27 Notable alumni of Mississippi College
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Mississippi College is ranked #3,314 in the world and #860 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Mississippi 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 Mississippi College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. W. H. Johnson Jr
1919-2004 (aged 85)
lawyer
politician
William Harvey Johnson Jr. was an American politician and lawyer from Mississippi. He served for Newton County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1952 to 1964.
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2. Patrick Henry
1843-1930 (aged 87)
lawyer
politician
Patrick Henry was a U.S. representative from Mississippi.
3. Tom Gulley
1899-1966 (aged 67)
baseball player
Thomas Jefferson Gulley was a professional baseball right fielder and pinch hitter. He was 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg). He went to Mississippi College. Gulley played first base for the Little Rock Travelers in the Southern Association for six seasons. He holds the Travelers' highest single-season batting average at.378 in 1925.
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4. Al Stubblefield
business executive
Al Stubblefield served as president and CEO (1999–2012) of Baptist Health Care (BHC) located in Pensacola, Florida.
5. Edwin Hale
1896-1983 (aged 87)
basketball coach
American football player
Edwin Whitfield "Goat" Hale was an American football player for the Mississippi College Collegians who was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. After playing, he served many years as a coach.
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6. Glenn D. Walker
1916-2002 (aged 86)
military personnel
Glenn D. Walker was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was notable as commander of the 4th Infantry Division, First United States Army, I Corps, and adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard.
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7. Bill G. Lowrey
1862-1947 (aged 85)
politician
Bill Green Lowrey was an American higher education administrator and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1921 to 1929.
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8. Henry L. Whitfield
1868-1927 (aged 59)
head teacher
school inspector
politician
Henry Lewis Whitfield was an American politician who was Governor of Mississippi from 1924 until he died in 1927.
9. Sandra Force
1945-. (aged 81)
beauty pageant contestant
flight attendant
Sandra Force is a flight attendant and former elementary school teacher who won the Miss Tennessee USA pageant in 1968.
10. Horace Newcomb
1942-. (aged 84)
opinion journalist
university teacher
art critic
editor
journalist
Horace Newcomb held the Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabody Award in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia from 2001 through June 2013. Prior to this, he was a member of the Board of Jurors from 1989 to 1995.
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11. W. Arthur Winstead
1904-1995 (aged 91)
school superintendent
car dealer
politician
William Arthur Winstead was a farmer and politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 5th and 4th congressional districts, serving from 1943 to 1965. He surprisingly lost the 1964 election by a substantial margin, when his Republican opponent, Prentiss Walker, benefited from voters supporting Barry Goldwater in his presidential campaign in the state.
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12. Jenna Edwards
1981-. (aged 45)
beauty pageant contestant
Jenna Edwards is an American former beauty queen from Brandon, Mississippi who held the titles Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA. Edwards represented Florida at the Miss America 2005 pageant and the Miss USA 2007 pageant.
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13. Harry Craft
1915-1995 (aged 80)
baseball player
Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville, Mississippi, he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
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14. James Philip Eagle
1837-1904 (aged 67)
politician
James Philip Eagle was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives and as the 16th governor of Arkansas, a Baptist minister, and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was a Democrat.
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15. Charles Hillman Brough
1876-1935 (aged 59)
university teacher
lawyer
politician
Charles Hillman Brough was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. He signed a bill for women’s suffrage in Arkansas and supported it nationally.
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16. Andrew H. Longino
1854-1942 (aged 88)
lawyer
judge
politician
Andrew Houston Longino was an American politician from Mississippi who served as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate (1880–1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888–1890), and Governor's offices (1900–1904).
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17. J. Andrew Gipson
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
James Andrew Gipson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Gipson was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant, succeeding Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was elected to a full term in 2019 with 59%...
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18. Clifford E. Charlesworth
1931-1991 (aged 60)
astronautical engineer
Clifford Eugene Charlesworth was a NASA Flight Director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, including the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission.
19. Albert G. Brown
1813-1880 (aged 67)
lawyer
judge
politician
Albert Gallatin Brown was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a Democratic United States senator from Mississippi from 1854 to 1861, when he withdrew during secession.
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20. Morris Chapman
1940-2025 (aged 85)
composer
Morris H. Chapman was an American Baptist pastor and writer. He was elected president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) executive committee in 1992 and retired in 2010.
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21. Prentiss Walker
1917-1998 (aged 81)
politician
Prentiss Lafayette Walker was an American farmer, businessman, and politician from Mississippi. A staunch segregationist, in 1964 he became the first Republican to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi during the twentieth century.
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22. Homer Edwin Young
1936-. (aged 90)
pastor
Homer Edwin Young, often called simply Ed Young, is the former senior pastor of the megachurch Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. He is father to sons Ed Young, pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas; Ben Young, at Second Baptist Houston; and Cliff Young, director of Second Films and leader of the Christian folk/pop group Caedmon's Call.
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23. Gregg Harper
1956-. (aged 70)
prosecutor
lawyer
politician
Gregory Livingston Harper is a former American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes the wealthier portions of the state capital, Jackson, along with most of that city's suburbs. Other cities in the district include Meridian, Natchez, Starkville, and Brookhaven.
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24. Lance Barksdale
1967-. (aged 59)
baseball player
baseball umpire
Robert Lance Barksdale is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began umpiring in the major leagues in 2000 and joined the full-time major league staff in 2006.
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25. Ted DiBiase Jr
1982-. (aged 44)
film actor
actor
professional wrestler
Theodore Marvin DiBiase Jr. is an American retired professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his tenure in WWE.
26. Phil Bryant
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Dewey Phillip Bryant is an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 31st lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2008 to 2012 and 40th state auditor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008. Bryant was elected governor in 2011, defeating the Democratic nominee Mayor Johnny DuPree...
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27. Ross Barnett
1898-1987 (aged 89)
lawyer
politician
Ross Robert Barnett was an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a Southern Democrat who supported racial segregation.
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