List of people from Demopolis, Alabama
The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Demopolis, Alabama:
Art
- Geneva Mercer, sculptor and painter[1]
Athletics
- Richard Basil, former head football coach at Savannah State University
- Tommy Brooker, professional football player
- Robbie Jones, football player, NY Giants, Alabama Crimson Tide
- Andy Phillips, major league baseball player[2][3][4]
- Paul Phillips, major league baseball player[5]
- Theo Ratliff, professional basketball player
- Emanuel Zanders, football player, New Orleans Saints, Jackson State
Business
- Arthur George Gaston, businessman, real estate tycoon, civil rights leader
- Jim Rogers, financier and co-founder of the Quantum Fund[6]
- James Wesley Smith, Jr., editor and publisher of the Mt. Sterling Advocate and community activist in Mt. Sterling Kentucky.
Literature
- Wyatt Rainey Blassingame, author of more than 600 short stories and articles for national magazines, four adult novels and dozens of juvenile nonfiction books
- James Haskins (1941-2005), author (Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher, The Cotton Club, Black Music in America, Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions, The March on Washington, Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation)[7]
- Michelle Richmond (born November 12, 1970), fiction writer and essayist (The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, Dream of the Blue Room)
- Hudson Strode (1892-1976), teacher of creative writing at the University of Alabama from 1924-1964, honored by King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden for contributions strengthening cultural relations between the United States and Sweden[8]
Politics
- Richard Henry Clarke, U.S. Representative from 1889 to 1897
- Lacey A. Collier, American lawyer and judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- James T. Jones, U.S. Representative
- Francis Strother Lyon, member of United States Congress and Confederate States Congress
- Benjamin Glover Shields, U.S Representative and United States Ambassador to Venezuela
Science
- Samuel Ginn, pioneer in the wireless communications industry, former chairman of Vodafone, member of the Auburn University Board of Trustees, namesake of AU’s Ginn College of Engineering
- Waldo Semon, inductee of the Inventor Hall of Fame, inventor of vinyl, holder of over a hundred patents, born in Demopolis[9]
References
- ^ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee (2000). The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Pub. Consultants. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-891647-58-1.
- ^ Rubin, Adam (2008-06-26). "Ex-Yankee Andy Phillips joins Mets for Subway Series". Daily News. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Mets Transactions July 2008". Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20101223/NEWS/101229875/1011?p=1&tc=pg Phillips ‘back home’ with Crimson Tide
- ^ Denver Post http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/2009/11/20/rockies-bring-back-catcher-paul-phillips/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Vetter, Jason (January 18, 1998). "Adventurer from Marengo Wanders into the Big Money: Jim Rogers started out selling peanuts at Little League games, then made a bonanza on Wall Street". Mobile Register.
- ^ Watkins, Mel. "James Haskins, an Author on Black History, Dies at 63," New York Times (July 11, 2005). Accessed Apr. 28, 2009.
- ^ "Alabama Academy of Honor: Hudson Strode". www.archives.state.al.us. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ "WALDO SEMON (1898-1999)". Inventor of the Week. Michigan Institute of Technology. November 1999. Retrieved 2007-12-13.