List of University of Maryland, College Park people

This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and benefactors of the University of Maryland, College Park.

The following individuals serve or served on the University of Maryland faculty, but are not necessarily alumni.

This list is intended to capture the notable benefactors and other people connected with the University of Maryland, College Park, but who were not alumni, unless noted with a year of graduation.

The Maryland Agricultural College Class of 1912
Raymond Davis, Jr. (B.S., M.S.); 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
Larry David (B.A. 1970), co-creator and producer of Seinfeld and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jim Henson (B.S. 1960), creator of the Muppets
Sergey Brin (B.S. 1993), co-founder of Google
Millard Tydings (B.S. 1910), long-serving U.S. Senator and namesake of the Tydings Committee
Steny Hoyer (B.S. 1963, D.P.S. (Hon.) 1988), former United States House Majority Leader and former Minority Whip
Connie Chung (B.A. 1969), broadcast journalist and news anchor
Carl Bernstein (attended), journalist who uncovered the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward
Joe Haldeman (B.S. 1967), author of The Forever War
Jeff Kinney (B.A. 1993), author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Boomer Esiason (B.A. 1984), quarterback who led the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII
Quarterback Jack Scarbath (B.S. 1954) finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1952.