List of University of Connecticut people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Connecticut

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Alumni

Academics

Academic administrators

• Stanley F. Battle – 12th chancellor: North Carolina A&T State University; 4th president: Coppin State University
• Raymond C. Bowen – 2nd president: La Guardia Community College; president: Shelby State Community College
• Scott S. Cowen – 14th president: Tulane University
• Thomas C. Duffy – former deputy dean: Yale School of Music
• Martha Piper – 14th president: University of British Columbia
• Joseph W. Polisi – 6th president: The Juilliard School
• William E. Trueheart – 7th president: Bryant University
• Gregory S. Woodward – 6th president: University of Hartford

Scholars and critics of literature, art and ethics

• Deborah Dancy – professor of painting
• Slawomir Dobrzanski – Kansas State University professor of music
• Bobbie Ann Mason – literary critic and novelist
• Michael North – literary critic
• Tim Page – Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic
• Elaine Scarry – Harvard literature professor

Scholars of law and political scientists

• Edward C. Banfield – political scientist
• Richard Dekmejian – political scientist
• Florence Roisman – law professor

Scholars of the natural sciences

• Willard H. Allen (BS, 1916) – poultry scientist and New Jersey secretary of agriculture
• Alan T. Busby (BA, 1918) – animal scientist and first African American alumnus
• Kartik Chandran (PhD, 1999) – engineer and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship
• Franklin Chang-Diaz (BS, 1973) – NASA astronaut and physicist^[1]
• Carol Lynn Curchoe – molecular biologist
• Janet Frost (Ph.D., 1994) – Biochemist and professor emeritus^[2]
• David Grimaldi – entomologist
• Benjamin Hsiao – materials scientist^[3]
• David Lee – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Richard Mastracchio – NASA astronaut and engineer^[1]
• Luz Oliveros-Belardo – National Scientist of the Philippines
• Vijay P. Parashar – oral and maxillofacial radiologist
• Massimo Pigliucci – evolutionary theorist and philosopher
• Jeffrey Rosenfeld – neurosurgeon
• Edmund Ware Sinnott – Professor of Botany and Genetics (1915–1928)
• Mika Tosca – climate scientist
• Talitha Washington – mathematician and STEM activist
• Yuwen Zhang – mechanical engineer

Scholars of the social sciences

• Kathleen Musante DeWalt – anthropologist
• Ramani Durvasula, PhD – clinical psychologist, media expert, and author
• Samih Farsoun – sociologist and Arab-American activist
• Howard S. Hoffman – experimental psychologist
• Kevin B. MacDonald – evolutionary psychology theorist
• Robert Remez – experimental psychologist
• Philip Rubin – cognitive scientist
• Horatio Strother (BA 1956; MA 1957) – historian and leading authority on the Underground Railroad in Connecticut
• Kevin Swick – educational theorist

Arts and entertainment

• Pam Arciero – puppeteer^[4]
• Jennifer Barnhart – actor and puppeteer^[5][6]
• Michael Bergin – supermodel
• Beau Billingslea – voice actor and former UConn football player^[7]
• Tanisha Brito – former Miss Connecticut and Miss Georgia USA^[8]
• Jackie Burns – Broadway actress
• Sharon Butler — painter and publisher of NYC art journalTwo Coats of Paint
• Mary Cadorette – actor
• Susanna Coffey (BFA 1977) – artist, educator, and National Academy of Design member
• Judy Collins – musician
• Lui Collins – folk singer-songwriter^[9]
• Tristan Couvares – reality TV star^[10]
• Scott DaRos – Emmy Award-winning animator
• Andrea Dromm – actress
• Justin Foley – drummer for Killswitch Engage
• Patrick Earl Hammie – contemporary figurative artist^[11]
• Matthew Jensen – artist and photographer
• Ned Kahn – environmental artist and MacArthur Fellowship recipient^[12]
• Jeremy Leven – author, director, producer, and screenwriter^[13]
• Michelle Lombardo – model^[1]
• Donny Marshall – television sports broadcaster
• Forrest McClendon – actor^[14]
• Moby – singer-songwriter, musician^[1]
• Bobby Moynihan – actor and comedian^[1]
• Julius R. Nasso – film producer
• Peter Niedmann – composer
• Ron Palillo – actor^[1]
• Denise Pelletier, BFA, ceramics, sculpture, and site-specific art^[15]
• Morris Pleasure – composer, musician
• Toni Press-Coffman – playwright
• Meg Ryan – actress^[1]
• Skip Schoolnik – film director and producer
• Brian Schulz – Emmy-winning producer and cinematographer
• Leslie Silva – actress
• Rick Sternbach – Emmy-winning illustrator and visual effects artist
• Austin Stowell – actor
• Signe Margaret Stuart – abstract painter^[16]
• Oksana Tanasiv – artist
• Tony Todd – actor
• Diane Tuft – photographer
• Paige Turco – actress
• Robert Wendel – composer and conductor
• Brad Williams – puppeteer
• Dana Wilson – composer and jazz pianist
• Kim Zolciak – television personality^[1]

