Notable Alumni of Rhodes College

Amy Coney Barrett 1972–

Associate justice of the US Supreme Court

Bachelor of Arts · English-language literature · Class of 1994

Also attended: University of Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame -

Jasmine Crockett 1981–

US representative for Texas's 30th district

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 2003

Also attended: Washington University in St Louis, University of Houston

Abe Fortas 1910–1982

US Supreme Court associate justice, 1965 to 1969

Also attended: Yale University

Thomas Watt Gregory 1861–1933

US Attorney General under Woodrow Wilson

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Alison Lundergan Grimes 1978–

Former Kentucky Secretary of State

Also attended: American University

Charles K. Wheeler 1863–1933

Former U.S. representative from Kentucky

Also attended: Cumberland University

William Vollie Alexander, Jr. 1934–

Former U.S. Representative from Arkansas

Also attended: University of Arkansas, Vanderbilt University

Claudia Kennedy 1947–

First woman three-star general in US Army

Kelley Paul 1963–

Political consultant and writer

Spouse: Rand Paul (Duke University, Baylor University)

Harry Swinney 1939–2026

Physicist noted for work in nonlinear dynamics

Bachelor of Science · Physics

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Speros Vryonis 1928–2019

Historian of Byzantine, Balkan and Greek history

Attended until 1950

Also attended: Harvard University

Cary Fowler 1949–

Agriculturalist, former US global food security envoy

Political science, Psychology · Attended until 1970

Spouse: Amy P. Goldman (Teachers College at Columbia University)

Edwin Whitfield Fay 1865–1920

Philologist known for Latin and Sanskrit studies

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Dixie Carter 1939–2010

Actress who starred in Designing Women

Also attended: University of Memphis, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Spouse: George Hearn (Rhodes College)

Spouse: Hal Holbrook (Denison University)

Charlaine Harris 1951–

Mystery author of the True Blood books

Allison Miller 1985–

Actress known for Kings and Terra Nova

Lara Parker 1938–2023

Actress and writer known for Dark Shadows

Also attended: University of Iowa, Vassar College

George Hearn 1934–

Broadway actor and bass-baritone singer

Spouse: Dixie Carter (University of Memphis, Rhodes College)

Spouse: Betsy Joslyn (Wagner College)

Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor 1917–1994

Novelist, short story writer and playwright

Also attended: Kenyon College, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Spouse: Eleanor Ross Taylor (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

Anne Pressly 1982–2008

News anchor for KATV in Little Rock

Louise Fitzhugh 1928–1974

Children's author of Harriet the Spy

Also attended: Florida Southern College, Bard College, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Sarah Lacy 1975–

Former technology journalist and author

John Farris 1936–

Novelist and screenwriter, author of The Fury

Verner Moore White 1863–1923

Landscape and portrait painter

Also attended: Austin Peay State University