Famous Alumni of the University of New Mexico
- Neil Patrick Harris — actor, singer, TV host
- Michelle Rodriguez — actress (Fast & Furious, Avatar)
- Demi Moore — actress (Ghost, G.I. Jane)
- Rob Reiner — actor, director, producer (When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride)
- Tyrus Wong — artist/animator (Disney's Bambi)
- Georgia O'Keeffe — iconic painter (flowers, landscapes)
- John Wayne — Western film legend (Stagecoach, The Searchers)
- Dennis Chavez — U.S. Senator, NM Governor, civil rights/labor advocate
- Clinton Anderson — U.S. Senator, Agriculture Secretary
- Harold Agnew — nuclear physicist, Los Alamos director (Manhattan Project, hydrogen bomb)