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This is a list of notable Virginia Tech alumni.

Military

Virginia Tech and its Corps of Cadets have a long tradition of providing service to the military. Seven Medal of Honor recipients are alumni or former cadets at Virginia Tech.

Business, government, and academia

Literature

  • Homer Hickam (Class of 1964) – author of several works, including the New York Times best-selling memoir Rocket Boys, the basis for the film October Sky
  • Vahan Janjigian (1982 MBA, 1985 Ph.D.) – co-author of Even Buffett Isn't Perfect: What You Can – and Can't – Learn from the World's Greatest Investor and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course: Timeless Principles for Building Wealth
  • Sharyn McCrumb (Class of 1985) – New York Times bestselling author of the Elizabeth McPherson series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series
  • Mike Michalowicz (Class of 1993) – author of business books The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan (Penguin Books), Profit First (Penguin Books), and Surge

Movies and television

Music

Sports

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Cheerleading

Football

Golf

Softball

Track & field

  • Kristi Castlin (Class of 2010) – 2016 Rio Olympics, Bronze Medal 100M hurdles[22]
  • Queen Harrison – three-time NCAA women's national champion in the 60 m, 100 m and 400 m hurdles; 2008 US Olympian in the 400 m hurdles; won the 2010 Bowerman, the "Heisman of Track and Field"
  • Marcel Lomnicky – 2009 NCAA men's national champion in the hammer throw

Wrestling

Other

See also

References

Unless otherwise noted, references are contained in the Wiki articles on individuals.

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  14. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1996". nobelprize.org.
  15. ^ "Allan Bristow". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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  20. ^ "Zabian Dowdell inks with Enisey". Sportando. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  21. ^ "Vaughn Hebron".
  22. ^ editor, Sierra Huckfeldt, assistant sports. "Virginia Tech graduate Kristi Castlin earns bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdle". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ "Jim Miller UFC Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.
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