29 Notable alumni of University of Texas at Dallas
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Texas at Dallas is ranked #480 in the world and #151 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from University of Texas at Dallas 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 Texas at Dallas won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sandra Bond Chapman
researcher
neuroscientist
speech and language therapist
Sandra Bond Chapman is a cognitive neuroscientist, founder and chief director of the Center for Brain Health, Dee Wyly Distinguished Professor in Brain Health, and a professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas.
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2. Kacper Drozdowski
1996-. (aged 30)
chess player
Kacper Drozdowski is a Polish chess player who holds the title of International Master.
3. Marcin Kamiński
1977-. (aged 49)
chess player
Marcin Kamiński is a Polish chess grandmaster.
4. Aron K. Barbey
1977-. (aged 49)
neuroscientist
researcher
Aron Keith Barbey is an American cognitive neuroscientist, who investigates the neural architecture of human intelligence and brain plasticity. Barbey is the Emanuel Donchin Professorial Scholar of Psychology and a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois. He is director of the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and founding...
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5. Duane Quam
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Duane Robert Quam II is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Quam represents District 24A in southeast Minnesota, including the cities of Kasson and Byron, parts of Rochester, and parts of Dodge and Olmsted Counties. He is an engineer.
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6. Ace Aura
1998-. (aged 28)
disc jockey
musician
Eric Joshua Seall, known professionally as Ace Aura, is an American DJ, music producer and remixer from McKinney, Texas. He is known as a pioneer of the melodic riddim subgenre, which is characterized by the minimalistic rhythmic elements of riddim, with a heavy emphasis on chords, melodies and experimental sounds. He has released five EPs, along with numerous singles and...
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7. Shelby Slawson
1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer
politician
Shelby Slawson is an American attorney, businesswoman, and politician. She has represented the 59th District in the Texas House of Representatives since 2021, and is a member of the Republican Party.
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8. Alejandro Mendoza
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Alejandro "Alex" Mendoza is an American former Marine, owner of a lawn care business and democratic socialist politician from Dallas, Texas, who was the vice presidential nominee of Socialist Party USA in the 2012 elections. Mendoza, of Texas, ran with Stewart Alexander of California for president. Mendoza is the State Chair for the Socialist Party of Texas.
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9. Bechara Choucair
1973-. (aged 53)
civil servant
researcher
Bechara Choucair is a Lebanese-American physician and public health advisor who is the chief community health officer of Kaiser Permanente. He was the senior vice president of safety net and community health at Trinity Health and served as the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health from 2009 to 2014.
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10. Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
1983-. (aged 43)
chess player
Magesh Chandran Panchanathan is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006.
11. Sander Kaasjager
1985-. (aged 41)
professional gamer
Sander Kaasjager, who plays under the pseudonym Vo0 ( pronounced ), is a Dutch professional player of the first-person shooter games Painkiller, Quake II, Quake III, Quake 4, Quake Live and Quake Champions, as well as the MMORPG World of Warcraft. He has won the most titles and prize money from professional Painkiller tournaments out of all other players, having...
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12. Yury Shulman
1975-. (aged 51)
chess player
Yuri Markavich Shulman is a Belarusian American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).
13. Conrad Holt
1993-. (aged 33)
chess player
Conrad William Holt is an American chess grandmaster who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012.
14. Salman Bhojani
1980-. (aged 46)
lawyer
politician
Salman Bhojani is an American corporate lawyer and politician who is a former member of the City Council of Euless, Texas. He was the first Muslim American to hold elected office in Euless. In October 2021 Bhojani announced his candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives. He was elected to the Texas House in November 2022, becoming one of the...
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15. Brandon Friedman
1978-. (aged 48)
writer
Brandon Friedman is an American writer, entrepreneur and former Obama administration official. He was CEO of the McPherson Square Group before co-founding Rakkasan Tea Company in 2017. Previously, he served as the deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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16. James F. Reilly
1954-. (aged 72)
astronaut
director
military officer
geologist
James Francis Reilly II is an American geologist, retired astronaut, and honorary United States Marshal who served as the 17th director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 2018 to 2021. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions with the NASA Astronaut Corps: STS-89, STS-104 and STS-117.
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17. Amon Simutowe
1982-. (aged 44)
chess player
Amon Simutowe is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Science in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.
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18. Angie Chen Button
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Angie Chen Button is a Taiwanese-born American politician, certified public accountant, and former marketing manager. She is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 112th district in Dallas County since 2009.
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19. Austin Tindle
actor
television actor
voice actor
Austin Tindle is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the lead role of Ken Kaneki in the Tokyo Ghoul series, Yo Sato in Bento, Kiyoshi Fujino in Prison School, Ayumu Aikawa in Is This a Zombie?, Yu Ishigami in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Setsuna Sanzenkai in Island, Accelerator in the A Certain Magical Index series, as...
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20. Michael C. Burgess
1950-. (aged 76)
physician
gynecologist
obstetrician
politician
Michael Clifton Burgess is an American physician and politician who represented Texas's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2025. The district is anchored in Denton County, a suburban county north of Dallas and Fort Worth. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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21. Alejandro Ramírez
1988-. (aged 38)
chess player
Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and was the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011.
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22. Katrina Pierson
1976-. (aged 50)
political campaign staff
political adviser
consultant
Katrina Lanette Pierson is an American politician and communications consultant. She was the national spokesperson for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. She defeated Justin Holland by 56.4% to 43.6% on May 28, 2024, in the Republican primary runoff for the Texas House of Representatives for the 33rd District.
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23. Ross Ulbricht
1984-. (aged 42)
computer scientist
hacker
motivational speaker
visual artist
Ross William Ulbricht is an American who created and operated Silk Road, the first modern darknet market, from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. Silk Road was an online marketplace that facilitated the trade in narcotics and other illegal products and services. Sales were anonymous, using bitcoin. It operated as a hidden service on the Tor network. Ulbricht ran the...
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24. Morgan Luttrell
1975-. (aged 51)
naval officer
businessperson
politician
Morgan Joe Luttrell is an American politician, businessman, and military veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 8th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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25. Naveen Jindal
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Naveen Jindal is an Indian industrialist, politician, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Jindal Steel and the founding chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University. He represents the Kurukshetra constituency in the 18th Lok Sabha as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He previously served as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2014 representing the Indian National...
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26. Merve Kavakcı
1968-. (aged 58)
diplomat
politician
university teacher
Merve Safa Kavakcı is a Turkish politician who was elected to parliament as a Virtue Party deputy for Istanbul on 18 April 1999 but was never able to take office. She was ambassador to Malaysia from 4 December 2017 until 25 June 2022.
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27. Aziz Sancar
1946-. (aged 80)
scientist
university teacher
geneticist
molecular biologist
biochemist
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field.
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28. Ravza Kavakcı Kan
1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher
politician
Ravza Kavakçı Kan is a Turkish politician, elected as the President of the Turkish Inter-Parliamentary Union Group for the 27th legislative term of Grand National Assembly of Turkey and is a member of the Committee on Digital Platforms that is newly established.
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29. David Hanson
1969-. (aged 57)
sculptor
chief executive officer
roboticist
David George Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint, PC, is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for the Home Office since July 2024. He previously served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments, serving in the Home Office, the Ministry of...
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