List of people from Alabama

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Listing of famous people born in, or famous for their association with, Alabama.

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Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Hank Aaron, baseball player (Mobile)
Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist (Linden)
Daniel Alarcón, novelist (Birmingham)
Doyle Alexander, Major League Pitcher (Cordova)
Mel Allen, legendary sportscaster - NY Yankees 1938-1963 (Birmingham)
Bobby Allison, race car driver, (Hueytown)
Donnie Allison, race car driver, (Hueytown)
Davey Allison, race car driver, (Hueytown)
Richard Arrington Jr., first black mayor of (Birmingham)

[edit] B

[[James Watson, film director (Birmingham)
Mary Badham, actress (Birmingham)
Hank Ballard, singer (Bessemer)
Tallulah Bankhead, actress (Jasper)
Charles Barkley, basketball player (Leeds)
Reggie Barlow, Super Bowl champion player and college coach, (Montgomery)
Bill Baxley, Lt Governor of Alabama (Dothan)
Arthur D. Baylor, First Black Chief of Police in Montgomery (Montgomery)
Paul Bearer, WWE Manager/ wrestling promoter (Mobile)
Fred Beasley, All Pro fullback, San Francisco 49'ers, (Montgomery)
Terry Beasley, All American Auburn University Receiver, (Montgomery)
Sam A. Beatty, law professor, Ala Sup Ct Justice (Tuscaloosa)
Amber Benson, actress (Birmingham)
Bo Bice, American Idol contestant (Huntsville)
Michael Biehn, actor (Anniston)
Sanford Bishop, U.S. congressman (Mobile)
Hugo Black, senator, jurist (Harlan)
Lucas Black, actor (Speake)
Winton Blount, businessman (Union Springs)
Neil Bonnett, race car driver (Hueytown)
Bobby Bowden, Florida State University football coach (Birmingham)
Rich Boy, rapper (Mobile)
Frank W. Boykin, United States Congressman (Bladon Springs)
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, (Evergreen)
Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Possum Trot)
Wernher von Braun engineer, physicist (Huntsville)
David G. Bronner, CEO for Retirement Systems of Alabama (Montgomery) born Cresco, Iowa
Janice Rogers Brown, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Luverne)
Johnny Mack Brown, actor (Dothan)
Paul "Bear" Bryant, legendary head football coach at The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) born and raised and grew up in Camden, Arkansas Coach Bryant is listed being from Alabama, but is actually from Arkansas.
Jimmy Buffett, singer/songwriter (Mobile)
Oteil Burbridge, bassist
Edward A. Burkhalter, Dir-Intel Comm,Admiral-US Navy, Ch-Steelcloud (Roanoke)
Brett Butler, comedian (Montgomery)
Pat Buttram, actor ("Smiley", Gene Autry's sidekick) (Addison)
Larry Byrom, Steppenwolf guitarist (Huntsville)
Mr. Bigg, rap artist (Mobile)

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Nell Carter, actress and singer (Birmingham)
George Washington Carver, scientist and botanist (Tuskegee) born Diamond, Missouri
Truman Capote, writer (Monroeville) born New Orleans, Louisiana
Reg E. Cathey, actor, Square One Television, The Wire, The Corner, and Oz (Huntsville)
Hosea Chanchez actor (Montgomery)
Fred Child, host of American Public Media's Performance Today (Huntsville)
Mark Childress, writer (Monroeville)
Stewart Cink, PGA professional golfer (Huntsville)
Mattie Moss Clark, Award winning gospel artist, and mother of the award winning gospel group The Clark Sisters (Selma)
Nat King Cole, singer (Montgomery)
Marva Collins, educator (Monroeville)
Jeff Cook, country musician (Fort Payne)
Charles J. Cooper, former Assistant US Attorney General (Birmingham)
N. Lee Cooper, President American Bar Association, (Birmingham)
Jerricho Cotchery, football player, New York Jets (Birmingham)
Courteney Cox, actress (Mountain Brook)
Rick Crawford, Nascar Craftsman Truck Series driver (Mobile)
Ashley Crow, actress, Heroes (Birmingham)

Howard Cross (Owens Cross Roads) Football Alabama Crimson Tide and New York Giants

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Angela Davis, activist (Birmingham)
N. Jan Davis, astronaut (Huntsville) born Cocoa Beach, Florida
Morris Dees, founder of Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery)
Sam Dees, soul music singer (Birmingham)
Donna D'Errico, actress (Dothan)
Diana DeGarmo, American Idol contestant (Birmingham)
Kim Dickens, actress (Huntsville)
Chris Dickerson, bodybuilder (born Montgomery)
Mahala Ashley Dickerson, lawyer (born Montgomery)
Melinda Dillon, actress (Cullman)
Deidre Downs, 2005 Miss America (Pelham)
Benjamin Minge Duggar, botanist; discoverer of tetracycline (Gallion)
Luther Duncan, 4-H pioneer; educator and administrator (Auburn)

