University Librarians 1825-present*
- John Vaughan Kean, 1825
- William Wertenbaker,1826-1831, 1835-1857, 1865-1881
- William Henry Brockenbrough, 1831-1835
- Thomas Beverly Holcombe, 1857-1861
- Robert Riddick Prentis, 1861-1865
- William Aylett Winston, 1882-1886
- James Briscoe Baker, 1886-1891
- Frederick Winslow Page, 1881-1882, 1891-1903
- John Sherman Patton, 1903-1927
- Harry Clemons, 1927-1950
- John Cook Wylie, 1956-1967 (director of libraries 1967-1968)
- Ray W. Frantz, 1967-1993
- Karin Wittenborg, 1993-2014
- Martha Sites, Acting, 2015-2016
- John Unsworth, 2016-present
- Note:Names up through Harry Clemons (1927-1950) are listed in The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950, by Harry Clemons (1954)