41 Notable alumni of Wofford College
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
Wofford College is ranked #3,192 in the world and #825 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Wofford 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 Wofford College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. William Wallace Duncan
1839-1908 (aged 69)
biographer
William Wallace Duncan was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1886.
2. Alfred C. Smith
1893-1962 (aged 69)
politician
Alfred Charles Smith was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 3rd district.
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3. Samuel McGowan
1870-1934 (aged 64)
military officer
Samuel McGowan was an admiral of the United States Navy.
4. Francis L. Garrett
1919-1992 (aged 73)
military personnel
Francis Leonard Garrett was a Rear Admiral and Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy.
5. Hugo S. Sims, Jr
1921-2004 (aged 83)
lawyer
editor
politician
Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
6. Samuel J. Nicholls
1885-1937 (aged 52)
lawyer
judge
politician
Samuel Jones Nicholls was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He attended Bingham Military Institute in Asheville, North Carolina; Wofford College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina; Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia; and the University of Chicago Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Spartanburg.
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7. J. Edwin Ellerbe
1867-1917 (aged 50)
politician
James Edwin Ellerbe was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
8. Jim Neal
1930-2011 (aged 81)
basketball player
James Ellerbe "Daddy" Neal was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
9. Charles Jeter
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
business executive
Charles Jeter, is an American politician and business executive. He is known for having founded Team Racing Auto Circuit. He also is the President of Intermodal FCL, Inc. A Republican, he represented District 92 in the North Carolina House of Representatives from Jan. 2013 until his abrupt resignation on July 25, 2016.
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10. Samuel Dibble
1837-1913 (aged 76)
lawyer
politician
Samuel Dibble was a lawyer, educator and Confederate Civil War veteran who served several terms as U.S. Representative from South Carolina during the 1880s.
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11. John Carlisle Kilgo
1861-1922 (aged 61)
priest
John Carlisle Kilgo served as a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) from 1910 to 1922. From 1894 to 1910, Kilgo was the president of Trinity College, in Durham, North Carolina, the predecessor of Duke University. Earlier, Kilgo was a circuit preacher in South Carolina and a financial agent of Wofford College.
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12. Ibra Charles Blackwood
1878-1936 (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Ibra Charles Blackwood was the 97th Governor of South Carolina from 1931 to 1935.
13. Henry Franklin Floyd
1947-. (aged 79)
lawyer
judge
politician
Henry Franklin Floyd is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
14. William Haselden Ellerbe
1862-1899 (aged 37)
politician
William Haselden Ellerbe was the 86th governor of South Carolina from 1897 to 1899.
15. Thomas Gordon McLeod
1868-1932 (aged 64)
politician
Thomas Gordon McLeod was an American attorney and the 95th Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927.
16. Pat Cannon
1904-1966 (aged 62)
lawyer
judge
politician
Arthur Patrick Cannon was a four-term United States Representative from Florida, serving from 1939 to 1947.
17. Chevez Goodwin
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Chevez Brandford Goodwin is an American professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basketball League. He played college basketball with the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference, as well as for the College of Charleston Cougars and the Wofford Terriers.
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18. Clyde H. Hamilton
1934-2020 (aged 86)
lawyer
judge
Clyde Henry Hamilton was a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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19. John Jacob Riley
1895-1962 (aged 67)
teacher
politician
John Jacob Riley was a U.S. representative from South Carolina, husband of Corinne Boyd Riley.
20. Karl Cochran
1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Karl Cochran is an American professional basketball player for BBC Monthey of the Swiss Championnat LNA. He played college basketball for Wofford.
21. Storm Murphy
1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Storm Murphy is an American professional player for Medipolis SC Jena of the ProA. He played college basketball for the Wofford Terriers and the Virginia Tech Hokies.
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22. Brad Loesing
1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Brad Loesing is an American-German professional basketball player who last played for Rostock Seawolves of the ProA. As a senior at Wofford, he was selected as the 2012 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was named as a First Team Academic All-American in that 2011–12 season.
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23. Jamar Anthony Diggs
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Jamar Anthony Diggs is an American professional basketball player.
24. Noah Dahlman
1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Noah Dahlman is an American retired professional basketball player who last played for the Gifu Swoops of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball at Wofford College, where he was an All-American.
