Hampden–Sydney College gr, Ye Shall Know the Truth , established = , type = Private liberal arts men's college , religious_affiliation = Presbyterian Church (USA) , endowment = $258 million (2021) , president = Larry Stimpert , city = Hampden Sydney, Virginia , cou ...

is a men's

liberal arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...

college in

Hampden Sydney, Virginia Hampden Sydney is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. Hampden Sydney is the home of Hampden–Sydney College, a private all-male college that is the tenth ...

. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. The Alumni Association of Hampden–Sydney College considers all former students to be members, whether they graduated or not, and does not generally differentiate between graduates and non-graduates when identifying alumni. Currently, Hampden-Sydney has an estimated 8,000 living alumni.

Arts, media, and entertainment

* William H. Armstrong: teacher, author of the

Newbery Medal The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contr ...

-winning ''Sounder''; Class of 1936 *

Stephen Colbert Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program ''The Colbert Report'' from 2005 to ...

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

, host of ''

The Late Show The Late Show may refer to: Books * ''The Late Show'' (book), a 2017 book by Michael Connelly Film * ''The Late Show'' (film), a 1977 film * ''Late Show'', a 1999 German film by director Helmut Dietl Music * ''The Late Show'' (Eddie "Loc ...

'' on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

; studied philosophy for two years before transferring to

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

and graduating in 1986 * Scott Cooper: actor, writer, producer of films, '' Gods and Generals'', ''

Broken Trail ''Broken Trail'' is a 2006 Western television miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who tra ...

''; directed and wrote screenplay for the Academy-Award-winning film ''

Crazy Heart ''Crazy Heart'' is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper, in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, the film centers on a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter ( ...

''; Class of 1992 * James B. Hughes: Ohio delegate and militia colonel; founder of three newspapers including the ''Minnesota Chronicle'', abolitionist *

Charles Hurt Charles Hurt (born 1971) is an American journalist and political commentator. He is currently the opinion editor of ''The Washington Times'', Fox News contributor, Breitbart News contributor, and a Drudge Report editor. Hurt's views have been con ...

: opinion editor for ''

The Washington Times ''The Washington Times'' is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on national politics. Its broadsheet daily edition is distributed throughout ...

'', Fox News contributor, editor of ''The Drudge Report''; Class of 1995 * Michael Knight: author of short stories, novels, and screenplays; winner of the ''Playboy'' Fiction Writing Contest; Class of 1992 *

Samuel Logan Samuel Logan (born 9 April 1976) is an investigative journalist and analyst on security, politics, and energy in Latin America. Logan was born at a Cherry Point military hospital in North Carolina, and has lived in New Orleans, Houston, Camden ( ...

: investigative journalist * Jonathan Martin: national political reporter for ''The New York Times''; Class of 1999 * Thomas B. Mason: U.S. attorney; actor, ''

Mississippi Burning ''Mississippi Burning'' is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi. It stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI ...

'', ''

Crimes of the Heart ''Crimes of the Heart'' is a play by American playwright Beth Henley. It is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the mid-20th century. The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. In 1986, the p ...

'' and '' Gods and Generals''; Class of 1940 * John Phillips: musician, member of

The Mamas & the Papas The Mamas & the Papas were a folk rock vocal group formed in Los Angeles, California, which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968. The group was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. The group consisted of Am ...

; attended but did not graduate; Class of 1956 *

Robert Porterfield Robert Huffard Porterfield (December 21, 1905 – October 28, 1971) was an American actor and theatre director who was best known for founding the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. The theatre was founded in 1933 during the Great Depression. ...

: actor (''Sergeant York''); founder of the

Barter Theatre Barter Theatre, in Abingdon, Virginia, opened on June 10, 1933. It is the longest-running professional Equity theatre in the United States. History Concept In 1933, when the United States was in the middle of the Great Depression, many peo ...

; attended, did not graduate, but received honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his work in the theatre in 1948 *

William Smithers William Smithers (born July 10, 1927) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series ''Dallas''. He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989. Early life and career Smith ...

