This is a list of Southern University alumni.
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| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Jackson | 1966 | member of the American Football League Hall of Fame | |
| Mel Blount | 1970 | member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| Lou Brock | record-setting base-stealing Major League Baseball player | ||
| Harold Carmichael | four-time NFL Pro-Bowler | ||
| Willie Davenport | two-time gold medalist of U.S. Olympic Track Team | ||
| Trenidad Hubbard | former Major League Baseball player | ||
| Marvin Davis | former NFL and CFL player and Grey Cup champion | ||
| Avery Johnson | 1988 | 2006 NBA Coach of The Year | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones | President and baseball coach at Grambling State University from 1936 to 1977 | [1] | |
| Tyrone Jones | former Canadian Football League all-star and MVP | ||
| Fred Lewis | current Major League Baseball player | ||
| Bob Love | Former NBA all-star and second leading scorer in Chicago Bulls history | ||
| Rod Milburn | Track and Field gold medalist at 1972 Munich Olympic Games | ||
| Bobby Phills | NBA basketball player | ||
| Isiah Robertson | six time NFL Pro-Bowler | ||
| Bernie Smith | former Major League Baseball player | ||
| Donnell Smith | former NFL player | ||
| Godwin Turk | former NFL player | ||
| Rickie Weeks | current Major League Baseball player | ||
| Aeneas Williams | former NFL Pro Bowler | ||
| Jerry Wilson | former NFL player |
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Batiste | jazz artist and educator | ||
| Isiah Carey | television news reporter | ||
| Maurice Brown | jazz artist | ||
| Lavell Crump | a.k.a. David Banner, music recording artist | ||
| Thaddeus Ford | jazz musician | ||
| Randy Jackson | 1979 | musician, record producer, and American Idol judge | |
| Branford Marsalis | jazz saxophonist | ||
| Terysa Singleton | Miss Black Louisiana USA (2006–2007) | ||
| Brittany Brown | Miss Black Louisiana USA (2009-2011) |
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirt Bennett | African-American Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 2003 | [2] | |
| Irma Muse Dixon | first African-American elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) | ||
| Cleo Fields | Representative, U.S. Congress | ||
| Hunter Greene | 1994 (Juris Doctor) | Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | [3] |
| Melvin "Kip" Holden | 1982;1985 | First African-American mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| William J. Jefferson | former Representative, U.S. Congress | ||
| Okla Jones II | federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | ||
| Isiah Leggett | County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland | ||
| Robert M. Marionneaux | Louisiana state senator since 2000 from Baton Rouge area | [4] | |
| Chris Roy, Jr. | 1987 | attorney, state legislator from Rapides and Vernon parishes | [5] |
| Jesse N. Stone | attorney, educator, served as Dean of the Southern University Law Center and as president of Southern University | ||
| Thomas Taylor Townsend | Louisiana House of Representatives (2000-2008) | [6] | |
| Pinkie C. Wilkerson | Louisiana House of Representatives (1992-2000) | [7] | |
| Tom Willmott | Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish (since 2008) | [8] |
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherian Grace Cadoria | Brigadier General (Retired), First African-American female to reach the rank of General in U.S. Army | ||
| Russel L. Honoré | Lieutenant general who commanded the U.S. military support of recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita | ||
| Joe N. Ballard | Lieutenant General (Retired), First African-American Chief of Engineers and Commander, United States Army Corps of Engineers |