# List of Grambling State University alumni

This list of Grambling State University alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Grambling State University.
Grambling State University is a historically black (HBCU), public university, located in Grambling, Louisiana, United States.

## News, media and journalism

| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
| Charles M. Blow | 1991 | New York Times columnist | |

## Education

| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
| Ivory V. Nelson | 1959 | president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania | |

## Entertainment

| Name | Notability |
| Erykah Badu | Grammy Award-winning artist |
| Natalie Desselle-Reid | actress best known for roles in B*A*P*S, Def Jam's How to Be a Player, and Disney's Cinderella |
| E-40 | rapper |
| Judi Ann Mason | television writer, producer and playwright |

## Criminal justice

| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
| Burl Cain | | master's degree in criminal justice, now warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola) | |

## Politics

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Robert Bobb | | politician and public administrator; Emergency Financial Director for Detroit Public Schools; city manager for thirty years in the cities of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Santa Ana, California; and Richmond, Virginia |
| Israel "Bo" Curtis | | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 2008; member of the Rapides Parish School Board from 1976 to 1992 |
| Bettye Davis | | member of the Alaska Senate and former member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 21st district |
| Rick Gallot | | Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 29 since 2012; former state representative for the 11th district |
| Jeff Hall | | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 26), accountant in Alexandria |
| Steven Jackson | 2010 | politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2nd district) |
| Edward Joseph Price | 1975 | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 58), businessman in Gonzales |
| Alicia Reece | | politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (33rd district) |

## Sports

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Tommie Agee | 1961 | former professional baseball player |
| Garland Boyette | | former professional football player |
| Jophery Brown | | former Major League Baseball player; stuntman in film and television for over 30 years |
| Willie Brown | 1963 | former professional football player; member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Buck Buchanan | | former professional football player; member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Ronnie Coleman | | professional bodybuilder and eight-time Mr. Olympia winner |
| Bruce Eugene | 2005 | former professional football player |
| Clemente Gordon | 1990 | football player |
| Charles "Charlie Red" Hardnett | 1962 | former ABA basketball player |
| James "Shack" Harris | 1969 | first black quarterback to start in the NFL |
| Jason Hatcher | 2006 | current NFL defensive end |
| Tyree Hollins | | professional football player |
| Johnny Jeter | | former Major League Baseball player |
| Trumaine Johnson | | former professional football player |
| Charlie Joiner | 1969 | former professional football player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Ernie Ladd | | former professional football player and professional wrestler (nicknamed "The Big Cat") |
| Albert Lewis | | former professional football player |
| John Mendenhall | 1972 | former NFL defensive lineman |
| Guy Prather | | former professional football player |
| Willis Reed | | retired professional basketball player |
| Patrick Scott | | former professional football player |
| Goldie Sellers | | former professional football player |
| Winston Short | | former track athlete who competed for Trinidad in the Commonwealth and Pan American Games during the 1960s |
| Everson Walls | 1980 | former NFL All-Pro cornerback and Super Bowl champion (XXV) |
| Doug Williams | | former NFL quarterback; MVP of Super Bowl XXII |
| Gerald Williams | | former Major League Baseball player |