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25. Forrest Lasso
1993-. (aged 33)
association football player
Forrest Baldwin Lasso is an American soccer player who plays for USL Championship club Tampa Bay Rowdies.
26. Dennis Shedd
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
judge
Dennis Wayne Shedd is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
27. Bob Young
1948-. (aged 78)
novelist
writer
politician
Robert Wood Young is an American broadcast journalist, author, and politician who served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia. Young also served a presidential appointment by George W. Bush on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and at United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Young later served as the President and CEO of the Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy. He...
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28. Philip H. Stoll
1874-1958 (aged 84)
lawyer
judge
politician
Philip Henry Stoll was a U.S. representative from South Carolina. He is infamous for sentencing 14-year-old George Stinney to death in 1944 after he was charged with murdering Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames. His conviction was vacated in 2014.
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29. Donald Fowler
1935-2020 (aged 85)
university teacher
political scientist
political campaign staff
Donald L. Fowler was an American political scientist, professor, and political operative who served as National Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1995 to 1997, alongside Chris Dodd as General Chairman during this same period.
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30. Cameron Jackson
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Cameron Jackson is an American professional basketball player who last played for Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Wofford Terriers.
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31. Fletcher Magee
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Fletcher Magee is an American basketball player for Budućnost Podgorica of the ABA League and the Prva A Liga. He played college basketball for Wofford College. While playing for the Terriers, he was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's media in consecutive years (2017–18 and 2018–19) and set the NCAA record for made three point...
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32. Olin D. Johnston
1896-1965 (aged 69)
lawyer
politician
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th governor of South Carolina, from 1935 to 1939 and again from 1943 to 1945. He represented the state in the United States Senate from 1945 until his death from pneumonia in Columbia, South Carolina in 1965. He has become infamously...
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33. William McGirt
1979-. (aged 47)
golfer
William Curtis McGirt III is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
34. Ellison D. Smith
1864-1944 (aged 80)
politician
Ellison DuRant Smith was an American cotton planter, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1944.
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35. Fisher DeBerry
1938-. (aged 88)
baseball player
James Fisher DeBerry is a retired American football player. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy from 1984 to 2006, compiling a record of 169–109–1. DeBerry led 17 of his 23 Air Force Falcons squads to winning records and captured 12 bowl game bids. Three times his teams won the Western Athletic Conference...
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36. Chris Robinson
1966-. (aged 60)
composer
singer
Christopher Mark Robinson is an American musician. He founded the rock band The Black Crowes, then known as Mr. Crowe's Garden, with his brother Rich Robinson in 1984. Chris is the lead singer of The Black Crowes, and he and his brother are the only continuous members of the Crowes. He was the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Chris...
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37. Norm Nixon
1955-. (aged 71)
basketball player
Norman Ellard Nixon is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played with Scavolini Pesaro in Italy. Nicknamed "Stormin' Norman", he is a two-time NBA All-Star. He won two NBA championships with the Lakers in 1980 and 1982, at the...
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38. Craig Melvin
1979-. (aged 47)
journalist
Craig Delano Melvin is an American broadcast journalist and anchor at NBC News. From August 2018 until January 2025, he was a news anchor on NBC's Today, in October 2018, a co-host of Today Third Hour before being made permanent host in January 2019, and in January 2025, he became a co-anchor for the first and second hours of Today....
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39. Ellison Barber
1989-. (aged 37)
journalist
Ellison Litton Barber is an American journalist and correspondent for NBC News. She frequently reports from conflict zones and contributes reporting to all NBC News platforms, including NBC News, MSNBC and NBC News Now. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012.
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40. Paul S. Atkins
civil servant
lawyer
Paul Stewart Atkins is an American businessman who has served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission since April 2025. Atkins also previously served as a commissioner at the SEC from 2002 to 2008. Known for advocating reduced regulatory burdens and promoting financial innovation, Atkins has been a vocal supporter of free-market principles in regulatory policy.
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41. Keve Aluma
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Keve Christian Aluma is an American professional basketball player for the Ryukyu Golden Kings of the B.League. He previously played for the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Wofford Terriers.
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