[edit] E

Bobby Eaton, pro wrestler (Huntsville)
Cleveland Eaton, jazz bassist (Birmingham)
Dennis Edwards, soul singer (Birmingham)
Joe F. Edwards, Jr., NASA astronaut (Roanoke and Lineville)
James Reese Europe, bandleader and composer (Mobile)

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Paul Finebaum, columnist, author, radio talk show host (Birmingham)
Howard Finster, folk artist (Valley Head)
Fannie Flagg, author and actress (Birmingham)
Richmond Flowers, attorney general and activist (Dothan)
Louise Fletcher, actress (Birmingham)
Jim Folsom, governor (1947-1951) (Cullman)
George Foster, baseball player (Tuscaloosa)
Melvin Franklin, soul singer (Montgomery)
Eric Esch, a/k/k Butterbean, boxer (Jasper)

[edit] G

A.G. Gaston, African-American businessman (Birmingham)
Betty Lou Gerson, voice actress, Cruella de Vil of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Birmingham)
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), poet and children's author (Homewood)
Kenneth A. Gibson, first black mayor of major eastern city (Newark, New Jersey, from 1970 to 1986) (Enterprise)
Kenneth R. Giddens, long term director of Voice of America; TV/radio station founder (Pine Apple)
Harvey Glance, track athlete (Phenix City)
Bobby Goldsboro, singer (Dothan)
William C. Gorgas, U. S. Army Surgeon General (Mobile)
Mike Gottfried, former college football coach, ESPN commentator (Mobile)
Urbie Green, jazz trombonist (Mobile)
Kevin Greene, NFL player (Anniston)
Steve Grissom, race car driver (Gadsden)
Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump (Fairhope)
Lafayette Guild, pioneer in the research of yellow fever (Tuscaloosa)

[edit] H

Jon Hand, football player (Sylacauga)
Mary Katharine Ham, journalist, video blogger, Fox News contributor (Montgomery)
Mia Hamm, U.S. soccer star (Selma)
Ralph Hammond, Alabama's Poet Laureate 1992-1995 (Arab)
Lionel Hampton, jazz musician (Birmingham)
W. C. Handy, jazz composer (Florence)
John M. Harbert, billionaire businessman (coal mining)(Mountain Brook)
Marguerite Harbert, billionaire heiress (Mountain Brook)
Emmylou Harris, singer (Birmingham)
William R. Harvey, president of Hampton University (Brewton
Gustav Hasford, writer, screen-writer (Russellville)
Erskine Hawkins, jazz composer (Birmingham)
Howell Heflin, judge-CJ Ala Sup Ct, US Senator (1978-97) (born Poulan, Georgia)
John S. Hendricks, Founder, Chair & CEO of Discovery Networks (Huntsville)
Richard Hendrix, professional basketball player NBA, formerly at University of Alabama basketball (Athens)
Alexis Herman, former Secretary of Labor, (Mobile)
Jake Hess, gospel quartet singer, (Haleyville)
Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner 2006 (Hoover)
J. Lister Hill, US Senator (1938-1969) (Montgomery
Brent Hinds, singer/guitarist for Mastodon (Pelham)
Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1967 (Tuscaloosa)
Bill Holbrook, syndicated comic strip artist (Huntsville)
Mitch Holleman, TV star (Reba) (Auburn, Alabama)
Lonnie Holley, artist (Birmingham)
Polly Holliday, actress (Jasper)
Condredge Holloway, CFL player (Huntsville)
Hardcore Holly, WWE star, (Mobile)
Evander Holyfield, boxer, (Atmore)
Robert Horry, basketball player (Andalusia)
Frank House, baseball player and legislator (Bessemer)
Linda Howard, romance writer (Gadsden)
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, academic, university president (Birmingham)
Cooper Huckabee, actor (Mobile)
William Bradford Huie, journalist, author (Hartselle)
Alan Hunter, original MTV VeeJay (Birmingham)

[edit] J

Bo Jackson, multi-sport athlete (Bessemer)
Kate Jackson, actress (Birmingham)
Katherine Jackson, mother of Jackson 5 (Barbour County)
Sonny James, country singer (Hackleburg)
Mae C. Jemison, astronaut (Decatur)
Frank Minis Johnson, federal judge (Haleyville)
Lonnie Johnson, inventor (Mobile)
Dean Jones, actor (Decatur)
Orlando Jones, actor (Mobile)
Walter Jones, football player
Lee Roy Jordan, football player (Excel)
Tom Joyner, radio personality (Tuskegee)

