Alumni and Faculty
Since its opening, Georgia State has graduated 175,000 alumni. Currently, it is estimated there are 100,000 alumni living in the metro Atlanta area.
- Taj Anwar, model, activist, promoter
- David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
- Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
- Tammy Camp, Entrepreneur, World Record Kiteboarder, Author, Public Speaker
- Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
- Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
- Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later famous for playing in the National Basketball League (Australia)
- Paul Coverdell, late US Senator from Georgia (attended)
- Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
- William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains
- William M. Fields, primatologist
- Louie Giglio, pastor and founder of the Passion Movement
- Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
- Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
- Mary Hood, author
- Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana
- Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
- Lance Krall, actor
- Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America
- Vasco Nunes, Filmmaker
- Sean Linkenback, author
- Ludacris, musician, actor
- Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
- Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
- Julia Roberts, actress (attended)
- Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Center
- Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
- Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor and author
- Ray Stevens, musician
- Lynn Westmoreland, United States Representative
- Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player
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