Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Alexander | NFL football player | ||
| Bennie Anderson | 1999 | NFL football player | |
| Dick Barnett | 1959 | NBA basketball player | |
| Jimmy Blanton | jazz musician | ||
| Ralph Boston | Olympic athlete; three time medal winning long jumper | ||
| Waymond Bryant | NFL football player | ||
| Dr. Greg Carr | Associate Professor & Chair - Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University | ||
| Chandra Cheeseborough | Olympic runner; gold and silver medalist | ||
| Hank Crawford | jazz musician | ||
| Dave Davis | NFL football player | ||
| Richard Dent | NFL football player and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Lamar Divens | NFL football player | ||
| Larry Tharpe | NFL football player | ||
| Cleveland Eaton | jazz musician | ||
| Cleveland Elam | NFL football player | ||
| Charley Ferguson | AFL football player | ||
| Sean Foley | golf instructor to PGA Tour players | ||
| Ryan Fann | Paralympic Runner | ||
| Harold Ford, Sr. | Member of the U.S. Congress | ||
| John Ford | Member of the Tennessee Senate | ||
| Randy Fuller | NFL football player | ||
| Howard Gentry, Jr. | politician | ||
| Joe Gilliam | NFL football player | ||
| W. C. Gorden | 1952 | former head football coach at Jackson State University from 1976 to 1991. Member of College Football Hall of Fame | |
| Moses Gunn | actor | ||
| Thelma Harper | Member of the Tennessee Senate | ||
| Mike Hegman | NFL football player | ||
| Claude Humphrey | NFL football player | ||
| Daniel Johnson | NFL football player | ||
| Harvey Johnson, Jr. | Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | ||
| Joe Johnson | jazz musician | ||
| Ed "Too Tall" Jones | NFL football player | ||
| Joe "Turkey" Jones | NFL football player | ||
| Larry Kinnebrew | NFL football player | ||
| Anthony Levine | NFL football player | ||
| Madeline Manning | Olympic runner; gold medalist | ||
| Anthony Mason | NBA basketball player | ||
| Edith McGuire | Olympic runner; gold and two silver medalist | ||
| Steve Moore | NFL football player | ||
| Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, fka/Carlos Leon Bledsoe | charged in the 2009 jihadi Little Rock military recruiting office shooting. | ||
| Lloyd Neal | NBA basketball player | ||
| Samuel G. Puryear | Queens University Director of Golf Operations and Head of the Professional Golf Management Program. Former Head Golf Coach Michigan State University & Assistant Golf Coach Stanford University. | ||
| Leonard "Truck" Robinson | NBA basketball player | ||
| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | NFL football player | ||
| Carlos Rogers (basketball) | 1994 | former NBA basketball player | |
| Carl Rowan | journalist | ||
| Wilma Rudolph | Olympic runner; first woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics | ||
| Simon Shanks | NFL football player | ||
| Nate Simpson | NFL football player | ||
| Ollie Smith | NFL football player | ||
| Carla Thomas | singer | ||
| Leon Thomas | jazz singer | ||
| Rufus Thomas | singer (attended one semester) | ||
| Wyomia Tyus | Olympic runner; first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m. | ||
| Tina Tyus-Shaw | reporter | ||
| Charlie Wade | NFL football player | ||
| Carl Wafer | NFL football player | ||
| A C Wharton | Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee | ||
| Javarris Williams | NFL football player | ||
| Oprah Winfrey | 1987 | talk show host/actress/entrepreneur | |
| Samuel Yette | 1951 | journalist, author, and educator who became an influential voice on civil rights |
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