List of Harding University alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni of Harding University.

Academia

 * C. Leonard Allen, historian and college administrator
 * James D. Bales, professor and administrator
 * Martin Doyle, ecologist at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions of Duke University
 * Clifton L. Ganus Jr., theologian, educator, and president of Harding College
 * George Howard, Hebraist and professor emeritus and head of the Department of Religion and Hebrew at the University of Georgia
 * E. H. Ijams, president of Lipscomb University
 * Annie May Alston Lewis, theological librarian
 * Ed Madden, poet, gay rights activist, professor of English, and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina
 * J. Stanley Marshall, college administrator, was president Florida State University
 * Bruce McLarty, academic, minister, and president of Harding University
 * Carroll D. Osburn, Professor Emeritus at Abilene Christian University and leading New Testament textual critic
 * Edward Granville Sewell, American mathematician and professor at University of Texas, El Paso
 * Rubel Shelly, writer, minister, professor, and former president of Rochester College
 * Richard Felix Staar, political scientist, historian, and fellow at Stanford
 * Jason R. Wiles, associate professor of biology at Syracuse University

Business

 * LaMar Baker, businessman and politician
 * Michael Blue, billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder of Privateer Holdings

Entertainment

 * Roxanne Beck, actress and screenwriter
 * Stephen Mark Brown, American opera tenor
 * David Ray Campbell, screenwriter and producer
 * Verna Howard, founder of the radio International Gospel Hour, originally based in Texarkana, Texas
 * Khalil Jahshan, political analyst, media commentator, and executive director of Arab Center Washington DC, a nonprofit think tank
 * Jerry W. Mitchell, investigative reporter and recipient of a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation
 * Willie Robertson, star of A&E's Duck Dynasty as well as CEO of Duck Commander
 * Korie Robertson, star of A&E's Duck Dynasty and wife of Willie Robertson
 * W. Stephen Smith, voice teacher and author, Northwestern University Professor of Voice and Opera
 * Ray Walker, singer with The Jordanaires

Law

 * Jeremy Kernodle, United States District Judge
 * Ken Starr, attorney, judge, U.S. Solicitor General, Special Prosecutor for the Impeachment of Bill Clinton

Literature and journalism

 * Tamera Alexander, author
 * Ed Madden, poet, gay rights activist, professor of English, and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina
 * Jerry Mitchell investigative reporter formerly with The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi,
 * Farrell Till, activist and editor of The Skeptical Review

Military

 * George Andrew Davis, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient; fighter pilot and flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War

Politics

 * Tim Barnes, Democratic politician from Tennessee
 * George S. Benson, missionary, college administrator, and conservative political activist
 * Mary Elizabeth Bentley, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * Keith Brooks, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * Jim R. Caldwell, first Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate in the 20th century
 * Jonathan Dismang, politician
 * Timothy Chad Hutchinson, attorney and former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * David Porter, Texas Railroad Commissioner
 * Harmon Seawel, former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * Thomas Philip Watson, politician
 * Ryan Walters, Oklahoma state secretary of education
 * Carlton Wing, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives

Religion

 * George S. Benson, missionary, college administrator, and conservative political activist
 * Charles Coil, evangelist
 * Roger Duke, theologian
 * Gary Holloway, executive director of the World Convention of Churches of Christ
 * Larry M. James, minister, social worker, and CEO of the Dallas housing enterprise CitySquare

Sports

 * Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, Olympian distance runner
 * Tank Daniels, former NFL American football linebacker
 * Scarborough Green, MLB outfielder
 * Chad Marshall, an American Major League soccer player
 * Bryce Mitchell, mixed martial arts fighter
 * Jon Murray, university cross country coach
 * Jim Nichols, football coach
 * Ty Powell, professional football player
 * Matt Riviera, professional wrestler
 * Preacher Roe, Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Arthur Hubert "Hubie" Smith, basketball coach
 * Stephany Smith, women's basketball coach

Other

 * Botham Jean, murder victim