List of University of Mississippi alumni

The class of 1861

The following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).

Activists

Angela McGlowan

• Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar, Palestinian political scientist, activist
• Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Republican political commentator, author, and consultant
• James Meredith, first African American student at Ole Miss; leader in the American civil rights movement

Actors and models

Tate Taylor

• Susan Akin-Lynch, Miss America 1986
• Tate Ellington, actor
• Cynthia Geary, actress
• Anthony Herrera (1944–2011), actor
• Kate Jackson, actress
• Tom Lester, actor
• Gerald McRaney, actor
• Mary Ann Mobley (1937–2014), Miss America 1959; actress
• Lynda Mead Shea, Miss America 1960
• Tate Taylor, director of The Help
• Larry A. Thompson, film producer and talent manager

Artists

• William Eggleston, photographer
• Ron Gorchov (1930-2020), artist
• Lawrence Arthur Jones (1910-1996), muralist and printmaker
• Glennray Tutor, photorealist painter

Athletics

Archie Manning

Eli Manning

Michael Oher

• Tyji Armstrong, NFL tight end
• Kent Austin, CFL quarterback and head coach
• Shakira Austin (born 2000), basketball center for the Israeli Elitzur Ramla
• Coolidge Ball, college basketball coach
• Doby Bartling (1913–1992), college football, basketball and baseball coach
• Reginald Becton, professional basketball player
• Gwen Berry, hammer thrower
• Mahesh Bhupathi, professional tennis player
• George Blair, AFL defensive back
• Pete Boone, college athletic director
• Billy Brewer, college football coach
• Johnny Brewer (1937–2011), NFL tight end, linebacker
• Alundis Brice, NFL cornerback
• A. J. Brown, NFL wide receiver
• Jeff Calhoun, major league pitcher
• Mickey Callaway, major league pitcher; manager
• Van Chancellor, women's basketball coach
• Chris Coghlan, major league outfielder
• Charlie Conerly, NFL quarterback
• James "Bus" Cook, NFL sports agent
• Bill Courtney, high school football coach, subject of documentary film Undefeated
• Zack Cozart, baseball shortstop and third baseman for the San Francisco Giants
• Bobby Crespino, NFL tight end
• Doug Cunningham (1945–2015), NFL running back
• Roland Dale, NFL end
• Terence Davis, NBA basketball player
• Eagle Day, NFL punter, CFL quarterback
• Tony Dees, field and track, Olympic medalist
• David Dellucci, major league outfielder
• Jim Dunaway, NFL defensive tackle
• Perry Lee Dunn, NFL running back
• Patrick Eddie, NBA basketball player
• Doug Elmore (1939–2002), NFL punter
• Evan Engram, NFL tight end
• Jeff Fassero, major league pitcher
• Charlie Flowers, AFL football player
• John Fourcade, NFL quarterback
• Bobby Franklin, NFL safety, college football coach
• Rufus French, NFL tight end
• Jake Gibbs, major league catcher, college baseball coach
• Kline Gilbert (1930–1987), NFL offensive tackle
• Jennifer Gillom, Olympic medalist, professional basketball player
• Larry Grantham, NFL, AFL linebacker
• Parker Hall (1916-2005), NFL quarterback
• Greg Hardy, NFL defensive end
• Gene Hickerson (1935–2008), NFL offensive guard
• Antwon Hicks, Olympic hurdler
• Stan Hindman (1944-2020), NFL defensive lineman
• Candice Holley (born 1981), basketball player
• Von Hutchins, NFL defensive back
• Peria Jerry, NFL defensive end
• Chad Kelly, professional football player
• Sam Kendricks, pole vaulter, Olympic medalist
• Don Kessinger, MLB shortstop, All-Star, and Gold Glove Award winner, and Ole Miss head baseball coach ^[1]
• Grae Kessinger, MLB shortstop ^[2]
• Keith Kessinger, MLB shortstop and head baseball coach for Arkansas State Red Wolves ^[3]
• Bobby Kielty, major league outfielder
• Frank Kinard (1914–1985), NFL offensive tackle
• Dawson Knox, NFL tight end
• Greg Little, NFL offensive tackle
• Ken Lucas, NFL cornerback
• Archie Manning, NFL quarterback, father of NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning
• Eli Manning (class of 2003), NFL quarterback
• Deuce McAllister, NFL running back
• Dexter McCluster, NFL wide receiver
• DK Metcalf, NFL wide receiver