Authors, journalists and commentators

• Elizabeth Bear (Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky) – author
• Richard Bernstein – journalist and author
• Michael Bradford – playwright, artistic director, and AUDELCO nominee
• Leslie Brody – non-fiction author
• P. W. Catanese – author
• Robert D. Kaplan – author and essayist
• Dawn Lundy Martin – poet, essayist, and activist
• Leigh Montville – sports journalist
• Les Payne (B.A., 1964) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists
• Ann Lane Petry – novelist^[1]
• Randall Pinkston – news correspondent^[17]
• Joel Rosenberg – science fiction author
• Ron Roy (B.A. 1965) – children's literature author
• Lewis Turco – poet
• David Ushery – WNBC news anchor

Business and industry

• Doug Bernstein – co-founder: Melissa & Doug
• Scott Case (BS, 1992) – co-founder and former CTO: Priceline.com
• Robert Diamond – former CEO: Barclays; co-founder: Atlas Mara Limited
• Kimberly Eddleston – Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at D'Amore-McKim School of Business
• Clifford Grodd – former president and CEO: Paul Stuart^[18]
• Viren Kapadia – president and CEO: Gyrus Systems^[19]
• Bob Kaufman – co-founder: Bob's Discount Furniture^[1]
• Kathleen Murphy – investor at Fidelity Investments
• Timothy Shriver – chairman: Special Olympics; member of Kennedy family^[1]
• William S. Simon – former executive vice president: Walmart
• Annie Withey – co-founder of Smartfood and Annie's Homegrown
• Vincent Zarrilli – founder of The Pot Shop

Civic leaders and activists

• Lottie B. Scott – civic leader and African American civil rights advocate

Diplomacy, government, law, and politics

Elected officials

• Chuck Benedict – Wisconsin State Assemblyman (2004–2010)
• Francisco L. Borges – Connecticut State Treasurer (1987–1993)
• Natalie Braswell (BA 2000, MPA 2002, JD 2007) – Connecticut State Comptroller (2021–2023)
• Thomas W. Bucci – 49th mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut (1985–1989)
• Shari Cantor – mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut (2016–present)
• Eric D. Coleman – former Connecticut state senator (1995–2017)
• Joe Courtney – U.S. representative for CT-2
• Emilio Q. Daddario – former U.S. representative for CT-1 (1959–1971)
• Andy Dinniman – Pennsylvania state senator for the 19th district (2006–present)
• Art Feltman – former Connecticut state representative (1997–2009)
• John Fetterman (MBA 1993) – U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (2023–present), lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania (2019—2023)
• Sam Gejdenson – former U.S. representative for CT-2 (1981–2001)
• Robert Giaimo – former U.S. representative for CT-3 (1959–1981)
• Dorothy Goodwin (PhD 1957) – former Connecticut state representative (1974–1984)
• Bernard F. Grabowski – former U.S. representative for CT-6 (1963–1967)
• Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. – Connecticut state senator (2015–2019); member of Kennedy family
• Mike Lawlor – former Connecticut state representative (1987–2011)
• Martin Looney – Connecticut state senator, pres. pro tem. (1993–present)
• Konstantina Lukes – former mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (2007–2010)
• Shaun McNally – former Connecticut state representative (1987–1992)
• Chris Murphy – U.S. senator for Connecticut (2013–present)^[1]
• Lewis Rome – Connecticut State Senate leader (1973–1979) and Republican Party nominee in the 1982 Connecticut gubernatorial election
• William St. Onge – former U.S. representative for CT-2 (1963–1970)
• Ronald A. Sarasin – former U.S. representative for CT-5 (1973–1979)
• Pedro Segarra – former mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (2010–2015)
• Kevin B. Sullivan – former Connecticut state senator, pres. pro tem. (1987–2004)
• David J. Valesky – New York state senator (2005–2018)
• Robert Ward – minority leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1995–2007)
• Elmer Watson (BS 1929) – Connecticut State Senate majority leader (1957–1959)

