- Marguerite Annie Johnson
Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. A poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, Dr. Angelou continues to travel the world making appearances, spreading her legendary wisdom. A mesmerizing vision of grace, swaying and stirring when she moves, Dr. Angelou captivates her audiences lyrically with vigor, fire and perception. - Skip Prosser
George Edward "Skip" Prosser (born November 3, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the head basketball coach at Wake Forest University. Previously, he coached Xavier University for seven seasons, where he achieved great success. In addition, he coached for one year at Loyola College in Maryland, where he took the Greyhounds to the team's only modern-day NCAA appearance. Prosser's teams are known for their fast tempo and offensive explosiveness, … - Jim Grobe
Jim Grobe (b. February 17, 1952 in Huntington, West Virginia) is an American college football head coach. He is in his sixth season with The Wake Forest University Demon Deacons. Prior to coaching at Wake Forest, he was coach of the Ohio Bobcats from 1995-2000, where he compiled a 33-33-1 record. His all-time record hovers around 50%. He led Ohio to an 8-3 record in 1997 and a 7-4 record in 2000. - Tim Duncan
Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25 1976 in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Duncan, current captain of the Spurs, is one of the most successful players of his generation. The 6'11", 260-pound power forward is a four-time NBA champion and a three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. - Nathan O. Hatch
Dr. Nathan O. Hatch was provost of the University of Notre Dame when he was selected as Wake Forest's 13th president in 2005. His first two years were characterized by an intense period of getting to know Wake Forest: its faculty, students and alumni, which helped to frame a set of impressions, as well as identify both opportunities and challenges. He has initiated a comprehensive strategic planning process to guide Wake Forest's future. - Richard Burr
Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is a United States Senator from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A Republican, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for five terms, and was elected to represent North Carolina as a U.S. Senator in the 2004 election. He defeated Democratic Party nominee Erskine Bowles in the open seat contest after boasting in a debate that, as a congressman, … - Riley Skinner
Riley Skinner (born October 21, 1986) is the current starting quarterback for the Wake Forest football team, coached by Jim Grobe. He played high school football for The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. Skinner stepped in for the injured Wake Forest QB Ben Mauk after Mauk injured his arm in the first game of the 2006 season against Syracuse. - Josh Howard
Joshua Jay Howard (born April 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. At and, he starts at small forward for the Dallas Mavericks. Howard won various awards in high school, continuing his academic and athletic career at Wake Forest in 1999. Howard, unlike fellow players of his 2003 NBA Draft class, stayed in college all four years. He won multiple awards in his senior season, including ACC Player of the Year, All ACC First Team, … - Dino Gaudio
Dino Gaudio is an assistant men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University. He previously served as the head coach at the United States Military Academy and Loyola College in Maryland. - Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist , Attorney General (State of Florida) - Dave Odom
Dave Odom (born October 9, 1942) is currently the men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. He previously held the same position at Wake Forest University, and was also an assistant coach at the University of Virginia. - Fred Smith
Fred Smith is a North Carolina politician who serves in the North Carolina Senate and is running for Governor of North Carolina in 2008. Smith was raised in Raleigh, NC. Fred's father was a teacher and coach at an orphanage, and his mom was a homemaker. As a child, Fred played football and baseball, and was active in the Boy Scouts. While attending Raleigh's Broughton High School, Fred won a football scholarship to attend Wake Forest University. - Dan Locklair
Dan Locklair is an American composer of international renown. He holds the position of Composer-in-Residence at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he is also a Professor of Music. Locklair has written numerous works ranging from organ solos to compositions for full orchestra, but he is most often noted for his sacred music. Born in 1949, Locklair is originally from Bethania, North Carolina. - Mary Easley
Mary Easley is the current First Lady of North Carolina and a professor of law at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. Mrs. Easley earned her undergraduate and law degrees at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After graduating from law school, she worked as a prosecutor for ten years and then maintained her own litigation practice. Her husband, Mike Easley, has been governor since 2001. - Jay Haas
Jay Dean Haas (born December 2, 1953) is an American golfer. Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that "Golf World" has called "the greatest college team of all time". He won the individual championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976. Haas has had a solid career on the PGA Tour, winning nine times between 1978 and 1993. - Charles Taylor
