19 Notable alumni of Central State University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Central State University is ranked #4,190 in the world and #1,090 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Central State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Central State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Elle Moxley
writer
LGBTQ rights activist
Elle Moxley is an American transgender rights activist. She co-founded the Black Lives Matter Global Network, where she served as a strategic partner and organizing coordinator, and founded The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, where she served as the first executive director.
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2. Phyllis Bolds
1933-2018 (aged 85)
physicist
Phyllis Gaynell Bolds was an American physicist who worked for the United States Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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3. H. Abram Wilson
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
H. Abram Wilson (born 1946) is a Republican politician and a former mayor of San Ramon, California.
4. Roberta Alexander
1949-2025 (aged 76)
opera singer
musician
Roberta Alexander was an American operatic soprano. She began her career as a lyric soprano in 1975 and spent the next three decades performing principal roles with opera houses internationally, based in the Netherlands. She was celebrated for her performances of Mozart characters like Elettra, Fiordiligi, and Countess Almaviva, performed first at the Opernhaus Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting. She...
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5. Rob Murphy
1972-. (aged 54)
basketball coach
Robert Lewis Murphy Sr. is an American former basketball executive, coach and player. He was most recently employed as the assistant general manager of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the president and general manager of the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League, the affiliate of the Pistons. He previously served as the head...
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6. Eddie Milner
1955-2015 (aged 60)
baseball player
Edward James Milner Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played all or parts of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1980–86, 1988) and San Francisco Giants (1987), primarily as a center fielder. Milner batted and threw left-handed.
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7. Funmilayo Olayinka
1960-2013 (aged 53)
banker
Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka Listen, was a Nigerian banker and politician who served as the deputy governor of Ekiti State from 2010 until her death in 2013.
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8. Cecil McBee
1935-. (aged 91)
bassist
jazz musician
music educator
musician
Cecil McBee is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of classic jazz albums.
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9. Felicia Moore
Felicia A. Moore is an American politician who served as the president of the Atlanta City Council. She was elected to the office in a December 2017 runoff election. She previously held the post of City Council member for District 9, serving for 20 years.
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10. Priest Lauderdale
1973-. (aged 53)
basketball player
Priest Lauderdale is an American-Bulgarian former professional basketball player.
11. John Roseboro
1933-2002 (aged 69)
baseball coach
baseball player
American football player
John Junior Roseboro was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 until 1970, most prominently as a member of the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. A four-time All-Star player, Roseboro is considered one of the best defensive catchers of the 1960s, winning two Gold Glove Awards. He was the...
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12. Elizabeth Eckford
1941-. (aged 85)
activist
Elizabeth Ann Eckford is an American civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The integration came as a result of the 1954 United States Supreme Court...
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13. Joyce Beatty
1950-. (aged 76)
official
businessperson
university teacher
politician
Joyce Marie Beatty is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district since 2013, and as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Beatty represented the 27th district in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2008, serving for a time as minority leader. She...
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14. Hugh Douglas
1971-. (aged 55)
radio personality
American football player
Hugh Lamont Douglas is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). His playing career included stints with the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles (twice), and the Jacksonville Jaguars. In his first season in 1995, Douglas was named Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press.
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15. Omarosa Manigault Newman
1974-. (aged 52)
actor
businessperson
preacher
voice actor
film director
Omarosa Onee Newman, known mononymously as Omarosa, is an American reality television star, lawyer, author, former political consultant and White House aide. She held White House staff roles during the presidential terms of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the first season of NBC's The Apprentice and has remained in the public eye...
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16. Leontyne Price
1927-. (aged 99)
opera singer
Leontyne Price is an American singer who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first black singer to maintain a sustained relationship with the company. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, San Francisco...
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17. Charles Freeman Lee
1927-1997 (aged 70)
pianist
jazz musician
Charles Freeman Lee, known as Freeman Lee was an American Jazz Trumpeter, recording with the Elmo Hope Quintet, Bennie Green, Babs Gonzales and Howard McGhee.
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18. John W. Shannon
1933-2017 (aged 84)
military personnel
John William Shannon Sr. was United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1989 to 1993.
19. Hastings Banda
diplomat
physician
politician
Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian politician who served as the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion/Commonwealth realm. In 1966, the country became a republic and he became the first president as a result, ruling until his defeat in 1994.
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