43 Notable alumni of University of Alabama at Birmingham
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Alabama at Birmingham is ranked #194 in the world and #85 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 43 notable alumni from University of Alabama at Birmingham sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Alabama at Birmingham won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Thomas Smallwood
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Thomas Max Smallwood is a French professional basketball player for CB Menorca of the LEB Plata. Standing at 213 cm (7 ft 0 in), he plays as center.
2. Jason McLaughlin
1982-. (aged 44)
association football player
Jason McLaughlin is an American soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers U23s in the USL Premier Development League.
3. Alex Clay
1992-. (aged 34)
association football player
Alexander Harris Clay is an American professional soccer player who last played as a midfielder for the Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 in the National Premier Soccer League.
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4. Two-Boys Gumede
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Two-Boys Gumede is a former South African soccer midfielder.
5. Paul Delaney
1986-. (aged 40)
basketball player
Paul Lewis Delaney III is an American professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for the University of Alabama at Birmingham before playing professionally in Israel, Russia, Ukraine and France.
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6. Sandy Gbandi
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Sandy Gbandi is a Liberian former footballer.
7. Charles E. Samuels, Jr
1966-. (aged 60)
Charles E. Samuels Jr. is an American correctional officer who served as the eighth director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 2011 to 2016. He was the first African-American to hold the position.
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8. Claude Harris, Jr
1940-1994 (aged 54)
lawyer
judge
politician
Claude Harris Jr. was an American politician and attorney.
9. Stanley Jackson
1970-. (aged 56)
basketball player
Stanley Leon Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, at the shooting guard position. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as several other top leagues around the world.
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10. Ricardo Azziz
1958-. (aged 68)
Ricardo Azziz is a Uruguayan-American higher education and biomedical executive administrator and researcher who serves as Principal of SPH Consulting Group. He also serves as Executive Director of the non-profit Foundation for Research and Education Excellence and Director of the Center for Higher Education Mergers and Acquisitions at the Foundation.
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11. Merika Coleman
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Merika Coleman is an American politician who is a member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 19th district since 2022. She previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives, representing its 57th district from 2002 to 2022.
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12. Morris Finley
1981-. (aged 45)
basketball player
Morris "Mo" Finley is an American professional basketball player who last played for Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of the LNB Pro A. Standing at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), he plays the point guard position. In 2023 he began a small modeling career by appearing in an Instagram post for Milo's Tea Company.
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13. Kennard Backman
1993-. (aged 33)
American football player
Kennard Chike Backman is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UAB and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft.
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14. Carl Woszczynski
1988-. (aged 38)
association football player
Carl Matthew Woszczynski is an American former professional soccer player.
15. Lawrence J. DeLucas
1950-. (aged 76)
astronaut
biochemist
chemist
university teacher
Lawrence James DeLucas is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist. He was born on July 11, 1950, in Syracuse, New York, and is married with three children.
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16. Patricia Todd
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Patricia Todd is an American politician from Alabama. A Democrat, she was elected in November 2006 as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing District 54 in downtown Birmingham. She served as the First Vice Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party, and was the first LGBTQ+ Vice Chair in state party history.
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17. Shannon Shorr
1985-. (aged 41)
poker player
Shannon Shorr is an American professional poker player from Birmingham, Alabama. Shorr was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School.
18. Ray L. Watts
1953-. (aged 73)
scientist
Ray Lannom Watts is an American physician-researcher in neurology, educator and university administrator. Watts has served as the seventh president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) since February 2013 and is the longest-serving president in UAB history.
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19. Cameron Moore
1990-2016 (aged 26)
basketball player
Cameron Moore was an American professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he played at the power forward and center positions. He played college basketball at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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20. Predrag Savović
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Predrag Savović is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. Among many teams in his professional career he played for KK Partizan Belgrade, the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB.
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21. Anthony Rush
1996-. (aged 30)
American football player
Anthony Rush is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the UAB Blazers, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He was also a member of the Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans,...
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22. Michal Mravec
1987-. (aged 39)
association football player
Michal Mravec is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
23. Vonetta Flowers
1973-. (aged 53)
bobsledder
athletics competitor
Vonetta Flowers is an American bobsledder. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Flowers became the first African American and the first Black athlete from any country to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics.