I am a US House Representative for the state of NC. I am a Republican. My religion is Baptist. I am Married. I received my BA from Wake Forest University. I received my JD from Wake Forest University. I live in Brevard. I was born in Brevard, NC. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "22 S. Pack Sq., #330, Asheville, NC 28801". - Michael Parkhurst
Michael Parkhurst (born January 24, 1984 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Parkhurst played college soccer at Wake Forest University from 2002 to 2004, where he started all 62 games the team played during his tenure, scoring one goal and two assists. Named a second-team All-American as a sophomore and junior, … - Marc Blucas
Marcus Paul Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor, possibly best known for playing Riley Finn in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to Mary Blucas, who is divorced from Blucas's father. After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania, he became the star center on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the same court as Tim Duncan. - Michele Gillespie
Michele Gillespie is Kahle Family Associate Professor of history at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She specializes in American history, focusing on gender, race, class, and region in the American South from 1790-1920. Gillespie. In 2005, Gillespie served as President of the Southern Association for Women Historians. Gillespie received her Ph.D. from Princeton University, where she studied under the direction of James M. McPherson. - Jim Caldwell
Jim Caldwell is (as of 2006) the quarterback coach for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. He also served as the head football coach of Wake Forest from 1993 to 2000. He had a career collegiate record of 26-63. He has served as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois University, Northwestern, Colorado, Louisville, and Penn State. - I. Beverly Lake
I. Beverly Lake, Jr. (b. 30 January 1934) is an American jurist and public official, formerly the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, he is the son of I. Beverly Lake Sr. and Gertrude Bell Lake. He was raised in Wake Forest, North Carolina and earned the rank of Eagle Scout as a youth. Lake also served briefly in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. After he earned his law degree from Wake Forest University in 1960, … - Scott Sealy
Scott Sealy (born June 4, 1981 in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago) is a football (soccer) forward, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. He played college soccer at Wake Forest from 2001 to 2004, where he played in 83 games, starting 73. He scored 43 goals and 22 assists in his career, including 17 goals and 10 assists as a senior, when he was named a second team All-American. - Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange won a total of 17 times on the PGA TOUR. He hasn't yet gotten a victory on the Champions Tour, but he still finished 44th on the 2006 Charles Schwab Cup points list after placing in the top 25 in over a third of his appearances. - Joseph Branch
Joseph Branch (1915-1991) was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice (1966-1979) and then Chief Justice (1979-1986) of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was a native of Halifax County, North Carolina and earned his law degree from Wake Forest University. Branch served in the state House of Representatives from 1947 through 1954. He was a close advisor to Governor Luther Hodges in the 1950s and managed the successful 1964 campaign of Governor Daniel K. Moore. - Bill Haas
William Harlan "Bill" Haas (born May 24, 1982) is an American professional golfer who has played on the Nationwide Tour and currently is in his second season on the PGA Tour. He is the son of professional golfer Jay Haas. Haas was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was raised in Greer, South Carolina, a suburb of Greenville. He was the third member of his family to play golf at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, … - William Louis Poteat
William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), also known as "Doctor Billy", was a professor (c. 1880-1905) and then the seventh president (1905-1927) of Wake Forest College (today, Wake Forest University). A devout Christian, Poteat was noted for his progressive ("see Progressive Era") views on evolution and race. Born in Caswell County, North Carolina to a noted Baptist, slave-owning family, … - Gary Chapman
Gary Chapman is a minister, counselor, and author of the Five Love Languages series. He is the director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. He also has a radio program on marriage that airs on over 100 stations. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Wheaton College and Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in anthropology from Wake Forest University. - Allen Mandelbaum
Allen Mandelbaum (born 1926 in Albany, New York) is an American professor of Italian literature, a poet, and a prolific translator. He is currently W. R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities at Wake Forest University. His translation of the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri appeared in the early 1980s. It was supported by the notable Dante scholar Irma Brandeis. He subsequently acted as general editor of the "California Lectura Dantis", … - Calvin Jones
