# List of Alabama A&M people

The following is a list of notable Alabama A&M University people, including alumni, notable faculty members and administrators, and others affiliated with the university.

## Education

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Johnson O. Akinleye | 1982 | 12th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University | Johnson O. Akinleye, Ph.D., 12th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University |
| Jack Thomas | 1983 | 11th President of Western Illinois University | |
| Hadiyah-Nicole Green | 2003 | Tuskegee University professor, currently developing a cancer treatment involving lasers and nanoparticles. | |
| Matthew W. Bullock | 1968 | College professor and administrator, lawyer, and American football player and coach | |

## Public service and government

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Mandela Barnes | 2008 | Politician, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin |
| Clyde Foster | 1954 | Scientist, NASA Equal Opportunity Employment Officer |
| Don Calloway | 2002 | Politician, Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 71st district |
| Whiquitta Tobar | 2012 | Georgetown Law graduate, Zubrow Fellow in Children's Law at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. Former college basketball player at Alabama A&M |
| Linda Coleman | 1971 | Member of the Alabama Senate, 20th district |
| Laura Hall | | Politician, Alabama House of Representatives |
| Shelia Nash-Stevenson | 1981 (PhD 1994) | Integration Engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics at the Alabama A&M University |
| Ontario Tillman | | Member of the Alabama House of Representatives |
| Miriam Witherspoon | | Former member of the Birmingham City Council |

## Athletics

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| John Stallworth | 1974 (MBA 1986) | National Football League Hall of Fame member, Former Pittsburgh Steelers player; four time Super Bowl champion; Four time Pro-Bowler. Founded government contracting firm, Madison Research in 1986. |
| Robert Mathis | 2003 | National Football League NFL Pro Bowl defensive end for Indianapolis Colts |
| Jearl Miles Clark | 1989 | Gold Medal Olympian; holds the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40. |
| Dannette Young-Stone | 1986 | Former track athlete, who won U.S. Olympic gold and silver medals in the 4 X 100 relay in 1988 and 1992 |
| Mickell Gladness | 2008 | Former National Basketball Association player. Only player in NCAA Division I history to record 15 blocks in a single game |
| Obie Trotter | 2006 | International Professional Basketball player and 2006 NCAA season steals leader |
| Desmond Cambridge | 2002 | All-time NCAA single season steals leader |
| Howard Ballard | 1987 | Former National Football League player (2 time Pro-Bowler, 4 time Super Bowler) |
| Mike Williams | 1982 | Former National Football League player |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1974 | Former National Football League player, running back for the Houston Oilers from 1974 to 1981 |
| Jamaal Johnson-Webb | 2012 | Former National Football League offensive lineman |
| Frank Kearse | 2011 | Former National Football League defensive tackle |
| Johnny Baldwin | 2006 | Former National Football League player (Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins) |
| Joe Patton | 1994 | National Football League Former Tackle for the Washington Redskins |
| Brick Haley | 1989 | National Football League and College football defensive coach |
| Robert Prunty | 1988 | Cincinnati Bearcats football Offensive Coordinator |
| Nigel Moore | 2003 | Former college and professional basketball player |
| Frank Sillmon | 1989 | Named one of the five greatest players in A&M program history by ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia |
| Willie Hayes | 1989 | Former AAMU basketball player and current head men's basketball coach |
| Cleon Jones | | former Major League Baseball player |
| Mfana Futhi Bhembe | 2008 | former soccer player for the Bulldogs who went on to play in soccer leagues in Swaziland and in Major League Soccer. |
| Barry Wagner | 1989 | Former Arena Football League player |
| L. Vann Pettaway | 1980 | Former men's head basketball coach |
| Jean Harbor | 1986 | Former soccer player for the Bulldogs who went on to play in various soccer leagues in Nigeria and the United States |
| Lwazi Maziya | | Former soccer player for the Bulldogs who went on to play with Mbabane Swallows of the Swazi Premier League and the Swaziland national football team. |
* Maurice Kemp (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

## Civil rights

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Vivian Malone Jones | 1963 | Received a bachelor's degree in business education from AAMU before being blocked from enrolling at the University of Alabama | |
| Joseph Lowery | Attended | Minister and leader during the Civil Rights Movement | |
| Barbara Ann Posey Jones | | teen spokesperson during the Oklahoma City lunch counter sit-ins of 1958-1959 who later became Professor of Economics and Dean of the College of Business at AAMU | https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jones-barbara-ann-posey-1943/ |

## Religion

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Sylvester Croom, Sr. | | Minister and community leader in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Father of first African-American SEC head football coach Sylvester Croom Jr. Former AAMU football player. | |

## Art and media

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Ruben Studdard | 2015 | American Idol season 2 winner |
| Henry Panion | Attended | Composer, arranger, conductor, educator, and professor in the department of music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Michael Crooms | Attended | Music producer |
| Sun Ra | Attended | jazz musician |
| Bama Boyz | Attended | Music producers |
| Janette R. Smith | 1983, returned to graduate 2012 | Emmy, Telly, Aurora honored journalist, (WAFF, WCPO, WFAA, WAGA, Entertainment Host-DIY Network, HGTV, Writer, Producer, and Actor |

## Other

| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
| Lisa S. Jones | Attended | Businesswoman and entrepreneur | |

## Notable faculty, staff and coaches

* William Hooper Councill - Former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School, which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
* Harriet Josephine Terry - One of the founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Taught English at Alabama A&M for 37 years.
* Charles Henry Chapman (academic) - One of the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha and professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M.
* Constance Jordan Wilson - urban planner, on faculty of AAMU from 1979 to 2019
* Ben Jobe - Former Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball head coach from 1982 to 1986.
* Ray Greene - Former head football coach, 1979–1983, 1986–1988.
* Ron Cooper - Former head football coach, 1998–2001.
* Anthony Jones - Former head football coach, 2002–2013. Second winningest football coach in program history.