Judges and attorneys

• Bethany Alvord – judge: Connecticut Appellate Court^[20]
• Vanessa Lynne Bryant – U.S. district judge: D. Conn.
• Carol Ann Conboy – Associate Justice: New Hampshire Supreme Court (2009–2017)
• Alfred V. Covello – chief U.S. district judge: D. Conn. (1992–2003)
• John A. Danaher III – judge: Connecticut Superior Court
• Gregory D’Auria – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Alexandra Davis DiPentima – chief judge: Connecticut Appellate Court
• Christopher F. Droney – U.S. circuit judge: 2d Cir.
• Fernande R.V. Duffly – associate Jjstice: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (2011–2016)
• Dennis G. Eveleigh – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Lubbie Harper Jr. – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (2011–12)
• Wesley W. Horton – Connecticut appellate court lawyer
• Denise R. Johnson – associate justice: Vermont Supreme Court (1990–2011)
• Joette Katz – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (1992–2011)
• Christine Keller – judge: Connecticut Appellate Court (2013–present)^[21]
• Douglas Lavine – judge: Connecticut Appellate Court (2006–present^[22]
• Robert J. Lynn – associate justice: New Hampshire Supreme Court^[23]
• Seth Marnin – New York Court of Claims; first openly transgender male judge in the U.S.
• Andrew J. McDonald – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Thomas Joseph Meskill – chief U.S. circuit judge: 2d Cir. (1975–1993); governor of Connecticut (1971–1975)
• Kevin J. O'Connor – 15th United States Associate Attorney General (2008–2009)
• Richard N. Palmer – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Rosemary S. Pooler – U.S. circuit judge: 2d Cir.
• Mickey Sherman – criminal defense attorney
• Christine S. Vertefeuille – associate justice: Connecticut Supreme Court (2000–2010)
• William A. Webb – U.S. magistrate judge: E.D.N.C. (1999–2014)
• Omar A. Williams – U.S. district judge: D. Conn.

Diplomats, government officials and party leaders

• Richard Calder – former senior official at the CIA
• Miguel Cardona – CT Commissioner of Education; US Secretary of Education (2021-25)
• Bill Curry – former Counselor to the President in Clinton administration (1995–1997)
• Charles A. Duelfer – former special apaidvisor: Director of Central Intelligence
• J. Michael Farren – former dep. White House Counsel in George W. Bush administration (2007–2009)
• C. Frank Figliuzzi – former assistant director for Counterintelligence at the FBI (2011–2012)
• Louis O. Giuffrida – former director: FEMA (1981–1985)
• Eliot A. Jardines – former ass. dep. director of National Intelligence for Open Source (2005–2008)
• Jerold Mande (BA 1978) – former USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety; lead designer of the Nutrition Facts food label.
• Mark J. Marcus – former commissioner: Connecticut Department of Children and Families (1970s–80s)
• Brett H. McGurk – Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa
• Alfonso Múnera Cavadía – Colombian ambassador to Jamaica and Guyana and former secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States (2012–2016)
• Sam Webb – former chairman: Communist Party USA (2000–2014)

Foreign officials

• Hajim al-Hassani – former speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government
• Bona Arsenault – former Member: Parliament of Canada (1945–1957)
• Tansu Çiller – 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey (1993–1996)

Military

• Willis Nichols Hawley – United States Army first sergeant
• Samuel Jaskilka – United States Marine Corps general
• Carl Kimmons – United States Navy officer; first person to rise through the ranks from mess attendant to commissioned officer
• Charles D. Luckey – United States Army lieutenant general^[24]
• Kenneth North – United States Air Force brigadier general
• Regina Rush-Kittle – United States Army Reserve command sergeant major
• Cornelius E. Ryan – United States Army major general
• Paul A. Yost Jr. – United States Coast Guard commandant