: actor, TV and film, ''

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

'', '' Papillion'', '' Scorpio'', ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

''; attended 1946–1948 before transferring to

Catholic University Catholic higher education includes universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher education privately run by the Catholic Church, typically by religious institutes. Those tied to the Holy See are specifically called pontifical univ ...

to study acting; Class of 1950 *

Chris Stirewalt Christopher W. Stirewalt is an American political analyst who presently is the politics editor for NewsNation and is a contributing editor for ''The Dispatch''. Previously he had worked for the Fox News Channel, which he joined in July 2010. H ...

: former digital politics editor

Fox News Channel The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...

; American politics editor for

The Dispatch ''The Dispatch'' is an American conservative subscription-based and advertisement-free online magazine founded by Jonah Goldberg, Stephen F. Hayes, and Toby Stock. Several of ''The Dispatchs staff (including Hayes) are alumni of the defunc ...

; Class of 1997 *

Skipp Sudduth Robert Lee "Skipp" Sudduth IV (born August 23, 1956) is an American theater, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1998 film '' Ronin'' and his lead in the TV drama ''Third Watch''. Early life and education Bor ...

: actor, ''Third Watch'', ''Ronin'', ''Clockers''; Class of 1979

Business

Robert Citrone Robert K. Citrone (born 1964) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, the co-founder of Discovery Capital Management, and minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Early life Robert Citrone was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and grew u ...

: billionaire hedge fund manager of Discovery Capital Management; part owner of Pittsburgh Steelers; Class of 1987 *

James Cook James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...

: senior vice president of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund (TUSRIF) and Delta Capital Management; co-founder of Aurora Russia Limited * Steven T. Huff: Chairman of TF Concrete Forming Systems; owner of Pensmore; Class of 1973 *

Maurice Jones Maurice Antonia Jones (born September 14, 1964) is the CEO of OneT a coalition of companies dedicated to creating one million jobs for African Americans by the end of the 2020s. Previously, he was president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Supp ...

: Rhodes Scholar; former deputy Secretary of HUD; former Secretary of Commerce and Trade for the State of Virginia; Class of 1986 * Camm Morton: real estate developer, investment banker; former president of Western Development, originator of the Mills retail concept; former president of Factory Outlet Stores; co-founder of VR Business Brokers *

William Lawrence Scott William Lawrence Scott (July 2, 1828 – September 19, 1891) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, a prominent railroad executive, as well as a prominent horse breeding ...

: industrialist; president of two railroad companies including the

Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad The Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad was a railroad based in Erie, Pennsylvania incorporated on 1 April 1858. Operations began in March 1860. It operated jointly with Buffalo and State Line Railroad from an indeterminate date until 28 February 1870, in ...

Education

* Daniel Baker: Presbyterian minister, founder of

Austin College Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.Willis Henry Bocock: first dean of The University of Georgia Graduate School, 1910–1928; prominent professor of Classics; Class of 1884 * Charles William Dabney: chemist; President of University of Cincinnati(1887–1904) and University of Tennessee(1904–1920); Class of 1873 *

George H. Denny George Hutcheson Denny (December 3, 1870 – April 2, 1955) was an American academic and former president at both Washington and Lee University and the University of Alabama. Both a football coach and an educator, he ultimately was appointed Washi ...

: President of

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexingto ...

1899–1911; president of the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...

1911–1936, and interim president in 1941; Class of 1891 * Joseph Dupuy Eggleston: President of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) 1913–1919; President of Hampden Sydney College 1919–1939 *

Landon Garland Landon Cabell Garland (1810–1895), an American, was professor of physics and history and university president three times at different Southern Universities (Randolph Macon, Alabama, Vanderbilt) while living in the Southern United States for hi ...

: President of Randolph-Macon College, President of the

, and founding Chancellor of

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

; Class of 1829 *

George Wilson McPhail Reverend George Wilson McPhail D.D. (December 26, 1815 – June 28, 1871) was a Presbyterian minister, and educator who served as the sixth president of Lafayette College, a director at Princeton Theological Seminary, and as the fifth president of ...

: President of

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...

and sixth president of

Davidson College Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan� ...

Walter Stephenson Newman Walter Stephenson Newman (July 20, 1895 – June 29, 1978) was the tenth President of Virginia Tech, serving from 1947 until 1962. Early life and education Walter Stephenson Newman was born in 1895 in Woodstock, Virginia to Walter and Sallie ...

