[citation needed ]
Bryan Harvey , California Angels and Florida Marlins pitcher[ 8]
Alex Highsmith , NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
DeMarco Johnson , professional basketball player (1997)[ 9]
Bobby Lutz , Charlotte 49ers head basketball coach (1980)[ 10]
John Maine , New York Mets pitcher[ 11]
Cedric Maxwell , NBA great with the Boston Celtics and commentator (1983) (attended 1973–1977)[ 12]
Kelly Earnhardt Miller , NASCAR owner[ 13]
Benny Moss , UNC Wilmington head basketball coach (1992)[ 14]
Larry Ogunjobi , NFL player for the Cleveland Browns
Joe Posnanski , national columnist at NBC Sports , New York Times best-selling author[citation needed ]
Layne Riggs , NASCAR driver[ 15]
Donnie Smith , professional soccer player (2013–2018)[ 16]
Myatt Snider , NASCAR driver
Melvin Watkins , head basketball coach at Charlotte and Texas A&M (1977)[ 17]
Rodney White , professional basketball player (2001)[ 18]
Business and law
Politics and public life
Miscellaneous
Notable UNC Charlotte faculty
Social science, arts and humanities
Science and technology
Kathy Reichs , bestselling author; inspiration of the Fox television drama Bones
Raphael Tsu , physicist known for his research in man-made quantum materials, superlattices, and quantum wells
References
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Student life History
Founded : 1946
Students : 29,710
Endowment : 202.793 million
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