19 Notable alumni of Lincoln University – Missouri
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lincoln University – Missouri is ranked #3,731 in the world and #985 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Lincoln University – Missouri sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Lincoln University – Missouri won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. William J. Thompkins
1884-1944 (aged 60)
journalist
William J. Thompkins was a physician and health administrator in Kansas City, Missouri and served as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia from 1934 to his death. He first received national notice when he challenged Jim Crow Laws in Oklahoma in Federal Courts in the early 1910s. He was a successful physician and was appointed superintendent of the...
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2. Leon Bates
1899-1972 (aged 73)
trade unionist
Leon E. Bates Sr. was an American labor union leader with the United Auto Workers union (UAW) from 1937 to 1964 when he retired as an "International Representative" of the UAW. He was one of the first African-American union organizers to work for the "UAW-CIO" (Congress of Industrial Organizations).
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3. Theodore McMillian
1919-2006 (aged 87)
lawyer
judge
Theodore McMillian was the first African American to serve on the Missouri Court of Appeals, and the first African American to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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4. Floyd J. McCree
1923-1988 (aged 65)
politician
Floyd J. McCree, was a Michigan politician. He was the first African American mayor of Flint, Michigan.
5. William Tecumseh Vernon
1871-1944 (aged 73)
missionary
William Tecumseh Vernon was an American educator, minister and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church who served as president of Western University beginning in 1896 and Register of the Treasury from 1906 to 1911.
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6. Joshua Peters
1987-. (aged 39)
politician
Joshua D. Peters is an American politician in the Democratic Party who was the Missouri State Representative of Missouri's 76th District from 2013 to 2019. Peters was first elected in a special election on April 2, 2013. He represented portions of north Saint Louis City. At the time of his election, he was the youngest African American ever elected to...
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7. John Hicks
1941-2006 (aged 65)
pianist
composer
jazz musician
John Josephus Hicks Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was leader of more than 30 recordings and played as a sideman on more than 300.
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8. John Collins-Muhammad
1991-. (aged 35)
politician
John Collins-Muhammad Jr., known by his initials, JCM, is a former American politician and Muslim minister from the state of Missouri. He served on the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis representing the 21st Ward. Collins-Muhammad was elected to his first term in April 2017 at the age of 25, making him the youngest person ever to...
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9. Wendell Oliver Pruitt
1920-1945 (aged 25)
aircraft pilot
Wendell Oliver Pruitt was an American military pilot and Tuskegee Airman originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was killed during a training exercise in 1945. After his death, his name, along with that of William L. Igoe, was given to the Pruitt–Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis.
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10. Oliver Lake
1942-. (aged 84)
composer
recording artist
saxophonist
jazz musician
Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Hamiet Bluiett. Lake worked in...
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11. Julius Hemphill
1938-1995 (aged 57)
saxophonist
composer
jazz musician
Julius Arthur Hemphill was a jazz composer and saxophone player. He performed mainly on alto saxophone, less often on soprano and tenor saxophones and flute.
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12. Blaine Luetkemeyer
1952-. (aged 74)
business executive
banker
cattle rancher
politician
William Blaine Luetkemeyer is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2025. On January 4, 2024, he declined to run for reelection to Congress. He previously represented Missouri's 9th congressional district from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Luetkemeyer formerly served as a member of the Missouri...
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13. Mervyn M. Dymally
1926-2012 (aged 86)
politician
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was an American politician from California. A Democrat, he served in the California State Assembly (1963–1966) and the California State Senate (1967–1975), as the 41st lieutenant governor of California (1975–1979), and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1993). Dymally returned to politics a decade later to again serve in the California State Assembly (2003–2008).
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14. Carey Means
1966-. (aged 60)
voice actor
stage actor
Carey Means is an American voice and stage actor best known for playing Frylock on the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Thundercleese on The Brak Show. He has also performed in several theatrical musicals and plays, including South Pacific, Two Trains Running, A Soldier's Play, and Waiting for Godot. He provided the voice of Jonah Bishop on...
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15. Lincoln Kilpatrick
1932-2004 (aged 72)
actor
television actor
stage actor
Lincoln Kilpatrick was an American film, television, and stage actor.
16. Joe Torry
1965-. (aged 61)
actor
television actor
screenwriter
Joe Torry is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. Torry is the older brother of comedian Guy Torry who is known for creating Phat Tuesdays a weekly stand-up comedy show launched in 1995 for African American comedians that was held at The Comedy Store in Hollywood, the live comedy show later became the focus for a 2022 Amazon television series...
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17. Ronald Townson
1933-2001 (aged 68)
singer
Ronald Townson was an American vocalist. He was an original member of the 5th Dimension, a popular vocal group of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
18. John A. Lankford
1874-1946 (aged 72)
architect
John A. Lankford, American architect. He was the first professionally licensed African American architect in Virginia in 1922 and in the District of Columbia in 1924. He has been regarded as the "dean of black architecture".
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19. John Carter
1929-1991 (aged 62)
jazz musician
saxophonist
music educator
clarinetist
John Rice Carter is the U.S. representative serving Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003. He is a Republican. The district includes the northern suburbs of Austin, as well as Fort Hood.
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