  

  Dk Metcalf

• Cary Middlecoff (1921–1998), professional golfer
• Donte Moncrief, NFL wide receiver
• Alex Mullen, three-time world memory champion
• Michael Oher, NFL offensive tackle
• Ashlee Palmer, NFL linebacker
• Jermey Parnell, NFL offensive tackle
• Pat "Gravy" Patterson, college baseball coach
• Jimmy Patton (1933–1973), NFL defensive back
• Drew Pomeranz, major league pitcher
• Barney Poole (1923–2005), NFL end
• James E. "Buster" Poole (1915–1994), NFL wide receiver
• Ray Poole (1921–2008), NFL end
• Armintie Price, pro basketball player
• Kelvin Pritchett, NFL defensive tackle
• Brittney Reese, long jumper, Olympic gold medalist
• Ricky Robertson, Olympic high jumper
• Carol Ross, NCAA and WNBA women's basketball coach
• Jamarca Sanford, NFL safety

  

  Jamarca Sanford

• Seth Smith, major league outfielder
• Chris Snopek, major league infielder
• Rafaelle Souza, Brazilian soccer player
• Savanté Stringfellow, world champion and Olympic long jumper
• Marvin Terrell, AFL guard
• Matt Tolbert, major league infielder
• Sean Tuohy, sports commentator, restaurateur
• Guy Turnbow (1908–1975), NFL tackle
• Todd Wade, NFL offensive tackle
• Gee Walker (1908–1981), major league outfielder
• Mike Wallace, NFL wide receiver
• Wesley Walls, All-Pro NFL tight-end
• Terrence Watson (born 1987), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Premier League
• Skeeter Webb (1909–1986), major league infielder
• Michael White, college basketball coach
• Romello White (born 1998), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Patrick Willis, NFL linebacker
• Isiah Young (born 1990), Olympic sprinter

Authors

William Faulkner

• Howard Bahr, novelist
• Larry Brown (1951–2004), author
• Hubert Creekmore (1907–1966), author
• Ellen Douglas (pen name of Josephine Haxton, 1921–2012), novelist
• Winifred Hamrick Farrar (1923–2010), Mississippi poet laureate ^[4]
• John Faulkner (1901–1963), plain-style writer, brother of William Faulkner
• William Faulkner (1897–1962), author, Nobel laureate
• John Grisham, author, attorney, state representative
• Carolyn Haines, author
• Greg Iles, novelist, screenwriter
• Florence King, humorist and political columnist (attended graduate school but did not complete the program)
• Prakash Kona, essayist, poet
• Florence Mars (1923–2006), author
• Jonathan Miles, journalist, novelist
• Melany Neilson, author
• Stel Pavlou, British author, screenwriter (studied as an exchange student)
• Genevieve Pou (1919–2007), author
• Patrick D. Smith, author
• Robert Bruce Smith, IV, Mississippi historian
• Donna Tartt, author, attended but transferred before graduation
• Paige Williams, author and staff writer for The New Yorker
• Stark Young, playwright, novelist, and drama critic

Business figures

• James L. Barksdale (born 1943), businessman
• Dixie Carter (born 1964), businesswoman
• Barry Dixon (born 1959), interior designer
• Ernest Duff (1931–2016), businessman, lawyer and bishop
• Thomas F. Frist Sr. (1910–1998), businessman and physician
• Bill Jordan, businessman and host
• William Bonner McCarty, businessman
• Leigh Anne Tuohy (born 1960), businesswoman and interior designer

Educators

• Glenn Boyce, chancellor of Ole Miss

  

