The following is a list of some notable people associated with the University of Denver.

Scientists Harold Agnew, physicist on the Manhattan Project and director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory 1970–1979 Henry Otley Beyer, father of anthropology and ethnology in the Philippines Asa Grant Hilliard III, egyptologist and professor of educational psychology Arnold Kramish (1923–2010), nuclear physicist on the Manhattan Project who was almost killed in a radioactive explosionHoffman, Jascha. "Arnold Kramish, Expert on Nuclear Intelligence, Dies at 87", The New York Times, July 15, 2010. Accessed July 15, 2010. Lula Lubchenco, pediatrician who researched the relationships between gestational age and birth weight Henry T. Lynch, cancer researcher, considered one of the "fathers of cancer genetics" Valentino Mazzia (1922–1999), forensic anesthesiologistSevero, Richard. "Valentino Mazzia, 77, Student Of Deaths Under Anesthesia", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Retrieved October 21, 2009. Frances McConnell-Mills (1900–1975), toxicologist Donald Menzel, one of America's first astrophysicists, former director of Harvard College Observatory David Pion-Berlin, political scientist, academic, author and scholar Myrtle L. Richmond, astronomical researcher at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1913–1947 Anne Roe, clinical psychologist and researcher Claibourne Smith, chemist Del Thiessen, psychology theorist Cleo Spurlock Wallace, child speech therapist; founder of Wallace Village Maud Wilde (1880–1965), founder, Mothers' Educational Center

Politics, government and military Frank Aguon, Guam senator Carl Anderson, former special assistant to President Reagan; current Supreme Knight/CEO of the Knights of Columbus Owen Aspinall, 45th governor of American Samoa Wayne Aspinall, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Colo.) Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, foreign minister, Saudi Arabia W. Meredith Bacon, political scientist; LGBT rights activist César Vásquez Bazán, former Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru Ann Bedsole, Alabama Republican politician Charles Brannan, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Truman Paula Broadwell, bestselling author; extramarital partner of David Petraeus Robyn Brody, associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court Terrance Carroll, speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Michael Carter, Colorado House of Representatives, District 36 George W. Casey, Jr., four-star general and 36th chief of staff of the United States Army, former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq Oscar Chapman, former U.S. Secretary of Interior under President Truman Mary Cheney, political activist; daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney Cindy Courville, former U.S. ambassador to the African Union Jason Crow, member, U.S House of Representatives (D-Colo.) Robert E. DeNier, member of the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate Robert Dieter, U.S. ambassador to Belize Pete Domenici, former U.S. senator (R-N.M.) Byron Dorgan, former U.S. senator (D-N.D.) Mike Enzi, former U.S. senator (R-Wyo.) Floyd Esquibel, member of the Wyoming Senate; former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives William D. Ford, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mich.) John V. Garza, member, Texas House of Representatives (R-San Antonio) Peter Groff, president, Colorado Senate John Grubesic, New Mexico state senator, representing the 25th District as a Democrat Millie Hamner, member of the Colorado House of Representatives; former school district superintendent for Summit County, Colorado Martin Hatcher (1927–2023), Colorado state senator and college professor Loy Henderson, former U.S. ambassador to Iran Najma Heptulla, current member of Upper House of the Indian Parliament G. Kathleen Hill, current U.S. ambassador to Malta Ahmad Ismail, mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Howard Jenkins Jr., former civil servant and labor lawyer Katherine Karađorđević, princess of Serbia Fred Karger, campaign strategist; 2012 presidential candidate; first openly gay candidate Bilal Omer Khan, major general in the Pakistan Army Michelle Kwan, former U.S. Olympic figure skating medalist; current U.S. ambassador to Belize Paul Laxalt, former Nevada governor and U.S. senator (R-Nev.) Clarence F. Lea, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-California) John Arthur Love, former governor of Colorado; director of U.S. Energy Policy under President Nixon Fred Mahaffey, DU football all-American and youngest US Army four-star general Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority David Malpass, president, the World Bank Group Azlan Man, Menteri Besar (chief minister) of the Malaysian state of Perlis Mike McKevitt, former member, U.S, House of Representatives (R-Colo.) Jami Miscik, former deputy director for Intelligence at the CIA; vice-chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. in New York Massouma al-Mubarak, Kuwait's first female cabinet minister Heraldo Muñoz, current Chilean foreign minister, former Chilean ambassador to the United Nations Shahzada Jamal Nazir, former federal minister for ministries of National Health Services, Religious Affairs, National Heritage & Integration and National Harmony, Government of Pakistan; former adviser/minister of state for the Government of Pakistan Reynold Nesiba, South Dakota state senator James Nicholson, former secretary of Veterans Affairs under President G.W. Bush Gale Norton, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President G.W. Bush Condoleezza Rice, former National Security Advisor and U.S. Secretary of State under President G.W. Bush Byron Rogers, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Colo.) Andrew Romanoff, former Colorado (D) House speaker; 2010 U.S. Senate candidate (Colo.) Ed Schafer, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President G.W. Bush; former governor of North Dakota Richard Stark, current Florida State House member (D-FL) Paul Trivelli, former U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua Mo Udall, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Ariz) Susan Waltz, chair of International Executive Committee, Amnesty International; professor of public policy at Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Alvin Wiederspahn, law school graduate; former member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature; prominent Cheyenne attorney and historical preservationist Jerre Stockton Williams, expert in labor law; first chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States; professor of law at University of Iowa College of Law (1941–1942), University of Denver (1946), and The University of Texas School of Law (1946–1980); president, Association of American Law Schools (1980); judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1980–1993) John Patrick Williams, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mont.) Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran

