8 Notable alumni of Piedmont College
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Piedmont College is 5513st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1443st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 8 notable alumni from Piedmont 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 Piedmont College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Rick Austin
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Rick Austin is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, and he represented the 10th District from January 12, 2009 until September 2011. Previously, he was a member of the Habersham County, Georgia, Board of Commissioners for three years. District 10 of the Georgia House of Representatives encompasses all of Habersham County...
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2. Marvin Hudson
1964-. (aged 62)
baseball player
baseball umpire
Marvin Lee Hudson is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire who began his career in the National League in 1998. He has officiated in the 2004 All-Star Game and 2025 All-Star Game, eight Division Series (2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022), four League Championship Series (2014, 2019, 2023, 2024), and two World Series (2016, 2020). He wears...
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3. Phillip M. Landrum
1907-1990 (aged 83)
lawyer
politician
Phillip Mitchell Landrum was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician who served twelve terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1953 to 1977.
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4. Brian M. Rickman
1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer
judge
Brian Matthew Rickman is an American lawyer and judge from Georgia. He served as the chief judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2021 to 2023.
5. Johnny Mize
1913-1993 (aged 80)
baseball player
John Robert Mize, nicknamed "Big Jawn" and "the Big Cat", was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played as a first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons between 1936 and 1953, losing three seasons to military service during World War II. Mize was a ten-time All-Star who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New...
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6. Lillian Smith
1897-1966 (aged 69)
essayist
novelist
editor
writer
activist
Lillian Eugenia Smith was a writer and social critic of the Southern United States, known for both her non-fiction and fiction works, including the best-selling novel Strange Fruit (1944). Smith was a White woman who openly embraced controversial positions on matters of race and gender equality. She was a southern liberal who was unafraid to criticize segregation and to work...
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7. Jonathan Clark Rogers
1885-1967 (aged 82)
Jonathan Clark Rogers was President of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens from 1949 until 1950.
8. Sòng Měilíng
1898-2003 (aged 105)
public figure
politician
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang (Chinese: 蔣夫人), was a Chinese politician and socialite. The youngest of the Soong sisters, she married Chiang Kai-shek and played a prominent role in Chinese politics and foreign relations in the first half of the 20th century.
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