Politics
- Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi ambassador to Washington, former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia
- Dick Armey, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26, which includes UNT, former economics professor and department chair at UNT
- Robert Lee Bobbitt, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1927-1929), Attorney General of Texas (1929-1930), state court judge (1935-1937), chairman of the Texas Highway Department (1937-1943)
- Michael C. Burgess, current U.S. representative for the 26th Texas district, which includes UNT
- Jack Cox, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1962; Houston oil industrialist
- Warren G. Harding, former Texas State Treasurer (1977-1983) and Dallas County Treasurer (1950-1977); former President of North Texas State University.
- O.H. "Ike" Harris (Class of 1954), state senator (1967-1995) from Dallas County
- Jim Hightower, populist activist and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
- Ray Roberts, former Congressman from Denton; nearby Lake Ray Roberts is named for him
- Gwyn Shea, former Texas secretary of state (2002-2003) and a member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983-1993) from Irving; UNT regent since 2007
- Barbara Staff, co-chairman of the 1976 Texas Ronald Reagan presidential primary campaign
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