: tenth president of Virginia Tech 1947–1962; one of the co-founders of the

Future Farmers of America National FFA Organization is an American 501(c)(3) youth organization, specifically a career and technical student organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. It was founded in 1925 at Vi ...

; president of the National Bank of Blacksburg; Class of 1917 * John Bunyan Shearer: minister, president of Stewart College—building it up as

Southwestern Presbyterian University Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee. Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleg ...

, eighth president of

; class of 1851 * Paul S. Trible Jr.: President of

Christopher Newport University Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News, Virginia. It was founded in 1960 and is named after Christopher Newport, captain of Susan Constant, one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, Virginia, Jam ...

1996–2022; former

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

and

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

; Class of 1968 *

Moses Waddel Moses Waddel (June 20, 1770 – July 21, 1840) was an American educator and minister in antebellum Georgia and South Carolina. Famous as a teacher during his life, Moses Waddel was author of the bestselling book ''Memoirs of the Life of Miss C ...

: fifth President of the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, 1819–1829; prominent educator of his time (many southern leaders studied under Waddel, including John C. Calhoun); Class of 1791

Law and politics

George M. Bibb George Mortimer Bibb (October 30, 1776 – April 14, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician and the seventeenth United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and twice represented Kentucky as ...

: Chief Justice of

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

; U.S. Senator from Kentucky; seventeenth

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

; Class of 1791 * Thomas S. Bocock: Speaker of the Confederate House; Class of 1838 *

William Henry Brodnax William H. Brodnax (also Broadnax), (1786 – October 23, 1834) was a nineteenth-century American militia Brigadier General and American politician from Virginia. Pulliam 1901, p. 75 Early life Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, Broadnax grad ...

: General of Virginia militia during the

Nat Turner's Rebellion Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.Schwarz, Frederic D.1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion" ''American Her ...

; Virginia legislator, class of 1804 or 1805 *

William H. Cabell William H. Cabell (December 16, 1772January 12, 1853) was a Virginia lawyer, politician, plantation owner and judge aligned with the Democratic-Republican party. He served as Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, as Governor of Virginia, an ...

: Governor of Virginia; judge on Virginia Supreme Court; Class of 1789 *

Dabney Carr Dabney Carr (April 27, 1773 – January 8, 1837) was a Virginia lawyer, writer and a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Early and family life Martha Peyton Jefferson gave birth to this Dabney Carr at Spring Forest, a Goochland ...

; lawyer, author, Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court(1824–1837) *

William Crawford William Crawford may refer to: Entertainment * William Broderick Crawford (1911–1986), American film actor * Bill Crawford (cartoonist) (1913–1982), American editorial cartoonist * William L. Crawford (1911–1984), U.S. publisher and editor ...

: lawyer; U.S. attorney; member of Alabama senate; U.S. district and circuit judge *

James Crowell James Andrew Crowell IV (born December 24, 1973) is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In January 2019, Crowell was nominated by President Donald Trump to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Cou ...

: former Director of the Executive Office of the U. S. Attorneys; current associate judge on the

Superior Court of the District of Columbia The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United States. It hears cases involving criminal and civil law, as well as family court, landlor ...

* William Daniel: Virginia House of Delegates; judge of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals; Class of 1826 *

Clement C. Dickinson Clement Cabell Dickinson (December 6, 1849 – January 14, 1938), also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri from February 1 ...

: Missouri state senator; United States Representative from Missouri; class of 1869 *

John Wayles Eppes John Wayles Eppes (April 1772September 13, 1823) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1811 and again from 1813 to 1815. He also served in the U.S. Senate (1817–1819). ...

: United States Representative and Senator; Class of 1786 *

John A. Field Jr. John A. Field Jr. (March 22, 1910 – December 16, 1995) was a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United St ...

: United States Federal Judge; Class of 1932 * Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy: West Virginia State Senator and lawyer; Class of 1868 * Thomas S. Flournoy: United States Representative and

Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...

cavalry colonel in the Civil War *

Hamilton Rowan Gamble Hamilton Rowan Gamble (November 29, 1798 – January 31, 1864) was an American jurist and politician who served as the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time of the Dred Scott case in 1852. Although his colleagues voted to over ...

