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List Rules People on this list must have gone to Lincoln University and be of some renown.

List of famous alumni from Lincoln University, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Lincoln University include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Lincoln University alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Lincoln University are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Lincoln University.

List features graduates like Langston Hughes, Thurgood Marshall.

This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to Lincoln University?” and “Which celebrities are Lincoln University alumni?”

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Langston Hughes Poet, Novelist, Lyricist
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz ...more

2

Thurgood Marshall Judge, Politician, Jurist
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American ...more

3

Ann Walton Kroenke
Ann Walton Kroenke is an heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune. Kroenke and her sister, Nancy Walton Laurie, inherited stock from her father, Bud Walton, who was brother and an early business partner ...more

4

Cab Calloway Musician, Bandleader, Singer-songwriter
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was a jazz singer and bandleader. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a ...more

5

Gil Scott-Heron Film Score Composer, Poet, Songwriter
Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s. His collaborative ...more

6

Joe Torry Rapper, Comedian, Entrepreneur
Joe Torry is an American actor and comedian.

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Lloyd L. Gaines
Lloyd Lionel Gaines was the plaintiff in Gaines v. Canada, one of the most important court cases in the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1930s. After being denied admission to the University of ...more

8

Kwame Nkrumah Politician, Lecturer
Kwame Nkrumah, P.C. was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. He became the first Prime Minister of the Gold Coast in 1951, and led it to independence ...more

9

Horace Mann Bond Historian, Teacher
Horace Mann Bond was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher, and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned a master's and doctorate from ...more

10

Archibald Grimké Journalist, Diplomat, Lawyer
Archibald Henry Grimké was an American lawyer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat and community leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A graduate of freedmen's schools, Lincoln ...more

11

Lillian E. Fishburne Military Officer
Lillian Elaine Fishburne was the first African-American female to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She was appointed to the rank of Rear Admiral by President of the ...more

12

Mervyn M. Dymally Politician
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was a California Democratic politician. He served in the California State Assembly and the California State Senate, as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California, and in ...more

13

Thomas E. Miller Politician, Lawyer, Teacher
Thomas Ezekiel Miller was an American educator, lawyer and politician. After being elected as a state legislator in South Carolina, he was one of only five African Americans elected to Congress ...more

14

Blaine Luetkemeyer Politician
Blaine Luetkemeyer is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district. He represented Missouri's 9th congressional district from 2009 to 2013, until that district was ...more

15

John Hicks Jazz Pianist, Pianist, Musician
John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and international jazz scenes from the mid-1960s.

16

Bruce M. Wright Jurist
Bruce Wright is an award winning author.

17

Robert L. Carter Judge
Robert Lee Carter was an American civil rights activist and a United States District Judge.

18

Nnamdi Azikiwe
Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, P.C., usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe, was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism. He was head of state of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. He ...more

19

Harold E. Pierce
Harold E. Pierce Jr. Brigadier General was an internationally renowned American Dermatologist and Cosmetic Surgeon who practiced principally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for over 48 years. He ...more

20

Nancy Ellen Mills Actor
Nancy Ellen Mills is an actor.

21

Melvin B. Tolson Poet, Politician, Journalist
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician. His work concentrated on the experience of African Americans and includes several long historical ...more

22

Oliver Cox Writer
Oliver Cromwell Cox was a Trinidadian-American sociologist noted for his early Marxist viewpoint on Fascism. He is a member of the Chicago school of sociology

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Lincoln Kilpatrick Actor
Lincoln Kilpatrick was an American film, television, and stage actor.

24

Carey Means Actor
Carey Means is an American voice actor best known for playing Frylock in the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

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Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Politician
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. was the first African American to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. The Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is ...more

1 Langston Hughes Poet, Novelist, Lyricist James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz ...more

2 Thurgood Marshall Judge, Politician, Jurist Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American ...more

3 Ann Walton Kroenke Ann Walton Kroenke is an heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune. Kroenke and her sister, Nancy Walton Laurie, inherited stock from her father, Bud Walton, who was brother and an early business partner ...more

4 Cab Calloway Musician, Bandleader, Singer-songwriter Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was a jazz singer and bandleader. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a ...more

5 Gil Scott-Heron Film Score Composer, Poet, Songwriter Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s. His collaborative ...more

6 Joe Torry Rapper, Comedian, Entrepreneur Joe Torry is an American actor and comedian.

7 Lloyd L. Gaines Lloyd Lionel Gaines was the plaintiff in Gaines v. Canada, one of the most important court cases in the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1930s. After being denied admission to the University of ...more

8 Kwame Nkrumah Politician, Lecturer Kwame Nkrumah, P.C. was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. He became the first Prime Minister of the Gold Coast in 1951, and led it to independence ...more

9 Horace Mann Bond Historian, Teacher Horace Mann Bond was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher, and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned a master's and doctorate from ...more

10 Archibald Grimké Journalist, Diplomat, Lawyer Archibald Henry Grimké was an American lawyer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat and community leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A graduate of freedmen's schools, Lincoln ...more

11 Lillian E. Fishburne Military Officer Lillian Elaine Fishburne was the first African-American female to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She was appointed to the rank of Rear Admiral by President of the ...more

12 Mervyn M. Dymally Politician Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was a California Democratic politician. He served in the California State Assembly and the California State Senate, as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California, and in ...more

13 Thomas E. Miller Politician, Lawyer, Teacher Thomas Ezekiel Miller was an American educator, lawyer and politician. After being elected as a state legislator in South Carolina, he was one of only five African Americans elected to Congress ...more

14 Blaine Luetkemeyer Politician Blaine Luetkemeyer is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district. He represented Missouri's 9th congressional district from 2009 to 2013, until that district was ...more

15 John Hicks Jazz Pianist, Pianist, Musician John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and international jazz scenes from the mid-1960s.

16 Bruce M. Wright Jurist Bruce Wright is an award winning author.

17 Robert L. Carter Judge Robert Lee Carter was an American civil rights activist and a United States District Judge.

18 Nnamdi Azikiwe Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, P.C., usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe, was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism. He was head of state of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. He ...more

19 Harold E. Pierce Harold E. Pierce Jr. Brigadier General was an internationally renowned American Dermatologist and Cosmetic Surgeon who practiced principally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for over 48 years. He ...more

20 Nancy Ellen Mills Actor Nancy Ellen Mills is an actor.

21 Melvin B. Tolson Poet, Politician, Journalist Melvin Beaunorus Tolson was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician. His work concentrated on the experience of African Americans and includes several long historical ...more

22 Oliver Cox Writer Oliver Cromwell Cox was a Trinidadian-American sociologist noted for his early Marxist viewpoint on Fascism. He is a member of the Chicago school of sociology

23 Lincoln Kilpatrick Actor Lincoln Kilpatrick was an American film, television, and stage actor.

24 Carey Means Actor Carey Means is an American voice actor best known for playing Frylock in the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

25 Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Politician Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. was the first African American to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. The Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is ...more