  Glenn Boyce

• John L. Crain, president of Southeastern Louisiana University
• Mike Edmonds, Acting President of Colorado College 2020-2021, first Black President of Colorado College
• Henry Minor Faser (1882-1960), dean, School of Pharmacy
• Charles Betts Galloway (1849–1909), Methodist bishop
• James Bruton Gambrell (1841–1921), president of Mercer University
• Thomas Hines, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Los Angeles
• Daniel Jones, physician, UM chancellor
• Robert Khayat, UM chancellor
• Rory Lee, clergyman, college president
• E. Wilson Lyon, president of Pomona College
• Edward Mayes (1846–1917), UM chancellor
• William David McCain (1907–1993), segregationist spokesman, president of University of Southern Mississippi
• Thomas K. McCraw (1940–2012), business historian
• Milburn Price, hymnologist, music educator
• Frederick G. Slabach, President of Texas Wesleyan University
• Blake Thompson, President of Mississippi College

Journalists and media figures

• Sharon Alfonsi, ABC News reporter
• Chris Berry, iHeartMedia
• Russ Dallen, publisher of Latin American Herald Tribune , journalist, author
• Ben Ferguson, radio host and commentator
• John Fortenberry, film and television director
• Ron Franklin, ESPN sportscaster
• Angela McGlowan, political commentator
• Ben and Erin Napier, stars of HGTV home remodeling show Home Town
• Donald C. Simmons, Jr., documentary filmmaker and author
• Larry Speakes, White House Press Secretary, journalist, author
• Curtis Wilkie, author, journalist

Jurists and attorneys

• Rhesa Barksdale (born 1944), U.S. court of appeals judge
• Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. (1935–2023), U.S. district judge
• Debra M. Brown (born 1963), U.S. district judge
• George C. Carlson Jr., chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court ^[5]
• Charles Clark (1925–2011), U.S. court of appeals judge
• Glen H. Davidson (born 1941), U.S. district judge
• Bobby DeLaughter (born 1954), prosecutor, judge
• Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), associate justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
• Jim Hood (born 1962), Mississippi attorney general
• Charles Bowen Howry (1844–1928), assistant U.S. attorney general, court of claims judge
• E. Grady Jolly (born 1937), U.S. court of appeals judge
• Ann Hannaford Lamar (born 1952), associate justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
• Michael P. Mills (born 1956), U.S. district judge
• Mike Moore (born 1952), Mississippi attorney general
• Charles W. Pickering (born 1937), U.S. district judge ^[6]
• Michael K. Randolph (born 1946), associate justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
• Richard Scruggs (born 1946), trial attorney
• Sydney M. Smith (1869–1948), chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court ^[7]
• Keith Starrett (born 1951), U.S. district judge
• Phil Stone (1893–1967), attorney
• Bill Waller Jr. (born 1952), chief justice, Mississippi Supreme Court

Military figures

John S. McCain, Sr.

• Charles P. Hall (1886–1953), lieutenant general, World War II
• Paul V. Hester, Air Force general
• John S. McCain, Sr. (1884–1945), U.S. Navy admiral

Musicians

• Mildred Allen, operatic soprano
• Mose Allison, jazz and blues pianist
• Glen Ballard, songwriter, producer
• Colour Revolt, indie rock band
• Caroline Herring, singer, songwriter
• Guy Hovis, singer
• Josh Kelley, musician
• Dent May, singer-songwriter
• George McConnell, guitarist, musician
• Rivers Rutherford, country songwriter
• John Stirratt, bassist (The Hilltops, Wilco)
• Nancy Van de Vate, composer
• Jim Weatherly, singer-songwriter

Physicians

Fictional Star Trek character Leonard McCoy

• Carlos Manuel Chavez, heart surgeon
• Garth Fisher, plastic surgeon
• John C. Fleming (born 1951), family physician, U.S. representative
• Thomas F. Frist, Sr. (1910–1998), cardiologist, founder of Hospital Corporation of America
• Arthur Guyton (1919–2003), physiologist, author of Textbook of Medical Physiology
• Edward Hill, family physician, AMA president
• Leonard McCoy (2227–2364), fictional Star Trek character; chief medical officer, USS Enterprise, Starfleet admiral

Politicians

• Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), U.S. representative
• William Allain (1928–2013), governor
• John Mills Allen (1846–1917), U.S. representative
• Chapman L. Anderson (1845–1924), U.S. representative
• Rick Austin, Georgia state representative
• Haley Barbour, governor
• Ross Barnett (1898–1987), governor
• Earl L. Brewer (1869–1942), governor
• Ed Bryant, U.S. representative from Tennessee
• T. Jeff Busby (1884–1964), U.S. representative

