List of Spelman College people

The list of Spelman College people includes notable alumnae and faculty of Spelman College.



Notable faculty

 * Alma Jean Billingslea (born 1946), civil rights activist and author
 * Sylvia Bozeman (born 1947), mathematician and educator
 * Ayoka Chenzira (born 1953), director, producer, writer, and animator
 * Pearl Cleage (born 1948), author
 * Jelani Cobb (born 1969), writer, author, educator
 * Julie Dash (born 1952), filmmaker
 * Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), educator and mathematician
 * Christine King Farris (born 1927), author, sister of Martin Luther King Jr.
 * Shirley Franklin (born 1945), former Atlanta mayor
 * Cornelia Gillyard (born 1941), chair of the chemistry department
 * Beverly Guy-Sheftall (born 1946), black feminist scholar
 * Marionette Holmes, economist
 * Joyce Johnson (born Joyce Finch), concert pianist and college organist
 * Sophia B. Jones (1857–1932), first African-American faculty member, organized nursing program
 * Shirley McBay (born 1935), founder of the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
 * LaVon Mercer (born 1959), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Opal J. Moore (born 1953), educator and poet
 * Glenda Price, former president of Marygrove College
 * Angelino Viceisza, economist
 * Howard Zinn (1922–2010), historian