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24. Allison Russo
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Catherine Allison Russo is an American Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She represents the 7th district, which consists of portions of Columbus, and Upper Arlington in Franklin County. Russo formerly served as Ohio House Minority Leader from January 2022 to June 2025. Russo also served on the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
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25. William A. Bell
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
William A. Bell Sr. is an American politician who served as the 33rd mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, from 2010 to 2017. He had previously held the office on an interim basis in 1999. Prior to that, he had served several terms on the Birmingham City Council. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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26. Walter Maddox
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Walter Thomas Maddox is an American politician who has served as the 36th mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, since 2005. From 2001 to 2005, he served on the Tuscaloosa City Council and as executive director of personnel for Tuscaloosa City Schools. Maddox was a field director for the Alabama Education Association from 1996 to 2001.
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27. Chris Hubbard
1991-. (aged 35)
American football player
Christopher E. Hubbard is an American professional football offensive tackle. He played college football for the UAB Blazers.
28. Dejan Jakovic
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Dejan Jakovic is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre-back for the Serbian White Eagles. Internationally, he represented the Canada national team from 2008 to 2018.
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29. Garrett Whitlock
1996-. (aged 30)
baseball player
Garrett Getts Whitlock is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 190 pounds (86 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.
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30. Ovie Soko
1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Ovie Soko is a British professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). Soko played college basketball for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Duquesne University. He entered the 2014 NBA draft but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
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31. Graeme McDowell
1979-. (aged 47)
golfer
Graeme McDowell is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. He has eleven tournament victories on the European Tour, and four on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. In 2022, he joined LIV Golf. McDowell has also represented Ireland at the World Cup and he has been a member of the European Ryder...
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32. Jason Aaron
1973-. (aged 53)
comics artist
writer
comics writer
Jason Aaron is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series Scalped and Southern Bastards, as well as his work on Marvel series Ghost Rider, Wolverine, PunisherMAX, Thor and The Avengers, as well as his work on DC Comics for his work on Absolute Superman. In 2019 he wrote the eponymous central miniseries of the Marvel company-wide crossover...
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33. Roddy White
1981-. (aged 45)
American football player
Sharod Lamor "Roddy" White is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a wide receiver with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UAB Blazers, and was selected by the Falcons in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft.
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34. CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
1964-. (aged 62)
novelist
comics writer
writer
science fiction writer
paleontologist
CaitlÃn Rebekah Kiernan is an Irish-born American paleontologist and writer of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including 10 novels, series of comic books, and more than 250 published short stories, novellas, and vignettes. Kiernan is a two-time recipient of both the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards.
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35. Donell Taylor
1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player
Quence Donell Taylor II is an American former professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall. He can play as a point guard or as a swingman, but his primary position is shooting guard.
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36. Regina Benjamin
1956-. (aged 70)
surgeon
physician
Regina Marcia Benjamin is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine.
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37. Al Stubblefield
business executive
Al Stubblefield served as president and CEO (1999–2012) of Baptist Health Care (BHC) located in Pensacola, Florida.
38. Murry Bartow
1961-. (aged 65)
basketball coach
basketball player
Murry Linn Bartow is an American former college basketball coach. As the head coach of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers, he was twice named the conference coach of the year, first in the Southern Conference in 2004 and later in the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2007. He was later an interim head coach with the South Florida Bulls and UCLA...
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39. William R. Jacobs Jr
1955-. (aged 71)
geneticist
microbiologist
William R. Jacobs Jr., is a professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York, where he is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Jacobs is a specialist in the molecular genetics of Mycobacteria. His research efforts are aimed at discovering genes associated with virulence and pathogenicity in...
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40. Lee Morin
1952-. (aged 74)
naval officer
astronaut
submariner
military physician
Lee Miller Emile Morin is a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002. He is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees along with astronaut Story Musgrave.
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41. Charles Allen
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Charles Allen is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Allen has served on the Council of the District of Columbia for Ward 6 since January 2, 2015. Allen initially won office in the 2014 general election, and was re-elected in 2018 and again in 2022.
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42. Christina Richey
astrophysicist
planetary scientist
Christina "Chrissy" Richey is an American planetary scientist and astrophysicist working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Richey is a project staff scientist for the Europa Clipper mission and is a research technologist in the Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section. Prior to working at JPL, Richey worked as contractor for Arctic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA Headquarters...
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43. Toshiko Abe
1959-. (aged 67)
nurse
politician
Toshiko Abe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, since 2005.