List of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign people

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This is a list of notable people associated with the American University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bill Gates noted in a February 2004 speech that Microsoft hires more alumni of the university than from any other university in the world. [1] Notable people associated with the university founded YouTube, PayPal, AMD, Oracle Corporation, Netscape, Playboy, Malwarebytes, and Siebel Systems. Others invented the LED, integrated circuit, transistor, MRI, and the plasma screen.

Notable alumni

Not all listed alumni graduated from the University, and are so noted if the information is known.

Nobel Prize winners

Pulitzer Prize winners

Academia

College presidents and vice-presidents

College provosts and vice provosts

Distinguished professors and scholars

Performing arts

Architecture

Art

Astronauts

Business

Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker

Engineering and technology

Panorama of the Bardeen Quad

Literature

Journalism and non-fiction broadcasting

Media

Michael Kernan, 1991 - Agent at ICM and Head of Digital Media, CEO of NuMedia Studios, named to Hollywood Reporter Digital Power 50.[10]

Military

Music

Politics

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Executive Branch Officials

Statewide Offices

State Legislators

Judiciary

Local Offices

Activists

International Figures

Science and mathematics

Sports

Administration

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Golf

Wrestling

Olympics

Other

Notable faculty

Presidents

Nobel laureates

Pulitzer Prize winners

Other

See also

References

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches/2004/02-24UnivIllinois.asp
  2. Ray A. Laird obituary, Kerrville Daily Times, Kerrville, Texas, October 7, 1986
  3. Reflections Of Eminent Economists - Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
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  5. http://www.uiaa.org/urbana/illinoisalumni/utxt0405d.html
  6. 1 2 "El Pollo Loco Names President". QSR Magazine. April 10, 2001.
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  8. Hutchinson, Jamie (20022003 Winter). "Plasma Display Panels: The Colorful History of an Illinois Technology". University of Illinois Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Association. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. Leitch, Will (March 1, 2010). "My Roger Ebert Story". Deadspin. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  10. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kernan-leaves-icm-103603
  11. "Carol Moseley Braun". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  12. "Brown, Prentiss Marsh, (18891973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
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  15. "John Porter East". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
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  26. "Jan Schakowsky". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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  29. "Mark Filip". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
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  31. "Nebraska Governor Ashton Cockayne Shallenberger". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  32. "Samuel H. Shapiro". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  33. "North Dakota Governor Frank White". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
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