Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Boynton Robinson | 1927 | International Civil and Human Rights Activist who was the first woman from Alabama to run United States Congress in 1964 (affectionately known as "Queen Mother Amelia") | |
| Robert Beck | 1970s writer Iceberg Slim | ||
| Charles William Carpenter | 1909 | Baptist minister and Civil Rights activist | |
| Alice Marie Coachman | 1942 | American athlete who specialized in high jump, and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal | |
| The Commodores | 70s R&B band that met while attending Tuskegee | ||
| Leon Crenshaw | former NFL player | ||
| General Oliver W. Dillard | retired Army major general, Silver Star recipient in Korea - 1950 | ||
| Ralph Ellison | Scholar, Author of Invisible Man | ||
| Milton C. Davis | 1971 | lawyer who researched and advocated for the pardon of Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro Boy | |
| Vera King Farris | 1959 | President of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey from 1983–2003 | |
| Drayton Florence | Current NFL defensive back | ||
| Isaac Fisher | educator, taught at Hampton University and Fisk University | ||
| Admiral Mack C. Gaston | 1964 | U.S. Navy 31 years. Surface War Officer, commanded two ships. | |
| Alexander N. Green | U.S. Representative from Texas's 9th congressional district | ||
| Marvalene Hughes | president of Dillard University | ||
| General Daniel "Chappie" James | 1942 | US Air Force Fighter pilot, who in 1975 became the first African American to reach the rank of four star General. | |
| Lonnie Johnson (inventor) | Inventor of the Super Soaker and former NASA aerospace engineer | ||
| Ken Jordan | former NFL player | ||
| Tom Joyner | 1971 | American radio host whose daily program, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, is syndicated across the United States and heard by over 10 million radio listeners. | |
| John A. Lankford | 20th Century Architect | ||
| Marion Mann | 1940 | Former Dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University and US Army Brigadier General (retired) | |
| Claude McKay | 1912 | Jamaican writer and poet, Harlem Renaissance | |
| Leo Morton | 1968 | Chancellor, University of Missouri at Kansas City | |
| Albert Murray | 1939 | Literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer | |
| Ray Nagin | 1978 | Former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Gertrude Nelson | 1929 | Military, civilian, and American Red Cross nurse and college administrator from Louisiana | |
| Dimitri Patterson | Current NFL player | ||
| Dr. Dorothy Richey | 1965 | First woman appointed head of athletics at a Co-educational College or University in the United States at Chicago State University in 1975 | |
| Ptolemy Reid | Prime Minister of Guyana (1980–1984) | ||
| Lionel Richie | R&B singer, Grammy Award winner | ||
| Lawrence E. Roberts | a member of the Tuskegee Airmen and a colonel in The United States Air Force | ||
| George C. Royal | 1943 | microbiologist who is currently professor emeritus at Howard University | |
| Roderick Royal | President of the Birmingham City Council | ||
| Herman J. Russell | 1953 | Founder and former President & CEO of H. J. Russell Construction Co., the largest minority owned construction company in the nation | |
| Betty Shabazz | wife of Malcolm X | ||
| Jake Simmons Jr. | 1919 | Oil broker and civil rights advocate | |
| Danielle Spencer | Television actress, best known as Dee from the 1970s TV show, What's Happening!! | ||
| McCants Stewart | 1896 | lawyer, first African-American to practice law in Oregon | |
| Frank Walker | Current NFL defensive back | ||
| Toshawnka Levon Walker | Nuclear Systems Engineer | ||
| Keenan Ivory Wayans | Actor, comedian and television producer | ||
| Jack Whitten | abstract painter | ||
| Dr. David Wilson | president of Morgan State University | ||
| Roosevelt Williams (gridiron football) | 2000 | former NFL player on the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets | |
| Ken Woodard | former NFL player | ||
| Elizabeth Evelyn Wright | educator and humanitarian, founder of Voorhees College | ||
| Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett | 1989 | State Minister Ministry of National Security, Jamaica June 2011 – November 2011 | |
| Nick J. Mosby | 2002 | Baltimore City Councilman |
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