List of Texas Tech University alumni

[3] The Texas Tech Alumni Association, with over 27,000 members, operates more than 120 chapters in cities throughout the United States and the world.

[11][12][Note 1] U.S. Marine Corps Major and Medal of Honor recipient, George H. O'Brien, Jr., is a distinguished alumnus.

[13] Richard E. Cavazos is a Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross recipient and the first Hispanic and Mexican American to advance to the rank of four-star general in the U.S.

[15][16][17][18][19] Others among the university's alumni are folk rocker John Denver, country singer Pat Green, and actor George Eads.

[20][21][22] John Hinckley, Jr., who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981, attended the university sporadically from 1973 to 1980.