Notable Alumni
This list includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Virginia State University.
- This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaye Adegbalola | 1978 | Blues singer and civil rights activist | |
| Al Bumbry | Major League Baseball | ||
| Reginald Lewis | Businessman; owner of TLC Beatrice International | ||
| William H. Lewis | c. 1890 | former United States Assistant Attorney General | |
| Joe Bonner | jazz pianist | ||
| Herman Branson | 1936 | African American physicist, best known for his research on the alpha helix protein structure | |
| Dr.Rovenia M. Brock | Bnutritionist, lecturer, health reporter, entrepreneur, and author | ||
| James Avery | Actor | ||
| Roger L. Gregory | 1975 | Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
| Camilla Williams | 1941 | First African-American to receive a contract from a major American opera company | |
| Larry Brooks | 1971 | former NFL defensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams and current assistant coach of the Virginia State Trojans football team | |
| James Brown | former NFL player | ||
| Pamela E. Bridgewater | former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and current U.S. ambassador to Jamaica | ||
| Silas DeMary | 1993 | Arena Football League player | |
| Thomas Miller | prolific graphic designer and visual artist, whose best known publicly accessible work is the collection of mosaics of the founders of DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois. | ||
| Willie Harris | Lt. Col., Chief of Command Information U.S.A. Reserve | ||
| Wale Folarin | DC Rapper (transferred to Bowie State University) | ||
| Aaron Hall | attended | member of the Music Group Guy | |
| Damion Hall | attended | member of the Music Group Guy | |
| Das EFX | attended | rap group | |
| Myles "Ray" Cunningham | 2006 | one of eight cast members on season 3 of BET's College Hill reality series | |
| Rosalyn Dance | 1986 | politician, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 63rd district |
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| Héctor Martínez Muñoz | first member of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | ||
| Delores G. Kelley | 1956 | member of Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 10 in Baltimore County, Maryland | |
| Naomi Long Madgett | 1945 | teacher and an award winning poet, she is also the senior editor of Lotus Press, which is a publisher of poetry books by African-American poets | |
| Dr.James H. Stith | 1963 | African-American physicist and current professor of Physics at Ohio State University | |
| Roslyn Tyler | politician, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 75th district |
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| Billy Taylor | Jazz musician | ||
| Avis Wyatt | 2007? | Professional basketball player | |
| Ronica Wynder | 2004 | Television Producer & Fiction Author | |
| Anthony L. Burfoot | 1991? | Vice Mayor, City of Norfolk | http://anthonyburfoot.com/?page_id=5
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