W. Small (1871) – journalist, evangelist, prohibitionist
=== Education ===
Henry DeLamar Clayton – President of the University of Alabama from 1886 to 1889; Confederate general during Civil War
Joe L. Kincheloe (1972) – author on education, culture, and politics
=== Military ===
James Patton Brownlow – Brevet Brigadier General of the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (Union) during the Civil War
Thomas T. Handy (enrolled 1908–1911) – Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army in World War II; signed the orders to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Frank Rowlett (1929) – cryptologist who cracked the Japanese code during World War II
Robert G. Shaver – lawyer, Confederate States Army colonel, and Ku Klux Klan leader.
J.E.B. Stuart (enrolled 1848–1850) – US Army officer and later a Confederate general during the Civil War
=== Science, research, and medicine ===
John Young (1955) – Naval officer and NASA astronaut who was the ninth man to walk on the Moon
J.B. Wolfe – Academic Psychologist and Behavioral Scientist …
