text: David F. Levine, pioneer in canine rehabilitation and physical therapy, author, physical therapy professor, 1990–present
  Chris Lewis-Harris, NFL football player (Cincinnati Bengals), 2011
  Charlie Long, basketball player, football player (NFL/AFL ALL-Pro)
  Lanni Marchant, long-distance runner, 2007
  Khaled Mattawa, poet and writer, 1989
  Tre McLean (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, 2017
  Barry Moser, artist and professor, 1962
  Terrell Owens, Hall-of-fame NFL football player, basketball player. Selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
  Cherie Priest, author, 2001
  Lorine Livingston Pruette, psychologist, 1918
  Curtis Rouse, former NFL football player, 1982
  Lewis Smith, actor North and South. Also the Heavenly Kid, 1979
  Buster Skrine, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns, New York Jets), 2011
  Cole Strange, football player for New England Patriots, 2022
  Johnny Taylor, former NBA basketball player, 1997. Drafted in the first round, 17th pick
  Bo Watson, Member of Tennessee State Senate, 1983
  Pez Whatley, football player and UTC's first black wrestler, later became a pro wrestler
  William White, academic of journalism and bibliographer, 1933
  Willie White, former NBA basketball player, 1984
  Gerald Wilkins, former NBA basketball player, 1984
  Julius C. Zeller, Mississippi senator, 1893
  William Chivous Bostic Sr., physician and researcher, 1905