Sports

Baseball

• Nick Ahmed – MLB short stop for the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Matt Barnes – MLB pitcher for the 2018 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox
• Jesse Carlson – MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
• Rajai Davis – MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians
• Walt Dropo – former all-star Major League Baseball first baseman, 1950 MLB Rookie of the Year Award winner (American League)
• Billy Eppler – MLB General Manager
• Jeff Fulchino – MLB pitcher for the Houston Astros
• Jason Grabowski – former Major League Baseball player
• Dan Iassogna – Major League Baseball umpire
• L. J. Mazzilli – Minor League Baseball player^[25]
• Charles Nagy – former all-star Major League Baseball pitcher
• Mike Olt – MLB infielder
• Jim Penders – UConn baseball coach^[26]
• Bob Schaefer – bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers and former manager for the Kansas City Royals
• Rollie Sheldon – former MLB pitcher, member of the 1961 and 1962 World Series Champion New York Yankees
• George Springer – MLB outfielder for the Houston Astros, 2017 World Series Champion and Most Valuable Player
• Pete Walker – former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher and current Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach
• Gary Waslewski – MLB pitcher

Men's basketball

• Brendan Adams (born 2000) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jalen Adams (born 1995) – basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jeff Adrien – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
• Chuck Aleksinas – former center for the Golden State Warriors
• Ray Allen – fifth pick in the 1996 NBA draft^[1] Inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2018
• Hilton Armstrong – 12th pick in 2006 NBA draft, (New Orleans Hornets) forward/center
• Josh Boone – 23rd pick in the 2006 NBA draft (New Jersey Nets)
• Denham Brown – 40th pick in the 2006 NBA draft (Seattle SuperSonics)
• Scott Burrell – first American draft pick for MLB and NBA, played in the NBA 1995–2001^[1]
• Caron Butler – tenth pick in 2002 NBA draft, (Los Angeles Clippers) guard^[1]
• Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973) – Israeli player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israeli national basketball team
• Andre Drummond – ninth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons
• Jerome Dyson (born 1987) – player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Khalid El-Amin – former Chicago Bulls guard
• Harrison Fitch – UConn's first African American basketball player
• Rudy Gay – NBA; eighth overall pick in 2006 NBA draft, Memphis Grizzlies guard
• Tate George – former basketball player for the New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks
• Ben Gordon – third pick in 2004 NBA draft, Charlotte Bobcats guard
• Daniel Hamilton – 56th pick in 2016 NBA draft, Oklahoma City Thunder
• Richard Hamilton – seventh pick in 1999 NBA draft, Detroit Pistons guard
• Toby Kimball – former NBA forward, played for six teams, spent most of his career with the San Diego Rockets
• Travis Knight – former NBA player, 29th pick in 1996 NBA draft, center
• Bruce Kuczenski – former NBA forward/center
• Jeremy Lamb – guard for the Charlotte Hornets
• Ater Majok – 58th pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers
• Donyell Marshall – fourth pick in 1994 NBA draft
• Shabazz Napier – 24th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Portland Trail Blazers^[1]
• Emeka Okafor – second pick in 2004 NBA draft, center
• Kevin Ollie – former NBA guard, former UConn basketball head coach
• Worthy Patterson – St. Louis Hawks and Scranton Miners guard
• Tom Penders – head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston
• A. J. Price – 52nd pick on the 2009 NBA draft, point guard for the Washington Wizards
• Rodney Purvis – guard for the Orlando Magic
• Clifford Robinson – basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
• Stanley Robinson – 59th pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic
• Doron Sheffer – former Israeli basketball superstar
• Chris Smith – former Minnesota Timberwolves guard
• Bob Staak – former Wake Forest University and NBA coach
• Hasheem Thabeet – second pick in the 2009 NBA draft to the Memphis Grizzlies
• Corny Thompson – former NBA forward for the Dallas Mavericks
• Charlie Villanueva – seventh pick in 2005 NBA draft, (Detroit Pistons) forward
• Christian Vital (born 1997) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jake Voskuhl – center currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats
• Kemba Walker – ninth pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Charlotte Bobcats
• Marcus Williams – 22nd pick in 2006 NBA draft, (New Jersey Nets) guard