[edit] K

Helen Keller, writer (Tuscumbia)
Eddie Kendricks, soul singer (Union Springs)
Jimmy Key, baseball pitcher (Huntsville)
Woodie King, Jr., director, producer (Baldwin Springs)

[edit] L

Larry Langford, Mayor of Birmingham
Adam Lazzara, lead singer of Taking Back Sunday (Sheffield)
Harper Lee, writer (Pulitzer Prize) (Monroeville)
Carl Lewis, track and field athlete (Birmingham)
George Lindsey, actor (Jasper)
Donald Logan, former chairman of Time Warner (Birmingham)
Joe Louis, heavy weight champion boxer (Lafayette)
Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader (Huntsville)
Rebecca Luker, singer and actress (Helena)
Shelby Lynne, country singer (Frankville)

[edit] M

Alfred Malone, NFL player, Houston Texans (Frisco City)

William March, writer, World War I hero (Mobile)
Harold E. Martin, newspaperman, formerly with the Montgomery
Hugh Martin, songwriter (Birmingham)
James D. Martin, politician
F. David Mathews, educator (Grove Hill)
Willie Mays, baseball player (Birmingham)
Robert R. McCammon, horror writer (Birmingham)
Thomas McClary, guitarist (Tuskegee)
Willie McCovey, baseball player (Mobile)
Bryant H. McGill, poet (Mobile)
Alexander McGillivray, Creek Chief (Montgomery)
Lachlan McGillivray, Scots-Indian trader (Montgomery)
Joe McInnes, corporate and state executive, (Wetumpka)
Frank McIntyre, army general (Montgomery)
James McQueen, Alabama Indian trader and Creek Indian leader (Montgomery)
Don Mincher, baseball player (Huntsville)
Grover Mitchell, jazz trombonist (Whatley)
Jamario Moon, basketball player (Goodwater)
Charles Moore, civil rights photojournalist (Hackleburg)
Thomas Hinman Moorer, admiral, chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (Mount Willing)
Albert Murray, writer (Nokomis)

[edit] N

Jim Nabors, actor (Sylacauga)
Jody Nelson, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, vocalist for Through the Sparks, (Birmingham)
Larry Nelson, PGA golfer (Fort Payne)
Ozzie Newsome, college football star at the University of Alabama, NFL player and executive (Leighton)
Jimmy Nolen, guitarist (Roanoke)
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Scott Oden, writer (Somerville)
Spooner Oldham, songwriter and keyboardist (Center Star)
Stan O'Neal, chairman & CEO of Merrill Lynch (Roanoke)
Osceola, Seminole Indian leader (Tallassee)
Randy Owen, lead singer for the group Alabama (Fort Payne)
Jesse Owens, track and field athlete (Oakville)
Terrell Owens, football player Philly Eagles & Dallas Cowboys(Alexander City)

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Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (Tuskegee)
Gail Patrick, actress and television producer (Birmingham)
Satchel Paige, baseball player (Mobile)
Albert Patterson, Attorney General of Alabama (Phenix City)
John Malcolm Patterson, Governor of Alabama (Phenix City)
Jake Peavy, baseball player (Mobile)
Dan Penn, singer, songwriter & record producer (Vernon)
Walker Percy, author (Birmingham)
Chuck Person, NBA player (Brantley)
Wesley Person, NBA player (Brantley)
Wilson Pickett, R&B and Soul singer (Prattville)
Juan Pierre, baseball player, (Mobile)
Charles Redding Pitt, US & State Attorney, politician (Decatur)
Paula Poundstone, comedian (Huntsville)
Tyrone Prothro, University of Alabama Football Player (The Catch) (Heflin, Alabama)
Curly Putman, Country Songwriter (Princeton)

[edit] R

Sun Ra, jazz musician (Birmingham)
Howell Raines, former New York Times editor (Birmingham)
Wayne Ray, author/poet (Talladega; Lineville)
Ray Reach, jazz pianist, vocalist, arranger, composer, music producer, Director of Student Jazz Programs for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (Birmingham)
Gary Redus, baseball player (Decatur)
Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State (Birmingham)
Michael Rooker, actor (Jasper)
Rich Boy, rapper (Mobile)
Lionel Richie, singer (Tuskegee)
Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama (Ashland)
Jenn Rivell, actress and ex-fiancee of professional skateboarder Bam Margera (Florence)
Philip Rivers, college football star at North Carolina State University, NFL star with the San Diego Chargers (Decatur)
David Robertson, pitcher for the New York Yankees (Birmingham)
Wayne Rogers, actor (Birmingham)
Frank Rose, educator, former President of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Marie Rudisill, aka "The Fruitcake Lady" (Monroeville), Truman Capote's aunt he grew up with

