Hampden–Sydney College is a men's liberal arts college in Hampden Sydney, Virginia. 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,[when?] Hampden-Sydney has an estimated 8,000 living alumni.
Robert Porterfield: actor (Sergeant York); founder of the Barter Theatre; attended, did not graduate, but received honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his work in the theatre in 1948[5]
Maurice Jones: Rhodes Scholar; former deputy Secretary of HUD; former Secretary of Commerce and Trade for the State of Virginia; Class of 1986[12]
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
Willis Henry Bocock: first dean of The University of Georgia Graduate School, 1910–1928; prominent professor of Classics; Class of 1884[citation needed]
Charles William Dabney: chemist; President of University of Cincinnati(1887–1904) and University of Tennessee(1904–1920); Class of 1873[citation needed]
Moses Waddel: fifth President of the University of Georgia, 1819–1829; prominent educator of his time (many southern leaders studied under Waddel, including John C. Calhoun); Class of 1791[citation needed]
Eugene Hickok: U.S. Under Secretary of Education; Acting Deputy Secretary of Education; former Secretary of Education of Pennsylvania; founding member and former chairman of the Education Leaders Council; Class of 1972
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[21]
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: Virginia state senator; United States Representative
W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. : lawyer, state delegate, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources 2002–2006; Class of 1953[22]
Chris Peace: member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 97th District; Class of 1998
Sterling Price: 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
William Cabell Rives: U.S. Representative from Virginia; U.S. Senator; Minister to France; Confederate Representative; attended but did not graduate[25]
William Henry Foote: Presbyterian minister and historian; Doctor of Divinity from Hampden–Sydney College in 1847; served on its Board of Trustees 1851–1870[30]
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