University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

James K. Polk

11th President of the United States

A.B.

1818

William R. King

13th Vice President of the United States

B.A.

1803

Thomas Wolfe

Author (Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River)

B.A.

1920

Andy Griffith

Actor (star of The Andy Griffith Show)

BMus

1949

Michael Jordan

5-time NBA MVP, 6-time Champion; basketball GOAT

B.A.

1986

Brooke Baldwin

CNN news presenter and author

B.A.

2001

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Pulitzer-Prize journalist, 1619 Project creator

M.A.

2003

Roy Cooper

75th Governor of North Carolina

B.A., J.D.

1979, 1982

Mick Mulvaney

Former White House Chief of Staff & OMB Director

J.D.

1992

Charles E. Brady Jr.

NASA astronaut

B.S.

1971

Louise Fletcher

Actress, Golden Globe Award winner

B.A.

1957

Aziz Sancar

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2015)

N/A

N/A

Sallie Krawcheck

CEO & co-founder of Ellevest; former Citigroup executive

Journalism

1987

Jason Kilar

Former CEO of Hulu and WarnerMedia

Journalism / Bus Admin

1993

Caleb Bradham

Pharmacist and inventor of Pepsi-Cola

N/A

1890

Alexander Julian

Fashion designer, founder of Colours brand; multi-award winner

N/A

N/A

Henry McClain Owl

First Native American (Eastern Band of Cherokee) to attend UNC; activist

M.A. (History)

1929