17 Notable alumni of Hendrix College
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hendrix College is ranked #3,182 in the world and #822 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Hendrix College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hendrix College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Dan C. Rizzie
1951-. (aged 75)
printmaker
painter
Dan C. Rizzie, American artist and musician, was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on May 23, 1951 and grew up in India, Egypt, Jordan and Jamaica. Rizzie lives in Sag Harbor, New York.
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2. Ark Newton
1903-1974 (aged 71)
athletics competitor
American football player
Robert Dee "Ark" Newton, Jr. was an American college football player for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida. Newton was also a member of the Florida Gators baseball, basketball and track teams.
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3. Robert F. Thompson
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Robert F. Thompson is a former Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate. He represented the 11th District of Arkansas from 2007 to 2013. After senate districts were reorganized, he went on to represent District 20 from 2013 to 2015. Both districts included several counties in northeast Arkansas. From 2005 to 2007, he was a State Representative for the 78th district...
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4. Benjamin Travis Laney
1896-1977 (aged 81)
businessperson
politician
Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr., was an American businessman who served as the 33rd governor of Arkansas from 1945 to 1949.
5. Barkley Thompson
1972-. (aged 54)
priest
Barkley Stuart Thompson is a priest in the Episcopal Church who currently serves as the seventh Rector of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Saint Mark's is in the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas. Before Saint Mark's, he served as the eighth Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, Texas. Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral church for the...
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6. Margaret Pittman
1901-1995 (aged 94)
bacteriologist
Margaret Jane Pittman was a pioneering bacteriologist whose research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on typhoid, cholera, and pertussis (whooping cough) helped the development of vaccinations against these and other diseases. Pittman also became the first woman to lead a NIH laboratory when in 1957, she was appointed chief of their Laboratory of Bacterial Products, a position she...
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7. Doyle Overton Hickey
1892-1961 (aged 69)
military personnel
Doyle Overton Hickey was an officer in the United States Army who served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, finishing his military career as a lieutenant general.
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8. Douglas A. Blackmon
1964-. (aged 62)
journalist
writer
Douglas A. Blackmon is an American writer and journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for his book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.
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9. Winston P. Wilson
1911-1996 (aged 85)
military officer
Winston Peabody Wilson was a United States Air Force major general who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
10. Trenton Lee Stewart
1970-. (aged 56)
children's writer
novelist
writer
Trenton Lee Stewart is an American author best known for the Mysterious Benedict Society series. Stewart is a graduate of Hendrix College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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11. Jay Dickey
1939-2017 (aged 78)
university teacher
basketball player
advocate
business executive
lawyer
Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. The amendment known as the Dickey Amendment (1996) blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from funding injury prevention research that might promote gun control, and the Dickey–Wicker Amendment (1995) prohibits federal...
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12. Wilbur Daigh Mills
1909-1992 (aged 83)
politician
judge
Wilbur Daigh Mills was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who represented Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1958 to 1974, he was often called "the most powerful man in Washington".
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13. Mary Steenburgen
1953-. (aged 73)
television actor
voice actor
television producer
film producer
film actor
Mary Nell Steenburgen is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film Goin' South (1978). Steenburgen went on to earn critical acclaim for her role in Time After Time (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film Melvin and Howard (1980), for...
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14. William Ragsdale
1961-. (aged 65)
film actor
actor
television actor
Robert William Ragsdale is an American actor. He is known for playing Charley Brewster in the cult horror-comedy film Fright Night (1985) and its sequel Fright Night Part 2 (1988), and Herman Brooks on the television series Herman's Head (1991–94).
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15. Hayes Carll
1976-. (aged 50)
singer-songwriter
singer
Joshua Hayes Carll, known professionally as Hayes Carll, is an American singer-songwriter. A native of The Woodlands, Texas, his style of country, folk, and roots-oriented songwriting is noted for his plain-spoken poetry and sense of humor.
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16. Clint Catalyst
1971-. (aged 55)
writer
model
journalist
actor
Clint Catalyst is the nom de plume of Clinton Green, an American author, actor, spoken word performer, and stylist. He has covered music, fashion, LGBT issues, and popular culture for magazines including LA Weekly, Frontiers, Out, Surface and Swindle.
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17. Timothy Griffin
1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
entrepreneur
politician
John Timothy Griffin is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 57th attorney general of Arkansas. He served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas between 2006 and 2007 and U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional...
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