The list of University of Houston people includes notable alumni, former students, and faculty of the University of Houston. Class years usually indicate the year of a graduation unless an entry is denoted by an asterisk (*). In this case, the student did not graduate from the university, and the class year indicates the last known year a former student attended. In the case of alumni with multiple graduation years, the earliest graduation year is shown.
The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent UH schools and colleges:
| Abbr. | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design | |
| Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts | |
| C.T. Bauer College of Business | |
| College of Education | |
| Cullen College of Engineering | |
| Honors College | |
| Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership | |
| University of Houston Law Center | |
| College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | |
| College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | |
| College of Nursing | |
| Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine | |
| College of Optometry | |
| College of Pharmacy | |
| Graduate College of Social Work | |
| College of Technology | |
| Hobby School of Public Affairs | |
| FS | Former student (Did not graduate) |
| Name | Class year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965, 1964 | NSM | M.S., B.S. | Philosopher; Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara | [1] | ||
| 1980 | CLASS | M.A. | Expert on public energy policy | [2] | ||
| 1980, 1978, 1976 | CLASS | Ph.D., M.A., B.S. | Former president of the American Psychological Association | [3] [4] | ||
| 2002, 1996 | SOCIAL | Ph.D., M.S.W. | Scholar and researcher in social work; author, speaker, and professor at University of Houston | [5] | ||
| 1979 | EDU | Ed.D | Former President of the University of Houston–Downtown and San Antonio College | [6] | ||
| 1970 | CLASS | M.A., B.A. | President, University of Texas at Brownsville; was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom | [7] | ||
| 1964 | NSM | B.S. | Former President of Texas Tech University and the University of Tulsa | [8] [9] | ||
| 1973 | B.S. | 13th Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System and former Texas House Representative | [10] | |||
| 1977 | BAUER | D.B.A. | President of the University of Houston–Clear Lake | [11] | ||
| 1961,1949 | EDU | Ph.D, M.Ed. | First President of the University of Texas at San Antonio; former President of Sam Houston State University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and Alvin Community College | [12] [13] | ||
| 1949 | BAUER | B.B.A. | Real estate developer and former Chairman of the University of Houston System Board of Regents | [14] |
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Individuals who have received honorary degrees from the University of Houston[16] include Edward Albee, Donald Barthelme, Irvin Borish, George H. W. Bush, Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, Ernesto Cortes, Hugh Roy Cullen, Jan de Hartog, Loretta Devine, Christoph Eschenbach, Cristina Rivera Garza, David Gockley, Glenn Goerke, Barron Hilton, Eric Hilton, Gerald D. Hines, Oveta Culp Hobby, William P. Hobby Jr., Philip Guthrie Hoffman, Brien Holden, Philip Johnson, Edith Irby Jones, Bob Lanier, Jacques-Louis Lions, Lyle Lovett,[17] Jim McIngvale, Carlos Menem, George P. Mitchell, François Mitterrand, John Moores, Robert Mosbacher, Jim Nantz, Edison E. Oberholtzer, Rod Paige, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ruth Simmons, Dinesh Singh, Song Jian, Margaret Spellings, Ron Stone, Herman D. Suit, Jack Valenti, Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, Welcome W. Wilson Sr., and Daniel Yergin.[18]
(Bold names indicate UH alumni.)