List of Virginia Commonwealth University alumni
Introduction This article lists notable alumni and students of the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
Art Physician, actor, activist, author and clown Patch Adams4chan founder Christopher PooleNobel Prize winner Baruj BenacerrafAuthor David BaldacciNotable 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)*GWAR attended VCUPhilip 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*Lashrecse Aird - member of the Virginia State Senate*Lamont Bagby – member of the Virginia State Senate*Rosalyn Dance – former member of the Virginia State Senate*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*Kim Taylor - member of Virginia House of Delegates*Schuyler VanValkenburg - member of Virginia House of Delegates*Will Sessoms - Mayor of Virginia Beach, VA (2008-2018) thumb*Rob Wittman – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 1st congressional district*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, national children's educational presenter*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*Actor Boris KodjoeBasketball and Football player Mo Alie-CoxChristopher Poole, aka moot – founder of 4chan*Kevin Powers – novelist and poet, known for ''The Yellow Birds'' (2013), a finalist for the National Book Award*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* 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*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*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; member of Turkey's 2012 Olympic women's basketball team*Brandon Inge – MLB infielder, formerly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers*Sean Marshall – relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds*Eric Maynor – played for the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers*Cla Meredith – former MLB relief pitcher; played for the Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles*Hayley Moorwood – member of New Zealand women's Olympic Soccer Team in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012*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*Larry Sanders – drafted #15 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2010 NBA Draft*Gonzalo Segares – former defender for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus; former defender for the Chicago Fire in MLS*Scott Sizemore – infielder for the Oakland Athletics*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
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