: Missouri state legislator; presiding judge in state supreme court; provisional (Unionist) governor of Missouri *

William Branch Giles William Branch Giles (August 12, 1762December 4, 1830; the ''g'' is pronounced like a ''j'') was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1 ...

: member of both houses of Congress; Governor of Virginia; Class of 1791 *

Henry Bell Gilkeson Henry Bell Gilkeson (June 6, 1850 – September 29, 1921) was an American lawyer, politician, school administrator, and banker in West Virginia. Gilkeson was born in Moorefield, Virginia (now West Virginia), the eldest child of a dry good ...

: West Virginia Senator,

West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates. Organization Regular sessions begin with ...

member, and Principal of the

West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (WVSDB) were established by an Act of the Legislature on March 3, 1870. The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind offer comprehensive educational programs for hearing impaired and vi ...

* John Gill Jr.: attorney; Maryland state delegate; police commissioner of Baltimore; U.S.representative * Jim Harrell:

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

legislator *

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

: Ninth

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

; Class of 1791 * Eugene Hickok: U.S. Under Secretary of Education; Acting Deputy Secretary of Education; former Secretary of Education of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

; founding member and former chairman of the Education Leaders Council; Class of 1972 * Robert Hurt: former Congressman for Virginia's Fifth Congressional District; former member of the

Virginia Senate The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virg ...

and the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

; Class of 1991 *

William Giles Jones William Giles Jones (November 7, 1808 – April 1, 1883) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the Uni ...

: attorney; member of Alabama legislature; US district court judge *

Jim Jordan James Daniel Jordan (born February 17, 1964) is an American politician currently serving in his ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives as the representative for since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he is a two-tim ...

: former campaign manager for presidential candidate

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...

; Class of 1983 * Monroe Leigh: classicist; attorney; chief legal advisor to the State Department; US member International Court of Arbitration, The Hague; Class of 1940 * Thomas W. Ligon: Maryland delegate; U.S. Representative; 30th Governor of Maryland; Class of 1830 * Jonathan Martin: the national political correspondent for the New York Times; Class of 1999 * Peter M. McCoy Jr.: former member South Carolina legislature (2011–2020); former US district attorney; Class of 2001 * Britt McKenzie, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives *

Elisha E. Meredith Elisha Edward Meredith (December 26, 1848 – July 29, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Biography Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Meredith attended Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar ...

: Virginia state senator; United States Representative * W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. : lawyer, state delegate, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources 2002–2006; Class of 1953 *

Chris Peace Christopher Kilian Peace (born November 16, 1976, in Richmond, Virginia) is an American politician of the Republican Party. From 2006-2019 Peace was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He represented the 97th district in the Middle Pe ...

: member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 97th District; Class of 1998 *

William Ballard Preston William Ballard Preston (November 25, 1805 – November 16, 1862) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Virginia from February 18, 1862, until his death in November. He previously served as the 19th United S ...

: U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1849–1850; U.S. House of Representatives, 1847–1849, abolitionist; author of the "Preston Resolution", the bill of Virginia's secession; Class of 1824 *

Sterling Price Major-General Sterling "Old Pap" Price (September 14, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War. Prior to ...

: U.S. house of Representatives, 1845–1846; military commander in the Mexican-American War; 11th Governor of Missiouri, 1853–1857; Confederate general in the Civil War; class of 1830 *

Paul Reiber Paul L. Reiber (born June 20, 1947) is the Chief Justice on the Vermont Supreme Court. Reiber graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1970 and from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974. Reiber was in private practice in ...

: Chief Justice of the

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

State Supreme Court; Class of 1970 *

Alexander Rives Alexander Rives (June 17, 1806 – September 17, 1885) was a Virginia attorney, politician and plantation owner. He served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, as a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and as a United States dis ...

: Judge of the Virginia Supreme Court; Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia; Class of 1825 *

William Cabell Rives William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Delega ...

: U.S. Representative from Virginia; U.S. Senator; Minister to France; Confederate Representative; attended but did not graduate *

William B. Spong Jr. William Belser Spong Jr. (September 29, 1920October 8, 1997) was an American Democratic Party politician and a United States Senator who represented the state of Virginia from 1966 to 1973. Biography Early life and education Spong was born in P ...