Portrait of Florida Governor Millard Caldwell

• Millard F. Caldwell (1897–1984), governor of Florida
• Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (1862–1944), U.S. representative
• Thomas C. Catchings (1847–1927), U.S. representative
• Marvin Childers (born 1961), Arkansas state representative
• Travis Childers, U.S. representative
• Thad Cochran (1937–2019), U.S. senator
• James Collier (1872–1933), U.S. representative
• Ross A. Collins (1880–1968), U.S. representative
• Robert H. Conn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• Martin Sennett Conner (1891–1950), governor
• Walter M. Denny (1853–1926), U.S. representative
• Aubert C. Dunn (1896–1987), U.S. representative
• Winfield Dunn, governor of Tennessee
• Brad Dye, lieutenant governor
• James O. Eastland (1904-1986), U.S. senator
• Cliff Finch (1927–1986), governor
• John C. Fleming, U.S. representative from Louisiana
• William Webster Franklin, U.S. representative
• Evelyn Gandy (1920-2007), lieutenant governor
• Mary Lou Godbold (1912–2008), state senator
• James Gordon (1833–1912), U.S. senator
• Gregg Harper, U.S. representative
• Jon Hinson (1942–1995), U.S. representative
• Jim Hood, state attorney general
• Jay Hughes, state representative, candidate for lieutenant governor (2019)
• Kenny Hulshof, U.S. representative from Missouri
• Paul B. Johnson, Jr. (1916–1985), governor
• Trent Kelly, U.S. representative

Lott's official Senate portrait

• Trent Lott, U.S. senator
• William F. Love (1850–1898), U.S. representative
• Ray Mabus, governor of Mississippi; Secretary of the Navy
• Dan R. McGehee (1883–1962), U.S. representative
• Frank A. McLain (1852–1920), U.S. representative
• Hernando Money (1839–1912), U.S. senator
• Mike Moore, state attorney general
• Stanford Morse (1926–2002), state senator
• Henry L. Muldrow (1837–1905), U.S. representative; Assistant Secretary of the Interior
• Ronnie Musgrove, governor
• Rita Potts Parks (born 1962), state senator
• Chip Pickering, U.S. representative
• Charles K. Pringle, state representative
• John E. Rankin (1882–1960), U.S. representative
• Lee M. Russell (1875–1943), governor
• Jeanne Shaheen, governor of New Hampshire; U.S. senator
• Roosevelt Skerrit, prime minister of Dominica
• Frank E. Smith (1918–1997), U.S. representative
• Larry Speakes (1939–2014), presidential press secretary

U.S. Senator and Congressman Hubert Stephens

• Hubert D. Stephens (1875–1946), U.S. senator and congressman
• William V. Sullivan (1857–1918), U.S. senator
• Kirk Talbot, Louisiana state representative
• Gray Tollison, state senator
• William W. Venable (1880–1948), U.S. representative
• A.C. Wharton (1944-2015), mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
• Hugh L. White (1881–1965), governor
• Jamie Whitten (1910–1995), U.S representative
• William Madison Whittington (1878–1962), U.S. representative
• Roger Wicker, U.S. senator
• John Bell Williams (1918–1983), governor
• Elise Varner Winter, First Lady of Mississippi
• William Winter, governor
• Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855–1915), U.S. representative

Religious leaders

• Duncan M. Gray III (born 1949), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi
• Alfred C. Marble, Jr. (1936–2017), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi
• C. Brinkley Morton (1926–1994), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego

Scientists

• Weston Fulton (1871–1946), meteorologist and inventor
• Bill Parsons, director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center ^[8]
• Pedro Rodriguez (born 1953), director of test laboratory at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

References

1. "Don Kessinger stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
2. "Grae Kessinger stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
3. "Keith Kessinger stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
4. "Winifred H. Farrar". Meridian Star. November 14, 2010.
5. "Retirement ceremony for Presiding Justice George C. Carlson Jr" (PDF). Retrieved 16 January 2013.
6. "Charles W. Pickering, Sr". fjc.gov. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
7. Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 5. Department of Archives and History. pp. 87–89.
8. "NASA - Biography of William W. (Bill) Parsons". Nasa.gov. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2014-08-14.