Women's basketball

• Svetlana Abrosimova – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx, the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm
• Ashley Battle – WNBA, New York Liberty
• Sue Bird – retired from the WNBA after a 20-year career with the Seattle Storm; first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft; five-time Olympic champion^[27]
• Paige Bueckers – WNBA, Dallas Wings; first overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft
• Swin Cash – WNBA, Seattle Storm; second overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft
• Tina Charles – WNBA, Connecticut Sun; first overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft
• Kalana Greene – WNBA, Connecticut Sun
• Charde Houston – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx
• Asjha Jones – WNBA, Connecticut Sun^[28]
• Rebecca Lobo – WNBA player; ESPN analyst^[1]
• Renee Montgomery – former WNBA player; now an executive and part-owner of her final WNBA team, the Atlanta Dream
• Jessica Moore – WNBA, Los Angeles Sparks
• Maya Moore – first overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft, WNBA Minnesota Lynx
• Shea Ralph – WNBA, Utah Starzz; current head coach at Vanderbilt University
• Jennifer Rizzotti – WNBA; University of Hartford women's head coach
• Nykesha Sales – WNBA Connecticut Sun
• Kelly Schumacher – WNBA player for the Indiana Fever
• Breanna Stewart – WNBA, first overall pick in 2016 WNBA draft, Seattle Storm
• Ann Strother – WNBA, Atlanta Dream
• Ketia Swanier – WNBA, Phoenix Mercury
• Diana Taurasi – first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft, five-time Olympic champion, Phoenix Mercury^[1]
• Barbara Turner – Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Women's Basketball
• Tamika Williams – WNBA Connecticut Sun; head coach of the Indian National Team
• Kara Wolters – WNBA center for the Houston Comets; analyst for Connecticut radio network

Football

• Andrew Adams – Tennessee Titans safety
• Deon Anderson – former Dallas Cowboys fullback
• Will Beatty – New York Giants offensive tackle
• Tyvon Branch – Oakland Raiders safety
• Cody Brown – NFL linebacker
• Donald Brown – running back for the Indianapolis Colts
• Darius Butler – Indianapolis Colts cornerback
• Gardner Dow – center; died from head trauma during the 1919 season opener
• Marcus Easley – Buffalo Bills wide receiver
• Kirk Ferentz – Iowa Hawkeyes football head coach
• Alfred Fincher – New Orleans Saints linebacker
• Nick Giaquinto – NFL tailback, member of the Super Bowl XVII champion Washington Redskins
• Byron Jones – Dallas Cowboys cornerback
• Brian Kozlowski – former NFL fullback/tight end
• Greg Lloyd, Jr. – Indianapolis Colts linebacker
• Robert McClain – Atlanta Falcons cornerback
• Eric Naposki – NFL and Barcelona Dragons linebacker and convicted murderer
• Dan Orlovsky – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback
• Kendall Reyes – San Diego Chargers defensive end
• Sam Rutigliano – former Cleveland Browns head coach
• Anthony Sherman – Kansas City Chiefs fullback
• Shane Stafford – Arena Football League quarterback
• Donald Thomas – New England Patriots guard
• Jordan Todman – Jacksonville Jaguars running back
• Lawrence Wilson – New Orleans Saints linebacker

Men's hockey

• Todd Krygier – NHL left-winger
• Maxim Letunov – NHL center
• Cole Schneider – AHL and NHL right-winger
• Tage Thompson – NHL center

Men's soccer

• Andre Blake – goalkeeper for Philadelphia Union and Jamaica national football team
• Kevin Burns – midfielder for the Columbus Crew
• Chukwudi Chijindu – striker for Chivas USA
• George Fochive – midfielder for the Portland Timbers
• Josh Ford – goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC
• Chris Gbandi – former player for FC Dallas
• Julius James – defender for the Columbus Crew
• Andrew Jean-Baptiste – defender for the NY Red Bulls
• Cyle Larin – striker for Beşiktaş and Canada men's national soccer team
• Damani Ralph – former Chicago Fire player and FC Rubin Kazan striker
• Bobby Rhine – former player for FC Dallas
• Toni Stahl – midfielder for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers
• Shavar Thomas – soccer player for the Philadelphia Union
• Kwame Watson-Siriboe – defender for the Chicago Fire
• O'Brian White – striker for Seattle Sounders FC

Women's soccer

• Niki Cross – forward for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League
• Rachel Hill – forward for Orlando Pride of the NWSL
• Stephanie Labbé – Olympic bronze medalist, Canadian goalkeeper
• Sara Whalen (born 1976) – Olympic silver medalist