: U.S. Senator from Virginia; 17th dean of

William and Mary Law School The William & Mary Law School, known historically as the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, is the professional graduate law school of the College of William & Mary. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the school is the oldest extant law school in t ...

; Class of 1941 *

John W. Stevenson John White Stevenson (May 4, 1812August 10, 1886) was the List of Governors of Kentucky, 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the United States Congress, U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the United St ...

: attorney; member of both houses of the US Congress; 25th governor of Kentucky; attended 1828–1830 * Robert Strange: U.S. Senator from

; author of ''Eoneguski'' ("the first North Carolina novel"); Class of 1814 *

John Leighton Stuart John Leighton Stuart (; June 24, 1876 – September 19, 1962) was a missionary educator, the first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China. He was a towering figure in U.S.-Chinese relations in the first half o ...

: U.S. Ambassador to China, 1946–1949; President, Yenching University, Beijing, 1919–1946; Class of 1896 * Paul S. Trible Jr.: former

and

from

; current president of

; Class of 1968 * Lee Trinkle: 49th Governor of Virginia 1922–1926; Class of 1896 * Abraham B. Venable: United States representative and senator from

, first president of the First National Bank of Virginia * Wren Williams: current delegate for the Virginia's 47th House of Delegates district, 47th district in the

* James R. Young (North Carolina politician), James R. Young: first North Carolina insurance commissioner, 1899–1921

Others

* William Madison: Army general, War of 1812; militia man, Hampden-Sidney Boys 1776; brother of President James Madison

Religion

* Thomas Atkinson (bishop), Thomas Atkinson: third Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina; one of the ten bishops who joined to found the University of the South: Sewanee; founder of Saint Augustine's University; Class of 1825 * Robert Lewis Dabney: theologian; Chief of Staff for Stonewall Jackson; biographer of Jackson; Confederate Army Chaplain; attended circa 1835–1836, graduated from the University of Virginia * William Henry Foote: Presbyterian minister and historian; Doctor of Divinity from Hampden–Sydney College in 1847; served on its Board of Trustees 1851–1870 * Robert Atkinson Gibson: sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (1902–1919); Class of 1867 * Arthur Heath Light: fourth Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Virginia; Class of 1951 * Frank Clayton Matthews: Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development for the Episcopal Church, formerly Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia; Class of 1970 * William R. Moody: third Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington; founder of the Washington School of Religion; Class of 1922 * Charles Clifton Penick: Missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Bishop of Cape Palmas, West Africa (1825–1914) * J. Dwight Pentecost: Christian theologian known for his book ''Things to Come''; Distinguished Professor of Bible Exposition, Emeritus, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1955–2014; Class of 1937 * Francis A. Schaeffer: theologian, philosopher, Presbyterian pastor; known for writings and establishing the L'Abri community in Switzerland; author of ''A Christian Manifesto''; Class of 1935 * Brian Wallace: Bishop suffragan of the Anglican Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others; Class of 1985 * V. Neil Wyrick: pastor, prominent Christian author and actor; Class of 1950

Science and medicine

* Randolph Chitwood, W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD: pioneered robotic cardiac surgery in the US for minimally invasive heart surgery; Class of 1968 *Hardy Cross: civil engineer; developed the moment distribution method for analysing indeterminate motion in buildings; Class of 1902 * John Peter Mettauer: first plastic surgeon in US; Class of 1807 * Thomas Dent Mutter, MD: innovative surgeon; medical professor; benefactor of Philadelphia tourist attraction Mütter Museum; Class of 1830

Sports

* Griff Aldrich: head men's basketball coach, Longwood University; Class of 1996 * Bob Humphreys (baseball), Bob Humphreys: professional baseball player—played in 1964 World Series; Class of 1958 * Tom Miller (American football), Tom Miller: NFL player; assistant GM of Green Bay Packers; member of Packers' Hall of Fame; Class of 1943 * Ryan Odom: head men's basketball coach, Utah State University; Class of 1996 * Ryan Silverfield: head football coach, University of Memphis; Class of 2003 * Russell Turner (basketball), Russell D. Turner: men's basketball head coach of UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball, UC Irvine; former assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors; Class of 1992

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hampden-Sydney College alumni Lists of people by university or college in Virginia, Hampden-Sydney College alumni Hampden–Sydney College alumni,