Business and industry Brad Anderson, former CEO of Best Buy Dean Baker (born 1958), macroeconomist Roger Birnbaum, CEO and co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment; former chairman and CEO of MGM Studios Peter Coors, chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Company Debra Crew, CEO and president of Diageo Heidi Ganahl, founder of Camp Bow Wow chain Ruth Handler, former president of Mattel, Inc. and inventor of the Barbie doll Richard Hilton, chairman of Hilton and Hyland Real Estate Elrey Jeppesen, aviation pioneer; founder of Jeppesen and Co., an aviation charting company today owned by Boeing Jay Kemmerer, chairman of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort James C. Kennedy, former CEO and current Chairman of Cox Enterprises Imran Khan, former chief strategy officer of Snapchat Ted J. Kleisner, president and CEO of Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Lewis Kornfeld, former CEO of Radio Shack Jim Lentz, president and CEO of Toyota North America Jeffrey Lorberbaum, chairman and CEO of Mohawk Industries Emmit McHenry, technology entrepreneur; founder of Network Solutions Peter Morton, founder of Hard Rock Cafe chain Marc Nathanson, billionaire founder of Falcon Cable, Biden nominee as ambassador to Norway Duane D. Pearsall, inventor of the battery-powered home smoke detector Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, CEO/Chairman of Platinum Studios; founder of Malibu Comics; screenwriter of Con Air and Men in Black Joseph Saunders, chairman and CEO of Visa Inc. Andrew C. Taylor, CEO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car Carol Tomé, CEO of United Parcel Service Dale Wolf, CEO, Coventry Health Care

Media Alan Berg, former attorney; murdered radio talk show host Bob Berkowitz, former CNN White House correspondent, ABC News and NBC's Today Show Clarke Canfield, Associated Press reporter and author James W. "Jim" Case, program director, KRMA-TV James L. Conway, producer and director, Charmed, Smallville, 90210, Star Trek Ronnie Cramer, film director Jargalsaikhan Dambadarjaa, Mongolian economist, television host, writer, and political commentator Edward W. Estlow, former CEO of E.W. Scripps Company Peter Funt, president and host of Candid Camera Merle Harmon, sports broadcaster, ABC and NBC TV, many MLB and NFL teams Aaron Huey, photojournalist and contributing editor, Harper's Weekly James C. Kennedy, chairman, former CEO, Cox Enterprises Louise Martin, journalistic photographer, Houston Forward Times and Houston Informer Bill Mercer, sports play-by-play announcer, Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, and World Class Championship Wrestling; retired faculty member from University of North Texas Mike Rosen, conservative talk radio host Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor, The New York Times Bill Scott, writer and voice artist, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Ed Stein, editorial cartoonist, Rocky Mountain News Jon Taffer, host and creator, Bar Rescue television show, SpikeTV Lowell Thomas, radio commentator, author, filmmaker and first national TV news anchor on NBC (1939) David Von Drehle, columnist, Washington Post; former editor-at-large for Time magazine and author

Sports

Bruce Affleck, former NHL player; now chief operating officer of St. Louis Blues Glenn Anderson, Hockey Hall of Fame wing and who scored 498 career NHL goals and won six Stanley Cups, 1980 Canadian Olympian Erik Andersson, former NHL forward with Calgary Flames Bob Balog, former NFL center/linebacker with Pittsburgh Steelers Trevor Baptiste, PLL All-Star lacrosse player with Atlas Lacrosse Club, Philadelphia Wings Sam Bassett, MLS midfielder with Colorado Rapids Byron Beck, ABA and NBA Denver Nuggets basketball star in 1960s and 70s, number 40 retired by team Eddy Beers, former NHL forward with Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues Beau Bennett, former NHL forward with Arizona Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Benning, NHL defenseman with Florida Panthers Wesley Berg, PLL lacrosse player with Redwoods Lacrosse Club, San Diego Seals Adam Berkhoel, former NHL goaltender with Atlanta Thrashers Doug Berry, former NHL forward with Colorado Avalanche Ken Berry, former NHL forward with Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks, two-time Canadian Olympian (1980, 1988) Jerome Biffle, 1952 US Olympic gold medalist in the long jump Steve Blateric, former MLB pitcher, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and California Angels Ray Boggs, former MLB pitcher with Boston Braves Nat Borchers, former MLS soccer defender with Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, Colorado Rapids and US National Team Henrik Borgström, NHL center with Chicago Blackhawks and Florida Panthers Vince Boryla, 1948 US Olympic gold medalist, NBA player with New York Knicks, NBA head coach and long-time NBA executive Henry Bostick, former MLB third baseman with Philadelphia Athletics Tyler Bozak, NHL forward with St. Louis Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs Lyle Bradley, former NHL player with California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons Rick Bragnalo, former NHL player with Washington Capitals Bobby Brink, NHL forward with Philadelphia Flyers