Other

• Dan Cramer – mixed martial artist for Bellator and UFC Fighting Championships^[29]
• Noah Dines – professional skier and world record holder for most human powered vertical feet skied in a single calendar year (3,590,097 feet)
• Emily Durgin, professional distance runner ^[30]
• Bonnie Stoll – professional racquetball player and fitness trainer^[31]

Faculty

Current

• Yaakov Bar-Shalom – Board of Trustees member (Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Gina Barreca – humor author, contributor to The Hartford Courant (Professor of English Literature and feminist theory)
• Jc Beall – Board of Trustees Distinguished (Professor of Philosophy)
• Robert L. Birmingham – Professor of Law
• Richard D. Brown – Professor of History (1971–2007); Professor Emeritus (2007–present)
• Ann Charters – Beat scholar (Professor of English)
• Kenneth Fuchs – Grammy-winning composer (School of Fine Arts)
• Johann Peter Gogarten – evolutionary biologist
• Lewis Gordon — world philosopher (Professor of Philosophy)
• Robert A. Gross – historian
• Wally Lamb – author (Associate Professor of Creative Writing)
• Richard Normand Langlois – economist (Professor of Economics)
• Cato T. Laurencin – engineer, physician (University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
• Guozhen Lu – Professor of Mathematics
• Earl MacDonald – composer, musician (Director of Jazz Studies)
• Ronald Mallett – researcher in time travel (Professor of Physics)
• Radenka Maric – engineer (Professor of Sustainable Energy; University President)
• Samuel Martinez – cultural anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology)
• Ross Miller – literary critic and biographer
• Ruth Millikan – philosopher of language (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of the Division of Orthodontics at University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
• Chiara Mingarelli – gravitational-wave astrophysicist (Professor of Physics)
• Letitia Naigles – Professor of Psychological Sciences
• Olu Oguibe – Professor of Painting and author
• Sam Pickering – teacher portrayed by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (Professor of English)
• Joseph Renzulli – gifted education theorist
• Julian Rotter – psychologist (Emeritus Professor of Psychology)
• Merrill Singer – medical anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology)
• Bette Talvacchia – art historian (Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus)
• Mark C. Urban – biologist (Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

Former

Note: Years and official titles are given when possible.

