This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the List of University of Florida faculty and administrators.
Engineering, science, and mathematics
Mark Adler, researcher, known for his work in data compression, and creator of zlib and gzip James Allchin, developed Microsoft operating systems, former executive Miguel Altieri, agroecologist at the University of California, Berkeley John D. Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer C. D. Atkins, co-creator of frozen orange juice concentrate Marc Baldus, physicist and expert in solid-state NMR spectroscopy Rodney J. Bartlett, chemist, Guggenheim Fellow Marston Bates, zoologist and fellow with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Sidney W. Bijou, developmental psychologist George F. Bond, physician, father of saturation diving Karen Ramey Burns, forensic anthropologist, Fulbright Scholar Brian Caffo, winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Berry L. Cannon, aquanaut Archie Carr, zoologist, conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation Marjorie Harris Carr, pioneer in the American Conservation Movement Amitava Chattopadhyay, Professor in Corporate Innovation Jack Clemons, aerospace engineer and air and space industry professional Paul Cootner, financial economist Robert Costanza, ecological economist, Gund Professor of Ecological economics and Director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont Thomas R. Cundari, Director of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling Thomas Des Jean, anthropologist Nils J. Diaz, former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jonathan F. Earle, engineer, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring G. B. Edwards, taxonomic entomologist specializing primarily in spiders John F. Eisenberg, zoologist David Ehrenfeld, biologist and author Wesley R. Elsberry, marine biologist Philip Don Estridge, led development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), known as "father of the IBM PC" Manuel Fernandez, entrepreneur, guiding force behind the Gavilan SC, the first laptop computer Fred Gage, researcher of Alzheimer's disease and the spinal cord Jesse James Garrett, experience designer, who coined the term Ajax Jürgen Gauß, German theoretical chemist Robert Gentry, nuclear physicist and creationist advocate John W. Griffin, archaeologist, researcher, administrator, and author Keith E. Gubbins, member of the National Academy of Engineering in the chemistry section Herbert Gursky, former superintendent of the Naval Research Laboratory's Space Science Division Kelsie Harder, onomastician Steven Hebert, nephrologist Richard Highton, zoologist, current professor emeritus of biology at the University of Maryland Shere Hite, sex educator and feminist Horton H. Hobbs Jr., carcinologist, and former head curator of the United States National Museum James Hollan, cognitive scientist, professor at University of California, San Diego Nicholas Honerkamp, archaeologist George Kauffman, former professor emeritus of chemistry, Guggenheim Fellow Jerold Kemp, researcher in the field of Instructional Design Pramod Khargonekar, former dean of the University of Florida College of Engineering, control system theorist Thomas Kilduff, neuroscientist and the director of SRI International's Center for Neuroscience Bruce C. Kone, former dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine Martin Kreitman, geneticist, professor at the University of Chicago Kenney Krysko, herpetologist Thomas Des Jean, anthropologist Alan M. Jones, cell biologist, Kenan Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Capers Jones, software engineer Joseph C. Joyce, current executive Vice President for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Reynol Junco, psychologist and social media researcher, fellow at Harvard University K Ullas Karanth, Indian zoologist Seymour London, physician, and inventor of the first automatic blood pressure monitor Ira Longini, biostatistician and infectious disease epidemiologist Robert Love, author, speaker, and open source software developer Louis G.