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Sonia Sanchez, poet (Birmingham)
David Satcher, surgeon general (Anniston)
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, writer (Montgomery)
Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader (Marion)
Richard M. Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth (Selma)
Jay Sebring, Charles Manson murder victim (Birmingham)
Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senator (Dothan)
Joe Sewell, baseball player (Titus)
Luke Sewell, baseball player (Titus)
Rip Sewell, baseball player (Decatur)
Glenn Shadix, actor (Bessemer)
Tommy Shaw, rock musician (Prattville)
Richard C. Shelby, U.S. Senator (Birmingham)
Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist (Birmingham)
Don Siegelman, former governor of Alabama (Mobile)
Eugene Sledge, soldier, teacher, writer (Mobile)
Percy Sledge, soul singer (Leighton)
Rickey Smiley, comedian (Birmingham)
Ella Gaunt Smith, doll manufacturer (Roanoke)
Leighton W. Smith, Jr., admiral, US Navy (Mobile)
Ozzie Smith, Baseball player (Mobile)
Johnny Smith, jazz guitarist (Birmingham)
Thomas M. Smith, district attorney (Tuscaloosa)
Zeke Smith, football player Uniontown
John Sparkman, US Senator (1946-1979) (Hartselle)
Mark Spencer, President/CEO of Digium (Huntsville)
Ken Stabler, football player (Foley)
John Stallworth, football player (Tuscaloosa)
Bart Starr, football player (Montgomery)
Donald W. Stewart, US Senator (Anniston)
Mike Stewart (novelist), author (Vredenburgh)
Warren St. John, author, journalist (Birmingham)
T. S. Stribling, author (Florence)
Gail Strickland, character actress (Birmingham)
Hut Stricklin, race car driver (Calera)
Ruben Studdard, 2003 American Idol winner (Birmingham)
Jimmy Lee Sudduth, artist and blues musician (Fayette)
Pat Sullivan, football player (Birmingham)
Don Sutton, baseball player (Clio)
Ward Swingle, jazz arranger and composer (Mobile)

[edit] T

Channing Tatum, actor (Cullman)
Toni Tennille, musician (Montgomery)
Pat Trammell, football player (Scottsboro)
Fred Thompson, U.S. senator, actor (Sheffield)
Cynthia Tucker, columnist and editor (Monroeville)
Chief Tuskaloosa, Creek Indian chief and leader
Justin Tuck, NFL football player(Coosa County)
Adalius Thomas,NFL football player (Coosa County)

[edit] U

Osi Umenyiora, defensive end for the New York Giants (Auburn)

[edit] V

Robert J. Van de Graaff - engineer, physicist (Tuscaloosa)
Robert Smith Vance, federal judge (Talladega)

[edit] W

Mark Waid, writer (Hueytown)
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia (Huntsville)
Margaret Walker, poet, author (Birmingham)
Ben Wallace, NBA player (White Hall)
Daniel Wallace, writer (Birmingham)
George Wallace, politician (Clio)
Gerald Wallace, basketball player (Childersburg)
Eugene Walter, writer-actor (Mobile)
DeMarcus Ware, linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys (Auburn)
Dinah Washington, singer (Tuscaloosa)
Ken Watters, jazz trumpeter (Huntsville)
William Weatherford, a/k/k Red Eagle, Creek leader
Fred Wesley, musician (Mobile)
Joseph Wheeler, Confederate & US general (Hillsboro)
Pat White, American Football Player for the Miami Dolphins and career leader in rushing yards by a QB in college (Daphne)
Heather Whitestone, 1995 Miss America (Dothan)
Barbara Wiedemann, poet and English professor (Montgomery)
Billy Williams, baseball player (Mobile)
Carnell Williams, running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Gadsden)
Cootie Williams, jazz trumpeter (Mobile)
Hank Williams, country musician (Georgiana)
Paul Williams, soul singer (Birmingham)
Kathryn Tucker Windham, storyteller and author (Dallas County)
E. O. Wilson, biologist and writer (Birmingham)
Tobias Wolff, author (Birmingham)
Ray Woodard (soccer coach), "Father of soccer in Alabama"
Tammy Wynette, country singer (Red Bay)

[edit] Y

Delmon Young, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins (Montgomery)