• Jamie Homero Arjona – Professor of Romance and Classical Languages (1932–1967)
• Alexinia Baldwin – PhD alumna and Professor of Education (1988–2003)
• Frank Ballard – puppeteer and Professor of Dramatic Arts (1956–1989)
• Ann Beattie – novelist and short story writer
• Susan Porter Benson – historian and Professor of History (1993–2005)
• Albert Francis Blakeslee – botanist (when it was still Connecticut Agricultural College)
• James M. Bobbitt – Professor of Chemistry (1956–1991)
• Taylor L. Booth – Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
• Weston A. Bousfield – Professor of Psychology (1939–1971)
• Arthur Bronwell – Professor of Electrical Engineering (1962–1977); Dean of the School of Engineering (1962–1970)
• Roger Buckley – Professor of History and Director of the Asian American Studies Institute
• Francelia Butler – author and expert on children's literature (Professor of English, 1968–1992)
• Lien Chan – former vice president of the Republic of China (Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1967–1968)
• Roger Crossgrove – artist and Professor of Art Emeritus (1968–1988)
• Roy D'Andrade – developer of cognitive anthropology
• Irving Gilman Davis – Professor of Economics (1919–1939)
• Victor Denenberg – developmental psychobiologist
• Josephine Dolan – UConn's first professor of nursing (1944–1976)
• Richard Eberhart – poet
• James C. Faris – anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies)
• Estelle Feinstein – historian at UConn Stamford (Professor of History, 1957–1989)
• Harry L. Garrigus – animal scientist (Professor of Animal Husbandry, 1900–1942)
• Brison D. Gooch – historian of 19th-century Europe, taught at UC prior to 1973
• Alfred Gurdon Gulley – Professor of Horticulture (1894–1917)
• Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012) – Professor of Nursing (1987–1997)
• Evan Hill – Professor of Journalism (1965–1983)
• Nafe Katter – Professor of Theatre (1957–1997)
• J. A. Scott Kelso – neuroscientist (Professor of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences)
• Susan Kinsolving – poet
• Myron W. Krueger – computer scientist (Professor of Computer Science, 1974–85)
• Everett Carll Ladd – political scientist, Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (1964–1999)
• Glenn J. Lesniak – U.S. Army major general
• Alvin Liberman – speech scientist (Professor of Psychology)
• Jerauld Manter – Professor of Ornithology and Entomology (1912–1953)
• Henry Ruthven Monteith – Professor of History and English (1900–1922)
• Marilyn Nelson – Professor Emeritus of English (1978–) and 2001–06 poet laureate of the State of Connecticut
• Ovide F. Pomerleau – psychologist (Professor of Psychiatry [Psychology], 1979–1985)
• Richard Popkin – philosophy historian
• Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro – nutritionist (Associate Professor of Home Economics, 1963–1967)
• Gideon Rodan – biochemist and osteopath (School of Dental Medicine, 1970–1985)
• Charles Schlueter – trumpeter
• Harold Seidman – political scientist and public administration expert (Professor of Political Science, 1971–1984)
• Edmund Ware Sinnott – botanist and prolific author (Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1915–1928)
• James A. Slater – entomologist (Professor of Entomology, 1953–1988)
• Hale Smith – composer (Professor of Music, 1970–1984)
• Avo Sõmer – composer and music theorist (Professor of Music, 1962–2000)
• M. Estella Sprague – Professor of Home Economics (1917–1926); Dean of the Division of Home Economics (1920–1926)
• Walter Stemmons – professor of journalism and university editor, 1918–1954
• Ian Stewart – mathematician (Visiting Professor of Mathematics, 1977–1978
• Lyman Maynard Stowe – physician and first dean of the UConn School of Medicine
• George Safford Torrey – botanist (Professor of Botany, 1915–1956)
• Harleigh Trecker – Professor of Social Work (1951–1977); Dean, School of Social Work, (1968–1977)
• Albert E. Van Dusen – historian; Professor of History (1949–1983) and Connecticut State Historian (1952–1985)
• Alexey von Schlippe – painter (Professor of Art, Avery Point campus, 1963–1982)
• Charles E. Waring – physical chemist (Professor of Chemistry, 1946–1979)
• Rex Warner – author and translator (Professor of Classics, 1962–1973)
• Helen Turner Watson – nursing educator (Associate Professor of Nursing, 1965–1983)
• Albert E. Waugh – Professor of Economics (1924–1965), Provost of the University (1950–1965)
• Sidney Waxman – horticulturist (Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, 1957–1991)
• Nathan Whetten – sociologist (Professor of Sociology, 1932–1970; Dean of the Graduate School, 1940–1970)
• Edwina Whitney – College Librarian (1900–1934), Assistant Professor of German (1926–1934)
• Carolyn Ladd Widmer – Dean of the School of Nursing (1942–1967)
• Rollin Williams – Professor of Social Work (1957–1985)
• Kenneth G. Wilson – Professor of English (1951–1989)
• Wayne Worcester – author and journalist (Professor of Journalism)
• Fujia Yang – physicist (Visiting Professor of Physics)
• Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang – world animal cloning leader and director of the Center for Regenerative Biology (Professor of Animal Science)
• Feenie Ziner – children's literature writer (Professor of English, 1974–1994)

Presidents of the University of Connecticut

• Solomon Mead, Principal (1881—1882)^[32]
• Henry P. Armsby, acting principal (1882—1883)
• Benjamin F. Koons, 1st president (1883—1898)
• George Washington Flint, 2nd president (1898—1901)
• Rufus W. Stimson, 3rd president (1901—1908)
• Edwin O. Smith, acting president (1908)
• Charles L. Beach, 4th president (1908—1928)
• Charles B. Gentry, acting president (1928—1929, 1935)
• George A. Works, 5th president (1929—1930)
• Charles C. McCracken, 6th president (1930—1935)
• Albert N. Jorgensen, 7th president (1935—1962)
• Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., 8th president (1962—1972)
• Edward V. Gant, acting president (1969, 1972–1973, 1978–1979)
• Glenn W. Ferguson, 9th president (1973—1978)
• John A. DiBiaggio, 10th president (1979—1985)
• John T. Casteen III, 11th president (1985—1990)
• Harry J. Hartley, 12th president (1990—1996; acting 1987, 1990)
• Philip E. Austin, 13th president (1996—2007; acting 2010—2011)
• Michael J. Hogan, 14th president (2007—2010)
• Susan Herbst, 15th president (2011—2019)
• Thomas C. Katsouleas, 16th president (2019—2021)
• Andrew Agwunobi, acting president (2021–2022)
• Radenka Maric, 17th president (2022–present)