Calvin Jones (April 2, 1775 - September 20, 1846) was a North Carolina physician. He served for many years as a trustee of the University of North Carolina. Jones was also elected to the North Carolina House of Commons and as the intendant of police of Raleigh, North Carolina. The plantation he owned, Wake Forest, was purchased by the Baptist Convention, and became the home of Wake Forest College. - Darius Songaila
Darius Songaila(pronounced:Son-Guy-La) (born on February 14, 1978 in Kapsukas, Lithuanian SSR, USSR, today known as Marijampolė, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards. He stands 6' 8" (2.03 m) tall and weighs 240 pounds (109 kg). Songaila came to the United States to attend high school, and went on to a four-year career at college at Wake Forest University. - Lanny Wadkins
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. (born December 5, 1949) is an American golfer. Wadkins was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Wake Forest University. He won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1970 and turned professional in 1971. His first win on the PGA Tour arrived quickly at the 1972 Sahara Invitational in Las Vegas and he was later voted 1972 PGA Rookie of the Year. Two more wins followed in 1973 before his form dipped for three years. - Rodney Rogers
Rodney Ray Rogers (born June 20 1971, in Durham, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player who last played power forward for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. Rogers played college basketball at Wake Forest University from 1990 until 1993. He was a star there, winning Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors by averaging 21.2 points and 7.4 rebounds. - Brian Carroll
Brian Michael Carroll (born July 20, 1981 in Springfield, Virginia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays defensive midfielder for D.C. United of Major League Soccer. Carroll was selected 11th overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United. Unfortunately for him, coach Ray Hudson preferred a lineup dominated by veterans, and although he saw time in U.S. Open Cup competition, Carroll did not appear in any regular season games. - Vona Groarke
Vona Groarke is an Irish poet, and was born in Edgeworthstown in the Irish midlands in 1964. She has published four collections of poetry: "Shale" (1994), "Other People's Houses" (1999), "Fiction" (2002) and "Juniper Street" (2005). Her many prizes include The Brendan Behan Memorial Award, the Hennessy Award and the Strokestown International Poetry Award. - Ed George
Edward Gary George (born August 10, 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a former offensive lineman for the Montreal Alouettes from 1970-1974 and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1979-1980 of the Canadian Football League. He won two Grey Cups for the Alouettes and played in another for the Tiger-cats. George was selected in the fourth round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers after a stellar career at Wake Forest University, but opted to go to Canada. - John Clayton
John Clayton was the first son of Joseph Clayton, who amassed a fortune through the startup of a series of lucrative oil companies throughout Latin America. The family moved back to New Jersey when John was three and remained there until John went to college at Wake Forest University. After graduation, John spent four years in the Peace Corps in North Africa. Upon returning to the United States in 1985, he took control of PetroCorp Industries and took it public in 1997. - Laura Diaz
Laura Diaz (born April 27 1975 in Scotia, New York) is an American professional golfer. She won the 1995 North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship at Pinehurst. In 1996 she won the Eastern Women's Amateur Championship and made it to the quarterfinals of the 1996 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship. A business student at Wake Forest University, Diaz was named the university's 1997 Female Athlete of the Year. - Lee Norris
Lee Michael Norris (born September 25, 1981, Greenville, North Carolina, USA) is an American actor, who played Stuart Minkus in "Boy Meets World" and Chuckie Lee Torkelson in "The Torkelsons", and currently stars as "Mouth" on "One Tree Hill". Lee attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and graduated in 2004. - Wells Thompson
Wells Thompson (born November 25, 1983) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfield for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. He played college soccer for four years at Wake Forest, and with Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League. He was taken by the Revolution with the fifth overall selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and signed with the league. - Randolph Childress
Randolph Childress (born September 21 1972, in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays in Italy for Premiata Montegranaro. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. Childress played in two NBA seasons for the Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 2.4 ppg in his career. He played collegiately at Wake Forest University.
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