UVA's alumni ranks also include others who have achieved widespread fame:
computer science pioneer
John Backus; polar explorer
Richard Byrd; physicians
Walter Reed,
Charles T. Pepper,
J. Hartwell Harrison,
Hugh S. Cumming,
Rupert Blue,
Wade Hampton Frost,
Vivian Pinn, and
Francis Collins; scientists
Stuart Schreiber,
Daniel Barringer, and
Richard Lutz; artists
Edgar Allan Poe and
Georgia O'Keeffe; musicians
Stephen Malkmus and
Boyd Tinsley; self-made billionaire
Paul Tudor Jones; national news anchors
Katie Couric and
Brit Hume; actors
Tina Fey,
Ben McKenzie, and
Sarah Drew; Team USA Olympic team captains
John Harkes,
Dawn Staley, and
Claudio Reyna; NBA
All-Star MVP Ralph Sampson and the NBA's eighth ever
50–40–90 shooter
Malcolm Brogdon; two-time
FIFA Women's World Cup champions
Becky Sauerbrunn,
Emily Sonnett and
Morgan Brian; and voice actor
Sam Riegel.
